I'm back! And I wanna say that, incase you're wondering, Temari and Kankuro most likely won't be in this story. The reason is to be explained in a later chapter.

Disclaimer: Naruto and all characters are not mine.

Chapter III

I slow to a walk after five minutes of running. Ok, that was weird… I sit on my haunches and start to scratch my ear with my hind foot. "Who's there?" A girl's voice shouts. I freeze and sniff the hair. Lavender A girl steps out of the bushes in front of me. Her hair is short and there are two strands of hair, one on either side of her face. Her eyes are pupils less (like my own) and her eyebrows are raised. She's wearing robes and there's a rope tided around her waist.

"Shit, Hinata, why did you—" A boy comes out of the bushes too, "whoa…" He mutters. His hair is long and his eyes are like the girls' and he's wearing the same thing, but on his back is a set of feathery wings.

"Neji, is that a wolf?" Hinata looks at him.

"I…I think it is…" Neji takes a step towards me. Now I'm no idiot, and I'm also not a wimp, so I don't back a way or forward. I stay where I am and stare at him, tilting my head to the side. He crouches down in front of me and holds his hand out. Does this boob think that I'm gonna lick it or put my paw in his hand? I am no house pet! I lift my lip and snarl low in my throat. He falls back onto his ass.

"Brother, I think we should get out of here!" Hinata squeaks. He nods and they run off. I smirk and walk away. A chipmunk gets in front of me. It tilts its head cutely.

"Hi fwiend!" It squeaks. Because I'm a werewolf, I can understand animals when I in both human form and werewolf form.

I blink and stare at it, "Are you stupid? I'm a savage animal and you just called me friend!"

"Oh I'm used to weird look things like you. There's a whole group of weridos!" My ears perk up. A whole group? Can it be possible that there are more like me? As if it read my thoughts, it smiles, "Yup! A whhhhhhhhhooooooooolllllllllleeeeeee group of freaky-deaky-peaky-leaky people."

"A-are they all like me?" I ask,

"Hmmmmmmmmm no, they aren't. But they're weird!" My ears go down. "Wait, now that I think of it, there is one that's KINDA like you. But he's less hairy and he can walk on two legs."

"Oh," I grumble while jumping over the chipmunk and walking away. I'm the stupid one. If there were others like me, I would have smelled 'em. (Sigh) Oh well, I'm one of a kind I guess. I continue walk slowly. When I'm on my own like this, I normally get either really anti-social or very lonely. It's hard being the only one that's a monster like this. Fuzz-butt! I've told you a thousand times, you aren't a monster, you're just different. Whatever, I'm so different that no one in the whole fuckin' world is like me!!! (Sigh)

6:00 am

I'm running back to my house as fast as I can as the sun starts to peek out. Because I'm young, I'm not able to maintain the wolf form for longer than seven or eight hours. I already feel my body starting to transform back to human. I grunt as my tail goes in and my back starts to straiten. My knees flip again and my feet and hands go back to normal.

Before I know it, I'm running on my bare human feet completely naked with the necklace moving rapidly with my running. I rush to the side door, wrench it open and run inside. One of these days, someone's gonna see you necked. Yeah I know, but I just hope that that day isn't anytime soon. I walk into the kitchen and go back to my room. After I get dressed, I sigh and curl up in my bed.

Most of the time, I only get two hours of sleep. The sleep isn't continues either, I wake up a lot and get nightmares all the time. But the nightmares really only happen if I don't roam around. The roaming clears my head.

I close my tired eyes and yawn.

Dream

I'm in the car with my Dad after the sleepover at Kazadura's house. "Dad," I mutter while looking up darkly, "why do I have to wear these skirts and dresses?"

"Because, that's what girls wear."

My brow lowers, "But. I'm. A. Boy!"

He doesn't answer.

When we get home, I'm about to dash to my room, but Dad shouts, "GAARA!" I freeze at the steps and look at him. "What did you say in the car?"

"I said I'm a boy! If I'm a boy then why do I have to wear this stuff? Why have you been telling me that I'm a girl for the past eight years?!"

"Shut the fuck up, you little bitch! You are my child and I can decide if you're a boy or not! I decided that you're a girl!"

