"Fourth Hokage, back away from the Jinchuuriki or your son dies at the ripe old age of one minute," a masked intruder said to the blond haired Hokage while holding a kunai over a newborn baby.

Said the baby had the same shade of blonde hair like his father the Fourth Hokage. The little guy was sleeping peacefully, not knowing what kind of dangerous situation he was in.

Minato was a fairly tall, fair-skinned man who shared physical appearance with his son, both of them had bright, blue eyes and blond hair. "How did he break thought the barrier? Who the hell is this guy?" he thought without taking his eyes off the stranger who was holding his newborn son, Naruto, as a hostage.

"Aaah!"

That was when he heard a scream from his wife; he quickly turned and looked at his wife to make sure she was alright.

Uzumaki Kushina, who was also happened to be the second Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, was barely holding the seal that had weakened because of childbirth. She had a slender, but feminine build, fair skin, violet eyes, fiery red hair—a common trait among the members of the Uzumaki clan—with strands that framed both sides of her face and a black clip that parted her hair to the left, keeping it out of her eyes.

"The seal's not done, Minato thought, glancing to the intruder,

"Aaah!" Kushina screamed again, as Nine-Tail forced more chakra to escape from his prison.

"Kushina!" Minato said, as he worried for safety of his son and wife.

"Back away from the Jinchuuriki... or don't you care if your son dies?" the masked intruder asked

"Hold it, j-just clam down!" Minato said with worry laced into his voice, as he held his left hand up in a placating gesture.

"You should take your own advice, Minato. I'm perfectly calm," the masked man said, and he tossed baby Naruto up.

"Naruto!" Kushina cried out in terror at the thought of her child being hurt.

The masked man attacked with his kunai toward the baby's aerial form, but acting quickly, Minato disappeared and reappeared behind the masked man, holding his son in his hand.

"You live up to the 'Yellow Flash' moniker," the man said calmly. He was clearly impressed by Minato's speed. "But what now?"

Minato looked down in horror as he found exploding tags on the blanket, just before they exploded

"Naruto! Minato!" Kushina screamed in a horror.

Minato flew out of the smoke and debris with unharmed Naruto in his arms. His three-pronged kunai was sticking into the ground just a few meters away from him.

He looked down at his son and said with a great relief after seeing him unharmed. "Thank god... You're not hurt."

Looking down at his leg Minato, saw a large splinter of wood stuck in his leg. He gasped as he took it out "He's after Kushina... He forced me to use my Flying Thunder God technique to separate us! Gotta hurry!

Throwing the splinter of wood away, he disappeared with his son and reappeared in his safe house that was somewhere on the outskirts of the Hidden Leaf village that he had utilized in case of an emergency.

…oOo…

Meanwhile, with Kushina, the masked man had bound her to several large rocks by the seal that imprisoned the Nine-Tails. She stood in the center of the rocks and stared at the man before her while sweat dripping down her face from the exhaustion of giving birth.

"What... are you after?" she asked, panting tiredly.

"I came to rip the Nine-Tails from your stomach and use it to crush the leaf," the masked man answered simply.

"What?"! Kushina exclaimed. Her panting had been becoming worse.

"Minato's teleportation technique uses a special marking that lets him instantly move from one marking to the next," the man said in a neutral tone while looking at the seal on Kushina's stomach. "I see he's incorporated it into the design of your seal... so he would always be there to protect you... But I managed to get away from him. And the seal has been greatly weakened from the birth..." He looked up at her. His lone eyes turned red with three tomoe circling the pupil... Sharingan. "Do you have any idea how long I've waited for this moment?"

His tone of last sentence caused Kushina's eyes to widen in shock.

…oOo…

"You'll be safe here."

Minato laid the newborn son onto a small bed with rails surrounding the sides. "You'll wait on your own for a little bit, Naruto." He covered his son with a blanket to keep him warm. "I've gotta go save your mom before it's too late."

He looked at the sleeping face of his son for last time before flashing away.

…oOo…

Back with Kushina, the masked man was inside of her seal where the Nine-Tailed Fox tied to a large rock with chains and stakes piercing each of his tails. The man focused his lone Sharingan eyes at the Fox, as the beast tried to his best to nullify the effects of Sharingan. However, in the end, he failed. His large slitted eyes changed into the pattern of three tomoe, which eventually faded back in the background.

The Nine-Tails roared, breaking all registrations that held him to the massive rock and started to melt.

Outside the seal, however, Kushina screamed, as the violent red bubbles of chakra exploded from her body, feeling like she was being burned alive.

"Come forth, Nine-Tailed Fox!" the masked man shouted, as he placed his hands in a seal.

With a mighty ground shaking roar of the tremors, the Nine-Tailed Fox emerged from his host, reappearing in the real world once again after a century.

"We head for the Hidden Leaf Village," the masked stranger commanded before turning to walk away from there.

"S... Stop!" Kushina breathed out tiredly while trying to stand up on her feet.

