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This chapter is shorter, but it's mostly just an opener. I guarantee chapters will be longer. This is actually only 3,000 words and in my opinion VERY short. Again, just an opener to see how this works.

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Update: 6/25/14

I have had the Summary updated thanks to a good friend (Kingkakashi). The updated summary is in no way mine except by the ownership of the story and Kingkakashi wrote it out for me so I appreciate the help.

/Realistic Progression/Powerful-Bloodline Naruto/NaruxHina/Mature Content/Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!/

To say Namikaze Minato was having a bad day would be an understatement.

His last month has been living hell for him.

He was finally finished with the last pile of paperwork, the devil spawn that continued to haunt all Kages. Today, the Yondaime was in another session with the council regarding his wife… who has been missing for the last month. This along with the pressures of being Hokage was bringing Minato to his knees. His wife, Kushina was pregnant with his child and being a jinchuuriki, she was vulnerable to having her tenant, the Kyūbi no Yōko released from the seal and wreak havoc upon the world. This could potentially kill his wife, but being an Uzumaki, she had quality life force and because of this she had a chance to live through Kyūbi being extracted, but all the same it worried Minato, nonetheless the fact that his wife and child were in danger. He barely controlled himself from tearing apart the village when they first went missing. That was the day they felt the wrath of the Yondaime.

Minato sighed and ran his hands through his yellow-blonde hair, which felt greasy and dirty. He looked down at himself, feeling pathetic at the fact that he couldn't do simple things like clean himself, or eat three full meals anymore, and even sleep through the night anymore. His jonin outfit was worn out from being worn all the time. He was up constantly looking for his wife, on the manhunt with Anbu. The trail had led to somewhere in the village, making it an inside job. He gritted his teeth thinking about that fact. He knew as Hokage he had to protect the village, but it felt like he couldn't even trust the village.

He only had four months. Four months until his child would be born.

Minato slammed his fist on the desk in front of him, splitting it in half through his sheer force. The Anbu in the room flickered into appearance in front of Minato, alarmed at the noise. He looked up and started sweating, then said with a fake smile, "Sorry there, just frustrated today."

The Anbu looked at one another and nodded, then flickered out of view. Minato sighed and pushed the desk to the side. He got up and grabbed his Hokage robes, preparing to go to another meeting when the door to the office opened. Minato grabbed his robes and turned around to look at his predecessor walking into the room.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Minato with sympathy on his face, He was an elderly man, but still had more power than anyone in the village except Minato. He had shorter gray hair and a goatee, and the eyes of experience. He has on his old Kage robes that covers him all the way down. He gently closing the door behind him. He walked forward and took a seat in one of the chairs.

"What can I do for you Hokage-sama?" Minato asked.

"Please Minato, we are equals. You know to address me as an equal now," Hiruzen said.

Minato sighed and looked at Hiruzen, who had a serious look on his face. Hiruzen took the pipe he had been smoking and said, "Minato, you need to rest. You have been working constantly."

Minato slid his robes on and said, "There is too much to get done."

Hiruzen took a look at Minato and said, "You haven't even showered or eaten well in the last few days have you?"

"Work's keeping me going!" Minato snapped at Hiruzen. Hiruzen raised his eyebrows in question and Minato looked down, ashamed that he broke like that for that one second.

"It's okay Minato. I can take over. You need to rest, take a day or two off," Hiruzen said, trying to reassure him.

"I just want to be the first to hear when she is found. I've been dying to find her."

"And I'll be the first to tell you as soon as she is found, but you need to clean up."

Minato finished arranging himself in a presentable manner and looked at Hiruzen when the door to the office slammed open. Minato and Hiruzen looked towards the door where there was a teenager with spiky grey hair and a face mask in an Anbu outfit out of breath.

"Minato-sensei!"

"Kakashi! What happened?" Minato asked.

"We… found her… Hokage monument… Top of the cliff," Kakashi said in between breaths.

Minato's eyes widened and then instantly he was gone in a yellow flash. Hiruzen looked towards Kakashi and said, "Well done Kakashi. Go home and rest now. We will take care of everything."

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" Kakashi said, and slowly walked out.

Hiruzen stood up with authority and snapped his fingers. In front of him Anbu appeared around him.

"Follow Minato and assure that everything is under control!" Hiruzen ordered.

"Hai! Hokage-sama!" The four Anbu around Hiruzen said in unison and flickered away.

