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The Story Begins
"Agggghhhhhh!" A woman's scream echoed throughout the cave as the moon shined on throughout the night. This scream belonged to one Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze, a beautiful woman with fiery red hair, violet eyes, and a temperament to match it. She had a slender body, with fair skin and d-cup breasts, and was regarded throughout the Village Hidden in the Leaves as one of the most beautiful women. You may wonder why such a person would be screaming at nighttime, within a cave seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Well, the reasoning behind this is because she was currently in labor.
"Minato! I'm going to kill you for making me go through this!" Kushina yelled as she tightly gripped the bed she was lying on. Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, sweat-dropped as he kept his hands over Kushina's navel, his eyes focused on the seal that was on her body. Known only to a select few, Kushina was a jinchūriki, a term meaning 'Power of the Human Sacrifice'. She was the host to the Kyūbi the Nine-Tailed Fox, a being of immense power that had been sealed into her when she was a young little girl.
A fact unknown to most people is that a female jinchūriki's seal weakens considerably during childbirth. Minato was there, not only because he is going to be the father to Kushina's child, but also to watch the seal and make sure that it didn't deteriorate from the pregnancy.
"Concentrate on pushing, Kushina. It shouldn't be long now." That was Biwako, Hiruzen Sarutobi's wife and serving as Kushina's midwife. Taji, a young medic-nin assisting Biwako, was standing to the side, preparing washcloths and several towels that would be used soon.
Loud pants could be heard from Kushina as her body clenched from the pain. A few moments later Biwako stood up from her crouched position, holding a small baby in her arms. The baby was small, pudgy-looking, and had small tufts of red hair on his head. "It's a boy! Taji, could you help wash and clean him? We're still waiting on the others." After handing the little boy over to Taji, Biwako turned back to face Kushina as she crouched down and watched for the signs of another baby coming.
This process repeated itself three more times, before Kushina finally relaxed from her painful exertions. The second child to have been born was another boy, who had blonde tufts of hair instead of red. The third child of the four was a girl, who also had blonde hair. And the final baby was another girl, who had small streaks of red within her blonde hair. The four babies were brought by Kushina as she held them close to her.
"They're beautiful," Minato said, momentarily forgetting about the seal as he cradled the red-headed boy close to Kushina. No one couldn't see the happiness that shone off of both of their faces.
Kushina brought up her left hand to stroke the child in Minato's arms, as her right arm was preoccupied with the other three children. "I want to name this one Naruto," Kushina gestured with her left hand.
"And the other three?" queried Minato.
"The blonde boy will be named... Menma. The blonde girl will be named... Natsumi. And the red girl will be named... Naomi. How does that sound?"
"It sounds perfect, dear."
Smiling at the young couple and their children, Biwako watched for a few moments before coughing into her arm to grab their intention. "Sorry for interrupting, but we should check over the children immediately for any complications during the birth."
Sighing, Minato nodded wearily as he handed the newly named Naruto over to Biwako. "Yeah you're right. Besides, I should probably seal the Kyūbi back up right away."
However, the moment he turned away, he heard two thumps on the ground behind him, before he heard a deep voice that chilled him down to the bone. "Hello there, Yondaime Hokage."
As Minato slowly turned around, he saw a man garbed in dark robes, the only visible feature on him being his mask, colored orange with a black flame pattern on it. Only a single eyehole was visible on the mask, with a Sharingan eye staring right through it. Minato noticed that Biwako and Taji's bodies were lying on the ground motionless, but his attention was drawn towards the bundle in the masked man's arms. He was holding Naruto.
"Minato Namikaze, Konoha's Yellow Flash and its Fourth Hokage, I'm going to have to ask you to hand the Kyūbi over to me. Otherwise..." the masked man stated as he stroked Naruto's head with his hand, the glove on it the same color as his cloak.
"How did you get past all of the Anbu guards outside?" Minato asked, attempting to buy time as he desperately tried to think up a plan that would get them all out of this mess safe and sound. This options presented before him weren't pretty, and every strategy he came up with had risks he was unwilling to take.
"I killed them." The man stated with no emotion in his tone. "Now, will you hand over the Kyūbi or will I have to use force?" As his left arm cradled a silent Naruto, his right arm extended out towards Minato, his palm open facing upward, as if he were expecting his wish to be granted.
