Chapter 9 - Birthday Arc Start


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14 March 2014

Last edited 5 April 2014


Previously: A few weeks after the kidnapping attempt, Jiraiya came back to Konoha to confront his old sensei, about Naruto's case, after that Young Naruto's linage was announced to the public as they become restless because of the rumor that the Raikage would visit Konoha. The Raikage, A, and his brother B, the Hachibi Jinchuriki did come to Konoha a week later, there B found out that Kyuubi's out in the open (just in his human form) and that Sebastian is Kurama's right hand man...er demon. And Jiraiya introduced the goodness called ramen to Naruto.


Chapter 9.1: A-Rank Mission

Sebastian and Naruto finally back to the mansion, unfortunately instead of fall asleep like he usually did after meals, little Naruto's wide awake, renewed with energy from the monstrous amount of ramen that now is filling his little stomach. Excitedly the little blond runs to find his Papa the moment his butler set him down, and before he disappears through the door the hyperactive blond manage to shout, "Don't forget to make my Choco maq~is and sacertot, Sebby!"

"You mean Chocolate marquise and sachertorte?" Sebastian asks, halting the boy's rush.

"Yes, those. And make Papa some too." And the little terror left the room in a flash.

"Of course, Bocchan," Sebastian said to no one, as the overly active boy is long gone. Master's Kit really has the potential to be a good ninja, with those fast little feet of his; Bocchan will outrun Chunnin and Jōnin in no time. Smirking to himself, Sebastian proceeds to make his way to the kitchen.

Inside the kitchen is a big multiple levels chocolate cakes decorated with fruits and icing that shapes the Uzumaki clan symbol. The impressive cake, once it's finished of course, will become Young Master's Birthday cake. Oh yes, the little kittling is going to have his third birthday, the first celebrated one too, by tomorrow night. And as Young Master starting to be aware he is requesting a big party with a giant cake.

Sebastian has been busy these past few days, between maintaining the Uzumaki cake-shop and taking care of Young Naruto, he has to plan a party. So far he's doing fine, as expected.

For the cake, He'll just need to finish the top; for Master Kurama's gift (one that he'll give to Young Master) he still needs to draw the seals of enforcing ethereal being which is very complicated and dangerous; for decorations, he'll decorate the house for the party tomorrow, and some other preparation for it tomorrow.

'Too many tasks and too little time'. Not to mention in one hour Young Master has a play-date with the legendary Ino-Shika-Cho's heirs and heiress; Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chōji, then after that, the Hokage Sarutobi will visit along with Shimura Danzō to discuss about the party's security.

And now how to divide the tasks...Hmm

He'll have to be with Young Master all the time; four shadow clones to run the cake-shop; five still assisting building back the village after the Kyuubi's attack (they still need all the help they can get even after three years); four for patrolling, and two for doing chores (the north wing still need some serious dusting), and that's 16 Sebastian including him. That's a large number for someone that's not really trained to be soldier, shinobi to be precise. And he already had a hard time lying to the council about the Shadow Clones, as it is one of the forbidden techniques of Konoha.

For him to be able to create that much is…definitely something, because even the luckiest Jōnin can only make about ten shadow clones, thus the fifteen clones he made spoke volumes about his chakra reserves. If he creates more, he'll raise their suspicion, again.

But he still needs few more clones to prepare the party. The party will be a grand one, as very important people will present, like the Sandaime Hokage, the major clans' head with their heirs and heiress, and the most unexpected the Yondaime Kazekage and his children, that will arrive tonight or tomorrow morning.

Konoha had just make the treaty with Sand a mere month ago, and the Hokage's inviting the once enemy to his successor's son birthday.

All in all, three hour is all he needs to prepare the grand party, but he has to leave Young Master's side while he's at it.

Should he asks Jiraiya's help? The Toad Sage seemed eager to spend more time with his godson. But, with just few hours in the man's company Young Master had become a Ramen worshipers, *shudders*. If Young master is to spend more time with Jiraiya, God knows what other quirk Young Master would get, not to mention Jiraiya's perverseness, it's hard enough with just Master Kurama's, he doesn't think he could handle two perverts, two very powerful perverts that would just happy to spread their perverseness around Young Master.

