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Warning: because this fic takes place in a alternate universe where naruto early life is different there will be changes to his character. Naruto is a girl in this fic. Also some character bashing. If any of this bothers you please press the back button.
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Naruto Uzumaki: the Aburame clan
Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage…. No scratch that. Make that the retired Third Hokage who somehow found himself taking up the position once again, stared down blankly at the paper in front of him. It had been only two month since that horrible night and still Sarutobi found himself dealing with the paperwork and complaints of that event. Sighing a bit Sarutobi rolled his shoulders trying to loosen the knot that had formed in them. He then lifted up the paper and reread the short and simple message again.
"Sensei
Gone off to do some research in Iwa. I wont be able to meet with you anytime soon to discus what we had talked about before.
From your most handsome and studious student
The Great Toad Sage Jiraiya"
Sarutobi found himself rolling his eyes and wanting to face palm. Unfortunately face palming wasn't a very dignified action for a Hokage; and seeing as he now sat in the seat once again surrounded by Anbu, Sarutobi used all of his self-restraint to stop himself.
Jiraiya couldn't have picked a worse time to go off and do "research". It was as Sarutobi thought about the discussion he needed to have with Jiraiya that a loud high-pitched wale was heard in the room. Raising his heard Sarutobi looked across his room to where a cradle lay. Getting up he quickly walked over to the cradle and smiled down at the crying blonde haired infant that lay inside.
Picking up the babe Sarutobi softly cooed while rubbing circles on the infants back, "Now now Naruto, no need to be fussy everything is going to be okay." He whispered trying to reassure the babe. In truth Sarutobi was also trying to reassure himself. The fact was that everything wasn't okay. Since the attack by the Kyuubi two months ago Konoha was in a very fragile state. Many of Konoha shinobi had lost their lives that day including the Forth Hokage. The ramification of this was that rival ninjas and villages saw this as their chance to either infiltrate or attack Konoha. Clients now thought of Konoha as weak, which caused the numbers of missions to drop and there were less shinobi to take the mission they did receive.
Sighing once again he watched as the infant in his arms sigh and snuggled closer. Naruto Uzumaki is the child's name and is the savior of Konaha. Even if most of the villagers couldn't see it. When the Kyuubi had attacked the village the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze had sealed the beast into his own newborn child and while Minato had asked for his child to be seen as a hero it seemed that the Fourth's request was impossible.
The fact was that while the infant he held in his arms was innocent, the people of Konoha couldn't help but place their fears and blame onto something or in this case someone and that happened to be Naruto.
To make matters worse while revealing that Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage would certainly gain Naruto some sympathy points with the people, if not the help of some of Minato friends or even the village clans. The fact was that if it was ever revealed there was no doubt that the other shinobi villages would find out. And seeing as Minato was a powerful shinobi in his own right with many enemies; if it ever got out then ninja's from those other villages would most likely either steal Naruto away to experiment or study him to see if Minato skills were a bloodline or kill Naruto for revenge.
To make matters worse while Sarutobi had left Naruto with several trusted people the fact was that three assignation attempts had already taken place on the babe. Not to mention that the man who was made Naruto godfather and who had the official say in the child's life seemed to have no interest in the said child.
Sighing Sarutobi placed Naruto back in the crib and returned to his desk. Reaching inside to pull out his pipe and taking a puff while he thought to himself.
While the others of the village believed they owed nothing to Naruto, Sarutobi wouldn't rest until he had made sure the infant is safe and could live a relatively normal life. Naruto becoming an orphan of the village would simply be to dangerous. It left the child open to all sorts of dangers and trials. The only thing that would make sense would be to have a clan take the infant in.
In truth Sarutobi wouldn't have minded adopting the child himself but the council had shot it down before he even finished suggesting it, saying that it was to dangerous. Now the only problem was trying to convince a clan to willingly accept Naruto. In truth Sarutobi already had a clan in mind, it was really the only one that made sense at this point.
