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Bijuu/ other personality
Chapter 工
"No, I don't want to go Iruka Sensei!" Naruto pouted.
"Of course you want to go." Kyuubi laughed at him.
Naruto ignored the fox demon and looked up at the building that Iruka had brought him to. He looked up at the sign that read, Konoha Mental Institute.
"Come on Naruto, you need this." Iruka told the young blonde. "You need to get rid of the voice."
"I tried Sensei! He just doesn't want to go." Naruto whined.
"Well these people will be able to help you, I'm sure of it."
The two walked up the steps and were greeted to a busty blonde woman.
"Hello, I'm Tsunade you must be Naruto." She said with a big smile. "Come on in and we'll get you all set up."
"Goodbye Naruto." Iruka waved.
"Well we got rid of him."
"Shush." Naruto told the fox.
"There is your room, from what Iruka said about your condition you will be staying with someone with the same thing you have." Tsunade informed him.
Then a boy with pale skin and red hair walked in.
"Shukaku!" Kyuubi gasped.
"Kyuubi?" Another voice in Naruto's head appeared.
The red headed boy grabbed his head. "Is this my new room mate?"
"Gaara this is Naruto, you are both very alike."
"Oh I'm sure." Gaara smiled.
Tsunade left the room and Gaara turned to Naruto.
"Who is Shukaku?" Naruto asked his new roommate.
"A voice in my head, who is Kyuubi?"
"A voice in my head. Do they know each other?"
"Ah kit, that is a sand demon. Old acquaintance of mine." kyuubi said.
"How come I can hear him?" Asked Gaara clutching his head again.
Naruto shrugged. "Beats me."
"Never thought I would see the Nine Tailed demon fox in a place like this." Shukaku laughed.
"Don't laugh at me." Kyuubi snapped not liking being insulted by someone lower than him.
"Let's go, it's dinner time." Gaara said walking out of the room.
Gaara lead Naruto to a wide open spot where there were many other people just sitting at tables, Naruto followed Gaara to a table where there was only one other person. The other person didn't acknowledge them, he was just sitting there drawing what looked to be a bug. Others filled in but did not go to the table that the three boys were sitting at. People were staring at Naruto wondering who the new guy was and what he was doing with Gaara.
Then a girl with pink hair and green eyes walked up to the table very hesitantly. "Hello Gaara, Shino. Who's your new friend?"
Gaara turned to look at her and she took a step back. Naruto saw that she was going to go back so he stood up and held out his hand. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki."
The girl smiled and shook his hand. "I'm Sakura. Want to come sit with all of us?"
"This boy doesn't like you either!" Shukaku laughed as Gaara clutched his head.
"I'm sorry Sakura-chan, but I want to stay with Gaara for a bit." Naruto replied with a small smile.
"Okay, maybe another time." She said going back to the other table.
"Why did you not go?" Gaara asked as Naruto took his place beside his new friend.
"Because you are my friend."
"Gaara doesn't have friends." Shino adds.
"Well he does now." Naruto said.
After dinner Tsunade took Naruto over to a room to get a handle on his condition other than what Iruka said.
"Does this voice have a name?" She asked.
"Kyuubi." Naruto said.
"What does he think about this situation?"
"Bullshit, let me talk to the old hag Naruto." Kyuubi pleaded.
"No."
"What dear?" Tsunade asked.
"Kyuubi said he wants to talk to you, but I won't let him." Naruto said.
"Kakashi would you please come in here!" Tsunade yelled.
A man covering half of his face and his left eye walked in. "What can I do for you?"
"Stay in here. Naruto I'd like to talk with Kyuubi."
Naruto shook his head. "No, he's not nice."
"That's why I brought in Kakashi."
"Please Naruto, let me speak to her. I'll try to be nice." The fox said in a low voice earning a shiver from the small blonde.
"Don't worry Naruto, he won't hurt anyone." Kakashi assured the young boy.
"Okay." Naruto said hesitantly.
Kyuubi laughed. "Show time."
Naruto let down his guard and let Kyuubi through making his world go black.
When Naruto opened his eyes they were not the vibrant blue they usually were but instead they were red slits.
"Are you Kyuubi?" Tsunade asked.
The young boy got up and walked around a bit. "Yes."
"And you share the same body?"
"Why do you ask such stupid questions?" Kyuubi shouted at her. "Now show me the way out, my brother and I are leaving."
