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I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN ANY SHAPE OR CAPACITY. I ONLY OWN MY FICTITIOUS OC'S.

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It has been a long time. Though as promised here is the first chapter of my Flaming Leaves true remake.

Upload Schedule: Sundays 8pm CST and Thursdays 8pm CST

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Glossary: Scene breaks will be denoted by a line of X's

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Demonic or summons speech"

'Demonic or summons speech'

Jutsu's shall be rendered in Japanese or English, I will need feedback for whichever you choose. Leave a review telling me which you prefer.

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In light of mother's day I feel this is perhaps the most appropriate time to post this chapter.

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"Because you're her mother. Mother is God in the eyes of a child." - Rose Da Silva (Silent Hill 2006)

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Warmth, light, that is the first things she noticed upon waking. Reaching across the bed slowly to try and coax her husband she sighed in disappointment. Minato had woken up earlier than she did once again and left her to sleep. Unravelling the soft feather comforter from around her body she slowly raised herself to a sitting position. Swinging her legs off the side of the bed she felt a chill go up her spine, the floor seemed to be much colder than usual. Placing a hand over her very large stomach she stood.

"That man will be the death of me one day," She looked down at her swollen stomach and smiled softly, taking her free right hand and brushing a small amount of her hair behind her right ear, "don't you think so Naruto?" Kushina took a few steps towards the bathroom and noticed her normal dress laying on the top of her chest-of-drawers. Smiling she proceeded to go into the bathroom, closing the door behind her she removed her husbands shirt she wore and her underwear, standing in front of the large mirror she sighed. "I am so nervous, I want you here now, but I have this inescapable feeling of dread." Kushina started the shower up and began to wash off. Around the house the smell of cherries would permeate through the air, the smell waking the third resident of the house.

Kakashi opened his eyes stretching out the kinks in his back. In all of his boundless wisdom, the poor young man had fallen asleep on the love seat in the living room of the small house. Standing he walked down the short hallways and knocked twice on his teacher's door.

"Kushina? You're awake?" Hearing the shower turn off and the shuffling of feet the young man took two steps back from the door. The said door opened to reveal Kushina, a towel wrapped around her head and in her usual Green dress that had a white collar and white sleeves.

"Ah, good morning Kashi, I didn't wake you did I?" Kakashi sighed softly and nodded in confirmation.

"You know you did Kushina. How is my little brother today?" Kushina took his hand and laid it on her abdomen and gave Kakashi a toothy grin.

"He is ready to come out, we all are ready for him to come out. Though, we both are hungry. Now, you stink, so go shower and then come join us for some breakfast." Kakashi sighed and entered the door behind him. Once the door locked Kushina made her way to the small kitchen and began to remark on the ingredients she pulled out.

"Eggs, milk, sausage, bread, butter, grape preserves, and Kakashi's favorite, Maple Syrup." Kushina smiled softly as she prepared the breakfast for her and her husband's student. Speaking of said student, as soon as Kushina laid the cooked Eggs, buttered and jellied toast, or maple syrup covered toast in Kakashi's case, a shirtless Kakashi walked into the room towel drying his hair.

Kushina giggled quietly to herself and he raised an eyebrow looking at her.

"What?" Kushina waved her hand at him teasingly.

"Come on Kakashi, if you removed your mask for any other woman beside me you would be married by now." Kakashi shrugged and sat down to joining Kushina for breakfast.

"What is on the agenda before tonight?" Kushina put down her fork, picking up a napkin she softly wiped her lips before speaking.

"Well, first I am going to meet my cousin at the gate, Zarehya you remember her?"

Kakashi sighed deeply before placing his head into his hands.

"Unfortunately I do, she seems so calm and collected, but she is almost as scary as you are."

Kushina's eyebrow started to twitch as she grit her teeth.

"Would you like to say that again? No? I thought not. Now, after I go to pick Zarehya up we are going with my midwife to see Biwako to talk about the precautions for tonight. I want to stop by Minato's office to talk with him, but I don't know if he will be there. Then it is off to the bunker for the night. To be honest Kashi, I just want to get this over with. I have such a horrible feeling that I think I may explode." Kakashi smiled softly and stood up, taking his and Kushina's dishes to the kitchen, he came back and in a flash of emotion not usually seen in him, he hugs Kushina tightly.

