DISCLAIMER: i DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT APPEARS IN THIS STORY.
Prologue
The Village Hidden in the Leaves, one of the five great shinobi villages located in the Elemental Nations. Located in the prestigious Land of Fire the village itself is located inside of great, thick forests grown by the first leader of the village himself, the Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama Senju. It is more of a small city instead of a village though, containing a population of quite a few thousand. Within this population there are select individuals who train in the usage of an energy called chakra. With the usage of chakra they are able to do amazing feats in the likes of walking on water and breathing fire. The shinobi are the military of the Hidden Villages, and if there is ever an upset in the balance of power one of the Hidden Villages will no doubt capitalize, whether it be subtle or full blown war,
There have already been three shinobi world wars, devastating the political and geological landscape. Thousands perished and lay in unmarked graves, fueling the cycle of revenge and hatred leading to more wars. Eventually the leaders of villages sought new ways to wage war and so they turned to the Biju, nine tailed beasts of chaos and natural disasters. Before the First Shinobi World War the Shodaime Hokage using his Mokuton bloodline tamed the biju. Calming the beasts and capturing them. Seeking to keep the balance of power in the Elemental nations Hashirama distributed the bijus to the other shinobi villages. But this only paved way to the First Shinobi World War. By giving the villages the biju he created something which could be a blessing and a curse. Because someone eventually came up with the idea of using fuinjutsu, the art of sealing, to seal the bijus into human hosts, called Jinchuuriki the power of human sacrifice.
They were treated as nothing more than weapons in the villages, often seen as the biju sealed inside of them, not the humans they really are. One biju, the strongest known as the Kyuubi no Kitsune, was captured and sealed inside Mito Uzumaki, the wife of Hashirama. He was sealed due to a battle between Hashirama and Madara Uchiha, another founder of The Village Hidden in the Leaves. Somehow during their epic battle Madara was able to summon the Kyuubi and bent it to his will and had it aide in his fight. But Mito thinking fast helped her husband and sealed the Kyuubi inside herself. Madara was later defeated and was believed to be dead.
And so Hashirama returned to Konoha (Leaf Village) and reigned as Hokage until he later died in combat. He appointed his brother Tobirama Senju as Nidaime Hokage. Tobirama possessed a strong affinity towards water and was considered the strongest in using Suiton (water release) jutsu. He reigned until he was killed in the Second Shinobi World War fighting Kumo (Cloud village) shinobi to allow his men to retreat and survive. But before he died he appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as his successor. Upon returning to the village Hiruzen was appointed the Sandaime Hokage, he led Konoha through the second war and into the third.
And in the Third Shinobi World War Konoha looked on the verge of defeat, but then a new hero arose, Minato Namikaze who with a single space-time jutsu, the Hirishin, where he could throw a single kunai into a throb of enemies and a single yellow flash later could eliminate them in seconds. His actions brought moral to Konoha shinobis and brought him much fame and glory, but made him a sworn enemy of Iwa (Rock village). Hiruzen who was getting older wanted a successor. So he took note of Minato's actions and made him the Yondaime Hokage.
And so Minato who achieved his dreams married the love of his life, Kushina Uzumaki the new container of the Kyuubi and the last known survivor of the Uzumaki clan. They later found out that they would become parents and so they were ecstatic. But when Kushina gave birth they were forced to take the utmost precautions. For you see there is one situation where a container's seal can be weakened to the point where the biju can escape, and that is childbirth. For the first moments it all seemed fine and the birth was going well, until the masked man appeared. He called himself Madara Uchiha and he found the place Kushina was giving birth and attacked. He killed the medical staff and Anbu present and engaged Minato in combat.
The masked man was able to separate Kushina from Minato and free the Kyuubi. He then sent the Kyuubi on a rage by using the Mangekyo Sharingan. The Kyuubi then headed towards Konoha destroying everything in its path, nothing could stop it. Many died because of its rage filled mind and there only seemed one solution. Minato having fought the masked man off had no choice but to use his newborn son as a Jinchuuriki.
Minato and Kushina's bodies were hand in hand next to their baby son, Naruto. When the Sandaime discovered their bodies he picked up Naruto and felt tears run down his cheeks. He ordered his Anbu escorts to take the bodies of Minato and Kushina to the morgue, and then he turned over to Naruto and gave him a keen eye. The boy was crying his heart out, somehow sensing that he had just lost his parents at an inconceivable young age. The boy had bright blonde hair and ocean blue eyes; he looked so much like his father already. But the most startling feature on his face was six distinctive birth marks, almost like whiskers. And on his stomach was a complex seal, the very seal holding the Kyuubi back.
And so Sarutobi turned and left, heading towards the village that he would be force to lead once again, he would first need to restore order and then call a council meeting to assess the state of affairs in the village.
