Summary: In a different version of the Naruto world all is not well. A secret criminal organization is planning to dominate the world, and a war that has taken up half of the century threatens to destroy Konoha and all others involved. Naruto, an average farm boy is taken from his home on his 11th birthday for shinobi training, and possibly something else. In a world like this anyone could be remembered as a hero...

M for extreme violence, drug references, and possible sexual themes later on.

Disclamer: I don't own Naruto.

Konoha, October Tenth, the year 26 T.H. The moon Tsukuyomi was waxing. The constellation above was The Fox. It was under these circumstances that two children were born...

My Children...

A son and daughter...

My daughter was beautiful, a small golden shock of hair, deep blue eyes, and a cute nose too.

My son already looked just like his father. Only, my son's hair was red, and his eyes too.

If you had been in my position you would know why I couldn't bring myself to tell my lover and fiancée that the son was not really his. Since my fiancée had not been present for his birth, I secretly had him sent to a friend of mine, who lived out in the country. I had hoped that would have been the end of the matter, unfortunately it wasn't...

(End First Person View)

Year: 3 F.H. (11 years after 26 T.H.)

Date: October Tenth

Moon: Tsukuyomi, waning

"Naruto, can you herd the goats into the barn? It looks like its going to rain." Naruto's father, Taki, was sitting at the table, while his wife, Tako, cooked dinner on their wood stove.

"Yeah, no problem." Naruto turned out the door, knowing he'd get a surprise when he came back.

Once Naruto had finished getting the goats into the barn he counted them.

"One missing, crap." Naruto said as he shut the barn doors, aggravated.

"Dad, one of the goats is missing, I'm gonna go find him!" Naruto yelled out to his father.

"Come in Naruto. Let your brother look for it." Naruto walked in the back door as his brother was walking out.

"Naruto, my gift is in your room." Naruto's brother, Takuma, always kept a straight face.

Naruto entered the main room of the house to a sudden "Surprise!" from the rest of his family. Naruto was now surrounded by his father and mother, his little sister and brother, and his older sister. In fact Naruto was the only one of the Uzumaki siblings that was born without a twin, making him a 'special' child.

"Happy birthday kid. I know it's not much, but it's the best we can do." His father had a huge smile on his face as he rubbed Naruto's head. That smile hardly ever came out, he only saved it for birthdays.

Naruto first opened the present from his older sister. It something Naruto loved a lot, instant ramen. This was usually what he received from everyone in his family, but he didn't care. He loved ramen that much.

As suspected ramen was what he got from his little siblings. However his mother handed him a box shaped object covered with a cloth sack. He pulled on the drawstring and opened the sack to see a book. The title was "Shinobi Essentials: Using Chakra in your everyday life." Naruto became excited. Ever since a shinobi stopped in their house for a place to sleep Naruto had wanted to be one, and this would be the closest he would ever get to it. His family was very poor, much like other farmers and country-folk.

As Naruto was eating the first of his ramen bowls it started to rain. Suddenly, during the meal, the door slammed open in perfect timing with thunder. Everyone look at the door. It was Oni, the village soothsayer, and Naruto's second favorite person, the first being Takuma.

"Oni!" Naruto ran up to the elderly man and hugged him. Naruto face was buried deep into the ancient's beard.

"Naruto, heh heh heh, I have a gift for you. Close your eyes." Naruto shut his eyes in anticipation.

Naruto felt a light touch on his forehead. He knew it was Oni's finger, and he felt the finger trace a symbol in kanji on his forehead.

"Open those peepers of yours." Oni took a deep breath and ran his through his beard. "It is an ancient symbol for luck, it will bring you good fortune."

"Thanks, Oni" Naruto was obsessed over myths and the occult. That was the only reason Naruto like Oni, because he could stories of the old days for hours.

"I must go now, good luck on your road of life, Naruto" Oni was gone almost as fast as he appeared.

Naruto finished his first bowl of ramen then began his second.

"Dad, can I go with you to the city tomorrow?" Naruto had always wanted to see the city.

"Sure, why not." Taki was drinking a bottle of his home-brewed sake. "Go to sleep, we need to get up early tomorrow."

Naruto did as he was told, plus he was eager to see what his brother left him. Naruto went into his small bedroom which he shared with both of his brothers and opened up the cloth sack on his bed. In it was a note and a book of old myths. If there was one thing Naruto liked to do more than pranking his neighbors, it was reading. Naruto loved to read anything he could get his hands on, and since his family didn't get books or scrolls that often Naruto found himself reading the same books over and over again. Each time he tried to pretend that the book was going to have a different ending.

Looking at the cover Naruto found it had no title. Confused, he opened the pages, to find them all blank. Trying to find answers, Naruto looked at the note.

Dear Naruto,

You're probably wondering why the book is blank. It's like that so that you may fill the pages with whatever you may want. I'll be leaving soon, you won't know when. I'll leave as though it was normal, then never come back. I'm going to live with my girlfriend in the city. Please don't tell dad or mom. Thanks. Happy Birthday.

Love,

Takuma

P.S.

Take good care of Takama.

Naruto held the note in his hand, tears streaming down his cheeks. There would never be a person to fill the bunk above Naruto, no one to ruffle his hair. No one...

Naruto opened up his gift. He grabbed a pen quill from a box on the desk. He sat there staring at the blank paper for who knows how long before he heard a thump come from the main room. He stood up and went to investigate, however, before he could even get to the door he was stopped by someone in a green cloak with the hood drawn over their head. Naruto couldn't see their face because of the shadow of the hood.

"Stay here. We mean you nor your family harm." Naruto could tell by the voice that it was a female, in her mid-30's.

Naruto did a she said. After half an hour another cloaked man came an tapped the woman.

"Follow me." The woman turned toward the main room and walked in slowly.

Naruto followed her slowly. When he entered the main room his family looked solemn.

"Naruto, we have something to tell you. You're not really our child. Your aunt Kushina is." Naruto's former-father sounded like he wanted to cry, while his mother just let out bawling.

"It's true Naruto." The hooded-woman said. "I'm your mother. Before you start asking questions, just know that I had good reasons for leaving you with my brother, which I'll explain later. You are in great danger here. I, if you'll let me, can take you to Konoha for shinobi training, you'll be safer there."

There was a silence in which Naruto began to consider the offer.

"I should also mention that by staying here your endangering your family as well." Kushina had sat down on one of the dinner chairs.

"Okay, I will. For them. Let me get my stuff." Naruto turned around to go into his room.

"Don't bring too much, we can get some things in Konoha."

(Authors note: At the end of each chapter I'll put some information about this world that hasn't been explained and won't be anywhere else but it'll be good.)

Constellations: There are three constellations in this world. The Fox, The Eye, and The Knife. These signs represent what you'll do later in life. The sign of The Fox is so rare that most born under are immediately to be considered noble. It also shows that they will be powerful ninja. The sign of The Eye, also known as The Common Sign, over u of the world's population was born under this sign. Because of this the sign is considered a peasant sign, however the Uchiha Clan considers anyone born into their clan under this sign to have a great future in the shinobi arts. They are also rumored to develop the Sharingan at a young age. Sasuke Uchiha, as well as his brother and father were born under this sign. The sign of the Knife is the second most common sign, housing of the world's population. Many shinobi are born under this sign, including all four Hokages and the first two Kazekages.

(Authors note: Thank you for reading, please review so that I may improve my writing skills. Anything else that you wanted to know about this will probably be revealed within the next two chapters.i.e. who is still alive, some pairings, etc.)