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"Wait..! I still have questions!" she yelled, "What are these dreams? Who is that man? Why me?!"
"Those dreams.. Are one of many possible futures, if everything goes the way it's supposed to. The redhaired man with the tail… Is the Savior.. and Also.."
"The Destruction of This World."
Prologue 2: Birth of Naruto, The Potential
"The red haired man is not from this universe." the Shinigami continued. Kushina and Mikoto still looking down at her stomach in shock, snapped their heads back towards him.
"...Destruction…? Not... From this universe?" Mikoto asked, bewildered.
"What did you.. Do to me?" Kushina asked, stomach still feeling numb.
"He is a being known to his home universe as a Saiya-Jin, or Saiyan." He continued, ignoring their questions, "Long ago, a Saiyan was betrayed, his newly pregnant wife killed. In his rage, he transformed, gaining power that was unimaginable. Unfortunately he couldn't control this power. In his rage, he destroyed himself, along with his betrayer, and the legend of the Super Saiyan was born. The DaiKaioh of the universe at the time, knowing of the coming darkness, saved the unborn child, knowing he would be important later." The Shinigami finished his story, looking back towards Kushina, who like Mikoto, was entranced by the story. Pointing towards Kushina's stomach, "That child will be born from you, Uzumaki Kushina." He finished.
Kushina and Mikoto's jaws dropped, realizing what the red orb was, "Me?! I'm pregnant?!" her hands reached towards her belly, "B-but, no! Not now! You must know what's happening! It's not safe!" She yelled, "And I'm not ready to be a mother! I haven't even been with anyone!"
The Shinigami stared at her for a moment, "This is how it must be." he stated, looking to her again, making Mikoto and Kushina frown, "The child must learn from this world, learn from it's mistakes, or he will never be ready for what is approaching."
Mikoto spoke up, making Kushina and the Shinigami look at her, "What is it exactly, that is approaching?" she asked, fearing the answer, as if it made the Shinigami, and this, 'DaiKaioh' of all things interfere, then it must be bad. Kushina agreeing with the question.
"Yeah." Kushina piped in, "You mentioned an ''Approaching Darkness' in my dream as well. What did you mean?" she asked.
The Shinigami was silent for a moment, "The darkness I spoke of, is a being which nearly destroyed everything. The First God of Destruction. This universe, The Ninth, The Seventh, where the Saiyan race resides, along with every other Universe. They would have been completely destroyed by this being, if not for the previous 4 DaiKaiohs, defeating it and splitting it up into 4 separate entities. Unfortunately, we do not have any DaiKaiohs to save us this time.." He explained gravely, making Kushina and Mikoto have a feeling of dread well up inside them.
'H-how is anyone supposed to stop that..?' They both thought.
"Be prepared, for in nine months time, your journey as well as the red-haired man's Destiny, will begin." he said, before disappearing, as if he was never there.
Kushina and Mikoto collapsed after a moment in shock. They were getting involved in something way over their heads. Hearing of Gods, and beings that could destroy reality itself as they knew it.
"Ugh..! This is too much-ttebane..!" Kushina whined, putting a hand to her head, "..Konoha is the least of our problems, as much as I hate to say it."
Mikoto only nodded, barely noticing the verbal tic of Kushina's, still trying to get over the fact that she had just met, and spoken to the God of Death and what he'd told them, "We'll have to deal with Konoha later." she said, making Kushina frown, as she looked at her, "I know you don't like it, but its the safest place for now. Unfortunately, Konoha is the lesser of two evils right now. We won't be able to protect ourselves if we left now." She said with a frown, as she motioned to both of their bellies, looking at Kushina's scowling face.
Kushina sighed, rubbing her stomach, looking down with a small smile towards it, "At least something good will come from this.."she muttered, a feeling of warmth replacing the numbness in it.
Timeskip 9 months
Nine months had passed since Kushina and Mikoto had battled and lost to Minato, before being saved by the God of Death himself, the Shinigami.
Kushina lay in a hospital bed, in an undisclosed location, hidden away from the village. The seal that held the Kyuubi no Yoko at bay weakened during childbirth. Knowing this, Minato, now the Yondaime Hokage, remembering nothing of his confrontation with Kushina and Mikoto, had hidden her away, taking a team of Med-Nin to a secret location.
"One more push Kushina!" An older woman in medical garb said, as Kushina struggled, dark circles around her eyes, showing her exhaustion. Minato nearby, sweat dripping down his brow, as he fought to keep the seal holding Kyuubi at bay.
"Hnnnnnnggggg! It Huuuuurrrts!" Kushina grunted, glaring at Minato, "You better be doing your job, Bastard!" she yelled, making Minato sweat-drop, looking slightly scared, as he tried to ignore her glaring at him. Kushina scowled, wincing in pain.
'Namikaze of all people… As if putting up with this village for nine more months wasn't enough!' she thought.
"Concentrate on the seal, Minato! You have no time to be distracted!" the woman delivering the baby yelled, making Minato nod.
Kushina gave one last push, hearing the Kyuubi roar inside her head, before hearing crying.
