Chapter 3 (Naruko Uzumaki)

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Kyubi thought in anger. 'DIE YOU, UCHIHA! TAIL BEAST BOOM!'

As Ryo closed his eyes, he braced himself for the worst. However, to his surprise, nothing happened. When he opened his eyes, he saw a figure standing in front of him, which brought a smile to his face.

"M-Minato, you're late..." Ryo said weakly.

Minato, with a serious face as he, said to his friend. "Take a rest. I will take off this."

Ryo raised one eyebrow, half-closing his eye as he responded, "Huh?... Haha..." The Uchiha chuckled one final time before losing consciousness.

Minato performed a hand seal as he said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

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Hokage 3rd was shocked when the attack that was about to hit Ryo was gone in the blink of an eye as he said to himself, "What happened? Where's?"

The Anbu appears behind him as he yells. "HOKAGE-SAMA! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?"

Hokage 3rd nodded as he turned toward Kyuubi and replied to the Anbu, "Yeah, I'm fine."

Kyuubi roars as he charges his attack again, but suddenly, something appears on top of the Kyuubi.

A big smoke suddenly appears and reveals a giant toad on top of Kyuubi's head and crushing the fox beast.

Kyuubi growled in anger and thought, 'DAMN YOU, MINATO!!'

Random Ninja was shocked as he asked? "What happened? Where the hell is Kyuubi."

Then they saw a big explosion come from the forest.

Hokage, the 3rd eyes widened as he knew who that was and said, "That's Minato! EVERYONE, LET'S GO TO THE FOREST. WE ARE GOING TO HELP HOKAGE 4TH! NOW MOVE!"

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After some time. Ryo gains consciousness as he checks his surroundings. He realizes he is still in the crack of the hill; his body has many injuries just from one strike from Kyuubi's tail. The Uchiha used his Sharingan ones again. He found that everyone goes to the forest.

Ryo thought weakly, 'Everyone must be going to Minato. Well, I don't want to be late. My friends need me!'

The Uchiha tries to get up, but his body tells him the opposite. He couldn't get up to his feet as he said to himself, "Come on, leg! You need to work with me this time! AHHHHH!"

Ryo pushes his body to stand when he finally stands. He tries another technique that he learned from Minato, but he can't. He didn't have enough Chakra with him. The Uchiha try again.

This time he focuses on the technique he wants to use as he says, "Hang in there, Minato! Hiraishin!" He disappears in a red flash.

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Meanwhile, 10min before Ryo awakes.

"You can't be serious! Minato! You want to seal Kyuubi, another half inside our daughter! I do not allow It! At least seal Kyuubi back inside me!" A redhead woman was yelling at Minato.

Minato looked sad as he said, "Kushina, that's the only way! You can no longer be a Kyuubi container! If you do, you will be dead! Naruko will lose her mom! I will not allow it, so let me take care of the rest. I want you to be happy with her."

The husband and wife argue about who is going to seal the Kyuubi, along with the sacrifice. Of course, one of them is willing to die for their family and village.

Kushina was crying now, "But if you do, you also be dead! Naruko will lose her father... I-I will lose you too..."

Minato tried his best not to shed tears as he said, "Same for me. I didn't want to lose you, too, so let me take your place so that you can take care of Naruko."

Kushina looks at her husband in the eyes while still crying and reply, "B-But..."

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Kyuubi is trap inside Kushina chain Jutsu. He heard everything that Minato and Kushina said. He got madder than before. He being in stabbed on the moon, and later, he is controlled, and again he is awake. Was he being attacked by Konoha Shinobi? Now they want. 'They want me to seal inside that baby!'

Kyuubi tries to break the chain as they are not valid, and he shrinks down a bit to lose the chain. The Kyuubi thought in anger, 'I WILL NOT GO INTO THAT, BABY. I WILL HAVE MY FREEDOM!!'

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Back to Minato and Kushina, they heard that Kyuubi was trying to break the chain.

