It was a peaceful day in the hidden leaf village. Sun was shining, not a single cloud in the sky. A tall blond man stood at the window of the Hokage office looking out over the village he swore to protect. His name was Minato Namikaze.
"I have a really bad feeling, I'll have to keep an eye out today." He thought to himself.
It was getting late and he decided he should get home to his pregnant wife, Kushina Uzumaki. Using the flying raijin jutsu he was home instantaneously. He was shocked when he arrived home to see his home completely demolished. Instinctively he teleported straight to his wife's side.
He was completely shocked when he got there, as he found his wife chained to rock pillars. The kyuubi was slowly slipping from his wife's body.
"Kushina, are you alright?" He asked his wife as he got to her side. By the time he broke her free of the chakra chains the kyuubi was completely free.
"Minato, he has our son. He has Naruto." Kushina said pointing over her husband's shoulder.
Minato turned and saw a masked man holding a new born baby, his son. "I will deal with you in a moment."
Minato then teleported his wife to a small hut that he sat aside in case of emergency. He laid his wife down on the bed.
"I will bring our son back in a sec." and with that said he was gone.
He made it back to the masked man who still held on to his son. As he took a step forward. The man pulled a paper bomb from his cloak and placed it on the baby and tossed him into the air. Using the raijin jutsu he grabbed the baby and flung the cloth around the baby away from him and teleported the baby to his wife. He laid Naruto down next to his wife.
"Thank you, Minato." Kushina said.
"You need to rest Kushina. You and our son will be safe here till I can make it back." He replied with a smile and was gone.
Minato reappeared on the top of his own head that was carved into the mountain side over the village. All he saw was destruction consuming the village. The kyuubi looked at him and started forming the tailed beast bomb.
"So you noticed me, huh? I cannot allow you to destroy this village." He said raising his kunai to the fox. The fox released the beast bomb and sent it right for the Hokage. The Hokage then teleported the bomb away from the village and far away from any people so no one would get hurt.
The masked man appeared behind the Hokage and started to teleport the Hokage to get rid of him. The Hokage was quicker though and easily got away. The masked followed and the two began to fight.
"I will end this quickly, I must protect this village and my family at all cost." Minato told the man plainly as he rushed the man but passed right through him.
"Who are you? The only man with that type of power is… Madara Uchiha." Minato asked.
"I will destroy this village and all those who live here." Was the only answer the masked man gave.
He lunged at Minato. Minato threw a kunai at him but it passed right through him. Right as the masked man tried to grab Minato, he teleported behind him and blasted the man in the back with a rasengan while attaching a seal on him to release the kyuubi from his control.
"I will have the kyuubi under my control again in time. I will destroy the village." The masked man said as he disappeared severely wounded.
The kyuubi was towering above Minato. Minato proceeded to teleport him and the kyuubi back to where he left his family. He then summoned Gamabunta to hold the nine tails at bay long enough for him to prepare the sealing jutsu to seal the nine tails.
He rushed to his wife's side to tell her what he was about to do.
"I will seal half the power of the kyuubi in me and the other half in Naruto. It is the only way to protect you both." He told her.
"No, you can't do this to him. He is just a baby. There has to be another way?" Kushina pleaded with her husband, tears and pain showing in her eyes.
Just then the third Hokage appeared behind the fourth. "There is a different way for the nine tailed demon fox to be sealed, but it will still need a vessel. I will seal the nine tails in your son, that way he will have you both here to help him through the tough times he is sure to face."
"Thank you old friend." Minato said as he let go of Kushina to pick up his son and lay him on the alter to begin the sealing process.
"Have the eight trigrams seal ready Minato. We only have one shot at this."
Minato's hand began glowing as he prepared the eight trigrams seal jutsu.
The third began weaving a few hand signs before shouting "reaper death seal", with that the reaper appeared behind the third as only he could see it.
As one of the nine tails claws came through the roof of the house, lord third grabbed hold of it and shouted "SEAL". As the soul of the kyuubi was being pulled from it, Minato touched Naruto's stomach and made the seal. The spirit of the kyuubi began pouring into the young infant until it was completely sealed inside Naruto.
The third Hokage fell to the ground as Minato laid Naruto next to his mother.
"Thank you old friend."
"Raise him well you two. He is going to need you both there for him on the long road he has ahead of him. Goodbye my friends." The third said with his final breath.
"What are we gonna do Minato? How and when do we tell him of this?" Kushina asked as she cradled her baby close to her chest.
Minato walked over and wrapped them both in his arms placing a small kiss on both of their foreheads.
"Shhh, you need to rest. We will raise him the way any parent would. As for when and how to tell him, we will just wait and tell him when the time comes. All that matters now is that we must not allow Sarutobi's sacrifice be in vain. We will be there for him when the times comes like any parent would be."
They sat there, staring at their new born baby knowing he was gonna have a hard life ahead of him.
I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter. The next chapter will begin with a time skip to the genin test at the academy. This will follow some of the story line (I ain't sure how much yet though) and I will throw in some of my own ideas for enemies, missions, etc. I have not given up on my other story. I will be going back and forth between this story and realized feelings, and I hope you will enjoy them both.
I have one question, and I know I ain't the only one who wonders this. Why do they make anime characters so attractive?
Well if you don't mind please leave a review and until this next chapter have a good day or night, depending on what time it is, and I will see you all later.