Disclaimer: i don't own Naruto or much of anything really.

(Authors note: if you are not at least to the 5 kage summit in the manga/anime, then you will have a very hard time following parts of this story)

(authors note 2: this is not the first chapter, it is the prologue to the story to help explain certain points of this story and add mystery to other parts, please note that these will all be explained at some point)

October 10th

Our story starts out with Sarutobi and Jiraiya finding the bodies of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. In their arms is a blonde headed baby boy, but there's yet another problem, young Naruto isn't breathing.

"Wow, I knew i would never get to talk Minato again, but too lose Kushina too..." said a rarely serious and saddened Jiraiya.

"I know Jiraiya, he was like a grandson to me, and they were both good friends." spoke sarutobi.

"Well, lets get them to a more proper place, at least we still have Naruto to remember them by..." said Jiraiya.

Just then Sarutobi noticed something that made his heart stop, Naruto was not breathing and was simply staring into the sky with unwavering eyes. Apparently Jiraiya had noticed this as well, because with speed even the 3rd hokage didn't know he had, Jiraiya had covered the 25 yard gap and was cradling Naruto with a certain look on his face, the look of someone who had just lost the last of their hope. it was then that the Toad Sage dropped to his knees and start bawling.

Jiraiya roared "FIRST I LOSE MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND NOW YOU TAKE MY GRANDSON TOO! WHY GOD?...why...?"

With this Sarutobi was both distraught and confused, why was his student saying he lost his son and now his grandson? Then is clicked, Minato was not just the Toad sages Student, but also his son. With this new information and the fact that young Naruto was dead he did the one thing he had only ever done once before, he froze up. With thoughts spinning in his head and a heavy toll on his heart, he passed out.

It was 6 hours later when the old Kage woke up, staring at a white ceiling and wondering how he got there. It was then he heard a baby crying and even stranger, a voice trying its best to make the crying stop. When he look over to the chair on the side of his bed, he saw his old, white haired student and a...a baby? It was then that it clicked, Jiraiya was holding Naruto and he was alive!

In a quite, almost strained voice, Sarutobi said Jiraiya "why are you holding Naruto like hes your grandson?"

At this, the Toad Sage froze up, thinking about how he would explain his earlier actions and what he said. It was then that he heard 2 sets of giggling, one from Naruto and one from his old sensei.

He then asked "Sarutobi-sensei, why are you laughing?" It was after he stopped laughing that the old Kage said "You of all people had a son, who turned out to be Minato, who took the spot of Hokage when you refused it and nobody knew about it till today. I knew i picked the right man to run a spy network."

After this was said, there was an uproarious laughter, not only from Sarutobi, but from Jiraiya as well and even Naruto joined in with a handful of giggles.

3 days after the unwelcome trip to the hospital and the very sad funeral of Minato and Kushina, Sarutobi, Jiraiya and little Naruto where sitting in the hokage's office after a meeting with one of the biggest banes to the hokage, the council. It was after a long and madding meeting that it was decided that someone of power in konoha take care of the young Namikaze. After Sarutobi agreed to this, he ended the meeting saying that he would look over all offers for the young boy and decide from there. He was now talking with last remaining loyal male student. In his arms was the oh so familiar sight of a giggling Naruto. what was strange about Naruto was his emotional cycle. First he would cry, then he would zone out for 2-3 minutes, then he would giggle for about 15 minutes. Even with his random bouts of sadness he would always be giggling within 5 minutes. it was like nothing bothered him after being around it for 5-10 minutes. Although the one thing or things Naruto didn't seem to like was the elders, especially Danzo.

"I'm going to adopt Naruto and raise him like I should have raised Minato." spoke Jiraiya, adamant on the subject.

"Oh? And just what are you going to do when you have to leave town to check on your spy network?" the old kage asked. It was a good question, his student had many obligations to fulfill.

"Simple" said the Toad Sage "Tsunade will take care of him."

"And just how do you know this? she hasn't been back in 10 Years." asked/demanded the seasoned Kage.

"Also simple." said Jiraiya "She wants to raise her grandson."

END

(Ok, so Tsunade is Minato's mother, making her Naruto's grandma (he will still call her Grandma Tsunade and she will still get pissed))

(Tsunade hooked up at some point or another and got down to business and had Minato, this will shift certain aspects of the rest of the fic)

(Kakashi will have some kind of relationship with Naruto in the future and will most likely still be his jonin sensei, although the team my not be the same)

Until next time next time you read, stay classy and review or Personal Message or don't do either, I really cant make you do anything.