Sarutobi stared intently into the small bundle in his arms. He was one part awe struck and one part curious. This child, the son of Minato Namikaze, who was son of Jiriaya no Gama but formally Jiriaya Senju; grandson of Tobirama Senju who was the Niidaime Hokage, also Hiruzen Sarutobi's; Sadaime Hokage, beloved sensei. Not only was this boy the progeny of two Kage and a Kage level ninja, but his mother's heritage was very interesting. His mother, funny he has yet to even think the boy's name which was elegant and genderless (Menma his name was Menma), who name is Orihime Otsusuki was quite the sight. She was 5'3 feet, with alabaster skin, eyes the color of violet, and a body to die for. She was the coveted hour glass shape, with double D breast, a small pinched waist, wide hips, full round bottom, and legs that were strong and taut (think Chun Li). Her hair was white, with a slight silverish undertone, it was sleek, straight and silky. Her cheek bones were high, she had dimples in her back and her cheeks. Her nose was small and straight, lips were very full and salmon pink. She seemed other worldly, divine, a goddess. And how her and Minato came to be is quite the story to be told.
It started on a rainy night. It was the ending of the third shinobi war, but the battle was still on. She appeared at the Northern gates, drenched and shaking. Only clad in a silvery long, spaghetti strap night gown. Barefoot. The two Chunin gate guards was of course very on edge and quickly detained her. In the reports that came soon after, one of the Chunin admitted to thinking that she was a fallen tenshi, because she appeared in a flash of lightning. She was extremely exhausted, so she was detained at the ninja hospital. The Sadaime personally came to see the young lady who made it this deep into Hi no Kuni, during war time, right to their gates. He bought Orochimaru, Jiriaya, Tsunade and Minato with him. Orochimaru and Minato being in the running for Hokage, Tsunade being the best medic to ever live, and Jiriaya because he went where ever his son did, period. And what this girl achieved, was damn near impossible. In the visit he asked standard questions, how old are you, where are you from, do you have any family, how the fuck did you get to my heavily guarded village?
She answered all questions without hesitation, she was 19 years old, she grew up in Yama no Kuni, her clan was dead, and she was running away and woke up a few paces away from the gates. He asked what she was running away from and she said the man with the eyes of hate. She described what appeared to be an elderly Uchiha with a mutated Sharingan, but no known Uchiha's who fit her description are known to be located in Yama No Kuni. He asked of her clan and she said they were gone, she was raised by farmers on a mountain village called Urie, and last night a man with eyes of pure evil slaughtered her parents and tried to kidnap her but she got away. He asked how, and she said an energy flew through her body and literally snatched her to the center of their village, she then proceeded to evade him by running wildly through the woods until she was pulled to Konohagakure No Sato. They of course did not believe that shit, but she spoke without a tremble. They had Inoichi dig through her memories, and he confirmed her being chased by some demonic Sharingan wielding man, but everything was extremely blurry. Probably due to her sheer terror. Sarutobi treated the girl in the hospital, and eased the ANBU guards she had since she wasn't lying. But it was near unheard of for an adult, young adult or not, to activate their chakra so forcefully without repercussions, like immediate heart failure. Tsunade was quite curious too, what she did was a medical miracle. They released her and told her she could stay and make a living, or she can go back home. She decided to stay for a while. She got a job at the Yamanaka flower shop, needless to say Inoichi saw that people of the male persuasion seemed unusually interested in flowers all of the sudden now that Orihime worked for him.
Sarutobi could completely understand why men would come to buy flowers for no one in particular just to SEE the divinity that the young women had. She was flawless. Lacking imperfection and the civilians and ninja men noticed. Including Minato. The young man was enraptured by her, he visited the shop often, offering to go on walks, picnics, dinner dates, or just to stare at the marvel of a woman. He fell for her hard, and fast with no effort on her part. She was just incredibly beautiful and very kind, soft spoken but not timid or shy, an introvert more so. Jiriaya was suspicious to say the least. An incredibly, attractive, young women with a tragic background waltzes in to the village and his son, who was Hokage nominee and of Senju blood easily falls head over heels for her!? Jiriaya explained his suspicions to his son, who he still felt needed some guiding. The handsome platinum haired man, only 24, had never been in love. He fooled around a lot, but never has he actually loved a woman. So this was potentially dangerous, for the village. The boy was a gushing mess.
Minato did not take kindly to any accusations against the woman he loved. Not when Jiriaya pushed his fatherhood duties off on the Sadaime for the first 12 years of his life until he decided he was ready to be his father, and then continued to fuck up from then on. Being a way better sensei than father, and he was a lazy ass sensei. Minato felt Jiriaya really had no say so in his personal matters, at least in this instance. He kindly told him to piss off and mind his damn business. The Gama Sennin of course was not happy about his decision and took off to go spy somewhere, mostly to blow off steam.
Eventually Orihime gave into his pestering, and accepted a date offer. They had a picnic at a training field, and the girl asked him to train her to be a ninja. Minato tried to laugh it off but she was deadly serious. He told her it was a bad idea because ninjas start young so their bodies can handle the stresses of chakra but she insisted and he caved in. He of course tried to keep it a secret, mainly because he was really impressed by her progress but also he didn't want people to know she made him so vulnerable. It didn't take long for Sarutobi to find out, with the constant high alert war brings but he let it slide because he too was astounded. She took to shinobi hood like a fish to water. She had quite large reserves for an untrained civilian roughly high Genin low Chunin. What amazed them both was her elemental affinities. She had all 5.
