Here is chapter 7 :)!

Something a liiiiitttle bit different(as in more focus on a subplot). I kind of hinted at it in the last chapter. And this is longer than I thought it would be hehe.

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Ah the great feeling that comes with waking up in the(mid)morning and knowing exactly what you were going to do.

Kyuubi knew that feeling all too well today. Last night he plotted and planned in between messing with his cousins and raiding the fridge, and now he has many, many, many plans to help him see through this giant plot. Too bad Naruto had to miss out on the fun, but he should've woken up when Kyuubi went to get him. The kid sleeps like the dead.

He didn't want to admit he owed Naruto a thanks for kick-starting his brain into plotting overdrive, but he knew he did owe the little demon. That's why after they get through today's purposely uncomfortable late morning walk with his father; he was actually going to do something nice for the little brat. So long as Naruto stayed on the back porch like he ordered and not sneak off to his room again. One little bathroom break after Kyuubi told him the plan, and he catches the little dipshit with his hand on his door and a way too innocent smile on his face. The back porch was the closest Naruto was going to get to his room under his watch.

He had just turned the corner when he saw the door to his father's room open and someone come out. Only it wasn't his father, it was the Kitsune Clan doctor.

Kyuubi frowned. That's strange. Was his old man relapsing into that 'period' again? Daitaru was usually never sick, but the heir did recall a period of time when Daitaru did nothing but throw up and could barely get out of bed. It was right after the loss of his mother and it was probably the most hellish time of the young heir's life(and not just because he had to take on his father's duties while the man was incapacitated). Since then there'd be sporadic times when Daitaru would suddenly get sick. Kyuubi had always assumed that despite their relationship, father truly did miss his mother and that the longing affected him physically. It was sad, but the old man was too stubborn to admit it. So Kyuubi just left it alone.

Except now Daitaru's illness may just interfere with the plan! Crap!

"Hey! Doctor!" Kyuubi shouted walking up to the red-orange kitsune. The doctor looked at him confusedly.

"Yes Kyuubi-sama?" She asked.

"How's my father? Is he okay to go for a walk right now?"

"Oh I'm sorry Kyuubi-sama but Daitaru-sama isn't even here."

"What?"

"Yes. Poor thing has been so uh stressed out lately. So I told him a week away for relaxation would be the best kind of medicine and he left not too long ago while you were sleeping. I was just in there to um change his sheets for when he gets back!" the doctor said subtly hiding her briefcase behind her.

The last sentence she said and her action flew right by fox demon's head. A week? A whole week because he's stressed? What the hell does he even have to be stressed about! Kyuubi was the one in a stressful, life-altering situation now not him! Because of him actually!

The Kitsune heir let out a half-shout half-roar of anger and stomped away. He didn't bother asking where his father went.

A week of stagnation. Great! Just great!


Kyuubi hardly cared if he looked like a child in front of Naruto. He was angry when he stomped onto the back porch where the younger kitsune was sitting and slurping on some ramen. Somehow already adept at dealing with his not-intended's temper, Naruto spoke up.

"Who's gotta burn now?" Kyuubi stopped and glared at him.

"My father!" He spat before starting to pace back and forth, muttering curses to himself.

"That's no one new!" Naruto pouted. What? Does this blond brat think everything's gotta be like entertainment or something? But oh well he needed to rant.

"And the doctor for giving my father the ridiculous idea to take a vacation! What vacation does HE need?" And why NOW of all times? How convenient he decides to get away the moment he and Naruto finally settle on a sure-fire plan. Too convenient. Son of a bitch why does his father always have to make everything so hard!

"One from you?" Kyuubi stopped pacing and narrowed his eyes at the blond brat.

"Not funny."

"It's not that bad. I know my dad's seeing this as a vacation from me," the golden kitsune shrugged and ate up the last of his noodles. Kyuubi felt like pulling his hair. Naruto didn't seem to be getting this.

"Yes. And that is a completely understandable act on your dad's part. But you see we aren't dealing with your old man right now. We are trying to get under my father's skin and we can't do that when he's not here!"

Naruto drunk all of the broth, wiped his mouth, and looked down in thought. The red-haired demon looked at him expectantly. Suddenly the golden kitsune perked up.

