Author's Note: Hey everyone! I'm so, so sorry I have updated in such a long time. I've had a long string of medical issues. For example, I caught the flu, bronchitis, a really bad sinus infection, I found out I have three new allergies through allergy attacks, and I've had to go through multiple medical tests. I even have to go through one more because my doctors think I have insulin problems and sleep apnea. Please forgive the long wait, I promise to update more regularly, and I apologize in advance for the confusion. I deleted the notices I put up so they'll just be chapters now. Please enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Key:

"This is Kyubbi speaking to Naruto via mind link/Naruto or other personalities using telepathy to converse with others outside of the mindlink."

"This is the personalities speaking to Naruto/Naruto speaking to personalities via mind link."

Last time: "I'm not really Naruto," Kei said as he walked up to his teammates.

Chapter 3: Schrodinger's Cat

"What do you mean you're not Naruto," Shikamaru said as he got in a defensive stance.

"I mean what I said," Kei projected to them. "I'm not Naruto. My name is Kei, and I'm Naruto's logical thinking."

"Kei" sat down in a lotus position as Shikamaru and Ino lurched in shock.

"Kei, did you ask Naruto if you can tell his teammate about all of you," Inoichi asked in a disapproving manner.

"If it was solely up to Naruto, he would never have told them," Kei replied. "When it comes to things like these, he's more like Heiki."

"You still should have asked him," Inoichi said. "It's his life too."

"Kei" shrugged and then leaned forward and then his demeanor changed. A simi cruel smirk appeared on his face, and Inoichi stepped in front of the two new genin.

"Yoichi, no," Inoichi said.

"Oh come on," Yoichi projected. "I wasn't going to hurt them. I was just going to make them forget until all of us are ready to reveal ourselves. Not everyone is as eager as Kei."

"I know," the psyh-nin said. "But, what's done is done. It will only hurt more if you all wait now."

"Yoichi" sighs and his body leans forward. This time, however, his body language was more familiar to the confused genin.

"What's going on," Ino whispered fearfully.

"I-I don't know," Shikamaru said.

"Naruto," Inoichi said. "Glad your back. Now, I think you need to explain what's going on."

Naruto's body was tense, but he nodded.

"Hi," he says projecting his thoughts.

"How're you speaking," Ino screeched. "You're mute! And, what's with you being Naruto and then not Naruto! Stop with the pranks already!"

"Ino," Naruto says. "I'm not playing any pranks. I have Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID for short. It basically means that my mind dissociated from trauma and created separate personalities whocould. And, I am mute. Right now I'm just using my telepathy instead of sign language."

"Wait, you have multiple personalities," Shikamaru asked.

"You believe him," Ino asked.

"We just saw it with our own eyes, Ino," Shikamaru said with a snort. "Kei and Yoichi had different body languages, speech patterns, and even voice tones. Ino, it was like he was a different person…and technically he was."

"I knew he was smart," Kei said.

"Quiet," Naruto hisses. "I'm mad at you right now."

"I was only doing what was good for you," Kei say with a "superior" snort.

"Well, it doesn't seem to be going so well does it," Yoichi said, however Kei doesn't respond.

"Well I don't believe it," Ino said. "He's only trying to play a prank on us. Probably just wants attention, like always."

Naruto's heart falls at that. Yes, he wants attention, but he wouldn't create a mental disorder to get it.

"Ino," Inoichi hisses. "I'm very disappointed with you! For one, he's telling the truth. I've been treating him since he was eleven, and he's been mute since he was six."

Ino's eyes widen and she looks down in embarrassment.

"I apologize for my daughter," Inoichi said. "I'm going to take her home and talk to her about her behavior. Please remember to meet at 9 am at the T&I Building."

Shikamaru inclines his head, and Naruto nods. With that, the former T&I head disappears in a shunshin.

"So…How many personalities do you have," Shikamaru asks.

Naruto silently laughs, and tells Shika to follow him to Ichiraku's.

…Yamanaka House…

"Daddy I—," Ino starts before her father interrupts her.

"No, don't speak," he said. "You don't know just how much I'm disappointed right now. You just insulted a trauma patient, Ino! Do you even know what people with DID go through?! Do you read the books I assign you?! You're a Yamanaka, dang it! We deal with people with mental disorders on a daily bases! You should be able to tell when someone is having symptoms, even if you can't properly diagnose it yet! Ino, he might not have known it until he was eleven, but he first noticed symptoms when he was six. He woke up places he never went to in clothes he'd never seen before. People would tell him he said and did things that he never said or did. Ino, his life has been like a ring of Hades, and then he learned that there was more than one person in his head. Now, go to your room to think about what you've done."

Tears streamed down the girls cheeks as she ran up to her room, however, Inoichi just sighed and sat in his favorite chair as his wife, Amaya, walked in.

"What's wrong, dear," Amaya asked as she sat on her husband's lap.

"Ino insulted a patient of mine today," Inoichi told her as he laid his head on her shoulder. "And, worse, he's her own teammate."

"Why did she insult him," she asked as she started to massage his shoulders.

"He has DID, Maya-chan," Inoichi said. "One of his personalities let the cat out of the bag, and she accused him of playing a prank on us. You should have seen him, dear, he looked so hurt."

Amaya's brow furrowed.

"Do you want me to talk to her," she offered.

"I've already given her a big speech, but what are we going to do, Maya," Inoichi asked. "I thought she was maturing, but this is worse than her chasing after that Uchiha boy."

Amaya pressed her lips together as she thought.

"Maybe we should let things play out for now," she suggested. "Let her get to know this boy, maybe he'll help her see the light?"

"Maybe," Inoichi said.