Chapter six is here.

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Chapter VI

My eyes widen and I start to back away. "What?" Hinata asks, sounding scared.

"YAHOO!" Someone shouts and jumps over me. He lands with the girls. I creep forward to where I was and see a…boy? His hair, on his head, is messy and brown. He has no shirt on so I can see that his whole back and stomach are covered in light brown fur. He's wearing jeans. On his shoulder is a little white dog. He turns his head, his nose is in a slight muzzle shape and he's grinning, showing off small fangs. "Hey ladies!" His grin widens.

"Hey Kiba, do you need to be so loud, you could give us all away!" Sakura snaps.

"Ooo, someone's PMSed." Kiba rolls his eyes. The little dog barks.

"Hey, tell them!" The dog yaps.

"Oh right. There's something in that bush over there." He points to where I'm hiding. "I think it's a wolf but it's coloring is weird-ass."

That's my cue to leave… I turn around and run off. I slow down when I smell two more people. One male…the other…female. I walk a river's edge and start lapping up water. On the other side of the river are the two people, they're completely oblivious to my being here. One of then looks like Ino and she's wearing royal purple robes. The other one has black hair that's in a ponytail…and his head looks like a pineapple. He's wearing dull green robes. The boy sighs, "Women are such a pain…"

"Are you complaining about your girlfriend again, Shikamaru?" Ino asked, lifting her lip up in disgust.

"Yes, she's always pissed off by someone, normally her brother. Whatever it is that you and him do, stop doing it, she's driving me bonkers."

"Me? He's the one that jumps on me, not the other way around." Ino crosses her arms.

"Whatever, you let him. It's all such a drag…"

"Saying your famous line I see," Sasuke Uchiha comes out of the bushes and looks at Shikamaru. Sasuke is still wearing what he was, but now his eyes are back to red and his teeth are fangs again.

"Sasuke, what are you doing here? This wasn't the rout you said you were taking," Ino points out. This is interesting. At least it's getting to be that way.

"I lied. I really went off to that new girls' house. Sakura wanted me to give her a scare. She told me to scare her so much she'll wet the bed. When I got there, I assumed her room was in the back. I went around and scaled the house. One of the windows on the last room was opened. I crawled inside and say her pajama clothes on the floor. Chances are, she's running around without any clothes on outside." He looks over at me. "How long has that wolf been there?"

The other too look over, "Dunno, I just noticed it when you said that." Ino looks at me, "You don't normally find them on their own at this time of the year…at least, I thought that. Temari or Kiba would know. Kiba's a wolf freak—"

"Well duh, he's a werewolf," Shikamaru rolls his eyes.

Ino glares at him, "As I was saying, Temari would know too, she's studied wolves since…you both know the story about her cousin right?" They nod. "Say, Shikamaru, where is she?"

"Oh, you know how Kankuro, Naruto, and her like to stick together because they're all ghosts." Sasuke declares. "I saw them over at Stone-Face Rock." My ears perk up, then I'm on the move again. I'll be sure to avoided that place…I don't think I'll be about to stand being around the cousins that I killed… You should go home, you don't want Dad finding out that you snuck out do you? No. I run home.

Once I'm safely in my room (don't ask how I got back in, it's a long story) and am back to human, I pull my clothes back on and look at the heart clock. 1:08. I wasn't out that long… I listen closely and still hear the moans and groans of the Dad and his new girlfriend. I wriggle my nose and crawl into my bed, hoping that I'll be able to fall asleep with the ruckus going on in the room down the hall. I'm sorry, but that's gross, she's in her twenties and he's in his forties!No he isn't, he's thirty-sevenBig fuckin' deal…it's still weird in my eyes… I roll onto my side and sigh, knowing full well that I won't fall asleep.

Morning

I open my eyes open and I look at my clock. Great, I slept for fifteen minutes… I sit up and get out of bed. I open my closet and look through it for something to wear. I honestly have the matching skills of a worm, so that' the reason Dad normally picks out my clothes. The one thing that I do know is that everything goes with jeans, but other than that, I know nothing. I settle with a blue dress, I don't have time this morning for getting anything with me detail. I get dressed and find a pair of blue plain heels that I've worn with this dress before.

I'm now in the kitchen with a glass of water in front of me. I've taken the pills, and now I just need to wait for my bladder to start whimpering at me to empty it. Dad's not even awake yet… I get my backpack and leave the house. As I trudge to the bus stop, Naruto bounces over, "HI!!!!" He grins.

"You are disgustingly cheerful for six forty in the morning…"

"I'm always cheerful! And besides, I don't need to sleep…I can't, I'm dead."

"Oh." I grumble.

"Shit…It's an even day today." I look at him like he just grew a second mouth (like he needs it,) "Yesterday was odd," He explains, "so today is even. We have Chorus and Gym today, period three and four."

"Speaking of periods, do you by any shear lick of fate know when Sakura's is?"

"No…but it must be coming up, why else would she such a bitch? Normally she's more stand able and wouldn't have attacked on you so quickly. With Tenten, she gave her four chances…then she attacked."

"Who's Tenten?" I ask as the bus pulls up. We get one and sit in the seats we sat in yesterday.

"Tenten's a tenth grader. Remember the labels we were talking about yesterday? Well, she's part of the Art group. She's really nice, but if you get her mad she's spear you."

