A/N- So this was the second story from LiveJournal, and over there it took me a while to get used to switching off all the time, from different people's view...it's not really my style, I used to write only from one person, but then I wrote the other two fics now it's all about the switching off!

Enjoy!!


Naruto stopped to look at the sky, it was cloudy and he could hear the thunder roaring and see the lightning flashing throughout the dark purple clounds, the sun was setting to the west. He snapped his heat to look east, whatever was doing this had to be somewhere over there. He started to walk, I hate being on patrol by myself, it gets too quiet after all the mortals go in...He sighed and he was already ten meters from where he stood a moment ago.

You could call him a freak, you could call him different, but at least he wasn't the only one. They weren't a family, not blood related, not emotionally, not physically, and besides, who would explain ten children? It's just not right. Usually. Especially when they were all fifteen, or at least most of them were.

They acted normal, they went to school and learned, some of them played in sports, and all of them were members of the school's student council. They had other friends, but twice a many enemies.

Naruto felt a pulse, "I should probably hurry, if it breaks out, then we could be in real trouble." He took out his cell phone, "And if it does break out...then I won't be able to handled it alone." A picture flew through his head, "Whoa…what was that?" He put his hand on it.


Neji's phone rang, "Who is it?" Kakashi said in a soft voice from the next two rooms down.

"It's Naruto." Neji replied, "He's calling for backup,"

At first Kakashi didn't say anything, he was thinking about who to send with Neji to go backup Naruto. Because he and Gai knew, even if they did send him to go do alone, Naruto wasn't going to be able to handle that on his own. "Take them with you...You need to be careful. This one isn't like all the other ones."

"Different, huh? Don't worry, we can handle it." his phone was still ringing, but Neji rejected the call and got up from his desk. Will that be enough?

There was a knock on Kiba's door, "What is it Neji?" Naruto…?

Neji opened the door and looked seriously at Kiba, "Come on," he said quietly.

"Don't tell me Naruto couldn't handle it on his own." Kiba laughed as he joined Neji, "Want me to get Shino?" Neji nodded. "That kid can't do anything on his own...he's such a newbie."

Neji looked at Kiba, "Huh, I seem to remember a certain newbie that thought he was all that and almost got killed in the one way that only immortals can die...And even if it was one of us, we probably still couldn't do it on our own." he said, grinning at him. Kiba scowled as he walked out of his room.

He was already half way down the hall when Shino met up with him, "So you already know, huh?"

"There probably isn't a person here that doesn't." Shino said quietly, "Let's go."


"Looks like they're on their way." Naruto said to himself, putting his phone in his pocket. "For the time being," He pulled out a letter, "How many extra rooms do we have in that huge place anyways? Five, I think?" He felt another pulse. But it's not like we have any more people coming to the place...except for...Despite the throbbing of his head, Naruto remembered that all those girls were going to come...he just didn't know when.

"Hurry up…" He said in a serious voice. He could already hear the cracking. "Dammit, they'll find me anyways, I have to-" He sprinted down the road, I can't let it happen, If it breaks out, I'll be the one responsible, he is me after all…or at least what used to be inside me… Naruto shook his head knocking the thought out.

Naruto sharply turned off in a diagonal right turn into the woods. The trees passed him like they weren't there at all. It was much deeper that he remembered it to be, It really has been a long time… He heard another crack, he picked up the speed.


"Come on, we have to hurry, Naruto picked up the pace and he's worried about it breaking out." Neji said urgently.

"What caused it to be so sudden?" Kiba asked curiously.

"Right now, we're not really sure. As of late, Naruto's emotions and mind have been going nuts. At first Kakashi and Gai said it was nothing to worry about, but then I notice them watching him more closely every day for about two weeks and it became apparent that Naruto's emotions and his mind was becoming unstable." Neji clarified.

"So that thing is going to get out of it's prison because of Naruto's emotions?" Kiba said, "He's the most dangerous out of all of us, huh?"

"He may be the most dangerous and most carefree, but he doesn't want it to get out just as much as the rest of us don't." Shino said after dodging a tree.

"Damn, we should've brought Sasuke with us, He'd know what to do. He's the only one out of all of us that's seen it, right?" Kiba asked.

"Besides Kakashi and Gai, yes. And even he thought it was the most menacing thing he'd ever seen…" Neji said uncomfortably.

"Whoa, it must be scary…"


Naruto stood in front of a giant stone plus iron bared cage. He smacked himself, then put his hand on his head, What is going on? I don't know what's happening inside my head. There was a loud roar from inside the cage.