The man turned around to see Kushina survived the extraction of her tailed beast. "The Uzumaki clan is really something special. Even wrenching a tailed beast out of your body didn't kill you right anyway," he said. He turned to his new pet once again. "It's only fitting for the Nine-Tails to kill his former Jinchuuriki."

The Nine-Tails lifted one of his large claws and slashed down with intending to kill his former host. As his large paw smashed down at the rock she was on, a flash of yellow preceded. The paw smashed place, but Kushina disappeared before she could crush under it.

As the dust settled, Minato was crouching on top of a large tree, holding his wife against himself.

"A small flash of hope... but it's too late," the masked man said after watching the failed attempt of the demon fox.

"Minato... Is Naruto... Is Naruto okay?" Kushina strenuously breathed out. Her face was devoid of life that was extracted out of her with the beast. Bags had gathered under her eyes and mix that with the sweating and weary look on her face… it made her look slightly older than the young beautiful woman she was.

Minato answered, as he grinned, trying to put on his bravado face. "Yes... He's fine. I hid him somewhere safe."

"Oh, thank god." Kushina breathed a sigh of relief before she looked at her husband. "Minato... stop him... stop the Nine-Tails," she warned, a slight tone of worry in her usual cheerful voice. "They're headed for the village."

Minato looked at his wife for a second before teleporting again.

The man raised an eyebrow behind his mask. "Gone again... No matter... On to the leaf!" he said with a faraway gaze into the distance.

Safe house

Minato appeared in the same room, he had come before, but this time instead of Naruto, he had a tired Kushina in his arms.

"Why?" Kushina asked.

"Never mind why... Just stay with Naruto," Minato said, as he set Kushina down on the bed next to sleeping Naruto.

"Naruto," Kushina whispered, as she hugged her son with a brilliant smile despite the situation. She wrapped an arm around him as he lay beneath the blanket. She pulled him close and the side of his head rested against her own. "Minato, thank you... Good luck." She closed her eyes and slept peacefully besides her son.

Minato clenched his fists in determination as he rose from his place. Going over to the wall where a coat was hung up, he grabbed it and swung it around to wear it. The trench coat had crimson fire licking the bottom with the Kanji for 'Fourth Hokage' vertically stitched on the back.

"I'll be back before you know it," he said to his wife.

He flashed away to stop the masked man and the Nine-Tailed Fox... and save his village.

Center of Konoha

The man who had attacked the Fourth Hokage and his family and extracted the Nine-Tails from Kushina appeared just inside the village's walls. He slammed his hand on the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!" He unleashed the monstrous beast inside the territory of the Hidden Leaf.

The fox roared while his tails smashed buildings and crushed mountains true to his legend causing mass debris to fly away in various directions. Some of the villagers, who weren't caught in the initial assault, looked up at the fox in pure, unadulterated fear.

"Attack, demon fox!"

Elsewhere

"Third Hokage-sama!" one of the Leaf Anbu appeared beside the previous Hokage, Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had dressed in the battle suit. "It's the Nine-Tails! The Nine-Tails attacked the village out of nowhere!"

"I know! I'll hold it back, gather, and protect civilians!" Hiruzen said while placing his battle worn bracer on his right forearm.

"Yes, sir!" the Anbu responded, and he disappeared as quickly as he had arrived.

The Former Hokage gazed at the giant beast while thinking, Did Kushina's seal fail? Were all the safeguards we put in the place really not enough?

With Minato

Minato appeared on the top of his head that carved into the Hokage Mountain. Looking around from the top of the mountain, he could clearly see the Nine-Tails had been summoned in the center of the village.

The Fox immediately noticed Minato's presence and turned his attention toward the blond Hokage.

"So you noticed me already," Minato said. He saw the Fox had begun to accumulate his chakra to the mouth, condensing it into a large and a lethal ball of energy. "Not on my watch!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox fired a tailed beast ball toward the Fourth from his giant mouth. At the same time, Minato spread his hands out with one of his special kunai held out horizontally. An invisible barrier formed in front of him with a mass intricate pattern of seals suspending in midair. The wall absorbed the attack until there was nothing left. In the forest, not far from him, the same barrier opened up and set off an explosion that rocked the village from the distant and decimated the forest that caught in the blast.

Below the Hokage Monument, the Leaf shinobis watched the tailed beast ball vanished into the some kind of barrier.

"It's stopped the Nine-Tails' attack... That was a space-time barrier jutsu!" a red headed man with purple markings on his cheeks said. His name was Akimichi Chouza, the fifteenth head of the Akimichi clan.

Nara Shikaku, the head of the Nara clan, said, "It's Minato!"

"Everyone move out!" Hiruzen ordered.

Back with Minato, he was preparing to teleport to Hiruzen's side. I have to tell Third what happened.

Suddenly, the same masked man who was responsible for everything rose up from the top of the Fourth's face on the mountain. Sensing the man behind him, Minato arched his whole body in rotator motion and tried to slash his three-pointed kunai into the man's head. However, it just phased through the man's head, causing Minato's eyes widened in shock.

"You will face me," the masked man said, grabbing Minato's wrist, the one that had gone through his head. "Aaand we're done."

