The Yondaime smiled fondly as he looked down at the two young children in his arms, an awed look in his eyes yet a strange sense of melancholy was about him. It was three days after the fateful attack by the Kyuubi, and Minato had only barely pulled through with his life intact. The love of his life, Kushina, however, did not pull through at all.

Minato stared up at the Kyuubi furiously. The blond man was crouched protectively in front of Kushina's corpse and in his rage, he missed seeing the Sharingan tomoe spinning in Kyuubi's eyes. Suddenly, Minato felt the strange sensation of something furry brushing up against his legs, and his head jerked down to stare at two small wolves standing beside him, his blue eyes wide and startled. Each had five swaying tails and pale eyes. One was silver the other black. As if knowing he'd seen them, the two animals popped into smoke. He briefly wondered if they were of the wolf summons, but mid-thought he was distracted. Two wolves that looked the same as the small maybe-summons animals, but about fifty times larger appeared, standing beside him and facing down Kyuubi.

Kyuubi roared angrily and the force of it shook the heavens and Earth alike. Minato braced against the wind, arms up in front of his face, bent at the elbows, and a grunt escaped his clamped lips. A large tail suddenly hit the ground in front of him, and he coughed as it stirred the dust up. However, a swift application of Wind Style: Great Breakthrough cleared the air enough for him to see the big, bushy silver tail protecting him from Kyuubi's roars. He looked up and saw pale eyes gazing down at him from their place far above him.

A great voice rumbled, "Child of the Sun, we shall assist you in this battle."

Minato was immediately on guard. What would these unknown entities want in return? A deep chuckle came emanating from the great beast, and he shook his head slightly, turning to look at where the black wolf was taunting Kyuubi and running circles around him. Minato followed his eyes. The giant fox grew angrier and angrier, his thrashing tails destroying everything around him. "All we ask is you listen to us when the fight ends and Kyuubi has been sealed."

Minato nodded uneasily, having the feeling the discussion wouldn't be as easy as he thought.

Behind him, his children wailed, and he turned to prepare them both for the sealing, planning to put half of the fox shaped chakra beast into each child. He was sad that he would not get to raise them as his own, but the world would be safe from the menace of the Kyuubi.

The seals took a long time to prepare because, unsurprisingly enough, Kushina's children wouldn't. Stop. MOVING.

"Definitely Kushina's children," Minato sighed to himself, shaking his head fondly. They weren't the easiest thing to draw the meticulous seals onto, but luckily Minato was a Master of Sealing Arts, even more adept in them than his old Master.

The fourth Hokage turned to face the battle going on behind him and started. The black wolf had draped herself (herself? Was it a her? Hmm. He'd have to ask.) over Kyuubi and the silver wolf primly put a paw on the Fox's head, pushing it against the ground to cease his fearsome growls. It was then Minato noticed the tomoe and he paled, his face lightening many shades.

"No…" he breathed.

"Unfortunately it seems to be the case. Now, before we begin this conversation, we will teach you a safe method of sealing the entirety of Kur- Ehm. Kyuubi into the Sun Child." The silver wolf explained. Minato's eyes widened. He could raise his son and daughter? Yes! The wolves seemed to read his mind- or at least his face- and smiled at him, causing him to blush abashedly.

Then, they did exactly that. They taught him, and as he performed the technique, the Uchiha influence over Kyuubi weakened further and further before snapping.

With an enraged roar to the heavens, declaring he would have his revenge, Kyuubi was sealed away into the newborn baby boy, who had fallen asleep, his sister watching him with a solemness unbefitting of a baby, silent and aware. She turned her eyes away from him, instead reaching with a hand to grip his, as though to assure herself that he was indeed real. She watched the interaction between the wolves and her father, and smiled a gummy smile whenever one of them looked her way. Only the nice, pretty black wolf would smile back, making the young red headed girl giggle quietly.

"First things first. Child of the Sun, what is your given name?" The silver wolf asked. "I am Huracan. The bumbling buffoon here is my twin sister Ymir." Both men ignored the indignant help from Ymir, but the redhead gave her a sad look, almost seeming to sense her emotions. The only explanation Ymir could think of would be the Eye of Kagura. The sensing jutsu, almost a bloodline among the Uzumaki, was something they'd have to look into later.

"I am Namikaze Minato. And… If I may ask, why am I a Child of the Sun?" Huracan looked surprised at Minato's question, then understanding lit his eyes.

"Of course. How careless of me." Huracan settled down onto his haunches, laying his muzzle on the ground before Minato, then deciding to make himself a slightly smaller form, poofing away and reappearing, now the size of a small horse, his sister following. "Long ago, when I and my siblings were young-"

"Siblings?" Minato interrupted, and Huracan nodded easily, clearly not minding the rude little human.

