Well hello! Here's a new chapter of Naruko's secret-fanfiction, inspired by it Mahou no Chocolate-manga, Detective Conan-series, Lego Ninjago-series, and Hoodwinked! 2-movie, whose rights I do not own. See you in the next chapter.
Sasuke, and Sakura woke up on the palace floor to see it, that the crystal case around Naruko glowed, and then disappeared.
Naruko opened her eyes, and then looked at Sasuke, and Sakura at the same time, when their eyes, that still glow red, regained their natural color.
"Sasuke, did you really mean that, what did you just say?" Naruko asked sitting up.
"Of course I meant it. I won't pull a trick like this on you again," Sasuke said hugging Naruko. "Line, I do understand, if you are mad at me, but i really meant, what i just said and fyi, that I never considered you a boy."
"I was never intimate with Sasuke-kun, when I lived in his house. Everyone, our touch to each other was just a play in case, if you could see us in the same place, and with which Sasuke-kun tested you. And besides, I lived in a guest room in his house. Even my parents know that plan," Sakura said. "Naru, of course Sasuke-kun was of course my first crush, but after becoming friends with you, and after realizing your feelings for Sasuke-kun I realized, that your feelings are, that Sasuke-kun might need from the woman walking by his side. So, do you forgive? Besides, when Sasuke-kun proposed that plan, so i said, that it is not necessarily a good idea. Even Sasuke-kun can be wrong."
Sasuke looked irritated after hearing Sakura's recent words.
"I was in love, and I could not suspect your plan, but i can't help it, that I love Sasuke. But I could never loathe you, even though a part of me wanted it at the time, when i imagined you two dating, because you were Hinata's Shikamaru, Kiba, Akamaru, Choji, Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei, and the Sandaime Hokage, Ayame, and along with Teuchi the first, and my only friends, and that's why I wanted to do everything for you, so that's why I refused to hate you," Naruko said, and his hair turned back to yellow.
"Good. I guess Naru isn't mad at us anymore," Sakura thought looking at Naruko's hair.
"Otherwise, why did you take the bouquet to the ruins of the village we saw earlier?"
"Those ruins were a village, where my mother was born, before her moved to Konoha. After Mom had helped me control Kurama's powers, her told me, that what happened that night, when Kurama attacked Konoha saying this:
"You did it Naruko".
"Then I asked my mother like this:
"Yeah. What's going on with you now, mom," Naruko said.
Suddenly, Kushina appeared partially transparent in the room:
"I told you then like this:
"It's been a long time since I see Minato. Before that I have to tell you something. It's about the Kyubi's attack 16 years ago, and your birth. I will now tell you the truth about the Kyubi's attack on Konoha 16 years ago."
"I asked like this:
The truth about the Kyubi's attack on Konoha 16 years ago?" I was curious then, but at the same time I was scared that, that what I would find out when I heard that, what were you going to tell me then mom," Naruko said.
Sasuke, and Sakura also looked at Kushina curiously.
"Yes. I will say the same words now, that I told you then, when I told you the truth about the Kyubi's invasion of Konoha. I'll start with, that I was the Kyubi's jinchuuriki before you," Kushina said.
"Were you Kurama's jinchuriki before Naruko?" Sasuke asked Kushina.
Sakura didn't even try to hide her curiosity
"Yes. Before I tell you the truth about the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha that I just mentioned, so first I have to tell you a little bit about myself. I was chosen to be the Kyubi's second jinchuriki. In fact, I was brought to Konoha from Uzu no Kuni for that very reason," Kushina said.
"Why did you have to become a jinchuriki, if you weren't even a resident of Hi no Kun?!" Sasuke asked.
"That's what I asked, too. At the time, I felt terribly unfair that, that my mother had to become a jinchuriki, even though her mother was born in Uzu no Kuni," Naruko said.
"True. I wasn't a resident of Hi no Kun. But Hi no Kuni, and Uzu no Kuni, and Konoha, and Uzuchiogakure had a strong connection. The Konoha of Senju-clan, and of Uzuchiogakure the Uzumaki-clan are distantly related to each other. Our nation was vibrant, and our village was called "Choju no Sato". Our clans specialized in Fuinjutsu. However, we were also a bit of a rowdy crowd. Shisho Fuin-seal, with which the Kyubi is sealed to Naruko is originally based on the techniques of our village. Minato learned this technique from me. The red swirl pattern on Konoha's Chunin-vest is Uzuchiogakure's signature. It is still used in Konoha to denote Konohagakure no Sato, and Uzuchiogakure no Sato's close relationships. However, Uzu no Kuni is no more. During the wars, our Uzumaki's Fuinjutsu were feared, and finally our whole country was destroyed. The surviving members of our clan concealed their identities, and scattered around the world to find a safe haven," Kushina said.
Sakura shivered slightly in shock.
"But why did you have to become a jinchuriki?!" Sasuke asked.
"My chakra was suited to controlling the Kyubi, and was strong even by Uzuchiogakure's standards. Also, my predecessor, the Kyubi's first jinchuriki was, like me, a kunoichi of Uzuchiogakure. So it was partly also about tradition. Her name was Uzumaki Mito. Her became of the Shodaime Hokage's wife. I too later became the Yondaime Hokage's wife. In order to avoid betrayal, the jinchuriki have been chosen throughout the Kages to be the brothers, spouses, and close relatives. After all, the jinchuriki is the protector of the village chief, and a demonstration of the powers of the leader of his village. Do you know Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara the fight between in Shumatsu no Tani?" Kushina asked.
