The Fox, The Raven, and The Cat Raise Hell
Chapter 1 – Kyuubi's Attack, Karasu's Deal
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Konohagakure no Sato – Hi no Mori
October 10th – Twelve Years before Start of Series
"Hokage-sama!!" Namikaze Minato rubbed his ears after the screech of his former teammate, now secretary, Haruno Yasha screeching out at him in distress. "There are demons at the gate, our ninja began defending and they started attacking us!"
"Demons… plural…? I really don't like the sound of that…" Minato mused, looking at Yasha as if to say to explain.
"Well, the Kyuubi no Kitsune and Nibi no Nekobaa are attacking us. And we have reports of the Eitouingu no Karasu flying in our direction as well!" Minato cursed at that revelation. He looked out toward the hospital where his son had just been born, his other family resting there right along with him. His wife would surely die of the stress if she were to learn of the massive demonic attack that was occurring.
"Yasha, send word to the hospital that they are to keep my family asleep and accounted for, any more stress and Kushina-chan is sure to die of it all. I won't allow that to happen." Minato said, looking out toward the hospital again. "And send my son here to me. I want to see him before I condemn the fates of those needed to save my home."
"At once, Hokage-sama." Yasha said, bowing before vanishing.
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Roughly ten minutes later, Jiraiya appeared in a Shunshin, holding a small blonde baby-boy.
"So, she sent you instead?" Minato asked, biting his thumb as he prepared to perform a summoning, forcing himself to ignore the pain as he drew some blood.
"I'm much faster than your old teammate. I can guess you're going to, but please tell me you don't intend on sealing the Kyuubi inside the boy?" Jiraiya asked, Minato saying nothing. "I was afraid of that. Any last requests, Minato?"
"Just one. See if you can survive sealing the Nibi into some kind of bottle or jar or something. Naruto was the only baby born today, and even if another was born, we can't condemn two children." Minato said, taking his son into his arms. He slammed his left hand into the ground, a massive puff of smoke appearing before showing the Chief-Toad, Gamabunta, ready to go, pipe and all.
"What's going on here Minato? I see two of the more dangerous Bijuu attacking, surely you don't mean to have me defeat them, do you? I still have to achieve my dream of making a Snake-skin wallet." The Chief might not have been the most motivated, but he was certainly confident in his personality.
"Just need you to distract them for a little while, Chief!" Minato shouted, Gamabunta smiling as he leapt off with tremendous force in his jump.
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Gamabunta landed directly in front of the Kyuubi, sword drawn into a defensive position. "Hurry it up, Minato! I won't be able to hold him off for long, hurry and do what you're gonna do!"
Minato nodded grimly as he finished drawing the seal on his son's stomach. He performed a few hand seals before shoving all the chakra he had in his body into his jutsu with his palms and fingers together, standing straight up. "Shiki Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Shiki Fuujin!"
And so, the Kyuubi was sealed. Minato fell to the ground, soulless and dead. Nibi sent Gamabunta back to the summons realm before being sealed away into a Katana, the only heirloom left to Jiraiya before he was orphaned sixty years prior to the attack.
Sarutobi Hiruzen descended to the battleground where Jiraiya laid unconcious, suffering from chakra depravation. He picked up the young crying blonde son of the Yondaime Hokage, his old heart nearly stopping when he looked up to see the Eitouingu no Karasu perched on her legs, standing at seven feet tall with her two original wings hiding her others from view, having them folded over the others.
"You are Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, son of Sarutobi Toma and Sarutobi Shina, husband of the two years deceased Sarutobi Rena, father of Sarutobi's Asuma and Shinoba, the supposed 'God of Shinobi'. I come to you with a request." The great raven requested, Sarutobi picking up the Katana with Nibi inside it.
"And what would that be? I'm not too sure what a demon would want of me that if within human limits, please enlighten me." Sarutobi said, holding the Katana in a ready position.
"As you probably know from mythology, the Bijuu are the leaders of the clans that share their species, I am the leader of the Oni Karasu clan. Unfortunately, like humans have the stereotype of demons being evil, my clan holds the stereotype of humans being unfit to have anything to do with them. My son, born three days ago, is half-human. He has been forbidden from ever entering the Oni Karasu clan forest. I request that you keep him safe, and allow him to grow with human morals as his human Otou-san had, they were what made me love him." The raven explained, lifting her giant right wing, revealing three other wings cradling a small baby boy with black hair, silver streaks in the hair.
Sarutobi looked at the small boy, and nodded with his arms outstretched. The large raven walked closer and Sarutobi took the boy. "I accept, I hope that someday you can see your son again."
"I will see him again. Just make sure that two things happen." A purple light shone in front of the large black bird, revealing a scroll the size of the scroll of sealing. It was purple with silver tribal markings on it, the ends black. "Keep this safe, and when he reaches thirteen years of age, give it to him and teach him summoning. I will meet him as soon as he is strong enough to prove to the Oni Karasu Council that he is strong enough to be called my son. Meaning, he will not be able to see me until he can output at least four wings-worth of chakra."
"Very well. I will see you when I see you, I guess. I bid you farewell, great Karasu-Jotei." The giant bird nodded, before gaining an aura the same purple color as the scroll on the ground, taking of and vanishing midflight in a flash of purple. Sarutobi noticed a small note left on the boy. It had his name. "Hm, Uzumaki Naruto, son of the Yondaime and the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki, and Karasu Rikou, son of the Oni Karasu Jotei. You will be strong, Naruto, and you will hold knowledge, Rikou. I wonder which will be more useful…"