Fox and Kit
Chapter 5
by Maleficus-lupus
"Discussion"
Normal text
"speech"
thoughts
Kyuubi's thoughts
'Kyuubi speaking mentally to Naruto'
Previously:
"Konnichi-wa, Kyuubi no Kitsune"
I feel impressed as I look down upon my host, standing waist deep in water, grinning up at me without a hint of fear. Shifting my tails out of the way, I stand up and grin toothily at him. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Uzumaki Naruto. I do hope you do not hold a grudge against me for what you have suffered at the hands of others" I watch as he blinks, startled by my statement, but he recovers quickly and smiles. "Oh not at all! You had nothing to do with the treatment I received, that was all the villagers fault. And I prefer to hear a persons reasons before I hold a grudge... most of the time." I chuckle at that and sit down on my haunches. "That's quite a mature attitude for one so young, especially for a mud-rat. I presume that you want my reasons before you decide to hold a grudge against me, correct?" Watching my carrier nod, I sigh and and lie down fully, placing my head on my paws. "Then you had better see if you can find away to make yourself comfortable, I'm sure our discussion will take awhile." I watch as he looks around for a dry spot, pausing to look at my cage, which slowly slopes up out of the water to end in a dry cave, before discarding the idea and finally deciding to lean on one of the walls.
Fixing my eyes on him, I sigh then speak. "First of all, I didn't want to attack Konoha." Angrily I snarl as I say this, I see Naruto flinch slightly but I continue on. "I had had enough of the Human world! After all I had been through here, I had decided to rest. I sealed my caves and treasures; I used a spell to move between worlds and stopped it in the middle, between this world and the demon world... I had decided to hibernate for a few centuries, so I could recover enough to face the demon world once more. I rested for many centuries, not even dreaming after the first hundred years, then... He summoned me! Using a ritual I could not ignore, and a spell I could not refuse, he sent me to destroy Konoha... Damn that snake-eyed mud-rat! He is the reason why I am imprisoned! He is the reason why I and you are hated!!"
Fixing my eyes on him, I sigh and then speak. "First of all, I didn't want to attack Konoha!" Angrily I snarl as I say this, I see Naruto flinch, slightly but I continue on. "I'd had had enough of the Human World! After all I had been through here, I decided to rest. I sealed my caves and treasures, I used a spell to move between worlds and stopped it in the middle, between this world and the demon world... I had decided to hibernate for a few centuries, so I could recover enough to face the demon world once more. I rested for many centuries, not even dreaming after the first hundred years, and then...Hesummoned me! Using a ritual I could not ignore, and a spell I could not refuse, he sent me to destroy Konoha... Damn that snake-eyed mud-rat! He is the reason why I am imprisoned! He is the reason why you are hated!" I stop speaking, panting from the exertion of my shouting. Gaining control of myself once more, I close my eyes and sigh. "My apologies Uzumaki-san, remembering what happened makes my blood boil."Naruto's eyes narrow, "You expect me to believe that the reason you, The Kyuubi no Kitsune, strongest demon in existence, attacked Konohagakure no sato because a human summoned you and told you to destroy it?" he asks incredulously. Crossing his arms, I watch as Naruto sneers in disbelief, "forgive me for being a bit incredulous!" He sneers.
"I do not expect you to believe me without proof, Uzumaki-san. However I do ask you to give me the benefit of the doubt at the very least." I watch Naruto step away from the wall and stare at me, frowning. "That can't be all, what else do you want?" He asks suspiciously. "All I want Uzumaki-san, is for you to find out if what I said is true or not. If you find that there is someone with snake-eyes who would want this village destroyed, I will be proven right. If you find proof that a snake-eyed human is not the reason why I attempted to destroy Konohagakure, you will prove that I am lying. All I ask is that you accept what ever help I offer until you decide whether to believe me or not." Naruto tilts his head as he looks at me, a pondering expression on his face. Finally he nods, "Fine, we have an agreement. I'll look to see if you're telling the truth, and you'll give any help you can provide." Satisfied, I stand up and peer down on him. "Good, now... you'd better go, you don't want to be late do you?" I suppress a chuckle as I see the look of panic in his eyes before he fades away into the real world.
Turning away from the gate and walking deeper into my prison, I utter to myself. "Perhaps a gift will help convince him that I am well intentioned? Now what to give him..." Finally stopping at the deepest part of my prison, I lie down and concentrate on what my host is doing, coming up with ideas of what I should give him and discarding them in turn. It's too bad he's a weak human; it limits what I could give him by quite a lot. At last I get an idea as I feel Naruto waking up to the real world. "Perfect" I mutter happily, as I send it off through the seal.
Naruto's POV
As I awake, I hear Kyuubi's voice in my mind. 'Take this gift as a sign of my sincerity, Uzumaki Naruto. Use it well!' My body arches up and I suppress a scream as I feel an overwhelming amount of inhuman chakra fill my body for an agonizing instant! When my mind finally recovers from the pain, I find that I have fallen off of the stump I was meditating on, and am lying sprawled on the ground. "Huff... Huff... What the hell was that?!" I scream out between my attempts to get my breathing back to normal. I analyze my body and try to see what Kyuubi had done to it, finding nothing I try to see if there was anything else I may have missed. "What the hell?" I mutter as I realize I remember a jutsu that I have never heard of before. With a chuckle Kyuubi informs me that the jutsu is, 'Suiro no Jutsu, a technique from the mist that I learned when I was exploring around Kirigakure in human form, I think you'll find it useful, though I don't advise you do it without a water source near by.' I chuckle weakly, "Fine Kyuubi" I mutter under my breath, "I'll take your gift, but this doesn't mean I believe you!" 'I'd expect nothing less, Uzumaki-san!' Ignoring Kyuubi's tone, I look down at my watch and see that I'm already five minutes late! "Shit!" I swear as I start off, running towards the Academy. "Iruka-sensei is going to kill me!"
Techniques:
Suiro no Jutsu: Water Prison . Anyone who reads or watches Naruto should know this one; it's what Zabuza-sama used on Kakashi-san in wave country.
Authors notes:
Well here it is; the fifth chapter! Or gobundan(?) as the Japanese would say. Originally this was going to be longer, but I decided that I had made you wait long enough. Thanks to Arwen for beta-reading it.
