The Change Of Kyuubi:
Chapter 5: The Secret-Part-2A/N: This chapter will be almost entirely a flashback. This chapter takes place a few days after the fight between Naruto and Sasuke at the Valley of the End.
Naruto woke up to the sound of dripping water. He felt tired, not wanting to move. He could barely feel any of his muscles. For him, that resembled death. Was he dead?
Then, he finally remembered what had happened. Yes. He was definitely dead.
Was that Heaven? Hell? Was he inside the Shinigami's stomach? Did that all even exist? He struggled to open his eyes, even those he could not feel. As he finally opened them, he was greeted by the painful light of a single candle. Normally, that quantity of light would not even be enough for him to see anything, but then it was too much for his long closed eyes.
"Hey, zombie-boy!" A voice greeted him. It was loud and feminine. It made him remember what he had seen a few seconds before… dying. The red-eyed girl. "Calm down. You are okay. You're not in danger anymore. And sorry for my loud voice, but we have to get your ears used to sound again."
Then he saw her. She did indeed have red eyes, what made him wonder if she was human, mostly white hair, except for two stripes of black, each on one side of her head. His view was blurry, yet he could tell she was about his age and looked calm and peaceful, not harmful in any way. He actually found himself trusting her. Not that he had a choice at the moment…
"Can you talk? Try it out."
"Ahruhm…" It came out roughly and as a whisper. It was hard to speak. Something he found very easily before his death… He kept struggling with that.
"Um… Okay… Maybe we should try again. You managed to open your eyes already, that's good!"
"Hoo al you…" He finally made it.
"Great! By the way, I am Sayomi. And no, I am not death nor are you dead. Well… You were. But we brought you back." She then sat down on his, what he imagined it to be, bed. 'Sayomi' smiled kindly at him and he was gradually feeling more and more safe there.
"We..?" He asked. Naruto couldn't see anyone else.
"Yes. My brother helped me. You know him as Kyuubi, but his real name is Kurama."
"Wha..!" His eyes widened. The Kyuubi, the demon inside him was this sweet girl's brother!?
"What!?" Every single person listening paled and yelled.
"Stop yelling and listen!"
"Oh! Great! You can widen your eyes and yell!" That seemed sarcastic. Maybe not so sweet, after all. "I know what you are thinking, but you will understand everything better later. First we need to make you able to move freely first. Excuse me." The white-haired spoke, before putting her hands over his chest. Chakra began pumping again through his body, slowly bringing his muscles back to life. Not that it was that good, as when he begin feeling them again, all he felt was pain. "Sorry about that. But it will fade away."
"Uhgr…!" He groaned. However, as Sayomi had earlier stated, it did begin to fade away. And as the pain faded, his movements came back. He finally managed to move his fingers, then toes, then arm, feet and legs. Even talking became easier.
"Thanks…" He thanked.
"Your welcome." And she raised. "How do you feel now? Can you sit up?" She then asked, curious. The boy had surprised her with the fast recovering.
"Way better…" And he effortlessly raised his body, not even taking her hand that was offered to him for help. Sitting up, the first thing he noticed were his surroundings. The kids were inside a dark and untouched cave. It kind of resembled the inside of his mind, where the Kyu-Kurama resided.
"So… Why did you bring me back? And how?" That particular question was killing him.
"Oh… I knew you would end up asking that…" She sat beside him again. "Well… I brought you back because: Firstly, if you die, my brother would have to stay 100 years inside the Shinigami's stomach… Secondly, there is a prophecy about you. One I want to come true." She would unfold a finger of her right hand with each statement. "And how… well… I joined mine and Kurama's chakra to heal you. His only wasn't enough, but with mine helping, it was rather easy."
"Thanks?" He tried.
"I guess you should say that…" The stranger smiled again. "So… As I don't know how to ask this in any other way and I really have to do so…" The air became heavier and tension rose. "Whenwouldyoubewillingtoreleasemybrother?"
One thing he knew: that had been a question. "Sorry?" Besides that, he couldn't catch even a word.
"Um… When would you be willing to release my brother..?" When she spoke slowly, Naruto realized what was the question and the strange girl's level of madness. Hell, never. However, he could not bring himself to say that, as she and The Kyu-Kurama had indeed saved him from death.
"Ah…"
"There is no rush… Is just that I miss him so much..! And he did raise you from the dead and all… Also, I thought you would like to meet him… And not follow the prejudice that was put upon him…" She wined. The blond would give in. She knew it. Just a few more words were necessary. "It doesn't need to be right now…"
"Okay! Okay! Uzumaki Naruto will not let you two down, I promise! And I never break my promises! That is my ninja way!" Worked just fine. Naruto raised his arms up in the air, in a boost of energy, before bringing them down again, smiling and giving her a thumbs up. "But how do I do that?"
"That is the part you are not going to like…" And he did not.
Firstly, Sayomi put her hand on his forehead. That simple action made him lose all his senses and he soon found himself inside his mind, only the girl was also there and, surprisingly, also inside the seal.
"Why are you inside the seal?" Naruto asked.
"The seal recognized me as another demon because of my sent and the little demon chakra I have inside me. No big deal at all." She replied. Another thing that surprised him was the fact that she sat on the fox's head, casually putting her elbows on her thighs, without the thing even moving. Not a single hostile movement or any killing intent leaking around, as it was usual to be every time he had earlier visited. "Now to the next part. You will have to do it, as I am as helpless as this stupid fox here." Said being snorted, annoyed. But still no hostile reaction. "Put your blood on the seal. Just a small quantity will suffice."
Everything confused him, however he did as he was told and as soon as his blood touched the paper on the middle of the doors, the Kanji faded away, transforming into a replica of the seal on his stomach. At the same time, the seal on his stomach painfully twisted itself, shrinking in size only then to expand again. The only part left was the usual spiral, now red. The colour of his blood. The rest had faded away, together with the cage in front of him. It was a painful process, but he couldn't care less. The fact that the cage was disappearing worried him to much for him to actually feel the pain. Kyuubi's movements were not helping, also.
As the cage was gone, there it stood. The great lord of the foxes, The Kyuubi, Kurama. It looked at him deep in the eyes, Sayomi still on his head, calm as ever. "Are you sure that this… Kid… is really the one the prophecy refers to?" Then it spoke. It's voice was strong and stroke fear into the blonde's heart. But it did sound much less dangerous and evil as other times.
"Yeah. I am. He could contain you, after all. Even if only your chakra, not your body, a mere human boy shouldn't be able to do so." His sister reasoned.
"I suppose." The Kyuubi then sat down. "Calm me Kurama, brat! And I will be your sensei from now on! Under my teaching, you shall become the best ninja this world has ever seen!" And Naruto let out a breath of relief.
"Yattaaaaa!" And he threw himself to the ground, happy about it all. All three smiled.
"Naruto… You better explain why the Hell did you free the Kyuubi!" – First line, next chapter.
A/N: Yay! FINALLY! I wanted so bad to write this! Since I wrote the first chapter I had been waiting for this! I am so happy!
Any way… I actually updated really fast due to my… eagerness to see you guy's reaction. I, myself think it was kind of obvious what was going to happen.
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