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Kushina tilted her head up slightly, looking at the Kyūbi. The masked man stood in front of the Kyūbi. He finally released the seal he was holding, justified with the formation of the Kyūbi. He looked at the Kyūbi and with one glance, the Kyūbi calmed. It seemed almost under control now.

"Kyūbi control, complete," the masked man said.

"You'll never get away with it," Kushina heavily said.

The masked man took a look at her and said, "What is going to stop the Kyūbi? Konoha? I intend to destroy it. Now."

"Not while I'm alive," Minato shouted, then appeared in front of Kushina.

"Namikaze Minato, still living up to his name of Konoha's Yellow Flash. I'm impressed that you managed to find me this fast," the masked man said comically.

"As long as I'm here, Konoha will not fall," Minato said.

"The Kyūbi is mine now, you cannot stop me," the man said before Kyūbi roared at Minato. The Kyūbi's tails extended and whipped out to attack Minato, but too late since Minato already flashed away, Kushina in his arms standing a distance away.

"Impressive still, Yondaime Hokage," the masked man said before pulling Kyūbi into some sort of space-time ninjutsu and disappearing himself along with it. Minato looked at this and frowned slightly, seeing how the spiral seemed to originate from his mask. He took a good look at Kushina and noticed how her breathing was very minimal at this point.

"Mi-na-to," she said between breaths.

"Shush now, it's going to be okay," Minato said.

"No, it isn't. I was dead as soon as I gave birth to Naruto… Promise me you will take care of him Minato," she pleaded, losing herself now.

"I… I promise," he said choking on his words.

She slightly nodded before closing her eyes and giving a slight smile. She then went to sleep, her breathing fading completely. Minato looked down, seeing his wife dead in his arms when he saw tears slide off of his face onto her. He was crying now.

"Why?" he asked himself.

He wiped his tears quickly, then took his wife close in his arms and flashed out of existence, towards Konoha where the threat would be, mourning silently.

It was quiet in the industrial part of the village. The buildings were mostly closed since it was nighttime and no work was done around these hours. The masked man landed softly on the ground and kneeled, taking in his surroundings. The buildings around him were dark, and closed off. He then went through hand signs swiftly before he shouted, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning Jutsu)"

There was a huge cloud of smoke when suddenly the Kyūbi puffed into existence, and gave a tremendous roar, alerting Konoha to the return of the Kyūbi no Yoko.

Hiruzen, Jiraiya and dozens of Anbu stood on the roof of the Hokage tower, looking around the village for any sign of the Kyūbi while villagers were subtly evacuated. If this intruder was smart, they would go to the industrial village which was close to the residential district and farther away from the Hokage tower. Hiruzen knew this and because of this looked off towards this direction. Jiraiya stood next to him quietly now, no longer holding Naruto who was now sleeping soundly inside the Hokage tower. Hiruzen suddenly felt a large burst of chakra, vile and malicious in nature appear. Then in the distance a large plume of smoke appeared and the Kyūbi emerged and roared at the village. Hiruzen tore off his Hokage robes and stood in his battle outfit.

"Anbu! We move out and defend Konoha!"

"HAI!" shouted dozens of Anbu behind Hiruzen, before dashing off into the distance to hold off the Kyūbi until their Hokage could deal with the tailed beast.

The Kyūbi was engaged by many ninja from Konoha, moving to distract the beast, preventing damage that would be done. Many shouts could be heard from ninja all around.

"Yo! Kyūbi! Over here!" shouted one throwing a bunch of shuriken at the beast.

"No Kyūbi! Over here!" shouted another throwing kunai with explosive tags.

Of course, none of this did anything except pester the beast, making it more enraged. The Kyūbi roared and flicked its tails around to get rid of the annoying flies. The masked man was nowhere to be seen now.

"Jiraiya! Hajime!" came a distant shout that commanded authority.

"Hai! Kuchiyose: Yatai Kuzushi no Jutsu! (Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique)"

Out of nowhere, a giant toad appeared above the Kyūbi and landed on top of him causing a shockwave to spread through the village. The toad took out his tanto and stabbed it into one of the tails.

"And stay down you mutt!" the toad shouted.

"Nice job Bunta! Sensei, knock some sense into this thing!" Jiraiya shouted on top of the Toad Boss.

"Hai! Kuchiyose: Monkey King Enma! (Summoning of Monkey King Enma Technique)"

There was a puff that appeared on a rooftop a small distance from Kyūbi and there stood Hiruzen in full combat armor and a monkey that stood taller than Hiruzen, The monkey looked around before noticing the fox, and said, "So the Kyūbi has been unleashed now Hiruzen? Minato didn't do a very good job," he said.

"There were some things that were unpreventable," Hiruzen said.