"Is Naruto your brother?" Kakashi asked the demon fox.
"Oh no no no, you've got it all wrong. My brother is Shukaku."
Tsunade looked over to Kakashi with confused eyes.
"Did Gaara tell you about him?" Tsunade asked.
Again the fox laughed. "No, we knew of each other the moment we locked eyes. Kit can hear Shukaku and Gaara can hear me. Now they way out please."
"We can't let you go." Kakashi said standing up from the desk he was sitting on.
"You must let me out of here."
"Can we please speak to Naruto again?" Tsunade asked.
"No, I don't feel like being stuffed in the back of his mind. It's nice to get out once and a while."
"Kakashi, take Naruto-"
"Kyuubi! I am not Naruto."
"Sorry, please take Kyuubi back to his room. We will wait for Naruto to come back."
"I want to be escorted out."
"Let's go." Kakashi said opening the door. He lead Kyuubi back to his room. On the way Gaara looked over and Kyuubi smiled to him. The demon fox then hit Kakashi in the face and knocked him on his back. By the time Kyuubi got Kakashi on the ground many attendants were already on them.
"Put him in solitary confinement until he's back to normal." Tsunade said rubbing a hand over her face, maybe it wasn't a very good idea after all.
Gaara has a look of pain on his face, he ran forward but Kakashi caught him around the waist.
Kyuubi fought the whole way until he was thrown in a room with white padded walls.
Well I'm going to have a blast in here. Kyuubi thought as he sat down against the wall.
2 years later.
"Naruto's back!" Sakura yelled running over to him.
"What is it Sakura?" He asked looking for Gaara trying to ignore the pink haired girl in front of him.
"There's a new boy that came here a few days ago, he's so cute!" She squealed pointing to a boy with raven black hair. The boy was looking at him with curious eyes but did not look for too long. "His name is Sasuke."
In the two years Naruto had been here he had only made friends with a limited few people. Shino, Gaara, and even Sakura because she won't leave him alone. Everyone else did not come near him because of the episodes that Kyuubi would have at random points in time. The last one was a few days ago, Kyuubi had stabbed one of the nurses in the eye with a plastic spoon and was put into solitary confinement till a few minutes ago. Naruto left Sakura and went over to Gaara and Shino.
"Welcome back." Gaara smirked.
"Shut up, you have them too."
"Not as much, Shukaku is much more tamed then your fox."
"Watch it sandman." Kyuubi warned.
"Did you see the new guy?" Gaara asked.
"Sakura told me a little bit about him, when did he get here?" Naruto asked.
"A few hours after you got put into confinement." Shino said. "He's here for anger or something like that."
"He's been good the few days he's been here though." Gaara added. "Come on it's time for group."
When everyone had arrived Kakashi announced that they would start.
"Naruto welcome back, as you have probably heard we gathered a new guest while you were gone. Sasuke would you introduce yourself to Naruto."
Sasuke looked at the blonde, he remembered the first day he had come in to the Mental Institute.
Flashback.
It was lunch when he came in, a girl with pink hair and green eyes invited him to sit at her table. There were many people at the table that introduced themselves and what they were there for, but Sasuke looked over and saw a very empty table with only two people sitting there.
"What's with those two?" He asked.
"Oh, Shino and Gaara?" Sakura asked, "Oh, Shino I don't know about but Gaara has a split personality like Naruto, where is Naruto?"
"Confinement." Someone answered.
"Again?" Another asked shocked.
"He stabbed a nurse with a plastic spoon. A spoon!"
"I wouldn't bother trying to befriend them, they are very tight." Sakura said.
"Naruto talks to you though." Ino said.
"Well I'm persistent."
Sasuke knew that he would avoid this Naruto kid.
The first couple days were fine, he was sitting at a table reading when Sakura suddenly jumped up and yelled. "Naruto's back!"
Sasuke looked over at the blond boy who had just been released of confinement, he had blue eyes and was very attractive. Naruto looked over at Sasuke and then went over to Gaara and Shino. That's when Sasuke saw the two actually talk and open their mouths, he heard that Gaara and Naruto are roommates so he guessed that they were close.
End Flashback.
"I'm Sasuke." Was all he said.
"Cool, anyone want to talk about anything?" Kakashi asked. "Gaara? Shino? Naruto? Ino?"
"Yes I have something to talk about." Ino said. "I want to learn more about someone that I didn't notice before."
