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“It’s still a surprise you’re a Jinjuuriki.” Obito states with an easy smile.
“Good, no one is ever meant to know,” Kushina replies seriously, “but that’s also why it’s so strange that everyone knew about Naruto. I wonder what happened to make that public knowledge.”
“I’m sure we will find out.” Hiruzen pointed out grimly.
“Yes.” Kushina continues on. “Before I can tell you what happened 16 years ago, I need to tell you more about me. I was chosen as the second Jinchuuriki host of Kyuubi. Truth be told, I was brought here for the express purpose of being the Kyuubi Jinjuuriki from the Land of Uzushio.”
“Why? Why did they have to choose someone from another land?!” Naruto asks in confusion.
“Yeah, isn’t it better to choose someone from Konoha?” Rin muses thoughtfully.
“I’m sure I’ll explain.” Kushina grimaces.
“You're right.” Kushina says solemnly. “I'm from a different land and village, but the Land of Fire and the Land of Uzushio, as well as Konoha Village and Uzushiogakure Village, share a deep bond. The shinobi of the Senju Clan of Konoha and the shinobi of the Uzumaki Clan of Uzushiogakure are distant blood relatives. Our people lived long, so the Uzushiogakure Village is also known as the Village of Longevity, and we specialized in Sealing Jutsu. We are also a rowdy bunch.”
“That does sound just like you.” Tsunade comments with a smile.
She laughs happily, but manages to look sad at the same time.
“The Four Symbol Seal on your abdomen is based on a jutsu from our village. I was also the one to teach your father about fuinjutsu. Naruto, the symbol on the back of your jumpsuit that is the symbol of the Uzushiogakure. Even today in Konoha Village, that symbol is a symbol of friendship, isn't it?”
“What happened to your village?” Naruto tried to follow. He’d never heard of Uzushiogakure before.
“It no longer exists. Our sealing jutsu abilities are greatly feared during the ninja wars so the village was targeted and destroyed. Those who survived feared for their safety, so they hid their identities and scattered throughout the region.”
“Really?” Obito asks. “They wiped out an entire village?”
“Didn't you pay any attention at the Academy?” Kakashi asks, exasperated. Feeling mature, Obito stuck out his tongue.
“Still, why were you chosen?!” Naruto didn’t understand.
“It seems that even among the Uzushiogakure, I was born with powerful chakra able to suppress the Kyuubi. Have you heard about the battle between the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha?”
“ Uh-huh ” He nods solemnly.
“The Jinjuuriki before me was the woman who became the wife of the First Hokage. Her name is Mito Uzumaki. In order to help the First Hokage who had obtained the Kyuubi in his battle with Madara, Lady Mito sealed the Kyuubi inside her body with a Sealing Jutsu and became its Jinjuuriki. From then on, the Konoha maintained possession of the Kyuubi, but when Lady Mito's days were coming to an end, I was brought to Konoha as the vessel for the Kyuubi. ”
“You were just being used!” Naruto yells in anger. Why did it always have to come back to this?
“When I was first brought to the village, I wasn't told a thing. It was quite a shock when I was told why I was there. This is a closely guarded secret – the only ones who knew are the Sandaime and a few of the top officials. Not even the Legendary Sannin are told about it. I was nearly overwhelmed by the pressure of being the Jinjuuriki and the loneliness I felt. Lady Mito taught me that by filling myself with love first, I would be able to live a happy life despite being Kyuubi's Jinjuuriki.”
“So you were happy even if you were the Jinjuuriki, Kaa-chan?”
“Yes Naruto.” She smiles happily, with a rosy blush on her cheeks.
“That is really nice to know, especially at that point.” Naruto smiles at her.
Naruto smiles back with tears in his eyes. He refused to let them fall though.
“Wait…” Naruto started, thinking hard as a stray thought entered his mind.
Kushina tilts her head. “What is it?”
“That time, 16 years ago when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha. Tou-chan said a man wearing a mask from Akatsuki is behind it. So how did you still have the Kyuubi, Kaa-chan?”
