Prologue

The streets were dark and muddy, the ice cold rain made it even worse as the flickering street lights bore witness to a small blond haired figure, soaked in his own blood desperately trying to seek refuge within night's bosom.

If the street lamps had ears, they would have heard the pained and irregular breaths of the child and the much louder voices of the mob that pursued him. If the lamps had brains, they would wonder what on God's green earth had this child, no older than five, possibly have done to incur the wrath of so many. If the lamps had mouths they would question the child, but would never get a reply as the child himself could never understand why these people hated him so, why, throughout his entire life, the entire village called him things like "Demon", "Monster" or "Murderer", why out of all nights, these people wanted him dead.

The small child ran on, occasionally looking back at his pursuers, hoping they had given up but to no avail. His muscles screamed in agony from the immense build up of lactic acid but the boy ignored it and continued onwards. His arm hung limply and offered no sensations but the child knew that it was not only broken but dislocated from the bashing he received earlier. His other arm was wrapped around his abdomen, hand pressed firmly on his side trying to stop as much blood as possible from gushing out of the gash caused by having a sharp rock kicked at him. The boy would shake his head on occasion, trying to get the wet hair away from his eyes as he ducked through alleys and around houses trying to escape from the people who were soon to become his murders.

A few blocks away, a lone man walked home with an umbrella over his head and carrying a small bag of groceries. The man appeared to be in his late twenties and wore all black, black cargo trousers, black boots, a black t-shirt and a long black, sleeveless over-coat made from what looked like a fusion of denim and flannel. His short black hair was covered by the coats hood and his handsome features were hidden by the hoods shadow.

The solitary figure continued onwards until his ears perked up and saw a small blond haired child stumble out of an alley and collapse face first on the wet ground before scampering to his feet and disappearing into another alley. The man was curious at first wondering what a child was doing at this time of night. His mind went on alert as the voices of angry men filled his ears. He saw a small mob of men rush out of the alley and into the one the boy went into. The man, at first was going to dismiss the incident, but when his olfactory nerves screamed and his brain registered the smell, he instantly dropped everything in his hands as his eyed widened in horror. Blood, he smelled blood. With the ease and grace of a well trained shinobi, the man jumped onto the nearest building and sprinted off in search of the child.

Meanwhile the child in question was still running until he slipped on a flight of stairs and rolled back down violently. He tried getting up but the immense shooting pain in his leg prevented him from doing so. Examining the leg, the boy saw it bent at an impossible angle and it was at that moment he resigned himself to his fate. Tears streamed down his bloodied face as the mob closed in and surrounded him.

"Well, well, well, looks like we finally caught you brat!" one man said venomously.

"Oh, looks like the little shit's hurt himself" another man spat out as the rest of them laughed sadistically.

"How about it lads, wanna see what demon blood looks like?" a third man asked while he took out a flip knife causing the mob to roar in delight.

The man stepped forward, and was about to slash the young boy when there was a loud bang as the knife was shot out of his hand causing the man to howl in pain and grip onto his hand. Suddenly a man with a long hooded over coat dropped in front of the small boy and said two words, "Leave... Now" with so much venom and killing intent that the mob was forced to take a few steps back.

"Oi, who's this creep?" one man asked.

"I dunno. Oi you, get outta the way. We have business with the brat" the man clutching his hand replied.

"Anyone capable of injuring and hunting down a child deserves a death sentence, however if you leave right now then I will overlook this incident" the man in black said.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU KIDDING!?" the injured man said while rushing forward with the balled up fist.

The man in black effortlessly dodged the punch as he grabbed onto the other man's head and shoved it into the stone wall, finally with a burst of chakra, the head was forced further into the wall causing the head to cave in and the wall to crater. The body fell limply onto the ground causing the mob to back up further while several screamed in terror and fled, those were the smart ones.

The remaining five just stared until one of them roared and lunged forward, brandishing a knife.

The man in black let out a low, animalistic growl as a black aura surrounded him and intercepted the attacker.

The child had seen all of this, but the combined exhaustion, wounds and blood loss finally took its toll as the boy slumped to the ground unconscious, the pain filled screams of his attackers ringing in his ears.

Several minutes later the man in black walked under a street light, the small boy cradled in one arm, while the other covered the gash, a dark green glow emanating from it. When he entered under the light, the man finally got a good look at the child's features and nearly dropped the child as his eyes widened with a mixture of utter shock and horror and said, "U-Uzumaki-sama!?"

