Chapter 2
Kyuubi attack

Kiyoshi could feel somebody coming near to him. By sensing that person's power, maybe the one coming is the Hokage, he is strong, he thought. Kiyoshi slowed down his speed, stopping beneath a tree.

Minato was standing right in front of him, and his eyes were fixed on Kiyoshi. Both of them were staying silence for a while, like sensing how strong their opponent was.

"You are forbidden to come closer to Konoha, or I will fight you." Minato spoke first.

Kiyoshi measured Minato with his eyes, saying, "I don't want to cause troubles, I just want to take away the little child that was born five days ago."

Naruto? He wants to take Naruto away? Minato frowned. "Why?" He still asked calmly.

"I was being ordered to take him away. I will go right after you give him to me." Kiyoshi answered emotionless.

"That's impossible, he is my son." Minato took out his Kunai while speaking with persistence.

I see, so Kyuubi wants the Hokage's newborn son. But why? Kiyoshi realized that the fight between the Hokage and him was unavoidable. It was Kiyoshi's turn to frown. "I don't know that the child is your son... but even if he is your son, I still have to take him."

Suddenly, Kyuubi's voice echoed to the skies, "Stop speaking nonsense to him, do it now or I will do it by myself!"

Minato was shocked. What power is that, it's too strong! The power is not coming from the man in front of me, who is that?

Kiyoshi envisioned, if Kyuubi came out there would be hundreds of people to die, he would never want to see that happening. Kiyoshi was then staring at Minato, "Now you have heard it, give me your son or else there will be unnecessary casualties."

"Give you my Naruto, haha, even if I die I will not give him to you, too!" Minato teleported himself and took the first strike to attack Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi was a strong ninja, but if compared to Yondaime, Kiyoshi could be counted as weak. After exchanging few blows, Kiyoshi was already covered with scratches and got on the ground.

Minato stepped forward to take off Kiyoshi's mask, discovering the black circles on his face and red short hair which was a rare find.

"Who are you exactly?" Minato had a bad feeling. Why there were circles on his face? And the red hair, it's just like Kushina's.

"Hmph, you are useless all the time. You should thank the child because his forming has changed my mind, if not I would have dumped you to find another container long time ago." Kyuubi's voice appeared once again.

I see. He wanted to find someone to replace me. No wonder it didn't tell me, or maybe he was just being lazy to talk to me, Kiyoshi thought with a little sadness, I miss my cute little Kyuubi, not this one.

"Who on earth are you?" Minato's sound became tough. Why is Naruto's birth attracting them?!

Kiyoshi lifted up his head, looking directly at Minato. Minato surprisingly found that the circles on Kiyoshi's face were turning red, slowly became fiery red, just like the circles were started burning.

"Brat, it is now my turn to fight with you. Be really careful because I am ten times, or even hundred times stronger than the one you fought just now." Kiyoshi was lying on the ground, and a virtual shadow of a nine-tailed fox revealed from Kiyoshi's back. The voice was coming from the fox, and it was gradually incarnated to be a real nine-tailed fox.

Kushina was dreaming.

She dreamt that she and Minato were standing at the Konoha's entrance gate. The sun was setting. Minato was showered in the golden sunlight, saying goodbye to her while smiling.

Kushina smiled gently, "Have a safe trip to do your mission, Minato. Naruto and I will be waiting for you at home."

Minato promised. At the moment Minato turned his back to go on his journey, the golden sunlight swapped to bloody red all of sudden. Kushina felt very uneasy like it was a sign that the journey would be deadly to Minato.

"Minato, come back! Please don't go!" Kushina screamed toward Minato.

Minato was walking away further and further, like he didn't hear Kushina. Then, thousands of Kunais and Shurikens were shooting toward Minato. Minato was fallen onto the ground with his spraying blood.

"Minato!" Kushina cried. She was awakened.

Naruto was crying loudly in his baby cot. Kushina wanted to comfort her baby, but she found that Minato was not sleeping beside her, he was gone.

"Minato? Minato! Where did you go?!" Kushina was terrified. How come? Or the dream was true?

"Minato!" Her precarious feeling was getting deeper. Ignoring her body that turned weak because of giving birth to Naruto, she hugged her crying Naruto and walked out of her house difficultly.

While coaxing Naruto, she saw a scene that increased her anxiety. She saw there was a flaming red shrouded in Konoha's woods far away. "Minato?" Kushina murmured. Are you there to protect the village?

The earth was shaking. The trees were toppling down. Konoha was trembling. The villagers were screaming, they thought it was earthquake happeing. By taking their families out of their houses at the middle of the night to open space, they saw it. It was a mountain-like nine-tailed fox, roaring toward Konoha.

To be continued.