Prologue

Namikaze Minato stared down sadly at his son, thinking of the events that had led up to this particular moment. Just days ago he was the happiest man in the world. His wife was alive, his son was due to be born any day, and his precious village was safe from any and all threats.

The news of the Kyuubi's approach had been, unwelcomed to say the least. After that, everything started falling apart. His Kushina had started having problems with her pregnancy, due to stress no doubt, his shinobi were being slaughtered like inexperienced children, and he didn't know what to do. Ninjutsu didn't seem to work on the great beast of legend, not even his mighty rasengan. For the first time in his ninja career, the great Yellow Flash was out of options.

Except for one. The shiki fuiin, which would cost him his life, was the villages only hope. Unfortunatly, he would be turning his son into a jinchuuriki, and leaving his precious wife behind to raise their son, despite all the dangers. He hated himself for even thinking it, but he knew it had to be done.

Then, the worst blow to him personally, the death of Kushina. No one had expected it, even though there had been problems, none of the medics expected them to be great enough to end her life.

And now, he was staring at his only son, who, in a few minuets, would be without a mother or father, and left with the greatest burdon one could possibly be asked to bare, and he didn't even have a say in it.

'' Forgive me, Naruto.'' He whispered.

'' No, forgive me.'' The sound of Jiraya's voice startled him.

''Wha-'' Minato started, but stopped as his world became black. Jiraya caught his students body and laid him on the ground.

'' I can't let you do this.'' He said to the unconscious hokage, '' Naruto needs you, the village needs you.'' He turned to his teacher and smiled. '' So this is good bye, eh, old man?''

'' It doesn't have to be you, I can do this. You are more valuable to this village then some old man.'' Sarutobi said.

'' But you are not a seal master, and I can't teach you in ten minuets. Besides sensei, this is how it should be, I, the gallant Jiraya of the legendary sannin, great sage of the Myokubazan Mountain Toads , will sacrifice my life in the service of my village and hokage. This'll be the most spectacular death in the history of the village.'' He smiled, '' I always wanted to go out with a bang.''

Before Sarutobi could say anything more, Jiraya disappeared, and within minuets, the Kyuubi no Kitsune was safely sealed inside of Namikaze Naruto.

Chapter 1: Yondaime Lives

Minato opened his eyes and tendlerly poked at the sore spot on the back of his head. His eyes widened as he recalled the voice he had heard before he was, presumibly, knocked out. He shot upright and glanced around furiously,' please tell me he didnt...'.

'' Calm down Minato.'' An elderly voice called out to him. '' Kyuubi is gone, you needn't worry.''

Minato focused his attention on his predecessor, '' How?'' he asked, dreading the answer. '' The only other person who could have sealed it was...'' He trailed off.

Sarutobi nodded. '' Jiraya is dead. He sacrificed himself to seal the demon in your son.''

Minato clenched his fists as he faught back tears. First Kushina, then his sensei, who else was he going to lose before the day was done. He looked up quickly, '' Where is Naruto?'' He asked with earnest.

Sarutobi held the infant out to him. '' He's right here, he's just fine.''

Minato reached out and grabbed him from the elderly sandaime. He smiled down at his son. '' Thank you, sensei.'' He said softly as he kissed his son's forehead. '' At least I will get to watch you grow, right, Naruto?'' The infant gurgled happily, big, brilliant blue eyes sparkling with love. Minato hugged him close and just closed his eyes, relishing in the peace his son brought to his aching soul.

A few hours later, Minato made his way with Naruto to the council chambers to discuss the nights events. As far as he knew, just over 300 of his shinobi forces had been killed, along with 150 injured. Of the 150, a little over a hundred were expected to recover enough to return to active duty in the near future, which was fairly good news. Luckily there was no damage done to the village itself or it's civilians, Jiraya had managed to stop the beast before it reached the village proper.

He sat down at the head of the table and scrutinized each clan head individually. '' I assume you all know most of whats going on, so I'll be brief. At 0300 hours, Jiraya of the Sannin sacrificed his life to seal the Kyuubi away in my son using the Shiki Fuiin I developed. I designed this seal myself, so I assure you all there is no possibility of the beast escaping or possessing Naruto.''

He held Naruto up and smiled widely, '' He is keeping us all safe, he is a hero.'' He smiled as he noticed many of the clan heads nodding in agreement.

Uchiha Fugaku frowned. '' Are you positive the seal cannot fail?''

Minato nodded. '' One hundred percent. You have nothing to worry about. ''

Haruno Ichigo stood up. '' Even so, we should end this threat permanently. We have no idea what could happen in the future, this is for the good of the village, the Kyuubi must be killed.''

Hyuuga Hiashi stood up rigidly, '' You are speaking of excuting not only a citizen of Konoha, but the Hokage's own son you fool!'' he said coldly.

Fugaku voiced his agreement with the Haruno clan. '' This should be put to a vote, with all due respect, Hokage-sama, he is your son, you are not being objective, the im-''

'' Respect? REPSECT? You are asking me to kill my child, my heir. There is no respect in that. There will be no vote, I know the workings of this seal, it will hold and Kyuubi will be imprisoned for the rest of it's life. Any threats against my son will be treated as an attack against my person and will be treated as such. Further more, I am passing a law forbidding anyone to reveal this fact to anyone who is, as of now, ignorant of the current situation. For Naruto's safety, and that of the Konoha, the knowlege of his status as a Jinchuuriki is an S-rank village secret. Those who break this law will be sentenced to death. This is my decree as the Yondaime Hokage. This meeting is adjourned. I will make a formal statement in due time.''

By the next morning, the Yondaime's decree had been set. Only the shinobi that had been present at the battle knew the truth, along with the council members of coarse. Minato sighed and hoped everything would turn out for the better.

Well, there it is folks, the first chapter. Review and tell me if you think it's any good. =] The chapters will get longer, I promise, sorry that this one is so short. Ja ne!