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As I was browsing through an old
[question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4550/what-will-happen-to-
the-tailed-beast-if-the-jinchuruki-is-killed), the answer shocked me. It seems
that if Naruto were killed, Kurama would just revive. Then why did Kurama give
Naruto some of its chakra when he was on the verge of death? For instance,
when Naruto first summoned Gamabunta while falling to his potential death,
Kurama gave him some chakra and helped him out. Wasn't Kurama's dream to break
free from Naruto? What's the need of breaking the seal when he can just let
Naruto die and he is free? He did push Naruto to the point of opening the gate
when Naruto fought with Pain. Why not just sit tight and let Naruto die? Did I
miss something? All this while I thought if the host dies so does the tailed
beast.


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Why did Kurama keep helping Naruto?


The reason might be because if the Jinchuuriki dies, the bijuu will indeed be
set free. However, the bijuu will also "die" first. The bijuu will "die" first
before reviving itself after some time. Where it revives might also be random,
as seen in Isobu's case. Isobu, or more commonly known as the Sanbi, revived
itself after its host, the 4th Mizukage died. It revived itself in a lake.

Now, Kyuubi might want to avoid this. There are three possible reasons for
this.

  1. Kyuubi had half of his chakra sealed in the 4th Hokage with Shiki fuuin. Because of this seal, even if the Kyuubi had revived itself, it would have revived with only what he had during the time he was sealed in Naruto.

  2. Kyuubi dislikes the idea of having to die first. Kurama's nature is a bit prideful, so that fits.

  3. The half of Kyuubi that was sealed in Naruto was the less sinister half, and Naruto had the power to attract people, so this half might have taken interest in Naruto ever since Naruto used his power to defeat Haku.


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Kurama is quite a prideful one and wanted to defeat the Jinchuriki and gain
control instead of simply dying. Jinchuriki were shunned and outdasted by
people because of having a beast sealed in them, or needed an extremely strong
person to keep the bijuu sealed in them and several Jinchurikis in the past
couldn't control their emotions and the tailed beast broke free.

His hatred for humans was immense and he took great pride in belittling them.
Naruto was quite impulsive, so kurama gave him his chakra to make his presence
felt which would make naruto seek more and more. In the encounter with
orochimaru at the tenchi Bridge, kurama is shown belittling naruto, trying
make him submit himself and seek his power. Then in the progressive battles
where naruto is emotionally broken it tries to takeover naruto through his
hatred until finally it almost broke free in the battle with pain after naruto
was hopelessly broken(thanks to the fourth hokage, the attempt failed).

So to sum up,Kurama's sense of identity was strong, for him naruto was just a
cage that held him. Almost like HE WAS NARUTO, not some enslaved creature that
donated power as and when asked. Like it looks, his identity was very strong
and being sealed didn't stop him from being what he is, THE NINE TAILS, THE
MOST POWERFUL BIJUU.He showed his ominous presence and didn't want some puny
human to defeat him in any form.


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