"Waaaaaaaaaahhh! Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Kushina heard, looking down towards the older woman. Kushina saw the older woman holding a small baby with a full head of spiky, dark red hair, with a reddish brown tail coming out of his tail-bone.
"It's… A healthy baby boy..!" The older Med-Nin said, looking bewildered at the tail, and full head of hair, "And he's definitely got a set of lungs on him!" she said with a chuckle, Kushina smiled widely at the baby, the image of the man in her dreams appearing once more in her mind. The woman washed the baby, before starting towards Kushina, the baby wrapped in a blanket. Minato looked just as bewildered as the woman, looking at the strange baby.
'Some kind of Bloodline..?' Minato thought confused, before his eyes widened.
There was a blur of black, as Kushina cried out. A person wearing a black cloak and a mask with a single eye hole, took the baby away from the woman, killing her in the process. Holding his hand in a clawed fashion over the crying baby as he stood away from Kushina and Minato, the body of the Med-Nin rapidly paling on the floor.
"Biwako-san!" Minato yelled, narrowing his eyes, looking at the black cloaked figure. The mask he wore had a spiral design that originated from the right eye hole, "Who are you?" He asked.
"Give Naruto Back!" Kushina yelled desperately, tears falling from her eyes trying and failing to reach for him from the bed she was on.
The masked man chuckled in a deep voice, moving his hand closer to the baby, as it cried louder.
"Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Move away from the host, or this baby will not live a single minute longer." He said slowly, making Minato narrow his eyes, and Kushina to stiffen in panic.
"Get away from the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki." He said again, a kunai appearing in his hand, "Or the boy dies!"
'How did he get passed the barrier..?!' Minato thought, 'Who could he be?'
Moving the Kunai closer to Naruto, the man chuckled darkly, "Naruto!" Kushina yelled in horror.
"WaaaaaAAAAHHH!" Naruto screamed, after hearing Kushina yell for him, a reddish white aura surrounding him blowing the cloaked man away, shocking everyone in the room, before starting to fall to the ground. Minato thinking quickly, threw a tri pronged kunai in his direction before disappearing in a flash of yellow.
Minato appeared in a flash, gabbing Naruto before he could hit the ground. Recovering from his shock, 'What? what is that child?!', the masked man righted himself, staring at the tailed child, "As expected of the Konoha no Kiiroi Senko…" He stated, before smirking behind his mask, "What now though?" he said, making a hand sign, as hissing was heard from the blanket Naruto was wrapped in.
'Exploding tags!' Minato thought, as he flashed away again,taking Naruto out of the blanket first,. Appearing in the forest, a tri pronged kunai lodged into a tree beside him., and hearing an explosion in the distance, Minato flashed away again, this time appearing in a room with a bed. Placing the still crying Naruto in the bed and wrapping him in a blanket.
Meanwhile, At The Same Time
Kushina laid chained to a rock in the middle of five tall stone pillars. The seal holding Kyuubi visible on her stomach, as more seals spread out over the rock. A full moon high in the sky.
"What do you want with me..?" Kushina asked, exhausted. She could feel the Kyuubi still fighting to break out of the seal.
"With Minato out of the way, and the seal weakened from you giving birth, theres nothing to stop me now.." The masked man stated looking at the seal, making Kushina's eyes widen.
Looking into Kushina's eyes, revealing a Sharingan through the eye hole of the mask, he peered into Kushina's mind, finding the Kyuubi. "You!" the Kyuubi yelled, seeing the man appear before it, inside the seal, as it was chained to a floating ball of chakra.
As Kyuubi looked into the eyes of the man, its own eyes started to change, a sharingan appearing within them, before the pupil enlarged, covering the entire eye. Kyuubi roared as it fought against the weakened chains holding it down. Slowly they started breaking.
Outside the seal, the masked man chuckled darkly, "Now.. Come out Kyuubi no Yoko!" he yelled.
Kushina's eyes and mouth went wide with pain, as red chakra started surrounding her, the seal expanding over her body. The red chakra coalesced into a giant roaring fox head, before it grew in size.
Kushina's body went limp, barely conscious, as the giant form of Kyuubi stood above them.
"Now... To Konohagakure.." The man said, before looking to Kushina's form, laying on ground, "But first…." he started, hearing Kyuubi let out a roar that shook the ground.
"Ugh….Naru..To" Kushina said weakly, rolling onto her stomach, and glaring at the masked man.
"Hmmm...?" The masked man looked at Kushina, "...Still alive, even after having the Kyuubi no Yoko ripped from your body… The Uzumaki really are amazing.." He said, the Kyuubi roared above them, "Now, Kyuubi! Kill your former host!"
"Rooooooooooaaaarrrr!" The Kyuubi roared as it threw its arm down, creating a giant cloud of debris. When the cloud cleared, Minato held Kushina standing on a tree.
"N-Namikaze… Is Naruto.. Okay…?" Kushina asked, weakly. Minato only nodded, before disappearing in a flash.
