The Child of Prophecy

└ C3 ┐

└ Stop counting only those things that you've lost. What's gone is gone. But ask yourself this, "what remains?" -Jinbei (One Piece) ┐

"Hokage-sama!"

Minato, who had been writing off paperworks, let out an exhausted sigh before raising his head.

"What is it?" he asked as soon as his assistant entered the room.

"Kushina-san has given birth!" The female answered,

A small, relieved sigh then formed on Minato's lips from the news.

"I see, that's great.. I should go to the mountains to fix the seal, then," He informed her as he stood up. "Take care of those paperworks for me."

"Yes sir!"

"Kushina? Kushina! Wake up!"

Koharu frantically patted the redhead's arm, while sending quick glances towards Naruko's way.

Kushina had passed out, yet she continued to writhe in pain. And the seal...

The seal's lightening up!

"We can't have the Kyuubi free.." Koharu muttered to herself, "...If that happens, Kushina will die."

And then, a familiar cloud of chakra burst up nearby, until a silhouette of a persona formed.

"Hokage-sama!" The counsilor called out as soon as Minato appeared before them.

"Koharu-san? What happened?" Minaro asked, brows slowly furrowing as he approached his wife.

"Kushina suddenly passed out, just a few moments after giving birth to Naruko," Koharu answered with a frown.

The Hokage then paused, feeling the subtle upturn around the corners of his mouth. "Naruko... So the baby's a girl."

He sent a quick, longing glance towards the sleeping baby before he turned to Kushina and gritted his teeth. Instantly, he began preparations and was just about to restore the weakened seal, when...

"Oh no," He muttered with wide eyes when the seal on Kushina's belly yawns wider, the black abyss spilling as miasma of chakra comes bubbling forth. She then suddenly crumbled to the ground, eyes opening as she awakens, before writhing in agony and screams as she unconsciously walked her way out of the cave.

"Koharu-san, take Naruko!" Minato ordered as he followed after his screaming wife.

He watched with widened eyes as a red light quickly shoots forward, brightening the starry night skies in a brilliant glow. And then, an apparition appears, manifesting into the form of a nine-tailed fox.

"Kushina!" He called out to the panting redhead, who continued to stare up to the bijuu with fear in her eyes.