Chapter 1 : Troubles of a Shadow
Beta-ed by Snake-born
Two years later
Sarutobi Hiruzen was sitting in the Hokage's office with a very painful headache. The events that led up to this very moment,with him sitting in the Hokage's chair again after retiring and the two infants at his sides were to blame. Both these kids were demon containers,Jinchuuriki,sacrifices for a village he feared would not show any gratitude.
One was the container of the Yonbi demon ape and the other contained the most powerful tail demon in the world;the Kyuubi no kitsune.
It all began about a week ago.
He was traveling south at full speed,trying to make record time back home. Five men Anbu team behind him,and the toad sage Jiraiya matching his pace. They had just come from a meeting with the leaders of lightning to discuss a possible alliance which was by the request of the Reikage himself. Minato,the current Hokage, had a lot of paper work to do so he could not make it. So,refusing to take over the paper work,Sarutobi saw best to just go himself. Anything is better than those damn papers. Fortunately the Reikage was understanding. The meeting itself was a success,although he couldn't shake the feeling that they where up to something,but he figured sometimes you just have to have faith in a person or persons that they have good intentions.
So now they have just past the steep lands of lightning country and where about to enter the forests of fire country."Old man!," Jiraiya called to him as they ran."You know we are going to have to set up camp soon?"
"Yes! We'll be stopping within the forests of Fire country! Camp will be safer in there!"Sarutobi spared him a glance as they ran.
"Yes,I know that, it's just ,there is a village a little west from here and I thought that maybe you might want to spend the night there! Plus there's a very good place I can do my research!"Jiraiya reasoned
Sarutobi seemed to be considering it. A good,comfy place to sleep could well be what the doctor ordered and god knows the research Jiraiya does is for a good course. The old retired Hokage raised his hand to signal a right turn, but then he noticed a ball of flames brake through the planet's atmosphere at a incredible speed so he instead signaled a stop.
The five Anbu members stopped when they saw the sign,turning their eyes to where their leader was looking they saw a small sphere encased in flames heading for the Earth. The group decided to go investigate. It didn't look like it was going to land very far so they wouldn't be too of track.
As they got closer to where the object was to hit,they stopped,going any closer could be too dangerous so they watched it descend from a distance. The thing came down and hit the earth with a deafening BOOM! Leaving a gigantic crater."Whow" A ram masked ANBU said after witnessing the impact.
"Whow,is right"Jiraiya said. His eyes not leaving the dusty area of the impact. The crater was huge and in the very centre lay a white sphere. It had a smooth surface and didn't look anything like a rock,and if they didn't know better they'd say it was men made.
As shinobi,they were taught to approach every situation with caution,as if their life depended on it. This was no different. The thing was just too round and too smooth to be a meteorite. For all they know,it could be a trap from another village. Maybe Iwa. That village has always been known for their earth shattering jutsus.
Sarutobi began to make hand seals." You're not thinking of going are you?"Jiraiya asked his old sensei.
Sarutobi smiled at Jiraiya .Being Hokage may be stressful,but it has it's perks. Perks like learning forbidden techniques from the Hokage's personal library. 'And one of the most useful ones would be...' He thought,holding the last seal."Kage bunshin no justu!"Another Sarutobi appeared in to existence next to him and instantly jumped into the crater,needing absolutely no caution .Landing,the clone took off sprinting towards the object.
As it got closer,it could swear it heard the sound of a baby...crying. Then it noticed that the sphere had a...window? or rather a glass barrier. Something that is used by people so they would be able to look outside while in. This would mean that this whole thing didn't happen by accident and could definitely be a trap.
As the clone drew closer,the sphere began to open. First emitting a gas around what looked to be the door,then it slowly began to open.
As soon as the door began to move,the sound of the baby got louder and could now be heard by the others standing at the edge of the crater. As soon as they did ,they all exchanged surprised faces,not believing what they where hearing. 'What kind of monster would do this to a child.' Sarutobi thought.
The clone noticed something come out of the sphere. It looked like a very shiny bug,but not one he recognized - more like a fly/beetle kinder thing which had only one big eye.
The Planet Observation Robot flu out of the pod and took off in a random direction.
