21: Greetings folks! I'm back with another chapter of Shinobi L'Cie and a whole new imagination at work! I would like to thank Marvey4 for noticing the Xehanort reference in my fic and doing so has unlocked a trailer for a future fic that will be developed. Now onto the fic!

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Hizuren Sarutobi sat in his office after hearing of what has become of Naruto over the month and sighed. He wanted to help Naruto in some way and he had to be careful about what he says to the boy. That woman Lightning told him that the L'Cie brand is connected to his mental state and any kind of shock would make the brand's curse accelerate and turn the poor boy into a C'ieth and be damned to wonder the world in endless agony until he is turned to stone and must wait until another L'Cie fulfills his focus so his soul could move on. Now how is he going to make it up to the boy? "Hey old man." Naruto said as he entered the office alone. "Speak of the devil." The old Hokage thought as Naruto took a seat and looked at him in the eyes. "I need to know, who are my parents?" Naruto asked as Hizuren mentally groaned. He was planning to tell him when he could handle it but with this L'Cie brand on Naruto he might not know who his family is before the time he might either turn to crystal or a C'ieth.

If he's going to tell Naruto the truth, he should start with his mother first, knowing who his father is first might cause Naruto to go into shock and he won't allow that brand to grow faster and turn Naruto into a C'ieth damn it! "I think it's time Naruto. I was going to tell you when you mature but it seems the fates have tied my hands with your curse it seems. Before you ask who your father is which I know, I must tell you about your mother and her clan so you won't go into shock when I tell you who your father is." Hizuren said as Naruto nodded. He felt excited that he was finally going to learn about his family and he wondered why the old man was planning to tell him about his father last. "I'm going to tell you about the relationship of the Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan." He said as Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What do the Senju have to do with this? I have a feeling this might be important." Naruto thought as he recalled that the Shodaime and Nidaime Hokages were from the Senju clan.

"You see Naruto; the Senju and Uzumaki clans were great allies before the founding of Konoha because they came from the same ancestor from many years ago and have supported each other through dangerous times during the Clan wars. In fact an Uzumaki named Mito married the Shodaime when Konoha was founded and Tsunade of the Sannin is her granddaughter, making you and Tsunade related." Hizuren said as he watched Naruto slowly putting things together and asked a question. "Then what happened to the Uzumaki clan and where is this Tsunade lady at?" Naruto asked as Hizuren chuckled, Naruto is a forward person. "The Uzumaki clan was wiped out in the Second Shinobi War due to their skills in fuinjutsu. Their skill in those dangerous arts caused many enemies to fear them and as a result, the Land of Whirlpools was no more. They were also known to have extended lives and were called the village of longevity. And for your second question, Tsunade can be anywhere as long as it's far away from Konoha since it had brought back so many bad memories." Hizuren said as Naruto was trying to think of another question.

"Then why do I have Uzumaki as my family name then?" Naruto asked as Hizuren gave him the 'I'm getting to that' look. "Because your mother was a survivor and a refugee of Uzushirokagakure before she came here during the war." Hizuren said as Naruto was practically starving to know more. "What was she like?" Naruto asked as Hizuren chuckled. "Your mother was well known for her beauty and many men practically fell off their feet when they saw her. You're also like her in personality. She was a chatterbox and quite the tomboy. You both have a verbal tic when excited or flustered but she says dattebane while you say dattebayo." Now this made Naruto smile as Hizuren continued on. "When your mother first came here and transferred to the academy, she was infamous for getting into fights and causing school property damage…which caused a lot of paperwork to pileup." He said as he face palmed himself when he recalled the time when he saw the mountains of paperwork when she was an academy student. "So she didn't do any pranks at all?" Naruto asked with a pout while Hizuren chuckled. "Actually she was quite the prankster; just like you she outlasted the Anbu and even me and caused both of us to weep in tears because we couldn't catch an academy student. Though you are still years away from surpassing her when it comes to pranks." He said and suddenly felt a chill down his spine; he felt like he had given Naruto a prank challenge from his mother and Naruto will prepare the ultimate prank in all of Konoha history. His dread was realized as he saw Naruto smile deviously in the same image his mother had when she was alive. Meanwhile in Konoha, many of the shinobi and civilians shivered in fear as a dark calamity was stirring.

"There is one important detail I should tell you about your mother and the Uzumaki clan besides their skills in fuinjutsu before I tell you about your father Naruto." Hizuren said in a serious expression that was mirrored by Naruto due to drills Lightning had drilled into his head when something important was happening. "What is it?" Naruto said as Hizuren looked at Naruto in shock, he had never seen the boy so serious in his life that it looked like he was telling Minato something important. "You see…your clan was known for its members becoming the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi." He said as Naruto's eyes widened in surprise. "You see, after Madara Uchiha's defeat by the Shodaime, Mito had sealed the Kyuubi into herself causing her to become the first Jinchuuriki of the fox and had lived for a long time while serving as the fox's vessel. When she was at the end her life, a new vessel was chosen. She was Kushina Uzumaki, your mother Naruto." Hizuren said as Naruto was starting to get lost. "Why? Why her?" Naruto asked as Hizuren knew this would come up. "Your mother had strong chakras, even for Uzushio standards that allowed her to control the Kyuubi. But one day, the Kyuubi broke free from the seal." Hizuren said as he looked out the window. "What happened that day?" Naruto asked, feeling some sort of dread at where this is going.

"You see Naruto; a female Jinchuuriki has one flaw that made it possible for something like the Kyuubi to break free. The seal weakens when a female Jinchuuriki gives birth." He explained and gave Naruto a look. "Even though with the elite Anbu and my wife and the Yondaime Hokage were there to help making your birth was safe, the Kyuubi broke free. The Anbu guarding your mother and my wife were killed by someone when we examined them so I have a feeling that someone had undone the seal somehow and unleashed the Kyuubi onto Konoha causing the suffering you have endured to this very day." Hizuren explained as Naruto was lost in thought and slowly asked a question that had bugged him when he heard that the Kyuubi broke free. "What happened to my mother?" Naruto asked as Hizuren looked at the boy who he considered a grandson for most of his life with sad eyes. "When the Yondaime began the sealing, the Kyuubi tried to kill you when it realized what the Yondaime was doing. Kushina and the Yondaime himself used their bodies as shields to protect you with the fox's claws only inches away from your face and they used the last of their power to seal the fox away. But I noticed Kushina saying something to you with tears of sadness and hope. I believe she wished you a happy life through the hardships of a Jinchuuriki and that she was sorry that she couldn't be there to take care of you."

Naruto smiled sadly, his mother truly loved him to do something that risky for his sake and decided to guess who his father is. "And the Yondaime Hokage is my father, isn't he?" he asked as Hizuren looked at him and nodded with his eyes closed. "How did you know? I was going to tell you about him just now." The old Sarutobi asked as he lit his pipe and began smoking. "Because I looked at his picture when you mentioned him and compared my appearance to him. That and you just admitted it yourself." Naruto said as the man blushed slightly as he got tricked by a genin of all things. That and comparing Naruto's relation with Minato is an ill guarded secret if people compared their appearances. "What was my old man like?" Naruto asked as Hizuren sat in his seat and puffed some smoke out his pipe. "Your father; Minato Namikaze was considered the greatest genius of his time. He graduated the academy at age ten and was a genin under Jiraiya of the Sannin." "You mean Ero-Sennin?" Naruto interrupted causing the old Kage to laugh at the nickname of his student. "Yes, that would be him. And that's the perfect nickname for him too." He said causing Naruto to smile at that. "Back to where I was, during your father's time under Jiraiya's training he signed to toad contract which of course you have signed as well it seems though Jiraiya's methods of making you summon a bigger toad was the reason for all of this…" Hizuren muttered as he was thinking of the perfect punishment for the super pervert only to be snapped out of it by Naruto waving a hand in front of his face.

