Akatitsune

Orochimaru's Power

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Chapter 5

Orochimaru's Power

"Our main goal is to retrieve Sasuke, if you just tell us where he is, there'll be no need for me to kill you..." Naruto said with a deep and demonic voice, a voice that sounded pretty much like a drawn out and beastly growl.

Of course, Naruto had no real intention of letting Orochimaru live, his whole plan involving Kabuto hinged on whether he could kill this man or not. As far as Naruto was concerned, this was just small talk between two enemy shinobi, nothing more and nothing less.

'Naruto, why aren't you using that ability of yours to adapt my chakra to yours? You know that using my chakra raw like this is harmful to your body.' The nine tailed demon fox, Kurama, asked.

"We have to keep up apearances for now. Your chakra is known particularly for its malicious and corrosive nature, and that's what the others have to witness when I use it. Besides, I'm an Uzumaki with the ultimate medical ninjutsu, this is nothing to me." Naruto replied.

"I'm losing my patience Naruto...! I am the nine tailed demon fox, snooping around like a little rat isn't my cup of tea, neither should it be yours as my container!" Kurama said irritably.

'And that's exactly why humans have been able to suppress and control you throughout the ages. You have to understand that power alone is no longer enough in this day and age, it takes a lot more than just raw power to defeat a smart enemy, you have to complement that power with a brilliant mind and careful planning. Having said that, however, it shouldn't be too long before we leave Konoha, the need to keep up appearances will vanish at that time and we will strike the world with our full power!" Naruto replied passionately.

"Rrrrrrr...!" Kurama growled, however, the fox choosing to say nothing more on the matter, ending the conversation almost instantly.

He'd be lying if he said that his ego wasn't wounded, but what could he say against the blonde Uzumaki's blunt honesty when his whole life was a testimony to the blonde's words. Kurama had power in abundance, easily the most powerful being residing in this world, however, on more than one ocassion, he'd been defeated by mere humans and used as either a prisoner or a military weapon. The shodaime hokage, Hashirama, had even dared to use him as a pet.

Power alone was not enough to rule the world, he knew that more than anyone else, perhaps...perhaps that was why he was easily ready to entrust his power and his will to the blonde haired Uzumaki. Hashirama, Madara, Mito, Kushina, not one of them had ever treated him as a person with feelings, goals, dreams, and ambitions, all of them had imposed their position of authority over him and used him for whatever it is that they please. Naruto, on the other hand was the only one that even asked him if he had a name, Naruto was the only one that wanted to know about his own goals and aspirations, the only one who tried to get to know him. Naruto didn't treat him like a pet, weapon, or prisoner, Naruto treated him as a partner...as a friend even. This was why Kurama was willing to listen to his opinions, to contemplate them, and to support his ideas when they were good, and they were always good.

'Naruto, I hope you know what you're doing...' The fox thought wearily. His thoughts, however, were sliced through the middle by that wretching voice of the snake sannin, the serpent-like figure trying to aggravate the blonde Uzumaki even more than he thought Naruto was.

"Oh come on now child, I'd have thought you'd be over Sasuke-kun by now. Whatever relationship you might have had with Sasuke-kun no longer exists, Sasuke-kun is mine now, kukukukuku!" Orochimaru laughed maniacly.