This chapter is to explain what happens to Konoha and does actually matter to the storyline.

The rest of the chapters will not be like this and contain the main character.

People talking, "Hello everyone."

People thinking, 'Grammarly is the best!'

Demon/beast/other talking, "I will eat you."

Demon/beast/other thinking, 'Yay, cliche Naruto Fanfiction beginnings except with some differences!'

Jutsu/Unknown names, "Suiton: Mizudeppō no Jutsu."

'Document'

Italics can be used for certain kinds of emphasis or snide comments.

Bold can be used for forceful yelling/shouting/screaming.

Chapter Two: The World Must Spin On

Roughly 6 years ago

Konoha

Namikaze Minato stood by the bedside of his wife, who was thrashing on the bed in the throes of giving birth. Minato squeezed her hand and placed his other against the clearly weakened seal on her stomach. Channeling chakra into the seal he held it together for a while longer. They had been at this for 5 hours so far, and he was struggling to keep the Kyūbi sealed.

They were in the Namikaze Estate that was a ways off from Konoha, deeper into the Land of Fire. It was just him and his wife, Uzumaki Kushina here in the building, which was a large three story compound, looking like a smaller feudal lord home. He had surrounded the building in many powerful seals to prevent those within the village of Konoha from feeling the evil chakra that was the Kyūbi's, as well as to keep people out.

Minato was the Yondaime Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. He had married his wife, Kushina, in secret to prevent her from being used as a way to get to him. The only people that knew were a couple of Kushina's friends, Minato's Sensei Jiraiya and Sarutobi, the last Hokage. Minato had a sense of foreboding, and he offered a quick prayer to Kami in hopes nothing went wrong with the birth of his son. He focused more chakra into the seal, squeezing Kushina's hand in support.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU MINATO! I'LL NEUTER YOU WITH A FREAKING SPOON!" Kushina screamed, nearly crushing her husband's hand. Minato's sweat dropped at his wife's yell, but he didn't respond. Instead, he stroked her hair as she continued to work to bring their son into the world.

"You are doing good hime (princess). Almost there," Minato reassured his wife.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the fiery redhead screamed as she gave one final push. Minato released his wife's grasp, and used both hands to lift up their child. Minato held the frail infant gently as he grabbed a blanket and wrapped the surprisingly silent child in it. As Minato slowly rocked the small boy, he noticed the six whisker marks, three on each cheek. 'It must be from Kushina being the Kyūbi Jinchuriki,' he mused.

"Please, give h-him here," Kushina rasped. Exhausted as she was, she still wanted to hold her child. Minato paused his thoughts and carefully handed their baby to his wife. He noticed that the infant had yet to open his eyes, which concerned him.

"His name will be Nakada, like we decided," Kushina said, much more firmly now that she cradled her child in her arms. The newly named Nakada cooed and snuggled closer to her, causing her to hold him tighter.

Kushina and Minato took this time to observe their newborn child and smiled at their baby boy. He had the six whisker marks, beautiful tan skin and crimson spiked hair, the color of his mother's hair and the style of his father's. When the boy finally opened his eyes, his parents were amazed at their bright violet coloring. Kushina smiled brightly, "Haha! Minato-kun, he looks more like me than you!" she yelled loudly, having won the bet with her husband.

Minato smiled happily, uncaring that he lost. 'I now have a son, something I thought I would never have.'

"He has my face though," Minato countered, but Kushina wasn't paying attention anymore.

Kushina tickled her son lightly. 'I am so happy to have my son in my arms,' Kushina rejoiced. Pulling her son closer, she rubbed noses with her child, eliciting a soft giggle from the small boy.

"Congratulations Kushina, you have brought our son into the world," Minato said, leaning on the bed next to his wife and smiling as he caressed the top of Nakada's head.

Minato turned and looked at Kushina, who could only be described as a redheaded beauty with long smooth crimson red hair going all the way to her waist, and violet eyes. She smiled at Minato as she slowly rocked their son back and forth.

"Hello, Sochi…" Kushina said to Nakada as she stared into his intelligent violet eyes.

Minato turned to his son, pride clear on his face, "welcome to our family, Nakada."

"Rest Kushina-hime, I'll go wash Nakada, and check to make sure that he's okay," Minato said. He reached for the newborn to go give him his first bath. As he carried his son toward the door, Kushina smiled as she watched them go and then laid back exhausted against the bed.

The fiery redhead stared up at the ceiling, a peaceful, delighted smile on her face. Things had been rough up to this point in her life, but she finally had the family she had always wanted. Her precious Nakada was here in the world, and she would take care of him. 'He will not have to go through the suffering I had to in my life' she thought with determination, the memories coming back to her.