"Hm.. " The masked man hummed, "He flashed away again.. No matter. We will head for Konoha."
Minato and Kushina appeared in a flash inside the room, and Minato laid her down beside Naruto, who was still crying. Kushina cuddled Naruto to her chest, before looking at Minato, narrowing her eyes, and looking away, "Namikaze…" Kushina said lowly, making him look over to her, "...Thank you.." Minato's eyes softened a bit, before they hardened again. He nodded and disappeared in another flash. Kushina brushed a hand through Naruto's red hair softly with a small smile, as Naruto quieted down, opening his dark blue eyes, and looking at Kushina, "Everything will be okay…" she whispered with hope.
Konoha
Back in Konoha, inside the Uchiha compound, Mikoto stood on the step of her house holding a baby with dark blue spiky hair looking at the sky, wondering why she had a feeling of dread building within her. Itachi was beside her, "Are you alright, Kaa-san..?" he asked hesitantly.
Mikoto was silent, still staring at the sky as the baby in her arms started to cry. She looked down at it, humming to it as Itachi came over, reaching his finger closer to the baby, making it grip his finger, " Shhhh.. Little Sasuke, big brother will always protect you…" Itachi spoke with a small smile, bringing one out in Mikotos face as well, before she looked to the horizon.
Suddenly, The Kyuubi appeared inside the village in a cloud of smoke, shocking Mikoto and Itachi, "...No..! That could only mean…" Mikoto muttered, "Kushina!" Mikoto yelled with worry.
The Masked Man, Seconds Earlier
A spiral seemed to form in mid-air in a dark alley inside Konoha. Eventually the masked man stepped out, chuckling. Looking around, he chuckled again, "Lets see you handle this, Konoha.." he muttered.
He went through hand seals before thrusting his hand towards the ground, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!", He yelled, as seals spread over the ground.
A giant cloud of smoke appeared, "Rooooooaaarrr!" the Kyuubi appeared with a roar, its tails flailing around, and destroying buildings everywhere it stepped.
"What is th-this!?"
"T-the K-Kyuubi?! How?!"
The Shinobi of the village were in complete panic, wondering what was going on.
An anbu appeared in the Sandaime's office in his home, "Sandaime-sama! The Kyuubi has just appeared within the Village!" he yelled, as the Sandaime could be seen looking out his window.
"I know! I'll take care of it! Protect those who can't fight!" he said, already putting on his armor. 'The Uzumaki's Seal broke?!' , he thought, 'But how?'
Kyuubi
The Kyuubi turned its head towards the Hokage Mountain, seeming to sense a presence. Standing on the stone face of his own head, stood Minato, "So, you sensed me, did you?" he muttered, as the Kyuubi started gathering a dark chakra near its mouth into a ball.
Minato narrowed his eyes, "I can't let you do this here.." Minato stated, forming hand signs as the Kyuubi fired the massive ball of destruction towards him.
Before the ball could impact, space seemed to fold around the ball, making it disappear, before immediately appearing miles behind the Monument, causing a spectacular explosion, blowing up the mountains around.
Minato still stood on top of his stone head on the Monument, his tri pronged Kunai held in his hands.
The Sandaime appeared before the Kyuubi with his Adamantine Bo-Staff in hand.
"I have to let Sarutobi-Sama know what's going-" Minato was interrupted, as the masked man appeared behind him. Minato, sensing his presence, spun fast, kunai in hand, aiming for his head. The kunai struck the masked man in the head, before it, along with his entire hand, went straight through as if he wasn't there at all. Minato's eyes widened in shock. 'W-What?!"
The man grabbed Minato's wrist, "Can't have you interfering now can I..?" he said, smirking behind his mask, as space seemed to fold in on itself around his right eye, trying to suck Minato in. Before it could, the masked man was shocked as Minato disappeared once again, "...He flashed away again.. Thats starting to get annoying." he sneered to himself, "I'm going to have to do it the instant I touch him next time.."
Minato appeared in a flash in the forest, "Was that a space-time technique..? Like my Hiraishin?' he thought, before the man appeared, in front of him in a swirl of space, and a chuckle.
"Think you could get away, did you?" The man said.
"Who are you?" Minato asked the man, making the man give an unseen smirk, 'That must be how he was able to move Kushina so quickly.. How he got passed the barrier of the village… But, he also knew about Kushina's seal's weakening during pregnancy, and was able to tame the Kyuubi..' Minato thought to himself, 'There's only one person I can think of that could know all of this…' He thought, narrowing his eyes.
"Are you Uchiha Madara?" Minato asked, as he kneeled on the ground. "No… He's head. You couldn't be him."
"Well… Who knows?" The man said with a chuckle.
Minato narrowed his eyes, "Why are you attacking Konoha?"
"I guess you could say, its for War… And Peace.." he answered, smirking behind his mask as he got into a fighting stance. He launched from his spot towards Minato, "There is no hope for you!" He yelled.
