AN: Okay! So this is my very first fanfiction and I hope you all like it.

Summary: Naruto is the son of Kushina along with a samurai from Tetsu no Kuni. He learns what it means to be both a samurai and shinobi. Eventually he settles down in Konoha and becomes a Leaf Ninja.

Everyone is still the same age from cannon and even though this story is listed as AU this first chapter will more or less follow cannon.

"Rasengan!" - Human speech

"Rasengan!" - Bijuu/Summons/Jutsu

'Rasengan!' - Human thoughts

'Rasengan!'- Bijuu/Summons thoughts

-these are line breaks/scene changes

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fanfiction, and no money is being made from it. I deny any claim to the Naruto world and characters in it, they all belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

Now on with the story!


[Hi no Kuni, October 10th]

The air was cold that evening, unusually so for the Land of Fire. It was a clear night, not a cloud to be seen for miles and routine chῡnin patrols from the village hidden in the leaves kept a vigilant watch, like sentries, creating a sense of security among the populace. Yet even so, there was an unnatural stillness permeating throughout the woods surrounding Konohagakure, one that seemed to halt even the twinkling of the stars. It was like a great calm before a storm, and when this force of nature hit, it would hit with unparalleled force, one that even the shinobi forces of Konoha would not be able to weather without great loss. The Kyuubi no Kitsune, a being of pure chakra and malice, the strongest of all the bijuu, the king of demons, the crusher of mountains, the creator of tsunamis, had arrived. It came suddenly and was what the ninja of the hidden leaf faced that night. They did so valiantly, casting jutsu after jutsu at the monster, but to no avail. They were little more than pests to the giant fox as it approached their beloved home...

High atop the trees one last team of Anbu stood and faced the demon fox. They had already lost dozens of chῡnin squads, who had been out on patrols that night, as well as 3 whole Anbu cells in an attempt to subdue the beast. At this point they had resigned themselves to their fate and were bravely dredging up the last of their strength for one last attack. "Suiton: Bakusui Shoha (Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave)!" called out a bear masked Anbu as he spat out an ungodly amount of water at the rampaging bijuu, and his partners were quick to call out their own attacks.

"Fuuton: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)!"

"Raiton: Raiton Sutorimu no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Lightning stream)!"

Said the monkey and boar masked Anbus respectively. The three jutsus combined together forming a violent deluge of lightning charged water, with an added speed boost from monkey's wind technique. Against any other opponent the combination would have proved fatal as it generated enough force to level an entire section of the forest. However, against the Kyuubi it was barely enough to push the bijuu back 30 yards.

"This is hopeless! We've tried everything from raiton to fuuton and nothing has any effect on the damn beast past annoying it." Said boar.

"I know. Fortunately, we don't have to defeat it by ourselves. Crane should have reached the village by now and so we only need to hold out till reinforcements arrive," replied bear.

Just then the Kyuubi seemed to have enough of the pesky humans and retaliated with extreme prejudice. Letting out a mighty chakra laced roar it sent the Anbu trio flying backwards into the air before crashing into the trees. Boar had sensed the buildup of chakra within the beast and was able to perform a midair backflip before pushing off a tree and landing roughly onto the ground. His teammates, however, were not as lucky. Bear was thrown through the air like a ragdoll and crashed headfirst into a tree trunk, crumpling at the neck and cracking his head open. The Anbu's body fell to the base of the tree in a bloody and disfigured heap. Monkey suffered a similar fate only he was impaled by a branch and died in agony as blood slowly filled his lungs. Seeing the state of his two comrades, pained boar and enraged him all at once, but he wouldn't crack. He was a professional and he had a job to do. Mustering up what little chakra he had and directing it to his limbs, boar jump up to the top of the nearest tree and used it as a springboard to get to the Kyuubi. Behind him were two trails of explosive notes each tied to a string of which he held one in each hand. The attack was a desperate suicide attack as he had no more chakra and in the end was doomed to die anyway. Still he preferred this to dying without a struggle. He was a shinobi for kami's sake. And as boar flew at the Kyuubi's snout and the moment of his death came nearer, a thought rang clearly through his mind, 'For Konoha... KATSU!'

