Well hello! Here is a new chapter of Naruko's secret-fanfiction. A little inspiration has been sought for this from Detective Conan, Mahou no Choco, Detective Conan-manga, When Marnie Was There, and Sakurahime no Kaden, whose rights I do not own. See you in the next chapter.
Sasuke, and Sakura looked at Naruko locked inside the crystal case in disbelief.
"Did you have to open your mouth, and being so aggressive towards Naruko, pinky? On the other hand, you've always been the type, who jumps straight into action without thinking about the consequences, when you get angry, and you have often attacked others, mainly attack Naruko while you're in that state of mind. So it's no wonder that Naruko doesn't want to tell you now, and to Sasuke," Kurama said.
"You're Kyubi. Where's Naruko?" Sasuke asked almost fearing the answer.
Sakura, on the other hand, seemed to have lost her ability to speak after remembering, how often her had done just that, which Kurama had just talked about.
"Naruko is now hidden in her own world," Kurama said.
"What do you mean?!" Sakura asked. "Tell us!"
"Every human has her own, her inner world, which other people cannot normally invade to disturb the owners of those worlds. Due to your recent actions, Naruko was out of sorts, and shut you out on purpose, hiding in your own world. If I had time, so I could try to find him. However, Naruko's inner world has grown, as her herself has grown, like the inner world of other people," Kurama said.
"Why can't you go find her?!" Sakura asked.
"You really take her for granted. That would leave her body unprotected, even from this of what is around him now, and despite the crystal case protecting her, so you could try to kidnap her," Kurama said. "Or haven't you already caused her enough grief with your recent actions? Do you perhaps enjoy torturing her that much?"
"We don't torture her, for we want to help her. We could monitor her body while you try to find her," Sasuke said. He now felt like, that he didn't understand anything.
"You are an Uchiha, and now you are even my jinchuriki's enemy. No. You are now even the enemy of my jinchuriki's future child, for it was you who caused this situation to the mother of that child," Kurama said looking at Sasuke murderously.
"We are not their enemies!" Sakura yelled.
"Don't you? You pinky, you have often treated Naruko like a doormat, and you are no better case, Uchiha. When you left Konoha to get power from Orochimaru, so you tried to kill Naruko while fighting in Shumatsu no Tani, when Naruko tried to bring you back to Konoha, when that annoying pinky asked Naruko to. Where to bet, that neither of you then cared one bit about it, that what Naruko felt then, or that in what danger was he then? Because of that behavior, it's no wonder, that Naruko doesn't want you to know, what her feels. Among other emotions, people have hidden emotions, of which they themselves are not always aware, or remember, what they do, when they are afraid of those feelings. But some other people, which includes Naruko, aware of their own, their hidden feelings, and hide those feelings on purpose, because of the fear of receiving nasty reprimands from others. Naruko deliberately hid some of her feelings from you, so that you could not rebuke him. Naruko managed to hide some of her feelings from you, but not from me, for I have been inside Naruko ever since, when her was a baby her's father sealed me to Naruko hoping, that Naruko would stop Obito, which Naruko eventually managed to do thanks to the support her received from her friends, and when the Yondaime Hokage sealed me inside Naruko, so the Yondaime Hokage hoped, that Naruko would be treated as a hero. But really Naruko was neglected, for the people of Konoha did not know that, that Obito caused my invasion of Konoha, resulting in Naruko becoming my jinchurikin. That's why you participated in Naruko's neglect at first, before you befriended him, and along with earning your friendship Naruko had to earn others as well, acceptance of the people of Konoha, where he eventually succeeded. You said you were going to forcibly bring Naruko back to Konoha just recently, and you chased him here without any thought for his feelings, treating him badly. And you have often mistreated Naruko, and used her for your benefit at the same time. Even just now you said you knew her secret, pinky," Kurama said. "Naruko specifically didn't want you to know her secret. Can such behavior, how have you guys been treating Naruko lately to even call it true friendship?"
"I had no choice, so that I could understand her feelings! Of course Naruko can talk to us! Why not?!" Sakura asked.
"I agree that, that friends should be able to talk to each other about some things. It might be good for Naruko to talk to you too, Uchiha. Sasuke. Sasuke, i don't like your clan, because of Madara. I once told Naruko like this:
"I can't stand Madara. I'd rather help you, like I'll end up in his hands". Madara only saw me as a weapon, and said to me long ago thus:
"Kyubi, you are only a momentary life, temporary existence of fused energy...energy, who once was one, final shape! Unstable power, having no intelligence or sapience, you need a guide to show your purpose. That guide is an Uchiha! Bijus are but slaves to those, having blessed eyes. Obey me!"
