Author's note: I'm sorry this is such a short chapter! It's mostly just an introduction to the story and I wanted to get SOMETHING posted! I promise the next chapter will be MUCH longer. Please leave a review so I know how to improve it. I have no beta so all mistakes are mine.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own any characters, just the idea!

Chapter One

"I'm not crazy." Naruto stared straight ahead, his jaw clenched tight in anger. "Akatsuki is real. They're after me. Out to get Kyuubi. They've come after me once, they'll do it again."

"I'm not saying you're crazy, Naruto," Iruka said. "I'm just trying to say…. You're sick." They had been through this routine several times, and it always had the same result. Denial.

Naruto stood in anger and glared at his therapist. 'If looks could kill,' Iruka thought wryly.

"No, I'm not!" Naruto yelled. "Kyuubi is the voice I hear! He's a demon trapped inside me and the Akatsuki are after it's power!" Naruto paced in frustration.

"Naruto…" Iruka sighed and looked at his patient sadly. "I think you need help. More than I can offer you. It's a great place; I think you'll learn to love it there."

At Iruka's words, Naruto froze and stared at the closest thing he had to father figure. "What are you talking about? What 'place'? Where am I going?" Naruto asked.

"Konoha Mental Institute." Iruka answered, regret clear in his tone.

As expected, Naruto exploded, and began pacing again. "I don't need to go there! I'm not crazy! This is real, they're after me!" he screamed.

"You're si-" Iruka cut himself off, knowing the same argument wouldn't work. It never really had. He tried a new tactic. Maybe if he 'agreed' with Naruto, he could make him see reason…

"It's for the best, Naruto. Think about it. It's a high security place. Chances of any one getting in to get you is next to impossible. You'll be safe," Iruka explain. He hated lying to Naruto but what he was saying was half-truth. It was high security but instead of keeping anyone out, they were keeping him in. Keeping him safe was the truth, though.

Naruto paused in his angry pacing, trying to work through Iruka's logic. Is seemed to be working at first but Naruto's stubborn side showed and he said "I'm not going and you can't make me!"

"As your therapist, if I believe you are a danger to yourself or others, which I do, I can bring you there against your will. Plus…" Iruka seemed to hesitate. "As a person under the age of eighteen without a parent or legal guardian, living on his own… You have a unique situation."

Angry tears of hurt and betrayal threatened to spill over Naruto's eyes at Iruka's mention of his dead parents as he glared at his therapist. "Unless you knock me out and drag me there, I'm not going!" Naruto exclaimed his voice pure hatred and shaking with emotion.

There was a knock on the door. Frowning, Iruka answered and two large men entered the room. "Is everything okay? We heard shouting. Are you ready to go?" One of the men asked.

Iruka shook his head. "I'm fine. He doesn't…. he doesn't want to go."

"How unfortunate," the other large man said with a grin. He reached into a pouch attached to his hip and pulled out a long needle and began to advance towards Naruto. "You see, we have permission to take you, willing or not." He explained.

"No. You can't. Iruka, don't let them!" Naruto backed away from the man with the needle until his back hit the wall, effectively trapping him.

"I'm so sorry, Naruto. It's for your own good," Iruka said.

Naruto didn't' have a chance to run before the needle was gabbed into his arm, its contents injected.

He shot Iruka a dark glare before his world went black.

Naruto gasped awake, plagued by nightmares. He looked around the room he was in.

The room was simple; two white beds, both bolted to the ground with companion night stands, also bolted, sat on either side of the room. Between the beds stood a series of cubbies, the kind you would kind in a kindergarten class. Opposite the two beds sat a desk and bench, both bolted to the ground, and a doorway with a curtain, leading to the bathroom. Another door was at the foot of the bed Naruto was laying in.

Naruto sat up and rubbed in his eyes, trying to figure out where he was. Being in the bed closest to the door, he decided to crawl over and peek out.

All he saw was a long, empty hall filled with doors.

"Where am I?" he asked himself.

"Konoha Mental Institution," a voice answered.

Naruto jumped and turned to find the source of the voice. It shouldn't have surprised him as much as it had; Naruto heard voices all the time- or rather a voice. But he usual expected responses from Kyuubi and the answer from the white-haired man he was now staring at was completely random.

The scene with Iruka played back through Naruto's head and he let out a groan and a series of colorful curses.

"I'm Kakashi," the white-haired man sitting by Naruto's bed continued. "I'm a tech here. I've been waiting for you to wake up."

"That's creepy," Naruto responded, shooting the man a look.

"It's also boring," he countered, gesturing to the orange book in his hand. Then he shrugged. "Alas, it is my job," Kakashi sighed dramatically. "We didn't know if you would try to run when you woke up, so I had to stay here, ready to restrain you if you tried. Not that you would get very far with all the locked doors and such."

Just then, a boy walked into the room. He had pale skin the greatly contrasted his black eyes and hair.

"I told you not to come in here, Sasuke," Kakashi said.

The boy, Sasuke, shot Kakashi a glare. "It's my room. I can come in if I want. Just because some new freak is here doesn't mean I'm locked out of my room."

Kakashi huffed angrily but didn't say anything.

"I'm not a freak you bastard," Naruto said.

Sasuke shot his new roommate a calculating look. "Hn. Could've fooled me. I heard all the staff talking about the schizo. I'm guessing that's you. Seems like a freak to me."

"Teme! Kyuubi is real!" Naruto shouted.

Kakashi interrupted. "Boys, enough. Naruto, please refrain from talking to or about.. Kyuubi until you're with a therapist. Sasuke, get what you need and get out."

With that, Sasuke grabbed a book of his nightstand and quickly left the room. Naruto burrowed under the covers. 'Is how life will be from now on?' he wondered.