Naruto: The Elder
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Chapter 1: The Prologue
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"Minato I'm going to be a mother!"

"I'm going to be a father?"

"I'm going to be a mother you know!"

"I'm going to be a father!"

With this Kushina jumped into Minato's arms extremely excited. "I can't believe I'm going to be a mother, dattebayo"

*Knock, knock*

All joy immediately drained from Minato's face. "Come in" he spoke in his most serious voice. A Konoha ANBU wearing an Eagle mask Shunshined into the Namikaze residence and kneeled in front of the Hokage.

"Sir, there is a woman at the East gate asking for Minato Namikaze. When she was asked by chuunin guard at the gate why she wanted to talk to the Yondaime Hokage she stated the last time that she saw Namikaze-san was about a decade ago in Mizu no Kuni (Water Country). She hasn't had much contact with the outside world in the last few years she stated she had no idea Namikaze-san had been made the Hokage" stated Washi.

"Understood did this woman happen to specify why she was asking for me or to what her name happened to be?" asked Minato.

"All she stated was that she didn't have much time remaining, she was very vague with that statement, and that she said that if Namikaze-san was told that his white-haired Yuki was calling for him he would know who she was" Washi said also apologetically as he noticed Kushina's hair dangerously raising into the air behind her like it was possessed.

"Minato-koi why exactly is there a woman referring to herself as your and I quote "White haired Yuki." And you better have a particularly good reason, because to me that sounds like you have been cheating on me." Kushina stated with that sickly sweet tone of voice that you know you f'd up.

"Kushi-chan please calm down hime. It's not like that, remember that mission I had in Kiri to spy on the growing tensions between the bloodline and normal shinobi with Jiraiya-sensei when we were fifteen. Our contact was a Yuki clan member, there was a running joke between me and her cause even though they have the Kekkai Genkai for Ice release they all had dark hair except for her. She is one of the few people I can probably call a close friend at the time, but I haven't seen or heard from her since the mission ended." Minato said in a rush with a tone of anxiety in his voice.

"Hokage-sama the lady in question is bleeding quite heavily I suggest if you wish to talk to her, you should make haste to the east gate." Interjected Washi.

"That will be all Washi" Minato said with finality.

"HAI!" clipped washi and with that the eagle ANBU shunsined out of the couple's presence. After the ANBU left Minato glanced at the still seemingly annoyed Kushina.

"Benihime-chan if it is in fact Momo then I owe her she saved me and Jiraiya when we were trying to leave Kiri on that mission when our cover was blown. I will see you later honey." With that Minato stepped up to Kushina kissing her on her forehead and Hiraishined away.

"What am I going to do with that knucklehead, looks like I'm going to need to get that bat out of storage and start to beat women back again." Kushina stated completely calm with a shake of her head.


At the East gate of Konohagakure no Sato

With a blinding yellow flash in the setting sun Minato landed on top of the gate. Below him stood three chuunin surrounding a white-haired woman about five foot three inches tall wearing an off-white short battle kimono, dark blue loose leggings and standard blue sandles with a short heel. Around her neck was a Kiri Hiate-ate while in her arms was a small white bundle, just under her arms was a deep brown blood stain. 'Yup no doubt about it that's defiantly Momo-chan.' After Minato assessed the situation, he jumped down and landed in front of Momo and scaring the hell out of the Chuunins guarding the gate in the process. Minato looked at very tired woman in her early twenties with a small smile on his face.

"Momo-chan hey how's it going?" Minato asked with a small wave of his hand.

"Namikaze-san thank Kami you're here, I honestly did not know how much longer I'd be able to hold on." Momo wheezed out in obvious pain.

"Momo-chan what's wrong?" Minato asked with concern in his voice moving closer to Momo. He looked down at the blood stain on her stomach. At closer inspection he noticed how the upper half was browner with dried blood, but the bottom half was still bright red with fresh blood obviously whatever caused this blood was still open but at the same time happened long enough ago that there was dried blood. Minato looked down and noticed that the fresh blood coated the front of her leggings pooling around her feet. Only a moment had passed since Minato asked Momo what was wrong, he may not have his answer, but he had enough of an idea knowing that whatever had hurt her was still hurting her. "I NEED A MEDIC HERE!" Minato shouted.

The chuunins at the gate just stared at their hokage in shock. "But Hokage-sama she's a Kiri-Nin an-" the chuunin was suddenly stopped by a look from his Hokage. "When was the last time I asked for you opinion this is a friend of mine and she's obviously hurt. Now. Get. A. MEDIC!" He said with a no-nonsense tone. As the Chuunins ran off towards the hospital like headless chickens Minato heard Momo mumbling something.

"What was that Momo-chan?"

"I s-said Nami-mikaze-san that i-it's too late for m-me, I-I'm ca-ashing in tha-at favor." Momo stuttered and wheezed out. "I-I only have a fe-ew minutes left max Namikaz-ze-san." With that Momo fell backwards and let out a quite moan of pain. Before she could hit the ground Minato had her in his arms.

"What would like Momo-chan I owe you, my life? Nothing is off the table I promise." Minato said with tears in his eyes. As much as he would like to pretend what is in front of his eyes is not happening. He was in the war and knew when it was truly too late for someone. That at this point without some kind of miracle she would be dying today. Momo wheezed out a wet cough with blood pooling out the side of her mouth.

"Minato-kun in my arms i-is my son, your gods-son, his n-name is Astier. My re-reque-est is please adopt my so-on. Kiri is in a-a civ-vil war, thier targ-get is kekkei genk-kais. My bo-boy is going to-o be a str-trong one. He activated it th-he moment he wa-was born. Every-erything in my pack is hi-his inheritance. Please Mina-ato take my so-on your the last perso-son aliv-ive tha-that I trust with my son. Wel-ell besides Jiriya-sama but I-I don't wan-want my son to become a-a per-ervert and th-hat's the onl-nly thing that Jiri-riya-sama would be perfect to tea-each." With those words Momo let out a weak wet laugh/coughing fit. With what was obviously that last of her strength she grabbed Minato's bicep in a vice grip, enough so that the legendary ninja winced in pain. She coughed a rather large amount of blood that landed right on Minato's face. With the clarity and certainty that comes with knowing these are your last words Momo stared into Minato's eyes as if she was staring right at his soul. "Minato-kun I need your promise that you will take care of my son, I only have a few moments left and I can't go to the pure world without knowing he will be taken care of."

With true tears of sorrow and hurt cascading down Minato's face he choked out. "Of course, Momo-hime, of course. As of this moment he is my son as much as he is yours. That is a promise of a lifetime. Momo-chan I will protect him with my life that's a promise." Minato took this last moment to place a loving familial kiss on Momo's forehead when one final question entered his head. "Momo what of Astier-kun's father?"

With that question Momo's body went rigid not with death but with the obvious reaction of a bad memory. Minato immediately regretted his question this is not how someone he viewed as a sister should spend her last few moments. "I'm sorry mom-" He was cut off by a light slap to the face.

"You didn't know it's fine Minato. It-t was" Momo took a shuddering breath wheezing out her final words. "It was, rape, on a mission. When the drug faded from my system, I killed him. Let's just say that you are not the only one who Iwa hates with an absolute passion. Onoki put out a bounty on me for killing his youngest son even if he was an absolute prick. Minato-kun my little surrogate brother I trust you please ta-ake car-re of my-my son. Tier-kun I-I love you my-y sweet litt-tle boy." With her last shudder of a breath Momo completely relaxed in Minato's arms.

