What up, back again. This is going to be a Naruto Neglect story. There will be a few things different from the cannon but I'll get to explaining most of them by next chapter. If you have any questions, ask. This chapter will just be a quick intro of the Kyuubi attack and a basic start.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto (Shocking)
Minato flashed into battle.
"Look, it's the Yondaime!" A few cheers came with the announcement, but Minato payed no notice to them. He surveyed the battlefield in front of him. The Kyuubi was tearing through the city, no doubt being controlled by the Uchiha that had ripped it out of his wife's stomach.
It turned its head and glared one massive eye at him and grinned. The moment it made eye contact, the killer intent intensified to a level he had never felt before.
"Minato, I have seen plenty of you while enchained in my past host. It will be a pleasure to rip you to shreds." The fox stated. It started sprinting towards him, plowing over buildings in its path like toy blocks. He motioned for his Anbu guard to appear behind him.
"Get as many civilians as you can out of here. Tell Jiraiya, Hiruzen, and Tsunade to meet me at the grounds. They'll know where." Minato ordered.
"But Hokage-sama-" The Anbu wasn't able to finish. "Go." They nodded and disappeared in swish of the wind. He turned his attention back to the fox in front of him.
"If you know so much about me, you should know how fast I am. Try and keep up." Minato stated while waiting for the demon to get closer and closer. Just before its outstretched claw pierced him, he teleported behind it. The beast immediately noticed and quickly turned around. Then, Minato just ran.
He jumped from ruin to ruin in an attempt to avoid the giant monster behind him. Each time he saw a body, he jumped down, grabbed it and teleported it away. However, the fox wasn't a fool. Each time he returned back, its paw was waiting over him ready to kill. Somehow, he managed to elude its clutches every time.
Minato glanced back at the beast while sprinting forward. Its fangs were bared in a giant grin, no doubt enjoying its game. Buts that's all it was, a game. It was toying with him, playing with its food. At any moment it could turn away from him and aim its attacks back on the village, he could not let that happen. He needed to buy time for the others. He debated summoning the toads to help, but using that much chakra wouldn't leave him with enough left to teleport the giant fox away. Same if he tried teleporting it away, he could only do that once and it had to be at the perfect time. For now he could only hope it would focus on him.
It continued like this for a while, Minato tried leading it to the outskirts of the village but being the demon it was, if often got distracted trying to destroy more buildings and wreak havoc.
The fox then leaped forward and flattened the building he was just standing on, but stopped immediately after. It gave him a quick grin before looked at the village behind it.
"We'll continue this little game after Yondaime. Maybe you'll have a little more fire knowing that you'll be avenging your entire village." It opened its maw and started forming chakra in its mouth. Minato's eyes fell down, he didn't buy enough time. He knew what he had to do. He had prepared the Reaper Death Seal, but hoped he would not have to use it.
He closed his eyes and began the hand signs, praying that his children would have a good life ahead of them. Yet, before he could finish them, he felt a familiar pull, one of his kunai was thrown into the ground. He couldn't keep his mouth from forming a grin.
"Hey Fox, lets have a little change in scenery." He yelled out. He then threw one of his special kunai over the fox and teleported away, pulling the demon fox with him.
He quickly took note of the ground around him. While he could barely make out anything in the dark of night, he could see a giant seal that was laid out and that at 3 of the corners sat Jiraiya, Hiruzen, and Tsunade. He jumped to the last corner, sparing a quick glance of the triplets behind him, before clasping his hands together in the Tiger hand sign.
"Fūinjutsu: Demon Splitting Technique." (Couldn't think of a better name, my bad) The ink painted across the ground light up in a brilliant flash and the demon fox let out a roar of pain. Parts of the ink, now glowing like lava, began to peel off the ground and attach itself to different parts of the fox. First the tails, and then slowly moving its way up the fox's body, immobilizing it as it went up. (He couldn't summon the toads because then he wouldn't have enough chakra to transport the fox and do the sealing. Same with trying to transport it to some other place. He only had enough to transport it once)
"You! You've made a permanent enemy Namikaze. How perfect that right after I fight you, I get to meet your children. I'll make their lives a living hell!" The beast let out one last laugh before lighting up and splitting into 3 swirling balls of light.
