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Posted: 12/12/12

Author Note: I know this chapter came soon after the first. This will not always be the case. I plan to get the first 5-7 chapter up rather quick so that I can get a foundation for the story and to get more people reading it. However, after that I will probably switch to updating every week (at the earliest) and every 2 weeks (at the latest). Just want to let you know not to expect daily updates after I get the first few chapters up and running.

Chapter 2: The Crucial First Minutes

Uzumaki Kushina was crying out in pain as she began to deliver the baby which she carried. All the while, she was struggling to keep the Kyuubi, which she had sealed inside her, in check. If there was any night where the Kyuubi could escape, it was tonight. The seal on her had weakened over the past few months as her energy was more focused on the developing child within her womb than it was the great demon sealed within her. Thankfully, she had help.

Her husband, Namikaze Minato and the Yondaime Hokage, was doing everything in his power to keep the Kyuubi's seal in check and to help his wife through the trials of childbirth.

"I can see the head! Just a little more, Kushina!" shouted Biwoku, the midwife responsible for delivering Kushina's child.

"Naruto! Come out!" shouted Minato. "Kyuubi, you stay in!"

Kushina gritted her teeth one last time and gave one more push. Suddenly, the sounds of the room were filled with that of a crying child. Kushina tried to regain her breath as she began to cry as Biwoku wrapped the newly born boy in a blanket. She was so excited by the event that had just taken place that she didn't notice that the Kyuubi had unexplainably settled down.

Naruto opened his eyes, finding himself in some chamber with his father looking down at him, tearing up by the fact that he was finally a father. Naruto's crying stopped for a moment as he realized where he was. He was in his own body…the very moment after he had just been born. They had done it…he and Kurama were now in the past.

"…I need you to make as much noise as possible…" the words the Kyuubi had given him before they arrived in the past echoed in his head. Naruto knew what was coming next and there was no way he would let that happen, despite his limited ability to do anything at the moment…besides cry. As such, he began bursting out in an uncontrollable fit of crying.

Kushina let out a deep breath as she looked at her newly born son. She then closed her eyes, only for a moment, awaking to find herself in her own mindscape facing the Kyuubi, who was chained and staked to a large black sphere.

"Took you long enough. You've got to get out of here. You and your Kit are in danger" warned the Kyuubi. Kushina looked on in utter confusion. "Don't give me that look. Wake up and look around! He's here! Uchiha Madara! And if he isn't stopped, you and your Kit are as good as dead! Now get OUT!"

The Kyuubi's last bark forced Kushina back into the real world, causing her to sit up straight, despite the pain originating from her waist as a result of just giving birth. It was then she saw him…the man the Kyuubi was talking about…Uchiha Madara. Her eyes grew wide. She didn't know why she believed the KYuubi, but that man wasn't supposed to me here. "MINATO!" she shouted pointing to the man. Minato turned around just in time to see the masked man slash Taji, another or the midwives, across the neck, sending her to the ground…dead.

He made a quick move for Biwoko and the bundle containing Naruto, realizing he had been noticed. The masked man slashed with a knife at Biwoko, only for it to pass through thin air…and a flash of yellow light. Another flash appeared next to Kushina as Minato appeared, carrying an injured Biwoko and his son, Naruto.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" asked Minato. "How did he get through the barrier?"

"Give me the jinchuriki" said the man. Minato's eyes widened as he looked at Kushina.

"And why would I do that?" responded Minato.

"Unless you want your son to die, you'll hand her over" said the masked man, disappearing in a votex and reappearing behind Minato and Kushia. He began to suck them into his vortex as well, but Minato was faster. Just in time, he used the Hiraishi to escape the masked man's grasp, taking Kushina, Naruto, and Biwoko with him.

Saruobi Hiruzen was sitting inside the Hokage's office, observing the events that just transpired with the crystal ball. He let out a sigh of relief when we saw that the four of them had gotten away from the masked man, only to see a flash of yellow light appear before him.

"Minato, Biwoko!" he shouted, rising from his chair.

"Hiruzen, we were attacked. Somehow, a masked man got through the barrier" explained Minato before being silenced by the Sandaime.

"I know. I saw everything and I am relieved you are okay, but it pains me to see that Taji is dead" said the Sandaime. "Who was that man?"

"I don't really know…" said Minato.

"Uchiha Madara…" said Kushina, shocking everyone in the room. "How I know surprises even me, but I think that is the man's name"

"Madara? Are you sure?" asked Sarutobi.