It was just in her last moment that the bundle in her arms finally revealed what it was with a loud earth-shaking cry that only a baby can birth from their little lungs. The bundle shook till a little head full of white hair poked out and beautiful violet eyes stared right at Minato. As soon as Minato saw Astier he fell in love with the boy that is now his son. Minato shifted his hold of Momo's body to hold her with just one arm and used his other to cradle Astier with his other. The moment Minato picked up the baby the little boy stopped crying and quickly fell back asleep.

It was just then the chuunins came running back with a medic-nin in tow. "HOKAGE-SAMA WE HAVE BROUGHT THE MED-" The Chuunin quickly shut up with a glare from Minato that promised pain if he so much as made one more sound. The medic ignored the fumbling chuunins and ran right towards the hokage. With barley more than a whisper the medic spoke to Minato.

"Hokage-sama can you please placed the patient down on the ground so I can begin treatment." Minato just looked at the Medic-nin with a sad look. With a solum and soft voice Minato spoke.

"It's too late for my sister here she passed just moments before you'll arrived. She is already in the pure world. If you can do two things for me." Minato said with one last look at Momo as he laid her down on the ground. He stood to his full height while looking down at Astier in his arms. "Could you take off her travel pack and slide it on to my back. After your done could you take her to the cemetery so we can prepare for her burial." Minato then looked towards the three chuunin standing a few feet away from him. "You, the load one, who likes to question his hokage." With that the chuunin who obviously knew who his hokage was talking to cringed. "Return to the hospital and find Tsunade-sama. Tell her that she does not have a choice. She is to report to my home to treat a patient." The chuunin looked like he was going to object yet again.

"If you open your mouth and question me again you will find yourself doing the worst of the D-rank missions every day for the next five years. Now follow my orders" Minato finished with so much ice in his voice the chuunin mistook him for the Shinigami.

"Ye-yes Hokag-kage-sama." Said the chuunin rightfully fearing for his life.

"Then what are you waiting for gooooooo" Minato finished with a lazy drawl to his sentence.

While Minato observed the chuunin running full speed towards the hospital once again he felt Momo's travel pack slipping onto his back. He felt the Medic-nin grab his shoulder to get his attention.

"Hokage-sama I know this is a trying time for you but a word of advice. Don't use shunshin or Hirashin while carrying the babe it may not survive the trip with Un-awakened chakra." The medic-nin said with a small bow before turning away and wrapping Momo's body with one of the emergency heat blankets that medic-nin's carry around. The med-nin after wrapping Momo's body picked her up and started walking towards the village gate. As soon as she took her first step four ANBU landed right at the front gate in a crouch. As well as eight more landed directly behind Minato though these obviously just came back from a mission. Based on thier slightly torn uniforms and the dust from travel encrusted into the creases of their uniforms.

"Hokage-sama/Sensei!" The ANBU said in unison. Minato turned around and noticed the smaller ANBU wearing the dog mask. Ah Kakashi's back that is great after that last conversation with Hiruzen I have the perfect way to bring him back to the land of the living. Minato turned to the ANBU behind him and addressed the returning ANBU. "Did you complete the mission?"

"HAI Hokage!" The ANBU stated in unison.

"Then go and return home I want your report to be on my desk in the morning. Inu-kun report to my home you have thirty minutes to get changed and clean up or you can explain to Kushina as to why you are late. Understand men."

"HAI Hokage-sama."

"Neko, Saru follow this Medic-nin to the cemetery. Make sure that no one messes with the body of this woman, she's family." "HAI Hokage-sama!" "Washi, Kumo you are to follow me through the village. For the time being I can't use shunshin or Hirashin so I'll take a walk." "HAI Hokage-sama!" "Alright, move out men!"


Namikaze residence 40 min later

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock* *KNOCK*

"WHAT?" Kushina yelled at the door.

*BOOM*

The front door to the compound blasted off its hinges, it flew all the way through the house blew through the back door and landed in the backyard. Kushina already not in a good mood worried about what was taking Minato so long was not in the mood for Tsunade and her actions at this moment in time. "Tsunade what the hell are you doing?"

"I was told by a scared to death chuunin to rush over here under orders from Minato. I freaked out thinking that the patient that Minato was talking about was you. I mean you were only told you were pregnant yesterday I thought something horrible happened." Tsunade said out of breath with massive amounts of anxiety in her voice.

"Um ... What? About an hour ago Minato left to deal with an old friend that arrived at the east gate. From what we were told by a ANBU she was injured but if that were the case, he could have easily brought her to the hospital by hirashin or something. There should not have been a reason to ask you to come here unless something happened since he left ... God I hope he is all right. I really hope she didn't try to hurt him or something?" Kushina said with equal amounts of concern in her voice.

"Well if it's not you then wh-" Tsunade stopped talking when a teenager with shaggy grey hair shunshined through the front door. His one visible eye opened wide in shock at the damage caused by Tsunade though in his mind with the warning left by his sensei he thought kushina did it her chains.

"Kushina-san I swear the only reason I was ten minutes late was because it took forever to get the blood out of my face mask. By the time I realized that it was a lost cause it only had five minutes remaining and I did not have any cleaner ones. So, I had to go out and by a new one then the shop keeper decided to change the price like fi-" Kakashi put a stop his ramblings trying to save his life when Kushina came over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. She gave him a very warm smile trying to get him to calm down. Thanks to his misunderstanding she thinks that something happened to Minato and she wants to figure out what happened. But a freaking out teenager makes that practically impossible.

"Kaka-kun what are you talking about? Are you all right? Is Mina-kun all right?" Kushina said with an impossible combination of overwhelming concern and crushing amount of anxiety.

"What do you mean Kushina-san? Sensei is okay or at least he was the last time I saw him at the east gate. I just got back from my mission and me and my platoon saw him standing at the east gate. He told me to report here in thirty minutes or face your wrath. That was forty minutes ago. I promise I didn't mean to be late that shopkeeper was a pain." Kakashi said with a lot less anxiety in his voice.

"When you saw him what was he doing? Was there a woman there? Do you know why he sent you and Tsunade here?" Kushina asked him.

"Um I don't know why I am here. I guess he worded like that, so I did not waste any time. Uh yeah there was a woman there. Two in fact though one of them appeared to be dead. A medic-nin that was placed what looked like a small backpack onto sensei's back and a white haired kunoichi with a Kiri Hitai-ate. The Kiri-nin looked dead, she had a massive bloodstain on her stomach that looked both fresh and old. That and she was not moving, like at all and had a puddle under her that was too big to survive. Before me and my platoon left, he made a comment for two ANBU to escort the body to the cemetery and make sure no one touches her. Something about her being family, he told his other two personal ANBU to escort him through the village for some reason he can't us-"

"Ah good your all here already, I'm glad I don't have to wait on you two." Minato said interrupting Kakashi mid-speach with his entrance.

"Minato-kun not that I'm not glad to see you but why am I here if you and Kushina-chan look perfectly fine." Tsunade interjected before Kushina had a chance to. Right when Kushina opened her mouth to ask something similar she was interrupted by Minato's response to Tsunade's question.

"Well Tsunade-sama I wanted you here to check on a patient. Didn't that stupid chuunin inform you?" Minato said with obvious venom in his voice mentioning the chuunin.

