"Ko- kon cries the mighty Kurama."
He sighed, unfolded his front hands and folded them the other way then rested his head and yawned deeply , his deep sigh coming off as a hundred beasts roaring . Though sealed as he was within the boy, no one was there to hear it and tremble in fear.
That seriously ticked him, but no sense complaining . The fourth Hokage did one hell of a job on that seal, he was a far cry from being able to unhinge himself from its hold on him.
He opened on blazing red eye and looked up. Of course, given that he was in the boy's mindscape which reflected his deepest emotions, all there was to look at was dirty sewer pipes with skinking murky water. But his vision pierced further than that and went to his host.
The boy was training again ...no, he had been training for quite a while it seemed. His body was drenched in sweat and cuts stung from all over. His chest burned and heaved and his breaths came in sharp wheezes.
He stayed that way for a minute , leaning on his knees and regaining his breath before he stood straight and made a cross hand seal.
"Alright , one more time, shadow clone Jutsu !" He yelled. There was a burst of smoke next to him and another Naruto Uzumaki appeared.
"Let do it boss!" th clone yelled before running towards the original withi a fist swinging. The original immediately responded and together they went down in a mess of kicks and punches.
The tailed beast scoffed and closed his eye. What an ineffective way of training. Using yourself to train yourself will ultimately help you master your moves but it would do no good in pointing out your mistakes. All the brat was doing was being repetitive , which was really sad considering he wasn't even doing all that for himself .
Kurama sighed as his mind involuntarily went back to the fight the brat had with his teammate.
An Uchiha.
A tremor passed through the mighty tailed beast. Sasuke Uchiha. That brat actually managed to awaken the full maturation of the sharingan during his battle with Naruto. While it wasn't abnormal to do hat, it was abnormal how fast he got accustomed to using his matured sharingan. Those eyes of his were more perceptive than anything Kurama had ever seen, and honestly , it made the Fox very uncomfortable.
Looking at what his host was doing right now was more than assurance that they would meet again with the uchiha, and Kurama would bet his life on the fact that next time the did, the uchiha brat would have enough potential to pull a Madara on him. He already had that done to him twice, what's another round of being ripped out of an Uzumaki and made to rampage against his will, eh? Thinking about that made his head start to throb. That damned sharingan.
He sighed again when he fet his host fall down.
"If he continues like that, he won't amount to anything . He's just wasting his time."
"Heeeey! What the hell is that supposed to mean!"
To be honest , the nine tailed Fox was surprised to hear his host yelling in front of him part of him just wished he had imagined the annoyingly stupid sound that was produced by the yellow haired brat. Long periods of isolation were bound to cause insanity after all, so he kept his eyes closed waited for sleep to claim him.
"I asked you what you meant by that you smelly old Fox!"
He slowly opened his eye and lo and behold, the object of his absolute annoyance stood before him. He was seriously not in the mood today. He sighed.
'Maybe if i aswer him he'll go away' But he'd stayed within the brat long enough to know that was a foolish thought. If there was one flaw Naruto Uzumaki had was curiousity and the need to not give up. Quite the annoying flaw, especially in this situation.
Though, looking at the boy and his tardiness about most topics, Kurama couldn't help but feel a little hopeful. Perhaps there was a way he could turn this to his favor.
"I meant what I said you brat. If you continue with the way you're training now, you won't amount to anything."
"You don't know that!" the boy yelled.
"Will you quit it with the yelling! I have ears the size of your hokage monument! I can hear your cells dividing, don't yell you stupid brat!"
"Then don't call me a stupid brat you damned fox!" the boy yelled back.
"Seriously , of all the people I had to be sealed in, it had to be you?" the fox groaned, his ears lain flat against the sides of his face.
"Well I didn't ask for this either, the least you could do is cut me some slack, dammit!"
"Just leave me be boy. I'm already in a foul mood and your presence is making it worse."
"Not until you take back what you said."
"And if I don't ?"
"Then I'll prove you wrong. I'll amount to something, without your help."