Sasuke nodded.
"Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama won the Kyubi for himself in that battle. To support her husband, Mito-sama sealed the Kyubi inside her, and became its jinchuriki. Since then, the Kyubi has belonged to Konoha. With Mito-sama's death near, I was brought to the village as the next jinchuriki," Kushina said.
"You were considered a mere object!" Sasuke yelled.
"At the time, I hadn't even been told about it yet. I was deeply shocked, when I heard the truth. The incident was kept extremely secret. Only the Sandaime Hokage knew about it, and one of the managers. Not even the 3 Sannin. I was breaking the pressure, and under loneliness. Mito-sama at the time told me this:
"We came here to carry the Kyubi within us, but first you have to find love within yourself. Then you can live happily, even if you become a jinchuriki," Kushina told.
"Then you were happy as a jinchuriki too?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes," Kushina smiled. "After all, Mito-sama had understood, that love is the only way to overcome the Kyubi's hatred".
Sakura cried.
"Mother, Obito caused what happened when I was born, Kurama's attack on Konoha by summoning the Kyubi to Konoha with the Kuchiyose no jutsu," Naruko said.
"But Kurama should have been inside you at the time. That's why I don't really understand exactly, that what really happened that night," Sasuke said.
"Minato didn't tell Naruko everything during Pain's attack. No wonder. Minato gave me more chakra, so he himself had less time to talk with Naruko. True. It was Obito who made the Kyubi attack Konoha. But until the very last moment, the Kyubi was inside me," Kushina said.
"What exactly happened that night?" Sakura asked.
"For some reason Obito knew one thing. The one moment, causing the jinchuriki's Biju seal to weaken. With that knowledge, he stole the Kyubi for himself," Kushina said.
"Just a moment, when the jinchuriki's Biju seal weakens? What is it?!" Sakura asked nervously.
"Childbirth. During those less than 10 months, when a female-jinchuriki is pregnant, so the energy used in her seal is partly transferred to the fetus. Then, correspondingly, of the Biju-seal inside the jinchuriki will weaken," Kushina began:
(Flashback)
"Even because of the seal, I am present at the birth. I go in front, and I'll handle the arrangements," Minato said.
Kushina nodded to Minato, as Kushina sat at the kitchen table of Minato's, and Kushina's home talking with Hiruzen, and Biwako.
"We cannot forget the case of your predecessor, Mito-sama. At the time of birth, the seal almost broke. I am sorry, but you have to give birth inside Kekkai outside the village. I'm sending Minato with you, my wife Biwako, as well as ANBU's Taji. Everything happens absolutely in secret. Of course you also get guards, but they're all ANBU too," Hiruzen said.
"I'll take you there. I'm slowly getting ready! Kushina!" Biwako said at the same time, as Minato walked towards the door of the room.
"Yes. Thank you very much," Kushina said.
Later, Kushina, and Biwako walked towards the main gate of the village.
Mikoto was walking down the street, and carried a baby in her arms. Mikoto stopped, when she saw Kushina, and Biwako. Mikoto bowed to Biwako, and then looked at Kushina with a smile.
"Oh? Was it a girl after all?" Kushina asked Mikoto looking at the baby in Mikoto's arms with a smile.
"No, yes it's a boy," Mikoto said.
"Sweet," Kushina said. "What name did you give him, Mikoto?"
Biwako walked over after noticing Kushina had stopped.
"Sasuke," Mikoto said.
"Oh. Same name, as the Sandaime's father," Biwako stated.
"Yes. I hope he's as brave," Mikoto said looking at Kushina. "Your child will be born soon, Kushina. I recommend coming up with a name beforehand".
"It's already decided. Her's going to be Naruko. She's joining the academy at the same time as Sasuke. They're going to be friends," Kushina said, stroking Sasuke's hair lightly with her left hand.
Sasuke opened his eyes, and looked at Kushina curiously, Kushina lightly touched Sasuke's right cheek with her right index finger.
"Otherwise, does childbirth hurt a lot?" Kushina whispered to Mikoto.
"Ohhh. You're afraid of something too. Surprising," Mikoto smiled.
"That's about it, Kushina!" Biwako said grabbing Kushina's left hand, and started to drag Kushina towards Konoha's main gate.
"Oh...yeah!" Kushina waved at Mikoto.
"See you again!" Mikoto said.
"Your birth is supposed to take place in secret. If you meet acquaintances on the way, so avoid them as best you can," Biwako advised.
"Yes. Sorry," Kushina rubbed the back of her head with her other hand.
"And though we leave the village, the mission is still top secret! Try not to scream, when the contractions start!" Biwako said.
"Ah...yeah!" Kushina obeyed with difficulty.
(Later in the cave)
"Uaaaarrh! It hurts so bad!" Kushina shouted, her forehead wet with sweat. "Gnnnhhh!"
"That, I've never seen Kushina in such agony. Is there really nothing to worry about?" Minato asked, keeping the seal pattern on his wife's stomach intact.
"It's not! Rather concentrate on observing the seal!" Biwako advised.
"Yeah, but," Minato looked at Kushina with concern.