The Kami no Shinobi was going to make sure that nothing else happened to Minato and his family while he was around. He promised it on his life.

Minato flashed into appearance at the top of the cliff where laying there was Kushina, unconscious and breathing heavy. She was surrounded by different Anbu

"Kushina!" Minato shouted and darted over. He knelt beside her and lifted her in his arms. The Anbu all knelt and were at attention.

"Your orders Hokage-sama?" an Anbu behind Minato.

"I will be issuing orders for our Hokage," said Hiruzen behind the group.

The Anbu stood and turned, looking at their previous Hokage and shouted in unison, "Hokage-sama!"

"You are to investigate this are and look for any leads as to who might have committed the crime of taking Kushina captive, and follow up on any leads. I expect HOURLY reports," the Sandaime Hokage commanded.

"Hai! Hokage-sama!" the Anbu shouted and dispersed.

Minato was still kneeling next to his wife, cradling her now in his arms. He had a look of relief on his face, a trail of tears going down his face. Hiruzen knelt down next to Minato and said, "Let's get her to the hospital."

Minato nodded and stood with his wife in his arms and they both disappeared in a flash.

It has been hours now since Kushina was admitted. Minato was waiting outside the room, standing almost a guard, but impatient nonetheless. The doctors were working relentlessly to find out if anything had been done, and the longer they worked, the longer Minato went without any word of what had happened to her and his unborn child. He was getting antsy.

Hiruzen walked through the hallway and took a seat in the waiting room, only a few feet away. Hiruzen looked up at Minato who had a determined but worried look on his face. Hiruzen shook his head and said to Minato, "Why don't you sit down here? She isn't going anywhere with all the guards we have posted around this place."

Minato shook his head and stood at the door still, as if frozen in place. Hiruzen sighed and pulled out a pile of paperwork from his robes and continued the hell spawn that all Kages had to deal with. It was only a few minutes later when the doors to the Kage medical room opened and out came the head medical-ninja, Nonō Yakushi. She had a white cloth hood over her blond hair and thick bold glasses. She had on medical robes over a black dress. Minato turned towards her and looked at her and Hiruzen stood immediately. He looked into her green eyes and asked desperately, "How is my wife? My child?"

She looked at them both before saying, "Perhaps you should both come inside and see."

Minato and Hiruzen looked at each other, exchanging looks. Minato turned back towards her and nodded. They walked inside the room and there stood the doctors slowly moving around the room, some sitting, tired. Off to the side stood the Anbu commander, observing the operation.

"Could I ask for everyone to leave please?" Yakushi asked.

The doctors all looked towards each other and then walked out the door. The Anbu commander remained frozen in place, at the corner of the room. Yakushi walked over to Kushina, who was sleeping soundly in the hospital bed. Minato walked over and started stroking her hair.

"How is she?" Minato asked.

Yakushi sighed and said, "She is as healthy as she can be in a coma."

"A coma!?" Minato asked shocked.

Yakushi nodded, then said, "She is lucky to be alive at this point. We did a full body scan on her and she is as healthy as she can be considering her situation. Let me explain."

"Before you go on Yakushi-san, perhaps you should inform them about the child," the Anbu commander said.

"Ahem, yes. You're correct, but seeing how they are related, it's best to just dive in," Yakushi said.

Hiruzen raised an eyebrow at this and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"You see, Kushina was kidnapped not for her, but for the child. We found after scanning over the baby that he wa-"

"Did you say he?" Minato asked.

"Yes Hokage-sama. Your child is a baby boy," Yakushi said.

Minato smiled at this thought and nodded for her to continue. She cleared her throat and said, "After scanning over the boy, we found that he was… altered."

"What do you mean altered?" asked Hiruzen.

"To be specific… genetically altered," Yakushi said sadly.

"WHAT!?" Hiruzen and Minato shouted.

Yakushi nodded, looking at the two letting them calm. Minato was fuming, stepping away from his wife to pace the room. Hiruzen was looking sadly at Minato and Kushina, wondering what kind of man would have done this and what this did to her and their unborn son.

"We can't tell you whose genetics they are unfortunately. Considering the stress its putting on your wife's pregnancy, it has to be some heavy genetics."

"You said she was healthy," Minato said.

"She is, but the stress on her body is the reason why she was put into the coma. We expect her to wake in two weeks."