Minato stayed silent, opting to flex his fingers out as he mentally prepared himself for battle. His face had an unreadable expression to the masked man, who tensed as he prepared to make his move. Kushina, still tired after giving birth, could only glare at the masked man as she struggled to pick herself up, while cradling their other three children close to her chest. The atmosphere between the two sides was so intense one could hear every sound that was made during that time span.
The masked man sighed, and stated, "Very well then." He then threw Naruto up and across the cavern before rushing towards Kushina. Cursing, Minato made his split second decision and chased after Naruto. Catching him while in mid-air, Minato let out a sigh of relief, before noticing that attached to Naruto's towel were explosive seals primed and about to go off. A blast quickly followed, and smoke from the explosion soon blocked the masked man's sight, leaving him to wonder what had happened to the two before refocusing on getting to Kushina. Quickly moving over to where she was lying down, the masked man reached over to grab ahold of one of the three babies who were in the way of his target, only to activate a space-time ninjutsu on himself to prevent receiving a haymaker to the head from Minato.
Unbeknownst to the others, Minato had ripped the towel around off Naruto before utilizing his Hiraishin technique to teleport them both to a safe house a few miles away from the cave where the others were. The safe house itself was pretty unremarkable; a plain white bed was set against one wall of the house, shinobi supplies placed in boxes on an adjacent wall, and a single tri-pronged kunai hanged in midair on the opposite wall. He quickly set Naruto down onto the bed before teleporting back to the seal he had placed on Kushina's clothes, only to see the masked man reaching towards his newborn children. Acting quickly, Minato tried to force the masked man back by sending an elbow strike to the face, only to watch in shock as he phased through the man and hit the ground behind him. Kushina, after being startled by Minato's sudden reappearance, could only watch helplessly as she saw her husband literally go through the intruder's body without dealing any damage.
Thinking he was in control of the situation for the moment, the masked man turned around and stared at Minato, who was glaring at him as he propped one knee up while the other rested on the ground. "Very impressive, Namikaze. Had it not been for my jutsu Kamui you would have most likely stopped me. Unfortunately, you have failed. Now then, let's begin―" his eye widened slightly as Minato suddenly appeared before him, grabbed the other three babies, and disappeared. "Kuso," the masked man cursed as he stood still for a moment, before walking over to Kushina and caught her and the Kyūbi under a genjutsu with his Sharingan. He then picked Kushina up, before disappearing as a swirling vortex appeared out of nowhere and swallowed them whole.
Minato re-appeared in the safe house carrying Menma, Natsumi and Naomi in his arms. Walking over to where the bed was, he gently placed the three besides Naruto, who had fallen asleep in the midst of all the confusion. "Stay safe babies, daddy's going to go get mommy now." Turning to where the ninja supplies were, he quickly grabbed and strapped on his ninja pouch before he tried to sense where the seal marker he had put on Kushina was. For some inexplicable reason he couldn't sense where it was at all, but it soon popped up a good ways distance away from the cave. Immediately teleporting to the marker, Minato found himself holding onto Kushina while they plummeted from a 30 feet drop. Quickly maneuvering himself so that he was carrying her bridal style, he landed on the ground as softly as he could, before turning around to a sight that left him shocked. Standing there, in all its glory, was the Nine-Tailed Fox, with the masked man standing on a pillar of stone close by.
Taking a quick glance around, Minato could see that they were in a rocky region, with stone pillars coming out of the ground, water flowing underneath his feet, and trees growing a fair distance away. As he turned to look at the masked man, he could hear him mutter to himself. "Ahh, what a glorious sight. It's time for my revenge on the Hidden Leaf Village to begin." With that being said, he used Kamui to teleport himself out, leaving the Kyūbi as it thrashed about, with no sense of coherency in its movements.
Glancing at the Kyūbi, Minato knew he would have to do something about it soon. Its location was entirely too close to Konoha to his liking, and losing the bijuu would cause a major power shift among the major shinobi villages. The tailed beasts were a symbol of a village's strength, and losing their only bijuu would cause Konoha to lose a lot of power.
"Minato..." hearing Kushina talk weakly pulled at his heart as he turned to look at his tired wife. "The children... are they safe?" He was amazed that she could still talk to him. Considering the fact that most jinchūriki die when their bijuu is pulled out of their body, this just goes to show how powerful an Uzumaki's life force could be.
