Love of Insanity

A/N: So here we are again. I'm terrible, I know. You'd think I'd have enough stories to work on, BUT THE PLOT BUNNIES ARE VICIOUS! Yes they are. This was inspired by NEEDTOBREATHE. Their song Something Beautiful inspired me for this story every time I listened.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto characters or series.

Chapter 1: Something Beautiful

It all started with a psych test. I had been sued for assault when Ino came forward to stop me from going to prison. One might wonder how she would do such a thing. It was simple really. She revealed the fact I had a split personality named Sayuri. Thus here I am at Nara Mental Treatment Facilities (NMTF) sponsored by Akimichi Pharmaceuticals. The heir to which is none other than Ino's husband, Choji.

It's like an endless cycle of evil. Just wait though. It gets better. This mental institute was built to help us live in harmony with, suppress, or even return the second personality to our subconscious. Yes you read right. I said "our" meaning I'm not alone in the nuthouse. Joy to me! That was sarcasm. You know, in case you were wondering. Let's move on to my fellow lab rats or patients. It's pretty much the same dif to me, but what do I know? I'm crazy remember?

Patient number one is Madara Uchiha. He and the men of his family seem to have this problem where they are forced by their mothers to be perfect gentlemen (momma's boys, every single one of them) and ordered by their fathers to be some sort of supreme business warlords. However the training became harsher with each generation until not one, but six of them cracked. Those six have a side that's gentle as a lamb. However this side tends to disappear when they get angry. An Uchiha angered is the devil incarnate is what I was first told by Shikamaru the heir to this castle of crazy. They become power hungry madmen that thirst for the blood of any they consider enemy. Despite that Madara (who is said to be like a cold blooded killer when angered) had been nothing but kind to me and was supposedly the second easiest to anger.

Next in line is Izuna, Madara's younger brother who was forced into a sort of competition with the brother he worshiped. It was hell for him. I've been told he is the calmest of the Uchiha. When I asked what happens when he gets angry people just shiver and say that it is best I don't know. They act like that over pretty much everyone though.

The third oldest Uchiha needing treatment was Obito. He's very different from the other Uchiha because it wasn't pressure from his family that caused him to go bonkers. It was a tragic accident. He was determined to see who could slide furthest in the rain and mud with his best friend Kakashi (who later became a guard here) as his opponent. Nature was the winner apparently. There was a massive landslide that could've easily buried both boys, but just as Kakashi was about to be swallowed up Obito sacrificed himself to save his friend.

It took a full day to get him out from under there. He was desperately clinging to life even as the best doctors worked on him. He was severely scarred but the worst was yet to come. He became ostracized. At first everyone thought it was due to the scars.

They were only half right. His mental scars were the monsters under the bed in this sense. Still it wasn't until his parents suggested seeking professional treatment that the most severe affects of the accident were known. Everyone thought that despite constantly calling himself Tobi, he was still Obito. They were wrong. Tobi was carefree and very difficult to anger but when he was angered Obito reared his head. The night his parents brought up professional help was the night Obito returned with a vengeance. The next morning he came here on his own after sending Kakashi to check on his parents. The parents were not injured but his mother was in near hysterics sobbing "Why couldn't it be her?"

Next is Shisui. On one hand he's a womanizer and one of the most social patients, but when he's upset in any way he can find your mental weaknesses and exploit them mercilessly. Over half the original doctors of the facilities sent in resignation letters after dealing with him.

After him there's Itachi who becomes violent at random times but in the next instant he could easily pass for an angel. The nurses tend to fawn over him until he reaches a boiling point. After which they run away in either tears or terrified screams.

After Itachi comes our final Uchiha, Sasuke. Most of the time he's this too cool for school emo ninja who has it out for his brother. That's right, I said ninja. He was apparently trained in most forms of hand to hand combat and thus he came to believe he really is some sort of ninja avenger out to save the world. Well that's only half his story. The other half is a power hungry, cold hearted, ego maniac who just so happens to hate everything except his brother. Itachi has his hands full with that one. No wonder he went bonkers.

If you think the Uchiha are nut cases, you're right, but wait until you hear about the others. Take Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara Sabaku for example. Like me they have split personalities. Unlike me, they consider the split personalities to be demons that took the form of a nine tailed fox and a raccoon! They have names too. The fox is Kurama and the raccoon is Shukaku. Why do I know this? Simple, Kurama and Shukaku told me themselves after saying I smelled delicious. In what context, you ask? I have no fucking clue! I just hope Naruto and Gaara don't turn out to be cannibals on top of being whack jobs! Seriously what's next?

I'll tell you what. Next are the psychotic gang members! Yay! Once again sarcasm makes things funnier even if life is terrible. Moving on to the other patients there is Pain who has two other personalities known as Yahiko and Nagato. Get this, Yahiko and Nagato are the normal ones despite the body belonging to Pain. Yeah it's weird. What's new?

