AN: This is my second story of NARUTO... Enjoy!
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DISCLAIMER: I never own NARUTO, Kishimoto-Sensei does.
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Akai Kami Kunoichi no Densetsu (The Legend of Red Haired Kunoichi)
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CHAPTER 0:
PROLOGUE
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It was night, 10th of October, just like another peaceful night in elemental continent….but not for Konohagakure no Sato, the strongest of all the 5 great shinobi's village in elemental continent. The Kyuubi, the most powerful of the nine bijuu or tailed beast, had decided to invade Konoha with an unmeasured rage level.
A mountain sized fox with crimson red eyes with cat-like slits for pupils, orange-red fur, long ears like rabbit, and nine tails swung madly behind it. Each one of its tail was powerful enough to make tsunami, destroyed a mountain or created tornado with a single swing of its tail.
The Konoha's shinobi blessed with many powerful jutsu. All of them were at were fighting with all their might in order to force the beast back to its realm and save their loved hidden village, but the strongest of the nine bijuu too powerful for them, and they began to lose…. The forest surrounded the proud Konoha's shinobi corpse, filled with the sounds of explosions and the voice of shinobi who shouted jutsu. However, they hard work only made the King of Kitsune even more outraged.
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In Hokage's tower, at center of Konoha
Namikaze Minato, Konoha's Yondaime Hokage, as known as The Yellow Flash and The hero who brought Konoha to win the 3rd Great Ninja War, had been busy to make a seal on his newborn baby for his new jutsu which was the only one that can defeat the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The justu allowed the user to call the Shinigami, the god of death, who would took the Kyuubi's soul from its body, but the side effect of the jutsu was the user's soul would be taken too, as a reward for the Shinigami's 'great service'.
The young Yondaime planned to seal Kyuubi's soul into a newborn baby. Why he chose a newborn baby? Because only a newborn baby who still had not a solid chakra system could handle a bijuu's chakra, as the baby's chakra system would grew up and would be able to handle the strain of the Kyuubi's demonic chakra. He did not know if everything would be alright but he hoped, after all he was the truly genius who could create a new justu and seal on the spot rather than spend a lot of time to develop and experiment.
The only capable candidate for the jailor of Kyuubi no Kitsune was one and only his newborn baby. Uzumaki Kushina, as known as Namikaze Kushina, the mother of the baby and his wife, had died an hour ago because of her body could not handle the blood lost from giving birth for the baby and Tsunade, the only the best medic nin in the elemental continent, who could have saved her, was long ago left Konoha because of her tragedy accident which took her precious people's life.
Minato looked that the fox had gotten closer. Jiraiya, his sensei, the one of the densetsu (Legend) sanin, and Hiruzen Sarutobi , the previous Hokage, the Sandaime appeared behind him with a puff of smoke.
"Is the boy ready? We don't have much time" said Jiraiya with serious tone, but his eyes filled by sadness.
Minato took a last glance at his son and he looked to them. He handed a paper with a picture of the seal array to them while said "Hai, please put him on the altar and draw this final seals. I have to finish this as soon as possible before it become worse"
Sarutobi looked at him, his eyes also filled with sadness, his spoke lightly, like a whisper, "Why have to end like this? You and Kushina were supposed to live happily with your son… as the perfect couple…Why must like this?"
"I don't know, but what done is done. I am the only one who can do this, and my child is also the only one who can help me to defeat this beast… " as he said that he disappeared in a yellow flash after took a last glance at his son 'My son… I am so sorry'
"Ok, let's do this!" said Jiraiya half-heartedly, and started to draw the seals with his sensei.
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At the battle field with the Kyuubi in the forest around Konoha
Suddenly some Chuunin and Jounin shouted, their voice filled with hope and happiness "HOKAGE-SAMA!!HOKAGE-SAMA IS HERE!!" as voice echoed among the battlefield, and lifting everyone's spirits.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!" (Summoning Technique) a massive puff of smoke, Gamabunta, the chief of the toad summons with red skin, an open blue jacket, a smoking pipe, and a sharp wakizashi (Japanese Short Sword) in its hand appeared in the battlefield.
"Nice to meet you, my friend, Gamabunta… I am really grateful for your help me to hold Kyuubi a little while I prepare the jutsu" said the Yondaime. Gamabunta looked up at his head to see who had summoned him, though he already knew who it is.
"Minato… so you had finished that jutsu, huh? Ok… I will hold him… Farewell my friend, it was my honor to have you as my summoner, even if you were such annoying sometimes…"said Gamabunta with deep and strong voice and Gamabunta jumped and charged the Kyuubi.
Gamabunta leaped to the right to evade the fox's tail, blocked the second attack with his sword and grabbed one of the nine tails with his free hand and throw the Kyuubi back, but Kyuubi countered Gamabunta move with its claw and leave a scar in his left eye. After that, the toad boss forced to back to his realm to heal his injury, but Gamabunta had bought the precious few seconds for the young Yondaime to make the hand seals.
