One word

One word was all Minato Namikaze a.k.a the fourth Hokage could think about as he fell towards his final resting place.

That word was not even a word but instead a name and that name was Naruto.

As he hit the ground near his lovely wife and newborn son he couldn't help but think back on this day, the day he sealed his son's fate as a savior of the ninja world.

Minato woke up early this morning and he couldn't have been happier. He had the job of his dreams, the woman of his dreams, and even was about to be a father.

Yep, days like mornings like this made being a ninja almost bearable.

As he quickly and silently rose to get to the office and not wake up kushina he felt a pang of… something he couldn't quite describe.

Temporarily worried he quickly shook it off as somebody trying to come for his life, after all you don't become a SS ranked shinobi simply because you had a lot of friends in high place.

Chuckling at his little moment of sarcasm he bound out the door and onto the street opting to take the civilian way to work.

"Greeting Hokage-sama" were the words that greeted him as he mingled with the people, his people of Konoha.

Finally reaching his destination the young hokage could not help but look out to the horizon through the window at the top of his tower.

What he saw there not only mystified but kind of worried him as well

For over the horizon was an ominous blood red portal that looked as if a claw was coming out.

Blinking and rubbing his eye he looked again and saw there was nothing there that betrayed that something was there in the first place.

Shaking his head he sat on the chair and began his paperwork.

Suddenly a random chuunin appeared at the foot of his desk in a bowed position.

Lookinhg up th e chuunin spoke "Honorable Fourth Fire Shadow Minato Namikaze, permission to speak freely?"

Minato groaned as he knew this chuunin had an annoying habit of saying people's full name and title.

Regardless he knew this chunnin was a messenger used mainly by his wife to give him a message so he nodded his head and gave the chuunin permission to speak freely.

"Lady Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze, second jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, has sent me to tell you that she is in labor" the chuunin stopped at the sound of the Hokage cheering for joy. "she also requested that you be there when she delivers Naruto and to remember to set up the seals so that the kyuubi cannot escape." With his job being done he bowed and turned to leave but was instead force up against the wall by a very angry kage.

"My wife is the holder of what and she wanted me to remember to do what!" Shouted Minato

Not that he was shocked that his wife was a jinchuuriki or the fact that he had to help keep the kyuubi at bay. No , these are not reasons he would be upset, it was the fact that a random chuunin knew something that his most trusted Anbu didn't know.

The chuunin looked up at the angry kage and said "oops hehe I forgot that wasn't common knowledge" looking left to right quickly the chuunin then said 'oh my my my look at the time it's time to go" as he said this the air around him began to displace and he began to get sucked in to the black hole. Surprised Minato could only stare at the empty place in front of him. Snapping to his senses he called his Anbu to find him.

Prparing to leave to check on his wife a chuunin pop in.

"Lord Hokage , Kushina –sama has given birth to a healthy baby boy with blond hair and blue eyes she is waiting for you at the hospital"

Without another word the chuunin disappeared and Minato breathes a breath of relief.

Preparing to go and see his wife another chuunin popped in this one looking much more frantic.

"Lord Hokage, pant pant, The kyuubi is at the almost at the Gate" before he fell over out of breath and nearly dead.

Minato quickly summoned a toad to go check on Kushina and Naruto and he jumped out the window to deal with the force of nature.

Flash back end

A old man walked through the devestation that surrounded the place where the kyuubi attacked. Wincing at the brutality of those murdered he continued toward his destination. When arriving there he noticed three bodies, two being perfectly still and one significantly smaller package that was still moving.

Old as he may be the old man was still a shinobi at heart and noticed the wriggling of the small package. Rushing towards the only sign of life in a ten mile area, the old man gasped at what he saw. The two larger packages where none other than his successor Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki. In between them he saw a wriggling baby with three letters tucked in his blanket. Picking up the baby and a letter with his name on it the old man could only say one word…. Damn.