Seeing it fly away,the clone turned its attention back to the sphere. Moving closer,it failed to notice the 'bug' turning back to watch it. A red light now bright on its forehead.
Sarutobi's clone moved closer and looked inside,and there,on the seat was a baby cryin. The clone quickly reached in and grabbed the little infant and held him against itself. The child also went for his own grab and quickly pulled on the clone's beard. The little infant pulled so hard that the clone dispelled,leaving the child to fall on his bottom.
As soon as Sarutobi got the clone's memory and saw what it or rather he did,he ran full speed towards the baby,Jaraiya and the others quickly followed after him.
The Saru summoner got there and quickly picked the naked infant up off the ground. That's when he noticed something tie itself around his arm,he held the child away from his body so he could see what it was.
The furry thing untied itself from around his arm and he was now able to see it clearly. It looked like a tail. Jiraiya and the others also noticed the furry appendage. They all trailed its origins as sarutobi turned the infant around. And there,right there,behind the kid,the fuzzy tail was protruding from his tail bone."Is that a tail ?"A rat masked ANBU asked.
Sarutobi moved his hand closer so he could feel it and what he found was that it had real flesh and bones,plus it felt warm,just like a real monkey tail. With a gob smacked expression on his face,he turned towards the thing the child had came in. It was something they had never seen before,so they sealed it in a scroll for later examination.
Deciding that it was getting too dark,they went on to setup camp in the forest ,non of them noticing the little POR(Planet Observation Robot) following them.
"Looks like a full moon..." Jiraiya said. Sigh! "My research is done best during a full moon" He complained. The group had just finished setting up camp and were about to sit and enjoy the very tasty ration bars.
"Man,these things suck! Why do they have to taste like cardboard? I mean why not add sugar. Sugary cardboard is better than a sugarless one." The rat masked ANBU complained,which earned him a couple "hai"s from the other ANBU.
Jiraiya turned from the ANBU to his left where Sarutobi examined the kid's tail with Enma. He had summoned the monkey king so he could have "a monkey's opinion on the matter". Can you believe it? A monkey's opinion The toad sennin shook his head.
"So,do you think it's the real thing?" Sarutobi asked
"Well...it does look like it. Maybe this child will be able to learn all twelve stages of the Saru style" Enma said as he looked over the child..
"Wait,what do you mean twelve? I thought they were eight." Sarutobi asked the saru(Monkey).
"Well,remember I asked you if you wanted a tail and you refused because it would be permanent. What I may have failed to mention to you is that levels nine to twelve need a tail,and a well trained one at that." Enma sighed "I am sorry for not telling you, I thought you already knew."
"No,don't wary about it,it's in the past,besides,a tail?" He smiled "I still haven't figured out how you guys are able to sit with those." The Two legends shared a chuckle "So,are you saying you wouldn't mind if he signed the saru summoning contract?"
"No," Enma replied. "Infect,my son would be a great partner for him." He finished,reaching for the child's hairy appendage. As soon as he did,the sleeping child's even breathe wasn't even anymore. His body was shivering and his limbs were stiff. In all,the little guy looked frozen. As Enma let go,the child started crying and reached forward and grabbed the first thing he could get his little hands on,which happened to be sarutobi and Enma's beards.
"Ah-ah-ah/aw-aw-aw" The scene brought smiles to Jiraiya and the others.
The little black haired kid opened his eye. He's black orbs reflecting the bright purple touched moon. He let go of the beards,stopped crying and started reaching for the sky. His actions surprised the others,but only,till they looked at the bright moon themselves.
"Beautiful,isn't it?" Enma asked,eyes staring up above.
All the shinobi looked up,sparing a moment of silence to just bask in the white illuminating brilliance in the sky. "So,have you chosen a name for him yet?" Enma asked.
"I was thinking of naming him Goku course of where he comes from.. What do you think?" Sarutobi asked the white monkey.
"I-" Enma never got to finish. The child's heart began to beat violently in his ribcage. This alarmed everyone. It began to beat faster and louder till it felt like war drums.
The Anbu were already near them,one of them taking the child to put at a safe distance,away from Sarutobi. You never know what might happen,the child might explode or something. The others surrounded the ex hokage.
