Hayyy so this is my first naruto fanfic and yeh i guess i just wanted to give it a go! any and all advice is always welcome! And sorry for any mistakes i make, i dont have a beta hahah :))

Disclaimer: I don't own the ideas behind this story, im simply extending and twisting them a bit.

A handsome man, around twenty years old, sat in front of a huge desk that had piles of paperwork stacked up on top of it. This man had spiky blonde hair that reached the very tips of his shoulder blades with two long bangs coming down on either side of his angular face. Bright blue eyes, like sapphires, constantly flicked from the papers in front of him to the clock mounted on the wall. Every now and then his leg would spasm slightly and would kick out – much to his great embarrassment and frustration. It wasn't really his fault however. This man was Minato Namikaze, the newly appointed yondaime hokage, and highly skilled ninja weren't used to just sitting around doing nothing. It was his first week in the office and to be brutally honest, it sucked. Minato had been expecting there to be excitement and all sorts to be required of the strongest ninja in the village, not his approval on the most menial things possible. Who would have thought that it would need the hokages approval to assign a mission to a bunch of twelve year olds to paint a fence. Surely someone else could do this. That was going to be the first thing on his list – find some unsuspecting chunin and make them hand out missions. Maybe not the higher ranked ones but definitely these ones.

Another glance at the clock showed only three minutes had past since his last check, causing Minato to sigh. He was supposed to be having lunch with his fiancé at one and it couldn't come quick enough. His fiancé was a beautiful kunoichi, with waist length red hair and sparkling violet eyes. She was a couple of years younger then him, only 18, but was easily one of his most powerful shinobi. She was also known as the 'Red hot-blooded Habanero' for her temper. Kushina Uzumaki her name was. They had met in the academy and after a bit of trouble with Kumo shinobi, they had been close ever since. When he was sixteen, he finally drew up enough courage to ask her out and she accepted. Then, three more years later, he asked her to marry him. Thank God she accepted once more and they were due to get married in a couple of months from today. Whilst some may say that getting married at 20 is young, shinobi have dangerous and short lives usually and they must take advantage of every good thing they have, otherwise they could miss their chance.

Kushina had just gotten back from an extended mission protecting the fire daimyos daughter-in-laws mother for several weeks and they had immediately made plans to see each other. Whilst it wasn't a particularly dangerous mission, it was long and he missed her greatly. Finally the clock ticked over to 1 O'Clock and minato stood up with a groan. His legs had gone to sleep from being inactive for so long, causing pins and needles to shoot through them for several moments until settling back down. His door opened and his middle-aged secretary popped her head in.

"Hokage-sama where are you going?" She demanded overly sweetly. She had smile plastered on her face that made the yondaime swallow nervously.

"I uh have a very important lunch appointment." He replied.

"I don't have anything booked in."

Minato slowly inched towards the window, the only available escape route. "Yes I was going to tell you about it but forgot." He rubbed the back of his head with his hand before giving her a quick salute. "See ya round then." And with that he leapt out the window and crossed several rooftops in a matter of seconds, leaving his annoyed secretary to frown and mutter curses about a certain blonde haired ninja.

When Minato arrived at their agreed lunch spot, a tiny ramen stand called Ichiraku's, the first thing his eyes were drawn to was the beautiful woman sitting there waiting for him. There was bags under her eyes, testament to her mission, but other then that her face radiated love and contentment. Minato was by her side in a split second and she was in his arms a moment later. Wisps of her hair tickled his nose lightly and he inhaled her unique scent, a mixture of rose and citrus. They broke apart slightly to stare into one anothers eyes, silently reasuuring each other that they were there, alright, once more.

A slight chuckle broke the couple apart with bright red faces and they turned to see Hiruzen Sarutobi, the sandaime hokage smiling at them from the booth.

"Not even a week in and youre already shirking work to come see your fiancé." He teased. "Not off to the best start there."

