Hey here's the new chapter of Golden Beast!

Sorry it took a while i can't update as often as i'd like coz of uni and the fact that i have so many stories on going at the moment.

Hope you enjoy!

Btw remember italics is thoughts coz Yana can read minds.


Kakashi wearily went to answer the door rubbing sleep from his eyes, what time was it any way? Who on earth wanted to speak to him at this time of day? He yanked the door open and blinked in surprise when he saw his sensei, Minato stood outside grinning.

"Kakashi-kun is that any way to greet guests?" chuckled a red head standing just behind the Hokage.

Kakashi blinked again before realising it was Kushina, his sensei's wife, but what was she talking about? Minato cleared his throat and pointed to his clothes. It took Kakashi a few seconds to realise all he was wearing was a pair of boxers, a vest and his mask, he flushed slightly and ran back towards his bedroom leaving the front door open for them to come in. Kushina pouted and sat down at the kitchen table with a huff.

"I can't believe it," she mumbled. "He just woke up and he's still wearing his mask, I wanted to see his face!" Minato laughed and sat down next to her.

"Don't make a fuss over it Kushina," he said. "You'll never catch him, as far as I know the only people still living who have seen his face are me and little Yana-chan." Kushina perked up at this.

"Speaking of which, where is she?" she asked looking around the room. "I really want to meet her, it's unfair that I'm practically the only one who hasn't." Yondaime shrugged.

"She'll be around somewhere," he said leaning back in the chair relaxing. Then the door opened and a little girl in a black wolf t-shirt that drowned her walked in and sat down at the table sleepily, her head thumped onto the table as she started dozing off. Minato cleared his throat while Kushina was silently cooing at the sight of her, Yana looked up rubbing her eyes.

"Mina-kun?" she murmured. "Oh… were you the one at the door? I wondered why Onii-chan came running back to get dressed." Then she noticed Kushina and blinked in surprise. "Bright." Kushina deadpanned.

"What?"

"You're very bright," Yana said. "Everything about you is bright, like a flame." But the brightest flames always seem to burn out the quickest she thought sadly. I hope that isn't the case here. Kushina looked stunned.

"Erm… should I take that as a compliment or an insult?" she queried. Yana smiled.

"How ever you want, it was only an observation." Kushina thought about it for a minute before grinning.

"A compliment then," she said with a smirk. "Bright flames are beautiful." Yana nodded in agreement and watched amused as Kakashi skidded into the kitchen finally dressed.

"Onii-chan you're terrible in the mornings," she tutted. He glared at her.

"Well you're no morning person yourself," he muttered, she just shrugged at him.

"At least I know better than to answer the door while hardly wearing anything." He raised an eyebrow and pointed at her huge t-shirt.

"Oh really? What are you wearing then?" She glanced down and deadpanned.

"Onii-chan this t-shirt doesn't even let me see my own feet." Minato chuckled and stood up to start making breakfast at the stove.

"I see it was right to let you stay together," he said. "You get along as well as any siblings related by blood," he turned to them and bowed slightly. "I apologise for suggesting Yana stay somewhere else." Yana eyed him frowning before smiling.

"It's ok Blondaime, I'm sure the reasons Outo-san gave you were justified," she said reaching to pour herself some juice, ignoring the sudden silence that had come over the room.

"What the? How did you…" choked Minato. Yana smiled slightly.

"I don't know what Outo-san asked of you," she said. "You were just thinking that it better have been worth it." Kushina gaped at her.

"Holy fricking molly! Mind readers creep me out!" she said shuddering. "Especially when they answer things not spoken out loud." Yana snorted as Kakashi glared slightly. Minato just shook his head and turned back to the stove.

"Kushina didn't we come here for a reason?" he reminded her. Kakashi watched with interest as her whole face lit up and a light blush covered her cheeks, she seemed to glow.

"Yes, we did." Yana blinked at the soft look on Kushina's face. "Since you're Minato's student and Jiraya wandered off again, we wanted you to be the first to know," explained Kushina still smiling softly. "I'm pregnant."

Kakashi gaped at her and spun round to face his sensei.

"Sensei really?" he gasped. Minato grinned so wide he thought his face would split in half.

"Yep, I'm going to be a father," he said happily. Yana was bouncing up and down excitedly on her chair.

"Really Kushi-chan?" she cried. "A baby? Do you know if it's a boy or a girl?"

"Kushi-chan?" repeated Kushina confused. "Oh you mean me? You're giving me a nickname?" Yana nodded eagerly.

"Yep, I give them to those I really like," she said. "So boy or girl?" Minato chuckled as he placed a huge stack of pancakes on the table.