"Sorry, just thinking of how to punish Jiraiya somehow." He said as he noticed a certain gleam in the boy's eyes and sighed. "So what do you have in mind for him?" he asked as Naruto whispered into his ears and slowly, the old man developed a mischievous smile on his face. Meanwhile at the Konoha Hot Springs, Jiraiya had a shiver down his spine as he was doing his "research". "So back to my dad please?" Naruto asked ad Hizuren nodded, "Alright, so sometime in his early 20s he lead a team of Obito Uchiha, a girl named Rin, and your sensei Kakashi Hatake." Now this made Naruto's eyes widen in surprise but he kept on listening. "It was during the Third Shinobi War and Minato had made a name for himself with the help of special space-time kunai which I believe was with the help of your mother to create that made him famous or infamous depending if you're an ally or enemy. He was called the Yellow Flash because those kunai caused him to teleport so fast that he destroyed armies within a second, he got that name because when he used the Hirashin jutsu, he vanished in a flash of yellow." Now this made Naruto look at his father's portrait on the wall with awe, could he recreate his father's famous jutsu one day?

"Your father was also remarkably handsome that made many women fall for him and he had a fan club at the time. He would have been attacked by fan girls like Sasuke was if your mother didn't scare them off. But it seems that you've become quite the ladies' man in that new outfit of yours since you've practically taken the image of your father but with more military style added to it." Hizuren said as Naruto had a bad feeling that he might have a fan club coming after him soon…wait; he had Lightning to scare them off so he'll be alright. "Is there anything else you know about my dad old man?" Naruto asked as Hizuren shook his head no. "If you're going to ask more about your father, then ask Jiraiya. He knows him better than me. It's getting late so I suggest you get some sleep." Naruto nodded as he felt tired and left to the ship on top of the Hokage Monument, it would be a lot safer there than his apartment if fan girls are starting to form a fan club of him and he did not want to be a victim of the unspeakable horrors they do. A rumor had it that Sasuke was once captured by a fan club of his and things so disturbing and scary happened to him that it made Sasuke very wary of females near him. When he asked what happened, Sasuke was shivering violently and that alone unnerved Naruto as he was quickly running to see if Lightning was there to help him use his C'ieth form.

*While Naruto was learning who his parents are*

Here in the Konoha Marketplace, Lightning was looking around to purchase something to cook when she meet that pink haired teammate of Naruto's, Sakura Haruno. "Aren't you that lady that helped Naruto with his training?" she asked as the older pinkette nodded her head. "Yeah I taught him. What is it you want?" she asked as Sakura bowed her head. "Can you help train me? I've been a burden to both Naruto and Sasuke-kun and I don't want to fall behind anymore." Sakura asked as Lighting shook her head no. "Sorry, but I can't. I can't teach you anything ninja related and I need to help Naruto control his powers or else something terrible will happen to him." Lightning said as Sakura looked up at her. "What will happen to Naruto? He's different from before and when I try to talk to him he's been giving me the cold shoulder." She said. As Lightning sensed someone behind her, she turned around to see Sasuke looking at her; apparently he was listening to them. "Just what is happening to the dope? Those powers are stronger than any ninjutsu I've seen in my entire life."He said "If I can figure out how the dope got them, then I'll have the power to kill HIM." He mentally added.

Lightning noticed the hidden greed in his eyes and things just got more difficult as Naruto's sensei, Kakashi appeared on the roof. "Now I would be interested in what is going on with my student's situation since Naruto has once again surprised me with these knew abilities he never had before." Kakashi said as Lightning scoffed. "Your student? You left him to some amateur trainer just so you can train the Uchiha the Chidori. You don't have the right to call Naruto your student anymore." Lightning said as she glared at the scarecrow causing him to flinch, hell hath no fury like a women scorned indeed. "I want to make it up to him by teaching Naruto how to use his elemental affinity, and I trained Sasuke because he was up against Gaara, who was known for being an unstable Jinchuuriki that will brutally kill Sasuke in less than a second." Kakashi tried to reason as Lightning punched him in the face, with the help of being a Master L'Cie, her enhanced strength made Kakashi's body leave a body imprint on the wall a good 60 feet away causing Sakura and Sasuke to go wide eyed at that much strength. "That was a terrible excuse; he could have trained both at the same time to make them push each other at their limits. He could have asked someone else to tutor at least Sakura so she can be helpful one day. Some teacher he is." Lightning muttered.

"Note to self, do not piss her off." Sasuke and Sakura both thought as Lightning looked at them. "Now here's Naruto's current situation. He's been branded with a special mark that is cursed and a blessing at the same time. While it grants him new powers, he has a set time before he suffers a fate worse than death. That's it." Lightning said as she went back to the ship clearly annoyed, but that didn't stop her from stomping on Kakashi's nuts causing Sasuke to wince in sympathy, with that much strength it must have hurt like hell and now it made Sasuke want to stay a good distance from her and try not to piss her off. "That wasn't much info; it was like she's hiding something. And what did she mean a fate worse than death? Just what in the world did the dope get himself into just to end up being cursed?" Sasuke asked as Sakura shrugged. "Maybe we could ask him during our next team meeting." Sakura said as Sasuke nodded, it would be a good plan. With that, they went their separate ways to their homes leaving their agonized sensei to suffer.

*at the ship*

Naruto was waiting at the front of the ship with a letter in his hand as some weird creature called a moogle that quickly left which made him curious about it, "Hmm, let's see what we've got." He muttered as he opened the envelope and pulled out a paper letter and some sort of pass. "Greetings kupo! We have written this letter to let you know that you have been invited the Mirage Arena for various tournaments that will offer amazing rewards. The card that comes with this letter will allow you to participate in the tournaments. If you want to go to the Mirage Arena, just find the moogle that's currently staying in your apartment kupo.-The Moogles." Now this made Naruto raise an eyebrow, "Just what are these Moogles exactly? I guess I should ask Lightning." Naruto thought as he saw Lightning coming. "Lightning, what are Moogles?" Naruto asked as she stopped and looked at him. "They are small white furred creatures with a red pom-pom connected by a thin wiry antenna that that are on the top of their heads and have small gothic bat wings. They are harmless and are quite popular creatures and are considered cute. I recalled Terra Branford had a habit of cuddling a Moogle because she said it was cute. They have been known to be helpful by selling useful items that are pretty useful on journeys. Why do you ask?" she said as Naruto showed her the letter. "Because a Moogle was right here when I came back and gave me this before disappearing into thin air." Naruto said as Lightning was reading the letter. "Hmm, this will be interesting, keep that pass somewhere safe and it's time to test out that C'ieth Mode of yours." Lightning said as Naruto nodded as they went to the Third Training Ground.

