Hello everybody! This is renegadeofficer89, and this is my first attempt ever at writing fanfiction! I hope that my fic will be liked by a lot of people, and make sure that you review this fic of mine, and hopefully I can write this well enough for everyone to enjoy! An early warning though, due to massive amounts of work and low amounts of free time, updates may be sporadic and random, especially because I am literally flying by the seat of my pants here with this fic. And so, without further ado, this is the prologue chapter of A Loving Mind, A Body of Steel!

EDIT 16/01/2013: Changed Rokubi, Saiken's powers since the original is a bit too lame. Thanks jbriz for allowing me to use the idea! Saiken's powers are now like Katsuyu's, except deadlier.

Edit 01/01/2014: Happy New Year everybody! This chapter is finally betaed by the awesome Lithium-Flower567! Thank you again for your help!

PROLOGUE CHAPTER

-CHAPTER START-

In a distant land, a long, long time ago that would, in the future, be called the Elemental Nations, there were two beings of godly power. One, a man that would later be called the God of Shinobi, was a person who utilized chakra to its finest. He was the first and true wielder of the Rinnegan, and the greatest seal master in history. The Sage of Six Paths: the Rikudo Sennin. The other was a being of pure power, maliciousness, and hate. It was said he used all the evil in the world as his source of power. Hell bent on destruction and death, the Juubi were fighting - one to save the world, and the other to destroy it. What a fight it was! Mountains were torn asunder and recreated, seas rose and fell at their command, islands sank and rose, rivers dried and recreated. Pure power was flying around with all the destruction of a hurricane, and the population avoided the area, hell bent on not getting caught in the fight between two gods.

After days upon days of fighting, sustained on nothing but nature chakra and his own chakra, the Sage finally managed to subdue the deadly beast with his skills. He was going to seal it within himself, making him the first Jinchuuriki of a Bijuu, and the most powerful of them all, the Juubi. During the process of sealing the beast within himself, the Juubi thrashed, resisted, and fought with all of its weakened might, but it failed when faced with the sealing prowess of the Sage. Within its death throes, the Juubi screamed, with all its hate and rage.

"CURSE YOU, RIKUDO! CURSE YOU AND ALL YOUR DESCENDANTS! MAY THEY ALL KNOW RAGE, ANGER AND FURY! MAY THEY KNOW VENGEANCE! THEY SHALL NEVER KNOW PEACE, NOT WHILE THEY STILL LIVE! AND WHEN I CAME BACK, I WILL CRUSH THEM AND FEAST UPON THEIR SOULS!" the Juubi screamed out in rage towards the Sage.

"Such a thing will not happen, Juubi. I will seal you within myself and seal your body in an unreachable place, forever stuck in limbo," the Sage said while continuing the sealing calmly.

"CURSE YOU! YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD MY POWER FOR LONG, MORTAL! A HUMAN YOU ARE, AND ALL HUMAN SHALL DIE! AND I SHALL BE FREE!"

"It's true that I will die. That is an undeniable fact. But I will do everything I can to make sure you will no longer be able to harm the world. NO MORE!"

"CURSE YOU! CURSE YOOOOOOOOOOooooooooouuuuuuuu!"

And thus the Juubi's power was sealed within the Sage himself, and the body within the moon. He fainted right after the sealing, and was in a coma for an entire week due to the sheer strength and willpower needed to seal the Juubi. In the years that followed, the Sage travelled the world, spreading his teachings on the use of chakra and showing his jutsus to the people. People were so amazed of his power they considered him a god, which the Sage denied with all his heart.