Maybe he'll fill a request for an A-rank mission to the Hokage. Or maybe S-rank?


9.2: Grell and Shinigami-sama

It's been weeks, and he still has no idea where to find the Shinigami Lord to report. As he's the first soul-reaper to appear in this dimension, he has to report to the sole Shinigami that govern the afterlife of this dimension. But, how is he going to report when he can't even find him? And to think he left Sebas-chan, Kurama, and Naru-chan so early just to find the Lord.

Mm… Remembering those good looking men really boost his mood and for the first time ever, he's not jealous of some brat hogging all the handsome men he came across as the brat has cuteness quality that rivaling anything cute he ever seen.

But then, as if remembering something important he checks the date and let out a horrified shout, "Oh My Lord Shinigami! It's October 9th, TOMORROW is Naru-chan's third birthday! Oh, Lord, I have to find him, fast!"

'There must be some clue on how to find him.' Grell opens his official order scroll and read, at the bottom of the scroll there's a note from William.

'P.S. to meet Lord Shinigami, you have to summon him. Behind this scroll there is a seal that contain the manual to summon him.'

Grell grinned, revealing his of shark-like-teeth to the world. 'Well, I'll be damned. He should have said so,' Grell thought, pushing back his glasses.

With a snap of his fingers the hidden manual scroll pops into existence, landing smoothly on his hand. Hastily he opens the scroll and prepares to summon the shinigami. Carefully, he draws the summoning seal on the ground, his hands awkwardly move to make the hand-seals, and lastly, he slams his hands down. The seal glows briefly and slowly a big tall transparent figure begin to appear. Grell turns pale, as the figure fully materialize, revealing a snarling mask of the devil, with white hair that resembling long mane, and white robe that tattered at the edge.

And when the figure turns to face him, Grell faints, which make the Shinigami sighs. With a snap of his fingers the Lord rouses Grell from the unconscious realm.

Still dazed, Grell eyes his surrounding, the moment he sees the floating figure of Shinigami Lord above him, he once again embraced the unconscious realm. The Shinigami Lord twitched, and then raise his hands to remove his snarling devil mask and make some effort in smoothing his wild mane.

Behind the snarling devil mask is the face of a young man. He looks to be a young man in his mid-twenties. With his white hair now a bit tamed, he's quite good looking man, even with the piercing yellow eyes. He transforms his edge-tattered white robe into a white kimono with swirling grey smokes decorating the edges. And once again he snaps his fingers, forcing the red suit-clad shinigami out of his la la land.

Grell shots up from the ground and summons his death scythe, which happens to be a chain-saw. He stands up; his back facing the Shinigami Lord and so, he doesn't see the young man. Grell slowly turns around.

"YOU-" but the moment his gaze lands on the kimono-clad figure, his jaw drops, imaginary pink hearts fly out of his person, creating the illusion of a smitten girl.

"Hello there~"

The Shinigami doesn't reply.

But then Grell remembers the devil he just met, who he assumes is the Shinigami, so he decides to ask this…lovely creature. "Do you know what happen to the horrific devil that was standing…there…just the spot you…stands on… Oh MY Lord! I'm So So-Sorry!"

The Shinigami instead of angry is amused. "It's okay, I fully aware about the effect of my 'horrific devil' mask have," he replied, quoting back the blushing and embarrassed Soul Reaper in front of him, "On people, specifically on people who used to see beautiful things. But as you may or may not aware yet, this world is not pretty; these people are acting as if they remain at war, albeit a cold one."

"Well, you're right My Lord, the last people I saw was a pair devilishly handsome demons, and a very cute baby human."