"I get it now! We have to wait to do our walk! And all the other things you said that would make your dad uncomfortable!"

"YES! You do get it! Now you understand why I'm mad right?"

"You're not a very patient guy are you?" Kyuubi scoffed and crossed his arms looking away.

"Says you! I've been plenty patient with my father lately. If anyone's impatient it's you. I've never met anyone so damn excitable in my life. Always running ahead of me and shit," He pointed out. He ignored all of the times it was him who went ahead and dragged Naruto along.

"I can't help it. You make me so excited," Naruto smiled, batting his eyelashes for added affect. Luckily for Kyuubi's pride, he was too annoyed right now to be embarrassed by the boy's flirtations. So instead he stared at him blankly and said,

"Very funny."

Naruto poked his tongue out and winked in response. And before the Kitsune could reply to that, he quickly asked a question.

"So when did he leave?"

"I don't know. Sometime this morning because I was asleep." And had he been awake you could bet a tail he would've prevented Daitaru from leaving. In fact that added another layer of suspicion to this whole 'vacation'. Daitaru leaves at a very inconvenient time for Naruto and Kyuubi, and he also leaves early in the morning when his son would be guaranteed to be fast asleep under the covers. And no one in this realm could wake Kyuubi up before he wanted too except Daitaru.

"Ohhhhh that was him! I heard some commotion going on at around 5 when I finished bathing. It sounded like someone was leaving so I guess it really was your dad." That made the older demon pause.

"Wait. You heard this and didn't think to come and get me?" He asked accused, his red eyes flashing in anger. Blue eyes glared right back.

"I did! I went right up to your room and knocked on your door, LOUDLY I might add. And I yelled 'Kyuubi! Kyuubi! Someone's leaving!' but all I heard in reply was your snoring! You sleep like the dead or something."

Oh. Right. Kyuubi thought back and vaguely remembered being brought out of his slumber by Naruto's voice. But since it was the blond brat and not his father he ignored it and went back to sleep. Well it's not entirely his fault. He's not a morning person!

"Something has to be done about that. You're plotting without me which is a huge no-no. And I'm experiencing important stuff without you which is also not good. We need to find some way to connect or something," Naruto said bringing his hands together. "Because I can't bang on your door every morning looking like a maniac!"

He had a point. Their sleeping schedules may cause some trouble down the road.

"Ahem. Well then next time I give you permission to-" Kyuubi shuddered and sighed. "Enter my room and wake me up if something happens while I'm asleep. But you may only enter my room when I'm asleep and only when something related to our situation happens got it!"

Dear Juubi he hoped Naruto wouldn't abuse his new privilege.

"Okay! And you have permission to do what you need to wake me up. And uh, FYI?" Naruto smiled and tapped his lips. "These are the most sensitive parts of my body."

"I'll keep that in mind," Kyuubi rolled his eyes.

But now back to the problem at hand. They were in a rut because there was no Daitaru around.

"So what now Kyuusan?" And Naruto's playing games again. Perfect.

"You were NOT serious about that..."

"I was!"

"Yeah well you either can it and go back to calling me Kyuubi or..."

"Or...?"

"Do you really want to find out?"

"You're not scaring me," Naruto smirked leaning towards Kyuubi. The red fox demon was silent for a few seconds before he bared his fangs in a crazy grin.

"You really do have some guts kid. I could physically tear you apart, put you through some unimaginable mental horrors, or make it look like you're going back on your dad's promise, and you're not scared at all?"

Naruto shrugged. "What would you do without me?"

Clever kid.

"Alright but to end this little bicker, I'll have you know that," Kyuubi paused, he couldn't believe he was going to resort to this again. "I would really like you more if you just called me Kyuubi-sama liked I ordered in the first place. Kyuusan is just so...blah."

"What about Kyuuban?"

"No."

Now the eight-tailed fox knew his hearing was top notch. He could hear things from miles away if he focused his hearing just the tiniest bit. And Naruto's voice was loud enough already. But when the blond muttered something so quietly that sounded suspiciously like, "Okay I'll save that name for our future child." Kyuubi wondered if he should get his ears checked.

"What?"

But Naruto pretended he didn't say anything.

"So what do we do now?"

And Kyuubi also pretended Naruto didn't say anything.