"Well yes but I don't see a patient here." Tsunade responded with obvious confusion.

"Ah yes, one sec. Washi, Kumo set up shop outside make sure that anything less than an invasion no one approach's the house until the seal comes down like we talked about." Minato said addressing the air. When he was done two ANBU appeared from the shadows crouching behind Minato. "HAI Hokage-sama" With that the two ANBU disappeared once again. "Kakashi, can you turn on the full privacy seal and barrier seal on the house please?"

"Yes sensei." Kakashi said with total serious-ness. Kakashi walked over to wall next to the front door and flared his chakra to reveal five seals. He turned them on one by one with hand seal passwords only known by him, Minato, Kushina and Tsunade. When they were all up the space where the front door once stood, all the windows were showing a dark blue screen allowing no sounds, images, or scents to the outside. I also prevented anyone from entering the house considering it had the Kyuubi's chakra embedded within that would kill anyone other than Kushina from walking through it.

"Alright Minato what is going on that needs this level of secrecy?" Kushina asked with an extreme amount of anxiety that has only been increasing since Tsunade arrived.

"Well first please don't freak out. KAI" As soon as Minato released the Genjutsu and everyone saw his true appearance that he hid as soon as he picked up the ANBU back at the gate they all did exactly what he asked them not to do but considering how he looked he couldn't quite blame them. His white Hokage cloak at once disappeared from his shoulders and reappeared as a buddle in his arms that were previously in his pockets. His face and chest that were previously spotless now had blood all over them.

"Minato-kun/Sensei are you okay?" They all practically screamed at once. In an attempt to calm them down he flashed one of his rare smiles, but they could all see the pain in his eyes.

"I'm fine guys but Tsunade could you come over here." As Tsunade walked over to him he saw how Kushina was not calming down. "Benihime-chan I'm fine it's not my blood. Momo died in my arms." When Tsunade reached him, he handed her the bundle. "Meet Astier Tsunade-sama he's your patient. Momo said the moment he was born he awakened his kekkei genkai. I have never heard of someone awakening a bloodline limit at birth, so I wanted to have you check him over to make sure he is okay. All I know about him that could be of use to you is that information and from his original birth certificate is that he was born on October 9th last year, weighed just less than 3 kg and was born three weeks early. So about four months old and most of that was spent on the road fleeing from Kiri with his mother." By the time he looked up from Astier to look at Kushina all he saw was a flash of red when he was tackled out of nowhere. When he regained his bearings, he found Kushina on top of him clutching him tightly crying.

"I'm so sorry Minato-koi. I know she was like an older sister to you, and you owed her your life. I'm so sorry." Kushina said while chocking back sobs. Minato her what she said and the crushing feeling of losing Momo hit him again he cried into her neck. While she felt his body shudder under her Kushina's sobbing just got worse as she felt helpless as Minato just suffocated under the feelings, he very rarely allowed himself to feel. Hell, he never properly grieved for Obito or Rin so along with losing Momo he just collapsed in on himself as all his grief just took possession of his mind. Unconsciously Minato was mumbling their names.

Leaning against the wall a few feet from Kushina and Minato's head Kakashi himself was crying silently. Hearing his sensei sobbing while mumbling his deceased teammates names as well as a womans name he didn't know made his own emotional walls collapse. He had never seen his sensei be anything other than a rock regardless of who died around him. For the first time since they died did Kakashi allow himself to grieve over them. Allowing all the emotions that he defiantly would have held onto for years to properly wash over him.

While the family on the ground grieved over their lost loved ones Tsunade was preforming an in-depth Iryo diagnostic scan over the young boy. 'That's not right, he's just over four months old based on what minato-kun said but his chakra coils seem to be the coils of someone around nine or ten years old not matured level but close. If it looks like this at less than half a year after being born, then I can't imagine what they look like at thirteen when they reach the first maturity barrier. He will have at least mid-kage level coils with little to no training. He will be a monster that for sure. Wow his chakra is already awakened and coursing through his coils with no impediment through his body badly imbalanced. His spiritual energy badly out balances his Physical energy by at least five-to-one, but then again, he is just a child so that could balance out as he gets older and trains or he one of the exceedingly rare natural users of the abstract element of yin. Actually, yes it looks more like that his chakra looks a lot like Dan's though this Astier leans a lot more heavily towards Yin than Dan did. What is this cold though that is free flowing in his core though? It looks like wisps of snow... wait Minato-kun said that he awakened his kekkei genkai and Kakashi said the woman at the gate had a Kiri Hiati-ate. So, he must be a member of the Yuki clan. Though the cold energy mixed with the excess yin is hurting his body badly if he awakened in like two or three years, he would have been fine but this early is causing adverse effects if he wants to live to see his first birthday, he is going to need a transfusion of some kind to increase his longevity. Hm...it will need to be Senju, Uzumaki, or...wait what is that. Does...does he have a physical soul. The majority of the populace has no physical soul with it being pretty much the same as chakra being an immaterial substance in the body. People with physical souls cannot use chakra due to the face the soul takes the place where the chakra forms in the body so how. Wait physical souls look like spheres of blue energy so what is the hell is that. It'sss ss-silver and defiantly not a sphere that looks like a flame. I have seen fire accented chakra be red in rare cases blue. In the medical journals speaking of mythical affinities the rarest fire accent is white the hottest flame so how in the hell is that flame silver and where is the heat. Ugh boy you are just full of surprises. If you somehow live past your first birthday, I can see you standing at the top 1% of this continent in less than thirty years. Now how to explain this in a way that makes sense.


Over an hour later

After the Uzumaki and extended family finished their grieving, they sobered up and made tea while Tsunade still checked over young Astier. They all patiently waited for Tsunade to finish, after they sobered up and made tea, they watched the face of pure concentration on Tsunade's face while she sweated quite profusely.

All of a sudden Tsunade came out of whatever trance she was in and stumbled back a few feet. As if forgetting there were other people near spoke to herself in a slightly panicked tone. "Okay so next time messing with an element in a person's I've never seen or heard of before don't go messing with it. I swear he just siphoned a piece of my chakra that was beyond strange." The three people who just heard that sat there dumb stuck. All three thought simultaneously 'Did she just say that the baby took some of her chakra unintentionally.'

"So is Astier-kun okay Tsunade-sama?" Minato asked with concern laced in his voice.

Tsunade herself jumped at hearing Minato's voice completely forgetting that she was not alone. She looked towards the three sitting at the table noticing they made tea and saw a steaming four cup waiting for her. She nodded in thanks and walked over to the three with a face full of concern trying to find a way to explain what she found.

After Tsunade sat down and placed Astier in Kushina's waiting arms, she picked up her tea. Before she took a sip, she stopped her hand and looked at Minato with an extremely serious look on her face. "Before I answer your question, I need you to answer a question for me. What do you plan to do with this child?"

