A new friend, an even bigger headache!
Naruto listened to Tail's conversation with the fox. He felt sorry for the kit, as he had grown up in an all too similar way. They couldn't leave the little guy alone or he'd die for sure!
Tails, can we take the little guy with us? There's more than enough room for him in my apartment. Naruto asked.
Tails was surprised by Naruto's request, but he quickly agreed. This fox shouldn't be left alone like this for long. So, he decided that they could take the kit with them and claim he was a ninja pet. If Kiba could bring Akamaru to class and not get in trouble, there was no reason Naruto couldn't do the same!
Do you want to be the one who says it or me?
I'll do it. I hope he agrees.
Naruto re-took his body and looked the kit straight in the eye.
"Hey, how 'bout you come with us back to the village? We have more than enough room in my home!" said Naruto enthusiastically.
The kit looked at him like he was a weirdo. (This may be because of the fact that Naruto's voice changed immediately after he re-took his body.)
"Do you mean it? Can I stay at your home?"
"I don't have a problem and neither does Tails. Besides, we could use the company in class!"
The fox thought the offer over. If he said yes, he would finally have someone who cared about him. If he said no, his brothers and sisters would ignore him and would continue to leave him alone. Decisions, decisions.
"I will come back with you to your village. But won't the adults notice me in your…what did you call it…class?"
At this, Naruto laughed.
"They won't care if I tell them that you're my ninja partner! Kiba gets to bring his dog Akamaru to class all the time and they never get on him about it!"
The kit did not like the idea of being called a pet. But the offer was too good to turn down. Plus, this kid seemed to be honest and friendly enough. But why did he say 'we' instead of 'I'? There wasn't anyone else around! So he decided to ask the boy why he used the plural term instead of saying I.
"Why do you keep saying 'we'? I don't see nor smell anyone around for at least twenty kilometers!"
"Oops. That was a slip of the tongue. What I meant was Tails and I won't mind to have another fox around!"
It was at this time that he appeared. The current ruler of the Forest, Kyuubi-sama. He had overheard the entire conversation and he was NOT happy.
"Little brother, what is the meaning of this?! How dare you converse with a human. Do you not remember what happened to our father?!" growled Kyuubi-sama.
Tails realized what was happening and before Naruto could say anything in the young fox's defense, he took over his body. Tails was displeased with his eldest son's behavior. There was only one way to end this fiasco. He would have to confront the past he had tried to leave behind.
"You should talk. You used to play with the children of the village! What happened to the kit that used to have fun and enjoy human children?"
"Who do you think you are?! I am far older than you'll ever be you little…" Kyuubi started to say before Tails lost his temper and interrupted him.
"Can it boy! You should know better than to use such a tone with me! Do you not remember what happened to the last kit to try that?!"
"What are you talking about? Who are you anyway?!"
"Don't play dumb! You should have figured out by now who I am!"
Kyuubi looked at Naruto in disbelief! It was impossible that this human was him! But who else knew of his father's temper for disobedient kits and the fact he used to play with the children of the ninja village?
"Impossible. There's no way you could be him. He died 7 years ago after the attack on the ninja village!"
Tails had had enough. Kyuubi was acting as though he was blind to the truth that was staring him down in the face! He unconsciously began to growl at his own son.
Kyuubi was horrified. It was impossible and yet that growl of displeasure is identical! How and why did this happen to his own father, Kyuubi of the Nine Tails?!
"How can I believe you are him when he is dead?"
"Brother, you are one of the biggest fools I've ever seen. Why do you deny it when the truth is clearly right in front of you?!"
Tails gave his youngest kit his approval. Kyuubi was furious that his father was showing him up in front of his youngest brother! This night would not end well at all for the current Lord of the Forest.