She didn't remember as much as she'd like about her family, the Uzumaki's. She was sent to Konoha to be the new Jinchuriki as Mito got older. Her clan had been wiped out a couple of years after her coming to the Village Hidden in the Leaves, and she was still afraid she was the only one left. She had felt so alone those days, the last of her clan…

She'd been kidnapped by Iwa Jounin one night. Apparently, they wanted to learn the secrets to the Uzumaki's incredible life force. Minato had rescued her and that had been the beginning of their relationship many years ago, though it was kept secret for her safety.

'I finally have my son, and he looks so much like me! I'm so gonna spoil him! Going to buy him treats and toys!' Kushina thought happily, slowly relaxing her tensed muscles, the exhaustion setting in.

She was ripped out of her thoughts as she heard a tremendous crash. Not a second later the wall to her room was blown through by a large mass of fast moving yellow that flew across the room and into the other wall. She realized it was Minato, who was tightly holding on to their heir and bleeding from his mouth.

"You're a disgrace for a Hokage, Minato!" Kushina whipped her head toward the voice and glared at the newcomer. He wore a large straw hat with a bell on the right side. It was tilted over his face, and she couldn't see his eyes. Overlaying the lower part of his face were two metal plates that came together in the middle of his face. He was wearing a dark green jacket with a high collar, his right sleeve went past his hand while the left sleeve was cut high at the shoulder. His neck was clothed in the same metallic-looking material that concealed his face, which covered his collarbone and visible arm except for the fingers. He was wearing a black shirt that was wrapped in bandages around his waist and a tan pair of pants with tight fitting black boots.

"I should have known you would be here," Minato gasped out as he rose to his feet, still tightly gripping his son, "Chariko."

Kushina's eyes widened in realization. "Glad to see you remember me, brother!" Chariko said with hatred in his voice.

"You still blame me for Kaa-san's death don't you," Minato said, not really asking a question. Chariko's head shot up, his eyes burning with hatred. They spun and swiftly evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"I'm going to kill you Minato-nii, and kill everything you care about!" Chariko roared as he shot toward his brother, who'd activated his own Mangekyo Sharingan. In a massive burst of chakra, Minato's eyes had taken the form of four stars attached by a black ring around his pupil. Minato quickly realized he was at a disadvantage, so milliseconds before Chariko reached him he flashed to the marker on Kushina. Just as he was about to hand her their son he felt a blade against his neck.

There was a stand still for a moment, Minato trying to figure out what to do. What the blond Hokage was not expecting was to be suddenly punched in the face by his wife, dropping their son in her lap and sent flying across the room once again.

"Oh, is this your brat Minato?" Chariko asked rhetorically as he grabbed up the silent child. Minato's head shot up, ignoring the pain and ringing as Chariko held his child roughly. He noticed that Kushina had a faraway look in her eyes and didn't seem to be processing anything around her.

'Damn it he put her under a Sharingan Genjutsu, that's why she punched me. I need to get Nakada out of here!' Minato thought desperately, but before he could do anything, his brother gained an evil look on his face.

In a very swift movement, Chariko re-summoned his katana and sliced off Nakada's arm, who loosed a horrible heart-wrenching scream as he was roughly dropped back on the bed, blood spewing out of his shoulder and onto the bed and Kushina's legs.

"How does it feel nii-san!?" Chariko yelled. The look of both hatred for his brother and sweet revenge was in his eyes. Minato flashed to Kushina again, grabbed Nakada and flashed away again.

Minato's Hideout

Minato appeared elsewhere in another bright flash of yellow light. He was greatly distressed, but made sure to keep a clear head, he had to for his family. Acting fast, he ripped off the sleeve of his Hokage robe and quickly tied it around what remained of Nakada's arm, in an attempt to lessen the bleeding. 'I have to stop my brother, but I need to take care of Nakada first. Even if he kills Kushina, it's what she would want me to do,' Minato thought grimly as he ran toward the supplies in his hideout. Nakada's screams tortured him, the sight of seeing his son in such pain was horrendous and he was continually fighting to keep his emotions under control.

Minato grabbed medical supplies from a nearby cabinet, quickly opened a bandage and wrapped it around Nakada's arm. He then forced a blood pill down Nakada's throat to help with the blood loss. Using what basic healing jutsu he knew, he tried to lessen the bleeding.

With Kushina

Chariko turned to Kushina, releasing her from his Genjutsu. He wanted to see the pain and suffering in her eyes, to savor it. She gasped as reality set back in. Realizing she had been put under by the man in front of her, she attempted to form a chain. It flew toward the man, but he merely sidestepped it.

"Nice try," he said smugly. Grabbing her face, he stared into her violet anger filled eyes. The next moment they were both inside her mindscape.

