"The last census of our known universe was over a hundred billion people. The dystopia is outnumbered."

"Humans are copy-cats, mostly. Cruelty invites cruelty; cooperation invites cooperation."

"Humans are weak."

"Be. Quiet," Elieyha snarls.

"Shukaku. I would like to include you in negotiations. I would like to, eventually, get you what you want as well, without harming anyone else. That is made really hard if you refuse to come to the table."

He suspects Inanna loaded his mind with numerous copies of 'suggestion' for a reason, though, as well as 'geas' in one of his two sixth-level slots. And there's that thing coiling at the back of his mind, a spell like a snake shoved in a box too small for it...

"I see no reason for a being as magnificent as myself to stoop to the level of conversation with you pathetic mortals."

That actually gets him to face palm. "Are you going to continue bothering her, then, if I don't restrict your ability to do that?"

Don't mention how Shukaku is having a conversation right now, Sugira, you're not actually a teenaged punk anymore... But man is starting an argument here tempting. 

"You do not get to dictate terms to me, boy." The jar containing him rattles dangerously.

He sighs. "The Nine Tails was a lot less stubborn than you. You can't threaten me, not effectively. What do you - either of you - want?"

"I want people to leave me alone."

"Reasonable. I can't outright grant that in the general sense - I'm restricted in what I can do in the physical world, for now. But I can call off the Konoha genin, if you promise not to turn around and attack us or our allies. I'll leave you alone, here, once I have a guarantee the fight will end - and, eventually, I'll be able to cross dimensions, if you want to be dropped somewhere people would leave you alone. Or somewhere without people entirely, even."

"As if you can trust him. Stop this prattle and kill him already, weakling."

"Stop talking." Elieyha makes an abortive gesture like she wants to smash the jar.

"This is unlike you, girl. This... indecision. Hesitation is death."

She puts her hands to her head and screams in frustration.

"Stop."

It's a fifth level spell - a general 'hold'. Technically, it can be shaken off, but Shukaku was having trouble with even the 'suggestion' spell. It'll paralyze him for seventy-two seconds, at least.

He starts unspooling the spell shoved into the recesses of his mind. It's too large for him to remember all at once, but...

This is definitely not a sixth level spell.

"Elieyha. I can force him to sleep. It'll last twelve years, or until a release condition is met. By then, I'll have better options for negotiations. You'll be able to wake him; is that acceptable?"

"Yes."

He starts to chant.

It takes a minute, during which a creeping sense of power builds up.

Shukaku will sleep, until Elieyha releases him, Sugira consciously ends the spell, Elieyha dies, or twelve years elapse. He'll be contactable by telepathy and will be able to dream.

The spell takes.

A chain of rose petals encrusted with sand wraps around the jar.

Elieyha waits a moment longer, then lets out a relieved breath.

He... Is kind of bad at social and doesn't know what to say now that his momentum's lost. 

"Well, you'll have a grace period, now," he says after a bit of mental floundering.

"He... talked. All the time. And I couldn't sleep or he would take over."

He nods. "By the end of twelve years, I should have a solution that'll work for you both. Or the ability to repeat the sleep spell, more powerfully."

It took him way longer than twelve years to get to sixth level spells, the first time. Of course, it took him longer than five to get to third, then. This world keeps him from getting distracted, if nothing else.

"I don't- What do you want?"

"Ideally? A world where people can be content, at least. My homeworld is - not ideal, it is run by humans, but it's better. Wars barely happen anymore, and never involve civilians. One investigative force - not even really police - is enough for a population of a million, because everyone's needs are met, and few people are actually fundamentally dedicated to being assholes. There's more respect for autonomy, and more resources if you want to live on your own. We don't have space problems, despite widespread immortality, because we can easily colonize new planets. I don't know the best solution to bringing this world to that standard - but I have to start somewhere."

"Here and now? I'd like you to not attack Konoha, because I have friends there, and because I dislike fighting. If someone had an aneurysm and made me Hokage, I'd seek a mutually beneficial peace and eventually alliance with Suna, because I dislike war."

"Even if I trust you. You can't stop others from Konoha. Or people in Suna, if I go back."

"The only ones here are the Konoha genin, and I'm in the body of Uchiha Sasuke. I was given command over them, and they'll obey my order to let your team leave. You have a straight shot out - Konoha doesn't check every single place people could possibly leave, especially not during an invasion, and this is already far from the village. Though you're right I can't control Suna, and I don't yet have much power in the physical world."