Next on the list is Deidara who is kind, social, funny, handsome, and last but not least he believes that his favorite things in the world should be set on fire or blown up altogether. He has this warped idea in his head that when he sets the things and people he likes on fire, people besides himself become enchanted by the unfortunate just as he was. Besides that it protects them from being corrupted by the evils of the world or something. Basically he sets them on fire so that they never give him a reason to stop liking them. Yeah, I'm so not touching that with a ten foot pole.

After Deidara comes his stoic "partner." Gay jokes aside he might be worse than Deidara. He's a control freak gone absolutely insane. He doesn't like people because people are stupid desire driven animals and he doesn't like animals because their too instinctual. The man craves knowledge like a starving pmsing woman craves chocolate. He's an extremely logical and serious person. I know what you're thinking. How does that make him crazy? Well that happens when we add the fact that he is human and no human can survive alone. Here's the question if he hates all people and all animals what does that leave for company. Sasori's answer was puppets. In his mind it was perfect. Puppets never say anything you don't want them to, they're just as smart as you are, they can never betray you, and they understand your little quirks. For a time Sasori was content. Puppets became his passion, (creepy right?) but it wasn't long until Sasori decided that wooden puppets were still too different from him. That's when he started turning people into puppets. Sasori's story pretty much ends there since after I learned that part I decided I would never ever show any interest in Sasori's past again.

The patient I was introduced to after Sasori was Hidan. That was weird. When I first met him all that happened was his eyes went wide as saucers. The doctors and security guards all went as silent as him as well before the chatter exploded to life again. From what I was able to pick up from the chatter it was the first time Hidan had ever quieted without the aid of medication. That didn't last long though. The very next day at breakfast Hidan shoved Naruto from his spot beside me and immediately started flirting at me. Why "at me" and not "with me?" Please, though I may be crazy I'm not that out of my mind just yet. On a side note, Hidan has the habit of calling me angel.

Anyway Hidan has this supreme god called "Jashin." There's just one problem with his beliefs. Hidan becomes a "true vessel of Jashin's will" by allowing the "god" to "intervene" when he is about to "travel down the wrong path." In case you haven't guessed, Jashin is just another split personality inside Hidan, an extremely violent personality. The second personality loves to kill others and Hidan see's those kills as worthy "sacrifices in Jashin's honor" and continues to allow his other self possess him. Now do you understand why I don't flirt back?

Last and quite possibly creepiest on my list is Zetsu. If he weren't so creepy I'd feel really bad for him. After all his personality disorder was so severe it changed the pigmentation of half his body. It was one big sign that stated "I'm one messed up dude" to not only himself but everyone around as well. His two sides never agree on anything except their love of plants. They also tend to hate each other. It's easy to tell what side likes what. One side had a strong appreciation for everything life had to offer and was a super nice guy. The other pretty much killed whoever got on his bad side and ate their remains because "It would be such a waste to let it rot" if he didn't. He also tells me the best piece of meat the human body has to offer is the palm of the hand. I, for one, never would have guessed.

How I'm supposed to survive for 5 years is beyond me, but I guess I'm in for one long ride.

XXX Third Person XXX

The staff was conducting a new study today and Sakura was thanking the heavens, for it meant that she would finally be separated from the patients participating in the current test. It had been three months since her entry only 4 years and 9 months left if she were to get out on good behavior. Even Sayuri had been staying inside most of the time. Only two incidents she couldn't recall at all.

She didn't hate her fellow patients but she was scared. Two didn't even have split personalities; they were just too crazy to ever be returned to society and thus were switched from program to program. The others switched often and there was no warning at all. They hadn't attacked her yet but she could barely sleep at night wondering when they would.

Sakura grabbed some breakfast from the cafeteria and went to sit down at her usual table. She was no longer surprised at seeing Naruto and Gaara waiting for her, though not seeing Tobi arguing with them about who would sit next to her did strike her as unusual. At the sound of footsteps behind her she turned thinking that Tobi was just late. Unfortunately the minute her 180 was finished she was face to chest with Hidan.

"Hey Angel, when are you going to drop these shitheads and come eat your fucking breakfast at my table eh?" Hidan questioned while wrapping his arms around her. Sakura felt as though a boa constrictor had just wrapped itself around her and would squeeze the life from her body if she didn't say yes. She wished she'd just sat down. Naruto rose with an animalistic growl and told Hidan to let go. Gaara was reaching for the beast inside himself in order to have the strength to force him to let Sakura go. Unfortunately both were unsuccessful. The Uchiha didn't seem to want to get involved and the gangsters didn't want to deal with Hidan so Sakura was pretty much out of luck.

She began to resign herself to sitting with Hidan when someone pulled her right out of his grasp and tossed Hidan aside with one arm. Icy shock hit her that there was someone strong enough to just muscle past Hidan of all people. Shock was followed up by hot shame at not being able to rescue herself. She'd always believed that women were strong enough to save themselves in the midst of a tough situation yet here she was, helpless as a lamb in the jaws of a wolf. Deciding to put the immediate past behind her, she turned to look at her rescuer (who apparently saw a need to keep his arm draped over her shoulders) and was surprised to find Tobi without his signature orange mask on.

