Naruto: Winds and Changes

Naruto had to resist the rather large urge to snort, 'try not to get used to it… I doubt I'm in my right mind right now. And while I… while I won't deny that you are very physically attractive, it will take a long time before I would consider speaking of you in such an intimate manner were my currently screwed on right. It will take more the a pretty face for me to be friendly with you.'

Within the seal Kyuubi frowned for a moment. She supposed she should have expected him to give out that kind of response, it was a natural reaction people had to someone hurting them as much as she had hurt Naruto. But, 'you know I am trying to be nice to you…'

'… I know,' Naruto sighed, 'I do realize that, but you are also the cause of a lot of problems that I have no clue how to deal with right now.' He felt an odd fluctuation in his seal, it felt almost like a brief flicker of irritation and slight depression, only it was not his. However he put any thoughts on the odd sensation out of his mind for the moment.

The Hokage had to take a moment to register that new information, he decided to file it under the 'too troublesome to open' section of his brain. "How can you be sure that it's not just a trick? The Kyuubi is a malevolent and cunning being. One who nearly destroyed Konoha I might add."

Naruto shook his head, "I'm sure she's genuine." He looked over at his surrogate grandfather, "at the very least I do know that she cannot influence me due to the seal, she admitted herself, not in so many words and she was rather... erm angry at the time because of it, so I doubt she had a reason to lie. She also told me that her helping me is a matter of self-preservation, if I die she dies and she does not want to die right now… or ever for that matter."

"I see…" Sarutobi trailed off as he began to think on what he had just heard.

'Naruto…' Kyuubi's voice came in tentatively.

Naruto blinked at the odd tone she used, 'yes Kyuubi?'

'I… look, tell your Hokage that my attack…' Kyuubi paused and Naruto had a feeling she was trying to admit to something that she was either ashamed of or did not want getting out. His thoughts were confirmed a moment later when she spoke again, 'tell him that my attack was not of my own making.'

'Not of your own making?' asked Naruto in a tone laced with curiosity, 'what do you mean 'not of your own making'?'

'Look I… that attack was not my handiwork. Remember what I told you, I may not like humans, but I don't care for bringing myself to kill them. It's simply beneath me to even bother with such a thing.'

'So you're saying someone else attacked Konoha?' Naruto asked incredulously, 'and what, you just happened to be there and knocked over a few buildings, killed a few hundred people?'

Kyuubi growled at the blond, 'look! It wasn't my fault! I was under a…' Naruto heard a sigh from the mindscape before the red head started in a softer voice, 'I was not in control of my actions at the time ok? There was… someone who was capable of casting a high level genjutsu that controlled my actions.'

Naruto put a thoughtful frown on his face as he listened to Kyuubi's defense about her actions. It took him a minute to formulate a response and when he did his answer surprised him, 'I believe you.'

'You do?' asked Kyuubi who was also surprised, even more so than the blond who said it.

'Yes,' Naruto thought about his reasoning before giving out more information, 'honestly your attack never really made sense. I mean, I sort of just assumed that Bijuu were simply mindless beasts, but your obvious not…' he paused and this time he could clearly feel Kyuubi's shock through the seal, he wondered on that for a moment before shaking his head and getting back on track. 'So given what you've told me it only makes sense.'

For a long moment Naruto did not hear anything from the vixen in his head. He was about to talk to Sarutobi and inform him of what he knew when, '…thank you.'

'You're welcome,' Naruto responded.

"Ojisan," Naruto said, getting the aging Hokage to shake his thoughts away and focus on the young blond before him.

"Yes Naruto-kun?"

"I believe this may help you come to better terms with what I told you already. Kyuubi was not responsible for the night of the attack; I guess you could say she was not herself."

"Wasn't herself?" Sarutobi questioned. "What do you mean wasn't herself?" He watched as Naruto's eyes glazed over for a moment. He must be speaking with the Kyuubi, the old Hokage reasoned.

"She said it's ok to tell you. During her attack on Konoha, someone had cast a high level genjutsu that even she couldn't break out of and controlled her." Naruto shrugged, "I don't know who since she won't tell me, but apparently that attack wasn't really her fault. Kyuubi is of the belief that slaughtering a village of humans is a task that is beneath her, something that she would not do simply because she is a being of higher power and not one who would give into their baser instincts."

What he says would make sense, Sarutobi's hand twitched as he wished for his pipe. I have always wondered what had happened that night. With Minato there, there should have been no issue with the Kyuubi breaking free. Which means someone had to have released the Kyuubi, and I doubt they would have done that unless they were sure they could control it… her. Still this new information of Kyuubi being a female and not evil, or at least as evil as we were all led to believe is a contradiction to what I had been told. Mito-sama always said the Kyuubi was a hateful creature. Then again, I can't really imagine a being like Kyuubi attacking for no reason, especially if what Naruto says about 'her' general countenance towards humans is true.

He looked over at Naruto, In any event Naruto does not seem to be under any influence from the Kyuubi and Jiraiya said the seal was working perfectly when he checked it yesterday. In the end I will need to trust Naruto's judgment in this matter, since there is really nothing else I can do.

"Ojisan, are you alright?" Naruto asked, waving a hand in front of the Hokage's face, "You're still there right?"

"Huh? Oh yes Naruto-kun. I apologize, I was thinking for a moment," Sarutobi said.

"Riiiight." Naruto drawled out as he gave the venerable old man a smirk, "You do know that spacing out like that is a sign of old age? You might want to be careful."

"This coming from the one who continuously calls me old man, I would think that it wouldn't matter since you'll just call me out on being old anyways,"Sarutobi shot back.

"Touché." Naruto grinned, "So can I go now. I really want to get back to my shitty ass apartment so I can lie in my own crap bed, rather than the hospital ones."

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