CRAZY

Disclaimer: Naruto & all rights belong to author/creator Masashi Kishimoto, Jump Shonen, Viz media et all. I do not own anything related to Naruto, I just take the characters out to play. This is done strictly for fun. If I owned them I would be enjoying the money, not writing fanfictions.

AN: Hello! And welcome! This is a new story, I am working on. It is in response to the challenge from NarHina 'I am Not Crazy' It will have a bit of everything.

Please read the first author's note to get a better idea of the story. Rated T for Kurama's potty and perverted mouth/comments.

PLEASE REVIEW! Make the author happy and feed the muse!

"Characters Talking"

-Characters thinking—

~Flashback~

-Kurama-

A young man of 20 years of age, lay on a bench watching the birds in the trees and flying around free. He wondered what it was like: freedom, the outside. Inside was what he knew, inside his room, inside, inside the therapy room, inside the padded room, inside the gym, inside this fake little park. Inside, he sighed. He closed his eyes and tried his best to remember the outside.

He had blonde hair, ocean blue eyes and six whiskers like scars on his face. He was tall with a lean muscular built. He was handsome and would attract the attention of many women if he was anywhere else, but here.

At least he could lay out here in this park and pretend he was outside. He vaguely remembered school and his home. He remembered it was nice and warm, everything this place was not. He held onto his mother's memory like a drowning man to a life boat. She was honestly the only good thing he could remember. The memories were mostly of her laughter, her temper, her ramen and hugs. She was a hugger, he had not had one since then. He did not care what they said. He loved her. Whatever happened was not his fault, it was his father's. Everything was his father's fault and of course Kyubi.

He shook his head, he did not want to wake him up. He was enjoying the peace and quiet. Quiet was especially rare for him and he cherished it. Hugs and quiet were gone from his life since then.

-Hey brat! It's almost time. Come on, come on, come on!—

-Shut up, you know what is going to happen anyway.— Speak of the devil. He knew peace would not last long, but he liked to pretend.

-You damn brat! This is the only entertainment that we get in this damn place. I wanna see our handiwork. Come on! And don't pretend you don't—

-Shut UP! It wasn't me, it was you! You set the firecracker and paint. I don't want to see anything. If they think it was me, I will end up drugged and in that straightjacket again. —

-They will blame you anyway. I am just the voice in the head that nobody can hear. COME ON! I am bored! Those assholes deserve it anyway.-

-You will be even more bored in the padded room.—

-But I will have their stupefied expressions to remember and entertain myself with.—

-I don't feel like it.—

-You don't feel like it! Well I DO! Did you forget what he said about us? About your mother? Maybe you don't care about her after all. Maybe you really hurt her like he said.—

"SHUT UP! Don't bring mom into this."

-I didn't, he did. And you are going to let him get away with it. Pussy.—

"I hate you. This is all your fault, anyway. I want to watch the sky."

-The feeling is mutual, this life was not my idea, either. Remember, you're nothing without me! They all hate you already and tell you what a rotten egg you are! I am here to get even with them bastards. Or do you like their stares? Huh? In case you forgot. I'm the one that takes care of business, you sniveling coward. Me, the great Kyubi!"

"Oh, really? What are you doing in the head of a coward if you are so great?"

-I ought to let you rot. You know this is not my choice.—

"Well it's not mine either. You are the reason, I'm here anyway. They think I did it, I know it was you or dad. But I have to stay here with all those crazy killers."

-Boo-hoo. Do you want me to show you what happened again? Last time you went ape shit and they put you in the padded room for a long time.—

"SHUT UP! It wasn't me, it was YOU! YOU! You rotten bastard" He started to tremble, it wasn't him, it wasn't him. He lost everything that day. His eyes watered at the thought.

-You shut up. You have been talking and screaming to yourself again. They are looking at you, again. Just think your answers, dummy. Not even the killers talk to themselves like you do. Stupid!-

-They don't have an evil bastard like you, living in their heads.—

-Of course not. Oh, pitiful you, weh, weh. We are cursed together. Ha, ha, ha!—

-I am cursed, I have to live with you everyday.—

-You like to pretend I'm a curse, a yokai when it's convenient to you, to ease yourself. But they think I'm just a voice, another personality inside you. You heard doctor creepy ass. But which am I? You coward. You can't handle the truth. You sit here, hiding behind me. Blaming me for everything and hiding from the truth. What do you prefer me to be? Which is it today? Can yokai really be stuck inside people? Can double personalities talk so freely to the main one? Which do you want it to be?"