“I see that your father didn't tell you all the details. Of course.” She realised suddenly with a frown. “Back then, there was so much going on and Minato didn't have much time. The fact is that a masked man was manipulating the Kyuubi to attack the village but moments earlier, I had the Kyuubi sealed and in my possession.”
“Then how? What happened?” Naruto became frustrated in his confusion.
“I don't know how, but that masked man knew.”
“Knew what?”
“He knew about the one moment that the seal would be weakened. He waited for that moment to steal the Kyuubi.” Kushina’s face became grim.
Kushina grimaces. She knows exactly when that was… The others who don't know lean closer to the screen.
“The one chance to weaken the seal?! What is it?” He’s really getting impatient as his mother takes her time to answer.
“It’s childbirth.” She replies seriously.
A gasp travels through the room.
Naruto looks stunned and devastated at the same time at her suddenly blunt reply.
“During the approximately nine months from the time a female Jinjuuriki gets pregnant and gives birth, the Biju’s seal weakens proportionally as the energy normally used to maintain the seal is diverted to the growing baby.”
“Then …” Naruto trails off as realisation hits him. “You mean …”
“Sixteen years ago, on October 10 th …”
A flashback starts.
Kushina is shown inside a doctor’s office in Konoha hospital. She looks stunned. “Congratulations!” The doctor tells her with a smile.
“What?” She didn't seem to realise what’s happening. “Let’s see, your due date is October 10 th .”
Kushina started smiling in delight. The scene changes again.
Kushina is now beaming at a stunned Minato inside their apartment. She has clearly just gotten home and Minato looks stunned, just coming out of the kitchen with a bowl in his hands.
“What? A Baby?” Minato blinks in shock.
Naruto grins. He can't get enough of seeing his parents so happy. And to know they are so happy because they are going to have him? That is even better.
“I'm going to be a mother, dattebane!” Kushina yells in delight.
“I'm going to be a father.” Minato’s eyes widen and he started smiling in delight. Both of them are blushing in excitement and grinning like fools.
“A mother, dattebane! ”
“I'm going to be a father!”
“A mother, dattebane!”
“Imagine that, I'm going to be a father!”
“You two sure look excited.” Shikaku smirks good naturedly at them.
The two next to Naruto grin in delight and Naruto can't help but mirror them. They must have looked quite the sight. The three of them with large grins and little Itachi still sitting on Naruto’s lap.
“Becoming a parent is the best feeling.” Mikoto confided happily. Fugaku nods. Itachi beams at his parents and they shoot him a fond smile.
Kushina hugs him and looks a bit awkward with Minato still holding the bowl.
The scene changes again. The couple is now sitting in front of the Third Hokage and a woman around the same age. The Third is eyeing them with an emotionless gaze. He and his wife wear the same expression and the same white robes.
“Who is that? I don’t think I’ve seen her before.” Rin asks curiously.
“That’s my wife, Biwako.” Hiruzen smiles fondly.
“Kushina, there’s something I must explain to you about the moment you’ll be giving birth. It happened to Lady Mito, the previous Jinjuuriki, too. During her labor, the Kyuubi's seal was nearly broken. I'm sorry, but as a precautionary measure, we're going to ask you to deliver the child somewhere away from the village, inside a barrier.”
“I’ll be by your side, watching the seal.” Minato reassures her.
“We have the seal to think of, so I will be accompanying you.” The Third Hokage says. “Minato, some Anbu and Biwako will be with you. This is to be done in utmost secrecy.”
“I'll go on ahead and prepare everything.” Minato smiles tenderly at Kushina as he squeezes her hand.
She nods and smiles back at him.
“Alright. I will take you there.” Biwako says as Minato departs.
The scene changes.
The two women walk through the village.
“Oh!” Kushina recognizes Uchiha Mikoto, who is carrying a small bundle as she walks through the streets. “Oh my.” She coos. “Is it a girl?”
“It's a boy.” Mikoto beams at her.
“So cute. What's your name?” Kushina strokes the baby’s cheek. “It's Sasuke,” Mikoto replies.
“That’s my little brother?” Itachi asks with awe in his eyes.
“Yep.” Naruto sniggers seeing a little Sasuke again. He can't help but find the baby cute. To know he’d grow up to become his broody friend is hilarious.