"WE don't do anything together. You can just-"

"Ah ah ah Kyuubi," Naruto wagged his finger. "You promised me that you would make sure I was never bored."

Kyuubi blinked. Oh...yeah. Naruto leaned forward excitedly.

"Let's do something right now! Because as of this moment I. Am. Bored," he yawned. At that Kyuubi felt the stab of pain and the uncomfortable prickly sensation that came with going back on a promise. This little sneak! He probably planned that from the get go! If this was a part of his stupid promise to Minato then Kyuubi might need to strangle something. He felt like blowing stuff up right now.

"Fine," he grumbled. "I feel like destroying things anyway."


"OOOOoooooo! The training grounds!" Naruto gushed. They had been here before on their tour, but Kyuubi understood his excitement because this was the first time they were going to use it. He himself hasn't used it since Naruto got here so he was feeling a bit rusty.

"We're at 1 of 79 and as I told you it stretches alllllll the way over there."

"So cool! What're we going to do?" Naruto asked getting a bit too close to Kyuubi for the fox's comfort. The reason he brought Naruto here wasn't only because he felt the need to get violent, but because it was a loophole in his promise. He had to make sure Naruto was never bored and training did just that. But to be able to get away from him at the same time he needed a legitimate excuse and that excuse came in the form of Kyuubi's power and training tactics being too great for little Naruto. He might accidentally hurt the Namikaze heir.

"Whatever you want. Training grounds one through ten focuses on weapons training and the rest is for the bigger stuff."

"Alright!" Naruto shouted pulling his dagger out from his sleeve. "I need to practice with this again."

Kyuubi eyed the weapon. It was the same one Naruto pulled out on him more than a week ago.. It didn't look much different. Still black handle with an orange kitsune printed on it, though the blade looked sharper. He wondered if it was all he used.

"We have more if you need them."

"Nah! I've been keeping this thing sharp during my stay here," Naruto bragged swinging his blade around. "And I'm not good at throwing these things. Although I would like to try wielding two daggers hehe." Naruto then looked at Kurama curiously, "Do you ever use them?"

"No way! My body is my greatest weapon," he bragged puffing out his chest.

"Really? I'm usually pretty clumsy with my body. I dunno why but with my dagger I'm more...what's the word...Graceful? Coordinated?"

Kyuubi crossed his arms and gave Naruto a questioning look to which Naruto elaborated.

"I just feel like I have more control over a weapon than I do myself. Remember when we first met in my carriage-"

"You haven't told anyone about that have you?" Kyuubi asked hastily. Because remembering the carriage also made him remember the little rule about mates. It wasn't like that rule was ingrained into their blood something like a promise. But it was a pretty sacred rule that most of the demon community followed. 'Most' meaning he and Naruto are the exceptions. And Kyuubi would not like to find out who else was willing to ignore that rule. Naruto stopped swinging his dagger and looked at him.

"No I'm not that stupid. Anyways I meant what I said about clawing your face."

"Clawing my face," Kyuubi repeated with a deadpanned expression. Was it occurring to Naruto that although their planning for tricks may be at similar levels there was still a VAST difference between physical power between them?

"Yep," Naruto nodded. Apparently not. "I can always stop my dagger quick enough, like this."

At a lightning fast speed Naruto brought his dagger up to Kyuubi's neck, stopping it just before it reached the skin. The red-eyed demon didn't even flinch.

"Or this."

And then Naruto brought the dagger to his own neck and Kyuubi's fingers twitched the tiniest bit. He cursed himself for his instinctual movement. Like Naruto would really hurt himself in a demonstration.

"But I can't stop my claws the same way," and to demonstrate this, Naruto readied his claws before bringing them down at the same speed on his arm. He didn't stop in time and blood was drawn. Kyuubi stood corrected. Naruto will hurt himself to prove a point. At least it wasn't fatal.

Kyuubi had a good idea about why he hurts himself with his claws but not his dagger. Young demons such as he and Naruto were still growing and getting used to their changing bodies. Young demons with a powerful lineage, also the case with him and Naruto, had a tougher time because they were growing with a lot of latent power that they've inherited.

