Seme!Naruto X Shino - Shikamaru - Kakashi - Kankuro - Kimimaro - Juugo - x?'s

Footsteps could be heard through the door as the students all sat in their seats on the final day of the academy.

"*soft breathing*"

BANG!

"I WON, INO-PIG!" screeched a pink-haired banshee named Sakura Haruno.

"NO! I DID, FOREHEAD!" screeched a, likewise, annoying blonde named Ino Yamanaka.

The person who was asleep awoke due to the commotion and lifted their head from a silent brunette's lap.

"What's with all the noise?"

Everyone sans the brunette turned their attention to the unfamiliar voice, and shock was an understatement.

The person who garnered their attention was an incredibly sexy blonde with messy spikes upon his head. He was sixteen with deliciously tan skin; wearing a tight muscle shirt with a long grey camouflage jacket that was left open, form-fitting ANBU pants, and black shinobi sandals. He also had on black fingerless gloves. This was Naruto Uzumaki.

"What the hell are you doing here, baka?! This is for graduates only!" The pink banshee-, I mean Sakura screamed. Kiba and Akamaru had to cover their ears from the piercing sound.

Naruto smirked, "Sorry, but I can't disclose that information. Top secret and all."

Now, you may be wondering why said blonde isn't a shouting, orange-wearing, idiot? Well, we'd have to go all the way back to the day of his birth. The day of the Kyuubi attack.

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FLASHBACK

There was destruction everywhere you looked; houses were on fire, buildings were obliterated, women were crying, men were injured and some children were left behind shaking and sobbing in terror.

Ninja were running toward the cause of mayhem which happened to be a giant ass red fox. The fox was called the Kyuubi no Kitsune. He was terrorizing the village, though no one knew it was a genjutsu placed on him.

Minato Namikaze was holding his second born son in his arms as he saw the despairing village try to save those that they can. His wife was still on the medical bed after the forceful removal of her prisoner.

"Mi-Minato..." She struggled to say. Minato didn't look at her but still answered.

"I'm sorry, Kushina, but I'll have to use that jutsu." He responded with heaviness in his voice. Kushina struggled into an upright position with pain and confusion on her face.

"But what about Naruto? We can't both leave him and Natsu!" She exclaimed.

Naruto was a year older than the newborn and was being taken care of by Itachi who also had his own baby brother with him.

Minato whirled back to face her with regret shining in his blue orbs.

"I'm sorry," he apologized again, "but there's no other way."

What they didn't know was that a certain old man was listening in to their conversation. He came into the room only to see his own wife lying on the ground, dead.

"BIWAKO!" He rushed to her side with tears streaming down his face. The two others turned to him in alarm.

"Sarutobi-sama!" Minato called. Said man turned to him with pain, sorrow and determination in how eyes.

"What happened?" He asked and got the whole story. The old man shadowed his eyes in thought before walking up to Minato.

"I'll do the ritual."

"WHAT?!" The two exclaimed though Kushina was much softer in her waning strength.

"You have much to live for, Minato. I am much too old while you have your whole life ahead of you."

"Hiruzen-sama..."

"Now, give me young Natsu. He and his brother should have at least one parent in their life."

"What do you mean?" The old monkey summoner looked regretful.

"Surely you've noticed that Kushina-chan won't make it through the night." Minato's eyes grew wide. He whipped his head toward his wife. The paleness of her skin alarmed him.

"KUSHINA!" Minato shouted. His loud voice startled awake the previously slumbering redheaded baby. He cried.

Kushina smiled sadly. Minato brought the wailing child to his dying wife. He set the babe down beside the older redhead. Kushina struggled but got herself to curl around the child. As she committed her baby to memory, she cried tears as well.

"Mommy won't be here for you, Natsu-chan... I'm sorry..! But you'll have your onii-chan and tou-chan with you... Be strong and listen to your onii-chan... He only wants what's best for you... And be sure to eat all your vegetables...and always wash up once a day... Keep your tou-chan out of trouble...but-but... Just live a happy life...okay?" Kushina rambled between breaths. Minato was near inaudibly sobbing beside his family.

Then, Kushina passed.

Hiruzen managed to pry Natsu from the blonde's grasp and quickly headed to the site of the ongoing destruction. Minato gave his deceased wife one last kiss before leaving the hidden hospital with only two corpses to show that someone had been there.

When the Third Hokage sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox into the infant and proceeded to succumb to eminent death, Minato took the child, the only reminder of his late wife, back to the Hokage Tower.

After things started settling down, ninja and civilians alike began to salvage anything from the attack. The Council called for a meeting. When they learned that Natsu housed the very abomination that caused their suffering, most wanted to vote for him to be killed. Minato quickly put an end to that and told them exactly what the seal does. Some civilians were still apprehensive to what the Yondaime told them, but learned to accept that their leader's son was keeping the monster at bay.

Minato went home after everything was accounted for in the rush for stability. He had his position as Fourth, his home, and his family.

But he completely forgot his first child, Naruto.

FLASHBACK END

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