Chapter 20: Kurama
In the evening, Raiden was walking through the streets of Konoha. He was going towards the playground to meet his friends as it's been a few days since he met them. He was always busy due to his training. But while he walking he heard a familiar voice on his left side coming from the corner of an alley. So he hurriedly went there.
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In the alley, before some time
"What do guys want from me? I just accidentally bumped into you while I was going to the playground. I already said sorry once." said a boy while defending himself.
"Ho! What will you do in the playground, it's not like anyone will play with you or befriend you so what's the hurry." said one of the two-man present while the other just smirked.
"Why? Why do you think no one will play with me? Even though I have friends and they play and spend time with me, why other people think that I do not exist and give me those stares? Why?" asked the yellow-haired boy while shouting at the two.
"Damm brat! You want to oppose me. I am a chunin. You are just that brat who everyone hates and because of you my brother died, don't you dare talk back to me.?" said the same person while beating naruto.
Trying to resist it Naruto tried to fight back but against them, he can't do much, so he bit the hand of the talkative ninja while giving him a death glare and grabbed the leg of the other Ninja.
"Damm brat! You wanted to know why are hated so let me explain it to you. You are the one who killed fou..." said the first ninja while shouting.
"Oye! keep quiet, do you want to get punished by the Hokage, you might not care about your ninja title or life but I do. So do me a favour and say nothing about that otherwise, I am out of here, its an S rank secret." interrupted the second ninja with a frown on his face.
"Ah! I got carried away. Sorry...." replied the first Ninja but before he could complete his sentence a kick sent him flying away. It was non-other than Raiden, he then turned towards other Ninja and beat him up with his taijutsu.
"Heh, quite a Ninja are you. Feeling pride in bullying an academy student but also get beaten by another student of the same class."
The two Ninja's were just newly promoted chunin so his few kicks and punches were enough to knock them out.
"Are you ok, Naruto?" he said while giving Naruto a hand who was laying on the road.
"Yeah, I am Ok, don't worry I am used to it." He said with a sad look.
"Ok, then let's go to the playground, others should be waiting," Raiden said before started walking towards the playground.
But before going he gave a glare in the direction of hidden Anbu which made them uneasy but they let it slide as even though Raiden defeated some new chunin, they were sure he couldn't detect them. As they were confident in their stealth abilities.
After that, both boys went to the playground and found other boys waiting for them. Hinata and Ino usually spent their 'girls time' with their friends and spent less time with boys.
First Hinata didn't want to go because Naruto was not there but Ino dragged her while giving her a reason that she already sit together with him in class and also train together with him for some time at Raiden's house daily. Hinata went with her reluctantly but later didn't complain because she could do her 'typical girls talk'.
Ino and Hinata also met Sakura and also saved her from bullies several times, also didn't discourage her about her forehead with made Sakura happy. Later the trio became besties and spent most of the time together.
Neji also comes to the playground daily to spend time with others and also to refresh himself from continuous training. But he did not come for a week after graduation as he was gathering more knowledge from the library as he became a Ninja now.
Today, he decided to meet their friends one last time before starting his ninja carrier because he will be busy in his missions and training with his teammates and teacher. So he will not be able to meet them often.
After Raiden and Naruto arrived, they all talked about various things about becoming a Ninja and others. Naruto and Choji were most excited after seeing the headband on Neji's forehead, while Shikamaru was also a little bit interested. They spent the whole evening talking and walking around Konoha streets. At dusk, they all went to their respective home but Raiden dragged Naruto to his house.
He felt bad for his friend as he was treated poorly in the village without even knowing the reason when the whole village knew about it.
After some time,
Raiden and Naruto were sitting opposite each other in their common training room.
"Hey, Would you tell me already why did you drag me here?" asked the confused yellow-haired boy.
"Ok, Can't you a little be more patient about it. Well anyway, do you want to know why other people treat you like this?" asked the blue-haired boy.
"huh..! Do you know about it? If you know about it then please tell me already. They all always look at me with those eyes and always treat me badly. Please tell me, if you know about it. Please!" Naruto asked with a pleading look.
