บท 14: An orphan

A few moments before the nine tails are unleashed on Konoha. Minato fought the masked man but the masked man only defended his attacks, he noticed something odd but saving his son took priority.

Soon the masked man left Naruto to him and escaped. Minato when he held his son for the first time noticed the newborn's blanket covered with explosive tags. Minato swiftly dealt with it and heard a roar, he looked in that direction and saw nine tails swaying under the moonlight.

Minato quickly used his FTG held Naruto and moved him to a safe place. He went to check up on Kushina in the secret location where she gave birth.

After reassuring Kushina about Naruto he moved her away from the village along with a tri-prolonged kunai with an FTG seal. The Yondaime hastily run towards the Kyuubi and noticed destruction in its path. But before he could reach the tailed beast, the masked man can be seen in his path. Minato seeing no other way could only fight and try to end it before more destruction is brought upon Konoha.

Uchiha clan head's house

The whole family woke up from their sleep hearing the kyuubi's roar. Fugaku quickly ran to gather his clansmen and Mikoto went to check up on her sons. "Quickly inform everyone to make their way towards bunkers and others follow me." Fugaku barked his orders.

Mikoto ran towards her sons and saw Itachi coaxing his brother. "Itachi quickly take your brother and go to the bunker" Mikoto said. Itachi could only nod and pray for his best friend's family well being. Mikoto reached the front of her house seeing Fugaku giving orders to her clansmen "I'm also coming." she announced.

Fugaku could only nod helplessly seeing his wife's determination and everyone made their move. "The kids?" Fugaku asked in a low voice. "Itachi is on his way toward the bunker as we speak" Mikoto answered.

Namikaze-Uzumaki household

Hiroto saw his brother figure in the house who refused to remove his Anbu face mask. Hiroto started to have an uneasy feeling as soon as Kushina left the home, he tried to ignore it but the feeling only further intensified as time went on.

Kakashi noticed the nervousness on the kid's face but could only stand in silence as he didn't know what to say. Kakashi could only sit and eat together with Hiroto as the Uzumaki kid forced him. Kakashi tried to have Hiroto asleep but the kid didn't budge as the kid's eyes refused to rest because of the kid's current mental state.

Hiroto sat at the dining table in worry as the hours ticked by his restlessness increased exponentially. True to his worries his fears came true. He heard the tailed beast's roar and frantically ran trying to sense his parents' chakra. Kakashi also followed his younger brother's figure in the same state.

Hizuren is in his home as he is enjoying his retirement. Today Yondaime's wife is gonna give birth, 'A new leaf is sprouting, bringing with it another new generation' he thought.

He woke from his sleep when he heard the nine-tails roar. Hizuren swiftly changed to his battle attire and rushed at the Kyuubi summoning his friend Enma along the way.

Hizuren came face to face with the Kyuubi in its full glory rampaging the village. Taking a fighting posture he fought together with Anbu and Ina-Shika-Cho trio.

Minato's fight with the masked man almost reached the last stage as the Yellow flash found the attacker's weakness and exploited it surprising the attacker who is using chains.

Hiroto is running around the village frantically trying to sense his parents' location. Kakashi is also in the same mindset but as an experienced ninja, he managed to calm himself down to some level. Kakashi is trying to coax Hiroto but all his efforts are proving to be naught. Hiroto is also holding his own FTG seal kunai which he gave to his parents but he couldn't find the mark as it might be in their storage seals or out of his current range of said jutsu.

Hiroto is trying very hard to locate his only blood-related family, he even made two shadow clones and ordered them to disperse if they sensed his parent's chakra. Hiroto's chakra reserves are running low because of his shadow clones and blood started to come through his nose as he is crossing the limit he can sense, but he didn't pay any heed to his condition.

Fugaku saw a person blocking their path to Kyuubi. Fugaku came to a stop seeing Danzo and his mindless pawns. "Fugaku you can't go near Kyuubi as your clan can history of controlling a tailed beast," Danzo stated to the Uchiha clansmen.

As soon as Danzo completed his statement he received a fireball to his face which was blocked by one of his Anbu, he signaled his Root members to stand down. "Fugaku what is the meaning of this?" Danzo looked angrily at the Uchiha patriarch. Fugaku is holding Mikoto who had three tomoes in her eyes, preventing her from attacking again, and had his back towards the council member.