Their eyes went wide as the child began to change. First he began to grow,then grow far. He grew till he became a giant hairy ape with red eyes,his body now being well above the tree line.
"Holy crap!" Jiraiya shouted,looking at the colossal ape that was a mere child just seconds ago.
After a few seconds of reaching up for the moon,the big ape started jumping south,towards what looked to be the highest mountains in the area. One jump taking it a great distance and then it would land with an earth shaking impact, leveling the trees in its path.
The others,seeing this,took off after it,jumping from tree to tree."It's going after Konoha!" An Anbu wearing a pig mask shouted.
"We must stop it before it reaches the leaf!" Sarutobi shouted as they ran.
When they got closer and the ape was finally in jutsu reach,the Anbu attacked ."Mud wall Technique!" The ram Anbu shouted.
The wall didn't even faze the giant ape. All it did was mark the place as a checkpoint to its destination .The others also noticed that. 'Ram must be a real dumbass if he thought that that would stop it.' A dog masked ANBU thought. "If you want to stop a HAIRY,colossal APE, all you need is...GOUKAKYUU NO JUTSU!" He shouted after a couple hand seals..He exhaled a huge fire ball,shooting it at the ape's back. The attack was going to hit, but seconds before it struck,the tail got in its way and it instead hit the hairy appendage.
The ape roared when it felt the massive heat on its tail. It turned around and faced the attacking Anbu, eyes now glowing red with fury. The guy was ready to do the unholy in his pants when he saw them looking straight threw him and almost burning his soul.
As soon as the ape flapped the fire out,it smacked the ground so hard that it created a super crack that moved toward the dog. The guy narrowly missed falling into it
The other ninja began firing jutsu left and right. "Byakugan!" The pig shouted
"Summoning technique!" Jiraiya also shouted,summoning the toad boss,Gamabunta. Instantly,the giant toad ran at an incredible pace,heading straight for the ape,with a sword ready in the hand,
Sensing the impending danger,the ape charged up its power and gathered it in its core. When the power became strong enough,it fired it outwards throughout its whole body. The attack stopped Bunta and pushed him back a bit. It also stopped and reversed a wind blade attack by a bird masked ANBU. The attack missed its creator and sliced a couple trees in it's path. "Shit,that was close!" the Anbu cursed.
"Sarutobi-sama!" The pig Anbu ran towards the old ninja."Sir,I have found the solution. It's the tail..." He began to explain his findings to he's leader.
Mean while,Jiraiya and Gamabunta raced towards the giant ape again. When they got there,Bunta made a diagonal strike which left a large open wound across the beasts chest. "ROAR!"
Through tremendous pain,the ape uprooted two trees and used them as clubs to hopefully decapitate the toad. It got frustrated and angry as it was unable to hit the super quick toad. "Bunta,!" Jiraiya shouted.
"Lets finish this!" Gamabunta said as the two got ready to attack.
"The oil!" Jiraiya began hand sealing for a fire jutsu..
"Jiraiya!" the toad sage heard his name being called and turned toward the voice."Jiraiya,wait!" Sarutobi called to him.
The sennin,deciding that whatever the "old man" had to say must be important,asked "Bunta" to distract the "monkey" while he heard what Sarutobi had to say.
He jumped from the toad's head and landed gracefully next to the old monkey summoner. Sarutobi turned to the Pig faced Anbu. "Exactly as you told me." He said
"Yes,sir" The Pig said. He then turned to Jiraiya. "When I first activated my Byakugan I noticed that the ape's chakra network was a little different from ours. The beast has two extra major chakra tenketsus,one on the centre of the tail,the other on the very tip. The one on the tip is very powerful,but It also looks like it's getting i's power from somewhere. The energy is then distributed throughout the whole body-"
"Get to the point!" Jiraiya shouted
"The tail is what's giving it it's power and probably what helped it transform!" The ANBU shouted back at the sennin(brave ANBU).
"?"They quickly turned their heads and saw that Gamabunta had just been missed by a very powerful blast of pure energy that continued on its path till it destroyed a whole mountain.
The ape had just acted on pure instinct and fired a Ki blast from its mouth. The fight was getting a little too intense for the giants. "Got to go!" Jiraiya hurried back to his boss summons.