Once they got there, they looked around to see if anyone is going to watch them and once they felt no one was watching them, Naruto transformed. Lightning couldn't help but look impressed at his appearance. He was a humanoid fox that was made of golden crystal that was smooth, his spikey blond hair was crystalized but was still there, his eyes were a deep purple like an amethyst, he had a tail to match that looked like it could be used as some sort of weapon, long ears that twitched in a cute way and his entire body was covered in blue crystal veins that appear to be circulating his chakra throughout the body. She recalled last time he used that form the veins were red but guessed it was when he used the Kyuubi's chakra at the time. Naruto flexed his claws and looked at Lightning and open his mouth to speak as she was lines of dagger sharp teeth meant to shred victims that got caught in between them. "So what do you think?" he asked with his voice echoing. "Not bad, now let's see your abilities shall we?" Lightning said as she drew her gunblade out and got into her stance. Naruto stood up and she saw his veins glow brightly blue as he held his hand out and blades of pure chakra appeared in the palms of both of his hands as he got into a battle stance while holding his blades in reverse grip. (Think the stance that the Mysterious Figure from KHBBS uses).

Naruto charged at her with his ethereal blades as she ducked under him and kicked him in the stomach only to notice he wasn't there as she dodged his blade that pierced the ground. "You have to get serious Lightning; I still have some problems controlling my bloodlust in this form." Naruto said as Lightning nodded her head. She channeled her energy and her gunblade transformed into her Omega Weapon and she charged as she hit him with her Launch attack and followed it up with Flourish of Steel as her gunblade transformed into the Zantetsuken blades and slashed at him relentlessly following it up by using her Gestalt Drive and started hitting him with Lightning Strike, Thunderfall, Stormblade and Razor Gale causing Naruto to grunt at the pain as Lightning used the Zantetsuken and dealt the final blow while crouching down. "Bull's eye." She said as Naruto crashed to the ground creating a crater from impact. When she looked at the crater, she had a feeling she went overboard with those attacks as a clawed hand came out of the ground and grabbed her leg in surprise as she heard Naruto chuckling. "Next time weaken me first before trying that, because that was ticklish." He said as he pulled her underground.

Lightning noticed two things when she was dragged underground, one was that there were tunnels due to the echoes from her falling on her butt and two, it was pitch black dark in here and she couldn't even see her nose. "Alright Naruto, what's going on here?" Lightning asked as her voiced echoed through the tunnels as she heard Naruto chuckle. "It's a new training method, when you are blinded by something and can't see a thing, you must rely on hearing, touch, and smell to locate me and make a counter attack or else…" he said as Lightning could have sworn she heard a hint of mischief in his voice. "Or else what?" Lightning said as she picked up her blade and then she heard his voice right in her ear. "I'll beat you." He said as she turned around to swing her blade that only sliced thin air. She felt something grab her leg again and next thing she knew, she was hung upside down with her arms tied behind her back as she saw his purple glowing eyes looking at her with amusement as he had his claws aimed at her neck. "See, I beat you already." He said as he retracted his claws and gently put her down. She punched him only for him to instantly disappear again into the tunnels.

"It's like chasing a fox in its den." Lightning muttered and realized that was what she's doing and could feel Naruto was mentally laughing his ass off at that little joke of his. "So that's his game huh? Looks like I'll have to wait for him to strike then." She thought as she got into a relaxing state and listened to the echoes of the hollow tunnels, smelled the earth itself as she picked up the faint scent of ramen in the air and smirked. Naruto was near. She waited and tried to feel the vibrations of him so she could pinpoint where he is, but for some reason she couldn't feel any vibrations of his footsteps and could only smell small traces of ramen in the air and they were really faint so she waited with her sword in gun mode and aimed in front of her. The most unexpected thing that happened next was that something pounced onto her from the side and she was lying on her back as Naruto in his C'ieth form had pinned her. "Since you have no basic ninja training it was easy for me to sneak up on you, though I give you some credit for using your sense of smell." Naruto said as Lightning tried to get out of her position. "Can you let me out now?" Lightning said as Naruto suddenly bit her in the neck causing her to scream in pain. "What was that for!" she demanded as he put her on his back. "Now we're even." he said as he took her up towards the surface.

When he broke to the surface, Lightning got off his back and she immediately whacked him in the back of his head as she touched the place he bit her. "Did you have to bite me like that Naruto?" she demanded as the C'ieth Fox stood on its hind legs and nodded. "Now you know how I felt when you did that." He said as they had a glaring contest, he summoned his ethereal blades again and Lightning drew Blazefire Saber in her hand and they charged. As they clashed blades, Lightning noticed that his ethereal blades were glowing even brighter and leapt away as Naruto named his attack "Innocence!" he roared as he swung his blades four times in the air creating for large blades of energy that hit Lightning causing her to gasp in shock at the pain and made her narrow her eyes. "He's getting serious, but how can he use those attacks? I thought only Gabranth should know them!" she thought as she started dodging Naruto's Innocence attacks while getting close to him. This made Naruto mentally smirk as he gathered chakra around his body when Lightning was close enough to be in range. "Hatred!" he shouted as a sphere of chakra surrounded him and caused him and unleashed a massive shock wave that hit Lightning and threw her a good distance away. Before she could blink, Naruto was right in front of her with his ethereal blades out and stabbed her in the stomach, "Guilt!" he said as he removed the blades and slashed at her causing an explosion as he began to use his final assault.

He stopped channeling chakra from his hands which cause his ethereal blades to disappear as he punched Lightning. "By my nindo!" he shouted as he channeled a massive amount of chakra in his hands creating red/orange flames as he launched it at Lightning. "Know this pain! Fulminating Oblivion!" he said as she screamed in pain as he channeled chakra in his hands again and started punching the air in the direction of Lightning was falling. "Ruin Unflinching!" he said as the chakra left his fists and hit Lightning like a bazooka barrage. Naruto smirked evilly as he created ten swords made of chakra, "Take your last breath…Frost Purge" he muttered as he made a gesture as the blades impaled Lightning from every angle possible as she floated in the air as a vortex appeared above her as Naruto roared savagely into the heavens. "Black Hole…Surrender now to oblivion!" he said as the vortex devoured her completely. "How could it end like this?" Lightning asked as she faded away into rose petals as Naruto reverted back to his normal form and was exhausted.

"So how was that Lightning?" Naruto thought as he felt her return to his mind. "I'm impressed, though going overboard like that hurts like hell." Lightning said as Naruto chuckled. "Well you're an immortal since killing you physically will just make you return to my mindscape as usual. And like my attacks?" he asked as he felt Lightning nod. "I guess meeting Gabranth while I was in the underworld when fighting for Cosmos did help you out. But for you to recreate his attacks that perfectly is kind of scary. I just hope that you won't learn anything that could destroy a planet or something." Lightning said as Naruto chuckled. "Trust me Light, I wouldn't go that far." He said as he headed back to the ship to get some sleep. In his mindscape where the seal is, the Kyuubi narrowed his eyes. His vessel has grown strong indeed but knowing who the true enemy is must be known, with the boy knowing of his heritage and who his parents are will help him understand what truly happened that fateful day. Willing himself, he poured his chakra as the boy fell asleep so he could see the truth. The Kyuubi was making a gamble, if Naruto can't handle this; then their time will be running short and Naruto will quickly turn into a C'ieth. But then again, this is Naruto he's talking about and knows he will endure the sadness that will follow when he sees it.