During the past few months she's been staying here Tobi told her that he only showed his face to people he cared for or in his words "people Tobi really, really likes a whole lot!" Since the person in front of her was practically daring anyone to remark on his face, Sakura figured this must be Obito. She hoped she was right since she believed it was important to thank the right person.

"Thanks for that Obito. It's nice to finally meet you!" Sakura affirmed.

Obito stopped to look at her with wide eyes. "Uh… it is?" Obito had never heard that before. The whole reason he locked himself within his mind is that despite being annoying at times Tobi was the preferred personality.

Sakura looked at his shocked face and grinned. "Of course it is." She assured him. For just a moment Sakura could have sworn his lips twitched upward slightly in an almost smile. It was the biggest reaction she'd ever managed to get from an Uchiha not counting Tobi.

Obito looked away from her, eyes searching the cafeteria for no longer than 30 seconds before he spotted who he was looking for. "Itachi, you, Sakura and I are supposed to report to the head nurses office immediately after breakfast." With that said Obito guided Sakura to a seat away from the three angry men around them. The moment she sat down he placed himself next to her reminding Sakura of a guard dog. He wasn't letting Naruto or Hidan by to grab the other open seat next to the only person he truly saw as an ally, but when Gaara calmed down he was allowed by to claim the desired seat.

Sakura looked down at her meal of an egg, two slices of toast, two pieces of bacon, and an apple. Then she looked at the spot in front of Obito that was completely empty. No breakfast, no tray, and nothing to show he'd already eaten.

Normally she didn't make it her business to make sure people were fed, but he did come to her rescue and everyone was entering a new study today that could very easily be more strenuous than just being together all the time. "Obito, aren't you going to eat?" Sakura asked keeping conversation to a minimal in the hopes she didn't annoy him. Rescuer or not, all Uchiha could crush her like leaves under horse hooves.

Obito looked at her with such suspicion and reproach in his eyes that Sakura was tripping over her words to apologize to and appease him. "Sorry Obito… I didn't mean to annoy you – I'm just really used to looking after Tobi and I guess I just…" Sakura's rambling was abruptly halted by a gentle hand patting her head. When she looked up, she was left speechless with confusion. The man that had sent her fumbling for the right words had an almost tender expression on his face as he gently ran his hand along her pink tresses. She wasn't quite sure she was dealing with Obito anymore, but if it were Tobi he would have given her the biggest bear hug of her life.

"You're always worrying about me, aren't you, Sakura? I appreciate that but believe me when I say it's better if I don't eat too much when I enter this state of mind. I'm enough trouble as it is." He stated in that matter of fact manner. He smiled lightly and closed his eyes as if he weren't suffering through his most awful memories as Obito. The list of reasons why he didn't allow "Obito" to rise to the surface was a long from what Sakura heard. Both "Tobi" and "Obito" were dangerous, but of the two, it was Obito who angered far easier than his alter ego.

It wasn't something that should not bother her. All the Uchihas had a personality that was preferred while the other was feared and hated. Sakura thought back to the looks she had received in the courtroom. The looks of disdain that had made her depressed for days despite knowing the looks were not for "her" but for "Sayuri." Damn this crap is confusing. The one thing Sakura knew for certain, though, was that Obito had thus far done absolutely nothing to earn those cruel expressions from her. If he went psychopath on her she would have to change her mind, but for now at least Obito was someone she couldn't bring herself to hate. The guy was starving himself just so that if he went berserker on everyone, he would be easier to take down, for pities sake.

Sakura used the plastic fork in her hand to carefully place the disgustingly soft egg on a piece of toast and hand it a very surprised Obito who had a slight blush on his face. Obito meanwhile couldn't believe his thoughts. Sure "Tobi" thought Sakura was the most adorable thing ever, but Obito was not one to show interest in a female (or anyone else for that matter), ever. Yet while she slipped the egg onto a piece of toast she had to focus in order to keep the overly soft egg from tearing. During that time of intense concentration he'd wanted to laugh but then when she succeeded a purely innocent smile of absolute triumph had taken over her mouth with her plump lower lip slightly redder than normal (due to the way she'd been chewing on it while concentrating.) Her eyes had blinked twice before they lit up her whole expression and just a few seconds later she was offering the prize to him like she hadn't just spent nearly two minutes trying to get it to look like that.

Frankly he was rather awed by her. It was certainly strange considering Obito had done his best to avoid any and all interest in anyone. It was bad enough when his parents had looked at him like a monster. He didn't need someone to get close to him only to have them look on him with fear after he lost his temper ever again.

He had never looked at Sakura as a heart stopping beauty and he still didn't, but as he sit there with the egg covered toast he thought that maybe Sakura was a different kind of beauty all together, one that was too caring and far more dangerous.