The Second Seal

The Second Seal

By Rorac the Dragon Knight

Disclaimer: I don't own naruto now and will most likely never will….fuck

"speaking"

'thinking'

"Jutsu or demon speaking"

A blond man in a long white coat looks out over the home that he loved, but did not feel the joy that you would expect. Instead he feels a great sadness and pain. Tonight he does not see the village in its usual splendor, it lays before him in ruin.

Earlier in the day the Nine Tailed Fox appeared and attacked the village. For hours on end the ninja of the village had been fighting against impossible odds, many dying in the face of terrible power, to give their leader the time he needed to defeat the beast. The fourth Hokage of the Leaf Village had a plan that could save what was left of his village and his people. In exchange he would force two innocents to bear a terrible burden at the cost of his soul. The two children would imprisonthe foulest and most powerful demon in creation.

'Its times like these that I wonder why I wanted this job so much' he thought as he readied himself for what he must do. In his arms he held two children newborns. In his right arm he held his son, Naruto, less then an hour, 'He looks so much like me.' This thought brings a brief smile to his face until the second child in his arms began to cry. The little girl he held was a two week old beautiful, and, unfortunately, very loud baby girl. Ino was the daughter of one of his closest friends Inochi Yamanaka. She would be forced to share in the burden that was about to be place on his son because she was the only child, in addition to Naruto, young enough to survive the sealing.

'I'm so sorry that that you'll have to be burdened by this as well.' Looking at the child of one of his best friends he could feel nothing but shame at the fact that he had to ask someone else to surrender their child to they fate that these two were about to receive. Sighing dejectedly he placed the two of them side by side on an alter he had prepared for this ritual. He then drew seals on the two of the so that he could proceed with his task. Naruto slept soundly the whole time, but Ino had to be soothed by her mother Yuhari.

Yuhari looks up from her daughter and asks the fourth in a desperate voice, "Minato, do you have to do this? Does it have to be my baby girl!?" Minato looks at her sadly and says in a depressed voice, "Yuhari if there was any other way, do you think that I would have ask to use your daughter for this? No, I would never ask this unless there was no other way. If I could I would seal it in my son alone and not cause you this hurt. The only reason I have for this that if I sealed it in just my son the fox would eventually destroy the seal and continue what it started. This way the beast will never have a chance to escape, and we won't have to worry."

Yuhari looked into the eyes of her friend looking to see if there was anything that he was hiding, anything at all that he was keeping from her. She looked and saw nothing that she was looking for. All she saw was a man that was going to his end and had nothing to hide anymore. After this she cried silently and said to him in a shaky voice, "Alright but promise me that nothing bad will happen to her." He smiled at her and said in a soft voice that held astounding strength and conviction, "I promise you that she will be just fine, but could you do me one favor please?"

"Of course."

"Could you look in on Naruto from time to time to make sure he's okay? After the sealing he'll have no one to look after him he'll be an orphan"

Yuhari looked shocked at what he was asking. He actually trusted her with the well being of his only son. She looked at him with a teary smile and said, "I would be more then glad to look out for such a sweet child, and I'm honored that you would trust me to watch out for him."

He thanked her, got up, and started to head toward the battlefield to lay down his life for his people. Only one thing delayed him and that was his predecessor, Sarutobi. The old man looked at him mournfully, and asked him in a voice that made him seem hundreds of years old, "Minato let me do this for you. You have a son that needs you and the people will need you after this is all over. I'm an old man, they will not need me as much as they will you."

Minato gave a sad smile as he sighed, "Old man, I wish I could, but if we want to make sure this works I have to be the one that does this. You just don't have the charka reserves. Besides, I am the Hokage now, not you. It's my job to make sure the will of fire lives on and has a chance to prosper once more."

Sarutobi looked at him and then stepped aside. He saw that there was no way to deter the man that had taken his job. He sighed tiredly all the while thinking, 'I hope that we both made the right choice tonight'

Before he left Minato gave Sarutobi a scroll and said "This is for Naruto and Ino. Give it to them when the time is right."

Minato raced to the field and summoned his friend Gamabunta the toad boss. He said in a voice that was filled with more fire and spirit then any legion of men could hope to have, " 'bunta this will be my last battle and I want to make sure I go out with a bang!"

The huge toad looked at his summoner and smiled ready to assist his friend in a crazy, stupid, and down right unthinkable course of action. "Fine, give you one big bang. So…. what do you need me to do?" "I need you to distract the fox while I ready the jutsu, and then, when I say to get as close to him as you can."

Drawing his sword the toad attacked and got the fox's attention. Once he had it he focused more on keeping both himself and his passenger alive. When Minato finished his seals, he yelled at Gamabunta to grab a' hold of the demon. The toad held on tightly to the fox as he could, in the process receiving a scar that would mark him the rest of his life.

With this done Minato activated his technique, yelling out, "Dual Seals Style: Reaper Death Seal."

this is my first fic so some helpful criticism would be much appreciated please read and reveiw