Legacy of A Flower: Naruto (remake)

Chapter Twenty One: The Sanbi

It is cold and dark. Wet. I slowly open my eyes to be introduced to a new darkness. I sit down, still staring a the floor. It's covered in water.

"W-What do you want?" A voice asks me. It's a deep voice. It's scary. Yet, it is also shaky and scared.

My eyes trail upwards and there I see the source of the voice. Right in front of me is a caged beast. He has one glowing dark green eye. His body is covered in what seems to be a hard shell. He's huge. His height is probably that of the Hokage building.

"What are you?" I ask in my own shaky voice. I push myself backwards with my feet, still sitting.

"Don't be afraid of me." He tells me, "You're the one who scares me."

I furrow my brows, "Why?"

"Your eyes. Your chakra. They remind me of the shinoni who put me here." He says.

"My eyes..." I lift my hand up to my cheek, "They're the same as yours."

"Who do you think made me like this?" He questions. He looks to a paper seal that is set on the doors of his cage. "The moment I was sealed into you, the color of my eye changed into the color of yours. My chakra has be thrown of balance. I have never been so angry before I came upon you, child."

"What are you?" I ask again, trying to make sense of his words.

"I am the three-tailed beast, the Sanbi." He announces. It's just like Zabuza had said. "Now why are you here?"

"I don't know." I shake my head, "I-I didn't even known you were here."

"You almost sound more afraid than I am." He says. His voice is hoarse, shushed, quiet. He watches me carefully, scared of the movements I make. It's like when a person is afraid of a mouse. "I'm afraid of your kind. But if I don't protect us, we die. Time and time again you've lost your cool and someone dies."

My eyes widen. So that's why I don't remember killing those Yoshida. "Why did you-."

"Because they tried to hurt me." He says, "The best I can do is fight back. I don't want them to hurt me again... They wanted to kill us. If you die, so do I. I don't want to die."

"I'm sorry I made you do that." I say, burying my face into my hands.

"It is you who feels guilty?" He asks me, "What was the name of thise ninja? Hmm, Yoshida? You don't act like a Yoshida.  Yet your chakra puts me off edge..."

"I didn't mean to trap you in here." I tell him, "I don't know how to control anything. If it were up to me, you'd be free and I'd be with my family."

He seems to ease up a bit. He lays down, his body no longer as tense.

"I can see now you weren't the one to choose this. No one ever chooses to be a Jinchurriki." He says.

"Jinchurriki?" I repeat.

"Those who have tailed beast within them. From one tails all the way to nine. Now that friend of yours. Every time you're near him I can sense the Kyubi within him. The ninetails fox." He tells me.

My eyes widen, "Naruto?" That explains the red chakra that appeared to be taking over his body. I remember the malicious look on hus face. Is that how I look when the Sanbi takes over?

"I'm not the most aggressive tailed beast." He tells me, "But this dark chakra has dug it's way into me. My strength, my anger, my power. It's terrifying. And when you're in a situation where I come out, that chakra almost explodes."