"You're the Yondaime Hokage! Now try to pull yourself together! A man would die from that pain! But women are strong!" Biwako shouted.
"Gruuu!" Kurama roared at the same time, as Kushina made an effort.
"Whoah!" Kushina howled.
"What power! The Kyubi is trying to break free!" Minato thought:
"Do your best Kushina! Power Naruko!"
(Outside the cave)
Floating in the river outside the cave were four ANBU members, who had just been strangled.
On the surface of the water stood one dressed in a dark robe, the man wearing the orange mask, who glanced at the mouth of a cave in the rock ahead of him, before he walked through the rock wall.
(In the cave)
"Uuuuuuuunghh!" Kushina made an effort, biting her teeth at the same time.
"You can already see the head! Apply a little more!" Biwako advised after noticing the matter in question.
"Try to hold on, Kushina-sama!" Taji said.
"Groooooo!" Kurama roared again.
"Naruko! Come out already! Kyubi stay inside!" Minato shouted, trying his best to keep the seal intact. Kurama's chakra burned his hands, and the pattern of the seal changed shape.
"Uuuuuuuungh!" Kushina yelled with effort.
"Yaaah! Yyyyyyh!" A soft cry filled the cave.
"Bring warm water!" Biwako yelled at Taji.
"Yes!" Taji obeyed.
"Now it's over," Minato said.
"Whoah! Whoah! Whoah!" Kushina cried breathlessly.
"You have a healthy baby girl!" Biwako said, holding the one wrapped in a white blanket in her arms, blond haired baby, who had light skin, and blue eyes.
"Yyyy! Yyyy!" The baby was crying.
"I'm a father now too!" Minato wiped his tears of joy at the same time, as Biwako showed the baby to Kushina.
"Naruko, we finally meet," Kushina said.
"Is that so, Kushina! You are guaranteed to be tired after giving birth, but now I'm sealing the Kyubi back in!" Minato explained.
"Whoah, wood Yeah!" Kushina stated to Biwako, and Taji walking towards the entrance of the cave to take the baby to the Konoha hospital.
"Ugh!"
"Aaah!"
"Yyyy!"
Minato quickly looked away from the crying, and towards the cry to notice, that Biwako, and Taji fell to the floor of the cave, and the unknown man held Naruko in his arms:
"Biwako-sama! Taji!"
"Yondaime Hokage Minato, exit next to the jinchuriki. Otherwise, I won't guarantee the child's safety," The masked man said.
"Yyyy! Yyyyy!" Naruko cried.
"How did that man pass Kekkai?! Who the hell is he?!" Minato thought. He would have to somehow save his daughter, but he had no idea of the strength of the enemy.
"Ghhh!" Kushina's seal quickly spread patterns to all parts of Kushina's body.
"Kushina!" Minato shouted after noticing the seal's newly changed state:
"I didn't close the seal yet!"
"Get out of the jinchuriki's side already. Or do you want to see, when I carry out my threat about the child's safety?" the masked man asked, and took the kunai in his right hand while holding Naruko in his left hand.
"Wait...Calm down now!" Minato tried to calm the enemy down.
"Ghhh!" Kushina's seal continued to spread.
"Calm yourself, Minato. I'm completely calm," The masked man tossed the baby high into the air.
"Naruko!" Kushina shouted worriedly.
Using his Hiraishi no Jutsu, Minato quickly moved close to the enemy, and took Naruko in her arms, before the masked man could carry out his threat.
"Konoha no Kiiroi Senko, really. But what do you say to this?" The masked man asked, which is when Minato noticed the explosive devices attached to Naruko's body.
Minato quickly removed the wrap from around Naruko, and tossed a swaddle on the ground, moving at the same time with his Hiraishi no Jutsu to a remote house.
"Minato! Naruko!" Kushina shouted just before, like explosives exploded.
Bodum! The house exploded just then, as Minato, holding Naruko in his arms, jumped out of the house's open doorway.
Minato landed on his butt on the ground, and looked at her daughter.
"Yyyyy! Yyyyy!" Naruko cried.
"What a relief. Naruko is fine," Minato stated with relief at the same time, as he used his right hand to remove the thick stick from his right ankle.
"Forced me to use the Hiraishin no Jutsu. He's freaking out when he sees Kushina. That's why he broke us up! Now hurry up!" Minato thought while disappearing, when the stick he threw away fell into the grass.
After a while, Minato appeared in Minato no sefuhausu, which had kunai made by him.
Chakra-ropes resembling black chains appeared from Kushina's seal, and wrapped around the rocks at the edges of the lake, and at the same time prevented Kushina from moving:
"What...really are you going to do?"
"I will remove the Kyubi from within you, and I will destroy Konoha," The masked man said to Kushina.
"What did you say?!" Kushina asked shocked.
"Minato can transfer with his Hiraishin no Jutsu in an instant to any marked place. Such a mark is also added to your sealing pattern. Minato has protected you all along. But now I separated him from you. Also, the seal has weakened due to childbirth. You know, how have I been waiting for this moment?" The masked man said. He activated his Sharingan causing Kushina to freak out.
"You're safe here. Wait here, while I go save your mother," Minato said to Naruko, who was sleeping on the bed.
"It's you!" Kyubi growled at the masked man before, as Sharigan appeared in its eyes.
