The murky water splashed under Naruto's feet as he walked forward, almost as if in a trance, as he stared up at the colossal bars of the cage within his mind. Glowing red eyes peered accusingly through the seal, raking over the boy's now still form. "You're— the Kyuubi."

A flash of white fangs. "That is correct, kit."

Faced with confirmation, Naruto gaped for a moment and then whispered to himself, "The Kyuubi is inside of my head. It's actually inside of my head. It's—"

"Ye-es, I'm inside of your head." Kurama sighed, and added, "And by the way, I'm a she." Suddenly, there was a plume of smoke hiding the Kyuubi from view, which cleared to reveal a buxom woman in a red dress, with orange fox ears and nine tails.

"You—what—how—" Suddenly, Naruto seemed to come to a conclusion. "How dare you steal my Sexy Jutsu!"

"Kit, I did no such thing. Moving on… I— I've done some bad things, and—I want to… make repentance… as best as I can. If you would like me to, I could train you…"

The jinchuriki grinned. "What do I have to do?"

"Just take that little piece of paper off the front of my cage."

Naruto frowned. "Jiraiya-sensei said not to—"

"I don't give a shit what your precious Toad Sage said, take the damn seal off now!" Kurama growled.

Suddenly, someone faded into existence behind Naruto. "Kyuubi." Namikaze Minato said, icy blue eyes gazing steadily at the Demon Fox. "I'd hoped I'd never have to meet you again."

"Hey, who're you and why d'you look like the Fourth Hokage?" Naruto demanded.

"Naruto… I am your father."

Kurama turned around, carefully not looking at the father-son reunion. "Is it safe yet?" the Biju asked eventually.

"My son told me that you tried to trick him into thinking you were a girl." Minato stated accusingly, not providing an answer.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, I'm not actually a girl." Kurama replied, turning around again and shifting back into his fox-form. "You see, Naruto, I don't have any gender at all."

"Bullshit." the Fourth replied. "I sealed your Yin chakra away myself. You're male."

The Fox snarled. "Screw you, AYHGWIWDLTK(A)."

"… What was that?"

"Annoying Yellow-Haired Gnat Whom I Would Dearly Love To Kill (Again)."

"Um… Fox?" Minato quirked an eyebrow. "As I remember it, I beat you— not the other way around."

"I hate you."

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"Back again, brat?"

"Yeah!" Naruto shouted. "What gender are you anyways?"

Kurama sighed. "If you must know, I'm a boy."

"Bullshit." the blond boy said immediately, echoing his father. "Jiraiya-sensei says you don't have a gender! And anyways, Jiraiya-sensei also says everything you say is a lie. So there!"

"But— didn't you listen to the AYHGWIWDLTK(A)—"

Naruto disappeared from his mindscape.

"And that's why I hate humans, everybody." Kurama decided.