"Ah, about that, how -in the name of God, did you meet them? I recalled William said that you'll have to meet me once you arrive here, but instead of looking for me, you got into some messy situation with one of the most powerful demon ever gracing on earth after the Juubi and his loyal servant. And not only that, you have to pretend to be human to get out of that situation, in other word exposing yourself to one of the strongest hidden village in Elemental Nation." His tone is not harsh, just like the tone of a parent chiding their wayward child.

"It's complicated Shinigami-sama, I was in kind of acquaintanceship with Kurama-kun's servant, we were in the same dimension previously, but then I felt him here, so I can't help but seek him out." Oh how he wants to say 'relationship'!

"I know about that, the shift of increasing demonic presence can't escape my radar. My, my, we have enough demons as it is."

"So, what happen now, My Lord?"

"I might as well place you there; you'll be responsible for the souls of the people of Fire country. This is the book of the souls you'll need to retrieve in the coming years, which will be updated as the times pass or if God has something to amuse him."

Grell nods.

"Oh, and they're all shinobi and soldiers, the civilians are no concern of yours, and should there be another soul reapers coming, I'll set them around other nations first before sending some back up to you."

"Alright, My Lord~!" Grell winks flirtatiously at the Shinigami Lord.

"I have a name you know, you can call me Shiro," the newly named Shinigami Lord said with an amused chuckle. "Oh and for a welcome gift, I have an interesting soul I'd like you to take care of."

Grell's yellow eyes light up like the sun and excitedly asks, "Who is it, Shiro-sama~?"

"You'll have to ask him yourself, but please, don't traumatize him, he still has contract with me, so I just want you to take care of him till the time I want him back. I just don't want to deal with him destructing the inside of my stomach."

Shiro places his right hand on top of his stomach and pulling a small silver box that suddenly comes out of his stomach. He put the box on Grell's outstretched hands.

"How do I open it?" he can't see any lock, it's completely sealed.

"Just use the seal you used to summon me."

"Alright. See you later, Shiro-sama~" Grell throws a heart at him and disappears.

"Fiuh, I just hope Minato's soul would still be intact after this. But really those Kyuubi-powered Rasengan is not good for my stomach's landscape."

'I wonder what will that Sutcliff do, if I appeared as a girl, mah, should be amusing.' With that thought he put the snarling devil mask back on and disappears from sight, not that any person witness their meeting.


9.3: Mission Accomplished (?)

The Sandaime clears his throat, getting the attention of the twelve ANBU trainees, gathered in the room. The Third Hokage is barely able to hide his evil smile, knowing that the trainees will not expect that this training session might be the death of them. Heck, they won't even suspect that babysitting can become a training method. Last night Sebastian had personally request him to use the ANBU in training for this A-rank mission, he was skeptical of course. But after he was showed the destruction caused by little Naruto via surveillance camera (imported from Snow Country), he's not sure whether they can make it, even if it's just babysitting for three hours. And so this early morning he gathers all the new recruits for the special mission.

As he muses on their coming demise, the door to the room opens, revealing a handsome raven haired man in butler's suit, holding what it seemed to be a large box. The box is about a meter high, the outside looked like steel. When the Sebastian put the box down in front of the Sandaime, the box starts to shake, giving the impression that there is a monster inside the box.

'Maybe I shouldn't have given Bocchan that much sugary cake, it's still morning after all. Oh well.'

Sebastian immediately put one of his hands atop of it, stopping the violent shakes, while smiling pleasantly to the trainees. The trainees can only gulp and wait for the Hokage's order.

"Your mission's objective is inside this box. What you need to do is to keep him in check," the Hokage starts, but was soon interupted.

"Who is this, Hokage-sama?"

"Ah yes. Inside the box is Uzumaki Naruto, and he's a very active child."

'That's understatement of the year.' They all thought.

"All you need to do is to amuse him for three hours. You'll be grouped by four and have a round of babysitting Uzumaki Naruto. Each round will be one hour," the old Hokage explains, expecting one of the twelve people there has a question or two.

"What's the circumstance, Hokage-sama?" one of them asks. There's no way that this will become a normal babysitting mission the genins usually do.