He started to hyperventilate as his eyes watered. He whispered. "Please shut up. Leave me alone."

-Again, you're the one that doesn't shut up. I'm just as stuck as you are. And if you think I'm misbehaving now, just you wait. Make me miss that prank, I will not shut up for days. I will give you such hell, you will wish you were dead.—

-If we go, will you leave me alone for a while.—

-Whatever, I want entertainment and your crying can only hold me for so long. We are stuck to each other forever. —

-Don't remind me. I'll go— He got up, left the park garden and went to the front of the main building. He was glad, he got his morning routine out of the way. He was sure, they would blame him. Technically it was him that did the prank, although under Kyubi's influence. He took another deep breath.

He was always a prankster, even before ending here. Maybe this was his punishment for those pranks, but he couldn't remember doing anything so terrible to earn him this. He took a deep breath, when Kyubi suggested doing pranks in here, he quickly agreed. He was a kid, the youngest here by far and he was lonely and bored. And Kyubi was right, they always looked at him like he was dirt or like he stank.

Kyubi always knew what to say when he was younger and he followed his ideas, suggestions. It wasn't hard to convince him and Kyubi insisted it was a form of retaliation for their attitudes. He wanted more interactions and payback. As he got older and after so many therapy sessions, he got tired of pranking but Kyubi did not. He retaliated against anyone that even looked at them funny.

The orderlies or aides where Kyubi's most frequent target, especially the so-called sound four and Suigetsu from Taka. They were the most aggressive of the bunch. At least Yuugo was ok part of the time, but he was just as bad if he got provoked badly enough. Kyubi told him that the Taka group was just as bad as the sound four, but they were getting paid for harassing someone else. Kyubi was very observant and had figured everyone out. He was rarely wrong.

Kyubi hated their doctors most of all, but that was understandable, they were trying to make him disappear. He wanted Kyubi gone but he hated the drugs more. He reluctantly took them, at first, to make Kyubi disappear, not that he had a real choice in taking them. But all the drugs standard and experimental had failed. They promised it would silence the voice but they never really worked. He always heard him. As a matter of fact, a couple of the drugs made Kyubi come out to the forefront which ended with horrible results. The drugs also made him feel horrible. He sighed.

Kyubi must be a demon or yokai. He had never heard him before that day. Does a person go crazy in a day? Is that why the drugs failed? He did not want to believe it was him. He had listened to his doctor for so long, that he did not know what was correct anymore. They were sure he had multiple personality disorder with schizoid features and auditory hallucinations or whatever the hell that meant but the fact remained their treatments failed and Kyubi remained.

He made it to the front of the main building which was being renovated. Kyubi managed to get some firecrackers from the 'vegetable fertilizer.' He was one of the creepiest guys here, he had no idea how he managed to get things in, but he did. Him or the financier, but the 'financier' was a no go, he only cared for money and hearts. Therefore, Kyubi dealt with the vegetable guy, who also had a split personality and had allegedly killed people to feed to his plants after taking their identities to steal their money and social security checks.

There was a large scaffolding with paint and tools on it. He set up the firecracker with a timer device. As the orderlies came out of the building it went off, tipping the paint on Saikon, Ukon and Kidomaru. Suigetsu got some on him too.

He had to agree with Kyubi that Saikon and Kidomaru were asses. They were always rougher than necessary and enjoyed insulting the patients, but especially him. They were careful around the most infamous patients but they were not afraid of him.

He admitted to himself that he disliked all of them intensely but he could never admit it to Kyubi, He already had too much of a hold on him. Kyubi always knew his deepest thoughts and feelings. And acted on them without any concern.

-Ha, ha, ha! Those idiots look the part now. Did you see their faces? Oi! Oi! That was hilarious. Don't ignore me -

He wanted to laugh when he saw them all covered in paint but did not want to attract attention to himself. They still saw him and ran to get him, they tackled him and after a struggle, restrained him.

"Let me go. Why are you grabbing me?"

"Oh, like you don't know. You damned brat."

"Yeah, you're the only idiot that does this stupid kind of pranks!"

He sighed, he had known he was going to end up in the padded room again. At least Kyubi was silent for now. They were taking him to inside when he felt them loosen up and took advantage of it.

