Prologue:
Minato was sitting in his office over looking the leaf village. Suddenly there was a knock at his door. "Come in"
The door opened and in walked a tall man with short blonde brown hair. "You wanted to see me sir?" he asked.
"Dark, you know you can drop all that sir stuff with me" Minato said "I've always seen you as an older brother."
"I know that but you being Hokage does entitle you some respect, even from an older brother." Dark said.
Minato just laughed. "Anyway the reason I asked you here is you know that Kushina and I are expecting a child any day now"
"I know that sir, and I know that I will be the medic on duty in the delivery room that day," Dark said
"That's good," Minato said. "Kushina and I talked it over and we would like you to be one of our child's godfather's."
Dark stood there shocked, but after awhile said "I accept, so who is the other one?"
"Our child's other godfather is Jiraiya" Minato said "but Dark, we ask one thing of you"
"What is that?" Dark asked
"If anything happens to me or Kushina, we want you to raise our child" Minato stated
"You two sure about this, I mean I'm honored but it won't be long after your child is born that I'll be leaving to go lead my own village." Dark stated
"Trust me Dark there is no one that me and my wife would trust our child's care with than you. You have been there since I was in the academy and I needed help with jutsus that I couldn't handle and you were there for Kushina every time she needed someone to talk to. You have been a big part in both our lives that is why we ask this of you" Minato responded.
"Well then I guess I have no choice but to accept that responsibility. I just hope that I can find someone to love and spend my days with like you have Kushina." Dark said
"Don't worry Dark I'm sure that there is a girl out there for you. You just need to be patient." Minato said.
"I know" Dark said
A couple days go bye and the village is busy as usual, ninjas going in and out on missions and their trusted Hokage watching over them.
Then early one morning at the Hokage mansion "Minato its time!" Kushina screamed.
Minato picked up his wife and ran her to the hospital where Dark and his team were preparing for their arrival. Kushina was put into a wheelchair and wheeled into the delivery room. Minato decided to wait in the waiting room until he could go inside and be with his wife and child.
After a couple hours Dark walked out of the delivery room and looked around for Minato.
Minato saw Dark and got up and ran over to him "Can I see my family now?" He asked
"We did every thing we could, your child is fine but we couldn't save Kushina," He said as he laid a comforting hand on Minato.
Minato started to cry "But you can bring her back right?"
"Listen Minato, we did everything medically possible to save her, but nothing worked." Dark stated.
"But you have the phoenix demon, you can bring her back" Minato said while raising his voice.
"Listen to me clearly Minato, I talked to Blaze and he said we couldn't do anything, it was her time and if I saved her the child's life would have been sacrificed. I know you wouldn't have wanted that." Dark said.
Minato knew Dark was telling the truth and he didn't want that. "Well can I at least see my son?"
"You can see him, he's in the nursery. Got a name for him?" Dark said
"Naruto" Minato said with a smile as he looked at his newborn son.
"Will he have you last name or" Dark started
"Let him have his mother's last name, that way she is still around." Minato said.
"Ok Naruto Uzumaki it will be," Dark said filling out the birth certificate and handing it over to Minato. "You can take him home tomorrow."
"Ok, can I at least hold him?" Minato asked
"Sure, I'm not going to deprive a father of holding his child," Dark said as he tapped on the glass and pointed to Naruto. A nurse then brought the child out and handed him to his father.
Minato stood there and looked down at his son, who just slept in his father's hands.
A week went by and Dark constantly checked in oh Minato and Naruto to see if they needed anything or just to take care of his nephew and godson so Minato could work. One day while watching Minato and he were watching over Naruto they heard a loud crash followed by a giant what they assumed was a roar. They ran outside to see the village being attacked by the Nine Tailed Fox. They saw ninja running everywhere to make sure the villagers got to safety.
"That monster can't be stopped, I know what I have to do" Minato said
"Minato, think about this, let me go talk him and try to work this out. You have a son to worry about." Dark said.
"Yes I know that, but I also have a village to protect as well. Please go set Naruto up for the sealing. Then after I'm done take him to your new village." Minato said with a tear in his eye as he bent down and gave his son one last hug.
"As you wish sir" Dark said as he took Naruto off to a cave outside the village and prepared him to be the vessel of the nine tails.
Minato walked out did the sealing jutsu and sent the nine tailed fox to Naruto's body where after it entered dark placed a 5 prong seal on his stomach and picked up the crying baby and ran off into the darkness toward his and Naruto's new home.