Yo, it's Endymion again with another story.

Apologies to the fans of "MangeyƓ Terror of The Leaf" but I did not feel it was written to my standards and so I deleted it but please come read this one.

This story revolve's around the life of Leaf Shinobi Naruto Namikaze Uchiha as he fights to stop his great-grandfather from putting project Tsukinome into action.

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ITS CHARACTERS, ALL COPYRIGHT GOES TO MASASHI KISHIMOTO!


"Yes": Human speech

'Yes': Human thoughts

"Yes": When a character speaks in a sarcastic manner.

"Yes": Tailed beast speech "Telepathic"

'Yes': Tailed beast thoughts

"Yes": Summon speech

'Yes': Summon thoughts

"Yes": God/Demon speech

'Yes': God/Demon thoughts

"Yes": Reanimation speech

'Yes': Reanimation thoughts

Alright, now on to the story.


The Return Of A Sage

Naruto's birth and Resealing Of The Fox

Around two or so years after the end of the Third Great Ninja War it was time for Fourth Hokage Minato Uchiha's wife Kushina Uzumaki to give birth to their first and only child they would be having together, it was going to be the only one because a man in the shadows had planned to go to visit while she was in labor to release the Nine-Tails for he knew that when a female jinchuriki became pregnant her seal would weaken.

When Kushina was in the advanced stages of the delivery, a man wearing a red swirl-faced mask and a jet black robe with red clouds on it appeared out of seemingly nowhere and proceeded to start unsealing the beast within the redhead. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kushina screamed in agony, from both the contractions and because the Nine-Tails was being extracted from her body.

When he saw the face of the Fox the masked man flashed his Sharingan at the demon for a split second and he had it under his complete control.
"Kushina, No!" Minato shouted with deep concern. The masked man swiped the newborn who was crying profusely from where he had been laid.

"Now, Minato Namikaze, step away from the Jinchuriki if you do not want your sweet little baby to die at the ripe old age of two minutes!" The man in the mask threatened.

"Now, now, lets all just calm down," Minato said,

"Hm, speak for yourself, I am as calm as can be."

"Please Minato, forget about me for now, just save Naruto." Kushina cried out. When Minato turned to face the evil man holding his son, he felt chakra flow into his eyes making him close and reopen them.'What!?' The Sharingan,' The dark man thought inwardly. 'Could it mean that he is Lord Madara's grandson?' 'Hm, hm, hm, well this promises to get interesting.'

The blond Hokage leaped into the air and threw a Kunai laced with a Hiraishin seal and transported himself to it while it was in mid-flight and took his crying son from the grip of the masked man and landed behind him on a wall.

"Minato!" Kushina cried out making the blond look down at his son. When he did Minato heard something like crackling and noticed that the blanket Naruto was wrapped in was laced with explosive tags so he quickly but gently unwrapped the deadly blanket of bombs from around his son and threw it then used the Hiraishin to transport a crying Naruto to the family home.

"Do not worry my son, your mother shall be with you in a moment," Minato said softly, lying Naruto in a bed.

When he reappeared in the cave, the man in the mask had already departed to god know's where but for the time being Minato couldn't care less because he had a wife and son to protect. When he saw a so very exhausted Kushina he quickly went to his wife and then grabbed her bridal style and transported back to the house with the Jutsu he'd gained the moniker of the Yellow Flash of the Hidden Leaf with. When they arrived at the house, Minato laid Kushina on the bed beside their son.

"Minato..." Kushina pleaded in an exhausted voice.

"Don't worry, Kushina," Minato reassured. "for now, just be with Naruto. I'll be right back." he said before putting on his white Hokage robe which had red kanji letters in the back which spelled "Fourth Hokage."

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"Summoning Jutsu!" The masked man uttered and out of a puff of smoke, the twenty-five foot tall Nine-Tailed Fox Demon appeared."Now rise, Nine-Tails and destroy this pitiful village!"

Minato arrived at the Hokage monument just as Nine-Tails was about to spit a Tailed Beast Bomb toward it. "I will not let the likes of you destroy my village, Nine-Tails!" Minato shouted. He then pulled out a Hiraishin Kunai and held it at arm's length and in a way to make it look as if he was blocking and the Hokage faces absorbed the gigantic ball of pure Chakra and sent it to explode far away from the village.

Two seconds later Minato felt a presence behind him but by the time he had turned to face his foe he had already been transported to he knew not where. "Who are you!?" Minato demanded.

