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When Naruto was a baby he was kidnapped by Iwa-nin and taken to Iwagakure. There the Tsuchikage had an idea, make their worst enemy's son one of their own.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ANY RELATED THERE OF (there we go, the one time I'm gonna say it)
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"Waah!"
"Shut that baby up, Keiko!"
"Why don't we just kill it now?"
"You remember what the Tsuchikage said! We bring him back to publicly execute him."
Sighing the woman looked down at the crying baby she held in her arms. He had a puff of blonde hair on his head and whisker marks on his cheeks. He tugged on her long sleeved black shirt as he struggled about. Staring into her arms, she sighed as she remembered taking him.
FLASHBACK
Three figures slowly slid in through the open window. One of them held their right hand up to their mouth to silence the team. Crouched low to the ground the person walked slowly to the lit doorway and pressed their back against the wall to the right of it.
The light from the room came over the figure slightly, revealing the bulge at the chest and identifying her sex. She pressed her palm against the wall, signaling for her team to hide in the shadows as she listened in on the inhabitants of the room.
"Why are we watching this demon? We should have killed him an hour ago and finished what the Yodaime started!"
"I know, but we're under strict orders to protect him!"
"Whatever, it's not like anyone is gonna make any attempts on his life right now. Let's go get a drink"
Sigh "Yeah, let's get the hell away from this brat"
Scooting away from the doorway she watched as the two men briskly walked out of the room and down the hallway, not even noticing the team. They watched in silence as the pair went around a corner, but still remained silent. When they heard the creak of door hinges they held in a collective breath, only to release it when the door clicked closed and the footsteps became lighter.
Lifting her right hand again she held it flat palmed towards her team as she scooted over to the doorway. Looking in she saw a light on shining over a small crib with some sounds emitting from it.
She slipped in around the edge of the opening, pushing her back against the wall inside the room. Looking all around and seeing no means of surveillance she put her left arm in the doorway and waved it back and forth, issuing her team forward.
As they walked in she stood and walked cautiously towards the crib where soft sounds continued to come from. Nearing it she gritted her teeth in anger at the young blonde baby sleeping soundly on the soft beddings. Hearing a gasp she turned to her right to one of her male teammates also looking at the baby.
"What is it, Naota?"
He pointed his left hand at the baby's stomach, "What is that?"
She removed her mask to reveal her long golden brown hair as her hardened feminine features shown deeper in the dim light. Her blue eyes glinted as she bent over and peered down at the boy. "It looks like a seal, but I've never seen anything like it…"
Her third teammate came up from behind them and started looking as well, "It might be some kind of protection?" He looked between his two teammates faces in thought.
Keiko gritted her teeth again, "Well, that would explain why the guards are so lax in protecting the Yondaime's son."
A piece of white caught her eye, causing her to reach around the crib and produce a scroll. "I wonder if it has anything on the scroll in it…"
Naota turned back towards the door and pushed against the wall as he peered around the doorway, "We'll have to see when we get back to the village, we need to leave as soon as possible."
"Okay, Yutaka" turning to her other teammate, "You carry the baby."
"I can't, I'm the one leading us back since I can see in the dark. One of you two has to carry him."
Before Keiko could turn to Naota she heard him speak, "C'mon Keiko, you need to work on your gentle side and what better way than carrying a baby?"
She was about to punch his arm when they heard the door hinges creak in the distance. Keiko quickly donned her mask and grabbed the baby between her arms as gently as she could without waking him. They dashed out of the room and jumped out of the window just as one of the guards came back.
They pressed against the wall around the window so he couldn't see them leaving from the building. He walked by and went to the doorway, all the while grumbling softly to himself. Turning back around he walked calmly away, seeing the room the exact same way as he had left it.
CURRENT
They had been running for hours and luckily the baby had just started acting up minutes ago. Yutaka looked back at her from his frontal position in the group, "Why does it have to be public? I mean, it's just a baby."
As Keiko took a breath to answer Naota beat her to it, "It's a morale booster. Just saying we killed the Yellow Flash's son isn't as good as actually showing him dieing."
Keiko looked down at the boy, "Are we even sure this is his son?"
Yutaka grunted a little, "Yeah, that's him. They look the same and no one else's kid would have guards and a room in the Kage tower."
They all looked forward once again while the baby still continued crying.
"Tsuchikage-sama!"
The man looked up from the paper he was reading over. He had darkly tanned skin complimented by his long black beard and moustache, short black hair, and seemingly black eyes. Having light wrinkles he looked his age, forty-four. He wore the usual kage garb with his color being brown like the red in the Hokage's or the blue of the Kazekage's.
