Naruto: Fourth Hokage

(Five Days Later)

Naruto was in the hospital lying on the bed unconscious. His injuries were treated and bandaged, and he had an IV needle inserted into his left arm. He was still in a coma and haven't gain consciousness since the incident. Tsunade stayed at his side the whole time, checking on him every now and then. Jiraiya hurriedly returned back after learning about the incident that had the entire village in an upheaval, which Sandaime had to calm with much effort.

He explained that an enemy force used some of form of advanced and powerful genjutsu to deceive them into believing that Kyuubi has truly returned and set them into mass panic, which would have no doubt left them opened to a surprise attack not by Kyuubi but by invading villages or nations. This served to calm the nerves of the people, although he himself was sure for how long. Word however about what happened to Naruto spread like wildfire as the villagers gave their condolence to both Tsunade and Shizune. They figured that Naruto must have gotten caught and attacked by the enemy force Sandaime spoke of.

During the five days, the ANBU went on an all out search to investigate if Kyuubi was truly in the vicinity of the village or anywhere else. They surprising found nothing that would have remotely lead to anything indicating where Kyuubi was or if he's making his return to Konoha to finish what he started eight years ago.

Three days after the incident, Tsunade brought to Sandaime and Jiraiya's attention about the unknown seal she saw on Naruto's right hand before it vanished into his skin. After giving the Hokage the details of how the seal looked like, both he and Jiraiya went to work to see if there was any information about this mysterious new seal. However Sandaime couldn't help but think as to why that particular seal Tsunade described to him sound rather familiar to him, although it certainly wasn't the sealing jutsu Yondaime described to him years ago before he went to battle the great fox.

(Back At Hospital)

Naruto started opening his eyes to the environment he was now in. After his eyes came into focus, he realized that he was in the hospital. He turned and found Tsunade sitting and sleeping at a table next to his recovery bed on the right side of him. From the looks of it, he saw that she had little rest. He was about to wake her up when he turned his right hand and looked at it. That was when everything came flood back to him: the event at the training ground, to Kyuubi making an unexpected appearance to what he discovered and learned after he fell into a coma.

Tsunade groaned as she gradually opened her eyes to see Naruto was now fully awake.

"Naruto," Tsunade exclaimed happily as she embraced him tightly, "I'm so happy that you're alright."

"Yes mom…," Naruto choked, "I'm…fine…but your hug is…crushing me…"

Embarrassed, Tsunade released Naruto who gasped for breath.

"Naru-chan," Tsunade asked with motherly concern, "Are you hungry? I can go get you some of your favorite ramen from Ichiraku if you want."

Not being one to turn down ramen, he accepted. Before she went on her way, Naruto called to her, "Mom!"

Tsunade turned to Naruto who surprisingly had a serious look on his face, "Is it possible for you to get jiisan, ero-jisan, Kakashi-niisan and Shizune-neechan to come here? There's something very important that I have to discuss with all of you."

Tsunade nodded and went on her way, wondering if what her son had to discuss with her and the others had anything to do with what happened five days ago.

(Two Hours Later)

The people who Naruto requested were now present inside the room with two ANBU standing on guard outside the room. The Hokage instructed them that NO one was allowed inside the room until he exited. Meanwhile inside, Tsunade and everyone else were ready to find out why Naruto requested their presence. But in any case, Sandaime and Jiraiya had some news of their own to share in regards to what they discovered about the new seal in Naruto's palm. Breaking the silence, Naruto asked, "Jiisan is it possible to form a sound proof barrier? I don't want what's discussed here to be heard by anyone outside this room."

"How do you know that such a jutsu exists," Shizune asked. Naruto retorted, "Because my father told me just now."

Everyone's eyes widened on hearing what he just said.

"W-W-What!?," Sandaime stuttered, "You mean…"

"Yes," Naruto replied while giving Sandaime as look requesting to activate the jutsu. Nodding, Sandaime went through a series of hand seals before activating the jutsu. A streak of bluish white light went around the room before disappearing. Sandaime nodded that the jutsu was complete. Seeing this Naruto continued, "I'm now aware that Yondaime Hokage, my father Namikaze Minato, is sealed inside me."