Minato charged forwards as well, Kunai in hand, but again, he seemed to just phase straight through, before being wrapped in a chain attached to the man's wrists. Minato once again disappeared in a flash appearing a few feet away, 'Physical attacks won't work..' he thought, looking towards the man, 'With his technique...Looks like it's down to whoevers faster..'
Minato charged back towards him, throwing a kunai phasing straight through the man's head.
Reaching towards Minato, the masked man intent to use his technique on him, but before he could, Minato disappeared in a flash. 'What?!' He thought in shock.
"Hiraishin Level 2: Rasengan!" Minato yelled, appearing above the man, thrusting the Rasengan towards his back.
"Gah!",The man let out, as the rasengan exploded into his back, causing a crater in the ground around his body. Minato quickly tried to take off the mask.
The man once again used his technique to disappear in a swirl, appearing on a rock a few meters away, but again Minato appeared right in front of him in another flash, 'He must have marked me somehow with his Hiraishin Seal…!', the man thought, as Minato raised his hand towards the man's chest, as seals started sprouting from his hand. 'A contract seal! Hes trying to break my contract with Kyuubi!' He thought in shock.
"Now, you can't control the Kyuubi anymore.." Minato muttered, as the man jumped away from Minato.
"Hm.. You definitely deserve the title of Hokage.. I'm impressed, but the Kyuubi will be mine once more." He stated with a chuckle, as space swirled around him, "I'll be back.." he said, disappearing.
Minato narrowed his eyes once again, his face forming a frown.
Kyuubi
"Hold it off until the Yondaime gets here!" a Shinobi yelled as many of them threw any and all jutsu they could think of towards the Bijuu.
Unfortunately, Kyuubi simply swatted them away, or completely ignored them, killing all in its path. Kyuubi started charging up another ball of chakra in front of its mouth. "So you're trying that again, are you?" The Sandaime muttered with a frown.
Suddenly a giant toad appeared wearing a vest. It had a smoking pipe in its mouth, with Minato stood atop its head, 'This is going to take a lot of chakra..!' Minato thought to himself, "Hold it off, Gamabunta!" Minato shouted as he went through hand seals.
"I can't hold it off for long!" Gamabunta yelled, as it charged, grabbing onto the Kyuubi, as it charged energy into a huge ball.
As Gamabunta grabbed the Kyuubi, it suddenly disappeared, sparing the forces of Konoha. Seconds later, in the distance there was another giant explosion.
Kushina
Kushina was laying in the bed with Naruto, when the room she was in was rocked by an explosion. Grabbing hold of Naruto, she was thrown to the floor, "Guh!" she breathed, landing on her back, cradling Naruto as gently as she could as he woke up, and started crying. "W-what the hell..?" Kushina said weakly, still exhausted from the Kyuubi being ripped from her body.
Getting outside, Kushina looked around to see that the entire forest in front of her was a giant crater. She turned and saw the Kyuubi growling at the Toad Boss, Gamabunta with Minato on his head. Gritting her teeth, 'There's only one way...' she thought, looking down to Naruto, who was gripping her hair in his small fist. "Don't worry, Naruto-Chan.." Kushina whispered over the sounds of destruction. She hurried back into the cabin, and set him gently back into the bed.
Running her hand through his red hair, she smiled, before narrowing her eyes, and disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
Minato and Gamabunta were trying to hold their ground against the Kyuubi, sweat dripping down Minato's brow after deflecting another giant ball of Chakra. "We can't hold it off for much longer, Gama. We need a plan!" Minato yelled, feeling the explosion off in the distance.
"Well get your brain working!" Gamabunta shot back, his left eye closed as blood trailed down his face from a long cut over his eye, "I'm all ears!", dodging the claw of Kyuubi as it slashed its sword towards it. Unfortunately the Kyuubi simply batted the sword away with a snarl. It roared as it charged once again.
Suddenly, spiked chains started wrapping around the Kyuubi, making it growl even more as it struggled against them. Minato and Gamabunta were shocked to find Kushina standing atop a tree with chakra chains flowing out of her body. She struggled to subdue the Kyuubi, "I'll seal it back inside of myself!" She yelled, as she lurched over in pain and exhaustion. The Kyuubi fought against the chains, paws drawing gouges in the ground as it roared angrily.
Minato and Gamabunta let out relieved sighs, before Minato's eyes widened, looking towards the Kyuubi. "The Kyuubi is charging another blast!" he yelled, as Kushina looked up, shocked.
The Kyuubi growled as it finished charging the ball, the full moon high in the sky.
This time, instead of blasting it, the Kyuubi swallowed the giant ball of chakra. Everyone's eyes widened further, as smoke flowed out of the Kyuubi's nostrils. Glaring at Kushina, the Kyuubi's eyes glowed a bit before suddenly, its body suddenly seemed to blow up impossibly large. "Kushina!" Minato yelled.
'No…!' Kushina thought with dread, as she unconsciously stopped pulling on the chains. Her face fell in despair, 'I'm so sorry… Naruto..', tears falling from her eyes.
"ROOOOOOAAAAARRR!"
