The 4th's Decision

[Kumiriko]

This is where the thery of narutos mom ca play in more. I love that Thery

[gokudagreat]

The 4th probably made some deal with that death god to take his life but seal the soul of the kyubi in Naruto instead, and to answer your poll id say Naruto, the 4th probably had insight into how he would develop and you know how all of Konoha was suprised that Naruto could handle the kyubi chakra without losing himself, thats probably hinting at the reason the 4th sealed it in Naruto

[DarthEnderX]

Assuming one could see through time, obviously Lee would be the best choice.

And yeah, the 4th obviously does something different than the version he taught the 3rd, because if he'd used the 3rds method, the demon fox would be in the Death God's stomach right now.

I'm wondering if Naruto isn't some kind of Reincarnation of the 4th. The 4th looks just like I'd imagine an adult Naruto would look like anyway. He's got the same hair and the same eyes and all.