"Danzo you are still holding on to your prejudice against the Uchiha clan even at these dire moments." Fugaku said which made surrounding people feel chills in their spines. If Fugaku opened his eyes or has Danzo seen him they can see a pattern in the Uchiha patriarch's eyes which knowledgeable people can identify as Mangekyō Sharingan, the very same eyes which made all shinobi vary of the Uchiha clan, the same eyes which Uchiha Madara used to terrify elemental nations, the very same eyes credited for making Madara stand on the top of the food chain.

"Save the injured people and rescue people buried in debris" Fugaku gave the order to his clansmen gritting his teeth. If the time is day or visibility is high you can see two trails of blood drops from the Uchiha clan's patriarch and matriarch.

Minato managed to make his attacker retreat so he quickly ran towards the tailed beast rampaging in the village. Minato managed to make out the figure leading the attack as Sarutobi Hizuren, the Sandaime Hokage.

"Lord third save the injured and assist to rescue people. I will deal with the Kyuubi" Minato gave his order and took out a tri-prolonged kunai to move the nine-tailed fox near Kushina and seal it again.

Hizuren followed the Hokage's orders and delegated the tasks to various people and left in the direction of where Minato transported the tailed beast with a few Anbu who are proficient in fūinjutsu trailing him.

Minato transported the nine-tailed fox near Kushina. Kushina also saw the Kyuubi as soon as it arrived as it is very hard to miss.

Minato threw all his tri-prolonged kunai having FTG seals from his storage seals around the field but if anyone noticed all the kunai there is a blue-handled kunai sticking out from its yellow counterparts.

A few minutes later Kushina regained some energy and held the Kyuubi with adamantine sealing chains. Fate followed the same way as in canon.

Hiroto got the memories of a clone sensing his parents' chakra. He rushed towards the clone's direction and kept the FTG kunai in his hand trying to use that jutsu. As soon as he felt the mark he teleported to that place.

Hiroto soon pushed the dizzy feeling away because of his low chakra and blood loss. Hiroto saw his parents bloody and hysterically ran towards them.

Kushina is in the last seconds of her life, she can only sustain herself till now thanks to Uzumaki's vitality. "If only I can see Hiroto one last time" Kushina thought about her elder son. As if god granting her a death wish she heard the hysterical voice of the one she is thinking about "Mom! Dad !".

"NO!NO!NO! please be okay! please be okay!" Hiroto thought and ran hysterically toward his parents.

"Hi..ro..to" Kushina managed to utter the name. "We are sorry we are leaving you, son. Take good care of yourself and look after your brother. We will watch both of you from abov.." the second kyuubi jinchuriki died after kissing Hiroto's forehead.

"Ahhh" Hiroto howled with tears streaming down his face non-stop.

Konoha just survived a disaster, and suddenly the village which was illuminated by a full moon lost its light. Only some torches flickering in the winds became the only source of light. Everyone suddenly looked up to see what happened to see a sky pitch black not even a full moon's light can be noticed through those clouds.

Slowly winds howled as if they are carrying the pain of the loved ones of these disaster victims. Loud thunderclaps are heard and roaring thunder in those clouds provided light to those living in Konoha. As if heaven itself sympathized with their loss the sky started to cry along with the people in the form of rain.

If the Uchiha patriarch family is near Hiroto at this moment they would be shocked as the phenomenon that's happening in Konoha is because of Hiroto's kekkei tōta awakening. Hiroto is the eye of the storm that has currently engulfed Hidden Leaf village and that storm is only expanding.

Hizuren arrived at the place where the rampage of the nine-tailed fox is put to an end. "Minato..., Kushina" the previous Hokage saw their lifeless bodies and can only sigh in sadness. He also noticed a kid standing there dazedly, he knew the boy as Hiroto his successor's adopted son.

Hizuren attention is moved to another place hearing a baby's cry and instantly recognized the baby as Minato and Kushina's newborn. Hizuren is on his way to the newborn to try and pacify the child.

The monkey summoner took a step back dodging an attack thanks to his years of battlefield experience. He saw he was attached with a spearhead attached to a chain, he followed the chain to see he was attacked by none other than Uzumaki Hiroto. Hizuren's eyes widened and swiftly signaled the Anbu following him to stand down.

Anbu following the third Hokage wanted to object and said "Lord third.." but he was swiftly cut off by Sarutobi as the previous Hokage said "The kid is passed out, I don't know what that kid has in mind in the current scenario. But one thing is sure he will protect his orphaned brother till his last breath proving that is the attack that he is doing now subconsciously to protect his younger brother." . This statement caused the Anbu to widen their eyes in astonishment at the kid's sheer will and determination.