The Real Me

-Normal P.O.V-

Chapter 4

When Naruto awoke he really didn't want to face his team out of fear of what they were going to say or do to him, because of yesterday. Even though he REALLY didn't want to go he knew he had to because if he didn't he knew they would look for him this time. But he took his time, taking a long shower, ate really slow, and walking at a slow pace not wanting to get there faster than he needed too, when he arrived everyone, Sasuke, Kakashi and Sakura, were there. He looked at Sakura's arm it was burised pretty badly but she seemed happy to see him none the less.

"Good morning Naruto." She said sweetly. Naruto blinked, she was being nice to him, after what he did, why?

"Good morning?" Naruto looked at everyone unsure if what they were planing.

"Well now that Naruto is finally here, we can start on our training." Kakashi informed. Naruto was confused, why was everyone acting like nothing happened yesterday? After he just snapped at everyone.

"Wait a minute!" Naruto yelled, everyone looked at him curiously.

"What is it Naruto?" Kakashi blinked.

"Why the hell is everyone acting like nothing happened yesterday!?" Naruto glared.

"Because dobe," Sasuke joined in, "we know you just snapped yesterday because you passed out during training and you felt weak, so you took it out on everyone else. You probably didn't mean what you said." Sasuke informed. Naruto blinked again, so they just let it go like that?

"But-"

"Naruto forget about it ok? Now let's start training." Kakashi ordered walking off. What the hell! This doesn't make sense at all they can't tell that I was being honest and telling them things I should not have? They still can't tell I wear a mask!? Some friends they can't even tell the difference, maybe my mask was really hidden so well that, no one could tell. Naruto sighed and followed the rest of them, not noticing Sasuke was watching him closely.

Training was boring Naruto had to work on charka control, Sakura was fighting with Sasuke and Kakashi was reading like always. Naruto really couldn't figure out why they just dropped what he did with not a care that what he said could've been true, and it was. Normally Kakashi would try to talk to him or something, or get Iruka to, and Naruto figured today Sakura would stay away from him all together. Either life was going good for him or bad, he couldn't tell.

About five hours into training Kakashi called it a day for everyone and he disappeared giving a look at Sasuke, who nodded. Naruto was still in deep thought he didn't understand why they were doing this, maybe he just thought that they would actually care about him, but he was wrong.

"Bye Sasuke-kun, Naruto!" Sakura waved and left the two there not that Naruto was paying attention to the pink headed girl, which Sasuke found odd. With a deep sigh Naruto left the training area without even glancing at Sasuke. Something is wrong the dobe he didn't even call me teme today. Sasuke thought a little worried as he followed Naruto, but making sure the blond didn't realize it.

Naruto was heading to his training grounds for some real training, he was actually really good with charka control, but just faked it, it was part of the mask. Once there Naruto made his way to the river which the waterfall flowed into. Stepping on the water with charka going to his feet he walked towards the middle. Taking off his shirt and throwing it to shore, he took a deep breath once again and made some of the charka flow into his finger tips. All the while not knowing he was being watched by Sasuke.

Naruto then put his right arm above his head and pointed his finger tips to his head and the chakra started to slowly swirl around his body. Naruto was controlling both the fox's charka and his own making it look like the two charkas were dancing together. Blue and red.

Sasuke couldn't believe that this dobe was the same dobe that took the longest to control his charka and now he could do this. Naruto was now dancing with his charka it flowed all around him, he jumped in the air after about an hour of toying with the charka and did a flip and then a sprial down having the charka follow his every move. As he landed on the water it seemed he used to much charka and just fall in the water instead of standing on it. Sasuke was very tempted to go out there a help him because he wasn't coming up. But Sasuke knew if he did that Naruto would know he followed him.

Finally Naruto came to the surface for air, he shaked his head getting the water out of his face and hair. He blinked a couple of time and sighed as he laid on his back for a while.