So we now find ourselves in the council room five days after the Kyuubi attack. There are three different sides to the council room separated by group. The first is the left side table consisting of the civilian council. They are comprised of wealthy merchants and influential citizens. The right side table is the location of the Shinobi council consisting of the clan heads of the shinobi clans of Konoha. They comprise of: the Aburame led by Shibi Aburame, the Akimichi led by Choza Akimichi, the Yamanaka led by Inoichi Yamanaka, the Nara led by Shikaku Nara, the Uchiha led by Fugaku Uchiha, the Hyuga led by Hiashi Hyuga, and the Inuzuka led by Tsume Inuzuka. And the third side is where the village elders and the Hokage himself sit. The elders comprise of the Sandaime's old teammates Homaru Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, and his old rival Danzo Shimura. They were all in their own conversations when suddenly the doors to the chambers burst open and Sarutobi strode in.
All conversation immediately died down as the Sandaime went to his seat and sat down. Sarutobi then raised his hand and spoke in a voice commanding respect, "We are all here so let us get started. I want a report on our current situation. Hyuga-san you may tell us first."
With this Hiashi stood up and turned towards the Hokage. "Thank you Hokage-sama. My clan is currently doing well our compound only suffered light damage and our clan took light casualties." And this went on each clan head presenting their reports to the Hokage. When the last clan head was finished Sarutobi turned to the civilian side.
"Thank you clan heads. Our shinobi forces while taking losses our still numerable enough to act as a defense force. In due time you will need to prepare your clan members for an influx in missions so we can show we still have a sizeable force, we cannot let any of the other shinobi villages know our current struggles." He then turned to the civilian side. "And how are the civilians holding up Haruno-san?" He addressed to a pink haired woman on the left table.
"We are doing as well as can be expected Hokage-sama. But there are a sizable amount of civilians who believe the Kyuubi isn't really defeated. For all we know it just disappeared after the Yondaime died. So many of us are wondering what exactly happened, Hokage-sama."
After she was finished she sat down and everyone's eyes turned to the Hokage, also wondering the same thing. Sarutobi let out a sigh and rubbed his face with both hands. "I know exactly how the beast was defeated. The Yondaime used a kinjutsu to defeat the biju. He sealed it inside a young orphan boy." After a long session of thinking Sarutobi decided to not let Naruto's parentage to be known. The only ones who did know were Sarutobi himself, Minato's sensei Jirayia, and possibly Minato and Kushina's closest friends.
And as he expected before he could continue the room burst into yells and screams for the boy's death, though those came from the Civilian side while the shinobi side minus Fugaku merely sat and contemplated their feelings and decisions. Meanwhile at the elder's table Danzo sat with a narrowed eye. 'A Jinchuuriki? This is my chance, I must have this boy!'
Having enough Sarutobi slammed his fist down onto the table. "Silence! Enough! The Yondaime wanted the boy to be seen as a hero. He is not a 'demon' but an orphan who was chosen to save this village."
"But Hokage-sama the boy is surely the Kyuubi! Now is our chance to kill the demon once and for all!" This time a random merchant form the civilian side stood up.
Bu just as Sarutobi was going to respond Danzo cut in, "Fools! Do you not realize the chance we have? We have a jinchuuriki of the strongest biju. If we train the boy Konoha can become the strongest village in the nations!"
'So that is your plan Danzo. Well tough shit, I made a promise to Minato that I would protect his son, and I plan to do just that.' Sarutobi thought.
And so on it went the two sides arguing back and forth, the civilians wanting Naruto to be put to death and the clan heads and the Hokage wanting him to be given a chance to live. At the end of the meeting Sarutobi decided to make Naruto's status as a Jinchuuriki an S class secret, punishable by death. But sadly that wasn't meant to be because as soon as the meeting was over one of the civilian council members spread word of Naruto's status.
As for Naruto's future, he was decided to be given to the orphanage. Sarutobi wished he could adopt him but all attempts at adoption were denied by the civilian council and Fugaku refusing to have the so called 'demon' be a part of a clan. And so Sarutobi walked back to his office and opened the door. There next to his desk was a baby crib holding young Naruto. Sarutobi walked over to the crib and picked up young Naruto. Then an Anbu body flickered into view and kneeled to the Hokage. He wore a dog mask and had gravity defying silver hair. This was Hatake Kakashi, the former student of Minato Namikaze. He was one of the few who knew Naruto's heritage.
"Inu-san how was watching over young Naruto?"
"Uneventful Hokage-sama. May I ask what will happen to Naruto?"
"It has been decided that he will be placed in the orphanage."
"What? Please Hokage-sama I beg you let me take care of him. He deserves to have a family!"
"I know that Kakashi. But you are my most valuable Anbu member, I need you in this time of crisis performing mission for the village."
"But what about Jiraiya? Is he not the boy's godfather? Where is he?"
"Jiraiya himself wanted to take the boy with him. But I need him and his spy network, travelling like that would not be a place for a young boy to grow up."
"And growing up in a place that hates him is better?" By this point Kakashi was standing up, mask off.
"Enough Kakashi. I know this. I have tried to adopt the boy but it was shot down. This is our best choice, either this or he gets turned into an emotionless weapon. I do not want young Naruto to be turned into like one of Danzo's Root puppets."
"Yes Hokage-sama please forgive me. I'll excuse myself now."
And so Naruto was given his mother's last name of Uzumaki to protect himself from his father's enemies. And with that was sent to the orphanage where the matron took him with open arms. But as soon as the newly reinstated Hokage was gone, the hell began.