Despite their incredibly long lifespans, a demon's body developed incredibly fast, too fast for most to pick up on. This meant that most children woke up each morning having no idea about the strength they would have to control or the speed. This development continued until adulthood where then the responsibility of refining the body belonged to the demon itself. It was up to him or her to keep the body in shape as genetics has done all it could to keep the body alive during childhood. This is why the two Kitsunes from the first generation were still around. They kept up with their training(although one of them is going to kick the bucket soon if he just stays inside of his room all damn day).

Inside him and Naruto right now was a flurry of movement, Naruto's faster than his because he was younger. Muscles were being made stronger, bones were made less brittle but at the same time lighter. Their teeth were designed for an omnivorous diet but what was sharp was becoming sharper and what was flat was gaining slight sharp points. This was so that they could keep their beloved diet, but at the same time tear into their enemies with ease with their powerful jaws.

Of course this process wasn't the same with all demons. What Naruto and Kyuubi were going through now was also happening to many demon species built for a balance between speed and strength(baring a few things exclusive to the kitsune species of course such as preparing their bodies to handle advanced, reality-warping illusions). Heavier, stronger demon species for example, will not get lighter bones because the bones needed to support their massive bodies(such as Hachibi the ushi-oni demon. He was among the slowest of Kyuubi's friends but could break bones with the flick of his finger.)

This is why the weapon business still boomed. At a young age parents get their children a weapon for them to hold onto and practice with. Using that weapon they exert all of the control needed for their bodies' power, onto a single point. As they grow, they learn more and more about how to use that control on other areas of their bodies, typically starting with the limb controlling the weapon. Once they grow and experience enough to control their own bodies and their power, they can still keep the weapon but are much more powerful.

Kyuubi was a special case. As a kit he already exerted outstanding control over himself; control that made his clan proud and actually give him the choice of wanting a weapon or not. Kyuubi declined to focus on perfecting his control and he did not regret that decision as training his body so often is what allowed him to reach eight tails at such a young age(too bad this control over his body didn't exactly extend to control over his power otherwise he'd be a ten tails by now).

Naruto's dagger meant that his parents pegged him as a very close range fighter at a young age. Interesting. But also irrelevant.

"Well then while you stay here and work on that, I'll be over there doing my own training." He paused and realized that Naruto could probably see straight through his ploy if he didn't act fast. So he quickly said, "I'll hang around training grounds 40-50 if you need anything."

It worked as Naruto lost the skeptical flash in his eye and nodded in satisfaction.

"Kay!"

And with that Kyuubi bid Naruto a small wave and headed towards where he said he would be for some much needed venting/training.


Despite all the destruction he causes, precision is something he's been working on. It just also happens to be the hardest part of his training.

Seriously. Picking a target and trying to do damage to it and ONLY it is so much harder than it looks. It's Kyuubi's worst area. He aims his illusionary techniques at one person, and yet manages to catch the next four or five people surrounding that person in it. His blasts of concentrated chakra are the worst though.

Right now he stood in training ground 45 wearing only his pants(his shirt having been burned off a looooong time ago). He just shot a small ball chakra towards the dummy in front of him. It was meant to go into the dummy and blow up in there; its size ensuring that only the dummy would feel the brunt of it. But somehow it blew up early and it destroyed not just the dummy, but some of the surrounding trees and singeing the grass as well.

It was times like this that Kyuubi wondered if there was such as a thing as too much power and whether he was suffering from it. He had been at this for hours but so far has made no progress in controlling the amount of power he releases. Kicking the ground in anger, he thought about what he really hated about this whole thing.

They had the same amount of tails and he was slightly superior in strength. But that hardly mattered because Hachibi was just so much better at control than him!

They had always been neck and neck. As each one of their friends dropped off at their respective tail number, he and Hachibi kept going and they both reached eight tails one right after the other(Hachibi right after Kyuubi). But the differences between them manifested just as quickly. Kyuubi was better when it came to pure chakra strength. His chakra blasts and other special techniques did more damage than Hachibi's, even when neither of them were holding back. But when it came to controlling that chakra strength, his eight-tailed friend was better. Their spars were always equal because of this.