"Don't worry, it will all be ok Kushina. Between Minato, Jiraiya, Biwako, and the Uchiha clan head's you will be safe. Though, if you still don't feel safe, remember, Lord Muy will be here before the end of the night and he is one of the only three people Minato can't beat. You will be very safe and surrounded by loved ones." Kakashi smiled softly to her and withdrawing his form from hers placed a hand softly beneath his left eye opening it to reveal a Sharingan.

"We both are here for you Kushina, Obito and I."

Kushina smiles softly and leans forward kissing his forehead before turning towards the door.

"Kashi, just in case something happens, even as unlikely as it is. I want you to be there for Naruto, not as Minato's student, but as Naruto's older brother. I think he'll love that, ya know!"

Kakashi nodded as he waved goodbye to Kushina before heading to take care of the dishes from the morning's breakfast.

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Arrival:

Kushina sighed deeply for the twelfth time that morning. The first few times were due to the cold autumn morning, the nip in the air, and the annoying smell of flowers that permeated every inch of the city. It had been over an hour since Zarehya said she was going to be arriving. Just as Kushina decided to leave two figures dropped down from the top of the large wall in front of her. Upon seeing the two she immediately understood why her cousin took so long to arrive. Throwing herself into the shorter woman's arms, squeezing her so tightly the short woman let out a wheeze.

"I swear, if it was not for your boyfriend being here I would strangle you. You thought I do not know why you are here so early Muy. Weren't you going to be caught up in the Land of Wind for a tad bit longer?"

The tall male, easily over six and a half feet tall, chuckled with a deep voice that sounded like it penetrated into your very soul. Crossing his slender arms over his torso the male looked down to the Redhead.

"It is very good to see you Kushina. I am here at an earlier time due to catching an earlier ship. However, Zarehya almost made us late to the event. I do apologize if we are tardy." Bowing his head softly his chin-length hair unbound fell in front of his face.

Kushina sighed for the thirteenth time and shook her head side to side.

"What will I ever do with you two? I suppose the reason you are in your battle garb is for the night?" Kushina looked at the male and female. Muy stood with a sleeveless v-necked tunic, bound at the waist with a maroon belt, and a pair of long brown leather pants. Zarehya stood there with a similar maroon vest however she was wearing a dark brown turtleneck sweater with sleeves that reached the middle of her forearms. Zarehyas pants, however, were traditional wool dyed the same color of her turtleneck. The brown seemed to compliment her deeply tanned skin and her blood red hair which fell over her right eye shrouding the orb from view. Kushina was always jealous of her cousin, her dark skin, her lovely figure, and the cherry on top, her deep green eyes that seemed to match the conifer needles of their home. The outfit seemed to fit her almost too well accentuating her bodacious bust and her supple hips. Muys outfit seemed to be a bit too loose making him seem smaller than he truly was in the garb. Though it did nothing to hide his scars, and there were many, but one he proudly had outlined in the maroon paint. The scar he received in the courting ritual where he fought Kushina's uncle for the right to approach Zarehya. However, his most entrancing feature was his mint blue eyes. So vivid that even in the darkness of night they seemed to glow. For a short time there she even battled with her cousin over Muy, until the day her 'red-strings of fate' brought Minato and her together.

"Ah, Muy, can you head to the market and get some groceries for the house? We are going to need diapers and the such."

The male nodded as he left obviously not being wanted there at the time.

"Zare, I am terrified."

"Why are you scared? Has something happened?" Zarehya looked up and down her cousin looking for something to be amiss.

"I have a feeling, one of THOSE feelings." Kushina bit her lip. The ominous feeling she had been having all day had burned at her neck. Everytime that she had the same feeling someone had died that was close to her, or some major event happened.

"It will be fine, no harm will befall you two tonight. I promise." Kushina smiled softly as she held her hand out for Zarehya to take as they left to join Mikoto at the Sarutobi residence.

