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Chapter Eight: The End of the Discussion

Minato sat across from his son as he chatted about how easy the exam was that he took only hours earlier. Minato would laugh or ask a question occasionally. He was happy that Naruto is starting to open up more. A few months ago, Naruto would not have been this chatty. Minato sighed. He's becoming more and more like Kushina everyday. Who knew that the villagers were keeping this bubbly personality bottled up in his son? Naruto finished his monologue; ending with how everyone was surprised that Naruto had the highest scores. There was a moment of silence and Minato took it.

"I'm glad school went well for you Naruto," Minato smiled, "but tomorrow your real test starts."

"What do you mean, tou-san?"

Minato laughed at the memories, "You'll just have to wait and see."

Naruto crossed his arms and made humph sound, which only made Minato laugh more. The laughing soon became contagious as Naruto started laughing too.

Once the laughing subsided, Minato knew it was time to get serious. Naruto needed to know what happened to his mother. It was something he promised him and it was time to tell him.

"Naruto, I promised I would tell you about your mother," Minato started, "I think you are old enough now to understand the whole story."

Naruto nodded and pushed Minato to continue.

"As you already know, Kushina, your mother, was the Jinchuuriki before you. Before I tell you what happened the night you were born, it would be best you know a bit more about your mother's history," Minato said.

"Mom's history? What do you mean? Wasn't she from Konoha?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, she lived here but its not were she was born," Minato shook his head.

"Oh."

"Your mother was chosen as the second Jinchuuriki of the Nine-tails. She was brought to Konoha for that purpose," Minato continued, "She was originally from the Whirlpool country and she lived in the Village hidden in the Eddies."

"Wait, if she was from a whole another country why was she brought to Konoha?" Naruto asked.

"The Whirlpool and the Fire Country as well as the hidden Eddies and hidden Leaf has very strong ties to one another," Minato explained, "The Uzumaki's and the Senju's, the leaders of the villages, were distant blood relatives. The people of the Eddies had astonishingly long lives, giving them the nickname of being the village of longevity. The Uzumaki clan specialized in sealing. The seal I used to seal away the Kyuubi into you was based on her clan's technique. Kushina taught me several sealing techniques, allowing me to become a seal master."

"Wow, mom must have been an amazing sealer as well," Naruto commented.

Minato chuckled, "Yes, she was. The symbol on the shinobi uniform was the symbol of the Eddies. It now symbolizes friendship and goodwill. Although during the war, her village and country were destroyed. People became to fear their sealing techniques. The few survivors spread across the globe."

"But why was she chosen?" Naruto asked in a rather loud voice.

"Kushina was born with a very powerful chakra that was able to suppress the Kyuubi. The Jinchuuriki before her was also an Uzumaki. Actually, her predecessor was the first Hokage's wife, Uzumaki Mito."

"Really?" Naruto wondered.

"Yes. Naruto you were taught about the battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara in school correct?" Minato checked.

"Yes," Naruto nodded.

"During their battle, Hashirama was able to gain control of the Kyuubi and to aid her husband, Mito seal the Kyuubi into herself becoming its first Jinchuuriki. From then on, Konoha had procession of the Kyuubi. When Mito was nearing the end of her life, Kushina was brought here to become the next vessel," Minato continued, "She never told me much about how she became the Jinchuuriki. That's something you are going to ask her."

"What do you mean?" Naruto suddenly became confused.

Minato shook his head, "I'll have to explain that later."

"Wait, if mom was the Jinchuuriki how did the Kyuubi attack the village?" Naruto asked.

"Twelve years ago, when the Kyuubi attack the village, a man had control of it. He some how knew the one thing that could naturally weaken the seal," Minato said.

"What?"

"Child birth," Minato stated.

"You mean when I was born?" Naruto asked.

Minato nodded, "Yes. A full term pregnancy for a female jinchuuriki is about 10 months. As the baby grows, the chakra that supports the seal is redirected to nurture the baby, so the seal weakens in direct proportion. We took precautions for the Kyuubi, incase anything were to happen. We moved Kushina out to a vacant cave near by with only me, Biwako (the third's wife), an ANBU member Taji and of course your mother knew the location. The man some how knew that Kushina's seal would be the weakest the moment you were born. He was able to take down the ANBU members we a placed outside and enter the cave without anyone's notice."

"I was born in a cave?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.

