THIRD PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW

A small child woke up cold and alone in a cell. His bright blue eyes scanned the room, seeing that there were a group of men talking in the corner.

"Heh the kid was easy. All we gotta do is release the seal then we'll have the Nine-tails!" The one snickered. Another one shook his head.

"I don't know man. Did you see his mom? She went nuts. I think she's stronger than you think." The other one warned. The first man laughed.

"All of us against one girl? Please, what a joke." Naruto stood up and dusted off his shorts. He looked around seeing if his Mommy was anywhere around but could not find her ruby head anywhere.

"Mommy?" Naruto whispered, careful not to make the other men aware that he was awake. However, his luck ran out and the group of men looked over.

"Damn it. The little brat is awake." They started to walk over and hit the metal bars holding Naruto in. Naruto quickly scurried to the back of the cage and whimpered in fear. The only one he wanted to see was his Mommy. He was scared and wanted to feel safe in her warm embrace.

"Hey there you little pest. Your Mommy is coming soon." The man chuckled darkly. Naruto's eyes opened wide before a hint of a smile ghosted his face.

"Really? My Mommy's coming?!" His little voice echoed slightly. The evil man grinned sickly at the little boy.

"Yes, she is. And when she gets here, I'm going to kill her. I'll make her scream and beg for me to let you go. Then after I kill her, I'm going to kill you." The man laughed with an evil banter in his voice. Naruto scurried to the furthest point away from the man and wet hot tears fell from his eyes. He was shaking, terrified and only wanted his mother. The man left, laughing to himself. Naruto wrapped his arms around himself, pretending that it was his mother's arms.

"M-mmomm-my..." Naruto whimpered. The man turned around, annoyed at Naruto's antics. He unlocked the cell and pulled Naruto out harshly.

"Shut the hell up!" He shouted before gripping Naruto's arm tightly, bruising the skin.

"Mommy!" He screamed out in pain.

~~

Minako followed the ninjas' trail, leading to an underground trafficking hideout just outside Konoha. Kurama's chakra was flowing through her, her consciousness still within her. She was willing to do anything to make sure Naruto was okay...she didn't know how she would be able to live without him. He was in her eyes, her son. Minako looked wild...and deadly. She made it to the entrance and entered like a fox on the hunt, scanning her environment to try and find Naruto. She then heard a scream.

Naruto

Without a second to waste, Minako raced down the stairs and busted open the door. A group of about thirty ninjas looked up from what they were doing, surprised by the sudden disturbance.

"It's the beast!" They all had a look of fear in their eyes but attempted to fight Minako. However, being a jonin level ninja, trained by the legendary shinobi, as well as having the nine-tails chakra inside her was simply a recipe for death. She was furious, a deadly aura surrounded her and the blood orange chakra. She let out a roar as she resulted to more animalistic instincts. It seemed as if a second had passed before every single ninja except for one was dead, laying on the ground with blood pooling from their bodies. The man's eyes went wide and immediately dropped to his knees in fear.

"Please! Please don't kill me! I'll do anything you want!" He cried, seeing his comrades laying in a pool of blood on the floor. Mina growled before picking him up by the collar, her hot chakra burning his face.

"Where is Naruto? Where is my son?" She growled in a monster's voice. The man was shivering completely in fear before pointing towards a hallway. Minako dropped him before running down that hallway. At the end of the hallway, she saw a man gripping Naruto's arm, him whimpering in pain. The man turned Naruto around, a kunai pointed towards his neck.

"So the monster finally came? It's about time." He growled. Minako hissed at him before another tail formed behind her, making three.

"Give me my son." Naruto started kicking him and then bit his hand, causing the man to whimper in pain and drop Naruto on the ground. Naruto ran behind his mother and glared at the mean man who threatened his mom.

"Mommy!" Naruto grinned as he ran to hold onto his mother's leg, somehow not getting burned by the chakra. Minako felt the third tail retract back into her with Naruto's touch. She turned back to the man to see him shakily hold his kunai.

"Y-you're a m-monster!" He cried. Mina was about to lunge at him but was stopped when she heard a voice.

