The shattering might of a bursting star couldn't be denied. But still, Ray held complete control. The fist stopped inches away from the Kyubi's face, and from it, he could feel the sun itself warp space around, revealing humongous heat. Sun Burst was no joke.
Ray sighed and retracted his fist; most of his Hakama had burned to a crisp due to that move, and he was shrouded in a subtle flame wave that seemed to mirror heat waves from the sun.
"The only reason I am stopping is that you are in Naruto's body. If this fist had impacted, you'd be dead, Kyubi... you may be a being of energy, but this flames can scatter even energy"
"Bastard..."
*WHOOSH!*
*BOOOM*
The Kyubi jumped back, still looking like Naruto as another tail popped up, and the skin of Naruto's body began to peel.
"Do you think I fear you? Go ahead, strike me with that tyrannical power~ I don't care if I die, as long as I see that bitch suffer" It hissed with utmost resentment.
They both looked at Kushina, whose gaze was no less poisonous towards the creature who killed her and her husband. But she didn't say a word; she trusted Ray
"Why do you hate her so much?" Ray stepped forward and asked calmly.
"You don't need to know. Don't come here talking like you know everything, trying to make us 'friends', fool. You don't know anything. Don't think because you're fucking her... that somehow redeems everything she and her disgusting clan have done to me".
Kushina popped up a huge blush, especially because the Kyubi was talking while looking like her son, "Stop being so vulgar, Kyūbi!".
The beast smirked, "What? Only this brat is stupid not to notice. You smell like fox, like my kind... and now your scent is all over her, she stinks so much... how much have you two mated in such little time, huh?"
"Shut up!" Kushina screamed, blushing like a tomato.
The Kyubi finished his transformation into the fourth tails and a ball of energy appeared in its mouth, aimed at Ray.
"Do you really want to do this? I told you I just want to talk" Ray frowned, finally feeling a rather threatening amount of energy coming from the beast.
"Just kill me and skip the talk!"
*BOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!*
A ridiculous beam of destruction warped space and even dispersed some of the moonlight mist as it was shot.
"Ray, avoid that!" Kushina screamed at Ray; she wanted him to accomplish his task, but not at the risk of his life. Her son or Ray, she couldn't bear to lose either.
Soon, she was covered in mist against her will; Azrael, who had been silent, stood up in front of her protectively. It seemed she had forgotten she could also die from that attack.
But Ray didn't move. He took it head-on, and the world behind them was devastated, but only to a degree. The mist scattered the destruction significantly and stopped it from reaching the village or any important settlement nearby.
When the dust settled, Ray was there in the middle, unaffected.
"BASTARD, ARE YOU UNKILLABLE OR SOMETHING?!" The Kyubi screamed in outrage, even if it expected Ray to survive that... he couldn't have ever expected him to be unscathed, he even took it head-on.
'I am, actually' Ray sighed, scattering some flames off his shoulder. This was not only to help Naruto, but he also wanted to test his limits. And just now, he used no protection whatsoever, just allowing the energy to shatter his body if necessary, he'd just use the curse of the sarcophagus.
Even Kushina couldn't believe Ray was unharmed after that.
"What is his trick? Is he diverting the attack somehow?"
Hearing her, Azrael felt the urge to laugh, and Kushina thought she was being ridiculed.
"I am asking you politely, dattebane!"
She wanted to get to know Ray better. She knew he was strong, but what was the foundation of his power? Taijutsu, training...? Nothing in her mind could begin to explain how he was unscathed after receiving an attack, even a Hokage-level Shinobi would have a hard time dealing with.
"Master is not diverting anything. Master is the SunGod, there is no further explanation you need more than that, anything I tell you... you won't be able to comprehend".
"..." The brief explanation made Kushina feel small. It made her feel she was getting involved in a world that went far beyond her expectations... her new lover was not someone she could call 'reasonable'.
She stared at him up and down among the sun flames and bit her lips, 'He is hot like the Sun, that much I know'.
...
Ray stood there, feeling an unexpected shiver run down his spine that he ignored. Rather than go on the offensive, he waited for the Kyubi to unleash its full power.
'If I want to tame it, I have to wait for it to be at its strongest... besides, I can't beat the crap out of him in front of Kushina while he's looking like this...'
More tails popped up; the Kyubi was wrapped on a ribcage that looked hideous.
"I am not going to get tamed, just kill me. KILL ME!"
Ray frowned. Clearly, just as Kushina said, the Kyubi was full of wrath; he didn't even care about dying so long as he could deliver a killing blow to Kushina, to her heart.
