Author's Note; Yes, I know, ridiculously short from the prologue, but I have my reasons. I hope everyone likes this chapter and I'll put another one up in a week or so! And if it's getting too close to the original True Horror of Konoha, please let me know.
Chapter 1
Six Months Later … Madness Sinking in
Six months, six months had past since the accident and Naruto had been training with his guard, Kakashi Hatake on his formations with the help of Kyuubi, who Kakashi talked to through the use of his sharingan.
Naruto had half way mastered four of the basic styles he needed to learn to use his kekkei genkai he gained from Kyuubi months ago. And each time Kakashi watched the young boy actually use it with the fighting styles, it shocked him each time.
But, to be bluntly honest, Naruto was not too keen on learning with Kakashi, but Kyuubi had talked the boy into it with promise that Kakashi would know what he was doing. And there was some training that could only be learned alone, like meditation. And Kyuubi had made sure that Naruto knew it was important, especially while using his Chakra no Yousa Sousa; Doton Manipulation. Because, being able to see through vibrations in the earth would really help him out in the long run when Kyuubi would teach the boy, when he's older, how to keep multiple element manipulations up at the same time continuously.
What no one thought, however, was that when Naruto was alone, despite having Kakashi as his guard, Naruto would be found killing people with his abilities.
And with this, after killing roughly thirteen more villagers for attacking him, five villagers for attempted rape of a fellow child and her mother, two ninja that attacked him while he was saving the girl and woman. But, Naruto wasn't able to save the woman who stepped in the way of one of the ninja's jutsu to try and help Naruto out as much as she could for saving her and her daughter.
But it was with this, that Hiruzen had to lock Naruto up, for fear that if he didn't stop, he'd succumb to his insanity and go on a murderous spree, like he almost did when the woman died in front of his eyes to try and save him from a fire jutsu the ninja used. Hiruzen was just lucky that he got there in time and had one of his ANBU cast a calming genjutsu on the boy before knocking him out.
This resulted in Kakashi nearly retiring from the shinobi force for good, until Hiruzen had a long talk with the young ex-ANBU member and allowed Kakashi to keep his Jounin status and take missions for a while, solo and as a team. That is, after Ibiki made sure Kakashi was mentally fit to do so.
Right now, Hiruzen was walking down a long corridor, lit with lights that cast a blinding light, making the white walls even brighter than they really were, and his anger towards the village he was supposed to protect, not have homicidal thoughts about, growing with each step he took. Even the psychologist that was behind him felt the tension in the air getting thicker the further along they walked, until they came up to a room at the end of the hallway. The last door on the right, the only room in Konoha Mental Institution for Ninja that held a civilian. And that civilian, was none other than Naruto Uzumaki.
"Naruto, how are you doing?" Hiruzen asked with a heavy sigh when he stepped up to the heavy door that had a small rectangular door near the bottom for purposes of food and bars on top so that you could see inside. Well, there used to be bars, and where they used to sit is now a glass pane because Naruto used his ability to open the door two hours ago to try and escape to finish off the two ninja that attacked him and killed the girls' mother.
Inside the cell, was a small cot in a corner, and what lit the inside, was soft glowing blue seals made by a seal master by the name of Jiraiya that were meant to drain Naruto's chakra, and it was with this that they found out he had large reserves, especially for someone so small and young as him. It was also taken into consideration that he should have chakra restraints on his body as well, but Hiruzen said no, knowing that they'd need them later in the future.
When no sound came from inside the cell, and when Hiruzen noticed that he couldn't see Naruto, the Hokage started to slightly panic and turn to face the psychologist who shook his head quickly. But the two suddenly jumped when a loud bang against the door brought them face to face with Naruto looking at them both with that same sinister grin that failed to leave his face and that same insane spark in his eyes that the Hokage found months ago.
"Hey old man." Naruto said with a small giggle.
