B's still trying to make Son open its mouth and release Naruto. The process of controlling Kurama was a long and difficult one for Naruto, and it consisted of three phases. Naruto, thus, had to prove his worth in order to gain Kuramas respect and, after that, his friendship. The thing is though, they aren't whiskers at all: Naruto Uzumaki has "marks" on his face that appear to be an animal mustache, and they were created by a mystical nine-tailed fox by the name of Kurama that shared his chakra with Naruto while he was in his mother, Kushina's, womb. Kurama then silently praised Naruto's ability to distribute his chakra to others despite how different they were, the fox noted that Naruto had surpassed his father and mother. [11][12][13], After Madara Uchiha's defection from Konohagakure, he found Kurama and used his Sharingan to control it, forcing the fox to help him fight against Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage. Naruto and the others quickly regroup while Kurama restored Kakashi and Guy's respective chakra, but the Ten-Tails, under the control of Obito and Madara, quickly overwhelmed them before they could finish devising a strategy. After the attack injured Naruto and drained him all of Kurama's chakra, the fox proceeded to gather more chakra to prepare for another assault. The tailed beasts then ran away from the new moon and joined the rest of Team 7. Naruto fights Kurama in Episode #245, titled "The Next Challenge! Eventually, after Naruto managed to best Kurama in combat,[31] the young shinobi then told the fox that he hoped to resolve its hatred someday. Thanks to Naruto receiving part of the Sage of the Six Paths' chakra, Naruto can now fuse his Tailed Beast Form with those of two Shadow Clones creating this Form. He arrived in the time period shortly after Sasuke's defection from Konoha. In retaliation, Naruto pinned the fox down, refuting that it was the one who was being naive. Main article: Search for Tsunade "Kurama" (, Kurama) is episode 328 of the Naruto: Shippden anime. Kurama expressed great pride in its power, believing itself to be the strongest of the tailed beasts due to its belief that their strength is determined by their number of tails, which earned Kurama nothing but disapproval from its brethren, especially Shukaku. Since he lacked the power to defeat Isshiki, he had to tap into a life-threatening power. In this temple, they found many headless statues representing all the jinchuriki who couldnt pass the test, which was to put his head in a statue that has the appearance of a lion. Kurama and Naruto later had a telepathic meeting with the other tailed beasts, though Matatabi, Koku, and Chmei decided not to participate, and talked about their protection. But, this was not the whole deal, as Naruto still had to free Kurama from his cage. Naruto didn't realise that he was talking about the Nine-Tails until he was taught to take advantage of it. His expertise varies from Alfred Hitchcock movies to Bleach, as he has explored a lot of fictional Universes and authors. Here Is When & How Naruto Learns How to Control Kurama! Later echoing Hinata's sentiments that Naruto's life was not his own, the fox reminded him that it was also here and that his parents had also died in a similar manner to protect him. As Naruto and the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces went to aid Hashirama against Madara, Yin-Kurama explained to Minato who was tending the defeated Obito that he was not in mortal danger from the extraction as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was still filled with great amounts of life energy, but rendered immobilised for a while. [25] Conversely, Kurama openly acknowledged the fact that it alone doesn't stand a chance against the Ten-Tails,[26] and from its past experience with Madara, knew full well he was not an opponent to be underestimated, even though he was seemingly pushed into a corner at the time. Q. While training with Naruto, Kawaki was never able to defeat the Hokage and even without Kurama, Naruto would be able to defeat Kawaki in a fight. Main article: Chnin Exams Kurama and Madara vs. Hashirama. With this power, they can create a magnetic force field and attach it to objects. What Happened to Him? Main article: Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax. Before this, Naruto had only been able to access a small portion of Kurama's power. 