Here we see a shirtless Naruto in his bed tossing and turning while Lightning who was in a white nightgown came to check up on him causing her to look at him with worry. She noticed something was wrong when she felt the Kyuubi's chakra circulating in his head and decided to go into his mind to find the source of the problem, little did she know she will also know the truth of that fateful day that ruined Naruto's life forever.

*Within the dream*

Naruto was walking through the darkness as he noticed Lightning in following him in her nightgown made him stop. "What are you doing here Lightning? Is something wrong?" he asked as she nodded her head. "Yeah, I noticed you were tossing and turning badly in your bed and I noticed that the fox's chakra was circulating in your head doing something." She said as Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Let's see what that fox is up to then." He said as they walked to the light that appeared in front of them which blinded them. When they opened their eyes they noticed something strange, they were in some sort of room and the sight Naruto saw made his eyes widen. He saw his own father, the Yondaime Hokage Minato Namikaze sitting down with a red haired, violet eyed woman whom looked pregnant and realized that was his mother, Kushina Uzumaki as they were talking to old man Sarutobi and an old lady which made him guess it was his wife. "Wow, my mom is beautiful…" Naruto said in awe as Lightning decided to pull a small prank on him. "Really? Then I'm not beautiful as well?" Lightning asked teasingly causing Naruto to stutter "Y-yeah, uh…well you actually gorgeous!" Naruto blurted as he suddenly covered his mouth as Lightning chuckled as she turned to the side to hide her small blush. "Just kidding Naruto, though I should thank you for the compliment." Lightning said as Naruto looked away embarrassed.

"There's the seal to worry about so we'd better get ready for the birth." Minato said making Naruto and Lightning break from their small embarrassment and pay attention. "When Mito-sama gave birth, it was said that the seal nearly broke. I'd hate to ask this, just in case something happens please give birth away from the village and inside a barrier. Minato and my wife Biwako and Taji of Anbu will go with you. This will be top secret. Of course you will have body guards as well, but they will all be Anbu under my direct command." Hizuren explained as Biwako spoke "I will lead you to the appointed spot, we should leave soon." She said as Kushina nodded her head. "Alright, and thank you." Kushina said.

*in a district of Konoha*

Naruto and Lightning followed Kushina and Biwako as they stopped to talk to a woman holding a baby. When Naruto looked at the baby, he couldn't help but feel like he's seen that face somewhere but he couldn't put it. "Huh? Was it a girl?" Kushina asked the woman who shook her head. "No, it was a boy this time." The woman spoke as Kushina got curious. "So what did you name him Mikoto?" Kushina asked as Mikoto looked at the baby boy with a caring face. "Sasuke." She said causing Naruto's eyes to widen in shock. "That's the teme? He's a lot different from the jerk I know today! "Naruto said in mild surprise before suppressing a snicker "...Plus he was meant to be a girl." He muttered while Lightning giggled at that part, now they could see why Sasuke looked like a girl as well, since he looks more like his mother. "Oh, the same name as Hizuren's father." Biwako said as Mikoto nodded her head. "Yes, so that he will become a fine strong ninja." She said as she looked at Kushina. "You're due soon too aren't you Kushina? You should decide on a name ahead of time." Mikoto said as Kushina smiled, "I already have, I'm going to call him Naruto. He'll be the same age as Sasuke-kun, so I hope that they'll be friends." She said. "Me and the teme friends? We're more like rivals." Naruto muttered as Kushina got closer to Mikoto with a gloom aura surrounding her.

"By the way, does it hurt as much as they say?" Kushina asked nervously as Mikoto looked at her with an amused look on her face. "Wow…so there are things that you're afraid of. I'm surprised." She said. "Yup, I take after my mom alright! Nothing to be afraid of…except maybe when girls stare at me with lust…" Naruto said as Lightning chuckled at that. Biwako grabbed Kushina's hand and started dragging her off, "Come on, and let's go Kushina!" Biwako said in a grumpy elderly voice as Kushina sighed. "Oh…alright." Kushina said as Mikoto bid her farewell. As Kushina and Biwako got to the corner, she started scolding Kushina. "This is all top secret. Just in case you meet anymore of your friends along the way, just avoid them." Biwako said as Kushina rubbed the back of her head sheepishly just like Naruto does and apologized. "And even if we are away from the village this is still top secret! So even if you have labor pains, don't be too loud!" She said as Kushina just sighed, couldn't this old woman give her a break? "Alright." Was the only thing she said. "So Lightning, is it painful to give birth to a baby?" Naruto asked as she shrugged. "I'm not sure, I don't have kids." Lightning said as Naruto looked at her. "You're all about business then aren't you?" he said as Lightning nodded her head yes.

*Inside a sealed cave*

"AHHH! It hurts!" shouted Kushina as Naruto and his father were beginning to panic while Lightning looked at them amused. "Like father like son." She thought as Naruto ran around the room babbling about what he should do sine the baby is being delivered and wondered if there is anything he could do to help. "Ano…I've never seen her cry out in pain like this before. Do you really think she'll be okay?" Minato asked nervously as Biwako rolled her eyes, "Of course she will! Just focus on the Kyuubi's seal!" she yelled. As Kushina began thrashing in pain, Minato looked extremely worried as Naruto began panicking like a madman. "Make it stop! If this is what women have to go through then my respect for them have gone up another level! Just make this scene stop!" Naruto wailed as Lightning looked at him with amusement, soon he'll be watching this again if he ever had a wife.

"But this is…" Minato said as he looked at his wife with concern as Biwako just had enough of this. "You are the Yondaime Hokage! Don't just gape at this! This much pain would kill a man! But women are strong!" she shouted as Naruto looked at Lightning. "It's official, I respect women to a degree that I would ban myself from using the Sexy jutsu and other variations while beat up any pervert if possible." Naruto said as Lightning rolled her eyes, this is too much. As Minato channeled his chakra on the seal, Kushina felt the Kyuubi struggling to break free as she sweated from trying to keep the Kyuubi locked in and trying to get baby Naruto out. "If I become Hokage, I will make a law to never make a female Jinchuuriki forever. This is pure torture to anyone, even my mom…" Naruto muttered to himself as Minato encouraged baby Naruto to come out and for Kushina to stay strong. As she screamed in pain, Biwako and Taji were encouraging Kushina to keep it up as they saw a head coming out. When they mentioned seeing a head Naruto began chewing his fingers in anxiety and worry as Lightning had to hit him with a Thunder to snap him out of it. "Quit panicking you numbskull, you're here right? Then you'll be fine then." Lightning said as Naruto glared at her. "Give me a break Light, seeing how a baby delivered like it was some sort of documentary has already scarred me for life!" the blond knuckle head shouted as he shivered in horror as he realized that this scenario will repeat again when he's going to be a father in the future.