"Naruto, you scared me, is everything going okay with you so far?" Hiruzen asked the small boy, his heart panging inside his chest because he never in his life, thought he'd have to put a ninja capable civilian inside these walls. Oh, if the child's father were here to see what happened, what's still happening. He couldn't even begin to think what his mother would do to the village, and that sent a shiver down his spine.
"As fine as it's going to get …" Naruto answered. "And to answer your first question; I am as peachy as I can get and I'm not as peachy as I can get."
Hiruzen sighed at the boys' answer, it sounded like he was trying to go around the question, make it sound like a joke. But he put it aside and then his eyes flickered to the walls of the room again to see the seals, and that's when he noticed something wrong.
"Naruto, why is there dry blood on your cell walls?" Hiruzen asked, his eyes narrowing to the psychologist to his right.
"Some man came in and started asking questions that made my head hurt, I subconsciously set him on fire from the inside out before I used lighting to make him blow up." Naruto answered, and there was no hint of regret in his voice either. "That, and he started using some jutsu on me that freaked me out."
"I thought I made specifically clear that no one talks to him until I saw him." Hiruzen spat at the psychologist next to him, who shrank away in fear for his life.
"We had made sure everyone had the message, but somehow, Dr. Tokugawa got the key to his room without anyone knowing it." The man answered quickly, hoping it'd spare his life.
Glaring for another moment, Hiruzen sighed heavily and turned back to Naruto, who decided to sit on the cot and stare up at the ceiling, giggling at absolutely nothing every few moments.
"Naruto, I need your permission to let someone in your mind to see what all happened six months ago. I thought I'd give you time before I asked, but since you've landed here, I have a feeling that now is a good time to ask you of this." Hiruzen asked a few moments later, and it indeed caught Naruto's attention who shot up into a sitting position and stared at the Hokage like he was nuts.
"How in the hell will I know if he's just here to hurt me?" Naruto asked in his flat, emotionless voice, but Hiruzen could tell that those words were to be laced with malice.
"I will be here the whole time, and he's a good friend of mine, Naruto. I promise he won't do anything to you. As a matter of fact, he even has a daughter you might be able to be friends with some day." Hiruzen told the young blonde, and inwardly smiled when he noticed that Naruto's interest peaked up a little bit.
"Can it happen tomorrow? My head still hurts." Naruto answered, which, to the Hokage's relief, was a good enough answer. At least they had permission, now they get to see what happened in his eyes.
"That's perfectly fine, Naruto. I don't want to put you through too much." Hiruzen smiled at the boy, who just widened his sinister grin at the old man.
"Remember, only the incident, and that is all." Naruto said before he laid back down to get some rest, but before Hiruzen left, Naruto said something else. "If they try anything else, it won't be pretty. Those are the words of Kyuubi."
That made Hiruzen's stomach drop as he turned to leave. Just the thought of Naruto communicating with the fox was enough to make him worry, but seeing as that he hasn't taken over Naruto completely, that means that the fox might be planning something for the boy's future, and he didn't like it.
He'd have to have a long, serious talk with Naruto next time he came in after tomorrow.
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The next morning was okay, Hiruzen, Inoichi, Fugaku and Shikaku, along with Jiraiya who had yet to leave the village, managed to get Naruto into a seal covered black straight jacket to make sure his chakra was continuously drained since no one could go into the room itself while the seals were active. They'd die within seconds if they had. And they had a blind fold over Naruto's eyes, as requested from Naruto himself for a reason no one but Naruto knows. And also, as per request from Naruto, he was chained down to the floor.
And now that they were ready, Hiruzen walked into the room with everyone following suit.
"Naruto, as per your request, we're here to view what happened last month. Inoichi of the Yamanaka clan will enter your memories along with Fugaku of the Uchiha clan. Now, Fugaku will be able to portray what's seen in your mind to the rest of us, so that we can see what happened at the same time, so we only have to do this once." Hiruzen explained to the young blonde.
"Okay old man." Naruto said, the sinister grin that had yet to leave his face still there. "Just remember, it won't be pretty if anything else is seen."