"There's no way you're going to get out. They sealed you in there for a reason." "Really?" said a disgustingly low voice. Suddenly, Naruto fell to his knees, and shouted out in pain. He was starting to have a hallucination.


"Did you hear that?" Kiba and the rest stopped, "It was Naruto."

"What do you suppose is happening to him?" Shino asked.

"I don't know," Neji said a little too honestly. But whatever's going on, it can't be good. He balled up his fist, "Damn, we might be to late…"

"Are you serious!?" Kiba yelled, "But it wasn't supposed to get out, he's there, remember?!" The three of them stood there listening to the yells and shouts.

"Shino, what do you see?" Neji turned to a moment, Shino went a still as a stone. "It's not going to get out, not now." he said returning to normal. "But we can't just stand here anymore. Even though we may be to late, we can fix some of the damage." he finished quietly.

"In that case, do you think we should call for back up? Sasuke, maybe? Lee, Choji, Shikamaru?"

"I don't think so. Gai's already sent someone, I can't tell who it is yet, but for now we should hurry. Naruto doesn't sound to good." They disappeared.


"Kakashi, do you think it was fine just to send the three of them and you not go?" Gai asked worried.

"Actually, I just wanted to see how well they could a situation like this." Kakashi responded in a light, carefree voice.

"Yes, but you could've sent Sasuke with them. I mean, as of now, the probability of it getting out is pretty high."

"Your right on that. And they're already thinking of calling for back up. And Naruto's having another hallucination and he's not doing to good." Kakashi said in a more serious tone.

But so soon already?


Sasuke sat in his room two doors down, listening to Gai's and Kakashi's conversation. He shut his book and got up. "Don't go until they call you." Kakashi said.

"They're about to, so I should go before." Sasuke said in his velvet voice.

"Just wait."

Sasuke sighed and sat down again. I really hope it doesn't get out…the last time I saw it, I lost my stomach for a week…

"You worried, Sasuke?" Shikamaru walked in.

"That thing's pretty scary Shikamaru…even someone like me would be worried." Sasuke said as if he were stating a fact.

Shikamaru nodded, "Oh, that's pretty deep…" His tone was sarcastic. Sasuke was the cool guy, unaffected by everything, always manage to laugh in a pretty normal way no matter how hilarious something was. His three closest friends in the house: Neji, Shino and Shikamaru himself. They all thought one of them would be Naruto...But they had a certain different relationship. They were closer.

"Whatever, are you going to ask?" Smart ass...

"I was thinking about it and yes. We don't have much time though, so we should hurry," Shikamaru said pressingly. They didn't have much time. This was the tightest schedule they'd had since...All Hallow's Eve...Halloween.

"Really Shikamaru? Cause you know, I thought we should go easy and take our time." Sasuke used deep sarcasm. Halloween was nothing like this, when they were disguised as regular humans, going around houses, killing...terrorizing...kidnapping.

"Just come on." Shikamaru said irritated.

When they were walking out of the manor, "Naruto's been gone about an hour? He left doing patrol, right?" Shikamaru asked.

"Somewhere around that-" Sasuke froze in his tracks. "Oi, what's wrong Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked cautiously.

"It's- Naruto…he's- having a hallucination-" Sasuke put his head on his head, "And it's just now coming to me."

He twitched, Connections of the mind, Kakashi told me it was a dangerous thing. I just couldn't believe that their minds were connected… it's strange… Shikamaru looked at Sasuke. "Come on Sasuke, Naruto."

"Right- let's go." And then they were gone.


Naruto stood in front of the cage still having the hallucination. Why? Why does it seem so real? And that was true enough, the hallucinations were always close to what reality gave.

This time, Naruto, saw the angry mob of people…again. This one was a regular, and even haunted him in his dreams. He was a little boy, and no matter how fast he ran the were always right behind him.

"That's right, little boy, feel the anguish, for it is your punishment." said the bone-chilling voice from within the cage, "You deserve it after you all confined me to this cage. Suffer, writhe, in the agony!" Thunder clapped.

"Sh-shut up!" Naruto held his head. "Y-you malevolent fiend. You- you bastard!" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto!" Kiba yelled.

"Wait, Kiba." Neji put up his arm to halt him.

"You're just gonna let him lay there in obvious pain?" Kiba said.

"No, of course not, but if you do get too close to him in this state, you could get dragged into his phantasm, and -to put it bluntly- you could die." Neji said sharply.

"So how long do we have we have to wait?" Shino asked.

