A/N: Thanks to all who read. This is kind of a do what ever project so feel free to add your ideas in a review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If i did i would make it so that the antagoist wasn't so feminine
Try not to fall asleep. Enjoy.
Attempted Unsealing
The night was an eerie quiet as the stars twinkled in the sky. The moon was not out at the present time, leaving the forest surrounding the village to be in a state of temporary invisibility due to the lack of light. A hand could not be seen an inch from the face due to the intense darkness, unless one had a trained eye for this sort of thing. What made the foliage even more ominous was that there was no sound what so ever. The usual sound of the crickets chirping was not there, as if they could sense the high tension that was layered around a certain clearing.
Kiego was nervous. For anyone that knew Kiego this would cause alarm, for he was never nervous for any reason, period. In fact, one of his friends had gone as far as to vandalize an entire set of dictionaries so that the definition for calm read 'see Kiego', this little tidbit however is irrelevant to the reason for Kiego's anxiety.
The true reason being that Diame was late. (Another useless tidbit could be added here to state that Kiego's friend continued to alter said set of dictionaries by making punctual read 'see Diame'. Again, this is irrelevant.) Kiego shifted his weight slightly to remind his legs to stay awake, cursing inwardly when he made a small sound. He did not like the feeling of anxiety, it was new and foreign to him and it kept making him want to pace in pointless circles. Kiego did not handle the term 'new' well.
Fighting the random urge to bite his fingernails, Kiego glanced wordlessly to his right, towards Hiroko. Hiroko noticed the small action and shifted silently to face him. He could clearly see the worry that was written on Kiego's face, even though it was behind an ANBU mask in the shape of a hawk. Hiroko took off his own rat shaped mask so that Kiego could read his lips.
"What?" he mouthed.
Kiego removed his mask as well. "I'm nervous." He replied in the same manor.
"You?" Hiroko's raised eyebrow did not go unnoticed.
"I have a reason to be, right?"
Hiroko nodded. "True. It's not everyday that three ANBU officers become nukenin."
"That and Dove is late."
"Yes it is strange for Diame to be tardy for such an important task. Perhaps an unforeseen obstacle has arisen."
"It is probable considering that we are dealing with the Jinchuuriki for the Kyubi."
Kiego noticed Hiroko's shoulders droop at his words.
"What's wrong with you?" Kiego inquired.
"Well it's just that, all the hard work I've put into fixing those dictionaries is going to go to waste now."
Kiego's eyebrow twitched. "You call vandalizing those dictionaries 'fixing' them."
Hiroko silently scoffed. "Well what would you call it?"
"Vandalizing."
The wordless conversation was stopped abruptly as a figure walked into the clearing that that the two nukenin were observing. In the blink of an eye Kiego and Hiroko were upon the stranger. Kiego with had drawn a kunai and was now pressing it firmly against the figures neck; likewise Hiroko had also drawn a kunai but instead was poised to sever the intruder's spine.
"State the reason for your existence." Kiego demanded coolly, altering his voice behind his replaced mask.
"To purify the world." The figure replied, unflinching.
"For whom do you work?" asked Hiroko, also altering his voice.
"The Greater Good."
Kiego nodded, removed his mask, and holstered his kunai. "Sorry about the hostilities Dove."
The figure removed her dove shaped mask to reveal a feminine face. "Not at all Kiego, it's protocol."
Hiroko sighed and copied the other two in removing his mask. "But the way they make us greet each other makes the big boss seem a little paranoid, ne?"
Diame shot him a glare. "You do realize what we are getting into by allying ourselves with this organization, right? I think Kami has every right to be a little cautious."
Hiroko tapped his chin in thought. "Which brings up my next point. What kind of guy makes his subordinates call him Kami?"
Kiego, seeing that Diame was about to start an argument with Hiroko, quickly stepped in. "It doesn't matter. What does matter is if Diame was successful in her mission or not."
Diame nodded and produced a bundle of cloth that had gone unnoticed by the two men. "I was able to get my hands on the boy and set up a henge look-alike in the cradle. Not only that put I put up a small genjustu that should make the doppelganger act like an actual sleeping child. How long such a simple trick will go unnoticed for is questionable however."
Kiego nodded and began to remove his gloves. "Best I begin my work then." Upon removing his gloves Kiego held out his arms to take the child. Diame complied and handed him over without complaint.
