(Night of the Kyuubi attack)

Splash. The sound of the anbu ninja hitting the river below went unheard, as the attacker had disposed of the other guards previously. Quietly the attacker sunk into the entrance of the cave in which Kushina Uzumaki was giving birth to her twins. The infiltrator was a masked man with dark hair and the mask concealing his face had one eyehole, it was decorated with black markings. The man also wore a cloak a dark cloak with red clouds that concealed the rest of his body.

As he walked further into the cave he could begin to make out muffled sounds of pain through the various walls between him and the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi. Only a matter of time now until the time was right where he could take the Kyuubi for himself to wreak havoc among the citizens of Konoha. Something he had not expected however was that Kushina would be giving birth to two children rather than just one, this would just make his mission all the easier.

(Birth room)

"Ahhhhh" Kushina cried out as she gave birth to her first child. This child looked rather calm for a newborn, something unexpected but it just showed that he was either tired or sleepy. He had orange hair.

"That's the first one" the nurse said as she hurried to get the child dry and keep him warm.

"Keep your eyes on the seal Minato, don't get distracted, if you fail then all of us will be in great danger" the elder said to Minato noticing that he was trying to get a look at his firstborn.

"Right sorry" Minato replied and went back to focusing on the seal that seemed to almost be halfway open on Kushina's stomach. The seal was very hard to keep shut because of the massive amounts of chakra he had to pour into it and also due to the fact that the Kyuubi was struggling harder than ever to break through the seal at this time of weakness shown during the birth period where Kushina would be at her weakest.

"Just keep focused, at the time Mito gave birth to a child the Kyuubi almost broke free even with all the precautions we made and that was with only one child, it's a miracle the seal has only opened as far as it has, you will have to give it your all to keep the Kyuubi restrained for the birth of the second child because she won't have any energy left after this" the elder said trying to urge Minato to keep the Kyuubi at bay.

The masked man prepared to enter the room when he heard the second child was finally born. He used Kamui to slip into the room undetected and instantly took out the anbu stationed in the room all while doing the same to the nurses although to a much lesser extent, he had no need to kill them so why should he?

Once all the nurses had been taken out he picked up the two twins that were covered in cloth in one arm and slowly retreated to the back of the room. "Step away from the Jinchuriki" the masked man commanded Minato who was the only man left standing in the room.

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"Huh…alive, but how could I be alive? I distinctly remember dying" Ichigo thought as he slowly began to gain an awareness of his surroundings "and why do I remember? Wasn't it when someone was reborn or died they forgot everything"

"Well kingy you ain't exactly normal" a hollow voice spoke in Ichigo's mind.

Hollow voice? What could that mean? Wait! Even his hollow was with him.

"It seems that you have been reborn and you do retain your memories and what not buuuut we have new parents and your strength and reiryoku levels have hit rock bottom meaning that this whole rebirth process has wiped you clean, in other words your as harmless at a regular child, you're gonna have to work to get all that power back" the hollow said "although it seems that your fullbring remains by the looks of it, I mean the extra looks I get from you gaining that power makes me look badass."

"You aren't gonna try take over are you? 'Cause that's all I'm really worried about at the moment…wait what about Zangetsu? what about him?" Ichigo said to his hollow.

"Nah, there's no need to beat you up anymore to get stronger at least at the moment anyway and Zangestu, I can't seem to find him in here, either he's permanently merged with you or he's still sleeping" the hollow said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ichigo said annoyed at the fact that his hollow hadn't given him a straight answer for his first question.

"What it means is I'm not gonna try take over unless your about to die and you could really do with a boost and get all your wounds healed and that I'll be happy to fight you anytime" the hollow said back.

"Alright then…where's Tou-san and Ka-san, you know my new parents?" Ichigo asked the hollow.

"Just open your eyes and look to your right, some evil dude has come to try and take us away from the looks of it, I don't know the full situation I only just woke up myself" the hollow said.

With the conversation in his head over Ichigo slowly opened his eyes to look at his new environment. At first there in front of him was a masked man who seemed to be demanding something called a Jinchuriki. Losing focus on said man Ichigo turned his head to the right to see a blond haired man with blue eyes looking worriedly into his own.

"Must be Tou-san" Ichigo thought before his gaze drifted over to a red headed woman who was trying to arch her head backwards to look at him "and that must be Ka-san." Ichigo continued to liger his gaze on them for a while longer before his father stepped forward and vanished appearing above the masked man that held Ichigo. "F…f..fast" Ichigo thought.

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"But…" Minato tried to plead but was cut off by the man's commanding voice as he repeated the same words again.

"Step away from the Jinchuriki" the masked man said a little louder this time.

"Save them Minato" Kushina pleaded from her spot on the bed she was lying on obviously in pain that the Kyuubi was attempting to escape still, that fact was proven by the black bulge from the centre of the seal mark on her stomach that was present.

