"Hurry!" A genin yelled at the civilians. They were scrambling all over each other to get to the safety of the Hokage Monument. In the background, an omnious red figure loomed over the large crowd. It reached forward, and with a swipe of one of its large claws, it batted them aside.
"Where is she? Where is she?" it muttered. Kyuubi sweeped back and forth, frantically searching for something. Its large round eyes reflected the fear stricken villagers that scurried about beneath its paws.
"Help! Help!" came a franted cry from the forest. A medic nin helped a pregnant woman limp out of the way of the imposing force of nature. She looked sick from all the movement. Kyuubi spotted the duo and raised his claw to attack. All it saw was a yellow blur, before they dissapeared. It gave a cry of anguish.
"Who are you?" asked the blonde stranger. His grim sky blue eyes showed worry for her wellbeing.
"I... I am Uzumaki. That is all you need to know," was her mysterious reply. Her body gave a lurch before she turned aside and emptied her stomach. Her petite form shook as she let out an anguished scream. Kyuubi turned to their general direction and ran forward at the sound.
"What's wrong! Tell me!" Minato panicked as he saw the pain she was going through. Her face was twisted up in pain. She breathed heavily in and out before replying.
"I think, my water broke," she chocked out. She bit down on her clothes to muffle another set of screams. Her eyes blurred as Minato yelled at the nearest medic nin.
"Okay stay calm and breathe deeply," said the medic nin calmly. Minato watched them interact for a bit before the medic nin removed her clothes.
"Okay... Push!" Uzumaki made a strangled sound as the tip of the head showed.
At first, Minato was fine with that graphic image. But as it progressed on, he turned into a putrid shade of green. He looked away, but what he had seen will forever scar him.
The medic nin took out a towel from his kit, and wipped the child clean. She didn't look like a newborn. Far from it. At first glance she looked five or even six, but her small body made it obvious she was younger. She had a small button like nose and pointed ears. Her eyes were blue as all newborns eyes are. But they were quickly bleeding into a leafy green, faster than should happen. Her blonde hair also underwent the strange transformation to a warm red.
"At long last, my precious. I have been waiting for you for a long time," panted Uzumaki on the floor. "Please, bring her here medic nin."
The medic nin handed her the baby. Uzumaki held her offspring close to her bossom and whispered a blessing. She unclapsed her chocker and wrapped it around the baby's neck. It shrunk to fit, not too tightly as to choke the babe, but not too lose to just slip off.
"My beautiful... Shiki...," whispered Uzumaki. There was a moment of silence. Kyuubi had stopped moving and in turn so did the shinobi. The confused civilians stopped their screaming. A wave of calm swept through the battle field.
Uzumaki grabbed onto Minato and Shiki before using her chakra to reach for Kyuubi. And in an instant, they were gone.
They reappeared in a cave far not far from Konohagakure. In fact, it was somewhere on top of the Hokage Monument. Kyuubi appeared stunned for a moment before bowing toward the woman until her nose touched the floor.
"Oh, my familiar. How well do you fare?" Her voice echoed through the cave, sending chills throughout Minato's spine.
"Who is the man next to you?" growled Kyuubi. "Wait. I sense another presence in this sacred ground. Here we do not hide ourselves nor do we lie. Expose yourself."
"As expected of the mighty Kyuubi. I would have been disappointed if you did not sense me."
A figure shimmered into existance between Uzumaki and Kyuubi. It appeared amused, although there was an angry tone that cut into the human duo.
"It appears that your job was not finished. Why did you not finish destroying Konoha?" asked the masked mystery. "I command you to kill those pathetic fools. Ignore these pests."
Kyuubi's eyes misted over.
"Your command is my pleasure, Master Madara."
Minato's eyes widened. "Madara? Uchiha Madara? Isn't he dead?"
Uzumaki grimaced. "Apparently not. Oi! Kyuubi! Snap out of it!"
"You are a nuisance. Prepare for death, scum!" the beast roared.
Uzumaki cursed and dodged the incoming claw. Shiki cried as Kyuubi's killing intent washed the entire cave with a maddening pressure. She wriggled from her blanket like prison and glared at the second most powerful being of all time.
"Nehehe. Furball!"
Nevermind, the third most powerful being of all time. Shiki trumps him no matter what.
"Down boy! Down!" Shiki shrieked. Her eyes shined with a sort of arcane knowledge. Shiki gave a little happy snort. Uzumaki eyes filled with tears. She was laughing!
"Atta' girl, Shiki! Kick him in the nose for your Ma!" Uzumaki staggered before collapsing. "Oh... your mom is a little tired."
The Namikaze sweatdropped, a first since his wife died giving birth to a stillborn. In fact, Uzumaki reminded him a little of Kushina. He never really knew Kushina's last name didn't he.
His musings were cut short when Kyuubi lunged for Shiki. He tried to pull her away. But even a speed demon as himself was not faster than something much larger than him. After all, a twitch of Kyuubi's muscles and he could be crushed by its enormous hulk.
"Not on my watch," groaned Uzumaki. Before Kyuubi could follow through with its strike, Uzumaki appeared before him and Shiki. Kyuubi's claw went through her, but not quite reaching Minato.
"Hey. You. Blondey...," she drawled. She hacked a little and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Draw a seal for me. There is a copy of it in my back pocket, as well as a letter. It explains everything. I was planning to seal Kyuubi myself, but its obvious why I can't do it right now isn't it?"
She gave another wheezing cough. Her lungs were filling with blood fast, and it became obvious to Minato that he couldn't save her. So he relented and followed through on her request.
"What is this seal? Its amazing, I can't even understand its use!"
"Yeah, yeah pretty boy. Just use it!"
Shiki giggled happily. "Use it! Use it!"
Minato quickly drew the seal as Uzumaki immobilized Kyuubi with her own chakra. He drew quickly but Uzumaki was losing too much chakra.
"Hurry! I can only hold on for so much longer!"
"This is not as easy as you think! I have to make sure I don't mess up!"
"I drew that seal when I was a toddler! Quit your whining and hurry up!"
"Well obviously, you complaining isn't going to help me get anywhere!"
The rest of the work was done in silence, only interupted by an occasional growl from Kyuubi or a whimper of pain from Uzumaki. Shiki joined her mother sometime during the drawing proccess, helping by feeding chakra to her mother.
"Hurry up! Mama isn't gonna hold for long!"
"I'm done!"
Uzumaki pushed Shiki away from her.
"Take my hand, Namikaze! Then touch the seal!"
Minato did as he was told. Soon he felt her energy flow through him and enter the seal. But it was a ridiculous amount.
"Hey! Don't give me too much! I can help to power it too!"
"Who says I'm using Chakra? This is something you can use only if you trained to find it for 50 years."
"Wait! You're older than fifty!"
"Much older than that! I had Kyuubi when he was naught but a kit. Please. Protect my child..."
The seal glowed with so many colors. Some of which Minato didn't know existed. It crawled from its spot on the floor onto the Kyuubi. It roared and cried as a white light engulfed him.
When the light died down, all that was left was a small shivering kit with nine tails.
"Elyssa! Elyssa!" The kit ran toward Shiki and licked her face.
"Shiki-tan!" cried Elyssa, the miniturized Kyuubi. Then it walked circles around Shiki and fell asleep in the baby's lap.
Minato groaned, "What type of mess did I get myself into this time?"
I had rewrote my first chapter, now that I had gotten ahold of myself and didn't go crazy with the whole Mary Sueing of Shiki.
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I'll try to update, I am still in school. Until next time.
P.S. I will be deleting the chapters I'm replacing soon. Not yet though.