Suddenly, Minato's form started to become distorted and began to suck into what looked like some sort of vortex that had opened up from the masked man's eyehole. Before he could suck inside completely, he flashed away.

"He teleported. Talk about fast," the masked man said, shocked at seeing someone had countered his jutsu. He narrowed his lone eye. "Next time, I'll wrap you the moment I lay my hand on you."

Woods

Minato landed with a crash at a different section of the forest with one of his kunai stabbing into the ground beside him. He grunted while standing up. My attack slipped right through him. But a moment later he was solid and trying to... suck me into some dimension or something, what was that move? he thought.

A swirling vortex appeared in front of him and a moment later, the same masked man appeared, shocking the Fourth Hokage. "You won't escape me," he told Minato.

Does he use a Space-time jutsu too? Whatever he did, it must be how he moved so far after taking Kushina. Minato's mind began to race with possibilities. He narrowed his eyes at his foe. He defected Anbu under the direct command of the Third, got past of most powerful, top-secret barrier we have, and must have known the seal would be weak while Kushina was giving birth. Then, with the seal undone, he took the Nine-Tails and marched straight into the leaf without so much as pausing to deal with the barrier... There's only one man I can think of that makes sense...

He summarized to himself deep in thought before looking up at the man and asked, "Are you Uchiha Madara?" He saw the man pulled his hood back to reveal short spiky black hair. "No, you couldn't be him. He's long dead."

"Oh, I don't know about that," the masked man taunted.

"On second thought, it doesn't matter who you are," Minato said. "But why have you attacked the leaf?"

"Oh, you know... It's fun. It's part of my plan," the masked man said, summoning a long chain. He attached it both ends of his wrists, "To start the war... To bring the peace."

Minato narrowed his eyes at the masked man further. Whoever he is. He's incredible! He can control the Nine-Tails, wields space-time jutsu that exceed both second and my own, and clearly has evil intentions, he thought. If I don't kill him now, he'll become a greater danger than the Fox. He took his three-pointed kunai out. If I teleport back to the village, he'll follow me and things will get more chaotic. If he really is Madara, then I doubt he can summon the Nine-Tails very long. I'll just have to leave the village in the Third's hands and finish him off right here!

"There's no hope any of you!" the masked man declared, and he charged at Minato.

Minato did the same, but the man became intangible again, allowing Minato to phase through him. The masked man solidified and spun around once Minato was behind him. He pulled the chain and wrapped Minato around the chest with it. However, Minato chucked his kunai to a section of the forest and flashed away, letting the chain simply float in the air.

The masked man's eyes widened slightly.

Minato flashed besides his three-pointed kunai and looked back at the man. He makes his body intangible to negate my attacks, and then solidifies to counterattack. My only shot is to try and trade hits with him, he thought. But attacking at all is a big risk for him. If he can keep the Nine-Tails summoned for short time, he won't want this fight drag on. He spun around and charged again. It comes down to speed; whoever strikes a split-second earlier will win!

As they both charged at each other, Minato threw one of his special kunai at the man who let it phased through him. They got even closer to each other; the kunai's end was almost all the way out the back of the man's head. The same man went to grab Minato's shoulder. Minato had already formed a large blue sphere, Rasengan. As the man was about to touch the Fourth, the kunai slipped all the way out of his head.

The masked man smiled behind his mask and said, "Gotch—"

In a split-second, Minato vanished in a yellow flash, causing the man's eyes to widen. The blond Hokage appeared behind the man and slammed the Rasengan down into the masked man's back before catching the kunai.

The man screamed in the pain as he crushed into the ground. Damn it... He teleported to the kunai he just threw, he thought.

"That was the Flying Thunder God Jutsu-Level two," Minato said proudly. When he looked down, his eyes narrowed. The Rasengan had exploded, literally destroying the ground, but the man had somehow teleported away.

The masked man appeared on a slab of rock nearby. His arm was fluidly being separated out of his body and a white substance was dripping from his wound, but before he could do anything about it, the Fourth Hokage appeared in front him and stabbed him in the stomach with a kunai, making him to spit blood into his mask.

The Flying Thunder God Jutsu! He must've put that marking somewhere on my body! the masked man thought.

Minato then placed his hand on the man's chest where markings suddenly sprouted from looking like the markings fit for a seal.

"A contract seal?" the masked man said, as he recognized the seal. "Are you trying to pull the Nine-Tails free from my control?"

"No, I already did," Minato said. "He's no longer in your weapon."

In the distance where the Nine-Tailed Fox was wreaking havoc, his eyes that held a Sharingan due to his mind being under control of it, reverted back to his red-slit eyes. However, being tricked in such a way only caused his anger to grow more.

The masked man jumped upward out of Minato's range. "You deserve the title of the Fourth Hokage... Managing to wound me and wrest the Fox from my control in one move," he said. "But someday it will be mine again. The Fox and this whole world will bow to my will." He began to wrap himself. "Many doors are still left open to me." He vanished by swirling into a vortex.

