My Story

Kushina stared up at the ceiling above her, listen to the cry of her son. The cry of a baby rung out all around them, suddenly making the silence disappearing. Kushina's grip on the poles loosened as the sweat on her face fell. She opened her eyes and looked up at the shadowy ceiling, listening to the cry of her child as tears filled her eyes.

"He's born." Minato said as he stared wide eyed at the baby boy being held in the assistant's arms. A towel had been wrapped around him and the water that they had used to clean him ran down his face as he continued to cry out for warmth.

Minato wiped the tears from his eyes as he looked at him son. "I'm a father today!" he said with a smile as more tears of joy formed.

"He's a healthy babe." said Biwako as she walked over, holding him in her arms tightly.

"Naruto!" Minato said happily as he walked up to meet them. He reached out his hand to touch his son, but Biwako pulled away and yelled.

"Don't touch him!" She gave him a hard look and said. "The mother sees him first!" She then walked over to Kushina who was lying on the stone tablet, sweat and tears on her face. She smiled as she saw them walk over and when they began to place the baby next to her, her green eyes lit up.

"Naruto…" she whispered in a hoarse voice as she looked down at her son. She could not have been happier in her life. "I finally get to see you." She said as she watched the water fall from his face pale face.

"You'll have lots more time later." Biwako said as she pulled Naruto away and began to walk towards the door. "Oh there, there." She said, trying to calm him down.

Kushina looked up to see Minato had walked over to the side of the tablet next to her, a smile on his face as he stared down at her. He reached out and put his warm hand on hers as he whispered. "How are you feeling, Kushina?" There was a worried look on his face as he said this.

"Okay." She said back to him, not being able to look away. He nodded his head as a small smile appeared on his face. "Thank you." He whispered to her. It looked as if more tears were forming in his eyes.

"Minato…" Kushina said, all too happy to think of anything else to say.

"All right!" he said as he slammed his fist into his palm, quickly changing the subject. "I know you've just gone through childbirth, but I'm going to completely seal the Nine Tails now." He said as he reached over and put his hand above the back hole on her stomach, where the Nine Tail seal had been located.

Suddenly, the baby's cry grew louder and a scream came from the corner. Minato took a step back and looked to see what was going on.

"Lady Biwako!" he yelled as he watched them drop to the ground. When he looked up from their unmoving bodies he saw a man wearing a clock, holding his son. "Taji!"

"Fourth Hokage Minato," said the man as he held his arm over the child's face. "Get away from the Jinchuriki!" Minato took a step back and turned to face him completely, but refused to move away from his wife. Kushina, hearing this, turned her head and looked up to find the situation as it was. "Otherwise, this child's life will end in one minute."

How did he get past the barrier? Minato thought to himself as he glared at the man, not knowing what to do. It was between his wife or his son. This guy….who the hell is he?

Suddenly, Kushina let out a scream as the black hole that was the barrier started to spread up around her neck, shoulders and arms. The once hollow black hole started to blow up, turning into a black bubble.

"Kushina!" Minato yelled, worriedly as he watched the seal start to break. He knew that she was trying to hold back the Nine Tails as long s she could, but it was not enough. The Nine Tails was trying to escape again.

The Nine Tail's seal is still….

"Get away from the Jinchuriki!" yelled the man again as he pulled a kunai out from his sleeve when he saw Minato take a step towards her. He held the kunai against Naruto's small fragile body and said. "Don't you care what happens to your kid?"

"Wait!" Minato yelled desperately."Calm down!"

"Speak for yourself, Minato." The man said as he watched the confusion and desperation appear in Minato's face. He didn't have a lot of options and he knew that. "I'm as cool as can be." Suddenly, he threw Naruto up in the air, causing the child to cry out even more.

"Naruto!" Kushina screamed as she watched her child fly into the air. Naruto began to turn in the air, and the buddle around him became loose. The man then braced himself before jumping at Naruto, the kunai aimed right at him.

Within a second, Naruto was gone.

The man turned his head to find Minato appearing on the opposite wall, holding Naruto in his arms. He watched as the dust around him blew away from the impact.

"Well, I must hand it to the yellow flash." The man said as he landed on the ground where Naruto's body should have been. "But I wonder about this next one."

Suddenly a spark came from under Naruto, and Minato saw the paper bombs that had been placed there.

"Minato!"Kushina screamed as she heard figured out what was going on.

Minato jumped from the wall and as he appeared outside a shack, he ripped off the blanket and through it as far as he could before jumping again, landing in the shack. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he wrapped his body around Naruto and pushed off of the ground, jumping through the closed door. As soon as he was outside, there was a loud explosion a few feet away, the blast knocking him off balance and sending him flying.

Minato slid and tumbled on the ground from the force, causing him to hold Naruto as close as he could to his body. As the dirt and grass hit his face, he managed to stop himself from going any further. Once he was able to completely stop, he looked down to find Naruto perfectly find, crying from the sudden coldness.

"Thank goodness…. Naruto isn't hurt." He said as he smiled to himself. He then noticed something. In his ankle, there was a piece of wood sticking out, blood pooling out around it. It must have gotten lodge there from the explosion, because he was suddenly able to feel the pain from the wound and he tried to subside it the best he could.

I was forced to use the flying raijinjutsu. Minato thought as he reached over and pulled out the stick before holding it up to his face, examining it. His target is Kushina and he succeeded in separating us.

Minato tossed the stick away, determination in his eyes.

I must hurry.

Was the last thought he said before vanishing once again, leaving the stick to bounce away alone.