Minato nodded at this, then turned back to his wife, stroking her hair tenderly. Hiruzen looked at the scene in front of him and sighed internally. He knew this was going to be a long few months now that she was back, and what's more, now they have to worry about the child.

4 Months Later

Jiraiya, Minato, Kushina and Hiruzen were inside the Hokage office. There were seals glowing around the room alerting the people in the room to the fact that they weren't going to be disturbed. Minato was sitting behind his desk, Kushina seated next to him. Jiraiya was standing in a corner across the room and Hiruzen was seated across from Minato and Kushina.

The last few months had taken its toll on Minato and Kushina. Kushina was suffering from the pregnancy being disturbed, the stress was evident on her. Minato was working constantly as well and had a tired look on his face. He had been working with Anbu and Jiraiya to find the people responsible for Kushina's kidnapping as well as his regular Hokage activities and being a father in waiting.

Jiraiya stood looking at the people in the room. He sighed knowing that his apprentice was suffering. He was worried for his surrogate family. He had worked with his spy network to figure out anything about Kushina's kidnapping. Meanwhile, he worked inside the village now and acted as a bodyguard and caretaker for Kushina. He really thought of her as a daughter now from these last few months. Minato and Kushina even asked him to be the godfather of their kid. He was of course happy to accept.

Hiruzen cleared his throat and acknowledged everyone in the room.

"As we know, Kushina will deliver the child at the safety of the Hokage safehouse. Only we and the caretakers Biwako and Taji in charge of delivering Naruto know what is happening. Once he is delivered, Jiraiya will take him back to Konoha and Minato will reseal the Kyuubi. Once Kushina is resealed, she will be delivered back by Minato and will be put into high security. Does everyone understand?"

"Hai," everyone said at once.

"Good, the task begins tonight. Minato, have you prepared yourself for any case?"

"Hai," Minato said.

"Good. I will see you all when this is over then. Good luck."

Minato arrived at the Hokage safe house and saw Kushina already in labor. Jiraiya was standing to the side against the wall with his head down while Biwako and Taji were working. Minato dashed over to her side and saw her in pain, but not screaming.

"C'mon Kushina-sama! Push! You're almost there!" Biwako shouted.

"What's wrong?" Minato asked.

"She's dying," Jiraiya said somberly.

It felt like time stopped in the room for Minato then. He only saw his wife's face, scrunched up in pain.

"What?"

"There's the head! Jiraiya-sama, come here," Taji said.

Jiraiya got off the wall and walked over, ready to help. Minato stepped away from his wife and watched the scene unfolding before him. He saw Jiraiya standing, ready to hold his godson. He then saw Naruto, his son born before his eyes, crying. Kushina was breathing slowly now, more heavily. Biwako and Taji were working diligently now, working on Naruto and Kushina fast. Then Minato saw the Kyūbi seal weakening. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward, preparing himself to reseal Kyūbi into his wife when suddenly he was kicked away. Screams ran through the room then, as Biwako and Taji fell to the ground with kunai protruding from their necks. There was a man now standing in their place, a mask on his face and a black cloak over his body. He held Naruto in his arm with a kunai ready to kill him.

"Naruto!" Minato shouted.

"Yondaime Hokage! Step away from the jinchūriki, or your child dies!" the masked man said.

"Minato!" Jiraya shouted.

"Just calm down! We can work this out." Minato said.

"Do you care about your child?" the masked man asked.

"I do!" Minato said.

"Choose now Yondaime Hokage!" the man shouted.

Then he tossed Naruto up into the air and held his kunai underneath him, ready to kill him. Minato dashed across the room in a yellow flash and caught him. The man then disappeared with speed and went to grab Kushina, but was intercepted by Jiraiya, with a Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere) in hand.

"Rasengan!" he said running at the masked man. The man walked then straight through Jiraiya and his attack, as if phasing through him.

"What?" Jiraiya asked bewildered before plowing straight through the wall leading outside. The masked man grabbed Kushina and disappeared, but not before going through a half-tiger hand sign when sizzling was heard straight from Naruto's towel.

"Shit!" Minato exclaimed before tearing off the towel and used the Hiraishin to teleport outside the house when an explosion went off. Minato saw Jiraiya kneeling in the grass, silently cursing to himself.

"Jiraiya-sensei!" Minato shouted and dashed over to him.

"I'm fine. Just cursing our luck. Kushina was taken just before her death and the Kyūbi isn't resealed."

