Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ the ceremony of sealing ❯ the sealing ( Chapter 1 )

The tall blonde man stood, tears glistening in his eyes as he prepared for the ceremony that would save his village and make him a hero. Picking up the crying baby boy, he rocked him, whispering how he would find someone who would love him more than life itself. A young woman with fiery red hair walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around him, resting her chin on his shoulder.

“Do you really think you should do this?” she asked, “I mean he will never know his dad and I will miss you very much.”

“I don't know. Part of me wants to do this knowing it will kill me, but the other part wants to take you and the baby, leave this village and spend the rest of our lives in peace. I just want my beautiful wife and my baby to be happy, that's all.”

“That can be arranged. Arashi you do know that someone else can finish the sealing; it doesn't have to be you. I could perform it if you want.”

Arashi Uzumaki turned around to look at his sensei. “Sarutobi-sensei, I couldn't ask you that. You have a family and they care about you. I don't have anyone to miss me but Keoko.”

The Sandaime held up his hand to silence Arashi.

“Listen to you sensei. I am old and I'm not getting any younger. You on the other hand have a wonderful life ahead of you. My wife is dead and I'm lonely. Let me seal the Kyuubi and live your life to the fullest. Just do me a favor and tell my son when he comes back from the mission his team is on, that I died in the line of duty just like I said I would.”

Keoko Inuzuka whispered into Arashi's ear to “thank Sarutobi-sama and let him save the village one last time.”

“Thank you so much sensei. You know how to do the ceremony.”

Arashi laid his baby down in the middle of the seal written in blood on the floor. Keoko started to cry as Sarutobi started the ceremony. Arashi held her as tears fell down his face when he heard his child begin to cry and scream in pain. Even Sarutobi had tears in his eyes when the three whisker like marks appeared on each on the small cheeks.

The sealing finished, Sarutobi fell forward, his face a dead white. Arashi rushed forward and caught the old man before he crushed the boy.

“Thank you sensei, for doing this for me.”

Sarutobi opened his eyes faintly. “All this for love huh?” his eyes closed and the third Hokage died. Arashi stood up and watched as Keoko picked up her crying baby.

“I guess we'll have to tell them the Sandaime is dead.”

Arashi watched his wife wrap up his child in a fleece blanket before asking the question he had, before sarutobi stepped in, been going to ask right before he died after the ceremony.

“What's his name going to be?”

Keoko looked thoughtful for a moment. “Naruto” she answered. `Naruto' Arashi thought' yeah I like that name.' He walked over and plucked Naruto out of his wife's arms before planting a kiss on he forehead. Kissing the little whiskers on Naruto's cheeks, Arashi walked out of the tent, where the ceremony had taken place. Kakashi Hatake appeared in a puff of smoke next to Arashi's elbow.

“What happened, we were fighting and then the fox disappeared. What happened to sarutobi-sama?”

Naruto began to cry when Kakashi had arrived. “Kakashi,” Keoko scolded. “We just barely got him to stop crying and then you scare him. Arashi you go tell them what happened and I will take Naruto back to the house.”

Pecking his wife on the cheek and handing Naruto over, Arashi disappeared with Kakashi in a puff of smoke. As they passed the battlefield, Arashi saw the destruction caused by the nine tailed fox. Guilt filled his heart as he remembered he had sealed the monster inside his baby boy. Arriving in front of the elder's council, Arashi took a deep breath and began his tale.

Arashi finished suddenly when one of the elders stood up and exclaimed that they should kill the monster now while it was in a weak vessel.

“Oh no you don't!” Arashi hollered. “I'm the fourth Hokage and I say that you will not kill my son. I could have chosen any of you children. Inoshi, I know that your wife just had a baby recently. Akira Haruno, I could've chosen your little Sakura, I could've chosen Sasuke Uchiha, but instead I chose my own flesh and blood. And now you are saying that I should tell someone to kill Naruto you are insane!!”

“But the beast must be destroyed”

“Not while I am Hokage and I say no!!!”

Arashi stormed off leaving a stunned council in his wake. He walked to the memorial stone where the names of his parents were carved in among the others. Along with his parents were the names of his best friends; Obito Uchiha, Rin, Sen Inuzuka, his sister Chihiro and others. There were already a lot of names and now there would be even more.