Biwako was not a woman known for her patience. She led a charge into the land of Earth when they were at war, and in the previous war, she had personally destroyed multiple regiments of shinobi. Some people often wondered who wore the proverbial pants in her and her husband's relationship. She was a man who could stand toe to toe with her husband, and could even beat the late Lady Mito in a one on one encounter. Biwako was an esteemed medical ninja, seals master taught by Mito, and she was the wife of the Third Hokage. Nothing could disturb her peace, nothing except Kushina Namikaze. The woman vexed Biwako to the core. Her bold words, her brashness, and her sassy attitude made Biwakos skin boil out of her body. Though tonight was a night to put all such things aside, or so she hoped. Kushina was over an hour and a half late. A light rap upon her door brought her out of her musings. The dark-haired woman across from Biwako stood and left to open the door her long black dress flowing behind her. Opening the door the woman was greeted with a bone-crushing hug from a certain red-headed woman.

"Miko! Can you please tell Zare that she needs to let up! Maybe if she got a good fucking from her boyfriend she may get the other stick out of her ass from her boyfriend's rod going in the other way!"

Mikoto sighed as she placed her palm in front of her face at the crassness of her best friend.

"Kushina, please come in, Biwako is getting impatient and you know how she gets when she is impatient."

Kushina visibly paled, if even possible, and hurried into the living room of the Sarutobi residence. Taking a seat opposite of Biwako her best friend and cousin flanking her the three sat waiting for Biwako to begin.

"Now that you two have finally decided to join us we can begin. I will be debriefing you over the security tonight and what will happen. IF everything goes according to design, you will continue to be a human sacrifice. Now, We will have your first line of defense, every half kilometer we will have two squads of ANBU with sensors in each team. Your second line of defense will be Jiraiya, Fugaku, and my husband. However, your final line of defense will be your cousin, Mikoto, and I. When your cousins lover arrives he will take a position with the men outside of the room. In no case will Minato be allowed to do anything but focus upon your seal, so even though you will wish to, do not and I do mean NEVER make him lose focus or you will risk all of our lives. Our top priority of tonight is that our human sacrifice survives, make sure at all costs the Kyuubi is kept within the seal and that by no means will you fight. If you even so much as make a move I will paralyze you with a seal. Is that all understood?" Kushina stood enraged as she looked Biwako in the eye.

"No, it is not understood you old bat! Tonight nothing else matters than MY SON. IF anything happens to him so help me god, I will destroy anyone in my way."

Biwako narrowed her eyes as she slowly stood, the temperature of the room seemed to drop a few degrees as Kushina felt her own presence shrinking.

"Kushina, I will say this once and only once. I am a mother, a grandmother, and a godmother. IT is my husband's words I speak, not my own. I know what it is like to be a mother, and I will do my personal best to take care of your child. However, you will never take that tone with me again, do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal Lady Biwako."

The older woman nodded as the other two stood. The three women heading out of the door Biwako gives one last glance to Kushina and gives her a warm smile.

"That woman is going to make a fierce mother."

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Kushina talks with Minato:

Minato sighed deeply as he looked at the final paperwork of the day. His thoughts were interrupted by a soft almost timid knock on the door as he closed his eyes he smiled softly as he felt the chakra of his wife behind the door.

"You can come in Kushina, I am alone."

The dark oak door opened with a soft click as Kushina walked into the room. Smiling widely to her husband she moved around the desk and she laid her arms around his neck nuzzling the crook of his neck. Minato stretched his hand up gently caressing her cheek with his thumb. Placing a chaste kiss upon her temple he led her to the front of the chair as she sat in his lap leaning against his form.

"What is wrong my love?"

Kushina looked up and into his eyes as her own violet orbs gleamed with unshed tears.

"I am so terrified Minato. What if I am not good enough? What happens if the seal fails? What happens if I am a horrible mother! I can't think of anything else, I have such a horrible feeling in my chest that something is going to go wrong and I can't do anything to prevent it."

Minato leaned down and gave her a long yet soft kiss. Once removing his lips from hers with a small sound Minato smiled warmly at her and wiped away her tears with his right thumb.

"Nothing is going to happen my love. The seal will not fail, you will never be unworthy of being a mother, and you will be the most amazing mother to our child. There is nothing to fear my love."

Kushina buried her face in her husband's chest and nodded to his words. She felt her nerves easing as she took in his scent, mint leaves, and dirt. More than likely from his small herb garden behind the house, which comprised mainly his favorite treat, mint. She removed herself from his grip and stood slowly, Minato stood with her easing her rise. Turning to him Kushina gave him one last chaste kiss before making her leave.

"I will be heading to the bunker now, please hurry, I don't know how long Zarehya and Mikoto can hold off the fury of Biwako.