"Its too early to be able to tell yet," he laughed. "We only just found out ourselves." Kakashi suddenly frowned.

"Will it be ok?" he asked worriedly. "What with Kushina-san being a Jinchuuriki and all?" Yana looked confused.

"What's that?" she queried. "What's a Jinchuuriki?" Minato and Kushina smiled sadly.

"A Jinchuuriki is a human sacrifice," explained Kushina. "They have demons sealed inside them to prevent the demon from harming others."

"Really? That makes you a really strong person then, doesn't it?" gushed Yana. "You'd have to be to hold a demon! I think that makes you pretty amazing!" Kushina looked surprised before smiling softly.

"Arigato Yana-chan," she whispered. "I'm lucky, most Jinchuuriki lead horrible lives."

Yana didn't understand that statement. If Jinchuuriki protected everyone else by containing the demon why would they have bad lives, surely everyone should be really thankful for them. The mood seemed to brow sombre as the silence continued so Yana decided to change the conversation back to the original reason they had come here.

"Do you have any names for the baby yet?" she asked curiously. The others all started in surprise at the topic change.

"Err… not really yet," said Minato sheepishly as he sat down with the rest of them at the table and dished up the pancakes. "We really did only just find out." Kushina nodded.

"We don't mind if it's a boy or a girl," she said. "Although Minato will probably be way too over protective if it's a girl." Minato blushed. Yana suddenly cried out.

"Hey by the time the baby is old enough to graduate Onii-chan could be their Jounin sensei!" she exclaimed ignoring Kakashi choking on a piece of pancake.

"Yana!"

"Well you could! You're helping teach one now, in twelve years time or so you'd be plenty old enough!" she insisted. He glared at her.

"In which case you'd be old enough to help me teach them," he snorted. Her face lit up.

"Really? Yay I'll get to help teach mini Blondaime!" she cheered. Kushina frowned.

"Why do you think it'll be blonde?" she asked. Yana blinked.

"Oh… I don't know. It just seemed to fit," she said slowly, thinking about it. "I just keep seeing this little blonde haired boy when ever we talk about the baby." Kakashi deadpanned.

"You're not able to see the future are you?" he asked.

"Onii-chan!"


Yana bounced up and down excitedly in her seat, Kushina's baby was due any day now and she just couldn't wait. It was going to be a boy and they were naming him Naruto after a character from Pervy Jiraya's book. She just knew he was going to be a mini Blondaime and with Minato and Kushina as his parents he was going to be such a cute baby. It did confuse her though that every time she thought of him she saw a little blonde haired boy with blue eyes… and whisker like scars on his cheeks. Maybe be it was because Kushina was the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki? She still didn't understand why she kept imagining the boy like that though, seeing the future was impossible although she had heard that some people could get flashes of the future in near death situations, she wasn't near death though so maybe it was just what her mind had come up with as the most likely appearance for Naruto to look like.

She peered out the window nervously, where on earth was Mina-kun? She glanced over at Kushina worriedly, he'd promised to take the week off since Kushina was due any day now. Kakashi had explained to her how childbirth was a more difficult process for Jinchuuriki since they had to make sure nothing went wrong with the seal and that the demon didn't escape. She hadn't understood when he tried to explain how the seal worked, it sounded really complicated… but kinda interesting, maybe she should look into seals in the future. She did understand though that because of the dangers Kushina had to be taken to a secret place to give birth to make sure that no one tried to interfere. Right now though Yana was staying with her while Kakashi was on a mission with the genin team he was helping with, she was still to young to go with them so Kushina had volunteer to look after her. They'd had loads of fun decorating Naruto's room and picking out clothes and toys for him, her clan had been too focused on making her a shinobi so she had rarely got the chance to play with toys and other things that kids normally did when they'd still been alive.

Still, she did have to wonder about Kushina's colour choice.

"Why orange?" she asked squinting at the walls. "It's so bright!" Kushina just laughed and patted her swollen stomach.

"Because I want Naruto to be a bright and happy boy," she said. "So we may as well jump start everything by making his room really colourful."

Yana sighed and shook her head, with how bright the room was they'd be lucky if they didn't blind the kid.

"Hey I'm home," called Minato from the front door. Yana scrambled up and ran towards him so she could drag him to Naruto's room.

"Blondaime, can you tell Kushi-chan that the room will blind him," she whispered pointing at the room. Minato blanched at the colour and started sweating nervously as Kushina beamed happily at him.

"Welcome back Minato," she said kissing him on the cheek. "Isn't Naruto's room great?"

Minato looked down nervously at Yana who just shrugged as if to say: she's your wife, you tell her. He sweat dropped before nodding in agreement.

