The Prologue
AN/ This is a rewrite of a story I tried, but who cares because I only had one reader, although I would like to thank that reader, review maybe?
Disclaimer: Unless stated otherwise, I don't own nothin', not even some of the ideas.
Divine Wind
The Prologue
Wrong Shikigami
"Hey! I can feel the baby kicking!" I said happily, pulling my head up and staring into my wife's eyes. My wife and I had invited the head of hospital, Tsunade, and Zabuza, one of my oldest comrades. My friend was a ninja from another land, but deserted that village when he had heard of an assassination plot going against his team of specialized ninja. He had deduced that the reasoning behind this was that the Mizukage was fearful that his new toy would try and take him down so they could take over the whole village. Crazy right, but today was a happy day though, the day when we figured out when the baby was due!
"Well, yes, I think she's due in the coming week." replied Tsunade.
"Now, now, it could be a boy!"
"I hope not…" I heard my wife say.
"Why not a boy?" I inquired. She didn't need to finish, because Zabuza had decided to fill in the blank, "If you think about it, another one of you, is possibly two more than this village can handle…" I had to reflect on my antics and nodded my head in acceptance. He snickered and continued on, "I hope the child isn't as hyperactive as you are!"
"Ah, Zabuza, it looks like you just don't have an appreciation for great humor!"
"I did, and then you decided to prank me every hour for a week…"
I grinned, "I had a lot of time on my hands and everyone else was busy. You were a great target though!"
"That grin can probably get you out of any trouble… You spiky-haired bastard…" He replied.
"At least I'm still your friend!" I shrugged.
He gave a noncommittal grunt and turned to my wife. "So, you married this guy because…?" We all laughed at this, mainly because he rarely made jokes, and partly because it was funny. The women were beginning to talk about aspects that men folk such as us would not understand, a cue to exit the building. We spent a while reminiscing about old times and what had been happening. Another peaceful afternoon was about to begin, and I had to change that.
"Well, first stop is to the bar!" I proclaimed with enthusiasm. Zabuza proceeded to follow. Everyone was looking towards me, but then I suppose that unexplained happiness will do that. I entered the bar, which was empty at this time of day, to the voice an instructor that was about to join the ranks of the jounin after being a special jounin for so long, "Minato! I believe that you should be at home attending your youthful wife!" proclaimed the bartender, "Well, already did that, and they got into subjects that I would rather not hear."
"I know that any child of yours will burn brightly with the flames of youth for many years to come! And do not worry, I have told no one about it yet."
"Yeah, thanks Gai! I'll just have the usual."
Zabuza and I proceeded to take two of the empty barstools, I sat down and saw Zabuza wiping off some of the tacks that I had placed there, "It's no fun with you, you already know everything I'm planning…" Zabuza nodded, "I think that, thanks to you, I've grown more paranoid about sitting on things then should be normal." After a few rounds and congratulations from both Gai and Zabuza(and several more failed attempts at practical jokes), we left and went our separate ways, Zabuza said he had opened a weapons store and needed to make sure that his daughter wasn't going crazy with all the new pointy objects on the nanny he had hired. "Zabuza, any offspring of yours shouldn't be allowed near weapons without a licensed professional and several others to restrain them…" Zabuza shrugged and continued on.
I still had to go and buy a few things, so I stopped by my favorite joke/book store in order to buy a few books and practical joke materials from the greatest pervert of them all. "Hey Ero-sannin! Did that shipment of orders come in yet?"
"Kid, can you seriously stop callin' me that?"
"The moment you stop calling me kid."
"Fair enough, now then, yes I got the shipment, although I don't know why anyone would order rubber chickens in bulk…"
"Let me see one of them… Oh, by the way, you're always wandering but why are you always here to see my orders done personally"
"Well, I don't trust you to not prank any of the personnel in a manner that is hideously insane, or them to not give you a massive discount… Besides, I want to see you prank some people."
The door opened and Zabuza was calling out to me. "Hey Minato! It's your wife, the baby is coming!"
"What?! I thought that the baby wasn't due until the end of the week!?"
"Well, it apparently thought it wanted out now, hurry!"
With that, all three started to rush towards the hospital.
In another Dimension
"Where is he…" I lord Kyuubi, needed not explain that I was pissed that some lowly humans had stolen my child. My usual calm demeanor had taken a violent turn that mad even the royal guards step lightly, I would have thanked them for the added personal space if I hadn't been so preoccupied with other thoughts. Thoughts of rending the human limb from limb.
"Lord Kyuubi, please forgive us, but it seems a ninja came and stole him, killing several other of our guardians in the process."
"Then I shall have to travel through the mirrorwall in order to exact vengeance, do we have an available portal?"
"Yes m'lord, but we don't know if it is the right village where he was taken."
"I don't care, a human took my child, and so will humans pay!"
It took only a few minuets to get everything ready, not because they feared my wrath, but they feared for the safety of my kit. I was told that I only needed to expel a small amount of chakra in order to forcefully summon myself into the world when my advisor stopped me, "Remember sir that once in the world of humans, you will be far weaker than you are here, and more susceptible to certain aspects of the mortal realm." I nodded, and stepped through.
The experience was painful, but it was my kit that I needed to save, so it did not matter. I was through, and I was pissed. I let out a feral roar as I charged headlong through the night.
At Konohagakure
I was currently waiting outside the delivery room, Tsunade kicked me out when I came in clutching a rubber chicken in my hand. I probably should have left that behind instead of clutching it in a death grip. The minuets started to go by, when another little surprise decided to be brought to me. "Hokage, there's a problem! It appears as though there is a demon on the loose! He's rampaging and getting dangerously close to Konohagakure! Everyone is doing what they can to try and stop it, but it looks like it is doing little more then aggravating the beast!" Tsunade popped out, "Minato it is nearly time… Umm… Minato?"
