A Fox and a Boy, Both Strange and Familiar

"Naruto," Sasuke called out.

Naruto looked at Sasuke in confusion.

"Let's take a look together."

"Huh? Can you do that?" Naruto looked at Sasuke, utterly puzzled.

He truly hadn't known that genjutsu could bring other people in.

"This is an ability unique to the Mangekyō Sharingan. Don't underestimate the Mangekyō Sharingan." Sasuke looked at Naruto with a trace of pride.

This was the pride unique to the Uchiha Clan.

Naruto merely gave Sasuke a calm glance.

He knew all too well about the Uchiha Clan's stubborn nature.

The moment the Sharingan or the Uchiha Clan's glory was mentioned, they became like this.

"Let's go." Naruto nodded.

Sasuke placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

The world before them instantly began to shift.

A dark basement.

Freezing water submerged their ankles.

Sasuke and Naruto appeared there at the same time, their hands resting on 'Naruto's shoulders.

Before them stood a massive cage.

Scarlet eyes stared at them from within.

"Uchiha!!!" The Nine-Tails roared the instant he saw Sasuke.

He still remembered how he had been controlled by members of the Uchiha Clan many times in the past.

He hated the Uchiha deeply.

"Kurama," Naruto suddenly said.

"Hm!?"

Only then did Kurama look at the other person who had appeared there, his enormous pupils fixed on Naruto.

"Two of them!?"

He looked again at the 'Naruto' restrained by the two of them.

The moment these two appeared, they had suppressed 'Naruto,' giving him no chance to resist at all.

"Why do you know my name!?" Kurama looked at the second Naruto in confusion.

Only that Old Man Six Paths knew that name.

Naruto let go of 'Naruto,' leaving Sasuke to restrain him as he walked toward Kurama.

"Hey, brat, are you going to help me break the seal?" Kurama extended his claws and