"Of course. Myself and Ymir are the youngest of them, born after Juubi, the ten tails, was split into Ichibi, Nibi, Sanbi, Yonbi, Gobi, Rokubi, Nanabi, Hachibi, and Kyuubi. Kyuubi is the eldest and most powerful of all of us." It was a damn good thing Minato's seal put Kyuubi to sleep or the damned thing would be gloating so hard the baby would be screaming, crying and wailing like no one did before. At which point his sister would join him out of anger that someone hurt her little brother. Kushina would have been so proud.

"You're… siblings?"

"Yep! Although sometimes I wish that crazy bitch Shu-Chan, uh, I mean, the lovely, kind, definitely-not-a-psycho Ichibi was actually adopted like we convinced her." A furious glare from her brother had Ymir amending her statement, but as she finished he leveled another glare at her.

"That was YOU?" He snarled.

"Um. No?" Ymir whimpered, her brother snarling at her ferociously until Minato had an itch in his throat and coughed. Both chakra beasts froze and turned to look at him.

Minato laughed and scratched the back of his head shyly, then waved his arms in front of himself. "No, no, don't mind me, please continue. Don't let me interrupt." The two Bijuu exchanged unsure glances, and calmed down.

"In any case, Child of the Sun refers to anyone with blonde hair. Or, it used to. I suppose the saying died off." Huracan stated.

Ymir nodded, and began talking, her hyperactive, bubbly personality obvious. Minato was struck with the idea that she and Kushina would've been thick as thieves. Minato wasn't sure if that meant they should be shoved together should his wife unsurprisingly find a way to defeat even death, or kept on opposite sides of the Elemental Nations. "Have you ever heard of Jinchuuriki, kid? No? Didn't think so. Most Jinchuuriki, or containers for the Bijuu don't even know they are Jinchuuriki. Kushina, for one, didn't know there was a name for what she was. Anyway, all of the beasts are currently sealed except us, which leads up to the purpose of this conversation…"

"Indeed." Huracan took over. "We would request you seal us into the Blood Child. Ah- I sense this name is unfitting, so… what are their names, Minato-San?"

Minato smiled up at them. "Chrystahl and Naruto. And though I won't admit to understanding your reasons, you helped me today, and for that I am ever in your debt. I will seal you inside my daughter. Both of you, correct? If I'm not mistaken, you are Yin and Yang-" Minato was cut off.

"We're Yin and Yang! The twin wolves of light and dark, good and evil, ramen and asparagus!" Ymir stated before Huracan cuffed her over the head. Huracan turned a fierce, eye towards her, before nodding at Minato.

"You are correct." Huracan said, bowing his head. "And you have our deepest thanks for allowing us this honor. A part of our abilities as Yin and Yang is that we can see the threads of fate. And your children will influence so many… we wish to stand at their sides and help them, and watch them."

Minato gasped as the two Bijuu bowed their heads to him.

"And don't worry about her being disliked for her status. We're just as ninja as you! Cause like, no one knows we're here but you! The civilians were evacuated along with the ninja. And! And! No one knows we exist! We're like… we're like ghosts! So cool!" Ymir exclaimed, eyes sparkling as she and her brother raised their heads.

Her brother sighed and rolled his eyes before he opened his maw to speak. Minato turned his attention from sweat-dropping at the Bijuu of yin, to paying close attention to Huracan's words.

"Your daughter's treatment will not be changed because we are sealed within her. On our pride as Bijuu, and on the names our father, the Sage of Six Paths gave us, Ymir and Huracan of the Yin and of the Yang, we swear to guide and protect your children as best we can. We wish to be sealed in your child because… well, how better to see her adventures than by her side?" Huracan asked.

Minato looked up at the bijuu in awe. "Thank you."

After making some adjustments to his daughter's seal, Minato began sealing away the two benevolent beings.

The two wolves watched the process and the dancing of the bright strings of light they could see. Red, blue, green, white, golden, silver, and other colors of glowing string wrapped around the babes from the heavens, flowing in the calm breeze left in the wake of Kyuubi's sealing. The two bijuu were amazed. Never in their lives had they seen a child with the potential to change so many people's fates, let alone two.

The two wolves, as the incarnated spirits of balance, could easily see the strings used by Fate to connect people, places, and even events in time together. Those with the ability to change Fate often have many of the metallic colored strings attached to them at a young age. The two Bijuu saw many strings of fate wrapped around the two babes- many great things would happen in this world, brought about by these two children.