His chakra attacks did more damage and his speed was much better. But Hachibi's superior physical, brute strength along with his perfect control was what allowed him to catch up. By using too much power in his attacks, Kyuubi spent his energy quicker allowing the ushi-oni to claim victory half of the time. Their score was now 47-47 when it used to be Kyuubi always won. Don't get him wrong. He respected his ushi-oni friend's strength, but this evenness was so new to him. Even with the other beasts from Ichibi to Nanabi, he's always had the higher amount of victories when they had the same number of tails.

So he was anxious to get ahead and become a ten tails. Because a part of him knew the reason Hachibi was so good was because he was so comfortable with his eight tails of power. After witnessing years and years of him being an awkward four tails, five tails, six tails, and seven tails, he finally found his niche as an eight tails. It was meant to be for him. Just like how Ichibi was meant to be a one tail(although Kyuubi liked to joke that he was a one tail because his fatass was too lazy to try and get stronger).

But that was how things were with demons. You were born with a certain amount of power, and the number of tails you are depends on that amount. Reaching that amount, was the goal of every demon, as any less and you haven't reached your full potential. And that was the problem the eight-tailed fox had now.

Say for example there was a fence in front of Kyuubi and all of his friends. And in that fence, were nine holes the size of a human eye. And each one of them had to shoot their best chakra shot through that hole without damaging it or widening it. From Ichibi to Hachibi, there's no problem. Each one of his friends were comfortable with their amount of tails and can unleash their full potential but at the same time exercise perfect control. The size of the hole, for them, is perfect.

But for Kyuubi it's not. He's the only one who would break the hole. He's the only one who would struggle to shoot his best through that hole without any excess damage. It's like the fence represents some sort of block on his power. He doesn't feel like he's reached his full potential, and he can't control what he has reached. He wants to push more, add more power, but at eight tails his body wasn't ready. It was physically blocking him from what laid within. Kyuubi was an awkward eight tails and he knew it.

But that fact didn't bother him that much. He felt too powerful for his body, how cool is that? It reassured the fact that he had more power to grow. He won't stop feeling that way until he becomes Juubi. Now if only it wasn't so damn hard to reach that point.

At that second he heard a loud thud and an 'OUCH!' that sounded a lot like Naruto's voice. With a sigh and small smile he thought to himself, at least while he's feeling like this there's always Naruto. He immediately dropped the smile once he realized he was thinking of the blond brat fondly. What did that mean? It meant something that needed to be dwelled on later. He needed a break anyway.

Kyuubi sped off in Naruto's direction and came across the blond on the ground in front of a dented tree. He was rubbing his head looking mighty irritated.

"What happened?"

"I ran into this stupid tree!" Naruto growled twitching his ears. But all movement from him stopped once he looked at Kyuubi.

"What happened to the daggers?" Kyuubi laughed going up to Naruto. Without thinking, he held out his hand. By the time he realized what he was doing Naruto had already grabbed it and pulled himself up. Hopefully he won't mention it. ...if he mentions anything at all why is he staring at him? Kyuubi snapped his fingers and that snapped the Namikaze out of whatever trance he was in.

With a red face Naruto quickly said, "Sorry my head hurts! Anyways, I needed to take a break from that. If I want to get stronger I have to focus on other things like my speed. And that means running from training ground one to here as fast as I can," he explained. Naruto then pulled a small watch out of his clothes and when he looked at it he let out a loud "FUCK!"

"What?"

"Look at my time!" Naruto shouted holding the stop watch up to the other fox's face. Kyuubi did look at it...and didn't see a problem.

"4.33333333 seconds? What are you upset about that's great for a five tails," and Kyuubi meant it. The distance from Training ground 1 to here(training ground 47) was over 200 feet. To travel that distance in under 5 seconds was something even Nagato couldn't do. And hell Gobi's time was 4.30 seconds. But that's because he's a horse-dolphin demon so speed is his strongest point.

"It may be good for me but compared to my dad this is so slow! He can run this distance in about three seconds! Or 3.57 seconds to be specific."

Kyuubi refrained from expressing annoyance as his time was 3.63 seconds. It made sense as Minato was well-known for his speed(there were rumors abound that the man could actually teleport), but...come on. But the Kitsune forced himself to let it go because his rivalry was with Hachibi not the older and obviously more experienced Minato.

Instead he tilted his head and his ears twitched in confusion. "I'm trying to make sense of your logic. Minato is an eight tails right? So of course he would be faster. 200 feet in 4.333333333 seconds may not be the fastest but it's hardly slow."