"Yes, love. I'll bring you to them now." Minato teleported the two of them back to the safe house, before walking over to the bed and setting Kushina down beside their four children. "I need to go and defend the village as its Hokage, but I'll try to get a medic to look after you and the children as soon as possible." Going back to where the shinobi supplies are, he quickly put on his jounin flak-jacket and his signature haori. Tying his hitai-ate to his forehead, he couldn't help but smile as he heard Kushina speaking quietly to their children.
Taking a few deep breaths, Minato calmed himself and cleared his mind, before his face showed an expression of grim determination. Teleporting himself to Hokage Monument, he looked down upon his village, ready to defend it from the incoming threat with his life, if necessary.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in the Hokage's office in the Hokage tower. He was waiting for news that Kushina's birth had been successful and that her seal had been fixed again. His wife Biwako was helping her out with the birthing process, and he was worried that something would go wrong and she would be hurt as well. Thinking about the village's current situation, he let out a sigh as he looked out the window. The village itself looked quiet and peaceful, unaware that trouble was approaching them. Though he didn't know it yet, Hiruzen could feel that trouble was brewing, and suddenly felt glad that his two remaining loyal students were back in the village.
Tsunade Senju, the Slug Sannin of the Densetsu no Sannin, the Legendary Three Shinobi, was probably at the hospital maintaining order while drinking sake. She and her apprentice Shizune Kato had returned to the village a few weeks ago, due to the urging of both Minato and Kushina about her upcoming birth and the risk of her seal being undone. Being one of the few people who knew that Kushina was a jinchūriki, Tsunade had eventually agreed to return for the village's safety. She had also been promised the seat as head of the medical hospital and the training of new medic-nins, as well as enough ryos to pay off the debt she had accumulated during her years abroad. However, due to her hemophobia that she had developed during the Third Great Ninja War, she stayed at her office in the hospital, allowing Biwako to handle the birth.
Jiraiya, the Toad Sannin of the Densetsu no Sannin, was off doing his "research" again, if the girly scream heard off in the distance was any indication to his location. He had been much easier to convince in staying in the village. Due to being Minato's jounin sensei, Jiraiya had known about their upcoming children and had repeatedly stopped by to check in on them over the previous months. He had been the one to locate Tsunade and convince her to return to the village. And knowing about what happens to a female jinchūriki's seal when she gives birth, Jiraiya knew that problems could happen extremely quickly if they weren't careful. If only his actions could mirror the seriousness of the situation...
Within the village, nothing looked out of order. Villagers and shinobi alike were wandering around, enjoying the night sights and the warm atmosphere. Among them, Kakashi Hatake and Maito Gai were walking together as they headed towards the Hokage tower. "Ah, come on Kakashi! Do the challenge! 100 laps around the village, whoever wins gets to choose the next challenge!"
"Hmmm, you say something Gai?" Wearing standard-issue ANBU armor, a face mask, and a hitai-ate covering his left eye, Kakashi glanced over with his uncovered eye to look at Gai.
"Argghhh, curse you and your hip ways, Kakashi!" Gai ranted, wearing a green, skin-tight leotard with orange leg warmers and his hitai-ate around his waist.
Yes, everything seemed at peace within Konoha.
The masked man crouched on top of a building, watching over the happy citizens of Konoha. Gritting his teeth, as he remembered back to a time where he lived a happy and peaceful existence, without a care in the world, he whispered to himself, "Soon Konoha, you will suffer the same pain as I have."
Leaping across the rooftops, the masked man stealthily moved in towards the center of the village until he reached the edge of the market sector, where most of the village shops were located. Looking around, he saw that many of the people who were up and about came to this part of town.
Leaping down into an alleyway, where a few people took notice of him, the masked man went through several hand seals before slapping the ground and shouting, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
A huge cloud of smoke burst into the air, and when the air cleared, everyone could see the Kyūbi no Kitsune, standing there waving his nine tails around in all his glory.
A huge burst of demonic chakra could be felt all across Konoha, sending terror throughout the people. Everyone, shinobi and civilians alike, could feel the malevolent anger and hate coming off the tailed beast. Darting outside, Hiruzen watched as the Kyūbi began destroying buildings and killing the civilians that were close to where it was located. Luckily, most of the civilians had enough sense to run away from the fox, where they were eventually guided by the younger shinobi to where the shelters were located.