" now to just convince the clan head." The Hokage mumbled to himself.
As the Hokage leaned back in his chair, three firm knocks where heard on the office doors. Blowing out a puff of smoke Sarutobi called out "you may enter."
The door opened to reveal a man with short spikey hair he wore a pair of black sunglasses, a large gray jacket that covered most of his body, black pants and boots. A ninja headband was wrapped around his right arm.
"Aburame-san, its good to see you." Sarutobi said a wide grin appearing on his face.
"Hokage-sama" Shibi Aburame politely responded back with a incline of his head as he remained standing by the door.
Giving a slight nod of his head back Sarutobi gave a discreet signal to the anbu currently in the room asking them to leave. Once he was certain that no one was spying on them, he gave a disarming smile and motioned with his hand to the seats across from his desk.
"Would you like to take a seat?" Sarutobi asked.
"If its all the same Hokage-sama I would prefer standing," Shibi answered while taking a few steps into the room, standing in front of the Hokage's desk.
Sarutobi eyed Shibi trying to get a read of the man and sighed. 'Considering Shibi's personality it would perhaps be better to be as direct as possible' the Hokage thought to himself.
"I'm sorry if my summons has inconvenienced you in anyway. I understand that all the clan heads are rather busy considering the state of things." Sarutobi told the Aburame clan leader.
"The Aburame clan have also suffered loses from the Kyuubi attacked, but we have dealt with worse in the past." Shibi replied.
Sarutobi nodded at Shibi answer then continued to eye the Aburame clan head suspiciously "I suppose you already know why I have asked you here?"
Shibi eyebrow rose as he answered, "I would never presume as to why you have asked for a private meeting."
"I see" the Hokage said as his hat slipped down a bit shadowing his eyes " I assume though that you have noticed the other occupant of the room?"
Shibi shoulders tensed for just a second then relaxed "Naruto Uzamaki, the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi." Shibi stated.
"Yes; as you know when the Kyuubi attacked two months ago the only way to stop the beast was for the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, to seal it within a compatible host, creating a new jinchuriki at the cost of his life." The Hokage explained.
Shibi nodded his head tensely.
"Afterwards I had revealed to the village that Naruto was not the Kyuubi itself but only the jailer of the nine-tails and that in truth Naruto's sacrifice had saved the village therefore making him a hero." Sarutobi reminded the Aburame clan leader.
Seeing no reaction from Shibi he continued on "since then there has been three assignation attempts on young Naruto's life."
"Not by the Aburame clan," Shibi explained while interrupting.
"No, of course not. The Aburame clan has been rather quiet about their opinion on Naruto." Sarutobi said.
"It would be pointless to cause a racket about a jinchuriki…especially since this isn't the first one that Konoha has had." Shibi revealed.
Sarutobi chuckled and responded, "I see, so you've already realized."
"Yes, that Kushina Uzumaki is… was the previous jinchuriki," Shibi revealed.
Satutobi took a long drag from his pipe and gave Shibi a hard stare, "As you know that is a secret."
Shibi shifted uneasily from foot to foot, "Yes, of course. If the other ninja villages ever found out they'd make quite a fuss about it."
"Indeed. Not to mention that ever since the village was created there has been a jinchuriki of the Kyuubi in Konoha," Saratobi revealed.
"You mean…?" Shibi asked tensely.
"Yes, Naruto is in fact the third container of the Kyuubi." Sarutobi answered.
"I see, I never realized but why are you revealing all of this to me Hokage-sama?" Shibi asked gravely not liking where the conversation was heading.
"Because I would like you and the Aburame clan to take Naruto in as one of your own." The Hokage told Shibi.
Shibi froze in surprise at the Hokage's announcement and then said "Hokage-sama you can't be serious? Taking in the jinchuriki is…"
"Taking in Naruto" Sarutobi interrupted.
Ignoring the Hokage's interruption Shibi continued on "would put a target on the Aburame clan backs. There must be another clan that would be a better fit."