And with that the black ops agent went up in a torrent of fire hitting the Kyuubi on the left side of its face with the combined force of 48 explosive notes. Grunting in annoyance the tailed beast continued on its course to the village before it was suddenly forced back several miles by a stiff expanding staff. The staff was in fact a summon which belonged to Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage of the Hidden Leaf. Standing on the walls of Konoha alongside him was his student, Jiraiya the Toad Sage. The two were an imposing duo, with Hiruzen dressed in his battle armor and Jiraiya in a short green kimono and red haori. Their faces were grim with a touch of trepidation in the face of a bijuu. A crane masked Anbu, who had been part of the initial responders suddenly appeared next to Hiruzen.

"Lord Third, as you can see, the Nine Tails is steadily approaching the village, and we have been unable to halt or even slow its advance. There are no survivors from those initially sent apart from myself. What are your orders?" Crane asked in a quick crisp voice conveying nothing but professionalism.

"The Yondaime has informed me that he is preparing a sealing ritual to contain the Nine Tails. But he needs more time. So for now our objective is to stall and keep the Kyuubi from damaging the village. I along with Jiraiya will keep the fox at a distance. Have our people assist wherever and whenever they see an opening, but be careful and don't get too close. We've lost too many already," replied the aged leader.

"It shall be done Lord Third," replied crane before giving a salute and heading off to relay Hiruzen's orders to his comrades.


As the battle raged on in the forest, complete and utter pandemonium ravaged the village of Konoha itself. The cries and panicked shouting of villagers drowned out the voices of shinobi attempting to reestablish order. It had started out in a hurried walk to the evacuation shelters but when the Kyuubi had let out its roar all bets had been off, and suddenly it was every man for himself. In a matter of seconds, the calm masses filing out of houses and stores became a panicked mob, pushing and shoving, running and jumping, their way to the nearest shelter. Many lives were literally stamped out that night as all the citizens who tripped and fell were trampled under the mob's feet.

In the midst of all the chaos a man was found jumping along the rooftops. He had a fair complexion, bright blonde hair, and donned a leaf headband along with a white cloak with flames adorning its edges. On the back of the cloak was the kanji for fire. Strangely, he was carrying a small bundle in his arms and was running in the opposite direction of the crowd towards where the Kyuubi no Kitsune could be seen gleaming an eerie red glow against the night. The man's name was Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure.

Upon arriving on the village wall he was greeted by his Anbu commander, Hiruzen and Jiraiya. "Hokage-sama, thank kami you're here. We weren't sure how much longer we would be able to hold out even with both Sandaime-sama and Jiraiya-sama helping us," said the Anbu commander Badger.

Before Minato could reply, Jiraiya added, "We've barely been skimming by and our shinobi are dying by the dozens."

Closing his eyes at hearing how so many of his troops died and are still dying, Minato took a deep breath before saying, "Very well. Badger, tell everyone to disengage and create a perimeter in front of the village."

Badger saluted and said, "Hai."

As Badger shunshined off, Hiruzen noticed the bundle of cloths Minato was carrying and asked in a soft voice full of concern, "Minato, why did you bring a child here of all places?" In reply Minato looked at his predecessor grimly, and suddenly Hiruzen knew.

Motioning to the bundle of cloths, Minato said, "This is my daughter Kumiko Hiruzen-dono, and I don't think I need to tell you, the legendary 'Professor', why I brought her here."

"But Minato, your own daughter!? How can you do-" Hiruzen exclaimed only to be cut off by Minato.

"What else am I supposed to do?" Minato shouted back before softly adding, "If I can't offer my own child up as the sacrifice, then how could I ever ask for another family's to stand in her place?"

"What about Akane? What does she say about this?" inquired Jiraiya.

At the mention of his wife a pained expression appeared on Minato's face. "She's dying sensei. Giving birth to Kumiko left her weakened and so when her seal broke the strain of the Kyuubi escaping was too much. She's at a small clearing near the outskirts of the village waiting to help seal the Kyuubi into Kumiko."

"She agreed?" Jiraiya said disbelievingly.

"It took some convincing but yes Akane agreed. It's... for the best and we trust that our Kumiko will one day be able to control the Kyuubi and protect Konoha with it," replied Minato.

Closing his eyes in acceptance Hiruzen gripped onto Enma in his staff form and prepared himself. "Very well, Jiraiya and I can help get the Kyuubi to that clearing but we won't be able to keep it there long enough for you to finish the sealing."