The shinobi who weren't helping with the evacuation of the civilians were attacking the tailed beast directly. Using explosive notes, large scale jutsus, anything that they had in their arsenal they threw against the Kyūbi to no avail. The demon simply tanked itself through everything and still kept going. Shinobi that charged in were inevitably injured or killed as the Kyūbi continued on undisturbed. Even the ANBU had no success in their attempts to at least slow the beast down.
Changing into his battle armor quickly, which consisted of black mesh armor under padded armor that allowed for easy movement, with a helmet that had a leaf symbol on the front, the Third Hokage charged into battle. With ANBU covering his back, Hiruzen bit his finger, drawing blood before flashing through several hand seals and planting his hand on the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" A puff of smoke arose in from of him, before dispersing to reveal the Monkey King Enma, wearing a black mesh armor suit with a sleeveless kimono shirt over it and a Konoha hitai-ate on his forehead.
"Hiruzen, what have you summoned me for today?" Enma queried before looking up to see the chakra monster. "Is that..."
"Yes Enma, the Kyūbi no Kitsune has been released, and is attacking our village. Minato is most likely either mounting up a defense or dealing with the culprit, so I need your help in holding the line here." Hiruzen replied as he watched as the Kyūbi continued his rampage.
"Very well Hiruzen. It has been awhile since we last fought together, ever since that Orochimaru fiasco, eh? I still think you should have killed him when you had the chance." Enma watched as Hiruzen lowered his in shame before he sighed. "Oh well. Henge: Kongōnyoi!" Enma transformed into a staff that was quickly caught by Hiruzen.
"Thank you Enma." Hiruzen said gratefully. Pointing the staff towards the Kyūbi, he shouted, "Extend!" The staff suddenly extended itself and hit the beast in the chest, pushing it back several feet and drawing its attention. Roaring in anger, the Kyūbi turned towards the Third Hokage and began channeling a huge amount of demonic chakra. A purplish sphere began to form above the tailed beast's head, pulsing with power. Hiruzen paled as he realized what attack the Kyūbi was performing. "Oh no... Everyone, get back!"
Swallowing the sphere in its mouth, the Kyūbi fired its Bijūdama at Hiruzen and his ANBU guard, the intense power rippling through the air. With no time to react, the Konoha shinobi could only watch helplessly as the deadly attack raced towards them, only to pass over their heads harmlessly. Turning around, Hiruzen could only watch in horror as the attack headed straight towards the Hokage monument, only to see it disappear before meeting its mark, followed by hearing an explosion several miles away. Making out a figure standing on top of one of the heads of the statues, Hiruzen could see a person standing there. Cheers could be heard across the village as they realized who it was. "Hooray!" "The Fourth has arrived!" "He will surely save us!" "Will you marry me?!"
Minato stood there on his statue head, watching the Kyūbi as it rampaged across his village. The Bijūdama had been a close call; were it not for his Hiraishin: Dōrai warping the attack away, Konoha would have lost an integral part of its history.
"Very impressive, I should have expected this from the Fourth Hokage." Turning his head, Minato saw the masked man standing on the Third Hokage's statue head. "You have become a nuisance to my plans. Be gone." Suddenly Minato felt the air around him distort, pulling him towards an unknown destination. Quickly teleporting himself to another marker, this time located in another safe house.
Pausing to catch his breath, Minato took the time to think several things over. 'What was that technique? How did he manage to sneak up on me without me noticing? Just who is he? I need to find out more about him.'
Boom.
The safe house exploded, pieces of the walls flying everywhere. The roof of the house was completely gone, the floor was scorched with ash and small fires were burning across the field surrounding the house. A lone tri-pronged kunai was lodged in the ground a couple of yards away from the destruction, and it was there that Minato reappeared from the destruction.
Catching his breath, Minato looked around for signs of any intruder, to see the masked man standing across the field from him. 'What was that attack? This man is no ordinary shinobi.' Pulling the kunai out of the ground, Minato stood up, glaring at the masked man before noticing a Sharingan in the uncovered eye hole of his mask. 'A Uchiha.' "Who are you? Why are you attacking my village?"