"Oh, excuse me, let me introduce myself," The man in the mask started. "I am the savior of this Ninja world, the one who will bring great peace to this world. I am Madara Uchiha!"

"Madara!?" The blond took a back. "Why, why would you tarnish the name of our clan in this manner?"

"You think the current Uchiha clan is one we both belong to, do you?" Madara asked. "The Uchiha clan I belong to is one that would never take orders from lesser clans." "But that was before Hashirama came along with his miss led village system. We were both seeking the same thing, true peace but I later realized that the system I helped create would only bring more hatred and war."

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"Lord Third, it's the Nine-Tails!" Ibiki Morino, the head of the Hidden Leaf's interrogation corps alerted the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, barging into the retired leader of the Village hidden in the leaves' office.

"The Nine-Tails, are you sure?!" The old man inquired."Positive sir."

"Has the Uchiha police been alerted?" Hiruzen asked.

"Yes sir, they're bringing the civilians to safety," Ibiki responded. 'Who could do such a thing?' Hiruzen asked himself.

When they arrived at the battlefield Hiruzen and Ibiki saw the gigantic monster that the Nine-Tails was.

"Lord Hokage, you've finally arrived!" Hiashi Hyuga, head of the main family of the Hyuga clan shouted, visibly panicked.

"Where is Minato?" Hiruzen asked.

"I am not certain of the whereabouts of Lord Forth, sir." The Hyuga responded.

"Alright then," The Third said before biting his thumb. "Summoning Jutsu: Monkey King Enma!" The old man said slamming his open hand on the ground and an old human sized monkey appeared.

"You have summoned me, Saru?" Enma asked,

"Yes Enma, I need you to go find Gamabunta and Minato!" Hiruzen ordered. "Yes, Saru." The primate responded. "But why?... Uh never mind." Enma was about to ask why he had been summoned but stopped as he heard the Nine-Tails.

"GRRROOOAAARRR!" The gigantic fox roared profusely.

"Go Enma, we haven't much time!" Sarutobi shouted.

"Yes, Sarutobi." Enma said, "I'll find Minato as quickly as possible." The Third simply nodded.

Enma had come to an agreement with the elder toad of Mount Mioboku on the grounds of being enabled to transport himself to the toad home to speak to Gamabunta in times of emergency.

"Transportation Technique!" He said, weaving three hand seals and disappeared. When he arrived at Mount Mioboku he looked around for the Boss toad

"Well, well, well if it isn't my old comrade Enma!" A voice which Enma recognized as Gamabunta's said making him turn to look at the tip of a massive mushroom. "Hello, Bunta." The monkey said. "May I speak to you?" "The situation is quite dire back in the village."

"What's goin' on."

"Seems someone's decided to attack the village using the Nine-Tails,"Enma responded.

"So that was the chakra I sensed just a few minutes ago."The toad replied."

You sensed its chakra huh?"Enma asked,

"Where is Minato?" "We need him back in the village."

"Well, I'm afraid I don't know where Minato is at the moment,"Bunta responded.

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Meanwhile, attop the Hokage monument, Minato was fighting the masked man. 'I must end this quickly' The fourth Hokage thought as both men lunged toward one another. Minato had thrown a Hiraishin kunai as he met "Madara" at punching distance and teleported to his six and then hit him with a Rasengan.

'Minato, please wait for me before doing anything rash.' Hiruzen thought. Minato summoned the toad boss as he teleported to the Nine-tails Gamabunta appeared on top of the Fox Demon.

After transporting himself and the two animals away from the village Minato told Bunta to go back to mount Mioboku.

'Why, why am I doing this?' The nine-tails thought. Unknowingly Minato looked at the fox in the eyes for a split second which caused his Sharingan to flash and undo the genjustu the masked man had put the tailed beast under.

"Huh, wh, what's going on here?" The nine tails asked. Taken aback by hearing that voice Minato spoke.

"What, who said that?"

"Over here." The nine tails said.

"Wait you can talk?" Minato asked when he realized where the voice came from.

"Of course I can, sheesh!" "Now tell me what I'm doing out here."

"It would seem that Madara used you to attack my village," Minato responded.

"Again!?" "Damn that Madara, it's the second time now that vile Uchiha used me in attempt to destroy the same village!" The Nine-tails shouted. "And by the way, the name's Kurama." The fox said as it calmed itself.

"Wait, what do you mean, the second time?" The blond inquired.

"You must know of the many battles..."

