Just What If?

A/N: With the Naruto manga over, this would be the best time to write some 'what if' scenarios about the Naruto series. This story will be a 'what if' scenario on what would happen if Naruto's parents Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki actually survived the nine tails attack. How far can Naruto advance, if his parents were actually alive. What if the Uchiha massacre could be prevented? This will be canon for the most part.

It was a beautiful day in Konohagakure, and Kushina Uzumaki had gone to visit the doctor that day. It was then that the medical ninja that had been checking her told her the best thing she's ever heard since the day Minato confessed his love to her. "Kushina Uzumaki, you're pregnant", the medical nin said with a smile on her face. Kushina could barely hold in the excitement within herself as she held a smile that stretched from ear to hear. She immediatley went towards the Namikaze compound where she and Minato live to tell her husband the good news. Minato who was making something in the kitchen, heard Kushina come in the door, being the amazing shinobi that he was. When Kushina came around and greeted him around the corner.

"Ah, Kushina how was your trip to the doctor, is everything alright?" Minato asked as he greeted her with his legendary warm smile.

"Minato, what do you think about having a baby?" She barely asked without just telling him the news right then and there. "A baby?", he replied slightly confused.

"I'm gonna be a mother, ya know!" Kushina said unable to further contain her excitement.

So surprised by the news, Minato dropped the bowl that he had in his hands and asked "I'm gonna be a father"

"A mother ya know!" "I'm a father" They embraced each other so lovingly it would have been awe inspiring for anyone if they saw it. However. Minato's smile quickly changed from a smile, to a frown, because he knew what would happen when Kushina gives birth.

...

Minato, the Fourth Hokage, was sitting in his office doing the greatest enemy of all Kages, paperwork. That's when the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi came into his office in order to discuss the matters of Kushina's birth.

"Even though I'm very happy for the both of you, you know very well what will happen correct?" Hiruzen said very seriously.

Minato stopped doing the paperwork, and took on a very thoughtful expression before saying "Yeah, the seal for the nine tails will be at its weakest at that point."

"It'll be best to have her give birth in a secluded location with very tight security. This should be kept a secret at all cost" Hiruzen said.

"I Know" Minato said.

...

Nine months later (A/N: Ironic Huh?) Kushina was to give birth to her son, Naruto.

FLASHBACK: Jiraya had recently come back to the village after hearing the news that Kushina was pregnant.

"Ah Jiraya Sensei, I didn't know you would be coming back so soon, It's great to have you back!" Minato exclaimed, he was always excited to see his teacher and father figure.

"Well after I heard you were gonna have a kid I had to come back, it was only right" Jiraya replied with a smile. " I also see you've been reading my first novel, I didn't really do a good job on it though, it has quite a few errors and the words are a bit childish" He added sheepishly

"I think it's a wonderful story Sensei, the main character reminds me a lot of you. His attitude to never give up is something I want my son to have. Actually I want to name him after the main character in your book Sensei." Minato said.

"Are you sure? I came up with the name randomly while eating some ramen, I didnt put much thought into it" Jiraya said, rubbing the back of his head with a smile.

"Naruto... That's a wonderful name" Kushina said while rubbing her stomach thoughtfully.

"Well I guess that makes me the kid's godfather huh?" Jiraya replied with his trademark grin.

End Flashback.

"IT HURTS YA KNOW!" Kushina cried out in pain as she was in labor giving birth to her son Naruto

"Is she alright?" Minato asked worriedly.

Biwako yelling at Minato said "This is why men can't give birth, just focus on the seal Minato!"

Minato just nodded and did as he was told. The nine tails was struggling to escape as he himself knew that this was the best opportunity for him to be free. Minato sweat as he was trying to keep the seal intact. Boy the nine tails was sure making it difficult for him. Outside of the cave that Kushina was giving birth, a masked man slipped through the barrier undetected by ANBU and then assassinated all that were on watch.

At this time Kushina finally got through the labor pains and given birth to healthy blonde baby.