When he got there,Bunta helped him up while dodging a fist from the ape. "What took you so long!" The toad,shouted.
"We have to cut off the tail!"
"What?"
"We have to cut off the tail" Jiraiya told him. 'Or at least that's what I think they were getting at,unless they wanted me to seal the thing.' He thought,chuckling and shook his head at the stupid thought.
"Well,that should be easy enough" The toad replied with a smile. Bunta shot forward at crazy speeds. His target in sight and his blade in hand. The ape,however,decided to jump away from the toad and towards the mountain. It landed at the foot of the natural structure and quickly jumped up towards the peak. Bunta stopped when he saw this. Him and Jiraiya were puzzled by the ape's actions.
"What's it doing?" They both asked each other. The ape was on the peak trying to reach as far as it could for the moon.
"It's trying to...catch the moon." Jiraiya said,but his voice sounding very unsure.
"You think we should still carry on with...?" Gamabunta trailed off.
"Off course!We don't know if it's gonna go bananas again."
Gamabunta ran forward and then up the mountain. When he got to the top,he just made one swift slice and jumped past the ape and off the mountain.(showoff!) He didn't jump very high,but because of his altitude and momentum,landed a fair distance away from the mountain. The ape's tail fell off seconds later,and it began to change back to normal,but,because it was standing on the very edge,the child was left to fall. At this time Gamabunta had not landed yet,and when he did,the child was already halfway down.
"No!" Jiraiya shouted.
When the colossal summons touched the ground,he positioned his body to lean in the direction he was going. This helped him get a,some what,head start. Unfortunately,they arrived too late,and the child hit the ground,hard with his head. Smack!
Bunta and Jiraiya froze on the spot,with their hands extended in front of them as if to catch him.
After the shock ended,Jiraiya jumped off Gamabunta and went searching for the injured infant. He approached the spot where the child had fallen really slowl. The images which were going threw his head were not pleasant and were probably going to need something strong to drink later on. When he saw him,he was surprised to find him still intact. He was really expecting to find a littered ground with blood and body parts everywhere.
He went to check for his pulse. Jiraiya sighed,he wasn't really expecting to find anything,but checked anyway. "...? His alive? His alive!"
"How is that possible?" Gamabunta asked/shouted back.
"I don't know,but lets thank kami that he is. If the old man found out about this,man,he was going to have my head." 'Yes,only mine,cause you were going to run and leave me.' Jiraiya ended with a thought. He picked up the child and noticed he had a horrendous scar running from his left breast to just bellow his right ribs. "Oh my god!"
"What is it?" Bunta began to panic..well,as much panic a colossal boss can have anyway.
Jiraiya ran back to the giant toad,with Goku in his arms. "Look!" He showed the toad.
Bunta gave him a look of deep thought,with his pipe clenched tightly between his toad lips. "uh,seeing as I am not needed here any more,I-" He disappeared before he even finished his sentence.
"Coward." The sennin said,wrapping Goku with a blanket
He approached the others."What happened?" Sarutobi asked.
"Well,it mostly went as planned. We were able to cut the tail and we-"
"You what!" Sarutobi shouted. "You were surppose to seal it not cut it off. You're a seal master for crying out loud!. Sarutobi continued shouting as he took the child from him.
"UUhh"
"OK,if that was what didn't go well,what did?" Sarutobi asked him as he unwrapped the child to do some inspections.
".." Jiraiya was unable to answer.
As soon as Sarutobi unwrapped the head,he found a monstrous bump on the child's forehead. "What's this?"
"Uh,that was a mistake."
Sarutobi continued unwrapping the infant. After removing the blanket from the child's chest,he found the scar. "And this?" He asked
"That was also a mistake." Jiraiya replied,sheepishly. This whole situation earned him a stern look from Sarutobi and after the lecturing shouts from said shinobi,the group went back to where they had setup camp.
Morning came quickly,very quickly infect. They only had one and a half hours of dark before dawn. After two more hours of rest,the group was packing and getting ready to go.
Breakfast was those darn ration bars again. The ninjas were ready to go,when Jiraiya of all people,realized something. "Wait!" he said All eyes turned to him.. "Ever since we found this kid has anyone taken the time to feed him?"
"..." All eyes then turned to the person holding the baby.