It was aweing even to the two bijuu- without the bijuu sealed in them, the strings were limp, dull, and lifeless, but still somehow beautiful. Before they were pulled into the seal, Ymir ad Huracan watched in amazement as the limp strings were lifted into the air by the wind, multiplied, becoming far more vibrant, and began to glow with a strange, ethereal light. Though the children would have still influenced those people, it would have been far less than if they had not had the assistance of their bijuu tenets. Seeing this, Ymir and Huracan felt assured in their decision.

They said as much to Minato as they were sealed.

"We've never made a better decision."

Minato could hardly believe it. The Yondaime had agreed to seal the bijuu in his daughter as he had seen that these beings were benevolent- kind and caring, if a bit on the strange side. His daughter would be able to stay by Naruto's side untargeted by those after the Bijuus, protecting him with the power of her secret tenets. The two Bijuu were sealed away with a special seal allowing them to exit his daughter's body when both were in agreement. If she needed help direly or knew of the existence of the Bijuu within her, she could pull them out. Naruto, however, could do no such thing. Unlike Chrystahl, his Bijuu was malevolent. Kyuubi was a being of evil and could not be trusted- or so Minato thought.

Kyuubi, as a Bijuu- a being made of pure chakra- was neither good nor evil. He was merely… fickle. The Kyuubi did what he wanted, when he wanted. Unlike the villagers, Kyuubi realized that Naruto had no control over the seal- yet. The Kyuubi was entertained by the Naruto boy as he grew up. His sister was just as amusing. He enjoyed watching them prank anyone who wronged them, and as the months went by, the pranks got more and more elaborate and creative. At first, it would be a well placed bucket of water above the entryway door. Soon it was a bucket of paint. Then it was itching powder and glue. Soon it has progressed so that someone would get the paint dropped on them, then would stumble headfirst into a bag of glitter, then trip over a line of ninja wire into a pit of feathers,the bottom of which opened down to a pit of fast drying sealing agent, making it impossible for the prank to come off for a long time. That one was Kyuubi's favorite.

When the two children were six, their pranks had escalated in complexity, and with their father teaching them the Henge and Substitution jutsu, things quickly got out of hand. One day though, it was discovered that Minato's teacher's teammate, Orochimaru, had been performing illegal, immoral experiments on infants, and Minato decided to try to stop him from fleeing even though he was weak with an unknown sickness sapping his strength. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Orochimaru, and killed at the same time.

Ymir, Huracan, and Kurama (when Minato learned from Huracan that the fox actually cared for Naruto and was changing for the better) were entrusted with parts of Minato's will for his children. Forbidden jutsu they would be able to learn with their nearly limitless Uzumaki chakra, clothing to wear when they grew and became genin, Uzumaki and Namikaze family jutsu, various scrolls depicting family taijutsu styles, special weapons suited to each type of taijutsu style. A letter from both mother and father to each child individually, as well as one for both of them. The Bijuu got letters as well. Each one asked the Bijuu to protect their children when they could not any longer. The letters were written on Chakra infused paper and slid into the seal while the children were asleep so as to be delivered to the Bijuu.

The Bijuu were saddened by this, but swore to protect the children of two legendary ninjas. They would raise the two Uzumaki children to be legendary ninjas.

Mae and Sasuke were huddled in a corner, the brutalized bodies of their mother and father staring at them blankly from across the room as their brother approached them stoically. Mae pushed Sasuke further into the wall, pushing herself in front of him as their elder brother attacked them with a watered down Lightning Style: Lightning Blade. It was weak, with only enough chakra generated electricity in it to stun a small child into unconsciousness— though, of course, the young Uchiha did not know this.

Mae threw herself in front of her brother, wanting nothing more than for him to live to see another day. Itachi hesitated a brief moment, a tear slipping down his cheek as he lunged. As the electricity reached her, little Mae tensed to block and suddenly, Itachi's move seemed a whole lot slower. She redirected his attack and fired it right back at him, albeit smaller in her six year old body. Itachi dodged the attack instinctively, then froze in place, staring at his sister's eyes. The three Uchiha stared in shock, but the younger two shook it off for later, oblivious to their elder brother's struggle to not shed any more tears for his young sister getting her Sharingan in such a way.

"Why are you doing this, Aniki?" Sasuke rasped in terror.

As Itachi spat out some nonsense, fighting away the tears only Mae noticed, she saw the truth- a vision of what truly happened.

"You're lying, Ita- Nii. Otou and the others were bad people. You had to. Konoha said to. Why Okaa- san, though? She was good. She wasn't trying to take over the village."

