A Kitsune Riding on My Shoulder

Disclaimer: I realized I didn't put this in my first chapter. So I don't own Naruto and I'm not likely to gain ownership of it at any point while writing this story. Or ever for that matter.

"Talking"

"Kyuubi"

'Thoughts'

I've got my review responses at the end of this chapter. Oh, and I'm looking for a Beta! I really need someone to pre-read my chapters and check for mistakes.

"Ky-uu-bi" The small child mimicked, trying the new word for the first time. "Kyuubi! Kyuubi! Kyuubi!" He beamed up at the huge form in front of him proud of his accomplishment.

"Yes Kyuubi. Good job." His new friend congratulated him. (Sarcastically, not that poor Naruto-kun knows that) "Now Naruto-kun I need your help with something." When he heard that his new friend needed his help Naruto stopped his little chant and listened intently. "You see Naruto-kun I'm locked up right now." Kyuubi struggled to phrase this in a way that the small child could understand.

"And if you want to be able to play with me you have to do something first. Will you help me?" The child's bright blue eyes widened, his new friend was locked up like bad person? Then he nodded his head vigorously, he do anything to help his friend.

"Right" Kyuubi said trying to think her plan out. "Your chakra channels are usually developed around your age but because you have my chakra as well it could take as long as two extra years to fully mature. That means that I'll need to be tied to a container until they have developed completely." She looked down at the boy's clueless face and sighed to herself. Children were so useless. But still she held hope for this child and for that she was willing to suffer its ignorance.

"Do you have a toy that you play with a lot?" She asked, trying her best to sound like she wasn't annoyed with him.

"Neko-chan!" He answered in a voice about ten decimal louder than it needed to be and about an octave higher. But now she had the information that she need. It's not like she needed her ears anyway, right?

"Okay Naruto-kun, I need you to picture 'Neko-chan' as clearly as you can. Can you do that for me?" Kyuubi instructed while gathering the chakra needed for what she was about to do. While his chakra channels might not be fully developed, if he acted as a focus Kyuubi could leak enough chakra through to finish the transfer. "Okay, are you picturing 'Neko-chan as clearly as you can?" Naruto nodded his head, keeping his eyes closed so that he wouldn't loose the image.

Kyuubi leaked through the largest amount of chakra she could without Naruto's natural chakra fighting it. It was only a matter of time now.

Katsu watched as the small boy in front of him seemed to zone out. Maybe Ichiro was right. That was not natural. He tucked his book away in one of his many ninja secret hiding spots and walked over to the boy. Crouching down he looked at the boys eyes carefully.

He drew back sharply, almost giving himself whiplash and scrambled away from the small child. But his eyes remained locked on the inhuman ones of the child in front of him. Bright blue eyes were glazed over and seemed to be looking into the distance. But more importantly there were red streaks running through the blue of his eyes and his pupil was that of a cats.

Ichiro was right, something was definitely wrong with this kid. Then the boy turned his head to face Katsu without really looking at him.

"Neko-chan?" he asked and Katsu was unsure of whether to the brat was talking to him or whatever it was he was seeing. "Neko-chan!" the child demanded, angry at the lack of response. He banged his arms on the floor in a small tantrum before calming himself down. Then he decided to try a different approach. He reached out tiny arms towards Katsu as if to grab something that wasn't there.

Panicking Katsu scanned the room for whatever it was the boy wanted. There, lying on top of the toy chest was a small stuffed cat. It was all black with a blue bow tied around its neck and wide blue eyes. Grabbing the small toy Katsu placed it in the child's hands and watched as the child drew it close to his chest.

Realizing that for now the brat had calmed down Katsu dared to get closer and try to identify what was wrong with the kid. When he got closer he noticed the slow, even breathing and sighed to himself. That brat had fallen asleep! He picked the boy up and carried him over to the small bed before returning to his post.

Settling down he pulled out his book and tried to get comfortable. His shift wouldn't end for another couple hours and he wasn't allowed to leave the boy alone even if it was to report an important new discovery.

He never noticed that the red slowly drained from Naruto's eyes, leaving them once again their pure, innocent blue. So absorbed in his book was Katsu that he didn't see the eyes of the small toy absorb the red until they were purely crimson and no longer looked quite so innocent.

It was a strange sensation that Kyuubi experienced when she took over her new body. It wasn't a gradual change where she slowly became aware of the world around her. One second she was in her small, damp cell with her nine tails flared out behind her and only the smell of mold and the sound of water dripping keeping her company. Then without even blinking her eyes she was in an entirely different world.

The room was blindingly white with only a small bed in one corner and a toy box pushed against the wall. The contrast of the black against the white easily drew her eye to the ANBU leaning against the door. From the corner of her eye she could make out the left side of his body without turning her head. It was when she tried to get a clearer view that she realized that something was wrong.

She couldn't move. She was trapped inside a stuffed animal that had no bones or muscles to support her or help her move. There wasn't even any way that she could use chakra strings to manipulate the toy because she couldn't use any chakra until that brat's chakra tunnels finished developing.

She had the strange feeling that she would be growling now if she had a vocal cord. Sighing Kyuubi stared at the glaringly white wall in front of her, it was going to be a long two years.