The lava-ball inside Kushina, to which the Kyubi was chained, began to turn into a running liquid, and the chains melted at the same time, when the Kyubi got rid of them. Zha!
Gruooooo! Kyubi roared at the same time, as red chakra surrounded Kushina's body.
"Step forward, Kyubi! Kaibi Hoin!" The masked man yelled. And after a while, red chakra appeared from Kushina's seal, who turned into the Kyubi.
Grrroooooh! The Kyubi's roar broke the silence of the night at the same time, as Kushina collapsed exhausted onto the large rock below her.
"I see. Then towards Konoha," The masked man stated, when he had turned his back on Kushina to go to Konoha.
"Hhh...wait...whoah," Kushina almost whispered to the masked man.
"Unbelievable. Apparently the Uzumaki don't even die immediately after removing the Biju," The masked man stated after noticing that Kushina was still alive.
Gruoooo! The Kyubi roared, raising his right front leg up.
"You were the Kyubi's jinchuriki. So I will kill you with the Kyubi," The masked man said, and that's when the Kyubi, which he held aloft, struck straight at Kushina with his front leg.
Tudhunk! A huge layer of dust filled the area, but at the same moment Minato appeared in the top of a tree with Kushina in his arms.
"Your appointment is certainly apt, but you're already late," The masked man said, when he noticed Minato.
"Minato, is Naruko okay?" Kushina asked exhausted.
"Yes," Minato said.
"Good. Stop that man, and the Kyubi. That man is going to go to Konoha," Kushina said.
Minato fucked the masked man, before disappearing from the scene with Kushina.
"Moved again. Ditto that, because now we're going to Konoha," the masked man stated at the same time, as he made his way towards Konoha.
"Why?" Kushina asked at the same time, as Minato laid Kushina down on the bed, where she was hiding, which Naruko was still sleeping on.
"Don't worry about it. You stay here by Naruko's side," Minato said.
"Naruko," Kushina hugged her daughter, crying as she did so. "Minato, thank you. Be careful".
"I'll be back soon," Minato said. He put his Hitai blade in front of his forehead, and put on a white coat. The jacket in question had red flame patterns on the hem, and the back of the jacket read Yondaime Hokage. Minato took a couple of kunai with him, and then went after his enemy.
"What is this feeling?" Itachi thought aloud, as he sat on the terrace of his home, holding Sasuke in his arms.
Above the village now felt strangely oppressive.
"Yyyh...Byaaah!" Sasuke cried.
"Well, well," Itachi reassured his brother, rocking him gently:
"Disgusting feeling. Of course, at a moment like this, father and mother are gone".
"Don't cry Sasuke. Your big brother will protect you, what happened happened," Itachi said.
"Hmm? Isn't the stone, paper, will the scissors work today?" Kakashi asked, as he walked along the evening village road with his one-sided rival.
"Again?! Come up with something more intense instead! My rival shouldn't be so limp!" Gai threatened.
"Doesn't it feel kind of weird? Like the air is cold," Kakashi expressed what he just noticed.
"Your attitude here is cold! We are only young once!" Gai's eyes widened.
Hiruzen studied the documents in the Hokage's tower, until he suddenly felt the pressure of chakra in the air:
"I guess not?"
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" A masked man dressed in a dark cloak struck his right palm on the ground, and the environment was quickly filled with a thick cloud of smoke.
When the smoke cleared, so in the middle of the village stood the Kyubi:
Grrroooo!
Several buildings were already destroyed by the sheer force of the Kyūbi's roar. The roar in question also broke the silence of the night.
"That...that's the Kyubi!" One of the civilians on the street shouted after recognizing Biju.
"Begin, Kyubi!" The masked man said, and the Kyubi began to destroy Konoha.
"Sandaime Hokage-sama! The Kyubi has appeared in our village!" The ANBU member, who had just rushed into the Hokage's office announced.
"I know! I'll stop it! Protect you villagers!" Hiruzen said while tightening the shield on his right arm.
"Yes!" The ANBU member said.
"Did Kushina's seal break? Wasn't even the tight guard I set up enough?! Biwako," Hiruzen thought.
Minato jumped onto his rock sculpture without taking his eyes off the Kyubi.
That's when the Kyubi saw the Yondaime Hokage.
"So you noticed me," Minato said, when a violet appeared in front of the Kyubi's mouth, a huge chakra-ball.
"You won't destroy this!" Minato made hand signs at the same time, as the Kyubi shot his chakra-ball towards Minato.
Minato raised his homemade kunai in front of his face, and when the Kyubi's attack was only inches away from the Hokage's rock carvings, and seemed to be absorbed into the rock:
"Hiraishin: Dōrai!"
"One must choose the transfer location for such a huge blow carefully," Minato thought.
Kabam! The Kyuubi's attack exploded far away from Konoha.
"It exploded somewhere else. That's Jikūka's Ninjutsu!" Chōza recognized the technique in question after noticing, that the explosion happened far from the village.
"So Minato!" Shikaku stated after realizing the situation.
"Alright! We'll attack too!" Hiruzen announced.
"Yes!" One Jonin shouted.
"We need to tell the Sandaime right now about what happened," Minato thought as the cause of the Kyubi's attack appeared behind Minato.
Sensing someone behind him, Minato quickly turned around and tried to strike the enemy with his kunai, but the enemy let the gun through, and grabbed Minato's right hand.