"We understand, Naruto. We're beginning now." Hiruzen nodded, and stepped aside as Inoichi and Fugaku stepped up.
Inoichi placed a hand on top of Naruto's head and his spare hand on Fugaku's forehead, who had his sharingan activated, ready to start the genjutsu.
"Okay, start Fugaku." Inoichi said once the memory started flowing into his mind, and Fugaku activated the illusion.
Suddenly, everyone in the room was surrounded with a darkened street of Konoha, right in front of the apartment that Hiruzen got Naruto, and it's when he noticed that this is when the meeting started that they had to be in.
They were surrounded by many citizens, most with torches while some went inside, a moment later, they heard glass breaking and three stories up, they saw Naruto being thrown from the window to his apartment.
Instead of catching the boy, the mob moved to the side, letting the child land awkwardly on the ground, awkwardly enough to break a leg and an arm. What surprised them was that Naruto didn't even make a sound showing he was in pain. And that was what started making Hiruzen pissed off enough for the genjutsu to shimmer a little bit.
"Hiruzen-Hokage, you'll need to calm down or the jutsu will deactivate." Fugaku warned, and Hiruzen started calming down instantly, well, he hid the killing intent inside himself.
After a few minutes, the mob just stood there staring at the boy while the ones that went inside the apartment complex came back outside, and that's when the beating started. A couple people in the mob pulled out a kunai and started stabbing the boy in any place they could reach while others tore at what was left of his clothes before one of them stepped hard enough on his broken leg to make the bone protrude from the skin a good few inches.
One grabbed Naruto by his hair and gouged his eyes out with a blunt kitchen knife, and he still didn't make a sound.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Shikaku mumbled, bringing a hand up to his mouth and a hand to his stomach. And this is something, especially someone who survived the Third Great Ninja War, the worst one of all three.
"We all know how you feel Shikaku." Fugaku said, and from the tone in his voice, you could tell he was a little queasy too as someone took a kunai and sliced both of the boys Achilles tendons, and it was then that they saw Naruto healing at the same speed he was being injured.
This continued for about another hour before someone stepped out of the crowd to make people step back from the child that was in the middle of healing. The man pulled out some ninja wire and tied the boy's bloodied hands together as tight as they could before they dragged Naruto up to the Hokage mountain.
Once up on the mountain, a man stepped forward and did a few hand signs before putting a hand to his throat.
""This beast had terrorized this village for far too many years! Now he's poisoned our Hokage into believing it's human! For that he must die!" The man yelled louder than usual as two other people poured sake all over the small boy's body, and from the smell, everyone in the room knew something was up with the sake.
"I can see it, that sake is loaded with chakra." Fugaku snapped.
Then they hung Naruto from a tree in front of the fourth Hokage's face, and the same man that spoke, did some hand signs and said "Katon; Fire ball jutsu" and Naruto's body lit up like a light. And what's yet impressive, Naruto still didn't scream, until five minutes later when the same blood curling scream erupted from his small frame, and it was at the same volume when they found him.
"I screamed for two hours, I think, before someone came and put the fire out." They heard Naruto say, making them all flinch. "But seeing that my body has no wounds, I was either healed perfectly, or I never burned at all. Kyuubi says it's the latter."
"Kyuubi's right, Naruto, it was a genjutsu you were under after you were taken up to the Hokage mountain. You weren't set on fire." Hiruzen explained to Naruto as the genjutsu Fugaku had cast and Inoichi let go of Naruto's and Fugaku's heads and took a step back.
"I ended early, because we were about to come up to when Hiruzen-Hokage, Fugaku, Shikaku and Hiashi stepped in." Inoichi said, and when Hiruzen looked at the man, he looked sickly pale, just like everyone else.
"It's okay, nothing much after that happened anyway, besides me feeling like my skin is melting off and regenerating at the same speed … suffocating and wishing I would die already." Naruto said, and the grin was still there, his head tilting to the side. "Kyuubi is happy that someone knows what they did, but, he wants to know who cast the genjutsu."