Something tells me, Minato thought, he wasn't lying. He gazed at the place previously occupied by the masked man before disappearing in a flash.

Konoha

Minato flashed into the village to see the Nine-Tails preparing for another tailed beast ball. Though he was glad Third Hokage had managed to hold the Fox, but he had no time for thinking about it. Biting his thumb to draw blood, he slammed it down on the ground.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

There was a large puff of smoke that soon revealed a large, dull, rusty red colored toad, Gamabunta, the chief toad of Mount Myōboku, in all his glory, who was barely holding the Nine-Tails.

Minato stood on the top of the chief toad as he looked at the Nine-Tails while thinking about the masked man's words. He clenched his eyes shut. Sorry, Kushina. Looking down at the large toad, he said, "Hold the Fox down for a minute!"

"Look, I may be big, but I'm not a miracle worker!" Gamabunta said while trying to hold the Nine-Tails down.

"I need enough chakra to take him and that blast out of here!" Minato shouted when he saw the Nine-Tails preparing another bigger tailed beast ball. He quickly made some hand seals and a moment later, he vanished with the Nine-Tails, leaving the Toad Boss alone, who latter disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The Third Hokage had been watching everything. "Minato... Did he teleport himself and the Nine-Tails?" he said.

A part of the forest, which was a good distance away from him, exploded in a dome of light, most likely from the Nine-Tails' attack.

"Out there!"

Outskirts of Konoha

The place where the Nine-Tails had been teleported, Minato appeared with his wife, Kushina, and his newborn son, Naruto, in his arms. "Got a put a barrier," he said without taking his eyes from the Nine-Tails. He placed Kushina down on the grass.

"My chakra's almost drained," Kushina said, but she used her last bit of chakra to summon her chakra chains, as several golden chain shot from her back and wrapped around the Fox's tails and body, pulling him to the ground.

"Kushina!" Minato shouted, worriedly that woke up baby Naruto from his peaceful sleep. He began to cry.

"Sorry Naruto, I didn't... mean to wake you..." Kushina said, blood dribbling from her mouth, as she gave her son sad smile.

Minato couldn't believe such a happy day of his life had turned out to be such a nightmare. "Kushina!"

"I'll drag the Nine-Tails... back... and die with it inside me. That'll... prevent it from coming back... for a while. It's the only way to you both... with the little bit of chakra I have left," Kushina said, as she looked at her husband and gave him a smile. "Thank you for everything."

"Kushina, you... you made me husband. You made me into the Fourth Hokage," Minato said, tears sliding down on his cheeks, "You made me this boy's father... and I..."

"Don't look sad, Minato. I'm... I'm happy." Kushina said, as she gave her husband weak smile. "Happy that you loved me." She turned her head around, softening her eyes at the sight of your crying son. There was a small smile on her lips, "Happy that it's… our son's... birthday... Like... if I try to imagine surviving and three of us leaving together... I can't think of anything... beyond 'I'd be happy.'"

Tears continued to streak down Minato's face, as he looked at his wife who was ready to sacrifice herself to both of them.

Kushina looked at her son again. Her heart clenched, just thinking about leaving her child. "If I had any regrets... It would be that I won't see Naruto grow up," she said.

Minato looked down as his hair shadowed his eyes. "Kushina... you didn't need to take the Fox down with you," he said. "We can use our last bit of chakra to see Naruto one more time."

"Huh?" Kushina replied, confused. She tilted her head up, so she could look at her husband.

"I'll seal your last bit of chakra in Naruto with an Eight Trigrams seal," Minato explained. "Then I'll lead the Nine-Tails away with a seal only a non-Jinchuuriki like me can use, the Dead Demon Seal."

Kushina eyes went wide, as she realized what her husband wanted to do. "But that... user will be—"

"But I'll only be able to seal half the Fox's power... It's jutsu too great. It's physically and conceptually impossible to seal it all," Minato told his wife. "I can't let the Nine-Tails be revived without a Jinchuuriki, the balance of tailed beast be destroyed. But with the Dead Demon Seal, I can permanently seal the Fox's power but I'll have to use..." He paused and looked down at his son as he remembered something his own sensei, Jiraiya of the Densetsu no Sannin had told to him about the destined child. "I'll seal it inside Naruto with the Eight Trigrams seal."

Kushina looked at him as if he had gone mad. She really wanted to yell at him for suggesting something like that, but Minato didn't give her a chance to protest.

"I know what you want to say... but Jiraiya-sensei spoke of the world undergoing a revolution, and with it, a great disaster," he continued to calm his wife down. "Tonight, I've the two things, the first that masked man, the one who attacked you... He is the harbinger of disaster." He looked down at sleeping face of his son. "And Naruto will be the one to stop him. The Jinchuuriki who will blaze the trial to our future. I just... know it." He carefully put baby Naruto to the ground.

At that time, with his trusty companion Enma in his staff form, Hiruzen landed in a crouch just outside the barrier that Minato and Kushina had made to protect the village from the fox's destructive capabilities.

"But... Minato," Kushina said, as she tried to protest his crazy idea.