Everyone was silent in the room. They didn't know what to say or think. They figured that Naruto might be angry at them for keeping what they knew a secret from him after all these years. Seeing the looks on their faces, Naruto assured, "I'm not angry at anyone if that's what you're thinking. My father told me everything in regards to the event that happened eight years old when Kyuubi attacked the village and how both he and Kyuubi got sealed away inside me."

Hearing those words sent cold chills down everyone's backs. It was true then! Kyuubi didn't die at all and was in fact sealed into Naruto after all.

"I bet you're wondering how both Kyuubi and my father both got sealed away, when my father supposedly was to be consumed by Shinigami after Kyuubi was sealed away. It's a peculiar story really and it goes back to the time my father was preparing to do the sealing jutsu during his battle with Kyuubi."

Everyone listened intently as Naruto related everything he was told to by Yondaime.

"When my father was on top of Gamabunta, he started initiating the required hand seals for the kinjutsu. But before he was able to do the final hand seals, Kyuubi unexpectedly lashed at him much to his surprise. In a sudden panic, my father raced and ironically formed the last hand seals incorrectly and called out the wrong jutsu, which resulted in an entirely different entity to appear, this one being Chigiri Megami."

Sandaime and Jiraiya heads shot up on hearing this.

"Chigiri Megami," Jiraiya repeated, "I thought she was just a myth at first. That was until I recently did some research on her-"

"For your next limited edition of Icha Icha Paradise books ero-jisan," Naruto interjected and teased, "Trust me, she's anything but what guys in their right minds would want to have perverted thoughts of."

In spite of the seriousness of the situation in the room, everyone but Jiraiya couldn't help but burst into laugher at what Naruto just stated much to everyone's surprise. Jiraiya blushed from both embarrassment and annoyance.

"How dare you mock my profession, gaki," Jiraiya retorted indignantly.

"Sorry, but my father egged me into saying that," Naruto admitted. Jiraiya snorted, "I can believe this. Minato, although smart and charming, was also a wise guy much like yourself when he was my student, (mockingly) Neo Yondaime Hokage."

"Seriously though," Sandaime interjected, "Chigiri Megami is no myth. She too can be summoned with a master kinjutsu. However such a kinjutsu has been lost for many centuries and as a result her existence was said to be nothing more than a lost myth."

"That ended when my father summoned her by a fluke," Naruto explained, "Her kind of sealing is very much different than the one my father found originally, which summons an entirely different and darker entity known as Shinigami."

Everyone nodded their heads to Naruto confirming that they knew what he was talking about. Sandaime started, "Yes indeed. I recall now that Minato did look into finding that kinjutsu to summon Chigiri Megami once before some years ago but was never able to find it either. After doing some research with Jiraiya on that specific seal on your palm Tsunade told us about, we learned some rather interesting things about it. That very seal on your palm is linked to Chigiri Megami's sealing known as Doreino Suru Fūin No Jutsu, which subjects the sealed into long-lasting servitude, entwining the soul of the sealed with the container's soul as a servant. In exchange for this kinjutsu's effects, the sealer pays the ultimate price by forfeiting him or herself to Chigiri Megami to be permanently sealed away into the same container as well, causing the sealer to have their chakra, knowledge, wisdom and his or her other attributes to be gradually absorbed by the container over the years."

"That's exactly what my father told me while I was in a coma," Naruto cut in, "I met him in my subconscious mind after I fell into a coma five nights ago. He told me everything about himself and…"

Naruto now had tears falling down his face, finding it difficult to speak. Tsunade was about to comfort him when Naruto continued, "My biological mother, Uzumaki Kushina…"

Tsunade felt a pang in her heart, as she now started having tears build up in her eyes before they descended down her face. She wanted to tell Naruto the truth, but was never able to move herself to do so, fearing what it would do to the mother and son bond she formed with him. Over the years she really started seeing herself as the boy's mother and him as her real son. She grew strongly attached to Naruto as loving mothers do with their sons. A few soft sobs escaped her throat as her head lowered. This of course didn't go unnoticed.

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