"Quite impressive that you were suppressing the Kyūbi and giving birth at the same time," Chariko said with respect as he watched the mental avatar of Kushina on the ground sweating as hundreds of chains from her back kept the Kyūbi pinned to the large platform he was on.

"But, I have need of the fox," he said. Locking eyes with the giant fox who was growling at him, he put it under a Genjutsu. The Kyūbi's eyes changed to a different shade of red and gained three tomoe.

"No! You can't do this! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR BROTHER?!" Kushina yelled as she panted, trying to hold down the Bijū, who was trying harder to escape than before.

"My mother was all that mattered to me. Minato didn't do his duty and defend her, he deserves to suffer," Chariko said emotionlessly. The next moment they were both back in the room. Chariko had his hand on Kushina's stomach, his hand glowing with chakra as he slowly started pulling out the demon fox.

"AHHHHHHH!" Kushina screamed as she slammed down into the bed, unable to control herself. She felt like every cell in her body was dying. Chariko smirked. In one great effort, he fully pulled the Bijū out and threw the mass of chakra across the room. As soon as the red bubbling chakra left his hand, it started expanding rapidly, blowing through the walls of the house and sending the roof flying.

A couple seconds later the Kyūbi stood in what remained of the left side of the house. It merely stood there waiting for orders from Chariko. Chariko smirked as he walked out of the rubble, the ribcage of a blackish blue Susanoo forming around him.

"Let's burn down everything Minato holds dear shall we?" Chariko said to himself as he leapt atop the remains of Minato's home. With a silent order, the Kyūbi let loose a massive roar and shot through the forest, bowling over trees as it went toward the village.

"I will have my revenge!" Chariko yelled, his Susanoo forming into the full skeleton. A moment later he raised the fist of the Susanoo and punched the roof of the building below him, collapsing it all and destroying what remained of his brother's home before launching off after the Kyūbi.

With Minato

Minato appeared above the collapsed house rubble in a bright yellow flash. Quickly taking in his surroundings, he realized that his house had been crushed. He had teleported to his wife's seal, so that meant she was under him.

"KUSHINA!" Minato yelled frantically. Empowering his limbs with chakra, he lifted a large piece of a wall and chucked it dozens of feet away. He pushed another large block of rubble and could see red hair peeking out through the rocks. Activating his Sharingan, he was able to see her chakra network through the stones, though it was painfully weak.

Rage filled his eyes, and he created his signature jutsu in one hand.

"RASENGAN!" Minato roared as he struck the rubble holding his wife down and sent it flying through the air out into the trees. There lay Kushina, one arm crushed, bleeding and impaled in multiple places, but thankfully still alive even after all she had been through.

Minato fell to his knees as he cleared the last of the rubble and slowly pulled his wife away from the crushed building.

"Kushina-hime, speak to me. Please, please talk to me!" Minato nearly shouted. He was trying so hard to keep a level head, everything was falling apart around him!

"Minato… *cough* He stole the Kyūbi, h-he's *cough* using it to-to-to attack…. village," Kushina said weakly, as she stared up at her husband through half opened eyes.

"Minato you have to… stop the fox, t-take care of our son… okay?" she said as firmly as she could as Minato held her hand to his face and caressed her hair.

"Goodbye Mina-kun, see you on the other side," she said, fighting off death for a little while longer. Neither of them noticed a darkness flit across the clearing and merge with Kushina's shadow on the ground.

"I will Kushina, I will, I will I will I will take care of him, I promise," Minato said, tears pouring out of his eyes.

"Go, my love, save the village," she said with a small smile. Minato was forced to watch the light leave her eyes, to feel her go limp in his arms.

"NOOOOOOOO!" Minato roared in anguish to the sky, his eyes evolving to his Mangekyo Sharingan. His chakra flared violently around him as his eyes started bleeding and gained a dangerous look. His Susanoo formed around him, a bright yellow skeleton.

Minato fought against his own emotions. It wouldn't do to go full Susanoo on the Kyūbi and damage the village. At the moment though, he was having a hard time caring about whether or not the world knew he had a Sharingan. He dispelled the Susanoo and picked up his dead wife. In a bright flash of yellow light, he disappeared and reappeared in his hideout.

Nakada lay in a corner on a bed, still crying from the pain of missing an arm. Minato grimaced and lay his wife down on the bed next to his boy. As he checked the bandages, he missed noticing the shadow leaving Kushina's body and merging with Nakada's. Minato carefully took off the bandages and was relieved to see that the bleeding had somewhat stopped. Apparently, Nakada had inherited his mother's accelerated healing rate.

Minato grimaced as he realized what he would have to do. The Kyūbi would have to be sealed, which could only be done after he beat his brother. He'd have to seal him inside Nakada with the Reaper Death Seal. "I'm so sorry Nakada, I don't know what to do. I have to seal the Kyūbi, and I won't be here for you after my death."

