Chapter 1
A/N: I don't own Naruto.
First fanfiction, so I'm a bit excited and all sorts of nervous. Hope you have fun reading. This prologue will serve as to test the waters, since it's my first time writing.
Summary: Small changes that can change the world. On that eventful night three important changes occurred. This is the story of what happened after that night.
AU story, OC main character, Fem!Naru, Alive!Minato, Alive!UchihaClan.
It was a warm and peaceful night in Konohagakure, a land abounding with various different types of trees, wind blowing softly among the fields lifting up the fallen leaves, making them twirl into a hypnotizing spiral dance. The dark sky was painted with as many stars and the eyes could see, like ten million fireflies swaying on a monotonous rhythm, the moonlight drowning out but the brightest of them.
As the nigth growths longer, Konoha's citizens prepare to call off their day, the shops closing... parents bidding goodnight to their kids... just another normal and peaceful night for the ones living in blissful ignorance. Little did they know that most of this interactions would be played one last time this day forward.
Hate would growth like a seed, spreading its sour nectar around the grounds and seeping within its roots.
Pride would corrupt their dignity, in its path creating a deadly curse of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
Vengeance would create more death and despair, the creator of eternal silence, perpetuating the cycle for another generation.
Fear would keep heads and spirits low, the final nail on the loop... but fate...fate cannot be taken from us, not entirely.
Konoha is one of the great five ninja villages, and as such it has many secrets, very well guarded. After all, in this world, knowledge can be one weapon by itself.
One of this secrets was culminating this very same night.
The Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki were the epicentre of it.
In a closed and well guarded cave, a baby had just born. A beautiful girl with silky golden hair, blue sapphire eyes and three whisker markings on her cheeks.
"Minato, look at our baby, isn't she beautiful?" Kushina's smile was fragile from the pain of recently giving birth and the strain from the sealing holding the Nine Tails getting weak, but her eyes showed all her love and happiness for her new family.
"A father...I'm a father now ...and you're a mother!" Kushina could only deadpan at his husband's antics.
"We finally meet, Naruko-chan." Kushina said in a whisper while tears started to flow freely from her eyes.
"Alright. I know it's rough just given birth, but we need to completely supress the Nine Tails again!"
Suddenly a slash sound vibrates in the air and a female scream echoes in the room. Minato quickly turns around to see the medical-nin dead bodies on the floor, crimson red blood painting the floor as the tension rises to a new scale. Minato sees a strange man with an orange mask with black strips and wearing a black cloak. This strange man had blood on his kunai and more importantly, was holding their newborn Naruko.
Minato's rage was rapidly rising but he kept it under control, for he knew his rage would be a weapon for his enemy. His daughter's safety was his primordial goal.
"Hurry up and get away from the Jinchuuriki...Don't you care what happens to your little brat?" The strangers voice was in a low tone, almost a whisper.
This caused Minato to quickly react. "Wait! Stay calm!" Minato takes one step in the direction of his daughter.
"Speak for yourself. I'm supremely calm."
And with that the stranger tossed the baby into the air and pierced her with his bloody kunai...
Or would it, if Minato didn't save Naruko with his Hiraishin no Jutsu taking her to safety.
Upon returning, Minato notices that the Nine Tails was about to pierce Kushina with its claws. Thinking quickly, he uses his signature jutsu once more and saves his love from certain death, taking her to their house, the same place where he took Naruko.
"Naruko..." A tired Kushina whispers looking at her baby.
Minato turns around, his fists clenching with such force from his determination to protect his family.
"Minato...thank you..."
And with that Minato the father was no more, in his place the Fourth Hokage took place.
"Did you notice me..." Minato words were carried away by the wind. In front of him, a giant demon fox with nine tails roared to the skies in rage, unleashing a tremendous killing intent felt by the entire village.
The Nine Tails started gathering a massive amount of chakra. The winds started raging, the ground start shaking, the immeasurable ammount of chakra dwarfing any and all ninjas in the proximity.