Minato taken aback by the question because he was looking for his answer to his question not used to getting talked back to by anyone except for Kushina since he became Hokage. "Well, I plan to adopt him, specifically with an ancient adoption seal. Hopefully, I can use the Uzumaki seal with Kushina's permission. But that is a conversation for me and her later because I also hope she would accept him as her son as well to use both of our bloodlines in the seal to make it genetically as if he was truly our son. Honestly even if I have to make one from scratch, I will be adopting him as my son. That was the promise that I made to Momo before she passed, and I always follow through on my promises. In her travel pack had two scrolls one with my name on it and one with Astier's name. In my scroll was a letter explaining what happened to her and to Kiri as a whole. Besides that, it had his official blood test to explain parentage and his birth certificate, the certificate named me as his Godfather and a woman named Mei Terumi as his Godmother. But there was also a semi-blank birth certificate that had Momo listed as the giver of her son's rights with a blood seal to confirm the authenticity and my name listed as the adoptive blood father. That's why I said the ancient adoption seal."

Kushina looked up from the sleeping Astier with a massive smile on her face. "One Momo was pretty much the only person you considered family besides Jiraiya and me. She entrusted her son to you so, yes, as your wife I would love to call this gorgeous boy my son. Two I will gladly let you use my clan's original adoption seal considering ours is the best version that will mix all four bloodlines, the original two and the two new to create a better bloodline. Plus, with my bloodline of the royal lineage it will guaranty that he will have no defect in his body or DNA from the mixing of bloodlines. Finally, three even if you did not believe I am being serious about this that woman that you just listed as his Godmother is a cousin of mine from Uzu. She was a particularly good friend of mine before I came to Konoha so that is an even more reason to have my blood in the mix should anything happen to us he would be related by paper and blood to his godmother. My only question would be what would his last name be."

"Well until the nations calm down from the third war, just like the fact that I can't claim you as my wife I would like to give him your last name and Momo's last name. So technically should anyone ask he is your adopted son, Uzumaki-Yuki Astier." Minato said with a small smile on his face before he kissed Kushina on her forehead as she bent back down to boop Astier on his nose. Minato also looked down at his son and noticed he was awake. "Plus, he's already got your eyes so maybe we could just say he is your son." Minato said with a slight chuckle.

"I love him already. I guess, my maternal instincts are kicking in a little early. Wait what if he's father come asking for him?" With that question Minato looked extremely sad but at the same was laughing his ass off. Not looking up Kushina asked "What? What's so funny?"

"Well between the letter and from Momo herself we don't have to worry about him. We really don't have to worry about him." With that Kushina looked up and saw the forthorn look mixed with the laughter. Her face had a look of understanding one only a woman could pick up in the emotions he was expressing. Unnoticed Tsunade also had a look of understanding, Kakashi pulled at her sleeve with a single eye imploring Tsunade to explain what everyone but him understood. She looked back at him with a sad smile and mouthed the word that the adults already knew. Once Kakashi understood the look of rage that passed over his face told Tsunade that he understood exactly what Minato was expressing.

"His father WAS the youngest son of Onoki, Kitsuha. Considering what I did to Iwa we will probably never have to deal his paternal family, and Kiri just started the purge we have been hearing possible rumors about the last few months that's why Momo came running here hoping to seek asylum but was fatally injured sometime with the last three days between her letter and reaching the gate. So, if any of the Yuki clan survived, we will have no clue." Minato finished with a sad sigh.

"Well, that answered my question and my follow up question. Plus, it also just solved the problem that the little boy is facing right now. Before you speak and freak out let me explain." With those words both of the new parents of Astier had very freaked out faces but let Tsunade's medical personality take over and explain the basics of what she found.

"We solved our son's health issue without even meaning to we've already amazing parents dattebayo!" Kushina exclaimed too load causing Astier to start crying. She cursed under her breath and rocked him back and forth doing everything she read in the books, but nothing was working. Soon Minato and Tsunade both tried but nothing they did could get him to stop crying. Tsunade was losing her head when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked back to see Kakashi standing behind him before she could ask or protest Kakashi grabbed Astier from her arms.

"It's okay now Tier-kun Kaka-niichan is here" Kakashi excelled where the others had failed and within seconds, he got Astier to stop crying. The three adults just stared at him like he was an alien. After months of being withdrawn and stoic they all were surprised when Kakashi was doing his patented eye smiled and slowly hummed to the small boy while rocking him back and forth. They all noticed how Astier's breathing slowed down as he fell asleep in Kakashi's arms. "So can I ask since we have a baby in our presence that we don't be so loud as to upset him again." Kakashi said vaguely to the three with a hint of amusement to his voice looking directly at Kushina.

Kushina's voice was so low that the other three could barely hear her. "I'm sorry dattebayo" The look of utter sadness made the other three feel a little bad for the new mother but not enough to not file this away for future teasing material.

"So Kakashi-kun sorry for ignoring you up until now it was not my intention. I originally invited you over to give you your next mission but seeing how good you are with Tier-kun I'm thinking that changing the parameters of your mission would be better for you and Tier-kun." Minato drawled on with amusement in his soft voice before he continued just as soft with a more serious tone to his voice. "Hatake Kakashi, you have been assigned your first S ranked mission of the ANBU Corps. My wife Uzumaki Kushina has been declared pregnant due to her being my wife is an S ranked secret in Konohagakure her safety is the topmost priority for the next eight to nine months it will be your job to keep her safe. You WILL be in charge of her security detail which will consist of ANBU members Washi and Neko, Chuunin Maito Gai and Sarutobi Asuma and recently promoted genin Yuhi Kurenai. I will also be assigning Uzuki Yuugao a student of the Shinobi Academy as an undercover agent when she is not at the academy. Your squad will report only to you. You will report only to me. This mission you will be taking on two rolls, one you will be a ANBU squad leader and two you will be Hatake Kakashi student of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina older brother of Uzumaki Astier. Do you understand your mission Hatake Kakashi?"

"Hai Sensei" Kakashi replied with a soft serious voice while eye lone visible eye displayed a look of 'why the hell are you making me put up with Gai every day for so long are you trying to make me kill myself?' In response all Minato did was chuckle.


Timeskip Day of Naruto's Birth, day after Astier Birthday

Minato walked into the Uzumaki compound to find Kakashi playing Shogi with Asuma, Kurenai freaking out over Kushina along with Yuugao giving Kushina an upper back massage. 'Wait where's Gai, WAIT where's Tier-kun' Really hoping they did not put Gai in charge of watching Astier, Minato got a little frantic looking for the two. Astier started picking up words last month to Kushina and Minato's up most happiness and then dismay Astier's first words were mommy followed closely by YOUTH. After that day Gai was not allowed to spend time with Astier by himself. Especially after Kushina declared Astier the clan heir of the Uzumaki clan.

During the adoption ritual Astier's natural white hair turned crimson red, all that remained of his white hair was the tips of his hair. His natural violent eyes darkened in color to royal purple with his pupils disappearing all together leaving behind only the color purple. Something that has not been seen by the Uzumaki clan for generations. It signified that Astier through a strange working of fate inherited all four of the Uzumaki natural abilities that comes from their bloodline. Without Minato's consent she declared him the future clan head of the Uzumaki clan, she even went as far to put in in her will and the clan charter of Konoha. 'At least she promised that after I announce my heritage and talked to kaa-san that Naruto would be the clan heir of my clan'. But still where was Gai and Astier?

Just as Minato was about to lose his mind Gai came in from the back door and noticed Minato.

"Hokage-sama you burn bright with the springtime of YOUTH!" Gai said with his normal overly excited tone.

