Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters
Warnings: contains itanaru & one-sided sasunaru yaoi in later chapters, OOC
Summary: Naruto is put in an insane asylum at a young age, to get out he puts up the happy mask we all know, but what happens when it breaks and he meets a certain Uchiha?

"Talking"
'Thinking'
'Kyuubi talking in Naruto's head'

It was another regular day for the 4-year-old Naruto Uzumaki. He was thrown out of several shops and the villagers either completely ignored him or insulted him. It usually didn't bother him; he has been used to it for his whole life. He couldn't remember a time when the village treated him like a functional member of society. Today, however, Naruto was in a worse mood than usual, and of course the villagers weren't helping.

"Go to hell where you belong, you demon", "Get out of our town, no one wants you here", "You should have been killed years ago", they are all statements Naruto is used to hearing from the villagers on a daily basis.

'Will they ever just leave me alone? I don't know how much longer I can take this; I never did anything to them.' Naruto asked himself that question almost every day, even though he already knows what the answer is: no. Not feeling like dealing with the villagers, he decided to take alley ways to get to his small apartment.

"Look what we have here, the demon fox himself coming down my alley", some random ninja in the alley was feeling bored today. "Looks like I can have some fun."

"Just leave me alone!" ordered a somewhat scared Naruto.

"And what's going to make me stop, you? You're not even five."

'He's right, I can't even protect myself.' So Naruto decided that it would be best to try running away. Unfortunately, Naruto isn't very lucky today.

"As if a slow weakling like you could get away," the ninja taunted while he grabbed Naruto's shirt collar, ruining his escape attempt.

"What did I ever do to you?!" The frightened child was starting to panic at this point.

"You were born; demons such as yourself shouldn't exist."

'This isn't going to end well.' The blond boy started to think of all the worse possible outcomes of the situation he was in. His unlucky streak didn't want to be broken yet, one of the scenarios that went through Naruto's head was about to happen.

"I'm going to show you the consequence of being a demon is in this village." The ninja started to beat the young boy unmercifully. Naruto was completely defenseless against the oncoming attacks because he is yet to learn how to defend himself. "Hah, so much for the great fox demon." The ninja spat on Naruto before he left.

'Why does this always happen to me?' The child passed out only to be found by a couple of anbu a few minutes later.

"Who would do this to such a young boy?" one of the two asked, sad and shocked.

"Probably someone that has a grudge against the Kyuubi," the other suggested. They picked up the fainted blonde and took him to the hospital. It wasn't necessary though, the Kyuubi's power had already started healing the child.

Naruto didn't wake up until the next morning. 'Where am I?' The blonde wondered; he almost panicked when he recalled the night before. At first he thought he was kidnapped, until he looked at his surroundings. 'Everything is white, there are machines, and I'm on a bed.' Upon his own observations, Naruto decided that he was most likely in a hospital. 'I'm surprised anyone even cared about me.' The child was truly shocked because no one ever showed him any attention besides when he was insulted.

When the nurse came in she jumped at the sight of the conscience boy. "Now that you're awake, you need to get out of here; we wouldn't have let you in if you weren't brought in by those anbu," the nurse ordered the blonde, after she regained her composure. Unknowingly to the nurse, her comment completely ruined Naruto's good mood. He couldn't remember the last time he felt slightly happy and having it be taken away almost instantly after it had arrived made something in the blondes mind snap.

'I hate them! They are the real demons. I can't stand this anymore.' Naruto's head was running a mile a minute with thoughts of hate. He probably would have attacked that nurse right then and there is a voice in his head didn't interrupt him.

'Whoa, slow down there, you're too young to do any damage anyway.'

"Did you hear that?" The child's sudden question made the nurse jump once again.

"Hear what? Are you O.K.?" The nurse was a little nervous being around the blonde.

'You are the only one that can hear me'

"There it was again; please tell me you hear him too!" Naruto was becoming desperate at this point; he didn't want to believe that he could be crazy.

"I don't hear anything, this can't be good." The nurse was already beginning to think that the young boy was insane.

'What did I just say? No one can hear me besides you'

"No way…" The blonde was wide eyed and in denial.

"Don't worry; I'm going to get you help." With that, the nurse left the room.

'Now look at what you've done,' Kyuubi could be heard sighing from inside of Naruto's head.

"I can't believe this! I'm not really hearing a voice in my head right? It's probably just my imagination, yeah that's it. Great now I'm just talking to myself, maybe I am insane."

'So I'm just your imagination now? Hah that's rich. And you're not talking to yourself, I can hear everything you say and think'

"No, no, no, no! Get out of my head!" The child was now in complete denial, and he was unaware of a doctor listening outside the door.

'You aren't going to get rid of me easy, and don't say ANYTHING when the doctor outside of our room comes in.' Just a few seconds later the doctor went inside the room. 'I so called that!'

Naruto didn't know what to do, so he decided that listening to the voice couldn't make his situation any worse. "Hello, Naruto is it?" When the blonde didn't respond, the doctor decided to continue anyway. "The nurse that was taking care of you said that your behavior is a little abnormal, so I decided to talk to you personally."

'Maybe I should say something; this guy will think I'm even crazier if I don't.' Naruto started to reason with himself.

'Didn't I just tell you to stay quiet?'

'You can hear my thoughts too?' The sudden voice made Naruto flinch.

'You really need to start listening better; you're starting to annoy me.

When the doctor saw Naruto flinch when nothing happened, he concluded his diagnosis. "Naruto, I'm sorry but it seems that going to an insane asylum would be best for you, at least until you're mentally stable."

'WHAT?! I should tell him that I'm not insane, I don't want to go there!'

'Why? You would be able to get away from the villagers for a while and I can fill you in on some stuff.'

'Well when you put it that way…'

'Trust me; this will be good for us.'

'You better be right about this'

The doctor filled out some forms and toke Naruto to the insane asylum. "This will be a good break for you; you'll have time to think things over."

'If only he knew what you'll be thinking about'

'Why do I feel like this was a bad idea all ready?'

The doctor left after talking to one of the nurses in the asylum. "Figures the demon would show up here sooner or later." The nurse didn't even care about Naruto's mental health, because as far as she cared he could rot in hell.

'They're like this even here? I hate them all, what did I do to deserve this?'

'You didn't do anything, it's because I was sealed inside you.'

'So you're the demon they're always talking about?'

'Yes, I'm Kyuubi, the demon fox that attacked the village four years ago.'

'Did you kill some villagers before you went down?'

'Of course, what kind of demon would I be if I didn't?'

'As long as you killed some of those villagers, you're good in my book.'

'Your book is pretty messed up then.'

'Is there something wrong with that?'

'Nope, we might get along better than I thought though'

While Naruto and Kyuubi were talking, the nurse led them to their room. "You're going to be staying here; I hope I don't have to see your ugly face any time soon." Satisfied with her last insult, the nurse left the child alone in the bare, white room.

'This place looks cozy.' Kyuubi stated sarcastically.

'Well thanks to you we're going to have to get used to this place.'

'Are you mad at me or something?'

'Nope, you better just know what you're doing.'

'Don't worry; I'm going to teach you how to fight while we're here.'