"At least until Sasuke and Shikamaru get here."

"Wait all you want you little brats, it isn't going to get any better when they get here." The voice erupted."

"Silence!" Neji put his left hand up that had a symbol on his palm. "Be trapped within muteness!" A sort of barrier appeared around the cage.

Naruto rolled around in pain, his head throbbing, his throat dry, he could hardly breath. And yet the mob kept chasing him. Why won't they stop! I didn't do anything! That was the thought he always thought. Even thought he thought it so many times that he could say it a hundred times in his sleep, it stuck. This is going to ruin my mind and turn it to freaking mush!

Lightning struck, and out of nowhere, Sasuke and Shikamaru landed next to Neji, Kiba, Shino.

"Status report." Shikamaru automatically ordered.

"Hallucination." replied Shino.

"Which one?" demanded Sasuke.

Neji looked at him, "The mob."

"And it?"

"Neji put a mute barrier around it." Kiba responded

Sasuke looked back at Neji, "Undo it." he ordered.

"What? Are you crazy Sasuke?" Shikamaru said incredulously.

"I need to speak to it."

"Fine." This time, Neji put up his right hand that had a different symbol on it. "Release!" The barrier that surrounded the cage melted away.

It started to rain.

Sasuke walked passed the ballistic Naruto and right in front of the thing's cage on the iron bar side.

"Oh look, if it isn't the tasty-looking little raven-haired from a few months ago." The thing said in a hungry voice.

The rest of them were torn between Naruto on the ground and Sasuke staring down the it in the cage.

"Tell me Kyuubi, are you the one doing this to Naruto?" Sasuke asked sternly.

"And why should I, the great and mighty Kyuubi, answer you, an insignificant little psychic?" it said.

"I'm the one asking the questions here." Sasuke snapped.

Whoa, Sasuke's got some balls… Kiba thought.

"You're asking for an early demise aren't you?" Kiba and Shikamaru shivered at the Kyuubi's bloodcurdling voice.

"Look, just answer my question, are you the one doing this?" He shot his hand in Naruto's direction."

The Kyuubi laughed, "Of course I am!" It boomed, "I love to watch puny little things like him suffer! I live for such things!"

Sasuke twitched, "Fine, that's all I needed." He walked, and kneeled down next to Naruto.

"Be careful Sasuke…" Neji said grimly.

Sasuke put his forefingers on Naruto's forehead. Suddenly he was thrown into the illusion.

"Sasuke!" Naruto panted, "What are you doing here?! You're gonna end up dying!" he yelled.

"I'm here to save you, you dobe." Sasuke replied running at Naruto's side, surprised at the fact that Naruto was a kid.

"And how do you intend to do that?" Naruto yelled turning to look at the angry mob. He pointed at them, "They're out to kill me, and you've never handled any illusion situations! If they get me and kill me in here, then I'm dead in the real world!"

"Would you shut up already, I'm trying to think!" Sasuke said exasperated.

"Well you might want to try to think a little faster teme!" Naruto was already wheezing.

Neji and the rest stood as they saw Sasuke twitch with his eyes closed.

"What's going on in there?" Neji said more to himself than to those around him.

"We have to help Sasuke." Shino said. He bent down over Naruto. Shikamaru and the rest joined him.

"Alright on the count of three, one, two, three!" All four of them put their forefingers on Naruto's forehead, joining the other two in the hallucination.

"Dammit! What are you all doing here?!" Naruto yelled, "You're going to get all of you killed!"

"Naruto shut-up, we're all here on Kakashi's orders." Neji said. The rest of them were also surprised that Naruto was just a child.

"So this is the mob illusion. An it's being cast by that thing called the Kyuubi?" Kiba asked looking down at Naruto.

"You guys, get out of here if you all get caught and the kill you, you'll die in the real world!" Naruto warned, annoyed that every one had to look down at him.

"We can't just leave you in here to keep running until you pass out." Shikamaru said direly.

"Then, instead of talking, how about we find away out of here!"

Sasuke ran with his eyes closed, All illusions are fake, no matter how real they may seem, and even if you can get killed or hurt, you can always get out of it. "Alright, get ready, all of you! I think I've got a way out of here!"

They all continued to run, "Well that's great, but are you planning to tell us anytime soon Sherlock?" Kiba yelled.

"Alright, all of you except for Naruto take out your pocket knife." Sasuke said getting close to breathlessness.

"Uh, I kinda forgot mine at home." Kiba said sheepishly.