2 Hashirama Senju. Jiraiya, who the Nine-Tails quickly recognised as the Fourth Hokage's teacher,[22] later appeared and removed Orochimaru's seal. Well, in Season 12, Naruto Uzumaki controls the power of the Nine-Tails at the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War in the Naruto Shippuden series. Flame control is Sasuke using Amaterasu and bending its shape. When his three-tailed form was proven insufficient in his fight against Orochimaru, Naruto gave into the Nine-Tails and entered his four-tailed form. Just before Naruto completely succumbed, the chakra imprint of his mother Kushina Uzumaki appeared, halted his transformation, and used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to subdue the Nine-Tails, to which the fox reacted in anger and shock when it recognised her chakra. All of this happened during the Fourth Shinobi World War. Main articles: Boruto: Naruto the Movie and Versus Momoshiki Arc. When Naruto was soon contained by Pain's Chibaku Tensei technique, the Nine-Tails tempted Naruto to entrust his heart to it so that it could destroy everything that was causing Naruto pain, thus distorting the seal to the point where the eight-tailed form was released. However, Naruto was able to quickly escape from its coils before it could absorb any more of Kurama's chakra and created a shadow clone to protect Kakashi from Obito. Thinking it would be him, Naruto was prepared to die, but Kurama revealed that he would be fine, as it was Kurama's life that was gambled through using . As Naruto continues to fight, Kurama continues to ponder within his mind, saying that he has seen everything Naruto does and that it doesnt matter what he says to him or the other Tailed Beasts; he has to convey his true emotions. - Kamui teleport: removed chat text stating 'entity teleported'. In the movie Naruto Shippuden Bonds, Naruto fights rages out against the zero tails. In the episode, Naruto takes Killer Bee's help to control Kurama, but it goes south, and they end up fighting each other. Main article: Kazekage Rescue Mission [36] The two expressed trust in one another that Naruto would even allow Kurama to take control of his body and switch back without conflict. The Nine-Tails quietly watched on as Naruto was speaking with Son Gok, only expressing annoyance when its name was revealed to him. Kurama first came into being in the waning days of . Throughout the series, several shinobi jinchriki or not have demonstrated the ability to gain control of one or more of the tailed beasts. With this Naruto was able to overwhelm Sasuke with his immense speed; however, as the fight continued, Sasuke was able to predict and overcome Naruto's attacks with his then fully matured Sharingan. That how madara and obito controls the nine tails. After being sealed into Naruto Uzumaki, Kurama attempts to maintain its cynical perspective about the world, but with Naruto's insistence on treating it with respect, the fox overturns its hatred and willingly strives to use its power for the world's salvation. [6][7] In the anime, before his death, Hagoromo sent Kurama to live in a temple built for the purpose of protecting it in a forest region with mountains that would later become part of the Land of Fire. Naruto has Magnet Release thanks to the chakra of the One-Tailed Beast, Shukaku. Kawaki was able to seal Naruto away in Boruto, but Naruto is the stronger of the two fighters. In the battle, Naruto was barely able to win, but Tobi revealed that this was his plan, to have Naruto and Menma fight, as doing so would cause the two foxes to fight and weaken the Nine-Tails. [61] Kurama was deceptively quite fast, able to catch Naruto in Sage Mode. After Naruto successfully removed Tobi's control over Son Gok, Kurama silently celebrated the small victory and offered to lend him more of its chakra. As far as I know (which is not so much by the way), Naruto indeed was controlled by the Nine Tailed Fox, because the first time he was able to control himself and come back from his evil and destructive possession was during his fight with Pein. Enraged, the Nine-Tails tried to dare Minato to come closer so it could rip him to shreds, but Minato simply ignored it and restored the seal to its original strength. Brought to another dimension, Naruto stubbornly resisted Momoshiki's attempt to effectively extract Kurama's chakra from him, as the other four Kage, Sasuke, and Naruto's son, Boruto, managed to arrive in the dimension and free him from his bounds. [21][46] While the two were basically identical to the other, Yang-Kurama retained its original colouring while Yin-Kurama was darker coloured. With Kurama, Kawaki would stand absolutely no chance whatsoever. In the anime, when Urashiki tsutsuki began targeting Shukaku for its chakra, the tanuki agreed to be temporarily sealed in a small tea kettle and escorted to Konoha. Kushina tells him that his chakra cant hold the Nine-Tails much longer and tells Naruto to take out the Nine-Tails. However, the two brothers survived and gained some of its power by eating the flesh of its stomach for two weeks, forcing Kurama to regurgitate them. Naruto Uzumaki is the Seventh Hokage