"Waaaaaahhhh! Waaaaaaahhhhhh!" A loud wailing could be heard in the cabin, coming from Naruto. As the baby continued to cry, there was a roar from outside, and the cabin shook, scaring Naruto. Looking towards where he heard the roar, little Naruto saw a giant nine tailed fox.
Suddenly the crying stopped, as its eyes, wet from crying, found the full moon high in the sky.
Naruto's eyes seemed to widen, pupils disappearing, as his little heart beat harder.
He was surrounded by a reddish white aura, as his little body glowed and transformed, destroying the cabin as it grew into a gigantic tailed ape with reddish brown fur.
The Giant ape roared as it's glowing red eyes locked onto the Kyuubi as it swallowed the giant ball of chakra, and its body blew up.
"IMARI!" The Kyuubi roared.
"ROOOOOOOOAAARRR!"
A giant beam of reddish white energy fired from the ape's mouth towards the Kyuubi just as it also blasted its attack. Cutting straight through the blast of Kyuubi, the beam continued and hit the Bijuu, and exploded sending the Kyuubi flying, crashing into a mountain.
Kushina, Minato, and Gamabunta turned shocked eyes towards the great ape, as it roared once again, thumping its fists against it's chest. "W-what is t-that?!" Minato muttered, 'That's not a Bijuu..!' He thought in panic. Gamabunta was speechless as it saw the Kyuubi be blasted away like a fly.
'Naru..to…?!', Kushina thought to herself in shock, recalling this same beast in one of her dreams. She watched, eyes with dark circles around them, falling to her knees on the ground exhausted, as the great ape jumped around, destroying the forest. It sent more of the same beams of energy into the sky, before it turned back towards the Kyuubi. It beat its fists against its chest once again.
The Kyuubi stood back up from the wreckage of the mountain it crashed into before growling. It shook its head, as it stumbled a bit. "Filthy Ape!", the Kyuubi growled, glaring back at the great ape. It let out a roar as it charged. Getting near the ape, it dodged a punch, as it bit into its arm, drawing blood.
The great ape roared in pain, before it wrapped its giant hand around the foxes neck, and ripped it off its arm. The Kyuubi growled, as it thrashed in the grip of the ape, trying to slash the ape with its giant claws. The great ape growled at the fox before throwing the fox back towards the rubble of the mountain.
"ROOOOOOOOAAARRR!" The great ape let out before blasting another beam from it's mouth. The beam sped towards Kyuubi, exploding on impact. The ape roared in victory once again as it thumped it's fist against its chest.
Minato was in pure shock as he watched the great ape beat the Kyuubi like it wasn't even a challenge, 'W-What the hell is that thing..?' He thought with fear.
"N-Naruto…?" Kushina stated slowly. Minato looked to Kushina as his jaw dropped in shock. 'That…. Thats Naruto?!', He thought as his eyes widened even further, before they narrowed. Gamabunta looked to her in shocked confusion.
"What is that thing?" Gamabunta asked, Kushina was silent, as the ape turned its sights onto them, making Gamabunta take a step back, and Minato stiffen.
The ape seemed to look at Gamabunta, letting out a snort, before it once again started to beat it's chest, as if in challenge.
"Naruto?" Kushina asked louder this time, as she painfully made her way towards the giant ape, making it look at her in what seemed to be confusion. Kushina stopped, panting in exhaustion as the great ape took a step towards her, and leaned down so its face was right in front of her.
It took an experimental sniff, making Kushina stumble a bit from the wind, as she looked into the giant eyes of what used to be a baby. Reaching her hand out to the ape, Kushina was about to pet its snout, before the ape suddenly looked away with a growl, startling her.
She looked where it was looking and her eyes widened as she saw the Kyuubi standing weakly on its feet, swallowing another ball of chakra. It's body blew up, before a giant blast of chakra roared towards them. Minato flashed away, with Gamabunta already jumping out of the way, getting clipped by the blast with a yell of pain before returning to the summon realm with a giant cloud of smoke.
As the blast continued on towards the ape and Kushina, the ape grabbed Kushina in its giant hand, and turned its back towards the blast. The ape grunted in pain as it was blasted off its feet spinning through the air, and crashing through the forest on its back.
The Kyuubi's eyes widened as the great ape got back up with a growl, still holding Kushina in its hand gently.
Kushina looked weakly towards Naruto in shock, as it growled baring it's teeth at the Bijuu in rage. Its back was smoking as the fur and skin was charred. Its tail thrashed and slammed against the ground making a crater, as it let out a roar.
Slowly setting Kushina gently on the ground, where she laid, unable to move, the giant ape stood and thumped its chest once more, before charging the Kyuubi with a growl.
The Kyuubi was unable to dodge fast enough as the ape grabbed one of its tails, picking the Kyuubi up and swung it around, slamming it into the ground with a roar, before it picked it back up and did it once again.
Dropping the tail, the ape stomped on the Kyuubi's chest, as the Kyuubi let out a roar of pain, before the ape took its fist and slammed it into its head, driving it into the ground, as a giant cloud of dust and debris surrounded it. The beast opened its giant maw and bright reddish white energy sparked to life before it blasted a beam of energy straight at the Kyuubi, blowing away the dust in the explosion, the ape looked down at the Bijuu, that had finally lost consciousness.
