A/N: I have literally nothing to say today. I'm EXHAUSTED. My anxiety kept me up most of the night. I had to be up at 6 am, I got four hours of sleep. My anxiety fucked me hard all day. I finally had my Dr's appointment. Everything went GREAT. But I am fucking emotionally, mentally, and physically fucking tired. Oh. My. Fucking. God. SO TIRED.
So if this chapter sucks donkey ass, that's why and I apologize. Then again... I like this chapter, so... sorry, not sorry.
(No idea who the art belongs to. I love it. Enjoy its greatness.)
ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
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"Explain that again." Kakashi rubbed his forehead.
"I don't know how many more times I can tell you." Kurama flopped onto Kakashi's couch.
"You...and Naruto...are from the future? And you're both the Kyūbi but not?" Kakashi knit his brow.
"Yes. Well... I'm the original. But.. when we traveled back we got torn apart, mixed in a primal soup, and spat back out as we are now."
"That explains what Hibiki was talking about..." Kakashi sat back in his armchair.
"Mn..." Kurama pulled some of his hair over his shoulder, having pulled it from the bun. He played with the strands idly.
"So...the day I found Naruto..." One dark grey lifted.
"We...he...had just escaped Madara..." Kurama wouldn't look Kakashi in the eye.
Closing his eye he laid his head back. "Madara Uchiha..came back from the dead... started a massive war... Kidnapped Naruto... and...." He swallowed, unable to say the words.
"Raped us, repeatedly." Kurama finished for him. "For...almost a year, I'd guess. We never saw a calendar or the sky. No windows. And O-..." He looked away. "Our guard wasn't allowed to tell us anything, or they'd suffer incredible amounts of pain."
"Where was I when this happened? I would've never let Naruto get hurt like that..."
"Dead." The redhead looked up. "You'd been dead for a year or two. It...destroyed something in Naruto. Every death did..."
Kakashi frowned. "Who all died before you made the trip back?"
Kurama took a deep breath and sighed it out. "In order... Hiruzen Sarutobi, Asuma Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Neji Hyūga, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Hinata Hyūga, Rock Lee, Maito Gai, Kurenai Yūhi, Iruka Umino, Anko Mitarashi, Ino Yamanaka, Konohamaru Sarutobi, Sai he's still in Root right now, Kankuro, Tenten, Shino Aburame, Chōza Akimichi, Temari, Chōji Akimichi, Sakura Haruno, Tsunade, Akamaru, you and Kiba Inuzuka. When we were taken Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, and Sabaku no Gaara were the last of Naruto's precious people that were still alive. And three others I'm not at liberty to tell you about." He chewed on his bottom, looking at his hands loosely clasped in his lap.
"So...when you meant everyone..." He stared at the redhead.
"I meant...everyone." Kurama nodded in confirmation.
"Fucking hell..." Kakashi stared at the ceiling. "I would have come back too... There'd be no point in staying. Everyone was dead except for a handful." He closed his eye. "Oh Naruto..."
"Explains why he's not all there, doesn't it?" He closed his eyes.
"Yes... So... why are you so against him and Sasuke?" Kakashi lifted his head to look at Kurama again.
Kurama grunted, baring his teeth some. "He's a backstabbing, repeated betrayer, abusive fucking dickhead."
Kakashi blinked, unable to stop the weak laugh. "Care to elaborate?"
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The Right Way Around: Book One
Fanfiction[Highest Ranking #44 in Naruto] Naruto has been kidnapped by Madara and held hostage after years of battle. Naruto and Kurama create a seal within their mindscape to escape not only his cell but also their time. They intend to go into the past to fi...