"We gonna' see what the little shit looks like or are we just gonna' keep him wrapped up?" Hiroko asked.
Diame shot him another glare. "Must you be so vulgar?"
Hiroko smirked. "It's a part of my charm."
Kiego sensed another fight about to break loose. "Both of you shut up lest we attract unwanted attention."
Hiroko scoffed but remained quiet; Diame did the same after a small sigh of defeat. Having effectively silenced his comrades, Kiego set the bundle on the ground and unwrapped it. He began to examine the small child in his hands, taking note of the three odd whisker marks that adorned each cheek.
"Odd." Hiroko said, pointing at the child's cheek. "Do you suppose it's a side effect from housing the Kyubi?"
Diame took notice of what the two men were observing. "It's quit possible. The vast amount of chakra the Kyubi has could easily alter ones physical appearance, even if it is sealed."
Hiroko nodded in understanding then turned to Kiego. "So what kind of seal does the brat have? Can't be too complex if the Yondaime had to slap one on there on the fly, ne?"
Kiego examined the boy's stomach and almost groaned. "It's a nine-point seal."
Hiroko raised an eyebrow in response.
Kiego took note of his confusion and began to elaborate. "A nine-point seal is the most elaborate and dangerous seal, usually requiring a sacrifice for the seal to work. There is a little to no chance for the seal to be unsealed, ever."
Diame shrugged. "But you know the counter seal, yes?"
Kiego shook his head. "There is no one-step counter seal for a nine-point seal. It takes multiple steps and a lot of time."
"Better, get crackin' then." Hiroko chirped.
Kiego shot him a glare. "It's not that simple. The Yondaime was a master at seals, even going as far as to set up a division that could create new seals to further enhance nin and genjutsu, not only that but I have never seen a spiral incorporated into a seal before."
Hiroko tilted his head to one side. "So what, it's just a stupid doodle, right?"
Kiego sighed. "Look at it closely."
Hiroko did just that. He looked. And looked. And looked. And just when he was about to stop looking he noticed what Kiego was trying to point out. The spiral was not much of a spiral at all. It just appeared to be. It was actually a long train of kanji that piled atop one another in rows, giving the vortex its distinct bold line.
Hiroko let out a long whistle. "How long will it take you to decipher it?" He turned to Kiego but noticed that his comrade was not paying attention to him; rather he was staring very intently at the seal. "Kiego?"
Kiego let out a small sigh of relief. "Done."
Hiroko blinked. Diame almost giggled. "Well that's what you get for being a genius. How long will it take to unseal it?"
"It should take me around 45 minutes to disable each point. Considering there are nine, we might be in for a long night if unwanted guests appear."
"And the spiral?" Hiroko asked.
Kiego shrugged. "The spiral is unimportant. It's instructions for the boy's chakra. Apparently the Yondaime was able to create a seal that held the Kyubi but also allowed for the fiend's chakra to meld with the boy's."
"Fascinating." Hiroko replied, wryly. "You should get to work."
Kiego nodded and turned back to the blond boy. "You two stand guard." He ordered over his shoulder.
Diame complied by turning around and staring into the pitch black of the forest, waiting anxiously for anything to happen. After a few minutes with nothing happening she eased up a little, convincing herself that she would fight poorly if she was too tense. Another few minutes passed and the only sound that could be heard was the continuous patting of fingers together as Kiego made countless hand seals behind her. She inhaled deeply to calm herself but promptly coughed when a vile odor filled her nostrils. She turned around to see where it was coming from, her gaze stopping on Kiego's hunched form.
"You smoke?" Diame asked. Her accusation went unnoticed as Kiego continued to form hand seals.
"He only smokes," Hiroko spoke up, "When in deep concentration."
Diame raised an eyebrow. "Should he really be smoking at his age?"
"My age is of no concern. I'll smoke if I damn well want to smoke."
Diame scoffed but did not press the matter. Hiroko, however, spoke up. "How did a squirt like you get into the ANBU anyway?"
"ANBU at 15 isn't that impressive, I'm sure someone will surpass my record in due time. The Uchiha brat, Itachi, already seems very promising and he's only six. As to how I became a Black Ops. Officer…that was due to hard work and my knack for seals. Nothing special."
Hiroko sighed. "And here I was proud of making ANBU at 21."
