Isobu was what the humans called the 3 tailed beast. Named so because he… he had 3 tails. It was not as if it was a difficult thing to consider since it was you know... 3 tails.
Sometimes Isobu wondered if humans were just exceptionally… stupid. As in mindbogglingly stupid. The kind of stupid that told him that they were just pretending to be sentient in order to maintain a level of decency and fit in with the rest of the mammals.
Still, there were a few good ones, like that one that had made him, his dad, person, thing, Hagoromo who was… sort of human? He looked human, in the general shape of one at least even if he had extra bits and pieces on him.
Still, he was kind of cool.
Then came that one with his… wood stuff.
He had done something and made him sleepy. Isobu hadn't liked that but it wasn't like it really mattered. When he woke up again he would be in a new world and it was probably going to be terrible in some way, the humans were all really boring and liked to destroy things.
Like all the things.
He had no idea why, but it wasn't like it mattered much. He had been around since almost the beginning Isobu figured, he had been there when the humans had decided to do things like picking fights with things they shouldn't, then each other. He had napped a bit then decided to go get some food, only that had turned out a little strange. He hadn't meant to destroy that bunch of human made things, it wasn't like he did it for fun you know.
He was a good giant tailed beast… or maybe not.
It had been kind of funny to watch them all die.
Still, he tried to avoid it when possible, they always sent those really annoying little humans at him and it was just… ugh. He really hated that. Why didn't they just leave him alone? He just wanted to eat and nap.
Sure he didn't need to eat but he really liked eating and eating was great. Tasting the newer things, doing this, doing that. Fun fun fun.
It was just too bad that for something of his size, eating lots of food was difficult, really difficult. Sure he could go into the ocean… he was a giant turtle thing after all. But eating that much fish certainly got boring and sometimes he wanted to just eat some cows or something.
Only they were all the same tasting and that was just boring.
Ugh.
Then there were like... the other ones, like the plants and stuff. He had occasionally tasted some pretty good green bits, but after eating an entire forest he had decided that it wasn't worth the effort. There was just too much bad stuff in there for him to actually enjoy it.
He was a tailed beast, not a cook. How was he supposed to tell what was good and what wasn't? It all looked the same to him.
The way he ate after all was different from other beasts. He had smaller versions of him come out and eat it inside of his stomach. He could taste what they tasted, he could feel what they felt, they were, after all, him.
So eating smaller things certainly was good, he could taste them all the same as if they were big things.
But he was a giant beast and how the hell was he going to speak to anybody? He could ask the humans to give him some of that delicious smelling food… but they always ran away shouting things that hurt his feelings and sometimes he just wanted to say that even though he was a giant turtle, he had feelings too you know?
Isobu sometimes considered that maybe being a giant tailed beast wasn't so great after all. Always eating the same things, always just… ugh. Boring.
He didn't have anyone to talk to, he didn't have anything he could do. Just wandering around the place, just… eating, shooting waterballs at things, making coral sculptures and… that was it.
Life for Isobu was kind of boring and he wondered just what it would be like if he had someone to talk to. Someone that wasn't another tailed beast that was, sure he met a few of them here and there but they were all… super beasty.
Sure they were siblings but they were always just so mean to Isobu. So what if he looked like a giant turtle, that didn't mean he didn't have feelings.
Isobu didn't like the other tailed beasts very much, Hagoromo had kept them in check but sometimes they just went and showed everyone just how mean they really were.
Bleh.
He didn't need them.
Still, he would really like it if somebody did come and talk to him. They could talk about so many things. Like the mountain that had looked like him, or maybe the coral sculpture he had made back when the humans were still trying to learn how to use Jutsu. Or maybe that time when he had eaten a whale! That had been pretty cool, he was sure his new friends would like hearing about that.
Then Isobu had gotten depressed again.
Here in the dreamland, Isobu dreamt himself making friends, talking to humans maybe, having fun, not being run away from every time they saw him. You know… fun stuff.
Which was why when the humans had started talking that Isobu had become rather confused. He hadn't imaged them to do that. What was going on here? He couldn't go crazy, he was a Tailed Beast.
But… maybe?
Isobu looked around and… oh… that was what was going on. He was outside of the dreamworld and he had woken up. Only this was the… humans? What were the humans doing just looking at him?
And trying to talk to him? How strange.
Isobu stared at them and raised one of his massive eyebrows.
