AN: New author here. Testing the water, so to speak.

Disclaimer: Wish I have a witty and funny disclaimer, but I don't, so just read the story please.

Edited by PuppetMaster55

In the eyes of Kyuubi, humans are just annoying insects that don't matter. So why is Uzumaki Naruto any different? Because he is—was- its jailor? Its jinchuuriki? Does it make any difference? It doesn't. So why? Why is it that Uzumaki Naruto matters so much that the bijuu decides to fulfill his last wish? (Because he's the first and only person that ever extended a hand of friendship to Kyuubi; not that the bijuu would admit he accepted it).

-Break-

Breaking… he's breaking. He's bleeding all over. Wait, what is he doing? Last wish? He's talking like he's about to die. He is. Not. Not if I can help it. Not going to listen to last wish. Must help. Wait, what? Don't pull the seal! No! Don't!

-He pulled off the seal-

"State your name." The guard drawled with bored expression.

"Nozomu."
"And you are here because?"

To fulfill my friend's wish. "To fulfill my friend's wish." The guard with bandage over his nose raised an eyebrow, but pried no further. They let him in after conducting a chakra examination. Nozomu is silently glad that most of his chakra has gone after he used that jutsu. It's hard to conceal his tremendous power. Right now he needs to get a place and wait until his chakra replenish. Preferably nears that idiot's apartment to keep an eye on him. And cheap; because he didn't get a chance to rob more people. To the 'bad part' of the village it is.

-Bad part of the village-

The bad part of the village isn't really that bad, in Nozomu's opinion. Sure, it isn't as safe as the other part, but it's not like there are rapists and prostitutes here. The Hokage wouldn't place the idiot here if there's even one. Shame though, he would enjoy some prostitutes. Nozomu suspects that it is because of the same reason this place called the 'bad' part. People are too afraid to be near a jinchuuriki, bad people or not. Nozomu walks down the street, finding that most of the houses here are abandoned. Ah, that's good; he probably doesn't need to use the money at all. The redhead found a two stories building, with broken windows and walls covered in moss. Good enough, he has lived in worse places, like… say, a sewer.

Nozomu goes to the second floor. He dropped his bag—that only holds money and clothing he robbed- on the floor, and approached the hole on the wall. Well, the hole is supposed to hold a window, but there's no window there, so Nozomu calls it a hole. He can see the idiot's apartment clearly from there. Nozomu mildly wonders if he is responsible for all those orange. He must be.

-Last wish-

'Hey, since we are friends now, would you hear my last wish?'

…shut up

'Look, I know that you don't like humans too much. Except me, because I'm awesome.'

It would have snorted at that if it didn't concentrate at keeping its host alive.

'But can you save them? Please?'

They don't matter, only you matter.

'They matter to me.'

-But the one I want to protect is-

"You…" Nozomu whispered softly at the sight of a whiskered blond, jumping from his bed and panicking. No doubt he is late for school. Amused at seeing the boy's desperate attempts of doing everything quickly, he almost missed the hita-ate. Almost. He already graduated? Well shit, not much time to prepare him then. Then again, Nozomu could just kill the Uchiha boy when he regains enough chakra. But knowing Naruto, he would probably hunt the killer down… and get himself killed in the process. Because he's an idiot like that.

But there is more than one way to defy Fate. That ugly bitch.

-Nozomu isn't the Kyuubi-

Nozomu is—was- Kyuubi, until Naruto made him promised to save humanity. Nozomu was Kyuubi, until Naruto ripped the seal that holding it. Nozomu was Kyuubi until Naruto died, leaving a hole in its heart that it never thought it had. Nozomu was Kyuubi until it ended the Fourth Great Shinobi War by killing the two Uchiha bastards, may their soul be damned. Nozomu was a creature born of malice, until it felt grieve of losing. Now, Nozomu is not Kyuubi. Nozomu is Nozomu, a time travelling not-bijuu in human shell, hell-bent on saving Naruto… and humanity by extension.

Because you can't be Kyuubi if you intend on fulfilling your promise. You can't be Kyuubi if you plan to save humanity. You can't be Kyuubi if you have a heart. You can't be Kyuubi if you feel sadness. You can't be Kyuubi if you lose most of your tails to travel back in time and turn yourself into an almost-human-creature. You. Can't. Be. Kyuubi.

Because Kyuubi doesn't have anything. Because nothing matter to it. That's why Nozomu is Nozomu, because something—someone- matter to him. Because Kyuubi would never admit the friendship it shared with Naruto. That's why Nozomu is Nozomu, because he would admit it. Nozomu isn't Kyuubi, not anymore, and he is glad for that.

-Naruto isn't the Kyuubi-

Naruto is sure of that. After all Iruka-sensei said so, and he's never wrong. Besides, everything matters to him. And for Kyuubi nothing matters. If that's not a proof then what is?

-Then who is Kyuubi?-

Trapped inside a brat makes it restless. It wanted to kill. It wanted to destroy. Something, anything, nothing matter. But the seal is holding it. And it can't destroy the seal. Then it senses something. Something that feels like it but not it. Is it those two brothers that ate its inside after it ate them? Geh, humiliating moment, must not think about it.

-And so, the story begins, yet again-

"Hello."

"Err, hi?"

"I just move to the building behind this apartment. Pleased to meet you, neighbor." The redhead gives Naruto a bunch of ramen cup with various flavors.

Naruto beamed, "Thanks! I am Uzumaki Naruto! Future Hokage! What's your name?"

"Nozomu, just Nozomu." The older teen introduces himself and extends his hand. "Friends?"

"Friends!" Naruto shakes it eagerly.

-A start of a beautiful friendship-

"So you are a ninja?" Nozomu pours hot water into a miso ramen cup. It isn't like he likes that stuff, it's just that Naruto likes it, and he looks amusing when he gulps down all that broth.

Naruto slurps the noodles in one go before answering, "Yep! Tomorrow I'm going for survival training, and I'm going to prove them how awesome I am!" He pumps his fist to the air.

"You are pretty loud for a ninja." Nozomu states bluntly.

"HEY!"
"What? It's true!" The two of them engages in petty banter that degenerates into a tickling war. Laughter can be heard from Naruto's apartment. The civilians that overhear it think that the demon brat is finally planning for their destruction. Their concern gets laughed at on their face by The Hokage. Still, the old man is curious as to why Naruto is laughing so much. Dear Will of Fire, he hopes the boy isn't planning another huge-scale prank to celebrate…

Just to make sure, Hiruzen takes out his crystal ball to check up on the jinchuuriki. He finds the boy is laughing with a tall redheaded teenager in his room. Hiruzen frowned; he never sees that teen before, probably a drifter or something along those lines. "Or he could be an enemy ninja that decides to take advantage on a newly minted genin to gather information…" His paranoid ninja side—that sounds suspiciously like Danzo- whispers. It terrifies the Hokage how logical it actually sounds. Tomorrow he would check up on the redhead.

AN: And done. The first chapter is kinda drabble-ish right? Should I continue writing like this or not? And if there is any grammar mistake, then please point it out, I would fix it immediately.