Naruto's hyperactive happiness is a mask, but what does it hide? His sadness and loneliness or his hatred and anger? The Kyuubi hasn't been a foreign concept to Naruto for a long time now, but a demonic link must be hidden at all cost, but for how long?

Naruto and Sasuke stumble across a strange object in the woods. It lets out a sudden burst of power and Naruto is knocked unconscious. He wakes up to find everything is wrong. Is it genjutsu? A concussion? Hallucinations? Or something else?