The ground rumbled as another building in the village was destroyed by the Kyūbi. Minato winced.

"AGGGHHH! I don't have a choice! I have to do this. You will regain your arm from this Nakada. I'm so sorry, I hope you and Kushina can forgive me," Minato said in anger, pain, and grief at the situation he was in. Nakada looked directly up at him, his violet eyes already containing pain within them.

Minato sighed heavily, and moving around he began preparing for his battle. He had to win. If he were going to accomplish one thing before he died, it would be to win this battle with his brother so he could seal the Kyūbi. 'I don't have time to prepare things for Nakada, every moment I wait more people die!'

Screaming expletives, Minato punched a literal hole through the wall of his hideout, his emotions threatening to break out again.

"Who's there!?"

North entrance of Konoha a few moments before

It was a warm, calm summer night in the Hidden Village of the Leaf. Lights were seen all around the village as the people went about their lives unaware of what was about to happen.

The Kyūbi plowed through the forest, ready to unleash its fury upon the unsuspecting village. A moment later it reached the walls and rammed into them. They stood the first assault, barely. The huge beast roared powerfully before headbutting the walls again and breaking through, starting it's destruction of the village. Swinging it's tails and using it's paws, the Kyūbi laid havoc to the nearest buildings, rapidly moving through the town.

"An eye for an eye is never enough. Never, never, never," Chariko said to himself as he alighted on the walls, watching the Bijū charge into the village, destroying everything in its path.

Sarutobi

"Sandaime-sama, the Kyūbi has appeared in the North part of the village," an ANBU said as he bowed to the Sandaime Hokage.

"Yes, I heard it. Summon the forces and evacuate the civilians. We must push it out of the village and wait for the Fourth!" the retired Hokage said resolutely, strapping on another piece of his armor. 'Where on earth did the Bijū come from?!'

Minato Namikaze appeared on the top of the Hokage monument, having finished his preparations to fight the Kyūbi. Looking around, he quickly spotted the colossal rampaging fox. Minato suddenly sensed danger close by and quickly ducked and spun about in an attempt to kick out the feet of the person he knew was his brother.

Chariko backflipped, his sleeve and jacket whipping through the wind as he landed a few feet away from his brother, wearing an evil grin on his masked face.

Minato said nothing as he shot forward. Dodging a swing from his brother he attempted to stab him in the chest with one of his Kunai. Both of their Mangekyo was flaring, but for the first time, Minato noticed that Chariko's Mangekyo was different from how he remembered it.

Minato dodged his brother's fireball that flew across the carved Hokage images before crashing into the side of the First's head. 'He has an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan! How in Kami's name did he get that?' Minato wondered.

Apparently, his shock showed on his face. "Noticed my eyes have you nii-san?" Chariko asked mockingly. Raising his straw hat, his distinctly different eyes flared and rotated at high speeds before slowing to a stop. Three choku tomoe attached to each other in a circle, each having a black line connecting it to the edge of his eyes.

"Like them? I have gained the eternal light, SOMETHING YOU WILL NEVER HAVE!" Chariko roared in triumph as he shot forward with his sword. It glowed and hummed with chakra as he attempted to slice his brother down the middle.

Minato flashed away to one of his kunai on top of the Third's head. He narrowed his eyes at his brother as the memories of how one got the EMS came back to him. "You stole tou-san's eyes didn't you," Minato said flatly. It was the only logical explanation.

"Yes! And it was surprisingly easy!" Chariko yelled as he went through the hand signs for a jutsu, "Katon: Gōka Messhitsu! (Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction)"

Minato's eyes widened as Chariko released as a massive stream of white-hot flames. There was only one thing to counter it, and by the time Minato decided on it, his body was already doing it.

"Katon: Gōka Messhitsu!" he roared out as his flames clashed against Chariko in a brilliant display of carnage and anarchy. They pushed against each other for a few moments before Minato disappeared in a flash of light. Chariko's eyes widened a second before he felt a Kunai pierce his chest, just barely missing his heart.

'He marked me with his seal! When!?' Chariko thought as he coughed up blood, his mask sliding back to the sides of his face. Looking up, he saw Minato standing a few feet away. But what shocked him most, was what his brother was holding.

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT! THAT SHOULD BE MINE!" Chariko roared. Minato was holding a large Gunbai. It had been something Chariko had tried to locate after killing their father, but he'd never been able to find it. Now he knew why.

Minato simply grimaced. "Futon: Gunbaigurētou~ēbu! (Futon: Gunbai Great Wave!)" Minato yelled as he swung the Gunbai at his brother with all his strength. From the Gunbai came a great wave of slicing air that flew toward Chariko.