Minato chuckled as he waved his hand to his wife.

"Hurry my love, before Naruto gets impatient and decides to come out early to escape his motormouth mother."

Kushina pouted to Minato before she left the room, however as soon as the door clicked two figures came from the shadows as if made from the substance themselves. The figure to his left was his teacher, father figure, and greatest friend, Jiraiya. To his right was his predecessor and the man hailed as the God of Shinobi, Hiruzen Sarutobi

"Master, Lord Third, you are here earlier than I thought."

Jiraiya nodded and then smiled widely as he ran up to Minato giving him a bear hug.

"Minato! I am so proud of you, finally becoming a father. Though with how long it took I'm not too sure if it wasn't so pleasant trying."

Minato sighed as he nodded softly, however, Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya and in an instant Jiraiya vanished from the room leaving a small piece of paper with writing on it.

The paper said: "Sorry Minato, wish I could stay longer but Master wanted to talk to you privately and I wasn't invited so I am just going to reinforce the seals surrounding the bunker. Don't worry everything will be fine, cause I am on the case kid!" The letter ended with a poorly drawn frog in a Kabuki outfit. Minato sighed deeply before looking to Hiruzen, once Minat sat in the Hokages chair he looked Hiruzen dead in the eye.

"Lord Third, what do you wish to speak about."

"The human sacrifice, she cannot fall tonight. Even if that means the death of your son."

Minato's eyes hardened as he looked at the old man.

"IS that a threat, Lord Third? IF so do I need to remind you who is Hokage? Remind you who is the one in charge of this night and where the priorities lay?"

Hiruzen scoffed as he looked at the angry Minato.

"You would do well to remember, boy, that you are only here because of me, and you only have that child and family you oh so wished for due to me assigning you the mission to seduce the Uzumaki sacrifice."

Minato's eyes burned with bitter resentment and hate for the old man.

"People think Danzo is the real monster, I wonder what would happen if I told them the truth about you. The man who murdered his sensei to become Hokage, who started and kept the third and second wars alight, and who murdered the Fire Lord's wife Ursa and buried her in a shallow grave behind his own children's rooms. Should we also bring the fact of all the orphans you have created, how you defile their innocence by forcing them into combat at such an early age? Or how you are the one who killed your own son for the good of Konoha?"

Hiruzen was fuming, beyond angry, this delinquent who dared speak those words to him sat there looking smug. Sneering to the boy in his old seat Hiruzen gave a final message, one that Minato never knew how long it would ring in his soul.

"Mark my words boy, if anything were to happen this night to you, or your wife. I will turn your child into the perfect weapon, a machine worthy of Konoha's name. There is nothing nor any person who would be able to stop me, so remember that the next time your silver tongue decides to cut your cheek." Hiruzen stood swiftly Minato mirroring the action as the two left the room to head to the bunker, the sun falling behind the mountain, a shadow grimly befalling both of the Kage's faces.

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Minato arrived at the hidden bunker in a flash of yellow and before he could even move he was grabbed by Biwako and was being dragged into the room at the core of the facility where a woman's cries could be heard. Once he entered the room he immediately ran over to his wife, however, before he could take her hand in his Biwako shoved him towards the middle section of the bed.

"Minato there will be time for trivialities later. Your primary focus is the seal if that seal breaks your son will not survive, nor will Kushina. Trust me to help her through the birth, you help us make it through the night."

Minato nodded as he placed his hands on the seal closing his eyes, however it was extremely hard to focus over the sound of the pained cries of his wife. His mind flashing to the conversation he had with Hiruzen earlier had come back to him.

'When this is all over, I will tell her everything, the mission, the planned pregnancy, everything. I will have no secrets.' Minato smiled softly as he felt a shift in the natural chakra of the area, confused he thought it meant the birth was happening, but when the doors were blown open by Jiraiya's body flying into the room that changed his sentiments. Standing above his Master was a shrouded man with an oddly designed mask with a single eyehole.