The masked man stood there silently for a few moments, as if he were pondering whether or not to answer the question posed before him. Finally, he spoke, "Who am I? I have gone by many names, for they are just something to call another person by. If you truly wish to know, I am nobody. As for why I am attacking, let's just say that Konoha wronged me a long time ago, and this is my revenge. And you are a threat to my plans." With that being said, the masked man charged at Minato, intent on ending his life.
Running towards the masked man, Minato went through his options quickly. 'His weird intangibility jutsu is the most important threat. However, I think he would have to stop the jutsu in order to attack. Therefore, I should aim for when he counterattacks.' With that in mind he focused on the threat before him. As they approached each other, Minato threw a feint with his right fist, missing the masked man. As the masked man's fist rose to strike Minato, he used his left arm to counter, only to phase through the man again, hitting the ground behind him.
"Did you really think I would fall for that? I know my own weaknesses." The masked man sneered as he once again charged at Minato. Standing up, Minato threw his tri-pronged kunai at the masked man before following it while charging up a Rasengan. As the kunai passed through the masked man's head and he struck out at Minato, Minato, using Hiraishin: Ni no Dan, teleported to the kunai that he had thrown moments before and thrusted the Rasengan down towards the masked man's back. Connecting, the attack grinded into the enemy's back and a loud explosion could be heard as his body hit the ground, creating a crater.
Before the masked man could react, Minato quickly used his other hand to hit the man's back with an open palm, shouting, "Keiyaku Fūin!" A seal matrix appeared on the masked man's back, before Minato jumped back and watch as the masked man slowly got back on his feet.
"What did you do Yondaime?" The masked man demanded, his left arm holding the remains of his right.
"I placed two seals on you. The first released the Kyūbi from your control, and the second marked you with my jutsu formula. I can now teleport to you whenever I want."
"Damn you... though my plan failed today, the end result will still be the same. I hope you enjoy as the Kyūbi smashes your village into rubble." A vortex formed around the masked man, sucking him in and leaving no trace other than the battleground that he had ever been there in the first place.
Minato let out a sigh, sagging his shoulders in relief before turning back towards the village, where he could see the Kyūbi still on his rampage. Mustering his strength, he quickly flashed back towards the village, knowing that the fight wasn't over yet.
Hiruzen stopped to catch his breath as the battle raged on. After he saw Minato warp the Bijūdama away, Minato had disappeared, leaving him to deal with the Kyūbi himself. Luckily his two students had arrived on the scene, providing some much needed support and boosting the shinobis' morale. Jiraiya had summoned Gamaken, and was attempting to do close combat with the threat without being severely injured in the process. Tsunade had summoned Katsuyu, who proceeded to divide herself up and provide healing support and a communication system across the entire shinobi force. Shizune was situated at a temporary field clinic, taking command as the head doctor.
All in all, the battle could be going better. Tsunade had joined Jiraiya on Gamaken's back, and was now providing support to Jiraiya who continued to badger the Kyūbi.
All of a sudden, the Kyūbi froze, as if it was released from someone's control and had no idea what it was doing. Hiruzen capitalized on this moment, extending his staff once again to push the tailed beast back. Gamaken soon followed, moving in to strike the demon in the chest, pushing it back even further.
Roaring in anger, the Kyūbi quickly formed another Bijūdama and attempted to fire it towards the giant toad. Key word being attempted.
As all of the shinobi paled, realizing exactly what it was doing and tried to get out of the way, a yell could be faintly heard below the beast, saying "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" A large poof of smoke exploded underneath the Kyūbi's head, before a giant toad appeared and head butted the Kyūbi's head, causing the attack to shoot upwards, creating a hole in the clouds.
Gamabunta, the Toad Chief was seen as the smoke dispersed, and Hiruzen could see Minato jump onto the Toad Chief's head. Quickly running to join Minato, Hiruzen landed next to him on the toad's head. "Minato! Thank goodness you've arrived. Our shinobi force is in total disarray. Where have you been?"
While watching the Kyūbi, who was growling menacingly at them, Minato replied, "Don't worry Hiruzen, I was dealing with the culprit. I think I have a plan to stop the Kyūbi, but I'll need you, Jiraiya and Tsunade to help out."
"Help out with what Minato?" Jiraiya questioned as Gamaken landed besides Gamabunta. Tsunade looked at Minato as well, wondering what exactly he was planning.
"We will use the Hakke no Fūin Shiki and seal the Kyūbi into one of my children." Minato stated, his tone firm and steady.