"Who is it?" Kakashi asked.
"Nobody imparticular." Ino said teasing her words looking right at Sauske earning a stare down from Sakura.
"Gaara any improvement?"
The redhead nodded his head. "Shukaku doesn't want to be like Kyuubi, so he behaves as much as he can."
"Excuse me?" Kyuubi asked.
"I'll be let out sooner if I behave." Shukaku snapped back.
"Naruto, what does Kyuubi think about that?" Kakashi asked seeing both boys grab their heads from the mental fight that just happened in their heads.
"Kyuubi thinks Shukaku is an asshole, but it's brotherly love I think."
Gaara blinked and then stood up with a mad look on his face.
"Here we go again." Sakura muttered.
"Is that what you think Fox?" Shukaku spoke out loud.
Naruto stood up with the same face. "Is to Sandman." Kyuubi was out too.
"Naruto must like confinement." A large boy snickered.
Kakashi sighed pressing the button to the intercom system. "He have both entities out in room 401, Tsunade The Fox and Sand are out."
Although Kyuubi and Shukaku have never fought it was bound to happen soon.
"What else do you have to say Nine Tailed freak?"
"I'll pummel you Sandy." Before Kyuubi could lay a finger on Shukaku Tsunade came in with many attendants.
"Gaara calm down, let's get Naruto to the lab." She ordered.
Gaara hearing this snapped out of it but when Kyuubi heard about the lab he got mad.
"The lab? I don't think so."
Then Gaara just latched on to Naruto and whispered something in his ear, Naruto blinked a couple times and sagged in Gaara's arms. He then stood on shaky legs and walked out of the room and to the one he shared with Gaara.
"Gaara you are dismissed, you rest a bit." Kakashi said.
"Does that happen allot?" Sasuke asked.
"Once or twice a week with Naruto." Ino said. "Gaara is better at handling it and he hardly has outbursts like that anymore."
"Naruto's other side is rude and persistent, whereas Naruto himself is a very nice person." Kakashi said with a sad smile.
Back in the other room Naruto lay with his back facing Gaara, he felt to humiliated to even look at him.
"Naruto, it's not your fault." Gaara told him.
"It is, I can't control Kyuubi like you can."
Then Tsunade walked in the room carrying something in her hand. "Naruto I have some meds here that I'd like you to try out, I think these will help."
Naruto sat up and took them.
"They will make you feel very drowsy and out of it but I want to know later if you think they helped out at all." She said walking out of the room.
Naruto then lay back down falling into sleep, Gaara didn't like being last to fall asleep so he did what they do most nights and pushed the beds together. He snuggled up to his sleeping friend and then joined him in dreams.
The next day Naruto didn't look so good only just waking up after lunch, he walked over to the table where Shino and Gaara were and thunked his head on the table.
"What's with him?" Shino asked.
"He got new meds last night, don't look so good to me." Gaara replied.
Then the nurse went around handing out medication, Gaara had to give Naruto his meds since he was so out of it. That's how he was most of the day, just sitting there staring into nothing. When everyone was outside Sasuke went up to Naruto and sat down beside him.
"You don't look good." He said.
"Don't feel good." Naruto replied.
"Are you feeling better from yesterday?"
"I just feel numb, I don't like it but I don't feel mad." The blonde said falling back in the long uncut grass. "Is that good?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't know." Naruto said drifting off into thought.
"Is he okay?" Sasuke looked up and saw Gaara standing there.
"He doesn't know." Sasuke replied.
"I don't like him like this, he's too quiet."
"Wouldn't know." Sasuke said.
Gaara shrugged. "You could get to know him, he's not bad, just unstable. Get's me dragged into it too."
The two laugh and talk some more until it's time to go in for Dinner. Sasuke helps Gaara get Naruto inside and decides to sit at this table for tonight. Shino eyed Sasuke for a while until Tsunade comes over.
"How is he?" She asks.
"Empty." Shino replies.
"Like a shell." Gaara adds.
"Have you heard Kyuubi at all Gaara?" The nurse asks.
"No, it's weird, he's a dumb loud mouth who doesn't shut up." Gaara replies. "Not a word, he would have exploded at that."
"I'm going to keep him on this for a few more days, then take him off to see how it affected him."
"This is going to be a long week." Shino says playing with more of his bugs.
