Summary: In which Kushina reminisces about Kurama and meets Obito.

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Kushina knows exactly who and what Kurama is.

He's dangerous, wild, and powerful, but with a look that holds grief and sorrow in one's eyes and a tale that she could scarcely believe (but will happen, she feels it in her guts), she believes him. Believes in what he's saying, and takes him in.

They make up a backstory for him, and plan ahead, also grabbing her lovable boyfriend to come and help (not before convincing him that Kurama is her cousin, and that she hadn't seen him in ages–).

Threatened the Hokage and the stupid Council of idiotic elders, especially Danzō, into letting Kurama stay and defended him when one questioned his loyalty. She never liked him, as a kid, as a jinchuuriki, as Kurama used to be someone who took away her freedom, but now...

Things are different.

(He shoved ramen in her face the other day, muttering about how she's "stupid, arrogant brat" and "who doesn't understand that I'm not a fucking errand boy", but she sees kindness deep inside and a faint blush when she hugs him, making him scream at her (she quotes, "PUT ME DOWN, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!!!"), and the Kyuubi inside her growls.)

Though, she really wants to murder him right now, but she can't, because these adorable pair of round black eyes are staring up at her and she can't get mad at all right now–

Kurama snorts with amusement, placing a hand on top of the boy's head. "Brat, this is Kushina, my cousin. Kushina, this is..."

"Uchiha Obito!" the boy pipes up, and did he just say Uchiha– "And I'm gonna be Hokage!"

Kushina pauses, before giving Kurama a glare. He did not. "You didn't."

He doesn't flinch at her glare, glaring back at her, though Obito does. She really didn't want to scare him, but Kurama did something even worse. "I did," he flatly says.

"You adopted a Uchiha?! How?!" Mikoto is going to either give her an earful tomorrow when they both meet up, or congratulate her on getting a nephew. They might become in-laws, and she does not want to become in-laws with Mikoto's stuffy husband, thank you very much. "Oh, Mikoto is going to kill me....!"

"He threatened Ren-san into backing down!" Obito says, eyes gleaming with stars. "And Kurama-nii was really, really good at it, too! Can he teach me how to do that? Can he? Can he?"

"I did what was necessary," Kurama continues, giving Obito what seems like a pat on the head from fondness, and Kushina marvels at how the universe is dying. "And adopting him from those good-for-nothing fools? Yeah, he needed to get out of there. Did you see how he was assaulted by some of his own clan?"

..... Maybe Kurama had a point. She couldn't wait to beat up the Uchiha Clan, and spare her best friend's family, for her precious otouto (she's unconsciously considering Obito as family already and she doesn't notice the wide grin that's threatening to split Obito's face and Kurama's smirk that curls his lips).

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As stated in canon, Obito was Kushina's favourite shinobi, soooooo..... This is an early meeting of the two? I'm not sure, but please correct me if this is wrong!

Terms:
Jinchuuriki - "Human sacrifice"
Otouto - Japanese term for little brother

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