"Step away from the sacrifice Minato, or I will kill your-" Before he could finish the thought a fine length of fire pierced through his chest, however, there was no blood and the man seemingly fazed through it. Fugaku cursed as he looked back to the third Hokage and made a decision, he sprinted at the masked individual, upon seeing the Sharingan Fugaku activated not his Sharingan, but his Mangekyou Sharingan. The two Mangekyou wielders clashed as Zarehya quickly summoned a white wood bow, carved so the two tips were dragons head holding the razor wire string. Knocking a spiral tipped arrow the woman took aim quicker than the blink of an eye and loosed the arrow. Faster than any mortal man could react the arrow pierced the masked man's right hip, a cry of pain the only indication she needed. The man indulged in his pain took a hard right cross to the jaw followed by a left hook kick, the leg reaching behind his head to bring the heel into the back of his jaw, the masked man's body once again seemingly became intangible, however, the arrow did not. Fugaku's heel hit the arrow tearing its form from the masked man's hip taking tissue and bone fragments from his body. The masked man in his rage threw a fist at Fugaku, who seemingly blocked the hit until the arm phased into his gut. In an instant, the action seemed to stop as Fugaku's mouth began to leak blood. Ripping his hand from Fugaku's gut a hole being left behind with his entrails pouring out of. A cry of anguish was let loose in the air as Mikoto charged at the male, her own Mangekyou activating for the first time, a simple triangle forming around her pupil. However what happened next was not so simple. The masked man went to perform the same move to the woman, however, he was shocked to find a sword in his chest, to be clear, Mikoto's sword. Then he realized, her eyes had negated his space-time jutsu. Eye widening as blood leaked from under the mask he grasped the sword throwing his fist into her chin a loud crack is heard before performing a stepping side kick into her gut another snap being heard as her spine was severed and her jaw cracked in two. However Zarehya had not been idle, in all this time she had woken Jiraiya, and before the masked man could go any further an intense feeling struck the air as orange marks surrounded Jiraiya's eyes and his pupils turned into bars. Vanishing before the masked man's eyes he was sent flying through the walls and out into the field. Mikoto dashing to her husband her hands began to glow green as she tried to heal him. In a fit of insanity as she could no longer feel his pulse she tried stuffing his organs back into his body covering her hands in blood and sinew every few seconds an inhuman scream coming from her form. Jiraiya lightly hit her on the back of the neck to keep her from causing more damage to her body and to save her sanity or now. He jumped out of the hole in the wall to chase the masked man. All the while the fights happening around him Minato never moved or faltered until he heard it, the last cry of pain and the sounds of gargled crying from a baby. Biwako helping to clear Naruto's lungs, wrapped him in a towel and laid him down beside Kushina. Minato scrambled to the two and began speaking to his wife before he was interrupted by the third Hokage flying into the room with a knife in his ribs. Looking at the man Minato stood as two more masked figures walked in, one with blue hair who controlled paper and another, red-haired with strange ringed eyes.

"Lord Third, I will take the redhead, you deal with the blue-haired woman." Hiruzen nodded and immediately engaged the blue-haired woman. Before the red-headed male could move to help Minato was upon him with a Rasengan. However the next thing that happened stunned Minato, with a single palm the man not only grabbed the Rasengan and absorbed it, but he said two words and the world went cold.

"Shinra Tensei." Minato went flying uncontrollably slamming into the wall beside the bed, Looking to the red-headed male Minato smiled in a very cocky way. Vanishing with a flash, he appeared before the man and grabbed his hand vanishing once again. Appearing in a small town outside of the land of Waves Minato vanished once again with a flash appearing next to Kushina. He stood but felt a hand slap on his back and the next thing he knew he felt a burning sensation. His eyes widened as he shed his cloak and flung it to the other side of the room, Biwako and Minato shielding Kushina and the baby with their bodies however it was not enough. With a loud roar, the coat exploded sending stone and metal shards everywhere, some piercing into Minato's back, however one piece of stone hit the small baby in the face leaving a bright red mark where blood flowed freely, a three-inch gash torn open on the infants left the side of his face. The wound spoke of agony to the child who began crying to his heart's content. Biwako began to pour healing chakra over the babe however before she knew it some strange plant thing rose from the wall and snatched Kushina dragging her into the wall with a scream. Minato tried to feel her chakra but couldn't feel her signature anywhere. Biwako cursed loudly as she looked at the wall and immediately knew what had happened.

