Hi guys, so I decided to put out chapter two as well out of the goodness of my heart as an April Fools day present and as a special thanks to all those that reviewed, followed, or favourited this story.
Also, I will try to keep almost all the major events in both worlds like the canon, but like you will see in this chapter, I have changed this event for reasons. I will mention after the chapter ends, so enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Harry Potter. However, the plot is mine and only mine. My precious~
Chapter was edited by Lady Raina Midnight.
Chapter 2: boy meets Kyuubi
Naruto was dreaming and, as usual, all of the villagers were bowing down to his awesomeness. He was trying every kind of ramen he could get his hands on, but somehow he ended up in a sewer that had pitch black walls, with water was covering the floor. He was a bit scared. There was little light in the long hallway, and while he spent most of his time in his room at night without any light but that of the moon, he feared that something might attack him if he was completely engulfed in darkness. Getting beat up was the least of his worries, he thought that one day the villages might throw him out of his heaven and beat him to death.
He had no idea where he was, so he kept moving forward to find a way out of this place. He almost turned back to where he came from but glimpsed metal bars in the far distance.
Curious, he wanted to see what was behind it and so continued forward slowly, and cautiously. Even if most of the time he seemed like he was a careless, clumsy child, that was so that people had to acknowledge his existence; at least to scold him for his careless behavior. Their words stung at his fragile heart and his Jiji would not tell him why they hated him so much. Jiji kept saying that when Naruto became a big boy he would explain. He argued that he was a big boy already, since he was four years old, but the old Hokage chuckled a bit and did not budge. Whenever he asked, Jiji would change the subject to derive the boy's attention away from the topic, making full use of Naruto's short attention span. Jiji wouldn't even tell him who his parents were, another something his stingy Jiji did not want to share until he became a 'big boy.'
After a bit of walking, Naruto was facing the rusty metal gate that was locked with some weird symbols. Behind it was complete darkness. He could hear something approaching fast from inside and backed away a little. As soon as he saw what made the noise he was awe struck. A small, red fox with 9 tails and two big, fluffy ears was staring back at him with what he thought was anger, hatred, and a bit of loneliness, but with some amusement as well.
"What are you doing here human? Is in not enough that I have yet another annoying human for a vessel, but also that it stares at me when I am in such a state?" The fox's voice sounded more menacing than how it looked and Naruto was shocked. A talking fox? A vessel? Another? What was that crazy fox talking about and why could it talk at all?
"Ano sa, how can you speak? I thought animals could not speak. And what do you mean by a vessel? And what state are you talking about? You look normal to me but for having 9 tails this is. And what other vess..."
"SILENCE YOU INSOLENT HUMAN! I AM THE GREAT KYUUBI NO KITSUNE, WHO DESTROYED YOUR DISGUSTING VILLAGE FOUR YEARS AGO! DO NOT COMPARE ME TO MERE ANIMALS, YOU BRAT! I AM STUCK IN YOU UNTIL I CAN FIND A WAY OUT OF HERE AND FINISH WHAT I STARTED! KUKUKUKU! "
Naruto was scared now and backed away from the gate. He was about to cry, even though he'd promised himself he'd never cry again after the last time he was beat nearly to death by the villagers on his birthday.
He had the beast locked in him? Why? He was told the fourth Hokage destroyed Kyuubi on the night it attacked. Is that why the villagers glare at and call him demon brat? Is that why they ignore him like a plague? Is that why they made him take a bath on his own as a two year old who just barely learned to walk? Were they hoping he would drown? He wanted to hate the villagers, but they were right to some extent, he does contain the beast. However, never had he wanted to attack or kill any one of them. No matter how badly they treated him or insulted him, he believed he would find a way to get them to acknowledge and respect him.
He softly spoke with his head down," No matter how badly they treated me; I never want them to be hurt. They are what make Konoha the village it is. They are good people… My people that I will protect to last minute of my life. I won't let you hurt any of them because they are precious to me!" By the end he was yelling at the fox.
Naruto gathered up his courage and got close to the gate again. He saw loneliness in the fox's eyes, hidden behind all the anger and hatred. The fox is wearing a mask; similar to his happy-go-lucky mask he showed the world. He wanted to know what caused the fox to feel that way. Maybe the fox wouldn't judge him before getting to know him, unlike all the people who glared at him whenever they saw him. The fox may have killed people from Konoha, including his favourite Hokage the Fourth, but Naruto did not want to drown in anger and sorrow. Since he was told the fox was killed that night, what else was he lied to about?
Naruto learned early on the meaning of having different dimensions to a single story. He saw how the caretakers treated the other children with care. However, they did not really care for them, because sometimes he heard them complain about the other children when they forgot about him in his room. He could hear disgust in their voices. He also noticed that when the caretakers told the other children bedtime stories, they would sometimes tell them a story from the princess point of view to the girls, and the prince's point of view to the boys. So, he concluded that perspective does have an impact on how you tell a story, and that people, like stories, have different dimensions and characteristics. They can laugh in more than one way to the same situation and each laugh can signify a different meaning, but only the most experienced can tell the difference.
He had a feeling there was more to the night Kyuubi attacked than even the Hokage knew, but first he had to get the fox on his side. He really wanted a friend. He did not have any. Even if the Kyuubi killed a lot of people from Konoha, it made no sense that people forgot a ninja's job was to die for the sake of their village. Plus their must be a logical reason behind the fox's attack. So, befriending a killer fox should be ok, right?