I turned to the messenger and said, "Please, leave us" the messenger left promptly, and I sorted through my emotions. I was in shock, I knew what had to be done. I looked to Tsunade, "Look, I'm going have to do something drastic, please inform no one that the baby is mine. I am going to have to use a sealing justu that will likely drain me of most of my chakra, there will be a man who comes to the village later and asks for sanctuary. Give that man refuge." Jiraiya spoke up,
"Minato, I'll head over and see if I can't slow down the Kyuubi for a while, you do what you have to do. I've been meaning to try out a new sword I've forged anyways."
"You do that, I'm gonna need all the time I have in order to prepare for this."
I dropped the fake chicken and ran off to meet with a great teacher, and dear friend.
A private residence near the Hokage's Tower
"Well, Minato, what brings you to my humble abode?" I heard the old man say.
"Look old man, according to Jiraiya, you are the best when it comes to learning Jutsu, right?"
"Kid, I taught Jiraiya everything he knows, so in essence, I taught you everything you know."
"Okay then read that scroll, and then I'm gonna give you some more bad news."
Sarutobi broke the seal and began to read. He began to shiver as he went through it and finally slammed it on the table, "You moron! What do you expect to accomplish with this technique!?"
"I expect to save the village, besides, that technique, took me the better part of five years to make, so I don't want it easily lost."
Well, to say he looked shocked was an understatement, I felt that I should say something to assuage his possible feelings of sadness.
"But you said that you had some worse news?"
"Yep, you have to go back to doing paperwork, and just remember old man, I've always believed in you."
He looked like a man ready to break, but I quickly turned and tore off.
At the Hospital
"How is the baby?"
Tsunade looked at me with tears in her eyes, "The baby is alive, but…"
I looked at her, and needed no more, a tear escaped my eye, but there was work to be done.
"Let me see my child. You don't need to say it, I know, she didn't survive."
Tsunade shook her head and gave me the small cloth covered bundle, she ran off and I uncovered it. The small tike had hair?! It was as blonde and as spiked as mine, So it wouldn't have mattered if I had tried to comb my hair, the damnedest thoughts pop up in a crisis. "So, it looks like you're going to be named Naruto now, huh? I'm really glad I got Jiraiya's permission beforehand on that name." So let me think about it right now, the shipment of rubber chickens came in today, Zabuza's new store had just opened, and my son was born today, is it just me or does my karma suck or what.
At the Battlefield
"Hokage, sir! We were nearly done for here, but if it weren't for Zabuza, Gai, and Jaraiya we wouldn't even be talking right now! We're also damn grateful that Orochimaru-sama sent us reinforcements of his medic nin, or else a lot of our wounds would have turned out fatal" I should have known about Zabuza and Gai, they were always looking for a good challenge and Jaraiya, the holder of the toad contract, was on top of Gama Buntas head was also challenging the fox directly, all around I saw sound ninja rushing to the aid of others that were wounded. "Look, I need you to read these orders at the end battle, I have a surefire way that will end this." I gave him a scroll and started to call out for Zabuza. It wasn't that hard to find him, he and Gai were at the front lines using succession of taijutsu that no mortal should ever have to experience the business end of, but this was no mortal, it was a nine-tailed demon.
"Zabuza! I have a way to defeat it, but I need your help! Everyone else, please provide us cover!"
Zabuza jumped back as the other shinobi began to desperately rushed the red demon, hoping that their own deaths would not be in vain. Zabuza was there, "What is it, I was kinda trying to kill that fox-asswipe."
"I have a plan to seal that demon in Naruto.
"Who the hell…"
I showed him the small bundle I was carrying, and he looked at me. "Damnit, it just had to be a boy, well we have our work cut out for us now and after we kick this demons ass!" I briefed him on what was going to happen, and he readily agreed to help me. We went off to a nearby cliff and we both began to perform a modified version of the jutsu I had created. I went through the handsigns that would seal my son's fate. Snake boar ram rabbit dog rat bird horse snake, I couldn't see what Zabuza did, but I felt that something went wrong. The shikigami appeared, but it looked strange. It's skin was tinted blue, wearing a black feather cowl, and golden eyes around black pupils. Then it began to talk.
"Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk… You humans sure are a laugh, It looks like you're trying to seal that big ol' fox over there, right?"
This was wrong, I stared at him, and knew fear. If the jutsu is wrong, who knew what could happen, I should have stuck to the original plan.
"Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, don't worry, since you two let me out for a bit, I'll be kind and also get the other demon that's hiding in the shadows."
"What will you do?!" we both yelled in unison.
"Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, that's what I like about you humans, always easily worried. It's gonna be a surprise!"
This strange shikigami then pulled out a large scythe from Kami only knows where, and extended it towards the night sky, ebon wings spread out behind it as it started to chant. It was strange as hell, I felt slightly calmed by his voice, it had a lulling effect on me. Off to the side I saw Zabuza shrinking, I felt bad, I had gotten my friend in it deep when it could have just have been me… Man am I tired, I feel like taking a nap. At least I get to see my son one last time, and now I rest with the knowledge that that crazy shikigami did indeed seal the Kyuubi and could only hope that the other demon had been also taken care of.
AN/ I am not sure I want to keep using first person and sorry it's short, but I am lazy… read and review, for the love of the cakes that are birthed from pans, READ AND REVIEW!! I am also reminding you that it was the best of times and the worst of times while Tobi was always a good boy! Dekar Skeith