Authors Note: Well, this is my rewritten chapter 1. Gonna be a while, but I'm going to try to make it much better than the older version was. If anyone wants to beta for me, please feel free to pm me. I need all the help I can get.
Summary: After the Kyuubi attack, Sandaime disbands the council and tells no one but the clan heads about the sealing of the Kyuubi. After, Naruto is adopted by the Uchiha clan. Will he be able to make his way to the top of the ninja world? BloodlineNaruto! NaruHina!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
"You can't do this Minato!" Hiruzen shouted. "There has to be another way!" Minato Namikaze sighed before answering.
"If there was, don't you think I would have found it?" He asked. Hiruzen stuttered for a moment before settling for glaring at Minato.
"There must be though!" Hiruzen stubbornly said. Minato just grabbed the bundle from of the Hokage's desk and held it for a moment, a sad expression on his face.
"Just make sure he is seen as a hero. I don't want him to have to grow up without either of his parents, but it's neccesary. You'll have to take up the Hokage mantle again old friend. Good luck." Minato said, before he flashed out of the room and to the battlefield. Hiruzen just sat down at the desk, running his hands over the cold wood that was worn from years of paperwork sliding across it. Ten minutes later, he saw a bright flash of light that lasted seconds only, before fading away. Not long after, a anbu appeared in the office and kneeled in front of the desk.
"Hokage-sama." He said. Hiruzen sighed before waving him on.
"The Kyuubi has been defeated, but the Yondaime is dead." Hiruzen allowed no emotion to show on his face. It wouldn't do for the Hokage to succumb to grief at a time like this.
"Was he holding a bundle in his arms at his death?" Hiruzen asked with a voice void of emotion. The anbu member gave a terse nod. "Good. Retrieve that bundle and bring it here. Also summon the clan heads. Do not take no as an answer." Hiruzen said.
"Yes Hokage-sama." The anbu said before disappearing again. Hiruzen sighed before getting up and going up to the rooftop and staring up at the stars. He stayed there for five minutes before going back down to his office. The clan heads would be here soon, and so would little Naruto.
"I hope you knew what you were doing Minato." Hiruzen whispered as he walked back down the stairs to his office.
Hiruzen stared at the little bundle currently held in the hands of the anbu member from before. He purposely tuned out the arguing of the clan heads and mentally sighed at the way his night was going so far. It had started off all right, but as soon as the clan heads all walked in, it had turned into a night of arguing over the fate of the baby held in the anbu members arms. They all wanted the boy to be raised, that was a given, considering the baby was Minato's son. But the Hyuuga and Inuzuka heads were arguing over who would raise him. Hiruzen sighed again. It looked like he would have to step in and decide the matter for them. They were resorting to petty insults now.
"We aren't the ones who use a cursed seal on our own family!" Tsume shouted at Hiashi. Fugaku sat by during all this with a grimace on his face, and watching everything. Shibi sat beside Fugaku and an angry buzzing could be heard coming from his kikaichu. Hiruzen grinned. It appeared he wasn't the only one who was getting annoyed at the arguing. The Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clan heads weren't arguing, but they were watching the Inuzuka and Hyuuga with mild amusement.
"Sit down, and shut up!" Hiruzen said. Hiashi and Tsume immediately shut up and sat down. Fugaku smirked in amusement while the buzzing from Shibi disappeared. Hiruzen sighed before continuing. "Fugaku will raise the child as his own. If anyone has any objections over this, take it up with me." He said. None of the clan heads said anything. Nothing needed to be said. Hiruzens word was law.
"May I ask why you chose me Hokage-sama?" Fugaku asked.
"You were one of the ones that was not arguing-" Hiruzen began. Hiashi and Tsume looked embarrassed for a moment and looked away. "-and for another, you were on Minato's team, so I believe you deserve the chance to raise his boy." Hiruzen finished. All the clan heads nodded at this. "Now, If you would take Naruto Fugaku." Obeying his Hokage's orders, Fugaku took the child from the anbu's arms and cradled his head gently. "I believe we are done here. We can finish whatever business we have left tomorrow." All the clan heads nodded at this and filed out of the room. Hiruzen sighed again before staring at the picture of Minato hanging on the wall and slowly left the room. Time to get home and rest up for tomorrow.