"I believe you know just as well as I that there isn't. The two clans that would be ideal for handling a jinchuriki are unacceptable for the young Naruto." Sarutobi muttered darkly.
"You mean the Uchiha and the Hyuga." Shibi stated.
"Yes, because of the Kyuubi attack suspicion has been thrown on the Uchiha clan. Not to mention hostilities are high between the Uchiha, the citizens and the other clans. Putting Naruto in the care of the Uchiha will only increase those tensions." Pausing to take a drag from his pipe Sarutobi continued "As for the Hyuga, they would never consider taking Naruto in without placing the caged bird curse seal on him. Which is unacceptable and would cause other problems."
"And there is no other clan that would be a potential fit for the Kyuubi container" Shibi asked his voice almost sounding hopeful.
"No, the other clans would be unable to handle Naruto" the Hokage informed the Aburame clan head.
"And the Aburame would?" Shibi asked.
"I believe you know the answer to that." Was the Hokage's answer.
Shibi eyebrow twitch as he said, "with the Aburame special technique it would be rather easy to tell if the container of the Kyuubi's chakra started to change and if signs of the Kyuubi did show, members of the clan could theoretically be able to restrain him for a short period of time."
"Yes. Also as being both a jinchuriki and a Uzumaki, Naruto will have a rather large amount of chakra and will need early training to learn chakra control. As I understand the children in your clan learn chakra control at a very young age." Sarutobi explained with a bitter smile appearing on his face.
Sarutobi watched as Shibi's eyebrow continued to twitch in annoyance. This was perhaps the most expressive he had ever seen the man before. Signing Sarutobi continued explaining "not to mention because of your clans technique I doubt the council or other clans could deny Naruto from entering your own clan."
Shibi took a step forward and asked "But wouldn't it be detrimental for any clan to have influence over the jinchuriki?"
"Naruto, the childs name is Naruto" Sarutobi ground out in an annoyed voice.
"It may be better to simply have Naruto be a ward of the village" Shibi told the Hokage while correcting how he addressed the infant.
"Originally the plan" Saratobi explained somberly "originally I had inquired to become Naruto legal guardian myself but the civilian council and many of the clan heads refused to accept this idea, believing that as the Hokage I would not have the time to give Naruto the attention he would need."
"And the reason why Naruto cant become a ward of the village?" Shibi inquired.
Sarutobi leaned back in his chair as he stared at Shibi and answered "I manage to keep Naruto the first month but recently the council has become restless. Claiming that the child is distracting me from my work and insisted that he be placed in the hospital with the other orphaned young. Since then, Naruto has had three assignation attempts. I believe I mention this earlier."
Pausing as he absorbed the information Shibi confirmed, "You did."
Sighing the Hokage rested his head in his hand and explained, "The first happened when Naruto was first placed in the hospital's care. The information that Naruto was there was leaked and a large mob tried to gain access to his room with the intent to kill the child. The mob was contained and rounded up by the Konoha police force. The second attempt happened only a few days later when a supposedly loyal member of the anbu forces that had been placed to watch and protect Naruto tried to kill the child during his watch."
"How?…" Shibi asked.
"He used the Fire Release: the Great Fireball Technique. The hospital room was destroyed of course. Thankfully I had sent my own personal detail to watch Naruto and they managed to save the child before the attack hit. After that attack I pulled out the current anbu detail and placed mine permanently there." the Hokage explained.
"Logical" Shibi agreed.
Taking another drag from his pipe Sarutobi tried his best to keep his tone under control as he talked about the latest attempt, "The third attempt happened a few days after that, one of the nurse's tried to poison Naruto."
"What?" Shibi asked in disbelief.
"She put a highly lethal poison in Naruto bottle and before feeding accidentally spilled it on a nearby plant. The plant wilted and died almost instantly, which altered the anbu on watch." Sarutobi finished.