"Off course not,we don't have anything to give him!" Sarutobi shouted back at the stares
"But we can't let him starve."
"What do you propose we give him?"
"How about this?" Jiraiya said,taking out a ration bar and put it near the baby's face.
"No,Jiraiya,we can't give him tha-"Sarutobi never got to finish,because Goku,who had smelled the food,woke up ,grabbed the ration from Jiraiya and threw it in his mouth. It never had a chance.
The others were speechless. 'Did he even chew?' One asked
Mean while,after swallowing,Goku began laughing and clapping and speaking in the language that was known only to the baby population of the universe. "Gaga-gugu!" He asked.
As they walked,Goku was still clapping. The kid was as happy as a baby could be. "Shhhhh," Sarutobi tried to quiet the infant. "Someone's coming" They all tensed and got ready for whatever may come. Goku,on the other hand,was still clapping and singing and giving away their position.
After a few seconds,the group met another team of Anbu. They told Sarutobi that they were sent by the Hokage to scout the northern region of fire country after the whole village heard a distant roar coming from this direction followed lated by a massive explosion.
Sarutobi told them that he already knew what had made that roar and that the hokage would be informed.
Agreeing,the ANBU decided to accompany them back home,but sent three to go checkout the area anyway. "Move out!" The captain said.
When they arrived,Sarutobi and Jiraiya went straight to the Hokage tower,were the Hokage was still busy with the papers from hell.
The door to the shadow's office opened to reveal the secretary. "Hokage-sama,Sarutobi-sama has returned. Should I let them in?" she asked.
"Yes." Namikazi Minato answered without looking up. He heard the door close,then,after a few seconds open again. "How was your trip?" he asked,as he raised his head.
Sarutobi just smiled at the blonde Hokage. "Our trip was great!" Jiraiya said,sarcasm oozing out of his teeth He didn't want to go in the first place. "Just like a vacation!" He continued
"What,did something happen?" Minato asked,knowing very well that something was up,especially after he heard the monstrous roar in the morning.
Sighing,Jiraiya went to sit on the window sill while Sarutobi relayed the events of the past few days to him. "The meeting went well." He began. He then went on to tell the Yondaime Hokage about their...trip.
The story dragged on for a while and when it was finished,the room went silent. After thinking,the Hokage looked at the bundle in Sarutobi's arms. "So,what are you planning on doing with him?" He asked.
They all looked at the infant. "You now old man," Jiraiya began, jokingly. "You could adopt him."
"..."
"..."
"...Wait,you mean you're actually considering it? I mean-"
"I think that's a great idea." Minato said,distracting what Jiraiya was to say. "Might be the perfect thing to keep you occupied." He finished,directing his attention to his predecessor.
After playing a questions and answers game,Sarutobi finally decided to adopt the little ape child.
"Judging from your story,Sarutobi(flying monkey) could be a great last name for him." Minato said.
"Sarutobi Goku.." Jiraiya tested.
The adoption process would normally take a month,but since the child wasn't from the village and it was for an ex hokage,it would take about a week or so to make it official.
After the meeting,Minato decided to go home. His wife was pregnant and already reaching the fool nine months in a few weeks. When he close his office door,however,three shadows stood in his path.
"Hokage-sama,there is something very important we have to report." One of the ANBU said.
The group of four then want in to the office. "What is it?" Minato asked.
"Sir, is gone. It is now replaced by a huge crater."
"Yes,I already know about that. The problem now will be when the village finds out." Minato moved around his desk. His eyes,with habit, roamed his desk till he noticed a piece of paper that he had forgotten to take with him. 'Man that was close. Kushina was going to kill me!' The paper was a list of foods his wife had asked – on told him to bring back when he returned. Things that were very far from where they lived,but closer to where he worked. His number one mission for the day. "Okay," He turned to the Anbu. "You guys may go." He said ,putting the paper in his pocket.
The three bowed and disappeared with swirls of smoke. Minato made a note to himself to remember to tell the village that they were testing a new jutsu or something. Besides,he really was working on a very powerful jutsu so it might work.
Three days later. "Hokage-sama!" Came a shout from the other side of the Hokage's door. A chuunin came rushing into the room with a paniced face. "Hokage-sama"
"What is it?" Minato asked him.
