Title: Kami no Shinobi
Author(s): Ra/Rael Orion
Summary: Starts at chapter 500. As Uchiha Madara prepares to unleash the Kyuubi, a surprising person makes his appearance. Saving Kushina and stopping the Kyuubi, this man needs not even make himself a legend. He already is. Rikudo Sennin fans welcome. Time travel. AU.
Main pairing(s): Naruto x Female Kyuubi, Minato x Kushina (Note that I wanted, at some point, to introduce Konan with Naruto and Kyuubi. What with all the stuff about the Rinnegan. However, there's still a while before that so I may change my mind.)
Warning(s): Time Travel. Alternative Universe. Spoilers. Questionable humor? Since it was mentioned, I guess godly!Naruto would also count.

§§§§§§§§§§ Chapter Two §§§§§§§§§§

Silence. Silence was at the same time one of the most oppressive things that existed and yet also one of the easiest to break. Its presence could render a man to insanity, given enough time, but a mere whisper could break it to pieces.

Right now, in a non-descript hospital room of a non-descript hospital, silence was all that seemed to exist. The bright sun showed that five people were currently between its four walls; two men, two women and a baby boy.

On one side of the room, their backs to the large windows, two of them stood, a man and woman, as though made of solid rock in their stillness. On the bed nearest the window laid the other woman, as still as the other and eyes just as wide.

On the opposite side, right in front of the only door of the room stood the other man, although this one had a laid back pose. The child mentioned earlier was sitting in his arms, wide blues eyes alit in wonder.

All of them were silent, not speaking a word, the three nearest the windows in shock. The man at the door watched them, amused at their reactions. The baby merely watched them.

Minutes were spent like this before the silence was shattered, anticlimactically, by a bird crashing into the window. The three people closest to it were startled by the unexpected noise. Their eyes were automatically drawn to the man at the door, as though they suspected he was behind the completely random event. The person in question had a blank expression on his face.

"Oh. I guess I forgot animals were also affected by the seal." Receiving blank stares in return, he explained. "I put a seal on this room to erase its existence from anyone else until I remove it. The bird probably thought there was nothing here, hence its unfortunate accident."

Seconds ticked by, silence overcoming once more the room, before it was disturbed by a laugh, startling two people in the room. The Hokage was almost doubled over in laughter, tears coming out of his eyes. The two women looked at him oddly.

"Minato-kun? What's so funny?" asked Kushina, utterly confused by the situation. The laughing man took several moments to recover from his laughing fit before looking back at her, a smile on his slightly red face.

"It's just… the sheer… absurdity… of it all," he managed in between deep breaths. Understanding dawned on the Uzumaki before she had a small smile of her own, even managing a chuckle. The Kyuubi, though, did not share their amusement.

"The bird crashed into a window, big deal!" The harsh comment took away the light mood that had briefly come over them. She turned her head toward the sennin, glaring. "As for you, release me this instant and turn me back! I will not tolerate this insult any longer!" Her fierce glare did not seem to have any effect on its intended target.

She growled before one of his arms appeared from his cloak. He waved it lazily before it was hidden again. She was about to insult him before realizing she could move her body again. Her surprise lasted a second before a cruel smirk replaced her slightly open mouth.

She immediately jumped at the object of her anger but missed by a whole meter, crashing into the wall. Falling down to the floor, she looked stunned before throwing an accusing glare at Naruto.

"What did you do to me!" Her question was met with a raised eyebrow, as though asking what she meant, to which she gave a snarl before attempting another lunge, achieving roughly the same result. Before she could scream at him again, he spoke.

"As amusing as it is to watch yourself crash into walls, I believe you should stop trying to attack me like that. You may have been a force to reckon with as a gigantic demon fox but a human body has a much different balance to it. That's why you are largely off with your jumps. I'd try to get used to at least walking on two legs before trying anything like that."

As insulted as she felt at his almost patronizing tone, the Kyuubi relented her 'assault'. Proud she may have been but she was not a stupid beast who only relied on instincts. She was an intelligent being who could learn and adapt and was quite adept at it. As annoying as it was to her, she followed the man's advice and slowly started to bring herself up from her spot on the floor, using the wall as support, and finally managed to stand on two legs. Her balance was shaky at best but she couldn't help her feeling of triumph. That'd show the bastard. She thought she saw a hint of respect flash through his eyes as he nodded at her before turning his attention back to the other occupants of the room, who were looking incredulous at the exchange. The Kyuubi snorted slightly.