“Oh, so he is named after the father of the Sandaime! Yes, he will grow up to be a strong and fine shinobi.” Biwako smiles softly at the two Uchiha.
“Really?” Obito asks in confusion. Uchiha names are usually very traditional, right? He had no idea his youngest cousin would get his name from someone outside the clan.
Hiruzen only nods his confirmation, thinking back on his father.
Fugaku frowns, wondering if he’d ever known why they have chosen that name. It has grown on him, especially after seeing his son in these memories. The name has certainly grown on him, and he can't think of anything else to call the boy now, but it is an unusual name for anyone in the clan.
Little Sasuke starts fussing.
“You will be giving birth soon too, right, Kushina? You should pick a name in advance,” Mikoto says.
“I already have. His name will be Naruto. You'll be classmates, Sasuke, so be friends, okay?” She smiles at the baby, before whispering behind her hand at Mikoto with a scared look in her eyes. “By the way, does it really hurt?”
“So there's actually something that scares you, Kushina! I'm surprised!” Mikoto teases in amusement.
“Let's go, Kushina!” Biwako reminds her urgently. She takes the younger woman’s hand and pulls her into moving again.
“Oh, yes!” Kushina waves at the two Uchiha as they leave.
“The details of your birthing are supposed to be top secret. Until we get to our location, you must avoid any contact, even with your friends.” Biwako reminds her.
“Right, I'm sorry.” Kushina apologises while rubbing the back of her head.
“Also, we are leaving the village secretly. If your labor pains begin, try not to cry out loud!”
“Oh, right.” Kushina sounds unsure.
The scene changes again.
Four Anbu are guarding the strange Tori entrance, into a mountain. “It hurts, dattebane!!!” Kushina screeches in pain.
“Ahh!! You’re really going to show this?!” Obito shrieks in surprise.
Naruto shrugs. “If I have to see this, so do you.” He hadn't really been comfortable seeing this the first time around but it is important and… honestly, this would be the only time his parents held baby him. He wanted to share that with them.
Maybe not this part, but their goodbye to him later is so precious… He still carries his mother’s words with him. It would be hard to see them die, for everyone, especially his parents themselves, and for him. He doesn't think watching this for the second time would make it any easier.
She’s laying on a stone table with only her top on, the rest of her covered by a blanket that Biwako keeps peeking under. Minato has his hands on Kushina’s seal.
“I've never seen Kushina in so much pain.” He grimaces with worry. “Is she … all right?”
“Of course she is! Never mind that,” Biwako responds, “just stay focused on the Kyuubi's seal!”
“Is she really?” Obito looks green. “She doesn’t look like it.”
“It’s perfectly normal for her to scream like that during childbirth. She should be all right once the baby’s born.” Tsunade reassures him with amusement.
“But she's-”
“You are the Fourth Hokage! Act like one!” Biwako scolds him. “A man would have dropped dead from such pain long ago, but women are strong!”
“Damn, you sure got told, pretty boy.” Kushina tries to joke, but seeing herself in such pain makes her smile more like a grimace.
Minato chuckles weakly.
Kushina's seal keeps changing under Minato’s fingers. The Kyuubi is briefly shown inside her seal. He is chained tightly to a standing rock, barely able to move.
“Did it always look like that or did you guys seal him tighter given the situation?” Naruto asks suddenly.
His parents look at each other.
“It’s always been like that.” Kushina replies.
Naruto can suddenly understand Kurama’s rage at humanity much better. He wouldn't want to get stuck in there, let alone for decades… Damn…
Luckily the kitsune has been solidly asleep and won't have to relive these moments.
“He's so strong! The Kyuubi is struggling to get out! Hang in there, Kushina! Hang in there, Naruto!” Minato tries to encourage his unborn son.
“You know he can’t hear you right? He’s not even born yet.” Kakashi comments dryly.
“But he did hear it.” Itachi replies smartly. “Even if Baby Naruto didn’t hear, he got to watch those memories once he got older, so he heard it then.”
Kakashi looks at the child with a blank expression. Itachi smiles, pleased.