And strangely enough, they copied him.
How very strange.
And interesting.
He bared his teeth in a grin.
And the one in front of him did the same.
Oh oh oh. So very interesting indeed.
The little human pointed at a picture and then made a sound.
Oh? Was this… was this human trying to talk to him? Trying to get him to learn the language?
If he could have cried, Isobu would have drowned… actually, wait. Yes. He could cry, duh. He had water abilities, he a giant turtle tailed beast had water abilities. Duh.
He tested and… he was unsealed? They just released the seal on him? Did they not care about his power? He could kill them all!?
The human pointed to the side and… oh. Wait. Was that for him?
Isobu stared at the little bits of… something on the little platform.
The human put one of them in his mouth and… oh. Food?
The human indicated at him and… oh? Food for him?
Really?
Isobu opened his mouth for the human to walk over to him and put the things in his mouth. He swallowed and the mini-hims proceeded to devour the… oh. Wow. That… that was delicious.
He… he would be ok with maybe not destroying them if they had more?
Isobu stared at the little human in front of him. He was so shocked that he had forgotten to close one of his eyes as he usually did to protect the one vulnerable part of his body that he had.
He looked down at the human who was waiting for his answer.
He had spent the last few cycles of the sun learning the language of the humans while also trying to maintain his own independence. He didn't want to be made into a pet... the whole being sealed into a human thing was not something he wanted. But at the same time, he didn't want to be made into a prisoner again with the wood thing.
So he had learnt the language, he had practiced and he had a good time with it. It wasn't so bad really… and he got food. Which admittedly was part of the reason why he was here. They were giving him lots of food and… he liked food. As in proper food, the stuff that they were feeding the humans.
In the last few weeks, he had developed a… particularly deep love for things seafood. Sure he ate fish in the ocean, but when he could eat properly prepared fish without all the little things like guts and eyes… it had opened his stomach to the possibilities of the world. He… he had not known that the world was so vast, that things were so beautiful and that he had been so blind.
He could not fathom why none of the other tailed beasts saw this and in turn, he had been a willing convert.
Which didn't mean that he was going to give up his independence!
No, he was going to be independent and strong… and maybe accept a meal every now and again? It was work. Trying to resist, saying no to things, trying to resist it when they brought out a full tuna that was cut into slices for him and… he tried. He was trying and trying.
But it was so very hard. So very hard to resist.
Maybe he could do something that would justify all of this food he was getting. He didn't want to do all of this for free, that was just bad.
Perhaps… perhaps he could use his powers in some way?
The human had asked him what was he could do with his powers and Isobu felt a little ashamed that all he could do was blow things up.
Except. Maybe.
I can create Coral he wrote into the ground with his finger. The human motioning up to the other humans up above the little house they made for them to be able to look down and read out the words.
It was an ingenious system and he was glad that they thought of it, being able to communicate to them was something that he had been wanting to do for ages now. Being able to communicate at all was great, he could potentially made friends now!
Isobu was enjoying his life, just doing nothing, just enjoying the feeling of being a giant turtle as it cruised through life. That was until he remembered that he was taking advantage of them and that was pretty bad itself.
"In that case, why don't you help us?" Said the human and Isobu had stared at him. He wanted Coral? What for? It was just coral?
He could make water, wasn't that more important?
But no, they wanted Coral.
He shrugged and listened to the human explain what it was that they wanted him to do.
Isobu had listened and marvelled, these humans really weren't that bad after all. They had figured out a use for his coral that he had never thought of before. Using it to build fishing enclosures and farms in the ocean, a way to make even more delicious food for him to eat.
He had been very happy at that. Very happy indeed.
First, they would need to get to the ocean in the first place. The Human asked if he would follow and Isobu said yes. He was an employee now, after all, he would help the farms and they would pay him in food. It was a great plan, the best of plans.
He smiled at that.
He was now a functioning member of society, he was sure that if he had parents they would be really proud of him.
As he waddled through the forest and the like following the human, he made sure to avoid stepping on all of the little square things filled with water, they were for growing rice and he loved rice.
All the humans he saw on the road weren't afraid of him which was nice, they even waved at him and patted him when he walked past. Or so he thought, he could hear the sounds but his skin was too thick to feel it. But the thought was nice.
There were even some humans on his head! They were little ones, children he had been told. All of them laughing and jumping around and smiling and stuff.
Isobu was having a great