Minato smiled sheepishly but wrapped an arm around his girls waist. "I told you when I took this job that she comes first. And when I have kids one day in the future, they'll come first as well."

Shinobi are trained to react to the slightest thing, whether it's the twitch of an eye that indicates theyre uncomfortable, or the snap of a twig, or even body language – all these things are what keep shinobi alive in the field. As Minato was a shinobi, there was no way he missed the tensing of Kushina's shoulders when he mentioned kids. A feeling of nervousness grew in his stomach and the edge of his smile slipped slightly. Not wanting to draw attention to it, he pulled Kushina to the booths and they quickly ordered mass amounts of ramen for the both of them. It was a sort of tradition – whenever they hadn't seen each other for a while, they would reunite over bulk ramen.

They talked with Hiruzen for a while before he excused himself and left the two alone. Instead of the conversation flowing however, it stopped almost completely and Minato could tell something was bothering her.

"Kushina?" He asked quietly, placing his hand over hers. There were a multitude of scars on her hands, obvious signs of someone who fights for a living. "What's wrong, you can tell me."

She refused to look at him for a second before turning to face him directly. A range of emotions were clear in her eyes, from worry to happiness and sadness and anger and fear among others, all mixed together, and minato found himself dreading what she had to say. It was hard to believe that not 5 minutes earlier they had been laughing and joking around happily.

"Minato." She said quietly. "Something happened while I was on the mission."

A million possibilities ran through his mind of what it could be, some worse then others. He nodded for her to continues, joining her in taking a deep breath first however.

"We were in a skirmish with some mercenaries, nothing too troublesome, but I got overconfident and got my arm cut up by a stray kunai. It wasn't a bad cut and after the fight we got it healed up, but the medic nin discovered something." She paused for a second. "I'm pregnant minato."

For a moment there was absolute silence. And then the sound of a certain blonde shinobi hitting the floor in a dead faint.

Roughly 7 months later

A bloodcurling scream rang through the peaceful village air, causing many of the citizens, both civilian and shinobi alike to wince before continuing on with whatever they were doing. Today was a monumental day in Konoha, a day many had been waiting for for many months. Today, was the day that – Another shriek ripped through the air, followed shortly by words.

"GET THIS FUCKING BABY OUT OF ME RIGHT THIS INSTANT."

Yes. Today was the day that Kushina Uzumaki gave birth.

After Minato's unexpected nap all those months ago, he had quickly convinced Kushina that he was ecstatic about it and whilst it was sooner then he had expected, he didn't mind at all. They had gotten married just like they had planned – even if her dress did need to be loosened a bit around the stomach. When the time finally came for Kushina to give birth, Minato held nothing back, making sure that she had every bit of protection available. He had a great many enemies who would love to hurt him by targeting his family and right now she was at her most vulnerable.

Not only that, but because of her 'tenant' extra preparations had to be made to make sure that nothing went wrong. The village really didn't need a several hundred metre tall 9-tailed fox strolling through it anytime soon. He had written extra seals on her during the birth and was constantly monitoring the seal strength but unfortunately it required a whole lot of concentration and her screaming wasn't helping.

"YOU ASSHOLE!" Kushina bellowed at her husband. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. YOU JUST HAD TO GO AND GET ME FUCKING PREGNANT!"

Minato nodded and patted her hand while giving her a reassuring smile. "Yes it's all my fault honey."

"DON'T FUCKING PATRONISE ME YOU BASTARD!" The last word was muffled however as it transformed into a scream.

Minato gulped and looked towards the medic, who just happened to be Tsunade, the most skilled medic alive and member of the sannin. They had agreed that the less people who knew their location the better, but wanted the best. Tsunade was the obvious choice. "How much longer?"

Tsunade gave him a small smile. "Not long now, another half hour at most."