"Your opponent is me. And you already lost the battle," The masked man said, and tried to absorb Minato with his technique.
Minato was faster though, and transferred his Hiraishin no Jutsu into the forest near Konoha, where one of his kunai was, as Minato had previously left said kunai in the forest in case the fight needed to be moved elsewhere.
"You move. You are fast. Next, I'll suck you into me without delay," The enemy stated.
"My blow went through him, but he materialized, and tried to suck me inside. What technique is that?" Minato pondered after appearing in the forest, and after falling to the ground.
"You can't escape," The enemy appeared a short distance away from Minato.
"Does he also master the transition-techniques?! That's why he was able to take Kushina with him! Pass the ANBU guard, and top secret Kekkai. Did you know, that Kushina's seal weakens in childbirth. You knew how to break the seal, and tames the Kyubi. And still passed the Kekkai of Konoha. There is only one, that fulfills all the conditions," Minato thought:
"Are you Uchiha Madara? No, that's impossible. He's dead."
"Yes. How is it?" The enemy lowered his hood, and his short, his black hair came into view.
"Nevertheless though, who are you. Why did you attack Konoha?" Minato picked up the kunai on the ground with his right hand while standing up.
"If there is anything to answer, so on a whim. But also as planned. Likewise for the sake of war, and for peace," The enemy said, at the same time shedding the chains from his sleeves.
"He's strong anyway! Commanding the Kyubi, and knows me, and the Nidaime Hokage's stronger transfer- techniques. He also has a dangerous way of thinking. Now if I don't stop him, then he becomes a bigger threat than the Kyubi! If I move to the village, so he follows me to the village. That would confuse the battle even more. Even Madara couldn't keep the Kyubi summoned for very long. You have to trust the Sandaime when it comes to the village. I'll take care of him here in the meantime!" Minato decided.
"Your hope is already lost!" The masked man ran towards Minato as Minato did the same. The enemy let Minato through, and tried to bind Minato with his chains, but Minato moved near one of his kunai.
"Awkward body. My attacks don't work, but he materializes at just the right moment for himself. So I can only hit him when, when he hits me! However, attacking is a risk for him. Considering the scarcity of time, he hardly wants the fight to drag on. Victory is determined by, which one is slightly faster than the other!" Minato thought as he ran towards the enemy.
Minato quickly threw a kunai at the enemy, as a result of which the enemy let the kunai through, and tried to grab Minato's left shoulder at the same time, when a Rasengan appeared in Minato's right hand.
"Won..." The masked man's thoughts were interrupted then, when Minato disappeared.
Minato appeared above the masked man, and slammed his Rasengan into the masked man's back.
"Guagh!" The enemy screamed as he hit the ground, which cracked just like in an earthquake. Crack!
"Bad...Did he move to the kunai?!" The enemy thought.
"Hiraishin — Ni no Dan," Minato caught the kunai he had thrown earlier with his left hand.
The masked man jumped onto the big rock holding his left hand, which came off, and fell to the ground.
Then Minato appeared in front of the masked man, and stabbed the enemy with his kunai.
"Hiraishin no Jutsu! Of course! He had drawn a mark on my body!" The masked man thought after realizing the situation. At the same time, another seal appeared on his body.
"Keiyaku Fūin! Are you going to separate me from the Kyubi?!" The masked man asked after recognizing the seal Minato had just used.
"Now the Kyubi is no longer yours!" Minato said.
Grrroooo! The Kyubi roared as the Sharingan disappeared from its sight.
"Iruka...are you okay?" The dark-haired woman asked at the same time, as blood poured from his mouth.
Iruka's mother, Kohar had long, brown hair, two tufts of hair were framing her face, and her had dark eyes. Her wore the Hitai-atea in front of his forehead, as well as the standard costume of the Konohagakure ninja, including flake coat, albeit without the rolling bags. Her skin was fair, and her was tall, and thin, and he was 45 years old.
"Mother," Iruka looked at his mother's wounds with concern:
"Dad! Mom is wounded!"
"Leave him to me! Get out of here quickly!" A short distance away, the dark haired man yelled at Iruka.
Ikkaku had brown hair, which she had tied in a ponytail, dark eyes, and a thin mustache, and fair skin. He wore the standard Konoha ninja uniform, including Hitai-ate, and flake coat, under which he wore a web armor, which showed past his sleeves. He also carried a large scroll on his lower back. He was tall, and athletic, and 45 years old.
"No way! I can't leave you here, and run away alone! I'll protect mother!" Iruka announced.
"You're just a brat! Don't think too much of yourself! It's a parents job to protect their children!" Iruka's father shouted.
"Where's Minato?!" Hiruzen thought.
"We drove the Kyubi out of the village! Strike without pause!"
Hiruzen attacked the Kyubi with the others.
"It's no wonder, that you are the Hokage. You managed to hurt me, and even to separate me from the Kyubi. It will still be sooner, or later my property. I am the ruler of this world.
There are many ways," The masked man disappeared with his transition technique.
"That tone of voice. He really meant it," Minato thought.
"Keep the Kyubi in check, until the Yondaime comes!" One Jonin shouted to his companions.
They did their best to keep the Kyubi under control, even though the powers of the Biju in question seemed limitless.