"I don't know. And I don't know why, but it was the Kyuubi that warned me" said Kushina.

"The Kyuubi? But how?" asked Minato.

"Again, I don't know. All I remember is him calming down for some reason and then I closed my eyes for a second and appeared before him. I can't out my finger on it, but he seemed…different. Anyways, he said we were in danger before forcing me back into the real world and when I sat up…there was that man. Just as the Kyuubi had warned" said Kushina.

"This is troubling indeed. ANBU!" ordered Sarutobi. In the already crowded office, about a dozen ANBU appeared. "A man wearing an orange spiral mask in a cloak just attacked the secure location where Kushina was to be giving birth. Find him and eliminate him, but he careful…he is extremely dangerous. Minato, we need to close the seal."

"I know, I'm already doing so. It helps that the Kyuubi isn't resisting anymore though" said Minato.

Before he knew it, he felt a presense behind him. Minato took one of his kunai and swung at the masked man, who had suddenly appeared behind him. The knife passed through the man as if he were a ghost. As soon as the knife passed through, the man grabbed Minato by the shoulder and tried to suck him into that vortex thing. But Minato was able to flash away again, taking the masked man with him. They appeared outside the Namikaze estate as the two foes starred at each other.

"I won't let you get away next time. And once I have you, I'll go and claim the Kyuubi and use it to destroy Konoha" declared the man.

Minato looked at the man, thinking. This man could use space-time jutsu too and was obviously very powerful if he could slip through the barrier like he did. Perhaps the Kyuubi was right. "Are you…Uchiha Madara?" asked Minato. The man lowered his hood, revealing short, spiky black hair, kind of resembling Madara's hair if it were shorter. "No…you can't be…he's dead."

"Well, who knows. I guess you could say I'm more of a chost of my former self" said 'Madara'.

"Well, it's not important who you are…but why do you want the Kyuubi? And why do you want to attack Konoha?" asked Minato.

"Well, I guess you could say…it's both a whim and a plan…for both war and peace" said 'Madara'.

"I doesn't matter who he is. I can't let him get Kushina. I'll have to stop him here" said Minato as the two charged at each other. Minato lunged forward with his knife, passing through the man and finding himself caught in the man's chain. Before 'Madara' could pull tight and dice Minato, he flashed again to safety.

Minato analyzed the situation quickly. The masked man was ethereal except for the very moment he attacked. It would all come down to whose attack was a split second faster. Minato and the masked man charged each other again with Minato throwing his Hiraishin kunai at the man's head. The knife passed through and Minato charged up a Rasengan.

The masked man reached out to grab Minato. "Victory is mi…?!" Minato had flashed once again, this time to the knife that was just above the masked man's back.

"Rasengan!" Minato shouted as he drove the Ransegan into the masked man's back, slamming him into the ground before he could become ethereal again.

Minato had backed away as the masked man struggled to his feet. Minato flashed again, appearing right before the masked man, driving a kunai into the man's gut. The man stumbled back as his arm seemingly melted from him. "No wonder you're the Yondaime Hokage. I'm impressed you were able to best me this time, but…I am the ruler of the world…I have many means at my disposal" declared the man. For some reason, Minato could tell the man wasn't lying.

Naruto had opened his eyes once again, afraid that he would be sitting on an alter with his father preparing the Shiki Fuin. But he wasn't. He was in that old lady Biwoko's arms as Sarutobi was trying to keep Kushina's seal under control. "I guess if she's Jiji's wife, then I've got another person to call Baachan besides Tsunade-baachan" thought Naruto.

Sarutobi had to admit it was easy to keep the seal stable while the Kyuubi was not resisting. Even he was curious as the why the Kyuubi wasn't trying to break free, but he wasn't complaining. Unfortunately, the only person who could close the seal was Minato, and he was who knows where right now…at least, until a yellow flash was seen in the middle of the office.

"Minato…is everything alright?" asked Sarutobi.

"That masked man got away. I fought him and injured him severely. I don't think we are going to have to worry about him for awhile, but I fear what the future may hold" said Minato.

"So does that mean you think he will return?" asked Hiruzen.

"No. I know he'll be back" said Minato. Suddenly, he heard crying over from the Hokage's desk. Minato rushed over to pick up Naruto. "Hello Naruto, it's nice to finally meet you. I'm your father…Minato." Minato smiled. He had successfully managed to defend his new family.

