A/N :
To make things easier for everyone I decided to list the Tailed Beasts and their names for y'all.
One Tail=Shukaku (raccoon thing)
Two Tails=Matatabi (blue tiger)
Three Tails=Isobu (Turtle)
Four Tails=Son Goku (Monkey/Ape)
Five Tails=Kokuo (white horse with dolphin head)
Six Tails=Saiken (Slug)
Seven Tails=Chomei (flying bug)
Eight Tails= Gyuki (Octopus)
Nine Tails= Kurama/Max (Fox)
Hope it helps.
"The thing about little siblings is that they're amazing to have. They care, they do the simplest things to make you happy, and they're like your pride and joy. It's almost like you're their parents, because they're your responsibility. To me, my little siblings are like my stars. They're the light when things turn dark for me. And I love them even when we hate each other." -Max/Kurama
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I yawn ignoring Shukaku's eternal argument with Saiken. Some may say I'm being dramatic, but I'm not. They have been arguing about whether or not the amount of tails they have is relevant to their strength or not for hundreds of years now. And it definitely gets boring after the first couple of decades.
My way of comparing probably doesn't make sense, huh?
Okay, so me and my siblings are as old as the moon. Shukaku and Saiken have been arguing about that stupid stuff ever since the moon existed. The Warring Era ended years ago.
Imagine hearing the same conversation, the exact same time, for over one hour, for decades.
I tried to get them to stop once upon a time, but nowadays I just tune them out or go away. Seeing as they're preparing to get physical with each other in their argument, I'll choose the latter and walk away.
When it comes to those two my inner pacifist died. It knew that there's no stopping Shukaku and Saiken's argument. And I'm hoping that maybe Naruto could fix it after we save the world, bring peace, and yada yada. Although some part of me is definitely relieved that Shukaku has these arguments with Saiken, and not me.
Kurama, or rather the original me would have probably gotten into these arguments with Shukaku contrary to the me of now who knows that even mortals can kick our asses if their names are Hashirama or Madara. Also Naruto, Yamato, Kushina, Mito, and a whole bunch of others. Yeah, I can't see how the original Kurama managed to stay so arrogant despite having his ass handed to him a grand total of...
Madara controlled first, then Hashirama beat him, Mito sealed him inside of her, Kushina made him his bitch, Obito controlled him, Minato sealed him inside Naruto, Yamato stopped him from taking over Naruto, Jiraiya stopped him from taking over Naruto, Minato stopped him from tricking Naruto into releasing him, Naruto beat him to properly use his chakra, and all those other times I can't remember right now.
Damn, the original Kurama got his ass handed a lot. I'm surprised his ego was still intact. I would have been a sulking mess.
Although I wouldn't mind getting my ass handed to Mito or Kushina...insert a perverted giggle. What can I say? I was a healthy young man when I died. And despite being as old as the moon I'm as mature as I was back then. Hashirama and Minato were lucky bastards.
Wow, I really got off track there, huh?
So my earlier point? Thank the Sage that those two are annoying each other, and not me.
Oh, well. Time to go visit my cute little brother.
Knowing him, he's probably near that ocean I showed him a few hundred years ago. Of course, I made sure to warn him about being cautious when going there. You'd think that after decades the mortals' common sense would kick in and make them realize that no matter what they do they can't capture nor defeat a Tailed Beast.
It's sad, but they should realize that they're not important characters. They're background ones. Cannon fodders. End of story.
Harsh, but true.
The ocean that Isobu's probably at right now is like between the Land of Whirlpools and Kirigakure. Now some may be thinking 'Max, what the hell were you thinking?! Poor Iso-chan can get captured and sealed by an Uzumaki!' or something along those lines. Answer is, there wasn't any Land of Whirlpools or Kirigakure back then.
...oh, and I wasn't thinking.
I just stumbled upon it hundreds of years ago. Thought it was a nice ocean. And then remembered that Isobu had never swam before. Then bam! It's now Isobu's spot and a place we can get some one-on-one sibling bonding experience.
