#Neji completely deadpan: beat his ass bro

[dark-elf-writes]

Just imagine that the while Naruto and Kurama are stuck in the loop, they slowly start to work together to the point that when they leave Kurama likes Naruto enough to just give him Chakra. And while Minato’s seal may prevent Naruto from going into KCM he can do version one and version two of the Jinchūriki Form. Orochimaru get his ass beat by a absolutely pissed off 12 year and everyone freaks out that Naruto's now just straight up kage level.

Absolutely. Like the first time it loops Kurama is basically like a pissed cat with all his fur on end and stanced because holy shit was that death? Did they just die? What is happening.

Then it happens again.

And again.

And again.

So he does what he swore he would never do, and reaches out to the kit/jailor/vessel and it goes about as well as can be imagined.

“Stop getting us killed”

“Holy fuck now there’s voices in my head???”

And after a few more loops of them fighting mostly against each other rather than with each other, the kit jailor asks a question Kurama didn’t expect.

“Hey, Mr. Fox? What’s your name? I mean if we’re gonna keep dying together I should probably know it right?”

No one has ever asked. No one has ever cared.

Only this shattered child he has felt die nearly a dozen times now. That he has died with nearly a dozen times now.

An understanding comes from there.

(And whatever Orochimaru was expecting it wasn’t the jinchuriki covered in red chakra looking more beast than child and shrieking his (their?) rage directly into his face before proceeding to kick the shit out of him. The others save Neji are equally as stunned.)