"There are two giant creatures approaching the north gate,sir." Minatofrowned, his eyes narrowing. "Sarutobi-sama is already at the gates."
Minato was about to go when he heard somebody else call him.
"Hokage-sama,I was sent to inform you that Kushina-san is in the hospital." Another chuunin said.
"Wha-! Is she alright? What happened?"
"I not sure,but I think it might be about the pregnancy."
"!"
He quickly turned his head towards the northern gate. "Such power"he said. Minato could now feel two chakra signatures heading their way,and they were huge! He quickly turned to the two chuunin. "Send all available shinobi to the north gate. Engage if attacked,only if attacked!"
"Hai,Hikage-sama!" And then ran out the door.
Minato then disappeared with a blur of yellow.
At the gates,Sarutobi was looking out into the night's horizon where two giant silhouettes could be seen,especially where he stood on the wall. He then heard silent footsteps approach from behind. He looked back and saw hundreds of shinobi heading his way.
"What is it?" He heard some ask one another.
"Sarutobi-sama," The professor turned to his left to see a Hyuuga Jounin;Hyuuga Hizashi,facing the approaching giants. "What are they?" Hizashi asked.
Sarutobi turned back towards the horizon "Demons" he said,gaining the attention of all who were there. "Tailed demons."
"Tailed demons?" Another shinobi,asked.
"Yes. Demons whose power is determined by the number of tails they have." Sarutobi answered. He had read about them in some of the scrolls in the hokage collection. Although they were incomplete,they still gave a clear indication of what they were.
"Demons attacking konoha?" Hizashi put words to everyones thoughts.
Mean while,at the hospital,Kushina screamed at the top of her lungs. "Minato,where the hell are you!Ahh!"
Minato came rushing through the hospital door. "Kushina-chan" He said.
Seeing him,Kushina began to shout:. "Don't Kushina-chan me. You did this to me! This is your fault! Ahh!"
Minato stepped forward and held Kushina's hand,which she instantly squeezed..
Back at the gates,the demons were almost upon them. One had nine tails. This one must be really powerful. The other had four. The one with nine looked like a fox and the one with four looked more like the ape they had fort just a couple days ago,only this one had long tusk-like teeth and horns on its forehead. Both of them had red fur. A fitting color for demons. The kyuubi(nine tails),swung a tail and leveled all the trees in its path. The Yonbi(four tails),let loose a monstrous roar and increased its speed towards them.
Some of the brave and strong shinobi had advanced forward and away from the village,taking the battle far away from it. Hizashi was among them,a few other's from his clan standing by him.
Sarutobi looked at the sea of shinobi and the smallest smile ever began to show on his lips. "They're strength appears when they've got something important to protect." He said. He then turned back to the approaching Yonbi. 'Where is Jiraiya when you need Gamabunta?' He thought.
Jiraiya was far away from Konoha. He took off saying his spy network needed constant checkups,or something like that. "Where is Minato?" Sarutobi asked.
"The Hokage got held up at the hospital." A tiger masked Anbu said.
Sarutobi turned to her. "What's wrong?".
"I don't know,sir"
"Go and tell him that two hostile Tail demons are about to attack Konoha,"
"Hai." The Anbu disappeared
When the Yonbi came close to the front line shinobi,it just swept through them like they were nothing. Those who still stood let loose their rage and chakra techniques began flying everywhere. Most of them preferring fire,hoping to have it catch on the beast's fur.
Back at the Hospital,the Anbu had told Minato about the events at the gate. "Tailed Demons?" He asked.
"Hai,Hokage-sama."
Minato quickly went back to the room his wife was screaming in. He apologized to her and told her it was very,very,very important. Giving her more inromation might be bad for the child.
When he arrived at the gate,he found it destroyed,along with the surrounding buildings. He turned to the Anbu. "Evacuate the civilians!" He said
"Hai,Hokage-sama!"
Minato made his way forward and quickly found Sarutobi. "What took you so long?" The old man asked.
"Kushina is in labor."
"Right now?"
"Yes,as we speak." Minato answered.
Sarutobi made a step forward but Minato stopped him. "We can't win like this."
"Do you have another plan?"
"..."
"Well?"
