A/N (?) Three Chapters in a day's work! This is the beginning's marathon! :D

Again, thank you for the positive reviews and I hope you'll enjoy this chapter (a little at least…)

EDIT/UPDATE: Bow to boomvroomshroom for beta-ing this Chapter!

EDIT 2.0: a more polished rewrite, for a better read.

I still don't own Naruto. If I did I would die from happiness.


Chapter 2: Someone help Minato-sensei!

Kakashi is a Jinchuuriki. That thought continued to repeat itself in Minato's mind like an echo.

He took his eyes away for a morning, and someone managed to seal a bijuu inside his student?

First of all, he clamped down his urge to run to Hokage-sama in a panic. It would be of no use to Kakashi, who was standing in front of him with a carefully crafted blank mask over his eyes. It made Minato's own concern that much worse, because his student had a demon in his body and Kakashi knew his situation was worse than he previously thought.

Kakashi was supposed to be safe inside Konoha, for Kami's sake. How could all those guards, all those shinobi, not notice a bijuu being sealed inside his student? Was it a spy? Or a trap? A time-bomb? His blood froze at the thought. Then his wrath lit a fire in his body and his heart beat accordingly. Whoever dared harming his student and turn him into a weapon against Konoha was going to die, slowly, painfully, until the enemy was no more.

Unfortunately for Kakashi, Minato, in his rage-filled musings, had unknowingly begun to exude killer intent. Not just a little bit, either - it was practically rolling off him in waves. Kakashi was a talented ninja, but he was still physically just a child, and even grown men wilted under that murderous gaze.

Before he could choke, the boy tried to regain the blonde's attention by whispering: "Minato-sensei? What seal is it?"

The blue-eyed man blinked and clamped down his K.I. at the wake-up call, but his expression visibly darkened at the mention of the seal. He looked like he was about to say his death sentence, but instead settled with replying: "…it's a containment seal. Meaning that whoever did this…" his expression turned murderous again for a second before blanking out once more, "…used a fuinjustu to seal something inside you".

Kakashi took it quite well for a ten-year-old boy. Really, if he was normal, he would be in hysterics right now. All he could do was ask as blankly as possible: "Is it dangerous? Can you take it off?"

The problem was that Minato could read him like an open book. He knew that the more expressionless Kakashi was, the more nervous and frightened he was. An urgent visit to the Hokage Tower was definitely needed. Minato dropped a Kage Bunshin to inform the kids of his absence and promptly left with Kakashi.


Jiraya was reporting the success of his month-long mission near the border of Kusa no Kuni when his beloved sunshine-haired student barged in the Hokage's office with a cry of "Hokage-sama! It's an emergency!" without any formality whatsoever, little Hatake in tow.

The Sandaime immediately felt something was seriously wrong with the newcomers and ordered the jonin to explain. Minato looked on the verge of a panic attack - though he still kept some of his wits with him, admirably - and managed to rush a sentence that made both the Hokage's and Jiraya's blood freeze.

"Someone made him a Jinchuuriki," he whispered.

Both stared with wide eyes and paled considerably. How was it possible? How could a ninja enter Konoha's walls with a bijuu ready to seal? Anyone with half a brain understood that the Hatake's presence meant the seal was on him, and neither of them were idiots.

"Who sealed a demon inside him?!" Jiraya blurted, before his brain caught up with his mouth.

Meanwhile, Kakashi was staring wide-eyed at the three adults. He was clever enough to put together the pieces. The so-called "containment seal" on his skin was meant to seal a demon inside him. He was a time bomb in the village.

But… if the swirl contained the demon… what were the tail-like streaks that exited the boundaries of the seal?


Obito was left speechless by the barely restrained fright in the Kage Bunshin's eyes. Rin was the first to recover and, after blinking, she asked if the Uchiha wanted to train or try to understand what happened to their cold teammate.