"Yes Kushina," he said hesitantly. "It's very bright, just like you." Yana rolled her eyes, sheesh was he whipped or what, talk about a smooth talker.

Coward! she hissed.

Hey she full of pregnancy hormones right now! he protested. I'm not about to do anything to upset her now, she'll slaughter me! Yana snorted at him and turned away to hide a grin.

Someone also chose that exact moment to knock on the door. They all stared at the door until Minato went to open it, laughing when he saw a very muddy Kakashi scowling on his doorstep.

"How did the mission go?" he asked steering Kakashi into the bathroom. The silver haired boy just glared at him and started dumping his filthy clothes on the floor before Minato left to let him have a shower. Yana blinked up at the blonde curiously.

"Is he ok?" she asked. He just laughed and ruffled her hair.

"I think he's just a little annoyed at the mission," he chuckled going to check on Kushina who had now moved into the kitchen.

She peered round the door of the bathroom to see her brother trying to get all the muck out of his hair, she giggled as he scowled in frustration as the mud just didn't seem to want to come out. He heard her and turned round to glare at her slightly before flicking bits of mud at her making her squeal and hide behind the door. He smirked and jumped out of the shower once he got all the mud off and wrapped a towel round his waist. Then he yanked the door open and shook his hair dry while he stood over Yana sprinkling her with the water. She yelped and tried to run away so he grabbed her round the waist and held her close so her clothes soaked up the water on his skin.

"Onii-chan!" she protested. "Stop getting me wet! I don't need a shower!"

"Oi you two in there!" yelled Minato. "You better not be mucking up the bathroom!" They froze and stared round the bathroom nervously, the walls were splattered with mud and the towels had all gotten wet because Kakashi had shaken himself to get rid of the water.

I won't tell if you don't, said Yana. It's your fault any way. He glared at her.

I only did it because you laughed at me! he protested. She rolled her eyes and snorted. Come on, we're gonna escape. Her eyes widened as he got dressed and picked her up again before jumping out the bathroom window. They both glanced back at Minato's house briefly before Kakashi sprinted in a burst of speed.

"Hatake Kakashi and Yanala you are so dead!" came the cry from behind them as Minato discovered the state of his bathroom. They both burst out laughing as Kakashi ran at top speed to their home.


She didn't like this. She didn't like this at all.

Yana and Kakashi had been sat at home waiting for Minato to come tell them when Naruto was born when they had felt the Kyuubi's chakra, which would have been ok since they knew the birth would weaken the seal but this was much stronger, the Kyuubi was no longer contained. Kakashi jumped up and ran around the house getting all his shinobi gear together so he could go help.

"Stay here Yana," he said seriously. "Its too dangerous for you to go outside now, there's no telling what might happen if the Kyuubi really has broken free."

"But-"

"No buts! I'm not risking you getting killed!" he cried. "Stay in the house."

"Unless it's going to collapse." Kakashi sighed, he didn't have time to be arguing with her, he really needed to find out what had happened to Minato-sensei.

"Yes, unless the house is going to collapse," he said. She stared sadly up at him and hugged his legs since she was too small to reach any higher.

"Do you think they're ok? Mina-kun and Kushi-chan?" she mumbled. "And Naruto? Did something go wrong with the birth?" Kakashi's visible eye darkened at the questions, he ruffled her hair and tried to be optimistic.

"They'll be fine, Minato-sensei is the Hokage and a seal master," he reminded her. "And Kushina-san is a very strong person." She still looked sad.

"But something has still gone wrong," she stated. There was no denying that if everything was alright then they shouldn't have been able to feel the Kyuubi's chakra like this, although what exactly had gone wrong was another matter.

"Please just stay inside until its over," he begged. She nodded before staring him right in the eye.

"You make sure you come back then," she said. "I don't think I'd be able to take losing everyone I love all over again."

As it turned out it wasn't Kakashi she had to worry about, the younger shinobi were kept behind a barrier and forbidden from trying to fight the Kyuubi, Kakashi was glad he'd be able to stay alive for Yana but he still didn't know what had happened to Minato-sensei.

"Hatake-san," called a jounin. "Hokage-sama wants to see you."

Kakashi perked up at that, he said Hokage so sensei must still be alive, right? He hurried towards the tower but suddenly took a detour to his house to pick up Yana, if sensei was there then surely Kushina-san and Naruto would be there too. He yanked the front door open and was nearly bowled over when Yana crashed into him wrapping her arms round his waist tightly, judging by her grip there was no way she was letting go any time soon. He grabbed hold of her and used shunshin to get to the tower as quickly as possible. He froze the minute he opened the door to the Hokage's office.

