The Nine Tails, having been released from Madara's control, continues to wreck havoc as The Third Hokage tries to force the Nine Tails away from the city. Minato returns to the city and with the help of the toad Gamabunta is able to restrain the Nine Tails long enough for him to teleport it along with his family to the outskirts of the village. Kushina binds the Nine Tails with her chakra and Minato prepares to do the Reaper Death Seal to seal away half of the Nine Tails Chakra and seal the rest inside Naruto using the Eight Trigrams Seal. After sacrificing their lives to save Naruto, Minato also seals a bit of Kushina's chakra to help Naruto tame the Nine Tails and Kushina and Minato say their last words to Naruto.