Naruto: The Mishap

Prologue

October tenth. The day the forth Hokage of Konoha became a father. His wife, the vessel of the Kyuubi, had just given birth to their son, Naruto. Then all hell broke loose. A masked man had stolen his wife, extracted the demon fox from within and attacked Konoha.

Ninja of the village tried to fend off the Kyuubi to no avail. It came down to the forth once more. Drawing the fox away, his wife trapped it with her chakra chains while he prepared the Reaper Death Seal. Their son was the only one able to hold the demon. But as they prepared, the Kyuubi had other ideas.

It lunged a claw forward, intent on killing its soon to be host. Only it skewered his parents. The now severely weakened Hokage called upon the Death God, asking to have the dark half of the demon sealed within himself. The God denied his request, stating the fact the forth was too weak from his injury. The child would have to hold the full demon.

The forth then asked to have his and Kushina's souls placed inside their son, so they could guide him and help control his power. The Death God complied, sealing them within Naruto before extracting the Kyuubi.

Only once it neared the boy, the seal drawn on his stomach overloaded. His parents could only watch through their son's eyes as the Kyuubi's sheer amount of youki destroyed their only chance of saving the village.

The Death God wasn't known for allowing defeat to prevent him from completing his deals. Severe punishment awaited him if he couldn't hold his end of the sealing ritual. So he sought an alternative.

Unknown to most people, across the other side of the village three people aided a woman who had just entered premature labour. Her child wasn't due yet, but the stress from the attack had brought her delivery early. After a lot of force and pain she gave birth to a son. Alas the early delivery cost her her life, she didn't have a chance to see or even name her son.

The three who were with her were Kakashi Hatake, Kurenai Yuhi and Anko Miriashi. Three of Konoha's chunin ninjas. With regret that they couldn't save them both, they picked up the newborn and began to head back to the others. They had taken one step before the boy was struck by a beam of red energy. Instantly they jumped back, Anko releasing the baby. Instead of falling, he floated where he was surrounded in the red energy. He remained that way for a full thirty seconds before the red shroud was fully absorbed by him, his form becoming silent.

Anko caught the boy before he fell as all three of them checked him over. He was alive, with a seal on his stomach. All three knew what this meant and decided it would remain between them. No one else would know that the boy now held the Kyuubi inside him.

After the attack was over Kakashi sought out the boy's father. Sadly he found his body with a kunai embedded in his neck. Someone had used the attack to cover up a murder, leaving the boy without parents. No one to care for him or even name him. Kakashi returned to the two female ninja to deliver the news on his father. They all decided there and then to share one house and treat the boy as their own child.

One month later, when the village had fully recovered, the village began making demands that Naruto be put to death. It was everyone's knowledge that he carried the Kyuubi inside him, even though he didn't. The third Hokage initiated an S ranked law stating that no one was to speak of Naruto in this light again. His lineage was also included in this law.

After the meeting was over, the three with the boy met with the third, revealing the truth about him and his parents' fate. They asked to adopt him, not wanting for him to be without some kind of family. The third agreed and they all moved into Kakashi's large home.

Naruto was placed in the orphanage, but was kicked out at the age of four. He was then subject to the treatment of village mobs and drunken brawls. Each time he would be hospitalised for weeks on end. This continued for four more years until, aged eight, his true situation was revealed by the third.

He wasn't the vessel of the Kyuubi, proven by the third showing he didn't have the seal. The village as a whole realised their mistake, but demanded to know the truth of the Kyuubi. The third Hokage told them it was dead, hoping they would believe him. They did. This news had several reactions.

The villages celebrated, offering their apologies to Naruto. He along with the rest of his class graduated the academy and became genin level ninjas. His chakra levels were vast, a side effect of having his parents sealed within him. Their power was his power. He was placed on a team lead by Kakashi, consisting of himself, Sauske Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. Naruto took an immediate liking to the pink haired girl, Sauske being his closest friend advised him to take his chance. He did and was well rewarded. He and Sakura became an item at the same time as his lineage was released. Seeing the village now protecting him, his parents' identity wasn't needed as a secret. Naruto became heralded as the hero's son.