Fugaku sighed as he walked into the compound carrying Naruto. It was time to introduce him to the clan. As soon as he made it through the gates, Mikoto, Itachi, Shisui, and his father Tarou were waiting for him in front of the house. Mikoto was holding a bundle that Fugaku knew was their newborn son. Fugaku walked over to her and slowly handed Naruto to her before walking inside and wearily sitting down in the dining room. Itachi and Shisui both helped Tarou inside before running up to Itachi's room. Mikoto went to put the two babies to bed and look after them. Fugaku and Tarou just continued to sit in the dining room in silence. Ten minutes later Mikoto walked in and sat down beside Fugaku. Finally Fugaku sighed and began explaining everything that had happened that night. Mikoto continued to look more and more sad as she heard about all the casualties that were confirmed. The losses the clans suffered were astronomical. The Uchiha clan alone had suffered nearly three quarters of their entire clan, Including both of Shisui's parents. The Hyuuga's lost about half their clan, although they were mostly branch members. The minor clans had also lost many members, particularly the Nara. Where the Nara clan had close to a hundred members before, they were now down to a mere twenty. All members of the Namikaze clan who had gone out to fight the Kyuubi had been eliminated by the end of the fighting. Thankfully the clan heads had survived except for the Namikaze. The greatest loss that night was the Yondaime though. Minato Namikaze. The Yellow Flash. Already the civilians were in mourning over the loss of their hero.
"Is there any good news this night?" Tarou asked in a sad voice.
"The Namikaze clan survives." Was all Fugaku said. Tarou suddenly looked towards the babies room before turning towards Fugaku with a hopeful expression. Fugaku merely gave a slight nod of his head. Tarou sighed in relief. At least Konoha still had one member of the Namikaze clan. "We should go to bed." Fugaku said after a moment of silence. The other two nodded before getting up. Fugaku and Mikoto helped Tarou to bed before Mikoto went to put the two boys to bed. Shisui would be living with the head family from now on. That way he would be able to be around his best friend Itachi and wouldn't sink into depression. Five minutes later the entire compound was completely dark and everybody was in bed. No one noticed a silent shadow disappear into the night.
Six years later...
"Naruto, get up!" Mikoto shouted through the door. Naruto for his part ignored her and turned over on his side before going back to sleep. "Don't make me get you're brother!" She shouted. Naruto's eyes instantly shot open.
"You wouldn't!" He shouted back. Mikoto grinned.
"Try me." She said. Naruto gulped before scrambling out of his bed. Mikoto hearing him getting up grinned to herself.
"Your father wants to see you after your done!" She shouted as she walked away. Naruto groaned before finishing dressing in a white t-shirt, brown shorts, and sandals. He quickly ran out of the room and down the hall to his fathers office. Surprisingly Sasuke, Itachi, and Shisui were already waiting outside the door. Just as he got there, the door opened and all four walked into Fugaku's office.
"Good to see your all on time." Fugaku said with a hint of sarcasm. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and grinned sheepishly. Itachi and Shisui smiled at the antics of their little brothers. "I called you here for a reason. All of you sit down." He said while motioning for all four to sit. He himself sat down and waited for them before he started. "As you know Naruto, you're not an Uchiha." Naruto looked sad at that but nodded. "That isn't to say we don't consider you family, but the blood that runs through your veins is not that of an Uchiha. Your family is the Namikaze who were all wiped out during the third shinobi war and the Kyuubi attack. You are the only remaining one, and that is why we have been raising you as our own." Naruto nodded in acceptance while Sasuke grinned at him. Itachi and Shisui were looking at their father in curiosity. They had not been told of this before.
"The Namikaze were a very powerful clan, and had good relationships with all the other clans of Konoha. They are thought to have originated in the land of water but moved here in the hopes of a bright future. From what your father told me, the clan basically split in half. One half would move to Konoha, while another would stay in the land of water. That way, the clan would be harder to completely eradicate. That hope was shattered with the occurence of the bloodline purges a few years ago, but it was a good plan." All four children were looking at Fugaku in fascination at the story. Fugaku hid his chuckle of amusement before continuing. "Your family, like most other clans had a bloodline. The creation and control of lava. One of the sub-elements." He said. Naruto was smiling happily while Sasuke grinned at his brother. Fugaku opened a drawer in his desk and took out four scrolls before closing it again.
