Author's Note: Sorry to make you wait a couple days! I just had a great burst of inspiration on another story, and it lead be to do a series of chapters! However, now I'm back to this one again, and I promise to write a couple chapters today and tomorrow to make up for it. :) Anyways, I hope you liked the last chapter. And, for those of you that might be thinking it, no, I'm not bashing Ino. Since, in my vision, she's been neglecting in the Academy, so that would mean she negelected her training at home to. That means, for the year that she's been training again, she's been desperately trying to catch up to where she should have been. So, of course that means that she would be cramming or just glancing at things in the books she was assigned. Because of this, she most likely a) forgot about DID, b) didn't correctly or completely read all the symptoms, c) mixed up the symptoms with other disorders, or d) she just glanced at and/or skipped the disorder because it's rare/mostly unknown. So, please don't think I'm purposely out to get her. This is just going to be a part of her character development. Oh, and by the way, since the third chapter, my co-author hasn't been with this story. So, for the third chapter until the end, this is only by me.

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:

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

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

Chapter 4: Pentagonal Personality

Naruto and Shikamaru were currently at Ichiraku's and Ayame has just taken their orders.

"So," Naruto "says". "You must have questions."

"I have a ton of questions," Shikamaru said with a snort. "The best one to start with, I guess, is how many personalities do you actually have?"

"Including me, I have five," Naruto projected. "And, the correct term is "alters"."

"And, they all have different names and characteristics," Shikamaru clarified.

"Mhm," Naruto said. "Each alter has their own name, age, personality, body language, and some even have their own allergies."

"Really," Shikamaru asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah," Naruto said. "DID is a really unique disorder. In a sense, we all know that we're a part of a whole person; however, we're also completely different people. However, sometimes, alters and the main personality might not communicate. So, the main personality might not know that the alters are there. And, in other cases, some of the alters might not get along. The best way to be able to function is to have all the personalities co-exist."

"I see," Shikamaru said thinking. "How exactly does this disorder come to be? I know you were talking about it, but you didn't really go into detail…"

"Dissociative Identity Disorder is a disorder that comes mainly from childhood trauma," Naruto said. "It's where a person's mental state is stretched thin until they start to dissociate their pain and/or fear, believing that it's happening to someone else. The brain is a very unique machine. In this case, when the person dissociates, their brain actually creates another personality. One that can deal with this trauma. And, throughout their lives, when they come into stressful situations the alters can "switch" with the main personality. However, to have this disorder, a person has to have at least two or more distinct personalities."

Shikamaru nodded as he took this information in.

"Is there anything else I should know about this disorder," Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah, because of my disorder, I have bad migraines, insomnia, and sometimes amnesia/time loss," Naruto explained. "Besides the migranes, everything else has gotten better since we all came to an agreement. Though, I sometimes still get a since of derealization. Ah, that means that sometimes it feels like the world doesn't exist, is foggy, etc."

"How do you talk to them," Shikamaru asked.

"We'll I have a bloodline, telepathy/telekinesis," Naruto said. "And, I can communicate with them that way. However, I also meditate, and I can talk to them in my mindscape. For people that don't have these advantages, sometimes people keep journals, and the personalities can write in them to leave messages. Others go and do hypnotherapy. And, other make videos for their alters to see. So…I guess it depends on the person."

"I see," Shikamaru said. "Besides meeting your alters, how did you know you had DID?"

"I just started to notice things," Naruto said. "I woke up places I didn't remember going to in clothes I've never seen before. People told me I did and/or said things I didn't do or say. And, it finally added up. I got it confirmed by Inoichi when I was eleven, but I had sysmptoms since I was six. It just took me a while to connect the experiences."

Shikamaru nodded his head as he took in and processed all the information.

"By the way," Shikamaru asked. "What are your alters names?"

"We'll, there's Kei, he's my logical thinking," Naruto started. "He kind of reminds me of you. He's pretty laid back, but he's really smart. Then there's Yoichi. He's my mysterious and slightly darker side. He's really good at deception and illusions. Those are the only too you've meet though. I also have Byakayu. He's randomness personified. And, finally we have Heiko. He's really shy and likes to hide things. He's the reason why I never really associated with people once I found out about my disorder."

Shikamaru nodded in understanding.

"You don't hate me now do you," Naruto said. "Or fear me?"

"Why would you ask that," Shikamaru asked, confused.

"People fear what they don't understand," Naruto said.

"Well, it's odd," Shikamaru said. "But, you didn't ask for it. Plus, it seems you get along with your alters. I don't see why I should hate you or fear you, baka."

Naruto smiled.

"But, do you have anything else we should know about," Shikamaru asked.

Naruto took a deep breath, and projected, "Promise me you won't tell Ino yet."

Shikamaru nodded and said, "I promise."

"I'm a jinchuuriki," Naruto confessed. "I hold Kyuubi."

Shikamaru chocked in shook.

However, once he regained his breath, he said, "You hold the Kyuubi?!"

"Yeah," Naruto said. "But, he's not that bad. He actually gifted me and my alters with special abilities to keep us safe."

"Wait...," Shikamaru said, connecting the dots. "Your telepathy?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yeah, he also gave my alters abilities."

"Like what," Shikamaru asked.

"Well, you already know about my telepathy," Naruto told him. "And, I also have telekinesis like I told you. Kei is really smart, and he has a small affinity with medical arts. Byakayu has control over lightning. Yoichi is a genius at genjutsu and manipulation. And, Heiko has control over shadows. However, it's not like your jutsu. He can actually bend the shadows to his will."

Shikamaru's draw dropped.

That's amazing, Shikamaru thought. If he ever got control of all those powers, he could rival the Sannin.