It was obvious that Rin was really worried, what with her eyes trying to convince the boy that they needed to know what could upset Minato-sensei and Kakashi like that. Obito decided to do both. "What if we sneak around the village to understand what happened? Sensei didn't want us to know, but this way we would train our sneakiness AND see discover this mystery!" the boy exclaimed enthusiastically.

The girl's face lit up and her relieved smile stretched the purple marks on her cheeks, her kindly brown eyes settling in a look of determination. Obito felt his whole face reddening at the sight of her smile directed at him.

He pulled his orange goggles over his eyes as Rin declared their intent to help their teammates at all costs. Obito agreed, and the couple ran into the village.


Kakashi paled considerably when he understood the meaning of the tail-like streaks.

"N-no..." he choked "T-the seal… is…" he couldn't find the appropriate words to describe that.

"The seal could release the bijuu at any second," Jiraya whispered after seeing it. "The seal was created to help the release of the demon on purpose."

At this point, the two ANBU near the Hokage were staring at the silver-haired boy, their fighting stances tense: the demon could be released at any second, and the Sandaime was too near to survive something like a bijuu's homicidal rampage.

Minato, Jiraya, the two ANBU and the Sandaime were as still as humanly possible, while Kakashi was shaking like a leaf, on the verge of hyperventilating, his face as white as a paper sheet. A demon, inside of him!

"Hey," a deep voice said inside Kakashi's head, making him jump three feet in the air. "Looks like we'll live together from now on, eh?" It gave a chuckle that sounded like nails on a blackboard and was just as disturbing.

The chuunin looked frantically everywhere in the room. It wasn't real, right? This was definitely a nightmare, like the one where everyone died. But the people he saw were all alive and younger now. 'Deep breaths,' he thought. 'Analyze the situation'.

"It IS real, Kakashi-chan," the voice smugly spoke again. "I'm the bijuu inside you; you KNOW it. You just can't accept it," the demon said, like it could read his thoughts (and, really, it was the truth).

"Kakashi-kun." Minato put his hands in front of him, slowly reaching for his student, as he tried not to upset him enough to release the bijuu. "Whatever it's saying - whatever it's offering you - don't listen to the demon."

The chuunin looked at his sensei. His voice was so tightly controlled, he was almost fooled into thinking Minato-sensei was actually calm. But he knew him too well, and he knew that his sensei was panicking. The... the demon inside him must be so dangerous...

"I need only a little moment of control, 'Kashi-chan," the voice spoke in a sickly-sweet tone. "I could easily force my way out, but I need your survival…" Kakashi could almost see its condescending, predator-like smirk.

"No, you won't have it!" he snapped back, glancing around the room for- anything that could ground him to reality and keep him focused on not letting the demon win. But all he saw were some ANBU, Minato-sensei, Jiraya-sama, even the Hokage, staring at him as if he were a time-bomb. It was no help at all.

The Kyuubi waited not-so patiently for Kakashi's surrender, but when he didn't obtain it he spoke again."… I asked for your own good, human. I WILL take control NOW," he snarled.

The Jinchuuriki didn't even completely understand the bijuu's words when he felt an intense burning sensation. It was like someone decided drowning him in boiling oil would be funny. There was little he could do to relieve his agony except let out a bloodcurdling cry.

All the shinobi in the room were ready in their battle stances, though they knew that it probably wouldn't do much good. Meanwhile, Minato was holding onto the little chuunin tightly with both arms, desperately wishing that he knew some kind of Fuinjutsu to seal this Kami-damned bijuu away, so it could not harm his student anymore.

Blood-red chakra was bubbling on Kakashi's skin, a demonic and poisonous red that burned Minato's hands. The waves of toxic chakra, however, never left the room: Jiraya activated chakra-suppressing seals on the office's walls in the hope that Konoha would never know of the Jinchuuriki in their midst. Obviously, if they came back alive and the room wasn't destroyed.

When Kakashi's tortured screams subsided, his whole body slumped in Minato's grip. They were both breathing heavily and the jonin had some burns on his hands and vest. The blonde pushed the younger up, trying to see his face (or whatever wasn't covered with his ever-present mask). The little boy was sweating and pale, and Minato stilled when he saw his eyes.

