"Wuye, you're amazing!"
Hyuga Wuye and Kushina left the sealing space together.
"I never thought you could negotiate with the Nine-Tails, and you even got its name out of it!"
The girl hugged his arm, her eyes sparkling as she chattered away.
"Don't forget that the Nine-Tails is still a fox. It's just bigger, bad-tempered, and likes blowing bubbles everywhere," Wuye said casually.
"Uh..."
Kushina covered her stomach. "Kurama is shouting again inside the sealing space."
"Just have your spiritual body leave the sealing space, then you won't hear it... Hmm..."
Wuye pondered for a moment. "Kushina, shouldn't we block off its senses once in a while?"
"Block off its senses?"
Kushina tilted her head. "Why?"
"Ahem, there are always inconvenient moments. Like when you're bathing, using the toilet, or when we're whispering secrets..." Wuye leaned close to her ear and laughed softly.
"You little bastard! Do you think this old man wants to watch?!"
The Nine-Tails went berserk inside the sealing space.
Kushina blushed as well. "Didn't you say Kurama doesn't have a gender?"
"It still feels strange. Its voice is so awful..." Wuye rubbed his nose. "If it could sound like Katsuyu, no one would mistake it for a male fox..."
"The seal Grandma Mito left behind can easily block its senses." The mark on Kushina's palm flashed. "There, it can't sense anything outside now."
Seeing the Nine-Tails lie down in the sealing space, resting its head on its front paws and closing its eyes in feigned sleep, she suddenly felt a little sorry for it. "Wuye, it looks so pitiful..."
This was why Mito Uzumaki had decided to make Kushina a jinchuriki while she was still young. Without the deep-rooted prejudice and hatred toward the Nine-Tails that came with adulthood, true understanding and friendship could become possible.