When I showed Isobu the ocean for the first time, he looked like a kid on Christmas morning. It made me feel giddily drunk. It still seems like I'm trying to justify why I took Isobu to that particular ocean, but like I said it's a nice ocean. Beautiful even. Ever been to Puerto Rico? It's like the beach there. Or ever watched Teen Beach Movie? Well, the ocean's just like the beach from that movie.
Isobu loves the sea. He loves going underwater, because the view down there is amazing. And the fish aren't afraid of him once he shows them that he doesn't want to hurt them, unlike humans. Above all Isobu loves his eldest brother for showing him this, the sea, practically a paradise for him.
Sometimes the turtle shaped Tailed Beast wonders how Kurama even managed to find the beautiful sea, but then his head gets filled with too many questions, and too little answers. As much as Isobu adores and practically worships Kurama, he isn't stupid. He knows that Kurama hides a lot from him and his other siblings. They all know really, they just don't tell Kurama.
Isobu shakes the thoughts from his head, he didn't want his head filled with questions, and instead lets out a content sigh as he resurfaces up, rays of sunlight shinning down on him.
"Isobu~!"
Isobu startles in surprise, but before he could say anything else Kurama jumps into the water.
"Kura-nii, d-d-don't!" He frantically calls, but it is too late already.
The water rises up in huge waves as Kurama's body crashes into it, the waves hitting Isobu and causing him to go under water again.
Isobu waits until it is calm at the surface before swimming up again.
"-wasn't I, Isobu?" He catches the last part of a question.
"Y-yes." He agrees, because knowing Kurama the question was probably something along the lines of, 'I was awesome, wasn't I?' or something like that.
"You're so cute!" Kurama grins at him.
Isobu blushes at the compliment.
Unlike arguments, compliments never gets old.
After spending some time with Isobu, I decide to go meditate. Maybe get some Nature Chakra training in. To us Tailed Beasts mastering our affinity is hard. We're masses of chakra, and unlike other mortals we don't have chakra pathways or tenketsu points. Those two things help a lot when it comes to having an affinity, because they aid in properly molding and concentrating.
Another advantage mortals have when it comes to mastering their affinities is that they're, well y'know, mortals. They have a limit when it comes to their chakra supply, and thus can control it better.
We're not mortals. We're Tailed Beasts. In essence we don't even know if we have a limit or not, because we've never run out of chakra before. And when it comes to Nature Transformation, or the mastering of one's affinity, it takes the ability to control one's own chakra. As Tailed Beasts, we have red, uncontrollable, and wild chakra.
But mastering our affinity isn't impossible, even if I did contradict myself by saying that our chakra is uncontrollable, it's just extremely hard and takes a lot of hard work to do it. Now how can we have the ability to master our affinities if we don't have chakra pathways or tenketsu points? Well, simple biology really. Pathways and tenketsu works like the cardiovascular system, the organ system that permits blood to transport nutrients in a human body.
Tailed Beasts don't have bodies, but we have a different sort of cardiovascular system doesn't center around transporting anything, but using the chakra inside our forms to help our inner body workings. Or simply put, to regulate and create the flesh inside of us. Our tongue, teeth, etc as well. Us Tailed Beasts don't eat, so the system inside our bodies takes our chakra to create and maintain our bodies.
To put it in a simple way that won't delve deeply into Tailed Beast Biology 101, us Tailed Beasts aren't mortals. We don't have a normal cardiovascular system, but we have a bastardized version for Tailed Beasts.
It helps make sure we don't turn our body into fire or something by accidentally turning all the chakra inside our bodies into our affinity.
With the help of our weird system we just need a couple of hundred years to perfect our massive chakra, and then we can use our affinities. Though as part of a silent agreement we never try to learn the affinity we weren't born with, in order to avoid any rivalry.
Meditating is something I like doing. And it's the stance for the new technique I've been working on.
