Chosen of the Shadowlord Introduction …. GO!
I don't own a d thing. More's the pitty.
A blonde hair blue eyed man stood atop the hokage tower watching in silence as his friends and fellow ninjas attempted to hold off the fabled nine tailed fox, Kyuubi. Every scream made him wince in pain and he seemed to feel every attack from the fox as if they were directed at himself. In his arms he held a new born baby wrapped in a white blanket with nothing but his own mop of blonde hair poking out the top. He had been faced with a frightening decision and his eyes were set with grim determination. A decision that a parent should never have to make: to sacrifice one's own life and even his son to save his village. The man was the Fourth Hokage.
Startling him, a voice spoke to the young Hokage from the shadows to his right.
"Minato my friend, there are other ways of defeating this demon. Give me two hours, or less, and I can have a portal opened up so that I personally can deal with him. If you were to lead him to my own dimension it would be a simple task to destroy its soul," pleaded the voice.
"Zen, I know you're just trying to help but there is no other way. I have to stop this beast before it destroys my village and its people. I doubt very much whether I could hold off this vile thing for two hours while you open up a pathway to your dimension. There would be nothing left to save by the time you have completed your task. I cannot allow that to happen!" spoke Namikaze Minato 4th Hokage of Konoha passionately.
"So, you really are set on sealing the damnable thing into your own flesh and blood? You realize that this will make his life a living hell right? People as a whole have never looked upon Jinchuriki favorably through the ages. I should know. I've been around for quite a long time…" warned the shadow man.
"This I realize, but I can't ask someone else to give up their own child. It's just not right."
"None of this is right, my friend. A little more wrong couldn't possibly further complicate things." Pointed out the man in the shadows.
"I do not doubt that you are correct, but unfortunately this friend of yours has a set of strong morals that will not allow him to sacrifice another's child." Shot back the blue eyed hokage before continuing on with emotion thick in his voice and eyes, "Zen, as your friend, all I ask of you is to watch over my child. Please, just watch over my baby boy and when the time comes explain to him what happened here today. Explain the urgency of the situation and the reasons for my choice that way he won't come to hate me. I can't think of anything worse than my own son hating me. Make sure that he is taken care of and protected. This is the only thing I ask of you."
"I give you my word as the Shadowlord that I will see after your son. You do realize that I will now have to introduce myself to Sarutobi and Jiraiya?"
"Yes, I am truly sorry that you may have to give up on your secrecy and once again become known throughout world, but you are the only person I trust at the moment who has the strength to protect and watch over him. We both know you will not die of old age or disease. You don't technically need sleep and very few can match your power. This makes you perfect for the job," reasoned Minato.
"Ah, I was never complaining. I was myself growing bored of the quiet life style I've been living lately, and was just thinking to myself the other day that I could use a little more excitement. You know… get the good ol' skills up to par, but with your imminent departure I'll be losing my favorite sparring partner," complained Zen the self proclaimed Shadowlord.
"No need to get all mushy on me Zen. It's not like you to be sentimental and I'm not sure I like it," chided the Namikaze.
"Tch, whatever. Do what you will, but know that the kid will be taken care of whether he directly knows it or not…" said the voice of Zen as it faded into nothingness.
Turning back toward the fight with the Kyuubi Minato sighed before disappearing in a flash of golden light to take care of the beast.
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A/N
Hell yeah! Finals are over and I'm back to writing up a storm. I will be updating my Kenpachi story soon but this idea has been sitting in my mind for a good while. Oh well hope someone manages to read this. If you do read it and don't mind too much please leave a review(hopefully constructive). Oh and I would love to have someone volunteer to beta this story :) I already have a guy for my Kenpachi story.