Last time
"Ow…" Naruto groaned, falling several stories into solid ground hurt like a bitch.
Shukaku grinned, preparing to stomp on the blonde jinchuriki.
Now
The tanuki's eyes widened as a yellow flash approached him, stopping next to Naruto, who ever it was dropped the genjutsu on him to reveal a older and much more intense version of the blonde jinchuriki. Bending over, the Yondaime picked up a odd three pronged kunai at his feet. "Hello, Ichibi." The blonde greeted, twirling the kunai on his pinky.
"Who the Hell are you?!" The sand demon roared down at the human.
"Do you honestly think you scare me, Ichibi?" A cocky grin was prominent on the Hokage's face. "But to answer your question; I'm Namikaze Minota, the Yellow Flash, the Yondaime Hokage, and the man that sealed away the Kyuubi." Shukaku's eyes widened as he stepped back from the blond in more fear then the weakest of the Demon Lords had ever felt for a human.
"Don't worry, I don't have enough chakra to really fuck you up, but I do have enough for one more Hiraishin…" Minota trailed off, throwing the kunai up at Gaara. Shukaku sighed in, false, relieve as a sand wall blocked the kunai and the kunai dropped to the top of Shukaku's head.
Minota's cocky grin only grew as he disappeared in a yellow flash. Appearing on Shukaku's head, Minota gave Gaara a hard right hook to the face. "Wake the fuck up, you damned Gaki." Shukaku roared a final time as Gaara's consciousness pulled him back into the seal.
Minota grunted as he landed from his several story fall with much less grace then he normally could have, but still unharmed. Gaara, on the other hand, fell straight on his back. The only reason he survived was thanks to his automatic sand defense breaking his fall.
From where they stood on the other side of the stadium Kakashi's group stared in shock as some guy took out the Demon Lord in one hit. Shizune, Rin, and Kakashi in an even deeper shock then the genin; they recognised who the older blond was. 'How?', 'Sensei?', and 'Minota-sama?' were the only thoughts running through their heads.
Temari and Kankura jumped down beside their little brother. "H-h-how are you s-so strong?" Gaara wheezed as his sibling helped him up.
Minota smiled tightly at the boy. "You're still conscious after having your demon forced back into you? That some force of will you got, Suna-gaki. The reason I'm strong is that I don't fight simply for myself, I fight for the friends and family I care for. I'm not alone..." He looked at Gaara's siblings. "And neither are you." Minota nodded to the sand sibling, gesturing for them to leave. "Go on, I won't chase after." They nodded gratefully, leaping off with Gaara draped over their shoulders.
Baki growled as he received news of the Kazekage's assassination, clearly done by their 'ally', Orochimaru, because of the lack of his face. Quickly assessing the situation; their forces depleted, Gaara defeated, Sound already retreated; He ordered the retreat.
The genin and jounin ran over to the two blondes, the jounins looking at Minota in shock. Minota sat cross legged next to his sons unconscious form, looking him over approvingly, he looked up as he heard the group approach him.
'This year's chunin wannabe's, heh?' Minota thought as he eyed the group with his ice blue eyes, he snickered at the sight of his surviving genin cell. 'I guess I can't really call them gakis any more… but I will anyway…'
"Hello, Shizune-san, Kakashi-gaki, Rin-gaki, genin gakis. What's up?" Minota greeted, acting like it was an every day thing to beat the One Tailed Demon Lord and to sit in the middle of a war zone.
Some of the genin, coughSasukecoughNejicough, scoffed at being called brats, the rest looked shocked at the blonde's informal greeting of the high ranking ninjas; Minota just smirked. While the other jounin seemed unsure of what to do, Kakashi lowered his hitae-aite over his Sharingan eye, and regained his lazy countenance. "Yo, Sensei."
Minota snorted. "I've been dead for almost thirteen years, and all you do to greet me is say 'yo'?"
Before any one could respond, Jiraiya jumped down a few feet away from Minota. "He tried the Edo Tensei on you?"
