A/N- Hello and welcome to another fanfiction! I hope you will all like this story! It took some time to think of a nice plot for this. Please be consider that a lot of this takes place far away from the canon. Thank you and please enjoy the story. May be updated quite frequently!

8/2/2016 EDIT: I didn't realize this until now, but in the summary, I said that Naruto's life was threatened. However, I didn't put that in the story. Stupid me! It now in the story and it also explains (just a little bit) why Naruto's off to sea.

6/1/2017 EDIT: This is the start of the merging of the 'He's My Son: Q&A Book' I had put on my Wattpad. Leave questions in the comment section if you're wondering about something. Plus, some minor changes to the chapter like grammar and what not.

Tears streamed down Kushina's face as her eyes widened, "N-No! Let him go!"

"Don't do this!" Minato yelled, supporting his wife who wasn't suited for standing after giving birth. She was still weak and could barely keep her eyes open. Chakra was the only thing that was helping her stay awake and on her feet. The Fourth Hokage growled, glaring at the man before them.

"If you don't hand over the woman so I can extract the Kyuubi no Kitsune, then your son will die!" The masked man stated coldly, pulling out a kunai.

The blond-haired man narrowed his eyes and clutched onto his wife. "Kushina..." He whispered quietly so that the man before them couldn't hear him, "I'm going to get Naruto back and when I do, I want you to take him and run away."

"Minato, even if I manage to get away, he's already proven that he can catch up to me." She stated, clutching her husband's hand, "He'll catch me, take the Kyuubi, and k-kill Naruto. What do we do then?"

His throat clenched as a sudden thought crossed his mind, "We leave him to sea."

"What?" Her voice cracked, fear running through her eyes. "No! He'll die out there!"

Minato's eyes darkened in sadness, "It's the only way we can protect him. ANBU won't be here for another fifteen minutes and we can't trust any of the safehouses around the village."

Kushina shook her head, "There has to be another way..."

"There is a boat somewhere near the pier on the lake a few minutes from here. It leads to the ocean. If you put him in there, he'll be safe and no one will know." He stated, "And when we've taken care of this man, we'll get him back."

Her heart told her to disagree, but her mind knew that it was the most reasonable way to protect her son in this situation. She nodded slowly, "Alright, I will do my best."

He smiled brightly, squeezing her hand, "I love you." With that, he let go of his wife and rushed forward. The masked man took a step back, putting the kunai closer to Naruto's throat. Minato had seen enough of this man's powers to know how to handle this situation. Minato threw a kunai to his lower abdomen. The man dropped Naruto as the kunai flew right threw him. The Fourth Hokage threw another kunai to keep the guy busy while he caught his son. Rushing over to his swaying wife, he handed her the baby. "Go!" Minato yelled at his wife. She stood on wobbly legs, running for her life with the new addition to their small family. Her husband started clashing with a masked man as she made her escape.

"You're not getting away that quickly!" The unidentified man shouted out, following the woman. The blond haired man growled, throwing one of his special kunai ahead of the masked man. He teleported once the kunai embedded itself into the trunk of the tree.

Minato pounced forward, punching the slightly startled man in the face. He stood proudly, "Don't even think about it."

The masked man growled before laughing, "My accomplice is already in pursuit." His blue eyes widened, already turning to warn his wife. The masked man appeared before him, kicking Minato back. "Don't even think about it." He chuckled, mocking the Hokage of Konohagakure.

Kushina felt weak and vulnerable out in these woods, hopping over stumps and tree roots sprouting from the ground. She was slowly running out of breath as darkness dotted across her eyes. She pushed back her pain, nearly falling on her face after tripping. Kushina's heart was still torn between being selfish and selfless. She was selfish to think that she could protect her son with the condition she was in. She felt the selfless need to protect her son at all costs, even if it meant sending him away. However, the only option out there still torn Kushina's heart to shreds. The redhead felt tears come to her eyes again as she raced towards a well-known lake that leads towards a very calm ocean.