"These four scrolls are your's Naruto. Itachi, Shisui, you two will begin training these two so that they will be at the level of chuunin by the time they become genin." Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other and grinned. Itachi and Shisui mock groaned earning a glare from their younger brothers. Fugaku chuckled. "You may go now. I would read those scrolls Naruto. They might help in your training." Naruto and Sasuke quickly ran out of the room. Itachi and Shisui both followed slowly as to plan out what they were going to teach the two. Fugaku stayed for a moment and looked after the four before sighing and heading for the kitchen. It was time for breakfast.
When he finally got there, Sasuke and Naruto were already done eating and were waiting impatiently for Itachi and Shisui who were eating slowly. Tarou was also sitting at the table and eating slowly. He was now over eighty and was having more trouble moving around. He mostly stayed in the house and told the boys war stories from his time as a shinobi. Mikoto was just finishing eating her breakfast. Now that the boys were starting shinobi training, she would start going on missions again soon. After all, she was still a shinobi of Konoha.
"Foods on the table honey. I have to go. Bye!" Mikoto said as she put her plate away and ran out the door. Fugaku waved goodbye before he got his breakfast and ate it slowly. Five minutes later Itachi and Shisui finished eating and took Naruto and Sasuke out of the house and into the clans training area.
Fugaku and Tarou both laughed lightly before finishing their breakfast. Fugaku left the room to get caught up on his paperwork, while Tarou stayed at the table and read a book, waiting for the boys to finish their training.
"Alright, me and Shisui have finished drawing up a training program for the two of you." Itachi said as he gave the two an evil smirk. Shisui for his part just grinned at the fearful expressions on his brothers faces. This was going to be fun.
"You're warm up will consist of ten minutes of stretches, then five laps around this field, followed by twenty sit-ups, push-ups, and pull-ups. Every month, the warm up will be increased by five until you are doing a hundred laps around the field, and five hundred push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups for your warm up. After your warm up, we will work on your chakra control. After three months of chakra control, we will start working on teaching you two some basic ninjutsu and genjutsu for nine months. By the time that's done, we will start teaching you taijutsu." Shisui said. Naruto and Sasuke looked confused at this.
"Um, why aren't we learning taijutsu before that? Kiba and Hinata are learning taijutsu already." Naruto said. Sasuke nodded in agreement. Itachi sighed before answering.
"The Hyuuga and Inuzuka clan rely completely on their taijutsu. In truth, they rely on it too much. For this reason, they begin working on it much earlier than anyone else does except for the Akimichi. If you start with chakra control at a young age, it comes much more naturally than it does if you start at an older age. The younger you are when you start on it, the better. Also, we want you to already know the basic ninjutsu and genjutsu so we can get it over with." Itachi said with a sheepish grin. Naruto and Sasuke laughed at their older brothers before an immense killing intent focused on the two boys. Shisui loomed up behind them while they stood there shivering in fear.
"Are you done stretches already?" Shisui asked in a dark tone. Naruto and Sasuke quickly shook their heads. "Then I suggest you get too them." Naruto and Sasuke immediately started stretching while Itachi was rolling on the ground laughing. After ten minutes, the torture began.
"Are you serious?" Sasuke shouted while he was running. Naruto quickly pushed him out of the way as a kunai went past where his head would have been.
"The kunai are blunted, plus this increases your perception. Not to mention it's fun." Itachi said with a grin before throwing another kunai that Naruto barely dodged. Shisui was sitting on the ground watching all this go on and laughing at his two little brothers expense. After they finished their exercises, they started them on the basic leaf exercise.
"Alright, for this exercise, you need to keep this leaf stuck to your forehead with chakra. It's the most basic chakra control exercise. It's also the easiest. Now get to it!" Shisui said as he landed each a leaf. Naruto's was blown off his forehead when he tried it, while Sasuke's slid of his forehead. "Naruto use less chakra, Sasuke use more." Shisui said. They both tried it again, but the same thing happened. Shisui sighed. This was going to take a while.