Naruto shook his head. "You don't get it! I'm Naruto Namikaze and I shoot big! I aim big! I want to BE big! Much bigger and better than I am now. I have to be if I want to beat my dad. You understand that don't you?"

To a certain extent maybe. He has been an eight tails for some time now and he's been trying hard to forget how it felt to be weaker than his father. But thinking back to his six-tailed days and beforehand, he did remember a burning desire to show his old man up. Arrogance and pride had a lot to do with it. Being told constantly that he was a genius and so powerful for his age and then constantly losing to his father ruffled his ego a bit. Even as a seven tails he felt the sting because he knew that even though they matched in number of tails, Daitaru's experience far outweighed his.

Now he knew he had to be stronger. But the thought of proving so didn't appear as much in his mind anymore because of what it would lead to. Unless he finds a reason to fight him again, like defending Naruto, proving his strength against his father was out of the question. And did that disappoint him?

Yeah. It did. A little.

So it was slightly different from Naruto, but he still nodded in his direction.

"I'm not a genius. I know I have a lot potential in me, but I don't have the natural talent that most of my friends have. So I have to work really, really hard all the time. And I want to! One day, my best will awe-aspiring! And legendary! My name will be known all throughout this realm, not as the son of Minato, but as THE Naruto Namikaze! The Best and Strongest Kitsune there is!"

The way he spoke of it affected Kyuubi somehow. Like a part of him actually believed this blond brat actually had a chance at making a name for himself. Maybe it was the confidence in his voice or the determination shining in his beautiful eyes. Or maybe it was because the Kitsune heir liked to shout the same thing in his sleep. Speaking of which...

"Hmph! You'll have to beat me first you know."

"Psh! You don't look so tough. I mean I guess you are stronger than me for now. But just you wait I can easily catch up."

"Do you really believe so?" Kyuubi asked, a crazy grin starting to stretch across his face.

"I don't just believe it. I know it," Oh this poor, naive little boy. Being unafraid of him was one thing, but underestimating him? Even if his goal was admirable, Naruto had to realize that talking big and working really, really hard, wasn't enough against someone who also talked big and worked really, really hard. Time to show this cocky boaster his place.

"Well then. Why don't you come with me and I'll show you what you are trying to 'catch up' to," a sly smile appeared on the Kitsune's face as he used his index finger to beckon Naruto to follow him.


This had to be the first time Kyuubi liked the fact that he used too much power.

Standing there concentrating, knowing that he was just about to blow Naruto's mind was giving him a good feeling. He glanced at the blue-eyed demon and inwardly smirked as he saw him looking confident and curious. Just wait until he could see what Kyuubi can do. He was going to destroy a few training grounds as a result of this, but who was here to punish him? Nobody!

So with that in mind, Kyuubi grinned a psychotic grin(or tried to but it was hard with his mouth full) and braced himself before leaning forward and letting it all loose.

He immediately closed his eyes so that the excess power wouldn't accidentally strike him there. But he could feel the effect. The ground rumbled and blast was loud as trees were uprooted, rocks were obliterated, training gear and supplies were blown away, and the chakra practically roared. The feel was empowering, especially knowing he was doing it to show off. So he added a little more, just to prove he could.

The whole thing lasted longer than normal and when it was finally over and Kyuubi opened his eyes, he was proud of the damage. For miles there was nothing in front of him. Literally nothing but dirt. And a few stray objects, but that had to be because of the lack of control thing. He was aiming in front of him but he knew the chakra whiplashed to the side at points.

In the distance both he and Naruto heard an 'AWWW NOT AGAIN KYUUBI-SAMA!'

But neither of them paid it any mind. Instead Kyuubi had to focus on relaxing himself after such a large burst of power. Still not perfect yet. Once he becomes a nine tails(and then a ten tails) there won't be a mandatory relax period. And the delivery of the attack will be much smoother.

Once he relaxed he turned towards Naruto with his tails wagging behind him in pride. That pride only grew once he saw the look of complete awe on Naruto's face. In fact, the golden kitsune looked like he was drooling a little. Hah! He will never get tired of having that kind of effect on people. Having that effect on Naruto, gave him a particular giddy feeling as well.

