AN:
WARNINGWARNINGWARNING : This is an alternate universe Naruto story. Don't like, don't read.
When the Kyuubi attacked and the Yondaime sealed the bijuu within his son it caused an all out world war between all the elemental countries. Kushina raised Naruto up until he was five, she however was the last casualty of the war, dying on the battle field right before the peace treaty was signed. Also, some of the ages are warped in this story. When said character shows up, I'll list their age.
DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Kishimoto-san. I own a laptop, Eri, Aka, and Sakyuu.
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Trees fell, the earth shook. Mass destruction happened all across the forest of the Fire Nation. Hundreds of Konoha shinobi bravely faced off against the monster causing all of this destruction, a bijuu of unlimited power, the Kyuubi. "We can't defeat it!" "We don't need to! We just have to hold it off until the village is safely evacuated and the fourth arrives!" A strangled cry came from the kunoichi who spoke this as one the bijuu's tails came into contact with her body, sending the girl flying through the air where she landed against a tree with a sickening 'thud'. "Rin!" The kitsune let out an ear shattering roar, causing a massive tremor to set through the ground. Panic began to overcome the shinobi, eyes wide with terror as the beast tore through another line of ninjas.
"It's breaking through!" The nin all shared a glance with each other before leaping back into battle. "Don't let it get any closer to our village!" Nothing seemed to be working, the Kyuubi was breaking through their defense at an alarming rate and the shinobi were beginning to lose hope. All it took however, was one cry to bring all their hope back. "The Fourth, he's here!" Sudden cheering over came the battle worn ninjas. The battle was as good as over now! An odd looking black haired shinobi struck a pose, grinning. "Yes! With Minato-sama here the battle is as good as over! The power of youth prevails!" From beside the boy a red-eyed kunoichi yelped, pushing the boy to the floor just as the bijuu's tail swept through where he once stood. "Gai! Keep your head in the battle!" "Sorry Kurenai-chan!"
A giant katana-wielding toad stepped into the battle and the blond haired man atop the toad's head wore a somber expression. "'Bunta, I can't believe this is the only way." The toad gave a non-amused snort but, his eyes held a soft gaze. "You and I both knew this would be the only way, if he attacked Minato." The blue eyed man gave a soft sigh, gazing softly at the sleeping infant in his arms. Naruto, I hope you can forgive your father. Snapping his gaze back up to the battle, the man drew in a breath and gingerly shifted the bundled-up infant to his other arm. "Guess I better get started, Gambunta, make sure Jiraiya-sensei keeps an eye on 'Shina and Naruto for me, will you?" The giant toad gave a sad smile. "Will do, kid."
Below on the battle field a giant blinding light shone throughout the forest and when everyone could see again, the Kyuubi was gone as was Gambunta. Cheers began to once more fill the area until a 'Hokage-sama, he's dead!' was cried out. The shinobi sobered up instantly and the only noise heard from the forest were the wails of a newly born infant.
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From atop the balcony of the Hokage's tower, Uzumaki Kushina was overcome with two powerful emotions; grief and joy. Grief at the loss of her husband and lover, Namikaze Minato, and joy that her no, their son, Naruto, was alive and well. At least Minato would live on in their child, Kushina could see her husband's beautiful eyes and unruly blond hair in the babe already. Shifting the position of said babe in her arms, the redheaded woman gave a lonesome smile to her sleeping child, unsurprisingly the lull of the Sandaime's speech had sent the infant into a peaceful sleep. Speaking of said speech...
"But do not weep dear Konoha, for when death comes, life follows. Konoha, my village, you may now welcome the babe Yondaime gave his life for, the child whom he sealed the Kyuubi within, and your hero, Uzumaki Naruto." Stepping back the old man gestured for Kushina to step forward and with a soft grin the woman did so, only to suddenly step back as a chorus of angry shouts came from the villagers below.
"What?! The demon's still alive!?" "Kill it!" "That monster killed thousands and you haven't destroyed it yet?!"
Sarutobi let out a sad sigh as Kushina clutched her son protectively to her chest, become enraged at the villager's shouts to kill her son. This, Sarutobi surmised. Is not what Minato wanted at all.
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"The sealing is complete, Kazekage-sama." A pleased smirk crossed over the Kazekage's face as he nodded to the elderly woman. "Thank you, Chiyo." Watching the elderly woman leave the Kazekage turned to his sleeping wife, gently placing a hand on a barely-showing bump underneath her baggy robes. "Soon, Suna will have a trump card none of the others will possess." "Kazekage-sama, sorry to interrupt you but uhm, a Konoha nin is requesting to speak to you, it's urgent." The Suna native gave an annoyed grunt but turned to leave none the less.
It was on that day that the Yondaime Kazekage was killed by a rouge nin, disguised as a Konoha nin.
With the death of the Kazekage, Suna became enraged and attacked the other elemental nations.
It was on that day that the Third Great war started, a world war that reached all the nations.
It was a day that went down in history.
