Hello again! I figured since the first chapter was short I would try to get the next one out early. Also, a big thanks to mrpeeples, as my first review and favorite for the story! Frankly, I am astonished I got anything within a 12-hour period of my start, and I appreciate the fast attention. Anyways, here goes nothing! Oh and I do not own Naruto.
Jiraiya landed in a heap inside Naruto's mindscape, right in front of Isamu. Blearily sitting up, he took a quick look around. Dirty walls and a pair of pipes, one small, and deep blue, the other huge, red, and clearly leaking, were the only notable features other than the coating of water along the floor. 'Kids mind is already a sewer, that's kind of hilarious. I won't even need to try to corrupt him.' "Ok Isamu, which way are we going."
"Give me a second; I'm trying to locate the prison." Isamu replied, his voice a little strained. "Ok, I think I've got it, but we might have a problem. The way there is corrupted with the fox's chakra, and his influence is spreading."
"We need to hurry, if the fox succeeds, he may very well be able to escape, especially since I have the key. Lead the way." The pair began to run, Jiraiya closely following Isamu as they began to thread their way through Naruto's mind.
Almost immediately, they began to see signs of the fox's corruption. Where before the water coating the floor looked dirty; now it was blood red. The red pipe on the wall was clearly cracking, and a jet of red fountained out from the pipe's seams. As they drew close, nearly halfway there, the fox finally made its move to oust the invaders of its domain. The bloody water in front of them rose in a wave, and behind them one of the sprays of water spread to make a wall of red. As the wave drew closer, Jiraiya paused in his rush, quickly making hand signs. As he finished the last seal, he shouted "Doton: Doryuu Kekai no Jutsu!" (Earth Fissure Jutsu)
As a large crack opened in the ground, taking the wave of water into it, Isamu winced. "Could you not rearrange the structure of Naruto's mind? I think he's going to have enough problems as it is." Jiraiya had the grace to look a little embarrassed for not thinking things through, leaping into the air to jump over the chasm he had created to try and hide his discomfort. Just as he hit the ground on the other side, the pool of water behind him rose up once again, forming another wave behind him. "Isamu!"
Jiraiya immediately began another jutsu, this time a spinning ball of chakra forming in his hand as he rushed at the wave. "RASENGAN!" Smashing the orb of chakra into the wave, he cut through, straining to create an opening for the Yamanaka head to jump through. As he broke through, Isamu jumped through the opening, forming his own hand signs. "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" (Water Dragon Jutsu) Forming the dragon from the wave, he further opened the hole in it as it began to rush towards them and fired the dragon directly into the wave, causing both to dissipate completely. Quickly moving on, they both leapt over the deep pool, and began to rush down the corridor again. After a few more minutes of running, they finally reach the seal chamber. A large room with no apparent ceiling, the chamber was unadorned, and in complete chaos. Red chakra seeped from the massive gate at the far end, churning the waters in Naruto's mind and turning them the deep red they had seen earlier, causing large ripples as the fox spread its influence.
Jiraiya looked at Isamu and shouted over the roar of the swirling waters "Stay here, I need to get to the gate!" and began to run towards the gate. As he ran, the flow of the water suddenly changed. Where before the water was clearly being contaminated and spread out, now water that had already been sent to expand the foxes influence began rushing back, quickly beginning to fill the chamber. Isamu quickly formed another water dragon, using it to stave off the rush of water for a moment as he leapt towards Jiraiya.
As the various diplomats, council members, and leaders began situating themselves in another meeting chamber, Hiruzen was on his way, deep in thought, trying to plan a course of action that would be best for Naruto, and how to divulge his heritage to the Daimyo without the Council or the Court's discovery. While he was distracted, Fugaku took the opportunity to resume the meeting. "Fellow members of the Land of Fire's government, we need to decide how to best deal with the Demon should Jiraiya fail to repair the seal. I put forward the motion that the Kyuubi boy be imprisoned within the Police Station, to be watched over and carefully monitored by the Uchiha clan, as we are best suited to prevent another rampage."
