I want to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki

And so, the Nine-Tails obediently carried Madara and the other two back to Konoha. On the way, Madara Uchiha called Hashirama and told him what had happened, so Hashirama was already waiting at Konoha's gates.

"Hahaha! Madara! Staying for dinner?" Hashirama's attention wasn't on the Nine-Tails at all. Instead, he called out to Madara Uchiha, who was riding on top of him.

"No, I still have somewhere to go first." Madara shook his head, then set off on his journey again without looking back.

Hashirama Senju watched Madara's retreating Kage, utterly disappointed...

The Nine-Tails had kept his eyes fixed on Madara the whole time. Hearing that he was leaving, he let out a huge sigh of relief. He watched Madara walk away until he could no longer sense him anywhere within several hundred meters, then his lips spread into a grin.

"Hahahahaha!" The Nine-Tails burst into wild laughter. An immensely powerful, savage aura suddenly erupted from his entire body.

"Hey, little fox, what the hell's wrong with you?!" Dave shouted, utterly speechless as he watched the Nine-Tails laugh like a maniac. This bastard's about to start getting cocky...

"Little fox?" The Nine-Tails froze for a moment, then curled his lips and swatted a paw at Dave.

"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!" Hashirama said nothing more when he saw this. He simply sent a Wood Dragon charging over.

"What is this thing?! It's absorbing my Carat!" The Nine-Tails howled in astonishment as he looked at the Wood Dragon coiled around him and felt his chakra draining away.

"Tobirama, take Dave away from here first. I can't cut loose with you two here. We're too close to the Village, so I'll take him farther away first," Hashirama called to Tobirama.

"Uncle! That's my summon! Go easy on him!" Dave felt a headache coming on. Of all the people this damn fox could pick a fight with, he just had to go for Hashirama right after provoking Madara... Which of those two bastards do you think you can beat?

"Yep! Your uncle knows! Wait with Tobirama at the mountain behind the Village! I'll bring him over in a bit!" Hashirama turned toward Dave and smiled.

"Let's go." Tobirama placed a hand on Dave's shoulder, and the two of them relocated into the Village.

"Nine-Tails! Your power is too great! I can't let you run wild at the Village gates!" Hashirama pressed his palms together, and markings gradually appeared on his face.

Before the Nine-Tails could say anything—

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!" "Wood Release: Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands!"

A little while later.

Pinned down by Wood Release, the Nine-Tails felt utterly screwed... Who the fuck did I piss off today...? First that stone-faced Madara Uchiha showed up, said I was blocking his way, and beat the crap out of me without another word. Then this guy here fucking said my power was too great, only to turn around and pin me down with a wooden hand. How the fuck am I powerful compared to you two?

I hadn't come out into the world for hundreds of years, and the moment I did, I got beaten up by Tael twice... What tailed beast could take that...?

Hashirama controlled the huge wooden hand, dragging the Nine-Tails by the scruff of his neck toward the Back Mountain behind Konoha... The Nine-Tails had seen through all worldly attachments and no longer felt the slightest affection for this world. Tears of humiliation spilled from his red, slit-pupiled eyes...

A little while later.

Dave looked at the Nine-Tails lying motionless on the ground before him, silently shedding tears, and let out a quiet sigh. Seriously... You've lived for almost a thousand years... How have you still not learned your fucking place...? Don't you know not to mess with the guys who play with wood or the ones with red eyes? Oh, and the ones who fight with their mouths.

"Nine-Tails, sign a Summoning Contract with Dave. From now on, you can live here on the mountain behind Konoha," Hashirama said with a cheerful smile, looking like the nicest man alive.

The Nine-Tails lifted his eyes to glance at the man with long, straight black hair before him, then went back to lying there half-dead. This bastard. This was the bastard who said I was too powerful, then turned around and beat the shit out of me...

"Uncle, I have an idea. Could you seal this little fox inside me? I can sense that he has a huge amount of Chakra." A bold idea had occurred to Dave: becoming a jinchūriki himself.

Many of Naruto's tragedies had begun with the Nine-Tails. In the original story, Mito only became a jinchūriki after the great battle between Madara and Hashirama. By then, she was already in her forties. From Mito to Kushina and then Naruto, their tragedies had all started with the Nine-Tails. As someone who had transmigrated into this world, he didn't want to see those tragedies happen...

But... if I want to become a jinchūriki, I'll have to deal with that bastard Black Zetsu.

"Dave, do you understand what you're saying? This is far too dangerous. Never mind whether we can seal him inside you—even if we manage it, you might not be able to withstand all that Chakra," Tobirama said, his expression grave.

"It's too dangerous, Dave. I absolutely won't agree to it," Hashirama said seriously as well.

The Nine-Tails' eyes, on the other hand, lit up. Sealing sounds good. It sounds great! I never want to see those two bastards, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, again. They had both traumatized him just now... He had lived for a thousand years, but he had never had a day as miserable as this one...

"Uncle, Uncle Madara has been out there for almost a year, searching for things that can increase my chakra. And now we have this huge lump of chakra right in front of us. If he can be sealed inside me, my chakra will probably grow explosively. Then Uncle Madara won't have to keep working so hard out there. He could come back to the village and spend every day with you... Hehehe?" Dave brought up Madara again to test the waters.

Hashirama froze for a moment. Dave... Dave seems to have a point! This whole year, aside from dancing with Madara for half an hour every afternoon, all we usually get to do is talk on the phone. We barely have any time together. If Dave resurrects Izuna sooner, wouldn't Madara stop leaving the village and stay with me every day?

Hashirama thought again of Madara's retreating Kage earlier, and his resolve grew firmer! For Madara!

The more Hashirama thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. His eyes shone as he slowly turned to Tobirama.

Tobirama's head hurt... He had no idea where Madara Uchiha got all that charm. His son was one thing, but even his older brother was utterly infatuated with the man. That damned Madara Uchiha. Why won't he just die? The Uchiha really are my lifelong enemies!

"..." Faced with three pairs of bright, starry eyes, Tobirama finally gave in helplessly... Oh, the extra pair belonged to the Nine-Tails.

"Let's ask my sister-in-law first. She knows a lot of Sealing Jutsu. Maybe she has one we can try," Tobirama said, rubbing his brow.

"All right! Mito should still be over there doing her Square Dance. I'll go find her!" Hashirama's eyes lit up, and he rushed off excitedly with the Body Flicker Technique.