Minato jumped forwards and used Hiranshin to move above the attacker and retrieve his children, however that didn't work as the man already anticipated this and had already begun to move towards Kushina making him react and move back in front of her to catch the attacker before he got to her. Again Minato was unable to catch the man as he threw the blond headed boy he carried at Minato who almost fumbled and dropped the baby at his surprise. However that moment didn't last long as the distinct sound of paper bombs filled the air and ignited almost instantaneously. Minato managed to get the cloth off of his child just in time and used his Hiranshin to move it to the training grounds before taking himself and his child to his home.

"Now you stay here for now and wait for me ok" Minato said to the sleeping child as he lay the baby in the bed in the room that could be assumed to be the child's. After placing the child in the bed he once again used Hiranshin to teleport outside to find his wife.

(Some place outside the village)

"What are you doing?" Kushina yelled at the masked man while she remained tied by her wrists by chakra seals that held her in place to prevent her from moving, escaping or even saving Ichigo from the mans clutches.

"I" the man said pausing a little "have waited many years for this day…a day where I would be able to extract the Kyuubi from you and use it's power to destroy Konoha…and that day is today because you" he said pointing at Kushina "had children brought forth into this world, the seal restraining the Kyuubi is weaker than ever now, and I will not miss my chance" the man finished before he looked at Kushina in the eyes with his sharingan. Red chakra spewed forth from her body as the Kyuubi struggled even harder than before to release itself of the chains that held it in confinement because the man willed it to do so.

Finally the beast burst forth from Kushina's body and she collapsed to the ground coughing and wheezing as the Kyuubi let out a mighty roar into the distance.

"Holy shit…" Ichigo thought as he looked up at the giant beast that was sealed inside his mother "that…thing was inside Ka-san" Ichigo finished looking at the sight that was the Kyuubi and looked back to his mother who was barely holding onto her consciousness struggling not to fall asleep and keep looking at him. Ichigo had had enough this guy was hurting his Ka-san and he didn't like it "hey you bastard stay away from her" Ichigo tried to yell but all that came from his mouth was the cry of a child, not what he wanted "Tsk, great, I'm like a newborn in everyway, I can't even speak" Ichigo said to himself.

"I'm amazed that you're still alive," the masked man said "the host usually dies when the beast is extracted, the Uzumaki really are something else, to survive an extraction and just after childbirth and two at that, it's definitely impressive."

Suddenly Minato appeared beside Kushina in a flash. "What?! Is he teleporting now or something 'cause that definitely wasn't speed" Ichigo though as he saw his Tou-san come to apparently his and his mothers rescue.

"Minato save him save Ichigo" Kushina pleaded from her position in Minato's arms while looking into his eyes heartbroken at the fact that their son could die at any moment only minutes old.

"Finally got a name for him did you" Minato said earning a slight nod from Kushina before he continued "I will save him but I can't save both of you at the same time" Minato said before looking up again at the masked man.

"I should have expected you to come save her" the man said " but no matter, Kyuubi destroy them" the man commanded the beast.

The Kyuubi listened to the mans words and raised one of it's claws before letting it descend at blinding speeds to wipe out Minato and Kushina, both of which had disappeared by the time the claw finally hit the ground.

The man swayed to and fro on his feet a little before sticking a foot out turning around and stepping forward disappearing into a Kamui as he left to head to the village. "Oh well, they managed to escape but I got the Kyuubi…" the man then paused and stopped in the Kamui before looking down at the child he held in his arms both of his violet eyes looking straight at the man with a look of anger "now why are you looking at me like that?" the man said before Ichigo spit in his face. "Ahhahahahaaaaa," the man screamed running in circles inside the pocket dimension they were in "you got it in my eye! Why would you do that?" the man said hysterically before calming down and finally wiping his eye with his sleeve.

"Heh, serves you right for doing that to my Ka-san" Ichigo said in his mind.

"You're being rather possessive aren't you kingy" the hollow spoke up.

"Oh shut up, my first mother Masaki died because of a madman like him, I'll feel depressed for the rest of my life if that happens here" Ichigo said back.

(Uzumaki/Namikaze house)

Minato appeared in the room that Naruto lay in and placed Kushina on the bed with him. Naruto was sleeping peacefully, completely oblivious to the happenings of the world around him as Kushina lay next to him checking him over before looking over to face Minato once more.

"You'll save him won't you? You'll save him" Kushina said tears welling up in her eyes as she looked at Minato voice cracking.

"Of course I will, I'll come back with him" Minato said as he put on his coat with fourth Hokage written on the back of it with flame like markings on the edge of the coat at the bottom. That was all Kushina needed to hear before her head collapsed to the pillow and she passed out from exhaustion.

Minato took one last look at Kushina before he disappeared out to find Ichigo and stop the man who was controlling the Kyuubi.

(Outside village walls)

The masked man was now just outside the walls of Konoha preparing to perform a summoning jutsu to bring the Kyuubi into the village and destroy it.

"Summoning Jutsu" the man said performing the necessary hand signs and slamming his hand into the ground. The area was instantly covered in a cloud of smoke as the Kyuubi came into existence underneath the man who summoned it, somehow still holding Ichigo in his arms while performing the jutsu.

"Ahh now…let's begin, Kyuubi destroy the village" the man commanded and so the Kyuubi began it's attack on the village.