"Let go! Father, and mother are still fighting!" Iruka yelled at the Chunin, who took Iruka to safety.
"What is it about?!" Gai asked.
"Do you understand? You young people stay away from the monster. This is not war, but an internal problem in our village. There's no reason for you to risk your lives," One Jonin said to the teenagers, who had been taken to safety in the forest inside a Kekkai.
"That's unfair!" Kurenai shouted angrily.
"Calm down now Kurenai!" One Chunin said.
"You're a ninja yourself. You won't live forever. But you're also my daughter. You're a woman. At least pass the Hi no Ishi on to my grandchild first! Promise it to your father. I trust you," Kurenai's father told his daughter.
Like her daughter Kurenai, Shinku had black hair, and very distinct, ringed, red eyes. He also had a very prominent jaw line, and he was wearing a standard Konoha ninja outfit, which appeared to have slightly longer sleeves than usual, ninja sandals, Hitai-ate, which he wore before his forehead, and flake coat. Shinku also carried a sword, which was fastened vertically over his right shoulder, and a small cylindrical object, which was attached to the right side of his lower back. He was 45 years old, long, and athletic, and his skin was fair.
Gruoooo! The Kyubi created a huge ball of chakra in front of his mouth.
"A gruesome sight!" Minato thought, as he jumped on top of his rock sculpture.
"Hhh. Is it using that again?!" Hiruzen was exhausted.
"Sandaime-sama!" One Jonin supported the Sandaime.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Gamabunta suddenly jumped on Kyubi's back.
"The Yondaime has arrived!" One of the Jonin stated.
"I am the ruler of this world," Minato recalled the masked man saying:
"Kushina. Forgive me".
"Hold Kyubi for a moment! To move such a large object I need a lot of chakra!" Minato told Gamabunta below him.
"It's not easy even for me!" Gamabunta shouted.
Just as the Kyubi was about to direct his technique at Sarutobi, it disappeared with Minato in a puff of smoke. Poof!
"Minato, did the Kyubi move with you?" Hiruzen pondered.
Boom! A huge explosion could be seen further from the village.
"So there!" Hiruzen quickly left with the two Jonin in that direction, where had seen the recent explosion.
"Kekkai must be created immediately!" Minato jumped to the edge of the forest with his family for about a second, before Kyubi destroyed that house, where Kushina, and Naruko had been before:
"I'm about to run out of chakra".
"I still have powers...Minato" Kushina said, and chains of chakra quickly appeared from his back, that sank into the earth before they came up from the earth, and wrapped around every part of the Kyubi's body, binding it tightly to the ground. Dhak!
"Kushina!" Minato looked at his exhausted wife with concern, as he noticed Kushina coughing.
"Yyyyyyyyy!" Naruko, held in Minato's arms, cried.
"We woke him up. Forgive me, Naruko," Kushina said with a smile.
"Kushina," Minato said.
"When I die, I'll take the Kyubi with me. Then it shouldn't 'wake up' for a second. It's the only way to save you with my little chakra. Thank you for everything," Kushina smiled at her family.
"Yyyy! Yyyy!" Naruko cried.
"Kushina, you made me Yondaime Hokage! You made me your husband! You also made me Naruko's father! So why?!" Minato asked.
"Now don't look like that. I'm happy. I got a lot of love from you, and today is also the day, when our child was born. Above all, if I now imagine the future, if I imagine that I will survive, and that we live as a family of three, so I can't see us as anything other than happy. If I regret something, so that, that I don't see Naruko grow up," Kushina said.
"Kushina, you don't have to die with the Kyubi. Rather use your little chakra to see our daughter again," Minato said.
"Eh?" Kushina wondered at her husband's recent words.
"I will seal the rest of your chakra inside Natsuki. I will combine it with the Shishō Fūin seal. I will take the Kyubi with me, with technology, which non jinchuriki are capable of, Shiki Fūjin-seal," Minato told.
"But its user," Kushina objected to Minato's suggestion.
"However, I only sealed half of the Kyubi. You can't seal more chakra than that at once. Strategically, it wouldn't make sense either. If you were to die with the Kyubi now, upon its rebirth from Konoha a jinchūriki would be missing. That would mess up the Bijū balance. With Shiki Fūji, I capture half of the Kyūbi's chakra forever. I sealed the other half of the Kyūbi's chakra into Naruko again! With the Shishō Fūin Seal!" Minato announced.
(Flashback)
"Might be, that it is you who is Yogen no Ko',' Jiraiya's long ago words came back to Minato's mind.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Minato asked.
"The Ninja-world is still faced with immense destruction. However, everything will be saved by this Yogen no Ko, which I once heard from Gamamaru-sama," Jiraiya said.
(End of the flashback)
"I do understand, that what you think Kushina. This is a very difficult decision for me, as well. But I can't forget the change Jiraiya-sensei mentioned, and not the immense destruction that follows!" Minato said:
"I made sure of two things today. Destruction will be caused by the masked man who attacked you today! But that destruction will be stopped by Naruko. As jinchūriki, Naruko will clear the way to the future for everyone. For some reason, I'm sure of that".
Hiruzen quickly ran to the scene with the two Jonin.
"Sandaime Hokage-sama, a man caused the Kyubi's attack on Konoha tonight. I did do everything I could to stop that guy recently, when I was fighting that guy. That man just left here," Minato said, when he saw Hiruzen.
