Naruto opened his eyes again. And once again, he found himself in the darkness of the sewer again, a faint yellow light illuminating the water, his own form, and the bars which stood before him. He stood up, his back wet once again and faced the bars... and let out a breath. This was the first time he willingly came to this place... but he needed to come to an understanding with the Kyuubi. Looking forward, he approached the large bars and stared into the darkness, to be met by a pair of familiar, menacing, crimson eyes.
The Kyuubi came into the light from inside his prison, his expression curious... It looked strange to Naruto's eyes.
"Fox." The blonde would first state, trying to suppress his fear. Said fox raised an eyebrow at the boy, one of his long ears twitching when he spoke.
"You know what happened to my Chakra Coils... I'm worried that-"
"He got none of it."
Naruto blinked at what the Kyuubi had said, before shaking out of his stupor.
"What?"
"I made sure that he only got neutral chakra coils... You still have all of my chakra." Naruto looked at the Kyuubi, really confused. Why was he helping him? All the previous times they've met, it's only been the fox trying to seduce him with promises of power... Why was he helping him? He repeated this question in his head.
"This doesn't make sense... Why are you helping me?" Naruto spoke his mind, his fear replaced by confusion.
"I cannot explain... Not Now." The fox's guttural voice shifting into a hostile growl.
"Why not?" Naruto would ask, his voice conveying clear frustration.
"Because you're being taken." The Kyuubi said in response.
"I'm being what?" Naruto asked, his frustration replaced with the returned confusion. The biju then let out a large breath of air which sent Naruto back into the water of the sewer, and then he felt himself sink into it.
With that said, he woke up once more to feel a gag around his mouth and the sight of a bag going on his head...
In the Past
It had been a couple years since they met. The demon fox had accepted the human as his first... his first real friend in a long time. He always tbkught the first person he'd bond with would be a Jinchuriki... But thinking on it, the Kyuubi knew that this human would be a good blueprint as to what he would look for in a Jinchuriki.
The YiLing Patriarch understood him. He empathized with his monstrous reputation. And they fought for one another, protecting each other both physically and emotionally. The fox remembered how the human was banned from a small village because the village folk spoke of the fox in fear, as a monster, as a demon which needed to be exterminated. The biju was hiding nearby in the forest, listening as they badmouthed him. Him. The strongest of the biju. He felt himself baring his teeth, getting ready to nuke the town off the map with a Tailed-beast bomb...
Until he heard the Human join in.
Not to join the banter, but to defend him.
He publicly scolded the crowd, saying that the things they say are immoral, and inappropriate. Afterwards, he was kicked out of the Village, pushed out by the people he scolded... It made the Kyuubi realize how emotionally fragile he was. Years, upon years of being treated as a monster, or a weapon... And the YiLing Patriarch fought for him like he was... A person. And the event made the fox respect the human's audacity to stand up to his own kind...
The human was currently sleeping on the soft fur of the Kyuubi's back. His chest rose up and down to his breathing. They have been traveling for days... And in these years the human had been testing the limits of the power he possessed. He had told him that his power was at full capacity, and that his ability to manipulate Dark Chakra was the same as his ability to manipulate Resentful Energy. And that Dark Chakra and Resentful Energy seemed to share a lot of the same properties. This made sense in the Kyuubi's ears, because they're both born out of mortal resentment.
The human had taken up writing in these past view years. He picked up the natuve language quite quickly, and he was able to write down his findings, and a manual on how to safely manipulate Dark Chakra. He also wrote several scrolls on swordsmanship, apparently being one himself. (It's clear that the Kyuubi didn't believe him... He's never even seen him use it.)
He also had a sword made in a densely populated village. It was a design the Kyuubi hadn't seen before... Double edged, straight, and slightly flexible. It was completely black, and it had a leagher handle, and a small black metal guard. And along with it, a small iron amulet. The fox had wondered why he had those things made... He would realize soon.
The YiLing Patriarch opened his eyes as be woke up. Turning his head, his eyes landed on the sight of the biggest abandoned battlefield he's seen since arriving in this place. Sliding off, he asked the Kyuubi to help him with a task... The fox obliged.
The biju regretted his decision to help him... He was currently piling corpses. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of corpses, piled to make a rather morbid hill... And what's even more strange, he had buried the amulet and the sword in the center of the pile... It was at this moment he realized what the human was doing...
He was making the sword and the amulet absorb the excess dark Chakra... To make dark, sinister weapons...
When they finished piling for a whole week. The human spoke...
"I shall claim this ground... And call it... YuanHan Shan." He said, his face forlorn as he looked upon the pile of rotting corpses...
"What does that mean?" The Kyuubi would ask.
"It means... 'Resentful Mountain.'"
I posted two chapters today cause I was supposed to post the other one yesterday.Also, if the story seems to be rushed, it's because I kinda am rushing it. I want to move this towards the Shippuden Era in terms of aging... But I also don't wanna take away from the quality of the work.Thank you all still for supporting my story and the love and the participation in the votes!
Now, onto the pairings:
- Kurotsuchi: 0
- Shizuka: 1
- Ino: 6
- Fu: 1
- (New!) Tayuya: 1
- (New!) Temari: 1
BigInferno sorry dude, I'm not a fan of Harems. I mean, I do enjoy harem stories, but the nature of Harems themselves do not sit right with me. So there isn't going to be a double pairing. And in addition, I'm not going to add (mini)Kushina, because she's dead. I know it's the same for Tayuya, but if Tayuya comes out on top, it's easier to change her death. Kushina's death isn't something that can easily be retconned in my opinion.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and thanks for the reads!
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