"That's okay Hiruzen, once the Nine Tails is there, me and Akane should be able to handle it," said Minato.

"Alright, let's get to it then," Jiraiya said with a determined voice.


As their leaders were discussing all of this, the shinobi of Konohagakure were steadily falling back to the village wall. However, as they did so the Kyuubi no Kitsune hunched over with its jaws wide open. In between its jaws blue and red chakra suddenly began coalescing into a dark purple ball. It kept growing larger and larger as the bijuu continued to add more chakra to it. As the amount of chakra kept increasing, some of the retreating shinobi turned to see what was happening; they were left standing still in both shock and awe at the power the mightiest of the bijuu was displaying. Their gaping was cut short when the Kyuubi released the Imari (Tailed Beast Bomb) right at them, but before it could hit a shout was heard.

"Hiraishin: Dōrai (Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder)!" as the jutsu was called a wide seal array instantly appeared in front of the Imari and transported it to an area of the forest miles away from Konoha effectively neutralizing the attack. The Kyuubi snarled at witnessing its most destructive move countered and was just about to try again when for the second time that night a black bo staff with brown tips hit its chest. The staff then extended pushing the giant fox back.

"Henge: Kongōnyoi (Transformation: Adamantine Staff)," came the calm voice of Sarutobi Hiruzen

Not one to be left behind, Jiraiya flipped down from the wall before performing his own summoning. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Jutsu)." In a puff of smoke, a giant red skinned toad wearing a blue vest appeared. Gamabunta, the toad boss summon, had arrived. "Jiraiya why have you summoned me?" demanded Gamabunta. However, before Jiraiya could respond the Kyuubi let loose a loud roar. Turning to find itself facing the Kyuubi no Kitsune Gamabunta said, "Never mind, I think I know why."

Jumping up next to Jiraiya, Minato addressed the duo, "Bunta I'm glad you're here. I need you to hold the Kyuubi down long enough for me to use the Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God) to transport it to where its sealing will take place."

"Alright Minato, but be quick about it, I won't be able to restrain the Nine Tails for long," replied Gamabunta.

In reply Jiraiya said, "Don't worry Bunta, I'll help as well and between the two of us we should be able to last long enough for Minato to perform his technique."

Nodding, Gamabunta began to approach the Kyuubi with his two summoners on top of his head. As the trio neared Jiraya jumped down from Bunta before performing a quick series of hand seals and slamming his hands on the ground. "Doton: Yomi Numa (Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld)," proclaimed Jiraiya. A deep dark pit of mud started forming underneath and around the Kyuubi, leaving the beast chest deep in the thick mud. Meanwhile in conjunction with Jiraya's attack Gamabunta jumped over the giant swamp and landed on the Kyuubi's back, effectively pushing it further into the mud and immobilizing it.

Not wanting to waste time, the Yondaime started gathering chakra and prepared to transport the bijuu away. He jumped down from Gamabunta's head and reached out to the Kyuubi's caustic chakra fur. In a flash, the pair was gone, and Gamabunta quickly returned to Mount Myōboku before he fell into Jiraiya's jutsu.

"Good luck Minato," whispered Jiraiya into the night.


Minato and the Kyuubi materialized in the middle of an oval shaped clearing in the forest. Around them were small rolling hills and beyond those was the line of trees marking off the forest. In the center of it all was a small throne on which a baby could lay comfortably in. Surrounding the throne was a ring made of kanji written in blood. It had even more symbols branching out in straight lines towards 8 lit torches. Next to the ensemble sat Uzumaki Akane. She had blood that she used to prepare the seals dripping out from her palms. Her flowing red hair was a disheveled mess and her usual fair complexion was a deathly white. At that moment simply put she was weak, but upon seeing the arrival of her husband and child along with the Nine Tails, she stood up and a determined edge came about her.

"AKANE-CHAN, NOW!" yelled Minato.

Nodding, Akane called out, "Hijutsu: Kongō Fūsa (Secret Art: Adamantine Sealing Chains)" and with that gold like chains sprouted from Akane's back and expanded out forming a dome over the clearing. Blue whisps of chakra could be seen woven where the chains had gaps in between them. Two more additional chains came out of her hands (one in each palm) which lunged forward towards the Kyῡbi wrapping around its tails then back around its torso and paws before ending on the beast's neck like a collar. By now Minato had jumped off the Kyῡbi's back and placed Kumiko on the sealing altar, seeing all this happen the Kyῡbi realized what the two were trying to do and lashed out against the chains with all its might.