Diame sighed as well; she had taken the ANBU test with Hiroko but failed, only to try again the next year and fail again. She was finally accepted at 23 and she felt damn proud, but here was Kiego who had taken the test at 15 and passed in one go. It made her feel a little insignificant. A year later they all became nukenin with the same goal in mind. 'To help The Greater Good purify the world.'
Her train of thought was effectively derailed as Kiego's right arm burst into what appeared to be green flames. "Eh?" was all she could say at the sight of the strange chakra that circled his arm.
"Don't worry." Kiego said. "This is just the last phase of the counter seal. It's perfectly normal" With that Kiego extended his index finger and gently pushed on the blond boys stomach. As soon as skin met skin the spiral quivered ever so slightly, but that went unnoticed as the light green wisps that had been whirling around Kiego's arm darkened into a blood red. Kiego eyes widened in surprise. "This, however, isn't." The red chakra began swirling around Kiego's arm faster and faster, as it spun it became thinner and started to tighten around his arm. The sleeve of his shirt quickly burst into flame as the chakra continued to whirl at high speeds. Deep cuts and lacretions began forming up and down his arm; the blood ran freely from the cuts and combined with the dark chakra to make it an even more bloody color.
Diame and Hiroko looked on in awe and slight horror as the chakra continued to tighten. If this continued then Kiego's arm would most likely disintegrate due to the force of the spinning chakra, that is, if it didn't get cut off first. Kiego, to his credit, didn't scream once, though Diame and Hiroko could easily tell by his facial expression that it probably hurt like hell. When it seemed that the chakra was about to collide with itself, and thus cut off Kiego's arm, it simply stopped spinning and dissipated into nonexistence.
There was a moment of silence in which the three just stared at Kiego's mutilated arm. Bone was clearly visible through the ripped muscle and tissue; it was unlikely that he had any skin left on his arm.
With a slight twitch of his eyebrow he summed up what he was feeling in one word.
"Ow."
Diame was the first to react. She quickly searched through her bag and pulled out a small red pill. Rushing to Kiego, she forced upon his mouth, shoved the pill down his throat and began melding chakra into her hands. The pill was a standard iryo-nin drug that turned off all pain receptors in the body, making surgeries that had to be done while the patient was awake a lot more manageable. She placed her hands on his shoulder and began manipulating his cellular reproduction to speed up his healing process.
Picking up on what she was doing Hiroko also began melding chakra to his hands.
Kiego faced Hiroko. "No." he ordered. "You need to place a barrier around this location now! Someone should have defiantly felt that chakra spike and will surely be on there way here. We must be extra cautious from now on."
Hiroko nodded and dispersed his chakra, albeit reluctantly.
Kiego then rounded on Diame. "And you. Focus on repairing my hand and nerve receptors; I don't need my entire arm to make hand seals. We can worry about skin when we unleash the Kyubi."
Diame was more resisting then Hiroko. "But if I don't fix it now then you could end up with horrible scars." Even as she said this she followed his orders and began mending his hand.
He gave her a soft smile. "It's for The Greater Good." The argument dropped there and she went to repairing his nerves.
After a few minutes she heard him sigh in aggravation. "This is another unwanted setback. Eight more to go." With that he stood up and began performing his hand seals once more.
Diame smiled at his determination before her stomach lurched at the sight of his arm. It was going to look really pretty in the future if she wasn't allowed to treat it. Hiroko appeared at her side. "It'll be a battler scar to show the misses." He comforted in a sarcastic tone.
She snorted. "If he ever gets one."
Hiroko shrugged. "He's a good kid. I'm sure some nice psychopath will snag him for her on one day."
Diame smiled before donning a somber expression. "Did we make the right choice in dragging him into the organization with us?" she whispered.
Hiroko's expression was somewhat akin to Diame's. "He followed because we are comrades, and probably his closest friends." Hiroko smiled stupidly. "He also might be here to make sure I don't fuck up somehow."
Diame giggled. "It's probable, but impossible."
"Hey!" Diame continued to laugh despite his outburst. Hiroko joined in her mirth after a few minutes.
Both of their chuckles were interrupted as Kiego's arm burst into green flames once more. Diame instinctively went for her medic bag and withdrew some supplies.
