"Hey, hey Pandora, be reasonable." Garfield protested internally.
"You've been living with me this whole time. You know exactly how many times I go to the bathroom."
"You've even been in my dreams. This old rabbit spirit is obviously fooling the cat, okay? You believe me, right?"
Ptoo
Pandora spat directly in Garfield's face and continued jumping around inside his soul. "You shameless cat! Bastard!"
"You're holding the Time Stone, and you still want to pretend nothing happened? The devouring ability of that entire Ōtsutsuki obviously comes from you!"
She snarled.
"When we get back, I'm going straight to the Ancient One and making her judge this."
Garfield paused. "…Did you just admit you were the Ancient One's daughter?"
"…" Pandora froze.
"This monarch is not the Ancient One's daughter!"
"Then what exactly is your relationship with the Ancient One?"
"That's none of your business!"
Garfield squinted. "…Little sister?"
"Little sister your ass! You perverted cat, WOOO!"
CHOMP
Pandora bit down again.
Garfield yelped, and the damage instantly manifested outward.
Under the combined gazes of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, Senju Hashirama, and Kurama… Garfield's face visibly swelled.
Hashirama coughed politely. "…From an outsider's perspective, it really doesn't look good for you."
Hagoromo sighed.
"If you don't wish to admit it, then so be it." He said calmly. "I didn't come today to argue."
"I came to retrieve the Nine-Tails." He turned toward Kurama.
Garfield stiffened. "…How did you know?"
Hagoromo reached out and gently squeezed Kurama's cheek. From the Nine-Tails' body, he extracted a glowing orange-red sphere and handed it to Garfield.
"You told Mother about this," Hagoromo said. "And Mother told Hamura and me."
Garfield stared at the sphere.
It wasn't only chakra. It contained thought, memory, and a faint echo of consciousness.
"…What is this?" Garfield asked slowly.
"A seed," Hagoromo replied.
Garfield looked at him strangely. "…You're serious?"
"Yes," Hagoromo nodded.
"According to Mother's story, I placed this seed inside the Nine-Tails long ago, waiting for the day you would come and take it."
"I hope it will help you."
Garfield examined the seed silently.
Hashirama and Kurama leaned in as well, staring at the small orange sphere in Garfield's paw.
"…What now?" Garfield muttered.
Hagoromo turned to Kurama.
"Nine-Tails." He said gently, "Pour your chakra into the seed."
"Yes, Papa!" Kurama immediately complied. His immense chakra surged into the seed.
The small orange sphere trembled, expanded, and transformed into a tiny orange fox, no larger than a palm.
Kurama's eyes widened. "…Cute."
He poured in more chakra. The little fox grew again, becoming the size of a small kitten.
"That's enough," Hagoromo said calmly.
Kurama immediately stopped. Under everyone's gaze, the tiny Nine-Tails slowly opened its eyes.
Instantly…
Critical emotional damage
The kitten-sized fox looked around, then cheerfully shouted at Kurama.
"Big brother!"
"H-Heh… hi, little sister." Kurama's expression melted.
The small fox turned to Hagoromo. "Hello, Dad!"
Hagoromo smiled, deeply satisfied. "Hello, Shōkyū ."
Then she turned toward Hashirama. "Brother Asura! Hello!"
"…Hello, Shōkyū ." Hashirama responded stiffly. (He still had absolutely no idea why everyone kept calling him Asura.)
Finally… the little fox turned her head toward Garfield.
They were roughly the same size now. She stared at him for a long second.
Then frowned.
"…Sexy cat."
Garfield's soul shattered.
"Hahahahah!" Pandora laughed.
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