"It was my oldest daughter, Naruto, and I am truly sorry for what she did. I learned, that the pressure of working in intelligence gathering and torture made her snap, also, she went against laws of the clan and … killed her best friend for a more stronger sharingan." Fugaku explained. "I guess I was too hard on her without realizing it."
"What did you do to her?" Naruto asked.
"What she did, Naruto, resulted in her sharingan being taken and locked in here just like you. I couldn't kill my daughter but when she's back in her right mind set, she'll not only be sorry but might try to kill herself." Fugaku said. "She, in reality, is a really kind person to everyone she meets."
"Fugaku, right?" Naruto asked, making the men in the room blink. "If what you say is true, then I won't try to kill her when I see her … but I'm not making any promises."
"The Uchiha is right, I could tell she wasn't in the right mind set, but that's not all, there was a dark chakra around her that made my fur stand on end. Tell them to make sure they thoroughly check her chakra strains." Kyuubi said, and Naruto nodded, not caring that the men in the room would be staring at him because of it.
"Kyuubi says her chakra wasn't right either … like something dark and disgusting." Naruto relayed.
"Then the report of seeing Orochimaru near the village was correct." Inoichi gasped, turning to Hiruzen, who looked more pissed than when they saw what happened to Naruto.
"We'll need to put her through some serious psychotherapy. And Inoichi, Jiraiya will go along with you to see about this dark chakra the Kyuubi mentioned." Hiruzen noted. "Okay Naruto, we'll take the restraints off and reactivate the seals inside the room."
"I want the jacket to stay on, but undone, I like it, it's warm." Naruto chuckled.
"If you wish." Hiruzen said, and with Jiraiya's help, they got the jacket undone and the mask off before going outside the room and reactivating the seals in the room after locking the door.
"Hey, old man, I want to stay in here … until you see fit … is that okay?" Naruto asked, and when Hiruzen looked back into the room, he saw Naruto still sitting on the floor where he had been, but with a sincere smile on his face for once, until it went back to the grin from before.
"I'll do as you wish Naruto." Hiruzen smiled lightly, only glad that Naruto knew that he couldn't be let back into society, not right now at least.
But as soon as Hiruzen turned away, no faster than a blink of an eye, the door holding back Naruto was busted off with a loud bang.
"Hokage, is everything alright?" Jiraiya, who had left ahead with Inoichi and Fugaku rushed back at full speed, only to see that Naruto was standing out of his room, his grin more menacing than ever.
"Bring me that snake." Naruto said, but his voice sounded different, and when Hiruzen and Jiraiya looked the boy in his eyes, they were red and the pupils were slits.
"That must be Kyuubi's chakra." Jiraiya said. "Looks like I may need to put more seals in the room." He added with a shrug and activated the seals on the straight jacket, which caused Naruto collapse just as Shikaku, Inoichi and Fugaku came back to see what was going on.
"If Naruto ever meets Orochimaru … I think he'll surely kill him." Hiruzen concluded, then pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed heavily. "Put him in the next room and redo the sealing so Kyuubi's chakra won't surge like it did just now."
"Sure thing." Jiraiya nodded and went to work while the rest, besides Hiruzen, went up to talk to Tsubaki on the other side of the institute.
"Jiraiya, right?" Naruto spoke softly, making the old man jump since he thought Naruto was unconscious.
"Jesus kid, don't give me a heart attack." Jiraiya said, then realized Naruto was still out of the cell.
"I'm sorry, I just got angry is all … didn't mean to break down the door." Naruto said as Jiraiya picked him up and put him in his new cell.
"It's alright, we're all upset that he's involved, and don't worry about him, okay? Let us adults worry about him." Jiraiya said with a small smirk, trying his hardest to look cool for the kid as much as he could.
"I'll try." Naruto smirked wider, and was asleep by the time Jiraiya got him comfortably on the cot before stepping out into the hall, activated the seals, and closed the door. He decided to wait there until the doctor came back with a key so he could lock it up.