The Kyuubi Attack (1)

"Normal Speech"

'Inside Thought'

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The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. -Winston Churchill

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October 8th before Kyuubi Attack

Tsunade went back to her Inn, finding her former teammate waiting for her patiently in front of the door of her room.

'Why the hell is he here?' pondered Tsunade.

Soon, Jiraiya noticed Tsunade's arrival and welcomed her with his signature smile - that pierced through all the bad in Tsunade's life and all was well again - while waving both of his hands.

'Better do not tell him what I thought about his smile,' thought Tsunade.

"Don't you know what's time is it? I already waited for you for three hours," whined Jiraiya. "Three hours! How cruel of you!"

"As far as I know, I don't promise anything to do with you," frowned Tsunade. "And why the hell are you here, you creep?"

Jiraiya looked down and felt a bit disappointed, his charming smile did not sway Tsunade's heart at all.

'Why she never notice me? At least try to be a little nice to me,' thought Jiraiya sorrowly.

"I'm worried about you." Jiraiya looked at Tsunade steadily. "After all, you will help Kushina's delivery later."

Tsunade understood the hidden meaning of Jiraiya's words without a doubt. It was about her blood phobia, and baby delivery would be full of bloody scene.

This time, Tsunade gave Jiraiya the most gentle smile - in Jiraiya's opinion - he had ever seen. The real and pure gentle smile without a promising pain behind it. A smile that could only appear on a rare occasion - or never.

'I think his shock-face worth it,' giggled Tsunade.

"I think I already took care of it," smiled Tsunade mysteriously. "It is for Kushina, after all."

Tsunade slid her door open and slammed it close in front of a still shock Jiraiya - startling him. Jiraiya just looked at the close door with a confused expression, worried, then full of understanding.

However, both of them knew that those words had a special meaning that made those two, at least, in a momentary peace.

'You did not change at all, Tsunade.' Jiraiya chuckled at what Tsunade did while reminiscing about the past.

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October 10th Kyuubi Attack

Tsunade had tried her best not to punch The Fourth Hokage on his face. Damn with his pretty face. It already for the third times that the man went inside of the delivery room instead guarding with those Anbu outside.

"Dammit, Hokage-sama! I have done this before. Just shut the fuck up!" shouted Tsunade - half muffled by the sheet that covering Kushina's knees. "Your concern and worry are useless here!"

Kushina tried her best to control her laughter at the expression that Minato was making - a gloomy kicked puppy - and relaxed her already tense body. Many said that giving birth would feel hurt as hell, and strenuous. Still, the pain was still bearable for Kushina. For now.

'Something like this not even worth to be called as a pain. I'm a strong woman, after all, dattebane,' indulged Kushina.

Minato rarely heard Tsunade cursing except when she was annoyed, and Minato did not want to be on her bad-side today. With a heavy heart, Minato walked out from the delivery room to his previous post - like a kicked puppy.

"If you enter this room again, I will castrate your dick here and make you can't make love with my cousin again!" barked Tsunade.

Minato scurried away when he heard the deadly advice. Minato might look girly, but when his manhood threatened, he would be stupid not to back off from it. And Tsunade detested annoying people to the heart.

"It's okay Minato! I'm the one who will maintain the seal. Just secure this place with those Anbu!" Jiraiya had his hands on Kushina's bare stomach in a pushing gesture, playing a tug of war with the Kyuubi. Literally. And the Kyuubi's power was not something you want to mess with, right?

'It all depends on you, Kushina,' thought Jiraiya positively.

Taji, the medic Anbu, tried her best to hold her snicker at The Fourth Hokage's childish act - luckily, she had mastered the Anbu's blank face. It was amusing and fresh for her, to see her leader wore different expression beside the serious and stern ones. And it was also quite honored for her to work alongside with two of The Legendary Sannin.

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Kushina was great discomfort, not because the babies, but the seal that holding the Kyuubi started warming up - the Kyuubi tried to break free. It was worrisome, but Kushina was hardening her resolve to make the Kyuubi at bay. Jiraiya was also doing his best, not let the Kyuubi escaped.

Kushina did not know if it were a coincidence or a pure chance for having twins. It was not like she was ungrateful, but she must make double-effort to push two instead of one - troublesome, she would say if she were a Nara. After all, It was rare for Uzumaki women to give birth twins, and now she blamed all of this to Minato - and his unknown genes.

'Minato, you better treat me tons of Ramen after this or else I will make you the one who bears the child next time, dattebane.'