He sighed, 'When you get a milf as your lover... You take her and her problems... that's just how it is. Busty milfs must be loved and protected... no matter what'.
...
For a long time, Ray was just taking, evading and trashing the Kyubi around lightly, never going too far. Soon, it was time for the last tail, the ninth tail.
He was gigantic, just as he remembered Yasaka's true form to be (Before her evolution), except not as brilliant or beautiful, just orange and intimidating with a powerful amount of energy that put even gentlemen like Sirzechs to shame.
The gigantic Kyubi manifested, and finally, Ray smirked.
"Don't think it will be so easy–"
*BOOOOMMMMMMM!!!*
The Kyubi's body shot like a cannon, shattered in a bloody mess. Kushina skipped a beat; she felt like her heart was going to stop. However, soon, the Kitsune's body started to heal. He growled and smashed down against Ray, only for him to slap the Kitsune's paw, sending a thunderous shockwave.
Ray looked at the Kyūbi in the eyes, and the latter felt his eyes itch.
"UGHHHH!!!"
Then Ray leapt, took the Kyubi by a tail and slammed it to the ground.
*BAAANNGG!!*
"You're so eager to die? I know by now Naruto-kun must be way back... he can't feel, hear or do anything now, am I correct?~"
"You little bitch", The Kitsune hissed, regenerating and trying to come with a strategy. He knew he couldn't run away because of the mist; he didn't know if he was going to be able to use a fully developed Biju-dama.
There were not many options aside from submitting. But Ray wasn't going to give it the leisure to think.
"I am right, don't I? So I can trash you now without a problem. I am not going to kill you, though!"
*BOOOOMMMMM!!!*
...
Seeing the ridiculous display of the Sun God against a foe who effectively couldn't die, Azrael swallowed a mouthful. No doubt this whole region would have been destroyed if there had been no moonlight mist, Konoha would disappear from the map alongside a huge chunk of the Land of Fire.
The Kyubi wouldn't die... but one could tell it was getting tired, and desperate. His strength was feeble, his energy like water on top of a boiling frying pan.
Unable to do anything.
The Kyūbi got the trashing of his life, utter torture. Soon, the greed and wrath transformed into fear... unprecedented fear for the Sun God. No one in its whole existence had caused so much pain to it.
His tails got torn off, his body smashed and burnt over and over. Ray would leave it to regenerate and then start again, sadistically.
Until finally, the last straw that shattered all of the fox's hopes.
"You know what, Kyubi? I have changed my mind~ forget Naruto, you will be my pet from now on".
!!!
The realisation settled in. A world of pain, a future of suffering... something way worse than just being inside Kushina or Naruto. Those two could die, they were humans...but this God...? His torture would never end!
"No! NO! I accept! I ACCEPT!".
The kyubi lay down meekly in submission.
"You accept? I don't care if you accept. Took you too long, you're mine now, damn fox!" Ray charged again, smirking evily and ready to deliver another burst.
"Ray!"
It was Kushina who jumped on Ray to stop him, crying. She had watched enough.
"Please stop, that's my socchi!"
She had seen enough of the torture, even if that was the Kyubi, that was still her son's body.
"Kushina, step aside. Let me torture that bastard a bit more~" Ray grinned sadistically, seeing the Kyubi flinch in fear, then Kushina actually tackled Ray down and embraced him like a Koala just so he wouldn't move.
"Stop, please!"
Everything went just as planned. The Kyubi saw Kushina protect it, even if indirectly.
Ray caressed Kushina's hair and calmed down, or at least he pretended to. It gave the Kyubi enough time to heal. The kyubi stared at both of them together, and he saw a chance. Ray had his eyes closed but his senses all over the Kyubi, waiting to see what it would do.
But the Kyubi didn't attack.
"I am okay now, Kushina. I was just a bit upset, sorry".
"You, you! Are you trying to give me a heart attack!? I thought you were going to kill him-dattebane!"
**
**
Taming the Kyubi? No, I scared it to death. He's a resilient bastard who would rather die than submit. But what would he prefer? Submit or get tortured for eternity? I am glad that he's not stupid.
Kushina tried to restrain me, but I wasn't actually angry; I was just playing my part in traumatising it. By the time we turned around, the fox had its head down in total submission; it even looked sad.
"What's wrong with you? Just a moment ago, you were being quite overbearing? Are you scared, huh? ARE YOU FUCKING SCARED YES OR NO!?"
"Ray! Stop it!" Kushina billowed until she saw my smiling expression, then her sight shifted towards the Kyubi.