A huge ball started forming from that chakra, an attack that would destroy Konoha completely and the surrounding landscape.
Deep red and blue meeting each other, Minato simply stared at the demon fox attack and waited. When the ball of chakra formed, he pulled one of his special three pronged kunai.
His blue eyes showing a coldness and concentration that could only show his determination to save his village, his family. This is much more than his job, this was his and his wife's dream, their home. He wouldn't allow anyone or anything to simply destroy it. Be it ninja, demon or even god himself.
"I won't let you destroy this..." His kunai on his hand and blue deep chakra surrounding it.
The jutsu completed and the Nine Tails unleashed it. A presage of death was to be expected but before the jutsu reached the Fourth Hokage, the ball was sucked in a time-space barrier and the explosion was seen many miles away from the vilage.
Suddenly behind Minato, the masked man tried to quickly grab Minato's neck. But Minato, showing all his speed, slashes at the masked man with his special kunai.
But something unexpected happens. The kunai completely passes through him, like he was just an afterimage.
"I am your opponent." The stranger says chuckling and grabbing Minato's shoulder.
Minato's senses scream danger when he feels his entire being getting sucked into a vortex, so he rushes and, once again, flashes away from the village to safety.
Minato arrived at his destination, a place where he had his marked kunai on the outskirts of Konoha. He quickly gets up and thinks about his current situation..
'My attacks passed right through him... What was that jutsu...? I'm worried about the village...but...'
Arriving at his location in a familiar vortix the masked man makes his apparence know, interrupting Minato's thoughts.
"Hmph...How did you get so far in just a blink of an eye?" The masked man starts approaching Minato slowly, looking for any non existant opening in Minato's defence.
"There is no hope for you!" And with that the masked man rushed Minato with his chain in hand.
Minato met his opponent's rush mid way, his kunai meeting a long chain.
Clink, the sound of metal hiting metal echoes in the forest.
Both fighters were clearly skilled, but their goals were very different. And this difference could be the decisive factor. For the masked man had the time on his side, leaving all of Konoha's destruction to the Nine Tails, he could stall and play on defence. But the Fourth Hokage didn't have that luxury. Everything he loved was in grave danger. This fight had to finish...quickly!
And with that thought, Minato quickly launched several marked three pronged kunai in the air, each one of them firstly seeming like they were in a random position but that would soon be not the case, for there was a pattern. A pattern that spelled death for his enemy.
In a yellow flash, Minato suddenly disappears causing the masked man to start to panic.
But Minato's speed was so high that the masked man's thoughts were interrupted and he was kicked in the jaw, the masked man had no time nor chance for defence.
Minato pressed his advantage for a combo attack following his kick, in consecutive yellow flashes, Minato appeared and disappeared always striking. When he saw his opening to finish the fight, Minato charged a Rasengan in his right hand and charged in... but his attack phases through him...
'Again this jutsu...I must end this quickly.'
"You sure are concerned about the village...But... that doesn't mean you can let me out of your sight...does it?"
The masked man raises his right hand and slowly closes it in a fist.
"You must be feeling conflicted, Fourth Hokage." His tone always low and showing no emotions.
'I..I'll just have to trust that the Third Hokage and the villagers can take care of the Hidden Leaf...'
'Right now...' Minato flips a marked kunai on his hand 'I've got to focus on finishing this guy off...!'
And both ninjas charge once again at each other on their deadly duel.
Meanwhile inside the Hidden Leaf, the Nine Tails was rampaging, destroying the village with little to none opposition.
All hope was gone and despair was in everyone's hearts.
"Don't give up so quickly! We can't shy away, no matter how powerful the force we face! We have a village to protect!" A man with tanned skin, grey hair and a distinct goatee said with a deep and wise voice. He was wearing his black jumpsuit, mesh segments over the lower portions of his limbs, and a green gauntlet that covered much of his right arm. This was the Third Hokage, the God of Shinobi and at the moment the only one capable of saving thousands of lives.