(Hokage Monument)

On the other side of the village a Minato appeared on one of the Hokage faces and looked at the Kyuubi as it began destroying the village by swiping it's claws down upon the buildings. "Where is he? Where is Ichigo?" Minato thought as he scanned the area quickly knowing that he wouldn't have much time before he had to fight the Kyuubi and save the village but he needed to look quickly, for Kushina, and himself. "There! On the Kyuubi with the masked man" Minato said in his mind "I've gotta save him and now"

While Minato was watching the Kyuubi he failed to notice that the Kyuubi had stopped it's attack on the village until it began staring him down. "So you've noticed me huh…Kyuubi" Minato thought as he looked back at it in the eyes. Not long after the staring contest began the Kyuubi decided to form red and blue chakra balls in the air around it, which then all fused together and formed a giant purple ball of chakra that was then launched at Minato.

"No you don't" Minato thought while forming various hand signals and pouring chakra into his jutsu creating a tear in the space in front of him surrounded by floating symbols of the justsu outlining its border. The giant Chakra ball then slammed into the space-time jutsu and disappeared moments later an explosion happened in the distance suggesting that that is where Minato sent the Kyuubi's attack.

After that Minato bit his thumb drawing blood while running over towards the Kyuubi jumping into the air and performing some hand signs before doing his own summoning jutsu "Summoning Jutsu" Minato shouted. A cloud of smoke appeared before Gamabunta and another giant toad with two giant pronged poles. "Could you hold down the Kyuubi for a moment" Minato shouted not really giving them a choice as he had pretty much summoned them over the top of the Kyuubi when he had summoned them.

"You're not giving us much of a choice now are you Minato, but we'll do our best, you better hurry up though it won't be long before he breaks free of our grip" Gamabunta said to Minato while trying to hold down the Kyuubi.

"Thanks, you're giving me all the time I need" Minato said as he yet again performed another jutsu that sent both himself and the Kyuubi out of the village and crashing into another site not too far from the village.

"Where are they third Hokage?" a Jonin asked Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third Hokage.

"Over there, let's go" Sarutobi said when he saw some dust pick up in the distance pointing to it and immediately sprinting towards it to help the fourth.

(Another place somewhere outside the village)

"Shit that last jutsu really took it out of me, transporting something the size of the Kyuubi is no easy task, it has to be sealed but how…where's Ichigo?" Minato began frantically looking in all directions for any sign of him but couldn't see any. "I see…" Minato thought as he narrowed his eyes "forgive me Kushina"

Minato disappeared using Hiranshin and reappeared in the room where Kushina and Naruto lay resting. Minato then walked up to Kushina and bent over kissing her on the cheek before picking up Naruto who shifted in his arms at the sudden movement of being lifted out of the comfortable warmth of his mother. "Sorry" Minato said before he left in a flash leaving Kushina asleep by herself in the room still completely drained.

The Kyuubi had finally gotten back onto it's feet when Minato returned with Naruto in his arms "That jutsu really leaves you feeling dizzy and unwell" the Kyuubi thought as it stumbled to it's feet only to see Minato erecting a sealing barrier to keep other out of his affair with the Kyuubi. Another barrier was made around the Kyuubi itself to stop it for the mean time not that it would take any longer than a minute for the Kyuubi to break through, that would be all the time he needed to complete the ritual.

"No what do you think you are doing foolish human? I will not be sealed again! This vessel looks even more pathetic than my last one! Do you seriously think this child has what it takes to have my entirety sealed into himself" the Kyuubi spoke putting emphasis on my.

"No your right," Minato said to the Kyuubi "he won't be able to handle it…yet"

That just confused the Kyuubi what did he mean by yet?

"I have a feeling that…sometime in the future someone will use the shinigami's mask to free all the souls that have been trapped inside it, so I will not be cursed to staying in that thing for more than a few years and I will be able to pass on freely and properly" Minato said, the Kyuubi's eyes widening at the explanation. Minato summoned the shinigami.

"Are you insane?" the Kyuubi roared.

"No, but I think you are" Minato said as the shinigami began reaching through Minato and towards the intended target, the Kyuubi. "I'm going to seal away half of your power into myself and my son." As soon as Minato said that the shinigami hand ripped out half of the Kyuubi's soul and power and sealed it within Minato.

"What about your other son…eh Min-a-to" the Kyuubi taunted "You know what that man said while he had your son in his arms? No? Perfect insurance. You know what that means don't you he's going to train him to fight against the village" the Kyuubi finished roaring at the top of it's voice.

"Shut up!" Minato roared back at the Kyuubi "Ichigo will never do that!" Minato said adamant to the fact that he believed that his son would never turn against his own people much less his parents or mother once he's gone. "Eight trigrams seal!" Minato shouted and with a bright flash the Kyuubi was gone and a new swirl like marking lay at the centre of Naruto's stomach in which the Kyuubi lay behind bars. "Sorry Kushina" Minato said as he collapsed to his knees finally starting to get the cold feeling of dying "I failed to save Ichigo…and I have laid a curse upon Naruto" and with those final words Minato toppled over dead.