"What?!" Hiruzen, Jiraiya and Tsunade exclaimed, shocked that he would even consider such an option.
"You heard me. We cannot seal it back into Kushina because she would die having all that power rush into her body again. In fact, it's a miracle that she's still alive right now. The only other option is to seal it within a baby, and I can't ask any other parent to offer their child if I'm not willing to do it with my own."
Hiruzen sighed, as he responded, "Very well Minato." At Jiraiya and Tsunade's incredulous glances, he elaborated, "What he said is true. If we are not willing to sacrifice something ourselves, we cannot ask someone else to do so for us and expect them to comply willingly. Now, what would you have us do?"
Quickly outlining his plan, Minato looked at each of the legendary shinobi before him and asked, "Are you with me on this?"
"Yes." "Sure." "Fine, brat." Were the replies he got from the three shinobi standing before him.
Sweat-dropping at the last remark, Minato turned towards the Kyūbi and shouted, "Alright, let's go!" Channeling a large amount of chakra, he teleported to a kunai that was conveniently left close to the Kyuubi, before jumping and grabbing onto the tailed beast and teleporting them both to where the safe house that Kushina and their children were located was. Meanwhile, both Gamaken and Gamabunta channeled chakra to their legs and jumped straight into the air towards the safe house's location, with Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hiruzen riding on their backs.
When Minato arrived with the Kyūbi in tow, he immediately let go and erected a barrier around his family. This was a good call, as the Kyūbi's tails came crashing down against the barrier, destroying the safe house in the process. Throwing one of his tri-pronged kunai a good distance away, he teleported Kushina and their children away from the rampaging tailed beast.
"Minato! Why did you bring the Kyūbi here of all places?!" Kushina yelled at Minato while holding their children close to her.
"Sorry dear, but I need to reseal the Kyūbi. I'm going to need your help in holding the bijuu down and suppressing its chakra so that Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Tsunade and I can do the seal." Minato pleaded while keeping a close eye on the Kyūbi.
"Ok but who are you going to seal it into?" Kushina asked as her Kongō Fūsa manifested from her body and wrapped around the Kyūbi's body parts, effectively holding the tailed beast in place, unable to do anything except roar in anger as it attempted to break out of the chains.
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to seal it into one of our children." Minato said as he picked up one of the babies out of Kushina's arms before taking off his haori and placing the child on top of it. Seeing Kushina's indignant expression, Minato quickly tried to explain his reasoning. "I'm sorry, but this has to be done. How could I live with myself knowing that I condemned someone else's child to a life full of misery when I wasn't willing to use my own child?"
A crash from behind Minato was heard, and he turned around to see Gamaken and Gamabunta land with the three kage-level ninja jumping down to land besides them. "Alright brat, we ready?" Tsunade asked. Hiruzen's staff quickly transformed back into Enma, seeing as he wasn't going to be needed for this next part.
"Just about. Once I'm finished with the hand seals, each of you will grab a corner of the sealing array before we extend it over the bijuu. Tsunade, seeing you and Hiruzen have near perfect chakra control, should be able to take ahold of the array easily. Jiraiya, with your sealing knowledge, this shouldn't be hard for you either. Our partners can help guard us and keep the Kyūbi restrained with Kushina. Any questions?" Seeing everyone shake their heads, Minato flexed his fingers in preparation of what was to come. "Then let's begin."
Going through a long series of hand seals, a golden sealing array appeared in his hands. Jiraiya, Tsunade and Hiruzen each grabbed a corner of the seal before moving slowly towards the other sides of the Kyūbi. Gamaken, Gamabunta and Enma split up to accompany them to their destinations. A long and harrowing walk, but they eventually made it. Once he confirmed that everyone was in position, Minato finished the hand seals and shouted, "Hakke no Fūin Shiki!" and placed his end of the sealing formula onto the baby's stomach. The Kyūbi could do nothing as it was sucked into the baby and the seal appeared on the baby's stomach.
However, due to the amount of chakra the Kyūbi let off trying to escape the chains, the leftover chakra in the air began to be sucked into the seal. Panicking, Minato quickly placed the seal filled with extra demonic chakra on a second baby's stomach. This repeated itself three times until all of the bijuu chakra in the air was gone. All four babies and Kushina had the same seal on their stomachs, though only one of them was the real jinchūriki, the rest being pseudo ones. All four babies were unconscious, with only Kushina looking like she was in an ok condition, if her fussing were any indication of the situation.
