Extra 9: Kyubi meets Kyubi (20)*

Kurama slowly waved his hand, only for a small sphere of light to appear next to the little fox.

"She never left" - Gabriel said as tears ran down her cheeks - "The mother was always by her baby's side, even after she died."

The sphere slowly began to transform, showing the silhouette of a beautiful white fox that was trying to pet the cub.

"Strangely, an arctic fox appeared in this area" - said Kurama as he watched the little creature.

The fox spirit realized it was being watched and quickly began to howl.

"Relax, you will soon be back with your little one" - said Kurama as he stroked the fox's head.

The animal was surprised to feel the man's touch, but quickly nodded happily because it could feel how he was telling the truth.

"Tousan" - Kunou murmured as he took his father's pants - "The forest."

"I know, I'm going to talk to the city leaders and I'm going to buy the forest to turn it into a private animal sanctuary" - replied Kurama with a smile - "I'll give them so much money that they won't think of refusing my request."

"OK!" - Kunou nodded as she hugged the little fox carefully.

The fox watched her cub affectionately, only to disappear without a trace.

"Did she pass on, by any chance?" - Gabriel asked with surprise, only to notice how the once inert body of the fox, began to move weakly - "She".

"Exactly" - replied Kurama as he took the fox in his arms and smiled when he heard her breathing - "With this, everything will be fine".

The fox slowly opened her eyes weakly, and began to look around - "Wu ~?"

"Is this normal?" - Gabriel asked in confusion as she saw how the vixen was strange.

"She was dead, that alone is more than enough reason for her to be confused" - Kurama replied as he rolled his eyes at her.

"You're smart, Kurama-san ~!" - Gabriel smiled as she looked fondly at the small animal and notice how it was starting to wake up.

"Wu ~?" - the fox looked at the white-haired man with her small eyes - "Wu ~!"

The cub slowly opened his eyes as he heard his mother's voice.

"Wu ~!" - the fox quickly jumped out of Kurama's arms and walked over to where her baby was. She slowly began to clean the little one's fur as the cub approached her and began to suckle.

"Oh, right" - Kunou said as she looked at the little fox - "He hasn't eaten anything in days."

"You're quite the warrior" - Kurama said with a smile as he used some of his chakra to stabilize the cub's body. The little guy had survived without eating for days when he was still suckling, that alone showed the desire to survive that he possessed.

The vixen nodded her head as she devoured the meat Kurama had created.

"Huh? Where did those foxes come from?" - Akeno asked as she came out of her room and noticed how Kurama and the others were taking care of a small family of Kitsunes.

"Let's just say Kunou-chan brought them because they were in a bad situation" - replied Kurama with a smile as he petted the two small animals.

". . ." - Akeno was even more confused because Kurama hadn't said anything with his words, in fact, she was even more confused - "You better explain to me later, Kurama-san."

"OK" - Kurama nodded as the foxes seemed to be making up for the lost time.

"By the way, where's Rias and the others?" - Akeno asked as he took a breath and looked at the white-haired man.

"Naruto went out with her and the others" - Kurama answered as he looked at the young Himejima - "He did it so she wouldn't come into your room because she was extremely worried about you."

". . ." - Akeno felt as she felt a slight warmth in her chest - "I'll thank her later because I feel like she has to be busy now."

Kurama smiled because he understood very well what the young black-haired girl was trying to say.

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"I guess I shouldn't be here" - Naruto muttered as he looked around. He was on what looked like a bullet train and from the color of the sky, you could tell he wasn't in the world of humans.

"Relax, we're just going to my place to go get something" - Rias replied with a smile as she sat down next to him. She had convinced him to accompany her, and in the process, she would introduce him to her parents.

"You don't have to worry so much, Naruto-san" - Kiba said as he put his hand on the red-haired young man's shoulder - "The underworld isn't as bad as the bible says"

"Not bad at all" - nodded Koneko as she devoured her sweets.

Rias was happy, but her smile quickly disappeared - "How will Akeno be?"

"Relax, I'm sure everything will be fine, she's together with Shuri-san" - replied Kiba as he tried to reassure his [King] - "Not counting Kurama-sama."

"Right" - muttered Rias as she nodded weakly.

"Tousan must have already soothed her" - Naruto replied as he smiled at her.

"Thank you" - murmured Rias as she kissed him on the cheek.

". . ." - Koneko was silent as she frowned at the jealousy that was starting to grow inside her.

"Rias?" - Said a female voice that you could tell she was surprised by the tone.

"Sona?" - Rias replied in surprise, only to frown - "What are you doing here?"

"My parents called me because they needed to talk to me" - Sona replied while raising an eyebrow - "That's why I came without Tsubaki or the others"

"I see" - nodded Rias as she squeezed the red-haired boy's arm between her breasts.

Sona frowned when she saw this, but her expression changed when she noticed how someone was missing - "And Akeno?"

Rias was silent as the others averted their gaze.

" What happened?" - Sona asked as she frowned.

Rias began to explain to her what had happened over the past few hours. Sona was silent not knowing what to say, after all, the problem was much more complex than she first thought - "I see."

"What do you think I should have done, Sona?" - Rias asked as she looked at her friend - "You're smarter than me, that's why I want to know your opinion"

"If I'm honest with you, I would have done the same as you" - replied Sona while shaking her head - "There are times when the best is to let the person who is suffering, have some space."

". . ." - Rias was silent as she nodded weakly.

"I think it's time for you to let him go, Rias" - Sona said as her eyebrow started to twitch - "Naruto-san is about to lose consciousness."

"Huh?" - Rias looked at Naruto, only to notice how he was all red in the face as he muttered things about 'softness' - "Naru-kun!"

* * *

"Ugh, what was that all about?" - Naruto asked as he looked around - "Did I fall asleep, by any chance?"

"Exactly" - Rias replied with a forced smile as the women in the group gave her a blank look.

Kiba just smiled silently, though if one were to look closely, they would notice that his lip was twitching.

"And answering your question, you've been asleep for a few minutes" - Rias added while smiling at him - "We're about to reach my family's territories."

"I see" - nodded Naruto with a smile, but his expression froze when he saw how Rias was in front of him again - "Rias?"

"Yes, Naru-kun ~?" - Rias asked as she gave him a seductive look.

Naruto froze as he felt his cheeks turning redder and redder from embarrassment.

"Ok, enough" - said Sona as she grabbed her friend by the shoulders and pulled her back - "If you continue to do this, he will lose consciousness once again."

"Ok, I'm backing off" - said Rias as she let go of her romantic interest - "At least for now"

"I feel like they're forgetting about me" - Gasper muttered as he felt Koneko's hand on his shoulder - "Koneko-chan?"

"Easy, Ga-kun" - replied Koneko with a neutral expression - "I had also forgotten about you."

"You're bad, Koneko-chan ~!" - Gasper shouted as he started to cry.

Kiba kept his silence when he saw this, after all, he didn't want to admit that he had also forgotten his kouhai.

* * * * *

Fifteen minutes later, Naruto was getting off the train along with Rias and the others.

Sona watched them from the window of the train as she sighed with regret that there was a good distance to go before they reached her destination.

"Welcome to Gremory Territory, Naruto-kun" - smiled Rias as her expression changed when she noticed how two glyphs appeared in front of the group, showing the silhouette of a woman very similar to Rias next to a red-haired youthful man.

"Rias" - said the man with a tone that showed he was upset.

"Honey" - said the woman as she looked at her husband.

"Ok, we'll talk later" - sighed the man as he looked at his partner, then looked at the young red-haired man - "Welcome to Gremory Territory, Uzumaki Naruto-san."