Shocked by his sister's intelligence, Itachi crouched before his siblings and apologized. "You are right little one. Unfortunately, I was ordered to kill mother as well. She did nothing to stop father's movements and was, in the villages eyes, therefore guilty. The Third stood up for her and a few others, but was overruled by the village council. I had no choice. And now I have to leave. The village has to use me as a scapegoat to get away with this, so unfortunately you will both be on your own now. Maybe you should make friends with the Uzumaki children. I've met them before, and they are quite kind, I'm sure they will accept you. Their father died a few days ago and they will be alone as well. You four can be alone together. Or maybe the Nara boy- the one who uses fire instead of shadow. The black sheep of their clan."

"We will, Aniki. And we will take down the village who made you do this." Itachi snapped his gaze to a determined Sasuke.

"No." Itachi snarled at the child, scaring him once more. "Stick with your friends. Do NOT attack or leave the village. They only did what they thought was best." Except Danzo, but he's an ass. Itachi thought silently."Grow stronger, and someday, I will return to you." Itachi sighed in relief as Sasuke nodded slowly. "Keep your brother out of trouble, okay Mae?" She nodded emphatically.

With that, Itachi was gone.

The Uchiha children did exactly as their brother advised them, making friends with as many children their age as they could. Most of the Clan children were scared of them, oddly enough, so they settled with the Uzumaki twins and the Nara outcast. And it turned out that was really all they needed. The five young ninjas-to-be were fast friends after a chance meeting. The Uzumaki and Uchiha went to Ichiraku's one day when the academy had let out and they all went there. Three weeks later they ran into Allen in training ground three.

HMae became so close with Chrys and Allen it was as though they were her family as well. Naruto was soon shipped against his will with an unwilling Sasuke. Mae shipped the very adorable and awkward Chrystahl with Allen, who vehemently denied liking the girl, much to her distress. A rivalry formed between Sasuke and Naruto, which only fueled the madness that was the Sasuke X Naruto ship.

More than anything else they practiced, Mae, Allen, and Chrystahl studied bombs and bomb making religiously. In their own words to Hiruzen, 'Bombs are love, bombs are life. Join our cult- the bombs are ART club- I mean, cult!'

Hiruzen didn't know what to think.

In a land far, far away, a blonde man sneezed, then grinned happily. "SOMEONE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED MY ART!"

When the Uzumaki twins discovered their Bijuu a few days after their meeting with the two Uchiha children, they had to keep them a secret until the day they were allowed to tell. That day was a long way off.

The Jinchuuriki children hid their true abilities in both school and sparring with each other, much to Mae's confusion and continued anger upon being told she'd 'find out when the time was right' or something equally mysterious and annoying by adults and the Uzumaki children.

Chrystahl made her brother train much harder than he really thought was necessary, but she had her reasons. The four other children thought it odd, but they shrugged it off when she would disappear for hours at a time and return closed off and sullen, refusing to speak to anyone as she curled up in a ball and watched them play or spar together. Occasionally, the young Uzumaki girl would notice a dried, dark red spot on her raw hands and violently scrub it off, face pale, eyes wide and horrified as she was overcome with memories she'd rather not have. She would often collapse to the ground and fall into unconsciousness for as long as two days afterward.

They trained for four more years in the academy where they stayed until the end of Allen's optional sixth year. A year older than them, Allen would have graduated first, but the five children had a plan. The youngest, Mae, who would have only just finished her four mandatory years of Academy training, was going to graduate immediately, while the three other children, in their fifth year, would graduate after a year of extra classes.

As the Uzumaki twins trained, Naruto unlocked his Bijuu mode at ten years old, but Chrystahl only unlocked hers about two weeks before the final genin exam at the end of her and her brother's sixth year in the academy, She had been accessing the Bijuu chakra from a young age to help her deal with the… difficulties, let's say, of living in a village of Jinchuuriki haters after the life of her brother as well as her- guilt by association since they didn't know of her Bijuu. Even after she truly unlocked her ability to transform into Bijuu mode, she couldn't really use it as when she used only one of the Chakras, Yin or Yang, she'd fall off the deep end either way, and when she used one tail from each of them she would lose her mind to the animalistic wolf side of her. After the first day of having transformed into her two tailed balanced form, she attacked Naruto because her wolf's instincts told her he wasn't pack yet and was therefore an enemy to be disposed of.

After years of training, the five to-be genin felt strong, like they could take on the world. Of course, isn't that how all children feel? Chrystahl, of course, knew her limits. She also knew when to push herself- when her pack was in mortal danger. Thankfully, this rarely, if ever, happened. But when it did… shit hit the fan. And it hit hard.

On the last day of their graduating year…