Minato was shoved out of the way by several nurses and doctors as the rushed over as Kushina screamed in the bed already in the position to give birth to their child. Minato watched half worried and half amused as she hit away the doctor swearing and cussing at them. For all unknown purposes, and in addition that Kushina didn't know what she was doing, she was telling the doctors they were doing it wrong. Minato backed up against the wall; he crossed his arms nervously and tried not to laugh as she kicked a doctor in the face causing him to fall to the floor.

It was then that a nurse quickly grabbed a towel and Minato looked over excitedly. Instead he was grabbed by one of the nurse who kept apologizing profusely as she shoved him out the door and sat him down in a chair saying something about a 'complication'. The nurse quickly rushed down the hall and pulled the Sanin Tsunade from repairing a broken arm to the room. As the two walked by Minato, his and Tsunade's eyes met while the nurse said 'bleeding out.' Tsunade's gaze quickly left his as she entered the room and the door was closed behind her.

Minato's eyes slowly traced along the white wash walls to any particular spot and focused it. Raising a hand he covered his mouth and tried not to think of the worse, but how could he? With reports of Kyuubi on the border and now the bleeding out of his lover while his child hasn't been born yet.

As the screams spilled out into the hallway Minato stood up. 'I'm a Hokage, I just burst into the room.' 'What if I mess them up?' 'Kushina might be injured, I have to do something!' Minato took a deep breath and sat back down, his elbows resting on his knees and his head resting on his elbows. A feeling of completely helplessness swarmed over him and for the first time in his life, Minato felt like everything was out of his hands.

The screaming died down as the door opened; Minato felt a hand on his head and he looked up to see Tsunade standing their above him. "I'll send the doctors out; you should go in and see her and your son."

Minato nodded and watched as the Sanin herded all the doctors out then walked out of the room herself. "Minato, I don't think she has long. She knows. I'm sorry."

Minato stood up and patted Tsunade on the shoulder as he moved by opening the door to walk in and see Kushina holding a small baby with bloody blonde hair. Kushina looked terrible, she looked pale and exhausted but continued to act as she normally would, just weaker. "Hun, hand me the wet towel. Can't have little Naruto all covered in blood. He didn't scream at all, he did burp though, it was funny."

"Kushina…"

"Don't be all depressed, you have a beautiful healthy son. Focus on him now, he looks just like his dad. He even makes that constipated face like you do." Kushina said running a hand along his cheek. The young babe wriggled again and stuck out his tongue quickly. Minato picked the warm wet clothe from the bowl and handed it to her as she wiped his face off first and then cleaned the rest of his body and last the small poof of hair at the top of his head. "That's a clean baby, isn't he?"

Kushina held him up with both hands. "Go ahead, Minato, hold your son."

Nervously Minato's steady hands slipped in above hers and he lifted up the small baby and set him against on arm and used the other to make sure he didn't fall. Minato looked back and sat down in a small chair the was opposite Kushina's bed. She watched carefully and took in the moment.

"Hey there, Naruto. I'm your dad. I'm sorry you can't look like your mother, your mother was the most beautiful creature in several countries while I make a constipated face I'm told." Kushina snorted and began laughing quietly. "You're the third thing I've ever done right in my life. The first was deciding to take a nap next to your mother. The second was me becoming Hokage, but, I think you're the best, and Mom won't be angry at me for saying that, will she?"

Minato looked up and saw the Kushina was lying their crying and smiling as the blood had seeped quickly through the sheets and spread. She wiped a small stream from her cheek and looked up at him.

Minato stood up and walked over with the baby to sit on the edge of the bed. Minato carefully shifted his arms and reached out a hand to glide along Kushina's face. "Are you in any pain?"

She shook her head. Minato looked away and turned to Naruto only to bite his lip. "Hey there, I told you before, my man's no push over…" Minato turned back and saw her smile. "It'll be alright. There can be no one better in the entire village to raise a child then you, Minato."

Kushina clasped his hand tightly and he held it fiercely. Minato watched his baby carefully. "Make sure you always buy more diapers then you need." Minato laughed and then felt the hand stop squeezing. He turned back and she was lying there looking straight foreword.

"Kush…." Minato stroked her face again. "Kush…." He choked on his own air as the tears began to fall from his face. Minato was careful as he leaned over and kissed her carefully on the forehead. He stood slowly and pulled the sheet over her head.