But alas, the power of the Juubi was too powerful to be contained. It started damaging him from the inside. After a couple of years, he decided to do something that he thought would help prevent the Juubi from waking up forever. He split the power into nine parts using his jutsu, Ninja Arts: Creation of All Things. Each part got a certain trait of the Juubi and a different number of tails which represented their power, one being the weakest and nine being the strongest. He treated the nine new Bijuus with love, like he would treat his two sons from his union with his wife. She had died from old age, unlike the Sage himself who'd lived for hundreds of years by that point. But sadly, it was too late. The Sage's body was too damaged to heal, even with all his godly powers. After a couple more years, he was on his deathbed, and sent his will to his sons, one of which would create the Senju clan, and the other the Uchiha, which both would later be known for their prowess in the Ninja arts. After his sons left, he spoke to the nine Bijuus.

"All of you, Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Goku, Kokuo, Saiken, Choumei, Gyuuki and Kurumi, each of you, a part of the Juubi that I split. Here is something that I haven't told all of you yet. During the split, I also separated parts of my soul to create all of you, giving you sentience and a thinking mind. Also, the part of my soul within you has a part of my Creation of All Things jutsu that will activate itself after a certain situation. This part of me will activate the Creation of All Things and will change you into a half demon, one whose powers still remain, but changes you to a human."

"But father, why would you do that to us? A human cannot live forever, and thus we might release the power of the Juubi back to him!"asked Gyuuki.

"That is true. However, the reason why the jutsu will activate is only, and only if you manage to gain a mate worthy of the love of a Bijuu. Remember, my children, that even though all of you are a part of a great, evil being, love will be able to suppress the vile powers of the Juubi that you all contain. The jutsu will only activate if you've found a human worthy as a mate and if you give all your powers to him or her, thus making you powerless. Your power will recover to its original level in time. This will cause the Juubi's vile power be neutralised, and destroy him entirely. It will also turn your chosen mates into half demon as well. As long as you don't get decapitated you will live forever with your children inheriting the traits of the half demon that you and your mate will become."

"But father, why a human? Can we not choose what creature is to be our mate?" asked Kurumi next.

"A human is special. Only a human is capable of loving another creature apart from themselves. However, it is also true that only humans can have hatred towards a non-human being. With all of you walking on Earth later in life, you will find the journey hard and rough, but humans will accept you into their lives. The Creation of All Things will also produce a seal that marks your chosen mate and binds their soul with yours so that if one of you were to die, the other would follow. This is the ultimate act of love. Also, due to this binding you and your mate will never be affected by any genjutsu, for the one soul will immediately recover the other. Remember my children, only love, pure love, can neutralise the power of the Juubi that you all contain. Remember this, and you shall not be consumed by the evil of the Juubi's power that you contain. Each of you has parts of the Juubi's power. Shukaku: the ability to control sand and earth. Matatabi: the power to summon cleansing flames and the dead. Isobu: control over water and a hard shell. Son Goku: the ability to create lava out of nothing. Kokuo: the power of steam. Saiken: the skill to use offensive and defensive acids and poisons and even healing fluids. Choumei: the hard skin of the Juubi which manifests as a shell and the ability to fly. Lastly, Gyuuki: the brute strength and the multiple arms of the Juubi. When you and your chosen mate become a half demon, all these abilities and powers will be shared by you, your mate and any descendants that you may have."

"Father, what about me? You haven't mentioned the power that my part of the Juubi has," asked Kurumi.

"Yours is the most special, my daughter. You contain not just the extreme healing abilities that the Juubi had, but also the power to change and modify the biological construct of your physic. This ability is what made the Juubi so hard to defeat, since he could adapt to any attacks or jutsus that I used. Now my children, remember of love, remember of me and remember of the story of the Juubi. Now I will take my leave and return to the Pure World to be with my ancestors. Goodbye, and always remember that I loved all of you..."

"Father? Father? Don't leave yet! FATHEEEEEEEEEEERR!" screams Shukaku while shaking the lifeless body of the Sage. The other bijuu looked downwards, tears in their eyes.

And thus ended the life of the Saviour of The World, the Sage of the Six Paths. Afterwards, the descendants of the Sage travelled the world, spreading his teachings and the Bijuus as well. Each of them went their separate paths, never to meet again for hundreds of years, when the Shinobi rose.

