All Because of a Tanto

Prologue

Disclaimer - The concept of Naruto belongs to Kishimoto, I do not own it in any shape or form. All I own are a few OCs.

"Speaking"

"Whispering"

'Thoughts'

This is my first fan fiction I've written, hope you all enjoy.

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Today was far from a normal day. His attractive wife finally gave birth to their baby boy after a long nine months. He sighed, 'Fantastic timing..'. A loud roar in the distance was all the man needed to know the position of the giant beast threatening Konoha. His village, his home. He had known it was coming, border patrols had alerted him days ago. But he refused to believe it was true, even though his wife was slowly dieing away in her hospital bed. A cry from said wife broke both his concentration and his heart.

Years ago they had met. Even back in the academy she was stunning and beautiful. To this day, Namikaze Minato had no clue how Uzumaki Kushina, the hottest, most elegant kunoichi managed to fall for him. Not that he'd ever tell anything about those doubts. The blond man had his red haired princess, and that was all that mattered. However, a shout from a doctor shattered these comforting thoughts. 'No…I thought she had at least another hour...NO!'

"Kushina!" yelled the blue eyed blond, running from his position in the chair to her bedside.

"Na…ruto?" Kushina moaned out.

"He's here Shi-chan," Minato spoke softly, motioning to the baby in the bundle of blankets. She reached out blindly to her newborn child, her eyes scrunched up in the pain of being subjected to her own birth complications. Kushina knew she would not survive a second labour, but fate seemed to despise her as her first child was born female.

"And…Aiko?"

Minato had told her when they were dating, how much he wanted a baby girl and a baby boy.

"I'm here, mommy." said the red-headed enigma known as Aiko.

Kushina smiled. She so desperately wanted to live, but her selfless desires which made her an outstanding kunoichi won once again. Little did she know, her Minato was down for an appointment with the Shinigami.

-x-x-Timeskip 30 Minutes-x-x-

The red chakra of the dreaded fox demon slowly fading away, the swinging of its nine disturbingly, enchanting tails disappeared.

"Yondaime-sama!"

"You did it, Hokage-sama!"

Minato put on a forced face for his ninja and civilians, looking as though nothing happened, that his secret wife of three years had not passed away just minutes ago. As though he had not condemned his only son to a life of shunning and hatred. As though his daughter of two years would not be forced to grow up fast, to look after her hour old brother.

Supporting his weight was his predecessor, Sarutobi Hiruzen. Minato sighed. He could literally feel himself slipping further into the Shinigami's grasp.

"Hiruzen…you know this already don't you?" Minato spoke.

"Hmph, only four years into my retirement Minato-kun," said the God of Shinobi.

"Thank you Hiruzen, Kami knows Konoha does not need a man like Danzo leading us after this…"

With those words, the mighty Yellow Flash of Konoha, the Yondaime Hokage, the Husband of Uzumaki Kushina and the father of Uzumaki Aiko and Uzumaki Naruto, fell into the chilling depths of the Shinigami's arms.

"I'm afraid I have to leave as well, Hiruzen." the monkey king Enma spoke. "But before I do, what's going to happen to the boy?"

-x-x-Timeskip-x-x-

"Konoha! Before me lies Uzumaki Naruto. The container of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Namikaze Minato sealed the demon fox into young Naruto, and he wished for him to be treated as another normal boy," boomed the voice of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The reaction was a deafening silence. Then another shout emerged.

"Kill the demon before it can escape Sandaime-sama!"

The shout was just the beginning of a massive chain reaction.

"Silence!", spoke the Sandaime.

"Do you honestly believe that the Yondaime knows nothing about seals? That you have no faith in both his work nor his wishes?" The man who was speaking was no longer Sarutobi Hiruzen, but the survivor of all three Great Wars, the being who was proclaimed as the God of Shinobi.

The citizens were left in an awkward silence, feeling indecisive at their behaviour.

"Sir, the council requests an audience with you at 0320 hours," an ANBU whispered into his ear.

Hiruzen sighed, he wasn't done. If he was to leave now, who knows what the reaction to Naruto may end up being. And the council "requests" an audience with him? More like demands. Another thing he must fix. Oh how he wished to stay in retirement and with his family.

Regardless of his desires, his village needed him.

The God of Shinobi spoke, "I'll be there".

And so ended the tenth day of October.

So, this was my first ever fan fiction. What did you think of it? Please review and let me know.