Title: It will Be Okay.

Description: The night of the Kyubi attack, the Third Hokage insists that Minato allow him to perform the sealing of the Kyubi so that Minato may live and lead The Hidden Leaf Village. Too bad Naruto still grows up with nobody to raise or guide him.. Well, almost nobody.

A/N : Before we start off, let's get disclaimers and important information out of the way.

Disclaimer

I do not own Naruto and this is for entertainment purposes only. Naruto is owned by Viz Media and Masashi Kishimoto.

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The story will have loads of flashbacks and possibly some large timeskips, but differentiating between past and present should be easy. There is also a chance it will also switch around different narratives and points of view. I say there is a chance because I don't know where this story will lead to yet or exactly how it will get there. I have high hopes for it though, and I hope everyone enjoys it.

There will be dark times in this story, along with love, death, life and despair. I'm not yet sure about any sexual themes, but knowing me, don't be surprised if some do show up. Well then, let's get to it.

CHAPTER ZER0

The village was in ruins. Fire blazed everywhere and people were hard pressed to get everything under control again. Easier said than done. The attack was so sudden and unexpected. Nobody had been prepared to be fighting or running from the Kyubi. The Hidden leaf was a strong village though, and together, they had managed to survive the night, though not without their fair share of losses.

One that hurt the village more than many others...

Hiruzen Sarutobi, most commonly known as the Sandaime [Third] Hokage.

Minato crouched next to the older mans body, a look of distress plastered across his face. I should have been the one to die, he thought. He was the Hokage now, afterall. And it was his fault that the Kyubi had gotten loose.. No, he corrected. It was that masked mans fault, however he had failed to stop the masked man, so he could not help but feel responsible.

Yet relieved.

The Sandaime had done a great thing for everyone. Not only had he saved a lot of people inside the village, Kushina lived, along with himself and most importantly, his very own son.. Naruto.

Naruto? Naruto!

Minato shot to his feet and looked around frantically. Naruto and Kushina were just on the other side of the clearing that the Sandaime lay at. He spared one more glance at the old man before rushing towards his son and wife. Kushina was holding Naruto tightly, trying and failing to fight back tears from the entire ordeal. She was sad. She was angry. But more than anything, she was grateful to be able to hold her Son. She thought...

"Kushina," Minato whispered softly, crouching next to his family. She turned to Minato and smiled weakly, her red hair framing her face perfectly. Something that always made Minato smile.

"We're okay," Kushina began, running a hand through her crying sons hair. "Little Naruto.. He's healthy as can be. And I'll be fine with a little rest," She explained, having inspected her son and then herself while Minato and Hiruzen worked.

"Of course, you Uzumaki are the toughest around!" They both smiled at that. Minato always did cheer her up. And the Uzumaki WERE notoriously resilient. If only the same could be said for the others...

Kushina nodded her head in the affirmitive. The smile dropped from her face though as she looked at her Son. "Minato.. The Third.. You taught him the Dead Demon Consuming Seal [1] and the Eight Trigams Seal [2] That quickly.. He wasn't praised of the God of Shinobi for nothing, but..."

Nobody was perfect, and though he was incredibly strong and intelligent, he was not a Sealing expert.. Though, he compensated by thinking on his feet. Half of the Kyubi had been sealed inside Naruto. Unfortunately, it wasn't the more favorable part of the Kyubi. That was fine, but.. The other half had been sealed inside..

Kushina turned to the center of the clearing. There was a large Urn with intricate seals covered on it from top to bottom. That was where the other half of the Kyubi was stored. This would have been a wonderful thing, except.. Even if it was only half, The Kyubi was too incredible of a being to be sealed away into an inanimate object. Forever, anyway.

"Hai.. However, don't worry. It was actually a genius plan. At most, we have five or six years to prepare to seal the other half of the Kyubi but that's plenty of time to decide and prepare. We won't be caught off guard like this time." He assured her, a confident smile forming on his face. Kushina couldnt help but mirror him and smile herself.

"You're right," She agreed, turning her attention back to Naruto. "But now my Son is a Jinchuriki.. I've lived that life, Minato.. I don't want the same for him." She started, taking a deep breath and kissing her sons forehead. "I don't want enemy shinobi coming to kill my son before he can fight back. Before he can mold his chakra. Before he can crawl."

Minato frowned, placing his hand on her shoulder. He understood what she meant. Narutos life would be in danger. Twice as much as any regular Jinchuriki. He was after all the son of the Fourth Hokage who had Enemies nationwide. The Stone, most notably. "Hai.. I think we are thinking the same thing.. While hiding his Jinchuriki status from the village is already impossible, we can contain the information. Along with the fact that he is our son. Just until he is strong enough that we can train him to protect himself." He suggested. He could make it a villagewide secret. The only people who knew of his Heritage were the council and two of the Three Sannin. And they weren't here yet..

"That will work.. Won't it Naruto?" Kushina asked quietly, staring down at her son.

It would have to.

That being said, She wasn't sure if it was a blessing or a curse that her son looked so much like them both. And all of his features were so...

And that's a wrap for the introduction stage of this story. I didn't quite want to call it chapter one yet, as it's more of an explaining of how things are going to get to chapter one. Which brings me to my next piece of information. Incase you can't tell when you begin chapter 1, there is a large timeskip leaving off of chaprer 0 that chapter 1 begins on.

Notes:

[1] Dead Demon Consuming Seal - The jutsu Minato used to split the Kyubi into halves along with sealing half inside of himself

[2] Eight Trigams Seal - The Jutsu used to seal the second half of the Kyubi into Naruto.