OK, here's the first chapter in the series!! This one has to do with Naruto and Emi. You'll find out who she is later.

Oh, yeah, disclaimer. ahem ahem I don't own Naruto or anything about it, except for the characters that are obviously not in the original anime, and my friends own them, too. Dude...why would I be writing this if I owned Naruto? sigh

The Hokage sat in the third floor hospital waiting room with his elbows on his knees and his forehead in his hands, making his bangs stick up even crazier than they already were. The smirk he typically had stuck on his face was replaced with a frown today. He could hear Kushina in the room down the hall and his scowl only darkened.

"Hokage-sama!!" came a nurse's voice next to him. His head shot up to meet her gaze. Her black hair hung messily around her face as it started to slip out of her bun. Her forehead was a bit shiny, as were her eyes. She smiled and excitedly said "She had twins!!"

Minato sprang up from his seat and almost hit the seventh floor ceiling. "Nani?!" he shouted, shoving past the little woman to the hospital room his wife was in. The nurse scurried to his side and opened the door for him to enter. She didn't expect a 'thank you', but got one anyone and nodded with a smile. He rushed to Kushina's side. She was holding two children in her arms and beaming at her husband.

"I…wasn't expecting this," she said, a bit tiredly.

Minato's eyes watered up and he laughed a little. Kushina held one of the children out for him to hold. He gently picked up the baby boy, who bore hair the same color as his own. In his wife's arms was a girl, who had blonde hair like her father's that also had red streaks the same color as her mother's. Minato grinned and ran a finger down his son's cheek. The boy grasped his tiny hands around his finger and stuck it into his mouth. A tear fell off Minato's face. Kushina fingered her daughter's hair as the little girl yawned and stretched her short arms upwards.

"Have you decided on names for them?" a nurse asked kindly.

"The boy's name, as we already decided," Minato said, still looking down on the little baby boy, "will be Naruto." He looked to his wife. "What about the girl's name?" he asked.

Kushina looked from her husband to the baby and smiled. "Emi. We'll name her Emi," she said happily. The nurse nodded and wrote the names down on a piece of paper. A male doctor took the children and placed each one in a small bed.

A loud, heart-chilling roar resonated through the air next. Minato spun around and rushed to the window, throwing back the shades. Kushina gasped for air at the sight.

A huge, menacing beast stood snarling, it's many tails slithering from side to side menacingly.

"K-Kyuubi no Kit-tsune!" Minato stuttered out. He ran out of the room and grabbed his long jacket, and headed for the stairs.

"Minato!" Kushina called out as she sprang from her bed, despite the protests from several doctors.

The Hokage turned on his heel and grabbed her arms before she could run into him. "Kushina, you shouldn't be out of bed! Go take care of Naruto and Emi!" he said in a loud rush. Kushina stared back up at him. "I promise you I'll come back!" Minato said.

She shook her head. "No, I'm coming with you! Not even you could handle the Kyuubi on your own!" she said.

"Kushina, I don't want to see you get hurt, especially now that the kids are here. If I don't make it, they need someone to take care of them," Minato explained gently. Sorrow filled his words at the thought of losing any of them.

"But that's just the thing," Kushina protested. "If you let me help you, there's less of a chance of either one of us dying. Then we can both be with Emi and Naruto." She wrapped her arms around Minato. "I promise you that we'll both make it out of this."

Minato tightened his grip around Kushina and bit his lip, but resorted with a nod. He jumped down the flights of stairs, with Kushina following, barefoot and in a hospital gown. They skidded to a halt outside the hospital and found that the monster was so close to the building that Minato could make out the blood that was splattered on its vibrant orange fur.

"Get the kids!" he shouted to Kushina, who nodded and reappeared a moment later, with a crying baby in each arm. He grabbed her hand and gave a squeeze. "Keep yourself safe, and keep them safe," he said with begging eyes. Kushina nodded vigorously.

Minato turned his attention back to Kyuubi to find that he wasn't the only one with fighting with his children. Next to the beast was a small, nine-tailed fox kit that was hopping on the tops of roofs and snapping up villagers in its jaws. Minato scowled. He didn't have any other resort at this point. The Fourth Hokage bit his thumb and slammed his hand to the ground, shouting "Hold on, Kushina! Kuchiyose!!" In a huge cloud of smoke, the Uzumaki family found themselves on the head of a giant toad, Gamakichi.

"Yondaime-sama, what do…you…nee…" the huge amphibian trailed off as his gaze fell on Kyuubi at his kit. He immediately crouched down and placed a webbed hand on his dagger. "Just tell me what to do," he said determinedly to the Hokage, who nodded. Minato looked at Kushina, who was gently shushing the two wailing babies. They both quieted down a bit at the sound of her voice. She looked towards the horizon to stare at the village her husband was sworn to protect. Trees and buildings, including the hospital, crashed to the ground as Kyuubi jumped from side to side and let his tails collide with anything nearby. His giant paws smashed countless shinobi into the soil, staining his tracks with their blood. Kyuubi's kit skipped around the entire village playfully, as if eating villagers and destroying buildings was a great game that he was enjoying very much. The sight of so much death and destruction was sickening to Kushina, so much that she shielded her children's eyes from the view, even if their eyes were closed.