***NH***N+H***NH***N+H***

A cab pulled in front of the imposing medical facility at the edge of town. The cab driver did not question the woman who asked for a ride there. He did not want anything to do with it. Nobody wanted anything to do with it or with them, but everyone had family.

The asylum had stood for over a hundred years, it's creepy history had come to fruition when it had been turned into a facility for the criminally insane 25 years ago. It was a large compound consisting of three old and large brick buildings, each 5 stories high. It already had a haunted look and the additions for the new type of patients did not help at all.

It was surrounded by a large electrified fence 20 feet high with barbed wire at the top of the fence. The entrance gate and service entrance gate opened to a clear crystal tunnel that connected the fence to the entrance door. The crystal tunnel let anyone see into the grounds without risk of escape. There were multiple guards at the actual entrances. No one was getting in or out unless approved.

"Here we are."

A young lady, got out of the cab. She was very pretty but short, with a nice figure and blue tinged dark long hair, tied in a high ponytail. She wore a white crisscross scrub top with white scrub pants, white comfortable walking shoes and had a large beige jacket over her top. Her most distinctive feature where her pale lavender eyes, due to a family genetic trait her pupils were colorless, having the same tone of her conjunctiva/sclera. It gave her the appearance of blindness. She had the feared all seeing Hyuga eyes.

"Thank you very much. Here's your fare."

Hinata looked at the imposing walls of the psychiatric facility. She couldn't believe she made it and had gotten a position as an aide in the facility. But she needed a job and this would be good training as well. She was both excited to be helping patients and intimidated that it was at the infamous Maigo Oto Asylum. The most famous asylum for the criminally insane, run by the reclusive Dr. Orochimaru. It was almost like out of the comics books Kiba used to read to her in school or one of Shino's horror stories.

Kiba and Shino, her roommates, where her brothers of different mothers. The ones that held her together when everything went to hell. Their mothers were both her surrogate mothers. They had been together since middle school and had become as thick as thieves. They were the odd and bullied ones at school but they did not have to pretend with each other and they accepted each other wholeheartedly. They became her family, when her blood relatives continued rejection made her almost give up on true living. With their support, she stopped trying to fit in and choose another path.

She took a deep breath at the gate, she would not back down. She promised her mother and him. She was the odd Hyuga and she accepted her weirdness now. Her friends made her realize being the weird one was ok. Kindness was not a defect. She left everything Hyuga behind to achieve her dream. She would not back down. She would show her father. She wanted to work in the medical field. She did not belong in the business world. She squared her shoulders and rang the buzzer to be let in.

-Here, I go.— The electronic system opened the gate and let her in. The cab had been afraid to go to the building and left her at the gate. She walked through the driveway, all the way to the to the building. She was shocked at the Crystal ceiling/tunnel covering the driveway all the way to the building, she felt like she was walking in one of those walkthrough aquariums, but instead of sharks, there were insane patients on the other side of the glass.

When she arrived at the building door, she was immediately met by guards that pointed her to the metal detector gate. They took her purse and checked it as she went through the metal detector. She went through another long hall. At the end, one of the senior aides waited for her and took her to the employee locker room where she could leave her purse and other personnel items.

"I will take you to the nursing supervisor who will assign you your duties and explain the set up here. I will tell you, no cell phones are allowed without exception. So, you better leave it here. Also, the uniform code is strictly observed to separate you from the wolves, so loose the sweater."

"But I…"

"You won't get cold, following the crazies around, there is plenty of exercise to be had. It's the middle of summer anyway. But if you really get cold, there is an approved uniform scrub jacket with the Oto loony bin logo you can obtain later."

She sighed and took her jacket off. It was her security blanket and she hated taking it off. She had developed early and her figure made her get the wrong kind of attention. She hated her figure and wanted to cross her arm over her chest but years of practice kept her from doing so. –I won't back down.- She would get that jacket as soon as her budget would allow.

"You look like a little lamb or a bunny going to slaughter. The loonies will like seeing you around. Are you sure you can take care of yourself? You realize this facility houses the worst & craziest serial killers, stalkers, psycho's around, right?"

"I have been informed. I know several martial arts forms and have practice them all my life. I should be able to get by." Hinata replied as she squared her shoulders. She knew she never mastered the Hyuga's traditional juken martial art, but she was confident in her style. It was one of the few things she was proud of. She slowly developed it when she realized her size worked against her in traditional juken and she would not be proficient in it. She learned several different arts and developed a more agile free form that combined several other martial arts including aikido's subjugating & evasive principles with hard hitting combos of karate or Muay Thai and juken. Even her fighting style was odd and unique.

