Chapter 2: 3rd Jinchuuriki.

'Oh, back to six… Scratch that – five. Nope, four now. Obito, huh.' Mused our newborn hero.

Suddenly seventh signature teleported to Naruto and he saw a gloved had approaching him.

'Let's see how you like this!'

As he said that a pure white chakra chain shot out from his chest and impaled Obito's hand.

Skill leveled up: Chakra Chains (lvl 2 - 1 link per 4 CP, points – cone, sphere, strength – steel, 160 – 200 dmg.)

Obito cursed and Kushina gasped and held Naruto closer. But Obito didn't get distracted and yanked the chain ripping Naruto from still weak Kushina's hands. As he did that Minato's kunai came in an arc but Obito jumped back towards the wall still holding onto Naruto.

"Release my son," came Minato's stern voice.

That was the last thing Naruto herd before losing consciousness. Being born isn't exactly a walk in the park.

"Come and get him." Said Obito and tossed the newborn into the air.

Minato caught him but the masked felon was already near Kushina. Space around them swirled and they disappeared.

"Damn it." Cursed Minato and used 'Hiraishin' to jump to a safehouse.

"Wait here, Naruto. I'm going to bring your mother back."

Before he finished speaking a massive earthquake hit.

"I'll be back soon, my son."

One 'Hiraishin' later and he was racing towards the tremor. Quickly into view came a massive nine - tailed form with glowing blood – red eyes.

"Kyuubi… Oh no, Kushina!"

Minato picked up the speed and quickly reached the spot where he felt his wife's presence. And just in time – Obito was about to impale Kushina with his sharp wooden rod (A/N: I swear nothing inappropriate was meant). Minato threw his kunai that passed through Obito without harming him, but because of that the mask man wasn't able to harm Kushina ether.

"You're fast. I expected no less from the Yellow Flash of Konoha." Said Obito emotionlessly.

"Why are you doing this?" asked Minato.

"Why don't you follow me and find out." With that Obito teleported to a small clearing well away from the village. With his sensory abilities yondaime was able to feel his presence appearing nearly outside of his range.

'He wants to lure me away from the village. Since he's controlling Kyuubi with his sharingan I must sever their connection. But before that…'

"Are you all right?" Asked Minato holding Kushina in his arms.

"I'm an Uzumaki, I'll live." Said Kushina with a small smile.

"I'll take you to Naruto, keep an eye on him." Then Minato hiraishined them to the safehouse and lay Kushina next to Naruto. She quickly held little readhed close.

"Looks like potent Uzumaki blood strikes again." Said Kushina with a small laugh.

"He has your eyes and hair." Answered Minato with a smile. "I still need to deal with that masked man."

"Be careful."

With the yellow lightning bolt from the 'Hiraishin' still fading Kushina turned to her son.

"Seems like I must leave you alone once again. Minato will need me to deal with Kyuubi. No one knows about this place, so you should be safe." She said with a reassuring smile and walked out. Besides there were seals everywhere. No house of a sealmaster is complete without some, especially a safehouse.

Meanwhile Minato confronted Obito. The fight was fast… in more ways than one. Knowing about his opponents ability to phase through things, Minato already came up with a plan, involving his 'Hiraishin step 2'.

"I'll ask you again – why are you doing this?" Asked Minato coming into the clearing.

"Maybe if you defeat me I'll tell you." Said Obito as chains dropped from his sleeves.

Minato threw his kunai right at his opponents head. As expected kunai passed right through him and the Yellow Flash jumped to it, just as Obito's hand was literally a hair away from grabbing him. Right after that he managed to plunge a 'Rasengan' into Obito's back and place a contract seal there, cutting off his connection to Kyuubi.

"This is not over Yellow Flash." Growled Obito and disappeared into a swirl.

'I hope sandaime managed to hold it off.' Thought Minato already racing towards Konoha.

When he arrived he saw Kyuubi charging a 'Bijuudama'. Knowing that he won't be able to stop it from firing, he did only other thing possible.

'I must redirect it'

"'Summoning'." As soon as sealing matrix appeared, Gamabunta descended on Kyuubi's spine. Albeit not being big enough to cause any significant damage, his landing made 'Bijuudama' fly higher and over the village.

'Now for the second step'

Minato hiraishined on top of the hokage monument, right in front of the 'Bijuudama'.

"'Guiding Thunder' (This barrier jutsu incorporates the use of 'Hiraishin' formula to erect a barrier space capable to warping away anything which comes in contact with it. The object is warped to another beacon.)"

Another sealing matrix appeared and absorbed the giant black mass of chakra and destruction. Not a moment after, a shockwave and a flash of light came from somewhere further into the forest.

"Sorry I'm late everyone," said Minato now standing on top of Gamabunta.

"Minato what happened, how's Kushina," Hiruzen shouted.

"Everything's all right, I'll deal with the Kyuubi. All of you retreat." As he said it Kyuubi roared and stood up. Answering to that Gamabunta kicked it in the side, causing it to slide further away from the village leaving four deep tranches in the ground. Kyuubi started charging another 'Bijuudama' when suddenly chains busted through the ground and wrapped around foxes head, planting it into the ground and effectively stopping 'Bijuudama' from charging. Then the chains proceeded to wrap around the rest of Kyuubis body and tails.

"Kushina! What are you doing here?" Minato shouted to his wife.

"I can't let you deal with Kyuubi alone, can I?" Kushina said panting heavily.

"Can you hold it for at least one more minute?" Asked Minato with a businesslike tone.

"No problem," said Kushina with a slightly strained voice, "What are planning?"

"I must seal it in a new jinchuuriki." As he was saying that Minato summoned an altar surrounded by candles.

Having a bad feeling Kushina asked, "Who?" Silence was her answer. "No Minato, why must it be him?" she said on a verge of tears.

"You know as well as I do. He is the only Uzumaki in the village and you are too weak for the sealing ritual. Besides he is our son, have a little faith in him," he said smiling.

One 'Hiraishin' later and Minato was lying down his red haired son on top of the altar. While yondaime was gone sandaime came but Kushina, knowing that he will try to stop them, used her chains to lock him out along with a few others.

'Are they planning on sealing me in that kid? Not if I can help it,' Kyuubi thought. Ripping it's front paw through the chains it tried to skewer the child. Instead it got Minato and Kushina.

"Damn it Kushina, why did you do it? I'm a dead man either way there was no need for you to die too." Minato said with a pained voice.

"Heh, sorry, my body just moved on its own," Kushina answered with a small smile and coughed up some blood.

Minato was barely able to finish the jutsu. With Kushina's death, barrier vanished and Hiruzen came in just in time to receive Minato's final words.

"Take care of my son. Make sure he's treated like a hero, because that is what he is." With that young Hokage's eyes closed forever and a new Jinchuuriki was born.

[Too bad he slept through all of that. I'll show the recording later but it's not the same.]

Next time: First meeting.