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NOTE: This is for mature audiences only! Better safe than sorry. There is swearing and not at all meant for kids. Not family friendly. Kiddos, this is not meant for you! Scram!
A/N: Thank you for taking the time to read the fanfic :D (It's gonna be a long one, that's for sure)
NaruSasu. Mentions of NaruHina and a onesided SasuSaku.
Update: Hey, guys! I'm back! :3
I am so, so sorry for the wait! Please forgive me! I was so busy with high school exams and mountains - and I mean MOUNTAINS - of homework these past couple of months. Between writing and studying, it seemed impossible for me to have any free time to write like I had wanted. I guess that's what happens when you get older, huh? Since I didn't have time to myself, I couldn't finish this fic. But I can soon!
I will complete it. I won't forget this fic. I will finish it at some point, but I can make any promises as to when I will. It will take time, because I won't update all the time.
I was going to update this next year when I wasn't as busy because I barely have the time to as we speak, but I know you want much more. I want more. So, you know what? I will fulfill your wishes!
ALSO! This is being edited and revised. Since it was my first Naruto fanfic ever and the first fanfiction I ever wrote - mind you - it sucked. I wasn't happy with the way it was before, so I'm rewriting it again. Afterwards it will be better. At least I hope.
Let's cross out fingers and hope it's not as Narutarded as it sounds... There will be many chapters upcoming soon.
Please R&R! Do you like it? Do you hate it? Is it in between? I need to know!
Constructive criticism is appreciated as always. As are comments.
Chapter 0: The Attack
Thirteen years ago, the Nine Tailed Fox attacked the village. One brave shinobi sacrificed his life and saved the Leaf. What they didn't know was that he sealed it inside his own newborn son...
Kushina smiled one last time. Was this what death felt like? There was so much light. So, so much.
'Minato...Minato...' Tears streamed down her cheeks. 'I'm so sorry...if only I could see you one last time.'
"Kushina..." Minato held her close to his chest. They were both dying. "D - don't cry..." She reached out a hand to cup his face. "Smile for me...one last time. My love."
"Everything...is going to be alright..."
She closed her eyes and thought back to what had happened before.
"What will his name be?" Minato asked one day as he read a newspaper and sipped his coffee hurriedly. He was already dressed in his hokage's robes and Kushina was preparing a big bowl of miso ramen on their honeymoon. They were a newly wed couple and now they were husband and wife.
"Naruto."
Minato laughed. "Minato!" Kushina said haughtily, whacking him on the head.
"You're naming our son after that swirly thing in miso ramen?"
"Yes!" Kushina huffed angrily. Minato laughed again.
"Hey! Don't laugh at me!" She said crossly, crossing her arms and glaring at Minato. "At least it's not Boruto." He shudders. "Or Kirito. So what's next? Doritos?" He chuckled at his own joke.
"Hey! It's my baby!" She shot back. "I'm naming him Naruto and that's final!"
"Fine, fine. Naruto it is, then." He sighed. It could be worse. He shrugged and stood up and headed out the door. Hand on the handle, he turned to Kushina who was wearing an apron.
"Alright. I've got to go. Love you." He kissed her on the forehead.
"Love you too." She smiled and hugged him back.
She thought about Obito and how he had wanted to become the hokage...
Only a few hours before...
Kushina screamed as she was giving birth. Minato stared worriedly as he had his hands over her cursed seal. The medic nin stood beside them. "I've never seen her in so much pain before."
"She's alright!" One of the medic nin snapped. "She can endure it, as long as you contain the Nine Tailed Fox inside of her. It cannot be released... we must make sure of that."
"Still," he frowned down at Kushina who was in so much pain. The medic nin slapped him across the face. "Stop worrying! You are the Fourth Hokage! Start acting like one!"
"Sorry. Sorry." He stared sadly at his wife. "Will she be alright?"
"Women are strong! She'll live!"
Kurama struggled and squirmed in the chains locked away inside Kushina's stomach.
'He's trying to get out!' Minato thought. 'Hang in there, Kushina! Naruto!'
Kushina's eyes widened. Naruto. Naruto was born.
The baby cried as she held him to her chest. "You...you did it! I'm a father now!" Minato wiped away his tears and smiled. "We're a real family...you're now a mother."
The medic ninja holding Naruto held the baby away from Minato. "No touching!" She scolded. "The first face he should see is his mother's!" She walked away with another medic nin. 'Aww...'
Kushina smiled down at the baby with the whiskered cheeks."Naruto... it's nice to meet you." Minato held a hand over her hand and smiled lovingly at her. "Thank you."