Chariko's eyes widened, and his Susanoo began to form around him quickly. He only got as far as the ribcage before the blast hit and sent him flying out across the village.

An instant later, in a flash of light, Minato appeared flying through the air alongside him. Chariko's eyes darted to his brother but before he could react they both disappeared in another flash of brilliant yellow light.

Just then an apartment complex was sent flying through the air by one of the tails of the Kyūbi.

Miles from Konoha near the ocean

Minato and Chariko tumbled to the ground near a three pronged kunai buried to the hilt in a tree. They had both landed near the ocean on the coast of the Land of Fire.

"Die Minato!" Chariko roared, the black flames of Amaterasu covering the ground as he got to his feet and his eyesight darting toward his brother. Minato's Sharingan saw the attack coming, and his Susanoo formed around him. The rib cage of his yellow Susanoo took the brunt of the flames. Minato's eyes burned and began to bleed, but he ignored it.

Jumping behind the trees and out of his brother's eyesight, he released the Susanoo and dropped the flames to the ground where they continued to burn. Minato burst through the trees and attempted to nail his brother with his personally invented Rasengan. Chariko saw the attack coming and back flipped out of danger, ignoring the pain coming from his chest.

Chariko hit the ground and stumbled as he almost collapsed from having one of his main arteries cut. Blood was pouring down his shirt. 'No! NO I'M SO CLOSE!' Chariko raged. His chakra flared as his purplish black Susanoo formed around him, quickly evolving.

"See the true power of the Eternal Light! Konpurītobodi - sūzanū!(Complete Body - Susanoo!)" Chariko roared out as his Susanoo grew to a massive height. It resembled a tengu with outer armor. On it's left side it had a long katana in a sheath that his right Susanoo hand was gripping the handle of.

"I will not lose to you, brother!" Minato roared, his eyes flaring and bleeding profusely. While spinning violently, his yellow rib cage formed and quickly grew to a slightly shorter height than his brother's, glowing an ethereal golden color. Minato's Susanoo looked similar to his brother's, but his weapon was a large chain whip.

With a roar Chariko drew his massive fiery purple katana. Slashing it through the air he sent a crescent curve of purple chakra at his brother. Minato brought his massive hands up at the level of the slash, Chariko smirking and thinking that Minato had no way to deal with this attack.

Minato proved him wrong when two massive Rasengan formed in his hands, slamming into the chakra slash. "Chōōdama Rasengan!" Minato yelled out as he obliterated his brother's attack before launching himself across the terrain toward his brother's Susanoo. Pulling one hand back he swung for his brother's face.

So focused on nailing his target with his giant Rasengan, Minato didn't see Chariko bring the sword around and cut halfway through his own Susanoo's torso. His eyes pulsed in pain and it felt like every cell in his body was screaming. 'This pain of using the Susanoo is getting worse, like father said it would,' Minato grimaced. Bringing around his other Susanoo hand, he hit the other side of his brother's Susanoo face. Then both of their Susanoos dispelled from the strain and damage they had sustained.

Minato fell to the ground and hit it hard. Chariko flew through the air from the after-effects of Minato's Rasengan. A few moments later Minato pulled himself to his feet, moving toward where his brother had crashed. 'Must have run off. Not like him,' Minato mused at not finding him there. He then popped his dislocated shoulder back in with a sickening crack and winced at the pain before taking a deep breath and disappearing in a flash.

Moments before

With a sigh, Hiruzen ran forward and jumped out of his home office window and onto a nearby roof, looking around to get a better view of the village. He didn't even need to see the Kyūbi before he began heading toward its direction; the sheer evil presence of its chakra was so powerful that any ninja would be able to find the source with their eyes closed.

As soon as he approached the great beast, the Kyūbi actually turned its head toward him, as if sensing his presence. What was even worse… 'My god, could it be?' The Kyūbi's eyes held the Sharingan! 'How was that even possible?'

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Come Forth, Great Monkey King Enma!"

Not taking any risks, Hiruzen bit his thumb and summoned forth his greatest ally and weapon, Enma. Appearing through a small cloud of smoke, Enma's eyes widened when he saw the great demon ravaging the village in front of them.

"Good lord, it's the Nine-Tails!" he exclaimed, turning back to look at Hiruzen. "WHAT IS GOING ON SARUTOBI?"

"The Kyūbi has appeared within the village, and it looks like the beast somehow has a Kekkei Genkai!" Hiruzen quickly explained, pointing back to the giant fox. "Look! The Kyūbi has the Sharingan,"

Sure enough, with a closer look, Enma was able to spot the three tomoe eyes of the beast. "I think the Kyūbi might be being controlled Sarutobi, Bijū cannot have Kekkei Genkai," Enma said as he winced from the crash of a flying building hitting the ground.