"Push harder Kushina-chan! I know you can do it. And the head was already visible." Tsunade encouraged Kushina. "And it's a red-haired."

Kushina pushed harder to her best and tried conquering the contraction while gasping for the air. But, the most thing that concerned Kushina was the Kyuubi that trying to break free.

'Dammit! Why don't you stay fucking calm inside me, Kyuubi?'

Then, Kushina remembered the bet that she made with her husband. She could already imagine Minato's defeated face if he knew that the red-haired baby was her wannabe daughter - of course, she did not know yet but called it as a mother's intuition.

Kushina was planning to raise her baby girl to be a badass woman and her baby boy as a future gentleman, not the heartbreaker like his husband. Though, Kushina did not realize that she was a heartbreaker too in her younger age.

'First, I must win this fight, dattebane,' grunted Kushina. 'Tch! Is there any Ninjutsu or Fuinjustsu that could pop babies in a second? If there is, I will gladly learn it, dattebane.'

Jiraiya could only grimace at the sounds and faces that Kushina was making. Because of those, he was so grateful that he was born as a man instead of a woman.

"I always forget how weak and frightened men are when they saw a woman giving birth," said Tsunade as if she could read what Jiraiya had in his mind.

"Yeah, your species kinda sucks at a thing like this, dattebane," added Kushina with an agreement of Tsunade's previous statement, as if it was the universal knowledge.

"Well, it's because I'm a man and we were already tormented enough through the ninth months - for you tenth months - of your species's pregnancy - to fulfill all of your impossible cravings," accused Jiraiya back while recalling his friend's story.

"Well, it is your responsibility after planting your seeds on your woman." Tsunade mimicked the way of her former teammate spoke. "And don't forget the diaper duty that comes afterward."

'Tsunade is right. I will make Minato to be on diaper duty, Hokage or not. I already bore his children for ten months, and it's my time to spend my luxurious time resting, dattebane.'

Jiraiya flinched at the face Kushina was making, full of mischievousness while contorting in pain, and he knew what Kushina's plan in her mind for his poor pupil.

'Tsunade, you demon! You successfully planted your dangerous ideology to Kushina. Look what you've done! Poor Minato, may your soul rests in peace.'

On the other side, Minato felt goosebumps all over his body, the same kind as before.

'I'm sure it's not civilians who are talking about me this time.'

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For sure, today was the best day for Taji. Not just she saw her leader's childish antics, she could also see the Legendary Sannin's bickering - sullied their powerful images. With her dull Anbu's daily life, entertainment like this could not be missed out.

'If I die now, I think it's worth after seeing this kind of entertainment,' mused Taji.

Several hours of grunting and moaning, Kushina shut her eyes tightly. Her muscles were working to their best to pop out the babies. Then she felt it, the easing contraction that filled back by another infant, the slickness that came out from her uterus. Kushina could not comprehend things that happened because the dizziness that pummeled her head, and gasped for the air as if had not enough oxygen.

"Girl," informed Tsunade while giving the baby to Taji.

A shocked of wail could be heard all over the room. A healthy baby's cry. Kushina could see from the corner of her eyes that Taji was cleaning and soothing to a bundle of towels with strands of red-haired poking out.

Kushina wanted to cry from the overwhelming happiness. Finally, her efforts were not in vain. She looked again at her baby girl who was in the gentle care of Taji, and Michiko's cry was already subdued by Taji's rocking back and forth action.

'Michiko, Michiko, Michiko, my dear daughter,' chanted Kushina.

"Congratulations, Kushina-chan! You are a mother now," said Jiraiya with his hands still on Kushina's stomach.

Kushina readily her body for the next contraction, and gripped Jiraiya's hand tightly. Then she realized the conversation that Tsunade and Taji were having in a hushed voice about her daughter's condition.

"Are you sure it-"

"-It's overload her system."

"-too many of them-"

"Is there something wrong with my daughter?" Kushina asked timidly.

"Relax," stated Tsunade calmly. "There is nothing wrong with your daughter. You have a healthy baby girl. Good work, Kushina-chan!"

Kushina relaxed at the said words and smiled to herself at the small victory over the bet that she made with his husband.

'You owe me a lot, Minato,' grunted Kushina.

Kushina continued her push and hoping it would not take a lot of time for the second baby.

"A boy, Kushina-chan," as if the God up there heard Kushina's pray.

"It's a healthy baby boy."