“Awesome!” Obito burst out laughing at the duo. “You got told off by my little cousin!”
“I can see his head! You're almost there, Kushina!” Biwako informs. Kyuubi roars in the seal.
“Hang on, Kushina! Naruto! Come out quickly! Kyuubi, you stay put!” Minato almost chants.
The scene changes slightly.
Kushina isn’t screaming any more but a baby is .
“He's a healthy babe.” Biwako smiles as she holds a wrapped up baby. A baby with blond hair and cute little whiskers on his cheeks.
“Aww.” Rin coos.
Naruto blushes and ducks into his parents' embrace. Still, he grins as he sees the look on his parents' faces.
Both Minato and Kushina watch the screen in fascination, eyes wide and a brilliant smile on their face, each grabbing one of Naruto’s hands and squeezing it.
Inoichi smiles brightly as well. Even knowing what’s coming he is so glad he can show this moment to the complete little family. Just a few peaceful moments…
Kushina starts crying in happiness and Minato is stunned into silence.
“Naruto!” The new father reaches for the babe with wonder in his eyes as Biwako walks into his direction.
“Don't touch him! The mother sees him first.” The older woman scolds as she moves around him.
“Oh come on.” He huffs in real life. “Don’t I at least get to see him?”
Kushina chuckles at her lover.
Minato watches her pass him in disappointment, with a pout and slight envy.
“Naruto, I finally get to see you.” Kushina cries happily as Biwako lays the babe next to her. Kushia is covered in sweat and looks exhausted; Kushina starts crying at the precious moment.
“You'll have lots more time later.” Biwako declares after a little while and she takes the baby again to examine him and dress him. “There, there.”
“How are you feeling, Kushina?” Minato asks with a soft look in his eyes as he takes in his family.
“Okay.” Kushina sighs tiredly.
“Thank you.” Minato whispers to his wife, with tears and a loving smile on his face.
“Minato...” She sighs.
Minato throws his arms around his son and brings Kushina into a tight hug. Naruto laughs in
delight and gently repositions Itachi on his lap so the boy is included, but not squished in the process.
“All right!” He straightens and claps his hands together. “I know you've just gone through childbirth but I'm going to completely re-seal the Kyuubi now!”
Screams sounded through the cave.
“Lady Biwako! Taji!” Minato exclaims in shock as two bodies hit the ground.
A masked man in a dark cloak holds a crying Naruto hostage with a kunai. He’s standing next to the downed bodies.
Hiruzen makes a strangled noise. That’s his wife! His beautiful and lovely wife, that has just been cut down like it’s nothing…! Who the hell is this guy??
The others shoot him uneasy looks, but the memory continues on.
“What the hell? I mean, we know someone attacks, but this…?” Chouza exclaims softly in shock.
“My thoughts exactly. He must have been watching you closely, Kushina, to be there at the exact moment of birth…” Shikaku muses. “Who knows how long this man has been staking you out? He must have had some access into the village.”
Minato clenches his fists, and since he still has his arms around his family, he ends up clutching pieces of their clothing tightly.
“Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, get away from the Jinjuuriki.” Both new parents look at him in shock.
“Otherwise, this child's life will have lasted less than a minute,” The man continues speaking.
“How did he get past the barrier? Who the hell is he? The Kyuubi's seal is still weak,” Minato mutters in shock as he takes a defensive stance.
Kushina flinches. Her seal is becoming unstable. The black ink is spreading on her skin; combined with her exhaustion, there’s no way she can move …
“Get away from the Jinjuuriki.” The masked guy repeats. “Don't you care what happens to your newborn?” He holds the kunai closer to Naruto’s cheek.
“Damn… What a bastard.” Obito curses softly.
“Wait! Calm down!” Minato tries desperately.
“Speak for yourself, Minato. I'm as calm as can be.” The masked man replies. He throws the baby up into the air.
“Naruto!” Kushina screams desperately.
The man lunges with his kunai towards the baby but Minato gets to his son first and cradles him as he crouches on the wall on the far end of the room. The boy is still screaming his little lungs out.
“So, I did at least get to hold you as well.” His dad mutters softly. “Even if it is in those dreadful circumstances.”