"That's.." Shibi began having a hard time believing that one of the medical staff would go to such lengths to kill an infant.
"Yes.." the Hokage said agreeing with what Shibi had left unsaid. "As you can understand Naruto needs a safe environment to both survive and grow"
"Even so there's no telling that another assignation attempt will happen. After learning that the container of the Kyuubi was alive and where they were kept; it's only natural to have a few attempts at trying to take misplaced vengeance." Shibi said trying to reason with the Hokage.
"Perhaps but do you really think they will ever stop?" Sarutobi asked.
Shibi paused and then said, "They say, Time heals all wounds."
It was as Shibi finished his sentence and the two men began a silent staring contest that it happened. A loud boom and crash was heard as an explosion went off on the wall on the Hokage's left side, the explosion creating a large hole in the wall. A figure swiftly ran through the smoking hole, heading towards the crib that held Naruto. The smoke slightly cleared and revealed the figure of young man with spiky brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a simple black outfit and carried a short sword in his hand. Raising it up it glinted in the light from the flames of the fallen wall.
"Die you goddamn monster" the young man called out as he plunged the sword down at the crib, but was stopped before he reached his target as Sarutobi appear beside him and punched him through the opposing wall.
At the sound of the destruction from within the room a group of anbu all sporting a different mask appeared within the room one of them calling out "Hokage-sama."
Sarutobi shapely barked out, "Apprehend this traitor and take him to the interrogation department. I want to know everything this suicidal fool was planning and if anyone was helping him."
"Yes Hokage-sama" the group of anbu responded.
Two of the anbu grabbed the man from the wreckage of the wall and shunshin away. The remaining two looked at the Hokage for instruction.
"I want you two to look around for anyone or anything suspicious check both this residence and the surrounding area," Sarutobi ordered them.
"Yes" they responded and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sarutobi released the breathe he had been holding and turned back to the crib only to find it empty. He then heard the loud piercing cry of an unhappy baby, turning to the far corner Sarutobi found a blonde baby being held protectively in Shibi Aburame arms.
Shibi gently bounced the baby making soft and comforting sounds to Naruto who quickly stopped crying and stared up at Shibi. Naruto curiously stared at Shibi a large smile forming on his face as he happily reached up to Shibi. Shibi held out a finger and watched in wonder as the small infant grabbed it.
"We should move to another room," Sarutobi informed Shibi. Heading out of the room and down the hallway to his private study that had personal shielding. Shibi followed behind the Hokage playing with Naruto in his arms. As he entered the room Sarutobi closed the door and activated the shields.
"I didn't think any of them would be so bold as to attack my own residence." Sarutobi commented.
"Yes" Shibi agreed, his attention focused on the young Naruto who had already grown tried and fallen asleep.
"Is something the matter?" Sarutobi asked Shibi causally.
"Naruto…"Shibi began. "Naruto does not look like Kushina."
"No he doesn't." Sarutobi agreed.
Looking at the Hokage Shibi said "When we where younger there was a rumor that went around the academy and continued on throughout the years. That Minato liked Kushina."
"Yes" Sarutobi confirmed.
"Hokage sama is Naruto…that is…is Naruto…" Shibi tried to ask.
"Yes" Sarutobi said. Reaching into a drawer and pulling out a long spare pipe lighting it and inhaling. "You hold in your arms Naruto Uzumaki, the daughter of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze."
"But means that…" Shibi began.
"Minato sealed the Kyuubi into his own newborn child." Sarutobi finished for the Amburame leader.
Shibi looked up at the Hokage in shock. "But why?" he asked.
Sarutobi sighed and looked down at the pipe in his hands and explained,"I'm not sure myself. It could be that he didn't want to place the burden on someone else. Of course, it's most likely because Naruto is a Uzumaki"
"What does that have to do with anything?" Shibi inquired.
"Because of the Uzumaki abilities they have a higher chance to survive and become an jinchuriki" he revealed.
"But still" Shibi tried to argue.
