Naruto snarled at her and Kyuubi became surprised again when she saw Naruto's eyes morph from the blue orbs they had been, into a set of amethyst colored eyes with black slits running down the middle. His whisker marks began to thicken as well and purple youki began leaking out of Naruto's body. The power was not only surprising to Kyuubi, but due to the fact that she was still weakened from having used as much power as she had, it was also frightening.
The blond before her currently had more power than she did.
In an act of anger Naruto pushed off the wall and tackled the stunned and frightened Kyuubi to the ground. A gasp escaped the red-head's lips and she was surprised to feel pain when her back hit the floor. Looking up she saw Naruto with a fist cocked back, encased in a globe of purple energy and ready to smash it into her. She closed her eyes and for the first time in her life, she found herself afraid of another being. However as she waited for the blow she found herself surprised when it never came.
Opening her eyes Kyuubi looked into Naruto's and was startled to see his fist shaking. She looked from his fist to his face and saw that his teeth were grit in frustration and tears were trickling down his eyes. He looked like he was having some kind of inner battle with himself.
As if the surprises she had endured in the last few seconds was not enough, the hand Naruto was holding lost its purple glow, his features returned to normal and a choked sob escaped him. Finally the blond seemed to lose his strength and fell right on top of Kyuubi, where he proceeded to break down…crying right into her chest.
Had this happened any other time, Kyuubi probably would have been so royally pissed that Naruto would have likely been beaten so badly that it would have reflected in the real world and he would have required a bedpan. However the culmination of shock for what had transpired, fear for the power the blond had emanated and confusion about why he had not struck her when he had the chance kept Kyuubi from harming him. So instead of doing that, she just lay there and let the whisker marked blond cry.
After a while Naruto seemed to get a hold of himself and looked up to see Kyuubi staring at him with wide eyes.
"Sorry," he whispered in a hoarse voice before getting off of her and standing up. He held his hand out to Kyuubi who looked at it wearily for several long seconds before taking it.
"I don't understand," she said as she looked at the blond in complete confusion, "you could have killed me back there."
"I know," Naruto whispered. He was unsure how he knew, but somehow he knew that he could have killed Kyuubi right than had he wanted to. And he knew instinctively that unlike her, he was not dependent on her survival, not anymore since he had his own youki and no longer needed hers.
"Why didn't you?" asked Kyuubi as she tried to get a good look in his eyes, not that it did any good since his eyes were covered in shadow.
Naruto shook his head, "I don't know…I guess I just couldn't do it. Even though you ruined my life I…I guess I just couldn't bring myself to do it…"
Kyuubi looked at Naruto for a long time, studying the blond as if he were some kind of puzzle. After several minutes of searching for something she could not seem to find she spoke, "Thank you."
She had to forcibly make the words come out of her. Never before had she ever thanked another being for anything, doing such a thing was beneath her, to Kyuubi it should be others who thanked her for not ending their miserable existence. But right now the blond before her was currently more powerful than she was, not only that but she had felt what little power she did have being drained by the seal when he had gotten angry. Until she could figure out what that meant the vixen decided it would be wise not to anger Naruto.
Naruto looked at her for a moment before nodding, not really trusting his voice for the moment. It was silent after that as the two tried their best to look anywhere but at each other, that silence soon began to stretch and it was surprisingly Kyuubi who became uncomfortable with it.
"Look I…I know we didn't really get off on the right foot," Kyuubi frowned for a moment as she tried to find the right words for what she wanted to say. It was not easy for one such as her, one who had never really tried to get along with others. However she knew what needed to be done in order to ensure her continued existence, and like it or not this boy was the key.
"I know we got off on the wrong foot, and I know you don't like what's happened to you…"
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