"I know what you hide behind that mask of yours because I wear a similar one everyday. I know loneliness and I can see yours. You are not going to be able to scare me away. I will keep annoying you until you let go of your mask. I want to be your friend and help you
overcome your loneliness. If I am right, there is more to the story of what happened the night you attacked, yes? Also, you have been locked in here for four years without any contact and no way out. We will be friends no matter what, believe it!"
Naruto tried to convey the honesty of his words to the fox in hope that it would not push him away; that it would become his friend. You can't have too many of those. In fact, he had none, so Kyuubi will be his first friend.
The child had stunned the fox into silence. He was amazed a mere human child saw through his walls so easily and that his eyes were trying to get the fox to believe him. The fox knew of the boy's suffering. He saw some of his memories and how the village was mostly against the child because he was sealed inside. Kyuubi knew that he brought the child great pain in his few years of life. After all, he had healed all of the injuries inflicted by the village.
Kyuubi knew that he was bitter and a bit vain to be directing his anger on the child who had contained him for only a few years, but he had been locked up for decades in the same accursed Uzumaki family. He was happy when that family was destroyed; no more humans that were strong enough to hold him. Stupid Kushina had to marry that stupid, human seal master and get pregnant, even knowing the risk of giving Kyuubi the chance to escape when the seal weakened during birth. Then that despicable Madara had to control him once again and make him attack Konoha. Not that he was not planning to do that already, but no one controls the Kyuubi and gets away with it.
Kyuubi looked up at the child looking at him with so much hope and acceptance. He was not sure he could resist his vessel's demand, or rather promise, and he believed the child would fulfill that promise if given a chance. The boy, Naruto, was different from his previous vessels. They held him like he was a burden, and here comes a child asking him for his friendship. He did wonder though how the child would have reacted if he saw his true size. The child probably, would have been scared and would have hated and feared him, but he had a feeling that even if that was the case Naruto would have found a way to get through to him; no matter how much time had passed by. The villagers were fools; this child was nothing like him. Did they really think that if he had control over this body that he would have let any of them live to be able to harass him in anyway. Like he said earlier, Fools.
"Kit, I accept your friendship but don't betray my trust, you wouldn't like the results. And you are right, I did not attack your village willingly. I was forced to do it. By who… well you will get to know that when you are ready to face him because no one controls the great Kyuubi and gets away with it. "
Naruto was happy. He had a friend, even if it was the Kyuubi. It did not matter because he had a friend and he knew that the fox was telling him the truth. Naruto even wanted to know who forced the Kyuubi to attack the village, and punish him for his crimes with Kyuubi at his side.
"Ano sa, gomen na I forgot to introduce myself. Even if we know each others names, we should still have a formal introduction. My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I will become the future Hokage, believe it!" Naruto felt embarrassed for introduction himself this late into their conversation, but felt that it was needed, somehow, to finalize their agreement to become friends.
"Kit, people know me by the title of the Kyuubi no Kitsune the great, but my name is Kurama. If you want, you may call me that. "
The demon was amused, the kit was unpredictable and their introduction almost sounded like an awkward business transaction. Kurama laugh internally at how silly, yet thoughtful his kit was. Kurama was not planning on telling the kit his name so soon because knowing the demon's real names gives one leverage. Though his kit did not know it, Kurama just gave him a sign of trust by giving Naruto that power over him.
"Kurama, can we talk when I am awake? I was hoping we could without me having to be asleep."
Kurama replied, "Kit we can talk through your thoughts, and before you ask, I did not want to communicate with you before, so I blocked out your thoughts. Although, I did see some of your memories. If you did not care so much for those worthless humans, I would have shred all of them to small pieces, then made them burn."
"Kurama! I told you before they are my precious people. Even if they hate us, we will show them, one day, how awesome we are. " Naruto said with determination in his eyes.
"Fine kit, but you are too forgiving for your own good." The small fox huffed dismayingly.
Naruto was on cloud nine. He got a really strong, awesome friend, but frowned as he thought about telling all of his precious people or not. Unable to decide on his own, he asked Kurama, "Kurama, do you think I could tell all my precious people about you, or do you think they will react badly?" Naruto was uncertain, if he told anyone he could talk to the Kyuubi, what they would do to him.
"I don't know kit. I don't think you should, because even though they care about you,
they all hate me. If you tell them, they might think the seal is weakening somehow,
and might try to either harm you, or do something to the seal that makes it hard for us to communicate."
Naruto looked around and felt that, what he guessed to be his mind was too dark for his liking.
"Can I change how this place looks?"
"It's your mind brat, you can do whatever you want. Just be careful to not drain yourself too much, ok?"
Naruto was stunned but happy that Kurama cared for his safety and well being. However did Kurama just call him brat?
"Kurama!" Naruto whined. "I am not the one who was brooding a few minutes ago and going all medieval here, now was I?" He smirked at his friend, feeling happy for the time being that he did not have to worry about having his head bit off.
"KIT! Come closer so I can bite your head off! Who are you saying went medieval, you dobe?" Kurama playfully remarked waiting for the explosion.
"Kurama, you meanie! I am not a dobe you medieval fox. Come here so I can strang… I mean give you a hug very, very tightly." Naruto said as his smile turned into a smirk.
This was as they say, truly the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Explanation: Naruto is so lonely that he is willing to get a killer demon as a friend. It might seem farfetched, but remember that he has almost no human contact but with three people, the rest treat him like a demon. Kurama will be needed in the future for the story's development, that's all you will get for now.
Please leave a comment, if you like or dislike. Also, I all ears for any suggestions you may have. I did not include Japanese translation because there was so little in this chapter, but if you did not understand it, let me know and I will add the translation to it.
Next chapter: the parents are coming and they are livid. Expect it either tomorrow or the day after! See you next time, Ja ne.
