Ok, here's the next chapter. Takes me forever to update…

Chapter IX

I'm following Naruto to EAC. "Naruto," I begin slowly, "out of random curiosity, why would people believe me to be a whore?"

"Well, Kiba and Shino are pretty much the players of the school." He pauses as we sit in our seats. "Daara, I should have told you this before, but people sorta already think you're a whore."

My eyes widen, "What?! Why would they think that? I've been in this town for only, what, four days? How do they think I'm a bloody whore?"

"Well…This town isn't very known for red-heads. The only girls that have red hair are sluts and stuff, and they dyed their hair. Now I know your hair is naturally red, but other people don't know that, and you don't have eyebrows to prove it's real color. Oh and then there're your eyes. Remember in the barn I told you about whore-eyes? Well you've got them."

"That's not all," Hinata mutters, sitting down, "Ino must have announced to everyone that you spazzed out about drugs and were whispering that you 'forgot to take them.' It's all a loud of rubbish is you ask me…although you were worried about not taking something."

"Don't worry about what I forgot to take," I mutter and rest my head on my arms. Hinata turns around and I look at Naruto. "Urm…I'm getting picked up and twelve thirty and have no clue what I'm suppose to do about that…"

"Simple," He grins, "just leave lunch. Where're ya going anyway?"

I bite my lip, "I need to go to a psychiatrist…"

"Oh." Is all he says.

As of now, I'm in the waiting room to the psychiatrist. The room gives off that felling that you're at home. It has a blue carpet and the walls are a pale yellow. All the furniture is a different shade a blue from the carpet. There's a woman at the desk. Her hair is dark brown and her eyes are black. She looks up at smiles, and me "The child psychology room is downstairs, hun."

I look away, "I-I'm not here for a child psychology…" The women's eyes widen.

"She's right," The oak door opens and a blonde haired woman comes out. Her brown eyes are skimming a clipboard. "Three different pills and you look as normal as you do? I'm surprised you aren't rushing to the bathroom every ten minutes, 'cause these pills aren't meant to be given together. Bladder problems should be written in bold letters with these three. Come on in here kid, we need to get started."

I gulp and follow her in. She sits down in a green armchair. "Ok, I'm Tsunade, and you aren't a girl right?"

My eyes widen, "How did you…do I…huh?!" I step around in front of her and cross my arms, "How the hell did you know that?"

"First of all, gender confused, sit down, second, the dosages you need to take, they're for a boy. Then there's that horse pill of yours, it's different from the one prescribed to girls. There's a bit of testosterone mixed in to help calm the wolf within."

I sit down on the couch and blink, "So you know that I'm a werewolf too?"

"Afraid so," She smiles and crosses her legs. "Anyway, what's your real name, there's no way your name's Daara."

"Gaara, and other than the pill how did you know about the…furry half of me?"

"Simple really, I used to work in a different state, Arizona to be exact. Because of that I had this one woman as a client that you may know, her name was Karura Kaze. Ring a bell?"

"My Mom…" I look at the floor.

"Yup, when she was pregnant with you, I moved back to my home state to continue working. Anyway, enough about me, we're here for you. Lemme guess, abuse?"

"What the fuck?!" I shout, "Are you psychic?"

"Yeah, duh kid. Here's another guess, you think your Dad loves you but he really doesn't. You know that he doesn't, but you won't admit it. Because of that, you're causing more stress on your own little messed up head."

"Shut up! My Dad cares! He really does and I'm not afraid to admit anything because it isn't true!!!"

Tsunade puts her hand up, "Fine, whatever you say kid, but I know the truth. Tell me about your friends."

I sigh, "Well, I have a few…Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuuga, and Tobi. Naruto's the first person that found out about my…wolf-hood and boy-ness. He's loud, not the brightest and he's a ghost."

"Oh, so you know Naruto? Strange as it may sound, but he's my Grandson. Like I said, strange, but it's a long story that I'm sure you could get the runt to blurt out. Now the next name, a Hyuuga huh? The Hyuugas are very well known in this town. They're the richest family and such. An old clan that has a secret that I won't give away…of course, you're smart and should see it in due time. Tobi…is he that guy that says he's a good boy?"

"Yeah…how do you know these people?"

"Long story again." She crosses her legs the other way. "Who else knows that you're a guy?" I tell her the names of the other people. "That's a list, you have no intentions on telling other people right?"

"Well…there is one person I wanna tell…but I'll never be able to tell her anyway…"

"All right Gaara, who's the girl you've got a crush on?" I blush and hesitate. "Come on now, would you rather me just reading your mind to find out?"

"Her name is…Sakura…she's a cheerleader and I get all stuttery just talking to her…she's in ninth grade too…"

"Stuttery? Sounds like you really like this little girl. Yeah, I know who she is. She's actually very nice once you get to know her. But she carries that cheerleader title on a silver platter and has a hard time dropping it. And her best friend Ino isn't much help in that. But you said Ino knows about you right? You didn't tell her, hm?"

"No, of course I didn't tell her. She found me in the forest with her boyfriends."

"She only has one boyfriend, and that's Neji Hyuuga. I think the other person she was with is Shikamaru Nara, Temari's boyfriend. I don't think I need to explain to you who Temari is right?"

