Chapter 57: Chapter 57 - K
There was something captivating about how the sun slowly comes to be in the sky, with its light, warm colors and lazy ascend. The sounds surrounding the trees increased steadily even in the middle of the cold of winter, leaves looking sad and dead but not as much as they did when he came into this world. The days are getting longer, a sign of spring being near if the similarities between their worlds also follow the stations.
Kurama, even with the desperation filling his chest, still takes his time to watch the dawn, almost religiously, every day. He finds solace in its view, though perhaps it's the beast in him, the one that is a fox as well as a being made of chakra, who makes him awake at early hours, just to catch some sight of the rising sun in the same way the patches of light across the ground in cold weather turns him drowsy and lazy with its warmth, making him yearn to not have a goal to pursue so he could just lay and rest, let the nice heat caress his fur.
However, he knows that even if he tried to reach that comfort, he won't be able to truly enjoy it, so it's better to not let his thoughts dwell in them. Not now.
Perhaps when he finds Naruto and can assure himself of his health with his own eyes and senses, he will be able to enjoy the benefits of what being outside a human offers. Before the whole jinchuriki ordeal came into the human's minds, he used to pass the time in clearings, surrounded by trees similar to the one he currently is, just lying on the grass, napping. Those didn't have the noise he finds now in nature, though that most likely was caused by the anger and hatred his own chakra possessed, scaring the animals away. Now, that he has shall he dare say it, mellowed, and malice doesn't to him like a second skin, no one is scared of him anymore.
It probably helps that he's not as big as an apartment complex, too.
"Do I want to ask why you're sulking to that beetle?"
Eyes not leaving the small insect who is being bold enough to try to rest on his ears, he glances up at Tyrese, "I'm not the one who is suicidal enough to not recognize a predator when it sees it. That's why I hate insects."
His sister, who has been packing behind them, lifts her head up, "Hate is a strong word, isn't it? Some hate a specific one or two, but all insects?"
Snapping his teeth at the flying monster, Kurama growls, "They remind me of a younger sister. She's an energetic annoyance on a good day."
He sees the siblings exchanging a look. "Your… 'sister' reminds you of an insect?"
"She is a seven-tailed beetle."
"… Of course. That's reasonable."
Kurama stands when the beetle finally flies away. He looks at Tasha before his eyes go to where the others have finished packing. "Is everyone ready?"
He receives a nod as an answer and with little else to add, he turns around, showing his back, to carry the heaviest bag. The car stopped working two days ago and they've been reduced to walking. Kurama is not weak anymore and has gained some height, so he's doing anything he can to hurry their slow pace. He knows that he currently would have better chances of searching alone, but he also accepts that Sophia needs companionship from others like her. Since he can remember, humans have worked better in communities. They're a weak species that gains from forming alliances, unlike himself.
Thus he stays because anytime that he seriously considers leaving, he only has to look at her resolute stance and bright determined eyes to make his resolution crumble. He just knows that if he leaves her and Naruto finds out, he would look at him with disappointed eyes. The boy is quick to anger but, while he can deal with his temper, is his disappointment usually laced with the understanding that is the hardest to deal with.
Probably is because of the itch so similar to the guilt he feels whenever the humans he finds himself surrounded with asking for a rest, that when he catches an annoyingly familiar scent his irritation only growls, making his fur stand to no end and tense the muscles underneath, making his posture go as tight as a string.
"Stand up. Rest is over."
Ben, who was leaning against a tree, groans. "Can you give us a couple of minutes? We've been walking for hours, you know?"
His face is covered with an arm. He hasn't seen how strung he is, hasn't heard his warning.
Adam snorts. "Not to complain, but Ben's right. If we're going to encounter some walkers, we need to at least be able to run."
"Dad's with me, see?"
"I said stand up, everyone!" he snaps and that does it. Ben immediately grabs his weapon, as does everyone else before moving closer to each other until their backs are at arm's length. The humans are no longer afraid of him but there's still a certain wariness he senses on them that has not yet faded. Still, they trust his instincts. It has saved them a couple of times now.
"A horde?" Tasha asks.
"No. Something worse," he growls, his head turning from side to side, before tilting it upwards. "Grab your bags."
"Then what's wrong?" Sophia asks, voice slightly breathless from moving too quickly to go for the long metal stick she now carries.
"Him," he says, pointing up at the branch of a tree where not a second later that cursed Uchiha appears, legs slightly bent and eyes as disinterested as they always are. Though there's a tiny smirk on his lips now, more amused than surprised.
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