I step down to the bottom step, "You can't decide that! I have something different than girls! Did you think that I'd never be able to figure it out? Did you honestly think that I wouldn't get suspicious when teen years came by that all my friends have breasts while I don't? Did you seriously think that I would be able to ignore my wolf instinct my whole life?"

"You better fuck up bitch!" He growls.

"I'm not a bitch! Bitch's are girls, BUT I'M A BOY!"

"DAMN IT! SHUT UP!!!" He storms over, grabs me by the hair, and rips my skirt off and the panties. He then---

My eyes snap open and I roll over. I pull the sheet off, sit up, and hug my knees. That dream was one of the times he raped me. It was after that that I got extremely confused with my gender. If I hadn't confessed this to Dr. Menmou, I would still be confused. I get out of bed and look at my clock. 9:08. Somehow, I got three hours, all though it felt like three minutes.

I take the oversized T-shirt off and put on what I was wearing yesterday. It isn't like it's dirty; I really just sat in the car all day.

Once I'm dressed, I go down stairs and see Dad watching TV in the family room. "Take your pills…" He commands duly. I sigh and take one pill out of each of the three containers.

Ah yes, the pills. The first one I take I call the 'Yucky' pill. This pill I have to chew and it tastes like rotten meat. It's round and a salmon color. The second pill I call the 'Bullet' pill. This pill is really a capsule and goes down with out any trouble; it's two different shades of green. The other doctor, the one I got when Menmou moved, gave both of these pills to me. Menmou thought about these and told me, but then said that they wouldn't do anything. The pills are wolf-bane, more or less. Dr. M. told me that wolf-bane is utterly useless to a werewolf like me. I told the other doctor this, but he didn't listen. I didn't like that dude too much…actually I hated him.

I didn't forget about the last pill, this one is the 'Horse' pill. It is three quarters of an inch long and an off yellow color. I have to break it in half to take it and it's still too big. This one, Menmou gave to me the day he found out what I was, just in case you're wondering, it was the third time I every saw him when I was seven. This is really the only pill that I have to take. What it does is it helps me keep control of the, as he put it, 'Werewolf within.' If I don't take it, it would become possible that I attacking people while in the wolf form. That's how the school found out that I was a werewolf back in Arizona; I forgot to take the pill one day.

Anyway, I take the pills and go back to my room for my shoes.

Outside it's sunny and warm. I hate when it's like this, but it is nicer here than in Suna. I walk down the driveway and onto the sidewalk. I aimlessly walk until I end out at the storage barn. I stare at it for a bit. My thoughts are interrupted when a loud exasperating voice shouts, "HI!" I whip around and see a boy in jeans and an orange shirt. His hands are in his pockets and there's a big grin on his face. His hair is spiky and blonde and his eyes are sparkling blue. His skin is pink and there're---Wait…Whisker marks…just like that ghosts' last night.

"Hi?" I raise a non-existing eyebrow. "Can I help you?"

"Hm, no. But I could help you if you want! My name's Naruto Uzumaki, what's yours?"

I blink, "Daara, Daara Sabaku."

"Good ta meet cha!" Naruto smiles. "Why're staring at that old barn for?"

"It's interesting. It had to have been built in at least the 1700s."

"Well it was. This town is full of historical places, and that barn is only one of them. Say, what grade chu going into?"

"Er, eighth." I look at him uneasily. This is that ghost I saw last night…but why or how is he solid?

"COOL, so am I! Oh and Hinata and Tobi are too."

Hinata…that's the name of that…"Who?"

His jaw drops and his eyes widen, "You don't know who Hinata Hyuga is?! Or Tobi?! WOW! Where'd you move from?"

"Suna…"

"Oh well no wonder you don't know who she is! Hinata and her family are the richest in the whole town. She's part of an old family that dates back to when the town was just founded. Trust me she's nice and doesn't judge people because of what they are."

I look at him, "Why'd cha bring the judgment thing up?" If this is the ghost, he saw me in wolf form! But you were a boy then, he thinks you're a girl right now.

He shrugs, "Because this town doesn't have very many red-heads…I think you may even be the only one. Anyway, Tobi's funny. You'll like him, he's everyone's friend. He gets a little annoying sometimes, but he's still great to be around. He's the youngest member of the Aktsuki."

