"Were the villagers aware that my mother was a Jinchuuriki," Naruto asked.
Hiruzen shook his head, "Her status was never disclosed to the public so we were confident that no one knew; but we never thought about anyone outside Konoha knowing of it and knowing when she was due to give birth to you."
"How do you know foul play might have been involved," Naruto asked.
"All of the ANBU ninjas selected for the security detail were found dead but not by Kyuubi's hands," Hiruzen explained, "But through strangulation. My wife and her assistant's bodies were also found and upon medical examination, nothing showed that their deaths were the result of Kyuubi's attack but by the same unknown enemy who stabbed them. What happened between that enemy and Minato is unknown but I believe Yondaime fought the attacker before turning his attention back to Kyuubi who was wreaking havoc on the village while my ninjas and I were doing all we could to hold that bijuu off.
"When Yondaime appeared, he summoned Gamabunta, the Toad Boss and had him grabbed and hold onto Kyuubi long enough to relocate the both of them. Using the very jutsu that made him known and feared as Konoha's Yellow Flash, Hiraishin, Minato teleported both himself and Kyuubi over to the very location where you and Kushina were. A few of my ninjas and I hurry as fast as were could to follow after him once we saw how far he teleported with Kyuubi. It was a while before we arrived but when we did we found that Kushina, despite being fatally injured from Kyuubi release, used her remaining chakra chains to hold Kyuubi down while your father began the sealing ritual."
"What did you do in all this after your arrival," Naruto asked.
"…There wasn't anything I or my ninjas could do," Hiruzen sighed, "Yondaime formed a large barrier around himself, Kushina, you and Kyuubi. It was clear that they were going to stop and seal away Kyuubi by themselves without outside interference. All we were able to do was listen and watch as things played out. Your father, through the use of an S-class kinjutsu ougi known as Shiki Fūjin, sealed the dark half of Kyuubi's chakra into himself before using the Hakke Fūjin on you to seal Kyuubi away into you."
Shiki Fuujin, Naruto thought, I remember coming across that jutsu with its required complicated hand sign sequence in the Forbidden Scroll earlier. But I never got to actually read up on the nature behind that jutsu.
"What exactly does that kinjutsu ougi does," Naruto asked.
"It summons the Shinigami," Hiruzen said, "An unearthly being that's not of this world."
"Obviously," Naruto remarked, "What's the payment for such a summoning? Is it like the other summonings we read about in class that requires a little blood payment?"
"No Naruto," Hiruzen replied, "For that jutsu an even heavier price is paid…Your soul is devoured by the Shinigami along with the soul of the target that's to be sealed away. Once devoured the sealer and the sealed can never rest in peace. Instead they suffer for eternity in the belly of the Shinigami. The souls of the sealer and the sealed are entwined in hate and are forever locked in combat."
Naruto's expressions turned pale on hearing and understanding the nature of the jutsu his father used on himself.
"He chose to use THAT kind of jutsu," Naruto screeched, "And everyone calls me crazy? Why didn't he just seal both halves of Kyuubi into me seeing that my mother had the whole thing in her at one time like Uzumaki Mito?"
"I don't know to be honest," Hiruzen admitted, "He evidently knew something we didn't and died with whatever it was he knew."
"So this Shinigami instantly ate my father's soul right after sealing the dark half of Kurama within my father," Naruto said.
"No," Hiruzen said, "As Minato prepared to use the Hakke Fūjin to seal away the Kyuubi into you, your dying mother got weaker, enough for Kyuubi to be partially freed from her chakra chains as he aimed to kill you to prevent himself from being sealed away inside you. Your father and mother saw this and rushed to you, using themselves as human shields to protect you as Kyuubi ended up impaling the both of them with his claw as the chains around him tightened. Your parents imparted their final words to you though I don't know what it was they said to you right before they sealed Kyuubi into you. But I do know that they died smiling knowing you were their surviving legacy and that they got to see you before their tragic demise.
"After Kyuubi was sealed into you, Yondaime deactivated the barrier seal, which allowed me and the ninjas with me to rush over to where the three of you were. Kushina by that time had already died in Minato's arms. Your father, with his last breaths, asked that you be acknowledged by the villagers as the hero saves them by bearing the burden of jailing the Kyuubi. He wished the very best for you even though things didn't turn out the way he have hope."
"And what became of my godfather, Jiraiya," Naruto asked.
Hiruzen sighed, not believing that Naruto would like what he was going to hear.
"He's still alive on active duty many miles outside Konoha's walls," Hiruzen explained, "But he hasn't stepped foot back in Konoha for a long number of years since weeks before your birth."
"And he made no inquiries over my well-being," Naruto remarked, "I guess being one of Konoha's famed Sannins and loyal shinobis took higher priority."
"…Naruto," Hiruzen said, "I know you must be angry at Jiraiya. But his job as Konoha's best spymaster and keeping up with his large spy network left him little to no time to do things I'm sure he'd have love to do."
"Besides peeking at pretty girls and writing Icha-Icha Paradise books which many of us, including you, enjoy buying and reading," Naruto shot back cynically.
"Being on the road all the time, lodging from place to place, having clothing and having resources to fight off dangerous high class enemies requires income," Hiruzen said, "He also had to finance his huge spy network and take care of himself in whatever ways that worked."
"I guess that makes sense now that I think about it," Naruto admitted.
"Understand Naruto that it would have proven very difficult to raise and protect you while performing his job protecting Konoha from the outside," Hiruzen explained patiently, "As a Jinchuuriki and Minato's newborn son you would have had a massive price tag on your head with many bounty hunters coming after you day and night. Even as a Sannin who trained your father, Jiraiya is not invincible and he also has limits to what he can do."
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