"Mina!" She turned to see the silver-haired man she dedicated her life to run along with another Anbu and her student, Itachi. Naruto was picked up by the Anbu and brought to safety, outside of the hideout. Kakashi walked towards her, seeing the blood-red demon eyes and internally shivering. Her usually perfectly pouted lips were in a feral curve, her fiery hair was rising, the chakra surrounding her. Kakashi stepped forward, his and Itachi's eyes were wide at seeing the person they adored act this way.

"Mina...don't let the fox win." Kakashi voiced to her. Every step he took forward, the enemy took backward. He then turned to run but was immediately knocked out cold by Itachi. Minako was so worked up from someone taking her precious Naruto, her sister and brother in law's living memory. Kakashi took another step forward towards her...yet she flinched away.

"I'm a monster...stay away from me." She spoke. Kakashi felt torn. He was afraid right now...not for himself, but for her. He didn't want her to do something she would regret. What he saw in the other room was insane. How she eliminated so many ninjas in one swoop was just incredible...and terrifying. Exactly how powerful was she? Kakashi still moved forward slowly, Itachi guarding the entrance of the room.

"Mina...I promised you that I would love you no matter what...no matter what happens. I love you. Please come back to me...please come back. It's okay now, Naruto is safe. I am here now. I am with you. I promised you that." Mina felt hot tears well out of her eyes as Kakashi embraced her tightly, the burning hot chakra was hurting him but he didn't let her know that. Slowly, the chakra retracted into her body. Kakashi felt her slump in his arms, quickly catching her before she collapsed on the ground. Her eyes returned to their regular violet, her chakra tail completely vanishing along with the red chakra. She fell unconscious from using so much chakra and power. Anbu surrounded the area after Kakashi alerted them where Mina's trail was. Kakashi took her in his arms and immediately felt his anxiety dissipate. His lover was in his arms finally. He knew she was safe.

"I'll never leave you." Kakashi whispered. Itachi felt his heart harden slightly at the sight. He had a huge crush on her...he wished he was old enough to be taking care of her.

But the Uchihas had always been destined to suffer.

~~

MINAKO'S POINT OF VIEW

"Mommy!" Naruto cheered as he ran into the hospital room. I leaned up, feeling an ache in my bones. It's been two days since Naruto was kidnapped and I don't really remember much about what happened. All I know is that Naruto was safe and I woke up in a hospital bed with burns all over my body that were quickly healing. The medical ninja were really nice and treated me well. They wanted me to stay for a day so that way they can make sure I'm healthy. I'm not sure what happened to me but the Hokage promised to tell me later on.

"Hi baby! Mommy missed you!" Naruto quickly climbed into the bed and hugged me tightly, letting his fuzzy head of yellow lay on my chest. I ran my fingers over his back lightly, leaving goosebumps on his smooth skin. Naruto smiled up at me.

"Kakashi got me ice cream today Mommy!" Naruto told me. He liked to tell me things about his day, even if I already knew about it. I liked hearing it though because I wanted Naruto to know I cared about him and what happens during his day. I raised an eyebrow and my lips curled into a soft smile.

"Oh did he now? Where is Kakashi anyway Naruto?" I asked him.

"Right here." I looked up to see my silver haired love holding a bouquet of baby pink roses. I grinned wide at him as he walked over to me to give me a kiss through his mask. He let me smell the flowers and politely placed them into a vase near the window. Kakashi was just so thoughtful...

"How are you feeling?" He asked. I looked up at him and smiled while holding a relaxing Naruto in my arms. That boy never liked going anywhere without me...

"I'm feeling pretty good actually. I'm a little achy but overall, pretty good." Kakashi gave me a closed eye smile before moving a chair closer to my bedside. Kakashi leaned his forehead onto mine and closed his single revealed eye, his soft breath fanning over my face.

"I was so worried...I thought I was going to lose you...I couldn't live without you..." Kakashi whispered. I felt my heart pump an uneven beat as a heat spread across my face.

"Kakashi...I would never leave you to take on this world alone." I whispered back. Naruto was soundly asleep on my chest, his quiet breaths giving Kakashi permission to lower his mask, revealing his perfectly sculpted lips and jaw. His lips met mine hungrily, passionately, giving me all the love he could muster. Kakashi was one of Konoha's most eligible bachelors and somehow, I was the lucky woman who got him. Even though I was laying in a hospital bed, somehow he was still attracted to me. I didn't understand. How could Tomato Girl even end up with such an amazing human being by her side? Any normal man would run as fast as they could away from a woman with a son, let alone them both being jinchurikis...Kakashi must truly be in love with me...