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"Sakyuu-sama! Konoha is crushing our forces! They're approaching the village with alarming speed!" Sugoi Sakyuu, acting Kazekage of Suna since the Sandaime Kazekage's untimely death, let out a low sigh. Placing his head in his hands the man groaned before looking back up. "Start an evacuation of the city but, keep fighting." Suddenly a thought hit the man. The Sandaime's children... The late Kazekage had boasted how "powerful" his children were going to be and everyone in the council knew of the bijuu sealed within the youngest...
Maybe they could still win this war after all.
"Aka, wait! Fetch me Yashamaru, now!"
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On the outskirts of Kumo, two small children were running for their life. Kiraa Bii (often just known as Kirabi) had been scooting around his father's, the Raikage, with his brother and friend Nii Yugito when he overheard a startling conversation. It was about the war raging on and using the bijuu sealed within Kirabi and Yugito to win the war. Now, everyone in Kumo knew about Kirabi and Yugito's bijuu, heck, they were treated like heroes but, this was the first time little Kirabi had heard anyone talk directly about the bijuu. The council had mentioned extracting the bijuu and controlling them to win the war and Kirabi's own father, agreed. The bijuu would be extracted in two days and the war, would be won by the end of the week. Six year old Kirabi had been thoroughly confused but, his older brother didn't seem to be. Despite his confusion however when his brother told him to run far away from Kumo, Kirabi obeyed. He knew when his brother ordered someone to do something, they obeyed, all others who hadn't died. And Kirabi didn't want to die, not today, at least.
And that's why Kirabi was running on the outskirts of Kumo, dragging four year old Yugito with him as he did so. Spotting a caravan of refugees that had stopped for a moment, a broad grin began to spread across the dark skinned boy's face. "Yugito, hurry! If we hide in the wagon, we'll be out of the Lightning country in no time!" The pale faced toddled nodded absentmindedly and the Raikage's son felt a wave of relief over come him as he and Yugito finally sat down, hidden beneath the shadow of a rather large barrel. They were safe, for now.
He wouldn't feel really safe however, until he was in the safety of another village.
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Suna was hell. Buildings were collapsing, women were screaming, and children were crying. Evacuations were being made and it tore Yashamaru's heart out to see his home be destroyed like this from a war that had only lasted a year or two so far. But, he'd think about that later, some Konoha nin had slipped into the village and he had a promise he needed to keep for his sister. He needed to protect her children because, well, he had promised. "Ahhh! Uncle Yashamaru!"
A stray explosion brought Yashamaru back to reality and the teen began to run faster, dragging along his niece (who had her middle brother by the hand) by the hand. His youngest nephew, Gaara, shifted in his arms and Yashamaru longed to soothe the one year back into sleep but, at the moment survival was the top priority. Once he got these children to safety, he could focus on his survival but, with Sakyuu looking for the youngest and the most recent attack by Konoha the children's lives were in the most danger. Sliding to a stop in front a hidden hole in the walls surrounding Suna, Yashamaru drew in a shaky breath. This was it. The explosions from the village lit up the night sky and the blond closed his eyes, sighing sadly. This was their only chance at escape.
"Yashamaru-san?"
Looking up the man stared at the face of Eri, a friend of his from Konoha whom had promised to take the children away to Konoha. Were they'll be safe. "Sorry." Handing Gaara off to the woman, Yashamaru turned around to face Temari, who looked as if she was about to burst into tears at any second. "Temari-chan, this is Eri, she's going to take you and your siblings someplace where you'll be safe." The five year old weakly nodded and Yashamaru smiled as a shadow clone of Eri's bent over to pick Temari up while the real Eri carried both Gaara and Kankuro.
"Be strong, okay?" "'Kay. Bye Uncle Yashamaru." "Bye."
The last thing the man saw was the backs of Eri and his kin as they sped off into the desert. As it turned out, a stray explosion killed him nearly an hour later.
Who would have ever guess explosion tags would have killed him?
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The war had been going on for five years when it happened, as long as he had been alive.
He was told she had been saving a civilian when it happened, some Iwa nin had gone and stabbed her in the back. Her body wasn't found until days after the battle at the border ended and he was told of her death during the "war-has-ended" festival. He didn't accepted at first, his mother, the woman who raised him, Uzumaki Kushina was indestructible, right?
It wasn't until the funeral was over and shinobi (none of the civilians wanted to associate with a foreigner, after all, she and Minato's marriage had been kept secret) of all sort were crying and comforting him did he realize that yes, his mother really was dead. He didn't cry when he realized this, he simple stood at her grave, frowning.
It wasn't until he was alone in the orphanage that night and it wasn't until he realized that he was alone did he cry.
Mommy being dead doesn't make me sad, five year old Naruto thought with a grimace. Her leaving me alone does.
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AN: So... that's the prologue. Setting the wheels in motion, ya know?
Ya know. I'm sure there's quite a few grammar mistakes, I looked it over but, my grammar sucks so, you can never be too sure.
Real quick, the ages of all characters mentioned in this chapter as they will be in the first "real" chapter.
AGES
Naruto – 7
Temari – 10
Gaara – 6
Kankuro – 8
Kirabi – 11
Yugito – 9
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