The strength of the heart

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Prologue - 13 years ago to the day

(Forest outside of Konoha)

"Goodbye. Goodbye my child, my sweet little Naruto!" The fourth Hokage whispered as the Shinigami slowly drained his soul. "I am so sorry my princess; please forgive me, both me and your mother love you very much!" The Yondaime reached out and grasped his wives hand tightly as tears flowed freely down both of their blood stained faces. "It was an honour to know you…Minato." Gamabunta said in a voice full of sadness. Minato and his wife took one long last glance at their baby girl before their eyes shut, never to open again.

The baby started crying and wailing as the seal on her stomach glowed. The boss toad Gamabunta gave one last wistful sigh and addressed his last words to the last living Namikaze who was currently wailing from her position on his head. "Someday we will meet again princess and when that day comes; us toads will protect you with our lives," before disappearing in a puff of smoke due to chakra exhaustion.

The bodies of Minato and Kushina, and their wailing baby began to fall rapidly through the air. Jiraiya the toad sage, the Sandaime and his Anbu guards burst through the trees just in time to see the Yondaime and his family hurtling towards the ground. The Sandaime and the Anbu were almost paralysed in shock and fear for the family rapidly approaching the ground. Whereas Jiraiya ran faster than her ever had before and dived to catch the baby girl just before she hit the ground.

The toad sage cradled the new born in his arms, silently willing her to stop crying as tears streamed down his face. The Sandaime slowly approached the corpses lying with their hands tightly intertwined and almost peaceful expressions on their blood stained faces. He sighed. "I suppose I have to take up the mantle of Hokage again then. Oh Minato, Kushina, you sacrificed yourselves for the village. What will happen to your daughter now?" Suddenly there was a shriek of surprise and Sarutobi spun around just in time to see white light explode from the body of the baby girl. The three Anbu moved as if to protect the third Hokage, but he waved them off and all five of them watched as the light shot into every corner of the sky.

Back in the village

There were bodies strewn across the ground. In every direction the villagers and shinobi looked they could see the corpses, hundreds of them with people lying over them, crying brokenly at the sight of their loved ones still faces. Suddenly everything was bathed in a white light and if they listened closely enough, they could hear a light chime-like laugh. Much to everyone's surprise and joy, the moment the light vanished there was something noticeably different about the corpses surrounding them…they all had a heartbeat. Slowly the once dead people of Konoha sat up and opened their eyes. There was a great cry of joy from all of the villagers and shinobi as they realised that the white light had brought everyone back to life…however they did not know at that moment that had actually brought back everyone but their beloved Hokage and his wife.

Forest outside Konoha

Sarutobi and Jiraiya looked down when they heard a light tinkly laugh and found themselves looking into the most beautiful pair of eyes they'd ever seen. They were such a vibrant blue, like the sea when the sun is beating down on it and the waves are rough. They were burning with such happiness that only an innocent baby could have.

Both Jiraiya and Sarutobi fell in love with her instantly. "This is her Sarutobi-sensei, I can feel it! The prophecy child, she's finally here!" Jiraiya exclaimed, his eyes never leaving the child in his arms. "I do believe you're right Jiraiya, it's just a shame Minato and Kushina won't be able to see her grow. We will just have to raise her well and become her family, what do you say Jiraiya?" Sarutobi replied with a hint of hope in his voice. "Of course, to me she is already a part of my family! I will protect Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki, my goddaughter, with my life!" He said, his voice full of determination. Sarutobi smiled at him and nodded, "hai, me too!"

With a final glance towards the corpses of Minato and Kushina and a silent promise to protect Naruto and raise her to the best of their abilities, they turned and began their trek back to the village, with heavy hearts and a tiny bundle of hope sleeping peacefully in the toad sage's arms.

2 hours later (in the Hokage's office)

Sarutobi looked down at the little sleeping miracle in his arms. She had wisps of bright blonde hair, and tan skin, she was such a beautiful baby that she could be compared to an angel and it wouldn't be much of an exaggeration. She was sleeping soundly and emitting light snore-like noises. It was hard to believe just by looking at her that only two hours ago the innocent new born had brought over a thousand villagers and shinobi back to life.

Flashback

The Sandaime Hokage and Jiraiya ran back into the village as fast as they possibly could, flanked by the three tense Anbu guards. They knew that the next few hours would be extremely difficult and it would be made even more difficult by the news of the Hokage's death. "MASTER JIRAIYA! MASTER JIRAIYA! HOKAGE-SAMA! HOKAGE- SAMA!" One of the villagers shouted as he ran towards them. "Master Jiraiya! Hokage-sama! There was this white light that covered everything and when it vanished all the injured people were healed and all of our dead were brought back to life!" Jiraiya and Sarutobi gaped at him, eyes wide and then stared in shock at the sleeping baby in Jiraiya's arms. "OH! Hokage-sama it was the Yondaime wasn't it? He saved us all once again! He truly is Konoha's hero!" It was then that the villager noticed the sad and shocked looks on the men's faces, he then realised that the Yondaime was not with them. He looked around him in panic and then back at the Sandaime. "Hokage-sama, Where is the Yondaime?" Both men slowly lifted their gazes from the baby in Jiraiya's arms, and the villager gasped at their sorrow filled expressions. Sarutobi then uttered four words which would ruin the happiness that had built up in the people of Konoha since the revival of their loved ones. "The Yondaime is dead."