Hundreds of years passed, and the teachings of the Sage were long since forgotten with the rise of the people called Shinobi. Instead of using the Sage's teachings for peace, they used them to wage war, kill, mutilate and destroy each other. Also during this time the Bijuus became corrupt by the very power they were to hold back. Constantly under attack by humans, they were unable to tell whether the ones they met were good or evil. They began to rage and destroy everything, giving birth to the legends of their evil. All, that is, except for Kurumi. She managed to retain her sanity and remember the teachings of her father, hiding herself in the mountains which would later be called The Land of Iron.

After years upon years of non-stop war, a group of Shinobi decided to create peace within their own ranks by creating the Ninja Villages. Groups of Shinobi could work together in harmony, though they still waged wars among the villages. A ninja, known as Senju Hashirama, descendant of the second child of the Sage, decided to make peace with Uchiha Madara, descendant of the first child. They decided to unite their clans under the banner of Konohagakure no Sato. Due to Senju Hashirama being chosen as the Shodaime Hokage however, Madara became angry as he thought he would be pushed aside and have to take orders from the Senju. But, after proposing the idea of a coup within his clan, he was banished as the clan members thought he was too power hungry for his own good. They were tired of fighting and wanted to make peace with the Senjus instead of fighting them ever more. Enraged, Madara decided to take things into his own hands. He would annihilate the Senjus from the earth and take the title of Hokage for himself. To do this he needed power; power in the form of a bijuu. The only bijuu still hidden: the Nine Tails, Kurumi.

Kurumi was taking a nap in the mountains of the Land of Iron when she was awakened by a loud explosion outside her lair. Feeling curious, she decided to peek outside her den where her eyes met the crimson Sharingan of Madara, and she remembered no more.

At a place that would later be called The Valley of the End, three people stood in front of each other. The Shodaime Hokage, Senju Hashirama, his wife Uzumaki-Senju Mito and Uchiha Madara. An epic battle would commence, but first, Hashirama decided to question his rival on his actions.

"Madara! Why are you doing this?! The alliance between the Senju and the Uchiha was meant to make peace between our clans, not further antagonize each other!"

"Shut up fool! Do you think I did not know of your plans? You will subvert my clan under your will, turning us into nothing but sacrificial lambs while you will grow, unstopped and unchecked! The Uchiha will then fall under the sheer weight of the Senju's strength, and we will be forgotten in the annals of history! I will stop you before that happens, even if my clan banished me!"

"No Madara, you are the fool! I did not choose to be the leader! It is by majority vote that I was picked as the leader. A vote which includes the members of your clan!"

"Shut up! I will hear no more of this farce! I will end you and your wife and make Konoha mine!"

Hashirama sighed as he replied in sadness and failure. "Then fight we shall, Madara. I will not hold back just because you are my rival! Prepare yourself!"

The battle between the two was an amazing affair. With the Shodaime's Wood Release, trees flew and crushed everything that Madara threw at him, and Madara's Susanoo, gained from having the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan by taking the eyes of his brother, Izuna, destroys everything that the Shodaime threw at him. The battle created valleys, destroys mountains and crushed everything that was stuck between the two. A stalemate was reached only when Madara decided to unleash his trump card, the Kyuubi.

"You are a great fighter and warrior as always Hashirama. But this is the end! This is my trump card to defeat you! Summoning Jutsu : Kyuubi!"

In a massive puff of smoke, Kurumi, now known as the Kyuubi, appeared in front of the two warriors with a massive roar and immediately attacked Hashirama. Hashirama was forced to fight a two-way battle with a force of nature at one side and Uchiha Madara at another. But then, using his Wood Release skills, he managed to wrap the Kyuubi in a giant wooden prison which absorbed her chakra.

"My love! Concentrate on fighting Madara! I will seal the Kyuubi within myself!" Mito shouted out to Hashirama to rally his failing spirit.

"But the Kyuubi is a very powerful creature! You will not last!"