Sarutobi gave Shibi a hard stare and said "Minato didn't want his daughter to be condemned as the Kyuubi. He wanted Naruto to be considered a hero for the sacrifice that she was forced to make, becoming the Kyuubi jailer."
"I see" Shibi weakly, replied.
The silence stretched between the two men until Shibi ended it by stating, "I'll take her in."
"What?" Sarutobi asked in surprise coughing on his pipe.
"I'll take her in and make her a member of the clan." Shibi repeated.
"I thought you didn't" the Hokage began asking unsurely.
"I changed my mind. Minato was a good man and he had a good head on his shoulders. I doubt he would have sealed the Kyuubi into his daughter without having the confidence that the seal would stick." Shibi explained.
"Yes" Sarutobi agreed with Shibi's assessment.
"It's not much but I'll raise Naruto as my own." He told the Hokage firmly.
Sarotobi smiled and said "thank you."
Shibi nodded and headed for the door.
"Leaving so soon" Sarutobi asked.
"I believe it would be better to introduce Naruto to the clan as soon as possible" Shibi answered "does Naruto have any personal effects?"
"Yes" Sarutobi answered.
"You can send them over tomorrow morning" Shibi said.
"Wait wont you need" Sarutobi began.
"You forget Hokage-sama, I have a young child of my own. I have the basic tools to take care of a baby." Shibi explained.
"Oh yes, little Shino. He's about five months old now isn't he" Sarutobi asked as he released the ward around the room.
"Yes" Shibi confirmed.
As the two men exited the room Sarutobi watched in amazement as Shibi opened his jacket revealing a Sling within that he easily laid Naruto in.
With both hands free Shibi turned to Sarutobi and said "with your leave."
Saratobi took a long drag from his pipe, "I'll stop by tomorrow to check on things."
"Of course." Shibi replied.
"Then have a safe trip home," Sarutobi said as he turned heading back inside his own residence.
Nodding his head Shibi took off exiting the Hokage residence in record time. Taking a slow but swift pace as to not disturb the infant that lay within his jacket.
It took Shibi about fifteen minutes to reach the Aburame compound and another ten to reach the main compound. Striding into the compound he nodded his head at the members he passed and entered his home.
A young woman stood just inside wearing the Aburame traditional garb. She wore black glasses, a large high collar jacket, long pants and sandals.
"Shibi-sama" the woman said.
"Toma-san" Shibi called the woman.
Toma tilted her head slightly and then replied, "Shino has already had his bottle feeding, been change and gone to sleep."
Shibi nodded his head and said, "Please prepare a bottle and a second crib."
Toma eyebrows rose and she asked "whatever for?"
Shibi stared at her until she looked away and headed off to prepare a bottle.
Shibi watched her go and headed into the back room where he knew his son to be. Entering the room he opened his jacket and gently pulled Naruto out of the sling she had been resting in. Holding her in his arms he watched as she tried to snuggle deeper into the warmth of his arms.
Walking over to his sons crib and looking down he watched his own son fussily sleep. Curiously Shibi found himself laying Naruto beside his son and watched in amazement as the two slightly rolled and wiggled, until they lay next to each other cuddling. Shibi watched them until he was interrupted by the presence of Toma who he silently took the bottle from and dismissed with a head nod.
He then pulled up a chair from the corner of the room. While he sat down to watch the two infants Shibi couldn't help thinking to himself. Naruto is the daughter of the Fourth Hokage a man who Shibi had always respected and admired. Many times during the third shinobi war the yellow flash had saved his life and he supposed that it was his time to repay his debt.
The end
I have like 4 naruto prompts I've been sitting on. And I decided it was about time I put something up to get started. Writing a naruto fic is a whole lot harder than I thought. It's not the actual writing but more like my computer thinks that all the names of the characters are misspelled. So annoying. I'm probably going to have to come back to this to fix up the grammar and stuff.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If you feel so inclined please review.