Minato's face turned serious as he said and made a hand seal, "We don have much time. Fuinjutsu: Shiki Fujin!"

Then they heard Kyuubi roar. Kyuubi thought in furry, 'I WILL NOT YOU TAKE MY FREEDOM AGAIN!'

The beast breaks the chain, and he strikes his long nails finger toward Naruko. Kyuubi Yell, "DIEEEE!!!"

Kushina and Minato yell at the same time, "NO!"

With Parents' instinct, they jump right in front of their newborn baby. They both get stabbed by the beast's nails to stop it from reaching their baby. When it stops. one single blood drop to their daughter.

Kyuubi said in anger, "Damn you!"

Minato ignores the beast and leans closer to his wife.

Minato gave a small smile as he said, "K-Kushina, I will seal our last Chakra to Naruko. Maybe you should talk to her for one last time, okay."

Kushina gives her husband a nod. She knows this wound will separate her from her daughter forever. She makes a bloody smile sweet smile on her face as she says. "N-Naruko, I want you to eat well, don't eats too much fast food isn't good for your healthy, sleep well if you get tired, get rest, don't push yourself, learn well, don't be afraid to learn something new, don't be afraid to find new as many friends you can, be love, find someone that makes you happy, laugh, I prefer you find someone like your, father, and the last thing always remember Naruko that I-I always love you from you the day you exist inside me, don forget that Naruko..."

Kushina is crying not because of her pain but from a broken heart that she will not raise her daughter. Minato touches Kushina's shoulder. A smile appears on his face, like Kushina when she talks to their baby.

Minato gives one last time smile as he says, "I will say the same as your mother, and remember that I also always love you, Naruko. Fuinjutsu: Hakke no Fūin Shiki."

He seals Kyuubi half to Naruko's body and another half to him, and bright light starts to glow. When the light dims and disappears, both of Naruko's parents are on the ground. Minato is already in the afterlife. He uses his last Chakra to seal the powerhouse beast. While Kushina is waiting for her death, Suddenly, someone appears in a red flash in front of Minato Kunai; it's Ryo.

"MINATO! KUSHINA!" Ryo yelled as he ran toward them and saw both conditions. "O-Oh, Kami, I was too late... I'm sorry, Minato Kushina." He said under his breath.

Ryo saw a blond baby in a carriage.

"R-Ryo-Kun..."

Ryo heard Kushina's voice as the Uchiha quickly turned toward his friend "Kushina! Hang in there! I will call help!"

Then in the blink of an eye, Hokage arrives in Shunshin with the Shinobi army.

Random Ninja saw Ryo with Kushina as he pointed toward them while yelling. "Look, that's Hokage 4th, Kushina and Ryo!"

Hokage 3rd was once again shocked as he ran toward Ryo, "Minato, Kushina, Ryo!"

They walk closely to defeat the Shinobi. They saw the lifeless body of Minato and bearly alive Kushina while Ryo was kneeling beside her.

Ryo looks at the Hokage as he asks for help, "Hokage-Sama, p-please help her."

Ryo shocked the entire Shinobi when Uchiha bowed to the Hokage, asking for help in public.

Hokage 3rd nodded, and he understood that Ryo and Minato were like brothers, so seeing Dying Kushina is like losing a Sister, "Kushina... How does this happen? Medic, I need medical attention NOW!"

Medical Ninja runs toward them and tries to heal her.

Kushina coughed as she weakly said, "W-When... I already give birth to my daughter... a man... I think the man is Uchiha... He got Sharingan in his right eye, and he also wears a mask... He knows that I'm in a weak state. He undoes my seal and pulls out Kyuubi inside me..."

Every Shinobi is shocked by the news.

Hokage 3rd nodded as he responded. "So I guess Minato seal the Kyuubi Inside, that baby." He points to the baby.