That's when her Otsusuki heritage becomes interesting. And interesting blood lineage mixed with Jinchuriki usually meant problems, and more problems for an aging Hokage. You see blood test revealed that her genes are similar to Senju, Hyuga, Uchiha and the lost Uzumaki clan, not only were her genes similar but they seemed to predate those 4 legendary cousin and sister clans. She had certain markers and mutations present on her genome that were thought to be exclusively Senju or Uchiha or Hyuga, so on and so forth. That meant that under the right circumstances she could possibly develop Byakugan or Sharingan, maybe Mokuton. Minato had asked her if she knew anything of her dead clan, if her adoptive parents said anything. She only admitted to knowing that her parents were being hunted and had left a will stating that if anything were to happen to them they would like for her to be raised by her adoptive parents. They asked about the will but she said she never knew where her mother or father hid it. All they had essentially was the clan name Otsusuki, there was only but so much they found. A very old clan from Tetsu no Kuni admitted to having some old scripts about warring with a clan called Otsusuki and having extreme troubles killing the clansmen who claimed to come from the stars. Many of the battles that this samurai clan called the Fujiwara, had with the Otsusuki took place in Hoshi no Kuni, meaning it's not too unfair to infer that the clan's main settlement was in Hoshi. So they looked for clues in Hoshi, Jiriaya found a very old settlement. It was mostly foundations but the people in the area had interesting mythos that white haired moon people lived here once and their beautiful female leader "overcame the Earth and seduced man with dreams of grandeur and peace". They called her a Goddess who took the form of a rabbit. Jiriaya got little more info from Hoshi, mostly tales of great battles, the idea that these people were aliens to this earth, that their leader was a rabbit tyrant, and that after a great battle they disappeared. Forever.
But that would be impossible for a clan to just disappear like that. If anything another clan as ancient would've recorded it. The Fujiwara said they no longer warred with the Otsusuki because their leader moved them from Hoshi to somewhere far off.
And for a clan to disappear forever that means no one survived. Yet here Orihime was. Alive and well and seemingly the last of a clan that was ancient who seemingly fathered or mothered 4 great clans. It was eye opening for Fugaku and Hiashi, Tsunade seemed mildly interested from the reply he got when he sent one of his monkey summons to her about this interesting new discovery. Orihime unfortunately got some unwanted attention from some unsavory figures such as the War Hawk himself, Danzo Shimura who looked at her like some lost hidden treasure instead of a person. This earned him the ire of the strongest ninja to ever live. So when Minato became Hokage, though more militaristic than he was, he gave Danzo problems at every turn and Danzo though strong was no fool. Fools don't survive three wars and live to the age that he has lived. Shimura smartly kept to the shadows through Minato-kun's rule as Yondaime. But with the death of Minato and Orihime basically being comatose indefinitely, he feared for the child. He didn't doubt that the Uchiha and Hyuga clans would back him. By protecting the young Otsusuki they would be protecting clan interest and secrets as well. The Aburame are logical pragmatist, so the likelihood of the clan of bug users going against the child due to his lineage and burden was nil. The Nara are the best strategist around and most of the males were born with very large IQ's so irrational hate seemed unlikely as well from them. The Yamanaka are the foremost psychologist and mentalist, so irrational hate would be clinically sorted through with clan jutsu. The Akimichi are gentle giants and kind hearted in nature, and due to the closeness of the three clans (Ino-Shika-Cho) they will go along with the Nara and Yamanaka trusting their better judgement. The Inuzuka will be harder to sway due to the fact the new leader and matriarch just lost her husband, father to her children, and former clan leader. Never mind her being pregnant and ready to bust, but the clan had a strong sense of comradery and were loyal to their Alpha (that being him again). The little clans will show little resistance to what the bigger clans go with. The only problems he had to worry about was the esteemed elder council. His ex -teammates Homura and Koharu and Danzo. His teammates are easily influenced by Danzo's devilish ways and Danzo himself can BE the damn devil when he feels it's necessary. That means all the fucking time.
The poor boy had so much going for him and against him at once. Internationally he would be a target for all Iwa and Kumo ninja and any nameless faceless merc (ninja trained or otherwise) looking for a big come up. Internally he would be constantly looked at like some precious science experiment or breeding factory for Senju-esque or Uchiha-esque clan. The mystery behind his mother too great and the possibilities of his blood seeming endless. Without a legal guardian or blood relative to take care of him he would be relegated to the state. But due to his mother's non-citizen status and being a member of a recorded clan, he would have certain privileges and clan member status. His father's heritage kept secret for safety reasons. The boy also being Jinchuriki meant he should be used as a military weapon, but again his maternal heritage saves him. His whole life will be a complicated mess of politics and treachery and his father wasn't around to save him. Jiriaya couldn't take the boy because emotionally he wasn't there nor did he a know a thing about raising a baby. Allowing a big clan to take him will upset the balance of power in the village, while also causing the smaller clans to feel like they're being duped of power or any possible positions. The civilians will not take kindly to the boy, so he elected to keep them out of everything. How can a civilian possibly help in a situation like this besides focusing on civilian matters like the economy and infrastructure? Letting them know who the villages supposed military weapon was foolish and puts the security of their Jinchuriki at risk. So the boy will grow up without the stigma of being a demon bearer. He made it against the law to talk about the connection between Kyuubi and Menma, illegal to talk about the sealing, illegal to talk about his heritage if you knew besides himself and the child and against the law to bring physical harm against him. The boy needed to live, just his parentage and genetics alone was proof enough of his possible ninja greatness. If his grandfather was man enough to take care of him (and honestly if he had the time to) the boy would be great in no time. Much like Fugaku's weasel.
Only time will tell what the future holds for the remaining Otsusuki, Sadaime hoped he would live long enough to see him to his destiny. Whatever it may be, he is sure it will be great.