"I call that a Beast...Beam..." In actuality, he and his friends called it a Beast Ball. But it wasn't exactly a ball this time around. He was working on that. But while he could still fool Naruto, Kyuubi could stand to be a little prideful.

Then he smelled a scent in the air. The scent wasn't bad. It was actually good. Very good. It reminded him of something. Something he smelled before...during certain time periods...leading up to certain periods...from one-arousal! That's what it was!

Aww shit was there some weirdo watching him and Naruto train? Sometimes losers would sneak onto the Kitsune grounds. Of course they were never able to cause much trouble, but it creeped Kyuubi out immensely when he caught some of them watching him train. He was ready to find the perpetrator when just like that the scent was gone. It was gone before he could pinpoint the location. Crap.

Naruto walked up to him really red in the face.

"That was pretty amazing Kyuubi," he said in an abnormally squeaky voice and squeezing the edge of his shirt tightly. Kyuubi didn't even noticed that as he was too busy sniffing around for the intruder. Weird he couldn't smell anyone around other than him and Naruto. It wasn't possible for anyone to escape from here without leaving a fresh trail. And the only other scents were worn with age.

"Uh, what are you doing?"

"You had to smell that earlier right? I think someone is watching us."

He noticed Naruto stiffen beside him and looked at him curiously. What was his problem?

"What? You're not in any danger if that's what you're worried about."

"No, no I'm not worried about that hehe!" Naruto hurriedly said waving his arms in front of him. "But uh, what scent are you talking about?"

"You had to have smelled it! Someone was watching us and got aroused."

"I didn't smell that!"

"Really? Because there was a sweet and kind of tangy-"

"NOPE! Didn't smell any-wait sweet and tangy? I mean nope! Nope I didn't smell anything other than you and your power!"

Naruto is a bad liar Kyuubi surmised. He was talking too fast and reeked of nervousness. If you're gonna lie, you gotta be calm and sound natural. Duh. Now to figure out the reason behind the lying.

"Did you catch the person?"

"What person?"

"I know you're lying!"

"I seriously have no idea what you're talking about."

"Cut the bullcrap brat I know you know what was behind that smell."

"You know what sweet and tangy remind me of?"

Kyuubi had enough of this game. So he spoke without thinking.

"For Juubi's sake aren't mates supposed to be truthful to one another!" And as soon as he realized what he said, a split second later, he wanted to hurt himself. Kick his own ass a few times. Bury his head underground. Anything to punish himself for speaking so thoughtlessly!

Naruto's jaw dropped and he gaped at him in shock making it worse.

"D-Did you just imply...?"

Yes! Accidentally! But instead of answering he crossed his arms and glared at Naruto. Daring him to take what he said seriously. He couldn't explain himself at that second because he was too embarrassed to open his mouth again, fearing he'll make things worse. It was quiet between the two for some time. And in that time, Kyuubi inwardly debated the pros and cons of trying to explain himself to Naruto, like try to pass it off as part of Naruto's promise to Minato. But then Naruto mercifully changed the subject.

"S-So you know what sweet and tangy remind me of? Food! I'm hungry for some dinner!" Kyuubi was actually a bit thankful towards Naruto for this.

"Well with my father gone we're on our own. Everyone else usually fends for themselves."

"Can't you order them to cook for us?"

"I don't need them to do that!" He snapped. They already knew he was spoiled, but he's not that dependent! And hell why not make sure Naruto isn't either?

"Can you cook?" He asked.

"No."

"Then you may just learn your first lesson in staying up late tonight. For the stomach; be willing," Kyuubi said leading Naruto inside.


The second kitchen looked like a hurricane, tornado, and a typhoon banded together and took it on. And me and Kurama had to be contenders for the worst cooks in the world.

Haha, we've been at this cooking thing for hours but so far we've made nothing but a mess! But I'm kind of having fun. Kurama and I are being horrible at this thing together, but I wonder if I look as cute when I'm frustrated.

"Work! Work! Work you stupid thing!"

Hehe he's kicking the oven again. I don't think that'll make it work, but I guess I don't mind watching him do it. His face all red and those powerful muscles hunched up making him look bigger. It reminded me of the training grounds...

