DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N): Omg the feedback I got on "The Caged Bird"'s first day was AWESOME! You guys rock and I think you have deserved a good action filled chapter.
TO THE STORY!
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Chapter 79: Strength Of Nine Tails
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Naruto smirked at the fox and let his father into his mind. Cole rose from the ground until his torso was above the ground. His hand press against Naruto's seal and twisted, unlocking the cage that Kurama sat behind. Cole sank back into the ground and disappeared from the mindscape right as Kurama burst out from his cage.
"Let us fight for control! HUMAN!"
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Kurama burst from his cage as soon as the lock was removed. Using speeds that seemed unreal for a being of his size he dashed towards the blonde and raised a massive claw sharpened paw. He roared as he brought down his claws in a quick slash towards the boy and slammed the ground causing the entire room to shake and for the ground to crater. However, Kurama growled in frustration as he felt he had missed.
And miss he did. Just before Kurama's paw smashed the area he was in, Naruto threw a Hiraishin kunai into the air, past the massive paw. He flashed to the blade just before Kurama made contact with the ground and dodged the powerful attack. He grabbed the kunai out of the air with and threw it even higher into the air. As soon as it reached its apex he flashed to it and looked down towards the massive Demon below him. He used his manipulation of the mindscape to keep him from falling out of the air and threw the kunai towards the fox. "Kunai Kagebunshin no Jutsu!" he yelled and the single Hiraishin kunai turned into a thousand.
Kurama used a swipe of his tail to deflect the rain of steel causing the kunai to all scatter around the room. Naruto smirked before manipulating the mindscapes gravity to send him towards one of the walls. When he landed however, he didn't have much time to do what he intended as he saw three massive tails swing towards him. Naruto cursed under his breath and flashed to one of his many kunai. He ended up on the far side of the room in Kurama's blind spot. He grabbed the kunai he flashed to and threw it high above the demons head. Once it got to his desired location he flashed to it and threw the kunai down towards Kurama's head while forming a Rasengan in his hand. Once it was close enough he flashed to the kunai and plowed the orb of pure chakra into Kurama's skull.
Kurama howled in pain but simply brought one his tails up to bat away the boy on his head. Just before the tail made contact the boy flashed to another of his hundreds of kunai. "Dammit, no effect..." Naruto cursed to himself as he contemplated what he could do next. Sure the Rasengan hurt the fox like a bitch, but it didn't do enough lasting damage to be very effective. Naruto pulled a few kunai out of the ground and flashed himself back into the air. While dodging around various swipes from Kurama's tail and the occasional vacuum of air caused by them, he threw his kunia into the four walls of the room and one in the ceiling as well. He finally flashed back down to the ground and started thinking of a way to distract the fox long enough for his plan to work. He smirked when an idea came to mind. Wordlessly he created fifty clones of himself and they set a perimeter around the fox. Kurama sneered at the boy, wondering what he was planning. Then, all at once, the clones threw Hiraishin kunai at him from all angles and used Kunai Kagebunshin to make it a proverbial cage of sharp steel flying towards him. Kurama had no way of deflecting all of it and just curled his tailed around himself to act as a shield. But it didn't do much as the original Naruto finished running threw hand signs and threw a single kunai into the air. "Katon: Goka Mekkyaku! (Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation)" Naruto roared as he let loose a torrent of flame towards the kunai in the air. Once the kunai touched the flame it began to absorb it and redirect the flame through all the other kunai surrounding the fox. "Fuinjutsu: Hiraishin-Enkei! (Sealing style: Flying Thunder God - Flame Connection)" The blonde yelled as fire erupted all around Kurama, roasting the fox from all angles.
Naruto smirked but knew he needed to hurry with his follow up attack. Just as he finished with his next round of hand signs Kurama thrashes all of his tails out from around him, knocking away the fire and dispelling all of the clones with a mighty roar. Naruto was forced to brace himself as he brandished a scroll from his belt. He quickly unrolled the scroll to reveal a extremely intricate seal surrounding a large circle with the word 'Raiton' inscribed in the middle of it. Naruto placed the Hiraishin kunai in the circle and channeled chakra into the seal. Once Kurama rebounded from the pain the fire had created he looked around to see Naruto charging chakra into a seal. The demon took a quick inward breath as he realized what the blonde was doing.