"Have a little faith. He is our son after all," Minato told Kushina, feeling confident in his decision. He flashed through the nine hand seals to mold his chakra to call the Shinigami.

The spectral spirit eater aka Shinigami hovered behind Minato. Shinigami was much larger than any average human. He possessed long, shaggy white hair, which was wrapped around Minato's soul, from which two red horns protrude, and dark grayish blue-colored skin. It was draped in large white garments and carries a set of prayer beads, and had a tantō in its mouth.

"After I finish the Death Demon seal, I'll place your remaining chakra into Naruto as well," Minato explained. "You'll meet grown-up Naruto sooner than you think. The time will come when he'll attempt to take control of the Fox's power... I want you there to help him."

Kushina said, "Our son."

Minato looked down at sleeping face of his son. "That's why! I don't want him to bear such a heavy burden all on his own," he said.

"But why... why the Dead Demon seal?" Kushina shouted at Minato for his stupid plan. "There's no reason for you to die. Just so, I can meet him for a few minutes when he's older. I wanted you to be there for him... I wanted you to raise him... why... why are you sacrificing Naruto just to preserve the balance of the tailed beasts... to save the village... and the country. Why are you sacrificing yourself to me?"

"Turning your back on the country, on the village is just as bad as abandoning a child. You should understand... You saw your own country fall apart. You know the pain of growing up without a home of your own... and you know we are a family of Shinobi," Minato said. "Besides, Even if I lived I could never substitute for you."

Kushina looked at her husband questioningly.

He knelt down in front of her. "There are things Naruto needs to be told, things I could never say myself. That's the mother's job and I need you to carry it out. Even if you only have briefest of moment to do so," he continued. "This isn't just for you... This is for Naruto." He picked up his baby once more and settled right in front of his wife. "Dying to make a better life for his son… that's the stuff you let the father handle."

Understanding slowly began to manifest on Kushina's face, but she still tried to steel her eyes in a last-ditch effort to go with her plan to save her son from the life of Jinchuuriki—a life of neglect and hatred. She was one of the very few Jinchuuriki who had normal life compare to others.

From his place, Hiruzen was finally able to get a glance of something. In fear, he gasped, "Those marking... It can't be... The Death Demon seal?"

Two of Leaf's Jounins jumped down beside their previous military commander.

"What's happing, Third?" one Jounin asked.

"We're too late. They've put up a barrier around the Nine-Tails," Hiruzen said. He punched on the barrier, but nothing happened. It was too strong to penetrate, even for an experience ninja like him. "Whatever they're doing, they're doing alone."

The devourer of spirit shoved its hand through Minato's stomach and grabbed the monstrosity that towered over him. The fox, who was unable to speak due to Kushina's chakra bindings, mentally cursed when he felt his power being ripped into two.

"Seal!" Minato said.

The Nine-Tailed Fox roared, as he felt half his life force forcibly pulled out of his body with no way to prevent it. As the Nine-Tails' Yin chakra sealed into Naruto, causing the Fox to shrink in his size.

"My body's gone numb, used to much chakra, have to push through." Minato thought, gasping.

"It's the Death Demon seal. I can't believe he actually used it." Hiruzen breathed in shock. It was the most powerful self-sacrificial jutsu for a reason, but to see such a powerful sealing jutsu used against a tail beast was breathtakingly scary.

"But the Fox remains! He didn't seal all of it," one Jounin said

"Now for the Eight Trigrams seal," Minato said, slamming hand on the ground. In a puff of smoke, a ritual style altar appeared—a basket and eight candles around it. "I'm going to seal the other half."

"The ceremonial throne! He plans to reseal me into that child?" the Nine-Tailed Fox thought, watching Fourth Hokage placing a blond child on it

Kushina's chakra and strength began to fade, as she started to wobble and deep coughing wracked through her body. She tried desperately to breathe that caused her control over the chakra chains to lessen. It gave the Nine-Tails enough time to try a counterattack.

"Kushina! Stay with me!" Minato shouted, as he quickly turned from the throne, he just had laid Naruto on.

The Nine-Tails raised his right forepaw in preparation to slam it down on the blond baby, crushing the only thing between his freedom, as he didn't want to be sealed again in a another vessel. However, his efforts turned to vain as both parents threw themselves in the line of his claw and used their own bodies to stop the claw from reaching their son, fatally wounding themselves in the process. The blood soaked claw stopped a mere three inches above Naruto's chin and the dying parents breathed a relief. Using her strength and chakra, Kushina tightened her chakra chains around the Nine-Tails.

"If a father can do this..." Minato said, trying to ease some stress.

Kushina picked up on it, and completed, "The mother should be even better... right?"

"Damned humans!" the Nine-Tails cursed.

Ignoring the Fox, Kushina glanced behind her at her husband, and rasped, "You win... first argument... you've ever won... I guess... you're really serious."

Minato chuckled. "Thank you, Kushina…" Minato muttered, before he ran through some handseals "It's time for me to go, Kushina… I'm going to perform the Eight Trigrams Seal… and try to leave a little of my own chakra in Naruto too… We don't have much time… If you have anything left to say to Naruto."