The largest and most impressive of the 3 went into the red haired girl. Next, the brightest of the 3, one which lit up the area around it like the sun, went into the yellow haired girl. Finally, the last one went into the small red haired boy (I felt for this kind of story to work and people to forget that he is Minatos son, he cant look exactly the same. With a slight change like hair color, he would no longer look like a mini Minato). This one may not have been as bright or big as the others, but it radiated a sense of darkness and evil which greatly overshadowed them.
Once the sealing was complete, the seals on the ground dimmed out and the field returned to darkness. Minato ignored the exhaustion he felt and ran over to the 3 children. He first grabbed the red haired girl.
"Machi," He said lovingly, she opened her eyes and smiled at the sound of his voice. She had violet eyes which sparkled as she reached her tiny arm out for his face. He then reached to pick up the other daughter. When she felt herself being lifted, she too looked up and he saw that she had violet eyes as well.
"Aiko, you both have eyes just like your mom. Luckily you, Aiko, got my hair." He joked as he let out a sob. He couldn't help but begin to tear up in joy as the others appeared behind him. He turned around and handed Menma to Tsunade and Mito to Jiraiya. He then reached down and picked up the final baby. His hair color was red and his most unique feature were the 3 whisker marks on each cheek. Once he was picked up, the baby opened its eyes to reveal a blue just like his, yet it showed no emotion, just stared. He feel his heart stop as fear crept into his mind. Had the seal failed? Finally he built up the courage to say.
"Naruto," At this the baby lightened up and sent a brilliant smile at Minato. Minato felt all the pressure building up in his chest go away all at once. It worked.
"Kushina is ok, she was roughed up a bit but that's to be expected. Her Uzumaki vitality will help her to a quick and full recovery. Now, the more pressing matter is the babies. Lets get them to the hospital where we can properly help them." Tsunade stated.
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The next day the Hokage stood atop the Hokage building looking at the ruined village in front of him. In front of him stood the citizens of the Leaf awaiting his announcement.
"Yesterday, we were attacked. However, no enemy can quell the Will of Fire." At this the crowd broke into cheers.
"I can now proudly present our saviors, Machi Namikaze, the holder of the 9 Tailed Fox's Yang Chakra, and Aiko Namikaze, the holder of the 9 Tailed Fox's Yin Chakra." He then presented the sleeping babies to Konoha.
"The Soul of the Fox was defeated and dispersed once we ripped and sealed its chakra away from it." This brought about an even bigger roar of applause. Little did they know that that very fox sat in the belly of a small red haired baby boy who was sleeping alone in an empty house, oblivious to the world around him.
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In front of him stood 4 people in the family grounds for their first day of training. One was his Tou-san, another his Kaa-san, but everyone already knew who the Hokage and his wife were. Then again, everyone also knew the hero sisters as well.
One was Machi Namikaze. At 6 years old, she was a cute, little thing. She looked like a carbon copy of her mother at that age. She had her mother's hair and eyes, but with her father's patience. However, once she reached the end of that patience, she could explode in a brilliant manner.
The other was Aiko Namikaze. She too had her mother's eyes, but with her father's yellow hair that she liked to put in a ponytail. She tended to complain a lot and seemed to only think about herself, but deep down she cared for everyone around her.
The missing member of the family sat on the porch watching the scene in front of him. This was Naruto Namikaze. He was a relatively quiet boy to people that didn't know him, very polite but also shy. On top of that, he showed great intelligence for his age. That was the facade he put up to most people and how he generally acted. When with those he deemed precious, he would occasionally crawl out of his shell and be a typical hyperactive kid (Regular Naruto just not as obnoxious).