The ape reared its head back, towards the moon and roared finally in victory, sending a beam of energy into the sky, and thumping its chest.
Kushina, feeling the last of her energy leaving her, muttered,"I'm sorry, Naruto.." from above the unconscious Kyuubi, the ape's ears twitched a bit, before it looked back to her. Turning, the ape walked back towards her.
Kneeling towards the ground over Kushina, the ape looked at her in what seemed to be confusion. It sniffed at her a bit again, making Kushina smile weakly, as her hair blew from her face. Gathering her strength, Kushina lifted her hand towards the ape. Rubbing the snout of the beast, Kushina laughed a bit as the ape grunted, and twitched its nose
Kushina's smile turned sad, the dark circles around her eyes growing darker, "I won't be here to watch you grow up. To see how great you become.. I'm so sorry.." Kushina said weakly, with tears running down her face, and landing on the ground beneath her. The ape grunted in what seemed to be confusion, looking down at Kushina.
"You'll change the world… I know it…" Kushina said with a proud smile, as the light in her eyes dimmed a bit.
"I love you… Naruto…." Kushina said, as the ape moved forward minutely. The hand fell limply to the ground.
The ape stared at the hand, before it grunted a bit, and sniffed, causing Kushina's hair to once again blow around. Kushina didn't move.
The ape grunted again, louder this time as its eyes narrowed. Gently, it nudged Kushina with its snout, but Kushina simply laid there, not moving, as her eyes simply stared back at the ape.
The ape growled, slamming the ground with a fist, the force causing Kushina hair to once more blow around.
"She's gone." A voice spoke. The ape snapped its giant head towards the voice, seeing Minato staring at the ape with an emotionless face, from atop a tree. The ape growled lowly, causing the ground to shake a bit.
Minato's eyes narrowed as he looked at the great ape's giant red eyes, "What are you.. Naruto?" he asked the beast, "Your energy barely even resembles Chakra. Its far more potent and destructive than even the Kyuubi's Youki.." he stated. The ape growled at Minato, as it prepared to stand up.
Minato started going through hand seals, as the ape glared at him, rage burning in the beast's eyes, as the ape lifted it's giant fist to crush Minato beneath it. Minato finally finished the hand seals ending by clapping his hands together. The giant ape thrust it's hand down, but before it could hit Minato, it froze. It snarled in rage as it tried to break free.
"Shiki Fujin." Minato stated, as a glowing spectral image of himself seemed to float out of him.
A cold breeze seemed to flow through the forest as the Giant ape stood frozen as it growled in rage.
Suddenly, a man in a black cloak appeared behind Minato. Minato's eyes widened as a flash of memories flooded his mind. Looking behind himself, Minato saw the man hidden beneath the hood. "You..!" he shouted in shock.
"Namikaze Minato…" The Shinigami said, as he glared at the blonde, with his knife held tightly between his fanged teeth,
Minato's face formed into one of horror, "No…" He muttered in panic, before he himself froze, unable to move '... The Shinigami.. He was the one who stopped me, before!' Minato thought in panic.
Looking at the giant ape, the Shinigami smirked as the ape growled at him, still unable to move, "Amazing isn't he..? Namikaze?" The Shinigami stated, looking back towards Minato with a smirk around his knife. He looked towards the spectral form of Minato, hanging in the air. "What exactly was your plan..? Hmm..?" The Shinigami seemed to stare into Minato's eyes for a moment, making Minato's eyes jerkily narrow.
The Shinigami turned towards him, glaring into Minato's eyes, "You knew Kushina would die. No human, not even an Uzumaki has enough life force to survive a Bijuu being separated from them. So you decided that Naruto," The Shinigami motioned towards the giant ape, who was still glaring towards Minato, "Would be the next Jinchuuriki." he stated, making Minato's eyes widen.
"But, that wouldn't be enough. You feared this power.. Knew that there was a chance that Naruto would turn against the village, as the so-called, 'Power of Human Sacrifice', is universally despised and feared by the nations." The Shinigami continued, Minato's eyes slowly widening further, "So you figured out a way to make sure Naruto would never be out of the villages control."
"Place a seal on him to absorb all of his anger and hatred towards the village… Redirect it towards the villages enemies, and only sealing the Yang of Kyuubi's Youki inside of Naruto, while sealing the Yin into yourself, making him the true ultimate weapon of Konoha. Leaving you to be summoned by way of Sarutobi using his sensei's Edo Tensei... Just in case..."
Minato was in panic, 'H-how did he know?' he thought to himself, struggling to break the hold the Shinigami had over him, 'Did he read my mind?!'
The Shinigami started walking towards Naruto, making the giant ape look at him with a growl, "Unfortunately.." The Shinigami said, before he slowly started levitating in the air, to be eye level with the beast. He smirked at the ape, "Your plan won't work… There was a reason I gave the Uzumaki the Shiki Fujin.." placing his hand on the temple of the beast, it let out a growl, before it's eyes widened, and it started to glow once again and shrink down. Finally after the glow died down, the Shinigami was seen holding an unconscious baby Naruto.
