Prologue: The night of the Nine-Tails attack!

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, VIZ Media and Shonen Jump. Yukimura Uzumaki belongs to me. (Also, yes, foxes are just wild dogs for those of you who didn't know. This series is based off of the English dub of the Anime with some adjustments to it. There will also be references to anything related to samurai terminology or events.)

Twelve years ago, a nine tailed fox suddenly appeared! It's tails lashed out, smashing mountains and sending tidal waves crashing to the shores. The ninja rose up to defend their villages. One of them ordered out, "Hold the attack, and wait for the Fourth Hokage!" While another, who was seriously wounded shouted,"It's getting closer, don't let it near the village!"

Elsewhere...

"OH GODS! I'M GONNA DIE HERE!" Was all that could be heard at 1:00 in the morning at the Hidden Leaf Village's hospital. Outside the room, Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage was waiting impatiently for the birth of his new child. Yet he was also concerned about what happened moments earlier. A man with a flame patterned mask on his face with only one eyehole managed to extract the Nine-Tailed Fox from his wife, Kushina Uzumaki without managing to harm her. Minato encountered this man and fought furiously to protect his wife and unborn child. In the midst of the conflict, he managed to wound the man with his Rasengan combined with his Flying Raijin Jutsu. As he fled the man shouted, "This is far from over, Hokage!"

As he dwelt on the matter of who that man was in the hospital, one of the nurses approached him, "Lord Hokage. It's an emergency, your wife needs you." Minato rushed into the room donning his Hokage haori. Kushina was going through the most excruciating pain, as she had tears streaming down her face. Minato immediately rushed to her side and gripped her hand. "It's okay, honey. I'm here for you." The Red Hot Habanero looked to her husband, the yellow flash of the leaf village,"Minato..." Kushina let out one great push and screeched in agony as their child was about to come out. "Good work, milady. I can see his head, just keep pushing and you'll be fine." Kushina pushed with all her might then all was silent in the hospital, but it was quickly shattered by the crying of the Hokage's newborn son.

Minato and Kushina were overjoyed. "He's beautiful." Kushina held her child in her arms, "He has your hair, Minato, as well as my natural looks." Minato smiled, "Welcome into the world, Naruto Namikaze." However the young couple's happiness was shattered by a shaking of the land. Minato looked outside the window and couldn't believe what he saw. The Nine-Tailed Fox which was within Kushina had been released. "So that's what he was after." For a moment the Fox's eyes looked as if they were the same as the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, but then they switched to their normal animalistic ones. Kushina knew that the man who removed the fox from her could now no longer control it. Yet time was running short. "Minato. I can't have the energy to become the Jinchuriki for the Nine-Tails again, its too risky." Minato then looked at their son. "Maybe, but there is still hope. Naruto's the only hope that we as well as the Hidden Leaf Village has."

Kushina would've protested greatly, but knowing how dire the situation was, she nodded, "If he comes back with so much as a scrape, I'll kick your ass." Minato looked back at her as he left the room,"Got it, dear. Not a scratch!" He then teleported to an empty plain in the forest, then let loose some blood from his thumb as he hit it on the ground, "Summoning Jutsu!"In an instant and with a puff of smoke, Minato and Naruto were atop the back of Gamabunta, the giant toad that was often summoned by Minato's former sensei, Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin. "So I assume that the Nine-Tailed Fox is the reason you summoned me?" Minato nodded, "That's right. I need you to engage it while I try sealing it away inside the body of my son, Naruto." The great toad gripped his tanto dagger,"I'll see what I can do, Minato. I'll leave the sealing Jutsu to you."

As they lept to the battlefield, Minato could see a jonin run off with a boy in his right arm. The boy was shouting, "Lemme go! My mom and dad are still fighting back there!" When Gamabunta arrived, he instantly used the Toad Blade cut to weaken the fox severely, though it had already suffered enough by the attacks led by the Jonin defending the village against it. He was soon joined by his predecessor, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage. "It's been quite a while, Minato." The yellow flash of the Leaf Village nodded at the old man, "You seem to be faring well, Hiruzen." The old Hokage asked, "How do you plan to seal it away?" Minato showed his predecessor his son wrapped in a blanket,"I'm going to have Naruto be its Jinchuriki. I promised Kushina that I'd bring him back alive and in one piece, so I'll not be using the Reaper death seal for this round." Hiruzen nodded, "A risky plan, but it's worth a shot. Be careful, Lord Hokage."

Minato made the hand signs for his signature Eight trigram sealing Jutsu, as the Fox had already lacked all of it's Yin Chakra from the failed summoning. With this in mind, Minato activated his trump card, "Eight Trigram Sealing Jutsu!" The fox howled in anger as it was sealed away inside Naruto's body. Leaving only the seal itself on Naruto's belly and whisker markings on his cheeks, but the noise was so loud it caused him to cry. Minato, bounced his son within his arms, "Shhh. It's okay Naruto. Daddy's here for you." Hiruzen laughed in victory, "Well, we certainly put down one rabid dog, that's for certain." Minato chuckled alongside him. "Hiruzen, I would like for you to act as Hokage in times when I can't be available. Is that alright?" The old man nodded, "Of course. I can make it to see a few more decades." He then looked at Naruto, "This boy just saved us all. He'll grow up to be a great shinobi like his father. I'm certain of it." Minato smiled and headed back to the hospital.

When Kushina finally saw her husband and son again, she was relieved, "Oh thank goodness. You're both okay!" They kissed softly as Kushina held Naruto in her arms, he was smiling and giggling at his mother. Kushina looked to her husband, "Hey, Minato! Our son's got his own set of whiskers!" Minato nodded, then stared outside the window, watching the sun rise slowly in the milky sky. For on this day, millions of people were saved by his son: Naruto Namikaze, of the Village Hidden in the Leaves...