"How are you feeling Kushina?" Minato asked as he noticed Kushina's pain had stopped

"Just tired" Kushina replied with a weak smile. It was then Biwako handed Naruto to Kushina wrapped in a red blanket with tears forming in her eyes. "Welcome Naruto" Kushina said as her first words to him. Minato also had tears building up in his eys as we was extremely proud of this moment, for he knew he had, in his eyes, achieved the greatest achievement any man could have, and that was having a child. A masked man entered the cave and assassinated Biwako.

"NARUTO!" was all Minato heard from Kushina as the masked man had abducted Naruto away from her.

"Step away from the jinchuriki or this child will die at the tender age of one minute" the masked man said as he pointed a kunai towards Naruto.

"Please just calm down!" Minato said to the masked man

"You're one to talk, I am perfectly calm!" the masked man said as he threw naruto up in the air and was prepared to slash him. Just then, Minato flashed towards Naruto and caught him before the masked man could reach him"

"You're as fast as your nickname suggest. But what are you going to do about that?" The masked man asked as some exploding tags on Naruto's blanket started to shimmer. Minato being the great shinobi he was reacted faster than the average shinobi would and hastily threw away the blanket and warped to a kunai he had outside. After throwing pulling out the wooden stake he had in his shin, he flashed away to his home before the stake could even hit the ground.

"Ill be back Naruto, I'm going to save your mother" Minato said smiling softly to a sleeping Naruto. However, Minato was far from happy. But for the first time in his life, Minato was too late. The masked man had already extracted the nine tails from Kushina and attempted to kill her with him. But Minato saved her just in time, which was mattered to him the most, she was still alive. He then teleported in a yellow flash back to his home with Naruto and set Kushina next to him

"Why?"" Kushina muttered weakly. "That doesn't matter right now" Minato said. "Thank You Minato" Kushina said very weakly. Minato just looked at her and their son with sad eyes. However, that facial expression changed from sadness, to anger. He grabbed his Hokage battle uniform and put it on and said with pure conviction "Back in a flash". With that he flashed away to the top of his face on the Great Stone Faces.

That's when the Nine tails shot a tailed beast bomb at him in which Minato cast a few hand signs and warped the ball of destruction away. Just then the masked man appeared behind him and tried to warp him away while saying "I am your opponent. And you've already lost" However Minato flashed away to the forest of quiet moving, and the masked man followed him there.

"He was able to sneak pass a barrier and assassinate hand picked ANBU from the third hokage without being noticed. He also knew that during child birth the seal would be at it's weakest. He also has a sharingan and knowledge of how to control the nine tails. There's only one shinobi that I know of that is capable of such feats" Minato thought to himself. "Are you Madara Uchiha"? Minato inquired. "No that's impossible he should be dead but it doesn't matter who you are, why are you attacking the Leaf Village?"

"Hmm I wonder about that. But you can say that I did it on a whim, or that it was planned, or that is for both war, and for peace." The masked man stated before chains fell from his sleeves and rushed Minato. After the first clash Minato thought "He dematerializes to avoid my attacks, but he rematerialized to attack me. So at the moment he strikes is my chance to get him. It all comes down to who is the fastest!" He and the man dashed towards each other, and Minato threw his signature kunai and as expected it phased right through him. Then he charged a rasengan, that's when the masked man said "I win". Then Minato flashed to the kunai he had previously thrown and slammed the rasengan in to his back while marking him with his jutsu formula. "This is my flying raijin level 2" Minato said with conviction. Then he flashed towards the man again and placed a contract seal in order to seperate him from the nine tails. "With this the nine tails is no longer yours". Minato added.

"There are many ways to go about ruling this world, the nine tails will be mine again" the masked man said with a serious tone before warping away.

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Minato had taken Kushina and Naruto stating that he would have to make Naruto the new nine tails jinchuriki. As Minato prepared the alter, the Third Hokage knocked Minato out and sealed the half of the nine tails into Naruto and half the nine tails within Minato believing that the two of them could easily control it and become the most unstoppable tag team in the shinobi world.

"I know what you want to say Kushina, but I have lived long enough already, this is my final duty as the hokage. I'm doing this on my own free will, nothing you say or do will persuade me to change my mind. I want you both to look after Naruto. Even though he has just been born, I can sense that he will be something really, both as a shinobi and a human being. I'll see you in the next world." Hiruzen finished his speech with a smile. "SEAL" and with that the third hokage was no more.