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Naruto sat in his mindscape, meditating like the Kyuubi told him to. If he had taken the time out to think about this, he would have found it strange, but he was so relieved from getting rid of the fear he had felt from the dream and the pain that the seal caused him, that he didn't harbor any suspicions of the fox at the moment. He was just grateful.
Anyway, this sewer was gross. He pictured a nicer place. A meadow. He closed his eyes and thought and thought, picturing a grassy meadow on a sunny day with Sakura trees and a stream. It had been a place that he had found that he liked being alone in in the forest. His eyes opened when he could smell the sakura blooms and could no longer feel the wetness of the sewer water under him. He looked around and smiled. "Kyuubi-san. I did it."
Kyuubi was impressed. He didn't know the mindscape could actually be changed. Then he growled "Brat, if you could change it, why have I been living in a sewer for the past twelve years?!"
Naruto laughed nervously "Sorry?" He paused, "Besides, I couldn't come here when I was little."
Kyuubi sighed.
Naruto asked "Did I do a good job?"
Kyuubi was surprised again. The boy was looking to him for approval? What, did he trust him now? Just because he had gotten rid of his fear and pain? Again, the Kyuubi knew this was a perfect opportunity to weaken his host and to try to take over, while he was weak, but for some reason, he didn't want to betray the trust of the boy 'Damn, I'm getting soft. I don't even like humans.' He said "You did alright for a human."
Naruto grinned "Translated, that means 'Good job, kit!'"
The Kyuubi froze in shock "How did you..."
Naruto said "When you read my mind, some of yours crossed over."
The Kyuubi growled. Naruto said "You like me."
"I do not. I hate humans."
"That's not what I saw."
"I lied."
Naruto was now confused. "You can lie in your mind?" He thought on this for a minute "No you can't, you were lying now." Kyuubi growled again.
Then Naruto's grin slid off his face as an earnest look replaced it "Kyuubi, kit means kid, right? Do you really think of me as your kit?" He looked into the fox's eyes. No one had ever really thought of him as their kid before. Iruka and the Hokage were nice to him, but this was different.
Kyuubi growled again "You're getting annoying, gaki." He wanted to hit himself as he felt guilty at the look on the boy's face. Damn it, where were these stupid emotions coming from all of a sudden? He said "Fine, you read my mind. It was there. So what? Do you want something?"
"Do you mean it?" Naruto asked while looking at the Kyuubi.
"Why must you ask such annoying questions?" The Kyuubi growled.
Naruto had tears in his eyes. "Arigato, Kyuubi-san."
The Kyuubi said "If you're really grateful, let me out of here."
Naruto then frowned, a little of his former mistrust for the fox showing in his eyes "I can't. You'll hurt people again."
The Kyuubi said "I don't mean into the real world." He thought 'Not yet, at least.' "Just out of this cage, out there." He pointed to the meadow.
Naruto now looked confused. "How?"
There was a bright flash and there stood a man with long red hair and a black kimono with golden foxes on it. Nine red tails swished behind him. He said "Simple, make a bushin for me and I'll use it."
Naruto asked "I don't understand. How did you change to look like that and how could that work? Wouldn't you get out into the real world?"
Kyuubi said "All kitsune have a human form and no, I couldn't, not that way, it would just be a form of me like the form you're in now. It's not possible for me to get out into the real world while the seal is still intact"
Naruto still didn't understand, but he believed the fox and did a kage bushin, making it stronger than usual. Soon he found himself standing next to the human-ified Kyuubi.
Kyuubi smiled. Most of his chakra had been left behind in the cage, but it was almost like being outside again. There was even a breeze. He said "Good job, kid."
Naruto smiled. "Arigato, Kyuubi-san. What do I do now?"
Kyuubi said "I dunno." He lay down underneath a tree. It was nice. The kid had a good imagination. He soon found the blond's face looming over him. He said "If you're bored, train."
"I can do that here?" The boy asked in confusion.
"Yeah."
"How should I train?"
The Kyuubi growled "Geez, figure it out yourself."
There was a pause. Kyuubi sat up as he saw the boy's eyes still on him. He sighed "What?"
Naruto looked down "Well, I was hoping...maybe you'd show me a move, Kyuubi-san?" He looked up.
The Kyuubi shook his head. The kid just kept surprising him today. Now he wanted him to teach him? Then he smirked. "Sure. I've got one. Work on this for a while." He showed him a move similar to the rasengan, but invisible that worked with wind. "Go practice on the trees. Don't kill yourself. It better not get over here either or I'm coming after you." He lay back down.
"Arigato!" The boy ran off.
Kyuubi yelled "You better fix the trees afterward too!"
"Hai!"
The Kyuubi mused, It sure could get big in here. He supposed that was an advantage of a mindscape. He then smirked. He had given the boy a jutsu that used up about twice as much energy as the rasengan. He would be exhausted mentally from the training not long after he had started. Maybe then he could get some rest. He planned on making it seem like a day in here when it was really a half day outside. He would let the boy go back to the real world about midday so he could get adjusted to the real world again.
He listened to the sounds of whipping wind and the sound of leaves and branches flying and soon there was panting. 'The brat picks it up quick.' He smirked again.
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH So, what did you guys think? Even though it's shorter than my usual chapters for this fic, is it an ok chapter? R and R and I'll catch you later.