He had deep bags under his eyes from working nights in with paperwork. His assistant wore the standard jounin garb of a black shirt and black pants, but wore a black chuunin vest and had a black mask over his face.
The older man placed his left arm on the table and supported his head as he leaned on it. "What is it Akio?"
"Keiko-san's team has returned with the Yellow Flash's son!"
Immediately the Tsuchikage sat straight up and had a large smile on his face, "Bring them in, now!" Akio quickly turned around and made a motion for those outside to walk in.
First came Yutaka with his mask off, he had long black spiky hair that matched his small black eyes but brought attention to his pale white skin. He had a long nose with a slight curve on the end and a scar running down from under his left eye to the bottom of his jaw on the left cheek. His thin figure was hugged closely by his tight black clothes. He bowed a little before letting the rest of his team walk in.
Next came in Naota with his mask off as well. His buzzed grey hair was slicked down with sweat while his light grey eyes stayed lazily ahead of him as he bowed, showing the sweat on his tanned forehead reflecting the lights in the room. He had a heavy build but kept it hidden by loose clothes, even while sneaking into enemy villages. Mirroring Yutaka's movements he bowed slightly before walking forward and allowing Keiko in.
She came in with a small white cloth wrapped in a bundle cuddled in her arms and held against her chest. Soft breathing was coming out of the bundle as the baby had fallen asleep before they got into the village. After she bowed she brought the bundle over to the desk and set it down gently.
He rubbed his hands together before moving the cloth and seeing the small baby for the first time. His eyebrows quirked when he saw the boy's unusual features, and looking back up at the team was answered by Keiko. "We really don't know. He had those whisker marks and that seal on him when we found him, but we don't know what either does."
Yutaka spoke up now with a smirk on his face, "But now we can test them before we kill the brat."
The Tsuchigake looked back down at the boy for a moment, thinking of his next move. Slowly a smile came to his face, "I have a better idea…" He looked back up at the three. "What other information do you have on him?"
Naota spoke up, "We also found this scroll with him. We haven't opened it yet…" With that he walked up to the kage's desk and laid said scroll down next to the baby.
The older man picked it up slowly and unraveled it, trying to engrave everything he saw into his mind. As he reached the end of the scroll however, he sighed. He laid his head back against the back of the chair, "All it says is his name… Kazama Naruto…"
Yutaka smirked, "So now we can give him a name on his tombstone"
The Tsuchikage looked down at the boy with a slight frown of thought. The frown slowly turned upside down as he began to smile evilly at the baby in front of him. Without removing his attention from the boy he spoke, "Good job, you three may go and rest now."
After bowing they hesitated for a moment, watching the Godaime as he was looking down at the boy with a smile. Walking out slowly Keiko took a look back at the boy and frowned, though she hated his father she could not bring herself to hate the child. She sighed as she continued out the doorway, but she could not do anything about it.
When they left the Tsuchikage looked up, "Akio" As he reentered the room the old man leaned back in his chair and turned away from his desk and the sleeping baby, "Bring the council here immediately."
"Hai, Iwayama-sama!"
"Why are we here, Iwayama-sama?"
The kage smiled, "Because we have a small matter to discuss…"
An old man in plain purple robes spoke up, "And what, pray tell, may that be?"
Iwayama's smile became a smirk as his assistant came forth with a bundle of cloth in his hands, "The Yellow Flash's son!"
Many of the people council's face quickly turned to those of anger or evil. They only knew one thing about him yet they already wished death upon the young lad, while others in the group had a different feeling. Though they hate the Yodaime Hokage, they could not hate a small boy for just living. And that is when the fighting started.
"Kill him now!" All faces turned to the obese man in blue ninja garb reaching for a kunai.
However the woman in blue next to him grabbed his arm and encased it in rock, "But he's just a child!"
Another man in black a few people away from her screamed at everyone protesting his death, "His father killed hundreds of our shinobi single handedly, how could we possibly risk this abomination to live!"
"Because he'll be one of ours"
Everyone stopped and slowly turned to the Tsuchikage. The fat man spoke once more in a more subdued manner, "B-But he's from Konoha"
The smile returned to Iwayama, "He doesn't have to know that." Everyone either quirked their eyebrows or waited patiently for him to answer. "What if we told him he was born here? He would be loyal to us and wouldn't even know he was a traitor."
"What about his family?" Half the people nodded in agreement to the woman in a black kimono.
That made the kage hold his chin in thought, "Well we could just make him an orphan like he is…" But that was quickly met with resistance.
Another man in red came forward, "But then he would just be as strong as an ordinary shinobi, maybe we should place him with someone who could teach him more and make him stronger."
"Are you kidding?!" They turned back to the man in black, "Why would we even want him to become a shinobi?!"
