Okay, just to make everything clear, this story was written awhile ago and I ended up taking off this site however I've decided to repost it and many others that I've discontinued or are awaiting a rewrite.
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It was a cold dark night in Konohagakure and everywhere you looked you could see countless corpses littering the street, while outside the village walls was a scene of absolute carnage and in the middle of it all, lay a single, blond man, wearing olive green pants, a green flak jacket and a white overcoat with decorative flames lining the rim.
Countless people were swarming the area as they searched for loved ones among the dead and wounded.
Not half an hour earlier, a creature of monstrous power had attacked them and it took everything they had to hold it off long enough for the villages leader to arrive and seal the beast within a newly born child.
However that is not where this story begins.
XXX
"Dammit Minato, why didn't you let one of us do it?" an old man with long white hair and red markings decorating his face muttered.
He was wearing greyish green shinobi pants, a top of the same colour with a mesh vest underneath, a long red, sleeveless coat, a pair of wooden geta and a forehead protector with two small horns and the Kanji for Oil engraved on it.
"Jiraiya… you remember what he said… how can I ask someone else to do something if I'm not prepared to do it myself," another, even older man stated as the pair looked down on a pair of baby boys.
One had spiky red hair and black eyes, while the other had spiky blond hair, black eyes, a set of whisker like markings etched on his cheeks and a strange tattoo covering his stomach.
"Yeah, but Kushina was supposed to look after them…" the younger of the men claimed as he looked down in despair.
"Jiraiya, there was nothing we could do to save her… the Kyūbi's killing intent killed people who were in perfect health… there was no way someone who was already in the hospital could have survived."
"I know… but Minato could have at least had a backup plan in case something like this happened."
"…"
"I have been selected to retake the position of Hokage again Jiraiya," the older man stated sadly. The truth was that although he loved the position, it left him with little to no time to be with his family and at his age, all he really wanted to do was spend time with his children.
"You aren't planning on revealing Naruto's condition are you?" Jiraiya asked.
"I'm not stupid Jiraiya, if I did that, the villagers would take their hate out on him, and I can't give him a twenty-four hour bodyguard, we simply don't have enough ninja left to do that," the old man stated in a tired voice.
"(Sigh), what I don't understand is why Minato decided to seal the Kyūbi in a kid instead of take it with him to the shinigami's stomach," the white haired man asked, earning a nod of agreement from the even older man.
If either of them had not been completely exhausted from the earlier battle, they would have noticed the eavesdropper that overheard everything and was rushing to tell everyone the identity of the beasts host.
XXX
In a large village hundreds of miles away from Konoha, we find an old man with short black hair, black eyes and a bored expression etched on his face, sitting near a window in a large office, watching the rain fall and hit against every surface it could reach.
He didn't understand why he enjoyed watching it… perhaps it was the fact that each drop of water would live for a mere couple of seconds before being carelessly crushed by the world, just like a person was… or maybe it was just the soft, drumming sound that it made when it hit the window.
However, his contemplation didn't last long when his door burst open, revealing a large man with blue skin, beady eyes, razor sharp teeth, dark blue hair, gills on his neck and a large bandaged object strapped to his back.
"Mizukage-sama! We've just received a message from one of our spies in Konoha… the Kyūbi attacked!" the strange man shouted to the black haired individual.
"What did you just say!" the older man almost shouted as he jerked his head towards the intruder.
"The Kyūbi attacked Konoha… our spy has also noted that your daughter died in the attack…" the other person mentioned quietly.
"I see… thank you for informing me Kisame, now please leave… I need to be alone."
"Hai Madara-sama," Kisame said before leaving the room and closing the door.
"I'm sorry Kushina…" the man thought as he allowed tears to leave his eyes after countless years.
XXX (time skip, 4 years later)
Less than two days after the Kyūbi had attacked the village, the Hokage had been forced to create a law concerning the fate of the Kyūbi thanks to whoever had managed to overhear the conversation.
Of course the law only did so much and as a result, both boys were social outcasts. No matter where they went, the adults would never make them feel welcome, they would never hurt them or anything but they would never show any kindness towards them.
However they were lucky enough to find a pair of friends in the orphanage they stayed but just two days ago they were adopted by a young ninja with long white hair and a kind smile.
Right now though, the brothers were playing in the park, after sneaking out of the orphanage.
"Hey Arashi-neesan are you sure we'll be okay?" Naruto asked his twin brother, Uzumaki Arashi.
"Of course! We just have to make sure to stay away from the old people!" the redhead exclaimed energetically, bringing a smile to his brothers whiskered face.
For the next couple of hours the duo played hide and seek, with Naruto winning more often than Arashi. Just as the pair were deciding to finish, they heard a voice they recognised.
"Hey! Naruto, Arashi! Come over here!" one of their friends that were adopted shouted after seeing the duo playing.
"Hey Noroma! Where's Manobi?" Arashi shouted out as the pair walked towards their friend.
"Right here," another boy said as he walked out of a bush behind the boys.
"Do you want to play?" Naruto asked in excitement.
"No, tousan told us you're evil and should be killed," Noroma said before pulling a simple kitchen knife from his pocket.
"Wait, what are you doing?" Naruto asked while panicking.
"If we kill you tousan will be proud of us," Manobi said as he revealed a kitchen knife he had stored away.
"But why? I thought we were friends," Arashi said as his eyes began to tear up.
"And tousan's more important!" Noroma claimed as he charged Arashi and Manobi charged Naruto.
Both of the boy's were too shocked to move as the world slowed down around them and everything became clear. After finally managing to get their heads around the fact that their best friends were trying to kill them, they managed to grab their former friends hands and attempt to keep the knives away from themselves.
Eventually though, both Naruto and Arashi did the first thing that came to their minds, kicked their enemies in the groin, before grabbing the knives and striking back.
Naruto ended up slicing Manobi's throat, while Arashi stabbed Noroma in the chest before dropping the knife and watching him fall over.
Turning away from their first kills, brothers simply looked at each other for support after being forced to kill their best friends.
It was then that they noticed each other's eyes. Arashi's eyes were red with a black four pointed star taking pride of place right in the middle, while Naruto's was red with a black design similar to a six pointed star with the hexagon in the middle being red instead of black.
"What happened to your eyes?" they both asked in unison, before a blade erupted from Arashi's neck.
"ARASHI!" the blond screamed in shock and terror as his brother fell to the floor, with all the life drained from his body.
Looking behind his fallen brother, Naruto saw Noroma, clutching a blood covered knife, before feeling an unbridled fury and without thinking, charged the injured child.
Noroma slashed at the blond, catching his eyes, before getting tackled to the ground, where Naruto began to stab him repeatedly, until several minutes after the last of the life had left his body.
After exhausting himself stabbing the person that murdered his brother, Naruto simply couldn't stay conscious and passed out.