So guys...it's been a while. What can I say, life has been hectic. Disappointed in the review count for P3PXNaruto fic and I lost track of pokemonified...and I played maplestory alot at my girlfriends house(since I can't play it on my mom's laptop and we can't fit our old desktop in this goddamned trailer.) and I absolutely LOVED Phantom that just came out. Suddenly I thought "OMFG WHAT IF NARUTO COULD BE LIEK PHANTOM OMGOMG" yeah...

Disclaimer: Phantom belongs to Korea, Naruto belongs to Japan. I live in neither country, so what does that tell you?

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A single card falls from the sky, leaving a trail of feathers in the night...

Phantom...

As the Black Mage's curse slowly froze the five heroes, a mysterious nine tailed fox spoke in the dead Empress Aria's voice, before disappearing along with one of the encased heroes.

Phantom...

Come with me...

To a new world...

The world she dreamed of...

Isn't dead yet.

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October 10th, day of Kyuubi incident.

The Kyuubi was surrounded by a flash of blue light, then a yellow light, before a cracking sound was heard and everything went silent. No Kyuubi, no fighting, nothing. In the forests of Konoha, lay two dead bodies resting with a newborn child with blonde hair and a symbol on his stomach. This was the sight that Hiruzen Sarutobi came across.

"Dammit...the reckless fools..." Hiruzen picked up a piece of ice on the ground, before breaking it in his hands. While he couldn't comprehend why there was ice in the forest, he had more pressing issues to attend to...like preparing funerals and trying to figure out what to do with baby Naruto. "Dog, Cat, tell everyone to stop panicking...and that the Kyuubi has been dealt with."

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" The anbu quickly ran off to tell all the ninjas and civilians alike that the battle- no, massacre, was over. With a heavy toll...the life of their beloved Hokage.

"Minato...curse you for dieing before me..." Hiruzen sobbed and chuckled sadly. "Now...how to break the news to the council..."

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"Kill the beast!"

"Train the Jinchuuriki to be our secret weapon!"

"The Uchiha clan will adopt and train the boy."

"Nay, the Hyuuga's will train the boy to be loyal to the village."

"Ha! The Inuzuka's have the best loyalty techniques available...with us, the boy would never betray anyone in this village!"

"Troublesome...how about no one gets the boy? Any clan with a Jinchuuriki would have to much sway in the village."

Silence.

Apparently logic makes all argument impossible.

Sweat dropping, Hiruzen, who took back the mantle of the Hokage seat, coughed loudly to gain the council's attention. "I believe Shikaku has the best idea...as much as I hate leaving the boy alone, he must remain an orphan...for everyone's sakes. He will be enrolled in the Ninja Academy as soon as he reaches a suitable age, so he will be trained just like every other ninja, not a secret weapon Danzo." Danzo looked ready to argue, but his rival's glare made his words die in his throat. "Proceeding along, I must make clear that the fact that Naruto is the jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi will remain a secret...am I clear?"

"...Hai, Hokage-sama." Some answered right away, while others like the elders- especially Danzo, hesitated.

"Good...Dismis-" Hiruzen was suddenly interrupted by the doors to the room bursting open, frantic anbu agents looking disheveled.

"H-Hokage-sama...bad news. Someone knew about the Kyuubi...and it spread fast. Most of the village is calling for the boy's blood."

Cursing under his breath, he made a quick decision. "Council, you are dismissed. Anbu, all the villagers must be present before the tower for an announcement. Now."

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Looking at the village from the top of the Hokage tower, Hiruzen sighed as he saw the hate in the villagers' eyes...he had thought a lot about what to do, and he came upon what seemed to be the only choice available. "Citizens of Konohagakure no Sato, today we have faced a terrible enemy. Many lives were lost, but alas, the beast was contained. The baby it was contained in is a hero to us all, for had he not been born at that time we would all have perished. Cast aside your hate and prejudice, and praise the boy for what he is...a jinchuuriki, a real, live HERO!"

Several murmurs went through the crowd, before the entire village erupted in a mix of cheers and boo's...the village was equally divided between hate and worship. Hiruzen sighed, before dismissing the village and going to his new...well, old...desk to do paperwork and make more hard decisions, like how to repair the village while protecting it, while still upholding the strong image Konoha has produced since the moment it was founded. Hopefully, the village hidden in the leaves wouldn't be trifled with by someone wishing to cause the spark to burn the whole tree...roots and all.

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Don't fret, next chapter comes in an hour. Just had to stop it here, otherwise the prologue would've begun to creep into the storyline, and we can't have that happen can we xD