"Fuinjutsu: Hiraishin-Jinrai! (Sealing Style: Flying Thunder God - Thunderclap)" the blonde roared as lightning chakra was unleashed from the seal and into the kunai. The kunai absorbed the lighting and transferred it to the four kunai in the walls. Once they were charged the lightning was sent out of the four kunai and into the kunai in the ceiling. Once the four beams of electricity it crashed downward, directly into Kurama's back. The beast howled loudly in pain as Naruto kept transferring chakra into lighting and keeping the lighting bolt a continuous strike of electricity. "RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Naruto roared as he pumped even more chakra into the seal.
The bolt of lightning striking Kurama intensified in power as it continued to shock and burn the demon. Kurama's howls of pain soon faded as the fox was knocked unconscious. As soon as the fox slumped to the ground Naruto released the jutsu and panted heavily from the effort it had required. The seal actively turned his normal chakra into Raiton chakra and channeled it into the kunai at a continuous pace. As long as he had his hands placed to the seal it would sap him of chakra until he was dry. Even with his reserves this was intensive and a 'last resort' jutsu. He stood shakily and walked over to one of Kurama's tails. He placed his hands on the red fur and latched his chakra onto the demons.
With a heavy pull Naruto began to rip free the demons chakra. But as soon as he connected to the fox he felt it. The hatred. The anger. The utter sadness that Kurama had within his heart. It was nearly enough to bring Naruto to his knees as the voices pounded in his mind. 'Monster!' 'Demon!' 'Beast!' 'Destroy it!' 'Use it as a weapon!' 'Seal it away!' 'Hate!' 'Hate!' 'HATE!'
The voices pounded in Naruto's mind as he pulled Kurama's chakra free. He let loose a scream of pain from the voices and images that rolled through his mind. He soon realized he was looking not into Kurama's thoughts, but into his memories. So many people with hate towards a single being. He saw Kurama's younger self, tortured and cursed by Humans for as long as the demon could remember. Used in war, abused for his strength. As Naruto strode through the darkness of Kurama's memories, he finally saw it. The smallest hint of light within the vast darkness. It was small, almost flickering out of existence, but Naruto had found it.
Kurama's happiness.
He looked into the light as soothing voices and calm memories drowned out the hatred of before. 'Kurama!' 'Brother!' 'Kurama-kun!' the voices said in happy and calm tones. The images that passed through Naruto's mind were those of Kurama with his sibling Bijuu. They were all extremely small compared to their current size, and all had child like features to them. Then an elderly voice cut into their fun. 'Come my children, I have a story to tell.' the voice called in a peaceful and kind tone. all of the Bijuu gathered around a elderly man while happily exclaiming 'Father!'
The old man smiled at the Bijuu as they sat with him. The elderly man had strange grey skin and odd horn like protrusions on his forehead. He stood with a long Shokujou and had grey spiky hair and a long grey beard. 'My Children. Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuo, Saiken, Chomei, Gyuuki, Kurama...I have seen a vision of the future.' he said to the gathered Bijuu. 'Really Father!' a hyper Shukaku, practically bouncing in his spot. Kurama snapped at the sandy Tanuki and growled. 'Calm down and let Father speak!' he growled in, funny enough, a high pitched tone that showed how young the fox was.
The elderly man laughed a hearty laugh at the antics of his children and sighed. 'Now, now, Kurama. There is no need for that. The vision I saw was of my replacement.' he said with a sad smile. All of the gathered Bijuu gasped at the man and started talking frantically. 'You can't go Father!' 'Father what do you mean!' 'No one can replace you Father' the Bijuu cried to their creator. The man's smile only grew from the heart felt pleas of his children. 'Now, now. I may be a Sage, but I am still human. And quite an old one at that. Now, the person I saw is a young man, with Golden hair like the son and blue eyes like the sky. He will be the one to bring you all together again my children.' he said to the Bijuu.
All of the gathered Chakra constructs were crying for their Father. Until Kurama asked the hanging question. 'Who is this man Father?' he asked as a few tears fell from his saddened eyes. The old man took a long breath and smiled happily, finally opening his squinted eye enough for Naruto to see the rippled pattern of the Rinnegan.
'His name, is Uzumaki Naruto.'
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(A/N): To be continued...
Shout out to ZeroKaze for some of the Jutsu Names that I used, and will be using in the future, you're awesome :D
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