Prologue
Kyuubi watched as the small child cried, tiny fists hiding his face. The fox regarded the child passively from behind the seal's cage bars. The kid didn't bawl loudly like most toddlers his age. He cried quietly, a sign that he was not crying for attention.
Bored with this, the Kyuubi growled. The brat stopped crying and looked up at the demon. His eyes continued to widened as he craned his head back. This was the first time Kyuubi had seen his container, and he noted the possession marks on the kid's cheeks. Bright blue eyes and blonde hair. Spitting image of the Yondaime.
The two stared at each other as the boy stood up. Kyuubi realized just how small he was. The kid couldn't have been bigger than one of his claws.
"Kitty!"
The toddler stumbled over to the cage and walked right in between the bars. The brat stretched his arms as far around one of the kitsune's tails as he could. The kid was hugging his tail. The Kyuubi seriously considered killing the idiot, but decided that it wouldn't be worth his own death as well. Instead, Kyuubi dragged his tail away, causing the kid to fall flat on his face.
The boy looked surprised, and Kyuubi waited for the tears. None came. The kid stood up and smiled.
"Kitty!"
Kyuubi growled.
"I'm not a cat, you idiot. I am Kyuubi no Kitsune, the nine tails."
Kyuubi smirked down at the brat, and again waited for tears. Again, none came.
"Fox!"
The kid hugged his paw, demonstrating that he was the size of Kyuubi's claws.
"Fox! 'm Naruto!"
The kid, Naruto, smiled up at the demon. There was no fear in his bright blue eyes, and Kyuubi felt a some kind of twinge inside himself. Those possession marks really made him look like a young hanyou who had yet to gain his ears or tails.
Before his thoughts continued, Kyuubi could feel a sudden pulling sensation on his chakra. He looked down at Naruto, who was now trying to climb up onto his paw. Was the kit. . . ?
Kyuubi closed his eyes and sent his chakra outwards, trying for the first time since being sealed, to see outside. What he saw angered him. Naruto, the real physical Naruto, was unconscious after being beaten up in an alley. What the hell were these humans doing?! Even demons treated their young better!
Kyuubi growled and sent out some of his chakra, healing the kits' wounds. Naruto started to wake, leaving his mindscape. The boy sat up in the alley and looked around. It started to rain, blocking out the moon. Naruto's lower lip started to tremble as he looked around quickly.
"Kubi?"
Kyuubi winced at the mangled version of his name.
"I'm still here, kit."
Naruto startled at the voice in his head, but soon smiled.
"Kubi!"
Stupid brat.
Naruto's pronunciation of Kyuubi sounds like coo-bee.