They weren't their normal onyx color. They were a bright shade of red with cat-like pupils that seemed to look right into the most forbidden depths of the soul. His eyes were shining with smugness and knowledge and it was obvious who won the control of the body.

"Minato," it growled, with a voice deeper than the boy's, "you can't force me out without killing your precious student. I am here to stay." It twisted Kakashi's lips into a condescending smirk. "Alter this seal and I guarantee - you won't like what I will do to Kakashi-chan." A sinister chuckle. "Treat my vessel well, humans... or you will regret it."

His red eyes then slid shut and Kakashi slumped again in Minato's arms.


"Hey, hey, Rin!" Obito whispered to his left. "Don't you feel something is… off?"

She frowned and nodded. "Hai… maybe someone noticed us and decided to warn us…?"

Obito bit his lip. What should they do? Continue their "find out what's wrong with Bakakashi" mission, disregarding the danger? Or should they back off with a strategic retreat? 'This kind of decision is more suited for Bakakashi and Minato-sensei…' Obito thought. He decided to look around and check their surroundings. They were right outside the Hokage Tower at 9:15 in the morning. The majority of the shinobi were out training, doing missions, or fighting outside Konoha on the battlefield. The streets were full of civilians and the occasional injured jonin or chuunin. Sometimes a genin team passed nearby while jogging.

Maybe they should continue…?

"MY YOUTHFUL FRIENDS!" a voice boomed behind them, making them jump ten feet in the air "HOW ARE YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH?" Obito stared in shocked horror at the spandex-wearing kid. WHY did they run into GAI of all people?

"G-Gai-kun… hi…" Rin managed to greet with wide eyes: her heart was still beating like mad after that scare. "Ano… we're doing well… and you?" she then asked, just to be polite. "I'M AS YOUTHFUL AS EVER, RIN-CHAN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN!" the… overly enthusiastic genin replied. "WHERE IS MY HIP AND COOL ETERNAL RIVAL?"

"You mean Bakakashi?" Obito asked before he could stop himself. The other boy nodded with too much energy and they were sure his eyes sparkled. "…uh… we think he's there" he answered while pointing at the red building behind them.

"YOSH! THEN I'LL ENTER AND CHALLENGE HIM TO MY YOUTHFUL CHALLENGE! OTHERWISE I'LL CLIMB THE HOKAGE'S MONUMENT WITHOUT MY RIGHT ARM WHILE SINGING 'THE KUNAI IS ON THE FLOOR'!" Gai yelled at the top of his lungs while he ran inside the Tower with all his youthfulness.

Obito and Rin blinked and suspected the presence of a genjutsu when they saw a rainbow in Gai's wake and a sunset on the horizon. They looked at each other and decided to wait until Kakashi left the building.


A/N: The last ending you anticipated, ne? XD It looks like every chapter is longer than the one before… I don't know how long the last will be… ugh.

However! Second chapter! The title is crappy, but at least it means that poor little Minato has a panic attack! Still, if you're wondering what the Nightmare meant: it's complicated. Shortly, it means the memories of Older Kakashi merged slightly with Younger Kakashi. The red pain is, of course, all of Kurama's chackra (all that he had before travelling, that's it). If you don't know why Minato promptly ignored the strange visions, it's just because there's a damn bijuu inside his student! The more urgent matter is the demon, of course. When the whole ordeal is finished, he'll ask.

Chibi Vocabulary time!

Kage Bunshin: shadow clone. The jutsu Naruto kept doing. That.

Kusa no Kuni: Grass Country if I'm not mistaking. The one of the Kannabi Bridge.

Bakakashi: Kakashi's nickname, decided by Obito.

Jinchuuriki: bijuu's host. Not literally, but it indicates those few ninjas.

Sandaime: the Third. Until I say "Tsuchikage", "Raikage", ecc., it'll mean Sandaime Hokage.

Beware of the Kitsune's rage!

-Shiiroi Kitsune21