Unfortunately, Kushina heard the last bit. "ANOTHER HALF-HOUR? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? THERE'S NO WAY THIS BABY IS A GIRL, SHE WOULD NEVER BE THIS FUCKING STUBBORN."

Tsunade laughed and was about to reply when Kushina suddenly gasped and clutched at her chest, where the seal holding the Kyuubi inside her was located at the same time Minato felt alarms go off in his seals.

"Minato somethings wrong." She gasped out. "Kyuubi is getting out."

He gritted his teeth and laid his hands on her chest. Blue chakra swirled around them and symbols appeared, pulsing with red and blue light. Tsunade could see that the red chakra was slowly overtaking the blue and she knew it wasn't a good sign. The moment the red chakra left a part of the seal, it disappeared. She wasn't an expert on sealing like Jiraiya, Minato or Kushina, but she knew that it wasn't a good sign.

Another contraction wracked Kushinas body and she faltered a bit, her heart stopping for a second. Her body was undergoing far too much pressure, she wouldn't be able to maintain it for long.

"Minato, we need to get the baby out now. She can't handle this for much longer."

Minato only grunted in reply but forced more chakra into the seal, forcing the red back a bit. Tsunade took this as confirmation and began to prepare her medical ninjutsu to rush the last stage of birth a bit. Within a couple of minutes, there were results and she could see the head of the baby.

"Come on Kushina you can do this." She heard Minato panting quietly. There was a grey tinge to her face that scared Tsunade a bit and she rushed the birth even more.

"One more push." Tsunade told her almost-daughter figure. "Just give me one more push."

Kushina just nodded and pushed, too exhausted to even scream anymore. She kept the pressure on for as long as she could, and when she finally released, the sound of a bawling baby met her ears. Tsunade quickly dealt with the umbilical cord and cleaned him up a bit, wiping all the fluids off as best as she could. She could still hear Minato panting while trying to suppress the Kyuubi, but it wasn't nearly as labored as before. When she was done cleaning the baby, she brought it to the parents and presented it. The baby had a tuft of blonde hair, the exact colour of Minato's, but had Kushina's violet eyes. It's facial features seemed to be evenly divided from both parents, with Minato's angular features and Kushina's slim and slender build and the skin was lighter then Minato's but darker then Kushina's.

"Minato, Kushina." Tsunade stated softly. "Let me introduce you to your daughter. Naruto Namikaze."

Kushina, despite her near-passed-out state, managed to reach forward and cradle the baby girl into her side. Naruto had stopped crying and was sleeping peacefully, with the occasional gurgle. Minato on the other hand was staring at the baby in slack jawed amazement. His hands slipped forward to press against her delicate cheeks. In the next moment red chakra spilled from Kushinas chest in a sudden burst, causing the new mother to arch her back with the force of it. He shouted at Tsunade to take Naruto and get her away. She grabbed the baby girl, who had started crying once more, and ran away from the room. She hated to leave two of her most precious people but she had no choice. They would never forgive her if something happened to Naruto. The best thing she could do is go get backup as quickly as possible.

Minato tried to shove the chakra back into his wife but it quickly became evident he had no hope of succeeding. Kushina's seal had become too damaged to function properly and if he drew another one on her in her current state it would kill her. He couldn't seal the Kyuubi inside himself as his body wasn't able to host it's enormous chakra now. His pathways had already settled and set a long time ago. His only option… was to seal the kyuubi inside his newborn daughter. Minato's eyes widened in horror and realization as this is what he would have to do. He remembered telling Sarutobi that he would put his family over his hokage job but now, when it came down to it, he just couldnt do it. He couldn't let the kyuubi get free and kill many innocent people when he could have stopped it. Resigning himself to it, Minato drew up a quick chakra suppression seal that should delay the kyuubi until he could get everything ready.

Fortunately, the seal worked and the flow of red chakra slowed somewhat, but he knew that he still didn't have a whole lot of time. With one last look at his unconscious wife, the yondaime flashed away to his home. He wrote a quick note to Kushina and to naruto, so that they would have something of him when he died tonight. It was so surreal. He was going to die. He was only 20.

