Kushina

Kushina was currently crying after she has woken up. The Kyuubi was now sealed inside her, and Grandma Mito has just died.

And if that wasn't enough, she felt a deep, foreign voice in her head.

'Kushina... loosen the chains, and I just may try to save your sorry clan from annihilation.'

She wasn't the type to feel scared. Be it the academy teacher, the kids who tried to bully her because of her red hair, or the demon sealed inside her just few hours ago.

Grandma Mito has said to not listen to it's words. It will try to manipulate her, which it has already started doing from the looks of it.

'Hmph! I won't fall for your words! My clan is strong! It doesn't need a demon like you to save itself!'

She felt smug as she could feel the Kyuubi seething in anger. Ha! Take that! She won't fall for its words.

She is not stupid.

'You ARE stupid. Instead of atleast trying to listen to the knowledgeable and ancient force of nature, you believe the word of an ignorant fool-'

'Whatever. I am not listening to you.'

Ignoring it, Kushina tried to go to sleep.

'Stupid brat! Either you loosen the chains right this instant, or I won't save your clan even if you beg me.'

'Yeah. I am not falling for that. You will just try to escape.'

'I won't.'

'You are lying.'

'Ugggh! You dumb shithead! So that's why they choose you! You will be easily manipulated to become Konoha's weapon! Didn't that grandma of yours tell you to find love? It will be all too easy with how dumb you are!'

'Stop calling me dumb! And stop insulting Grandma Mito!'

She fumed. She was angry! And no one gets off easily by making an Uzumaki-

'Look here shithead. I am telling you for the last time. If you can't understand things easily, I will tell you things step by step.

I am the son of Sage of Six Paths. What your clan has done is a sure fire way to get annihilated.

So what I am offering you is help, from the betrayal Konoha is giving to give your clan. And in return, I want something too.

Either you cooperate, you live your life happily with your clan and I live in peace without being chained. Or you continue being dumb, get your clan annihilated by Konoha's betrayal, somehow roped into a 'love' cultivated by Konoha, and become their weapon. All while I continue to fight you from the inside.

Now, choose. You can't be that stupid, can you?'

Kushina didn't believe the Kyuubi in the slightest. Why would Konoha even betray her clan?

Yeah. As if.

'I will not fall for your words.'

'DID YOU EVEN LISTEN TO A WORD I SAID!? SHITHEAD! YOUR HEAD IS FULL OF SHIT! YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM DONE! DON'T COME TO ME TO ASK FOR HELP IN THE FUTURE!'

Kushina winced at the volume it shouted.

'I don't need your help!'

She huffed angrily.

She will not believe this demon. She will continue to struggle... to continue to keep the balance of the world by being the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki.

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(Kurama's PoV)

Tch. Does she has peanut for her brain?

Just how dumb can a person be? Does she not value her clan at all?

Ugggh! People do say that you can't win an argument against stupid people. And this brat is the epitome of stupidity.

Fine! Once the Uzumaki clan is wiped out, she will have no choice but to remember my words.

Instead of constant whispering, using the big events in her life to manipulate her will be easier, and take less efforts.

For now, I will try to perform some jutsus here.

Starting with Bijuudama.

I gathered up chakra, but the chains just suppressed it all.

...

I can try to use too much chakra, but that will cause my chakra to leak out, which will make Kushina to be monitored more.

I can't do that...

Sigh. So, do I have no choice but to wait?

The more I try to move or use chakra, the more it hurts.

Uggh! For now, I will just try to access Kushina's memories somehow. I must learn some sealing.

But I guess till Uzumaki clan falls, I am going silent.

How I wish I had someone more sensible than Kushina as my Jinchuriki.

Kushina, I curse you to accidentally hit your toe with the bed's leg daily, 3 times a day. I curse you to choke on your own saliva. I curse you to stumble and fall into cow-dung, 4 times a day!

After cursing her some more, I started focusing on somehow accessing her memories.

I have to wait patiently if I want to achieve my goal.

Thankfully, I am a really patient person.