The Tsuchikage spoke sternly, "Because this is an opportunity we can't let just pass us by! If our morale would rise from ending the Kazama family publicly, imagine what would happen if he was one of our own!"
"But he could still"
"Enough!" Some shuddered as the kage slammed his fist on the table to emphasize his point. "He will be trained to be a ninja." Then looking over to the man in red, "What do you suggest? He live with your Daijishin clan?"
The man in question quickly began waving his arms in front of him as he shook his head, "Of course not. He can't live with any of the clans with kekkei genkai or else his lack of the traits would seem suspicious."
The council became quiet in thought before a woman in a pink kimono spoke up, "So he has to go with one of the clans that don't have one, but we also have to consider if they'll kill him or not. I mean, he is the Yellow Flash's son…"
Iwayama nodded his head in agreement before the woman in blue spoke, "Maybe we could just find a couple who isn't in any of the clans?"
The man in red spoke once more, "Or someone who lives alone…"
Snapping his fingers the Tsuchikage brought everyone's attention to him, "I've got just the one…"
(knock) (knock)
"Hold on!"
As she opened the door she came face-to-face with to Akio. As the woman leaned against the right of her doorway she crossed her arms, "What is it?"
Akio bowed slightly as he spoke, "Tsuchikage-sama wishes to see you as soon as possible." She stood there stunned for a moment before nodding her head and following him to the Kage Tower.
"Tsuchikage-sama, I've brought Keiko as you asked."
Iwayama looked up from the baby that was still sleeping peacefully. He had a sadistic smile on his face as he watched the woman enter with a bow.
She stood in front of his desk in silence as she watched the baby for a moment. Shaking herself she came to attention, "You wanted to see me Tsuchikage-sama?"
"Hai," His smile became more of a smirk. "I wanted to tell you about a mission you're being assigned to." After some hesitation she nodded, signaling for him to continue. "It's a long mission S-class mission with a weekly pay to match the risk." She stood straighter at the mention of a weekly S-class pay. "But it might be the hardest thing you've ever done in your entire life… Do you accept?"
She stopped for a moment to think this over. She had no family, barely any friends, and nothing to leave behind; in other words, nothing to lose. She nodded slowly, releasing a breath she hadn't realized she was holding when she saw Iwayama smile.
His smile spread across his face as he picked up the baby, filling the woman with absolute dread. She did not want to kill the baby, but she knew that if the kage ordered she had no other choice. But what happened next caused her jaw to drop, "Your orders are to be Naruto's surrogate mother."
She stood shaking as her arms lifted on their own and accepted the baby that the older man was lowering into her arms. Her gaze switched back and forth between the old man and the baby several times. The baby suddenly chose that moment to wake up and looked about while gurgling.
They both watched him, the Tsuchikage with a smile and Keiko still in a stupor. The old man put his right arm on her left shoulder, "Say hello to Uzumaki Naruto!"
She walked home slowly with the gurgling bundle in her arms. Her gaze was continually fixed on the baby as she went through the streets thinking to herself. 'I don't know how to mother! Why the fuck did he choose me?!' She came across a supermarket and looking up remembered a list of things that Akio had written that she should get.
She sighed as she went in, 'Why couldn't he have been the fake father? He's already had three kids; he's bound to be a great dad!' Then her mind drifted to the announcement the Tsuchikage had planned for tomorrow as she shopped, when he announces Naruto.
FLASHBACK
The old man went back into his chair and leaned back, still smiling at the strange face the woman was making. "Alright, now that that's taken care of I need you to do something tomorrow."
She snapped out of it and looked at the kage in absolute horror, causing him to chuckle. "I need you to bring little Naruto here tomorrow for when we announce him to the village."
Hearing that, she suddenly became serious, "Do you really think that's a good idea? Don't you think we should wait till he's a little older so they won't judge him right off?"
He smiled as he shook his head, "Nonsense, they'll be thrilled to have the Yondaime Hokage's son as one of ours." His smile became sinister, "Just imagine it, the thrill of our worst enemy's own child fighting against his father's village!"
She sighed in defeat and nodded, "Alright…"
CURRENT
Looking around she could already tell some people did not like Naruto since he had hair like the Yellow Flash's. 'Just wait until they find out who he really is…'
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Short opening, I know. The rest is gonna be much longer
I still haven't come up with the pairing, so cross your fingers and hope it's yours! I'm currently going over every scenario possible, including the changes to the known Naruto world with him being absent from Konoha, and with the biggest scene (no really, it is so freaking huge that this one moment will be a chapter on it's own. The emotional descriptions and elaberations for emotional confliction will all be together for it.) I have been forced to use a Konoha-nin.
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