Ryo looked at the baby, he heard Kushina were pregnant from Minato, but he never saw her once because he was busy with his mission. He asks for confirmation, "It's that baby?"

Kushina weakly nodded, "Y-Yes... It's mine." Once again, she got water on her eyelid.

Medical ninja shakes her head; she can't heal her. Kushina's wound is critical. She can't do anything about it.

Ryo was furry as he grabbed the collar of the medical ninja, "No! at least tries to stop her bleeding!" He looks at the medical ninja with activated Sharingan.

Medical Ninja trying to escape as she said, "I-I can't..."

Ryo roared, "YOU USELESS BITC-"

Kushina cut him off. "R-Ryo-Kun, can you promise me..."

Ryo looked at his beloved friend and held her arm.

Kushina weakly said, "P-Please promise me... to take care of Naruko for Minato and me..."

Ryo was shocked at her words as he saw tears fall down her cheek.

Kushina once again cried as he begged, "P-Please Ryo-Kun... Without us on her side, she will be hated by the village. Onegai(Please)..." She held his arm tight.

Ryo gave her a smile on his face as he said. "I Promise Kushina. I Promise you and Minato to take care of her. I, with Yuri, will treat her like my own daughter, I promise..."

Kushina gives a weak smile "T-Thank y-you..."

Kushina exhales her last breath and follows her husband to the afterlife. 

Ryo, Hokage, and other Shinobi witness her death. Ryo holds her arm tight, tears streaming from his eyes; he loses his two best friends. Then he wipes his eyes and stands up.

Ryo, Hokage, and other Shinobi witness her death. Ryo holds her arm tight, tears streaming from his eyes; he loses his two best friends. Then he wipes his eyes and stands up.

Ryo looks at his two friends as he makes a promise deep inside his heart, 'I promise to you, Minato, Kushina.'

Random Ninja suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Hokage-Sama, are you just gonna let the baby with the Uchiha?"

The other Random Ninja nodded as he said, "Yeah, did you hear that Kushina said the man course the chaos is from Uchiha!"

Random Uchiha's eyes twitched as he yelled, "You got a problem with Uchiha, punk!"

Then another random Ninja said, "Yeah! And that baby is not a baby. That is a Monster!"

Hokage is about to silence them up. But he is cut off by Ryo's voice.

Ryo got his anger high enough as he roared, "ENOUGH!" He looks at everyone with a bleeding eye and his new Sharingan form.

Hokage 3rd was shocked as he said, "S-Sharingan, change..."

Random Uchiha was also shocked as most of the Uchiha knew what that eye form was, "M-Mangekyou Sharingan."

Ryo looks at the idiots' shinobis as he yells, "Naruko is not a Monster! She is the child of our Hokage 4th and Miss Kushina, and I promise them to take care of her. So I didn't want you to talk shit to the baby ever again. But if I heard it, I PROMISE YOU IT WILL BE THE WORSE PAIN THAT YOU WILL EVER FELT!"

When Ryo said the last sentence, a yellow aura came out from his body. It started to form into a giant yellow skeleton.

Hokage 3rd decide to end the conflict for now as he yells, "EVERYONE LISTEN TO ME! I WANT ALL OF YOU IN HERE! I WANT YOU TO KEEP A SECRET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND HOKAGE'S 4TH CHILD! IF YOU DISOBEY THIS ORDER, YOUR PUNISHMENT WILL BE DEATH!"

A Random Ninja asked in scared, "S-Sorry for the confirmation Hokage-Sama, S-So is this will be S-Rank Secret."

Hokage 3rd rub his temple as he yells, in response, "YES! ALL OF YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

Every Shinobi gives the old Hokage a nod. Ryo eyes turn back to his normal black eyes, and he walks to pick up baby Naruko with him.

Hokage 3rd need to tell Ryo about something before the baby become one of Ryo's children. "Ryo, come here for a second. All of you, you give us some space to talk alone."