"Yes,but I don't know if it will work for both of them." The Hokage said.
It's worth a try." Sarutobi said.
Sighing,Minato told one of his ninjas to go to the hospital then come and tell him after Kushina had given birth,while he and Sarutobi helped to pushed the demons back and away from the village.
After the chuunin left,Minato summoned Gamabunta and they jumped towards the demons. Sarutobi disappeared from his spot. His hand already going through complex seals. After a few seconds he appeared with an explosion right in the Kyuubi's breathing space. The frames taking the form of a rooster. "Katon: Chicken Surprise!" He roared.
After several close calls,it was decided that Bunta needed help,so a second giant toad was summoned. "Gamagosai!" Minato shouted after jumping off Gamabunta and hitting the air with his palm Before he even touched the ground,a colossal green toad with one big sword on the back,appeared under him.
Gamagosai unsheathed his giant blade and went straight for Kyuubi with Minato on his head,while Bunta faced against the Yonbi. The two toads were moving at incredible speeds which was the only way to avoid the demons. Yonbi then shot a large wave of lava from its mouth. The wave missed Bunta and was heading straight for the village.
Seeing this,Minato,still on Gamagosai,fired a water jutsu to counter the hot earth wave. He found that his attack wasn't enough. Soon other shinobi joined in,but it wasn't until Sarutobi used a powerful mud justu,did the lava stop..
"Gamagosai!" Minato shouted,pointing a finger at the demon ape. The toad didn't even speak,just shot forward. When they got there,the toad attacked,but it's blade was caught by the ape. When this happened,Minato didn't even wait to see who would win,he jumped of Gosai's head. Using an incomplete Resengan,he hit the demon right between the eyes,giving Gosai an advantage in the tug of war.
Without wasting time,the toad pulled its sword free and made six quick cuts to the ape's body. "Chew on that!" He said.
The wounds,however,just closed up,leaving no signs of injury on the demon. Then,taking a deep breath,it released a monstrous roar which was accompanied by super heated breath.
"Get away!" Minato,who had returned to his position on top of Gamagosai,shouted. Those who didn't move quickly enough were turned to hard ash.
Then the chuunin he had sent to the hospital finally came back and called to his kage who appeared next to him with a yellow blur.
He and Sarutobi then both went to the hospital. When they got there,they found Kushina sweating and burning up. "She's caught a fever." One of the nurses said.
Minato went up to his wife and held her hand then kissed her forehead. After which,she opened her eyes. "Minato?" She asked,weakly.
"Yes." Answered the Hokage.
"Where is my son?" Kushina was then given the infant to hold. The parents later agreed to name the child Naruto. A name taken from one of the characters in Jiraiya's novel. After that she slipped in to unconsciousness..
"Please,take care of Naruto. And...I'm sorry" Minato whispered to her. He then took the child and turned to Sarutobi. "The technique won't work with only one infant."
"Why? The Shiki Fuujin technique won't be able to seal two demons in one body?"
"Yes,so I'll have to seal them within two different bodies. Do you think one of the ninja clans would be willing to help out?"
"You mean one of the prestigious clans give one of their own? No,I don't think so."
"Then what should we do?" Minato asked. Although he asked this question,they both knew the answer,but Minato couldn't bring himself to consider it. Unlike Naruto,Goku wasn't from this village,and unlike Naruto,Goku wasn't his son,so it felt even worse to do this to him.
The two shinobi found themselves in Sarutobi's house,in front of Goku's crib. The place was quiet till an explosion vibrated on the walls "Can you do me a favor?" Minato asked,his voice even..
"Of course. What is it?"
"Can you allow me to adopt Goku?"
"What? Why?" A surprised Sarutobi asked Minato.
"I'll explain later…please?"
Sarutobi agreed,but with a confused frown on his face.
"Thanks." Minato,who had forgotten that only his blood can survive the Hiraishin technique,took both boys and disappeared.
"Minato!" Sarutobi tried to stop him,but was too late.
He arrived at the battle field a couple minute later,in time to see the Yonbi shoot out a huge ball of lava. "Hizashi,look out!" Another Hyuuga jounin shouted,but Hizashi was too late. The lava ball hit him and a couple other ninja who were close to him. They all perished in a liquid sea of hellish red.