"If you say so, but that is a much better attitude. Never cower or look weak in front of them or you will be eaten. My name Tayuya, I am one of the supervising aides in here. You are?"

"Hinata, Hinata Hyuga" She bowed.

"Holy crap! No need for such craptastic formalities here. Do you realize where you are at?"

"Of course, Maigo Oto Asylum."

Tayuya rolled her eyes. "Are you for real, girl? Yes, this is the Lost Sound Asylum or as we like to call it The Sound of the Lost Asylum. Don't play smart with me, this is not your run of the mill psychiatric facility. The people don't want them out, hell I don't want them out. We house the most dangerous psychiatric criminals... Or did you think that whole entrance and exterior are for show?"

"No, I…I..I"

"Ha, ha, ha! You are too funny, girl. I don't think you will last long. Come on we need to get you to Karen, the nursing supervisor."

Hinata followed Tayuya down the long corridor. She did not expect to fit in, when she never did, but was surprised by the quick dismissal the orderly gave her. As she followed her, Hinata reminisced again.

Hinata had always been the octagon peg in the Hyuga's square and triangle world. No matter what she did, she never fit in. She was never good enough. After the tragic death of her mother and uncle, her father dedicated himself to his work and built an empire. Her sister, her cousin and her where taken care of by nannies and Hyuga caretakers.

The Hyuga where cold and all about rules. She tried to help everyone and was too nice according to them. Her confidence took several hits growing up. Her cousin Neji was a natural genius, Hanabi was very stubborn and had the Hyuga business instincts. They both easily overshadowed her, the heir, and she faded into the background. Her cousin thought she was so weak, that he overprotected her to the point of suffocation. He didn't think her capable of anything, therefore did not let her try anything. She became quiet and withdrawn, afraid of everything.

At middle and high school, she was equally odd. She was bullied until she met them, her brothers. The dog & comic loving Kiba and the insect & horror buff Shino. She was the caring bookworm Hinata to them. She remembered her promise when they tried to separate her from the weirdos of her school. For the first time in a long time she said, no.

They were too important for her and she fought back. She even snuck out if necessary. Her father stopped trying to stop her and assigned Neji as her official watchdog. He also tried to arrange omiais with the sons of several important families. All of which were a disaster, especially that guy. She shook her head to forget him. The omiais failed and she rejected every one of them.

Her father was livid and things got worse when she announced she would not get a law or business administration degree, her father named Hanabi heir then threatened to disown her and cut her off completely. He told her if she went into medicine she should go into research to become famous and uphold the family name. She told him she wanted to do actual patient care and he replied that was unacceptable. She cried herself to sleep that day, but decided she was done with trying to please them. She asked her mother for forgiveness and decided to live her life.

Unbeknown to her father, she had been taking AP courses all through high school. She had the credits and the grades necessary to apply early to University. She graduated at 17 one year earlier than her peers. She did not care for prom and such, she was ill suited for them. She got a full scholarship to Tokyo U for premed/biology major.

Her father had a meltdown and threatened to cut her off completely. He told her if she did this, he would not help her in any way, shape or form. She would be dead to the Hyuga, unless she went into an acceptable career and an acceptable fiancé from one of the omiais. She told him, she understood, then went to her room, where she packed everything of sentimental value she could carry as well as her clothing; she called a cab and came back down. She bowed to her father and agreed to his conditions and left.

Her father had been so shocked, he was speechless. Same with her sister and cousin. But they did not try to contact her. They were sure she would return with her tail between her legs, but she would never take a step backwards again. She stayed with Shino and Kiba's family until she could get an apartment. They and their families were up in arms and did not let her rent, which she had no idea how she would afford. They let her board with them that first year.

She stayed with Kiba, Tsume and Hana for six months, the other six months she stayed with Shino, Shibi and Mrs. Aburame. She helped with all household chores to help repay them, even though they insisted she did not need to. When the boys graduated, they all rented an apartment together. Once they rented she got a part-time job at Ichiraku's Restaurant. The job was good but more importantly the owner, Teuchi-san and his daughter Ayame were great. They were very supportive and understanding.