"SHIKI FUUIN!!" (Corpse Demon Seal Exhaustion) cried out Minato. As he cried that, a big shadow formed in his back and slowly revealed a Shinigami
"Who summoned me and what is the reason?" spoke The Shinigami who was tall and had purple skin, sharp shark-like teeth, snow-white wild hair running down, narrowed eyes with black color and thin yellow slits in its pupils, and wore pure white kimono.
"Shinigami-sama, I, Namikaze Minato, Konoha's Yondaime Hokage have summoned you. I need your help to stop the Kyuubi no Kitsune, or else my village and its entire people will die" said Minato with brave voice. The Shinigami was impressed; this human would sacrifice his life in order to save his people, like a true leader should.
"I see, but you have known the cost, haven't you? Once this is over, your soul will be mine. Is this ok with you?" asked the Shinigami.
"Yes, so please help me to stop it and my soul is yours!! As the Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, I will protect this village like I am supposed to do, no matter it will cost to me!!" replied the Yondaime with no regret in his voice.
"What do you need me to do, young one?" asked the Shinigami again.
"Please remove its soul. I plan to seal it, and I will need you to power-up the seal with your chakra to make the Kyuubi's soul one with its host's soul" said Minato.
"Very well" replied the Shinigami while he thrust his hand forward and grabbed Kyuubi's soul. He removed its soul out from its body with his chakra. Kyubi body felt into ground and turned into ash because of its soul had taken by force. Minato and the Shinigami and moved to where Jiraiya and the Sandaime was via shunshin.
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Back to Hokage's tower, at center of Konoha
Minato and the Shinigami appeared at the seal altar via shunsin while Jiraiya and the Sandaime had finished the seal
"Thank you, Sensei, Jiisan. I will take over from here" said Minato. Sandaime and Jiraiya nodded and left the room.
"Is this the host?" asked the Shinigami when he looked the boy.
"Yes, that is him. Kyuubi's soul and chakra will be seal in him and channel a bit of your chakra to power-up the seal and all done" said Minato.
"Very well, when you have done, tell me" replied the Shinigami. He put his hand in the baby, he transferred the Kyuubi's soul into the baby and used his chakra to power-up the half-done seal, and he looked at Minato hand seals. With the last hand seal, Minato flared his chakra and shouted "SHISOU FUUIN!!" (Four Symbols Seal), but something strange happened when the seal done. The baby engulfed with red crimson chakra and the seal in his body merged into a nine tails tattoo in his forehead and three lines whisker marks appeared in his cheek. The baby appearance changed from a blonde haired boy into red crimson haired girl.
"W---What happen to the baby?" asked Minato with shocked expression in his face.
"Looks like this is the side effect for use my chakra to power-up the seal. As result the Kyuubi and the boy merged together" said the Shinigami.
"I see… for 1 hour I have a son and now my son changed into my daughter…" said Minato. "So what will I do? If like this, the villager will see my daughter as the reincarnate of Kyuubi, not as their hero, and they will make her suffer" Minato's face saddened after he said that.
"So the Kyuubi's host is your own flesh, I was very impressed… Very well, I will take her to my realm, as your reward for your bravery. However, because my realm is the realm for the death, so this baby will older slowly than the other human as the consequence. For example, when the other child who birth at same year with her around age 12, this girl more likely 7 years old than 12 years old. Unfortunately, she only can live in my realm maximal for 10 years. After 10 years, she has to continue her life in this world. Are you okay with that?" explained the Shinigami.
"Thank you… Thank you very much, Shinigami-Sama…" replied Minato with a happiness tear in his eyes when he heard that his son… Err sorry… his daughter will be safe in the Shinigami realm…
"Before I take your soul, I want to ask you, what name you will give to your daughter?" asked the Shinigami.
"I planned to name him Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, but since he changed into a girl, I have to give her another name…" replied Minato.
"Very well, I will give her a new name and from now her name will be Namikaze 'Mizunaru' Touka (AN: Mizunaru Touka name is an anagram from Uzumaki Naruto ^^)" said the Shinigami.
"Why you give her family name 'Mizunaru'?" asked Minato.
"Because my family name before I became Shinigami was Mizunaru… and Touka was the name that I planned to give to the next heir, my unborn daughter" replied the Shinigami.
"Mizunaru… Don't tell me you are from Mizunaru Clan, the mysterious clan in elemental country, which disappeared more than 1000 years ago" said Minato with shocked look, his jaw nearly hit the floor.
"Yes, I was from Mizunaru Clan. However, unfortunately I did not have any successor, so I planned to make your daughter as the successor of the Mizunaru Clan, if you don't mind. Don't worry, I also will teach her about your ninja knowledge in my realm as well, so she will inherit your jutsu and knowledge" said the Shinigami.
"Yes, I owe you a lot, Shinigami-Sama. Now I am ready, you can take my soul now… Touka-Chan, you have to be a good girl…" replied Minato as he saw his daughter for the last chance. After heard that, the Shinigami took Minato's soul and brought his soul with him along with the baby to his realm…
TO BE CONTINUING…
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AN: Well this short chapter just a prologue and the real story will be start in the next chapter. Please sent me review for this fic. Arigatou…