Minato-sensei wasn't there. Sandaime-sama was.

"Oji-chan, where's Mina-kun?" asked Yana nervously. "Is Naruto and Kushi-chan ok?" Kakashi just continued to stare.

The Hokage had requested his presence, but sensei wasn't the one waiting… he'd lost another precious person. He bowed his head and screwed his eyes shut to keep back the tears, Yana noticed his silence and gasped upon hearing his thoughts.

"Ne, Mina-kun isn't really dead is he?" she cried. "He's suppose to be a father today!" Sarutobi bowed his head and sighed heavily.

"Minato-kun sacrificed his life to seal the Kyuubi," he said sadly. "Unfortunately Kushina-chan is also dead." Kakashi's head shot up.

"Kushina-san too?" he asked. "What about Naruto? Did she give birth?" Sarutobi nodded.

"Since Kushina wouldn't be able to have the Kyuubi resealed into her Minato sealed it in Naruto." There was a dead silence.

"What?" asked Kakashi stunned. "Sensei sealed the Kyuubi… in his son?"

"Is he ok? Can we see him?" queried Yana. Sandaime smiled slightly and shifted hi robes to show them the bundle he had been holding; Yana dragged Kakashi forward with her to look at the baby. A mop of blonde hair covered his head and when he blinked open his eyes they were the brightest blue she's ever seen.

"He looks exactly like I thought," she whispered. "He even has those whisker marks."

"Those are a sign that he contains the Kyuubi."

Kakashi still hadn't said a word and looked sadly at Naruto. He looked so much like sensei it hurt, especially since he'd just died. He couldn't hate Naruto though, Minato had been so proud and excited to be a father, he knew he couldn't blame all this on a baby that had had no choice in anything. Since he looked so much like sensei he wonders if the boy would have Kushina-san's personality.

"Wait, you said Kushina-san had died too," said Kakashi. "Who's going to take care of him?"

"For now I will," sighed Sandaime. "When he is older he will be placed in an orphanage with other children, hopefully due to the laws I'm bringing in he will get to have a relatively normal childhood." Yana tilted her head confused while she continued to look at Naruto, she held a finger out and was delighted when he grabbed hold of it.

"Laws?" she asked. Sarutobi sighed heavily again, he should be retired not replacing his successor.

"Minato wanted Naruto to be seen as a hero for holding back the fox," he explained. "But already there have been people calling for his death, no one else apart from Jiraya knows that Naruto is Minato's son since we had to keep the birth fairly quiet. I am placing laws that will forbid anyone talking about the Kyuubi to Naruto or telling anyone what he holds. Hopefully that will help things, if not the death sentence for those that do should." Yana blinked.

"Naruto is only a few hours old and he already has laws with death sentence punishments?" she asked incredulously. Sarutobi chuckled slightly.

"He's a pretty famous kid isn't he?" he laughed. He let Yana sit on the floor and hold Naruto, figuring that she couldn't drop him if she was one the floor already. Kakashi chose that opportunity to ask a favour.

"Sandaime-sama does this mean you're Hokage again?" he asked quietly. Receiving a nod in reply while the older man lit his pipe, Kakashi continued. "Can I be included in Naruto's guard rota?" Sandaime eyed him for a moment before speaking.

"And why would you want to do that?" Kakashi looked surprised for a moment.

"He's sensei's son, why wouldn't I want to protect him?" he asked confused. Sarutobi nodded and hid a smile.

"Very well Kakashi-kun," he said. "I'll make sure you're included, now why don't we put them to bed, it's been a tiring day."

He motioned towards Naruto and Yana who were both fighting to keep their eyes open, he waited until Sandaime had removed Naruto from her lap before he picked up Yana holding her close to his chest. He had lost another precious person but he still had Yana, if she hadn't come along he truly would be alone right now and probably handling this a lot worse. As he walked back to their house he tried not to look around at all the destruction, luckily their house had escaped the damage but others had not been so lucky.

"Onii-chan?" murmured Yana sleepily into his shoulder.

"Yes?"

"We gotta protect Naruto," she mumbled. "We can't fail Mina-kun and Kushi-chan's son, it's all they've left behind for us." He smiled slightly as she finally fell asleep.

Yes, they had to protect what sensei had left behind for them, Kakashi would never be able to face him again if they didn't.


It took me forever to write this chapter, it was really hard for me to write because it deals with emotions completely opposite from each other.

That and i cried when i read the chapter that told us what happened, especially at Kushina telling Naruto that advice for his life.

I hope you've enjoyed this chapter, please review and tell me what you think.