Fū seemed delighted, asking Naruto about anything and everything and taking a keen interest in him. Her excitement was understandable. Although Takigakure's villagers did not all ostracize jinchuriki the way people in the Five Great Nations did, plenty of them still disliked jinchuriki. Besides, Takigakure was a small shinobi village, and its leaders placed great importance on having a jinchuriki. As a result, Fū had met very few people growing up, let alone another tailed beast's jinchuriki like herself.
Fū asked brightly, "Hey, hey, Naruto, does every village treat jinchuriki really badly? Why won't any of them be my friends?"
Fū was innocent, and Naruto especially liked that about her. Keeping such a pure heart in an environment like hers was no easy feat.
Naruto smiled. "Yes. Those villagers are afraid of people who are different from them. In their eyes, we jinchuriki aren't even human anymore. We're tailed beasts wearing human skin. They fear tailed beasts and hate them, but they're too weak to do anything, so they can only bully jinchuriki. That's why our lives are especially miserable when we're little. Things only get a little better once we're strong enough to protect ourselves, but there's no escaping the scars of our childhood."
Fū said sadly, "You're right, Naruto. When I was little, the other kids always bullied me and called me a monster. Nobody would play with me. I was always alone. That's why I like leaving the village. I can meet more people that way, people who won't hate me for being a jinchuriki. Then I don't feel so lonely."
Naruto smiled and patted Fū's head. "You're wrong. We aren't alone. We have tailed beasts inside us. They're a jinchuriki's best friends, friends who will never betray us. So make sure you get along with the