"NO! I refuse to be sealed again. And especially into such a pitiful child!" screamed the Kyῡbi, and with that the bijuu struggled even more against its chains.

"ARGHH!" Akane gritted in pain and exhaustion. It was almost enough to make her lose control when a pair of hands made their way onto her back and she felt a surge of chakra flow through her and reinforce the technique. She looked back and saw Minato who had tears forming in his eyes.

"You don't have to do this alone Akane-koi," said the loving voice of her husband as he gave her his chakra.

"Thank you, Minato-kun," Akane replied with a sniffle in between knowing that as the seconds ticked by she slipped further away from her beloved and closer to the arms of the Shinigami.

The moment was cut short, however, when they saw that the Kyῡbi had managed to free one of its front paws. The fox, seeking to prevent its sealing, lunged at Kumiko with its paw intending to impale the child. But before the bijuu could do so, Akane and Minato appeared in front of the baby, shielding their daughter with their own bodies.

"Urk..." groaned the both of them. One of the Kyῡbi's claws had shot itself through their bodies before stopping a few mere inches away from touching their child.

'I'll need to seal it now while I still have the strength.' thought Minato as he placed his hands into a hand seal. 'But the Kyῡbi's chakra is larger than I thought it'd be, too large to seal into an infant. I'll need to cut it in half and seal the other half into something else. The Reaper Death Seal. It's my only option right now. Anything else would require more preparation, not to mention another vessel. It has to be the Reaper Death Seal' With his mind made up Minato folded his hands together into the hand seal to summon the Shinigami. Suddenly, Akane felt a cold chill behind her, and heard Minato call out the name of his jutsu.

"Fῡinjutsu: Shiki Fūjin (Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal)!"

Her eyes widened recognizing the technique. "Minato, why? You'll be doomed to a fate that has no rest. You'll be trapped within the Shinigami itself, fighting the Kyῡbi. . . forever," she said with worry.

"Because Akane-chan, it is physically impossible to seal all of the Kyῡbi's chakra into an infant, and we don't have another vessel or ritual prepared to help with that problem. The Shiki Fῡjin is the only way I know how to solve this. Please understand. It is my choice to do this, as the Hokage I'd give up my life to protect this village but more than that I'm doing this for Kumiko, as her father."

Not trusting herself to not breakdown and risk the Kyῡbi getting free from her chains further, Akane nodded numbly in understanding.

With that the Shinigami thrust its hand through Minato and grabbed onto the Kyῡbi dragging out its yin half and sealing the chakra inside itself. With the sealing finished Minato turned his attention to the second sealing he would perform, but before doing so he turned to Akane and said,"I guess this is the end huh Akane-chan. *cough* It'll be a while before we see Kumiko again."

Tearfully Akane responded, "Yes, my only wish is that I could have allowed to see her grow up, held her for even just a little bit longer, told her," Akane's voice hitched before continuing, " . . . There's so much I want to say to her Minato, so much."

"There's still time to . . . tell her. And I can seal a portion of our own chakra into the seal. That way in time you'll be able to see our daughter again. It's . . . the most I can do. I'm sorry, I was too weak. If only I had been stronger, the seal wouldn't have broke after you gave birth to Kumiko. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Minato said as tears streamed down his face.

"It's okay Minato. It's all in the past," said Akane.

Nodding Minato gathered Akane's chakra, his own, and finally the yang half of the Kyῡbi and placed his hands into the form of torii and said, "Hakke no Fūin Shiki (Eight Trigrams Seal)."

As the sealing commenced the central ring of seals began spinning dragging the other 8 lines of symbols with it, forming a spiral, before condensing onto Kumiko's stomach. The Kyῡbi roared as it felt itself being sealed but could do nothing about it.

"Kumiko. . . yourmother/father loves you," said the two before falling to the ground with a dull thump, and it was there that Minato and Akane, holding onto each other, died.


AN: Aaaaannnd that's a wrap. I know its a slow build up and that I haven't introduced how Naruto fits into this but I promise he will eventually be incorporated into the story. I just wanted to set the stage with this chapter and felt that the Kyubi's rampage was a good place to do that.

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter and please please read and review. Any critiques you have to offer is welcomed.