Minato wobbled over the chair and clutched his son, the last remnants of Kushina to his chest. He tired to hold it in but he couldn't do it any more and began completely bawling and screaming causing Naruto to scream with him. Tsunade quickly broke through the door to see Minato in the chair cradling the baby. Tsunade took him from the Hokage's hands and Jiraiya walked in and looked down at what had become of his student.

"Minato…" Jiraiya walked over and knelt down taking his student into his arms. Tsunade, babe in hands walked over to the covered body and pierced her lips together as she let her eyes cloud up. She turned to look over at Minato who kept crying uncontrollably.

"Tsunade-sama?" Said the young pupil Shizune walking into the room. Tsunade held out a hand and Shizune took it without hesitation. Tsunade knew exactly what Minato was going through.

"Jiraiya, there's nothing you can do. Nothing will ever make it better for him." She said from experience and walked out of the room. "I'll be in the nursery."

For the next week Minato spent each night sleeping on the floor next to Naruto's crib, if he could even sleep at all. Most of the time he spent sitting, knees bent, arms wrapped around them, the Hokage staring at the crib with two streams of tears rolling down each side. He didn't know if he could survive like this much longer, of course Tsunade was over everyday with Shizune; the village wives made it their sole purpose to see to his child. Even with the aid he felt helpless. How could he be so sad and happy at the same time?

He was fine with everything else, it was just the nights when Naruto was sleeping, and Minato didn't have anyone to sleep next too. It was then there was a loud sound, the sound of the door bursting open. A ninja ran in, "lord Hokage, Kyuubi's on his way."

"Assemble all the ninjas in the village to confront him, separate them into waves to minimize damage. I'll be there as soon as possible." Minato said and rushed to his room to dress. He was already in his outfit so he just tossed on the coat and made sure his head band was tight. He walked back into the room to scoop up his son.

"I… You're my son, your strong… Your also a very heavy sleeper." He said and began to walk out and stopped at the mantle and touched the conch shell to lift it up where Kushina had hid his seal ingredients. He smashed it down and grabbed the needed compoents adn made his way out of the apartment.

"Jiraiya, take him." Minato said handing off his only son. "Here are the seal ingredients, set it up."

"Who are you sealing him into?" Jiraiya asked quickly understanding what his pupil was doing. Minato took a quick look back with a stern face. "Not the boy, Minato, he's a baby."

"He's my son; I know he'll be strong." Minato said and jumped off the cliff to summon the boss frog Gamabutna beneath him. As they rose Minato bent over and patted the frog. "I'm afraid this will be our last meeting my friend."

"You retiring, Minato?" The frog asked quickly.

"Something like that, yea." He said and looked over to the west where the Kyuubi was approaching from. "Let's go get that Kyuubi, alright? We need to lure him over to this cliff."

"Hold on then. I'll have him over here faster then you can run!" The frog boasted and took a large jump out avoiding the shinobi below. He kicked the giant fox. "Boy, you're a real ugly son of a bitch aren't you?"

The Kyuubi didn't respond but instead attacked directly. Gamabunta jumped back. "Whoa, no come backs?" He quickly pulled his sword and stopped the fangs.

"Its looks like he's being controlled. We have a little farther to get him." Minato said looking back. "A leap or two."

"Burning oil!" The boss cried and spat oil at the fox while Minato spat fire that caught the oil. The Kyuubi growled and flung when his eyes suddenly changed drastically.

"You pathetic creatures!" The Kyuubi said and hit Gamabunta back against he wall; Minato flashed up to the top of the cliff with Jiraiya. Gamabunta said some derogatory terms and the Kyuubi came charging.

"Is it all set Jiraiya?" Minato asked walking in. Jiraiya was sitting on the floor and had set Naruto on a pile of hay with some candles around him. Jiraiya nodded and Minato walked behind the babe and looked out the entrance to the small cave. Minato bit his thumb and did the seal quickly and saw the death god before him.

"Kyuubi is the target." The death god floated behind Minato and stuck his hands through the Hokage's chest. Minato shivered as the icy arms stretched quickly and grasped the tailed beast. Changing into a stream of chakra the fox was being lead back directly to Minato, and right over Naruto where Jiraiya had drawn the seal.

As the stream approached Minato began to quickly seal the chakra into Naruto. Minato's chakra almost diminished, he collapsed on to one knee as the last wisp floated inside Naruto. Minato turned his head as the pale blue hands of the death god slowly retreated into his chest. "Keep Naruto safe, Sen…"

FIN

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