Naruto stiffened as he looked at Kyuubi, "What do you mean…changed?"
"I mean you are no longer human," she said in a blunt tone, "the complete overdose of my youki, along with the enzymes invading your body has turned you into something other than human. I believe the closest term I can call you is Hanyou, your body while still at least half human has been changed to match that of a demon."
Kyuubi noticed the pale look on Naruto's face and smirked a little, "You are now half demon, half human, a hybrid between the two if you will."
Naruto felt his whole world sink with that knowledge. He was now exactly what the villagers always said he was, a demon. It did not matter if he was only half demon, the fact that he had somehow changed into even part of a demon was enough to send his whole world spiraling out of control.
"So the villagers were right…" Naruto mumbled as tears stung his eyes, "I am a demon."
Kyuubi watched the various emotions play upon the young man's face, and when tears started forming in his eyes she could not help but scoff.
"Do not be such a baby," When Naruto turned a glare on her she just glared right back. "And do not think I will stand for you glaring at me either, you are not even my equal much less my better, so you have no right to glare at me."
"No right? NO RIGHT!" Naruto shouted, "This is all your fault! I'm not even human anymore because of you! How can I ever hope to gain acceptance? Everyone I know will hate me now!"
"You should be thanking me," Kyuubi said in a calm voice, surprisingly not mad at his outburst. He may not be fully human anymore, but she knew enough about psychology that he would get angry at learning something like this. And while a part of her just wanted to taunt him and send him even further into despair, she could not afford to do that. Her survival now depended on his survival and she needed him to be strong.
"While it was not the most ideal solution, it was the only thing that would have worked to keep you from becoming enslaved to that man," Kyuubi explained calmly. "If I had another option I would have used it, but I didn't, nor did I know of this outcome. And trust me, if I had known you would become a hanyou I would have never done this."
Naruto took several deeps breaths as he tried to bring his emotions back under control, it was rather difficult with this new knowledge but he had long since mastered the art of hiding his emotions.
When he felt sufficiently calm he turned a gaze on Kyuubi, "How could you not have known I would not turn into this? And why would you have found another solution if you had known what would happen?"
"I am not all knowing," Kyuubi said, sighing a bit as she admitted to having faults. She did not like informing someone of this, but it was necessary to build some form of trust between them, which had now become imperative. "As powerful as I am, as intelligent as I am, even I do not know everything. This was just one of those things that I could not have foreseen."
There was a prominent pause as Kyuubi gathered her thoughts, "As for why I would have selected a different option to save you had there been one…" she paused again before grimacing, "now that you are a hanyou there are several problems that have arisen that…"
Kyuubi paused again as her eyes glazed over. Naruto saw this and was about to ask why she had stopped when the fox woman beat him to it, "We will have to continue this discussion some other time, it seems your friends are in danger."
Naruto's eyes widened as he jumped out of bed, "In danger! Damn it! I have to get out of here!" he looked at Kyuubi as he realized something, "How do I get out of here?"
Kyuubi sighed as she answered, "Just close your eyes and think yourself out, same for coming back only in reverse."
The blond looked at Kyuubi for a second before nodding. He closed his eyes and Kyuubi watched as Naruto faded out.
She stared at the spot he had left for a few moments before, "You know I'm surprised you did not reveal yourself. Are you afraid of what he will think when he finds you?" She spoke to what seemed like thin air, "Or is it that you are afraid of facing me?"
For a moment there was no sound. After a few second a feminine voice spoke up, "Do not think I fear you Kyuubi. You know as well as I that there is nothing you can do to me."
Kyuubi's lips thinned but she could not think of a suitable comeback. Instead she said, "Whatever, you should just consider yourself lucky that I have agreed to protect that child. My survival now depends on it."
"We both know that if it became necessary I could have forced you to protect him…"
Kyuubi snarled, "You may be safe for now, but do not think I won't find a way to make you suffer for your insolence."
Rather than get frightened the voice merely laughed, "We both know there is nothing you can do."
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