"I can see this. Henge: Kongōnyoi! (Transformation: Adamantine Staff)"

Enma then turned from his monkey form into a large staff that Hiruzen then gripped and allowed to extend into the Kyūbi, smacking him in the head. The Kyūbi became enraged and flicked his tail, the tanto flying to the wall of the village and impaling itself in the wall. Gamabunta was getting lose so he bounced off of the beast and landed outside of the village and steadied himself. Hiruzen knew this was an opportunity so he extended the staff again, pushing Kyūbi through the wall and outside the village. He smiled at this small victory, and jumped after the giant fox.

Minato appeared in the Hokage office, where Naruto was sleeping soundly. He sighed and put Kushina down on the floor of the room, directly in the center. He moved to Naruto and said, "I won't let anything happen to you if I can so help it."

Minato then disappeared outside and reappeared on top of the Hokage Monument. More specifically, he was standing on top of his own head. He looked at the fierce battle going on in the distance and noticed the Kyūbi getting more agitated, and it finally began to charge a Bijudama (Tailed Beast Bomb). Minato cursed to himself silently and started to swiftly go through hand signs. Then the Kyūbi turned straight towards Minato and launched it straight at him. Minato finished the hand signs and brought out his signature tri-pronged kunai and held it out in front of him and began the space-time ninjutsu. Out came what looked like a fuinjutsu seal but had a gaping hole in the middle of it and in went the Bijudama. The giant purple chakra ball disappeared inside and seconds later, a huge explosion could be heard a long distance away from the village. He smirked to himself at his quick thinking, but then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned swiftly to find himself staring at the masked man attempting to pull him into his eye when he noticed it now.

Sharingan. In the one eyehole of the mask.

Minato swiftly used the Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God Technique) and escaped. The masked man stood there for a moment, looking on at the Kyūbi and said to himself, "The Hiraishin… what an impressive jutsu." Then the masked man disappeared in a swirl into space itself while saying, "Next time I'll be faster. As soon as I grab him."

Sarutobi looked as the Bijudama launched itself towards the village and panicked slightly, when he saw Minato on top of the Hokage Mountain. He smiled and saw him use a space-time ninjutsu to make the Bijudama disappear. He then turned serious again at the looming threat of the Kyūbi. He gripped Enma who was still in staff form in his hands and charged at Kyūbi.

Jiraiya was standing on top of Bunta when the bijudama went off and had to smile at his apprentice at how he handled the situation. Minato wasn't an SS class ninja for nothing. Minato looked at Kyūbi who was attempting to attack a group of ninja. He figured the best thing to do was to trap it now that it was outside Konoha.

"Bunta! I am going to trap him. Prepare to give him a beating!" Jiraiya shouted.

"You got it!" Gamabunta shouted.

Jiraiya jumped down from Gamabunta and flew through handsigns before shouting "Doton: Yomi Numa! (Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld)" Jiraiya saw the ground change underneath Kyūbi into a swampy mud muck, keeping the Kyūbi pinned.

"Now Bunta!" Jiraiya shouted.

Bunta leaped at Kyūbi and started to pound at him with his sword, only to be countered by his tails, while whipping the occasional water bullet at the fox. Hiruzen was smashing at Kyūbi with his staff, keeping the beast busy with the support of Konoha nin.

Minato reappeared near the Hokage Mountain, not too far from the village. He panted a little though from the exertion he put into himself on the last few jutsu. When he caught his breath, he turned and was about to go to Konoha again when the masked man suddenly appeared before him.

"This time Yondaime, we fight on even ground," said the man.

"I wouldn't call having the Sharingan fighting even now would I? Who are you?" Minato asked.

"I am nobody, and I am somebody. Who I am is not important or relevant to this world anymore, but if you need a name, you may call me Madara Uchiha."

"Impossible! He is dead!"

"Oh really? How do you explain me controlling the Kyūbi then? Only one such as myself could do it. No fool that follows Konoha could do it."

Minato was boiling on the inside. He knew this man was probably flaunting him, but it all didn't make sense. He got past Anbu and himself with Jiraiya by his side, as well as being knowledgeable about jinchuuriki during childbirth, being able to remove the seal and control Kyūbi is no small feat. He knew this man was probably who he claimed he was.

"What is your hope behind this attack?"

"Konoha's destruction. This could definitely be called an attack on whim, or it be planned. I could do it saying it was for war, or for peace."

Minato stepped back, clearly shocked. This man had some dangerous ideals. He looked at the man before him who was now shrugging as if warming up, then saw chains drop from the cloak of his. He looked ready to fight. Minato took a kunai from his pocket and prepared to engage him, when suddenly the man laughed. He actually laughed at him.

"What's so funny?"

"You are clueless Yondaime. The Kyūbi cannot be stopped, unless sealed once more."

"I intend to stop you first, and then the Kyūbi. I will not let Konoha fall."

"Even after they betrayed you? Betrayed the trust that you gave them?"

