Title: Be My Escape

Author: Heimdal-san

Pairing: Main NaruSasu…still not sure about any others.

Summary: Sasuke was in a terrible car accident that took the lives of his family. Now he is going to Therapy with a doctor who has Naruto as his assistant. Will Naruto save Sasuke from the darkness or is it too late for anything to be changed?

Age

Naruto: 20

Sasuke: 17

Sakura: 20

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Chapter 1: New Patient.

I walked through the doors of the big white building once again, in the halls you could hear the screams of the patients echo all through the walls. I grimaced, is not that I didn't want be here…is just that sometimes I wished I could do more for all these people. My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I work in a mental hospital. Mental Hospital…that suddenly reminds you of well…crazy people…at least to most of the world's population the word brings images of people rocking back and forth and talking to themselves. It is true that there are people that act that way in here but is a small minority. Mostly are people that just need help to get back to their normal lives, but it will ever be anything but normal. Some people here have been diagnosed since being small children with some kind of mental illness…those are the ones that I find rocking back and forth most of the time. The other kind is what I would refer as the unfortunate ones. Those peoples had at one point in their lives experienced a traumatic event…too horrible to get over…or maybe they were just incapable of getting over it.

Those are the people that I see the most in Tsunade's office. The ones that had a normal life and want to get it back. I admire them for their strength. I love to deal with the two types of patients but it seems I get more response with the latter group. I do have my favorites in the first group though, there is a kid…his name is Kiba…he won't tell us his last name. He just walked in here one day, sniffing the other assistant, Sakura. He's a sweet kid, and Sakura seems to think the same as she is very attached to him. Another kid came with him that day…he won't tell us his name yet but we call him 'bug master'; the reason being that he somehow always seems to find so many bugs in the yard and loves to stare at them. There have only been two things that he has ever said to me and they will forever stay with me. The first one was that he had found Kiba when he was 3 years old and he had acted like a dog even back then…the other dialogue was when he answered my question as to why he found bugs so alluring and he said 'Bugs are small and insignificant to us but if they all join they can scare the shit out of most people'…at those words I wondered who really was the one lacking sanity…me or him.

Today is going to be a good day, I can already feel it. I have sessions with both of them today…I'm always hoping that the 'bug master' will answer me anothet question…he hasn't yet.

"Good Morning Naruto-kun" greeted Sakura softly, I tell you if I was straight I would go out with her in a heartbeat. She is so beautiful, and the nurse outfit would work on any guy…yet sadly it doesn't work on me. Sadly because not being straight is very difficult, some people have even said that is a mental illness…assholes really, they need to educate themselves. Sakura-chan is very understanding of this though, she claims to be a Yaoi fan at heart…whatever that means…

I think Tsunade also knows…she keeps giving me these looks when a hot guy comes and visits some family member in here…it's not my fault that a guy is good looking! And she gives me a look that plainly states 'I know what way you swing' but I am a professional! And I would never ask out a family member of a patient…no, I draw the line.

"Good Morning Sakura-chan!" I drank coffee this morning and I'm a little over energetic but she seems to take no notice "Is Tsunade already in her office? I know we have a 10 o'clock with Kiba…"

"She is in her office but she said that the appointment has been cancelled."

"Huh? Why?"

"I really don't know, she said she wanted to talk to you so maybe she'll tell you."

I nodded and walked towards the therapist office…so maybe 'bug master' and Kiba weren't really my patients…they were Tsunade's patients. I had signed up on a part time job here since what I wanted to do was be a psychologist and Tsunade had let me sit on her appointments, sometimes even letting me talk to them.

Annoyance started to rise on me, she had crushed my schedule and my hopes for today. I was hoping that maybe today Kiba would talk other than just saying his name and barking.

I knocked on my superior's door and entered when I was told it was safe to do so.

Tsunade was sitting behind her desk, her glasses were on…which was a rare thing. She seemed to be reading a paper very hard, as though there were weapons of mass destruction in it and she was determined to find them.

"Good Morning Tsunade" I said quietly, she had told me a long time ago she didn't like the volume of my voice so I tried to keep it soft when I was with her.

"Did Sakura tell you about the change?" some people might receive this as a rude comment since she didn't greet me back but I knew that is just her mannerisms.

"She said that you had cancelled Kiba's appointment" I said frowning "but may I ask you to reconsider? This may be the day that he finally could talk and-"

"We have a new patient coming in today."

Patient? But we didn't accept any patients in July…it was the hospital policy. She seemed to be reading my mind and answered my silent question.

