I'M BACK BITCHES. HOPE YOU LIKE THIS NEW STORY. JUST A WARNING: DON'T EXPECT REGULAR UPDATES. ALSO, I HAVE NOT DECIDED ON A PAIRING AS OF YET.
Admittedly, she was very beautiful, but not more so than any of his past lovers. Still, as the fair-haired immortal looked on as Uzumaki Kushina drew her bath; he could not help but be entranced. He had watched her many times before. While she was fighting, eating. Sometimes he was even content to watch her sleep from his kingdom in the skies. It was not the first time he's felt this way about a mortal and the only thing that stopped him from taking her right there and then was his overwhelming misery. He wished he had never foreseen her death in his prophecies. Naturally, he had also searched for knowledge of their future son's well-being, already knowing that the Kyuubi would be sealed inside of him. For this, he bore no grudge against the Yondaime, the greatest demigod since Heracles, who was another son of his father. No, Apollo took solace in the fact that his son would be even greater. He himself would make sure of that. But if that asshole of a Hokage tried to move in on his woman one more time, surely Zeus could not hold him accountable for the death of his son.
October 10th, The Night of the Kyuubi Attack
The product of many sleepless nights lay before him. Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage looked at the seal he developed and the notes pertaining to it that filled papers which encompassed his whole desk. With his new seal, he would be able to defeat the Kyuubi; there was only one problem. He needed a sacrifice, but not in the normal sense. He needed a newborn baby whose still developing chakra coils could survive the power of such a great beast. But the only baby that had been born that day was that of Uzumaki Kushina, his old red-haired crush. This, in itself, posed another dilemma. How could he, a man of honor, ask her to give up her child? A knock at the door brought him out of his thoughts. He got up and opened it only to see the very woman that plagued his thoughts.
"There have been rumors going around the village. You need a baby." How can she be so calm at a time like this.
"Yes," he responded hesitantly. That was the only thing he could think to say.
With a sigh and a generous number of tears, Kushina told the blond man in a voice laced with sadness, "You can use him. For the village." Another sigh escaped her full lips. "You can use my baby."
Minato was at a loss for words. She was actually doing his job for him and volunteering her child. He just then noticed the small white bundle she carried. And I thought ninja were supposed to be observative, he chided himself half-heartedly. "Th-thank you." He searched for the right words. "You have no idea how much this will help Konoha."
"Actually I do," she replied. "And that is the only reason I am sacrificing my child. My last family in this world."
"He will not die, you know. You'll still have someone around to love."
"Yes and I will always cherish him, but you know as well as I do that the villagers will blame him for all this."
"I'll do my best to get them to see him as the hero he really is, but after tonight it will be up to my nephew Sarutobi."
"Nephew?" Kushina questioned. Like most of the village, she had no idea that since Minato was the son of Zeus his half-sister was Athena, who was, in fact, Sarutobi's mother.
"Just forget it." After a long and awkward pause, the blond Hokage continued. "I have to prepare him for the sealing. You might not want to be here to see it.
The red-haired beauty looked down into the big blue eyes of her baby and said in a quiet voice, "Just let me say goodbye. "
"Of course. I will be back in a few minutes with all the materials."
As soon as he left, another tall blond man appeared before her. Without looking up, she knew it was her lover, Apollo, the god of the sun.
"He will be strong," he assured her.
Kushina looked up. "Wha-" but for a second, her eyes flashed gold and she instantly understood.
"He will be strong," he repeated in firm tone.
" Yes. Very," she agreed. They embraced and shared a passionate kiss. All the while, little Naruto looked up with intelligent eyes that were wide with curiosity.
"Do not fret," the handsome god said as their lips parted. "I will take care of him." All she could do was nod as her body was still in a state of euphoria. She broke out of it however when she heard footsteps. Apollo quickly departed.
"Are you done?" the Yondaime tentatively asked when he stepped into his office.
"Yes…Here," was his answer. He suddenly found a baby thrust into his arms and looked up to meet the eyes of Uzumaki Kushina as she said, "His name is Naruto." He looked down at the rosy-cheeked child that he held and could literally see the aura of godliness he emanated. At least I can die knowing the Leaf will be in good hands. When he looked back up, all he could see was the back Kushina as she exited the room. She felt tired and weak and decided to go to bed. I'm in no shape to fight the Kyuubi. I need rest, she thought. Of course, this was true. After all, she was going to die later that same night, but neither she nor Minato knew this. Only Apollo, who was already grieving.
2 hours later
Minato had just finished drawing the necessary seals onto the newborn. He concentrated and sensed all the Hiraishin seals he had hidden all over Konoha and the surrounding forests. In a yellow flash, he disappeared and reappeared just outside of the village, close to where his ninja were fighting the mighty behemoth. Wasting no time, he swiped his thumb on his teeth, drawing blood and thrust his palm onto the floor. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" All the shinobi and even the humongous fox stopped their fighting to see look at the huge poof of smoke that materialized out of nowhere. As it cleared, everyone could see a blond-haired man who was tiny in comparison to the giant toad whose head he was standing on. Cries of "He's here!" and "We're saved!" pierced the air.
"Gamabunta-sama, this will be our last battle."
The toad solemnly nodded and said, "It has been an honor to fight by your side. You will be missed by all the toads. Now quickly, tell me what you need me to do."
"Get me close to it and keep it still. I'll do the rest."
With a mighty leap, Gamabunta launched he and his charge into the air and landed right in front of the Kyuubi. It roared at him, but he was undaunted. He grabbed 4 of its 9 tails in each hand. The last of the fox's tails lashed around violently and made one thin, long slash down Gamabunta's eye. While all of this was happening, Minato was rapidly performing seals. When he was finished, he yelled "Shiki Fuuin!" at the top of his voice. Only he and the Kyuubi could see the ghostly apparition that appeared behind the Yondaime was currently sticking its hand through Minato and into the Kyuubi. Only they saw as it slowly removed its hand with Kyuubi's pure black soul in it and put it into Naruto's stomach. The seal on his belly glowed and when it died down, the seal faded away.
Minato's eyes grew dull and lifeless and his summon disappeared in a great cloud of smoke. He and Naruto fell towards the earth, but Naruto's father was there to catch his son. Apollo looked into his son's eyes and then into those of the dying man on the ground.
"You will have a place of honor in Hades's kingdom; only reserved for great heroes."
Minato smiled a smile that seemed to say, "As if that's what I was worrying about." He slowly closed his eyes, the smile still on his face.
Sarutobi was the first on the scene. He saw his uncle and bowed deeply. "Are you taking your child?"
"Yes, but do not worry. In 13 years, I will bring him back. He will become one of your shinobi, but be warned. He shall be far stronger than any other his age. One day, he will even surpass your late Yondaime."
Sarutobi nodded and sensed others were approaching. "I mean no disrespect, but you should leave."
"I agree." With that, he summoned his golden chariot that was pulled by his mighty steeds and seated himself at the reins with his child sleeping quietly on his lap. As they flew into the sky and towards Olympus, Naruto's eyes opened and changed into a brilliant gold. Then, his eyelids dropped back down and all was calm.
AND…I'M DONE. SORRY THAT IT IS KINDA SHORT. THERE ALSO MIGHT BE SOME MISTAKES CUZ I JUST HAD TO PUT THIS UP TONIGHT AND MY BETA'S ASLEEP. AGAIN, DON'T EXPECT AN UPDATE ANYTIME SOON. BLAME HIGH SCHOOL.