"Your missing the point, Naruto," Minato shook his head and continued, "I won't go into the details about your birth, you're a little young for that, but right as I was about to redo the seal, the man took down Biwako and Taji right after you were born and took you from us. He threatened to kill you. I was able to get you back but he put you in harms way to get me away from your mother. I flashed home to put you somewhere safe so I could save your mother."

"But you were too late?" Naruto assumed.

"Not exactly," Minato's voice started to shake as he relived those painful memories, "The man took her to a place right outside the village and ripped the Kyuubi from her. I managed to get there right after the Kyuubi had been extracted and move her to a safe place, but the man and the Kyuubi were headed to the village."

"Tou-san?" Naruto called noticing the tremble in Minato's voice. When the elder blonde lifted his head, Naruto noticed that there were tears running down his face, "You don't have to tell me the rest if it hurts too much."

"No, its alright, Naruto," Minato shook his head, wiped the tears from his face and took a deep breath to continue, "I took your mother to where I had left you, then went to face the man and the Kyuubi. Once I arrived at the village, the Kyuubi was already on a destructive path. I had to stop him from destroying the village any more. But that man had other plans. He was able to move me away from the village and fight me one on one. I can't go into detail here because they are classified, but I will say I was able to injure him and get back to the village, but not before I made him loose control of the Kyuubi and summon Gambunta to help me handle the Kyuubi."

"What do you mean summon Gambunta?" Naruto asked.

"I have signed the toad summoning contract. Gambunta is one of the toads. I will explain that more when you are ready," Minato answered Naruto's question then continued the story, "Gambunta was able to hold down the Fox long enough for me to build up chakra to teleport the Kyuubi out side the village. I also was able to get both you and your mother. I brought you two because I had a plan. I may have been able to injure the man but I knew he'd be back. Kushina used the last of her chakra to put a barrier around the Kyuubi to hold him down. Kushina was prepared to used the last of her chakra to reseal him inside her and… and… have him die along side her."

"But you didn't let that happen?" Naruto asked.

"No, my original plan was to seal half in me with a the dead demon seal and half in side you, because you were so young, I didn't think your body could handle all of the Kyuubi's chakra," Minato explained.

"But mom wouldn't let you do that either," Naruto assumed.

"No, we came up with a different plan, she would seal half of the chakra inside her and the other half inside you," Minato continued, "I thought that having the chakra inside would help her live but…."

"She didn't" Naruto finished for him.

"No, she knew she was going to die and had me seal her remaining chakra inside you, so that you may one day be able to speak with her," Minato said as he placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder, "She didn't want to place such a heavy burden on you, but in the end we both knew that you would be able to handle the Kyuubi."

"Because I'm the son of two hero's," Naruto smiled.

"Yes, you are. Your mother died with the second half of the Kyuubi inside her, but since she didn't have the soul of the Kyuubi, it will remain with her," Minato explained, "She loved you so much, Naruto. She had so much she wanted to teach you."

"You loved her so much didn't you tou-san?" Naruto asked.

"I did, I loved her a lot. She made me her husband, she made the Hokage, and she made me your father. I wouldn't be the man I am today without her. I wouldn't have you without her," Minato ruffled Naruto's hair again and smiled as the tears continued to run down his face.

"I think I would have loved her a lot," Naruto whispered.

"I think so too," Minato agreed.

Naruto and Minato sat for a long time in silence. Naruto was taking in what his father had just told him, while Minato was trying to regain his composure after reliving those painful memories for the first time since that night. It was getting late as the sun was starting to set; the elder blonde took a deep breath. They both had a long day to prepare for tomorrow. Naruto had his first day as a genin and Minato had to go to Suna to meet with the Kazekage. Minato could tell Naruto was in deep thought and although he didn't want to disturb him, they had to go home. Minato was about to speak by Naruto interrupted him.

"Tou-san?" Naruto called.

"Yes?"

"You said you sealed the rest of mom's chakra into me so that I would be able to speak with her one day," Naruto thought out loud.

"I did," Minato nodded.

"When do you think that will be?" Naruto asked.

"To be honest, I am not exactly sure," Minato placed his hand on his chin as he though, "But one day soon."

"Oh, ok," Naruto nodded.

"How about we go home?" Minato suggested, "We both have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."

Naruto nodded in agreement then went to stand up. Minato wrapped his arm around his son as they headed him. Naruto didn't seem as afraid to go into village as he did a few months earlier, for which Minato was grateful. It seemed Naruto's true personality was starting to shine through but it would be awhile before anyone besides Minato would get to see the real Uzumaki Naruto.