Minato looked down at his son, wondering to himself whether he'd made the right decision. Sealing a demon inside a new-born child, and not just any child, but your own flesh and blood? Yes, whilst the fates were cruel to Minato, he realised he'd rather it be his son than anyone else's. Enough people had died, and lost their lives in the line of duty, protecting the village. Minato wouldn't dream of wishing this fate on another, not even in his darkest of moments.
The young babe in question now christened, Naruto Uzumaki, was now in a very delicate state. After sealing the demon away, and making sure Kushina had seen a med-nin, Minato was left to watch the child who had yet to make a sound. Ever since Minato had left to assist the village, the babe had remained quiet above all else, as if knowing he was very much in danger still. Minato remembered back to the news from Suna; that the Fourth Kazekage had somehow managed to pass the one-tailed Biju into his youngest son, when it had originally was hosted in the mother. Truthfully, Minato pitied the child, despite not having seen the boy as of yet. The Fourth Kazekage was widely known to be rather power hungry, and the fact he'd burdened his youngest with the responsibility of such a blood thirsty demon, showed no-bounds to his arrogance. Sadly however, the boy would have to suffer alone. Clearly the Fourth had decided against subtly, as otherwise the news of the youngest becoming a jinchuriki would have never reached Konoha.
Regardless though, the Hokage's concern was elsewhere. Specifically, he was worried about his wife. Now that Kushina now no longer hosted the nine-tailed fox, she had no true reason to remain in Konoha. Originally, she'd been sent to the Leaf Village under protection, as jinchuriki are highly sought after individuals, and the fact that she was the last of the 'pure' lineage of the Uzumaki clan said a lot. She'd have other more important responsibilities now, meaning himself and their child might suffer as a result.
Falling into darker thoughts, the Hokage shook his head, brushing the feelings away.
No, Kushina would never leave him, and their child like that! Sure, she would be the heir to her clan, but her parents and grandparents were still alive to guide the clan in her stead, and ultimately, she was a Leaf-nin, so her loyalties and duties belonged here. Also, Konoha had close ties with Uzushiogakure, or the Land of Whirlpools, so it would be too difficult to go back and forth anyway.
Coming to this conclusion, the Fourth calmed himself down, and decided to speak with Kushina later. For now, she was away being treated my medical nin's, and he was the one left with their son. Taking up the babe in his arms, he got his first real look at his son. Hours before, he'd merely noted the familiar colour's he had, but now, he had all the time in the world to memorise every feature on the baby's face.
Naruto was round faced, with chubby cheeks that seemed to flush as Minato examined the boy. Naruto's eyes were squeezed shut, though Minato already knew of their blue colour. Small, barely noticeable blonde hair's graced his head, showing the boy's hair would no doubt grow quickly. The father noted the softness on his son's ears, which he caressed silently, marvelling in how small they were; of how small his son was. A tiny button nose graced the centre of his face, completing his face. As Minato stared adoringly into his son's face, Naruto opened his eyes and looked up into his father's equally blue eyes, and cooed quietly. A warm smiled shifted onto Minato's face, as he counted the different tones and hues in the eyes before him. Moments of staring later, Naruto seemed to have become frustrated, and began to cry. Minato, smiling none the less, cuddled his son close to him, and revelled in the warmth the boy provided. Once the boy had quietened again, which could have been hours later for all Minato knew, the Hokage lifted his son up as he stood, and held the boy tightly to him once again. Upon seeing the boy was still peacefully cooing to himself, Minato's smile deepened, and he rushed off to find the baby's mother.
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After rushing around to find Kushina, the blonde haired Hokage had slipped into a worried mess. Whilst searching for the elusive redhead, he'd witnessed the damage and distress the momentary attack had caused for the civilians. Jonin and Chunin were doing their best to calm them, but after seeming such a monstrous, demonic act of destruction and terror, it was clear that it would take some time before the people of Konoha would actually return to normalcy. Sharing kind, comforting words to the villagers he could see needed it the most, he'd continued on, trying to find where exactly Kushina had gone with the med-nin's she had gone along with.
Stilling holding Naruto, his small son in his arms tightly, the fourth Hokage was becoming more concerned by the minute, which was not helping his thought process.
Kushina, where are you? I need you here with Naruto, safe and sound, before I can confidently organise the Shinobi. Minato thought to himself, becoming more frantic as time passed.
As Minato rushed around the remains of the city, trying to locate his wife, he'd become oblivious to the silver-haired youth following him.
Kakashi Hatake, upon seeing the nine-tails defeat and sealed, had attempted to take the blonde baby off his father's hands, so that Minato could work on acting as a Hokage. However, the silver-haired teen allowed the father and son to meet and comfort each other, and when he was about to step in, seeing as the time was right, his teacher had run off.
With the blonde Hokage becoming progressively more frantic, and progressively more difficult to follow, his student knew it was time to actively step in. Seeing his teacher land down into an opening for a couple of moments, Kakashi made his presence known to his sensei, and offer a small smile.
"Sensei." His spoke softly, his tone trained into a neutral guise.
"Kakashi!" Came his reply, though a clear sign of relief washed over the older man. Instilling a smile onto his lips, Minato asked:
"What are you doing here?"
"I thought you needed some help, Sensei. I'll take your son off your hands for the next couple of hours, and watch him whilst you see to the villagers."
"But Kakashi, I need to get Naruto to Kushina!" Minato countered.
"I'll take him to her, Sensei. Just worry about your duties, for now. You'll be able to see Kushina and your son in the morning, just leave them with me."
Whilst clearly reluctant, the Hokage handed his son to his student, but not before giving the boy one more kiss on his forehead. With Kakashi holding the boy securely and safely, Minato nodded to his student, and left to see the shinobi and villagers that needed him in these stressful hours of the night.
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Kushina Uzumaki laid against a tree-trunk close to the Konoha hospital. As a shinobi she decided to wait outside for assistance, instead of taking up a bed that could be used for a more serious injury. With a huge amount of her chakra used up, as well as many bruises and aches within her torso, she couldn't be more much assistance to anyone, and would rather wait for her strength to come back before she tried standing up again.
The med-nin that she had departed with had left to more critical, near-fatally injured patients, and Kushina was not about to keep them from her work. Watching the few shinobi she saw go back and forth, the red-haired woman turned her head towards the sky, and marvelled at the night sky she saw before her.
She then thought of Naruto, her son. Oh, how he was gorgeous! No doubt her parents would love him. However, Minato…
Kushina brushed aside her darker thoughts, and instead continued to wait for time to pass.
After an undistinguishable amount of time, Kakashi Hatake appeared before the mother, and offered the crying baby to her. Smiling warming at seeing her young son's face, Kakashi then helped the woman up and assisted her back home, where both she and her child could rest.
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Authors Note:
Hey guys! Thanks to HybridTailedFox, KakashisGirl33 and for following my story. You guys are awesome!
Anyways, I wanted to give a quick wandering, see as I bet this fanfiction isn't going to go down well with some people in the community, when it actually starts rolling into the plot.
First off, there is going to be quite a bit of hate towards a particular character at one point.
Second off, I'm going to bring traditions and clan values into the story, although they might not exist in the canon.
Third off, no. This is not a 'yaoi'. A 'yaoi' is a gay romance that starts off all romantic and ends with hot, steamy smexy time with very little romance. I cannot write for smexy time, so none of that is happening here. Instead, whilst elements of romance will be included, this story is more about comfort, and who you find comfort with, although it does ultimately turn to love. If this story gets enough people interested, I'll write a sequel with all the smexy time you desire. For now, cute kiddies and young love, okay?