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hiruzen walked over to the family, fatigue clearly showing on their faces. The summons followed them, and plopped down onto the ground, glad that the crisis was finally over. As Tsunade began running a diagnostic jutsu over Kushina to make sure she was alright after the birth, Hiruzen questioned Minato on the situation. "Is the seal good and steady now? I can't imagine an infant being able to hold a being of such power."
"Yes, the seals are fine." At Jiraiya and Hiruzen's questioning gazes, Minato elaborated, "The seal began sucking up all the excess chakra, and so I had to make the other three children and Kushina psuedo-jinchūrikis. By my estimate, the other three should be able to only go up to three-tails when using the bijuu chakra, but only time will tell whether that will be true or not. We're lucky Kushina's Kongō Fūsa had suppressing qualities, or else the children may not have been able to take the potency of the beast's chakra."
As the two let out a sigh of relief, all three males turned to look at the others, a warm feeling of happiness welling up within their hearts. Although Hiruzen's happiness was tempered by the realization that Biwako must have died in the culprit's attack. The summons, seeing that the situation was resolved, returned to their ancestral homes with the rest of their clan. All in all this looked like a happy family and a warm ending.
Although something in the back of all their minds told them that something was missing from the equation.
A vortex appeared in a tree several hundred feet away from the carnage as the masked man teleported in from seemingly nowhere. He had discarded the cloak that had Minato's Hiraishin formula on it, leaving himself with just his mask and black mesh armor over a black vest. Watching the kage-level ninja and their children together off in the distance, he came to the conclusion that the Kyūbi had been resealed into one of the children, though he couldn't tell who as the distance between them was too great for him to overhear their conversation, and he didn't want to move in any closer for fear of being caught by one of them.
Gritting his teeth in frustration that his plan failed, he contemplated his options from there. 'Damn that Namikaze. If it wasn't for him, there would have at least been some success in plan. I'll have to rely on the Akatsuki in Amegakure to achieve my ambitions now.' Looking back at the happy family, he decided that having the last laugh would be worth it in the end.
Luckily for him the Konoha ninja and the summons were too fatigued and weren't paying attention, or else his plan wouldn't have worked at all. Messing around with their memories so that they wouldn't remember who the identity of the real jinchūriki was, the masked man cast his genjutsu on them.
"Kotoamatsukami."
Bijūdama - Tailed Beast Bomb
Hakke no Fūin Shiki - Eight Trigrams Sealing Style
Henge: Kongōnyoi - Transformation: Adamantine Staff
Hiraishin - Flying Thunder God
Hiraishin: Dōrai - Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder
Hiraishin: Ni no Dan - Flying Thunder God: Second Step
Kamui - Authority of the Gods
Keiyaku Fūin - Contract Seal
Kongō Fūsa - Adamantine Sealing Chains
Kotoamatsukami - Distinguished Heavenly Gods
Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Technique
Rasengan - Spiralling Sphere
Hello. This is my first fanfic that I have ever written, so please bear with me as we go about the wonderful journey of Naruto within our imaginations.
After spending a long time reading fanfics by various authors, some good and some bad, I decided that it was time for me to write one of my own. I had all these crazy what-if theories going around in my head pertaining to the story, and I'm sure many of you who are reading this have had this occur to you too. This was a way for me to give back to the community of fanfiction as well as get these ideas down onto paper (well, the internet in this case). I also think of myself as a pretty bad writer, so putting up my writings out on a forum where people could review and give me feedback was an incentive to help me improve my writing ability.
Many of the fanfics that I have read will most likely influence this story, but there are so many of them that if I begin listing them, I think I'll miss some and then they won't get the recognition they deserve. If enough people wish for it, I can try listing one story that I enjoyed after each chapter and its author, and go from there.
A lot of the information I use in this story, I also get from the official Naruto wikia page, so if you want any information on something that I wrote about, that would be your first place to look.
Any questions, personal thoughts and such will be answered here down below the chapter, so that those who aren't interested in this won't have to skip through it at the beginning.
Feel free to leave a review or send a PM if you have any questions or want to talk about something.
Thank you for reading. I hope you will visit again.
