Hey guy's I decided to give a different story a shot so, this takes place in an alternate version of the Naruto universe, where the Akatsuki kind of take a backseat to what is happening. Also, there's an added surprise after Naruto is born. It will be a multi-crossover with the DC Universe, most prominently featuring Deathstroke. There will be some action using the DC side but it will be focused in Naruto-verse for most of it.

Through the night air, a roar sounded as if to crack the sky itself. It was the Herald of a horror that the people of Konoha hoped would be sealed forever: the nine-tailed demon fox.

In the decades before, the demon was sealed in the body of a human in the hopes that such a vessel would be able to contain the monster's terrible power. On that night before the demon escaped, it's host was giving birth to her first child.

Earlier that night, Kushina Uzumaki was lying in bed as her labor began. The midwife had been fetched, and her husband, Hokage Minato Namikaze, was doing all he could to maintain the seal on the demon was secure. Even though he was on the brink of expending all of his chakra, he was determined to ensure the survival of his wife and child, even if it meant his own end.

"Hang on, Kushina! You can do this," he Hokage strained as he pushed back against the monster that was trying to escape.

"I can't! ...Sweet Kami, I can't do this," Kushina yelled through her pain. She had been told by her mother, and all of her friends who had children to expect excruciating pain, but their words did nothing to prepare her for how bad it would actually be.

"You can! You're doing this for our child! For us! You said this was going to be the happiest day of your life," he reminded her.

He was right. When Kushina learned she was pregnant, she was ecstatic about the upcoming addition to their family, and declared that she would never be happier the day the baby arrived. She remembered how she felt that day, and though the pain was as great as it was before, she was filled with a renewed resolve to see through her ordeal. With a pained smile, she tightly gripped her husband's hand, and proceeded with her birthing.

"The baby's crowning," the midwife informed, "Push, milady!"

Kushina was nearing the end of her ordeal. In only a few more moments, she would be holding a new life in her arms. With a final yell, the baby slipped forth into the waiting arms of the midwife to be swaddled. The mother's cries subsided as soon as she heard the cries of her newborn baby. "It's a boy," the midwife said after she clipped the umbilical cord and cleaned off the baby.

"A boy…" Minato exhaled as he nearly fell over. It was only his determination to keep the demon at bay that kept him on his feet. In all his years, he had never felt such an intense euphoria as he did in that moment. Now he was more determined than ever to succeed.

It was just as she thought it would be. In all of her happy moments, Kushina knew that this moment would outshine all of them, but only now did she realize how much. Her smile changed to relief and joy as she reached out to hold her newborn son. Before the baby reached her hands, her arms recoiled as she held her stomach.

"I don't think we're through here," the midwife said as she looked over the cringing woman.

"You don't mean...another one," Minato asked as he rested his chakra. Between the physical strain he put on his body to strengthen the seal on his wife's body, and the news he just heard, he fell to his knees at his wife's side. "It's alright. We can do this," he panted as he took his wife's hand once more.

The two parents looked over to their newborn son, and smiled as they thought about what was coming next. "Did we pick a name," Kushina asked her husband.

The truth was that they hadn't. Between their excitement for the baby's arrival, and their busy schedules, neither one of them had the time to discuss what they would name their child. Minato had an idea. His sensei wrote a book about a gutsy ninja who feared no enemy, and that's what he had in mind for his child. "What about the name, Naruto? Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze," he suggested.

"It's perfect," Kushina agreed, though her husband hadn't expected her to do so.

"And the other one?"

Kushina recoiled again and clutched his hand tighter as her labor began again. "Let's discuss that later," she said as she prepared herself for what was next. In the following seconds, her husband resumed his duty to maintain the seal, while she felt the same excruciating pain as before, when her first baby was born. She loosed a yell during the final push, but it was joined by a monstrous roar.

"NO! This isn't happening," Minato yelled before a burst of chakra sent him backwards. It was exactly as he feared: the beast was escaping, and was going to wreak its havoc on all around it. He readied his chakra to take himself and the monster to a safe distance, and his wife realized what was happening. "Kushina: I don't know any other way to say this, but I may not return. I want you to know, that I love you. And even though I only knew them for few moments, I love my children with all my heart. I want you to treasure them for the both of us when I'm gone." Before his wife could protest, he and the evil force that was escaping her disappeared from the room.