While seeing the desperate and pleading look on his friend Raiden decided to show it to him.
"Sigh! You have just followed what I tell you ok. So Naruto, remember how I told you to concentrate your chakra while practising tree climbing." Naruto gave him a nod
"It is a bit different as instead of chakra you have to concentrate your mind. So now try to contrate your whole mind on your stomach."
[AN: Don't know how to enter Biju mindscape as in canon Naruto just appeared there without any explanation]
Naruto closed his eyes followed what his friend said. Just as he concentrated, Naruto appeared in some kind of dark basement with some kind of liquid all over the floor. It also had several piping networks on the bottom of the roof and some on the walls.
'What is this place? Where am I?'
"Grrrr..."
'What's that sound, its like an animal. Where the hell is Raiden'.
Just as he was about to call for him. He(Raiden) appeared in front of him.
"Hey! You finally appeared. What is this place? Where are... Your eyes?"
Currently, Raiden had his Byakugan active as there was no other way to appear in the mindscape of another person.
[AN: Just my speculation as Sasuke was only shown to meet biju in the mindscape of Jinchuriki except for other Jinchuriki's. The reason was Sharingan so I just decided to let Byakugan do the same.]
"Yeah, it's the same as Hinata and Neji. I just kept it secret for some reasons, that I will tell you in future when I will reveal it to others. And remember not to tell anyone until I say so."
"Hmm" replied the yellow-haired boy with a nod.
"Now on to your question. This is your mindscape. Follow me, you will understand more when we reach our destination."
Naruto gave a confused nod started to follow his friend.
After some time, the duo reached their destination. They were standing in front of a huge cage with red bars.
Naruto was silently staring at the huge fox who was sleeping behind the bars.
"Grr... Brat you dare, come here. Do you have a death wish?" The fox screamed with a hoarse voice while releasing a huge amount of killing intent.
Naruto was able to withstand it a little bit as being a Jinchuriki since birth his body and mind was able to cope up with it.
But for Raiden, it was completely different as it was his first time facing a killing intent, which was also rather huge as it was directed by Kyuubi.
But after a few moments, he got used to it as he has been training both mental and physical fitness since childhood.
"Naruto, he has been sealed inside you since your birth to stop him from going rampage on the village. You were used as a vessel to hold him from destroying the village. But villagers having IQ negative can't even know the difference between 200m long Nine-tailed fox and a child. They think you are Nine tails incarnation and think like a demon fox so they treat you badly."
Naruto was just staring at the huge fox with slight fear and contempt. It was hard for him to believe that Nine Tail fox which killed so many Ninja of the village and the fourth Hokage also died because of it, was living inside him. He then realized why everyone was like that to him for long since he can remember, it was all because of the fox.
"Don't misunderstand, he was also captured by humans was forced to battle in fights, used as a tool for war and sealed inside others for 'the greater good'. He was also lonely for a long time and was not able to make his own choice and was living as a slave." Raiden said after reading Naruto's face.
Naruto got confused after listening to his friend. He listened to everything but his most attention went on 'lonely' and 'was used as slave'. Naruto also remained lonely for a long time and was also used to get stares from others like he was some loathful thing.
"Graaa... Tell me brat how did you get here, why are your motives behind all this." Kurama said while glaring at Raiden
"Motives!... Well, I just wanted to show Naruto why he was hated by others and also to get to know you and get along."
"Gurr...A bratty human wants to know me and get along. How laughable, You humans are all the same, No matter how different say things but you all say the same things.
Get lost from here, I would have devoured you right at this instant but this gate won't open." Kurama said with disgust toward both of us.
"Hee. ! A Tsundere fox wants to devour me," Raiden said with a joking tone.
"What did you call me brat! If not for this gate You would already be in my stomach." Kurama said while releasing his red chakra out of the cage and tried to strangle Raiden with it. He just created room and dispelled it easily.
"You saying gate this, gate that. Don't worry I can come inside the gate if you really want to be with me that much." Raiden replied with a small chuckle.
"Brat! Don't get too high for yourself, If you dare to come inside then I may think of you as more than a bug, human. But if you come you won't be able to leave again."