"Let's not waste any time, Enma!" Hiruzen shouted out to his companion, completely not hearing what his partner said over the crash of another building "Transform and help me push the fox out of the village!"

"Right! Here I go Sarutobi!"

In another blast of smoke, Enma transformed into the famed black diamond staff and flew towards Hiruzen who caught it out of the air and spun it around to face the Nine-Tails. "Here we go!" he shouted while pushing his chakra into the staff. Instantly, the staff expanded outwards at an incredible rate, shooting forth hundreds of yards in a second all while growing as it went. By the time it reached the Kyūbi, the end of the staff was bigger than a house. It slammed into the beast with so much force that it actually managed to push it back, sending it flying backward and outside of the village's perimeter.

A massive cheer arose from the shinobi who had been in the area to see this incredible feat. Seconds later, Shikaku, the Head Ninja under the Fourth Hokage, landed next to Hiruzen. All around them, Jonin and ANBU ninja sped toward the Kyūbi.

"Lord Third!" Shikaku called out. "I've briefed the high-level ninja. They're to keep fighting the Kyūbi and keep it out of the village now… but the Fourth Hokage is nowhere to be found!"

Present

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Minato yelled as he dropped on top of the Kyūbi with his summon Gamabunta, and pinning the Kyūbi onto the ground. The ninja surrounding the Kyūbi let up a cheer and Sarutobi sighed in relief.

"Try to hold him down as long as you can. Teleporting something this big requires preparation," Minato said, rapidly going through hand seals.

"Are you crazy? I am not a miracle worker. Hurry!" Gamabunta shouted in response. The giant toad kicked back one of the flailing tails the Kyūbi had been attempting to whack him off with. Suddenly both Minato and Kyūbi disappeared in a massive, bright blinding light that made all the surrounding ninja cover their eyes. Gamabunta dispelled a moment later.

Large clearing outside Namikaze estate

Minato and the Kyūbi appeared outside the remains of his home. Not far away lay Nakada, wrapped in a cloth as he rested on a pedestal. Standing next to him was a man with pale white skin and straight red hair that covered the right side of his face, obscuring his eye. His only visible eye was a shocking violet color. He wore a black cloak with red clouds and a high collar, covering the rest of his body.

The man observed the Kyūbi then turned to Minato, "everything is prepared for the sealing Hokage-sama. Konan-chan is taking your message to the Third."

Minato nodded, "Thank you Nagato. I don't think I would be able to do this otherwise…" Minato suddenly collapsed on the ground in pain, his eyes bleeding. As a result, he lost control of the Kyūbi, who shook it's massive head as the Sharingan in it's eyes faded.

The Kyūbi looked around in confusion before resting it's slitted eyes on Minato. Anger filled its eyes before the Kyūbi's claw streaked toward the blonde haired man.

Minato smirked, 'going to die anyway, who cares how blind I am.' With that thought his Susanoo formed in a burst of yellow light, and grabbing the giant fox's paw, he threw the Kyūbi off balance, causing it to crash to the ground. Minato attempted to grab the fox's face to take back control of him with his Sharingan, but instead, his Susanoo faded away, exhaustion setting in.

The Kyūbi noticed his moment of weakness and swung a tail around, intending to flatten the blond man. His tail suddenly stopped in mid-air, as purple chakra chains suddenly grabbed it. The next moment even more chains burst out of the ground and wrapped themselves around the Kyūbi, binding him to the terrain with ease.

The fox beast growled and tried to stand but was unable.

"Thank you, Nagato. Again," Minato said, attempting to stand. Unable to do so, he found himself caught by a man with orange hair. The man smiled at him kindly, "Come Hokage-sama, let's finish this, eh?"

Minato nodded and with the orange haired man's help, limped over to the pedestal. "Start the sealing, and I will direct the creation of the seal. We will also deliver the key to your sensei afterward," Nagato said, sitting down cross-legged by the seal.

"Fūinjutsu: Shiki Fūjin! (Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal!)" Minato strained out, having finished the seals and dropping down next to the pedestal. The spectral image of the Shinigami appeared behind him, and he directed the arm of the death god to pull the restrained, but struggling, Kyūbi into Nakada. Pain coursed through his body, and he almost fell over, but was supported by the orange haired man.

Nagato's hands glowed blue as he held them over Nakada, his one visible eye staring at the slowly forming seal on Nakada's stomach. As Minato strained against the pain, he suddenly felt a warmth from his back. Looking behind him, he saw the man who had introduced himself as Yahiko holding a glowing green palm to his back. Nodding in thanks, Minato returned to his task of pulling the Kyūbi into his son.

Flashback

"Who's there!?" Minato yelled. Turning around with a Rasengan formed in his hands, he glared at the three shadowy figures in the darkness of his hideout.

