Kurama is a fox with red-orange fur and red eyes, but it possesses the upper body structure of a human. When Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, sealed half of it within Naruto, it shrunk, but now it is still a massive beast, being taller than Gyuki. When Naruto separated Kurama from its chakra, its entire body became skeletal, but it later regained its healthy look after consuming a certain amount of Naruto's chakra while he was using its own. This is how Kurama looks like. Kurama is a mocking and shrewd individual, along with a somewhat twisted sense of humor. It is also very prideful, as it was easily provoked by Madara intentionally criticized before he enslaved it, and believes that a Tailed Beast's strength is measured by how many tails it has, which earned the fox nothing but disapproval from its brethren, especially Shukaku. However, it is shown that Kurama deeply cares about the Sage of Six Paths, viewing him with great respect and even shed tears after the Sage had imparted his final words to them. Having intense hatred and distrust against humans, Kurama plotted to use Naruto's dependence on its power to gain control over him and eventually break free from the seal, before it was bested in combat and stripped of most of its chakra. However, Kurama's attitude towards Naruto soon began to change during the Fourth Shinobi World War, when the young shinobi told the fox that he hoped to resolve its hatred someday. Despite Kurama reproaching him for such a claim, the fox nevertheless had developed a level of respect for Naruto and his determination, even noting that he was different that other humans it had previously encountered, eventually allowing Naruto to use the Nine-Tails chakra mode without consequence. Later, as Naruto told Son Goku of his desire to save all the Tailed-Beasts and become friends with Kurama, the fox-having witnessed all of the challenges and endeavors Naruto had in his life-silently told the young shinobi that if he truly intended to help them, he would have to prove it through his actions. When Naruto successfully freed Son Goku from Obito, the main antagonist of the series, Kurama finally became convinced of Naruto's word and offered to meld its chakra with his as a coalition, to which then Naruto removed the seal that restrained it and happily acknowledged the fox as his team-mate from Konoha. Within that short space of time, the two had begun to trust each other, even to the point where Naruto would allow Kurama to take control of his body without worry, and switch back without hesitation. Kurama later admitted that it had the utmost faith in Naruto being able to defeat Obito and to carry on the legacy Minato and Jiraiya had left him, which also means that it no longer holds a grudge against Minato for sealing it inside Naruto. Kurama is also shown to be more caring about its comrades now as it put itself in harm's way to save B and Gyuki and even expressed concern for Naruto managing so many chakra cloaks at once. Although Kurama has no longer an interest in getting outside of Naruto, it is still bothered when Naruto resorts to using any power than its own. Kurama is also shown to have a more comical side to it when it argued with Naruto about each other's stubbornness. At one point during the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, the Gold and Silver brothers of Kumogakure were assigned to capture Kurama, but were both swallowed whole by the fox. However, the two brothers managed to survive and gain some of its power by eating the flesh of its stomach for two weeks, forcing Kurama to regurgitate them. After that event, Madara Uchiha defected from Konoha and used his sharingan to control and use Kurama to help and fight against the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, in order to exact his revenge, but Hashirama defeated Kurama and Madara, and captured the Nine-Tails. Some time after the battle, Hashirama deemed Kurama too dangerous to be allowed to to walk free, therefore Mito Uzumaki, Hashirama's wife, sealed Kurama in her, becoming its first jinchuriki. Over the period of the first two Shinobi World Wars, Mito kept Kurama at bay except for one occasion when the seal had weakened as she was going through childbirth. Towards the end of her life, Mito passed on the status and responsibility to another member of her clan, Kushina Uzumaki, who later became the wife of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Although Kushina was terrified with the responsibility of containing Kurama, Mito assured her successor that the fox's hatred was powerless against her love.
12 years before the start of the series, after the end of the Third Shinobi World War, the Third Hokage and his wife made preparations to ensure that Kurama would remain sealed within Kushina as she gave birth to Naruto. However, despite keeping her childbirth a secret, a masked man discovered Kushina's location, killing her escorts and managing to break the seal, seizing control of Kurama. Since Kushina survived the extraction, Obito tried to have Kurama kill Kushina before Minato got her and their son to safety. Soon afterwards, Kurama was summoned to the village by Obito to cause destruction. While Kurama was rampaging in the village and decimating the shinobi forces tried to repel it, Minato managed to place a Contract Seal on Obito during their fight to free the fox from Obito's control. Despite that, Kurama still harbored a deep hatred for Konoha for viewing it as nothing but a mindless beast and sealing it away for decades and resolved to destroy the village without orders from Obito. Before Kurama could eradicate Konoha from the face of the world, Minato summoned Gamabunta, a giant toad from Mount Myoboku, on top of the fox, and quickly teleporting it to Kushina and Naruto's location, while letting its Tailed Beast Ball detonate away from the village. Afterwards, Kushina used her chakra chains to subdue Kurama, planning to seal it back inside her before she dies. However, Minato knowing that Kurama would revive without a host, and how a great a threat Obito is, came up with a plan to give Naruto a means of combat Obito in the future when he decides to attack again. Since it's chakra was to huge to be sealed within an infant like Naruto, Minato first used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to separate and seal the Yin half of it with him and the Yang half within Naruto. Kurama attempted to stop the process by killing Naruto while Kushina was weakened, but both the parents sacrificed themselves to protect their newborn and complete the sealing, with the fox cursing the pair during its last moments of freedom. Later, upon awakening within Naruto's subconscious, and learning the nature of the seal, Kurama quickly realized the situation behind Minato's intention. However, it calmly, decided to wait and weaken the seal through the cracks of its formation with its chakra, determined to influence Naruto as much as it can to use its power.
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