As this happened,the Hokage had somehow made it on top of Gamabunta's head,and the two..uh,four,were moving closer to the Demons. When they got close enough,Minato activated the technique.
The Shinigami appeared in between them and the two demons. It was as if everything went in slow motion. The death god removed the demons' souls and put their yang energies in the two bodies left to fall lifelessly on the ground.
The Kyuubi was sealed within baby Naruto,after which,whisker marks appeared on his cheeks to indicate the demon's presence. The Yonbi was sealed within Goku,which resulted in his hair color changing to red.
Minato quickly put the eight trigram seal on the two boys.,sealing the demons in their bellies. When the blonde Hokage looked up,he met the eyes of the Shinigami. Cold and dead,but alive. He could feel them pulling on his soul.
At this time,every one was looking at him. He had just defeated the demons. Most of them wanted to rejoice,but couldn't. The death god was still there. Why was it still here and it looked like it was waiting for something.
Minato disappeared from Bunta's head and reappeared next to Sarutobi and gave him the two infants "Please,take care of them." Sarutobi just nodded. Minato then made his way back to the Shinigami to give his offering. When he got there,the Shinigami wasted no more time and just pulled his soul out,leaving his body to fall on the ground,dead.
Everything was quiet. Everybody was confused. ' Why was the Hokage on the ground. He won against the demons. Why is this happening.' Unknown to all of them,there was a little robot that had just recorded the whole thing.
The little POR robot sat out to find the moon. It would use it as a satellite to send the recordings back to Planet Vegeta. The saiyans have found that using the moon is the best way to send info to other planets,but since Earth has one moon the information will take a year to transfer.
The Present time
Sarutobi shifted in his seat. Sighing,he took the letter Minato had written to him and looked at it again.
'Sarutobi,' It said 'I know that you have already figured out my reasons for wanting to adopt Goku,but I'll say them anyway.
Although I have faith that the village will treat them as heroes and love them,I can't put all of my faith in them. So if life gets tough for the boys,having
them as brothers will atleast guarantee that they are kept together and not apart.
The second reason is that I feel even worse doing this to him when he isn't my
son.. So,I'm hoping that this will help me find peace...someday.
I leave everything to Naruto,Goku and Kushina,including all the techniques I was working on.
Last thing,Please apologize to Kushina for me.
Thanks
Namikazi Minato.'
After reading,Sarutobi sighed again. Minato was right,but there were also bad news. Just yesterday,a day after the demons were sealed,Uzumaki Kushina died. Things got even worse when the council called a meeting to discuss the jinchuuriki's fates. Some wanted to make them into weapons(this totally pissed Sarutobi off). Then there were those who wanted to keep them apart,saying if not,then the two "demons" will have a chance to plan their revenge against the village. Some even add: "They should be killed."How self fish can a person be?
Sarutobi found that the only solid argument he could make was that they were brothers,they were going to have a ruff life and they would need each other. Surprisingly this worked,and the boys will at least have each other to lean on if things got tough.. All in all,the only thing good about this is that they now had a cover up for what Goku had done to . The Village would now be told that the roar that they heard had been made by one of the demons,and that the mountain was also destroyed by the demons.
Sarutobi massaged his head. 'The troubles of a Hokage never end'. He thought,then someone knocked on the door. "Yes?"
"Hokage-sama." A Chuunin entered.
"Hear" Sarutobi said,giving her a sheet of paper.
The Chuunin took a quick look at the paper. 'Uzumaki Goku and Uzumaki Naruto ?'
"You are to take them to the orphanage." The Hokage said,gesturing to the two infants.
"Hai,Hokage-sama."The Chuunin replied as she took the kids then walked out..
Releasing one last sigh,Sarutobi took out his pipe and lit it,the scent instantly calming his aching head. He then took out a brush and signed his name on a document,then put it on the side with the others he had already gone through.
(A/N:Goku,while still in the pod,never grew. He was in hyper sleep. People in hyper sleep don't eat or go to the bathroom. All their bodily functions are stopped so they can survive the whole trip. The end result would mean no growth.)
I just wanted to get that out. He's not two years old. Not by body or mind,just time,and time doesn't mean anything
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