I stare at him blankly with the wind blowing. "The what?"

"I forgot, you are new here. The Aktsuki is the most renowned gang in Konoha. They are pretty much like the punks of the area. They spray paint places and shit like that. All of them are Emo-Goth-Punk-dudes. Tobi is the only one that isn't like that…yet."

I blink and start to walk the other way, back to my house. "Where ya going?" He runs after me.

"Home," I mutter.

"Why?! It's such a nice day out! You should walk around go run around or something of that sort! Get dirty and whatever! You could get all chunky and stuff if you stay in all the time. And if you are a chunky-monkey, you'll have a muffin top! Then you won't ever get a boyfriend!"

"Rubbish, believe me I won't get fat. And with the muffin top, that won't happen either. And stop with that boyfriend bolderdash." Unlike most cross-dressers, I am not a homosexual. I have always considered myself an Asexual. I don't like girls in a like, like way, same with boys. "And before you even say it, I don't give a mother-fucking damn about labels."

"Wow, someone's on there period…" He rolls his eyes.

Ert, wrong. You're a boy, isn't possible. You know what he means. I stick my tongue out at Naruto, "So what if I am, are you so much of a pervert that you want to check for yourself?" I give him a side glare.

"No, but is that an offer?" His eyebrows go up and down. I look at him in disgust. He laughs, "I was only kidding, relax!"

I sigh and shake my head with a small smile. Naruto gasps, "DAMN GIRL! You've got sharp teeth! See ya tomorrow at school!" He walks off. My teeth, even when I'm human, are still noticeable sharper.

Yeah…tomorrow at school.

"Wake up, bitch," My Dad's voice mutters while he shakes my shoulder roughly. I open my eyes and groan. "You have school now move it." I hear him leave my room. I slowly climb out of bed and undress. I pull a jean skirt on over my underwear and then put the bra on. I grab the shirt that he put out for me and pull it on; it's white and over the silk like part is a flowery-lacy thing that gives the shirt it's cap sleeves. I put the high-heeled sling-back sandals on and grab my pink backpack, then head into the bathroom.

The bathroom has a sink counter with three mirrors/cabinets. Dad makes me put makeup on even through I hate it, but I naturally don't have a say in the matter. I open on of the cabinets and take out a tube of pale pink lipstick and a compact of blush. Grrr, why couldn't I be a girl? After I put the dreaded makeup on, I pick up the backpack and go downstairs.

I'm now standing at the corner outside waiting for the bus. Naruto comes bouncing up, "GOOD MORNING!!!" He shouts.

"That was my ear…" I glare at him; he's wearing what he was yesterday.

"Sorry, are you excited for the new year?"

"Nope." I mumble. When the bus pulls up and the doors open, Naruto rushes in. I slowly get on. Great this is the first stop…

At school, we have to wait in the main hall thing. I go over to the wall and lean against it. A girl with short navy hair looks over at me and comes over. She looks like that girl Saturday night. "Hello." She smiles. People are way too friendly in this town.

"What is it with people and coming over to me?" I ask her.

"Well, you're new, get used to it because this is going to be happening allllllllllll day." She giggles.

"Oh goody-goody-gumdrops…"

"I'm Hinata."

"Daara…" I look at her again. She's wearing a blue dress with a yellow blouse-jacket thing.

"Naruto told me about you yesterday, you'll most likely be in his homeroom."

I nod. The front doors opens and three people walk in. The first one is Ino. She's clad in a purple one strap tank top that shows her stomach with the word 'Angel' in white, short jean shorts, and yellow flip-flops. The next one is a boy and he has raven black hair that…look's like a chickens' ass. He's wearing black jeans, a light blue T-shirt, white armbands, and black boots. Emo… Heck yes…great…

The last one is another…Oh my God, s-she's…really…Pretty? Beautiful? Yeah, beautiful. Her eyes are like emeralds and her skin is peach. Her pink hair runs down her back and, from the lights, looks like it's shining. She's wearing a jean skirt and a white Japanese style shirt with pink flowers on it. She smiles and flips her hair around. My eyes never leave her.

The beautiful girl looks over at Hinata and me. A sinister grin appears and she whispers to the chicken head boy, "New meat."

Ok, chapter up! R&R please!