of Konohagakure, and one of the most important characters in Boruto . Kurama's chakra is enough to power up an entire shinobi army. This can be classified as Kyuubi Chakra Mode 2. While Tsunade desperately tried to save Naruto, the Nine-Tails noticed that its power was fading as its surroundings grew darker and darker. During the fight between Naruto and Dot Kazahana, he managed to knock Naruto, who was at the disadvantage due to having the Chakra Negator on him, through the ice of the lake they were standing on, causing him to sink beneath the waters. However, the Uchiha anticipated the attack and was able to deflect it. In the first one, during his training with Killer B, Naruto had to defeat his inner darkness, which he ultimately succeeded in. While in Sage Mode, Naruto was able to weaken the Nine-Tails with the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and started to drain out its chakra. They first started by grabbing Chmei in mid-flight to pile-drive it into Isobu, but it rolled out of the way to counter-attack after Saiken quickly swallowed Kurama's hand prior to Gyki joining the fray. After the darkness of him claims the stupid things he has done, he begins to attack quickly, but the real Naruto manages to counter them. To Narutos surprise. Kurama was widely known as the strongest of the nine tailed beasts. The cause and effect of this control varies between those capable of doing so. During Naruto's three-year training under Jiraiya, the Sannin began training Naruto to gain better control of the Nine-Tails' chakra, soon helping Naruto to master wielding the chakra cloak up to two tails. Its pupil alone was bigger than a tall human. In Naruto Shippuden, episode 321, Two Man Team, Naruto finally becomes friends with Kurama. Despite the necklace's attempts to suppress it, the Nine-Tails quickly seized the necklace and crushed it. After a while, Kurama puts his hand into a fist in front of Naruto and tells him that he will fuse his chakra with his. [19][20] Realising what they were planning, Kurama attempted to kill Naruto, but both of the parents used themselves as shields and completed the sealing. If youre not fully up-to-date with everything thats been going on in Naruto, we have to warn you that this article is definitely going to contain spoilers. Later, when Shinn grabbed hold of both Naruto and Sasuke and began draining their chakra to empower the Zero-Tails, Sasuke activated the first level of his cursed seal, releasing its evil chakra, and Naruto, who had understood Sasuke's plan, sent a large amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra into the Zero-Tails, which was too much for the spirit to handle. In the conversation, the Hachibi insinuates that the Kyubi has taken a liking to Naruto, and that is why, despite all the copies he has made in Chakra Mode of the Kyubi, he is still not dead since the Kyubi himself has stopped absorbing Narutos chakra. Despite the fact that Naruto was able to beat the nine tails. [40] In addition, thanks to its exploits during Fourth Shinobi World War and working alongside with Naruto, Kurama's peaceful existence expanded to the Five Great Shinobi Countries, as it would talk directly to the other Kage and assist over important matters. [37] It was later shown that despite its Yang half being freed from its seal in Naruto, the fox willingly complied to Hagoromo's request for it to return to Naruto. Later, before Naruto defeated Kabuto Yakushi with a completed Rasengan, Kabuto severed Naruto's heart muscles, and his neighbouring chakra system, to which the Nine-Tails was unable to heal its host. !" of the anime Naruto: Shippuden. Kurama's two halves join forces with their jinchriki. When Naruto joined them, he and Sakura were both shocked by the fact that they couldn't escape the dimension, causing Son to state that Naruto was still a bit dumb, making Yang-Kurama grunt. The new form baffled everyone with its sheer power. Arthur S. Poe is a writer based in Europe. After passing the first test, he enters, together with his teacher, some temples that are behind the waterfall, where B said that Naruto would face the Kyubi. This was the second part of his test, as Naruto had to defeat Kurama in battle. But as the episodes went on, we could see how things were going to turn out. Shukaku, vowing to get back at the fox for teasing it, was intrigued to learn that Himawari once knocked out Kurama, and decided to play nice with the young girl in hopes of learning how she did it as a chance to have some mocking rights on the fox. While thinking back on the events in Naruto's life and watching the proceeds, Kurama silently noted that Naruto of all people should know that no matter what he said to the tailed beasts, his true intentions would only reach them through