As they heard the Kyuubi roar in fury, Minato was sweating heavily as he tried to suppress Kyuubi. "Naruto come out! Kyuubi you stay in!" he shouted as Kushina gave one last push and suddenly, the sounds of a baby crying echoed throughout the cave. "He's here…" Minato said as Kushina panted from exhaustion from delivering her child as Biwako and Taji wrapped the baby in a blanket. "It's a healthy baby boy!" Biwako said as she saw that the baby had three whisker shaped birthmarks on each cheek. "I hate to say it, but you looked cute as a baby." Lightning said as Naruto scratched his cheek sheepishly wondering if it was a compliment or a statement. "I'm a father!" Minato laughed happily while rubbing the tears of joy as Kushina had her own tears of happiness at the birth of her son. "Naruto…I can finally get to see you…" Kushina said tiredly as her baby continued to cry. Naruto himself was almost about to let out the waterworks if Minato didn't decided to get serious suddenly. "Alright Kushina, I know you're worn out from giving birth but now you need to exert your full control over the Kyuubi!" Minato shouted as Kushina nodded her head. "Yeah! Keep that ugly old fur coat locked up for good-ttebayo!" Naruto said as he pumped a fist in the air. Suddenly Naruto's sixth sense he gained from Lightning's training activated as he and Lightning suddenly turned around to see Biwako and Taji falling down dead.

"What the…" Naruto said as Minato turned with Kushina turning her head to see what was wrong and they saw a man in a hooded robe wearing an orange mask with an eyehole on the right side with weird black fire designs on it holding baby Naruto in his right arm while his left hand was close to the baby's face in a pose that was aimed to kill. "Yondaime Hokage Minato, step away from the host or this child won't live a minute longer." The man said in a cold menacing tone that meant he was serious.

As baby Naruto's cries echoed through the cave, Minato was trying to figure out how he got pass the barrier and who that mysterious man was as Kushina's seal continued to weaken. "Kushina!" Minato shouted looking at her as the man pulled a kunai knife out and held it closely to baby Naruto's face. "Get away from the host, or you don't care what happens to the brat?" the masked man asked as Naruto glared at him with hate. "Who the hell is this guy? Don't tell me the Anbu that the old man sent were killed by him…" Naruto thought as he had the feeling this man was the one responsible for the loneliness and pain he had to suffer. "Wait, calm down!" Minato said as Kushina twisted in pain as she tried to restrain the Kyuubi. "You're the one who needs to calm down Minato. For I am perfectly calm." The man said as he tossed the baby into the air as he planned to impale the child. "Naruto!" Kushina screamed in horror as Minato's face became serious as the time slowed down as Naruto and Lightning were forced to watch unable to do anything to stop this terrible madness.

In a flash of yellow, Minato held the baby Naruto in his arms while holding onto the wall behind the man with chakra. "I expected nothing less from the Yellow Flash, but what about the next one?" the man asked as Minato noticed something hissing at the bottom of the blanket Naruto was in and realized they were exploding tags. "Oh shi-!" Naruto said in shock at what was happening. With quick reflexes, Minato pulled out baby Naruto from the blanket as Kushina screamed their names as they vanished. Next thing Naruto and Lightning knew, they were in a different place that looked like a house as part of the front exploded as Minato rolled out with the baby Naruto who was still crying. "Thank goodness Naruto is unharmed." Minato said with a sigh of relief as he pulled a piece of wood that was impaled in his leg. "That's a relief; I thought that me and dad were goners." Naruto said also sighing in relief as Lightning whacked him in the head. "You idiot, this already happened and I'm guessing that now things are going to become serious." Lightning said sternly as Naruto who was currently rubbing the spot she hit him nodded his head. Minato placed the baby version of Naruto in a bed and tucked him in, "You'll be safe here. Just wait here for a little bit Naruto, I have to go and save your mother." He said gently

Before they know it, they were whisked away somewhere else and they saw Kushina trapped in chains as the man looked at her. "Let go of my mom you bastard!" Naruto shouted as the man paid no heed since Naruto's voice couldn't be heard. "What do you want?" Kushina said weakly. "To take the Kyuubi from you and destroy Konoha." The man said like it was the weather, which ticked Naruto off as he tried to punch the man in the head which only caused his fist to go through the man.

"What?" Kushina said in shock as the man examined Kushina's seal. "The markings for Minato's Hirashin Jutsu that allows him to teleport anywhere instantly seemed to have been added to the seal." He spoke out loud with interest before continuing his speech. "Minato was always protecting you, but this time he's not around… with the seal weakened from giving birth, do you know how long I have waited for this brief moment?" he asked as the eyehole of his masked glowed red. Naruto saw what the eye looked like and his blood turned cold and an undying hatred was born inside of Naruto. The eye was red with a ring with three tomoe in it, the Sharingan. The man gazed at Kushina with the Sharingan and Kushina's eyes widened in a hypnotic state. Inside her mindscape the Kyuubi was seen impaled by pillars that were connected by chains made from Kushina's chakra as it glared at the man. "You!" the fox exclaimed in pure hate as the man's Sharingan began spinning as the Sharingan appeared in its eyes before the ring and tomoe disappeared while the pupil widened. "That isn't a good sign Lightning." Naruto said as she looked at him. "You think?" she asked sarcastically.

They saw the Kyuubi break from its prison of chains and pillars with brute strength as on the outside, Kushina's mouth was open the same time the fox roared and red vile chakra in the shape of a fox surrounded her. "Come out Kyuubi!" the masked man said as the fox manifested itself and roared to the heavens under the full moon as Kushina fell down completely exhausted from the extraction. "Now time to give Konoha a wake-up call." The man muttered as Kushina looked up weakly getting the man's attention. "The Uzumaki clan is amazing, to survive the extraction of your Biju eh?" the man said as Naruto felt the dark smirk on that man's hidden face and he looked at the Kyuubi who had a claw reared back and realized what was happening. "Mom! Get out of there!" he shouted as the man finished his line "-And now I will use him to kill you." He finished as the Kyuubi crushed the spot where Kushina was. The man looked up to a cliff to see Minato carrying Kushina bridal style on top of a tree safely, "So you have the Flash…but it's too late." The man said in a smug voice that irked both Naruto and Lightning as Kushina warned Minato what the masked man was planning for Konoha. Minato used the Hirashin again returning to the safe house with Kushina as he placed her in bed with Naruto as she hugged her baby closely as Minato prepared himself for war. "I'll be back soon." Minato said before vanishing.

*In Konoha at night*

"Summoning Jutsu!" the man said as he pressed his hand on the ground in a street of Konoha causing the Kyuubi to appear as buildings and people started flying into the air as the shinobi panicked. "Do it Kyuubi!" the man shouted as the fox used its Sonic Roar blowing things away into devastation and ruin. "Such power, and you have to keep that thing locked up in your stomach too…" Lightning muttered as Naruto nodded his head realizing that he's doing Konoha a favor by making sure this living form of chaos and destruction is kept locked up. On the Hokage Monument, Minato stood on his monument as the Kyuubi took notice of him and charged black and white chakra into a black sphere. "So you sense me eh? I won't let you do this here!" Minato exclaimed as he had a Hirashin Kunai in hand as the fox fired the black sphere. The sphere was about to make hit the Hokage Monument as it suddenly vanished and an explosion far from the village was seen and heard. "Such power, that could wipe out an army of the best soldiers with one hit…" Lightning muttered as Naruto had a hand on his chin. "Hmm, maybe I can recreate it in my C'ieth form…" he muttered as Lightning heard him and whacked him in the back of the head again. "No you don't Naruto. The last thing we need you to learn is a technique of mass destruction and using it in a high populated area without thinking of the consequences you knucklehead." She said causing Naruto to rub the back of his head sheepishly now that he thought about it. As they returned to watching what happened that fateful day, the masked man had snuck behind Minato who had a sixth sense of his own as he slashed at the masked man which caused him to widen his eyes in shock as his attack and the man's arm phased through him as the man's hand grabbed his arm.