At the same time as the news of the Kyuubi was released, Madara Uchiha disbanded his group of demon vessel hunters. Without a living Kyuubi, he couldn't fulfil his plan to harness the ultimate power. But he had one last errand to do before he travelled to an alternate dimension to restart his plans yet again.

Orochimaru, the snake sanin, was tasked by Madara with destroying the Uchiha clan in Konoha. However, with the news of the Kyuubi, this was no longer required. The snake sanin was no longer required. Madara disposed of his loose end and all his resources, then left this dimension. The third's gamble had removed two large threats to his land.

All the while, Kakashi, Anko and Kurenai were looking after the boy with no name. They had noticed a few things, possibly as side effects of being what he was.

He never spoke, never made a single noise. His vocal cords never formed, leaving him a mute. He learned sign language from Kakashi, becoming a prodigy at speaking without words. Anko and Kurenai learnt as fast as possible just to have a conversation with their adopted son.

He also seemed to age in an abstract manner. His body seemed to age one year for every two he lived, whilst his mind aged four years during the same time span. Eight years after his birth, his body was of a four year old and his mind of a sixteen year old. Wise beyond his years in a very literal manner. This meant he learnt new things very quickly, yet couldn't always perform them due to his body's immaturity.

His chakra levels were abnormally low, only having enough for his body to survive. Even the most lowly civilian had more chakra than he did. It was possible that when the Kyuubi was sealed within him, it's vast power fried his own chakra systems and left him with the same levels as when he was born. He also wasn't absorbing the demon's youki through the seal, the two entities were almost completely isolated. This abnormality prevented him from ever becoming a ninja, not that he wanted to be one.

He became isolated at home, never leaving in case people asked why he looked so young yet acted so old. He had no friends as a result. The only people who saw him or knew of him were his adoptive parents, the third Hokage and a doctor they all trusted in case he needed medical attention.

Kakashi had his genin team to deal with, Kurenai also had hers. Anko spent a lot of time doing interrogations and chunin examinations. All three were therefore required to leave the home to perform these duties, though the boy was seldom left alone for more than an hour. The only exception to this was when Kakashi went to the Wave country on a C rank mission with his team. He was gone for two weeks, during this time the boy was left alone for hours on end, sometimes a couple of days. His isolation level increased, withdrawing from even his adoptive parents. No one could break through to him for a week after Kakashi returned. It didn't help when he couldn't speak to voice his thoughts.

Eventually he came out of his mood and things returned to normal, though he resented being left alone for long lengths of time. He spent much of his time trying to find his purpose in life, no one had been able to help him either. Whatever the reason for his existence, it was unknown to everyone.

A/N: Right, quick note here. This is my first Naruto Fic but my sixth story in total. I'm not well versed in the Naruto lore, but with the way this is going to go that shouldn't matter too much.

The reason I am doing this story this way is thus: There are over 300,000 Naruto stories, over 90,000 of those involve Naruto as Kyuubi's vessel. How many stories on here have Kyuubi sealed inside someone else? Possibly 1. This one.

Whilst I agree that Naruto with Kyuubi sealed inside him is the canon story, this is fan fiction. We as authors have the oppourtinuty to create plots or situations at our discression, so why are so many of us following the same canon plot lines? Rewrites are only good if there's something different between them. I have read countless (literally) stories where either Naruto is darker and stronger or in a harem with 20 different females. These are severely overused. I am here to break that tradition and strike out on my own.

If you want an original Naruto rewrite, here you go.

However, should you not wish to read this story or you simply don't like it, that's entirely your choice. If you want to leave a review stating your dislike then go right ahead. But I will not tolerate vulgar, abusive or otherwise inappropriate reviews. I have already removed 2 different reviews from 2 different stories for this reason. If you want to voice your opinion, have the decency to keep it clean and respectful. We authors spend a fair bit of our free time writing for the readers of this site. We do not need obnoxious individuals leaving offensive and degrading comments.

I believe I have made my point here, and I am sure I speak for a lot of authors when I say all this. Hate on me if you wish, I will still continue to write and post. When I begin a story I commit to finishing it.

'Nuff said