Kiego extended his forefinger and middle finger this time and, just as gently as before, pressed the blond boys abdomen. The deadly blood red chakra manifested once more and set about mauling the entirety of Kiego's arm once more. The show was the same as before, the chakra dissipated at the last second, leaving Kiego's arm bloody and mutilated. Diame quickly mended only what he needed to continue the seals and went back to her conversation with Hiroko.
"Do you suppose it's a defense mechanism that the seal creates?" Hiroko asked.
Diame shook her head. "It's just the amount of chakra being released at one time. I'm sure the Yondaime constructed the seal with the boy's safety in mind. Since no body can withstand such a vast amount of chakra being held at one time, it either has to be sealed off or be let loose at all times, kind of like a malfunctioning faucet. Since we already tampered with the faucet it cannot be turned 'off' and must always be stuck at 'on'. When the boy grows up and harnesses his chakra he will be able to turn it 'on' and 'off'. Until then it has to always be leaking or the sheer amount of it will make the boy implode."
Hiroko grimaced at the visual image, then thought about what she said. "Is that why the atmosphere is so heavy?"
Diame gave him a perplexed look before concentrating on her surroundings. As she became more attune to nature she almost choked. There was a large dark presence all around her, and it wasn't even hidden either. How she had not felt it before was beyond her. The presence was almost suffocating. She quickly tried to focus on something else as a sense of nausea started to form within her.
"Scary, ne?" Hiroko remarked. "And this is only from two released points."
That information almost made Diame vomit before she took something into account. "His chakra only feels this massive because it's condensed inside your barrier."
Hiroko tapped his chin in thought before shrugging. "Still, this is coming from a child that is a few hours old who can't control an ounce of chakra."
Diame was about to argue once more when Kiego's arm burst into green flames once again. "Hiroko." he called, "Expand the barrier, it's hard to concentrate as is."
Hiroko nodded and began performing multiple hand signals. Diame collected her tools and rushed towards Kiego as his arm was encircled in blood red chakra once more. She healed his arm after the gruesome spectacle and went back to her post by Hiroko. There was no more conversation; there was no more movement between the two for that matter. They both stood guard in anxious silence, Diame only moving to heal Kiego's injury after he released a point.
Kiego spoke up after releasing the fifth point. "Well that's odd." He remarked, still performing multiple hand seals.
"What is?" Hiroko chirped.
"The boy's whisker marks have…disappeared."
Diame and Hiroko approached Kiego and looked down at the small child. "Perhaps the Kyubi is distinguishing itself as a more separate being, and thus has no effect over how the boy looks anymore?" Diame pondered aloud.
"I don't know about that." Hiroko said.
"And why not?" Diame huffed.
"His ears." Kiego chimed in. Diame stopped glaring at Hiroko and gazed back at the boy to discover that he did in fact have altered ears. Instead of the normal rounded ears that most humans had the child had tiny pointed ears, like that of an elf or…fox.
"I wonder…" Hiroko said aloud. His teammates each raised eyebrows of confusion as the large man knelt down to pick up the child. Diame was about to ask him what he was doing when he spoke up. "Ne, Diame?"
"What?"
"What was this child's eye color when you abducted him."
Diame seemed taken aback but replied nonetheless. "It was a light, sky blue. Why?"
At her inquiry Hiroko handed the blond boy to Diame. The baby gurgled happily in her arms and grabbed one of her long black locks. She paid no mind and instead stared intently at the boy's eyes. What had once been a pale blue was now a dark red, it contrasted greatly with his bright golden hair but that was not the point. His pupil was no longer circular but more akin to a pointed oval.
Hiroko laughed at Diame's shocked expression. "The brats less then 24 hours old and can already intimidate an ANBU officer. That's rich."
Diame paid him no heed and tried to reason with the events. "Okay so the Kyubi isn't trying to distinguish himself, rather, he took away some of the subtler hints of the boy's condition and instead altered his more noticeable features to make the fact that he is a Jinchuuriki more pronounced. Does that sound about right?"
Kiego just shrugged while Hiroko snorted. "Stop trying to explain everything." The latter said. "It gets annoying."
Diame huffed angrily but said nothing. She silently placed the bubbling baby back to his original position. Seeing Kiego nod, she returned to her post as well. Hiroko joined her shortly. They both said nothing, and continued to say nothing until Kiego released the seventh point.
Diame bristled as she felt her neck hair stand on end. "We have a problem."