Many miles away, in a secluded field far beyond any settlements, Minato appeared on a hilltop overlooking the area. In the distance before him, he could see a great mass of chakra building in the sky. It started as a thread that soon expanded and took a greater form. What started as an amorphous stream of chakra soon took shape, and became a monstrous, nine-tailed demon fox.

"I know who you are, human," the monster's voice thundered across the field, "You are the shinobi Minato Namikaze."

"And I know of you, Kyuubi," Minato shouted back, "More than that, I know of your deeds. The people you've killed, the town's you've destroyed, the lives you've ruined." Fear nearly paralyzed his every nerve. He heard the stories of the nine tailed demon, and hoped the day where he would have to face it would never come. Now, he was talking directly to it, about to fight it to the death. "No good can come from our conflict, so I'm giving you this one chance to end this and return where you came from."

A booming laugh came from the demon at the other end of the field. "Reason is the product of fear, human," the demon answered. "It's the resort of those who cannot overcome what is before them."

The demon had seen right through him. Minato knew that he was nowhere near strong enough to do battle with such a beast, and it was giving him no other option. "Some would say it's unwise to fight a fearful opponent. It's when fear takes hold that the desire to live is at it's greatest. Your opponent would do anything to insure victory."

Once again, the monster laughed at Minato's words, "And what would you do to survive against the likes of me?"

"That's just the thing: I'm not the only one whose life is on the line."

That answer made the demon pause briefly. There was only one way to seal it away, and it would be at the cost of the sealer's life. If what Minato said was true, then he was not afraid to do what needed to be done, and was to be feared. "Yes… But I doubt you have such a heart, human."

The demon was done with the idle chattering. With a roar, it unleashed its power across the fields directly to Minato in the hopes of killing him. It was surprised to see its opponent disappear and reappear closer to it on the battlefield. Many more blasts were fired at Minato, and each time he disappeared out of their way, but at the same time, his advance was halted. He needed an opening, but he was receiving none. After so long, Minato knew that if the battle carried on like this, failure would be guaranteed.

Another wave of chakra passed dangerously close by him, and sent him flying backwards. Dazed, but unhurt, he began to stand, only to be assisted by another. After he was helped, many of the shinobi from the village went rushing past him to battle the nine-tailed monster.

"Lord Hokage! Are you alright!?"

The last thing that Minato wanted was outside assistance. Though he didn't doubt the resolve of any of his ninjas, he knew they were only putting themselves up for certain death if they fought against the Kyuubi. "What are you all doing here!? Go back and evacuate the village!" He would have forced the ninja who helped him to follow his orders, but something he saw stopped him.

In the distance, high on the hill he arrived on, he saw his wife holding something in her arms. He knew what it was, and what she was going to do. His heart nearly stopped at the revelation, and he immediately warped to Kushina's side. "Is that…" he began as he gently pulled the blanket that swaddled his son away from his face.

"Yes," Kushina confirmed, "It's Naruto."

"Kushina, we can't do this. Not to him, or his brother."

"It's the only way, Minato! We have to...for everyone…" Even though it broke her heart, she knew what was at stake, and she was prepared to do what was needed.

"Alright. But I have one request: let me hold him."

With a smile, Kushina passed their baby to her husband. He looked at the baby's peacefully sleeping face, and tried his best not to think about the kind of terrible things he was going to bring upon him after tonight was through. Worse still was that he wouldn't be there for him when he was most needed. He held his child close and the two rushed into battle.

The battle raged around them, and many died before them, which made them more determined to end the demon's terror. As soon as they were in range, Kushina unleashed her chakra chains to restrain the monster. Even though she was able to hold the kyuubi, Minato could see that having the demon escape her body was taking its toll on her.

Time was running out, and Minato needed to act fast. The ritual had to be completed if the demon was to be stopped, so he wasted no time beginning to seal his wife's chakra into his son. He placed the baby on the ground and began the first hand signs. An altar appeared to hold the new vessel. Next was summoned Gamabunta, the toad lord, who did his part by pinning the demon under his might. Now that everything was in place, he was ready to begin.

