Author's POV: As Minato stood atop Gamabunta's head, staring out at the greatest threat to his village yet, all he

could do was look at the baby on the alter behind him and smile. 'I will protect my village. I am sorry Naruto. The

Yondaime thought sadly. But just then, a bright red light shown behind him. 'WTF' thought the blonde. And what

do you know; the Kyuubi saw it too and deemed it more entertaining than the over-sized appetizer in front of

him. "Naruto!"

The Kyuubi continued to walk towards the light and the baby.

Naruto POV: "What in the 7 bloody layers of hell is going on! I screamed after I woke up in my mindscape (Could

have sworn I died). "I can answer that Kit." Kyuubi said softly (yes softly, after a time we became friends.). "After

you died I to choose to save you or break out. I don't know what I was thinking but I choose to save you instead

of freedom. I hope you are pleased with your self." I just blinked at that, then again, and again. Then I ran into

the cage and put my hands in my favorite sign. In seconds, I had a thousand me's hugging the furball at once.

For the first 30 seconds all he could do was stare at all of us. After that, he took all his tails and wrapped up all of

us in his version of returning the gesture. We held that for a minute then broke apart. "I had to use a forbidden

jutsu which sends the caster and 1 other to the point in time when they first meet. I thought it would send us to

the day you first summoned Gambit (no I did not miss-spell, he just doesn't care enough to know) but I guess we

did meet today." Kyuubi explained. "And what would today be?" I asked hesitantly. "Your first day as a

jinchuuriki!" The furball said sweetly (now that was weird). "WHAT?" I screeched. Kyuubi covered his ears at the

volume. "Shut up Kit!" he yelled, which had me covering my own ears. "Your father is about to seal me in you, if

you leave here you'll find your self in an infant body just so you know."

"My dad is ALIVE!" I said. With that, I left the mindscape and opened my eyes for both the first and millionth time

(confusing…ne?). What I saw was really weird. Dad was on the toad boss, that was the normal part, it was the

massive 9-tailed beast heading right at him that had my attention, "If you don't want him to die then do as I

say." Kyuubi said in my head. "What do I do?" I asked calmly, trusting my tenant to do what was best.

"Ok Kit, just summon all my chakra and that will call the old me into the seal and your dad will be fine. I promise,

and …" He let it hang for a second before we chorused "I never break a promise." "Understood Furball!" and with

that out of the way I summoned every bit of chakra I could and through the strain I could see that I was now

glowing red and that the old Kyuubi was coming. With him this close, I could feel the chakra resonating (and here

Kyuubi was telling me he was never in harmony with anyone). With one last giant pull, the Kyuubi was brought

into the seal, without my father's life in tow. Then I passed out.