Hiroko rounded on her. "What is it?"
"My genjutsu has been dispelled." Hiroko's face blanched at the news. "Every ANBU officer should know of the boys disappearance by now, and if they caught wind of that chakra spike earlier then they will be heading this way any minute."
Hiroko massaged his temples aggressively. "Shit, there's no way we can take on more then five ANBU. Plus Kiego's out of commission because of the seal so that hampers us even more. What to do? What to do!"
Diame was about to speak up when Hiroko snapped his fingers and took on a malicious grin. "We'll make a bomb!" Diame, and even Kiego, shot him a perplexed look.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Diame shouted.
"I can condense the barrier so that it's just a small cube around the three of us…and the brat. We are already used to the amount of chakra that's circulating in the area, but everyone else outside this box isn't."
"So your saying that we condense the barrier even more then release it when the enemy gets here to make a chakra explosion?" Diame asked.
"I said stop explaining things!" He shouted, but Diame wasn't listening. She was quickly evaluating the odds of success.
If they did go with Hiroko's plan then it would indeed stun, maybe even kill, some of the ANBU guards. It took roughly 40 minutes to reach their location if one were to depart from the Hokage's tower. Kiego was already 20 minutes into the eighth point release. If all went well then the odds meant that Hiroko and herself would have to defend Kiego for 30 minutes for the final point to be released. If they were lucky then the chakra bomb they let loose should stun the ANBU officers for at most five minutes. That left her with 25 minutes of nonstop fighting, at least.
She did not have time to report her musings as Hiroko performed a few hand seals. The air around her became significantly thicker and hard to breathe. She saw Hiroko smirking at her from the corner of her eye. "We're going to die, you know?" she stated sadly.
Kiego didn't say anything and just continued with his hand seals.
Hiroko remained emotionless and looked towards the night sky.
Diame was about to continue with her pessimism when Kiego spoke up, barely above a whisper.
"For The Greater Good."
Hiroko gave him a small smile and pumped his fist into the air. "Here here! For The Greater Good!"
Diame also grinned, in spit of the situation. "For The Greater Good." Even as Kiego's arm burst into green flames for the eighth point release Diame knew what her comrades were thinking. They had all reached an unspoken agreement.
They did not have enough time.
They were going to die.
Kiego awoke in a brightly lit room, sitting in a comfortable chair. After trying to move his arms and legs he realized sitting was not the word that should be used. He was strapped to the chair by his wrists ankles and abdomen. He tried opening his eyes but let out a low hiss as the morning light invaded them.
"Ah." Said a voice that he guessed was right in front of him. "My guest awakens."
Kiego judged that, by the way the voice was gravely and low, it must have belonged to someone elderly.
"Where am I?" he questioned, letting out another hiss as he tried to open his eyes once more. "And could you please close the blinds!" he asked.
There was a moment of silence in which only a small scraping was heard. When the light felt dimmer beyond his eyelids, Kiego deduced that they must have shut the blinds.
"You may open your eyes now and adjust to the light."
Kiego took the strangers advice and slowly opened his eyes. The sight was a familiar one, though unwanted in his situation. He was in the Hokage's office on the top floor of the Hokage tower. Sarutobi sat adjacent Kiego behind a large oak desk, though, unlike Kiego, he was not restrained against the chair.
"Sandaime-sama?" Kiego asked out of habit. "Why am I here?" a memory from last night assaulted his mind. "And where are Hiroko and Diame?" he questioned; a sense of dread betrayed his emotionless face.
"You are here," Sarutobi addressed, "Because you were seen as the least possible threat among my men." Kiego was about to ask what he meant when he noticed that his right arm was heavily bandaged. "As for your comrades." Sarutobi continued. "It pains me to say that Hiroko and Diame fought valiantly for what they believed to be just and true."
Kiego's gaze darkened dramatically. "And I was not killed because I looked wounded and you needed a source of information, right?"
The Sandaime did not say anything but opted to pull out his signature pipe and take a long drag of the unhealthy tobacco.
"Judging by your actions I believe my assumption's are correct than?"
"Perhaps." Sarutobi replied between puffs. "What I really want to know is why?" Kiego raised a questioning brow. "Why did you become a nukenin? Why were you trying to release the Kyubi? Why are you trying to destroy Konoha?"