"Right. What do you know about a Kiba and a Shino?"

"Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame… Hm…not much, just that they're playboys."

"Hm…they know too as I said."

"Ok, this is off topic, we need to get to psychiatrist stuff."

Later

I'm sitting on my bed and finishing my homework. "Number two's wrong," A voice whispers in my ear.

I shriek and turn to see Naruto standing on the side of my bed with his arms behind his back. "Naruto! How'd you get in here?!"

"Through the wall. I'm a ghost remember?"

"Oh, right. What're you doing here anyway?"

"Hey, I just wanted to hang out with cha!"

"Whatever," I mutter, going back to my homework.

"Say, Gaara, I saw your Dad. You don't look anything like him. If someone didn't know that you were his kid, they wouldn't think that you were his child. Where'd you come from, since you sure didn't come from your Dad?"

I sigh and put my stuff on the floor, "Lemme show you," I stand you and go over to my desk. I open the top drawer and take out a picture. It's of my Mom. She's about five months pregnant in the shot and outside. She's sitting on a bench in a yellow sundress with her arm behind her head. She's not looking at the camera but up at the sky. Her long red hair is blowing in the wind and her sea blue green eyes are catching the light. Her red-jeweled necklace is out and also catching light.

I sit back down and show him the picture. He looks at it and a small smile appears, "Yeah, you look just like your Mom. That's strange though…how you both have the same exact hair and the same eyes."

"Tsunade told me that werewolf families have a trait that's passed down through the generations. In my family, it's the hair, the eyes, and the rings. You can't see her rings cause she covered them with make-up."

"Why don't you?" He asks, handing me the picture.

I look down at it; "I don't know…I guess…I kind of like them. To tell you the truth, they kind of make me fell more like a boy then with out them…I'm sorry Naruto, but you wouldn't understand."

"No, I probable wouldn't."

I nod and continue to stare down at the picture. "You know that I never knew my mother…but I really wish that I could know her. I've stumbled upon some home movies and…well…watched them. She was really nice and laid back. She didn't let my Dad's temper get to her, she knew how to calm him," I blink up at him; he's looking real sincere. I sigh and continue, "Anyway, she would have been a good mother I think. She would be someone that…a child of hers wouldn't be afraid to talk to. There's something else I liked about what I saw in the home movies, she didn't like the sexual things. One of the videos was going to be a sex tape, if Dad had gotten his way. She desperately didn't want that…"

A small smile appears on my lips as I take the picture back to the drawer. "Naruto, could you leave?"

He nods and walks through the wall.

Shortly after, I hear the doorbell ring and my Dad's booming voice with some other man's voice. What? Who's that? I sneak out of my room and look down the steps. The other man has black hair and a weary face. Dad glances up the steps at me and says to the man, "Come here," He says to me. I obey and stop at the fourth from the bottom step. "This is my daughter, Daara. She's a bit shy so don't expect a happy hello. Daara," He looks at me, "this is someone I work with, Mr. Uchiha."

I nod and look at him. He does look kind of like Sasuke. Yeah…he does. I know Dad'll be mad if I'm rude or whatever so I smile a little.

"Daara, why don't you go back upstairs and finish your homework so we can talk?" My Dad's giving me the look that says get-the-luck-out-of-here. I scamper back upstairs.

Once back in my room, I sit back down on my bed. "HI!" I turn my head and see crazy Shukaku with his tail wagging. I pat the bed and he jumps up.

"Hey boy," I mutter, scratching behind his ear.

He licks my hand, "What's up with you? You seem down in the dumps."

"I was just thinking about Mom…did you know her?"

The dog thinks for a minute. He begins slowly," Yeah…sorta…You Mom had a dog too, that dog was my Mommy. I knew Karura, but only for a short time. She was really pregnant when I was born. She was nice."

I smile at the thirteen-year-old dog, "You are such an old man…"

"Hey, I am not! Remember, I'm a magical doggy!"

"Magically stupid." I push him onto his back and rub his belly. "Why do dogs like this so much?"

His tongue's sticking out, "You're part dog, figure it out yourself."

I roll my eyes and keep petting him.

Later on, at dinner, I'm picking at my food. Deer meat is normally my favorite, meaning I wolf it down (no pun intended). Tonight though, I have a lot on my mind. The full moon's coming, so for the next couple of nights, I'll have to roam. Dad doesn't like it when I go out every night, but he understands that it hurts if I don't transform. "Gaara," He says, causing me to look up across the table at him.

"Yes Dad?"

"On Friday, I'm meeting Uchiha at a restaurant with his family. He told me you should also come. So you are, end of discussion." He doesn't even look at me.

I nod, bring my fork to my mouth and am about to take the bite when my eyes widen. I drop the fork and look at him, "But Dad! Friday's the full moon! I can't hold back the transformation!"

"Well you're just going to have to. I'm not arguing with you, slut. I already said end of discussion."

"But-"

"Silence!"

I hang my head.

Finally another chapter right? This'll be the last update for a while. I'm going to my old best friends house and she lives over in Germany. I'll be there for two weeks, so naturally I won't be able to update. Sorry people! R&R please!