This time the Sandaime can't hold back the big, evil grin on his face, giving the collected ANBU the shivers.

"Well, Uzumaki Naruto here is currently high… on sugar…" that statement makes them go pale. A Jinchuriki high on sugar is a nightmare if you don't have the same level of enthusiasm as Maito Gai, and even the youthful Jōnin would have a hard time. A Jinchuriki kid usually has the stamina of a baby cheetah high on catnip. Naruto is a Jinchuriki of the greatest demon alive, the Nine Tailed Demon Fox, which has the greatest amount of chakra, thus boosting his general performance in creating chaos; adding to this is the fact that he's an Uzumaki, which is known to be very-very hyper sometimes with severe case of ADHD syndrome. And don't forget the sugar high.

This will become their greatest challenge, indeed.

"And don't forget," Sebastian adds, "Should any of you let the Young Master become upset or somehow hurt himself… you'll have to answer to me as the legal guardian of Young Master Uzumaki."

Sebastian then proceeds to open the lock using his chakra, not that the Sandaime will notice its demonic nature… the room then suddenly filled with loud yells…

"-LET ME OUT! SEBBY!"

An orange blur, yes blur (he's that fast), can be seen shooting right out of box the moment it was slightly opened.

"Bocchan, these people will become your plaything - um - playmates for the next three hours. Please behave," Sebastian said with a small, very amused smile.

The irritated blond then brightened immediately, grabbing the closest person to him, dragging him to hell *ahh* the play room, along with his team; and the next one, until the last one was dragged into the human centipede.

At the end of the three hours torture, the trainees can be seen collapsing on each handoff point.

When it's over, they all slowly wake up to the most adorable sight they've ever seen. The baby blond is asleep, curled up between the last team's members that babysit him. He looked so peaceful and calm. The sight makes them forget that the boy is the Devil himself when high on sugar.

"This kid's gonna be the death of me someday," one of them said. The others simply agree.

They are all looking at the sight with content smiles until a cleared throat reminds them to be always on guard.

"Report," An ANBU with a dog mask commands them, a slight twitch on his eyebrow hidden by the said mask.

Three ANBU-wannabes step forward. They're the captain of each team. Their blank silver masks gleaming eerily.

The one on the left is the first to report.

"The mission is accomplished; our team was able to hold Uzumaki Naruto for three hours full without significant incident," he said haughtily.

Behind the dog mask, Kakashi twitches again, and with a neutral tone he asks the ANBU-wannabes, "No significant incidents you say, and what are this insignificant incidents?"

The person in the middle steps forward, his calm unreadable voice betrays his nervousness, "On the first hour, my team brought Uzumaki Naruto per his request to the Hokage Mountain. But he was flailing and ran too fast, and as result he fell from the Hokage Mountain. Fortunately, we could retrieve him as the speed of his fall is not as fast as when he's moving around."

The one on the right then steps forward, "On the second hour, Naruto Uzumaki took some kunai and shuriken from one of the passed out first team member. The weight of the multiple kunai and shuriken proofed to be too much for the three years old boy, and he hurt himself when the weapons fall from his grasp. My team was not fast enough to prevent it, but we could deal with the aftermath. Our medic-nin-"

"Was he crying?"

"Yes."

"You know, you'll have to answer to Mr. Michaelis, right?"

Gulpe. "Yes, Sir."

"What happen in the third hour?" Kakashi asked the first man who spoke, the one on the left.

"We brought Naruto Uzumaki to the lake. Seeing one of us standing on the water surface, he tried to imitate her. He was fast and able to outrun us to the lake. Fortunately, the one on the water can rescue him before Naruto could drown."

"You heard all that Mr. Michaelis?" Kakashi asked the butler that appears behind him.

"Yes, thank you, Inu (Dog). You're dismissed, but of course if you want to help me teaching these ANBU-wannabes, you're very welcomed."

"Of course ."

Gulpe.

"Now, for your punishments…"

They're actually very lucky that it's almost time for the birthday party, not with all those high and mighty people that actually come to the party, and so Sebastian doesn't have much time to deal with them, leaving Kakashi as their 'punisher'.

