It was a dark night in October. A tall blond sat at his table writing on a piece of paper. Thunderous roars and gigantic explosions shook the very foundation of the Hokage tower. Minato glanced over at the crib and a single tear rolled down his left cheek.

To say that this was by far the hardest decision he had ever had to make was like saying he could beat a civilian in a fight, however he knew what he had to do. Minato understood that the decision was far bigger than him, it was bigger than his son, who lay sleeping in his crib unaware of what was about to happen, hell it was bigger than all of Konoha. Minato knew that if he didn't do this, the whole world would be in danger.

With that fact in mind the arguably greatest Ninja ever steeled his resolve and finished his letter. He slipped the letter into a secret compartment in the Hokage desk with a note on the front for the next Hokage. Minato then walked over to the crib Picked up his blond son and gave him one final kiss before placing him in a baby carrier on his back and exited through the window.

-20 miles away-

Minato flashed through a set of seals that had become second nature to him after using them uncountable times before. In a puff of Smoke Minato appeared on top of a giant toad. "So Minato is it time?" Asked the giant toad know as Gamabunta. "Indeed it is gama-chan" replied the only man who could ever get away with calling The 50 story tall toad that and not die.

"Ha even in the face of death you still are that arrogant punk that Summoned me 15 years ago" Jiraya boomed out in a mocking yet sad tone "I'm gonna miss you boy" He continued in voice that only Minato and the baby on his back could hear. "I'm going to miss you to Gama-chan….I'll have a veritable ocean of sake for you for when you finally croak…..no pun intended" The Fourth Hokage said jokingly

"He you would…. But do me a favor and make it an ocean of whisky instead of that dog piss you call alcohol" Minato laughed at this " Will do Gama-chan…But really we need to start this, even though I would much rather argue about alcohol"

With that Gamabunta took a giant leap landing right in front of the Kyubi. The large toad dodged several tail swipes with quickness that nobody would expect from such a stocky figure. He then preformed a joint Underworld Swamp Technique with Minato. The result was the entire battlefield being turned into a gigantic swamp. The swamp trapped the Kyubi and held him still.

Gamabunta jumped and landed next to the giant fox. This allowed Minato to jump onto Kyubi. He set Naruto down on the fox's head and whipped out a scroll. He unrolled the scroll and placed it on the fox right nest to his son. He then went through a set of handseals and called out a jutsu name that he had truly hoped he would never have to use. "Fuuinjutsu Shiki Fuujin!!"

The Shingami appeared on the Kyubi's head and shot through Minato, the scroll, Kyubi and finally stopped in Naruto. Usually the hand would be pulled back, but because of the scroll a Kyubi was sealed into Naruto. Minato knowing he had little time before he was sealed into the shingami's stomach rushed over to Naruto and quickly yet neatly drew a seal on the young blonde's stomach. Minato felt his soul being pulled out of him as the Shingami's arm started retracting.

"Naruto I know you cant understand me but I love you and your mother would be extremely proud of you if those bastards hadn't assassinated her… We both support you in whatever you do and we will both be watching over you" those were the last word Minato would ever speak as a living being. He faded away into the sweet bliss of death. Minato didn't even notice the dark silhouette that was standing watching the mans final interaction from further down the giant foxes back.

As soon as Minato had fully left the realm of the living the fox's body vanished into thin air. Naruto's body however floated softly to the ground.

Up in heaven Kushina looked down at her lover and son. As she wept she started to weep softly before she felt the comforting hand of her brother on her shoulder. She turned to him and looked directly into his eyes and said " I need to help Minato"

-Six years later to the day-

A short, blond boy wearing an orange jumpsuit was running for his life. Chasing him was a mob. He was used to running from the normal mobs that plagued him despite the old mans attempts to stop them, however on this day October 10th and his birthday no less the mobs always seemed much larger and more bent on maiming him.

Naruto made a quick sharp turn around a corner and then down an ally. He did it in a way that nobody chasing him would see. He slowly backed into the shadows cursing his orange clothing yet again. Orange really was his favorite but for clothing he wanted a more rust color that would blend, but nobody would sell him that, or l else for that matter.

As he saw the first couple of people rounding the corner he backed further into the ally only to run into something hard, yet not as hard as a wall or post. The young blond slowly turned around and gazed up trying to peer through the darkness. The only things he could make out were two shining blue orbs.

Naruto gasped as he heard a voice said "Fuuinjutsu Manako Chouin Waza". Naruto felt no pain but his entire world went black.

AND SO BEGINS: If the World Went Black