i mean they were probably online friends at that point right? UGH okay so what if i rehash this and like

Yata's online handle is Yatagarasu

And Kurama immediately recognized it on the US/Japan servers (idk where they'd play) and is like ah I know that from somewhere!! and yata is stupidly proud and that's how their friendship begins idk

But Kurama had a shitty online handle so Yata was like ok I will bless you with a new one, no questions, bc that's how he bulldozes his way into things

And that's how Kurama happened