The memories that followed were nothing particularly interesting. Xihuo simply took the Eight-Tails on a tour of the Shadow Organization.
Then Watanabe Ichiro used the system to uncover all the preferences it had never shared with outsiders, coaxing the disgruntled Eight-Tails into a cheerful mood.
After that, the Eight-Tails felt that, on closer inspection, this human Watanabe Ichiro was actually pretty decent, and settled obediently on his shoulder as an ornament.
Tailed beasts had minds as simple as kindergarteners. If you made them cry, just give them a piece of candy.
...They were easier to appease than Jiraiya, anyway.
And so, the Eight-Tails joined the Shadow Organization as its mascot and was swiftly won over.
In Konoha's office, about an hour after Watanabe Ichiro left.
Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Tsunade and Dan Katō.
"Jiraiya seemed pretty happy to me. How did your Big Brother Leaf Dragon cheer him up?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi opened with a smile, still hung up on his unsatisfied curiosity.
"I don't know either. Big Brother Leaf Dragon told us to stay in the room, and we didn't eavesdrop."
Tsunade answered listlessly. She was actually dying to know, too!
"Big Brother Leaf Dragon was in a bad mood because of a little mishap, so we didn't dare get on his bad side..."
Dan Katō added his explanation. Remembering the plums he hadn't gotten a single bite of, he murmured regretfully.
"He didn't leave me anything from the fruit platter, though. By the next day, he'd eaten it all."
"Pfft, haha! I went out of my way to check that platter the next day, too. It really was empty."
Tsunade tilted her head, amused by his words.
"Oh? What was empty?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi asked in a casual tone.
"The plums. Big Brother deliberately teased him by eating all the