"I'm not obligated to tell you anything."
"Well that really depends." Sarutobi smiled.
"On what?" Kiego snarled.
"On whether you want to live or not." His smile became a deadly serious expression.
Kiego panicked but only for a moment. "You're bluffing."
Sarutobi raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Kiego gave him a knowing smirk. "You won't kill me because I have information."
Sarutobi chuckled. "You know perfectly well that I have iryo-nin that are perfectly capable of extracting information from you." Sarutobi noticed Kiego clench his jaw abruptly. "And don't think for a second that I'll willingly let you bite off your own tongue."
Kiego unclenched his jaw and spoke. "If you are capable of getting what you need without my consent then why the formalities."
Sarutobi chuckled heartily once more. "Because even though I would like to have the information it is not a necessity. What I really need is a few good nin." Noticing his look of trepidation, the Hokage continued. "We have just experienced a war, Kiego-kun, not only that but shortly after we were attacked by the strongest Bijuu in existence, and yet we still remain as the strongest shinobi nation in the land. We are able to earn this title because of our peaceful environment, which allows us to fully develop our shinobi to the best of his or her abilities. In other words, we don't mass produce our ninja, rather we hold their hand till they can walk on their own instead of pushing them out of the nest and hope they can fly."
Sarutobi paused with a puff of his pipe before continuing. "But times are changing." He said with a low voice. "I have already used this argument to satisfy the council and I hope it will sway you as well. The need for raw talent is fast approaching. We no longer live in the ever-peaceful village of Konohagakure. It is time to take action and push our ninja to the best of their abilities instead of hold their hand till they are ready. We need to do this or we will lose our title as the strongest shinobi nation, and if this happens then we will most likely be targeted by the stronger nations."
Kiego was interested in what the Sandaime was saying. "So where do I come in?"
"Like I said we are in need of raw talent. You have that raw talent. Most people believe that one is born to be a genius, I, however, believe that a genius is made by a hard worker and that the title is earned or in your case taught."
Kiego blinked. "In essence you're saying that you want me to lead a team of gennin?"
"Not just any team of gennin. I want you to raise the best team of gennin the entirety of the shinobi have ever seen."
Kiego snorted. "By saying that you are basically asking me to create ninja that are greater then the Sannin Three." Kiego began to laugh at this thought.
Sarutobi was not laughing. "If that is a goal you would like to set then so be it."
Kiego began to choke on his snorts when he realized how serious the Hokage was being. "Why me though? I'm pretty sure you have more capable shinobi to take up this job, like the Sannin themselves for instance."
Sarutobi sighed. "I ask you to do this because you have a knack for sealing jutsus. You could probably exceed the Yondaime if you trained well enough." The complement left Kiego's jaw ajar. "Plus the Sannin are getting old." He chuckled. "I'm getting even older then them!"
Kiego toyed with his options. "If I were to take you up on your offer, who would my team be?"
"Your team will be assembled in twelve years."
Kiego raised a confused eyebrow. "Excuse me."
"You are aware that Hiashi's wife is to give birth to the Hyuga heir soon, yes?"
Kiego mulled over the information. "So you want me train future clan heads to make the rest of the clan more powerful in the future?" Sarutobi nodded. "Am I to teach an Uchiha too?"
Sarutobi shook his head. "Itachi is the heir to the Uchiha clan and he already shows great promise. Instead you are to raise the heir of the third most prominent clan."
Kiego ticked off Konoha's clan heads mentally. "The…Yamanka's is it?" Sarutobi gave him a knowing smile. "Then I assume that the third member will be the heir of the Aburame clan, correct?"
Sarutobi shook his head. "Although it is true that the Aburame clan is the fourth strongest clan that Konoha has the heir will not be joining our little gang of super heroes."
Kiego smirked at the old man's joke but asked him the inevitable question anyway. "Then who?"
Sarutobi gave him one of his infamous knowing smiles. "One Uzumaki Naruto."
Kiego furrowed his brow in thought. "I was not aware that Konoha had an Uzumaki clan."
"Ah, but you should be familiar with Naruto-kun, seeing as how you and your comrades abducted him just hours ago."
Kiego's eyes bulged in shock. "You wish for the Jinchuuriki to be close to two of the most prominent clan heirs? Isn't that dangerous?"