"That was lame I only lasted an hour that time." Naruto groaned and Sasuke could hear the dobe perfectly. "I guess I used too much charka at once, whatever I need to blow off some steam I need to hit something again." Naruto said to himself swimming to shore and grabbing his shirt to dry off with, after that he threw it down again. "Ok what should I beat to a plup today?" Naruto looked around looking at the tree he knocked down the day before and the little mountain also.

He decided aganist beating up things that couldn't move instead making shadow clones, but they weren't of him, it there were of Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke five of each of them. He sighed and got rid of them making them poof away.

"I can't look at their faces right now." Naruto groaned and glared at the ground, he picked a random thick tree and went to beat the crap out of it. "Stupid friends can't tell the fucking difference!" Naruto yelled as he hit the tree as hard as he could not holding back, the first hit made it snap. Has Naruto been holding back or is this out of anger? Sasuke glared at the blond. Naruto just went to the next tree, "This would have never happened if it wasn't for Sakura!" Naruto hit another tree his hardest making it fall too. "Kakashi and Iruka being blind idoits to see my pain!" Naruto continued. "Sasuke and everyone totally ignoring what I said like it's a joke!" At this point Naruto knocked down five trees, his hands were covered in dirt, blood, and sweat. He laid on the ground trying to clam his breath. Naruto...what is happening with you? Sasuke sighed as he continued to keep an eye on him.

Hours later when the sun was going down Naruto finally was starting to leave, grabbing his shirt and putting it on he walked towards the village with Sasuke following unknownly to him. Sasuke was confused as to why Naruto took the alley ways instead of the main road, but followed him none the less.

Naruto stopped by the store to get some more rice balls, and sushi, he also wanted to get some tea, he heard it calms the mind or some shit like that. After leaving the store Naruto headed home, not that he wanted to, it's just somewhere to live other than outside. As soon as Naruto got home he went to go write in his journal, he pulled it out, leaving it on his bed then, went into the kitchen to make tea, but found that he didn't have a kettle.

"I would be so poor and not have a fucking kettle." Naruto groaned and left his apartment once again to buy a fucking kettle. Sasuke wondered if he should follow the dobe or read what's in the journal, he decided to read the journal, it would let Sasuke know what's going on with the blond.

Sasuke swiftly opened Naruto's bedroom window and stepped in and grabbed the journal and opened it to a random page.

Dear Whoever,

Life is shit what else is new? Some fucking villagers threw rocks at me, again. I didn't do anything to these people and they attack me and hate me for no reason! 'They attacked him?' Sasuke blinked and continued to read. I should just end it, no one would care, but than again I have still have my last hope, the one I love, but I can't tell him just yet I have to wait a little longer, 'Naruto's gay?' Sasuke thought a little shocked.

it's been three years I could wait a little longer right? Anyway I figured out a way to finally sleep, well in a way. I can make myself pass out, from too much train or...cutting myself until I black out. I'm leaning toward the cutting it's not like people would see it because I'll heal over night, and I won't have those nightmares. And I don't have to put on make up to hide my bags or drink as much coffee as I do. Well I should get to 'sleep' I just got a very sharp kunai, so that should work.

Night for once!

I love you...

Sasuke stared at the last line for a long time, there was something written there but he couldn't see it because there was a drop of blood covering it. He reread the entry not believing that Naruto went through this. What he couldn't understand is how he hid it so well for so long. Why Naruto? Why did you hide yourself? Sasuke sighed a looked around the room, the bed had blood on it, which made Sasuke worry more. He then he looked on the side of the bed to see the kunai with dry blood on it.

Sasuke glared at it, he was pissed for many reasons, for the fact that he couldn't see Naruto's pain, that he did nothing but make fun of the blond, and that Naruto was purposly hurting himself. He felt like an ass, he would have continued to hate himself, but then he heard the fornt door open. These was Sasuke's options, stay and talk to the dobe, stay and yell at him, or get the hell out of there and tell Kakashi-sensei what he found out.

