The Uprising
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Warning: Rated M, explicit language, sexual language and scenes, violence and graphic deaths
Prologue – The Birth of a Hero
Minato stared at the nine thrashing tails of destruction above him. He could see Konoha burning all around him and he could hear the voices of fallen shinobi echoing in his ears. He glanced to his left and a smile of relief appeared on his face as Jiraya rode up to him on Gamabunta. "The northern wall is intact but the southern wall is nearly completely destroyed and the western wall will soon fall under the pressure. If you're going to do something Minato it needs to be done now!" Jiraya said, sweat pouring down his face, dipping into cuts and grazes along his neck.
Minato nodded, "Sensei, I think there is only one option left." Jiraya shook his head, "No Minato, those seals require a sacrifice to the Shinigami and even then it does not guarantee you will survive or the child." Minato smiled sadly, "Kakashi told me that Kushina just had triplets, if the sealing was split between two children it may make the burden easier to bear." Jiraya shook his head, "The splitting of youkai and ying and yang chakra has never been done before Minato there is no proof to show that you will not die." Minato focused his chakra and before he disappeared in a yellow flash said, "It is the duty of the Hokage to at least try."
Jiraya shook his head and climbed onto Gamabunta's back. The giant toad summon sighed and echoed Jiraya's thought, "Blondie's gonna die, isn't he." Jiraya shook his head, "I hope not" before the pair jumped away.
Minato smiled sadly at the pink screaming bags of flesh in the bassinet, his heart soured with love for his newborn children but the guilt of what he was going to do lay heavily on his chest. Minato stared and recited their names in his head, 'Arashi, Kasumi and …Naruto' each perfectly formed, wrinkled and pink. Minato focused his chakra into his hands and ran quick diagnostic tests over his children, Arashi and Kasumi's reading came back positive for their age but Naruto's showed different signs his looked exactly like a shinobi who suffered from chakra exhaustion, he was alive but his chakra was fluctuating and stationed primarily around his vital organs. Minato shook his head, 'Naruto isn't strong enough' he thought as he gathered Arashi and Kasumi in his arms; he never wanted to subject his daughter to the life of a jinchuriki he knew he couldn't risk the lives of his people when he had the ability to save them.
Minato took one last longing look at his son then shushined away.
Jiraya sent Minato a quick withered look as he tried to contain one of the Kyuubi no Yoko's tail, Minato sent him a thankful look as he disappeared in a yellow flash as he travelled towards the nine tailed demon. Kyuubi roared and sent groups of shinobi flying into the air Minato braced for action and jumped in front of the demon fox. Kyuubi did not seem to notice him, instead concentrating Jiraya who appeared on Gamabunta and began to battle against the demons, Minato frantically unsealed his equipment and got to work. He laid down Arashi and Kasumi nine metres and painted the chakra focusing seal first, then he cut his palm and mixed it with the ink, on top of the focus seal he painted a suppression seal and lastly he painted the rest of the intricate seal design to capture and bind the youkai as well as to change his ying/yang chakra and filter it into Arashi and Kasumi's chakra system.
Minato wiped his brow and looked up; at that moment Kyuubi ignored his carnage, destruction and the distraction Jiraya presented and focused on the group below him. He snarled menacingly at Minato and the young Hokage gulped and began pumping chakra into the seals, Kyuubi reared his head and lent down to devour Minato whole but at the last minute Minato did the death seal and touched Kyuubi's nose, immediately the fox began to disappear into bright red smoke and was pulled separately into Arashi and Kasumi. Minato looked in shock as the Shinigami appeared before him, "Minato Namikaze," it began in an eerie dark voice, "You have called upon the powers that be to seal away the Kyuubi no Yoko and for that a price must be paid." Minato nodded and bowed his head, "Shinigami-sama I forfeit my life in payment." The Shinigami nodded and reached out a clawed hand towards Minato before he stopped. Seconds passed and he pulled back his hand, a sinister laugh filled the desolate land surrounding them. "Rise young Hokage, your debt has been paid by another, a far greater payment shall be given to me and so I shall spare your life. Namikaze, be warned, your decision will change the course of shinobi history, choose wisely."
Minato nodded but he didn't really listen to the words of the Shinigami, instead he was elevated to have kept his life. That decision marked his fate forever; the Shinigami's words carried off into the distance and years later Minato would regret not heeding the Shinigami's warning.
The Death God nodded and began to disappear but before he vanished completely his voice echoed, "I hold you to your debt Uzumaki Naruto, I expect great things from you."
Miles away a newborn slept with a smile on his face as his chakra receded from his siblings and returned to his own body.
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