"Have you forgotten that we of the Uzumaki Clan are masters of sealing? I will be fine! Just go!"

"...Thank you my love. Madara! I shall defeat you today!"

"Do your worst, Senju scum!"

And so, the Kyuubi was sealed into Mito while Madara, who had used a lot of chakra summoning the Kyuubi, was defeated. Peace continued afterwards with Senju Hashirama as the Shodaime Hokage, who used his Wood Release to capture all the Bijuu. He gave them to other villages as a symbol of peace and power balance, with Iwa getting the Gobi and the Yonbi, Kiri getting the Sanbi and the Rokubi, Taki getting the Nanabi, Suna getting the Ichibi, and Kumo getting the Hachibi and the Nibi. But this was not the end, for a new story begins now for Kurumi...

"...What? What just happened? Where am I?"

Kurumi woke up, and saw that she was chained within a white space. Her snout was muzzled, her arms, legs and tails stabbed with huge iron spikes. She tried to wriggle out of the muzzle and spikes, but it seemed impossible.

"What is this?! I am trapped! How am I trapped here? The last thing I saw was a red eye with spinning tomoes, then I knew no more..."

"This is your seal Kyuubi, and I am your jailor. A jinchuuriki: Uzumaki Mito." A lithe figure wearing a kimono who had crimson hair tied in buns with talismans hanging from them appeared in front of Kurumi.

"WHAT?! I AM SEALED?! HOW CAN THAT BE?! I LIVED AWAY FROM HUMANS IN A SECRET LAIR! HOW CAN I BE SEALED?!"

"You were summoned by an enemy of my husband, Senju Hashirama, during a battle. You immediately attacked my husband and tried to kill him, so he subdued you using his Mokuton and I sealed you within myself."

"What? I do not remember taking part in any battle nor war, and I still remember father's teachings. There is no way I would be involved in a battle between humans."

"If you do not believe me, I will show you the proof. I will show you my memories of the battle, and you will see the actions which caused you to be sealed."

A jumble of memories from Mito assaulted the mind of Kurumi, and she saw her rage, her anger, and her power being used against Hashirama.

"...What? But I don't understand. I have no recollection of these events, and as a bijuu, I cannot forget whatever events have happened. I do not remember being summoned, attacking you and your husband, and everything that happens in that memory."

"What is the last memory that you remember then? Maybe we can make some sense of it?"

"My last memory is of peacefully sleeping in my den in the mountains, before an explosion interrupted my sleep. I went outside to see what happened and then I looked into a strange eye, a red eye with three spinning tomoes around a pupil. The next thing I remember is waking up with these spikes and muzzle on me."

"That sounds like the Sharingan, a doujutsu that can cast powerful illusions or genjutsus onto a target. From what I can say, it seems like Madara controlled you with the Sharingan and forced you to attack us."

"From what I can see in your memories, that would be the most logical explanation. But controlled? The only one that can do so is father, and he never did that. Maybe his descendants can? Damn. If being controlled like that makes me become lost in rage, I'd rather not be controlled anymore."

"This father you kept talking about, who is he? From the way you speak of him, you respected him a lot. Care to share the story with me?"

"Of course! Father is also known as the Sage of Six Paths..."

Kurumi told Lady Mito about her existence, the Sage, the Juubi, and all the history of the Sage.

"...And now we end up here. Can you at least remove the muzzle?"

"You are definitely a wise, great and honourable creature, Kurumi-san. I will do more for you than that. I will remove all the locks on you, but I will keep you sealed within me, to prevent you from being controlled again, and getting lost in the throes of the Juubi's rage."

With just a thought, the muzzle and bars around Kurumi disappeared, and she then massaged her hurting tails, arms and snout.

"You know, you didn't have to use a seal that stabs me like that. It hurts."

"I apologize, but the nature of the seal makes the restraints appear as such. Anyway, why are you fine with being sealed within me?"