"We mean you no harm, Yondaime," one said, sounding distinctly feminine.

The middle one stepped out of the darkness, his features becoming visible. He had red hair and one visible purple eye, the other covered by his hair. The other two stepped out, and Minato noticed they all wore the same cloak - black with red clouds and high collars.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Minato moved slowly between them and his wife's body and son.

"My name is Nagato, I am one of the students of your father." Minato's eyes widened majorly, staring at Nagato in shock.

"After your father took you to Konoha, he traveled the Nations. He eventually ran into my friends and me when we were but weak war suffering orphans from the war in the Land of Rain." At this, the man with spiky orange hair spoke up, "Your father found us, trained us, and took care of us. He helped us to bring peace to our land, and with your father's help, we were able to defeat the tyrant that was Amegakure's ruler, Hanzo of the Salamanders."

The purple haired woman with a paper flower in her hair spoke up next. "But your father was getting older, and no longer in his prime. The battle with Hanzo, even with our help, took much out of him. That is when your brother struck. He attacked your father out of the dark and stole his eyes before killing him. We were entirely unable to stop him…" she trailed off, the sadness and regret clear in her voice. All three of their faces showed their pain at losing their sensei.

"But, Madara told us about you, and how you had become strong in Konoha. We kept tabs on you over the years as I eventually became the leader of Amegakure. In fact, we were on our way here to introduce ourselves to you when we sensed the Kyūbi. Your father gave us a way to track you, and thus we found your hideout here." Nagato explained, his one visible eye looking past Minato at his bandaged son.

"We wish to help you seal the Bijū. I am extremely proficient in the sealing arts and can be of help. Konan here is very talented in a range of paper style jutsu, and Yahiko is talented mostly in water style jutsu," Nagato said, returning his gaze to the visibly relaxed Minato.

"You're an Uzumaki aren't you Nagato?" Minato asked, surprising the red-headed man. He nodded. "But I didn't know about my heritage until recently."

Minato smiled. "Which means you are related to my son, my wife…" Minato suddenly trailed off, but Konan understood and changed the subject.

"Hokage-sama, do you have a way to seal the Bijū? Presumably into your son?" Minato nodded in response, "I plan to use the Reaper Death Seal."

Nagato nodded in understanding, "If you wish, we can deliver a message to the Third so that he understands what happened."

"Yes, I believe that would be best," Minato said, quickly pulling out paper and writing a letter to the Third who most likely would take back up the hat after his death. "Go to my mansion with Nakada and prepare for the sealing. After I defeat my brother I will teleport the Kyūbi there… thank you for your help." Minato still had some misgivings about the trio, but he felt that he could trust them.

"Understood, Konan will deliver the letter," Nagato said. Taking Nakada from Minato, they quickly made their exit, heading toward the Hokage's mansion.

"Here we go. Forgive me Kushina-hime," Minato sighed before disappearing in a bright flash of light.

End Flashback

"Minato, what do you want us to do with Nakada?" Nagato started, pulling Minato out of his thoughts and back to the task at hand. "I hope that the village will see him as a hero, I explained it to Sarutobi in my letter."

"All I ask is that you take him to Sarutobi. He will know what to do and take care of Nakada." Minato groaned in pain and Yahiko poured more chakra into Minato.

"Understood, we will come and check on Naruto after a few years. I will look after my oikko-san after all." Nagato chuckled, watching as Nakada's arm began to regenerate from the Kyūbi's chakra. It was the first thing he had directed it to do upon entering the boy's system. Nagato was glad that they had put the small child to sleep so that he could not feel the pain of having the strongest Bijū forced into his body.

"T-Thank you… I have to go now," Minato said, calm settling over him as he felt the Shinigami reach for him from behind him.

"You did the best you could Hokage-sama. Perhaps we will see each other again in the next world," Yahiko said from behind him, stepping away as Minato's soul was removed from his body. Nagato and Yahiko saw his soul smiling before disappearing entirely.

"It is done, let us go," Nagato said, standing and picking up the red-headed whiskered boy.

Yahiko nodded, and a moment later four chains shot out of Nagato's back. Slamming into the surrounding ground, they lifted him up, and he began moving through the trees, the chains acting as legs while he floated in the middle of them, carrying Nakada Uzumaki.

Yahiko warped water chakra around him, and moving it under him he stood on the surface of the water, making the water in a wave through the trees. He forced the water to follow after his childhood friend toward the Hokage Tower.

With Sarutobi

"We have not found the Fourth Hokage, Lord Third. Our best guess is that he was killed when he killed the Kyūbi," a Jonin stated as he stood next to the retired Hokage.