"Between Madara and Lord Hashirama, yes all the village knows of them..." Minato cut Kurama off.

"Well, in one of those battles, Madara had found me and put me under the jutsu he casts through that vile Sharingan of his. That day he used me to battle Hashirama, Hashirama subdued and sealed me inside his wife Mito Uzumaki. Kurama explained.

"So that was how Lady Mito became your jinchuriki, huh?" Minato asked.

"Yes, it was, now, what is your name, human?" The tailed beast asked.

"Minato, Minato Uchiha."

"Alright Minato, you realize you need to seal me up again, do you not?"

"Yes, I do," Minato responded.

"Then who are you going to turn into my jinchuriki?" Kurama queried.

"My son... my newborn son Naruto."

"No! Absolutely not!" The Fox Demon snapped. "Do you even realize what you're saying right now?" "Yes I know that you want your son to be seen as a hero, but alas he won't be seen as such." Kurama continued.

"But, what am I supposed to do, only a newborn can have a tailed beast sealed inside of them, I mean how many years did Lady Mito live after having you sealed inside her, five maybe ten," Minato said. "plus, I can't just take another couple's child to seal you inside of, it's not right.

"I understand what you're saying but..." Kurama's line of thought was cut by Minato.

"No, I've no choice." "Oh, and Kurama, please take good care of my son." Kurama just nodded. "Make this convincing, okay?"

"Yeah."

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Minato went to get Kushina and little Naruto and began the process of sealing Kurama into his son.

"Are you okay...? Minato asked looking at his wife.

"Minato..."

"Somehow I managed to get this far..." The blond Hokage said. "But... I haven't much chakra left."

Kushina looked at the nine tails which looked at her growling.

"I'll stop him... One way or another." Minato stated "There are... people I must protect... Precious... people." He continued. "And as long... as I have that...I swear... I'll never give up." Minato said clapping his hands together.

"Wait..." Kushina alerted making her husband turn in surprise. "I can still..." She tightened her grip on her son and continued. "Do it..." She said turning her back to the fox and activating the adamantine sealing chains.

"Why you little," Kurama said as the chains tightened around him.

"Kushina!" Minato shouted when he heard his wife cough and vomit.

"I'll take...The Nine-Tails with me...To my death..." Kushina started. "So that...the interval until he...emerges again...is delayed..." "That's all I can manage right now...with my remaining chakra...to help...you two..." The redhead continued. "Thank you... for everything...up till now." She said smiling.

Hearing his wife's words almost made him tear up. "Kushina... you are the one...Who made me the Fourth Hokage...Who made me a man. And made me this child's father...! And yet I'm useless..." Minato stated almost teary-eyed.

"Minato..." Kushina started. "Don't look so sad...I...I'm happy...I'm...loved by you." She said, "Plus...today is the child's birthday...so." "Most of all...if I were to imagine me alive...and our future together as a family of three...then...I can't see us...being anything but happy..." She continued. "But...if I were allowed...just one regret...I wish I could have seen Naruto...grow up..."

"Kushina...there's no need for you to die to kill the Nine-Tails," Minato stated with a single tear flowing down his cheek. "Preserve what little of you chakra remains for your reunion with Naruto," Minato told his wife as he got up.

"Huh?"

"I'm going to seal the rest of your chakra inside of Naruto. It'll be part of an Eight Signed Sealing." He said "And then I'll take the Nine-Tails with me... ...With the sealing jutsu that I can do, not being a Jinchuriki." He continued. "...Reaper Death Seal!"

"But...that jutsu...results in the caster's death...! Kushina stated frightened of what her husband had in mind,

"One more thing, I'm only going to seal away half of the Nine-Tails," Minato responded. "Partly because physically impossible to seal away this much power...but also because it's not strategically wise." The blond said. "If the Nine-Tails is lost along with you, there will be no Jinchuriki until he reemerges, upsetting the balance." "With the Reaper Death Seal, we can at least seal away half of the Nine-Tails forever." "And the other half..."

Flashback
Minato was speaking to Jiraiya about the child of prophecy.
"World upheaval and calamities...So the savior that will emerge then, is the..."Child of Prophecy"...?" Minato asked, "And you think...that child is me...?" Jiraiya nodded.
End flash

"...I'm going to seal inside Naruto. Using the Eight Signed Sealing. Kushina gasped in horror. "I know what you're going to say..." Minato started. "But remember what Master Jiraiya said about world upheaval and the calamities that will accompany that..." The blond said, kneeling before his wife. "There are two things that I've become convinced of today." "That masked man who attacked you...he will bring catastrophe to this world!" He continued "And this child..." He put his hand on his son."...will stop him." "He will open up the future as a Jinchuriki, I don't know how, but I'm sure of it." Minato finished what he had to say.