Naruto started to walk toward them, startling them a bit. Minato instinctively took a step in front of Kushina and was rewarded by a slight jab in the ribs before Kushina stepped next to him, a frown on her face. The message was clear, though: I don't need protection. Minato looked sheepish for a second before a cough attracted their attention to Naruto, who was standing right in from of them.

"I believe this belongs to you?" he asked in an amused tone. They looked down from his face to meet the sparkling blue eyes of their newborn child, his small arms extended toward them. Kushina instantly picked up her son and hugged him tight, tears starting to fall down her smiling face. Minato embraced her, forming a cocoon around their smiling child, he too crying in happiness.

The previous holder of the baby watched the scene with warmth-filled eyes before a slight metallic ring brought his attention back to the struggling demonic woman in the room, who had managed to reach the end of a bed and was now leaning on its metal bar, hence the sound. Her eyes barely looked at the happy family before focusing on him. Leaving the sobbing parents behind him, he made his way toward her, his calm demeanour and slow steps irritating the demoness. A few more moments and he was a few feet away from her, locking calm purple eyes with murderous red ones. A swift shift in the air and her clawed hand swiped inches from his face at great speed. Missing her intended target, though, she lost her feeble balance and fell to the floor, falling on her back with a muted thump. She glared at the blond, who was now looking down at her with an emotionless expression. She slowly got back to her feet, willing him to drop dead all the way.

"Would you be willing to act more civilized for the time being or will I have to paralyze you again?" The abrupt question did nothing to reduce her anger at the man but she grudgingly agreed with a nod, knowing that he could and would proceed with his words, no matter how loath she was to admit it. He stared at her for a few seconds, although gauging her sincerity, before he nodded. "Good. Now, on to the matter of your name." The seemingly random question had the Kyuubi furrowing her brows in confusion.

"My name? I already have a name you idiot." The insult was ignored as the man leaned back against a bed opposing the one she herself was leaning on.

"I mean a real name, not a title. Going around calling you 'the Kyuubi' will get repetitive after a while. Of course, if you so wish, it can simply be Kyuubi. Your choice, really," the sage explained calmly. The Kyuubi stayed silent for a while before she looked back at him.

"Kyuubi will be fine. I don't want any other name that would belittle my power." The Rinnegan holder gave her a small smile.

"As you wish… Kyuu-chan," he teased amusedly. She bared her teeth, abnormally long canine protruding from her upper lip, as she sent a wave of killer intent his way. He was completely undisturbed, however, and merely turned his head to the windows. She followed his example and was met with two suspicious and guarded looks directed at her.

A loud growl was heard in the room. Minato and Kushina's eyes were wide, their jaws hanging a little. Naruto turned his head and looked at her with great amusement shining in his eyes as Kyuubi… blushed.

As if on cue, a similar growling erupted from her stomach, deepening her embarrassed blush. Seeing the look he was giving her, she glared at the blond closest to her.

"I'll have you know that I haven't eaten in decades, fleshbag!"

"That's because you didn't have to eat for decades," replied the sage.

"And who's to blame!" The sentence was yelled accusatively.

"Very well, then. How about we go and eat something?" Three growls met his sentence. Both he and Kyuubi looked at the two remaining adults in the room, amused with their identical blushes and sheepish grins. The baby in their arms giggled happily, although this giggle was normal as opposed to the earlier one. "Since everyone seems ready, let's go," said Naruto.

"Wait." The blond haired legend stopped and looked at Minato curiously. "Shouldn't you hide the Rinnegan and change your looks to not look like my clone?" His question was met with a blank stare.

"Why should I?"

"Well, the Rinnegan isn't exactly common here. Or in the world in general. And I'm known not to have any relatives, too."

"Your point?"

"People are going to ask questions."

"And I care why, exactly?" Kyuubi took great amusement from the Yondaime's irritated look. So did his wife, apparently.

"Don't you want this whole situation to be, oh I don't know, kept secret?"

"I don't care."

"You do realize the problems this is going to produce, right?" Naruto gave him a blank stare.

"I'm the Rikudo Sennin."

"You say that as though it answers everything."

"It does." Minato considered continuing to argue but sighed instead.

"Nevermind, then." The sennin smiled, pleased, before opening the door effortlessly, much to the Yondaime's irritation, and ripping a seal off the door. He then proceeded to stand aside, letting Minato and Kushina go through before going back toward Kyuubi.

"What are you—" Her question was left unfinished as Naruto swiftly took her in his arms. It took her a moment to realize exactly what he was doing before she started to yell. "Put me down you monkey!" She was surprised when he actually listened to her and let her down on her feet. She lasted a full three seconds before starting to fall, at which point he took her in his arms again.