The Fox shrieked in fear once again, and I laughed, this is too fun. I raised my hands and smiled in 'defeat'. When I looked at Kushina, she was smiling too... it seems she finally caught up as we winked at one another.
"Just so you know, Kyubi, I came here with the intention to talk to you, but you were being so arrogant and overbearing, I had to beat you up a bit... I still want to make you my pet, it is not every day I can find an immortal creature like you to torture for fun–".
"No! You lunatic, let me go! I will be Naruto or Kushina's Jinchuriki, whoever you want, so long as I don't have to go with you!"
I smiled confidently towards Kushina, another job well done.
"We can talk now–" He said.
"But I want to torture you now, it is too late..."
"S-Save me, Kushina!" The Kyubi realised that I wasn't going to let go, and asked for help towards the one who could 'control' me.
"Save you...? You seem to have forgotten it was you who killed Minato and I! What reason do I have to save YOU?"
"Your son is my jinchuriki, and I have released my full power. If I leave his boy, he's going to die" The Kyubi spoke to her, but no longer with that unreasonable wrath; he was just trying to survive now.
"You don't need to worry about Naruto, I can save him", I said to Kushina, reassuring her. Even if the boy died, I could bring him back so long as he didn't die for too long.
"That's impossible–"
"It is also impossible for anyone in this world to beat you, but... I can do it again if you want another taste!"
The fox shivered again. This was way too fun!
"Are you going to submit or not?" Kushina asked him, "If you do, I will stop Ray".
The fox glared at Kushina, then its gaze softened with Ray in submission.
"I will submit to you, not to them... so long as you promise not to hurt me, I can follow your orders... I can also become their jinchuriki, allow them to use my chakra, but not much more".
They both looked at me. I was the one who was going to decide. Kushina and I already spoke about it, so I said my decree.
"You will stay with Naruto and support him, Kyubi. That's your role".
"You want me to stay forever sealed within someone who hates me?!"
"Narutodoesn't hate you", Kushina said, clenching her hands.
"Despite everything that you have done, everything that we have gone through... even if he were to know that, I am sure he still wouldn't hate you. That's the kind of man my son is".
The Kyubi flinched.
"It is you who have been all this time hating a boy who has done nothing to you. You can hate me, despise me... You can hate Minato and my Uzumaki clan, but you can't hate Naruto-kun. He has done nothing to you! You have been unfair to my son all his life, and YOU KNOW THAT!"
At Kushina's outburst, the fox fell silent... he had no way to retort to her.
"I will not seal you back, Kyubi", I said to it, smiling.
!!!
"What...?"
"The reason I allowed you free was for us to make a deal. I do not plan to seal you back... I am giving you a choice. If you are not going to stay with Naruto and help him, then I will seal you inside Kushina, your choice".
The fox growled at Kushina, "I'd rather stay with the kiddo a thousand times over".
"Feeling's mutual. You and I are irreconciliable, but I also know deep inside you're not a bad fox, you're just a fox who has suffered quite a bit".
"..."
"That didn't give you the right to make me suffer alongside you. Kyubi, you had no business releasing that hate on my family or me," Kushina cried, like words that had been stuck inside her throat for years were finally coming out, "From the time I was a child, until the moment you killed me. You and I have been at war, always trying to tempt with my mind, take me over... I didn't ask to be your Jinchuriki! It was imposed on me, don't you understand?! I did not seal you within me, the clan did!"
"..."
"You had no right... *sob*"
She fell on her knees, whipping. I thought to reach for her, but realised we haven't known each other that long. I don't understand her suffering.
"And you took everything from me that night" Then Kushina turned to me, her teary eyes finaly showing a smile, "If it wasn't for him, I would be grieving in hell for eternity. Now I have my son too, and for Naruto's sake... I am willing to forgive you".
The Kyubi gasped, like she had delivered the final killing blow to his psyche. She was the mortal, the human, but she was being the bigger person.
"I have responsibilities and stuff to do. I won't be able to stay with him all the time as I'd like to... take care of my socchi in my absence," She told him.
The Fox finally relented, "Hmph, don't think I will do it for you. But yes, I can keep an eye on the brat".
Both of them stared at one another and finally... the wrath was gone.
"Cool, it seems we have an agreement~" I smiled joyfully. Kushina jumped on me, hugged, leaned on my warmth and even smelled me.
"Thank you, Ray".
Her heartfelt words touched my heart, and she kissed me... very deeply.
"Uncle, aunty?" We heard Naruto's voice and separated awkwardly. When we went to look at Naruto, Azrael was covering his eyes, sending us a reproachful gaze.
'You forgot I was here...'