She's heard the fox in her head since she could remember.

He was there from the start, he was there when the orphanage staff avoided her and the other children bullied her, he was there when they kicked her out with a sum of money and a barely habitable apartment.

Kurama told her the truth about her parents, told her who she was, why people spit at her when she crossed the street, why the adults feared her.

Kurama was the only friend she had, the only family she had.

That only encouraged her to do the exact opposite of what he wanted.

So when the nine tailed fox warns her away from the building she walks by each day, Naruto decides to investigate.

She slips in through a back window, barely managing to avoid the traps set into the stone, ignoring the Kyuubi snarling in the back of her head all the while.

"You know," Naruto starts, "if you don't tell me what's in here I'm gonna look."

Kits, the Kyuubi snarls, shouldn't know.

Naruto makes sure he feels the mental shrug she sends his way before speaking.

"Well," she chirrups, "I guess I get to find out."

She pads through the halls on near silent feet, avoiding the doors marked with chakra, before finally finding one that's merely locked.

It only takes a few moments with the lockpicks she stole from a thief by the market for the door to open.

The room is occupied by a group of men clad in grey, one eating at the table while the others stand, engrossed in some conversation.

All heads turn to look at her.

"Hi!" Naruto beams, smirking inwardly as the fox rages, "I'm Naruto."

There's a pause before the one with a headwrap strides forward, face totally blank.

"Your face is blank," Naruto says before he can speak, "I wish I could do that."

He blinks before looking her over, eyes lingering at the whiskers on her cheeks before finally speaking.

"How'd you get in, kid?"

There's no anger in his voice, nothing but honest curiosity, so Naruto continues to smile.

"That way-" she points, "through the third window. Your traps are really good, I only got out of the way just in time."

The man turns to look back at his fellows, some silent communication going on, before he speaks again.

"Alright kid, I'll bite. Why'd you show up?"

She can't tell him about Kurama, the fox has drilled in the consequences of that, so Naruto settles for half the truth.

"I wanted to see what's inside."

"You snuck into a high security building, one protected by deadly traps, because you were curious?"

The man's sounds disbelieving but Naruto only beams back.

"Yep!"

"Well," the man speaks again, "You're looking at the headquarters for the Konoha Torture and Interrogation Force."

Naruto blinks as the fox begrudgingly explains just what torture is before nodding at him.

"Okay."

"Okay?" the man questions again.

"Yeah, okay. You hurt people so they give you information, right?"

"And that doesn't bother you?"

"Why would that bother me?" Naruto asks, honestly perplexed, "Shinobi kill people, why should it matter what you do to them before they die? Especially if it helps the village."

One of the men behind the one with the headwrap raises an eyebrow, stopping when Naruto leans to the side and gives him a cheerful wave.

"Can I see what you use to hurt them?" Naruto can feel the fox slam his head against the bars of his cage, but she ignores it in favor of giving the man her best innocent smile.

"That-" the man starts, staring at her with an emotion Kurama tells her is shock, "is not happening."

"Eh," Naruto shrugs, "It was worth a try."

The fox sighs again as Naruto cackles inwardly at the looks on their faces.

Naruto wants to ask more questions, wants to know how long it takes for a normal person to bleed out, wants to know everything.

But she's foiled when the man in the front steps forward and swings the door open again.

A pointed look from him and she smiles, tossing him a cheerful wave before running off.

She jumps out the window and scales the wall surrounding the building, smiling all the while.

"They seemed nice." Naruto finally ventures when she lands back on the street.

You have problems, kit