"Hello to you too Gai. Can anyone tell me where my son is?" Minato asked with amusement in his voice noticing that Gai did not have Astier again. Asuma answered his question with a lazy finger pointed towards Kushina. With the two overactive girls surrounding Kushina that Minato failed to notice Neko behind the trio playing on the ground with Astier. Looking closer though at Kushina, Minato noticed her face was flushed. Then as if a light bulb flicked on in his head the two girls freaking out and Kushina's flushed face all the pieces came together. "Your water broke didn't Benihime?"

With that question all the men in the room turned towards Kushina as if for the first time noticed the trio. Then as one they all turned like puppets towards Minato with looks of panic on their faces for not noticing the situation. Rightly so should they be freaking out for not noticing one of the things their job for being here to pay attention for. Unfortunately, or fortunately for them Minato did not time to reprimand them.

"Neko hand Astier over to Kakashi-kun then you and Washi escort my wife to the predetermined location. Once you arrive Washi, you are in charge of gathering the necessary staff, Neko you're in charge of all ANBU at the hideout."

"Hai Hokage-sama!" After Neko handed Astier off, Neko and Kushina disappeared in a shunshin. With Washi following a few seconds later keeping watch over their back.

"Asuma, Yuugao your off duty until tomorrow afternoon head home and get some rest. We are gonna need help tomorrow. Kurenai, Kakashi you are in charge of watching Tier-kun this afternoon. Gai you are on rotation with the other two get some rest for now the relieve Kurenai in the evening. Kakashi keep an eye out and about. I sense something horrible is going to happen today. I've learned to trust my gut to keep me alive and I'm not going to stop trusting it now." With that Minato turned to walk upstairs. "Kakashi follow me upstairs I have to talk to you about something."

"Coming Sensei, Gai crash on the couch. Kurenai-chan after Sensei leaves activate the level 1 seals that block everyone but Kushina-san and Sensei from entering or leaving. Asuma, Yuugao out before you get locked in with us." Kakashi said with a serious tone. He may not be as stoic as he was a few months ago, but when he takes charge even a Jonin would listen with his ice-cold voice. Though the no nonsense attitude was broken when Astier reached up and tugged at his facemask chanting "Nii-chan, Nii-chan". The other members of Kakashi's squad all busted out laughing, while Kakashi sweat dropped.

"Now why would you do Otouto, I was trying to be serious" Kakashi said with an obvious smile in his voice while he smiled down and the little boy he considered his younger brother in everything but blood. "Kakashi-kun I'm waiting." Minato's voice echoed down from the second floor.

"Coming Sensei" Kakashi lightly yelled back. "Come on guys get a move on" With that Asuma and Yuugao left the building. Kurenai walked towards the seal matrix and waited for Minato to leave. Kakashi swiftly walked upstairs making sure to keeping Astier balanced in his arms, so he did not fall while Kakashi rushed.

Kakashi followed Minato's scent into the Hokage's personal office in the Uzumaki compound. He swiftly noticed that Minato was sitting in his desk chair facing an empty seat obviously intended for Kakashi. Kakashi took a seat across from Minato. Minato motioned for Kakashi hand over Astier, after Astier was deposited Astier into the young father's arms Minato took some sealing equipment and got to work on something while he spoke to Kakashi and in turn Astier as well.

"Kakashi-kun, Astier-kun do either one of you know what a natural affinity for the abstract element yin means?"

"Sensei why are you asking Tier-kun as if he can answer you?" Kakashi asked with obvious confusion in his voice.

"Well, that answer will be answered in the next few minutes. I figure that I have about a half hour max before Kushina will rip my head off for being late though it will take them some time to reach the location. While I can be there in just a flash..." Kakashi just shook his head to his Sensei risking his head to piss off Kushina-san. "...Well anyways a natural affinity for yin type chakra is more than just easier use in yin aligned jutsu's. Time-space jutsu's are combinations of the yin-yang abstract elements. The Yin element is the also known as the element of time. Something that is not widely known. The Yin element on another hand is known as Spiritual energy, it is one half of the energies that exist naturally with in everyone. I am sure you know this Kakashi, but you will learn this more in depth in the future Tier-kun. By mixing your spiritual energy and physical energy you get chakra, or at least you need to do this to awaken the ability for your body to do this naturally you get to skip this Tier-kun since your body did it naturally from birth. Your spiritual energy is also in direct relation to your chakra control. Anyways I am going off on a tangent, the point I am trying to make is this. Naturally aligned Yin element is extremely rare even more so than any other basic element. The greatest ability for those that are naturally aligned to Yin chakra is the ability to have perfect recall. Meaning from the moment you were born and awakened your chakra your Yin or more specifically your overwhelming spiritually energy has been supercharging your mental abilities making your brain mature faster than any child your age. The other thing that these mental energies are doing, is burning every moment of your life that you have been awake for permanently into your memory. Even if you do not know what any of this means now does not mean that when you are older. That you will not know exactly what we are talking about. The only people aware of this is me and your mother, and as of now I'm informing your Onii-san Tier-kun..." The extremely wide lone eye on Kakashi's face showed his obvious shook to this turn of events. Kakashi glanced at his otouto and saw that Astier's eyes were looking right into his lone eye. "...I have a healthy paranoia that I have built up under my lengthy career as a Shinobi. Right now, it is screaming at me that something truly horrible is going to happen today with Kushina-chan's seal on the Kyuubi is at its weakest. So, I am preparing for that scenario. If something does happen, I have a plan for you Astier and your little brother Naruto. Kakashi if something does go wrong Hiruzen-sama will probably make you watch your otouto-sama's from the shadows, stopping you from making contact. Probably for some reason or another he also thinks that he is doing the right thing but, just like many, he is to short sighted to see long term effects of his decision, especially outside of a battlefield. Kakashi I am not telling you, in case something happens, to ignore the Lord Third's orders. Just letting you be aware that Astier here will know of your existence and of your place in both my heart and his own.

Now I could just be overreacting but in the case, I am not you both at least know that I am at least prepared. Kakashi, I see you as something of a son to me, Astier you are my son and I love you both very much. So here is the plan I want you both to follow and Kakashi as a higher up in the village in the future I need you to help enforce. IN the CASE something happens today. I want Gai to be Astier's Jonin Sensei, Kakashi I am entrusting Naruto to you. Although I am truly entrusting my boys to the five of you who have watched over Astier over the last few months. Kakashi it will be your job to inform your squad their responsibility to my boys. Kakashi, Astier is going to be the clan head of the Uzumaki clan as you are aware. What you not aware of is the clan Naruto is clan heir of... In case nothing happens today I cannot tell what clan that is but I can tell you it is my mother's clan. My birth mother the one who gave me up for adoption. Astier I am applying three seals to your body whether, or not something happens this is your inheritance regardless. The seal I am placing on the inside of your left wrist has everything your birth mother entrusted to you. It holds the training methods of the Yuki clan's kekkei genkai and your mother's personal jutsus and journals. When chakra is applied it will appear like the clan symbol of the Yuki clan, an eight-sided snowflake. On the inside of your right wrist will hold the training methods for the Uzumaki clan kenjutsu style and their advanced Fuinjutsu scrolls. I included the basic and advanced non-Uzumaki Fuinjutsu scrolls that I myself learned from along with my personal notes on the subject. Inside is also the personal sword of the Uzumaki clan head and your mother's sword. If nothing happens, I will take back her sword, but the rest is yours. When chakra is applied it will appear as the Uzumaki clan symbol a circular swirl representing a whirlpool.

