Chapter: The Kyuubi appears!
A/N: Sorry about how long I took. I had taken a bit of time off since I haven't had time to relax in a while. I hope you can forgive me!
Disclaimer: Kishimoto-sensei is the one that owns Naruto, not me. I do own the OCs, though.
"Human talking."
'Human thinking.'
Flashback.
"Non-human talking."
'Non-Human speaking.'
It snorted.
The humans only saw it as a mass of destruction and thought it wasn't clever enough to use more advanced techniques.
They were wrong.
It's physically form has been alive for a very long time and it knew exactly how to utilize the art of the shinobi.
The humans were foolish and it took full advantage of it.
The seal that kept him inside the young Uzumaki was a masterpiece. Therefore, it took longer to change the seal to fit its current needs, especially since the seal summoned the Shinigami to make the main part of the seal. However, its efforts weren't in vain since it was able to make the smallest changes to allow him to use the boy's senses. The Shinigami only focused on sealing its chakra, power and soul, not its senses after all.
Unfortunately, it could only take control of two of the boy's senses when he was asleep, which was touch and hearing.
The duologue between the human and the wolf made it laugh in bitter mirth.
'Let's see, Naruto Uzumaki...', it thought to itself.
Kyuubi's ruby orbs glimmered with amusement.
(Suna Training Ground: 1 day later.)
Everyone were in different moods.
Rasa was in his office, relieved by the change in Gaara after the sealing.
Temari and Kankuro were in their house, still in a state of shock and unlimited joy after the events that has changed their short lives forever.
Gaara was staring at Naruto questioningly.
Kurokiba felt like someone just dumped thousands of fleas and ice cubes onto him.
Minori hid his face with a rice hat.
Naruto grinned like an idiot.
Today, Naruto was going to meet Kyuubi, one of the most powerful creatures in the world- if not ,the strongest- and he's planning on pranking it.
Thankfully, Minori's accompanying Naruto.
"No.", Minori stated simply, watching the navy-eyed boy's grin fade.
"Why not?", Naruto questioned, as he tilted his head innocently.
He just doesn't seem to realize that the bijuu could kill him, which is why Minori vocalized the thoughts.
"You do realize that it could kill you? We're trying to talk to the bijuu without starting a fight and make a deal with it.", Minori thought that those words will stop Naruto's suicidal attempt.
He never expected the reply he got.
"You can kill me too but you didn't. Shukaku-jiji and I had a conversation but I punched him as well.", Naruto responded to Minori.
"You mean, screaming contest.", Gaara mumbled quietly but all of them heard him.
"Just, no pranking.", Minori replied tiredly.
Kurokiba couldn't help but laugh at his friend and their current situation, which earned him a glare from Minori. They won't live peacefully with Naruto with them and they realized that quickly.
Naruto focused on getting all of them into his mind. Gaara had given him a long lecture about how to do it. Naruto held up his clenched fist and when he felt two human fists and an animal paw, he began to take their minds into his own.
When Naruto opened his eyes, he was in the middle of a giant sewer system with his three companions by his side.
"Come on.", Minori ordered and they began to walk forward ,as Minori led the way.
It didn't take long for them to arrive in front of an enormous cage with a seal on it.
Even though they were in Naruto's mind, they were able to feel the killer intent emitted by the being inside the shadowy cage and the two children physically shivered at it.
"So we finally meet, do we?", a deep voice echoed through the chambers.
"I would like to talk to you.", Minori spoke up.
Ruby eyes glowed in the darkness of the cage and it was solely focused on the eldest human.
The mighty beast was finally visible and it was an incredible sight. Reddish orange fur covered it and its nine swaying tails while black fur surrounded its eyes and stretched to its ears. Despite being in a cage and being bigger than the other bijuu, it refused to lower itself and held its head high proudly.
'Kyuubi no Kitsune...' Naruto thought.
"I need to talk to you about Naruto's training.", Minori informed Kyuubi, while Naruto and Gaara gazed at the three oldest creatures in the room.
They were told that Minori needed to talk to Kyuubi about something but were never told what that 'something' was.
"Go ahead.", Kyuubi spoke, its voice not showing any of its thoughts or emotions.
Minori didn't know if he should be happy or worried about Kyuubi's behaviour since he was expecting some sort of distain shown towards their group. In Kurokiba's opinion, the giant fox was being very quiet compared to its fellow bijuu. The way the enormous beast was staring at them with an unwavering gaze was unnerving and if Kurokiba and Minori were weaker, they definately would be retreating.