"Is that what happened?" Hiruzen asked.
"Yes. Kushina can tell you more about that," Minato started making hand signs.
"But Minato…" Kushina whispered.
"Kushina, let's trust Naruko! She is our daughter after all!" A horned creature appeared behind Minato's back, who was wearing a robe, and a tanto in his other hand:
"After sealing I will seal your chakra inside Naruko, Kushina. Thanks to it, you get to meet her grown up, but only for a short time. I want you to help her then, as her tries to control the Kyubi's powers".
"Naruko is our daughter. That's exactly why I don't want to give her such a burden! And why that particular seal?! You don't have to do something like that to meet a grown-up Naruko just for a moment! I would have wanted you to raise Naruko! Why then?! Biju-balance, our country, for our village. Naruko doesn't have to sacrifice herself for things like that! And not yours for mine!" Kushina yelled.
"Abandoning one's country, abandoning his village. It's like abandoning your child. You understand very well, what am i talking about. After all, your own country has also been destroyed. You know what life is like for people, who lost their land," Minato said:
"Besides, our family members are ninjas! I would never defeat you either. Even if you can only be Naruko's mother for a little while, so you can tell him things, which I couldn't tell Naruko myself. Only a mother can do that. I'm not doing this just for you, but also for our daughter's sake! I can protect our child this way too. Even father can do that".
"Those hand signals. Did Minato use Shiki Fūjin?!" Hiruzen thought out loud.
"Sandaime Hokage-sama! We should help them! How does it look?!" Another Jonin asked.
"Not good. I can't get through the Kekkai Minato made! He probably made the Kekkai before, than we got here! He's going to take care of the Kyubi alone!" Hiruzen touched Kekai in front of him with his left hand.
A light blue chakra hand appeared from Minato's body, which hit Kyubi's other front leg.
"Yondaime, you wretch!" Kyubi gritted his teeth.
"Fuin!" Minato yelled.
Grrrooooh! The Kyubi roared shrinking at the same time, when it released chakra, which moved into Minato's body.
"My body is going numb. Chakra is insanely heavy," Minato breathed out exhausted.
"Yes it is the Shiki Fūjin seal! He actually used it!" Hiruzen announced.
"The Kyubi's still alive though! It's just shrunk!" The other Jonin with Hiruzen shouted.
"Finally, the Shishō Fūin Seal. I now seal the creature to Naruko!" A small altar appeared in front of Minato, around which there were burning candles in the candlesticks.
"Altar?! Is he going to seal me again?! That brat?!" The Kyubi noticed the Yondaime Hokage placing the baby in the center of the altar.
"Khh! Cough! Cough! Ghh!" Kushina coughed up blood.
"Kushina! Are you gonna make it?!" Minato asked as he worriedly ran towards Kushina.
"Now!" The Kyubi brought his right front leg up to slam his claws into Naruko, because Kyubi wouldn't agree to be walled off anymore.
Minato, and Kushina quickly turned around after hearing the Kyubi's recent shout to see,
what Kyubi tried to do to Naruko. Minato,
and Kushina quickly ran in front of the Kyubi's claw, letting it pierce the heifers as they saved their child as the Kyubi's claw stopped a few meters away from Naruko.
"Kushina, I told you, that even father can do this," Minato said.
"Then, mom does it even better," Kushina stated.
"Is the baby there too?!" Sarutobi asked after seeing Naruko.
"They protected him!" A Jonin said.
"Whistleblowers!" The Kyubi roared.
"Okay. This is the first time, when I lost the argument. It shows, how serious you are," Kushina said to Minato.
"Thank you Kushina. Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Minato whispered.
Gamatora appeared, and saw the Kyubi:
"Uaaaagh! Kyubi! Yondaime! What does this mean?!"
"Gamatora, I will give you the key to the seal. Immediately transfer it inside Jiraiya-sensei," Minato instructed.
"Of course! Minato is going to make his child a jinchuriki, and save the village!" Hiruzen understood the situation.
"The key is in my possession now! I'll be on my way at once!" Gamatora disappeared from the scene. Poof!
"It's okay anymore. Kushina, I can't last much longer. I'll make the seal soon. I also want to seal some of my chakra into Naruko! We won't see him for a while. So everything necessary must be said now," Minato urged.
"Naruko. Don't be picky about food. Eat a lot, and grow up! Wash daily. And dress warmly. And don't stay up late. Sleep enough! Also make friends. You don't need a lot of them! Just a few, a truly reliable friend is enough! I was bad at theory myself, and in Ninjutsu, but do your best in them. Respect teachers, and older students while studying at the academy! Ninjas have three vices. Put the rewards from the missions into savings," Kushina began:
"Alcohol harms health. Of the three vices, women are the most problematic. I am a woman myself, so i don't really understand this. You're a girl too. There are only men in the world anyway, and women, so you are forced to be interested in boys. Still, beware of schemers. Try to find an equally good man, like your father! Such, who is strong, and love only you! Don't lose to him in ninja-skills, or in disputes. Of the three vices, one more thing comes to mind. Be careful of Jiraiya! Naruko, you will still face many difficulties. Try to keep yourself together! Don't give up on your dreams! Always believe in yourself, that your dreams come true! So much! A lot! A lot! A lot! There would have been so much more to say to you. I would have liked to be with you more. I love you. Sorry, Minato. I used your time too".