Shaking his head sharply, there was no time for depressing thoughts, he had a mission to do. He grabbed a clean scroll and as carefully as he could, wrote out the design for the seal needed, even the slightest mistake could kill them all. When he was done, Minato rolled it up and flashed back to the cave, careful to leave the two letters on the table for his two girls.

When he got back to the cave however, Minato received a shock. He had expected to have to hunt down his daughter, but there she was, with Sarutobi and Tsunade right beside her. And the most surprising, Sarutobi was nearly done drawing a seal identical to his own on his daughters chest.

"What are you doing?" He asked dumbly.

The two elder shinobi looked up at him with sadness but also resignation in their eyes.

"I think you know the answer." Tsunade said softly. He completed the last stroke of the brush and the seal gave a pulse for a second before settling back down. It was ready to be activated. The edge of the compression seal he placed on Kushina peeled off and Hiruzen was about to start the process when Minato stopped him.

"Wait." He called out, grabbing the sandaimes arm. "I'm the hokage, it's my duty to sacrifice everything for the village. I should be doing this."

Hiruzen looked at him with age old eyes, so much experience, so much love and pain held within them that Minato felt like a child in front of his father. "I never expected you to. I may not be the hokage anymore but I still have a duty to protect the village, just like any leaf ninja. If my last act of life ensures that you can live out the rest of your life with your wife and daughter, then I will die happy. Grant me this last request Minato. Live happy."

Minato nodded slowly and released his grip on the old mans arm. "Thank you Hiruzen, I'll make sure that the village knows what happened here tonight. You were the best of us."

Sarutobi nodded and exchanged one last glance with Tsunade before turning back to the baby girl. It was obvious that they had spoken before in private and had nothing left to say. Well almost nothing.

"I'll miss you sensei." Tsunade whispered.

He didn't reply, but a smile crossed his face as he ripped of the compression seal and he activated the shiki fuiin seal. Immediately semi-transparent claw burst through the red chakra swarming out of Kushina's chest, followed by a whole lot more. Sarutobi yelled and blue light burst around in a wave, pushed the red back. A figure arose from the very centre, a being that flickered and made you want to look away. No words were needed, as both parties understood what needed to be done, and the cost for it. The being grabbed the claw and dived into the baby. The three conscious people watched in awe as the being disappeared, but appeared to drag the kyuubi with him. Slowly the rest of the body was dragged out of Kushina and into Naruto. When it was finished however, the seal twisted into more of a tattoo shape with swirls and flame like structures all spreading out from the middle, a bit like wings. The being re-emerged from Naruto and turned to Hiruzen, completely ignoring the other two. None of them knew what to expect next but what they didn't expect is for him to speak.

"It is done. I have sealed the Kyuubi into this child. Your seal wasn't enough though. I have taken favor upon you for your selflessness and bravery and have modified the seal so that it can contain the full power of the Kyuubi. I require my payment now however." It's voice was powerful, and it took all Minato's willpower to remain on his feet.

Sarutobi nodded and stood tall as the being reached forward and pressed a single finger over his heart. His breathing faltered, and then, in a flash of light, the being disappeared and the sandiame hokage collapsed. Tsunade caught him and carefully laid him down. A soft smile was spread on his face in death and she couldn't stop a tear from falling as she kissed his forehead one last time. It was so quiet after all the drama that it was almost painful. Taking a deep breath, Minato pulled Tsunade to her feet and turned to where Kushina was curled around her daughter. They both slept peacefully.

"This is what he died for." Minato said softly. "This, and the village."

"Lets not let him down then." Tsunade agreed.

So this was it! I guess im just going to see how people like this before seeing if i'll write anything else! like i said, advice is always welcome like seriously reviews guys ahah ;) but nah i guess just thanks for reading my story! x