"Hold on, you said there was a Theater one too, aren't Art and Theater similar?"

"Well, yes, but Art does the things like the props and other arty stuff." We walk into the school and then Sakura looks over at us. Her eyes widen then she scowls.

She storms over. "You bitch! How dare you be wearing that dress!" She's wearing the same exact thing as me. "Are you asking for a pounding?!"

I blink at her, "No, I'm not."

"You better change out of that dress now!!!"

"Into what? Do you think before you talk or do words just come flying out of your mouth?" I blink down at her legs. "And, girl, you're due for a shaving."

Her face twists into a horrified stare. I smile innocently and strut away, making my hips sway some. Naruto runs over to me, "Whoa!!! No one says that to her and gets away with it. She's a strait A student and the adults love her here. She'll make up some twisted lie about you and you'll get into trouble. But still, that was priceless!!!"

I grin, "Wasn't it though?"

"Hey, how did you come up with that 'shave' thing?"

"That wasn't a lie, she has little pink hairs all over her legs." Her perfect legs…damn, she's so beautiful…but I'm a cross-dressing werewolf, and she hates me so I should just forget about her… Gaara, she hates the GIRL you, not the boy you. Is there much difference? Well yeah! The girl you is the one that wear skirts and dresses and bras. The boy you is the one that loves to run free and howl, breaking the silence of the night. (Sigh) So you're saying the boy half is me is the werewolf…that I'm a girl by day and a savage male beast by night? No, no, no! That is so not what I mean. What I mean is—Just shut up…I'm in no mood to deal with you and I can feel the pill kicking in. But—No, shut your bloody pie hole…

Naruto is laughing hysterically as we sit down in our homeroom class. He calms down and wipes away a tear in his eye. "Wow," He chuckles, "You are some bitch!"

"I've had years of practice, but you know the story to that, don't cha Uzumaki?" I grin a little.

"Hey…Daara, why don't you smile much?"

"Why do you think?" I drop my voice, "I'm beaten almost on a daily bases, I'm no longer a virgin and I'm only thirteen, I thought I was a girl until I was eight, need I go on?"

"You can't possible be beaten on a daily bases! Were you last night?"

"Not last night, but in the morning he punched me in the back. My Dad isn't stupid; he doesn't hit me where everyone will see the marks. And besides, he couldn't have beaten me last night because he had a new girlfriend over. Her and him were have sex last night so I knew I wouldn't need to worry."

"Ok, that's gross, I mean really gross…You know, I've heard a lot of stories about people getting abused and they don't tell anyone that it matters to, like a teacher, why is that?"

The blonde, at the moment just asked a question that I don't want to answer. But, even though I've only known him a few days, I know he's stubborn and will keep pressing. I think for a way to beat around the bush. "Well…the reason I won't tell anyone is…uh…" The real reason is because Dad just shows how he cares about me differently than most dads. When I was five, as he was punching me, he said that he loved me and I was his kid. He was lying. Honestly, people say that I'm the savage stupid animal half, but you're the stupid one. No, you're wrong, Dad cares about me! I know he does! Do you care about him? Yes…I mean…erm…I don't know… Do you--- It's voice dies away, showing that the pill is in full effect.

"Well? Are you going to answer me or not?"

"I don't know Naruto. Just…drop the subject."

"But—"

I growl, "Drop. It."

Naruto sighs, "Fine, I wouldn't want to bring out the wolf in ya. God forbid that!" He grins.

I just look away.

In my first class, EAC, I'm not even paying attention; instead I'm concentrating on someone. Sakura to be exact. The girl is defiantly a pain in the ass, but I can't help that I think she's the prettiest…the hottest girl I've ever seen. If I'm not wrong, this is my first crush…call me childish if you want to, I don't care and I would agree with you. Of course there are a few road bumps with the 'crush.' Road bump one, everyone thinks I'm a girl except for Naruto. Road bump two, Sakura hates the part of me she sees. Finally road bump three, she has a boyfriend so even if she did know I was a boy, she would still be on Sasuke's arm. Damn it, I hate Uchiha. If I dressed like a guy and acted the way I want to, I would never be able to compete with Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha is a pain. Even if everyone would know about me being a male, I still wouldn't get Sakura. I'm skinny, pale, I have panda eyes, my hair is always a mess and looks like it's dyed, I'm a werewolf, I don't talk much, I think way to much, I'm creepy, I'm a cross dresser—

"DAARA!" Yugao shouts.

"Huh, what?' I jerk up and look at the purple haired woman.

"Did you hear anything that I just said?"

I bite my lip, "Er…no Miss." I hang my head.

She blinks, "At least your honest, pay more attention, Miss Sabaku."

I nod and rest my head on my hand.

It's lunchtime again; I'm wandering the halls, not feeling hunger like usual. I stop in my tracks when I hear the click of heels coming down the hall. I look up and see Sakura. Her face is calm. She looks up and meets my eyes. Her brow lowers slightly. I sigh, "look, how the hell was I suppose to know that you were going to wear the same thing as me?" I snarl.

She sighs, "Sorry for being a bitch to you. I'm taking my anger out on you because, no offence but, you look weak and kinda vulnerable."

I raise an 'eyebrow,' "Anger? Anger from what?"

"My family."

Finally, another chapter done.