"But...Minato..." was all his wife could utter. Minato got and walked away

"Let's believe in him!" He said with conviction after clapping his hands together in the serpent seal prompting the reaper to appear.

The reaper, a devilish creature with horns on its head, a knife in its mouth and long white hair. It wore a pure white robe it also had fastened to its belly the form of Minato himself in pure chakra standing on a cross. (Christ symbolism maybe) "After all...he is our son!" Kushina spoke up after Minato was done talking.

"It's because...he's our son..." She said. "...That I don't...want him to bear such...a heavy burden...!" She said, once again tightening her grip on their son. "And why the Reaper Death Seal...?!" "I want you to stay with Naruto...and watch over his development... ...Why?!" She questioned, crying now. "Why does Naruto have to be sacrificed... ...For the Tailed Beast balance...for the country...for the village...?!" "And why do you have to sacrifice yourself...for my sake?!" She cried.

"To forsake one's country and one's village...is the same as forsaking one's child," Minato replied. "You whose birth nation is no more know that all too well." "How harsh life is for those with no land to call home." The blond went on. "Besides which, our family...are the ninja." Kushina stayed silent at that. "Finally...even if I were to live...I'd lose out to you..." Minato said. "Even if you won't have much time with him... ...There are things only you can tell Naruto-things that I can't." "That is a mother's role." He continued. "So I'm not doing this just for you... ...I'm doing it for Naruto!" "I will die for my son. It is my duty as his father." Minato said before turning to the Nine-Tails. The reaper extended its hand through the Fourth's body and caught the Kurama by the chakra in his paw.

'Good job Minato...' He thought. "Wh-What?! Don't tell me you...!"

"Seal!" Minato shouted. Kurama's chakra came out of him and into the blond it went. "My body's going numb...I can't believe how heavy his chakra is..." Minato said panting. The Nine-Tails had trouble standing up now.

"Y-you! Fourth Hokage!" Kurama shouted, without any real anger toward Minato.

"All right... Now for the Eight Sign Sealing... ...To seal the rest of Nine-Tails inside Naruto..." Minato said taking Naruto away from a clinging Kushina.

He summoned a small pedestal which sat in the middle of a hexagon with a candle at each of its ends. "Kushina!" Minato shouted as he heard her cough hard, as that happened Kurama felt the chains loosen around him

"Now's my chance!" Kurama shouted as he swung his claw lazily at Naruto. Both mother and father moved in the way of the claw and stopped just before it harmed their son. 'I knew you'd stop me.' Kurama thought.

"I said I was his father... Dying for him is my right..." The yellow flash said.

"...I'm his mother... It's my right too..." Kushina seconded her husband's statement. "This is the first...I've lost an argument against you...It proves...how serious you are..." The red-head said.

"Thanks...Kushina..." Minato responded. Minato laid his hand gently on his wife's back and made a one-handed seal putting his chakra and hers into the seal. "Kushina... I'm launching...the Eight Singed Sealing now." Minato said. "...We won't see him for a while..." "So let's tell Naruto...what we want to say to him." Minato finished.

"Naruto..." The red-hot habanero started. "Don't be a picky eater...Eat a lot...and grow big and strong." "Make sure to bathe every day...And stay warm...Don't stay up late...Get plenty of sleep..." She went on. "Plus...make friends... You don't need tons...okay..?" "Just a few...that you can really trust..." Kushina pleaded with her son. She continued saying standard stuff that a mother would say to her child until she had none more to say. "I'm sorry...Minato...I talked too much..." Kushina apologized.

"No...it's all right..." The blond replied. "...Naruto..." He started, speaking to his son. "My words to you as your father...is ditto to what your loquacious mother said..." He finished what he had to say, and launched the Eight Singed Sealing.

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A flash of light cracked through the darkness, and the Fourth Hokage and his wife were dead. At least one of them most certainly was.


Man, this was quite the chapter to start with.

(A/N: You who are savvy about Naruto games might remember the dialog used in paragraph 14 from the third installment in the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series. Scene: Death of Minato and Kushina.)

Thank you for the support, and look forward to a second chapter in the near future! Thank you again dear readers.