Of course he likes Naruto more. Who would you like more? A guy that keeps you caged or a guy that tamed you like a pet and forced you to do things against your will?
I get your point, but Kishi dosent do these things without a reason. Again we have Naruto saying "Im sorry....... I wont hurt you anymore" "We will talk after the war....... later" and "Perhaps I can do something about your hatred too".
Prior to this we have Bee saying "Hachibi used to be JUST LIKE THAT", then we have him say "You cant transform into the fox, bcause you STILL have a bad relationship with the fox" which imply this is something that will end as well as Bee saying "You are in the chakra exchange PHASE, again this is a phase".
Not how in the last arcs there has been increasing emphasis with Naruto forming a bond with Kyuubi, staring first with statements by Bee and then with Naruto actually stating he wish for the fox to be friendly.
Then we have (even if just by hate to Madara) the Kyuubi actually supporting Naruto for whatever the reason. This part isnt mutually exclusive from the other, it is not to say "Oh Naruto now has 100% control over the chakra" of course not, Naruto hasnt mastered RM yet we havent seen his Bijuu Dama, obviously Naruto isnt going to get his next power up (RM + 100% of the chakra) without first finishing the previous one. However this chapter do intend to show there is an actual progress and that in fact Naruto is everytime closer with having a relationship with the fox.
The Kyuubi is already set-up for change, Naruto only needs to go in the cage and have a conversation, thats it. Like Naruto actually removing the cage at all and when the Kyuubi is "WTF" Naruto simply saying to him "How about we kick Madara's ass together"? or some shit.