PAST OR FUTURE NARUTO

Damn this is harder than I thought!" A man with spikey blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing a brilliant white coat with a red fire pattern dancing along its edges cursed out.

The fourth Hokage of the village hidden in the leaves, Minato Namikaze, was face to face with one of the world's most powerful forces. A tailed beast, and the strongest of them all, the Nine-Tailed Fox.The colossal titan of a fox roared, sending Shockwave in all directions, it's pupils dilated with nothing but fury locking on to Minato.

With another mighty roar, the ground and air shook from the beast's overwhelming power. It sent out a swipe of its claws which forced the fourth hokage to flash far away to avoid it. The claws rending both forest and earth alike as though they were mere paper.

"It won't let up, and I'm running low on Chakra after that battle with that masked man. Master Jiraiya and the 3rd aren't here yet, Kushina is weakened, and the village is still reeling from the attack. My options are limited… DAMMIT!"

Slamming his fist into the tree next to him, Minato couldn't help his frustrations which bubbled to the surface. He was the 4th Hokage, and yet he couldn't protect his wife, he allowed the enemy to retreat, and now he couldn't quell the beast that most likely wanted to destroy his home.

Just when the Kyuubi and he locked eyes again, a large number of golden chains erupted all from the earth below and bound the Nine tails. It thrashed wildly, but was unable to break free of its restrictive bindings.

This is-?