Even though he had mentally prepared himself for this possibility, seeing the massive sealed gate and the Jinchuriki before him made Isobu finally accept reality.
This was real, not a dream.
After so many years, he had once again been sealed inside a human.
And this time, it was a human child.
Barring any unexpected incidents, given human lifespans, at worst, he would be stuck inside this child for decades.
Depressing...
...
Yagura waited for Isobu to make the first move.
But Isobu didn't seem interested in engaging with him at all. After taking a glance at the Jinchuriki's face, he simply lowered his eyelids.
Yagura: Huh?
Was this the legendary half-lidded gaze? Did Tailed Beasts do that too?
Or was it just his imagination? Why did Isobu look so...resigned? Almost like he was sulking.
Could it be that Isobu was... socially anxious?
He actually seemed easier to talk to than that tsundere fox.
Social anxiety?
Didn't matter!
Karatachi Yagura was best at talking his way into things—whether it was people or Tailed Beasts!
Now that he was able to enter the mental space and see Isobu face-to-face, this was the perfect opportunity to communicate directly.
He wasn't going to let it go to waste.
Knowing that Isobu couldn't escape the seal, Yagura braced himself and moved closer, gripping the bars of the cage.
"Hey! Hello? Moshi moshi? Anyaseyo?"
Isobu could more or less understand that the boy was greeting him, but...
"..."
Was this kid dropped on his head as a baby?
"Why aren't you answering me?"
Yagura leaned forward and knocked on the bars of the cell. "Don't tell me you're asleep. Do turtles sleep with their eyes open?"
Isobu finally spoke, his voice deep and rumbling: "I'm not a turtle."
"Oh, so you're awake. That means we can talk properly."
Yagura grinned, thumping his chest confidently. He looked up and met Isobu's eyes.
"Let's start with introductions. I'm Karatachi Yagura! I'm seven years old, I like gaming, diving, and good food. I don't like fish with too many bones. My dream is to become the Fourth Mizukage and unify the world!"
Isobu: "..."
Yep, definitely a human child.
And an extremely noisy one.
All he wanted was peace and quiet.
But inside this Jinchuriki... that didn't seem possible.
"Eh?"
Yagura watched, dumbfounded, as Isobu sluggishly turned his massive body around and flopped down, facing away from him.
...
What was this? Refusing to accept new messages?
Was this how Tailed Beasts normally acted?
Yagura was thoroughly confused.
Isobu, your buddies Shukaku and Kurama aren't like this at all!
You should learn from them!
How am I supposed to use Naruto's methods if you don't act like Naruto's Tailed Beast?!
...
Isobu looked as if he had actually fallen asleep.
Realizing that not all Tailed Beasts were the same, Yagura sighed.
If Shukaku and Kurama were tsunderes, then Isobu was more like... a Buddhist monk?
And incredibly socially withdrawn.
Not only did he refuse to talk to his Jinchuriki, but he didn't even seem interested in escaping from him.
Well... fine!
At least he was quieter than Shukaku and Kurama.
Yagura awkwardly ruffled his own hair, then knocked on the bars again.
"Don't put me on mute. I need your power to achieve my goal."
Not my problem.
Isobu closed his eyes, intending to sleep for a few days first.
If only someone could hit him over the head and put him into hibernation for a few decades, that would be even better.
...
"Isobu."
Hearing his true name, Isobu froze mid-snore.
Then, just as he had hoped, someone did hit him over the head—metaphorically speaking, with a wake-up call that left him reeling.
!!!
In an instant, Isobu turned around with surprising agility, his single large eye locking onto Yagura.
"You! How do you know that name?!"
"Finally, a reaction."
Seeing that his plan worked, Yagura smirked and put his hands on his hips.
"First of all, don't call me 'you'... Ah, never mind, that joke's overused."
He waved a hand dismissively, deliberately ignoring Isobu's urgent expression.
Grinning, he said, "Call me by my name. I'm Yagura. And I'll call you Isobu. Sound good?"
"Answer my question first."
If the other Tailed Beasts saw Isobu now, they would be stunned.
The one who was always at the bottom of the food chain among them, the easiest to talk to, was actually this serious?
But Isobu had every reason to be.
Aside from Shukaku, who always bragged about himself, only the Sage of Six Paths and the other Tailed Beasts knew their real names.
For centuries, the ninja world had only referred to them by their tails—One-Tail, Two-Tails, Three-Tails...
Simple and easy to remember.
Isobu leaned in closer, his massive form looming over Yagura beyond the bars.
"How do you know the name Isobu?"
His sudden approach made Yagura gulp.
He stared into the massive eye in front of him.
Gulp.
"You're not gonna eat me, right?"
Isobu frowned. "I don't eat humans. Tailed Beasts don't eat humans. And this is the mental space."
Yagura wasn't sure how, but he could tell Isobu was annoyed just from his expression.
Still, they were finally talking. That was progress.
Placing a hand on his chest, Yagura lowered his head slightly, his voice softening as if speaking to an old friend.
"Because in my past life, I was your Jinchuriki, Isobu. I even fought alongside the other Tailed Beasts and their hosts."
"Your name is Isobu, Six-Tails is Saiken, Nine-Tails is Kurama, Four-Tails is Son Goku... I forgot the rest."
Isobu narrowed his eye. "Past life?"
But Yagura hadn't just guessed his name—he also got the others right.
Seeing Isobu's reaction, Yagura pressed on.
"That's right. I was reincarnated to save the world. In my past life, I was your Jinchuriki, Isobu~"
Save the world?
Isobu's eye nearly popped out.
But Yagura's next words shook him to his core.
"In my past life, Madara Uchiha didn't die. He planned to capture all nine Tailed Beasts and seal them inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to summon the Ten-Tails."
Isobu: "!!"
Madara Uchiha? The Outer Path? The Ten-Tails!
Any one of those names was enough to make a Tailed Beast tremble.
"If the Ten-Tails is revived, you know what will happen to the world."
Yagura sighed, sitting down cross-legged as if catching up with an old friend.
"Last time, we had it rough. Madara put me under a genjutsu, you got sealed into the statue, and I died. Then I was reanimated to fight for him. It sucked."
Isobu processed this, then frowned. "But humans don't live past a hundred years. Even Madara should be long dead."
"He is. That's why he's hiding underground, using someone else to carry out his plan."
Yagura's expression darkened. "Once they gather all the Tailed Beasts, they'll use the Rinnegan's Rinne Rebirth to revive him."
"Rinnegan?!"
"He awakened it after fighting Hashirama Senju."
Too much information.
Isobu's brain overloaded.
Yagura leaned forward, meeting Isobu's eye seriously.
"That's why I need your power to get stronger, fast."
"Isobu, you don't want to be sealed into the statue again, do you?"
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