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!!Warning!! MarySueOC and mild swearing in some chapters. (I'm only going to put this up twice)
AN: This chapter has been re-edited.
This chapter: A child is born by the match between two great clans of the Fire Country. How will her existence affect Konoha?
Chapter: Snow Comes
A heart-wrenching cry was heard, shattering the cool silence of the night. The moon, winking at the Konoha borders, revealed a child, roughly more than a year old, perhaps a little older. It was crying. Crying for what, the stars wondered. Where were its parents? Not a minute since the babe started crying did several chuunins on the watch start gathering. A handful of anbus silently watched from the distance, unseen by the other ninjas. What irresponsible parent left the child unprotected in the middle of the night? It wasn't a safe time either. There was an attack waiting to happen, a battle about to break out. No matter what the excuse, how could anyone simply abandon children? ... Unless... the babe's parents were dead and there were no other relatives. ... But why the forest...?
Two of the chuunins disappeared, probably going off to find the Hokage. One of the female chuunins picked the child up, cradled it, softly cooing in an attempt to quiet down the child. It worked, a little. The child was no longer wailing but sobbing in large hiccups. The chuunin started singing a lullaby as she held the child closer. That seemed to worked much better, and not long after that the child fell asleep once more.
"Hokage-sama," one of the chuunins hissed as their leader arrived.
"What are you all doing here? You've left the borders unprotected," he reprimanded before looking into the problem. After a quick salute, they left to their original positions. Only the female chuunin was left. She gave the child to the Hokage before saluting and then disappearing herself. Leaving the surroundings to the silence it had enjoyed only minutes before when the child had been asleep.
"Hokage-sensei," said an anbu officer, announcing his presence as he appeared by the Hokage's side, peeking over his shoulder to the child.
"Kakashi-kun. Do you know who left this child here?"
"No, my apologies Hokage-sensei. The child must have been sleeping earlier and we didn't notice it till it started crying. The child could have been there all day for all we know. There aren't any traces of anyone having gone to or from this place either."
"Hn..." The blonde man was peering at the bundle in his arms. The child was sleeping peacefully now, so he couldn't see the color of its eyes, but its hair was a dark purple. "This child will stay with me until we find out who its parents are."
"Yes, sir. I will resume my patrol now."
"Kakashi-kun?"
"Everything's quiet, Hokage-sensei. Nothing to worry about," the anbu officer said without turning back.
"Well then." The blonde man turned to look at the child again. "Who are you?" he mumbled.
No parents came to claim her, the female child with red eyes and dark hair. Nothing could be found of her heritage, although she was obviously an... Uchiha, or so they thought. She was practically inexistent to those outside the Hokage's home. Her presence only known by two Hokages of the village, the 3rd and the 4th as well as the anbu officer, Kakashi, that had, oddly, gone to him to check up on her from time to time. Even the chuuninS that had first found her forgot about the incident, thinking that she'd already been returned to her parents. Besides, the coming battle wasn't anything to be underestimated. They needed to focus all their attention on it.
Many nights later, it erupted. The battle had begun. The nine-tailed demon fox, Kyuubi, began attacking the village. There was no way to stop it. No way to kill it. No way out of it except to surrender. Resistance was futile. There were many casualties. Too many. Was there any way out of it?
The child, hereafter named Fuyu Yuki, by the 4th - her new adoptive father, was peacefully snuggling up to her crib-mate. The 4th's son. He had shocking blonde hair, an extraordinary characteristic for a person to have been born to a ninja family. Ninjas normally had dark physical characteristics. Naruto defied the convention... his father did too. At the moment the two children were sleeping, undisturbed by the agonized cries outside the house.
"You will die soon if you don't conserve your energy," the 3rd admonished as the 4th stumbled on the steps of his home. The 3rd had been injured earlier in the battle and could do nothing but wait till he could regain the full use of his chakra.
"I want to see my son," he said stubbornly. "And Yuki too. And I don't care if I die, as long as I can see with my own eyes that both of them will be able to live a happy life." If possible, Naruto's father had grown as fond of Yuki as he was with Naruto during the previously peaceful days.
"What are you planning to do?"
"We can't kill him. We can't even injure him long enough to trap him. There's only one way. I'll have to seal him in my body."
"Seal him inside you while you're in this state and you'll die. You die and he'll escape. It'll be hell all over again. Isn't there any other way?"
"I'm sorry. I have to do this on my own," the man said gruffly as he escaped the other man's stares and disappeared. The two children disappeared as well.
Outside, on the battle field, the 4th summoned Gamabunta and ordered him to protect the two children as he prepared the seal for the evil fox. He knew the act was going to kill him, but he did it anyway.
"I'm sorry, Naruto-chan. Forgive me for doing this to you, but I need your help," he whispered to his son. There were screams outside. The 4th winced at the thought of more casualties. There was little time left. "Yuki-chan. You'll help him, won't you? Goodbye."
It was a long and painful process, but the 4th managed to get a hold of the Kyuubi and sealed him. Not to himself, but to his sleeping son. The 3rd arrived just as he accomplished that.
"Goodbye," the father gasped as the soul-reaper he summoned to help seal the Kyuubi, took his soul away. He was dead in an instant. Not even giving enough time for everyone to understand what had just happened, and in the ensuing chaos Naruto started crying. Sensing the distress of her young friend, Yuki started crying too.
Naruto was in pain. He couldn't handle the presence of the Kyuubi inside him. It was practically eating up his insides. Three angry lines on each side of his face appeared. His skin cracked and blood started gushing out following the beatings of his heart.
"No..." The victory was short lived. The Kyuubi was going to come out. Amidst the confusion of the sudden end of battle, only the 3rd noticed - but at his current state, he was helpless to do anything.
Something had to be done. And the most astonishing thing happened.
Yuki, through her tears - she'd known that her dear friend was in pain, crawled slowly to Naruto's side, emitting an eerie blue light and then lying her head over his chest. One hand on the seal and another on his forehead. The blood stopped flowing from his cheeks and the wound started sizzling. It was being closed, but the wound couldn't be completely healed. Its presence would forever be on his face. But it was enough. The child was calm again. Yuki had helped him get control over the unwanted spiritual presence of the fox inside his body. The Kyuubi itself was beginning to calm down. Yuki laid there, still emitting the light, but was hopelessly unable to stop sleep from taking over her body. As she slowly trailed off to sleep, the Hokage lifted her off Naruto and placed her beside him, her hand still on the seal on his stomach.
"The Kyuubi has been sealed," he murmured, a tear flowing unchecked on his wrinkled face. "Naruto saved us. He and Yuki saved us. The village is safe," he ended the statement in a dull tone. Hundreds of ninjas were dead. Half the village was destroyed. Their leader was dead. "From now on will be a time for reconstruction. Konoha will be safe again. Your son will be safe. Yuki will be safe. I'll make sure of that."