"Minato, a masking seal. I will go after Kushina this man knows seals. You go and help Lord Thi-" Before she could finish the blue-haired woman walked into the room, however, her pants were torn and burned beyond belief, her almost flawless creamy skin marred by burns and cuts. Her shirt was all but ribbons leaving her in mostly a bra and the mask had been broken off above her nose line. Minato growled as he leaped forward meeting with the woman locking her in a battle of strength. This woman's very presence screamed elegance and strength, but what shocked Minato the most, was her raw power, her chakra flaring brightly dwarfing his own. Whoever this woman was, she was someone he did not want to cross.

"Who are you! Why are you doing this to us?" The female seemed to laugh and looked him in the eye.

"We are Akatsuki, and we shall have our prize." The woman pushed forward with all her might sending Minato flying, however she made a single flaw, not looking down. Minato had placed a formula beneath her feet with his own foot. In a flash he was upon her and their battle started anew.

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Biwako landed in a clearing, Kushina strung up between two boulders on the edge of a lake. Her clothes removed her seal bared to the world. Biwako saw the strange black and white man turn to face her and she looked him in the eye.

"Give her back to us, and I will not kill you." The plant man seemed to laugh loudly, almost howling with laughter. A deep gravel-like voice hit her ears.

"Oh? What could a frail woman like you possibly ever do to me? I could end you in an instant, you foul whore." Biwako felt something inside of her snap and she vanished. The male's eyes widened as she appeared behind him a small tanto drawn and covered in a white murky substance. The male tried to run but Biwako appeared in front of him.

"Many people make the mistake of misjudging me due to my age or my husbands status. You should know, Hiruzen has never won a battle against me." Without even a single hand sign she exhaled and a flame so large and hot-poured from her lips it instantly evaporated the dew, it turned everything for a square mile in its path into nothing but ash, and when she was done she flung her tanto to the ground and the ash cloud violently exploded. Biwako seeing nothing but a finger left of the being scoffed and crushed it beneath her heel. She turned around to go release Kushina when she felt a cold sensation, it was also strangely tight and, it felt like something was wrong. She knew something had happened when she fell to the ground, she raised her head as a vortex in space had just vanished where her legs had been, and that is when she noticed. She was missing everything from her heart downward. The masked man from earlier who Jiraiya had taken off to fight had appeared. No cloak on and missing an arm and half of his mask Biwako tried to make a sound when the males kunai pierced her skull silencing the elderly woman for good. Turning to Kushina who looked to be struggling to even breath he walked till he was standing before her. Reaching out he caressed her hip, brushed her breasts with the back of his hand and started laughing.

"I always wondered what your body looked like, I am impressed, even after having a child your body is still desirable." The male reached out and roughly shoved his hand between her legs feeling the warmth from her vagina on his hand he removed the appendage as Kushina squirmed tears falling down her face ash she tried to attack the male. The male smacked her across the face roughly and proceeded to punch her in the face over and over, then began to kick her in the abdomen. When she was too weak to move any longer he cut the chains and removed the bottom half of his mask and as he began to disrobe Kushina's eyes widened.

"Oh, how I have always desired to partake of your flesh Kushina. Now I can have you." Kushina's eyes widened in horror as she realized who this was, he was Obito.

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He knew something was wrong, he had felt it in his mind but paid it no mind chalking it up to him being nervous at being an uncle. Smiling as he used the chopsticks to place another piece of barbeque into his gullet he stopped in place when he heard an explosion. Looking back he had to channel his enhanced vision. As his eyes pupil narrowed into such a fine point it was almost invisible he saw flames above the treetops. Muy stood and placed the chopsticks down as he looked at the store owner.

"I am sorry I need to leave, I will be back in a couple hours." Before the man could protest Muy vanished out of pure speed. He judged it would take him thirty minutes to even reach the explosion, he just hopes he could make it in time.

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Obito pulled his sleeveless black shirt back over his torso, Kushina and his musk filled the air as he looked down at the sobbing woman who was on her stomach. A sense of desire came over him as he was about to use her as his toy again before he had to go intangible. It was almost not fast enough as a tall brown haired man had his arm buried two feet into the ground where he last stood. The male looked up and Obito's eyes widened in fear. This man was not supposed to be here, the one man who could ruin all of his plans.

"Muy Yu! How did you get here so quickly!" Mu, however,r was not concerned with the male, removing his arm from the ground Muy looked down to his loves cousin and his heart clenched in fury, he removed his tunic and laid it over her the object covering her from head to mid thigh. Muy stood his scar covered torso bared to the world as he turned to Obito.