The final seal will be located above your heart I will also be applying this seal to Kakashi. Inside Astier's seal will hold my complete will, your mother's complete will, our clan charters as well as the original copies of all real estate, businesses and bank accounts that we own. As well as the notes and instruction on my personal justus and the seals I designed with Kushina-chan. Kakashi in your seal will hold my modified will, Kushina's modified will, along with my instructions for Hiruzen in the event of my death. Kakashi without your knowledge we bought your father's house on your behalf the dead will be inside yourself. Also, the dead for the Uzumaki compound will also be in your seal when Astier remembers this conversation or when he becomes a Chuunin you will hand the dead over. If you have your own family at the time, I understand but if not and you have an amicable relationship. Could you act like their big brother and take care of my sons, your otouto-sans."

By the time Minato was done with his explanation and applying the seals to both Astier and Kakashi. The younger silver haired teenager was openly weeping. He grabbed onto Minato and would not let go, just crying his soul out onto his sensei. Minato wrapped his arms around the teenager and spoke with a soft and caring voice.

"Kakashi-kun if something happens to us promise me you won't withdraw into yourself again. You have two little brothers who will be depending on you. We both know that Tier-kun loves you, as do I and Kushina-chan. We both see you as our eldest son. I love you chonan-kun."

"Hai Tou-san. I promise to make you proud regardless of what happens today I will take care of my otouto-kuns. I love you too Tou-san." It took a few minutes for Kakashi to calm himself before he was able to let go of Minato.

"Regardless of what happens today I'm proud of you Kakashi-kun. Now resume your mission and turn the barrier to level 3 so that way the only way into the house is Hirashin. Lastly if Asuma and/or Yuugao come here seeking shelter if the worst happens then drop the barrier temporarily so that way their safe."

"Hai Sensei-sama!" Kakashi replied with utter seriousness.

"Thank you Kakashi-kun" With one last look at both his sons Minato flashed away with a yellow flash.

"Huh" *sniff* "Well that was something wasn't Tier-kun?" Kakashi asked Astier as he picked up the frosted red head toddler in a loving cradle. Kakashi slowly walked downstairs holding his little brother towards the sleeping Gai and the young Kurenai making time. 'God I truly hope nothing happens today.'

Unkown to Kakashi and the rest of Konohagakure no Sato but Minato truly developed a truly accurate sixth sense. Today would face the worst incident since its founding though unfortunately not the worst it will ever face.


A few hours later after the sun set

*roooooooaaaaaar*

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH*

"WHAT THE HELLL IS THAT TRULY UNYOUTHFUL NOISE OUTSIDE?" An extremely disturbed Gai shouted at the top of his lungs. Waking up the napping Kakashi and Kurenai, as they woke up the noticed that in the light sleep, they ended up cuddling together. They both jumped to their feet with a dark blush dusting their checks.

*Crash* *Smash* *BOOM*

"Okayyyy? Honestly, what is going on out there?" Kurenai asked scared out of her mind looking towards Kakashi expecting an answer.

"Well, it looks like Sensei was right. As much as I wish he were wrong." Kakashi blanket statement before he could further explain the barrier shimmered as Asuma and Yuugao approached the front door. Since thier chakra signature was added to the seal matrix due to their assignment.

Kakashi quickly let them inside by dropping the seal for a few seconds then let it back up. In the few seconds, the seal was down through the front door Kakashi saw pretty much utter devastation. Thankfully, the destruction was across the village near east gate. From the split-second observation Kakashi noticed the cause of the destruction. Though, it would be an utterly impossible sight to miss. The giant fox easily thrice the size of the Hokage monument mountain, fur a muddy shade of orange so dark almost brown.

As quickly as the scene appeared it disappeared with the seal going back up. Before any of them truly had a chance to process what they just saw. A yellow flash brightened up the living room of the Uzumaki residence. Everyone turned back from the front of the residence back towards where they knew the hokage stood. What they found was not what they were expecting.

There stood Namikaze Minato, in all his glory, wearing his jonin uniform with his trademark white cloak with rede flames at the bottom. The problem was the fact that his cloak was split down the middle, he had blood leaking out of the corner of his mouth. Along with blood mildly spurting from a wound located somewhere in the bandages he has wrapped around his left calf.

"SENSEI!?" Kakashi came running towards Minato but was suddenly stopped by Minato's raised hand.

"Gai, fetch Astier from his room and bring him here ... the rest of you please stay inside the house for at least the next half hour ... it will be safe to emerge then ... situation will be done by then. Kakashi ... turns out even though I did not want it to happen but ... it came true. We were ambushed ... shortly after Kushina gave birth. Naruto was taken ... I saved him but the Kyuubi was extracted from Kushina while I was securing Naruto's safety ... the only reason Kushina is still alive or conscience for that matter is thanks to her Uzumaki blood ... Kakashi I will make sure that the Kyuubi will not be a threat from no on ... but thanks to having no actual time to prepare I will have to use a Kinjutsu along with Fuinjutsu ... I have only a short few moments before I leave ... I have dire news."

Between Minato's commanding aura, the state of his attired and the clipped way of his speach due to his panting. He truly commanded all the attention of the room at this moment. He waited for Gai to come back into the room before he kept talking. He knew the Kyuubi was rampaging outside but truly after these last few months, the people in this room were his family and they were safe inside the walls of this house. Did not hurt that Kushina and Naruto were safe in his personal house outside of the walls of Konoha. When Gai came back into the room he walked straight to Minato with Astier, gently putting the frosted redhead in his father's arms. After Astier was secure, Gai lined up with the rest of Kakashi's squad near the window of the living room.

"My Shinobi I have one final mission for you all. The Mission is completely voluntary and is ranked SS. Meaning you will not be paid, it will not be listed on your records, and you cannot talk about it at all with anyone but those here in this room. First, I truly consider you all family, truly from the bottom of my heart *sob* I am terribly sorry for asking you to do this, but like I said this is completely voluntary. I will be dying this night to truly save this village the Kyuubi needs a new jinchūriki but it is too strong for an infant even if my son is a Uzumaki. My son's will share this burden and support each other against the eventual scorn that this village will obviously direct towards them after the results of this night. This mis...No my last request is if you can help them even if it is only in small ways. Do not risk your careers or lives but my son's will need family and support, this is what I ask of you. Even if it is only from the shadows. I will die this night, Kushina is already dying. I have to protect this village as it is my job if it weren't I would just turn tail and run right now, but I can't."

By the time Minato finished speaking there was not a dry eye in the house. Including his own and Astier's as if he understood exactly what he was saying. Kakashi was the most affected, completely dropping his stoic mask was openly weeping know yet another of the people he considered family. The second man he considered a father was leaving him voluntarily again. Seeing how affected Kakashi was Minato looked towards his surrogate son and addressed him singularly.

"Kakashi-kun you are my son in everything but blood. You have two younger brothers that are losing their parents this night. You have done great in the last few months to get over your depression, but you CAN NOT fall again. They will need their chonan-san, I need you to hold your head high and watch out for them. I need the rest of you to watch out for each other. The people that are in is this room is your family and support. No matter what you can rely on each other I have watched the bonds form over these last few months if you help each other grow I can truly see you all being the most elite of this village not far in the future. So, this is my final goodbye, I love you all and can't wait to watch over you all in the pure world."