Naruto woke up, opening his brilliant blue eyes and grinning up at her. He shuffled for a second in the blanket before pulling his arms out and reaching out for her cutely. She gave a weak smile as she reached a pier. Tears started to flood out of Kushina's eyes as she placed her only child in a small boat. Hurt filled Naruto's eyes as he stared at her as if he were being neglected by her disappearing warmth. She pulled up a compartment in the small boat, grabbing a piece of paper and ink. Quickly, she wrote a short message on the note and placed it beside the blue-eyed baby. She rubbed the scar-like marks on Naruto's face before standing. Kushina pushed the boat with all of her strength. She stood straighter and turned to leave, no matter how much her heart tugged at her to stay. This was the only way to protect her son. Naruto reached out again, bottom lip quivering. He started crying quietly, hoping that it would get her attention. She only stiffened and walked faster. That's when the sobbing and wails started, breaking his mother's heart as she ran off to help her husband. Kushina knew there was no other way to help her son in this dire situation.

She took a deep breath in, "Kyuubi, I need your help. I don't know if Minato and I can stop that masked man by ourselves." There was no answer. Kushina stopped for a second, thinking that the old fox was playing stubborn. She poked at her mindscape but found nothing. No evil chakra sprouting out to cause destruction. No dark whispering. No sarcastic comments. Realization hit her hard; the Kyuubi no Kitsune was gone. She frantically checked her stomach, seeing the seal had also disappeared. Panic rose within her as she rushed towards her husband. Where could the Kyuubi have gone?

"Where do you think you're going?" A dark voice prodded from the surrounding area.

"Who are you?!" She shouted out, reaching down for a kunai only to remember that she didn't have any of her ninja gear.

"You didn't answer our question." A calmer voice responded quietly. The figure stepped out. One-half of the creature was pure black while the other was white. The short creature had dark green hair. It also had the creepiest yellow eyes she'd ever seen, with an eerie grin that set her on edge.

Kushina took a step backward, "W-What are you?" She knew she wouldn't be able to use any chakra in this fight because it was the only thing keeping her standing up.

"We are Zetsu!" The white half responded cheekily.

There was a deep laugh, "And we have been ordered to stop you from leaving."

She raised her shaky hands, "What do you want?!"

A black hand pointed at her, "We want the Kyuubi no Kitsune."

"You can't have him!" Kushina shouted, lying. They didn't need to know that the fox was gone.

"Well, I don't think you have a say in the matter." A voice stated from behind her. She turned quickly, coming face-to-face with the masked man. Her eyes widened. She hadn't even realized that he was behind her. Kushina tried running away, but with her weakened abilities, she was easy to catch. Kushina thrashed and screamed for someone to help, not being able to stop them from dragging her away. A kunai whizzed past their heads quickly as Minato appeared before them, seething angrily. He threw another kunai at the masked man. The weapon passed through as the unidentified man's hand released Kushina. Her husband picked her up in his arms as he ran away. At that time, dozens of ANBU's covered their tracks as they fled to somewhere safer.

"It seems that we've been surrounded." The dark voice stated emotionless.

The masked man nodded, "It seems we have."

"I am sorry to inform you, but I do not sense the Kyuubi from that woman anymore," Zetsu informed.

The unidentified man stared at the plant-like being, "What do you mean that you don't sense the Kyuubi?"

The green-haired creature looked at the approaching ANBU, "When I was chasing our target, I could easily sense the fox. However, now there is absolutely no trace of the nine-tailed beast. What do we do now?"

He sighed, "We depart for the time being and form a different plan." A swirling vortex started to accumulate over his body as he vanished into thin air.

"As you wish," Zetsu stated, disappearing into the earth below. The ANBU agents scanned the area, trying to search for the enemies.