"You can't walk and I have the slightest impression that you won't crawl your way to a restaurant." She gave him an indignant scowl before settling down, arms crossed over her chest. He walked out the door, closed it and joined the two waiting ninjas before they all started to walk toward the exit, leaving gaping nurses, doctors and patients in their wake. Once they reached it, though, the Kyuubi asked a question, her expression conveying her curiosity.

"By the way, what did you mean when you said 'I'll go down on you' earlier?" The Hokage and his wife sputtered in disbelief, faces red. The Rikudo Sennin merely smiled at her, eyes filled with mischief, an emotion she recognized all too well.

"Well, Kyuubi-hime, when a human man and woman love each other very much, or otherwise just find each other hot, they…"

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When the 'Yondaime Hokage' entered the high class restaurant, most people skipped his facial features and clothing to stare at the woman in his arms, which was not Uzumaki Kushina. This immediately earned several frowns, followed by scared expressions when the woman glared at them while releasing a sizeable amount of killing intent.

When the Yondaime Hokage entered the high class restaurant, everybody made a double take. Shifting their eyes quickly from the normal looking kage of their village holding a child, although the pink cloak was anything but normal, to the Yondaime lookalike, dressed in a moving cloak and with peculiar eyes, many were unable to decide what to think, the rest unable to think at all. It was when the aforementioned Uzumaki entered the place, the only one that looked exactly as she usually did, that a waitress approached them, although slowly.

"Hum, how may I help you today?" Her voice was uncertain but Naruto acted as though he hadn't noticed.

"A table for four along with something to hold Naruto-chan would be greatly appreciated, miss…?" The silence stretched for a few seconds before the waitress finally understood he was asking for her name. She blushed, embarrassed.

"Atsuko, sir," she said timidly before finally regaining her posture. "This way."

She took them to one of the relatively large restaurant's corner where they sat at a round table in silence. The woman then left and returned with a baby chair and menus. She took her leave soon after. Kyuubi looked as each of them opened the 'silly piece of paper' before she copied them and looked at the list of offered items, the menu hiding her from view. Naruto noticed amusedly the droplets of drool falling to the table under her menu. It took ten minutes for the same woman to return with a notepad to take their order. Immediately and without waiting to be addressed, Kyuubi turned her menu around and pointed at the long list under the title 'Meat'. Well, this place sure is straightforward, thought Naruto absently.

"I want this." The tone used to say this made it clear that this was a command, not an order. Naruto snickered quietly to himself. The waitress looked both confused and insulted.

"Which one?" she asked, her smile slightly forced. She received an annoyed look from the red eyed woman.

"All of it." The forced smile dropped completely and her eyes widened slightly at the demand.

"Excuse me but did you really just asked for all of it?" Her tone shone with her slight disbelief. Kyuubi's look had not changed, though.

"Yes. Are you too stupid to understand?" At the insult, the tense atmosphere had frozen completely. Minato and Kushina looked nervously between the two women, now busy exchanging glares. It was Naruto who interrupted them.

As though a wind of ice and darkness had awoken, the unnatural sound reverberated in a ghostly symphony around the restaurant, freezing all who were present and making the few other ninjas in the restaurant shiver in fear.

Naruto… had giggled. The sennin smiled and patted the baby's head proudly. Everyone else was creeped out. The older Naruto turned to the waitress, who was still staring at the younger Naruto, cold sweat sliding down her face.

"I'll have the same, please. We haven't eaten in a while, you see, and my friend here is particularly famished." His thumb pointing in Kyuubi's direction, Atsuko nodded blankly and proceeded to take the orders of the other two adults before quickly taking her leave.

The food arrived quickly, suspiciously so. Nevertheless, their meal was eaten in relative silence, exchanging only a few words here and there. Most eyes being drawn to the child, Naruto was the sole witness to Kyuubi's… interesting eating manners. When it came down to paying, Minato tearfully pulled out his money before Naruto stopped him. He then withdrew several gold coins from his cloak, laying them next to the tab under the waitress' wide eyes.

"Where did you get gold coins of all things?" asked Minato, shocked.

"I'm the Ri—"

"Nevermind," sighed the Yondaime, interrupting the sennin. Once outside, they decided to take a small walk to enjoy the fresh air, only now noticing, amazingly enough, the dark sky and stars. "How long have we been in there?" asked the kage of the village. Naruto shrugged.

"Time passes quickly when in good company," was his simple response. Nobody dared question his conception of 'good', Minato because he knew what answer he'd get, Kushina because she actually agreed and Kyuubi because he was unpredictable enough to drop her. Then came the fated question, courtesy of Minato.