The Shinigami looked at the child as he slowly descended to the ground, Minato looking on in shock, still unable to move, "And you see, Naruto here, is not human. He is a Saiyan. A race with the potential to be one of the most powerful races of the Multiverse. Your seal would work for a time. But, Naruto's instincts as a Saiyan…" The Shinigami explained, turning towards Minato with a smirk around the knife in his mouth. "...Could never be suppressed so easily."
Minato's eyes narrowed at the Shinigami, '...The plan was doomed before it was even thought of..' He thought, thinking back to when he fought against Kushina and Mikoto, and was defeated by this being, before having his memory of the event erased.
The Shinigami looked towards Kushina, still holding Naruto, 'She's still alive, but barely..'he thought, walking towards her. He held his hand above her, and Minato was shocked, as her body seemed to glow, small orbs of white light seemed to flow out of her and flow towards his outstretched hand, her body disappearing.
As the last orb of light left her body, it faded away, replaced with the orb floating in the Shinigami's hand. Minato watched on in forced silence and shock as the Shinigami held the orb above Naruto's head, before the orb was absorbed into him. "Your time is not up yet... Uzumaki Kushina." before turning towards where the Kyuubi laid, unconscious.
Holding his hand out towards Minato, he along with his spectral image started to levitate into the air and followed the Shinigami as he walked towards the Kyuubi. 'What is he doing..?' Minato thought to himself, as the Shinigami stopped in front of the Kyuubi's form.
Narrowing his eyes at the Kyuubi, he held his hand up. "Wake up.." he stated, as the Kyuubi's eyes snapped open. Red slitted eyes looked to the bound Minato, with his spectral image hanging behind him, then towards the Shinigami with Naruto held in his arms. The Kyuubi's eyes widened in shock for a moment, before they narrowed.
"What are you doing here, Shinigami? And where is that ape?" The Kyuubi growled as it weakly lifted it's head, shocking Minato with the fact that it could talk. The Kyuubi looked towards Minato with disdain.
"You have a purpose to fulfill, Kyuubi no Yoko.." The Shinigami stated, making the Kyuubi look towards the God in confusion, "This boy will be your next host.", motioning towards the red headed child in his arms.
The Kyuubi growled in rage as it glared into the God's eyes, "I'm finally free from these prisons, after almost a century of being locked away in these… Pathetic self-importantbastards.." eyes flickering to Minato, whose own eyes narrowed, "Years before.. A slave to that damn mutated atrocity.." it snarled in hatred.
"The Old Man was a fool..." The Kyuubi seemed to be pained when saying this, staring back towards the Shinigami, and confusing Minato who was wondering who it was talking about, "...To think they would ever learn.. I will not be locked away again!" The Kyuubi finished with a snarl, as it struggled to stand.
The Shinigami's eyes softened a bit, looking at the slitted eyes of the Kyuubi, before looking down at Naruto and hardening, "This is not about them… You know what is coming Kyuubi.." The Shinigami said, making Kyuubi's eyes widen in recognition.
"...You were a part of it after all..." The Shinigami continued, his eyes flicking back to the Kyuubi's own shocked ones. The image of a ten tailed beast appeared in its mind's eye, along with 3 other beings, before morphing into a humanoid shadow. The being smirked, showing a mouth full of razor teeth, letting out a dark chuckle.
"No.." Kyuubi muttered, eyes widening in shock, "..Impossible.." Kyuubi's eyes narrowed, glaring at the Shinigami. Minato was watching in confusion.
'What are they talking about..?' he thought to himself in apprehension, 'If it has the Kyuubi nervous, and made the God of Death, himself, intervene..'
The Shinigami stared into the Kyuubi's eyes in silence for a moment, "The body of the Juubi is gone.." he stated, causing Kyuubi's eyes to once again widen, and Minato's jaw would have dropped if he wasn't immobilized by the Shinigami.
'Body of Juubi?! Ten-Tails?! Part of..? What is going on?!' Minato thought with dread.
"So it is reforming…" Kyuubi stated with narrowed eyes,'Guess theres not much of a choice then, is there..?'it thought, before it looked at the child in the Shinigami's arms, "Who's the kid?" It asked with a resigned sigh.
Looking down at the child in his arms, "He, among two others, are our trump cards." The Shinigami stated seriously, confusing the Kyuubi. "They have… The Potential." The Shinigami finished, shocking Kyuubi, as it looked towards the boy.
The face of a smiling old man flashed in the Kyuubi's mind, as it's face softened, "...You said the same thing about the Old Man, after he died.." The Kyuubi said, staring at the child with slight interest. Noticing the tail, the Kyuubi's eyes widened. Looking back to the Shinigami, "That... Child is the one that threw me around like a ragdoll?!" The Kyuubi exclaimed in disbelief. The Shinigami flashed a smirk at the Kyuubi, making it scowl back at him, "Lets just get this over with.."