""You don't need to prove anything to me brat. You're already a failure and you know it. Even with my power you couldn't beat the Uchiha brat, what makes you think without it you could do it when you find him. It's already been a year since you left with the pervert sage and all he has you doing is basic taijustu. The Uchiha brat had the eyes of someone who wouldn't be satisfied with just mere strength. He will become strong, waaaay stronger than you. He will look for that strength everywhere until he finds it. Frankly , you don't have the same desperation he does."
"Hell yeah I do! I made a promise to bring him back to the village and I sure as hell will!"
"A promise!" The fox scoffed, the sound coming like an explosion to the young boy's ears " don't make me laugh brat! You think that measures up to the amount of rage the Uchiha has! Tell me boy, you saw just how powerful those eyes were, even with your enhanced speed, he could easily keep up with you and even counter. Two years from now, do you still think he will have the same abilities he has? And think about yourself , is there really much of a difference since you left? All you have learnt by now is to dispell genjutsu and fight a chunin properly. You won't amount to anything , brat!"
"Still, I won't fall to using your chakra!"
The Fox's eyes narrowed at his host. His temper was rising more steadily than usual. Sure, if the boy asked for his chaka willingly then all he had to do was flood him with it, weaken the seal and voila, especially now with the Pervert sage in one of his missions away. But the brat was stubborn as always . It was time to take a different approach . A plan that he wasn't really conscious of was already forming in his mind and Kurama had to hold back the chuckle at that.
"You think I'd even give you my chakra after that embarrassing defeat!" he growled banging his head on the gates, making the entire mindscape tremble with his rage. He adopted a more mournful expression and slapped his face to add effect " oh, the endless mocking I will recieve. My stupid host couldn't even properly utilize a single tail worth of chakra and got his ass handed to him, how the mighty nine tailed fox has fallen."
"Hey you don't have to rub it in like that." the boy mumbled and looked away.
And there it was. The shame of failure. Kurama really struggled to contain the grin that almost split his lips. This was almost too easy.
"Oh but I do my stupidly weak host. All this time you've been aimlessly 'training' without putting into thought exactly how you are going to overcome your opponents abilities. You're beyond pathetic Uzumaki Naruto."
The boy tched and clenched his fists so hard they bled. He could see the turmoil within him, the desperation within him building up. Just a little more egfing it seemed.
"I will not be sharing my chakra with such an incompetent host. Leave my presence boy and don't come back." he growled, lay his head back on his paws and closed his eyes.
"Well what the hell am I supposed to do huh! The pervy sage is on his missions most of the time doing Kami knows what, Kakashi sensei never spared his time to teach me like he did sasuke, Sakura is trained by the old granny personally. I'm the one who picked the worst sensei to train me fulltime, all I got is myself to polish up on my skills. So what the hell am I supposed to do, i mean, there's only so far i can get with scrolls and manuals. Aaaah, my life is a mess!"
Kurama sighed and looked at the boy, making sure the intensity of his stare could be felt by th boy. The boy stared back, his eyes rigid with helplessness and rage.
"Fine, I'll help you" Kurama said, making a sour expression to show he was not happy doing this. Gullible brat, he almost snickered" but I will not be giving you my chakra."
"Then how-"
"Silence!" the Fox thundered" I will teach you how I control my chakra, and you will use that method to refine your chakra usage. My method of control will ensure yur chakra supply will never run out and open a whole new realm of jutsu for you."
The boy narrowed his eyes at him, obviously still full of distrust which was weird considering he was a sucker for new jutsu. But what choice did he have?
"What's in it for you ?" he asked, his voice dripping with caution. Hmmm, probably not as gullible as he thought.
"I hate Uchihas, and I hate their damned dojutsu. I want you to win against him next time you meet." and also for you to loosen this seal for me so I can escape, but he obviously didn't say that. Half truths were the best.
"Hmmm."
"If you don't believe me you can go back to your pointless clone training till your pervert sage comes back."
The boy was silent for a while, his arms folded and eyes closed before he looked back at him and nodded.
"What's the first step?"
The Fox sat up and grinned down at his host, making sure all his fangs were visible.
"We are going to start by making you blind brat ,You up for that?"