"You raped her, you have violated her on her most sacred night. Now, you die." Muy held a single hand forward and before Obito could move a bow had appeared in his hand and Muy had shoved the spear pointed end into Obito's gut. Obito coughed out blood as he tried to get away with his vortex but Muy twisted the spear tip and Obito's pain had forced him to stop the jutsu. Muy's eyes filled with rage ripped the spear from Obito's gut as he grabbed the male by the throat cutting off Obito's airway. He then released the full brunt of his killing intent, and Obito understood why Muy was revered as the God of the hunt. Only a god could have held this type of presence, enough that even Madara's presence would have been tame. Clawing at Muys hand to try and run Muy pulled a hand back an arrow appearing in his hand being unsealed, this arrow he had been saving, for a person so despicable they deserved the pain. This arrow was spiralled from tip to end with serrated edges.

"This is the Onislayer Arrow. One of ten arrows made for the Great Onislayers bow. Nothing can survive once pierced by this, save for maybe a true demon. You deserve this pain." Muy was about to plunge the arrow into Obito's heart before a yellow flash appeared in the clearing. The sound of a body dropping could be heard as Muy turned to see Minato had dropped the still living body of the blue haired woman to the ground. Minato's eyes wide in anguish as his eyes traced to Obito and that was when Muy could almost hear something snap in Minato. Muy dropped Obito as Minato had grabbed the male and plunged a marble sized Rasengan into his chest. Obito's torso expanded and burst with a gush of blood, sinew, and bone. Minato stood there as he began to cry before Kushina's hoarse voice cried in anguish, and out of her lower back red chakra began to pour. Minato's eyes widened and Muy turned and tried to make his way to Kushina only to be flung backwards by a large chakra structured hand. With a final clas,h the Kyuubi stood in all of its glory before Minato, Kushina, and Muy. With a mighty roa,r the Kyuubi was freed. Minato acting fast had grabbed ahold of the Kyuubi's paw and the two vanished with a flash to a small valley dozens of miles away in the land of Rice patties. Muy rushed over to Kushina falling to his knees as he felt a presence land a few yards behind him.

"KUSHINA!" Zarehya was on them in a matter of nanoseconds, holding her cousins head in her lap she saw Kushina's body and began to weep. Kushina's seemingly distant eyes looked up to Zarehya and she managed to wheeze out.

"Take me to Naruto, please." Muy lifted the woman gently into his arms as he vanished with a stir of dust, Zarehya following quickly.

Appearing in the bunkers haf destroyed room he saw one of the injured ANBU's watching over Naruto, seeing the chest wound over where the man's right lung was he knew the wheezing noise was not just from Kushina. The ANBU collapsed as soon as he had seen the two. Muy laid Kushina down and carefully draped her with one of the covers tucked into the bed, gently raising Naruto up he places Naruto next to his mother's head. Zarehya had appeared the next second and hurried over to her cousin and her cousins child.

"Muy, Zarehya. After tonight I can't trust Minato to take care of Naruto. I am going to die, and Minato will have killed Obito. He will be broken beyond repair. I ask you, please my family, take Naruto and raise him as your own for two years. That should be long enough for Minato to calm. I do not say this lightly, but he is unfit to be a parent after tonight. Please Zare, Muy, take my Naru to your home and love him. Please." Kushina began to sob Naruto's tiny hand grasping at her red hair and tugging on it softly. Muy placed a hand on Zarehyas shoulder and she looked up to him. With a nod Zarehya smiled softly to Kushina, leaning down and kissing her forehead.

"Of course Kushi, you know we will. It is the promise of a lifetime, ya know?" Kushina smiled gratefully but a yellow flash had appeared and Minato appeared standing beside the bed next to Kushina. He sobbed softly as he kneeled and kissed his wife over and over before her hand on his cheek stopped him.

"Mina, where is the Kyuubi?" Minato's eyes welled up with tears as he looked to NAruto and then to her.

"No, no Minato, we can't, I won't let you! I can take it to the grave with me using the Death Reaper seal." Minato shook his head as he picked Kushina and Naruto up. Before he could flash Muy had grabbed his sleeve and Zarehya being transported as well due to her touching Muy.