"Naruto." Kushina bowed her head in understanding, looking at her son, who opened his eyes causing her to smile "Naruto, don't be fussy eaters… Eat a lot and grow up to be a big boy. Take your bath every day… Go to bed early and sleep well." She took a pause and looked at her son. "Make friends… It doesn't matter how many… Just make sure they're real friends… People you can trust… Even a few is enough. And study your ninjutsu… I was never very good at it, maybe you will be… Everyone has things they're good at and things they're not… Don't feel bad if you can't do it all. Make sure you listen to your teachers… at the Academy.

And remember to avoid the three voices of Shinobi… Don't borrow money if you can help it. Save what you earn from missions… No drinking alcohol until you're 20, and don't overdo it or you'll ruin your body. And as for women… Well, I'm a woman so I don't know what to say, but there are only men and women in the world, and you'll want a girlfriend someday. Just try not to pick a weird one... Try to find someone like your mother... And the fourth warning… Watch out for your godfather Jiraiya-sensei!"

Minato smiled after hearing Kushina's fourth warning.

Kushina paused to smile, as Naruto began to tear up seeing the blood pour out of her mouth as it rose up from the pit of her stomach. With tears streaming down her face, She spoke again. "Naruto... You're going to experience a lot of pain and suffering... Remember who you are... Find... A goal... a dream... And don't stop trying until it comes true… Their's… their's…! There's… There's so much more I want to say… to teach you about… I want to stay with you… I love you."

Minato sighed, but kept his mouth shut.

"I'm sorry, Minato... I took all our time," she said sobbing

"It's okay," Minato replied before looking at his son. "Naruto... This is your dad. Listen to your motor mouth mother. Seal!"

The Nine tailed fox roared as it was drawn into the seal, as a blinding flash took over the area, and Minato collapsed alongside Kushina who panted as she watched the Shinigami take Minato's soul

"Shinigami-sama." Kushina panted getting the deity's attention "I'm the heiress of the Uzumaki Clan, my son will be the last of your followers, I don't care what happens to me, or the price I have to pay, but please grant my son the power to protect himself."

The Shinigami looked at Kushina for a moment before he looked to the boy, Kami's Child of Prophecy, the Shinigami looked at the boy for a moment before he reached forward and his arm dissappeared into a portal, before he dragged out 5 beings and placed them into the seal

Kushina smiled as she glowed a bright blue, as her soul was wiped from existence "I love you Naruto." Kushina said kissing her son's cheek before she passed on

Hiruzen, and his Anbu, watched the family and heard Kushina's request but had no idea what was done to her son, when the barrier dropped they approached slowly, and picked up Naruto,

Mindscape

Kurama the Kyuubi no Kitsune roared as he thrashed against the cage keeping him bound before with a huff he sat down with a growl, when a flash of light appeared outside his cage, causing him to look up and see 5 humans that smelled like blood and death appear fused to the wall, with narrowed eyes he reached out with his chakra to investigate who these people were, and looked through their memories

"Vampires huh." Kurama whispered before with a huff he laid down and went to sleep ignoring the 5 Mikaelson children outside his cage

6 Years Later

All was peaceful in Konoha the festivities are bubbling with life, the liquor was pouring, also one could easily hear children laughing all in all it was a grand festival except there is one orphan who wasn't enjoying the festival which celebrates the 'death' of the infamous Kyuubi No Kistune that orphan is Naruto Uzumaki

With Naruto

A 6 year-old Naruto was sneaking out of his apartment to avoid the mob that comes looking for him every night on his birthday Oct.10 the blonde jinchuuriki was dashing across the rooftops hoping to avoid anything the dreadful night had to offer him, only unlike the last years he was exhausted, as for the past 3 months he's been having the same dream repeatedly and it seemed to give some kind of message. The dream held two parts. The first he would see was the image of 4 men and one woman that seemed to be connected somehow. He would also see multiple images of the people fighting, killing, and drinking blood as if they loved it. Then after the images were all said and done he would see the same people from the images who would tell him to "awaken" which he still didn't get what they meant by that, but every time he had the dream when he'd awaken he'd find himself hungry which lead him to eating raw meat,

As he hopped across the rooftops, deep in thought about his dreams, he heard a shout of 'Demon!'

Eyes wide Naruto looked over his shoulder, to see a red eye with 3 tomoe rotating before a punch to his face sent him crashing down into an alley. With a groan Naruto tried to get up but the Uchiha chunin and his 2 friends began to kick and punch him all were shouting things like "You killed my wife," or "Die demon!"