"You'll have to fight me, and it's over." The man stated as Minato was being sucked inside the man like a vacuum. When he finished, he looked shocked, "He jumped again…he's fast so I'll have to suck him up quicker next time. The very instant I touch him." The man muttered. "That was a close one for dad, that man seems to be very dangerous even for my father." Naruto said as Lightning nodded. "Yeah, he might be even harder than the Fal'Cie I've battled before." Lightning said as they continued to watch the battle as Minato appeared in a different place where he placed a Hirashin Kunai at. A few seconds afterwards the air swirled as the masked man appeared in front of Minato. "I guess he also uses space-time jutsu like your father Naruto." Lightning said as Naruto's eyes widened. "Of course, that was how he was able to move my mom that fast!" Naruto exclaimed as Lightning nodded. "Now we just need to find out who your father is facing." She said as they turned to see Minato talking to the man. "Are you Madara Uchiha?" he asked as the man pulled his hood off to reveal black spikey hair. "No, that's impossible. He's dead." Minato said as the man shrugged. "Who knows?" Madara said as he explained that his plan for attacking Konoha was both on a whim and a plan to peace which made Naruto and Lightning scoff at those proclaims. "Peace? Does killing many innocent people lead to peace? It usually ends in war whether you like it or not." Lightning said as Naruto nodded his head solemnlyas Madara pulled out a chain from his sleeve.

Minato drew his Hirashin Kunai in a reverse grip as he prepared for an attack as he and Madara charged. When Minato tried to hit him, he went through the man as the chains wrapped around him only to use Hirashin to get out of that trap. "Man, this looks like a battle of speed Lightning, who do you think will win this?" Naruto asked as she shrugged. "The one who is the fastest of the two." She replied. Minato and Madara charged at each other once again and he threw his Hirashin Kunai straight at Madara's head as it phased through him as Madara prepared to grab Minato once again as Minato created a sphere of spiraling chakra in his right hand. Just as Madara was about to get his hand onto Minato he disappeared and was hit in the back by Minato's ball of chakra as he shouted the name of his jutsu. "Rasengan!" Minato shouted as Madara's body hit the floor creating a crater in it, "That's Hirashin Level 2." He said calmly as Naruto cheered on his dad. Once the attack died off, Madara leapt away from the crater while holding his right arm as blood dripped down his arm only to be caught off guard as Minato appeared in front of him with his palm on Madara's chest. Then suddenly, seals appeared on Madara's chest and he realized what was going on, "A contract seal! Are you trying to break my contract with the Kyuubi!" Madara shouted in surprised shock as Minato smirked. "Now the Kyuubi is no longer yours to control!" Minato exclaimed as they heard the Kyuubi roar in anger.

Madara quickly leapt on top of a branch looking down at Minato. "No wonder you're the Yondaime Hokage. I'm impressed you were able to injure me and break my control of the Kyuubi. But the fox will be mine again for I am the ruler of the world. I have many means at my disposal." Madara said before teleporting away. "From the way that bastard said it Light, he's not lying." Naruto said as Lightning nodded. "Then he will try and get the fox from you as well Naruto." Lightning said as Naruto made a fist in anger. "Well, let him try! Because I'll beat him black and blue if he dares show his ugly mug in Konoha-ttebayo!" Naruto said with a determine look on his face as Lightning rubbed her forehead, she's going to have to up his training then if he's going to go and fight that man one day.

*back to the Kyuubi's assault on Konoha*

The Kyuubi was angry; he was finally free from that annoying tomato's seal but was once again controlled by that bastard Uchiha to do his dirty work again as he felt his will return to him as he was currently battling many Konoha shinobi that were able to push him out of the village. The fox roared as it charged up a Tailed Beast Bomb to eliminate Konoha only to be crushed by the Chief Toad Gamabuta as he was summoned with Minato on top of him. "Hold the Kyuubi back a little longer! I'll need a lot of chakra to send away something this big!" Minato shouted to Gamabuta who grunted. "Hurry up then, I can't hold him back for long!" he said as suddenly, Minato and the Kyuubi vanished. "Don't tell me!" Naruto said as he realized what his father was going to do as he and Lightning were suddenly at the safe house again when an explosion engulfed the place. Minato was seen with Kushina and the baby Naruto in his arms as Minato was panting from exhaustion. "I have to set up a barrier as soon as possible!" Minato said under his breath as Kushina looked at him weakly. "I can…still…fight Minato." She said as chains erupted from her back and wrapped themselves around the Kyuubi who growled in anger at being restrained again.

The younger Naruto started crying from the noise as Kushina looked at her son sadly. "I guess we woke him up, sorry Naruto…" she said as Minato looked at her "Kushina, what are you doing?" he asked as Kushina looked at him with a hidden fire in her eyes. "I'm going…to drag the Kyuubi back inside…of me and…kill myself. So that way… the Kyuubi's resurrection can be prevented…That's the only way I can use my remaining chakras to help you…Thank you…for everything, Minato." She said with a smile as the older Naruto and his father looked at her with wide eyes. "Kushina you were the one who made me Hokage! You made me a man! And you made me this child's father! And yet you-"Minato said as Kushina smiled at him. "Minato, please don't look at me like that…I'm happy because you loved me and it's his birthday today." Kushina said as the younger Naruto continued crying. "And the most important thing is when I think about…what our life would be like…if I lived. I can only picture happiness." She said as the older Naruto grabbed his head in pain as he saw a future with his mother and father enjoying breakfast only for himself to run off with a sandwich in his mouth while his mom would yell at him to sit down and finish breakfast while his dad looked up from reading the newspaper laughing nervously since he was in firing range of his wife's rage.

Naruto saw another vision, two to be precise. One would be him facing off that snake Orochimaru as he battled with his mother that was resurrected by Edo Tensei while another vision showed a dragon with an unearthly glow by his side resurrecting his mother as they hugged each other in tears. He didn't know what they meant, but he had a feeling this is the possible future somehow and Orochimaru was involved with it. Lightning helped him up as he recovered from his visions to see the very man, his own father the Yondaime Hokage, make the ultimate sacrifice. "Kushina, there's no need for you to die with the Kyuubi. Use your remaining chakras so you can reunite with Naruto!" Minato said as Kushina looked at him with confusion as the older Naruto was just as lost as his mother. "I'll seal your chakras inside Naruto with a Eight Trigrams Seal! Then I'll take down the Kyuubi with me…But since I'm not a host, I'll be able to use the Shiki Fujin!" he declared as both Kushina and the older Naruto's eyes widened at the name. That sealing method was considered a Kinjutsu for a reason.