Now that the ritual was underway, Kushina dreaded it's completion. It would mean the survival of many, but it would also mean the death of the man she loved. But if it meant that her children were to live, then so be it. She saw his chakra building to complete the transference, but before he could finish, he made a sudden grunt, then he lurched forward and fell to the ground as someone hit him from behind.

Minato was unconscious on the ground, and standing behind him was Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage of Konoha. From where he was on the battlefield, he could see Naruto, Kushina, and knew exactly what they were planning to do. He couldn't allow it. Though it moved him to see that they were ready to lay down their lives for their family, he knew that they both needed to live for the sake of their children, and that his time had come and gone. He was prepared to use the jutsu that Minato was going to use to seal Kyuubi, and it seemed that now was the time for him to use it in his place.

He began by replicating the hand signs that Minato was just doing. Kushina looks in horror as she sees the man who she respected going through with the Sealing Technique Hakke no Fūin Shiki (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style) "No! You can't do this! The village needs you Hiruzen-sama," Kushina tried to reason with him.

"Not anymore," Sarutobi answered, "I have done all I can for the people here. Now it's time for a new generation to take over. And besides, the boy will need his mother and father by his side." Kushina wanted to try to sway him, but the thought of being there as her children grew up stopped any arguments she wanted to make. "I'll be fine. You just look after your family for me when I'm gone," he finished with a small smile as he restrained the Kyuubi.

Kushina could see that he was not able to complete this on his own. She took her husband's hand, and drew a drop of his blood with her kunai. Now she had what she needed to truly turn the tide of the battle. With her husband's blood, she was able to summon the sealing toad, Gamatoru. No explanation was needed for the toad. The sight of the demon told him everything, and with all haste, he took his position to help with the sealing.

With the combined powers of the toad, Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains and the third Hokage, the ritual was coming to an end, and Sarutobi was able to rip half the soul of the demon away, sealed half into the baby and sealed the other half within his own body. He knew he was finished. As he was performing the seal, he could feel his life coming to an end, and now he could see the shinigami itself standing behind him as he looked back. But not before he used the last of his strength to heal Kushina from the damage she suffered as the demon's former vessel. Minato began to wake up, just before his soul was ripped from him.

It's work was done. The shinigami had been there when the boy was born, and now it was there again as his life was taking a surely dark turn. It looked over the child, knowing that death would follow him wherever he went, before it left to complete its work elsewhere.

Minato looked up from the ground, and saw the demon had gone. More so, that he was alive and well. He turned to see his wife alive as well, and holding their son in her arms. "Kushina," he asked in disbelief, "But...how?"

"The third Hokage…" was all she said. Minato looked to the direction of her gaze, and saw the still form of his predecessor. Though it saddened him that such a great man died, he knew the significance of his passing: he had been allowed to be there for his children.

"Come on. Let's go home. I'm sure his brother is being fussy to Lady Tsunade," Minato said with a smile. The casualties on the battlefield could be dealt with later. For now, the knowledge that his family would remain whole was all that mattered to him. Or, at least he would have wanted it that way.

Before they finished their first step home, a white light appeared around Naruto, and took him out of his mother's arms. Kushina gasped as she tried to reach for her baby, but he was soon beyond her reach. Try as they did, they both jumped for him, only to see him disappear.

They both landed with heavy hearts. "Our son…" Kushina sobbed. She knew why he disappeared, and only wished it was her who had gone. "Why would the demon take our son from us!?"

There was no comfort Minato could offer his wife, or even himself. Somewhere, his son was spirited away by a vengeful demon, and was surely to be tormented by it. All he and his wife could do was silently pray their son would be safe, wherever he was.

Far away from the world of shinobi, in a city called Gotham, the trees swayed in the wind, and the sun shined down on the sand of the beach. That day, the Wilson family was having their vacation among the other tourists who attended the sunny shore.