"As I said earlier, my powers all came from the Juubi, whose destructive rage can destroy anything. And nowadays, I can still control myself from succumbing to the same rage by remembering father's teachings. Being controlled like diminishes my willpower, thus making me lose myself in rage and destructive tendencies. Humans continuously attacking us also cause us to lose ourselves in the same rage which causes us to destroy everything around us. I managed to escape such fate by isolating myself from the rest of the world and hiding myself in the mountains. I guess that it is not enough, seeing as I still got sealed within you, Mito. In order to prevent myself from being used as a tool again, I would rather be sealed within you, seeing that I cannot be affected by any jutsu in here."

"Oh. I guess that is a rather interesting thought. You are welcome to make your home in my mind, Kurumi-san. But, what's that about a mate that you said before?"

"Crap! I shouldn't say anything about that! But I guess that she wants to help me, so I think that she deserves to know."

Kurumi told the Uzumaki about the bijuus and their mates. After listening to the tale, Mito sat on the white floor, and thought for a while, then spoke to Kurumi.

"Kurumi-san, let me make you a deal. Any of my descendants, if they're male, will have you sealed within them, carrying and protecting you as a legacy of the Uzumaki. And if any of them are worthy as your mate, according to you, take them as your mate, and let them rid you of the hate that you carry. And to further strengthen the bond between you and your future mate, we will teach you everything that we know about the ninja arts, so that you will be able to teach both your future mate and your children. How is that?"

"Hmmm... that isn't too bad an offer, and I will still be the one to pick my mate, not that I have one yet, and from what I can see, the Uzumaki and the Senju are both very honourable people, and the Senju has father's aura. I think that it is a pretty good offer, a good one too."

"Before I accept your offer, can I meet your husband, the one responsible for the capture of my siblings?"

"Of course, Kurumi-san. I will bring him here into my mindscape."

After a couple of minutes of Mito leaving, a second figure appeared in front of Kurumi, the figure of Senju Hashirama.

"Oh. So this is where the Kyuubi is sealed in. And you are Kurumi-san, Mito has explained to me... What are you doing?"

While Hashirama was speaking, the bijuu came closer to him and sniffed him, for no apparent reason.

"You have father's scent on you, though it is weak, extremely so. That probably means that you are related to him, somehow."

"Well, that's new. So, as I said earlier, Mito has explained to me about you and the bijuus, and we are honoured to be the family that will help you rid yourself of the taint of the Juubi. And an Uzumaki will never go back on their word. We will also keep this a secret among us, to prevent others from abusing the notion of said power."

"Since you are related to father, I feel that you can be trusted. Very well, this is an offer that I will accept."

Thus began the life of Mito and Hashirama, together with the bijuu sealed within Mito, who was taught in all that they knew about the ninja arts. Due to a bijuu's photographic memory, even though she herself couldn't use it, she remembered the teachings of Mito and Hashirama, merging them with the Sage's teachings. After a few years, Mito gave birth to a girl, which would later give birth to another who would be known in the future as Senju Tsunade of the Sannin. After the birth of her daughter, the First Shinobi World War started, and Hashirama, even with all his skill as a ninja, died in front of a massive army.

The mantle of Hokage was taken up by his brother, Senju Tobirama as the Nidaime Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen as the Sandaime after Tobirama's death. Mito, who never remarried after the death of Hashirama had chosen her niece from Uzushiogakure, Uzumaki Kushina to be the next host for Kurumi when her age had caught up with her. Kushina, also known as the Whirlpool Princess due to her relation with Uzushio's daimyo, carried Kurumi with pride, and was also taught of the same story and the deal made with Kurumi by Mito. She promised to continue the deal.

Not long afterwards, Uzushiogakure was destroyed by a coalition of Kumo-Kiri-Iwa, which weakened the coalition so much that they were defeated by Konoha afterwards as revenge for destroying one of Konoha's most powerful allies during the Second Shinobi World War.

