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Chapter Two: Kawaii foxes and Crazy Kids.
"Eh? Iika-aniki, I thought we were going to a warmer place to train. Why did we stop here aniki?"
Iikagen smirked, before waving his hand. A tent suddenly 'pop'-ed into existence, dropping onto the snow with a dull thud.
"Well. . .I guess you could I've changed my mind."
Naruto's gaze darted back and forth the simple tent and the smirking god. Curious, he walked to the tent, raising the unlatched flap to peer inside. There was a white box at a corner of the tent with a unrolled bell roll laid beside it.
"Eh? Are we staying here Iikagen-aniki?" asked the blond curiously. "But there's only one bedroll here! Where are you going to sleep?"
The deity ignored them before sitting down onto the snowy floor, cross-legged.
"Your questions will be answered later. First off, we need to have a little chat with a certain fox spirit in your body eh?"
A big question mark popped over Naruto's head as he stared at his adopted brother stupidly.
Iikagen slowly lost his smirk as he saw the confusion in the boy's eyes.
"No. No way. Please, don't tell me you don't know about Kyuubi."
"Who's Kyuubi?" asked Naruto curiously, his voice ringing out with a undertone of innocence and puzzlement.
"Oh my god. No wait, I am a god, so it should be oh me," cursed the deity as he started muttering expletives in 27 languages.
"You really have no idea, don't you?"
Naruto continued staring.
"Gah. And I thought I was suppose to know everything. I'm gonna have a talk with my sectary. She was suppose to make sure I do know everything," Iikagen ranted on in a low whisper, before waving his right hand again.
Naruto blinked, and suddenly found himself landing in a maze of corridors flooded with dark, murky water. Standing up, he realized that Iikagen was beside him.
"Neh? Iika-aniki, where are we?"
"In your mind."
"In. . .my. . .mind?" stuttered Naruto as he quickly whirled around, expecting a monster to leapt out from behind the shadowy walls.
"Relax kid. This is, after all, your mind. You're practically a god here. You can control any aspect here. And please, stop splashing water onto me. This is my favourite coat."
Naruto stopped and looked up at the golden-eyed teen. "A god? You mean I'm like you when I'm here?"
"Duh. This is your mind after all. But, no, I'm still more awesome, so quit comparing yourself to me. Anyway, we aren't here for chitchat. C'mon."
The boy nodded his head and dutifully followed his brother, sometimes looking down into the dingy corridors that they had walked passed.
Iikagen glanced at the quiet boy trailing him.
He tries to forget what happen, he tries to act the same.
They rounded a bend, before coming to a massive iron gate that loomed over them ominously.
Let's hope the baka fox can help him overcome those fears.
"So. . .Naruto, have you heard of a certain attack on your village about 4 years ago?"
The boy scrunched his face up in thought. "Eh. . .I think so. Some fox attacked the us right?"
Suddenly, comprehension dawned onto his face. "That was Kyuubi wasn't it! Kyuubi's the fox that attacked us!"
Ah. . .he still regards himself as part of the village. Perhaps there is hope.
Iikagen smirked as he looked at the blond. "Hmm. . .not as stupid as you look. Thank goodness."
"OI! I'M NOT STU---"
"Yeah, whatever." Said the deity dismissively. "Anyway, as you have so cleverly deduced, Kyuubi was the fox that nearly destroyed Konoha. The popular myth that is passed down to your generation is that your Forth Hokage destroyed it. Hah! Wouldn't they have liked that.
"Anyway, the truth is that no matter what, Hokages are but mortal. Killing a spirit, especially a nine-tailed fox is not possible. Of course, I have to give the guy credit. He decided to seal it in a baby."
Turning down to see Naruto listening attentively, Iikagen finished his tale.
"That baby's you. And the gate you see over there? There's where Kyuubi lives."
Naruto blinked, his mouth unmoving.
The deity, raising an eyebrow, waited. After a minute, he took out a soft-drink can from his inner coat pocket, popped it open and started drinking.
Naruto blinked.
Draining the can's contents, the god started tapping his right foot. The loud, rhythmical splash of water echoed of the greyish walls.
"Well?"
Naruto blinked again.
Iikagen slapped his palm against his forehead.
"Ok, nevermind. I guess it does come as quite a shock that you have a demon in you, eh?" mumbled the deity as he scratched the back of his head. Shit, shit, I hope I haven't just scared him till he goes into permanent shock. I guess 4-years-old is a little too early to be telling him this. . .
"So, eh, yeah, let's um, see Kyuubi shall we?" said Iikagen hurriedly as he turned to face the menacing bars.
Throwing his can at them, he yelled. "OI, BAKA FOX!"
A large red eye winked into existence. It was a deep, churning crimson, like a sea of blood swirling down a slit-like abyss.
WHO DARES CALL UPON ME. WHO DARES CALL UPO---
Then the eye narrowed slightly as it surveyed the two beings before it.
WAIT. IIKAGEN? YOU. . .YOU'VE COME! YOU'VE COME TO FREE ME!
The happy bark shook the empty hallways.
The deity merely folded his arms.
"No."
NO? WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO!
"No."
BUT---
"If you were stupid enough to get sealed, that's your problem," smirked Iikagen before turning to see his young charge. "Um. . .so. . ."
It was just then when the god started doubting the wisdom of revealing the truth so early.
Naruto was staring, just staring at the large, red eye. Slowly, he twisted his gaze away to look at his brother.
"Neh. . .is that Kyuubi?"
"Um. . .yeah."
"The one who attacked the village and annihilated half our forces?"
"Eh. . .yes. . ." stated the deity slowly. Shit, shit, please kid don't faint on me.
Naruto scrunched his face up again, before suddenly bursting into a wide grin.
"KAWAII!"
Iikagen blinked.
Kyuubi blinked.
Iikagen blinked again.
Kyuubi blinked again.
Naruto was rambling. "Wow, I never thought the fox could be this cool and CUTE! Can I hug it, huh aniki, can I?"
Kyuubi snarled angrily as he rammed the bars. CUTE EH KID? I'LL FUCKING SHOW YOU CUTE, YOU STUPID BRAT!
Iikagen had his face in his hands, mumbling softly.
"Of all the children I could have walked on, I walked on an insane one. Oh god, what did I do to deserve this."
Then, taking a deep breath, he relaxed a little. Relax. Maybe he's kidding. Maybe the kid's just covering up his fear with false joy! Yeah, that's it! He, deep down, is afraid!
The deity looked up, only to see Naruto squealing cheerfully (like a girl), his eyes closed in "happy slits" while Kyuubi bit at the iron bars, slamming his claws against the barrier.
"Oh my god. Oh ME."
And thus started a strange relationship of bickering, quarrelling and annoying between a kawaii fox spirit, a weirdo kid and a egoistical god.