Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Yu Yu Hakusho and I don't make any profit with this story.
Summary: When wary Gods, send him and his siblings all to several different Worlds. There was very little Kurama could do to change the facts presented to him. He did not think that meeting a wounded bat Yokai would make his new life quite as interesting as he did though.
There were many things that could be said about the Kyuubi no Youko, or Kurama as his name was. One such thing would be that he was a damn old being.
He is also Cunning.
Sly.
Cynical.
Shrewd.
Sadistic.
Anyway, it was safe to say that he had seen and done some pretty weird shit in his long, long life as Bijuu but this was on a whole new level of his "weird shit" scale and THAT had to mean something from a Sage only knows, old chakra fox.
One moment, he was sleeping inside the seal, in a ninety-year-old Uzumaki Naruto, preparing for a nice long nap.
And in the next, he woke up. Freezing cold and stark naked in the very much substantial Human (or so he thought) body of an, if he guessed right, eleven or twelve-year-old boy with his signature red-orange hair color even if it seemed a bit paler than usual but that could be a trick of the light. With two very, dare he say "Cute" fox ears were on his head and the familiar red eyes he knew were his own looked back at him from his reflection.
His hair was standing up like a blazing flame. His face, he supposed, was... nice, regal even in some way.
Many may not know this, but when one has literally all the time of the world at their hands they tend to start some... let's call them "hobbies". One of his hobbies, shortly before the disastrous summoning from Uchiha Madara in his battle with Senju Hashirama by what was later named the Valley of the End, was the so-called "human watching" so he could tell that he would definitely have some fan-girl problems when he grew up.
For some odd reason, the thought about that sent chills down his spine. But, cute face and preteen, functional human body aside...
He only had three tails.
You have read right. Three as in three out of Nine. Oh, he could still feel the power of his other tails deep inside of him, but they were so tightly sealed it was not even funny. The only one he knew of who could do that wa-
The youthful face that was looking into the frozen lake became carefully blank. The only indication that something was very, very wrong, was the wildly swinging tails behind the young looking boy, then a sudden spike of KI (Killing intend)in the area send all the birds and other wildlife running for the hills.
"DAMN OYAJI!" Snarled the newly reborn kitsune youkai. "Dammit all to hell and back!" the fuming fox started to pace back and forth, not really caring about his nudity. As he thought about what sort of plans his Father could have for him, when the sound of somewhat hollow or better yet, ghostly chuckling draw his attention back to the lake.
"I see you have discovered my little surprise, Kurama."
Starring at the ghostly apparition of the man he and his siblings considered their Father, Kurama deadpanned. "It was not very difficult to discover, so pardon my language Chichi-ue but... WHY THE FUCK AM I A HUMAN!?" snarled the Kyuu- eh... Sanbi no Youko.
"Now, now calm down son, I will explain but first." The Rikudou Sennin waved his hand, making a golden silk Chinese style sleeveless top with elaborate black-blue embroidery, black colored kung-fu style pants with a triangular pattern with a yellow lining, tied with a blood red silk belt and black kung-fu style shoes appear on the still fuming fox.
Kurama sighed and sat down, folding his arms before his chest, he nodded to the old Sage. "Explain."
"For starters, you are not a human. You are a yokai, a kitsune yokai to be exact." Kurama nodded slowly at this. The old man then sat cross-legged in the air above the frozen lake, mimicking Kuramas position on the ground.
"After the Juubi, and Mother were sealed again, I was called before the Kami. All of them voiced their concern, should what happened repeat itself." The old ghost started slowly, Kurama had to ignore the foreboding feeling that he was getting.
"To ensure that something like the Fourth Shinobi World War would not happen again, they all agreed to send the nine of you each into a different world after your current hosts die-"
"Naruto was still alive when I took my nap, Oyaji." Interrupted Kurama, feeling as though an ice cold hand gripped his soul, as he saw the sad look in his Father's eyes.
Naruto, over the years, had become his best and dearest friend. He would even go as far as to say the hyper blonde had become his ninth sibling. "But-but he was, he was young for an Uzum-... the Chakra." His eyes widened in realization as he mumbled these words, feeling oddly numb.
Haguromo nodded. "The aggressive nature of a Bijuu's chakra shortens the lifespan of the vessel if used wrong, a mistake Naruto made once or twice in his youth. He died in his sleep, shortly after you took your nap, I'm sorry Kurama."
For the first time after Haguromo's death, Kurama felt the wetness on his cheeks, the telltale sign of something he never thought he would experience again.
He cried.
He hid his face behind his hand as he cried for the loss of his best and only friend, fastening his other hand in the fabric of his pants as he did so.
He wanted to hate the human that was Uzumaki Naruto, for making him feel so unbelievable weak as he felt right now. But try as he might he could not. His shoulders started to shake as he tried to suppress his sobs. He, the mighty Kyuubi no Youko, Kurama. The being that had become the very personification of hate, sobbed and cried like a child, for the first time in his life in grief for his best friend.
When his sobs subdued and his crying lessened he give a wet chuckle. "It is s-so like him, passing away in his sleep probably with a-a big smile on his face." He rubbed furiously on his eyes as more tears tried to escape him. "Fuck that Human for making me so... so weak!"
"What you are showing right now, Kurama is not a sign of weakness." The old Sage told him softly but strongly. "It's a sign of strength, Naruto was important to you, and don't try to deny it! " Haguromo said forcefully as he saw Kurama open his mouth, no doubt to do just that. "To be able to show your emotions so freely, that is a sign of a strong character, my son."