With his final words to the group, he disappeared in a yellow flash. Not even a moment passed before the majority group was on the ground crying, for the loss of the man they considered their surrogate father/older brother. All but Kakashi, while still crying he was still on his feet with his head angled looking at the ceiling. 'I promise you tou-san, Obitio-kun, Rin-chan and sensei no matter what happens I will not be withdrawing into myself again. My otouto's will be protected. I can't wait to train Naruto-kun, I'll tell Gai in the future he's to raw right now and that will cause his promise to train to be way more extreme than it needs to be.'


Minato's private residence a few miles west of the Hokage monument

Minato Hirashined into his house and landed next to the crib he placed in his personal study. Kushina was still laying where he left her with her hand on Naruto's sleeping form. When he landed, she was so entrapped in looking at Naruto she did not even notice Minato until he placed Astier on the other side of Naruto. Without even needing to position him himself Minato watched as Astier rolled over onto his side and curled up to Naruto. Cradling him as if he knew that Naruto was going to be his only truly precious person in his life. Astier placed his tiny hands on Kushina's hand, getting to finally pull her tunnel vision off Naruto to notice Astier and byproduct Minato standing over his family.

"Kushi-chan I'm going to go and handle to the Kyuubi, I already took care of that Uchiha. I am going to bring him here, I will need your help for the sealing. I know you do not want our sons to have this burden just like you did but if we place him back in you to kill him it will not be a permeant death. He will just reform in the future. I have faith in our sons, I know the situation isn't ideal, but they are the best of us."

"Mina-kun I truly don't agree with you in this, but I will trust in our sons. Go bring the furball here I will help. I probably have an hour left without his chakra in my system if we're going to do this, we will have to done this soon."

"I'll be back soon my love." Minato backed a few steps away his family and hirashined back to Konoha proper. With good timing to see a Bijūdama heading right towards the Hokage monument. The valley of the end would be the perfect place away from here for this.


Not even ten minutes later back at Minato's private house

*Boooooooom*

The kyuubi landed completely disoriented in the clearing in front of Minato's house. Before he even had a chance to reorient himself, he found himself completely wrapped in Kushina's adamantine chains. Covering nearly all of his entire body was hundreds of golden chains made completely out of chakra. Minato landed a split second later completely ready for a fight. Either with the Kyuubi or with Kushina but what he found was not even in his wildest imaginations.

The kyuubi was completely tied down without even a way to truly struggle. Kushina had already set up a stone ceremonial cradle and laid Naruto and Astier side by side both completely naked to apply the seals on them. Around the cradle had a Fuinjutsu boasting seal applied on the ground. As soon as Kushina noticed that Minato was next to her she erected one of the Uzumaki clan's Kinjutsu barriers. Completely cutting the area off from the rest of the world, both to stop interference and from allowing the kyuubi to escape.

Minato knowing that even if those chains are almost completely unbreakable Kushina does not have unending chakra anymore quickly started his jutsu. Starting the complex string of hand seals of the Uzumaki kinjutsu that Kushina let him learn that he tweaked making it much more complex than the original. His original plan in case something like this had changed with Astier's existence in their life. The complete assimilation with the Uzumaki bloodline in the adoption certainly helped in how Minato planned to change the prepared plan along with his newest experiment in fuinjutsu. After Minato finished the hand seals, he clapped his hands together. He placed one hand straight in the air and the other one pulled a piece of chakra enhanced paper out of his flak jacket. The paper itself was almost completely black covered all over with extremely dense seal writings.

Fuinjutsu: Shiki Fūjin Giji Sōru [Sealing technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal Pseudo Soul]

With his plan to use the Shinigami to seal the kyuubi into his two sons but without a second soul to pay the Shinigami for the second seal. Minato developed an imitation soul made with seals. After the jutsu was cast the Shinigami phased into existence behind Minato. Instead of targeting his soul with his extended chakra arm. The Shinigami phased his arm through the chakra paper, then he extended his arm towards the Kyuubi and pulled. Though he did not do what Minato had intended to happen. The Shinigami pulled out a muddy brown energy of the kyuubi and swiftly slammed his hand into the area of his stomach just below his chest Astier's. Minato was utterly confused that it was more towards the chest and not the lower part of the stomach, that, and the fact that instead of a large swirl pattern it was an exceedingly small eye symbol directly were his solar plex was. 'I guess that's what happens when you mess with Kinjutsu and no true experiments to test its effectiveness out. Though I was sure that I didn't alter that much' After that the Shinigami faded from existence.

The kyuubi did not shrink to half his size like he intended by taking his Yin half of his chakra. Whatever the Shinigami pulled from him though obviously did weaken though. His size decreased by a third and the dark color of his coat completely changed to a shade of orange that looked like Minato was staring at a giant fluffy tangerine. Kushina's face of shock would have been priceless if it were not for the situation, they were in. When Minato was looking at his beautiful redheaded wife, the kuuybi noticed the slack in the chains with his decreased size and looked over at the small toddler that just stole that piece of him in utter rage. Though he noticed the other child at the same moment, quickly realizing that he would be placed in the other child he made his move. The kyuubi launching his paw at the small children with the intent end them.

Kushina and Minato noticed what was happing the moment the Kyuubi shifted his body. In a moment of desperation and speed that only a parent can pull off both Mianto and Kushina placed themselves in the path of the single large claw to stop its path towards their children. The claw pierced through both of their bodies barely stopping a foot from Astier and Naruto. Minato quickly started the easier version of the jutsu he just preformed while Kushina held a tight grip on the claw to completely halt its advance. With the last hand seal and a clap of his hands the Shinigami once again manifested behind the couple, though this time a lot more corporeal though neither of them could see it.

Fuinjutsu: Shiki Fūjin

This time the Shinigami extended it arm straight through Minato's chest and extended its arm into the Kyuubi and pulled a burning orange ball out of it. Swinging its arm around and slamming the ball into Naruto's stomach a swirl of the Uzumaki's clan symbol appeared on the small Blond's stomach. With the seal in place the residual chakra and body of the kyuubi started to be drawn into the seal on the blonde's stomach. Making haste he quickly placed his hand over the blonde boy's stomach and placed the Hakke no Fūin Shiki (Eight trigrams seal) on top of the Shiki Fujin seal causing seal writing to appear around the swirl symbol. Looking like a sun with rays surrounding it.


Outside the Kushina's barrier

Hiruzen just landed right outside the barrier with two Jonin and a squad of ANBU. He left the village after giving shinobi orders for heightened levels of defense, also to try and find survivors in the wake of the destruction and start cleaning up. He landed just as Minato finished the Shiki Fujin on Naruto. Hiruzen watched as the bright orange ball came out of the Kyuubi and floated into the little blonde baby.

What happened next was inexplainable to Hiruzen and as he examined further it made even less sense. 'Okay looking closer at this scene, this is making a little sense. First the Kyuubi's fur color does not look at all the same color as the one that was attacking the village and it is even a little smaller than that one. But there is only one nine tailed fox so it is not like their two different entities. Then there is the fact, how did it even get out of Kushina-chans seal in the first place. Unless it was placed under control of someone, it is not like it is not possible. Madara and Sensei both where about to do it. That could explain the difference in color, the size could be explained since it is a being made completely out of chakra that it got smaller obviously due to the fact that it obviously got into a fight with Minato-kun. But what was with that light, oh I see, the light coming from the body is flowing down into the blonde boy. Minato-kun must have sealed the kyuubi into the blonde baby. That must be Naruto the one who was supposed to have been born today. But what seal did he use to cause that light. Oh, Kami he didn't. He's turning grey ... Fuck, I finally got rid of that damn paperwork and he uses the damn Shinigami to seal away the Kyuubi into his son. Damn you Minato you guaranteed that both of your sons are orphans this night.'


