Chp 2
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There was no sense of time within the stomach of the death god. Let it not be said that the famed Yondaime Hokage didn't try finding a way. He couldn't even scratch a mark on the wall because there was no walls to be found. The fox had watched him amused at his attempts at finding anything beyond the the 'ground' they stood on. Granted doing an awkward shuffle and flaing of arms as a method would have amused even the most stoic Uchiha.
While he couldn't count in days that passed he could count the amount of times his son was 'cared' with hostility by the hospital staff itself and the amount of time someone had the brilliant idea of trying to make an attempt on Naruto. Could no one see the resemblance between the two of them? Take away the whisker marks and you have a carbon copy. Really could they not even look beyond them. The fourth, not for the first time since being stuck here, found himself wondering if his sacrifice was worth the life of all the people that had metaphorically spit at his sacrifice and last wish. The foxes taunts and grumblings of 'lowly flesh bags that were too stupid to see what a true demon would be like' weren't helping his thoughts.
The two had found a grudging respect for the other and he like to think that the fox was warming up to him. The grumbling (in his more optimistic view) could be taken as a way (a deep and twisted way) to make him feel better about the people and village he saved. In his darker thoughts and moments he couldn't help but want to take at least five minutes out of his prison to go yell at the Sandaime and the rest of the village about his son and maybe try something to get them to realize that there is a greater threat out there that could control the 'demon' they feared. Maybe yell out a curse or two for how they treated Naruto. Then again if his wife was watching what he was then he would sit back and watch his wife's rip the village a new one with the verbal and physical punishment she would dish out. Ah how he missed his cheerful (and scary he reminded himself) wife.
He shuddered, Kami he loved and missed his wife dearly, but her temper still scared him and maybe Kami himself. 'Wonder if the fox would cower under her wrath too...' he thought as he cast a gaze at the orange ("blood red puny human!") fox next to him. While the Kyuubi was no human sympathiser, the fox would only sneer in disgust at the actions of his people-and possibly pity his son.
"Those are the kind of people you saved Fourth", the fox spit out in unmasked anger and disgust, "and you humans have the gall to call us biju the demons, but even demons wouldn't treat a child as they have. Do you regret it now? Does it bother you what monsters they turn out to be? Were they worth saving, because from this point my low opinion of you humans has only dropped further" , the Kyuubi taunted as he watch the Yondaime that sealed him away look at the image of a nurse attempting to kill Naruto being stopped by the ANBU guarding him and the clench jaw and fist at his side. The fox only smirked darkly before turning away to ignore him.
'Damn it and the fox for trying to mess with me' the fourth thought. He couldn't help but feel disappointed in his people for what they were doing. He bowed his head in shame and silently prayed to his son to one day forgive him for being the cause of his current and future suffering.
'But...' a treacherous voice in his head started, 'are those people worth the sacrifice you gave? Look at how they repay you...by trying to hurt and kill your only child. The voice kept whispering dark thoughts, but Minato refused to give in. This was his and Kushina's child. It would take a lot to ever stop a child from the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero and the Yellow Flash. If anything he had hope his beloved Naruto would prove everyone wrong and make everyone who tried to hurt him and look down at him reevaluate their very ideals.
"That's right, my Naruto-chan wouldn't let anyone get in his way! You get out there and prove everyone wrong! Then when they find that you're my son they work for your forgiveness and my own. Hopefully they meet Kushina on the other side and get a dressing down worth of Kami himself! Don't worry Naru-chan Tou-san and Kaa-san will always love and believe in you. I can only hope you find the happiness that I couldn't give you. For that I will be forever sorry." with that Minato sat down and tried not to let the things he saw happening affect him too much. He did wonder though where Naruto's godfather and mother were out though.
The fox watched the man next to him in curiosity. The mini monologue he had just given did surprise him and he secretly hoped for the boy that the man was right. 'Those fools, they better hope to see their mistakes before they meet that woman in the next world'. The great Kyuubi no Kitsune would never admit out loud that Uzumaki women were a force to be feared, but those chakra chains and their temper was nothing to scoff at. If the kid was as half resilient (annoying and increasingly hard to kill) as his mother was then he had no doubt that the kid would come out and beat anyone who dare try get in his way. As it was the fox kept his image and only spared the scenes in front of him a distasteful glance, but inwardly smirked when the kid gave a foxy smile to the third hokage that held him after the attempt. 'Tough kid indeed'.