The first year had been rough because Neji, who is a year older, also graduated and had tried to harass her into going back, but she persevered and her brothers joined her the next year. She was starting her third year and still had managed to maintain her full scholarship, but things were getting more complicated financially and she could not keep her job at Ichiraku's, since it did not pay enough.

She needed something that paid higher preferably where she could be exposed to the medical field. She wanted experience in her chosen field. She learned a lot about cooking at Ichiraku's even though she was a good cook thanks to her mother. She was hoping for the same type of experience at this job.

She found there were no real jobs in the medical field for an undergrad, much less part-time jobs. Maybe research but that was not what she wanted. She even looked at a janitorial position weekend night in the ER, but she was worried her grades would suffer. She then started looking at aide/orderly positions but in most hospitals, she would need to be a EM tech or EMT for it.

Then she heard about the position of orderly or aid at the psychiatric facility. The pay was better than at any hospital or Ichiraku's and the hours were very flexible since they had a real shortage of help at the facility, more than likely because of the type of patients they housed. Her interview had gone great and they were impressed with her goals and school marks, she got the job without difficulty.

Teuchi and Ayame had been very understanding and even invited her to come in whenever she was hungry, free of charge. They were great. She could not complain. Once she left the Hyuga and school, she had met the best people.

This year she had grouped her classes together so she had 1 day a week off. She was going to work 1 full day per week, which may be on the weekend and the rest of her days were in the afternoon. She then notified her boys and got ready for her first day on the new job.

She smiled as she remembered the morning.

~~Flashback~~

"Dudette, you are going to be working at the worst looney bin ever. You realize, it's just like Arkham Asylum, but instead of the joker, you have really bad loonies like 'the family eradicator,' 'the blood cultist,' "the heartless financier' or 'the vegetable fertilizer.' Are you sure about this?"

"She is sure about it, why, because she wants to be a doctor. Are you doubting her now?"

"What! Me? No, I'm just kind of worried."

"Yes, we should be worried and you should be careful. Why, because of the killers and because it looks like a haunted asylum. If you find any ghosts you will inform me correct?"

Hinata smiled at her boys. 'Thanks. Yes, I will be careful. I will let you know if it is like Arkham or if there are any ghosts. Deal?"

"Deal. Be careful."

"Deal. Observe all safety protocols."

"See you tonight, guys!"

~~End of Flashback~~

She smiled again as they reached the nurse supervisor office.

"You must be crazy too. You are the only person I have seen smiling to be working here." Hinata smiled again, she could not help herself. She probably was. Tayuya opened the door. "Oi, Karen the newbie is here."

"Would it kill you to try and be professional? Or at least pretend on first meeting someone?"

"Whatever, see you around newbie!"

"Please ignore her unprofessionalism. I am Karen Hozuki. The nurse supervisor. Hinata Hyuga, correct?"

"Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you." Hinata bowed.

"It's rare to meet someone so polite and professional in here. Nice to meet you too. I will go through all the rules, regulations and protocols of your job and the facility. I will give you a tour. You will have an assigned proctor for your first few shifts, then a probation period of 3 months. At the end, you will have a test on all the protocols and if everything goes well. You will be permanently hired. Understood?"

"Yes, ma'am." They covered everything through the rest of the morning. She got the tour and after lunch went with Tayuya to the gardens to see the patients outside.

"I assume you are curious like most of the new workers here. Today you will see all the ones you read about in the news, including the heartless financier, the blood cultist, the arsonist artist, the puppeteer, the rapping pugilist, the family eradicator, the sand asphyxiator, the childish one-eyed monster and the Pain master to name a few. We don't discriminate and have several women too like the paper anger and the man-eater cat woman"

"I'm honestly not that well informed on all the patients here, but I'm sure my friends will be able to fill me in on all of them."

As they walked outside, they heard a commotion. She saw, Suigetsu covered in paint cussing up a storm as Yuugo tried to calm him down, and started laughing.

"Oh, crap! He's done it again."

"Who?"

"The demon child or the Monster child, he is one hell of a prankster. Ooh, He is going to get it. Saikon, Ukon and Kidomaru are on him already"

In the distance, she saw several orderlies grappling with a blonde patient. They subdued him and they started coming their way. They seemed a little too rough on him to her but she had not been here a day and kept her mouth shut. Suddenly he screamed.

"I tell you it wasn't me! You don't know what happened. You have no proof!" He twisted and loosened from their grip and ran to the building. Tayuya tried to block him but he swerved and ran into Hinata.

