Chapter 42 This is love

When the Nine-Tailed Fox woke up from the endless darkness, it felt an unprecedented feeling.

It was a very strange feeling, one it had never experienced before, as if a warm and powerful force was continuously flowing into its body.

"Chakra?" It asked doubtfully in its heart, but quickly rejected the idea, "How is this possible? I am the Nine-Tails. My chakra is greater than that of ten Senju Hashirama combined. How could I need other people's chakra?"

At this moment, it suddenly remembered everything.

It remembered how it had resisted itself in its heart, how it had suppressed its feelings, not wanting Naruto to see its weakness, but its actions had backfired and made things worse, because all this pain was caused by it, by its hatred.

It cared about Naruto more and more, and this feeling made it feel painful and regretful like never before.

It regrets it.

It regretted killing Minato and Kushina.

It's not because it cares about them, but because their death means Naruto has lost his parents and his loved ones. From then on, he can only be alone and struggle to survive in this world.

It may not like Minato, and may even hate Kushina a little, but it knows that they all truly love Naruto, and they will love Naruto more than anyone else because they are Naruto's parents.

It didn't know why it suddenly woke up. It had clearly released so much chakra. It thought it might sleep for decades, or even never wake up again.

But now, it is awake. It feels that there is a chakra flowing into its body continuously. Moreover, it is very familiar with this chakra. It is Naruto's chakra.

"How is this possible?" it asked in its heart, puzzled.

It tried hard to open its eyes, wanting to see clearly whether everything in front of it was real.

It felt that the air around it had become different, warmer and fresher.

It had become accustomed to that dark and depressing space, so it was extremely surprised when it felt the breeze brushing its cheeks again.

It even smelled a hint of grass, which was absolutely impossible before, because in its memory, there was no other smell in that space except the smell of water vapor and rust.

When its vision finally became clear again, the first thing it saw was Naruto sitting by the water not far in front of it. It was a scene it had never seen before.

At that moment, it suddenly remembered the Sage of Six Paths, the old man who had sat cross-legged at the end of the world and meditated for a thousand years.

The blond kid just sat there with his hands clasped together and his eyes closed. His body was covered with sealing techniques that it had never seen before.

It saw that the cage that had imprisoned it for many years had disappeared, and the black door that once separated it from Naruto had completely disappeared.

It saw that Naruto looked very tired and haggard, as if he had aged several years. It even began to doubt whether it was dreaming or dead, and whether all this was just an illusion before its death?

"Little devil?" it asked tentatively.

Naruto suddenly opened his eyes and turned to look at it. His azure blue eyes were full of bloodshot, but still as bright as before. However, there were two lines of tear marks at the corners of his eyes.

The moment he saw the Nine-Tails, an expression of surprise appeared on Naruto's face, but soon, that joy was replaced by tears. He stood up suddenly and threw himself into the Nine-Tails' arms.

"Don't cry, little boy. What happened?" The Nine-Tail said gently, patting Naruto's back softly. He looked around and found that this place was no longer the place he remembered. It had become more open, brighter and the air was fresher.

Its eyes fell on Naruto. It noticed that Naruto had many strange tattoos on his body. Moreover, it could feel that the chakra around him had also changed. So, it asked:

"what have you done?"

Naruto raised his head, wiped his tears with the back of his hand, and said with a smile:

"It's a long story."

The Nine-Tails stretched out its claws, gently wiped away the tears from Naruto's eyes, and said:

"Then let's make a long story short."

Naruto took a deep breath and began to narrate what happened.

……

After listening to Naruto's story, Nine-Tails' mood could no longer be described as simple surprise.

He knew that Naruto was special, and he also knew that Naruto could do many things that ordinary people couldn't do, but this matter was really too unbelievable.

If it hadn't heard Naruto say it with its own ears, it would never have believed that there was actually someone in this world who could do something like this.

"Let me sort it out, kid." Kyuubi interrupted Naruto's story and asked, "You mean, you sneaked into Konoha's confidential archives room, then ran all the way to the Whirlpool Country in the storm, burned those vengeful spirits to death, and obtained the recognition of the Whirlpool Country. Finally, you opened the Whirlpool Country's treasure house alone and modified my sealing technique?"

Naruto blinked and said innocently:

"That's right."

"That's right?" Kyuubi narrowed his eyes and asked, "You just want to say 'that's right' and that's it?"

Before Naruto could explain, he was grabbed by the Nine-Tailed Fox and rolled in the lake. The water surged and splashed everywhere, knocking down many of the water lilies by the lake.

"You little brat! Do you know what you've been through? You almost couldn't come back! Do you know how worried I was about you?" The Nine-Tails roared while shaking Naruto's body.

"I know, I know, I'm fine, right? Stop shaking, I'm dizzy." Naruto said with a smile. He struggled to break free from the Nine-Tails' restraints, then punched the Nine-Tails on the nose and said unhappily, "You bad guy! You scared me to death!"

Nine-Tailed Fox lowered its head and looked at the ten-year-old child in front of it. There were still traces of tears on his face, but his smile was so bright. It suddenly felt a warm current surge in its heart.

"Is this love?" It thought silently in its heart. Kushina once told it that love is the greatest power in the world. It can make people brave or crazy. It can make people live or die.

Now, it finally understood why Kushina would give up everything for love, even at the cost of making enemies with the whole world.

It thought, if it were it, it would do the same.

For Naruto, it is willing to give everything, even destroying the world.