More accurately, their vacation at the beach ended, and they were going back to their car. They were an idyllic family that would make onlookers jealous of their happiness together. Slade Wilson was a tall, muscular man, who as far as his neighbors knew was a man of the military. Today, instead of his usual BDU, he was in a white muscle shirt and boardshorts. Next to him was his wife, Adeline Kane, who he met during his services. Many a man envied Slade for marrying a woman who was not only an intelligent, strong-hearted individual, but also such an attractive brunette, especially in the blue one piece swimsuit she was wearing. Running ahead was their blonde haired son, Grant, a wiry boy of about six, wearing a dinosaur t-shirt and swimming trunks. At that moment, he was enjoying the lollipop he was given that day, which he relished since his parents had him on such a strict diet.

"Mom, dad: do we have to go home after this," Grant asked his parents.

Slade looked down with an apologetic smile, "Yes. Unfortunately, I have to go back to the base after this," he answered as he affectionately ruffled his son's hair. They had reached the car by that time, and started to unlock it. "But I promise that on our next vacation: you get to pick where we go." He couldn't help but chuckle when he saw his son victoriously pump his fist. They were all getting into the car, when suddenly, Adeline stopped when she heard something.

"Do you hear that," she asked her family. Neither one of them said they heard anything, "It sounded like a baby crying somewhere."

"Probably some couple with a fussy infant," Slade said dismissively.

"No," Adeline rebutted. She could hear the direction it was coming from, and it was nowhere near where a baby should be. Not in any back alleys like the ones nearby. She left to investigate the cries she heard, despite the protests of her family. Even so, if it wasn't a baby, Slade was sure she must have heard something. After all, she wouldn't go off for no reason. He decided to accompany her and led his son away with him.

As they grew closer, Slade and Grant began to hear the wailing as well. After going down one alley, and turning down another, Adeline shifted a trash can to the side and found a baby swaddled in a blanket and set in a cardboard box. With a gasp, she reached down and picked up the infant, cooing and whispering to quell its cries.

"Who would leave a baby here," Adeline wondered aloud as she gently rubbed the baby's forehead.

"From what I gather: this kid's been abandoned," Slade answered grimly, the thought of abandoning an infant welling up his rage. Who would leave a baby abandoned in this part of the city? "We should probably take him somewhere. A hospital, or social services."

"No, Slade. A baby this young needs a family to look after him! Not a social worker," she answered, not believing her husband could so much as think such a thing.

Slade knew that the responsible thing to do was to take the baby somewhere to see if he could its family could be found, but a larger part of him knew that his wife would never forgive him if he did such a thing. "I...I guess we can go through the channels to take him in," he answered unsurely.

"Does that mean I'm his brother," Grant asked curiously.

"Not yet, but soon," Adeline answered with a smile as she and her family walked back to the car. The entire walk was filled with future plans, the parents discussing what to do to make their discovery a part of their family, and Grant figuring out whether or not he wanted to share his room with the baby.

As the family drove off happily chatting away, Slade briefly noticed a figure in his rear view mirror who was watching them. She was deathly pale, which starkly contrasted her pitch black hair, and dressed in blue jeans and a black t-shirt with a symbol of an ankh on the front. More curiously, he noted the look of intrigue on her face, and would have thought more of it, if he hadn't rounded a corner and lost sight of her.

"Dear? What's wrong?" Adeline asked her husband when she noticed the suspicious look on his face.

"It was nothing, I guess," Slade replied, even though the girl he saw sent a shiver down his spine. But it soon passed when he glanced over at his wife, and the wriggling bundle in her arms..

Back in the parking lot, the girl Slade had seen looked on with a smirk on her face. She had seen many strange things in her many, many years, but none so strange as this. "First a kid's born in The Dreaming, and now this," she remarked, recalling the news her younger brother once gave her so long ago. She was there when Naruto was born, and saw when the demon was sealed in his body. Now, through Destiny's odd machinations, the same baby was born once more in a completely different world. "I don't know what's in store for you kid, but I'm definitely going to keep an eye on you," and with that final statement, she left to the beach to join a game of volleyball.

I hope you enjoyed it! Please Review what you think and be honest. If you flame, I challenge you to do better, in fact i encourage you to beat me, I would be happy to read your work. Be safe have fun!

En Taro Adun!