The fox nodded slowly, still not really believing what the old man was telling him, but ready to keep an open mind. "Please continue Chichi-ue."
The Sage of six paths nodded. "As I said, to ensure that something like the Fourth War would not happen again, they all agreed to send the nine of you, each into a different world after your current hosts died. You can still meet each other in the place I created for you, your minds are connected there." At his son's nod, he continued. "This world has three separate dimensions. Reikai where the spirits of the dead go, Ningenkai, were the Humans life and Makai, were the Yokai life you, Kurama. Are in the Ningenkei."
"Why am I here and not in the Makai? I thought you said I was a Kitsune yokai." He asked his ears twitching.
"The Kami thought it would be best for you to start in the Ningenkai. As you have noticed, a lot of your power was sealed. This has been done for your own safety, let me explain!" The old man started after seeing his son's incredulous look. "In this world, yokai are classed from D to S class, The power you have sealed up in you would easily make you an S-Class Yokai, yes. But your new body is still young and could not handle such power. At this moment you are barely High C-Class in power. You will have to train your new body to be able to handle all nine of your tails to get your full powers back." The sage explained.
"Then tell me, why did you have to give me the body of a CHILD!?" the fox snarled, not at all happy with this news, and frankly? He could not see the logic here.
"The Kami of our world have not as much power in this world as the ones native here. They had to make a few compromises to be able to send you here. You, starting as a child was one of them, don't look like that, I have good news too."
"Do tell." he deadpanned, really? It could not get any worse, he had to train this body like some random mortal if he wanted to get his power back, and all because the Kami of this world were apparently bored as hell.
"You can still use your chakra."
Fox ears stod attention at this, and he listened keenly to what the old man explained next.
"Like in our world, every being here has Chakra. but only 1% of the population knows how to effectively unlock and use it. Half of your Chakra has been converted to Youki, as you now have a substantial body that bleeds, feels, and needs sustenance but you still have it."
That... actually took a load of the Kitsune's shoulders, chakra he could use he had seen the lives of three powerful Uzumaki Shinobi. When one is sealed inside a human host they do not have much else to do other than to watch their host's lives. He would have to train and start like any other uhrg... genin but, if there was one thing he did not want to be was weak. He took far to much pride in being the strongest Bijuu for that. It was vain, yes but it was something he had all his life and he would not lose it now. As for the Youki... well, at last, it was something new.
Nothing gets to an Immortal being's mind as much as boredom, learning how to use his Youki will be a cure for that, at last.
"So... I'm in the Ningenkai because, had they put me into the Makai my survival would have been very... uncertain, no?"
The Sage nodded his head. "Yes, the Reikai would only be able to detect you if you were to fall back to some of your... more... savage habits." the old man said with no little morbid amusement in his voice.
The Kitsune tz-ked and looked up into the sky to hide that his eyes started to water again. "I don't plan on it... the idiot would never forgive it."
Haguromo nodded again and closed his eyes knowing that what would come next probably would hurt his son even more. "Kurama."
The Ex-Bijuu looked to his father when he called his name.
"I do not have much time anymore, Kurama. There was a reason that you have been reborn as a kitsune yokai, and it has little to do with your previous shape. The kitsune yokai suits your personality well, you are smart and cunning so I am sure that you can and will make it in this world. But you are my son in all but blood. I want you and your siblings to chary my last name, will you allow that?"
The fox was silent as he thought about his father's words. He then closed his eyes and nodded slowly. "You give me the name Kurama, you are our father. In a sense our mother to, you give birth to us, so yes." He then opened his eyes and throw his old man a foxy smirk. "I would like to take your last name, Oyaji!"
Haguromo chuckled and shook his head. "Well then, welcome in this new world, Ōtsutsuki Kurama."
The fox's ears twitched a little. "Ōtsutsuki Kurama, It has a ring to it."
The old man grinned at him. "I believe it to be very fitting indeed." the Rikudou Sennin's ghostly form started to slowly disappear, and his grin turned into a soft smile. "Make the best out of your new life, Kurama. This world has many things for you to discover, who knows you may even find love. Don't look like that you can find love if you allow it to grow as you did with the friendship between you and Naruto."
The kitsune snorted and did nothing to hide his new tears this time. "I take it that this is our final Goodbye, Oyaji?"
His father nodded again and smiled softly at him. "Yes, it is... Farewell, my son."
"Farewell, Otosan," he said with a sad smile on his face.
And with a gust of wind that played with the kitsune's hair, the Sage of Six Paths Ghost disappeared.
Well, that was Chapter one of this story, I have started to write this because 1.] I like Kurama, that old Bijuu fox is a cool guy, and he just does not get enough screen time. 2.] I like Crossovers with Naruto and Yu Yu Hakusho, but most of them play largely in the Naruverse, even though the Yu Yu-verse is just as cool, so well... this was born.
Another thing I wanted to say, I have not seen or read the end of Naruto, the only things I know about it are from spoilers (Facebook) or the Wiki so please understand me there, also... I was really reluctant to post it because I still have other stuff to do, but the difference between this story and my others is, I already have a few chapters pre-written so I'm not as pressed as with the others. Updates will still be slow and will happen either once a week or once every two weeks simply to give me time to write up the next butch. That is all I wanted to say, please tell me what you think of the first chapter.