Twisted Rage: Prologue

When the Kyuubi is sealed within Naruto, it is sealed permanently. Naruto will never gain the Kyuubi's powers, but what other tainted powers has this change unleashed? AU, what a surprise. Naruto-centric.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but this idea is mine.

"What! You can't do this to yourself, Minato! You can't do this to your wife, to your child!" The former Hokage, the Professor, was pleading with the Fourth as they awaited the delivery of his son. They had turned a few heads, but none had heard what Minato said.

"You can't make me change my mind, Sandaime-sama. I'm doing what must be done. You don't know the seal well enough to perform the rite properly, and I couldn't ask someone else to do my work for me." The blond seemed almost dejected, as though he was resigned to this fate before they even knew it would happen.

In any other time, or place, Hiruzen might have been complacent, knowing what Minato said was correct. But that wasn't the case now. They were in a hospital, there were Yamanaka present. With a little power abuse, Hiruzen could have Minato out cold and do a memory transfer within five minutes. He sighed, acting as defeated as he could as he rushed through the hospital to find an uninjured Yamanaka.

A syringe, full of anesthetic, was about to make it's way into a patient's room as Hiruzen was going to find the Yamanaka he needed. The patient can wait for his pain-killers. I need them more... Snatching up the small tool, the Professor came across just the person he needed. "Inoichi-san, I need to call in that favor you promised." The man's eyes shifted slightly, and his voice was low. "Can it wait? My wife is having her ultrasound done, and if I'm not here when she's done, she won't tell me what my sweet baby's gender will be!" Hiruzen arched a brow. "It can't wait, and it won't, Inoichi-san." The man quietly complied.

Minato could still be seen waiting outside the delivery room, twiddling his fingers. A kind pat on the back later, and the syringe-full of morphine was in his system. He'd be out for the rest of the attack, at the very least. "Alright, Inoichi. You know what to do. Find the 'Shiki Fuujin' and transfer it to me." The Yamanaka nodded, a little afraid to be poking around the brain of his own kage.

As he searched through the mind of the famed Yellow Flash, he came upon what was needed. It was a bit foggy from the morphine, but it was so close to the forefront of his mind that a little morphine wouldn't be any trouble. He extracted the memory almost instantly, not wanting to need to think about it's complexities.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped out into the battlefield, child crooked under one arm. The boy was cooing softly, thanks to the older man's extensive training with little children. As they came closer to the epicenter of the battle, Hiruzen became more and more saddened to see the dozens of bodies littering the earth, their only purpose to distract the great beast long enough for a single child to be born and take up the burden of containing it. Hiruzen had seen the seal Minato planned to use, and it both shocked and disgusted the man. He was willing to turn his own son into a... Jinchuuriki. Hiruzen would have none of it, knowing a seal that would seal the fox just as effectively with the Death God's help, but would forever lock it away in the child, never allowing it to surface. The beast would have escaped with the death of the boy, or even emotional stress, under Minato's eight-trigram seal. Hiruzen would use ten.

The Kyuubi turned to face it's final adversary of it's long life, a wrinkled, aging man, with a child under his arm. A tiny part of his mind, which still contained the self-respect of the Juubi, was laughing uncontrollably, but his summoner, his controller, brought him to attack the man as quickly as he saw the seals flash out from his hands.

The beast had spotted him, and too soon at that. There probably wouldn't be any time to finish the ancient rite to summon the Shinigami, but he had to try. He wasn't the God of Shinobi for nothing. Under his arm, the small child began going through changes. His cries became more urging, more animal. Hiruzen didn't hear, not having the acute hearing of a father that could catch that same wail even over the beast's roars.

As he finished the sealing, the Shinigami appeared, stopping the beast in it's tracks. Hiruzen made his request, and the Shinigami's daunting, tattooed arm tore the fox from it's body, the body itself disintegrating with the loss of the spirit. The god waited patiently for Hiruzen to finish the seals on the child's stomach, it had waited a long time for this soul, but now, in a wonderful twist of luck, he would be given the right to consume it himself!

The seal complete, and the fox safely contained within, Hiruzen finally realized what he had done. "This child... his... chakra... so tainted by the beast... If only I had... used the Eight-Trigram... The beast would have repaired this taint with it's regenerative powers... but... not now... I am sorry, Minato... I hope you can forgive me for the curse I've placed on your boy... Poor... li...ttle... Naru...to..."

Thud.

Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep

"We're losing her! We're LOSING HER!" Beep... "Damnit! Not now! She's losing too much blood! Is there any more B+ in storage?" Beep... "We're out! The wounded coming in from the attack have used all of it up!" Beep... ... ...

Crap I want to say: ohhhh, I feel so cruel, starting another big thing like this. The ending for the first chapter wasn't very kind, either... I did this because I simply couldn't hold this one in any longer, it was causing too much mental stress on me. First chapter's rather short, but most prologues are. Oh well, I can deal with it, let's see if anyone else can!