Behind him, ninjas with their face hidden with animal masks. The elite ninja force of Konoha, the ANBU.
"Lets go! Now's the time to gather our forces and drive this thing out of our village!" He shouted to his ninjas that had all but lost all hopes, now his mere presence enough to give everyone a second breath.
With that, every ninja spread around the Nine Tails and started casting every type of ninjutsu they knew at the demon. But the damage was minimum, only served to annoy the demon even more, causing more death and more destruction.
Without any plan, they would all perish and the village be destroyed. When all hope seemed to be forever lost an ANBU ninja announced to the Third Hokage...
"A message from Shikaku Nara! He's ready for an all-out attack!"
"All right launch the operation!" The Third Hokage announced with authority, his voice not showing the relief for the well timed help.
"Let's go!" Said a three man team at the same time. This were non other than Shikaku Nara, the Jõnin Commander and head of the Nara clan, Inoichi Yamanaka head of the Yamanaka clan and Chõza Akimichi head of the Akimichi clan. The three of them forming the renowned Ino-Shika-Chõ team.
The entire Nara clan proceed to use their shadow manipulation jutsu and hold the Kyuubi in position.
Then Chõza Akimichi proceeded to use his multi-size jutsu, transforming all of his calories into chakra, making him as tall as the Kyuubi. He took chance of the restrainment of the demon to charge at it with a shoulder tackling.
To finalize the combo, Inoichi Yamanaka used his clan jutsu to delay a message to every ninja in the proximity.
'Now we will launch an offensive! Get ready to attack him all at once. Everyone!'
"Charge!" Yelled the Third Hokage.
Hundreds of fire balls were created at the same time...
Their destination... the Nine Tails.
Their goal... total annihilation.
The combination jutsu exploded on the Kyuubi taking him down for the first time in this battle. But not for long, as he got up and roared to the skies in rage.
"The Hidden Leaf will not lose!" Shouted the Third Hokage as a response to prevent panic and lit everyone's will of fire.
Meanwhile, the confrontation between Minato and the masked man was coming to a close.
Minato flashed to the other ninja and taking the chance of this opening he placed his hand on the masked man chest and performed a contract seal.
"The Kyuubi is no longer yours!" Minato announced coldly, barely in a whisper.
"Eh, it seems your title isn't just for show, Fourth Hokage."
The masked man charges at Minato, his right hand lifted... suddenly he morphs out, letting a kunai pass through him, his confident smile for his certain win. The conclusion of the battle coming to an abrupt end... an end with his victory and the Hidden Leave's crush. "I wo..."
To suddenly Minato disappears once again in a yellow flash, a rasengan in his right hand and strikes the masked man on the back.
The fight was over and Minato started making his way to finish off the stranger but something that he wasn't expecting happened. The masked man was healing at an incredible rate...
Rising slowly thanks to the injuries, the masked man makes his final threat, "I shall rule this world. There are plenty of ways to go about it." Before leaving the Hidden Leaf for good in a vortex.
After a tremendous effort from the Konoha's ninjas, the Nine Tails was finally pushed outside the village. They kept charging at him until he started making that jutsu again. Gathering yet again a massive amount of chakra into a ball.
But before he could gather more chakra, Minato appeared from the sky riding the head of a giant red and smoking toad. The toad fell right on top of the Nine Tail's head, stopping his deadly jutsu in the process.
Without a word, Minato jumped from the toad to the Nine Tails and teleported them both far away from the village.
And as quickly, he teleported to his wife and daughter and teleported them both aswell to safety from the falling debris of a destroyed house.
"Huf...huf...Are you ok?" Minato's blue eyes stared at Kushina's and Naruko's blue eyes.
"Minato..." Kushina's voice was weak, but her grip on their daughter couldn't be any stronger.
