The next day was much the same as the first for Naruto only without him having to listen to the council. Instead Temari had woken him up and taken him out to breakfast and afterwards had asked for a spar. He found out that the girl was quite good with Fuuton jutsu and her fan. She and Naruto had eventually swapped some jutsu with each other as well as compared notes on their uses for wind chakra.
He had also spent some time with Gaara. And he could honestly say that he had never had a more… amusing, was the appropriate word, time. Naruto had introduced his red haired friend to the fine dish that was ramen. It was to his surprise and great joy that the Suna Jinchuuriki loved the dish almost as much as he did, between the two of them they had devoured upwards of sixty bowls, causing the ramen stand owner there no small amount of shock, nor joy when he had received the money for making the food.
After that they had walked around the village and talked about Jinchuuriki things, comparing notes on Bijuu. Naruto had also asked about how well his suppression seal had worked and was assured by Gaara that it worked perfectly.
Another amusing thing was all of the looks the pair were getting. Naruto, with his rambunctious attitude was almost always cracking jokes, laughing and just having a good time. Seeing someone like him with Gaara, who said ninja was not trying to kill and actually talking with and listening to said blond telling jokes, was something of a shock for the village populace who was used to having him as a psychotic killer. Naruto actually hoped that this in some way made the people of this village realize that Gaara was just as human as they were, and was deserving of their respect.
Other than that not much else had happened with the soul exception of Kyuubi telling him some more about herself. This time it was about how she had gained a human form. Turns out that the only reason Kyuubi had managed to gain this form was because family of humans.
Flashback…
'I had noticed them at the edge of the forest,' Kyuubi said as she lay down in the bed and closed her eyes. "I instantly recognized them of course, I had seen quite a few humans before them," She frowned for a moment, "by that time I had gotten rather tired of having to deal with their constant attacks and had been looking for some way to get them to stop without having to sully my hands with the task of killing them." Naruto sweat dropped as he heard the last bit.
"I watched as the two adults watched the small little girl running around and as I watched them an idea began to form in my head, if I could look human then those damn humans would never bother me again." Kyuubi turned her head to see Naruto leaning against the wall right next to her, "I wasn't really sure to go about the task of creating a human body, but as I watched the girl I became curious, I had wondered to myself, what would it be like to be that little girl?"
"I didn't think you would care to wonder about such things," Naruto commented.
Kyuubi sighed, "I do get curious about some things Naruto-kun. My fox form was not just random chance occurrence. From what I understand each Bijuu's form is based on one or more of the primary aspects of their personality. I am a fox, I was blessed with incredible intelligence and cunning as well as a curiosity about things I see and don't understand."
"I thought cats were the curious ones."
"Cats and foxes are distantly related," Kyuubi said before frowning, "at least I think they are, I never really studied animal anatomy so I could be wrong."
Kyuubi paused for a moment before continuing, "Normally I'm able to control my curiosity but at the time my mind was also wondering how I could create a human body for my own use. Anyways, as I watched them my body began to shrink and I began to change. Before I knew it I was an exact replica of that little girl I had been watching."
"After that I had come out of the forest and mimicked what the girl was doing, seeing me the family decided to take me in and raised me."
"Do you ever miss them?" asked Naruto, curiosity clear in his voice.
"Of course not," Kyuubi scoffed as she shook her head. "I had never really gotten attached to them, they were humans and though I looked like one I was not." A smirk graced the redhead's lips, "I think they always knew something was different about me, I was much more reserved than their daughter and did not like to be held or even touched. I tolerated it at the time because I was trying to learn how humans interacted with each other, it was one of the key gaps of information I had on humans."
"You know, you still don't seem to know much about human interaction," Naruto replied dryly.
"I didn't say I cared enough to interact with humans myself," Kyuubi shot back. "I had only observed them for the most part. Once I had gotten all the information I felt was necessary I began to manipulate them as I saw fit. I would manipulate my 'parents' into treating me like I was the queen of the house and my sister was essentially my servant and go between for other humans that were not a part of my…family."
"Once my body began to come into its teenage years I began to expand my influence. I had learned rather early on that the boys would cut off their own arms just to be near me. I ended up using my beauty and charms to influence them as well, my influence continued to expand in the small town I essentially grew up in until I practically ruled it."
Kyuubi shrugged as she ended her story, "In the end when I had lived with them for seventeen years learning all I could about how I could best use humans; then I left, and I never looked back."
"And so your form now is that of the girl who you had gained the image of?" asked Naruto, he did not comment on her life, he knew enough about Kyuubi not to get angry about her manipulative ways. It was just the way she was and there really wasn't much point in getting angry anymore.
"No, this is my form," she replied, "as I grew up my looks began to differ from hers and as I changed forms I would take on specific physical aspects of the person I changed into until my form became complete."
"So you can transform into another person? Did you do that often?" asked Naruto.
Kyuubi laughed, "I have always been changing how I look to suit my needs. I had found out that I hold the ability to shape shift, I believe it is something that only I can do; though you can to a certain extent as well."
Naruto blinked for a moment before he realized what she was talking about, "You mean my Kage Henge?"
Kyuubi nodded, "Yep! Anyways, this form that you see before you is actually my body's representation of myself. My complete form if you will that I gained sometime around fifty years after I left the people who raised me. I always have this 'base' human form that I return to after transforming into whoever I have previously. Whenever I disengage my transformation this is what I become."
"And what about the tails and ears? Those aren't part of your base form are they?"
"No," Kyuubi admitted, "but I dislike having to hide them, I did so when I traveled but since I am stuck here I have no need to hide my appendages."
Naruto looked thoughtful as he went over what she told him in his head, "So have you ever transformed into a guy before?"
"Nope. I tried once, but for some reason I was never able to do it," Kyuubi paused and hummed thoughtfully. "I'm not really sure why but my theory is that, when I first transformed into a human, it was into a girl. I grew up being 'raised' as a girl while I was in my first human form. This gave me a female perspective. Because of that, even though I am technically just a mass of youki, I have the mindset of a woman and therefore am a woman."
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