Menma stood there, shocked with his mouth wide open. He couldn't believe it. After all he had done to keep his secret hidden. How could this have happened? He had made sure to come up with a very hard to guess password and... 'the security guard' shook his head and looked away, staring at Naruko. This guy would definitely tell his dad about this.

"Naruko, please don't!" He begged. "I'm begging you,. Don't say anything."

"All this time my Daddy has favorite you over me! Why should I help you?"

"Naruko, I know you hate me and maybe you're somewhat right. But, the way Dad has treated you is not my fault."

"It's not your fault but, you've never had my back. You always looked for ways to be the center of attention. Do you have any idea how lonely I've felt all this time?"

"The same solitude that I've felt too. Please, you won't gain anything out of this." The raven said with tears in his eyes.

"You're right. I guess I won't be getting much out of this. Just making Daddy get angry at you and making him prohibit Gaara from setting foot in the house again. I always knew there was something wrong with him. Such a hot guy without ever having a girlfriend. Not to mention how he never responded to any of my insinuations."

'What?' Menma thought. He looked at the computer screen and the page that was open was the one that talked about Gaara's homosexuality. He immediately went up to close the window and shut down the computer.

"Too late now. I already read everything. What will Daddy say when he finds out that your best friend is a fag?" Naruko asked with a smirk on her face. "Or perhaps you're..."

"Of course not."

The girl didn't doubt her brother's sexuality for a minute. She, herself knew all about his brother's womanizing ways. It was actually the reason why she stopped inviting her friends over. Menma had seduced more than one. Naruko was obviously not even nearly half as moralistic like her daddy. She knew that a straight guy could talk with a gay guy. She simply assumed that her brother had just kept it hidden out of fear of being ordered to sever the bond he had with his best friend.

"You didn't read anything else, did you?" Menma asked as he calmed down and slowed down his breathing. A long time ago this would have been his deepest and darkest secret but, right now he was grateful that this secret was the one that was discovered.

"You didn't give me enough time before you ran in and shut down the computer. But, I think that I just hit the jackpot."

"What do you want?"

"You're going to be my personal slave. You'll do whatever I say and you'll take me wherever I want. Daddy always says yes to you. Well, at least until graduation and before you go away to Italy."

Menma knew that she had absolutely no idea about his other secret. If she knew then she would've already ran to tell their dad. Although, he still couldn't let her say anything or it would mean trouble for Gaara.

"What do you want me to do?"

"No. Repeat after me 'What do you want me to do, my mistress'." The girl corrected him. "Say it."

"What do you want, my mistress?" The boy said listlessly.

The girl snapped her fingers at Yahiko and the man went to her room. Coming back with a bucket of a Neon Pink hair color dye.

"I want to dye my hair this color but don't know if it'll look good on me. And I figured, since you and me have the same skin tone then you could try it out first. So dye your hair right now, so that I can see how it looks."

"What's wrong with you!? How could you even think that I would ever dye my hair in such a girly color! And besides, can't you just ask Yahiko to do it? His skin tone is also the same as yours."

"No way! First of all, Yahiko is paler than me. And second of all, I don't think pink is a good color on him."

"I don't think pink is a good color on anyone." Menma muttered.

"Quit stalling and do it already!"

In a really bad mood he locked himself in the restroom and proceeded to dye his hair. He looked in the mirror. It looked like if fucking Kirby had just puked on all over his hair. Damn you Naruko! I look like a fucking bubblegum. When he got out. The first thing he heard was his sister's chuckling. Followed by a flash of a camera.

"You know something? It's such a hideous shade. I don't want it but, just to be sure. Leave it on until tomorrow and later I'll be telling my daddy that you're going to keep an eye on me while we go shopping for some school supplies."

"And I assume that you won't be actually buying anything, right?"

"Exactly."

"Where am I going to drop you off?"

"At a hotel where someone will be waiting for me."

Menma glared as Naruko giggled and winked at Pein.

"What? You think only you're allowed to have some fun? Ha! Oh and take plenty of time before you go to pick me up. I don't know, maybe go screw one of the many sluts you have."

His sister left to get herself ready and Pein went back to his job.

"Master Menma your..." The maid tried to say but she was left speechless with the young boy's new hair. "Master Madara wants to see you." She said before exiting but, Menma could swear he heard a hushed laugh.

"Why does my grandpa want to see me?" He asked himself as he made his way to the library.

The library, where both his grandfather and father were at.

"Son, I want... What in Indra's name have you done to your hair!?" Sasuke screamed.