"Dad, does sacrificing your own soul to the Shinigami worth it?" Naruto asked quietly so Lightning couldn't hear him. "Minato…with that seal you'll!" Kushina said as Minato halted her words. "Since I can't fully take down the Kyuubi, I'll have to seal half of its power. It's not physically possible to seal it completely and not strategically feasible either. Even if you take the Kyuubi down with you, there won't be a host when the Kyuubi is revived and the Biju balance is thrown into discord. By using the Shiki Fujin I'll seal half of the fox's power forever while the other half…" Minato said trailing off as he looked at his newborn with a serious face. "And I'll seal the other half into Naruto with the Eight Trigrams Seal!" he exclaimed as the older Naruto clenched his fist, he wanted to shout to his father not to do it but for some reason he couldn't as Lightning looked at him with concern. "I know what you want to say, but Jiraiya-sensei told me of the upcoming revolution and the catastrophes that will follow it! Today I realized two things: The masked man that attacked you, he'll bring the catastrophe upon us! And this child is the one who will stop him. As the host of the Kyuubi he will be able to clear the path to the future. For some reason, I can tell." He said as he started flipping through hand signs.

"But Minato!" Kushina said as Minato gave her a look as he claps his hands together as the Shinigami was summoned behind him with his own soul. "Have faith in this child; after all he is our son!" Minato said as Kushina coughed up some blood. "After I seal away half of the Kyuubi, I'll seal your chakras into Naruto. You won't see him for very long until he's grown up. But I want you to help Naruto when he tries to control the Kyuubi's power." He said calmly as Kushina gave him a glare that would make men quiver in fear…speaking of which when the older Naruto saw this he leapt into Lightning's arms shaking in pure fright as Lightning rolled her eyes and dropped him onto the floor and used her foot to make him look at his parents since he didn't want to see what's underneath her nightdress. "He's our own son, I don't want him to bear the burden!" Kushina shouted as Minato looked at her calmly. "And why the Shiki Fujin! Just for me to see him when he's grown up? Even though it won't be long but there's no reason for you to use that jutsu and die! I just want you to stay and watch over Naruto as he grows up! So why!" she demanded as the Shinigami watched the young couple bitter, of course these things are common to death but the Shinigami had a feeling that something was important with that baby. It felt something strange when that child was born into the world and it had a feeling that the boy is the one. It waited as the couple argued on why their child was chosen for a curse, once it finished its sealing it will warn the Great Will of what it sensed earlier and see the possible outcome of this world.

"…Even if I were to live, I could never live up to your standards. Even if it's a short time, there is something you can give Naruto as his mother would. That is a mother's role. I'm not doing this for just you, but I'm also doing it for Naruto!" he said fiercely. "So if I were to try and control Kyuubi one day, I could see my mother…" the older Naruto said softly with a smile, "Even if it's just once, I can finally see my mother. That would be better than any jutsu or rank." He thought as he saw his father pick up his baby self. "I am willing to die for my son, which is my role as a father." Minato said as he looked at Kushina in the eye as the Shinigami's arm was wrapped in prayer beads as black markings appeared on its arms. The arm went into Minato's soul as the ghostly arm reached towards the fox and removed part of its soul which was sealed in Minato who winced in pain as the Kyuubi's size was severely reduced as Minato summoned a pedestal and placed his own child on it as the fox realized what was going on. It had no intentions of being sealed again and into a little brat and planned to make its attack once they had their guard down. As Kushina was on her last legs getting Minato's attention, the fox attacked. "He wouldn't!" Naruto swore as he realized that the fox was trying to kill his younger self with his parents distracted and suddenly recalled that the old man said they shielded him from the fox's claws as he witness them impaled by it and the fox's lone claw was only a few inches from his younger self's neck with blood dripping on it.

"You bastards!" the fox roared in anger as Minato and Kushina coughed up blood and looked at each other. "This is something a dad could do…" Minato said with a painful smirk as Kushina gave her own painful smile, "Even better for a mother…" she said before giving Minato her answer. "This is the first time I've lost an argument to you, that means you are serious then." She said as the pain as Minato smiled. "Thanks Kushina…" he said as he summoned a Scroll Toad who begun to freak out. "Whoa! The Kyuubi! Yondaime Hokage what in the world are you doing?" the toad said in shock. "Gamatora, I'm giving you the key to the seal. Make sure to give it to Jiraiya-sensei immediately and store yourself inside him!" Minato shouted as he wrote something on the scroll as the toad saluted and vanished. With that done, the Shinigami removed its knife from its mouth and licked its black teeth as it was about to enjoy a good meal. "Looks like me and dad have something in common." Naruto said as he got out from under Lightning's foot and stood up. "We both got eaten by something but dad had to deal with digestion since he couldn't escape in time." Naruto said while feeling a little nauseous at the thought of being digested by stomach acids. "Kushina, you're not going to last that much longer…do you want to say anything to Naruto before I seal both our chakras into Naruto as well?" Minato said knowing the answer.

Kushina looked at her baby boy with no hate, no malice, and just only pure love in her voice. "Naruto…Don't be a picky eater, eat healthy so you can grow big and strong. Take a bath every day and stay warm. Don't stay up late and get plenty of sleep! And…make friends! Not to many, but just a few true friends you can really trust." She said before laughing at what she was going to say next. "I'm not good at it myself but study hard and practice your ninjutsu! But, everyone has things they're good at so if you have a hard time, don't let it get you down. Respect your sensei's and sempai's at the academy. Now just one more important thing, about the three ninja vices: Be careful when lending or borrowing money, save your money you earn from missions. Don't drink until you're 20, plus drinking too much is bad so take it easy! And…as for women, well I'm a woman so I don't really understand it at all but there are both but you'll find yourself interested in women…Just don't fall for a strange one! Look for someone…someone like your mother!" Kushina said as Minato chuckled weakly. "Speaking of the three vices, look out for Jiraiya-sensei!" Minato said as Lightning looked at the older Naruto who was on the verge of crying; even she was feeling the tears starting to swell up in her own eyes at the sight.

Kushina looked at her baby boy one more time with her eyes brimming with tears, "Naruto, you will face many painful hardships in life. But just be yourself, and have your dreams, and have the confidence of making those dreams a reality!" she said as she began to release her tears as the emotional pain in her heart as she was feeling her time was running out. "I really wish I could be there to teach you many more things, I wish I could be with you longer…I love you…my sochi." Kushina said as the older Naruto felt like a blade stronger than any sword or kunai, stab him in the heart as his own tears began to flow. "I'm sorry Minato, I talked too much." Kushina apologized as Minato smiled at her. "No, it's alright." He assured her. "Naruto, as your father…I full hearty agree to what your chatty mother said." Minato said with a smile as he felt his time was up. They saw their baby, even though asleep, was smiling at them. "Eight Trigram Seal!" his parents shouted as everything was engulfed in a bright light.

Once the light died down, Lightning wiped away a single tear in her eye as she saw Naruto crying but also smiling. "Mom, for now on I'm going to eat healthier. I'll eat my veggies instead of always ramen, I always enjoy my baths so don't worry about that…I get plenty of sleep, in fact you could say I sleep to much!" he said with a chuckle as his tears feel to the floor of his flooded mindscape causing a ripple effect as the entire place transformed into clouds with a bright warm sun that made it feel like they were in heaven. "As for friends, I have a lot and they're great! I wish you could have met them. As for my studies, well you can guess how they went but I didn't let it get me down! For sensei's and sempai's, well I got in trouble with them before but now I respect them now. Ero-Sennin…well I just met him and he's like what you said! One day though, I will surpass all the previous Hokages and be cooler than dad and stronger than you. And don't worry about me finding a girl, I'll find one that will remind me of you mom, it's a promise of a lifetime." Naruto said as the tears stopped as he wiped his face and had a serious expression on his face as he started walking downwards beneath the clouds.

