Teh Gaara Supernatural Ficlet: Chapter 2

" I TOLD YOU SOO!"

I sighed, rubbing my temples and trying to fend off the headache threatening to attack. After finding the boy, I had carried him all the way to my car and driven directly to Tsunade's house, arriving at about eight o'clock in the morning, the sun now well into the sky. She was the best doctor in all of Konoha and Suna. And if I took him to a hospital, they'd take the boy away from me then throw him into a mental institution and try to figure him out until the next full moon when who knows what would happen.

When I had arrived at Tsunade's, I had carried him into her house where I was immediately assaulted by an orange ball of energy throwing questions at me so fast I couldn't even understand half of what he said. I managed to shut him up long enough to lay the redhead down on the couch where Tsunade had proceeded to check him out for any injuries, pausing only for a moment at the sight of his ears and tail, which still remained. While she searched, I told her and Naruto the whole story of how I had felt sick when driving home from Hinata's so I had pulled over to the side of the road. When I had stepped out of the car I had heard the noises and gone to investigate. Then I had found that they were coming from the inside of an old two-story house a good ways into the woods, of course I had gone inside, stopping only to pick up an old wooden pole, and headed straight to where the sounds were originating. You know the rest. I even told them the part about the teen's form and eventual change (though I sorta had to, because of his ears and tail).

That had been a mistake.

Tsunade had simply stared at me for a moment before looking back to the teen, obviously shrugging it off for the moment. She had then announced that she was going to give the boy a bath, since he had been so filthy then left the room.

Naruto, on the other hand, was currently going on and on about how he had told me repeatedly that werewolves and others of the same ilk had existed.

"But had anyone listened to me? No! Everyone had totally ignored me or called me nuts. HA! This'll show them! Once I show them this new kid—" I cut him off before he could go any further.

"Naruto, if you do not shut up right now, then I will make you shut up. And he is not some sort of circus freak to be shown off to your friends." I growled, the appropriate death glare accompanying the threat.

His eyes widened, then he crossed his arms and proceeded to pout, mumbling something about "bossy, meanie brunettes".

I rolled my eyes then turned my attention to Tsunade as she walked back into the room, the redhead in her arms. She laid him on the couch and I saw how his skin now shown with an inner translucence. His hair was a vibrant red, the color of a red rose, though when I remembered the look on his face before he had passed out, it was a sad beauty, like a rose with tears beaded on it's petals like dew in the early morning. Tsunade had changed him out of the worn out shorts and into a pair of Naruto's old pajamas, luckily being dark blue with little stars and moons on them instead of orange. The pajamas were loose on his thin form and made him look even younger, more innocent, especially with his ears and tail, so he looked even more like a sleeping puppy.

"So how is he?" I asked, tearing my eyes from the redhead's still form. She sat down in one of the chairs, sighed, then answered.

"Physically? He's fine. A little malnourished and a little dehydrated, but otherwise in perfect health. Mentally, you'll have to figure that out for yourself. He's going to need 24/7 care, and I'm on call for the next week. I'll need you to take him home with you." I nodded. I had figured that I would have had to take care of the teen at some point. Tsunade continued.

"Hmmm, you know what? Take Naruto with you. I know that you've got to be exhausted, after having stayed up all night, he can watch over the boy while you sleep."

"Hey! Don't I have any say in this?! What If I had plans for today?"

Tsunade blinked, to tally unfazed by Naruto's loud voice. "No," she replied calmly, "and I know you don't have any plans today because Iruka grounded you before he and Kakashi left for their second honey-moon, remember? Don't think I didn't know about that mister."

He huffed then shrugged it off like it didn't matter. "Since I don't seem to have a choice, when are we leaving?" he smiled and it was like the sun shining through a break in the clouds, "We could have POPCORN!" I rolled my eyes as the excited 17 year old immediately launched into a tirade about everything we could do while waiting for the "mystery boy" to wake up.

"Naruto. Naruto! NARUTO!" I finally got his attention. Kami, with all the noise we were making, it was a miracle that the redhead was still asleep. "Naruto, all we're doing is waiting for him to wake up while I get some sleep and you try not to break anything, okay? I have a very large DVD collection and you can watch whatever you want as long as you don't have it very loud." I rolled my eyes then looked at Tsunade who was sipping sake and chuckling at Naruto's silly antics. "And if the boy is okay to go, then we'll leave right now."

Tsunade smiled and nodded. "Yep, good to go. Oh, and Neji, I want you to keep him in your room. I think he'd be more comfortable if he saw you first when he woke up."

"Well, how long do you think he'll be out?"

"No more than eight hours and no less than six is my guess. And he's already been out for two and a half so I suggest you sleep lightly." I nodded at the information the looked to Naruto.

"You ready?"

"Yepper doodles!" I rolled my eyes then bent to pick up the teen, making sure that his head rested on my shoulder so that it was supported. Naruto opened the door for me and then opened the passenger side door to my car (a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle) and buckled him in. Naruto got into the back and off we went to my house to wait for the feral, unconscious redhead to my right to awaken.

Oh joy.

.:AN:. Yep, it's updated. This chapter was more of a Neji chapter, and Gaara was asleep the whole thing, but I promise that chapter three will be better. Chap three is called "bite me" if that gives you any clue as to how it'll be .

Oh, and if anyone has any ideas as to what the title of this story should be, tell me, because I wasn't expecting anyone to like it and didn't come up with a title. ; "Teh Gaara Supernatural Ficlet thing" doesn't quite fit, don't you think? The next chapter should be up in about, oh, five days?, yeah, five days, so on the 20th the next chap should be out and that will be when I quit taking suggestions for the title. Hmm, and if no one gives me a suggestion (cries) then it will be "Bite Me". But I want a better title than that so Tell ME!! Please! sniff I'll be sad if no one votes.

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Edit I edited it so that it makes more sense, kay, but nothing big.