Summary: Naruto Meimeikira is not your typical shinobi nor is he from your typical Konoha Shinobi Clan. The Meimeikira Clan is feared throughout all of the Elemental Countries for on very simple reason they are the best at what they do and what they do is kill. Raised among the greatest Clan of Assassins the world has ever known the fate of one young boy will forever be altered as he sets out into a world where the only law of survival is kill or be killed.
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In the world of the shinobi there are many techniques that are both feared and reveared for both their awe inspiring devastation and the level of skill required to Master them. One such technique is the Hiraishin no Jutsu or the Flying Thunder God Technique, a technique so powerful and devastating that it allowed its creature to single-handedly decimate over one-third of Iwa's massive forces during the last Great Shinobi War. Yet as with all great and powerful techniques there is always a price to be paid and the Hiraishin was no exception.
"How long," a blonde shinobi asks the medic-nin following perhaps his hundredth medical examination since he first received news of his impending demise only a few short months ago. Minato Namikaze the Yondaime Hokage and Konoha's infamous Yellow Flash was dying and there was nothing that the medic-nins or the Hokage himself could do about it.
"A month maybe two at the most," a young blonde woman with twin pigtails wearing a green jacket with the kanji for Gamble on the back informs her patient. Tsunade, the Sannin's Slug Princess and Legendary Medic-nin had returned to Konoha at the request of both her former Teammate and fellow Sannin Jiraiya and their former Sensei the now retired Sandaime Hokage himself.
Although she still despised the Village of her birth for the pain of loss it had inflicted upon her he had still agreed to return as a personal favor to the two men she still held in high regard to examine the young Hokage only to confirm their worst fears. In all her years as a medic-nin and kunoichi she had never seen such a hopeless case as the one she now faced. "The damage to your heart is irrepairable," she tells him.
"Thank you Tsunade-same," Minato tells her putting his shirt back on. Though it pained him to know that his death would come as the result of his own Jutsu and not at the hands of some great enemy his only regret in this life was the knowledge that he would not live to witness the birth of first and unfortunately only child. "I am sorry to have wasted your time," he says bowing to her before collecting his Chunin Vest and robes before leaving the examination room to resume his duties as the Hokage of Konoha.
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In his office sat the Yondaime Hokage with his closest confidants and friends seated across from him. "It's officially," he informs the three men before him. "Tsunade-sama has confirmed that I only have a month or two to live."
"I'm sorry kid," the white haired man on the right tells him sadly. "If I had known that Jutsu would have such a high price I never would have let you complete it much less actually use the damn thing."
"It's not your fault Jiraiya-Sensei," Minato tells his former teacher and father figure. "There was no way for anyone to predict that this would have happened." Turning to his left he looks at his former student now and ANBU Captain. "Have you completed your Mission," he asks the silver haired shinobi.
"Hai," Kakashi answers somewhat sadly. "All existing kunais have been collected and destroyed as were the design plans per your instructions Minato-Sensei."
"Thank you," the Hokage tells him softly before retrieving a scroll from his desk. Using a low-level Katon Jutsu he sets the edge of the scroll on fire before dropping it into the waste basket beside his desk. "That was the only copy of the Hiraishin along with all my notes on the technique," he informs the other men. "Now no one else will ever have to suffer the same fate as I have." All three men nod their understanding and agreement before he address the final man sitting directly across from him.
"Sarutobi-Sensei," he says to his predecessor. "I want you to speak with Lady Tsunade and to try and convince her to accept my request for her to succeed me as the Godaime Hokage," he tells the former Hokage. "If she will not then I must regretfully ask you to resume your former duties Hokage in my stead."
"I shall speak with her," the Sandaime replies although a bit reluctantly.
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One month later the entire village of Konoha turned out to witness the Inauguration of the Godaime Hokage Tsunade of the Legendary Sannin as the Yondaime Hokage stepped down do to his steadily declining health. Two weeks later the citizens would once again gather to mourn the passing of their beloved leader as Minato Namikaze was laid to rest. He had passed away peacefully in his sleep and while all in the village grieved for his passing none mourned his death more then a seven month pregnant red headed kunoichi crying on her sister and former Clanswoman's shoulder in the front row. Kushina Meimeikira was left with the difficult task of raising her unborn son alone and though she knew that she had the love and support of her Clan she also knew that her child could never really know just how much his father truly loved him.
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A/N: I know this was pretty short but then again it is just the prologue and not an actual chapter. I know I'm more then likely going to upset a few people for changing Kushina from an Uzumaki to a Meimeikira as well as destroying any chance of Naruto learning the Hiraishin and removing the Kyuubi from the story altogether but oh well none of those really suits my plans for this story anyways.
And for those of you that have been following my Promises Kept story yes the Meimeikira Clan is the same Clan that Mikoto was from and yes she and Kushina are sisters in this story and yes that dose mean that Naruto and Sasuke will be cousins although they won't really get along so well in the beginning.
I also know that I'm taking more then a few liberties with the whole creative license thing but oh well having Tsunade as the Godaime from the start of the story rather then later on along with the Hiraishin being so deadly to the user that its creature eliminated all traces of its existence fits what I'm trying to do with this story better.
Okay so to sum up… Naruto is not a Jinchuuriki, Kyuubi never attacked, Hiraishin no longer exists, Naruto has a family, Tsunade is now Hokage and Naruto and Sasuke are cousins… I think that's about it for now and I'll work on getting the first actual chapter out some time in the next day or two. As always please remember to read and review. Oh and if you get the change please check out my other stories… Especially Promises Kept and Master of Puppets as those are the two I've been working on the most and seem to be the most popular.
Later,
Raven.