Sasuke had no time, he heard Naruto getting closer so he did the first thing tha came to mind. He forced charka to his hands and feet and jumped onto the ceiling like Spider-man, hoping Naruto wouldn't notice. Naruto walked into his room and sighed, he just put the tea on and was wanting for it to boil. He walked over to his journal not noticing that it had been opened and also that the window was open. Sasuke cursed himsef mentally for that.

Naruto grabbed a pen and his journal and wrote something down quickly then shut it and put it away, after he heard the tea kettle whistle. Sasuke, still on the ceiling, tried his hardest not to use to much charka. Naruto came back with a cup of tea half-way full or empty whatever floats your boat. Naruto sat on his bed with his cup in his hand, closing his eye to thinking a little.

"This tea is making me sleepy." Naruto mumbled to himself as he took another sip. It didn't take Naruto long to finish his tea and lay down on his bed and let the sleepyness take over. Sasuke sighed in relief and got down from the ceiling and headed out to the front door to tell Kakashi what he found out. (A/N Don't ask why he just is!)

He was half-way down the hall when he heard Naruto screaming. Sasuke quickly ran into the room and stared in shock at the blond. Red charka was forming around him as he continued to scream. Sasuke got closer to Naruto to wake him up but when he reached his arm out the charka around Naruto blasted him back against the wall hurting Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke winced and grabbed his shoulder with his hand and stared at Naruto. He saw Naruto's eyes shoot up the charka still around him, he slowly sat up hair covering his face, slowly the scars on his arm started to heal.

"Naruto?" Sasuke blinked, Naruto lifted his head and looked at the raven Sasuke's eyes widen, Naruto looked different. His eyes were blood red, his whisker-like scars were darker, nails were longer and sharper, and his teeth were also longer and sharper. Naruto smirked at Sasuke. "N-Naruto?" Sasuke repeated a little scared this time.

"No, I am Kyuubi." Naruto's voice was dark and husky when he spoke.

"Kyuubi?" Sasuke slowly stood up still holding his shoulder.

"Heard of me eh?"

"Your...the demon that attacked the village." Sasuke didn't know what to think.

"Yes, I am, are you going to run?"

"No," Sasuke said simply.

"Good I'm afraid I need your help, I'm not going to repeat myself so listen, if you don't stop Naruto from cutting himself I will stop healing him and let him die," Sasuke could tell that the fox was very serious, but why did he ask him? "Also make him eat more." Kyuubi added.

"Tch like I care." Sasuke scoffed trying to act like he wasn't afraid.

"Damn Uchiha's and their pride, this is a warning you stupid little human, I'm not going to heal someone who purposly hurts himself to go to sleep!" Kyuubi glared. "Understand? I know you don't want him to die, you do care about him I can smell it, and he really cares about you."

"Why the hell can't you stop him?"

"He won't listen to me, for one I'm the reason why he can't sleep, it's my fault that he see what he sees when he sleeps." Kyuubi informed, "I will stop them if you make him stop cutting himself." Kyuubi added. "And I know for a fact that he'll listen to you more than any other." Kyuubi smirked.

"Why should I trust you?"

"You have no reason to trust me, but if you want Naruto to live you should trust me." Kyuubi studied the Uchiha for a moment taking note that he would do as he asked. "Now that that's over with, you might want to take Naruto to Tsunade." Kyuubi informed as he raised his right hand.

"What the hell are you doing?" Sasuke glared, but it did not affect the demon. He just smirked and took his claws and made huge gashes in his left arm, then let Naruto take over once again. Naruto's eyes turned from red to blue, he looked at Sasuke for a minute.

"S-Sasuke what are you..." Naruto didn't get to finish as he passed out he was about to fall on the floor until Sasuke cought him messing up his shoulder more but he didn't care. He laid Naruto on the bed and went into the bathroom to get som bandages to wrap around his arm before he took him to Tsunade.

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