"It's okay. Naruko, I guess my message to you is the same as your nagging mother. Shishō Fūin!" Minato said with a smile.
Gruoooooh! The Kyubi roared at the same time, when the figure behind Minato cut Minato, and with the tanto of the chakra connecting the Kyubi, and Kyubi disappeared, as he moved into the body of Naruko, who had just fallen asleep.
Minato, and Kushina fell to the ground at the same time, as the Kekkai surrounding the battle site disappeared as Kushina's chakra chains moved back inside Kushina.
"Kekkai disappeared!" Hiruzen ran to the spot with the Jonin, and took Naruko in his arms.
"Yondaime-sama!" The other Jonin bent down next to Minato to listen to Minato's heartbeat.
"Kushina-sama!" Another Jonin sat Kushina up.
"Sandaime Hokage-sama, the Kyubi attack on Konoha tonight was orchestrated by a masked man," Kushina said.
"The masked man?" One Jonin asked.
"Who was that masked man?" Hiruzen asked.
"I do not know, but shortly after Naruko was born, that masked man murdered Biwako-sama, and Taji, and probably even the ANBU members who protected me. He took Naruko hostage, and threatened Naruko's life, forcing Minato to use Hiraishi no Jutsu to save Naruko. Then that man kidnapped me, and i asked him, that what he is going to do. He said he would remove the Kyubi from inside me, and that he would destroy Konoha. For some reason, the masked man knew that a jinchuriki's Biju seal weakens during childbirth. The masked man used that information to remove the Kyubi from inside me. However, before that, the masked man said, that with Minato's transition-technique, you can move to the marked place in an instant, and that such a notation had also been added to my seal design. The masked man even said he would protect Minato me all the time, but the masked man said he managed to separate Minato from me, and besides, my seal had weakened during childbirth. The masked man asked me if I knew, that how long the masked man had been waiting for that moment. That masked man took control of the Kyubi with his Sharingan, and then removed the Kyubi from within me. He tried to kill me with the Kyubi, but Minato saved me then by taking me to the safety of a house in this area. Minato then went to find that masked man. A masked man arrived in Konoha, and summoned the Kyubi to Konoha with the Kuchiyose no Jutsu, for Minato saw it. That masked man is probably going to repeat his recent attack. I don't know who the masked man was. But he had the Sharingan, so I believe he is some Uchiha who betrayed his clan. That man with the mask also masters the transfer-techniques. Please, Sandaime Hokage-sama, protect my child That masked man might pose just that threat, which Jiraiya heard about long ago from Gamamaru-sama. Threat, that only the Yogen no Ko mentioned by Gamamaru-sama could stop," Kushina said.
"So your daughter's name is Naruko?" Hiruzen stated looking at the baby he was holding.
"Yes," Kushina said.
"Kushina, I will take good care of both of your daughters," Hiruzen said. "I'll do my best to find that masked man, and to protect your child from that masked man."
"Thank you," Kushina said closing her eyes.
(End of the flashback)
"Sorry Naruko. We made you the jinchuriki of the Kyubi, and we thrust our burden upon you. We could only live with you for a moment, and we couldn't give you our love," Kushina said.
"Don't apologize. Of course I've had it rough as a jinchuriki, but I never blamed you for it. I didn't really know what parental love was like, bearing in mind that, what Obito did to you, and to my father. However, I sometimes tried to imagine that, that what parental love is based on, what i saw looking at my friends. I didn't know much about you when the Sandaime Hokage was trying to protect me from my father's enemies, so i often felt like, that there was some big secret about my parents, which I really wanted to find out. I finally understood the feeling of love I got from you. You protected me that day, when Obito caused Kurama to invade Konoha. Before I found out about the other jinchuriki, at one point I thought so, that I might be the only person, with the Biju sealed inside, but after meeting Subaku no Gaara, and after learning about the Shukaku sealed inside him, I thought he would understand me. I knew, that he was lonely because of his jinchuriki status, so I wanted to help him as best I could, and to my delight I became friends with him. Because of our similar pasts, we understand each other's feelings. That's why I don't like it, that how some people look down their noses at jinchuriki. Maybe only a jinchuriki can understand another jinchuriki's feelings. After learning that I was a jinchuriki, I decided to do my best, so that the people of my village would accept me as such, as i am I've already met all kinds of ninjas, with whom I have become friends, and I really appreciate the kindness I received from them. And I have so many friends now, who have accepted me for who I am," Naruko said:
"I can't always express myself very well because of my past experiences, but I'm happy that you love me. I love you. I promise, that I will continue to do my best! I don't let anything discourage me. Thank you, that you are my family! Black Zetsu used Obito, and using Madara to free Otsutsuki Kaguya's moon, and in that sense they too were victims of Black Zetsu. I will stand against those who do evil like Black Zetsu, and wrong".
"Minato, can you hear me?! Our feelings really passed down to our child!" Kushina hugged Naruko crying, starting to disappear:
"Thank you for making me a mother, and for making Minato a father! Eternal thanks for being born into our family! At least pass the Hi no Ishi on to my grandchild first!"
"I'm sorry Naruko! I couldn't even imagine, what happened that night!" Sakura said crying, and hugged Naruko after Kushina completely disappeared.
"I know," Naruko said.