"I love you." I whispered to him. He gave me one of his heart stopping, dazzling smiles before moving a stray piece of red behind my ear.

"I love you Mina."

~~

It's been a couple days since I have been out of the hospital and I felt pretty good except for the disturbing news the Hokage told me. Apparently, Kurama's chakra leaked out into some sort of...cloak...as Jiraiya sensei explained. Kurama's evil and hatred took over me and I ended up slaughtering the enemy when I found out Naruto was taken. My subconscious allowed for two of them to survive and be questioned by the Anbu forces. It also seemed that Naruto and Kakashi's touch calmed me down enough to put a lid on the freed chakra. I had no idea I was capable of something like that...I haven't been a jinchuriki for long and haven't been on missions where my temper has gone out of control...but it seems like as soon as I lose even the slightest control...I could lose myself.

After a long day of training with Shisui and Itachi with Naruto watching...I dropped him off with the Uchiha's to be babysat since tonight was my four year anniversary with Kakashi. I entered my home to sense no one was there, giving the empty house a loud sigh. I hated having a quiet home. I walked into my bedroom to get changed and shower when I saw a vase of flowers on my bed stand. I smelled the beautiful roses and looked at the card that went with it.

Dear Mina,
Meet me by the lake at 7. I'll be waiting.

Oh and bring a bathing suit.

Happy Anniversary.
With love,
Kakashi.

I squealed like a little girl before running to get into the shower. I quickly rinsed my body of sweat but wasn't too worried about soaps since I was going to be swimming in the lake anyway. I quickly shaved practically every inch of my body and dried my hair just a little bit so it wasn't soaking. I put on my royal blue bikini I had since I was sixteen and a sheer long white shirt over top. I glanced over at the clock to see it read 6:51. My violet eyes widened and I quickly ran out of the house towards the lake as fast as I could. It wasn't until I was halfway there that I realized I forgot pants.
Oh well. Sucks to be me I guess.

I arrived to the lake right on time to see a shirtless Kakashi wading waist deep in the lake water. My cheeks flushed pink before I took off my shirt and waded in the water with him. The lake water was warm from it being summertime and the sun being out all day. Kakashi looked down at me and gave me a crooked smile. He wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on top of my head.

"You're so beautiful." He spoke aloud. My face remained red and my heart was practically vibrating. Kakashi leaned his lips down to my ear, giving me goosebumps.

"There's something I wanted to try... Tonight... If that's okay with you." He whispered against my skin. His lips felt so nice that I practically melted in his arms.

"Anything... " I replied. Kakashi kissed my neck and traced his fingers around my body while in the warm water. I moaned softly from his feather light touch and moved my hand up to run my fingers through his silver hair. Kakashi's lips moved further down before untying the knot behind my neck to hold up my bikini top. I didn't even notice because I was so engrossed in his silky touch. The top fell and he kissed me further along my collar bone, fully exposed to my revealed breasts. His hand wandered further south, making me forget the world around me.

Eventually, Kakashi threw my bikini top and bottoms to shore, leaving me fully nude in the water. The sun had set revealing a full moon and millions of fireflies decorating the black waters. I gasped in awe.

"It's so beautiful. This is amazing!" I commented, astonished. Kakashi caressed the side of my cheek before bringing our lips close in a heated passion.

"Yes, you are." He said back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and brought him as close as I possibly could. Kakashi placed his wandering hands all over me, claiming me as his.

"I love you." I whispered. Kakashi grinned before suddenly looking slightly nervous.

"Are... You ready?" He asked. Even though I was nervous too, I was ready to give myself to Kakashi. He was the love of my life. I nodded with a smile before he picked me and my swimsuit up in my arms and teleported us back to our home. He slammed me against the door, our lips finding each other immediately. Kakashi and I were completely bare, our bodies slowly winding together. He picked me up again before taking me to the bedroom.

It was the best night of my life.