Tsunade checked and cleaned the baby herself, then put the baby in the towel, gesturing Taji to take the boy.

The blond babe was suddenly wailing loudly and making his twin who was successfully subdued, wailed too. Now, it was a chorus of two wailing healthy babies. Such lovely music, indeed.

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Namikaze Minato who had been kicked out was slightly sulking. It was not better when these Anbu were giving him an amused look. He could tell it, even if with their masks on.

There were four Anbu who secured the outside of the delivery room. Each of them was holding the barrier seals of this place. No one could pass this place before identifying their chakra signatures first - so, it was a one-way-entrance.

The sun had gone to rest, and the moon took its place as the darkness begun to surround Konoha. It had been three hours since Kushina's water broke and Kushina had not delivered yet. This waiting action was making Minato anxious.

'I think, I owe Kushina a lot,' pondered Minato.

Minato hid in the line of trees, so different from those Anbu who visible by everyone else that passed them. So far so good, there was not any dangerous threats or foreign chakra that approaching these place. However, the air was thick with tension that promised the upcoming threats. Minato unmistakably felt it.

Then, in the split of seconds, the Anbu who were guarding, had their necks ruptured at an impossible angle. It happened so fast that Minato took a bit of time to grasp the situation. A man with a pattern-mask and hooded cloak could be seen standing in the middle of those lifeless Anbu and walked his way towards the entrance of the delivery room effortlessly.

Promptly, Minato transported himself behind the masked man and swinging his special kunai toward the man. However, the man had dodged the strike easily and appeared behind Minato.

'He is fast.' Minato surmised the man's action.

There was only one shinobi who could on par with Minato in the matter of speed which was A, the Fourth Raikage. It was too good to be true if his attacker was A.

"Got you!" The masked man grabbed the collar of Minato's jounin vest and tried to drag him. Minato unmistakably felt an ache in his body for being forced into a different place without his consent.

Minato transported himself to the nearest seal of his special kunai - still in the outside of Kushina's delivery room - to out from the masked man's grasp. This area was so beneficial for Minato, with his seals and special kunai scattered around the field.

'A shinobi who outmaneuvered these Anbu, who knew that the Kyuubi's seal would weaken during the childbirth.' Minato glared at the masked man viciously and leaked his killing intent.

'He also went in and out of the barrier set up on Konoha by Konohagakure's specialist without being caught. He is a dangerous shinobi.'

"Are you Uchiha Madara?" Minato stared at the masked man in front of him.

The masked man pushed his hood back and showed his spiky jet-black hair.

"No, that's impossible." Minato examined the masked man again.

"He's dead."

"Really?" The masked man tilted his head. "I wonder about that."

"At this point, it doesn't matter who you are." Minato eyed the man carefully.

"I won't let you take the Kyuubi and harm its Jinchuriki."

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Taji was still rocking the babies gently when she found her leader walked towards her from the main entrance of the room.

"Hokage-sama, congratulations!" said Taji while giving Minato a chance to hold his son. "You got a pair of handful children."

Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at Minato and congratulated him. Kushina peeked a glance at her husband and felt something different about her husband.

'He isn't your husband,' and Kushina's gut feeling was never wrong.

"How things were out there, Minato?" asked Jiraiya while eyeing Minato who held Naruto affectionately.

"Good," Minato answered smoothly. "And there aren't any intruders."

Kushina eyed his husband suspiciously.

"You owe me a lot of your days, Minato-kun!" Kushina sighed out and tried to appease her worry. The said man simply sweatdropped nervously and still held Naruto.

"All right!" Jiraiya bumped his fist into his open palm. "Kushina, I know you've gone through the childbirth, but I'm going to seal the Kyuubi now.'

Suddenly, a gurgling sound heard from Taji. A kunai stuck out from Taji's chest, drawing out so much blood from the wound. The attacker swiftly pulled out the kunai and let the lifeless woman fell hard to the floor. Tsunade jumped back a few meters away to dodge the upcoming kunai that went on her way too.

"What the hell, Minato?" shouted Tsunade angrily. "Or what do you want, faked-Minato?"

The faked-Minato just ignored Tsunade and held the bundle that accommodating Naruto safely in a threatening way with his sharp kunai.

"Jiraiya, get away from the Jinchuriki." The nervous on Minato face vanished and replaced by a sickly sweet smile.

"Otherwise, this child's life will end in one minute."

The faked-Minato pointed his sharp kunai to Naruto's neck too close for Jiraiya's comfort. The killing intent that leaked from the man was making Naruto began to cry. And, louder this time.

