Naruto Uzumaki was in a very bad mood. This was due to an unfortunate series of events. First Sasuke beat him during their morning spar. Then he realized he'd left the money for his breakfast at his apartment, and had to watch Sasuke eat while he had nothing. Of course, Sasuke wasn't satisfied with the training he'd done. Naruto, not able to turn down a challenge from his longtime rival, had trained on an empty stomach until lunch, when he realized he still didn't have any money. Then he'd had to go all the way across the village to get it, and all the way back again to eat at his favorite restaurant. It was then he'd realized that the owner was sick, and that they'd closed for the day.

After finally getting something to eat, he'd thought he'd cheer himself up with a little trip into the girl's bathhouse. Unfortunately, the women of Konoha have familiarized themselves with his Sexy no Jutsu and caught him almost immediately. Then he ran into Sakura, and got a long lecture about his 'little stunt' before he was able to beg off.

The worst of it all, however, was that halfway back out to train a messenger had caught up with him. With a summons. From Tsunade.

Naruto, of course, decided to get it over with as soon as possible. Nothing that the current Hokage had to say to him during his vacation was going to be nice. At that point in his day Naruto decided nothing could get worse, so he should just get over there and hear the bad news.

Boy was that the worst thing he could have done.

Tsunade, having expected Naruto to dally in an attempt to spite her, had timed things precisely so that Naruto would actually arrive on time. Suffice to say, Naruto's bad day soon became hers.

For a whole second, Kurama's mind went absolutely blank. Two seconds after the shocking announcement it was in overdrive. It was impossible; the Hidden Village of the Leaf would never house a fox demon. It couldn't. He was one of few left, and there were even fewer who were capable of surviving in this form. And what kind of demon would just live quietly in a ninja village? Kurama had no illusions that they would act as he did, nor that they would be satisfied with ninja work. Not that they could be a ninja to begin with. No Hokage would allow a fox demon to be part of their ranks. It made no sense-

"Explain." Genkai demanded, shattering Kurama's frantic search for answers. The woman opened her mouth (Kurama assumed to do just that, but she may well have intended to reprimand Genkai for being rude) but was interrupted by loud voices outside her office doors. Before anyone could speculate on what was happening the doors banged open and a vaguely familiar looking blonde teen stormed in, ranting loudly about something or another and waving about scroll.

The Hokage, Kurama observed, looks very pale all of a sudden. The woman shot out of her chair at the sight of the boy, saying his name shrilly. The blonde –now named Naruto– halted in his rant to look at the woman in surprise.

Kurama, however, noticed very little after that, being that he was intent on the boy's sent. He knew that sent. It didn't quite fit with any of his memories, but he knew that smell. Frowning, Kurama sniffed more at the air, cursing how muted everything was as a human, even if his senses were five times that of a normal one.

What he found nearly had him attacking the boy, and his sheer will was not holding him in check as it usually did. Kurama forcefully wretched his eyes from the blonde, turning instead to Genkai, who was watching him very closely. He muttered a pardon and left the room as fast as possible, skirting around the confused looking Naruto to exit out the door. He was not Hiei; he would not use the window.

Stepping outside did not help as it should have, and Kurama soon found himself running across the rooftops on his way towards the forest. Paying no mind that he might get in trouble, Kurama soon had himself surrounded by his element.

Calm.

Taking a deep breath, Kurama sat down and attempted to steady himself. The news of another fox demon in human form had sent him reeling in his own right, and before he could set himself strait again that boy had barged in. That in itself had plunged him into the deep end, metaphorically speaking. It was even worse that he was off balance to begin with.

But that boy…

Naruto.

That boy held inside him someone he never wanted to meet. Someone he hated.

His mother.

I do not own the characters and settings and plots and whatever of Naruto and Yu Yu Hakusho. Keep that in mind.

And yes, I know you all hate me now, but I think it was worth it. If you have any suggestions for the furthering of this plot, please feel free to mention them. After all, I know what I want to happen between Naruto and Kurama eventually, but there has to be some action on the war front as well.

TS