"Somehow I managed to get this far...But...I don't have much chakra left..."
Noticing their presence, the Nine Tails stomped his paw on the ground, making it shake as if an earthquake was happening. He then started making his way slowly to the ninjas of the Hidden Leaf.
"...I will stop him...one way or another..."
"There are things...I must protect..." Minato's still facing his family, his back turned to the Kyuubi, his left hand caressing the grass, turned into a fist and he threw away some grass as he opened his hand, the fallen grass being taken away by the wind, and turned to face the Kyuubi, as he had made his way to the couple ninja.
"And as long as I have that...I swear..." Minato clasps his hands together "I'll never give up!"
Suddenly a huge cloud of smoke appears between Minato and the Nine Tails. Once the smoke clears, Minato is surprised to see who shows up before him.
A fair-skinned woman with brown eyes and straight blond hair, a violet diamond shape on her forehead could only mean this woman was one of the Sannin, Tsunade Senju. Next to her was a tall and well-built man with fair skin, spiky white hair and red lines under his eyes. Jiraiya, another Sannin and more importantly, his sensei.
Alongside Jiraiya were two toads sitting on each side of his shoulders, Minato recognized them as being Fukasaku and Shima, the Two Great Sage Toads.
"Ji...Jiraiya, Tsunade..what are you two doing here?" Minato asked in a tired voice, his chakra reserves almost empty.
"Guess our surprise when we were interrupted by a toad, saying Konoha was in grave danger. We got reversed summon instantly here once I summoned Ma and Pa. Tsunade-hime, please heal them both, I will take care of this fox with the help of Ma and Pa." Jiraiya started walking slowly to the Nine Tails, his body changing its features thanks to him entering sage mode.
Tsunade rushed to heal Kushina, who looked on the verge of death, and her beautiful daughter newborn.
"Jiraya, the Nine Tails...must be sealed with the Eight Trigrams Sealing, it's our only choice." Minato spoke softly but his words were heard by everyone.
"Seal him inside of me ag..."
But before Kushina could finish the sentence, Minato interrupted her. His eyes filled with pain and sadness.
"No, you wouldn't survive it Kushina...and...and I can't live without you. Not now that we just started our family. We will seal the Kyuubi inside Naruko and we will teach her everything and show her our love...together, like we always wanted." Kushina sniffles daintily, tears threatening to spill from her eyes.
"...Yes...together..." She nods before succumbing to her fatigue.
"Kushina!" Minato runs to her but it's appeased by Tsunade checking her vitals.
"Don't worry, she will make it now that I am here. Rest aswell, we will take care of the rest. You should be proud of what you accomplished here today."
"Guess it's our time to work Ma...Pa... let's go!" Jiraiya said clasping his hands preparing for a battle.
"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!" A massive swamp is created underneath the Nine Tails, making him sink into it. The mud was infused with so much chakra that made it sticky, ensnaring the Nine Tails and preventing him from escaping.
"Now! Sage Art: Goemon!" On Shima's command Jiraiya created a large volume of oil, followed by Fukasaku performing a large Wind Release jutsu to propel the oil and Shima performing a large Fire Release jutsu to ignite it. The result was an inferno of such magnitude that the Nine Tails roared in pain. The surrounding forest was no more, everything reduced to cinders.
"This is our chance! Shadow Clone jutsu!" Two copies of Jiraiya appeared, one going for Naruko and the other for the fox. Once he got ready, he approached the still down Nine Tails and quickly performed the seal from the Uzumaki clan.
"Eight Trigrams Sealing Style!" The enormous chakra of the Nine Tails started to take shape and made its way towards the newborn Naruko. Once everything was done, Jiraiya finished it with a "Seal! "
And silence reigned. The ordeal was over and now it was time to heal, rebuild and cry for the dead ones.
A/N: So this was it, very cannon ish this prologue, but was only this and was kind of a test to see how writing here was. Hope you like it.