Naruto stared at them innocently, completely unaware that what he just said was completely mind blowing. Jiraiya stared at Naruto trying to comprehend what he just said. "If I got this right, and correct me if I'm wrong Naruto, you met the Nine-tails when I knocked you out and then made sort of friends with him and then became sort of friends with him, and then decided to call him Kura-kun?" Jiraiya questioned incredulously.

Naruto's head tilted to the side. "Friends?" Naruto asked "Wait, let me see if I can ask."

'Kura-kun? Can you hear me? Kura-kun?' Naruto asked

'Yeah, I hear you kid, no need to yell. What do you need Naruto?'

'Are we friends?'
'Only if you want to be, kid.'

Naruto's eyes went wide with joy. 'We're friends! We're friends!' he crowed mentally.

'Yeah kid, I guess we are' Kurama said, sounding just the slightest bit happy. 'By the way,how did you know that we could communicate telepathically?'

'Tela-pathic-ally?' Naruto asked.

'In your head' Kurama reiterated.

'You were in my mind, so I thought that I'd give it a try.'

'Smart kid'

'Thanks!'

'Time to go back kid, the people your with are getting worried since it's sort of just fell into a trance and just stopped doing anything.'

'Oh, guess I'll be going then! Talk to you later Kura-kun!'

'Next time just call out my name, I'll respond.'

'Got it! Bye!'

Naruto blinked back to the present only to find Fuu, Gaarra, and Jiriaya looking at him worriedly. He simply turned to Jiriaya and said "I asked, and Kura-kun said that we would only be friends if I wanted to, so yes we are friends.

Everyone just gaped at him.

A sudden thought startled Gaara and he suddenly looked as worried as a 4 year old could possibly look.

He frantically pulled at Jiriaya's pants until he got his attention. "What is it kid," Jiriaya asked rather gruffly.

"How could you put me to sleep! I'm not allowed to sleep! If I sleep, something bad will happen!" Gaara asked frantically, scared out of his mind.

Jiriaya scratched the back of his head, trying to figure out a way to explain it to a four year old without telling them the secret of the Jinjuriki. He sighed as he gave up and simply said "You can rest easy for now, I fixed the problem, so you can sleep normally now."

Gaara stared at him doubtfully but figured it was okay because the room he woke up in looked okay. He excepted this and resolved to ask about it later.

"Now then, Those of you who are over the age of eight, please come with me," Jiraiya called, heading out of the room.

Everyone except Utakata, Gaara, Fuu, and Naruto got up and followed him, still quite cautious around him and the others.

Jiraiya sighed and made a mental note to try his best to gain their trust while leading them into a separate room. After getting everyone settled Jiraiya explained about the Jinjuiki and the reason behind the villager's hatred.

Meanwhile, in the villages...

The villagers were all thinking something along the lines of good riddance in the face of the Jinjurki's collective disappearance while the kage were frantically sending messages back and forth, trying to figure out where all the Jinjuriki had gone.