Black vines shot out from Kushina stomach as they wrapped around her arms before shooting of to wrap around the tall rocks that stood all around her. The water that was below her swayed with the small breeze that blew by every now and then, though not enough to create more then a few ripples.

Kushina was exhausted and the pain from within her was growing stronger, but she no longer had any energy to resist. She had no idea where she was, but she knew that it didn't matter. This man was going to take the nine tails from her. This man was going to kill her.

She looked up through her blurry vision at the man on the other side of the water, barely able to stay on her two feet, though the vines kept that from being too much of a problem.

"Just what…do you want?" she managed to say as her breath began to become heavy. She was panting and gasping for air, but there never seemed to be enough.

"I'm going to pull the Nine Tails out from you." said the man. "And destroy the Hidden Leaf Village."

"What?" Kushina said as she looked at him. She didn't want to believe what this man was saying, but he had said it all too seriously.

"Minato teleportation jutsu allows him to move instantly between locations marked with jutsu formulas." The man said as he stared at Kushina from behind his mask. His red eyes marked on her. "He made sure to mark your sealing formula with it too… in order to protect you." The man said, with a voice that sounded as if he had held back a laugh. "However," He continued. "I managed to put a distance between you. Furthermore, the Nine Tails seal has been weakened from childbirth. Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?" The man said as his stare became harder.

"You'll be safe here." Minato said as he tucked in his sleeping son. "Naruto, just wait a while. I have to go and save your mother." He said before once again vanishing from the room.

Kushina felt her eyes widen as the power within her started to grow. She knew the Nine Tails had been listening and she knew it liked the idea of being able to become free.

"You are…" The Nine Tails said as he stared at the man from his prison.

Suddenly, the pain she had been feeling began to grow to excruciating as she felt the seal start to fade away. She could feel the wrath from within and she began to know nothing more. The pain became blinding as the red chakra started to form around her, consuming her with its wrath and power. She wanted to let out a scream, she wanted to be heard, but the pain was too much, even for that.

"Now then," She heard the soft voice of the man. "Come out Nine Tails."

Pain like no other erupted as she felt the giant beast erupt from her stomach and out into the night, bringing with it the chakra and power her body had grown accustom to. As the ground shook beneath her, she felt all of her power draining her, making her weak beyond compare.

Above her the roar of the Nine Tails echoed all around the night sky, sending waves throughout.

As the chakra around her dispelled and the wrath disappeared, she felt herself fall to the ground, hitting the hard rock beneath her. She was exhausted and could not feel her body. Her red hair landed around her face, making it impossible to see anything else.

Another roar echoed into the night sky before the clear voice of the man brought it down.

"Good." He said. "Now I'll go straight to the Hidden Leaf." Kushina forced herself to push herself up, but she only succeed in her head, but that was good enough.

"Hold it!" She called in a weak soft voice.

"Uzumaki Shinobi are amazing." The man behind the mask said more to himself then to her. "You don't die right away after the tailed beast is extracted." Kushina pushed herself up a little further, her whole body shaking as the aching in it grew. "You were the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails." He continued, as he turned his head to her a little. She could suddenly feel the stare of the Nine Tails on her as the man continued his thought. "I'll use him to kill you."

Kushina looked up to see the Nine Tails towering above he, glaring at her with his red fury filled eyes. He raised his front paw into the air as he stared down at her with pure hatred. Then his front paw suddenly came crashing down above her.

She felt a slight breeze before two arms wrapped themselves around her, pulling her away at the last second.

"I must say," The man below said as the echoed of the rock and waves crashing together from the forced filled the night. Kushina leaned her head against Minato's chest as he landed in a tree top, not to far away from where they had just been seconds ago. "You're as quick as your nickname." The man turned his eye to the tree and watched the two from below. "But you are too late."

"Minato" Kushina said as she looked up at him. It was becoming harder and harder to keep her eyes opened and her ragged breath made her chest hurt. "Is Naruto…is he safe?" She asked as her hair fell in front of her face, blocking some of her vision.

"Yes, he's fine." Minato whispered as he smiled down at her. He looked calm as he usually was, but she could see the worry and sadness in his eyes. This worried her. "He's in a safe place for now."

"Thank goodness." She said as she closed her eyes a little. Her aching body was now starting to bother her and the strength she had minutes ago was fading. Minato seemed to know this because he held her tighter as he watched her roll her head up against her chest and whisper. "Minato, you must stop that man and the Nine Tails right now. He is heading for Hidden Leaf."

Minato looked over his shoulder down at the man before holding Kushina even tighter and disappearing into the night.

Kushina opened her eyes to find herself in a brightly lit room, one she immediately recognized as Naruto's.

"Why?" she whispered as Minato stood up and began to walk her over to the bed.

"Never mind that." Minato said as he lifted her over the railing. "Just stay with Naruto." He then placed her down on the soft bed and Kushina turned her head to find a sleeping Naruto there. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at him. She wrapped her arm around him as she closed her eyes, not wanting to let him see her cry.

Minato looked down at them sadly. He couldn't do anything for her. Not yet.

Kushina pulled Naruto closer to her as the tears escaped her closed eyes. "Naruto." She whispered in a shaky voice. Minato could tell she was still in pain and that she exhausted.

"Minato…." Kushina said as she heard footsteps and the closet door opening. "Thank you." She whispered before looking over her shoulder to find her husband, his back towards them, putting his arm through the sleeve of his Fourth Hokage jacket. "Good Luck."

"I'll be right back." He said before vanishing once again into thin air.

So yea, doing Minato's part was tricky, but I hope I did well.