He tackled her and they both fell. He landed on top of her and they looked at each other. He looked at her eyes mesmerized, he had never seen eyes like that. They looked like lavender pearls or the full moon. He did not move as time seemed to slow down.

Hinata had never seen eyes so blue, it reminded her of that time. They were blue pools as deep as the ocean. They held secrets and pain. She was sucked into those eyes, until she felt a squeeze.

"Eep!"

-Oh yeah, that's my kind of woman! Squeeze again.— Which he did unconsciously. It was a warm, soft and squishy sensation.

"Eep!, Please stop, don't do that."

-Harder! Squeeze harder! I want her!-

He looked down and realized his hand was on her breast. "Agh!" He jumped up and apologized. 'I'm sorry! I didn't mean to." He looked to the side and turned bright red, right before he was tackled again.

-Don't stop! You moron that is the first boob you have touched! Grab it again! Moron!—

He turned even redder as he was held face down in the pavement. Hinata was bright red too but couldn't help herself as she saw him being raised up.

"Are you ok?"

He looked at her again, both of their faces still bright red. He was amazed at her eyes again. He could not decipher the emotion in them. It had been a long time since anyone asked how he was. She was different. She must be new.

He nodded. "I'm really sorry." He went quietly with the orderlies and did not say anything else.

Hinata kept looking at him as they took him away.

"He is hot, but is bat-shit crazy. He talks to himself all the time. Not that he is bad to look at. I would probably give him a try if I did not need this job. Although he's probably a minute man and doesn't have a clue what to do, he has been here since he was ten."

"What!" She was shocked at both Tayuya's crassness and the fact that he had been here since he was a child. She then realized nobody had lifted him off her or helped her. They had laughed when he touched her breast. This people where rough. He had looked genuinely sorry, more than anyone else around her.

"Oh, come on girl. I told you already, he's the Monster child."

"Aha." Hinata would ask Shino tonight who he was. She would not give them the satisfaction of asking now. She was sure they were either testing her or hazing her.

"You ok? He squeezed your boob pretty good."

Hinata blushed again, but squared her shoulders. "I'm fine." Tayuya smiled and continued her proctoring. She met the rest of the sound four and was not impressed. They were rough and crass. No wonder, they hired her so quickly.

It was close to the end of her shift, when dinner came and she heard them all discussing taking food to the blonde guy. They were planning something she had not hear what, since they did not trust her enough. Before she realized what she did, she volunteered to take it to him.

They all looked at her and finally agreed. They winked at her and said "Give him hell. Girl!"

Yes, make him grovel good."

She realized, they thought she wanted payback too. She just nodded and took the tray of food. She went to the padded room area, where another nurse was guarding the ward. She was too nervous to say anything. She just pointed to the food and she got by.

She opened the door and saw him sitting against a corner with his eyes closed. He had a straitjacket on. He was very handsome, up close she noticed the curious scars or marks of his face, but did not dare to ask him about them. She thought they were cute, like a cat or a fox whisker. He sighed but did not open his eyes when he heard the door.

"I have dinner."

He opened his eyes to the soft-spoken tone and saw the pretty lady from earlier. He braced himself, it was time to pay the piper.

"ahm, I have your dinner."

-Hell Ya! Tell her to feed us!—

-She will just throw it at us or dump it on me. Just shut up. You promised you would leave me alone.—

-That was before the hot babe came to play. I got what you need babe.—

"I can't pick it up right now. Just leave it in the corner."

"In the corner?"

"You want to see me, do it?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"What?"

"I'm sorry, I don't follow. The corner?"

"If you want to see me eat it, just put it down in the corner."

"I don't get it."

"Look either throw it on me so I can lick it or put it in the corner and I will eat it with my mouth like a dog or just leave if you are going to starve me tonight. Just get it over with. I don't have patience for this."

-Hey dummy, don't antagonize the babe!-

Hinata's eyes widened as she realized he was serious. "I will be right back." She went to the nurse's station and got a spoon after complaining to the nurse.

"He can't have utensils or he will hurt himself."

"He won't, I will take care of it." She returned with her spoon and opened the door. She stood in front of him. "If you let me help you, I can feed you. But no sudden moves."

He studied her, he hoped she didn't chip one of his teeth or jammed the spoon to tight in his mouth, he did not want to bite his tongue. What the hell, he was hungry and it would not hurt that bad. He nodded his head.

