9 tails free#

9 tails free#

Once free from Tobi's control, the Nine-Tails tried to retreat from the village. The Nine-Tails' attack also destroyed the Academy, amongst other buildings. In the Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light novel, Izumi Uchiha's father died during the attack, resulting in the young girl awakening her Sharingan. Others weren't so fortunate: Iruka Umino's parents, Kohari and Ikkaku, died protecting him from the Nine-Tails' attacks in the anime, Itachi ran through the village with Sasuke in his arms, trying to find their own parents. In Konoha, meanwhile, many of the village's children had been taken away from the village and confined behind a barrier so that they would not be killed trying to protect the village. Injured and deprived of his best weapon, Tobi fled, vowing that it was only a temporary setback. He immediately did do to strike again, this time to place a Contract Seal on Tobi that removed the Nine-Tails from his control. ĭuring his attack, Minato was able to brand Tobi with the Flying Thunder God formula, allowing him to teleport to Tobi's location whenever he wanted. Minato and Tobi clashed, with Minato, after some difficulty, finally managing to strike Tobi with the Rasengan. Tobi didn't deny Minato's claim, but he did allude to having some purpose behind the attack. From Tobi's actions, Minato speculated that Tobi was in fact Madara Uchiha, who had decades earlier tried to use the Nine-Tails to destroy Konoha. Tobi started to teleport Minato away, but Minato used his own teleportation to escape. Minato attempted to locate Hiruzen so that he could tell him what happened, but he was stopped by Tobi. The Nine-Tails immediately noticed his presence and attacked with a Tailed Beast Ball, which he sent away with his Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, a contribution noticed by the Ino–Shika–Chō formation as they headed into battle. Minato teleported to the Hokage Rock to lend his assistance. An Anbu reported the Nine-Tails' appearance to Hiruzen, who had already changed into his combat uniform to lead the village's defence. Tobi snuck back in to the village and summoned the Nine-Tails to his location, using it to launch an immediate attack. Attack Įven before the Nine-Tails arrived in the village, some sensed its approach: the young Itachi Uchiha felt something ominous and his infant brother, Sasuke, began to cry Kakashi detected a change in the air as he spoke with Might Guy, though he did not know the cause Hiruzen sensed the Nine-Tails while he worked in his office, aghast by the implication. Unconcerned by them, Tobi led the Nine-Tails back to the village. Tobi attempted to have the Nine-Tails kill her, but Minato tracked them down in time to save her and escape to a safe-house where he left Naruto. The Nine-Tails was extracted, a process that Kushina survived due to her Uzumaki heritage.

As the seal was about to break, he used his Sharingan to enter Kushina's subconscious and place the Nine-Tails under his control. Tobi moved Kushina to a new location and placed her under restraint while he took steps to further weaken the seal. Minato was forced to teleport away with the Flying Thunder God Technique to keep Naruto safe, leaving Kushina behind with Tobi. Minato was able to take Naruto back, only to discover explosive tags planted on him. Tobi killed the midwives and took Naruto hostage, threatening to kill him if Minato attempted to restore the Nine-Tails' seal. Tobi located where the birth was taking place, infiltrated the barrier, killed the Anbu stationed outside, and arrived inside the cave mere moments after the child, Naruto, was born. ĭespite all the secrecy, news of Kushina's pregnancy was discovered by Tobi, who overheard it from Kakashi Hatake, Minato's student, while he spoke to Rin Nohara's grave at the Konoha Cemetery. Minato, meanwhile, would monitor the seal, keeping it stable during the delivery and restoring it to its original strength as soon as their son was born. Minato's predecessor, Hiruzen Sarutobi, organised security: the site would be protected by a barrier, several Anbu would guard the area, and another Anbu ( Taji) and Hiruzen's wife ( Biwako) would be midwives. News of Kushina's pregnancy was kept a secret from the general population and the delivery itself would take place in a remote cave away from the village. When Kushina became pregnant and the birth of their son drew near, special precautions had to be taken due to the fact that the seal keeping the Nine-Tails within her would weaken during childbirth, thus carrying the risk it might escape. The recently-appointed Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was married to Kushina Uzumaki, the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails.