INSANE

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto…although like many others I wouldn’t mind

Warnings: Yaoi, violence, sexual themes, blah blah blah, those who have read my stories before should have an idea, and those who haven’t…well, have fun learning what I’m like ^ ^

This is being written for makacatori…so the idea is not mine, I’m just typing it ^ ^

Votes are as followed: (just so you know, this story is posted on another website, so I’m counting those votes as well)
Main Pairing:
Naruto
-Itachi: 4
-Neji: 2
-Both: 7

Side:
Gaara/Neji: 4
Neji/Hinata: 1

No Side Pairings: 2

Well, it seems that the threesome is in the lead, if that’s not what you would like, hurry and get your votes in! ^ ^ Voting ends this chapter, but the way I put them out, there seems to be no rush ^ ^;

And we get into the details of what exactly Kyuubi is and how it deals with the Shikigami and what exactly the Shikigami is, hurray, hurray!

On a side note, someone emailed me and asked if this story was Naruto centric, in reply, yes this is, but I don’t want the other characters to be forgotten and 2 dimensional, so I will be focusing some on them; some more than others, like Itachi and Neji, obliviously, along with a few others, but that would be telling –smirks-
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Naruto stirred lightly on the bed,

“When did he go to sleep?” a voice murmured, as a hand lightly stroke his cheek, so light he wondered if he imagined it

“Just a few minutes ago, hokage-sama” the voice paused, continuously running their fingers though his hair, “he looked like he still needed some rest, and this always worked when he was younger”

Naruto stirred again; ‘when I was younger?’ he wondered to himself ‘yeah, Anko-neechan did do this to settle me down’

He let out a mumble and heard amused chuckles,

“Shhh, shhh, your ok Naruto, just rest”

He settled down again, breathing, in and out, in and out, all the while the hand continued to run through his hair and with the voices soft and soothing he allowed himself to be pulled into the darkness of sleep.
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Nodding to the two guards, Itachi and Neji, she entered the room and froze briefly before continuing, Anko noticing the moment looked up and saw the worry written on Tsunades’ face, she let out a little smile telling Tsunade that nothing was wrong with him.

Tsunade sighed to herself, breathing a little easier, she was afraid he had relapsed,

“When did he go to sleep?” she asked softly

“Just a few minutes ago, hokage-sama” Anko looked down at Naruto before continuing, “he looked like he still needed some rest, and this always worked when he was younger” she smiled though it was unseen; they both went quiet as he stirred and mumbled and they laughed softly, before Tsunade settled him back down.

“It’s nice to see him so unguarded, it’s been awhile, even if he seems open to the world, he really isn’t” Anko sighed out, Tsunade nodded,

“Well, you know the saying; the best guarded secret is the one left in the open…I never really understood what that meant until I met him.”

With that said Tsunade grabbed a chair and pulled it closer to the bed, opening the folder she had brought with her,

“Hokage-sama, if you don’t mind me asking, what is that?”

Tsunade flipped through some the papers quickly, before finding the one she wanted to look at, “just some files that Sarutobi-sensei had on Naruto, I’m trying to find out why he would just faint like that”

Anko tensed, just barely, before relaxing hoping that Tsunade didn’t notice, being as busy as she was with the files, ‘should I tell her about him crying?’ she mentally shook her head, ‘no, it’s not my place, besides, I doubt me telling her about him crying is going to help anyway’

Unknown to her, Tsunade noticed the tensing and lightly asked, “Do you know anything about this?”

Startled from her thoughts, she only replied with a, “wha?”

Tsunade looked up from the files once more, “I just asked if you knew anything about this…after all you knew him when he was still just a baby, didn’t you?”

“Hai, hokage-sama”

Tsunade pulled out a blank piece of paper and a pen, “so, did he ever have any fainting spells when he was younger?”

Anko shook her head, “no, I told the others that to get them to back off”

Tsunade nodded, writing something down,

“Dizzy spells then? Headaches?”

Once again Anko shook her head, “not that I know of anyway”

Another nod and she was looking through the papers again, “hmm…what about this Haya, did she have any disease that you know of, that could have been passed on to him?”

Anko tensed and nearly growled out, “Haya would never have let any harm come to him, whether it was from herself or not, if she was ever sick she gave him to me to look after!”

Tsunade looked up shocked at the outburst, “I didn’t mean anything by it Anko, I’m just trying to look at all possibilities”

“Forgive me hokage-sama, Haya…she…she’s…well I was close to her, you could say she was my best friend, her death hit the both of us hard and I just went defensive that you were looking at her to be a cause…her death still hurts both of us.”

Tsunade shook her head, “I must apologize as well, I didn’t take into account that you might have been close to her” after a brief silence, Tsunade went back to looking through the papers,

“Hmm…it says that she had a bloodline limit, Reibia, I’ve never heard of that”

Anko shook her head, “I have no idea either hokage-sama, she never mentioned it”

“But then why would Sarutobi-sensei have one written down for her?”

They went quiet, both thinking, ‘why indeed?’
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“Shikamaru”

Shikamaru glanced up and looked behind him to see Shino and Tenten walking towards him, he nodded his head slightly in greeting and waited for them to catch up. The three walked together in silence for a bit before Tenten broke down,

“Alright, obliviously there’s something more going on here, so out with it genius, what do you know?”

Shikamaru sighed; “troublesome” he glanced around, “we may as well go to my house for this, no need for others to over hear”

Nodding in agreement they begin to follow him,

“What about the Uchiha?”

The other two glanced over at Shino, who had mentioned it

“Itachi?”

Shino shook his head, “Sasuke, he doesn’t believe what Mitarashi-san said either, as Naruto’s teammate, he may be able to offer some insights”

“Hmm…you have a point, so then, any idea were he is?” Tenten asked, looking at the other two, or more specifically Shikamaru.

“Troublesome, what makes you think I know where to find him?”

Tenten raised an eyebrow, making Shikamaru sigh out another “Troublesome” raising a hand and placing it under his chin he thought about it,

“Well, Naruto’s his best friend right? And he can be stubborn as well; chances are that he didn’t even leave the hospital.”

“So to the hospital again, then?”

Shino shook his head, “perhaps we should just continue on, we can bring him up to date later, besides maybe he’ll over hear something that could help us later on.” That said the three continued on.
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Back at the Hokage tower, Shizune glared at nothing, she couldn’t believe that Tsunade just took off like that, she paused, well…never mind yes she could see that, especially since it deals with Naruto. She softened her glare, placing the papers on the desk neatly, maybe this time she’ll give her a break. She leant on the desk, sighing, out of the corner of her eye she spotted a scroll, which was nearly buried under all the paper, sticking out. Letting her curiosity get the best of her, she reached over and grabbed it, turning it over she saw at the top of it were the words, ‘Naruto’ so was this to him? Or was it about him? She stood up, either way it could be important, no one would miss her for a moment or two, she closed the doors and made her way out through the window.
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Naruto lay on his back staring up, a shadow loomed over him, not even a twitch; sighing the shadow then straddled him,

“Kit” Naruto didn’t move, “Kit, look at me”

Naruto tilted his head, “what is it Kyu?”

Kyuubi held in another sigh that wanted to make its way out,

“You wanted to know more about the seal and myself didn’t you? I won’t know what to answer if you don’t ask” he paused, and then smirked, “I mean I know I’m great and all, but sadly I do have my limitations as well and one of those is, I can’t read minds”

Naruto glared at him, though it fell short, since there was no real feeling in it,

“Could you take us back to the seal so I could talk to him?”

Kyuubi nodded, “if that’s your wish”

Naruto nodded, “but not now, I just wanted to make sure, for now tell me what he meant when he called you a Shikigami” he paused just now noticing that Kyuubi was straddling him, he opened his mouth to say something, then shut it, ‘to much effort’ he thought ‘Kyu will just do want he wants anyway’

“Ok, first of all, do you know anything at all about Shikigami, whether there rumors or even just legends?”

Naruto closed his eyes in thought, before finally shrugging, “something about them being made from paper and being invisible”

Kyuubi nodded, “that’s true, but that’s not it, some can actually take on different forms, like that of a human or an animal, possess and bewitch people, and cause serious injuries if not death. You with me so far?’

Naruto nodded, even though it was a bit slow, “yeah, it’s kind of a lot to take in, but I understand so far, so then, does that mean that you’re not actually a demon?”

Kyuubi nodded, “exactly, in fact, I’m more of a spirit”

“So you were dead and came back to life?”

“No,” Kyuubi paused, “I was…made for lack of a better word” Kyuubi shifted leaning down to look at Naruto, hair falling over his shoulders, “Understand better now?” waiting until Naruto nodded, he continued, “there was a clan that was said to be blessed by Kami-sama himself, much like how your friend Kiba and his clan have dogs as their partners, this clan was said to have spirit guardians, or Shikigami, for their partners.”

“So Kami-sama’s blessing, was giving this clan Shikigami?”

Once again Kyuubi nodded, before sitting back up, “yes, but don’t compare us too much to how your friend uses his partner, they rely on each other, a lot of his justus if not all, have to be done with his dog. Shikigami have their own way of fighting, their own talents, if we get separated it won’t affect us, we’ll just continue on with whatever orders we have.”

Naruto nodded, deep in thought, “so the other tailed beasts, are they Shikigami too?”

“Yes, see each of the Shikigami were assigned to someone within the clan, but mostly to the…well I guess main family, but something happened, I don’t know what, but it made us go berserk, you know the rest of what happened”

“So you had a partner Kyu?”

Here the Kyuubi smirked, “yes and no, at the time the first Shikigami begin to go berserk, I wasn’t even here yet. However, I guess you could say it was through Kami-sama that I arrived as early as I did, my partner wasn’t even born yet. I ended up going berserk as well, and well, as I said before you know the rest of what happened. Though either way it doesn’t matter, I still found my partner.”

Naruto tilted his head waiting for his answer; Kyuubi chuckled, leaning back down,

“You still don’t know who it is, Naru?”

Naruto started to shake his head before stopping eyes widening, “me?” he asked in a strangled tone of voice

“Got it in one, kit”

Naruto was quiet for several minutes trying to wrap his head around it,

“So I had a clan? But I never heard of anyone using Shikigami before”

Kyuubi sat up and shrugged, “secretive clan, and if you think about it, if the Shikigami could take human or animal shapes, I don’t think it’d be obvious that it was some sort of spirit. Not like you have people going around holding signs up that say ‘I use Shikigami’ or anything, especially if the clan was blessed by Kami-sama”

Still in shock, Naruto asked, “Why would Kami-sama bless a clan in the first place?”

Kyuubi shrugged again, “I honestly don’t know, I know the main family’s bloodline was stronger than the branch family, maybe that had something to do with it?”

“Bloodline?”

“Yeah, something about hearing voices, feeling touched, and I think begin able to see spirits, not sure…actually” he looked down at Naruto, “that might actually be why, think about it, you’ve thought yourself that you’re going insane, I’m able to help you, able to ease your mind some, talk you back. I’m like an anchor, kit, no offense, but without me, you probable would have lost it along time ago. That must be why Kami-sama blessed your clan, to keep you sane, to help the spirits trapped here and for them to help you when needed”

Naruto shook his head, “that’s…that sounds way out there Kyu”

“But what if it’s true? It may sound out there kit, but it has to be true” Kyuubi eyes were bright with excitement

As Naruto started to shake his head again, Kyuubi stopped him, placing his hands on his face, “Naruto” Naruto started, Kyuubi never called him by his name, “don’t be so quick to deny, it’s a lot of information at once, at least give it time to settle and think about it”

Naruto turned his a head little, Kyuubi’s hand not moving at all, he sighed, this was all just so confusing, he looked back at Kyuubi, grabbed him by his hair, and tugged making him lean down,

“What if I can’t handle all this Kyu?” he asked in a whisper

Kyuubi sighed, resting his head against Naruto’s, “you will, your strong Kit, I know you can handle this, and you have your friends” Naruto opened his mouth to comment and Kyuubi quickly pressed his lips against his, before pulling away just as quick, “and” he continued as if nothing happened, “if nothing else, you have me”
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A/N: I had originally planned this to be a long chapter, unfortunately I just liked where it ended here too much, sorry -bows- please forgive me. Also, I hope this can hold you over another week or sorry, I’m getting ready to take my final exams, so wish me luck on them!

After that, I have a few days to myself before I head to Wisconsin to see my cousin graduate from her university, so I’ll try to post another chapter before I leave, if not, expect me to be writing on the trip up there and back and hopefully I’ll have a nice long chapter for everyone!

On a side note, reviews, as always, are welcomed, they help feed my muse. And today’s my birthday, hurray! (Hint, hint: reviews are great presents ^ ^)

Oh yeah and for SlashnYaoi there’s some Kyu/Naru for you, and it’s not incest, it’s just that Kyuubi is really overprotective.

And Kyu/Naru is one of my favorite pairings so it satisfied my inner fan temporarily!

And for having so much patience with me, a taste of what’s coming up:
Naruto will be talking with seal, and is finally able to leave the hospital, and the touches and voices become increasing violent and it’s all Kyu is able to do to keep Naru-chan’s sanity intact; and surprise, surprise he wants to quit being a ninja. Questions from his friends and poor Naru-chan is cornered. Also coming up Jiraiya finds a scroll for Naruto, the scroll Shizune found will be revealed and with it a bit more of Naruto’s family history, and a letter from his kaa-san, Haya.

Please stay tuned -bows-