*Click* *clomp* *click*.....
"Oye, Raiden where are you going, it's dangerous."
"Don't worry Naruto, a Tsundere fox won't be able to do much to me. And don't take his attitude as an offence, that's just his way of talking like you used to do prank to get people's attention. He is just a little bit Tsundere."
"Brat you talk too much. Good now that you are coming here, I will show why they all are scared of me."
Kurama was quite surprised by Raiden as a brat like him dare to come inside the cage.
'Is he stupid or courageous? No, humans are all stupid.' Kurama thought when Raiden stood in front of him. Raiden just stared at Kurama with a stoic face while Naruto also decided to stand with his friend as he didn't want him to go alone.
"Graaa... " Kurama got angry with the duo and waved his paw in their direction to crush them.
Naruto got scared, he wanted to leave right now but he didn't want to abandon his friend so he stood there and crossed his arms in his attempt to defend. Kurama gave a mocking smile to his host.
Just as his paw about to crush them, Raiden immediately created 'room' and performed some hand signs.
"Wind Style: Vaccum Slicing Blades jutsu"
A huge amount of air slashes were formed and went in the direction of the incoming. Due to the power of 'Room', these flying slashes cut the paw of the huge fox into several small pieces.
"Gurr...What did you do to me brat, how can that puny technique harm me? No, it's a little different I can feel my paw even when it is sliced. Graaa..." after saying that Kurama again decided to use his other leg's paw but the result was the same. Naruto was quite surprised after seeing his friends power.
'Man this really scary, I am just keeping calm but facing 200m long nine-tailed fox with his ominous chakra is really hard, I have to finish this and get out of here.' Raiden thought before making a wind blade in his hand.
He ran towards Kurama and made a flying slash to cut Kurama in half and jumped in front of the eye of one half, same as Naruto did in Shippuden.
"Don't worry Kurama, My name is Raiden I mean no harm, you can consider me as a friend if you want. And I am pretty sure Naruto will be able to become your friend in future." Kurama eyes open wide after listening to Raiden because the brat not only knew his name but also want to become a friend.
"Shut up brat. How do you my name? I say a lie, I will devour you whole and what did you do to me?"
Raiden just ignored him went to his friend who had stars in his eyes after watching the fight and not decided to head out of the cage.
"Raiden, what you did before was so cool. So can you teach me that so that I can also do that super cool jutsu?"
"Oii, Brat come back here and revert me otherwise...." Raiden just ignored Kurama and replied to Naruto.
"Sorry Naruto, It is my super-secret ninjutsu which only I can use, so I can't teach you. But maybe in the future, you can create your own if you befriend this Tsundere fox, he can help you in several ways." Naruto became sad at first but brighten up after listening to the end.
"Oy, brat co...."
"Don't worry Raiden at first I was scared and angry with him after listening to you and seeing your interaction with him, maybe Incan become his friend in future."
"Oye, brats you dare ignore me, I will....."
"So lets head back, just try to remove your concentration and think that you are not here and You will back again."
"Graaaa...Brat you will....." Kurama said in a loud voice but was interrupted in between.
"Hai hai, I will revert you but quit being so loud." After that Raiden reverted Kurama in his usual form and exited Naruto's Mindscape.
Naruto and Raiden talked to each other late at night. Raiden told him about his parents. How his father, Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to protect the village. Why it was kept secret for Naruto's safety? Raiden also promised to show his parents grave the next day.
It took Naruto a while to digest so much information but he cheered up again to his normal self to not let his friend see his sadness but Raiden being more mature immediately understood it.
After talking to each other for a long about various things and calming down a bit from inside Naruto decided to head home after saying goodbye.
"You might be a bit different brats so I might give you a chance but No matter what words they use ........Humans all say the same things," Kurama said before closing his eyes.
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[AN: That's the third pov with thoughts of others so is it better or I should keep the first person pov
and IDK why I am writing long chapters I want to write 1.3k to 1.7 k long chapters but I couldn't find a suitable ending in between so it turned out to be 2.7 k long ]
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