A.N.: So another chapter is finally here and this time it's someone many people have been asking about. Also, I'm not a native EWnglish speaker, as some of you might have noticed, and I don't know how to write an accent propperly, so I decided not to use it. Please don't flame me for it.

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Summoning the Shinigami

They had a problem. A big problem. The Kyuubi was coming closer and nobody had any idea what to do about it. All they could do was stall for time, hope they weren't in the path of one of its tails and pray that they young Hokage had some solution.

Namikaze Minato was praying too. He knew of a technique that should be able to help, but he had never tried performing it before. And even the theory behind it was untested, so all bets were off on what the jutsu was going to do. It was something only a complete lunatic would try to use. A lunatic or somebody who had nothing to lose.

'Here goes nothing,' he thought. His hands flew through the seals, his chakra molded into the appropriate shape. Soon, he felt the presence of the Death God appearing at his back. He turned around to see what did he summon.

He was surprised that the Shinigami looked so... normal. Just a young, white-haired man in a black kimono with a white coat, not unlike his own. Then he took a better notice of the man's face. It reminded him of both the kitsune rampaging next to them and some members of the village council. Definitely a dangerous one.

"My, my," the Shinigami spoke, his voice bored. "You seem to 'ave a problem 'ere."

'Tell me something I didn't know,' Minato thought.

"What is that thing, anyway?"

"The Kyuubi."

"Ne'er heard o' it," the silver-haired man shook his head.

"It's the most powerful of the Bijuu," the Hokage explained. How comes the Shinigami didn't know it? Or were even such powerful being beneath his notice? Minato doubted it.

"Really? It does seem kinda strong," Ichimaru observed in a disinterested tone.

"I summoned you here to help me deal with it." 'And I hope I summoned the correct being,' he added mentally. He was beginning to have doubts.

"So it was you who interrupted my date?" Minato swallowed. It sounded the God of Death was annoyed. That wasn't a part of the plan.

"Please, Shinigami-sama, we need your help."

"Shinigami-sama sounds good, but it still doesn't make up for the interrupted date," Gin stated.

"It's something only you can do," Minato pleaded. He hated to plead, but he was willing to make an exception for a god. If that guy was really a god, but it wasn't like he had time for plan B now. The Kyuubi was getting closer to them.

"Hmmm," Ichimaru scratched his chin thoughtfully. "I like to see ya beg, but that still doesn't make up for the ruined date."

"I'm terribly sorry, Shinigami-sama, but I wouldn't have called of you if we weren't in dire need of your vast powers."

"Nice try, but flattery will get you nowhere," Gin commented. Minato was ready to tear out his hair in exasperation. The Kyuubi was approaching them quickly, probably recognizing them as the most important target. His shinobi were dying by the dozens in futile attempts to delay it and the Death God was being difficult. He wanted to throttle him, but his common sense labeled it as a very bad idea. He decided to try one last strategy.

"Look," he said, "the sooner you finish here the sooner you can get back to your date."

"Hmm," Ichimaru cocked his head, "I suppose ye'r right. And all the dead are just making more work for me."

He withdrew his zanpakutou. By that time the Kyuubi was almost upon them.

"What do you want to accomplish with the knife, worm?" the beast asked. "I'm the most powerful of all the demons."

"Most powerful of demons, you say?" Ichimaru eyed him critically. "Then let's see how you'd like this. Bankai. God-killing spear."

"Fancy name, but nothing happened," Kyuubi commented.

"Than what about now?" Gin asked. The monster roared in pain and outrage. There was a hole through its body and it had no idea when did it happen. He was positive it hadn't been there just a second ago. But such an injury couldn't stop him. The wound was already closing.

"You bag of filth! I'm going to obliterate you for that."

"Persistent, aren't you," Ichimaru commented. "Than let's see how you'll deal with this. Kill, Kamishini no Yari." Another hole suddenly appeared in Kyuubi's body, but this one didn't heal. It continued to spread.

"What's going on?" the monster screamed.

"That's my power," Ichimaru answered, but the kitsune didn't hear him. It disappeared with a poof. Minato stared slack-jawed.

"Well, that being done, can I finally get back before my date runs off on me?"