The Eyes Of The Kyuubi
Chapter 2
Kushina could not understand what was going on. All she felt was extreme pain coming from the seal. She had to focus nearly all of her chakra to keep the beast within her contained. She was thankful to have Minato by her side though; he was truly a magnificent man and she was so blessed to be bringing their first child into this world, no matter how painful it was. She could see how determined he was as he worked on the seal. Together they would be able to keep back the demon. Then out of no where, there was a loud thump; not being able to turn her head to where the sound came from, she looked at Minato to see his reaction to the noise. What she saw made her eyes widen with fear. Minato's eyes were full of fear and despair. She tried calling out to him but her voice was so rasped from screaming in agony. So she did the next best thing she could do, she wrapped her hand around his arm to give him peace of mind. But it only lasted a few seconds because the demon attacked the seal again causing Kushina to squeezing Minato's arm like crazy and cry out in unimaginable agony.
She began to go in and out of consciousness from all the pain. 'I have to be strong.' Kushina thought, 'For Minato's sake'. Due to the pain and losing consciousness, she could not hear or make out if anything was being said. So she focused as hard as she could to Minato's facial expressions. He now had his planning face on, his eyes were slightly clouded over, almost like he was in a daze, but she knew he was thinking hard and coming up with a plan.
As quick as lighting, Kushina saw Minato create a shadow clone and throw a kunai across the room. 'Who is he fighting? Where is the Third's wife?' Thought Kushina desperately. In the next second, she saw Minato teleport away and the clone begin working on her seal. 'What is he thinking?! A clone will only have half of his chakra! This will not be enough to fight of the demon.'
Kushina began the panic, but calmed down slightly when she saw that he had returned with their son in his arms. She saw the little boy sound asleep in his father's arms. It melted Kushina's heart and brought a smile to her face, but it did not last long. The next thing she saw was Minato fall to his knees and the shadow clone poof away. The pain from the seal came back immediately, which caused Kushina to scream once again. Her body began to shake as she tried her best to fight off the demon's attempts to escape. She was beginning to lose consciousness again which would no doubt lead to the Kyuubi being set free, but she then felt the warmth of hands on the seal and felt the pain beginning to fall away. She slowly opened her eyes expecting to see Minato with a goofy grin on his face. But what she saw instead terrified her to her very core. It was the dark figure.
"Amazing, Uzumakis truly do have thick skin. You have been able to fight off the most powerful of all the tailed beasts and live. I am truly impressed." Said the venomous voice. Kushina's eyes widened from the fear she was feeling. The figure's voice was made of darkness that made her skin crawl and made her sweat buckets. She tried to raise her arms to attack the figure but she found that she had been tied down to the table and was unable to move.
"While you do have the strength to survive the onslaught from the demon, I doubt you will survive the extraction of one. It truly is sad to see one of the last Uzumakis die, but I must claim my pet from you." Kushina did not know what to do. The figure's hands began to work on the seal to bring the demon out of her. Was it mad?! She tried to break the bonds but it was no use, she hardly had any energy left and almost all of her chakra had been used up trying to contain the beast. Was this the end for her? Was she just brought into this world to be a vessel so that one day some dark figure could take her very existence away? Her eyes began to water, tear streamed down her cheeks. This was the end.
Just as the dark figure was about to complete the opening of the seal, there was a bright flash of gold and a solid thump to the head of the dark figure. It flew into the wall creating a massive crack in the wall. Kushina's eyes widen with joy when she saw Minato in his legendary ninja armour; The very same armour that served him well when he was with ANBU.
Minato stared darkly at the dark figure as it slowly began to rise back up. "You will not touch my wife again you monster." Spewed Minato. He was expecting a major retaliation, or a terrifying rebuke from the figure. A laugh was the last thing Minato expected to come from the mysterious figure.
"You really believe you can stop me? You do not have the slightest idea who you are picking a fight with Hokage. I will have that pet, and you will have your head placed upon a pike."
The figure began to raise his hand again as it started glowing just like the last time. Minato expected this and threw his kunai at the figure. The figure phased threw the kunai but it was a long enough distraction for Minato to avoid the attack this time. He teleported to the kunai and began throwing kicks and punches at the dark figure. He wasn't able to land a single hit as every attack went straight through his opponent's body. This was all part of the plan however as a shadow clone was busy cutting the bonds around Kushina.
The dark figure saw the clone working away at the bonds. This greatly angered the figure; in its next action, it caught Minato's arm in its left hand. This stopped Minato for a split second as it caught him off guard. Before Minato could strike again, he felt himself being pushed back and flung across the room, right into the wall. The shock wave destroyed the clone that was so close to freeing Kushina. Minato coughed up a small amount of blood and then slowly raised his head to look at the dark figure.
"You pushed your chakra through your chakra points to create that push. How do you know of the Hyuga's fighting style?" Questioned Minato. This greatly disturbed Minato knowing that there was an enemy out there that knew the fighting style of the Hyuga clan. The dark figure looked at Minato.
"That should be the least of your concerns." As soon as it said this, Kushina began to scream. The demon was about the break out. She had been trying her hardest to keep fighting against the demon, but it was a losing cause. The seal was almost broken, all the beast had to do was smash it one more time and it would be free.
Everything moved in slow motion. Both the dark figure and the Fourth Hokage bolted for Kushina; they were just about to reach her when there was a massive flash of red. The Kyuubi was slowing coming out of the seal. Its chakra flowing like a river threw a broken damn. The cave exploded all around them, and that's when they heard it. The deafening roar of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Its eyes glowing with rage and anger focused only on the village hidden in the leaves. Destruction was about to rain on all of them.