A couple years passed, and after a series of events, Kushina fell in love with the future Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, who devastated an entire battalion of Iwa shinobi during the Third Shinobi World War using only two jutsus, the Hiraishin and the Rasengan. He earned himself an SS-rank with a flee-on-sight order in the bingo book. They got married in secret shortly after the war, and it was not long after that Kushina was pregnant with a child, this time, a boy.

"Kurumi! I am having a boy! Maybe this boy can be your future mate?"

"I don't see why not. I can feel the power that the boy contains, and I'd have to say that this boy is going to be a strong child, and maybe the Toad's prophecy will be inherited by him."

"That is true, Kurumi. Now all we have to do is wait until I gave birth to him, to Naruto."

"You still decided to use that old pervert's main character's name as his name?"

"What? I don't think it's a bad name. It fits with us Uzumaki as well." Everyone and then some knew of the Uzumakis legendary addiction towards ramen. It's something that she wanted to remove, but it never appeared as if she's succeeded.

"Well, it's your choice. I will not bother you with this petty argument anymore." She said as she went back to sleep in her cage.

And so, nine months later, Kushina was ready to give birth to her first, and unknowingly to her, her only child...

"AAAAAARGH! MINATO! I WILL KILL YOU AFTER THIS! THIS IS YOUR FAULT FOR GETTING ME PREGNANT! AAARGH!"

"Don't worry Kushina! The baby's almost out! Keep pushing!"

Minato's hand was probably being broken in five different places, such was the strength of Kushina's grip on his hand. Yet, he did not even wince; his excitement to be a father was the ultimate painkiller for his hand. In a cave outside of Konoha, a platoon of ANBU guards was guarding the place where Kushina was giving birth, for they feared that people would sense the demonic chakra flaring out of her because the seal weakened the most during the process of giving birth. Kurumi was doing her best to not damage the seal even more while reigning in her demonic chakra and help dull the pain that Kushina was going through. Minato was also doing his best to reinforce the weakening seal while having his hand crushed by Kushina's grip.

The cry of a baby then broke through Kushina's screams of pain, a sign that the baby was safely delivered. A boy, with small tufts of blonde hair and with the deepest sky blue colour in his eyes was handed over to Kushina, with Minato watching close by. But, just as Minato was about to hold the baby, an arm appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the child, and killing Biwako Sarutobi, the medic that handled Kushina's delivery and also the Sandaime's wife and Tsunade's teacher. Minato immediately took out one of his Hiraishin kunais and held it in a defensive position.

"Who are you?! What do you want with my son?!"

The man, a person with a spiral mask on his face, laughed.

"Your son? You can have him!"

He then tossed little Naruto away, while laughing at Minato, who immediately Hiraishined to Naruto's position, before realising that the blanket covering Naruto was filled with exploding tags. He teleported Naruto to a small shack outside Konoha, the explosion of the tags having no effect. Meanwhile, the man reached out to Kushina's seal, laughing all the way.

"What do you want with me?!"

"Oh no, Kushina. I want nothing to do with you. The thing that I want is within you."

Realisation immediately hit Kushina like a fist to the face. "You wanted the Kyuubi! But why?"

"It's because I wanted to see my ultimate ambition! I wanted to see Konoha burn to the ground!"

Then, crimson, blood red chakra began pouring out of Kushina's seal and started to form a fox's head on top of Kushina. The head tried to struggle, but it accidentally looked into the swirling Sharingan eye of the man, and stopped.

"Kurumi! Remember the teachings! Remember what your father said to you!"

The mysterious stranger chuckled as he said, "It's too late. She is now under my control. And my order to you : destroy Konoha!"

Kurumi roared and was absorbed into the man's Sharingan eye, and the man then disappeared, leaving Kushina to die. Sadly, he underestimated an Uzumaki's vitality, since even though severely weakened, Kushina was still very much alive. Minato flashed to her location, and applied first aid to her, before promising to check back later. He then flashed to the man's location.