"So, where are you going to live? I mean, unless you managed to find a hotel room but with Kyuu—"

"We're going to my home, obviously." The simple answer had Kyuubi staring at him half confused and half angry.

"If you think I'm sleeping in the same place as your perverted ass, you can…" She only now noticed the increasingly annoyed glare the sennin was giving her. With a huff, she turned her head the other way, grumbling.

Minato, on his part, really wanted to know how Naruto had managed to find a place to live on such a short notice but he knew exactly what answer he'd get and instead kept his mouth shut. Thus, they soon parted ways, Minato and Kushina wanting to walk a little more with their son and the other pair simply disappearing, startling several civilians and ninjas alike.

It was an hour later, their son asleep in Kushina's arms that they finally settled on a bench in one of Konoha's parks, tired yet not wanting to go home right away. Her head resting on her lover's shoulder, Kushina sighed contently, enjoying the peaceful moment spent with her family. Looking down at her sleeping newborn, though, immediately brought her thought back to her older, time traveling son. Her smile turned thoughtful, bringing Minato's attention back to her.

"Hey, something wrong, Kushi-chan?" he asked a bit playfully. She brought her eyes up to his, losing herself in pools of blue for several moments before she looked back at the surrounding trees. He was about to speak again when she opened her mouth.

"What do you think of all of this?" Her whispered question was enough for Minato to understand her current mood. He sighed deeply before replying.

"I… really don't know. It's all so… so…"

"Incredible? Farfetched?" suggested Kushina. Minato took several seconds before speaking.

"It almost makes me want to giggle," he joked, earning a small laugh from Kushina along with a small hit to his shoulder. He laughed a bit before his attitude turned serious again. "But you're right. I still have trouble believing all of this." His voice had softened at this point and he sighed again. Kushina rubbed her head against his shoulder a bit sleepily, earning a small smile from Minato, before she yawned, eliciting a yawn from him in return. "We should go home now. It's getting late."

"Yeah… And we'll introduce Naruto-chan to his new home tomorrow," she said. A second later, she felt the Yondaime stiffen suddenly. She looked up at his face to see his eyes wide, staring straight ahead. It took her a few moments before she came to the same realization as him. Her reaction was similar to Minato's as two words repeated themselves in her mind.

Naruto.

Home.

Both bolted from their seat and started to run toward the Namikaze mansion, forgetting in their panic that Minato could use the Hiraishin. Fifteen minutes later, they arrived in front of the place, slightly out of breath and hearths beating fast. Slowly, fearfully, Minato swiped a thin line of blood on the door, deactivating the security seals, before opening the door slowly, scared of what he might find on the other side. Kushina finally decided that enough was enough and pushed the door wide open. Their home, dark and unperturbed from their last stay, stared right back at them. Both let out long, deep sighs of relief, almost slumping against the doorway. They made their way up to the second floor then walked straight to the master bedroom. Not even bothering to turn on the light, Kushina gently put Naruto in his crib at the foot of the large bed before both parents slid into the bed. Kushina slid her arms around the blond haired man's torso and snuggled to his back. She laid a kiss to the back of his neck before making herself comfortable and falling asleep. Minato slid his arms around the redhead's stomach before also kissing the back of her neck and falling asleep.

In-between the two sleeping parents, Naruto and Kyuubi stared at each other blankly, a pair of arms encircling both.

This is awkward.

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AN: Well, another chapter finished.

Random bird crashing in the window: I felt like it would be a good stress reliever. Besides, it makes sense with the seal and all.

Failed jumps: Let me put it this way. Right now, if you try to walk or do any kind of physical activity, you wouldn't have too much trouble. Now imagine that you're an animal, thus forced to move on four legs, and have a great difference in weight. Not only is the different weight confusing, but its repartition on your body is fucked up as well. You'd probably have a bit of trouble before being able to move somewhat normally.

'I'm the Rikudo Sennin': Is there really a need for explanations?

Atsuko: Needed a name so I typed 'Japanese name' on Google, picked a site and picked a name. This one can mean 'Cordial Child', among a few other definitions. Thought it'd be a good one.

Naruto's giggle: I just loved that part.

The ending of the chapter: This was my favourite part to write. Though at first I wanted to make Naruto say something, I decided that this'd be better.

Well, this is all. Some more MinaKushi, which is surprisingly easy to write for me, along with some very slight NaruKyuu, I guess. Anyway, I tried to make this chapter longer and I hope you liked it. I'd also like to thanks all who reviewed. It's nice to know people like this enough to comment.

Well, later.