Chapter 1
This story starts October 10th, the night the Kyubi attacked. The Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze is fighting the Kyubi biju right outside Konohagakure gates trying desperately alongside elite shinobi from most clans to at any and all cost to beat this monster fox before it enters the village destroying everything, even though it had already sent many house sized boulders flying over the gate crushing houses, streets, monuments already killing hundreds if not a thousand people already, however Minato knew it would be 100 times worse if it got through them.
Damn this thing just won't go down. I've thrown at least 10 rasengan into this thing and I've counted 6 into its eyes alone but it isn't even showing signs of slowing plus there's that masked guy back near the cave. Oh kami i hope Kushina-tsuma is well enough to stop that man from taking Naruto-chan.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Flower!" Minato yelled as he speedily whipped through hand signs before launching easily 4 dozen fireballs all as big as a human towards the kyubi, only for them to be yelled away from one of its ear-bursting roars leaving it untouched.
"Wind Release: Air Bullets, ' Minato said, completing the hand signs before he even touched the gates of Konoha after falling after the beast's last roar. Immediately as he touched the edge of Konoha's large gate he slid back to the other edge from the pure force of his technique, but even if he fell he was not worried as he had placed one of his hiraishin kunai in the beast's forehead. However that was not necessary as he was able to use chakra sticking to the top of the gates at the last second and could look on with happiness as his 8 wind bullets ripped through the air hitting the beast in one of its nostrils causing the beast to lean its head back and roar in what could only be described as pure pain. So that's your weak spot ayy? I can use that Minato thought looking up to see the biju recovering.
"What can I do to help?" Minato turned around to see the man who just spoke to him and someone he desperately wanted to see, his sensei's sensei and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Well Hiruzen-sama I've found the fox's weak spot so I should be good for now, the person who really needs your help is Kushina-tsuma" Minato stated getting raised eyebrows from Hiruzen and the people who he just noticed were there because they had just arrived noticeably later than Hiruzen
"Why would Kushina-san need our help? I know the seals have been broken but she should not die from the beast leaving her body" Hiruzen stated, knowing quite well what she harbored in herself and being one of the few trusted enough to have known of their child's birth beforehand.
"Some man in mask and cloak attacked the cave, all the guards, midwives, and doctors are dead and the only reason i'm here instead of there is because Kushina-tsuma told me the village was more important than her, and she could handle him but from my brief scuffle with him that could prove false very quickly." minato said rapidly knowing Hiruzen could process the info no matter how fast he talked and could relay to the Anbu who had arrived shortly after him
"Alright Minato-san, I trust you" Hiruzen mumbled just loud enough for Minato to hear
Within seconds Hiruzen and the Anbu were gone off in the direction that the cave was."So it's just you and me ugly" Minato said staring the village sized biju down.
"GRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOR" the kyubi's scream shook the gates, dust and rocks flying off the tops, cracks forming just from its scream. That is when it started to form a sphere of purple and black chakra in its maw.
"Oh ho ho, you want to use that do you?" Minato asked it not expecting a response, "well then i guess i'll just use this' ' Minato stated in a determined tone pulling out a 3 pronged kunai with a seal tied around its handle
As the beast launched the orb of chakra towards the gates Minato intercepted the attack with it seemingly being absorbed in by the kunai. Suddenly just as it was finished being absorbed seemingly there was the sounds of a great bomb going off. Minato looked to where he had TELEPORTED the chakra orb to see a clearly defined sphere of fire and energy radiating outwards easily the size of konoha and then some.
"Fewwwwww, that could have been bad" minato said looking towards the explosion the shockwave reaching him nearly sending him straight into the gates which surely would've broken his back from the impact, only not because he hirashined away. The fox looked around angrily hoping to spot his primary enemy when suddenly he felt a weight added to his forehead, nothing that would cause him to alarm but enough for it to notice. Then just as suddenly as the weight was felt its surroundings changed.