Not that they have the time to be grateful as those chakra infused kunai keep coming to their direction without pausing.


9.4: Kumo and Iwa

The Raikage and his brother have arrived at their village. B proceeds to meet with his team, while the Yondaime Raikage proceeds to head to his office. He has a letter to write.

'That old Tsuchikage, Onoki, will have a heart attack when this news reaches him,' A muses.

True to his prediction the old Tsuchikage get a cardiac arrest as he meaning of Raikage's message dawned on him, resulting panicked, frantic medic nins to restart his heart. When the medics successfully bring his heart to beat once again, he calls for Council Emergency Meeting. There, he shows Raikage's message.

"Yellow + Uzumaki + Kyuubi's attack = A mini-yellow Jinchuriki"


9.5: Minato and the Red Headed Soul Reaper

Grell just manage to travel few hundred meters before he take the silver box out of his coat, and drew the summoning seal on it. this time without the hand seals the seal glow briefly and lid opens with a snap, followed by a spiraling sphere of blue energy that connects with Grell's expectant but unaware face. Grell drops the box as he's sent spiraling backwards and just stopping after he hits a tree. BAM!

From the dropped box, following the spiraling sphere is an arm, then a yellow head, white robe covered torso, and finally a full body of a man emerge from the box, albeit a transparent man. A grinning Namikaze Minato finally out of his coffining prison.

"I'm OUT!"

The blond ex-Yondaime Hokage, still the good shinobi he is, begins to survey his surroundings. Upon noticing the passed out red head with a rasengan mark on his face, he turns pale.

"Oh shit." Minato rarely swear but when he is, it was usually he's caught unprepared for the situation like right now, he just accidently rasengan-ed the person that opened his box, the one that freed him. The second he notices is that he's not a solid being, but instead, he's transparent like a ghost, he realize that he is really dead. Well, it's more accurate to say that he's a soul; a chained soul apparently as a small silver weightless chain connects his navel with the box.

'Aw, now I'm chained,' he whines inside. But then he find out that the length of the rope is flexible, thus he can move around without feeling chained. He slowly moves, approaching the fallen figure, the man's long red head reminds him of his beautiful wife.

'Kushina, are you watching me now? Or are you keeping an eye for our son?' he smiles.

He squats down and gently tap his fingers to the person's cheek trying to wake him, surprisingly his hand does not pass through the flesh like he imagined being a ghost.

Grell slowly open his eyes upon seeing the blond haired blue eyed Adonis in such close proximity, he sighs, "I'm in heaven…" again, imaginary pink hearts fly out of his person for the second time in the span of one hour.

"Um, no you're not, I know I'm dead, but you're not there yet," Minato said, unsure about the red head's meaning.

Suddenly Grell shots up, he gaze the blond man in front of him, he's sure to have seen this man before. In much more smaller figure, with whiskers like marks on his cheeks. And part of him really looks like Kurama, 'Ohhhh…No way! Just no way…'

"My name is Grell, are you by chance Namikaze Minato, Naruto-kun's father?" Grell asks slowly, remembering the tale Sebastian told him about Naruto's real father that happens to be the Fourth Hokage.

"Yes, I am. You know my son?" the Fourth can't keep the happy grin off his face, "He'll be about three years old now."

"You know, Minato-san, you'll be a perfect gift for Naru-chan. Oh My God, enough with the chit chat. We'll have to go back to Konoha, or Sebby would start the party without me! Let's go!"

Minato doesn't even have the chance to yelp before the soul reaper grabs the silver box and run to the general direction of Konoha, with Minato floating behind him, still connected with the silver chains.

"You know Minato-chan, you looks like a Docile Kyuubi with more darker soul."

"Huh?"

Is that even possible? Well, he does have the dark-Kyuubi sealed in his stomach but, does the fox has human form that happen to look like him?

'Nah, not possible,' Minato thought.

-to be continued-


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