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With Zarehya, Muy, and Minato's assistance Kushina is able to fully seal the Kyuubi without being skewered → Kushina suffers for a few minutes saying goodbye and sings a lullaby to Naruto

Appearing in a yellow flash Minato, Muy, Zarehya, Naruto, and Kushina appear before the Kyuubi. With a quick movement, the Kyuubi moves to pierce Minato, Kushina, and Naruto with it's claw, but the claw is bat aside by a tall slender male.

"Minato, we will keep it busy, you two do whatever the fuck you are going to do. Just do it fast!" Muy leaps towards the Kyuubi easily reaching its head and slams a fist into its maw sending it tumbling. Zarehya knocks arrow after arrow peppering the foxes soft spots. Minato bends down to take Naruto before Kushina's Adamantine chains come from her back, holding Naruto tightly as she whispers something into the babes ear before standing with the help of her chains. Minato steadies his wife before she nods.

"I will seal the beast into him because I am going to die. You need to be here for him do you hear me?" Minato nodded softly but she could see her plea fall upon deaf ears. A loud crack and Muy was sent sailing through several trees. Minato looked to Kushina as her Adamantine chains wrapped around the Kyuubi, Minato began to make hand seals as he placed his hand upon Naruto's stomach the eight trigrams seal appearing upon his stomach. Kushina clapped her hands together and shouted blood falling from her mouth.

"REAPER DEATH SEAL!" A cold breeze blew through the clearing and before she knew it a purple arm plunged through her abdomen. The hand soared into the Kyuubi's chest, feeling his impending sealing the Kyuubi threw his finger forward intending on skewering the two however Muy appeared grabbing the nail with both arms and digging his feet in. A small pin prick over her solar plexus was the only thing Kyuubi managed to do to Kushina. The purple hand retracted as it flew through Naruto the Kyuubi's soul and chakra being sealed into the babes stomach. Naruto's tanned skin had become paler and his nearly black red hair faded to a vibrant cherry rd just like his mothers. Kushina's chains vanished as she fell backwards to the ground. Minato collapsed next to her as her chest was barely moving with her breaths. Kushina pulled her baby closer to her chest his crying never ceasing as she began to hum her mother's old lullaby to her, The Willow Maiden.

Minato fell unconscious the mental strain of the night being too much Kushina's sobs hidden behind her humming to Naruto the babe slipping into silence, and when Naruto's eyes had closed, so had hers for the last time. Zarehya let out a wail of pain as her cousin had vanished from the face of this earth and Muy could only curse himself, blaming himself for the death.

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Zarehya spirits Naruto away after a brief talk with Minato who is not in his right mind as a father → Zarehya introduces her lover to baby Naruto

It had been several hours since the sealing, Kushina was on a cold slab in the morgue next to Fugaku, and every person outside of three adults and one child were in the intensive care unit. Minato was in his office looking down at his desk, growling in a rage he turns the desk over letting out a yell. Muy entered the room and Minato's eyes burned holes into his body.

"WHERE WERE YOU!" Muy flinched at Minato's words.

"SHE WOULD HAVE LIVED HAD YOU BEEN THERE! SHE IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!" Muy Let the man ramble for the next ten minutes before Minato, out of breath, had silenced.

"Minato, as we speak, Zarehya is leaving with the child. Kushina wished for us to take care of him for a couple of years till you come to terms with her death and your students." Minato turned red in fury and attempted to punch Muy, but Muy grabbed his fist and twisted it behind his back pinning Minato to the wall.

"We are leaving, NAruto is coming with us and that is final." Minato's next words cemented something into Muy, something that would make him lose all respect for the man.

"TAKE THE BASTARD I DON'T WANT HIM. IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM KUSHINA WOULD BE ALIVE!" Muy's eyes widened and he realized the depths of Minato's insanity. Letting Minato fall to the ground and weep Muy turned and left leaving the broken father and husband.

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Standing at the bow of the ship they were upon Zarehya and Muy looked out to the Island in front of them. Smiling softly down to the bundle in her arms Zarehya softly spoke to the red haired, pale, violet eyed child.

"Welcome home Naruto, welcome to the capital of the Fire Nation.

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Name guide:

Zarehya - zar-ya

Muy - moo-ee

This is where we end off for this chapter. Before any comments are made about the rape, I told you this story was going to be dark. I am going to go places, with no remorse, that probably should not be gone too. Welcome to the game, welcome to my world. Until next time.

~Ardent Chronicler