"Ugh, fine anyone else?" he asked. All the rest of them had their knives open, and ready to use.

Good, on the count of three, I want you to throw them at Naruto, then-"

"What are you crazy?!" Naruto yelled, "You could kill me!"

"He's right you know," Neji contracted.

"Not if you aim them for the non-vital parts of his body, like his arms and legs." Sasuke explained.

"And you're sure this'll work?" Shino asked dubiously.

"Not completely, but I'm fairly certain."

"Well then, if that's all you have, then that's all we've got. Give the word a we'll fling." Shikamaru said.

"Don't I get a say in this?!" Naruto said fuming.

"No, so shut up and hurry!" Neji said urgently

"Alright one, two, three!" All four of them hurled their knives at Naruto's arms and legs. When they his him, he froze then fell to the ground in slight pain.

There the six of them sat as the illusion slowly melted away from their vision. It was still raining, but it didn't come down as hard as it was before. They stood looking down at Naruto gasp for air, they panted hard themselves.

Naruto fell face flat to the ground unconsciously, exhausted from what seemed like a years run non-stop. The knives either went farther into his arms and legs, or slipped out.

The rest of them fell on their butts using their arms to still keep them up.

"Aww…are all of you tired, exhausted? You pathetic little punks." The Kyuubi laughed, "I'll give you some credit, it's rare that puny little things like yourselves ever get out of one of my illusions."

"Well, we try." Sasuke said sharply, breathing hard.

"Naruto's, really got an…imagination." Kiba said taking slow, even breaths.

"But that's… not his imagination, it's his…memories…" Sasuke said, trying to catch his breath, letting go of the "ok" act that he put up with the Kyuubi.

"Memories?" Shino asked.

"As soon as we get back to the manor…we'll ask Kakashi and Gai." Neji said.

"Speaking of…why couldn't they've come and handled this?" Shikamaru said aggravated.

"They wanted to see how well we could handle a situation like this." Sasuke answered, his breath finally seeming to return to normal.

"Oh yeah, and I thought we handled it perfectly…" Kiba said sarcastically.

"Hush Kiba." Shino said.

All of them looked at the unconscious Naruto, "So what should we do?" Neji asked.

"Drag him," Kiba sat up.

"I…don't think that's a very good or constructive idea, because if we do that the humans will think we're dragging his dead body off somewhere to dump it." Shikamaru said, "And then we'd have a real situation to deal with."

"Then we'll carry him." Sasuke said.

"Naruto's not so heavy to where all of us have to help…is he?" Shino asked curiously.

"No, actually he's pretty light, considering how much he eats." Sasuke said as-a-matter-of-factly.

"Well, even if he does eat a lot, he'll never be like fat Choji." Kiba laughed.

"I'm gonna tell him you said that." Shikamaru grinned as if he finally got a way to teach Kiba to shut his mouth.

"N-no!" Kiba exclaimed, "I was just kidding! Really, I was!" They laughed at him.

"Well, we should be getting back, besides," Sasuke shot a grin at Neji, "Lee's eagerly thinking to do another mind trick contest with Neji."

Neji sighed, "On second thought, why don't we all just sleep here." he grinned.

"Not on your life. I'm exhausted, and I need a nice bed to sleep on, this whole thing was such a pain." Shikamaru sighed. They all got up, "So, who's carrying sleeping beauty down there?" Kiba asked. They all looked at Sasuke.

"Fine, I'll do it," He sighed. As the all watched, he flipped Naruto over, grabbing the pocket knives and threw them back to their owners.

With quick reflexes, they all caught them. Sasuke swept the unconscious Naruto into his arms, not even bothering to tend to his wounds of look at him for that matter.

By the time they were out of the forest, the raining had completely stopped.

"Shino, how long do you think we have until the Kyuubi decides to act again?" Neji asked looking back over his shoulder towards the forest.

"Shino closed his eyes, and went completely still for a few moments, "About a week or so, then again it could change it's mind, that's what it's going with now."

"In that case," Neji sighed, "we should all stay on our guard." All of them looked at the sleeping Naruto.

"Who would've guessed we were living with one of the most dangerous people in the dark world," Shikamaru said staring at him intensely, "What are we going to do about him…"

"Do what we've always done," Sasuke shot dirty look at Shikamaru, "keep him close and always stable."

The five of them stood in front of the manor blocking each other from reading their thoughts. The atmosphere was filled with distrustfulness. Why though, it was unknown to any of them, because they all knew something in the near future was going to happen at the institution.

And Naruto stayed unconscious.