Sarutobi gave him a cold glare. "Most wouldn't know it but the Jinchuuriki and the Bijuu are two separate entities." Kiego squirmed under the Hokage's gaze, and remained silent. "Yes I would like Naruto-kun to be a great shinobi, he is going to be my pet-project of sorts."
"How so?"
Sarutobi pulled out a scroll from his grand desk and cleared his throat. "As of three hours ago one Kyomaki Naruto, Jinchuuriki of the Kyubi no Yoko, was assassinated by three nukenin. The nukenin's names shall remain classified under the order of the Sandaime Hokage."
"I don't understand?"
Sarutobi rolled up the scroll and placed it back in the desk. "It is because of people like you that Naruto-kun will be targeted. By saying that the Jinchuuriki of the Kyubi was killed it gets the council off my back and gives the assumption to other would be assassins that the 'demon brat' is dead."
"But what is the point if suddenly an Uzumaki Naruto appears in the streets the next day?"
"That is where my project begins. I have formed an agreement with all the Daimyos and Kages to raise and train Naruto-kun to the best of their ability."
Kiego scoffed. "Why would they agree to such a ludicrous document?"
Sarutobi gave him a mischievous grin. "They are all under the pretense that Naruto is the last of the strongest clan in Konoha."
"That still doesn't explain why they would agree to such a contract?"
Sarutobi sighed. "Because every hidden village believes Naruto's clan to be unbelievably strong they also want his genes." Kiego gawked. "I gave consent that Naruto would marry, and thus, procreate with any of the clan's heiresses or any of the Kage's daughters."
Kiego could note help but gape. "That's…that's…so deliciously underhanded of you. And man he is going to be one lucky sonofabi-" Kiego stopped dead upon realizing whom he was talking to. "Guy…he is going to be one lucky guy."
Sarutobi gave a mirthful grin at Kiego's pause. "Indeed." Kiego coughed at the awkward silence. "Naruto-kun leaves for the first hidden village of the campaign tomorrow. He is to spend one year living with each Kage in each country. He will not visit Konoha ever unless it is when he finishes his training, which will be when he joins your team at the age of twelve. His training will begin when the Kage of the country he is staying in sees fit. I should imagine that they would be anxious to test his strength and should start training him as soon as he can talk. He will alternate between the Kages each year spending three years with the Raikage, Tsukage, Kazekage, and Mizukage each."
Kiego nodded in understanding. "But why are you doing this for the boy?"
"Someone is bound to notice the small fluke in the names sooner or later, I want Naruto to be prepared when the time comes that certain individuals will come after him, and also…" Sarutobi paused and donned a solemn look. "It was the last request of the Yondaime that Naruto be seen as a hero, and not the monster that he contains. If I can make Naruto the strongest ninja that shinobi history has ever seen, then I will believe that I have carried out my dear friends wish."
Kiego thought about the Hokage's words. If he were to train Naruto then he could surely use him for The Greater Good's ideals. "If I were to agree to be these individuals teacher, do you really think that I can train them to be as grand as you say?"
Sarutobi chuckled. "Honestly at your level…no. That is why you will also be training foe the next 12 years. One must be great if he wants to accomplish great things. There fore you will be training with me for four years, followed by Tsunade, then Jiraiya."
Kiego felt as if someone had just slapped him. Hard. "E-Excuse me?" he asked bewildered. "I'm going to be trained by two of the Sannin? I'm going to be trained by a Hokage!?"
Sarutobi chuckled at the teen's antics. "I expect great things from the four of you."
Sarutobi then said something that sent an odd shiver down Kiego's spine.
"I want to change the world."
A/N: And thus the seeds of my diabolical plot have been set.
Well that took forever. Not much to say except sorry if there are any mistakes.
Another sorry for those who wanted a fight scene, I had planned on one intentionally but it was late and the chapter was getting too long in my opinion. Reviews are apreciated but not expected. I find flames to be funny so go ahead and burn me if you feel like it. If someone is going to comment on how similar this story is to another and blah, blah, blah then i don't want to here it because, let's face it, it's really hard to come up with an original story line when there are near 100,000 fics already posted. and thus my rant ends. not much else to note on.
Jinchuuriki-Human sacraficed to be the container of a Bijuu
Bijuu-tailed demon. Strongest demon in exsitence. Nine in total.
this is my first Naruto Fic. c ya.