Naruto stopped crying the moment he heard his father's calm and cheerful voice. He opened his eyes and looked into his father's cerulean eyes with his own cerulean eyes. It wasn't a dream. His parents were truly saved and he wasn't having a giant red fox sealed in him right now.

"Minato, the seal!" said Sarutobi.

"Oh, sorry" grinned Minato, putting his hand behind his head as he handed Naruto off to Biwoko. Minato worked quickly to secure the seal on Kushina. The danger had passed, but there were still some confusing questions that had to be answered; like why did the Kyuubi warn them and how did he know that man was coming?

Minato let out a breath of relief before taking Kushina and Naruto away to the hospital in a flash of yellow.

Minutes later, Naruto found himself in what he thought was heaven. Perhaps Madara had killed him. Perhaps Madara had won the war. Right now, he didn't care what it was. For the first time he would remember, he was physically snuggling in his mother's arms. This truly was a new beginning. He would save his friends, he would keep his family safe, but for now, he would just enjoy the time he had with his mom and dad. "You know, I think I might actually like this. Although, now that I think of it, I kind of wish I had the old Furball inside of me. I can't talk yet and it's going to be a lonely few months until I actually can. And speaking of which, I'd better work on walking and potty training. The shorter I have to put up with diapers, the better."

"Well surprisingly that worked out" thought Kurama from inside Kushina. "You know, perhaps I should have gone back to when I was about to be sealed inside the Kit. I'm sure I could have found some way to keep his parents alive and I wouldn't have to deal with these damn stakes stuck in me! I can't believe I'd rather be in that damp sewer again."

Kushina and Naruto were held in the hospital for the next two days, as was normal so that the doctors could make sure that both the mother and child were healthy. The check-ups the next few days revealed Naruto to be completely healthy, although the doctors were surprised by the newborn having unusually large chakra reserves. First, there were some fluctuations with his chakra as the amount he had tried to adjust itself to the small body it was contained in, but his chakra levels later stabilized.

Upon hearing this, Naruto was happy to know that he would still have his large reserves. It made sense that he had them; after all, chakra is half physical and half spiritual with the spiritual part being comprised mainly of memories and experiences, which Naruto had brought back with him through the trip through time.

The two days passed and they were discharged from the hospital. The previous day, Minato had made his marriage to Kushina public, which was originally a secret that they kept until Naruto was born. Of course, anyone who knew Minato and Kushina well enough knew they had been married for some time.

They had arrived at the Namikaze estate, located a few blocks away from the Hokage tower. The house, while it wasn't a mansion, was rather large for only two (now three) people, but that was because Minato kept a rather large study. Out back, there was a large yard that was used as a private training facility by both Kushina and Minato (and soon Naruto). "Welcome home, Naruto" called out Kushina and Minato in unison. Naruto looked around at the house and he still couldn't believe it. He truly was back. This truly was the beginning of a new life for him. He would rewrite the past so that none of his future would ever have to happen.

Author Note

Alright, so another shorter chapter. As you can see, both Kushina and Minato made it out alive and 'Madara' never succeeded in kidnapping Kushina. And for those of you wondering, no Naruto is not a jinchuriki now.

Regarding Naruto, he does have his large reserves due to the fact that he brought back his spiritual part through time. So basically, he has about half the chakra as he did in Shippuden in him right now. Also, I am keeping his whisker marks as he did in fact have them when he was born, not when the Kyuubi was sealed inside him. I think they are a result of his mother being a jinchuriki. As for the jinchuriki part, I am not sure what I am going to do about that. One thought is that once Naruto tells his parents the truth about him coming from the future, he will make a request to have Kurama transferred into him, while still leaving some of the chakra in his mother so that she doesn't die (Basically, split Kurama's chakra into Yin and Yang. Giving Naruto the Yang and Kushina the Yin energy). Or perhaps Naruto will just live his new life without the big Furball inside him.

As for Naruto's healing abilities, he will realize that it is a blood limit that he got from his father, not the Kyuubi (I give credit to Hektols, author of New Chance for this idea). The Kyuubi chakra just enhances the already enhanced healing process. If you want Hektols' reasoning behind it, go to his story New Chance and go to the very bottom of chapter 8.

The next chapter will be the first two to three years of Naruto's life (basically him trying to regain his abilities to walk, talk, and eat ramen) with the Hyugas and Sasuke making an appearance in the next few chapters.

Hope you enjoyed. Please review/comment.

One last thing, does anyone know a free program or website I could use to translate jutsu names from English to Japanese? (at least for jutsu that I come up with, not ones that have already been invented)