Minato's eyes widened at this. He observed the man carefully, looking for body language before asking, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about your son Yondaime. I know all about him."

Minato felt himself rumble and then he growled, "You stay away from him and my wife."

"Your wife is dead Yondaime. I know this. There is no way she could have survived giving birth to a child of such a magnitude," the man said simply.

"Explain!"

"It's simple really. Your child has the genes of one of the greatest ninja ever produced. He was very much like you, a protector of the village."

Minato let this roll over in his mind for a minute before his eyes widened and he said, "You don't mean?"

"Yes, he is going to gain power no one could dream of. He may even be better than his surrogate predecessor now. I look forward to fighting him in the future if he lives through the night."

"This ends now. I won't let you get the chance!" Minato said before throwing his kunai at the masked man. The man simply gave a 'huff' of air and let the kunai phase through him, but not before seeing the Yondaime charge in front of him, a blue spiraling ball in his hands.

"Rasengan! (Spiraling Sphere)"

Of course, this attack only phased through him too.

"Too slow Yondaime!" the man said before pulled on his chains and whirling around to face him, only to find he had disappeared again. He sighed and turned to face the Hokage still within the clearing. He has the spiraling ball still in his hand, and was now holding two kunai.

"You cannot hope to defeat an Uchiha!"

"We'll see about that," Minato muttered to himself, before throwing the first kunai, and charging to meet the man. Minato moved as fast as the kunai, behind it and planning his attack carefully. The man ran to meet him, and let the kunai phase through him, when it was done though, he stretched his hand and said, "I win."

"Hiraishin, Level Two!" Minato shouted and disappeared, appearing behind the man snatching his kunai between his fingers and slamming the Rasengan in his hands into the man.

Damn it! He flew to the kunai from earlier!

"Impressed?" Minato asked, then took a breath and said, "Now you definitely will be."

Minato deposited his kunai and went through hand signs quickly before the man could recover and slammed his hand onto the man's chest and shouted, "Keyaku Fūin! (Contract Seal)"

The man cursed himself and felt his control on the Kyūbi released all at once. He no longer had a hold over the beast. Then he looked up at the man who ruined all of his plans with a fire burning in his eyes. Then he said, "I must hand it to you Yondaime Hokage, being able to wound me and sever my ties with Kyūbi is not something to laugh at, but no matter. The Kyūbi will be my plaything again. I will take over the world, and there are so many ways to go about it."

Then, the masked man used his teleportation jutsu and disappeared before Minato's eyes. He had thoughts going through his mind at rapid-fire pacing, but he knew the Kyūbi was still attacking the village. He took a breath and disappeared again using Hiraishin. He now knew what he had to do.

Jiraiya was not having a fun time anymore. He was exhausted, firing off many jutsu and was about to call for support so he could go into sage mode. Gamabunta was doing no better, as he was fighting Kyūbi directly. Hiruzen was getting tired himself. He was getting desperate and needed the assistance of Konoha soon. He was standing off to the side when the Anbu commander flickered into appearance next to him.

"Hokage-sama! Konoha is ready to retaliate fully!"

"Fire the flares!" Hiruzen shouted.

Hiruzen saw the flares go into the sky and then the ninja of Konoha went at the Kyūbi with full force, holding him off, but not before the Kyūbi started to charge another bijudama.

"He can still do another!?" Hiruzen shouted.

Jiraiya appeared next to Hiruzen and said, "Sensei, without Minato we can't do anything."

"Kuchiyose: Yatai Kuzushi no Jutsu! (Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer)"

Out of the sky dropped a giant green toad with swords in sheaths strapped to its back. On top of the toad stood Minato, looking down at the Kyūbi who was still charging its bijudama. He cursed slightly and started to charge his chakra, preparing to Hiraishin himself and the fox.

"It's the Yondaime!" the ninja cheered around him. Jiraiya smiled knowing his apprentice, and Hiruzen looked on, wondering what he would do. Then, they disappeared along with the fox.

"What the!?" Jiraiya shouted, before another explosion went off in the distance past the mountains.

"There!" Hiruzen shouted.

"Gamabunta, go on home. You did well. I will summon Gamaken to assist me," Jiraiya said.

"Thanks Jiraiya. Summon me for a drink sometime though," the toad said.

Jiraiya smiled and nodded, seeing Bunta disappear in a puff of smoke. Then he summoned Gamaken quickly and said, "I need you to get me and sensei over to Minato quickly. Time is off the essence."

"I will do my best, however I am quite ungraceful," the purple toad said. Jiraiya sweatdropped at the toad, but shook it off quickly as he and Hiruzen jumped on the toad and took off into the distance.

Minato was panting with Naruto in his arms. He was running very dangerously low on chakra. The Kyūbi had escaped from Gamatiro and was now preparing to attack Minato. He sighed and pulled out two scrolls. He laid one of them on the ground and formed the tiger seal.