"Bijū cannot be killed, he must have sealed it somehow. Until we find Minato and this is all worked out, I will return to the mantle of Hokage. Understood?" Sarutobi said firmly, his face serious as he stared out across the destruction of the village. Not all of it was destroyed, but there was a giant trampled pathway from the North gate toward the center.

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" all the Ninja responded and saluted the Professor. Sarutobi nodded. "Continue searching for the Fourth, also begin rebuilding and relocation. Look for survivors in the pathway of the Kyūbi," he ordered, then disappeared in a shunshin. The Shinobi all nodded and vanished toward their respective groups to transmit and follow the Third's orders.

The Third appeared in the Hokage office in a swirl of leaves. He didn't think he would ever be taking back up the hat, but for now, it was what was needed. Sarutobi grimaced as he thought about how many Shinobi died today protecting their village against the Bijū. Sarutobi made a mental note to check at Minato's house. 'WAIT! WHERE IS KUSHINA?!'

Sarutobi's mind clicked into place, the direction of destruction, Kushina being the container, pregnant… 'Oh no… no no NO!' Sarutobi left the village faster than he had ever before in his life, almost flying toward Minato's mansion, following the massive path of destruction made by the Kyūbi. 'She wasn't supposed to deliver for another month!' Sarutobi nearly freaked, it all made sense now.'

Only a couple of moments later did he arrive at the decimated house that used to be Minato's mansion. Landing on top of the rubble he searched around frantically, and a moment later he found the clearing.

He saw a small pedestal with still burning candles on it. Confusion was written all over his face as he tried to understand what happened.

"Lord Third, my name is Konan, I'm a friend of Minato's." Sarutobi turned quickly toward the voice, seeing a lady appearing in mid-air, paper coming together to form her body before she alighted on the ground. Her orange eyes stared at him as he took in her features, purple hair with a paper flower and wrapped in a black cloak with red clouds.

"Much has happened, all will be explained. Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze's bodies have been delivered to the Hokage Tower."

Sarutobi sighed deeply, 'they are both dead then…'

Konan picked up on his thoughts. "Minato wrote you a letter before his death, which is also at the Hokage Tower. We arrived there just after you left," Konan explained. Sarutobi nodded and disappeared in a leaf shunshin toward his tower. Konan faded into paper and fluttered away.

A few moments later Sarutobi appeared within his office, the room different from how he had left it. On the two couches laid the bodies of Kushina and Minato. Kushina looked in terrible shape, and Sarutobi could easily tell that both were no more.

Sarutobi was suddenly turned toward his desk at the sound of a baby crying. Sitting on his desk was a small basket and within was a redheaded infant, three whisker marks on each side of his face. Picking up the child he noticed a scroll with the Namikaze crest sitting by the basket. Sarutobi carefully held the boy and opened the scroll.

'Hello Sarutobi, I regret to inform you that by the time you read this I will be dead. As you knew, Kushina was pregnant with our son, but things went wrong.

I have never told you or anyone else this, but I have a brother, and I do know who my father is. I lived with him and my mother for six years before coming to Konoha. After Kushina gave birth to our son, my brother attacked, wanting revenge for our mother. My brother Chariko believes that I let our mother die in an attack from Iwa shinobi years ago, which I didn't. Regardless, Chariko blames me for her death and has hated me ever since.

My brother cut off Nakada's arm, and as I was trying to stop the bleeding, he pulled the Kyūbi out of Kushina. Now I know this isn't usually possible. You see, our father was Madara Uchiha, and both my brother Chariko and I possess the Sharingan.'

At this Sarutobi nearly dropped the scroll and baby Nakada in shock. Getting control of himself he set the baby boy back into the basket and continued reading.

'I kept my Sharingan a secret for many reasons. It is likely that Nakada will also possess the Sharingan.

Sarutobi, I want you to take care of my son. I want the villagers to see him as the hero he is for containing the Kyūbi. When Nakada becomes Chunin, I want his heritage explained to him and his inheritance given to him. While the mansion was destroyed, the basement still remains. I would also request that you rebuild the estate for Nakada to use one day.

I am genuinely sorry for hiding things from you Sarutobi-sempai, I hope that you can forgive me. All I ask is that you care for Nakada, and make sure he has a good life. He must be known as Nakada Uzumaki until he is strong enough to defend himself. If his heritage is not kept a secret, then my brother will come back for him.

Last thing, three students of my father are helping me with sealing the Kyūbi. One, the one named Nagato, is the new leader of Amegakure, and he is an Uzumaki. He will be returning to the village in a few years to check in and introduce himself to Nakada.

That is all,

Minato Namikaze-Uchiha'

Sarutobi did drop the scroll at this point, shock clearly on his face as he processed everything that he had read. Turning back to the boy he smiled, "I promise Minato… Kushina… that I will look after your son."

END CHAPTER

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