"Naruto, where are you going?" Lightning asked as Naruto made his reply without stopping or turning. "I'm going to have a chat with a fox." Was the only reply as she followed him down the stairs. When they got below the clouds, a pit full of magma was seen as it moved away to reveal the seal containing the Kyuubi who was looking at him. "Kyuubi, we need to talk." Naruto said as the fox nodded. "Indeed boy, I see that showing you what happened that day has made your resolve." The Kyuubi replied as Naruto narrowed his eyes. "So you were the one responsible for showing me that huh? Why?" he demanded as the giant fox narrowed its eyes. "So you can see who the true enemy is. I have a bigger grudge with that Uchiha bastard than you Uzumaki's since he is the one responsible for me being sealed three times already! That and ruining your life as well." Kyuubi said as Naruto clenched his hand into a fist before realizing something. "What do you know of a tailed beast with ten tails?" he asked as the fox's eyes widened at that. "The Juubi…the father of all Tailed Beasts, the creature you seek to fulfill your Focus…" the fox replied as Naruto's eyes widened in shock at that. "So where is it? I need to prepare myself to take on the Juubi and fulfill my focus once and for all." Naruto asked as the fox chuckled. "Simple boy, the Rikkudo Sennin had split the creature into nine fragments that continue to terrorize the world only to be sealed and creating Jinchuuriki's as a result of it, the moon being the eternal prison of its body unable to fulfill its role in accordance to the Great Will." The fox said as Naruto began putting pieces together.

"My vision showed me the Juubi breaking free from its prison meaning that…" he trailed off as the fox nodded."That's right, you have to reunite all nine tailed beasts to resurrect the Juubi, but that won't be easy. Madara Uchiha is planning to use the Juubi for his own deeds, and he won't hesitate to using living lives to get what he wants." The fox said as Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Since when have you been this friendly?" he asked as the fox slammed its claws against the seal. "Don't get any ideas, I'm doing this because I know something big is happening and you are the centerpiece of it and I want my vessel's reputation to grow and teach the other vessels not to mess with any of my vessels! That and I do not want to become the Juubi yet, many interesting things are always involved with Uzumaki members." The fox said as it recalled many… "Interesting" things it saw since it was sealed inside Mito Uzumaki and Kushina. The look on the Kyuubi's face made Naruto sweat drop, "What are you? Some sort of super pervert like Ero-Sennin?" he asked as the giant fox scoffed. "Don't compare me to that pathetic fool of a man. I'm no super pervert…I AM THE GOD OF PERVERTS!" the fox declared causing Naruto to twitch violently as he began cussing up a stream of words that made both the Kyuubi and Lightning widen their eyes in surprise at his choice of words as their faces were so red that a new definition of red was added to the dictionary. "You done now?" she asked as Naruto panted from shouting so much and calmed down. "Very. Listen fox, I don't care if you're a pervert as long as you don't do anything that could mean bad news to me. Last thing I need is a bunch of girls trying to rape me." He said before shivering at the thought causing Lightning to roll her eyes and the fox to snicker as he began to think of many plans for getting this boy in bed with a bunch of vixens. "I am willing to help you in your revenge against Madara, I shall grant you use of my chakra when needed in order to destroy that wretched man and ruin his plans once and for all. In return, if you prevent the Juubi's resurrection you will find a place for me far away from you humans so I won't have to be locked up in a seal ever again. Being trapped for over a hundred years have driven me mad and I hate it!" the fox roared in annoyance as Naruto looked at him with pity.

"I know how you feel. Being trapped in one place with no freedom would make you want to kill somebody just to get out…though I still won't forget that you tried to kill me when I was a baby." He said as he glared at the fox who laughed. "Agreed. If I didn't get sealed in you, I wouldn't have seen you and Lightning at it faster than a pair of rabbits GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kyuubi said laughing as both Naruto and Lightning looked away from each other with red faces before the fox was hit with a Thundaga from Lightning.

*In the Dimensional Rift.*

A silhouette of a human was seen talking to a giant shadow of a creature with red eyes. "It is not often to meet the Great Will in person, so what brings you here?" the creature said as the silhouette spoke. "I have found something of interest with the help of the Shinigami of the Elemental Nations. The cipher is found." It said as the creature's eyes widened in surprise before narrowing. "And how does this involve me?" the creature said as the silhouette chuckled. "Because my vision showed me you aided the physical form of the cipher as you purified those who are chosen by him. It was rewarding for you, you evolved into a more powerful form as the cipher changed the world, but for good or the bad will depend." The mysterious figure said as the creature seemed to be thinking. "You are saying I must use my powers of purification like the time between Chaos and Cosmos and I will grow stronger?" the creature asked as the small figure nodded. "Of course, though there are some certain restrictions and you must become a special Eidolon with a special Gestalt Mode if you agree to this…If you do, then your name will be worshipped and also feared in that world as the most powerful creature that ever lived. And I have a feeling Omega will travel there as well." The figure said as the creature's red eyes glowed brightly. "Very well then, but the child must summon me on his own with his willpower. If he manages to summon me, then I shall grant him my power for a short time with a price." The creature said. "Very well then, I shall prepare for your appearance soon, Dragon of Ruin…" the figure said as it faded away as the shadows revealed a silhouette of a dragon with massive wings, claws, and a serpent like body. "The legendary Cipher is now revealed, I have a feeling that I'm going to love this world I'm going to visit." The dragon said as it begun traveling through the Rifts.

21: That's it folks, sorry I took so long and I wanted to show what happened that day when the Kyuubi attacked a lot earlier than the script so I can give you a choice. Should I bring back Kushina? And there will be a vote poll to decide it and I would also make a second poll for pairings. Just one more thing about pairings: THERE WILL BE NO NARU/HINA OR NARU/SAKU SO DEAL WITH IT!

*Secret Trailer of a new fic in the making*

Naruto was seen walking throught the Lands of Depature in his black and gold Keyblade Armor with a white cape with flame designs on the bottom of it as he and Master Xehanort greeted Master Eraqus as they began to test Terra and Aqua for the Mark of Mastery. As Naruto was greeted by Terra, Aqua noticed about the boy in armor that disturbed her. First was his height and voice that made her disturbed. He was the height of a child and carried the voice of one that made her concern for him, but the disturbing thing was that on the chestplate of his Keyblade Armor was that the Mark of Mastery was on it, symbolizing him as a Keyblade Master. The third thing was that this boy felt familiar somehow and she couldn't put her finger on it. Naruto noticed this and under his visor he smirked "Good to see you...Aqua." he said getting her attention. "I see you've become a beautiful Keyblade weilder since the last time we met." he said as Aqua looked confused. "Do I know you?" she asked as the youngest Keyblade weilder facefaulted while Xehanort and Eraqus chuckled.

"It seems you've forgotten me Aqua-chan! I remember when you were just a little girl and touched this!" Naruto said as he got up and summoned his Keyblade causing Aqua's eyes to widen in recognition of it. "It was you?" she asked surprised as Terra and Ven were listening in on it. "You know, its kind of rude for a successor of mine to forget me that easily ya know." Naruto said in a deadpanned expression invisible due to his visor as Terra's, Ven's, and Aqua's eyes widened in shock.

(Legend of the Maelstrom: Keyblade Master)