'How the hell did he get past the barrier? This man..,' Jiraiya stared at the faked Minato with his piercing glare. 'Who the hell is he?'

Jiraiya could not find any flaws in the Transformation Jutsu on his enemy. To be looked as real as the original and had the same chakra pathway, it unnerved Jiraiya so much.

Kushina gritted her teeth in pain while a blob of black mass came out from the hole of Kushina's seal on her stomach. The writing of the Kyuubi's seal was also spreading on Kushina's body at a frightening rate.

"Kushina!" Tsunade approached Kushina with Michiko in her arms and eyed the Kyuubi seal that still unsealed. "Jiraiya, do something!"

Jiraiya did not want to rush the thing when his godson held as a captive. Considering his choice could prolong, or end his godson's life in a second.

"Get away from the Jinchuriki!" warned the faked-Minato once again. "Don't you care what happens to this kid?"

"Wait!" said Jiraiya in stopping motion. "Calm down!"

"Speak for yourself, Jiraiya." The faked-Minato pushed Naruto up into the air while his other hand prepared to stab Naruto. "I'm as cool as can be."

"Naruto!" Kushina shrieked in horror.

'How dare him trying to kill my son with my husband face.' Kushina tried to push down the remaining of Kyuubi's seal into her body. 'Minato, where are you?'

Jiraiya fastly launched himself to catch Naruto, who still up in the air while Tsunade helped Jiraiya by distracting the faked-Minato with her ax kick toward the floor.

The man dodged easily and threw several kunai to Tsunade who swiftly avoided them. The baby in Tsunade arms began to cry because the fast motions that Tsunade did.

"Now!" Commanded the faked-Minato into thin air. Kushina did not know what happened to her, but surely darkness began engulfing her vision.

'Naru-' Kushina lost her consciousness.

"Kushina!" Tsunade dashed toward Kushina, but it was too late. A black-and-white-being emerged from the floor and engulfed Kushina with its Venus-fly-trap looked like so fast.

The faked-Minato released his dark chuckle and the appearance slowly changed - into the white-being resembled with Kushina's kidnapper. A smirk full of satisfaction emerged from the white-man-being.

"It is the time." The yellow-eyed man sunk down to the floor, leaving the dumbfounded Jiraiya and Tsunade.

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Minato had clashed with the masked man for a few minutes. But, Minato realized that his enemy needed a few seconds to materialize himself later to attack Minato. So, Minato planned to pause his next attack and waited for the enemy's action first.

'He uses the Teleportation Jutsu that could be equal with mine.' Minato glared at the masked man. 'Then, I can only aim for him when we both strike blows.'

"Why are you targeting Konohagakure?" Minato bought some time to caught his enemy off guard.

"I could say I did it on a whim, or that I planned it." The masked man pulled a long chain out of one of his sleeves and strapped it to both of his wrists. "Or that it's war, or that it's for peace."

Minato eyed the new weapon wearily and prepared himself for the worst.

'Whatever the case, he's no ordinary man, his Teleportation Jutsu surpasses both Nidaime's and mine.' Minato put his special kunai in front of his face and ready to execute his attack.

'And the one who attacks an instant quicker than the other will surely win this battle.'

Both of the men ran towards each other quickly. Minato threw his special kunai forward his enemy as the kunai passed through his enemy. The masked man brought up his right hand to grab the collar of Minato's jounin vest.

The act almost succeeded, but the Rasengan connected the back of his body, preventing the masked man's action. In that time, Minato formed Rasengan on his other hand quickly and transported himself to his special kunai when it had passed the masked man's head.

'Dammit! He flew to that kunai from earlier,' cursed the masked man. A black ink sealing appeared on the masked man back without his knowledge.

The masked man jumped away from Minato and tried recovering from the attack. The attack reduced the masked man agility.

Minato could see the wound that he inflicted on his enemy. One hand of the enemy fell to the ground and reduced into mushy things.

"It is the time." A deep voice emerged from the ground next to the masked man. "You let this vermin to beat you like this."

Minato saw a black-and-white-being with Venus-fly-trap feature carefully. The yellow-eyed man was undoubtedly the masked man partner.

'He also has some kind of jutsu that similar to the Teleportation Jutsu.'

The masked man finally regained himself and saluted with his remaining hand cheerfully.

"Until then." The masked man transported himself into the swirl of air and the Venus-fly-trap man sunk down into the ground.

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