his own actions. Before Naruto heads into battle, the fox begins to remember Narutos growth through the years until the day they fought, when he recognized that he had already managed to do things on his own. As Naruto was prepared to die, Kurama revealed that Naruto would be fine, as it was Kurama's life that was gambled from using Baryon Mode. This is how Naruto ultimately managed to control Kurama. However, Kurama's hopes were dashed as the mysterious boy retreated. Does killer bee help Naruto? Later, when Naruto's mantle disappeared and the young shinobi requested the fox to supply him with more chakra, Kurama advised him that he should stay in his normal form a bit longer if he wanted to enter Tailed Beast Mode. As Yang-Kurama was surprised to hear Gyki's wish to return to B, Hagoromo insisted to the fox to return within Naruto to watch over the young ninja, who has become an important part of the tailed beasts' existence. Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Fox, was one of the principal characters from Naruto until its death in Boruto. The fox became contemptuous at Naruto, mocking him that if it wasn't for its power, he would be nothing. [22] Throughout the years, Kurama weakened the seal through the cracks of its formation by constantly leaking out small portions of its chakra, which had positive side-effects on Naruto such as amplifying his naturally large chakra reserves and healing ability, being able to heal from minor wounds within seconds to major injuries within a day. Before it could convince him to completely remove the seal, the spirit of Minato appeared in Naruto's subconscious and stopped him. Kurama supercharges a Tailed Beast Ball even on low chakra. After reacting to the chakra, Yang-Kurama and the other tailed beasts within Kaguya tried to escape but caused Kaguya to morph into a rabbit form with a gigantic blob of the tailed beasts. They soon arrived at the arena where the Chnin Exams were held and proceeded to attack, creating chaos. Kurama and the other young tailed beasts with Hagoromo. [45] When Minato separated Kurama's Yin chakra and Yang chakra, it was split into two entities, both of which were shrunken more than half its original size, yet still roughly the size of other massive tailed beasts. Naruto boasted about Minato's ability with the fox's chakra, only for Kurama to point out it already knew about Minato's skill, given he was the one to use such a complex technique to seal it into Naruto. Having returned to the real world, Naruto, happy to see Yang-Kurama again, asked if it missed him, which lead the flustered fox to comically deny his claim, much to Son's entertainment. This form appears similar to that of the Tailed Beast Form, but now has six arms . The seal blocked Naruto's access to the fox's chakra and rendered him unconscious. He then proceeded to perform the Chibaku Tensei to set up for the Infinite Tsukuyomi. After the words finally get through to the young shinobi, Naruto once again entered Tailed Beast Mode, and with Kurama's instruction, created shadow clones to distribute its chakra to the other remaining shinobi to help empower their respective abilities. Black lines also ran the length of its spine, arms, legs and tails. Later, using the connection between his and Kawaki's Kma, Jigen teleported to Naruto's house instantly to bring back Kawaki. Later, a grumpy Kurama responded with a pout when Naruto told Himawari that the Shukaku doll was cuter than a Kurama-doll. The Nine-Tails took control of his senses and began to attack everything that was around him, including both Orochimaru and Sakura Haruno. Later, Madara's ambitions were cut short by Black Zetsu, who revealed itself to be in fact the manifestation of Kaguya tsutsuki's will. Kurama also echoed Kakashi's words that something needed to be done before the Ten-Tails' revival was completed, afterwhich, on Naruto's request, Kurama switched back with him. During the last remaining days of Hagoromo, Kurama in its youth was much smaller in size, yet still towering over an adult, with leaner and softer while less-defined in shape with a rounder face, akin to a fox cub. The Ninth Sacred Beast. Kurama defined Narutos story, and through being intrinsically tied to Naruto, it made a lasting impact on the show and the characters. The seal was then put under safeguard by Boro. Kurama. See also: Jinchriki Forms, Nine-Tails Chakra Mode,and Baryon Mode. [21] Later, upon awakening within Naruto's subconscious and learning the reason behind Minato's intention, Yang-Kurama, though frustrated of being sealed again, decided to wait for the time to come when it would influence Naruto as much as it can to use its power to break the seal. [24] It did react out of jealously whenever Naruto uses a power other than its own.