It was a peaceful day in Konoha, when all of a sudden a man appeared above Konoha and summoned the Kyuubi. She started rampaging across Konoha, destroying homes, shops and killing people. The sheer vileness of her chakra froze many a man. Some outright had heart attacks due to sheer overwhelming fear. Ninjas fought valiantly to stop her, jutsus were thrown, weapons were launched, yet nothing stopped her. Both ninjas and civilians died by the dozens, killed by a swipe of a tail, or stomped to oblivion. Some were eaten by Kyuubi. And then, everybody saw the Kyuubi charge up a huge ball of chakra, a Bijuudama and aim it at Konoha. At the last minute, the silhouette of the Yondaime appeared in front of Kyuubi right before the bijuudama was launched, after which he launched bijuudama, was absorbed into a sealing barrier and diverted to the outskirts of Konoha. He then bit his thumb before running through a series of handseals to summon Gamabunta, the Chief Toad.

"Minato! What is the meaning of this? I am not strong enough to fight against a bijuu, especially the Kyuubi! She's called the strongest bijuu for a reason you know!" Gamabunta screamed out angrily. No summon can go toe-to-toe with a bijuu, especially the Kyuubi!

"I know that boss. I just wanted you to stall her for a couple of minutes while I deal with the person who summoned her here and to prepare a method to seal her into Naruto!" Minato countered back.

"I cannot buy you too much time! She is too powerful even for me!"

"Don't worry Bunta! Just do your best!"

Gamabunta then drew his tanto out of its sheathe and started to hop closer to the Kyuubi, preparing to subdue her. Meanwhile, Minato fought against the masked man that attacked Kushina and managed to rout his attacks and force him to flee. He grabbed Kushina and Naruto then started to draw massive symbols on Naruto's stomach before they started arguing.

"We must seal her into Naruto! We have no other choice!" Minato yelled out towards Kushina.

"No Minato! There is always another choice! You can re-seal her into me!" She retaliated, the Uzumaki hot-headedness and legendary stubbornness still strong even in her bloody, damanged condition.

"But you are weak right now! There is no way for you to handle the stress of the resealing! If you die, then she will be vulnerable again!"

Before they can continue their argument, one of Kyuubi's claws tried to kill little Naruto, and managed to pierce both Minato and Kushina who protected Naruto with their lives. The Kyuubi was then restrained with Kushina's chakra chains that she created with the last of her strength.

"I guess... there is... no other choice... we must seal her... into Naruto..." Minato said, his words cut off by each painful breath he took.

"Yes... I'm sorry Minato... for fighting with you... let me say my last words to Naruto before you seal her within him with the Shiki Fuujin..." Kushina said, the last of her insanely strong life leaving her.

"Naruto... there is so much I want to say to you... but our time here is short... always remember... to eat your veggies... and to listen to Kurumi... and train often... be a strong person... and do not fall into hatred... you are destined to be the saviour of the world... be strong... find a nice girl... Kurumi is a very nice girl... I'm sure she will like you as well..."

"Naruto... this is your father... I second everything your mom said... forgive me for placing this burden on you, but... we have no choice... may you forgive us in the afterlife... now I'll end this! Fuuinjutsu: Shiki Fuujin!"

The spectre of Shinigami appeared behind Minato as an arm went through his body and grabbed the restrained Kyuubi, pushing her into the Hakke no Fuuin Shiki on Naruto's stomach, sacrificing his soul as payment. They fell in front of Naruto, who was crying his eyes out, while six whisker marks appeared on his face. He was lifted up by Hiruzen, Gamabunta long since gone from the place.

"Hiruzen... this is my last order as Hokage... Make sure Naruto is safe, and make sure he is hailed as a hero... for saving Konoha..."

"I will Minato. I will."

And thus ended the life of two of Konoha's greatest heroes, Namikaze Minato and his wife, Uzumaki Kushina... Though this is only the beginning...

-CHAPTER ENDS-

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