Uchiha with a smirk pulled out his tanto "Now let's finish the demon scum!" he shouted before he stabbed Naruto through the heart, causing his eyes to widen, before the light left his eyes, and he died

"We did it!" the Uchiha's friend cheered before they gasped when the Hokage, and two Anbu members jumped down into the alley looking at Naruto's corpse in horror

Mindscape

Kurama opened his eyes when he felt himself getting weaker "My strength, is failing, why?" he asked himself, as it began to get darker, "No!" Kurama flared his chakra just as the 5 Mikaelson children glowed a silvery color before they faded away

Real World

"What have you done?!" Hiruzen yelled at the 3 chunin as Naruto's eyes opened

"H-Hokage-sama? We did what Yondaime-sama, would've wanted." the Uchiha said snatching his tanto

Hiruzen growled, but before he could say anything his eyes widened, as Naruto was up, and the two chunin necks were broken, before Naruto was latched onto the Uchiha's back bitting his neck

"Aah!" The Uchiha screamed in pain, as Naruto began to drink his blood, "Get off me!" before he began to get weak, and he fell to his knees,

Hiruzen and the Anbu watched his shock as the Uchiha's Sharingan appeared before the tomoe began to vanish, till his eyes returned to normal, and Naruto released him causing him to collapse forward dead

They could only looked at Naruto's face in shock, as veins bulged on the side of his eyes while his eyes were bloodshot, however their eyes widened when his blue eyes turned a bright read before 2 tomoe appeared in his eyes

"Sharingan." Itachi Uchiha whispered in shock, looking at his sensei's son before the boy went unconscious

Later

Konoha Hospital

Sarutobi sat next to his surrogate grandson staring at the blonde's body, according to the nurses everything was perfectly normal, all scars were healed, and his malnutrition was being taken cared off, his body was healing itself to top form,

"Could this be Shinigami-sama's answer to Kushina's plea. Some kind of bloodline stealing vampire?" Hiruzen thought, before he sighed and looked up to the Hokage monument at Minato's face "I'm sorry my friend, I failed you, and your wife."

Hiruzen frowned as he looked at Naruto it was obvious that something had been bothering Naruto for a while now, he had stopped pranking, and spent most of his time at the library, the last time he had seen the boy was when the oy had come to his office, and asked him a question that shock him

Flashback

2 Months Ago

Hokage's Office

Hiruzen was looking at the serious face of Naruto Uzumaki in shock "W-What did you say?"

"Who is Kushina Uzumaki, and why is she buried with the 4th Hokage?" Naruto asked again

End Flashback

Hiruzen sighed, he had been forced to tell the truth, as he knew that if he lied, Naruto would never forgive him, so he told him everything, the Kyuubi, his parents, even about the Uzumaki Clan.

The boy had been grateful for the information, so he spent the day answering all his questions, the only question he couldn't answer was how the Kyuubi, had escaped the seal in the first place

Mindscape

Naruto stood in his mindscape surrounded by darkness, as 3 windows were on each side of him, showing the memories of the Mikaelson's, while one showed the memories of the Uchiha he had killed, before he looked up when a window opened in front of him, and his eyes widened when he saw his parents looking at him

"Naruto, don't be fussy eaters… Eat a lot and grow up to be a big boy. Take your bath every day… Go to bed early and sleep well." She took a pause and looked at her son. "Make friends… It doesn't matter how many… Just make sure they're real friends… People you can trust… Even a few is enough. And study your ninjutsu… I was never very good at it, maybe you will be… Everyone has things they're good at and things they're not… Don't feel bad if you can't do it all. Make sure you listen to your teachers… at the Academy.

And remember to avoid the three voices of Shinobi… Don't borrow money if you can help it. Save what you earn from missions… No drinking alcohol until you're 20, and don't overdo it or you'll ruin your body. And as for women… Well, I'm a woman so I don't know what to say, but there are only men and women in the world, and you'll want a girlfriend someday. Just try not to pick a weird one... Try to find someone like your mother... And the fourth warning… Watch out for your godfather Jiraiya-sensei!"

Minato smiled after hearing Kushina's fourth warning.

Kushina paused to smile, as Naruto began to tear up seeing the blood pour out of her mouth as it rose up from the pit of her stomach. With tears streaming down her face, She spoke again. "Naruto... You're going to experience a lot of pain and suffering... Remember who you are... Find... A goal... a dream... And don't stop trying until it comes true… Their's… their's…! There's… There's so much more I want to say… to teach you about… I want to stay with you… I love you."

Minato sighed,

"I'm sorry, Minato... I took all our time," she said sobbing

"It's okay," Minato replied before looking at his son. "Naruto... This is your dad. Listen to your motor mouth mother. Seal!"

Naruto stood there as tears streamed down his face, as his new Sharingan manifested and changed to 4 a star Shuriken pattern before it returned back to normal. Naruto looked up when he heard a deep voice

"How sweet!"

The windows vanished as the room lit up, allowing Naruto to see the Kyuubi behind bars, "Kyuubi?" Naruto asked, confused before he wiped his face, and glared at Kurama, "I have a question for you."

"What makes you think, I will answer you, just because you've gained the powers of those parasites and became one yourself, don't think you can demand anything from me?!" Kurama said glaring at Naruto

"All I want to know is, how'd you escape from my mother?" Naruto asked before he gasped when the Kurama's killer intent flooded the room

"Uchiha!" Kurama yelled knowing exactly which Uchiha controlled him having never forgotten a Chakra signature in its long life

"U-Uchiha?" Naruto asked shivering from the Kyuubi's aura

"Obito Uchiha!" Kurama glared "He ripped me out of your mother, and took control of me with his cursed Sharingan, when I get out of here, I'll crush him!"