On my way I bump into Son Goku.
Son Goku respects Kurama.
He really does, but he knows Kurama doesn't respect him. Nor any of their other siblings. He knows Kurama doesn't notice it, but the fox tends to baby them and treat them like kids. Just like a mortal would treat their mini-mortals. It makes Son Goku a bit mad.
He wants to be respected.
That's why he wants to earn Kurama's respect.
That's why immediately after bumping into Kurama he challenges his brother to a spar.
Kurama sighs, but agrees.
"Why do you even try when you know you'll lose?" Kurama asks him before they begin to spar. He doesn't sound arrogant nor mocking, merely curious.
"My goal is to beat you one day Kurama." He seriously answers.
"Ah, that's nice. Good luck." Kurama smiles at him.
It isn't mocking. Kurama never mocks him nor his other siblings, instead it is sincere. Because Kurama really wishes him luck in his goal. Kurama never mocks his nor the others' dreams and hopes, it is another reason why Son Goku respects Kurama.
They fight.
Just like always Kurama wins.
"You've gotten a lot better Son Goku, give it another fifty years and you'll probably be able to match, maybe even beat me. Work on your Nature Transformation, and you have arms and hands, you know? Consider learning Taijutsu or refining it into something that doesn't involve wildly throwing punches." Kurama always does this after sparring with him or the others, give advice.
"Alright."
"And thanks for the spar. It was good."
Kurama is also humble. Another reason why I respect you brother.
"Chomei and Mattabi have been looking for you Kurama."
"I better head off then."
I hum to myself during my walk to my two little sisters.
Knowing those two, they're probably at my spot. My spot is basically a forest clearing, but the thing that's special about the forest is the trees. They're huge. And I like trees, they're cool. If there was a religion dedicated to trees I'd join. Can a religion like that even exist?
It doesn't matter. I'll make one. With Hashirama as the God of Trees. That's going to be one of my goals. Better than any relationship goals.
I arrive to see my two cute little sisters talking about Lion King. How do they know about Lion King? Bed time stories. I like telling stories before forcing my minions to go to sleep. It makes bedtime fun.
"No, no, the song goes like this. Feel the romance tonight~" Chomei sings.
"I don't think it's right." Matatabi politely says.
I snort in agreement, "You're way off squirt." I inform walking into the clearing.
"Nii-sama." Matatabi nods politely in greeting.
"Nii-sama!" Chomei energetically greets.
I raise my left paw in a lazy wave, "Yo"
"So how does the lucky song goes?" Chomei asks me.
I raise my eyebrows, how come was she so interested? I rule it off as her being Chomei. "I goes like this," I cough, "Can you feel the love tonight? The peace the evening brings. The world, for once, in perfect harmony. With all its living things?" I sing.
Fox puberty has been very kind to my voice.
"Wah~ Amazing, nii-sama!"
"You were good."
I grin at my two sister's compliments, "Thanks Tabi-chan, Cho-chan." I thank them by their nicknames.
"Ne, have you ever fallen in love before nii-sama?" Chomei curiously asks me.
I blink at her weird question. Trust Chomei to ask random things out of the blue like this. "No, not really." I truthfully answer. Sure, I've dated before, but I've never been in love before. Only attracted.
"Can a Tailed Beast even fall in love?" Matatabi asks, a curious tint in her tone.
Now that's an interesting question.
"Of course we can! We have emotions too, so of course we can!" Chomei exclaims before turning to me, it's clear that she wants me to help her.
"Do you even know what it means to be in love Tabi-chan?" I ask.
"No, not really." Matatabi admits.
I smile at the fact that she's clueless, "It mean caring for someone a lot, so much that you're own happiness doesn't matter, instead theirs does. It's when you want to be with someone forever, when you think that you'd rather die than be without this person..." I trail off, my words sound so generic even to me. "Truth is, I don't know." I admit disregarding a long ass explanation I was going to give.