Several days later…

Konoha was in an uproar with the recent terrorist attack. Security was tripled since that night, October 10th. However, the people most affected were Minato and Kushina. The two were in a time of depression. To save their son's life, they'd go as far as leaving him in a boat to protect him. They had all of the other ninjas who weren't fixing the village or doing security checks around the village to find their son. Though, as days passed, their hope was starting to fade. There is no way a child who was born the day of his departure would have survived on the ocean without someone taking care of him.

They'll never find the boat on the calm ocean.

They'll never find a boy whose most likely frightened.

They'll never find a body of a decaying corpse.

They'll never find Naruto, the child of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.

Q&A:

#1: Why did you decide to make Naru Zabuza's dad?

-Mystic-Night- from Wattpad.

Okay, so nearly a year ago, I had this weird thought while riding home on the bus from school. I was thinking about some Naruto AU's because I wanted to start a new story. I had come across a 'Minato and Kushina are still alive fanfiction' and I kind of liked it. Then I found one where Naruto was adopted by Kakashi or Iruka which were very cute. However, I didn't find a lot of fanfictions where Naruto was adopted by someone even though Minato and/or Kushina are still alive. So, I delve into this thought for a while. 'He's My Son' could have very well have ended up very different.

For a month or two before 'He's My Son's' publication, Mei Terumi was going to be Naruto's mom. However, this all changed when I decided to rewatch/reread Naruto and Naruto Shippuden during the summertime out of sheer boredom. When I got to the Wave Arc, Zabuza popped up and a spark came to me. I thought to myself, "While making Mei Terumi would have still been pretty sweet, why not make Zabuza Naruto's dad?!" Afterward, I decided to include several of the other members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist as Naruto's family.

#2: is naruto going to meet his biological parents

Gabe1255 from Wattpad.

Well, I actually haven't really decided on that yet. I know, I need to get my plot straight!

#3: If Zabuza wouldn't have been Naruto's father who else would be his father?

Another one from -Mystic-Night- from Wattpad.

There actually were a lot of people I almost chose from to be Naruto's father or mother. Here are the people in order from who I almost had as Naruto's parents instead of Zabuza:

1) Mei Terumi: 'He's My Son' was originally going to be a neglect-style story. Naruto was going to have an older sister who held the Kyuubi instead of him, okay. So Mei was going to visit Konoha for a vacation (and possibly find a husband for herself). She comes across little Naruto who is being practically tortured by villagers. She goes to his rescue in an instant. Afterward, she buys him a stuffed elephant and some Ramen while Naruto tells her about his hardships. Mei Terumi asks if he would like to come with her. Eventually, they end up having a mother-and-son relationship. Yeah, that didn't sit well with me. Seemed too cliche for my liking so I scraped the idea.

2) Kakashi: Similar story line to Mei Terumi but he goes behind Minato's and Kushina's backs to adopt Naruto. He tries his hardest but never succeeded in actually adopting Naruto because everyone was too scared to allow him to go through with the adoption. He eventually... kind of... kidnaps Naruto so that the two of them can live a happier life somewhere over the rainbow. It seemed too cliche, so I read up on some 'Naruto-is-adopted-by-someone' fanfictions for inspiration.

3) Orochimaru: This almost became the real deal. You have no idea how much I was obsessed, in the secrecy of my own home of course, of Orochimaru. I wanted him in most of my stories, I just didn't know how to incorporate him into them. Well, back to what I was saying. I don't know what story plot I would have wanted then but I thought that the Snake Sage would be pretty cool to write. However, since I didn't have a secure plot, it was dropped yet again. I decided then that I needed to think outside the box a little bit.

4) Kisame: I love this little fish cake. If he had been Naruto's dad, everything in the current 'He's My Son' would be moderately altered. Naruto would have been trained by Kisame earlier than how I have it in the story. Kisame would have kept Naruto a secret for as long as he possibly could. The rebellion wouldn't have happened. Yeah, mildly altered. Fun fact - I was going to have him be married to Zabuza which sparked the original plot of 'He's My Son'.

And our current Father of the Year Award goes to...

ZABUZA MOMOICHI!

Hope that answered your questions!