As the assembled politicians (I am going to call them this from now on, too many factions to repeatedly name them all, unless it is a specific faction speaking up) began to speak amongst themselves, Hiashi stood up, hastily stepping forward to prevent his rival from gaining control of the Kyuubi. "While Fugaku-san is correct in believing that the Uchiha clan is best suited to control the demon, they will not have any warning of when the demon will try to rage again. I will second the notion, if a Hyuuga is present at all times to watch the flow of the demons chakra, and provide warning of an attempt to break free.
Fugaku growled as, one by one, Hiashi's request was approved, and foiled his attempt to have sole control of the Kyuubi. "Very well, the motion has passed, however, if Jiraiya should manage to repair the seal, will we use the same plan?" At this point, Hiruzen walked in. "Should the seal be repaired, I myself will decide what will be done, as Naruto will almost certainly become a member of the shinobi corps, and be under my direct jurisdiction."
At his words, the Daimyo perked up. "Did you say the child's name is Naruto? What an unusual name." For the Daimyo was aware that the Fourth was to have a child, and had been informed of the name they had decided upon several months prior to the expected birthdate.
Hiruzen gave the Daimyo a knowing look, and replied. "Indeed, it is most unusual, but it was the name decided upon by the Fourth in his last moments. His last words were 'take care of Naruto, he is the one who saved this village, and he will do it again, it's in his blood to protect others.'"
As Isamu leapt to Jiraiya, the wizened Toad sage began to perform more hand signs. "Doton: Doryuheki no Jutsu!" (Mud Wall Jutsu) The ground behind Jiraiya began to quickly rise, as Isamu landed beside him. "That should buy me enough time to check the seal, prepare to get us out of here, I'll let you know exactly when." While Jiraiya spoke, he created another mud wall, this time making it like a ramp, and began to run along the top edge towards the large paper on the Kyuubi's prison, closely followed by Isamu. Once they reached the top, Jiraiya began to look over the seal, while Isamu sat down and began to meditate. Almost immediately, Jiraiya bellowed, nearly knocking Isamu off the wall as he began to furiously critique his student's finest work. "That bumbling idiot made the filter design before he made the seal! This is the complete wrong filter for a seal this complex I'm going to have to give the whole thing a boost!"
Isamu began to meditate again as Jiraiya's shouts subsided into an angry muttering, only to see the water, held back by the mud wall, begin to spill over and into the small area he had made. "Jiraiya you're going to want to hurry this up, we're running out of time."
"What? Oh crap, I don't have time to completely repair the filter; I'm going to have to do this the hard way." With that, Jiraiya began writing a circular pattern of kanji around the original filter, leaving large sections of the circle incomplete as he hastily created a simple filter enhancement design overtop the original. Just as the water reached the halfway point to the seal, he began to sketch a quick copy of the seal to take with him and study. As the water reached the top of the wall, he finished copying the last kanji, and Isamu quickly placed his hand on Jiraiya's forehead, sending him back to his own body. Before he could escape himself, the water latched on to his ankles, rising up his body as he struggled to escape, until he was completely covered. As his body sank beneath the red waves, the water began to level out, the seal beginning to clean the fox's chakra out of Naruto's system.
As Jiraiya returned to his body, his blinked, then leaned back and cracked his back. "Wow that makes you stiff, hey Isamu, thanks for the help, I got what I needed." When Isamu didn't reply, Jiraiya straightened, and looked over at the Yamanaka. Before his eyes, Isamu's body began to steam, the skin turning a bright red. Before Jiraiya could get past his shock, Isamu crumpled to the ground, his body collapsing as it began to burn away.
Jiraiya stared, shocked at Isamu's death, and began to call out when a wave of exhaustion hit him, and he collapsed.
Once again the chapters a little on the short side, but I have class in 10 minutes, and this just seems like a decent stopping point for now. Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for reading! Let me know what you think, yada yada yada, Earthtower is going to sleep! I mean read more fanfiction! I mean history class! Boo history class!