-I told you! She will feed us! Hot damn!—

-Shut up or I will make her go away!—

-Do that and I will not shut up for 2 days.—

-I'm already here in the padded room hell. I won't care, maybe they will drug me until we leave this room.—

-Spoil sport, but I'm watching you.—

Hinata approached carefully. She kneeled next to him and slowly picked a spoonful of food and put it close to his mouth. He opened his mouth and closed his eyes. She could tell he did not trust her at all. She slowly and carefully feed him the first bite of food. He opened his eyes wide as he felt the food and looked at her as she told him to close his mouth. When he did, she slowly got the spoon out.

"See?"

He chewed carefully and slowly. He was shocked at how careful she had been. There was no hit or pain.

"Ready for more?"

He nodded. He kept looking at her as they ate in silence. She fed him the entire tray. He had never been so shocked in his entire life. He could not help himself.

"Why?"

"You looked hungry." She smiled, she did not add he also looked lonely.

"Don't you want to make me pay for what I did."

"It was an accident, right? And you already apologized."

"I am sorry, but most people would…"

It was her turn to sigh. "I am not most people. Besides I work here. I don't want to hurt you but to help."

"You are definitely different."

"I have been weird all my life." She smiled sadly.

"I said and meant different. And that is not bad thing in this place."

Her smile grew and her cheeks turned slightly pink. She was weird alright. The crazy person was comforting her, instead of the other way around.

"I'm Hinata Hyuga. What's your name?"

"Demon child or monster if you prefer."

Hinata frowned. "That is not your name. It's ok if you don't want to say, but don't tell me your name is demon or monster." She turned and picked up the tray.

-Dammit brat! Say something. Tell her your name is Kyubi the great! Or better yet, let me talk to her. I know how to talk to a real woman!-

He wanted to say something so bad it hurt but he had learned not to trust easily. He did not believe her. Nobody was that nice, especially to them. He saw her turn towards him at the door one more time.

"Good night! I hope you sleep well." Her eyes looked sad, like he had done something bad. She turned back to the door.

"Naruto Namikaze UzumakI" He said it quickly and softly but she heard. She turned to him again with the most beautiful smile, he had ever seen. He was happy he put that expression on her face, it had been worth the risk.

"Thanks for trusting me, Naruto-kun."

Thump, thump. He turned bright red.

"Good night, Naruto-kun. See you later."

-Much better. That's how you do it. Don't worry she will be ours.-

Naruto ignored the Kyubi, he did not want to fight him now. Besides someone had turned up the thermostat in the room. It was too hot.

-Don't worry boy. She will be my, err our mate.—

***NH***N+H***NH***N+H***

Once Hinata was home. She talked with her friends and told her about her day. At the end, she looked at Shino and asked him. "What do you know about a Naruto Namikaze aka the demon child?

And cut!

Sorry this had a lot of exposition but it was the prologue/first chapter and had a lot of set up to do. If you know me or my other story, I like things to be logical. This will be another wild ride. This is my second story and it is in response to NarHina's I am not Crazy challenge. Check out the link to his forum challenges page at the end of NarHina's author page. You should check out his stories too.

While this story will primarily be romance, hurt/comfort, angst. It will have a bit of everything. There will be humor and a mystery. Is Naruto crazy or not? What happened? Why was he institutionalized, ect.

This is a fictional story, please do not take offense about things. People/patients in psychiatric institutions are not abused (to my knowledge) but it makes the story more interesting. Besides it's Orochimaru's people, they are no angels.

This 100% NaruHina.

Did you like my take on Shino and Kiba.

Did you guess who are all the killers they are referring too? Did you like their names?

Please check out my other story "The Way to Your Heart, The Long Way Home" It is a ninja AU, with a butterfly effect from Hinata's successful kidnap by Kumo. It is rated M due to mature subjects and language. It is 16 chapters so far.

I will update this every couple of week or so. My other story came first and don't plan to abandon it, since it has gotten good reception.

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Random Notes-

Maigo=Lost

Oimai= A Japanese traditional custom where single people are introduced to one another to consider/for possible marriage. It is a type of arranged marriage usually by the parents.

Sclera= the white of the eye.

EMT=paramedics

Schizophrenia= Mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior, with failure to understand what is real. Main symptoms include false beliefs, hearing voices nobody else can and unclear or confused thinking.

Multiple Personality Disorder=Split personalities