"We have to assume the worst. Get back to the village and inform Hokage-dono of everything that has transpired. Take Naruto," Minato said.

"Where are you going?" Jiraiya asked.

"Hopefully to put a stop to this before it even starts," Minato said determined.

"Right," Jiraiya said taking Naruto.

Jiraiya turned to leave but Minato put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him for a moment. There was silence, then Minato said, "If all else fails, promise me you won't stop me from what I have to do as Hokage."

Jiraiya froze, now afraid for Minato. He grew to like him just from him being an apprentice but now working with him constantly over the last few months only strengthened that. Jiraiya looked at him, then at Minato and said, "I won't get in your way, and I will be the godfather that Naruto needs."

Minato nodded and disappeared once more in a yellow flash. Jiraiya sighed and put Naruto down next to him. He went and bit his thumb, putting blood on the palm of his hand before going through hand signs.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning Jutsu)"

There was a large cloud of smoke where Jiraiya stood on top of a giant toad with Naruto in his arms again. The toad had a tantō on his side and was smoking a pipe. He also had a jacket on him.

"Jiraiya! Why did you summon me here?"

"No time Gamabunta. The Kyūbi is about to become unsealed and we need to warn Konoha."

"Let's go!" Bunta said with a hop, taking off a long distance, reaching Konoha within minutes.

Minato appeared in a room, and grabbed a coat hanging in the closet, his trademark Yondaime Hokage robes. He grabbed a full set of tri-pronged kunai and geared up. He stood there, patting himself down checking and making sure he had everything. He then said, "I'm coming…"

And he disappeared in a yellow flash.

Kakashi and Gai were walking through the streets. The masked kid with the silver hair and Anbu outfit everyone knew as Kakashi had been assigned with watching Kushina in the shadows for months and this was a well-deserved day off. But not before being disturbed by the disturbing boy with the bowl-cut haircut and the green jumpsuit.

"Kakashi! I insist we have a youthful challenge! Rock-Paper-Scissors perhaps? No, not youthful enough. PERHAPS A LAP AROUND KONOHA!"

"Gai, doesn't something seem off to you?" Kakashi asked, sensing something afoul.

"You are trying to avoid the challenge! I must reclaim my place as top rival!" Gai shouted.

"…I'm sorry Gai, did you say something?" Kakashi asked too innocently.

"Ugh! Curse you Kakashi and your cool hip attitude!" Gai yelled to the sky.

Hiruzen was working at the Hokage office on the small pile of paperwork. He seriously didn't know how Minato got through paperwork at the speed he did. He cursed himself for not thinking like Minato and continued working. He stamped a denial for a shinobi team to be sent to handle a domestic affair, sighing inwardly. All of a sudden, there was a large shockwave that felt like an earthquake and Hiruzen fell over in his chair.

"Anbu! What was that?"

"A large toad has appeared outside the Hokage tower sir!" an Anbu said flickering into view.

"Toad? What is happening?"

"I will explain everything now sensei!" Jiraiya said jumping in through the window. He turned and looked at the Anbu and said, "Place the village on emergency orders. Evacuate the civilians."

"Hai!" the Anbu shouted.

Hiruzen stood and looked at Jiraiya who was holding Naruto in his arms.

"Prepare yourself… the Kyūbi is about to be unsealed if Minato fails."

Kushina was rooted in place, suspended in mid-air because of the fūinjutsu that is almost completely unsealed now. Kushina was however very near death, and if the seal released, then she would definitely die. She was suspended above a lake, the fūinjutsu chained to the surrounding rocks, and in front of her stood the masked man.

"How does it feel Uzumaki Kushina?" he asked mockingly. All she could do though, was breathe to keep herself alive and to restrain the Kyūbi, but her hold was close to losing completely now.

"Now is the time then," the man said before making a hand sign. He channeled chakra through himself and now the contract seal on the fūinjutsu and said, "Kai! (Release!)."

Then, the fūinjutsu acted up, automatically pouring out evil chakra, red and vile in nature before it formed into a shape of a fox, more specifically, a nine-tailed fox. The fox unleashed a great roar before looking down at the scene in front of it.

The Kyūbi no Yoko had been unleashed into the world once again.

Nice? Bad?

The Kyūbi is unleashed into the world once more people!

The masked man is here? What does he have to say?

What's going to be different?

Jiraiya is here? Of course! More fun and more intensity.

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