The Shinigami nodded, before it held its hand towards the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi scowled at the Shinigami, "You better hope this plan works, Shinigami.." The Shinigami said nothing for moment, as the Kyuubi morphed into a ball of dark red energy, and shot into Naruto's stomach, as the Shiki Fujin appeared.
"Naruto will live a hard childhood, Kyuubi.." The Shinigami stated, knowing the Kyuubi could hear him, "You must be there for him.. For I will not be able to be here to help him, and I fear he may not have anyone else.."
The Shinigami looked towards Minato, who was staring at him in shocked confusion.
The Shinigami walked towards him, taking the knife from his mouth in his hand, making Minato's eyes narrow.
'I can't let this happen!' Minato thought, struggling as the Shinigami stood before him. Suddenly, Minato found he was able to move his mouth and head again. Recovering, Minato glared towards the Shinigami.
"Why are you doing this?" Minato asked with narrowed eyes, making the Shinigami glance at the blonde for a moment, before turning in Konoha's direction.
"..Because this world will soon not exist if I don't." The Shinigami stated, turning to stare into Minato's shocked eyes.
"What… Do you mean..? 'Not exist'...? Is... this about the Juubi..?" Minato muttered in shock. The Shinigami stared into Minato's eyes for a moment.
"The Juubi.. Is only a part of a whole.." The Shinigami stated in monotone, causing dread to well up in Minato, "The smallestpart." Minato's jaw dropped, as he stared at the God of Death in astonishment and dread, "Your purpose is fulfilled, Namikaze Minato.."
"Wait..!" Minato yelled in desperation, as the Shinigami cut the connection between the spectre of Minato to his body with the knife. Minato's body went limp and fell to the ground, as the Shinigami grabbed the spectre by the neck, narrowing his eyes at it. It shrunk to a blue orb before the Shinigami held it to his stomach, absorbing it.
"For now.." The God of Death finished, before looking down to Naruto, still unconscious in his arm. Putting the Knife back in his teeth, the Shinigami, kneeled down to the former Yondaime's body, and put Naruto in its arms.
Standing back up, the Shinigami looked around, the forest and mountains of the area almost completely destroyed. The Shinigami looked one last time at Naruto, before he flickered out of existence, as if he was never there in the first place.
Seconds later, the Sandaime, along with a squad of ANBU appeared in the clearing. Seeing the body of Minato, the Sandaime's eyes widened, before they narrowed on the child in his arms. Seeing the seal on the Child's stomach, marking him a Jinchuriki. Walking forwards, the Sandaime held a hand up, telling the ANBU with him to stand back, as they silently acknowledged the order.
Kneeling beside Minato and the child, his head lowered. He set his hand on Minato's head for a moment and closed his eyes, "So, you went through with the plan after all.." he muttered before looking at Naruto, tracing the seal with his fingers. His eyes narrowed minutely as he noticed that Minato hadn't been able to place the Uppun Kyushu no Fūin(Seal of Resentment Absorption). Sarutobi picked up the unconscious Naruto, before turning to the ANBU, "Take the Yondaime's body to the village." He ordered, and with a nod, an ANBU with a boar mask stepped forward, picking up Minato's body, and took off into the trees, followed quickly by the remaining 3 squad members.
Sarutobi looked at the devastation around him, a cold breeze blowing around him, before looking down at Naruto, "Thanks to the Yondaime's sacrifice.."
"...You shall be Konoha's Greatest Weapon.." The Sandaime muttered, before disappearing in a Shunshin.
Up above the destroyed landscape, the Shinigami with his cloak billowing around him, floated in mid air. Looking down at where the Sandaime had just disappeared, He gave a smirk before looking towards the village of Konoha.
"Beware Sarutobi.. When next we meet… The hour will strike for you…"
Prologue: 2 End
Well theres your next chapter! :)
Took a little longer than I thought it would, but i had a little trouble on this one lol. Obviously, if you hadn't figured it out from the hints last chapter, Naruto is a Saiyan. Theres going to be a time skip next chapter. It will touch on Naruto's childhood, then fast track through til he graduates. I'm just going to say now, that I'm trying to make characters believable.
I'm pretty excited about the next one. We'll finally be getting into the real story, and not all this background stuff, but it had to be done, so I got it overwith.
If you're trying to guess what I'm planning on doing with the Kyuubi... You're probably wrong, but i wouldn't mind hearing your guesses lol. By the way, if anyone knows japanese I'd appreciate it if you could check if "Uppun Kyushu no Fūin" even makes any sense lol.
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So Ill answer here.. lol
to Me: Given how the Shinigami is the literal God Of Death, it stands to reason that he could save someone.. From Death.. and heal them. Yes, Sasuke will have a role.. Thats all I'm saying. I'd talk more about the Shinigami, but that would give away too much.
This chapter pretty much answers all the others. lol
Well, thats it for me, for now! Leave a review if you want! :) and be sure to check out my profile to see the pic of Naruto. :)
Later!