What If
Summary: What if Naruto was differant, his thoughts and dreams twisted, everything changes with madness...
What If by Emilie Autumn.
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Naruto ran to the bridge a smile on his face as he cired on the inside, he has woken to find abusive notes shoved through his door again. Notes to tell him how the village thought he should die. He knew he wouldn't though, he placed his mask on and ran to his 'friends', unlike what he knew Sasuke and Sakura thought he did not view them as friends. To him they were just people with angry faces and cold sholders.
Sasuke was in place on the side of the bridge, Sakura sitting beside him, the ever obedient puppy.
Here you sit on your high-backed chair
"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto waved, there was no movement from the girl.
Wonder how the view is from there
"Hi Sasuke-teme!" Naruto yelled.
"Don't call Sasuke-kun that!" Sakura moved to yell at him but never looked away from Sasuke.
I wouldn't know 'cause I like to sit
Upon the floor, yeah upon the floor
Naruto sat oppisite them, facing the water, his back to them, his voice quiet,
"Hey,
If you like we could play a game
Let's pretend that we are the same"
They stared at him shocked, he sounded so… different…
But you will have to look much closer
Than you do, closer than you do
Kakashi arrived as he said it,
"Sounds like a good idea, Naruto, Let's play a game."
And I'm far too tired to stay here anymore
Naruto nodded and jumped away,
"Hide and seek, Team 7, find the fox." He was gone.
And I don't care what you think anyway
"That dobe." Sasuke sighed, they couldn't find him.
'Cause I think you were wrong about me
Yeah what if you were, what if you were
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"Your wrong." Shikamaru sighed to the three members of team 7, "Hes so different, cold, like snow."
And what if I'm a snowstorm burning
"Your wrong, he does the impossible." Neji told them after Shikamaru.
What if I'm a world unturning
"His eyes, they tell you everything and nothing." Hinata followed,
What if I'm an ocean, far too shallow, much too deep
"He's so kind to us all." Konohameru sighed.
What if I'm the kindest demon
"A kind demon child?" a villager hissed, shaking his head, "never!"
Something you may not believe in
At night, always night, there was a strange calming music that filled Konoha and lulled the village to sleep, no one knew what it was or where it came from, just that it was safe, it was home.
What if I'm a siren singing gentlemen to sleep
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I know you've got it figured out
"Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto appeared before him in a whirlwind of leaves.
Tell me what I am all about
"Mask, the alternate personality, I wish to speak to your maker."
And I just might learn a thing or two
"What do you want from him?" Naruto asked, his face blank and those around wondering in disturbed confusion.
Hundred about you, maybe about you
"I have business with him, about inside."
I'm the end of your telescope
"Very well then." Naruto changed, fading away to a tein that was so different, evil, strange, disturbed, none of them quite fit, but there was something… off.
I don't change just to suit your vision
He grinned and they knew, he was mad.
'Cause I am bound by a fraying rope
"U-u-zumaki-san, it's t-t-t-ime for m-m-edicat-t-t-ion." The nurse stuttered.
Around my hands, tied around my hands
He gestured with his hands, as best he could with them by his sides, to the table next to him.
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And you close your eyes when I say I'm breaking free
"Im gonna see the world, Sakura. The world." He whispered to her, one day when he was sane and she had the curage to stay and talk to him.
And put your hands over both your ears
He was laughing, crying, choking, it was one of his worst days yet, and she couldnt stand it.
Because you cannot stand to believe I'm not
The perfect girl* you thought
"What are you doing! You're going to see the world! Naruto! Naruto!!" He wasn't listening though, he couldn't listen anymore, he couldn't watch as they dragged her away in hysterics.
Well what have I got to lose?
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And what if I'm a weeping willow
"You'll never catch me now!" Happy memories of the clinically insane.
Laughing tears upon my pillow
"Im sorry, it's one of his bad days."
What if I'm a socialite who wants to be alone
"Naruto, your friends are here?" Sakura touched him softly and the group saw the flinch that shook his body.
What if I'm a toothless leopard
He was tied head to toe, with padding in his mouth, "he bit his toungue." Was the explination.
What if I'm a sheepless shepherd
"Listen to me, What I say is true!" Naruto called to the retreating back of the nurse.
What if I'm an angel without wings to take me home
He seemed so unearthly, his blue eyes closed and a soft smile framed by molten gold.
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You don't know me
"Do you remember the game he wanted to play?" Sakura asked him, he nodded.
Never will, never will
"Let's play a game" Sasuke whispered.
I'm outside your picture frame
Sasuke frowned at the picture of team 7, Naruto seemed to have faded away…
And the glass is breaking now
Sakura and Sasuke stared in facination as the picture on Kakashi's table cracked, right across Naruto's face…
You can't see me
"No visiotors alowwed. He's in solitary confinement."
Never will, never will
The picture of Team 7 was gone. Kakashi has shown them the empy frame where it used to be.
If you're never gonna see
"I don't understand!" Sakura cired in frustration.
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What if I'm a crowded desert
"God, shut up!" Naruto yelled, banging his head off the wall.
Too much pain with little pleasure
Somehow he had gotten something sharp, they couldn't tell what is was through the blood.
What if I'm the nicest place you never want to go
"Visit Naruto? Yeah I will, maybe later though." Kiba said, turning away.
What if I don't know who I am
"So who's Naruto?" The blond angel asked, rocking slightly.
Will that keep us both from trying
"Hey there, do you remember your name?" The pink haired nurse asked, croutched to his level.
To find out and when you have
"You don't?!" she laughed,
Be sure to let me know
"I do, your name is Uzumaki Naruto." She gave him a soft smile.
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What if I'm a snowstorm burning
"Don't make me pretty nurse please!"
What if I'm a world unturning
"His body is an adult's but hismind has returned to a child's."
What if I'm an ocean, far too shallow, much too deep
"You came in yesterday, and that was the first time I've met you. But I know you…"
What if I'm the kindest demon
"Pretty nurse. Kyuu-papa says it's yime for bed." It was two in the afternoon.
Something you may not believe in
"Then I guess it is Naru-chan" she gave a soft smile but behind it she was crying.
What if I'm a siren singing gentlemen to sleep
He sang a song as he fell asleep, a song Konoha knew all too well…
"Sleep..."Kyuubi whispered inside his head, wrapping his tails around Naruto's sleeping body as the lights flickered out around him.
Sleep...
She came out with tears streaming down her face, and konoha knew, Uzumaki Naruto, their Seventh Hokage had died at the age of 28, after loosing his final battle.
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A Small note:
At the start Naruto was twelve, then it's going through his life,
He has a bout of complete madness from twelve to eighteen. Then at twenty he becomes hokage and two years later develops inoperable cancer, he dies six years later, after his mind finally gives out and Kyuubi can do no more.
Thanks Envy.