"I've never been in love so I wouldn't know. I think you're in love when your thoughts keep wandering to the person. Or when suddenly they're your world. I don't know for sure."
I inwardly sigh in frustration. I can't even answer one simple question for some reason.
Both Matatabi and Chomei remain quiet for a bit.
"Love...sounds nice." Matatabi quietly says, a smile on her features.
"It sounds so lucky!" Chomei exclaims, and what she says doesn't even make any sense, but this is Chomei we're talking about.
I smile at them. "Yeah, it probably is." I agree with them. "What did you two need anyways?" I ask.
"Ah, right. We have a request." Matatabi politely says.
Chomei grins at me, "Stay away from the cave for twenty four hours. Then come back!"
I blink at the odd request. If it weren't for the fact that I know my siblings are weird, I'd wonder about the request, but as it stands I know they're weird. So I just nod at their request, I'd just sleep the day away. Probably.
"Then gotta go know! See ya nii-sama!"
"Thank you for agreeing to our unreasonable request nii-sama, and goodbye."
I lazily wave after them as they leave thinking they're weird.
Then I remember I'm weird too.
Matatabi and Chomei are quiet as they walk to the cave.
"Should we consider the fact that nii-sama has never fallen in love lucky?" Chomei suddenly asks, her voice lacking the normal energy it has.
Matatabi sighs, "It means he doesn't even see us as potential love interests. He just sees us as siblings."
"Oh...it's kinda sad, but I don't want to tell Kurama that I love him." Chomei admits.
"Neither do I, it would only upset him otherwise." Matatabi agrees.
"And his happiness is more important than ours."
Matatabi and Chomei are both siblings and rivals in love.
"If Kurama ever falls in love, the other person will be really happy." Matatabi says, a sad smile on her features.
It makes an uncomfortable feeling churn at both their guts, imagining Kurama ever falling in love with someone else.
"But I'll be happy for her, 'cause she'llbe really lucky to have our nii-sama!" Chomei exclaims energetically.
Matatabi doesn't point out how forced it sounds, nor does she comment on the tears welling up near the corners of Chomei's eyes, because she is on the brink of crying too.
"Love is beautiful, but at the same time it can be so painful and sad." Matatabi quietly whispers.
I look at my hands.
Not paws, but hands.
I know for a fact that I'm grinning, because I finally pulled off the transformation technique. I wonder what I look like.
Do I look like my old self? Like a human version of my current self? Or something completely different?
"Ack!"
My hands turn into paws again and I can feel my body growing in size.
I want to hit myself.
Maintaining a transformation takes a constant flow of chakra, and constant mental concentration. My mental concentration must have dropped when I started wondering about how I look in my human form.
Guess I have to work on making my mental concentration second nature, just like Water Walking.
But for now, time to sleep.
"Kyūbi no Yōko"
My body tenses up. I'm awake, but I don't open my eyes. I know what will happen if I do open my eyes. And I don't want to. I don't want the happy and fun times to end just yet, call me greedy but right now it feels like those last hundreds of years wasn't enough.
"I can just use another one of you creatures."
I feel like crying. His chakra reminds me so much of Indra's. Then I register what he said.
He's blackmailing me? By using my siblings?
I open my eyes to glare at a pair of Sharingan eyes.
Sorry Cho-chan, Tabi-chan, looks like I won't be coming back to the cave after twenty four hours.
Chapter End.
Author's Note:
Well, this chapter was fast-paced. Like it? Hate it? R&R. Oh, and remember to vote for this story on Wattpad, and follow me there. Have a nice day~!
Question Time:
1. Would you prefer being a Senju or Uchiha?
2. If you can change anything about Naruto (the anime/manga), what would it be?
My answers:
1. Senju. I don't fancy having the curse of hatred nor dying during the massacre if I'm from Sasuke's generation.
2. The lack of screen time and background information when it comes to certain characters. Oh, and a more stable timeline.