"Your chakra is too strong. The way the seal-", Minori was interrupted by the beast itself.
"Was made caused my chakra to leak into my host's Chakra System.", Kyuubi finished, looking at the eldest human and opened its mouth again.
"I had a feeling you would come to see me about that.", Kyuubi stated, as suspicion and caution ignited in Minori's eyes.
"How exactly do you know all this?", the man inquired, his gaze on the beast.
"I won't be even slightly knowledgeable in fūinjutsu after being sealed in two seal masters.", Kyuubi's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
Kurokiba and Minori noted that sarcasm was the first thing that Kyuubi has shown them since they came into Naruto's mind: its voice and expression has yet to give anything away.
Before Minori could continue, Naruto reminded all of them about his presence.
"That isn't my name.", Naruto stated.
While he kept a calm expression, Minori was inwardly panicking at the boy's interference in their conversation.
It only increased when Kyuubi's eyes shifted to Naruto.
"I know.", the bijuu spoke, piercing the silence and tension.
"Then, call me by my name.", Naruto instructed, oblivious to the atmosphere his words were creating.
'Idiot.', Gaara thought with a tiny smile.
The silent boy had a feeling that nothing too bad will happen as a result of Naruto's action.
"No.", Kyuubi didn't hesitate to answer.
"Why not?", Naruto asked, as he stared at the massive fox.
"Nothing that you need to know.", the bijuu replied.
"I do need to know it because you aren't saying my name because of it.", Naruto stated, as he sat down and ignored the water.
Kyuubi stared at Naruto.
Naruto stared back.
Kurokiba and Minori were preparing for a terrible situation.
Gaara continued smiling.
"I refuse to call any human by their names.", Kyuubi finally responded to Naruto.
Naruto tilted his head in confusion at the strange answer.
"I have a name for a reason. You have one as well, don't you? Shukaku-jiji has one.", Naruto questioned.
Kyuubi was curious.
"Yes, I do have a name. However, bijuu, like myself, don't like sharing our names with people we don't know. Shukaku is different because he accidently told the humans his name.", Kyuubi explained, suprising Kurokiba and Minori.
"Alright! You're going to be my friend too and you can tell me your name then.", Naruto proclaimed loudly.
'Now is a good time to stop him.', Minori thought to himself.
Unfortunately, he didn't get the chance. A deep chuckle echoed through the empty sewer.
"A friend, eh? You can try, child.", the fox stated before its eyes returned to its previous target.
"You wish for me to dispel my chakra for now, correct? Fine.", Kyuubi told Minori, who narrowed his emerald eyes at the beast.
Despite feeling suspicious of how easily Kyuubi agreed, Minori accepted its answer. They knew that they shouldn't push their luck and considering that Naruto was the host of the fox, they were sure that they would receive answers.
"Very well. We'll be leaving then.", Minori stated, as his gaze turned to Naruto.
"Already?", Naruto whined but began to take them back to reality.
"See you later!", Naruto shouted at the fox.
In a matter of moments, only Kyuubi and its thoughts were left in the enourmous space.
'Naruto Uzumaki. You are a very strange human indeed.", The beast thought in amusement.
It had a feeling that things will become more interesting, unlike the past few decades.
(Unknown location)
Itachi deemed her as strange.
He couldn't think of her as the normal criminal. The people in Akatsuki have bloody history and personalities that only focused on their own personal benefit.
She was different from that. It made sense since she was mostly considered a bounty hunter but it was still strange.
He hadn't seen someone like her in a while. In addition, she was his age- the age where you're supposed to be enjoying life, not killing and planning on saving the world from wars.
She was far too cheerful and had a bright grin on her face despite the fact that she was being lead to the base of the most wanted criminals in the world.
Itachi could tell that Kisame was also slightly curious by the girl. Unlike the rest of them, the leader had yet to tell them the reason for her invitation to Akatsuki.
Sasori, as usual, showed no signs of curiosity towards the girl.
In the end, he knew that if this girl- Akane Uzumaki- ever seemed like a threat to Konoha, he would likely inform the Hokage of it.
He would have to wait to see.
Little did he know, his life just got a lot more complicated than it already is.
And that's a finish! I just wanted to thank the reviewers because they are really helping me! So thanks but that's it for now!
Sayonara!