Deep in the forest surrounding the leaf village Minato and Kushina collapse running out of time to be in this world. Sarutobi sadly watching the life slip from the grasps.
"Here Sarutobi, take him and keep him safe please." Minato said smiling sadly. "Sorry old friend it looks like your getting stuck with all that paper work again."
As he starts to hand the baby to the old man he jerks back watching a sword slash through the air only moments ago occupied by flesh.
"Get away from here you snake." Sarutobi yelled taking a defensive stance in between his dying comrade, the child and Orochimaru."
"Sorry sensei, I can't let that thing slip away from me and be handed over to the village. Just think of the scientific breakthroughs I could make with him." Orochimaru replied smiling with tongue swaying like a total creeper.
Sarutobi and Orochimaru square off as Minato slides away to a tree where he cradles his son close to his chest. Soaking in every detail of his boy before he leaves this word for good he doesn't notice the person standing next to him. He jumps with a startle pulling out a kunai but dropping it and falling to a knee. He realizes how truly weak death makes you.
Barely being able to kneel let alone hold his son the stranger calmly walks up to him and takes the boy from his arms. Minato tries to refuse and hold on but collapses to the ground. He rolls over so he can at least know who to curse in the next world. What he sees not only makes he face look whiter than death has but eyes bulge out in saucers. This person was not suppose to be alive most did not even think he existed, only a fairy tale told to young ninjas.
"Relax my boy, I will take him from here and train him to be strong." The wanderer says. (think of a chilled out old guys voice with a hint of youthful joy)
To weak to speak now he only stares at his only son longingly and nods to the wanderer. The man take the child to his father for one final goodbye. Eyes stinging with tears Minato kisses his forehead. The wanderer disappears as if he were never there not even leaving the faintest of traces.
Sarutobi and Orochimaru still going at when the snake finally notices Minato's still form without the baby with him. He takes an angry slash at his former sensei. But not being one to lose his cool for to long.
"Well sensei I bid you a farewell, the child is gone but he will be mine and I will be back and when I am you and that village of yours will perish in the wind, not even a trace will be spared." Orochimaru salutes then fades with the surrounding leaves.
Sarutobi walks to his predecessor and sees him in his peaceful eternal slumber. He picks him and his wife up to return them to the village for a proper ceremony and burial. " I will find him, I swear it on my life I will have him back in the village." And with that he disappears towards the village to begin the restoration of the Leaf.