Flashback end

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as he stared at the Yondaime's daughter. 'So that's what the light white did then kiddo, well your father always said you were going to be special, even when he'd only just found out that your mother was pregnant. He'd be happy to know that he was right.' Sarutobi looked out of the window at the village of Konoha; he could see so many people with varying expressions on their faces. Some were still crying with happiness that their loved ones were alive and had no idea that the Yondaime was dead whereas others were crying at the loss of their great leader and his wife. Yet others were also confused as to what had caused the revival of over a thousand shinobi and villagers.

A hand on his shoulder brought him out of his musing. "It's strange to think that a new born baby, only a few hours old, saved so many. I wonder how she did it." Jiraiya said with obvious curiosity on his face, which quickly turned to concern as he looked at the sleeping baby. "What are you going to do sensei? I know that powerful light had nothing to do with the Kyuubi and even the stupidest of the council members will be able to figure that out soon enough." The Sandaime looked at him with a puzzled expression on his face. "Everyone knows that the Kyuubi would never do anything to help us. If Danzou or the old farts find out about the prophecy or her abilities then they will do everything in their power to have her confined to Konoha and they will put her in Root! I won't ever let my goddaughter become an emotionless tool! I'd rather die first!" Jiraiya's face was bright red with anger now. Hiruzen looked at him, rather shocked at Jiraiya's words.

Sarutobi had not considered that outcome, although he probably should have thought of it sooner. He viewed the new born as his granddaughter even though she was only a few hours old and he too would rather die than let her become an emotionless Root tool. Suddenly he had an idea. "Ok, so neither of us wants her to become the villages weapon right?" Jiraiya nodded at him, not really getting where this was going. "Well surely the best way to stop that from happening is to get her out of the village? Jiraiya I'm giving you a mission. It's going to last 13 years to the day. You will become Naruto Namikaze-Uzumaki's sensei and father figure, with the help of others of your choosing you are to train Naruto to the best of your abilities, and keep her safe. On the day of the genin graduation exam, you are both to return. By that time I will hopefully have come up with a suitable plan to keep her safe from the councils clutches permanently. Do you accept your mission?" Jiraiya looked shocked for a moment and then began to nod franticly "Well good, you will have to both leave tonight so that the council have no way of stopping you from leaving." With that they began to plan the specifics of the mission.

A couple of hours later (Outside of the Hokage tower)

Most of the people of the village stood assembled waiting anxiously for the Sandaime Hokage to appear to tell them what was going on. Suddenly in a puff of smoke, he stood before them with a grim expression on his face and a beautiful baby wrapped in an orange blanket in his arms. The council stood behind him with varying expressions on their faces although they all wanted to know what was going on, with one long look at the people stood before him Sarutobi began to speak "People of Konoha, I bring to you sad news. Two people were not saved by the white light that you have all described and sadly I must inform you that these two people were none other than the Yondaime Hokage: Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki." There were gasps of shock from the crowd; they had not been expecting this.

Sarutobi held up his hand as an indication that he had not finished. "The white light that saved you all was not in fact the Yondaime or a miracle as some of you believe. It was in fact the Yondaime's new born daughter Naruto that created the white light that saved you all." With that he held up the baby in his arms, presenting her to the crowd, they could all see that she was only a few hours old. Sarutobi continued after a moment or two with a sigh. "The last thing I have to inform you about is that the Yondaime was not actually able to kill the nine tailed fox. He was forced to seal it inside a new born baby; his own daughter in fact. So yes his daughter, the village hero at a ripe old age of 6 hours old is the nine tailed fox jailer; a jinchuuriki." This was met with a cry of outrage from the crowd who were beginning to whisper things amongst themselves. "Without this little hero you would all be dead so be grateful and don't say that she is the Kyuubi or I will have you executed for she is not! She is the jailor, nothing more, nothing less!"

With that said he turned around, hugged the baby girl and whispered in her ear, "goodbye my Naruto, my sweet little granddaughter, I will see you again in thirteen years." He kissed her forehead tenderly and gave her one last long look and then handed her to the waiting Jiraiya. "Take care of her Jiraiya!" Jiraiya nodded and then smiled slightly at the baby girl. "Of course sensei, you know I can already tell that she's going to be a boy magnet. See you in thirteen years old man." With that Jiraiya waved and disappeared in a flash of light and sound. Sarutobi looked at the stunned crowd who had not heard the exchange before also disappearing.

Jiraiya took one last fond look at the gates of Konoha before he turned around walked towards the forest. "Someday we'll be return Naruto and when we do I will teach you all about boys and then laugh and tease you when you get your first boyfriend. Well after I've made a few death threats, after all what kind of father doesn't give his daughter's boyfriend a few death threats every now and then. Hey maybe I should get Tsunade to help me out…yeah that's a good idea, you will love Tsunade kid, I promise." The toad sage was rambling to Naruto about his old teammates and all their exploits as well as all the places he had visited whilst on his travels as they crossed the forest border and disappeared from sight.

Thirteen years later

When she was 3 she could beat any of the five Kages in single combat.

When she was 5 she could destroy any of the hidden villages single handedly.

When she was 7 she could defeat all 5 Kages single handedly; 5 vs. 1.

When she was 9 she could destroy all villages combined with just 1 jutsu.

When she was 11 she could destroy the world with ease.

Now at the age of 13…no one knows, and no one's really sure they want to find out.

(A/N- Yeah so this is the prologue to my Femnaru story 'The strength of the heart'. I'm sorry if it's a bit confusing, this is my first fanfic so I'm still trying to get my head around the whole thing. If you read this, would you mind giving me a review, just to give me some criticism and ways to improve please? Thank you very much if you've read this, chapter 1 should be uploaded in a few days). =D

This is HighFlyer0603 over and out

Ja ne =)