Meeting the Parents
Kurama, the Kyuubi, stared down at Naruto. The blonde had changed over the past half-a-year. He had finally gotten taller, his hair grew longer-his spikes fell mostly flat and were at the length of his jaw- curving slightly along it, he had become quite a bit more serious, and he had made eventually become worthy of learning his name. Naruto was now looking at him expectantly, waiting for the reason he was called into his now prison-like mindscape.
"The chakra in the seal is now fading." Kurama simply stated. He could practically see the gears turning inside of Naruto's head.
"What about you?" Naruto asked quietly.
"I used some of my chakra is repair the seal, to see what would happen, and it was replenished with ethernano, probably some excess amount of it flowing into you. BUT my chakra is still fading faster than I can regenerate with ethernano, due to it being denser than chakra."
"So, it's fading in faster than you can regenerate with ethernano." Naruto stared at the fox, trying to think of an easy solution. "What if I took the seal off?"
"What good would that do?" Kurama asked frowning.
"Wouldn't taking the seal off allow you more access to me, thus you would have more access to the ethernano flowing inside of my body?"
Kurama mulled over his words. "Well, it is worth a shot." Naruto nodded and made his way over to the seal. Kurama slid his tail through the bars and lifted Naruto to the seal. When Naruto started to tear the seal, two sets of hands stopped him.
"The heck..." He murmured before he turned to the Yondaime Hokage and a red-haired woman. He stiffened with shock before yelling: "What the hell is the Yondaime Hokage and this redheaded lady doing in my mindscape?!"
The redhead frowned. 'Some redheaded lady?' "I'm not some redheaded lady, I'm your mother, Kushina Uzumaki, dattebane!"
"Eh?" Was the intelligent response from Naruto.
"Real smart response there, brat." Kurama drawled.
"Shut up, baka-kitsune." Naruto snapped. He turned his gaze back toward his apparent mother and the Yodiame Hokage. "If you're my mother then why is he here?"
"Baka, he's your father," Kushina responded before the former kage could respond.
Naruto locked eyes with his former idol, looking him up and down with all seriousness. "I don't see the resemblance."
Before anyone could respond, the Kyuubi interjected with: "As much as I'm amused at this idiot's obliviousness to you being his parents. I do have more pressing matters to that need to be fixed."
"That's right!" Naruto quickly tore off the seal before his parents could stop him. Kurama bust through the red cell doors, sending everyone flying back. Kushina and the Yondaime recovered quickly and poised themselves for an attack toward the Kyuubi, but were stopped when they found Naruto protectively standing in front of the stretching fox. A shroud of crackling lightning encased his body, a fierce look on his face."Please don't attack my friend. I know exactly what he's done but things have changed. We aren't in Konoha or even in the Elemental Nations. I'm in a dicey situation and I need all the help I can get."
"I see," The former Hokage began. "Then please help us understand everything."
Kushina gazed at her husband with a sad look. "Minato, we don't have a lot of time. We only have so much chakra that was stored here."
Naruto canceled his electric cloak and curiously stared at his parents, then shifting to Kurama, who was curled up with his giant head on his hand-like paws. "Hey, Kurama?"
Narrowed red eyes gazed at the blonde. "What?"
"Are you absorbing the ethernano that's going through me?"
"Of course. It's going to take a while before I become solely comprised of ethernano."
"What if you fed chakra into my parents?" His parents' eyes widened with surprise. "I mean it does allow you to take in ethernano a bit faster." Naruto turned his head away from everyone's eyes. Pink dusted the blonde's cheeks. "I really would like to get to know you guys better."
Kushina giggled before approaching her son and affectionately ruffled his hair. Minato looked at the pair with fondness in his eyes. Naruto looked at her surprise, his blush deepening in color. "You're such a cutey!"
"Whatever!" The blonde sputtered before he turned his attention back to Kurama and composed himself. "Are you going to do it or not?"
"Of course I will. I owe you anyway." Two tendrils of chakra came from one of Kurama's tail and curled around Kushina's and Minato's left wrists. "There, that way you don't have that distracting cloak." The fox closed his eyes. "Now leave me alone. I need to catch up on my sleep."
Nauro sweatdropped. "You're always are asleep, baka-kitsune." He redirected his attention back to his parents. Unsure of what to say, he muttered, "So where exactly do you want to start?"
"How are you not in Konoha any longer?" Minato urged, curious about how his son had left the safety of his former home.
"I got into a fight with a former comrade and the both of us were knocked out. While we were knocked out, this scientist, Jin, from Fiore kidnapped me. He watched our fight and realized that I was a jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Jin also figured that a powerful host as myself would make a sturdy subject for his plans." Naruto shifted with discomfort at the intense anger that his parents were emitting. 'Maybe it would be best to leave out some of the more… graphic details of what has happened to me.'
"Like what?" Kushina growled, grinding her teeth. Her red hair started to float in nine tendrils. Naruto took a step back in fear, his mother came off as very sweet and kind women.
"Well…. He and a group of others like him, they form this dark guild that supports magical supremacy. They believe that those who have chakra must be biologically altered to fit in with the rest of this side of the world. They've kidnapped ninjas and tried to remove chakra coils and replace them with magical containers. Jin was unsuccessful with that experimentation until he somehow got a set of Hyuuga eyes and implanted them into some brainwashed shinobi. That's when he started getting a bit successful with his experiments. He could place the containers into people he had taken from the bordering parts of the Elemental Nations and Fiore. They could handle the magical container but not when with their chakra coils removed. He figured he needed stronger subjects. That's how he stumbled on me and Sa- a former comrade. I mean what better way to get stronger test subjects than from one of the strongest ninja villages."
Minato moved toward Naruto, his blue eyes cold and focused. "Has…" His voice trailed off as he looked his son over.
"What?" Naruto cocked his head, curious about what his father's eyes were looking for.
"Has that man taken out your chakra coils from you?" Minato spat out the word 'man'.
"No, not yet. He's given me a very interesting magical container though. He plans to do it whenever he," Naruto's voice trailed off before grimacing. "Whenever he decides to do his last experiment on me." He shifted with discomfort at the waves of anger that were emitting off his parents at his expense.
"I don't understand why that man has done these damn things to you, " Kushina growled. "And what is a magical container and why is yours special?"
Naruto frowned. 'I really don't want to talk about that. I should have watched what I said.' "Well, every mage has a 'container' that basically determines their magical power. If it becomes empty, Ethernano will come from the atmosphere and flow into the mage's body and fill the container, returning the mage to their full strength." Naruto's eyes drifted to a yellow padlocked door. "Mine's special because it came from a demon."
"A DEMON!" Naruto's parents yelled.
"Yeah, demons exist, well existed for the most part, in the magical lands. Their powers were terrifying but they were mostly wiped out by devil slayers. Some still exist. Jin thought it would be best to use the preserved container he had taken and use it on me, especially since I have Kurama. The demon's container influenced what magical powers I got."
"What magical powers?" Minato asked slowly.
"My extreme affinity for lightning and my take-over magic."
Kushina tilted her head curiously. "What's take-over magic?
"It's when a mage 'takes-over' the power of an entity and use it to fight. It can increase the power, strength, and speed of the caster, sometimes adding a new skill, such as flying or breathing underwater. One can only 'take over' the power of beings that they truly 'know'."
"And what take-over abilities do you have?" Minato asked slowly.
"Demon's Soul."