How embarrassing, getting aroused like that. And it was over a stupid scent change! His spicy scent spiked with danger as he showed his powerful power and blew away all of the Earth in front of him and his tan muscles were flexed as he braced himself and his soft hair was blowing back like a flowing red river...STOP IT MIND! I'm going to hit myself! Repeatedly! If Kurama wasn't in the room I'd do it right now. I can't afford to get it up again because I was nearly caught the first time!

My stupid body is only LUCKY that I managed to divert Kurama's attention from the whole thing...Although he kind of helped by making that 'truthful mates' statement. That was a funny thing to say. I know I can say some 'out-there' stuff without thinking, but things of that scale(I'm trying to forget this morning)? I wonder if that meant something...for our blossoming friendship. Whatever, I hate my body sometimes. I have to use this week of nothing to train it.

"ARGH!" Buuuut what happened today shouldn't stop me from getting a little amusement out this heehee.

"Is it on?"

"Yeah it's on," he said checking the glowing green light once more. "It just won't get hot. Why does this thing always work for everyone but me? I hate human contraptions." I hate them too sometimes but Kurama's just being too funny right now. And focusing on this and my sleepiness will distract me from...thingsIdon'twantothinkabout!

"Maybe you should try being gentle with it."

"Gentle?"

"Try complimenting it. Tell it, it always does a good job and you're sorry for overworking it."

"Ha. Ha! HA! You're so funny!"

He went back to kicking it. He's kind of stubborn I guess hehe.

"You know, if you like being rough I'll have you know that's okay with me. Gentle is kind of boring you know? You can treat me the way you treat the oven all morning long. You have my consent." I have a promise to fulfill so saying this kind of stuff shouldn't change either right? And it's not like he ever takes them seriously.

"Okay now is not the time. I'm starving here!" Point proven!

"And whose fault is that?"

"Nobody's. But for the sake of our stomachs how about you get over here and help me work this thing!"

He's so demanding sometimes I swear. But now I'm too tired to argue. It's starting to feel like it is 3 in the morning. Hmmm the clock shows...10:45. How the hell can it only be that late? I couldn't stop my large yawn before I walked over to help him. It may just be me but I think he saw it because he was looking at me oddly. Whatever. Looking this thing over...I have no fucking clue what I'm doing here. Even on a good day things like this escape me. I can barely function when I'm tired! Besides, the only food I really knew how to make was...huh. That's right.

"Why do we even need the oven?"

"What?"

I smiled at him because I had an idea and I knew he'd listen to me. After I finished yawning first.

"For the stomach be willing! Be willing to eat whatever right? Well I know how to use a stove! Ever had cup ramen?"

"That stuff? It's not something I eat often." Poor thing! Ramen was food of the strongest beings! Kurama just had to eat some!

"Well it's my faaaaaavorite food. I have several of them in my room and of many different flavors! You should go and pick out what want." I'd go in place but I was getting really sleepy. "You can bring me whatever because I like them all. Don't worry I'll stay right here."

I really had no intention on going anywhere. But to prove it to Kurama and to just do it, I laid down on the floor.

After that Kurama's words were a mumbled blur and I think he left or maybe he didn't but I didn't know because as soon as my head was on the floor I blacked out.

...

And now I feel awake but not really because what am I doing? The walls are moving and they are red like the hallways for some reason and not white like the kitchen. And I'm sort of curled up against some...one? A chest maybe. I don't know. It feels warm and kinda comfy. I had to sound out my content and get closer. And when I did the some...one? Stopped and my pillow rumbled and there was this low 'hehehe' sound in my ear. Huh. Now we were in front of an orange door.

"Go to sleep brat."

I don't know who said that but good advice.


And done!

Awww Kyuubi carried Naruto back to his room! And now Naruto is making his feelings 'obvious' lol.

Oh and sorry for all the description and stuff. I hope it makes sense! The point of that is showing the kinds of obstacles Naruto and Kyuubi have to go through to reach their goals in life. Soooo I have something there. I really hope it all made sense lol. If not please ask and I will explain to the best of my ability.

Also I know people are anxious to see more suitors and Uchihas right? Well I can confirm now another Naruto suitor will be revealed next chapter and the Uchihas are gonna show up coming verrrrrrrrrry soon!

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