BS #1: Haruto of Red Dawn 01

RRAAAAAAGHHHHH!

The Kyuubi roared, slamming its giant paws into the floor and crushing countless Konoha-nin. The ninja were afraid, yet, their indomitable spirit did not allow them to stop fighting, despite how little of a difference they were doing to the demon fox. The tails behind it flickered left and right, almost like a flame being blown in the wind, each capable of destroying mountains. But the Kyuubi wanted the people here to suffer and die slowly, a quick death was not going to be enjoyable for it.

Namikaze Minato had arrived on the scene after his wife had given birth to their second child, one they had named 'Naruko'. Unfortunately for Minato, the time he had spent with his recently born child was cut short when the Kyuubi invaded. Approaching from nowhere, and seemingly in a trance of bloodlust, the Kyuubi had picked Konoha to be its personal stomping ground.

Quite literally, in fact seeing as how there were many prints in the ground in the shape of the Kyuubi's clawed paws.

The Yondaime Hokage stared in slight horror and awe at the beast before him, overshadowing the Hokage Mountain completely and reaching the night sky, eerily illuminated by the white glow of the moon and the red, burning wooden building of Konoha. The Kyuubi snarled viciously at the sight of the man who stood upon the stone head of the Shodaime Hokage: Senju Hashirama, or in the Kyuubi's eyes, the man who he had fought against when the fool Madara had tried to control him with his pathetic Doujutsu. It had taken the combined forces of both Madara and Hashirama to take down the Kyuubi, who quickly left due to the Senju's Mokuton, leaving the Senju and the Uchiha at each other's throats.

Remembering the man's face, he immediately charged up a Bijudama to wipe it off the face of the planet, intent on getting the last laugh at the Shodaime.

Minato had noticed the demon fox charging up its signature attack that it shared with its family. One he had based off to make his own jutsu, the Rasengan. One he wanted to teach to his children when they had grown older.

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A 4 year old Haruto stared in awe as his father summoned the boss toad, Gamabunta, who was still slightly shorter than the Kyuubi due to his folded toad legs, and leapt straight at the Kyuubi who had charged up a black ball in his fang-filled maw. His father jumped off Gamabunta's head and touched the charging ball. Everything seemed to go into slow motion for the child. His father vanished as soon as contact was made with the ball and reappeared at the top of Gamabunta's head, this time without the ball. A large explosion signified the Bijudama going off in the distance and Haruto was slightly shocked, he had seen his father use the Hirashin no Jutsu multiple times, however, never ever seeing him teleport such a large object before.

A subconscious part in his brain that would develop in time shelved away the valuable information, just in case he needed that titbit of information to defeat his father when the time came.

Not that Haruto knew that it had happened seeing as he was just a 4 year old child and was amazed at the sight of a giant toad with the equally giant sword fighting the humongous fox with 9 tails. The Kyuubi screeched as the katana slammed into its side, racking his sharpened digits across Gamabunta's face and causing the Toad Boss to leap back. Luckily, only 1 of the fingernails had scratched Gamabunta, from above his eye brow, over to his upper lip, scarring his face with the proof that he had fought against the Kyuubi.

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Kushina stumbled out of the hospital, clutching onto her new-born baby girl close to her. Sarutobi Hiruzen following close behind, the Sandaime was wearing his War Armour and holding onto Enma in his staff form. Kushina had tried to ignore the choices that Hiruzen supplied her, either allow him to use the Shiki Fūjin on Naruko and sacrifice himself in the process or allow the Kyuubi to kill everyone including her son and new-born daughter. But when they had left the hospital and looked up, they stared at the sight of the Kyuubi and Gamabunta in a dead lock, Minato above shouting commands and firing jutsus that the demon easily shrugged off.

With no other choice to stop the Kyuubi, a weakened Kushina tearfully handed Hiruzen her baby, in preparation for the Shiki Fūjin.

One brave ANBU had Shunshin'd onto Gamabunta's head and next to Minato, both of which were still fighting against the Kyuubi and running on fumes. The ANBU informed Minato about what Hiruzen was about to do, sacrifice himself for the village and turning his daughter into the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, the only tailed beast without a Jinchuuriki yet. Minato had reluctantly agreed with Hiruzen as there was no other way to stop the Kyuubi. He only hoped that his daughter would not be ostracised from society just by carrying the demon fox in her.

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Hiruzen slumped over, dying peacefully despite his soul being taken by the Shinigami, knowing that he had died to protect the village he loved and cared so much about. In front of him, a nude Naruko was sleeping silently as the Kyuubi was sealed into her by the Shinigami while Kushina and Minato looked on from the side-lines.

The battle against the Kyuubi was over.

Lives were lost and buildings destroyed.

But Konoha had survived to see the light of tomorrow's day.

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A frightened Haruto approached his mother and father after the sealing, shivering slightly when he had seen the Death God himself take the Kyuubi away and shove it into his baby sister's gut.

Haruto rushed forwards to get a look at his baby sister, the same one that his mother and father were holding in their arms while the ANBU took Hiruzen's body away to bury him. Haruto paused, staring at his grandfather figure being taken away, a white sheet covering his fallen body. Haruto's face fell and he silently mourned the man who took care of him while his parents were busy, talking to him whenever he was alone at home or taking him around the village to eat ramen at Ichiraku.

It was quite obvious that Haruto was no ordinary child as he comprehended what other children his age could not. He understood that being a shinobi meant risking your life. You could turn the corner around the block and bump right into death itself, meeting your unfortunate end at any given moment. Since he understood this, he understood why his Jiji died and what he died for.

Taking a deep breath and remembering to grieve for his grandfather figure later, he approached his mother and father, who both turned with small sad smiles on their faces. Minato took Naruko from Kushina's arms and brought the sleeping baby to Haruto to hold. Haruto accepted the bundled child, noticing the distinct markings on her face, 6 razor-thin lines on her cheeks, and 3 on each chubby cheek. A trait she shared with her brother, seeing as how they were both lived for nine months inside of their mother while she still had the Kyuubi inside of her.

Haruto bent down and kissed her on her head, causing the girl to open her tired eyes at her older brother. Light purple met bright blue and the baby's eyes widened at the sight of her older brother, stretching her tiny arms forwards at his face and giggling happily at the sight of him. A trail of drool slipped out from the corner of her lips as she gave him a toothless smile.

The sight of his baby sister smiling in the time of death and despair brought a sliver of light in the world that would soon be inhabited by darkness.