All of the Shinobi near Hokage disappear, and Ryo goes closer to Hokage.

Hokage sighed as he said, "Ryo, I want to tell you that you can't give Naruko his last name; you know that, right?"

Ryo nodded as he responded, "Yes, Hokage-Sama, I'm aware that Minato is the 4th Hokage. If I name Naruko with his last name, it will be a great danger to her, and she will have assassins try to kill her every day."

Hokage 3rd smiles as he asks, "I'm glad you know. So are you will put your last name to her?"

Ryo gives a sad smile as he says, "No, I think I will put her last name, Mother, instead of mine. That should be okay right?"

Hokage 3rd nodded, "Yeah, it will be okay." The old man smiles at him.

Ryo looked at Naruko as he said, "And one more thing Hokage-Sama. I guess the roomers about Naruko will spread out sooner or later, and when the day comes... I will give them a lesson that they will never forget!"

The Hokage gave a smile and said, "I know Naruko is in good hands... Take care of her for me too. I will take care of your friend's funeral, go home and rest. You earned it." Once more, Hokage smiles at him.

Ryo gives a bow to the 3rd Hokage as he says. "Thank You, Hiruzen-Sama. I take my leave now." Ryo disappears in a red flash with Naruko in his arm.

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'I hope Ryo-Kun and the others are okay.' Yuri in thought as she was worried about Ryo and her friend when she saw giant destructive power explode outside the earth's atmosphere. Baby Kyo is in her arm. She places first aid on her right thumb that she got cut from the broken glass. Suddenly she heard the hall door knock.

The mother goes to the door and opens it.

"T-Tadaima(I'm home) Yuri-Chan," Ryo said weakly.

Yuri gasped at her husband's appearance. He got dry blood strain on his face with cuts and brushes all over his body. The wife also notices that her husband carries a baby with him.

Ryo weakly looks at his wife as he says, "I-I Sorry Yuri-Chan, I can't protect our friends... I-I..."

His words cut. Yuri put her finger on his lips and stroked his cheek. Her tears are streaming down her cheek.

Yuri gives a sweet, sad smile as she says, "Don't you blame yourself."

Ryo can't hold his tears back. He felt anger, sadness, hate, and anger that he wasn't strong enough; he was sad his friends were no longer with them, and he hated to feel like this.

Ryo down to his knees and start to cry while still holding Naruko in his hand. Yuri is also down to her knees while holding baby Kyo in her arm. She couldn't take it when she saw her husband break down like that. She goes to Ryo and tries to calm themself. 

After 10-15min they stop crying and light up a little bit; Ryo is the first to speak.

"Yuri-Chan, I want you to meet our friend's daughter Naruko. We will be her guardian from now on. I promise Kushina that I will take care of her." He shows the baby Naruko to her. Naruko is asleep same as Kyo. Yuri notices Naruko has blonde hair with whiskers on each cheek.

Yuri smiled as she slowly care Naruko's cheek, "She got her father's hair and Kushina's face. You are not alone Ryo-Kun. I also would love to take care of Naruko with you and Kyo beside us."

Once again, Ryo's tears of joy came from his eyes as he said, "Thank you, my dear."

Yuri wipes his tears away, and she says. "So what's her last name going to be? Uchiha? or something else?"

Ryo shook his head as he said, "No, I can't give her our last name. That is going to ruin her life. Because you know how our clan will react, they don't like with outsiders got Uchiha's last name, and she got blonde hair that will make it worse for her when we try to cover it up. Luckily Kyo has black hair and black eyes. That will be much easier to confess to them that Kyo is our son."

Yuri begins to wonder as she asks, "So? What is her last name then?"

Ryo looks down at Naruko and smiles at her, and says, "Her name will be after her mother clan."

Yuri's eyes widen. "Uzumaki?" She asks.

Ryo nodded as he looked at sleeping Naruko, "Yeah, Uzumaki, Naruko Uzumaki."

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•To Be Continue•

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