A dark figure that vaguely resembled a man darted from Kyuubi's feet into the forests without looking back, though there wasn't anything Minato could do about investigating that at the moment.

He formed a sphere of swirling, blue chakra and thrust it towards Kyuubi, shouting "Rasengan!!" Blood splashed to the ground and Kyuubi let out an angry and pain-filled wail as he staggered backwards. He turned back to the Hokage that had attacked him and snarled angrily. His kit crouched down and lunged defensively in front of his father, barring his fangs warningly. Minato scowled. He had Gamakichi lunge for the beasts with his dagger, but even that didn't work. Nothing they did even wounded the two foxes any more. He soon told Gamakichi that he was no longer needed, and the giant toad vanished at that.

"There's no way I can take both of them out…" he muttered to himself, but Kushina heard.



"What are you going to do?" she asked apprehensively. She didn't like the look in his eyes. They were full of pain, indecision, and reluctance. He turned to her and let the full force of those emotions flow out into her own eyes.

"The only thing I can think of that'd work is to seal them inside of a human body," he said. His gaze fell on his newborn children, then back to Kushina. Her eyes widened when she realized his train of thought.

"Y-you don't mean…!" she muttered. "You can't possibly!!"

All Minato could do was nod. "It would involve me losing my life, but I'd rather die than let any more lives be lost. Konoha's lost enough at this point."

Kushina laid her head on Minato's chest. "No, you can't do this! You can't just throw your life away like this!!" she said, tears welling up in her eyes. Minato placed a hand under her chin and lifted her face to meet his. He smiled sadly.

"Kushina, I'd rather die that see you die. I'd give my life again and again if it meant keeping you safe. And if I seal these demons in Emi and Naruto, nothing bad can become of it for them. They'll become exponentially stronger…" He looked out over his village with a lump in his throat. "They'll be the heroes of Konohagakure, the ones who saved the village from the strongest of all the Bijuu and his child."

Kushina felt a few tears roll off her chin as she lowered her head. "If you need two sacrifices for this…" she said softly, catching Minato's attention. "Use me as well."

Minato held her shoulders and pulled her back. "No! I won't do that to you!" he protested, almost angrily. Kushina looked up at him with her sparkling, moist eyes.

"Please, Minato," she begged. "If you're going to die…I don't think I could handle being here…all alone…even with the children…" She let her head fall forward again. "I know it sounds selfish…I know I sound like such a horrible mother for saying this…but how can I be the cheerful, happy mother I'm supposed to be when I know you're dead?" More salty tears hit the cement below her feet. "Use me as the second sacrifice," she repeated her request, a bit firmer this time.

Minato looked from his wife to the two children in her arms. He stroked each of their cheeks and bit his lip once more until it almost bled. A loud roar made him turn to face the foxes, his decision made. He formed a long string of hand signs and said the fatal jutsus name. He looked to his wife, gave her a loving kiss, then placed a hand on her shoulder, placing a second hand on his daughter, Emi. A blinding flash of light appeared, and Kyuubi's kit screamed in shock and slight pain.

Kushina's eyes widened and she gasped for air, but found it impossible to breathe. She looked down at her children and gave each a quick kiss before turning to Minato and smiling warmly, the smile Minato had always adored about her. With that, she felt her world grow dark and cold, and collapsed to the ground.

Minato had gently taken the babies from Kushina before she fell lifeless to the cement, still slightly wearing the smile she had earlier. Tears trickled down his face as he turned away from her and performed the same technique on Naruto. He soon found that his throat felt like someone was squeezing it until his windpipe closed. He stared down at the Emi and Naruto and fell to his knees. He 

set each one down gently on the ground. All of the cheers from the villagers became vague for him. He looked up when he heard the slapping of sandals meeting pavement to see Jiraiya rushing towards him.

"Minato! Did you…?!" He trailed off when he saw Kushina's body and the seal marks now present on the twins' stomachs, as well as the whisker marks.

Minato just smiled. "Take care of them…for us…would ya, sensei?" he choked out. "At least…find them a place…to stay…" He coughed into his fist. "Make sure…no one…sees them as monsters…that no one talks about them…like that…no, make sure no one talks…about it at all…"

Jiraiya nodded as he lifted the two children up into his big arms. "What about you, Minato?" he asked warily.

"Sensei…I'm not going to make it," Minato said, running out of breath. "Just please…be a good godfather…and make sure they're…alright," he wheezed with a smirk. After that, Minato felt his eyes roll into the back of his head. His head made contact with the cement. That was the last thing he felt.

The last thing he heard was the cries of his newborn twins. He used the last of his effort to force out a smile as his heart took one, final beat.

Kushina…Naruto…Emi…

Ba-bump.

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