Tome of the Fox
Chapter 1: The beginning
A battlefield. That is the best he could describe it. Smoke was billowing throughout the night sky as the fire red embers flitted up to the clouds above joining the many that were already up there. He slowly looked around as his comrades were recovering the dead and tending to the injured that lay in the damaged area of the village. Of course there were no civilian casualties seeing as his predecessor, wait… that's not right, he was coming out of retirement. The man that he had chosen to take the mantle, the man who led the village into a new age and save the lives of so many people, was dead. He was known as the Yellow flash, the youngest Leader of the village, and now the defeater of the Kyuubi no Yoko. His name was Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. Sarutobi looked around the battle field once more and then to the child sleeping silently in his arms, blonde hair peeked out from the blankets warm embrace. His plumped cheeks showed the whisker-like scars that had shown the sacrifice of the Fourth. He had sealed the demon into his son, a son that would lead the world into a brighter future than even his father. He was the Kyuubi no Yoko Junchikuuri, He was Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze.
Later in the council chambers:
"What did you say?!" yelled out a frustrated Sarutobi. He had agreed to return as Hokage seeing as he was the Third, but this? This was ridiculous. He glanced once more around the chamber looking each of the members in the eyes. These were the most powerful people in Konoha, The village hidden in the leaves, besides himself. There was Hiashi Hyuuga, Leader of the Hyuuga clan and holder of the Bloodline Limit, the Byakugan. Sitting to his right were the Leaders of the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akamichi clans…known not only for their friendship, but also their abilities in the fields of teamwork. Besides them were the Leaders of the Aburame and Inuzuka clans respectively and finally Danzo, the leader of Root. " I said we destroy the demon, It's quite simple, if we destroy the host then we destroy the beast held within. It is only a precaution Sarutobi." Rang Danzo's voice in the chamber. "I refuse to allow that" Sarutobi replied," the fourth would not seal a demon into a child just to have the child killed, you know that." Danzo scowled slightly as he looked to the council. "Let us call a vote then" he stated quietly, as if this was a dramatic movie "For the child's life, no, the demon's life. Is this acceptable Hokage-sama?" He nodded silently as he looked to each council member in which they would either nod or shake their head in response. He could not vote during this decision, seeing as he was the Hokage. The vote was now tied three to three. It all hung on the vote of one, Hiashi. He watched as Hiashi sat quietly, eyes closed and thoughtful. He watched as he stood and walked to the center of the room to the basket holding the young child whose fate was left in the hands of the man in front of him now. He watched as Hiashi then turned to the council as his Byakugan activated and his voice rang out in a slightly chilling way. "He lives, and any that try to ignore this claim will have to face the wrath of the Hyuuga." He then bowed to the Hokage and returned to his seat. "So now the future of young Naruto" mentioned the tone of Inoichi Yamanaka "what shall we decide on that?"
Later:
Sarutobi sat down quietly at his desk, he did not completely agree on what was decided today but he figured he could live with the fact that young Naruto would be able to protect himself in the future. It was agreed that each of the Clans would train the boy except for the Uchiha. Though the clan head was absent a messenger was sent with a notice that said that he wanted nothing to with the topic and it was up to them on what to do with the rat. Though it was known how little he cared for the council he was dedicated to protecting Naruto, Sarutobi vowed that he would be spared the loss of another Namikaze.
He looked out to see that the construction towards repairing the village was on the way as the first wave of paperwork came in to the room. He sighed wondering why the most powerful person in the village always got stuck with the paperwork. He didn't realize it but that day, a legend was getting ready to begin, and a future was prepping to be marvelous.
Interesting beginning, if your wondering if this is just going to be another story that I am just gonna drop and never return to……..well who knows, personally I just didn't like how the others were so im going to write this and if I don't come out with a chapter once every 3 months then bother me about it.
-moon