"This boy…he had a car accident about three weeks ago, since then he has gone a drastic change. I know that we don't take new patients this time of year but his now guardian is a good friend of mine and I did him the favor." She said seriously.

"What happened?" I asked intrigued…how bad gone was this kid that she would make such an exception?

"Family trip, it was raining and I guess the car slid and ended up in a ditch…father and mother died…that's all I know for now."

"That's horrible" I said sadly, it truly was, no person should have to see their parents dead.

"I want you in the sessions since you're about the same age, I'm hoping you'll bring a change just like you have done with Kiba and the other one." Her voice sounded matter of fact, clear of any emotion…I hope I don't become like this when I get my own patients.

"I haven't brought change in them" I said defeated, I couldn't take credit for something that wasn't true "they won't talk."

"They practically follow you when they see you Naruto, and you're the only that has heard the quiet one speak…believe me you have influence in them kid." She said smiling for the first time.

I nodded…blushing, I wasn't use to being praised.

"When is he arriving?" I asked

Tsunade opened her mouth to answer me but she didn't need to. From outside you could hear someone fighting…whoever it was, he or she was noisy…and this thought was coming from me.

"I don't belong here! Let me go! I just want to be alone, why can't you idiots understand this?"

The voice could be heard in the office and we both made a run for the door to see who was making such an uproar so early in the morning.

When I opened the door the first thing I saw was a boy…a little younger than myself…being restrained by two male nurses. He was giving them a fair fight since both of them where concentrated on keeping the boy still as they carried him.

"Kakashi! I'm not insane! Why the fuck would you do this!?!?!? Kakashi, you bastard, answer me!!!" he was still fighting the nurses as he was pulled into a room.

Now that he was gone I could see another man standing in the hallway, he had his hand over his temple. His hair was silver and his attire could be described as a business suit. He looked sad to see the boy go.

"Kakashi…" Tsunade walked past me, towards the man and I was surprised to hear softness in her voice.

"He is a good kid" he said softly "but right now he's just confused…"

"I know…" and yet again I found the softness in her voice.

"The doctors in the hospital said he has personality disorder…"

Tsunade nodded.

"What his name?" I asked bodly…very aware that I had not been included in the conversation.

"It's none of your business what my name is because I'm not staying here" said an angry voice behind us.

How had that kid freed from the nurses?

The door was locked and I could hear the nurses telling him to let them out.

"We're just wanting to help" I said softly looking at him. Tsunade had said that I could change him, maybe that's why I was being so bold towards him.

His expression changed from frowning to smiling…which didn't really suit him.

His eyes got as big and saucers and his voice changed from dripping with venom to drowning with sugar.

"Let's play a game!" he said smiling and pulled me towards him "guess my name and I'll stay here."

I blinked…that was a quick dramatic change…I've never seen something quite like it.

He turned me so that I was facing Tsunade and Kakashi…his back against them.

"Uh…hint?" I asked stupidly, I couldn't believe I was doing this.

He looked thoughtful for a minute…this is when I noticed how innocent he looked. His dark hair was framing his face beautifully and his eyes were shinning with thoughts…the pale skin contrasted so beautifully with his dark hair and eyes…he was truly beautiful.

"It starts with an S…" he said finally smiling.

Behind him I saw Kakashi grab the notebook that Sakura had left on the reception desk and startled scribbling something. He showed me the notebook.

SASUKE

What a beautiful name…is easy to say and it rolls off your tongue so perfectly.

"Er…Sasuke?" I asked…at least that what I thought it had said…my eyes were not perfect within this range of vision.

For a moment his eyes grew wide and shone with surprise. Then before I could register what happened I had been punched hard on the stomach. I fell on my knees gasping for breath. Who knew such a small guy could punch so hard?

I raised my head to look at him and I found the same frown that had been on his face when he had first arrived. All innocence was gone.

"Wrong idiot" he said rudely.

He looked like he was ready to kick me when a savior (in the form of Tsunade) intervened and very fast injected him with a fluid. I couldn't tell what it was but I figured out it was some kind of tranquilizer as soon as he started closing those beautiful onyx eyes.

Kakashi caught him as his body gave away to sleep.

I got up frustrated.

"You wrote Sasuke!" I yelled accusingly.

"His name is Sasuke" he said picking the boy up and smiling apologetically at me.

"What happened then?"

"He must have another name for the personality that you just played with Naruto." Suggested Tsunade.

"Oh yeah that might have been it." Said Kakashi calmly.

Idiots, why didn't they think of that before I had been beaten by a kid that was younger and smaller than me.

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Alright…read and review please. If you like this story, please read my other two. I put a lot of heart into them…heh well as much heart as a lazy person like myself can give.