Takahiro Yuudai was a jounin of Iwagakure. In fact he was the strongest jounin they had. It really wasn't saying much, but it put him at least at the level of one of Konoha's regular jounin. For this reason, he had been chosen for this mission. He was to infiltrate Konoha and search for any sign of the dreaded Yellow Flash's family. All they knew was that he had family before he died, and that there might still be family here now. If he found any, he was to kidnap, or if necessary, kill them. Getting into Konoha was easy enough. He just had to use a simple jutsu to travel through the earth and under the walls. After that he came up through the ground and hid in an abandoned orphanage. The shinobi here had gotten so used to peace, that they hadn't even caught any trace of him and hadn't taken notice of the minor chakra flare due to his jutsu. It was pathetic really. He had quickly determined that there was no sign of the Yellow Flashes family in the Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Hyuuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame compounds, and he had also checked all the orphanages and apartments. He had even checked the Namikaze compound with no success. After he had done that, he had gone immediately to the Uchiha compound, and lo and behold, there was a little blond brat playing at being a ninja. Unfortunately, it looked like there were two fairly powerful ninja watching over him. That left out capturing him, so he would have to kill him instead. Too bad. He didn't particularly enjoy hurting children.
"Oh well, might as well get started." He muttered to himself as he went through handseals. "Kaneton: Hagane Karada!" He whispered. Liquid steel came from the ground and conformed to his body as he slowly stood up from behind the trees he was behind. All he had to do was kill the brat and escape with his life. Fairly easy right?
Itachi was looking over his two pupils when he felt a sudden surge of chakra. Turning toward Shisui, he saw that he was turned toward the direction of the chakra surge. Thinking quickly Itachi sprinted over to his two younger brothers and knocked them unconscious before picking them up.
"Stall him until I get back!" Itachi whispered to Shisui before he disappeared in a burst of pure speed. Shisui kept his eyes on the source of the chakra surge and watched as a metallic figure came out.
"Well this complicates things." The figure spoke.
"Really? What are you doing here anyways?" Shisui asked.
"Killing the Yellow Flashes offspring. What else would I be doing." The figure said as he charged. Shisui ducked the haymaker aimed at his head, and quickly threw a punch at the figures torso. His fist seemed to bounce of the figures body and Shisui rolled away while cradling his broken hand.
"Seems your impervious to taijutsu. Wonder if that goes for ninjutsu as well?" He said as he went through one handed seals. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" A large ball of flame went hurtling towards the figure and engulfed it. Shisui waited anxiously for the results of his jutsu. Suddenly he saw a figure walk out of the smoke. Shisui silently cursed to himself before readying himself for a very long fight. All of a sudden the figure went through handseals and whispered something. Shisui felt the chakra surge from underground and jumped to the side just as a massive spike erupted from the ground where he was just standing.
"You should feel proud of yourself. Not many people have survived this long against me." the figure said. "Too bad I have to kill you now."
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't think I can accommodate you there." Shisui said with a grimace. Shisui just heard a chuckle from the figure before it charged him again. Shisui continued dodging punches sent at him from the figure. This kept on going for about a minute before the figure kicked him in the gut and sent him hurtling into a tree. Shisui gasped as he smashed through the tree and hit the ground. The figure walked up and stood right in front of him.
"Say bye-bye." It said before raising its foot. Just as it was about to bring it down on Shisui's head, a hand covered in lightning punched through its side. The figure opened its mouth in surprise before its jutsu failed and the now revealed man collapsed on the ground unconscious. Shisui grinned as Kakashi stood over the man and gave an eye smile at Shisui. Shisui grinned back before falling unconscious.
Kakashi looked over the fallen Iwa nin with curiosity. Something about him seemed familiar, but he couldn't figure out what. He was a blond haired man about six feet tall. Well muscled as all shinobi are, and judging by the fact that he beat Shisui, fairly strong. "Judging by that technique, he uses metal, which is as far as I know, only possible by rare members of the Namikaze clan. But how is he able to use it then?" Kakashi thought. kakashi looked over Shisui and found he had four broken ribs, a broken hand, and a lot of cuts and bruises. All in all, it would take about two or three weeks for Shisui to be back in fighting condition. Kakashi sighed as he picked both of them up and slung them over his shoulders before jumping away. It was going to be a long day for sure.
Authors Note: That's it! Much better than the earlier chapters! Put a lot more time and effort into making them better as well though, so it seems to be a tradeoff! The previous polls still stick, so it will be Naruto wielding a katana, Sasuke a wakizashi, and Naruto gets the wolf contract. Sasuke's summon is now up so please vote!