"Minato." Kushina's eyes shone and sparkled.
Kurama was extracted out of her. She no longer contained the Nine Tailed Fox or more commonly known as the Kyuubi. He was alive and under Obito's complete control. He was now attacking the Leaf.
Minato held his son close to his chest.
"I can do it...Minato..." Kushina came out of the clearing. Blood trailed down her chin, but she stood strong. "I can...do it." The chains came out of her body and all around Kurama, chaining him to the ground. She coughed harshly. "Kushina!" He hurried to help her. Naruto cried. "I'm going to draw the Nine Tailed Fox and die..."
'I survived this long...thanks to the Uzumaki clan. But I will die soon.' She thinks to herself. "I'll use the rest of my chakra and save all of you." Kushina choked. "Kushina...You made me your man. You made me the Fourth Hokage! You cannot die...please...what about our son?" Kushina stared at him with unshed tears. "Minato, please, don't look so sad." Kushina smiled at him slightly. "I'm happy that you loved me until the very end..."
"No... don't do it!"
"If there is one thing I regret; it's that I won't see Naruto grow up...but you will stay by his side, right?"
Tears streamed down Minato's cheeks. "Kushina...use the last of your chakra to reunite with Naruto one day..." He wiped away tears once again. "I will seal all of your remaining chakra into our son. I promise you will meet him again someday. I promise."
"Ah?" Kushina gasped, trying to stand up. But she was chained down along with the Kyuubi and she could not move.
"The Nine Tailed Fox will die with me." He said softly, a sadness in his eyes. "It's impossible to seal it away completely, but the Shiki Fuujin will seal half of the Nine Tailed Fox with me forever and the other half resides within Naruto." He closed his eyes, recalling what Jiraiya had said.
Jiraiya had once told them: "In the future, the shinobi world will be endangered. The child of prophecy will be it's savior."
Minato turned to face Kushina. "The masked man that attacked you wanted to destroy the village. The one who will stop him...is our child! I know he will..."
'It is time.' Minato set him down and stood up.
"Minato..."
Minato formed the seal and said: "Dead Demon Sealing!" aka "Shiki Fuujin!"
"I believe in you, Naruto!" He tells the crying newborn baby, as he is drained of chakra. 'You will be the hero of our village! You are not a monster! You are a hero. After all, you are our son!'
"After I've used the Shiki Fuujin, I'll seal your chakra into Naruto...and mine, as well." Kushina hacked out more blood.
"But...I don't want him to live while carrying such a burden.
'He doesn't deserve this...he doesn't deserve to live like this. He can't contain the Kyuubi!' She thinks, thinking of when she once carried the Kyuubi.
"Don't die!" She cried. "I want you to stay by his side and watch him grow up, at least! So why then? Why are you doing this, Minato? There's no reason for you to die! There's no reason for Naruto to contain Kurama! Don't sacrifice yourself for Naruto! Don't sacrifice yourself for me!" She cries desperately.
"We will leave behind the nation and leave behind the village. It's the same as leaving behind our own son. You understand that, don't you? You left your own nation once..." He told her. "We are a family of shinobi."
He crouched down beside her.
"Even if it's for a short amount of time...there are things that you - as a mother - can tell him that I cannot."
He held Naruto close to his chest. "I'm willing to die for my son. That's a father's duty."
Kushina coughed out blood as Kurama's claw stabbed through both her and Minato.
"Minato!" She sobbed, seeing him dying. "See? I said...it's a father's duty." He winced.
"Kushina...I'm almost out of time..."
"Me too..." She gazed at her baby longingly. "Naruto..."
"Eat healthy and grow big and strong...Make friends. You don't need a lot of them. Just some that you can trust!" She wheezed. "Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. So don't give up if you're not good at something. Don't forget the three shinobi vices. Be careful about spending money... Don't drink alcohol until you're twenty. I'm a woman myself, so I don't know a lot about this... but don't marry a bad woman -" *cough* *cough* Sakura *cough* *cough* " - find someone like your father!"
Minato smiled from behind Kushina's back. Blood trickled out of the hole in their stomachs. "Naruto...you will face a lot of pain and suffering in your life." She says, out of breath. "Believe in yourself. I wish I could stay with you longer! I love you. I'm sorry, Minato, I spoke too long."
"Naruto, I think I speak for both of us by saying that I believe in you, too." Minato says before he does the hand signs.
"Hakke Fuuin" or "Eight Trigrams Seal".
A blinding light surrounded them like a shroud. All was white.
Death was soon approaching. Her death was coming soon. But all she could see was light. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Even in her dying moments, she smiled. Naruto was safe. At long last.