Minota grinned savagely. "Yeah, the fucktard forgot who he was fucking with; I'm Namikaze Minota, youngest Seal Master in known history. I destroyed the mind control aspect of the jutsu, and I live again… though I seriously doubt that the Shinigami will let me go so easily…" Minota shrugged; obviously not afraid to return to the dead should the Shinigami come to reclaim his soul.
Tsunade also leaped down, looking at the fourth in only minor shock. "Why am I not surprised? If anyone could manage to come back from the dead, it would have to be you."
Minota grinned. "Damn straight, Ba-chan, damn straight." A far away look crossed his face. "I just wish I could have brought Kushina with me…" He gave a dejected sigh, and bowed hi head; the two Sennin also looked down with sad expressions. After a minute Minota rose his head, a much happier expression on his face. "I can't go getting depressed; Kushina will have my head when I return to her side if I do."
The Sennin laughed. "She would indeed." Jiraiya smiled. "That was one hell of a woman you fell in love with, Minota."
Minota blinked at Tsunade, looking at her like he just noticed she was there. "Hold on. Why are you here, Tsunade? I thought you hated Kanoha?"
Tsunade lost her nostalgic smile, which was replaced a very angry look. "… It turns out I have more reason then I thought to hate Orochimaru… he was behind Dan's death… he had supplied the enemy with a poison he had recently concocted, which I at the time could not heal."
Minota growled. "I'll be killing him… painfully, very painfully…"
Just when the shocked beyond all reason genin thought they couldn't be any more awed, a large midnight vortex opened, stepping out of it was a story high… pale demon. Removing the large knife from his mouth the demon spoke. "Hello, Minota. Remember me?" His voice was deep, full of a power no human could ever hope to achieve.
Minota snorted. "No shit I remember you, who could forget your ugly mug, Shinigami?" Even Jiraiya Tsunade and Sarutobi, who had just arrived, who knew Minota's attitude, were shocked he would talk to Death itself in such a manner.
The Shinigami smirked, a rather frightening sight to behold as it revealed rows of sinisterly sharp teeth. "Even death has not changed that attitude of yours, Namikaze."
"If I let a little something like death effect me, then I wouldn't be the god I am!" Minota snickered. "I suppose you came to get me to go back to Hell?"
The Death Gods smirk broadened. "Actually, not necessarily; I have a deal for you, interested?"
"Hmm, making a deal with Death itself?" Minota shrugged, like they were talking about something insignificant like the weather. "Sure, just another thing I can ad to my extensive resume. Let's hear it, Pale Man." The Sandaime and two Sennin sighed, Minota wouldn't show respect even to Death itself.
"There are three people I want you to kill and give to me in exchange for your soul; Orochimaru of the Sound village, Hidan of the Akatsuki, and Kakuzu of the Akatsuki. All three are guilty of cheating death, of cheating me. If within the next four years a leaf nin, not necessarily you, kills these three, I shall let you remain alive, if not then you die in precisely four years from this second."
Minota grinned. "The answer should be damn obvious; I accept."
The Shinigami nodded, stepping back into the portal. "See you in four years, Namikaze Minota."
Minota gave a lazy wave. "Later, Oh-Pale-One."
As everyone just stared at Minota in shock, the blonde center of attention own attention was caught by his son groaning. "Note to self; do not fall of Gamabunta again…" Naruto groaned, pushing himself up, Naruto plopped back down into a sitting position. "Oh, hi guys." He said as he spied the genins, who looked at him oddly when they noticed his wound were healing themselves; sickening crunch telling them he had broken an arm in his fall, but even that was within his natural healing capabilities. "Shizune-san, Kakashi-sensei, Ero-sennin, Tsunade-san, Lady-I-Have-Never-Met, Dude-That-Looks-Like-Me… are we related?" Naruto greeted the others, pausing on Minota.
Minota grinned mischievously at his son. "Damn straight we're related; you may call me 'tou-san'."
Kyuubi and the Sins counted down in Naruto's mind. '5. 4. 3. 2. 1…'
"NANI!?!?!?!" Naruto yelled, feinting from using so much energy after such a fight.
Minota scratched the back of his head. "Uh… oops?"
(A/N)Yo. Sorry for the wait and shortness, school is a bitch... well, R&R!