Time Changes All
The stench of smoke and noise in the bar was almost unbearable to his ears and nose. As always he sat at the bar, drowning his sorrows in sake. Now he looked back at his good memories. But inevitably his thoughts retuned to what had begun his downfall, the downfall of Uzumaki Naruto. It had all started with his battle with Sasuke. After Sasuke fled Konohagakure with The Four Sounds (Kidoumaru, Jiroubou, Sakon, Tayuya), Chouji, Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto gave chase.
All faced their own challenges in battle. Chouji had used all his energy to win. Neji had been severely wounded, but still gained victory. Kiba won as well, with the help of Gaara of the Sands older brother and his puppets. With Temari's help Shikamaru gained victory as well. Gaara and Rock Lee defeated their opponent as well. But the biggest challenge was for Naruto to face. He had faced down Sasuke, and even when he had been cut down with a Chidori, he still fought to bring him back. In the end though, he failed, and Sasuke fled to the sound village. He and the others had returned to Konohagakure it bad shape. But all of them recovered. And life had continued, but with more missions coming toward everyone. Strange dreams began to plague him.
Then the Kyuubi began to speak to him in his head. Then his and the Kyuubi's Chakra began fuse. Soon after he could not tell the difference between their Chakras, he couldn't hear the Kyuubi's voice, and the dreams he now remembered. The people around him began to notice his changing behavior. He hated and yet cared about everyone in Konohagakure. Then he began to change even more. His nails grew into claws. His sight, smell, hearing, etc. all greatly increased in power. Soon after he retreated into his apartment and wouldn't leave.
He boarded up his windows from the inside. Barricaded his door and set traps on every entrance in his apartment. Also placing a barrier in the walls ceiling and floor that not even the Hyuga clans' Byakugan could penetrate. Soon word spread through the entire village. At first he would talk to some one if they talk through his door to him. But after a few days he wouldn't even answer. After a week and a half Tsunade put a plan into action to get Naruto out of his apartment. Neji, Sakura, Kakashi, and Rock Lee were sent in side. Moving slowly through the apartment they found him wedged into one of the corners of his bedroom. His normal orange pants and jacket were nowhere to be seen, and it looked as if he was wrapped in some furs.
Neji, using the Byakugan, searched for traps that were close to him. There were none, but there was something else. The furs had chakra coils in them. That was when he opened his eyes. They all stared at each other for what seemed like hours. But in reality it was probably only a few minuets. That's when he went berserk. That night Naruto fled Konohagakure for fear of what may happen if he didn't. Fearing both the villagers and what he might do to him. That was 4 years ago.
He didn't know they were looking for him, but all the same he never stayed in the same place long enough to be found. Plus there was his mastery of the art of illusion. Realizing that the sake was doing nothing to numb his pain, he paid what he owed and left. Blending into the moving crowd.