This was not one of those days. It had started off to seem like it would be one, after all it was his 6th birthday. He had woken up as excited as can be. After struggling to get his clothes on, he raced downstairs for breakfast.
"Kaa-chan, what are we having for breakfast!" He yelled out to his mother before stopping and seeing his mother send a quick glare at him.
"Sorry for yelling, I'm just so excited." He said back, earning a smile from his mom. He then went to sit at the table next to his two sisters.
"Well you should be, it is your guys' 6th birthday." She said while bringing out plates for breakfast. Right then, another figure walked down the stairs and into the room. He gave a quick, pained glance to Kushina, before looking back at the kids with a light smile. He obviously didn't share the excitement for the day that the 3 children had.
Minato sat down at the table before helping himself to some of the breakfast that Kushina had prepared. He tried to calm himself down by listening to the excited babbling of his children, but the pit in his stomach seemed to be growing deeper and deeper. Especially when he heard Naruto's talk of becoming just as great a ninja as his father.
Once the meal was finished, he gave a quick nod to Kushina, prompting her to speak.
"Aiko-chan, Machi-chan, why don't us girls go out to the training. You Tou-san has to talk to Naruto about some yucky guy stuff." This caused Aiko to fake gag before rushing out of the house, followed by a much calmer Machi. Kushina smiled back at the 2 boys, before walking out the door as well.
Minato couldn't bear to look down at Naruto's excited face. After all, guy stuff revolved around being a ninja, saving the day and killing the bad guys. The opposite of what he was about say.
"Naruto, Your mother and I decided it was time to tell you something about you and your sisters. The night you were born, the 9 Tailed Fox attacked the village. To defeat it, we had to split it into 3 and seal it into 3 people. Those were you and your sisters." Naruto's eyes widened in fear.
"Now don't you go thinking you're the 9 Tails, because you're not. Yet, your situation is a bit different. Yours sisters were sealed with the chakra of the 9 tails. The day after the attack, we announced their status as heroes of the village." His eyes revealed that he had already noticed this special treatment. But that didn't explain what was so different about him.
"You got the other side of the bargain, the soul. We decided not to tell the village in fear that they might attack and mistreat you." Naruto accepted this, while a little hurt, it made logical sense. Minato's expression stayed blank, dreading the next sentence.
"Because they have the chakra, we have decided to begin their training earlier than yours." Minato chose to stare directly above the boy, not willing to look at him. "If their chakra got out of hand, it could hurt everyone in the village, including you. We have to insure that their control will never break. This was a hard decision for your mother and I to make. You will join your sisters for training on your 8th birthday." After finishing, he built up the courage to look down at the boy.
There was definitely sadness in his eyes, he was trembling as well. But there were no tears. His fists were clenched tight, but he still stared his father straight in the eye.
"I understand, the safety of the village must come first." Naruto responded. Suddenly, Minato didn't see his 6 year old child in front of him, but a shinobi of the leaf. One bearing the Will of Fire. Relief flooded over him.
Luckily this was Naruto, if it had been Aiko, she probably would've blown up screaming, and then been reduced to tears. If it had been Machi, it probably would've been enough to break her wall and bring about one of her legendary tantrums.
"Thank you for understanding. You will grow into a fine shinobi of the leaf." Minato said before walking to where the girls were waiting. For the first time that day, a true smile reached his lips, after all, he finally got to train his two girls.
Intro done.
The names may suck, but I couldnt think of any so I looked up baby names. For this story, I figured Minato just went really hardcore in preparing for his kids, so he planned a seal that would split the fox if it escaped. However, that needed 4 Kage lvl shinobi, so the 3rd and Sannin. If you didn't catch it, I made the balls the fox correspond to the type of chakra. The 1st being really big, the Yang chakra because thats physical. The 2nd being really bright, the spiritual. The 3rd being dark, the soul. I felt pretty proud of that despite it having almost 0 relevance to the rest of the story. If you have any questions, ask.
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