And the week was long, Naruto hardly said anything and Gaara didn't hear a single word from Kyuubi. Sasuke had gotten to be friends with the outcast group even if Naruto was not himself, he learned that Shino was there for and found that they were fun to be around despite what Sakura and the others said about them. Most days they would just sit and keep to themselves, Sasuke liked that. One day they were sitting around, Shino was drawing, Gaara was playing a board game with Sasuke. When the meds came around there was none for Naruto.
"They must be taking him off them." Sasuke said.
"Finally, I don't like it when he is this quiet." Gaara had a smile on his face.
Only after a few hours did they see Naruto come out of his shell. He groaned and clutched his head, Sasuke called Tsunade over and she took him over to the lab. Gaara hated the lab and he knew that Naruto did too. The three boys waited patiently for their friend and when he finally did come he looked to be fine.
"Fox is back, Fox is back!"
"Hey Naruto." Sasuke welcomed.
"You know what they need here." Naruto said. "Ramen."
"You have been here for two years, there is no ramen." Gaara said rolling his eyes.
"Only when Iruka comes by, I get to have ramen when he visits."
"Iruka doesn't come by anymore kit, he doesn't want to see you." Kyuubi laughed.
"Kyuubi leave Naruto alone." Gaara snapped.
"Make me stupid, those drugs did nothing. I was just patient, you know me. A loud dumbass who doesn't shut up."
"Stop you stupid Fox, be more like Shukaku for once." Naruto sighed.
"Excuse me?" Asked the Fox. "YOU SHOULD WORSHIP ME!"
Naruto clutched his head and fell to the ground. "Stop!" He yelled. "Just leave me alone!"
"You can't get rid of me!" Kyuubi yelled.
Gaara stood up, but it wasn't Gaara who spoke. "Geez Kyuubi, leave the poor kid alone for once!"
"Please stop, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just please stop." Naruto sobbed.
Many nurses had gathered round to see what was wrong.
"Gaara what happened?" Tsunade asked.
"That's not Gaara." Shino said.
"Kyuubi won't back off, he's really mad." Shukaku told the head nurse. "He won't even listen to me!"
Naruto wouldn't stop sobbing. "Just kill me."
Shukaku was appalled at the demon fox, not even he would torment Gaara this much.
Kakashi picked up the boy and everyone left except Tsunade.
"Shukaku, would you mind telling me what happened." Tsunade asked.
"Of course." Shukaku told her how Kyuubi wasn't affected by the medication that Naruto was on and how he tormented Naruto about Iruka not coming by.
"What about you and Gaara? How are you too getting along?"
"We are fine in my opinion, I treat him as an equal and we have come to respect each other now unlike before." Shukaku said.
"That's good news, we could even let you out soon with that information." Tsunade said writing on her clipboard.
"But I can't leave Kyuubi here alone to torment Naruto like that." The sand demon looked at the floor.
"We will take care of him, you have made such an improvement." She told the young boy in front of her.
Naruto came back after a few days much to Gaara's delight. He was also told by Tsunade that he would be released in a week. Gaara was dreading having to tell Naruto. He finally told him three days before he had to leave. It was after lunch and everyone was outside.
"Naruto I have something to tell you." Gaara said sitting beside his friend.
"What is it?" Naruto asked tilting his head.
"I'mgoingtobereleasedinafewdays." He said in a big rush.
"Can you say that a bit slower please."
"I'm going to be released in a few days." Gaara finally choked out.
"What!" Naruto shouted standing up.
"I told them I had to be here for you but Tsunade won't let me." The redhead said.
"I can't be here without you." Naruto had tears welling up in his eyes.
"I know." Gaara pulled the blonde into a hug.
Naruto wiped the tears coming off his face and smiled at his friend. He was proud of him for getting better and for being able to leave. After Gaara was gone Naruto would strive to be like him.
In the few days the boys had left with each other were spent together. Kyuubi was upset with Shukaku moving and vowed to be good so they could leave and they could be together on the outside. Gaara's sibling came to pick him up and with a last goodbye he did something nobody was expecting.
Gaara kissed Naruto.
This was my first Naruto fanfic and I definitely want to write more of this story, I really like it and if I get enough support I will continue with it. I like writing these long chapters and since it's the summertime I can write without having school in the way. Tell me what you think. GaaraXNaruto or maybe slide to SasukeXNaruto? Review and we'll see.
-Kiwi244