Back inside the barrier with Kushina, Minato and thier children

Minato went to place his hand over Astier as well before he had to bite his tongue to stop himself from passing out 'no, no, No, NOOO! I cannot be out of chakra right not I need to place this seal right now. I cannot seriously let my oldest son just run around with an untested seal with no backup seal to keep it in pla-'

"Honey, do we have an enough time to say a few words? I'm completely out chakra I estimate I've got about three or so minutes before I can't stay conscience anymore." Kushina asked with a tone expressing absolute tiredness in her voice promptly knocking Minato out of his thoughts.

"Of course, my benihime. I already had a talk with Tier-kun this afternoon in case something like this happened. With his perfect recall that will happen sometime in the future. He can send my message to Naru-kun when he thinks he is ready. Also, Tier-kun has our wills sealed onto him so just focus on what you want to tell them exactly what you want to as their mother. Tier-kun can repeat verbatim what you say to Naru-kun at a later date. All I want to say one final time in the presence of both my sons is that I love you both. I'm already proud to be your father and I truly hope that the villagers can see you both as the hero's you truly are by keeping the kyuubi sealed in you two and not attacking and destroying the village." Mianto said while being barely conscience with the lack of his soul in his body, he was deteriorating extremely fast. Combined with extreme chakra exhaustion and the massive wound in his stomach due to the Kyuubi's claw even with his bloodline healing factor he truly will count his lucky stars if he could stay awake long enough to hear the words that Kushina was trying to pass onto their boys.

Panting and with obvious effort Kushina focused her gaze on her children. "My boys, Astier and Naruto ... Please do not be fussy ... Eat lots of various kinds of food and grow strong, though ramen is the food of the gods ... Make sure that you two bathe every day, no one likes boys that smell dirty ... Also, do not stay up to late ... And make friends ... You two don't need a lot of friends ... you just need ones you can really, really trust and rely ... I was not particularly good at it, but keep up with your studies and practice your ninjutsu, hard remember we are Uzumaki's the amount of chakra we have even without our beasts is immense ... Remember that everyone has strengths and weaknesses ... So don't get too depressed if you can't do something ... Respect your teachers and upperclassmen at the Academy ... All of Konoha shinobi are your comrades ... Oh, and this is important ... It is about the prohibitions for a shinobi ... Be extra careful with your money, especially about lending and borrowing money ... Both of you should put all of your mission wages into your savings account ... No alcohol until ether of you are at least twenty ... Too much can ruin your health, so drink in moderation ... Another prohibition is women ... I'm a woman, so I do not know too much about this but ... All you need to remember is that this entire world is made up of countless men and women ... So, it is only natural to take an interest in girls ... or men depending on your individual preference ... But just do not get hooked on bad women ... Find someone just like me ... Astier you will have a good head on your shoulders I want you to pay close attention to that one ... Speaking of the Three Prohibitions, be wary of Jiraiya-sensei, dattebayo ... Astier and Naruto, my sons, from now on, you are going to face lots of pain and hardship ... If your childhood is anything like mine, you're going to see the true ugliness of humanity ... Be true to yourself ... Have a dream and have the confidence to make that dream come true ... There is so much ... Oh, so much more that I want to pass on to you ... to tell you … to see you grow up ... to meet your first girlfriend … to meet my grandchildren … I want lots ... I wish I could stay with you two longer ... I love you ... I love you both" With her finally words Kushina slumped back into Minato's chest and took a few shuddering breaths as she breathed her last.

Minato barely conscience or coherent at this point looked down at his sons. Then narrowed his now barely blue eyes on oldest son. "Astier-kun the key to the seal on Naruto-kun is in the Uzumaki seal on your wrist. You will know when if ever he is ready to wield the Kyuubi's chakra. I meant to put the eight trigrams seal on you too, but I ran out of chakra. I am so sorry son, I hope nothing goes wrong but in case it does I'm horrible sorry. I hope one day you forgive me ... I love you ... I love you both." With his final I love you Minato fell to the ground with the last of the Kyuubi's chakra including the claw holding up Minato and Kushina disappeared into the seal on Naruto's stomach.

With both parents motionless on the ground less than three feet from their sons on the ceremonial cradle. Both young children fell asleep due to the exhaustion from the last hour. The barrier came down a few moments later allowing Hiruzen and his group to take charge of the situation. All of Astier's seals faded from view, due to the decrease of chakra, before the retired Hokage could see them. The seal on Naruto's stomach though was in full view for the aged hokage on his arrival. 'Minato, Kushina-chan I promise that I will take care of them. Nothing will happen to them. Thank you for saving the village. I will make sure they will grow into fine shinobi, who knows one of them might take up the hat just as we did.

Hiruzen made this promise over the dead bodies of the dead boy's parents, while holding them in his arms. Little did the old Hokage know how both very wrong and completely on point would his promise be.


AN: So here we are first chapter done. I am not new to writing but I am new to writing a FanFic. I am using this project to essentially dust the cobwebs off my brains and fingers. Seeing how it has been over about a decade since I wrote anything that I truly felt worth sharing. If any of you recognize my name or my writing hello again it's been a while I know. I can't even remember the last site I posted on (yeah, it's been that long).

So anyways I wanted to add a lot more scenes to this chapter, but when I originally hit over 19K I finished the chapter then went through and removed the non-essential stuff that will be used for flashbacks in the future. If you noticed I mainly centered around Kakashi and Minato's POV. I'm not good at writing stories like GOT with all the countless POV's. My comfort zone is normally around a max of 5 POVs. I will try and dabble at a greater number in this story but if I get called out on it being shit. Then I will stay with in my comfort zone. If you couldn't tell I added an OC and how I'm going to spin this is going to be something I haven't seen in someone else's story on this site. If there is one would love a shout out on where I can find it.

Lastly I am not the type of writer to use ANs so if you see them please read, they will be used to explain something that I feel the way I wrote it needed an explanation. Or have some kind of important information about pretty much anything I find important.

I'm not a person who usually has a lot of free time (Having a full-time job and all) so this will be written when I have spare time. To those that like the story great but please don't hound me for constant updates.

I will only do this ONCE, so I don't lie about the word count to grab readers.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Manga or Anime known as Naruto. I do not own any of the characters, original designs or characteristics of the characters of Naruto. I also do not claim to make money directly from my writing of this story. Naruto(Manga), Naruto(Anime) and Naruto Shippuden(Anime) are created by Masashi Kishimoto and owned in one way or another by Masashi Kishimoto, Shonen Jump, Viz Media, Madman Entertianment, Disney, Toonami, Pierrot, TV Tokyo and Shueisha. All characters, ideas and the world itself belongs to their rightful owners and I do not profit from this use of the Naruto.

The only things I own in this story are the OC's, variations of the original characters, weapons I design and the fact that I am making this world a little larger than the Original. Any ideas, weapons, designs, characters, or naming of the various things in my story are my choice to share. If you want to just ask if you take without asking, then please just give me or my stories that you take from a shout out. Alright that's all folks I'll be seeing you.