"Fuin Kai! (Seal Release)" Minato shouted.

The scroll glowed then suddenly an altar appeared and fuinjutsu marks ran across the ground until they reached the Kyūbi who was entangled in them shortly, becoming encumbered. He roared at Minato, who smirked at him and began to do what he set out to do. He took the second scroll and scribed within it quickly, then rolled it up and set it to the side. Then he flew through hand signs and shouted "Shiki Fūjin! (Dead Demon Consuming Seal)"

There was an ominous chakra then that surrounded Minato and behind him appeared the Shinigami. Minato looked at his son, and shed tears. He never wanted this to happen to HIS child of all people, but he had to protect him, and protect Konoha.

"I am so sorry," he whispered.

There was a loud crash behind Minato and there landed the toad carrying Hiruzen and Jiraiya.

"Kid!" Jiraiya shouted.

"Stay back! This is my job!" Minato said.

Jiraiya and Hiruzen stood together on top of the toad and watched him. They both knew what was happening as soon as they showed up, but couldn't do anything. The scroll that Minato had put to hold the Kyūbi in place was also a barrier seal.

Minato was running low on chakra now. He knew from the seals he had placed he was getting dangerously low. He thought about taking the Kyūbi with him together, but then crossed that thought because his son was the perfect person to hold him. If this masked man was correct, his son would be able to contain the Kyūbi with no problems. The question was could he draw on the Shinigami enough to be able to form this seal to hold both the yin and the yang chakra of the Kyūbi. He mulled it over before finally deciding quickly. He flew through a set of handsigns and shouted, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

There was a puff and then an altar appeared in front of Minato. He went and placed his child on the altar quickly and looked at the Kyūbi. He gave him a defiant glare and the Kyūbi roared back at Minato. Minato flew through a final set of hand signs before shouting "Hakke no Fūin Shiki! (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style)"

Minato felt the rest of his chakra leaving his body and the restraints on the Kyūbi weaken. He looked at the Kyūbi and realized it was starting to get free, so he hastened the sealing process. He shouted in pain as he felt his whole body burning from the effort, his soul about to be taken by the Shinigami.

Jiraiya was now shaking where he stood. He couldn't stand the sight of Minato dying in front of him. He was probably his most treasured student he had ever had. Hiruzen was shedding a tear at the sight of Minato dying now. He couldn't stand to see someone who was younger than him die. He should have been the one to seal Naruto away, but knew this was his right as a father to do this.

Minato was weakening in spirit now. He felt faint and was ready to give up, but with one look at his child, he realized Kushina would be up his ass if he gave up. He channeled more chakra into the sealing process now, determined to seal the Kyūbi into Naruto completely.

"Naruto, I suppose I should tell you everything now huh? I know you are a strong kid, and you will surpass me one day. I want you to grow up healthy, be loved and have lots of friends and loved ones. I want you to find some people that are special to you. I want you to take care of yourself, eat healthy everyday unlike your mother who has to eat ramen like it's going out of style. I want you to work hard, but have fun and be a kid above all else. I want you to be you."

Minato was crying by the end of his speech. He wasn't going to see his kid grow up, like every parent wish they could, but it was his duty as his father to protect him and as Hokage to protect Konoha. Jiraiya and Hiruzen heard every word that the man had uttered and were shedding more tears now. Jiraiya mouthed to himself, 'baka,' but knew it wouldn't do any good.

With one last effort, Minato gave a shout and the sealing process was completed. Minato fell over as soon as the process was over. He felt very weak, not feeling anything in his entire body. The seals everywhere around him dissolved except for the seal on Naruto. He smiled knowing he had completed the job he set out to do.

"Kid!" Jiraiya shouted and landed next to him.

Minato gave him a weak smile through the tears he had shed in pain. He tried to speak but couldn't find his voice. He winced and then tried again, clearing his throat.

"Scroll," he whispered.

Jiraiya nodded in understanding, waving the scroll he grabbed that was rolled up on the ground in front of his face. Minato nodded slightly and looked towards the altar where his child was. Hiruzen was standing over Naruto now, looking over him giving a side glance to Minato where he smiled sadly.

"I'm sorry," Minato whispered.

"Don't be sorry. No one could have predicted this."

"Take care… of Naruto," Minato said, tears falling freely down his face.

"Of course," Jiraiya said now shedding tears of his own.

And with that, Minato closed his eyes and breathed his last breath. Jiraiya looked up at Hiruzen who was now carrying Naruto in his arms. The child of the Yondaime was crying in his arms, as if he knew what was happening.

The Yondaime had died protecting the village, and his son. That was the way a Hokage should die.

Ah man, I had the feels writing this chapter. I hope you all like it. The changes made were subtle from the series, but significant, as you all will be seeing. I love teasers.

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