"It's for... getting a girl's attention. She has a huge thing for pink haired guys. And I'm going to get lucky tonight but, I'm definitely going to get rid of the color tomorrow." The teenage boy lied.

His dad appeared to have relaxed.

They sat him down on a chair. Something that put him a bit uncomfortable. 'Did they know something?'

"Look kid, I know that you like to sleep around with lots of girls. Just like any good Uchiha." The old man said smiling. "But soon you'll be turning 18. It's time for a formal and steady girlfriend. You know... The granddaughter of an associate's and good friend of mine is going to be studying in Italy. Just like you. We would love it if you two would meet. She's a girl that comes from a wealthy and educated family. Just like a woman should be."

'Shit. Which meant that the girl probably looked like a bulldog.'

"Yes dad, I would love that." He lied through his teeth.

Suddenly, he received a new text message from Gaara. {I'm already waiting for you.}

"Dad, Grandad, I have to go. I'm taking Naruko out to buy some school supplies she needs."

"Keep a watchful eye on her. Girls these days can't be trusted. Especially someone like little Naruko." Madara recommended.

"Yes, grandad." Menma said before leaving.

His sister was already waiting for him by the door. She was so excited that she barely said a word to him. She was too busy texting her loyal pet. The only times she did speak with him was to tell him about all the kinds of plans she had in store for him as her slave. He dropped her off at a cheap and unknown motel.

The guy that worked as the head security guard in their house, Pein, was waiting for her. They both kissed and walked inside, holding hands. The boy didn't waste any time and headed straight to his meeting. He took a seat at their usual table. His friend looked at him with an unreadable expression. He couldn't guess what he was thinking. He was sitting in front of him and opened his mouth to talk but, he interrupted him.

"Did you know that I broke up with Utakata?" Gaara asked him.

"No, I didn't know. Why did you guys break up?"

"Because of you. He got fed up with me worrying so much about you." He said as he sighed. "He misunderstood things. Not matter how much I explained to him that I was only worried about you being in some serious trouble and about you not wanting to tell me. He didn't understand."

Menma felt a bit of a reproach undertone to his friend's voice.

"It's not my fault. I never asked you to worry about me!" He answered sharply.

"You wanna know something? When I called you and you didn't want me to go with you. I knew your voice sounded really weird and I followed you. I saw you going inside an apartment on the ghetto part of the city. For a moment there, I thought you were telling the truth about the girl until, I saw Mr. Uchi opening the door. I waited for hours right there and you didn't come out until, the next day. I couldn't believe my own eyes. I thought that it was all just a huge misunderstanding. A huge mix up. I mean, we were talking about Menma Hatake, the predator for schoolgirls everywhere. I wanted to play dumb even, if it was pretty clear. Today I saw you two going inside the Boys restroom at school. I got close and I could hear you guys through the door. Then I saw the two of you getting out. Trying to make your clothes look presentable and you were beet-red. It was more than obvious what had happened. I can understand the whole mystery and that you might be gay but, not your attitude that much. I mean, you stare off into space with a lost look in your eyes every minute. You've lost weight and bags under your eyes are starting to appear. When he looks at you. You lower your gaze in shame. I also see you dwindling whenever he's nearby. So, I'm going to ask you again. What's going on?"

Menma tried to not get angry at him for following him. The only thing he ended up doing was starting to cry. Gaara was surprised at his reaction and Menma started telling him everything. Starting with what happened at Sai's party, to the video and to the blackmail.

Gaara changes seat with the one next to him and hugs him.

"You should have told me right away. I could've helped you. We have to tell the police about him."

"No!" He shouted. Getting the attention of some of the random people that were there.

"He can cause me a lot of pain with that video. Besides, before Sai's party he told me that if I said a word about this to anyone... I would end up dead on a lake."

He started to cry all over again.

"Menma, this can't go on like this."

"Please, don't say anything. If this gets out. I swear that I'll kill myself. He's going to leave after graduation."

"Does he hurt you a lot?" Gaara asked with his eyes humid too.

Menma shook his head. What good did lying do him? Tobi didn't physically hurt him. Even if psychology wise it was a whole other story.

"This is a nightmare! No one had ever humiliated me as much as him. I don't even know what I should feel any more. I'm so confused." Menma said hiccuping because of the crying and with a lost look in his eyes. "If everyone finds out I'll kill myself."

Holy shit! What state was he in? Gaara hugged him tighter.

"Don't say that. I won't ever let you."

"Thanks."

"Menma?"

"What?"

"Your hair looks weird."