Quote (Ivor @ Jul 25 2013 07:57pm)
I have done some reading and research and found out that Minato sealed the Yang half of Kurama's chakra in Naruto and the other half which is Yin in the Dead Demon Consuming Seal which Minato has. The Sage of Six Paths had a technique called Yin-Yang Release and had complete mastery over it which he used to create the tailed beasts and breathe life into them. My theory is that Minato and Naruto will summon Rikudō Sennin together or Minato will give the Yin half he is missing to Naruto to do Yin-Yang Release alone or somehow end the war with it (maybe becoming the Sage of Six Paths).
The reason why Minato only sealed half could be because Naruto was too young to spiritually (Yin) and physically (Yang) deal with Kurama's chakra or Minato did it to take extreme caution in case someone in the future ever tried to summon the 10 tails and if they did take Kurama's chakra from Naruto the Yin half would still be missing leading to a still imperfect 10 tailed beast. The last reason I can think of would be that it is completely impossible to survive with the Yin and Yang of a tailed beasts chakra if the tailed beast will not give you full control. The Jinchuuriki's chakra would act as the Yin to balance with the tailed beasts Yang. Naruto now has full control of Kurama and is willing to do anything Naruto says and maybe he is now capable of recieving the Yin half.
I dont think the sage is above death nor do i believe reincarnation in literal sense(not edo as that is more likened to zombies lol) exist in the naruto universe. Like the 2nd said of shisui's dad kagami he "inherited his will which is the will of fire" i think thats all they mean when they say someone will become the sage.
The reason minato only sealed half was because he said it was 2 ridiculous for 1 person(pretty sure he used the word impossible) hence why i believe the author made it so it was only a piece of the 8 and 9tails that made up the 10tails. He doesnt want anyone at the moment on the pedestal that is sage of the six paths. Even though minato said it was impossible the sage infact sealed the 10tails in himself so someone below the sage can definitely hold all of the kyuubi.
I do think that the 10tails still has his original POOL of chakra but its just not filled due to needing time to regain the mass levels of chakra that the 8 and 9tails have. I assume he was amassing this chakra since the 10tails was changing forms trying to get back to his original therefore without the 8tails and 9tails his chakra levels will still rise and fill his original POOl(which is unlimited yet that is debunk because i think the kyuubi chakra was considered unlimited but he has been wiped dry a number of times)