“Well, you really are the Yellow Flash. But what about this?” Explosion tags stuck to the blanket start going off.
“Minato!” Kushina screams. “Naruto!”
Minato uses his Hiraishin to land into a small hut, where he immediately gets Naruto out of his blanket and safely in his arms. In the next second he jumps out of the hut and into the forest clearing and the explosion seals explode and demolish the hut behind him.
“Wow.” Obito can't help but admire his sensei. His two team-mates nod, feeling the same awe as he did.
“Good, Naruto isn't hurt.” He sighs in relief as he cradles the now naked baby close.
It’s only after making sure his son is alright that Minato notices the piece of wood sticking out of his own ankle.
He takes it out.
“I was forced to use the Hiraishin. His target’s Kushina and he succeeded in separating us. I must hurry.” He mutters to his boy with a determined frown. The baby is still screaming.
He uses the Hiraishin again only to reappear into what looks like their home, or at least a safe, well-lit place.
Kushina is bound between some rock outcrops over water. The seals that serve as ropes keep her arms far away from her body, making sure she can’t touch her seal.
“Just what… do you want?” She pants in exhaustion.
“I'm going to extract the Kyuubi out from you and destroy Konoha.”
She flinches in shock, “What?” She stares at him in disbelief.
“Minato's Hiraishin allows him to move instantly between locations marked with Sealing Formulas. He makes sure to mark your Seal with it too, in order to protect you. However, I managed to put distance between you. Furthermore, the Kyuubi's Seal has been weakened from childbirth. Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?”
The scene goes back to Minato. He gently places Naruto on the futon on a raised platform in their home.
“You'll be safe here. Naruto, just wait a while. I’ll be back soon. I have to go and save your mother.” Minato tries to reassure his son as he covers him in a blanket to keep him warm. The boy has finally cried himself to sleep.
Kushina is overwhelmed by horror.
“You are…” Kyuubi mutters inside her seal.
Through his mask a Sharingan eye is shown. It starts spinning around. The same three tomoe appears spinning in the Kyuubi’s eyes.
“Excuse me??” Obito blurts out in shock.
Fugaku grimaces. “There are stories told in our clan that Madara Uchiha used his Sharingan to force the Kyuubi to fight for him during his battle with the First Hokage, but I don’t think any of us believed they are more than stories.”
“I had no idea,” Mikoto breathed, full of disbelief.
“The man is an Uchiha?” Itachi inquires.
The room freezes. Everyone feels breathless at the possibility that one of their own would try to hurt the village like that.
“Maybe…” Shikaku tries to pacify everyone, “and we can’t dismiss the possibility, but it might also be a foreign nin who stole a Sharingan eye.”
Fugaku starts breathing again. True, that can still be possible. Still, he has never felt this apprehensive. If this is an Uchiha or a rumor like it spread… This could be devastating to their clan. It’s possible that after this, no one would ever trust an Uchiha again. No matter what he did to try to rectify the situation…
The Kyuubi breaks free from inside the seal with a roar.
The genin gasp loudly but the others are simply frozen in their seats again. They knew it was coming. They knew the Kyuubi had run rampant in their village. But really seeing it is different than hearing about it.
Kushina is paralysed. Red chakra surrounds her but she is frozen mid scream. Only the whites of her eyes can be seen.
“Now then, come out Kyuubi!”
A huge amount of red chakra, shaped in the form of the fox's head, breaks free from out of the seal. The Biju in all his nine tailed glory appears and roars his rage at the moon. He is huge, squishing trees as if they are nothing.
Kushina falls forward once the last bit of chakra leaves her and the seal disappears.
“Excellent. Now it’s time to face Konoha.” The masked man declares as he starts to walk away.
“Wait.” Kushina manages to raise her head.
The masked man hears this and pauses momentarily, turning to look back at her. “Uzumaki Shinobi are amazing. You don't die right away after the Biju is extracted. You are the Jinjuuriki of the Kyuubi. I'll use him to kill you.”
The Kyuubi tries to squish her under one of his paws, but Minato appears with Kushina in his arms on top of a nearby tree.
The audience briefly breathes easier.
“Good.” Little Itachi comments with a nod.
“You alright there, munchkin?” Naruto can't help but ask. This might be too intense for the little guy. won't it be better to…?
Itachi nods and shoots Naruto with such a determined look that Naruto swallows his words.
“I must say, you're as quick as your nickname, but you are too late.” The masked man comments at the scene.
“Minato, is Naruto … is he safe?” Kushina barely manages to say.
“Yes, he's fine. He's in a safe place for now. ” He nods at her with a reassuring smile.
“Thank goodness. Minato, you must stop that man and the Kyuubi right now. They're heading for Konoha.”
Minato turns his head around to look at the two with a dangerous look on his face.
“Yikes, I’ve never seen sensei that angry.” Obito comments with a shiver.
“Pray we never do again,” Kakashi mutters uneasily.
Shikaku can't help a small smirk. Minato’s battle face is back. He scared Iwa nin into running from him on sight with that look. It’s nice to see Minato won't lose it when he becomes Hokage.
They disappear in another flash.
“He flew off again. Well, never mind.” The man comments. “We're heading for Konoha.”
Minato appears with Kushina in the same place he left Naruto.
“Why?” Kushina asks him.
“Never mind that. Just stay with Naruto.” He replies as he lays her down next to their son, her face almost touching his.
“Naruto …” She breathes with tears in her eyes as she touches her boy. Minato looks pained seeing them like this.
So did the version of Minato that has his little family right by his side. He knows Kushina is dying in the memories and seeing them both like this is awful.
Kushina is already crying. She knows they both died in this memory, so Naruto has never known either of his parents, but knowing is different from seeing it.
“Minato … Thank you.” She mutters as she holds her son close to her. Minato flashes away again, this time wearing his iconic robe. “Good luck.”
“I’ll be back soon.” The scene changes again.
The moon shines brightly over Konohagakure. The village is peaceful, like every other night.
Kakashi and Gai are shown walking through the streets. Gai is wearing his green jumpsuit, but Kakashi wears an outfit not unlike those in Anbu do.
“Ah, you look weird like that!” exclaims Obito in shock.
“Excuse me?” Kakashi demands with a raised eyebrow.
Obito sheepishly rubs his head. “I just… I know you, and I guess I’ve gotten used to seeing older you, but this is neither of those ‘you’s…”
Kakashi sighs. “You’re not making any sense.”
“Why don't we just do Rock, Paper, Scissors again tonight?” A teenage Kakashi dead-pans.
“Seriously?” Rin dead-panned. “Rock, paper, scissors?”
Kakashi shrugs .
“Not that again! Think of something more exciting! How can you call yourself my rival?” Young Gai complains loudly.
“We have an early start tomorrow. So let's pass for tonight.” Kakashi suggests fondly but slightly exasperated.
“Don't use a mission as an excuse! I have all this pent-up energy inside me! Now is the time for diligent training! Honest-to-goodness discipline and hard work lead to success in future missions! Are you listening to me?!” Gai exclaims dramatically.
Kakashi stops walking. “Hey Gai … Do you feel like something is off? There's been a chill in the air,” Kakashi comments.
“Yeah! It's your attitude that's causing it! Our Springtime of Youth comes only once!” Gai explodes.
The scene changes again, showing a young Itachi sitting on the porch with baby Sasuke in his arms.
“What is this feeling?” Little Itachi frowns. Baby Sasuke starts whimpering. “There, there …” he gently rocks the baby. “It's a strange feeling. Of all the times for Mom and Dad to be out. Don't cry, Sasuke.” Young Itachi tries to soothe his brother with a gentle smile. “No matter what happens, your big brother will definitely protect you.”
“Aww.” Despite her tears, Kushina can't help but coo at the brothers.
“It’s very promising that they both feel something is coming. Clearly not everyone can feel it, like Gai earlier.” Chouza smiles at Itachi.
The boy straightens and so does his parents.
“Or Gai is just not paying attention,” Rin muses.
Kakashi sighs. “He can overlook an enemy shinobi charging at him. I’m not sure Gai is a good reference point.”