You are Naruko's friend though, which is clear. However, I don't do something, which is against her will, even if it's stupid. I owe Naruko that much. After all, people have hidden feelings, what I already told you, and sometimes they do some things even unconsciously, when they are in the grip of those emotions, which they may not even remember later, or they are just trying to suppress the feelings they are hiding, like Naruko is doing now. They do it to avoid arguments, or from hurting others's feelings. The same clearly cannot be said for the two of you. Have you ever thought, that what Naruko might be feeling, when her's around you?" Kurama asked. "At least I don't remember hearing anything like that, because I've been watching Naruko ever since, when her was a baby. Now let me ask you something, Sasuke. Why have you ever been mean to Naruko? You say you understand her loneliness, but you have done next to nothing to ease her loneliness. Instead, her had to struggle to gain your friendship. True friendship has to be earned. Some people are only pretending to be kind to others, and exploit others at the same time. I told you once not to hurt Naruko, or else you will regret it. I guess you didn't listen to me at all then, for it is not in your nature to listen to sermons".
Sasuke's eyes widened, as he heard the warmth in Kurama's voice as Kurama talked about his jinchuriki. Kurama had really become friends with Naruko. Sasuke had always assumed, that Biju hated Naruko. He had assumed so even after the last war ended, even though he knew Kurama, and that Naruko is on better terms now, but Sasuke had never expected to hear such tenderness in Kurama's voice.
Sasuke took a few, a hesitant step forward, and then fell on his knees to the ground bowing:
"Let me try to find her, and talk to her. I kind of feel like, that this is somehow related to me. Let me speak to Naruko, and try to reconcile with her".
Sakura, and Kurama looked at Sasuke in shock. You didn't see something like this every day. Proud Uchiha Sasuke, who had trouble even asking for simple things, bowed to Kurama asking for a chance to speak to Naruko.
Sakura nodded, and decided to follow Sasuke's insignia:
"You're right about that, that I haven't had time to think about Naruko's feelings lately, but it ends now. I want to hear, what Naruko really has to say. Konoha feels dark without her. I want Naruko to come home, because I, and we villagers miss her".
Kurama smiled after trying to find some ulterior motive as he looked into the duo's eyes:
"It's not every day you see something like this. Uchiha, who bows to me to find my jinchuriki, with whom both of you have quarreled very often. Maybe I can try to let you find her. But even in front of you two I won't leave her body unprotected, although this crystal enclosure now protects my jinchuriki from external attacks. I don't know exactly that, that where he is hiding. It's just deep down, even deeper than my old prison, from which I have watched her inner world for a very long time. You can get lost, and you may never return. Are you still going to look for her?"
Sasuke, and Sakura nodded.
"Hmph! Alright then, but before that you have to get to 7-Mein past the tests the members gave you," Kurama said, as he saw the crystal in Naruko's necklace still glowing.
"7-Mein?! Who are you talking about?" Sakura asked.
"Of the spirit beings left behind by Uzumaki Ashina, who promised to lend their powers to Naruko after her found all of the 7-Mei members," Kurama said disappearing from the surface of the crystal case. "Ashina was the leader of Naruko's clan, and Naruko's ancestor, before the Uzumaki-clan was destroyed. Ashina hid the members of 7-Mei in some places, where Naruko recently traveled to wait for it, that Ashina's descendant would find them at some point".
Then 7 spirit beings appeared Sasuke, and Sakura to the front at the same time, when Naruko's necklace created a large castle around Naruko's crystal case, closing at the same time outside Sasuke, and Sakura's castle.
"Until then, until Naruko-sama says otherwise, then we consider you our enemies. We will do everything we can to protect Uzumaki Ashina's descendant from you," The red haired spirit creature said closing the outer doors of the castle. He then kept the key in the necklace around his neck after locking the outer doors of the castle with said key.
"You must get this key from me, if you want to find Naruko-sama in that Shura Yuugenden Palace," The red haired spirit being said pointing to the key hanging from his necklace.
The crystal case around Naruko turned to lie on the bed in the top room of the tower of the Shura Yuugenden Palace, as that Naruko's back was against the bed in question.