Prologue
She fell to her knees in shock, as she saw the huge beast destroy the peaceful village of Konoha. She heard the countless shrieks and yells coming from the terrified citizens of the leaf village as their world crumbled around them. Her sensitive hearing could hear every scream, dieing heartbeat, and collapsing building. As much as she wished it would end, she knew it wouldn't. No, the kyuubi would continue to destroy that beautiful village no matter how much she wished it wouldn't. She also knew what was going to happen next, as much as her heart screamed for the man to stop, she knew Minato was making his way to the beast.
She knew alone, no matter how skilled the man was, he would not stop it. She was faced with a choice. She could either kill her childhood friend for hundreds of years, who grew to be her lover, or she could kill her best friend who was -ironicly-another lover. Which to save, which to kill? Friend or friend, lover or lover?
Her heart was ripped to shreds as she saw the man leap to defend Konoha. A few tears dropped, and she gasped with pain as the emotions of it all hit her like a billion ton rock. It hit her heart and blew it to pieces, as she was faced with the decision. Her mind screamed at her to move, to get a grip and save someone...but she remained on her hands and knees far from the destruction that took place.
Memories flew around her head, all the whispers, laughter, tears, and words humming like a thousand angry wasps as she tried to think of what to do. She clutched her head and screamed like a mad person. Of course, literally it was enough to drive her to insanity. She rolled on her back with wide eyes, blood vessels threatening to burst inside them. And yet, amongst all the turmoil in her head, she heard every moment of the battle. Every snap of the Kyuubi's jaw, and every vicious roar it gave, as well as every cry of pain and anger the hokage gave out.
Elsewhere in the village she heard the man's frantic student, trying to get to his sensei and keep his comrade safe. Only to be in vain as she was crushed underneath a falling building. The other student cried out in anguish as she was silenced from the world. In another area, she heard the small cries of a baby, only shredding her heart further as she listened to the building crumble around it. A woman as well as many other medic nin fled from the building. The woman handed the child off to someone else and she dashed off toward the Kyuubi. Her mind began crying out to the woman, telling her to stop where she was and to flee to safety. There was no usefulness where she was heading. Only death.
She charged at the beast, as Minato realized her presence, and yelled at her, only to become distracted and merely flicked away carelessly by one of the Kyuubi's tails into a building. The woman cut at the beast with all her weapons and all her might, willing the beast to die...but was finally noticed by the beast, and crushed underneath its paw. Minato yelled a mixture of sadness and anger in his voice as he charged at the beast. Her eyes further widened when she realized who the woman was. It was none other than Minato's beloved wife. Kushina.
Her mind raged at her now, screaming for her to get up and battle. This is what she had always cursed and hated her kin for. They destroyed the world around them, and every happy future possible. They destroyed the future, and all that it held. This is the point where she would no longer tolerate this battle. But still, she was glued to the ground. Her mind had stilled and the raging battle had been decided, but her heart still ached and bled from the abuse that had been done to it. She clutched at her chest. She had never felt a pain greater than now, and doubted she ever would again.
Her attention turned back to the battle as the sounds from the village still pounded in her ears. The Kyuubi was roaring with anger, charging after something. She focused harder to find Minato was running away from the beast. This both angered and confused her. He was a hokage, meant to protect his people, and never to show fear, but here he was running like a coward. But there had to be a reason he was running. The only problem is she wasn't sure what it could possibly be. But there was also relief in her mixture of feelings.
He was going to get to safety, and save himself and his child. Which, she found he was running toward to. At this point, the child had fallen silent, and appeared to somehow be sleeping amongst all the turmoil in the village around him. The man ran toward him at full speed and swept him from the nurse's arms, who cried out in terror when she realized what had happened.
Minato placed the child somewhere along the way, and ran at the Kyuubi, an anger blazing in his soul like none other. His eyes sparking with hatred and vengeance, ready to be taken out on the beast. The girl listening flew up onto her feet and cried out, realizing what the man was prepared to do. She cried out with all her force and power as he flew at the kyuubi and attacked with all his might.
There was an earth shaking 'BOOM' as he hit the beast under the jaw, and knocked it to the ground. He panted heavily, watching over the kitsune to make sure it did not stir. He fell to his knees and stared at the ground. He was there for some time, and seemed to be contemplating something. Something of great importance as his eyes dialated over and over. Finally he stood up and fled back to the place where he had hidden his child. He picked up the baby tenderly and kissed his head as a few teardrops hit the child and startled it awake. Their eyes met and the father squeezed his eyes shut, trying to stop the flow of tears. he knew what he had to do, and regretted it.
He made his way as slow as possible where the unconscious Kyuubi lay. By the time he got back, the monstrous animal was again beginning to stir. Now, the stream of tears was flowing freely down his face as he laid his son down in front of the Kyuubi and began the long sequence of seals. The girl began to run with all her speed back to the village, when full realization hit her. When she knew what the man was going to do. She was on the outskirts of the village when she heard him hit the last seal, and heard the whistle of chakra being pulled into the boy.
She ran toward the man, watching the spectacular lights of chakra flying through the air as the beast's energy surrounded the boy's and blended together. She also watched in horror, as Minato's soul was drawn in and offered to the seal, adding a third blend of chakra in the air. She got as close as she could to the whirlwind of energy without being blown away and yelled at the man, even knowing it was too late.
Finally the cyclone stopped, and the weak man made a few stumbling steps toward his son, who he fell by and held tight to his chest. Finally a group of people, including the girl ran toward the fallen Hokage and huddled around him. She recognized the student, as well as the man's teacher, and the previous Hokage. They looked at the weakened man as he held a kunai in front of him, protecting his sleeping child, who now held the contained energy of the kyuubi.
"Don't you dare touch my son..." He choked out with mad eyes as he backed away from the people around him. He had good reason to, as the villagers started to realize what had happened, and where the Kyuubi was. The man's teacher stood up with harsh eyes.
"You heard what he said! Back off!" He too grasped a Kunai in his hands as he stood over the group. The people backed away a little, but only waiting for the opportune moment when they could go after the child. The student looked at his fallen teacher with anguish.
"Sensei...please. You can't die! Obito's gone, Rin's gone...my father. Who will I have left?!" She had never seen the quiet student this way before. The man looked at his student with fading eyes.
"You will carry on...as you must. For all of us. For me, Obito, Rin, and your father, you have to be strong." There was a small silence as the four huddled around him heard him choke in a few breaths as blood leaked in his internal organs. Finally the man's teacher spoke to him.
"You fool...why didn't you just wait for me or sensei? We could've helped...your life could've been spared." The young man smiled.
"Even I couldn't tell you why. I just did..."
"You could've waited for me..." The girl finally spoke with tears in her eyes as she looked at the dieing man. He shook his head.
"I could never have asked you to do that. I heard you struggling from a mile away already..." He said it with mild humor, but she knew it was true. The man's voice hardened a bit.
"All of you, I have things to ask of you as my dieing wish." They all flinched a bit at the reality he was dieing. "My son...this boy will not be remember for the beast he carries, but as a hero for the sacrifice he made for this village. Inari...please keep him safe. Watch over him and keep him safe. That goes for you too sensei...treat him like he was me. Teach him what you know..." The girl and the man shifted uncomfortably. The man's requests were not easy. "Kakashi...you take care of him too. Make sure he grows strong, and healthy. To be a mighty shinobi..." He smiled at the dark sky, and gave his son one last kiss on the forehead as all the color left his eyes, and he passed away. The girl shook with tears and sobs. Minato Namikaze, was dead and gone from the world.