Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto…If I did I would not be writing fan fiction would I? No I don't think so.
Warning: This fic will contain dark themes and sometimes will have descriptions that will make you squirm.
He didn't understand what the big deal was, the world wanted him gone and he had tried to fulfill that wish. Now he found himself staring at the blank white walls of the hospital, his wrists restrained to the bed with leather straps. The straps, he knew, were needed because without them he was liable to find the sharpest thing he could get his hands on and finish the job. Maybe without him the world would get over the circumstances of his father's death and maybe he could forget about the feel of them against his tan skin. Tsunade entered the room and injected a clear solution into the IV, "Naruto, this will help you to relax. Try to not fight it."
He gave no inclination that he had heard the women speak, continuing to stare at the wall as his eyes slowly slipped shut once again. A slow smile spread on his face in his sleep, reaching a place where he felt safe.
Sakura and Sasuke stood in the waiting room heads bowed low, neither speaking. Kakashi stood next to the window staring out across the village, hands clenched into firsts at his side. Tsunade walked out to the trio, "I sedated him for now. Do you have any idea what happed?"
Kakashi heard her speak, but could not bring himself to say it front of his other students. Sasuke sensed his sensei's turmoil and took Sakura by the wrist and led her out of the hospital waiting room. They stood side to side against the wall, silent tears soaking the floor.
Kakashi swallowed hard fighting the lump in his throat in an effort to say the words without breaking down again, "The villagers caught him in the trees while he was sleeping. When he didn't show up for training, we went to look for him. He was not at home or any of his other haunts, I summoned Pakkun to lead us to him, thinking he had gone somewhere else. Pakkun picked up the scent and brought us into the trees, he told me the blood was bothering his nose."
Tsunade waited while the jounin collected himself again, "Kakashi this is not your fault."
The man gave a bitter laugh, "If I had taken heed of what the village was whispering, my student would not be clinging to his sanity right now. They tortured him, and destroyed his will in the worst way possible. How is that not my fault! Sakura and Sasuke did not need to see their teammate in that condition!"
Tsunade sighed, placing a hand on his shoulder, "You didn't know. Nobody did, the most we can do is help Naruto to recover."
Kakashi felt his nails bite into his skin,'And I will hunt down the bastards who did that to my student and make them pay.'
The Godaime did something completely out of her character, she pulled the jounin in and hugged the man. It was that show of compassion that set Kakashi off; he could no longer control the ocean of tears.
Sakura clung to Sasuke's shoulder her body shaking with the force of her sobs, "H-H-How cou-ou-ould th-they do tha-that?"
Sasuke turned his tearful eyes onto her, "I don't know Sakura. I don't know why they would either, but I do know we can be there for him."
A/N: This idea came to me while listening to snow patrol oddly enough. The next chapter should be longer once I know where this story is going.