Hiruzen sits in his office, perched over paperwork. He suddenly looks up, staring at the full moon through the window.
“No way …”
The masked man lands somewhere in the village, in what looks like an empty alleyway.
“Summoning Jutsu!"
He summons the Kyuubi out of thin air, in the middle of the village like it’s something he does every day.
People are being blasted away by the shock wave it creates and multiple buildings are already destroyed.
“What happened?”
“Is it an accident?”
The people shown look up in horror at the Biju, which is easily four times as high as their tallest building. The people start to run away in a panic. Most of them are screaming in fear.
They can only watch in dread, no one speaks.
“That's … N-No way!” “The Kyuubi!”
“Run!”
“It's the Kyuubi!” “Help!”
“We're done for!”
The Kyuubi roars and starts swatting at buildings, destroying them with ease, while his tails do just as much damage as his limbs.
“Damn.” Obito breathes with eyes so wide they might pop out of his head any minute.
“Lord Hokage! The Kyuubi is… ! The Kyuubi has suddenly appeared in the village!” An ANBU appears just as the Sandaime finishes pulling on his battle armour.
“I'm aware of that. I’ll deal with it. You and the others protect the civilians!” The Third orders grimly.
“Yes sir!”
“This is the moment I release my pent-up power!” Gai yells out dramatically.
“Don't be hasty, Gai!” Kakashi chastises him.
“Come on! I'll be your opponent!” Gai takes on a dramatic pose.
“Wait!” Another jounin before them stops him .
“Who is that?” Shikaku asks with a frown.
“I'm not sure. I can’t see enough of him to tell,” Chouza replies when no one else does.
The others are too focused on the screen, they probably haven’t even heard the Nara.
“Huh? ”
“Gather immediately in the guardroom!” the man orders.
“Why?” Gai asks, still frozen in his dramatic pose.
“It's the Sandaime's orders!”
“Lord Hiruzen?”
“You heard.”
“Let's go, Gai!” Kakashi calls out.
Chouza is shielding his team and the civilians behind them from a wave of falling debris.
“Now's our chance! Evacuate the civilians! Everyone, make your way to the shelters!” Shikaku orders.
Kyuubi continues to crush buildings like they are ants.
Some shinobi try to fight the Biju, throwing kunai and explosive tags. It doesn’t damage him, Kyuubi just swats them out of the air.
“Dear Kami, this just keeps getting worse.” Obito breathed in shock.
The others watch in shock at the destruction. All of them are speechless at the power of the Biju that is leveling their home.
Most of them grit their teeth in frustration. They have never been more useless, because there is nothing they can do right now.
Minato appears on his own stone head on the Hokage monument and oversees the chaos down below. “As Hokage, I will protect the village, my family, right now. That is my duty at the moment. I can’t allow myself any more selfishness.”
The Kyuubi turns towards him and readies a ball of black chakra in his mouth.
“So you've taken notice of me. You won't get your way here!” Minato starts doing some hand seals.
The black chakra ball is launched towards Minato, destroying everything it encounters in its path.
“That’s a lot of destruction for just one move. Damn,” Shikaku whispers half in horror, half in awe.
It stops just before hitting the monument, getting sucked into a large seal in the air. A humongous explosion goes off far in the distance. Even that far away, the bright light is blinding.
“For this large of a scale, I'll have to be careful where I send it.” Minato muses as he watches it.
“The jutsu that stops the Kyuubi's attack must be the Space-time Barrier!” Chouza exclaims down in the village.
“Is it Minato?” Shikaku wonders, hopeful.
“All right! We're going too!” the Third orders his now hopeful shinobi.
Minato is shown again. The Kyuubi keeps his attention firmly on the blond Hokage but doesn’t immediately move to attack again.
“I must report all that's happened to the Third Hokage immediately.” Minato reflects.
A hand appears above his shoulder, ready to grab him.
Minato turns around just in time, kunai in hand, but his kunai goes right through the masked shinobi’s head without harming him. Minato’s arm goes through the man’s limb and as soon as it does, the masked guy grabs his forearm.
“I'm your opponent and you’ve lost.” The man states matter of factly.