"Your not getting let out of me." Naruto said looking up at the Fox who glared at him, "The way I see it you are my inheritence, I want this Obito guy just as much as you do. We can work together."

"Ha! Me work with some parasite!"

"Your sealed away inside this parasite, we can make this work to both of our benefits, I get strong enough to kill this Obito guy, and I can figure out a way to summon you out of the seal."

Kurama glared at Naruto, who looked at him before his eyes widened, when Naruto's form was overlapped with Ashura's, and Hagoromo's "I'll think about it." Kurama gritted out "Now begin from my presence."

Naruto bowed before he faded away from his mindscape, while with a huff, Kurama laid down, and closed his eyes, hoping he didn't regret this.

7 Years Later

Cemetery

Naruto sat at the cemetery in front of his parents graves, as he prayed, it's been 7 years since he first met the Kurama, their relationship had gotten better, till the point he actually learned his name. After the incident 7 years ago, which turned him into a vampire he had moved into his parents house, after his apartment was burned to the ground while he was in the hospital.

Moving into his parents home gave Naruto access to their jutsu library, which he made full use off, while he received training from Shushui who became an older brother to him, but he died 6 years ago, with his last gift being Naruto to aquire his Sharingan, with reacted to his own Sharingan, granting him a Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which didn't go over so well with Kurama, but Naruto was able to placate him, as he would never take control of Kurama, he wanted them to be partners he didn't want him as a pet.

The village was wary of him, as they knew he was a vampire and that he had a Sharingan, thanks to him accidentally activating it when he glared at a civilian on a particularly bad day, Sasuke Uchiha the last loyal Uchiha didn't take to well to that, but Naruto didn't care. Not one bit.

For the past 6 years Naruto has stuck to drinking blood from blood bags or from bandit camps he would run across, his bloodlust was a problem, that he was getting under control through meditation but his reputation was already known thanks to his Bingo Book Entry which he celebrated since he wasn't even a Shinobi yet, but he was already in the bingo book.

Training was something that Naruto did all day everyday as he would send a Shadow Clone to the Ninja Academy in his place, the children didn't know about his vampirism, as it seemed they still remembered him when he wore that horrible orange jumpsuit, and played pranks while shouting about being Hokage, apparently just because he changed clothes, got quieter and had a Sharingan didn't change anything on there eyes.

Naruto didn't care one bit, they could call him whatever they liked he knew who he was and what his goals were, he didn't need to be validated by anyone as the only true people whose opinions he would've cared about were dead, and they were his parents.

Naruto sighed as he looked at the gravestone of his parents and smiled "Hey, Kaa-chan, Tou-sama. I know it's been awhile since I came, but today is a big day, I will finally take my graduation exam, this is the first step into finding and stopping Obito. I promise on my eternal soul that I will make you proud, and protect the village you loved so much Tou-sama, Kaa-chan, I remember your last words to me, and I have lived by them, well I don't really have any friends my own age, but the ones I do I know I can count on. I hope I make you proud, and I promise, I will rebuild our clan. I love you."

Naruto closed his eyes and prayed, before he stood up, dressed in a black jacket with red, 3 strips at the bottom, and a dark orange t-shirt underneath with black Anbu pants and black Shinobi sandals, and fingerless gloves. With one last smile he turned around and walked to the Academy, his face vamping out for a moment,

"Watch me." Naruto thought as he left

Finished

Now by no means is Uzumaki Vampire discontinued, I only did this one because Uzumaki Vampire was done 3 years ago and it went by to fast, seeing as I'm already in the Shippuden time frame, this one will be kinda different

Naruto doesn't hate all Uchiha's he only hates Obito, and he has ambitions that are for the good of the village, just read and find out. You don't want to, that's fine, like I said before this is a hobby, it ain't putting money in my pocket, or helping a nigga get some pussy. So keep that in mind.

Bingo Book Entry

Name: Naruto Uzumaki, Ripper of Konohagakure

Age: 13

Occupation: Unknown

Parents: Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze

Abilities/Bloodline: According to witnesses Naruto is a Vampire, and possesses the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan

Taijutsu: Mid Jonin Level

Genjutsu: Unknown although is in possession of a Sharingan

Kenjutsu: High Jonin Level

Ninjutsu: Unknown

FuinJutsu: Unknown although he's a member of the Uzumaki Clan

Rank: A-Rank

Note: Naruto uses his mother sword Tensa Masamune, a blade said to have been forged from the tooth of a Biju, it is unknown which one.

Naruto was given the name Ripper because he was witnessed tearing apart bandits across fire country, and he ripped them apart, with ease. Also is the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune

Bounty: 100,000,000 Iwa(Kill on Sight) 500,000,000 Oto (Capture on Sight) 125,000,000 Ame (Capture on Sight)