Minato was now back atop the gates in an instance right next to Shikaku Nara, a man with 2 scars along his face and pineapple style black hair as he held another 3 pointed kunai. "So hirashining the fox away was what you came up with, Lord Hokage?" Shikaku said inquisically. "Yes Shikaku-hakase. Even at its speed we have about 3-4 minutes before it claws out of that ravine and runs back here" Minato said, looking off into the direction he had teleported the monster. "So what do you want us to do?" Shikaku said, waiting for a response. "Get the inuzukas and their ninken to smell for it, you'll need live updates on its positioning, get every chunin you can get your hands onto escort civilians into safety bunkers, earth users to re enforce the walls and gates, and finally every long range wind, fire, and lightning user positioned to strike no matter what way it faces as long as it's with 500 meters of the gates.
"From what you said it sounds like you wont be here with us" Shikaku said in a monotone way implying he did not care about the response
"My wife's in trouble and even though Hiruzen-sama and some Anbu are there i want to be there for and with her" minato said looking to Shikaku for his response
"Well who am i to stop you, i'm sure we can handle this long enough" Shikaku said eyes now closed looking to be in thought
"Thank you" Minato now looked as though he were a cat ready to pounce "oh and keep in mind it seems to have a weak spot in its nose" minato said turning his head and looking at the Nara.
Hiruzen is flying through the trees well ahead of his Anbu bodyguards having just left Minato atop the walls. If he was sending him to check on Kushina instead of helping his village then it must be dire. While he did have faith in Minato (HE picked HIM to be his successor) he still thought the biju was more likely a threat than this masked man.
Just as Hiruzen was about to land near the cave entrance he smelt something blood "and lots of it" Hiruzen said thinking out loud. He peeked into the cave to see no Kushina, hearing no newborn and smelling all the blood he had before, meaning they were not here now but there had been a fight more like a massacre by the looks of the guards and doctors.
Hiruzen spotted the only guard without an Anbu mask. A tokubetsu jonin by the name of Kemuri Iburi, one of Minato's old teammates, he had fair skin with black hair in a chonmage style. His arms have been ripped from him. The bone is exposed, his muscle fibers stringing out of him looking like wet noodles, his blood pooled beneath him some already starting to dry into a crusty dust like state, his tongue laying limp in his mouth most likely not even attached to the bottom of his mouth, eyes rolled back so far that only a sliver of the iris is seen, flies already are swarming the place knowing of the death that took place here. Hiruzen noticed that he was not some gruesome exception, meaning all the other guards, midwives, and doctors had this same torn, destroyed, and mangled look.
As the Anbu captain looked in he had to hold back a gag of disgust from the sight before him this would make even ibiki puke the captain thought before saying "my men have already sweeped the area that would have had guards, no survivors, no sign of kushina or the baby"
"That is troubling," Hiruzen stated softly. Rather than focusing on what the Anbu was currently spewing, most likely ideas and tactics to search for them, he chose to think himself knowing it would be faster than discussing it with the 10 Anbu.
Suddenly at the entrance of the cave a weird sound like that of a swirling pattern if it could have a sound was heard. All 11 shinobi looked towards the entrance to see a black dot with other black lines seeming to radiate outwards in a reverse vortex. There formed the rough shape of a cloaked man with an arm raised high with what looked to be a bundle of orange towels gripped firm but not enough to hurt what was inside, his second hand catching the wrist of someone's punch a leg coming up nearly about to kick his attacker in the jaw. Who was his attacker? Well none other than kushina red hair flowing from her head, a face that only a mother protecting its baby could replicate. But the thing Hiruzen focused on was the large stain of red on the front of her shirt.
Author note(i'm not going to use proper grammar in these things cause i'm gonna mainly use them as quick notes or thoughts): ok i know there wasn't any sword play or Haku but this is necessary for that big change i talked about so please hold with me and dont expect 7 swords naruto for a few chapters there are some things i need to hit on like finishing kyubi attack, academy, bell test. Again first write ever so please be kind if its not as good as you hope criticism is wanted and accepted. thx