Chapter 1

Naruto woke up to a room not his own. As he rubbed the sleep from his eyes with his only good hand, the other being in a sling, the events from the previous night flashed in his head causing the small boy to scream in pure terror.

-Half an Hour Earlier-

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?" a man with short black hair and sapphire blue eyes shouted in utter fury.

"I-I didn't know" replied another man with spiky black hair, an eye of such a dark brown it almost seemed black, while the other was covered with an eye patch, and a pair of orange tinted goggles hanging around his neck.

"Didn't know? YOU DIDN'T KNOW!? THE HELL YOU DIDN'T KNOW! OTHER THAN MYSELF, YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO VISIT HIM WHEN HE WAS BORN! HELL YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON OTHER THAN HIS OWN MOTHER TO HOLD HIM AND YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU DIDN'T KNOW!?"

"I-I'm sorry it's just that I...I... Ah fuck it! I couldn't tell you ok. Ever since the incident, the Council's been watching me like a bloody hawk! Every time I step out of the house I felt them watching me and when I would come over to see you their numbers tripled, easily. Every time I came over I wanted to tell you but something in the back of my head kept telling me that if I did, the kid would end up dead, so I didn't ok"

"Uchiha Obito! Do you have any idea of the state I found him in? He had a three inch gash in his side, a broken leg and a dislocated arm that was broken in three places! And that was only the major injuries. WHO DOES THAT TO A FIVE YEAR OLD? Kushina thinks he's dead, I thought he was dead. I bet Minato is having a bloody epileptic fit in his grave right now! If Kushina finds out, I wouldn't be surprised if she turned this whole damn country into a smouldering crater and God help us if his siblings find out!" the blue eyed man yelled.

"YOU DON'T THINK I REALISE THAT!?" now it was Obito's turn to raise his voice, "You don't think I wanted to help him? You don't think that every time I saw him getting beaten up in the middle of the street that I wanted to bash their faces in till they were no longer able to eat solid food? Of course I did. Every time I saw him I wanted to give him a hug and tell him it was alright, that it wasn't his fault! You have no idea how much I wanted to pick the kid up and take him home so he could get a good meal and a place to sleep, where he would feel safe and not have to worry about the day his life would come to an end. Each time I so much as looked at him, I felt the number of eyes watching me increase ten-fold."

"Urgh...you're right. I-I'm sorry for snapping at you, it's just that... all these years I was lead to believe that he was dead. For five years I've been festering in my own guilt and now that I find out he's alive, I feel like those five years have been a complete waste. I told my pregnant wife to leave along with Kushina and the kids when they went back to Whirlpool just because I couldn't stand having her look at me knowing I had failed to save the life of her nephew. I don't even know whether my child is a boy or a girl. Do you have any idea how disgusted I am at myself right now?"

"Don't be" Obito replied with a serious tone, "What's done is done and if anything this has worked out in your favour"

"How so?" the blue eyed man asked.

"Now that you have found Naruto, without any additional help or prior knowledge of his existence, the Council can't do a thing to stop you from taking custody of him, that is, as soon as Hokage-sama is made aware of the situation"

"Wouldn't the Sandaime be in on it?"

"No, as far as I know he thinks you and Minatsu went missing after the attack and that Kushina and the kids are dead" Obito replied.

"You didn't tell him!?" the blue eyed man asked, voice slightly raised.

"Calm down! Like I said every time I thought about helping Naruto, in any way, something in the back of my head told me that if I did he would end up dead, so I kept quiet, but not anymore. I'll find a way to get the Hokage down here personally so you two can meet, I'll probably have Mikoto-chan file an anonymous complaint regarding the estate or someth-" but Obito was cut short when a blood curdling scream was heard causing the two men to immediately run up stairs in a panic.

When they enter the only occupied room they found Naruto sitting up in bed and as soon as he laid eyes on them, he backed into the corner while curling up into a ball constantly repeating, "Please don't hurt me" again and again.

"Shh! Shh! Shhhh! It's okay now, no one's going to hurt you" the blue eyed man replied as soothingly as possible, "Your safe, I promise"

"W-W-Who are you?"

"My name is Makizaki Sazare, Zare for short, I was the one who found you five days ago when those men attacked you" the blue eyed man replied.

"F-f-five days!?" Naruto replied in shock.

"Yes, I was able to fix up your minor wounds as well as your broken leg and the gash in your side, but your arm proved more difficult that's why it's in a sling" Zare replied.

"Oh!" was all Naruto said as he hung his head low.

"Hey, hey, no need to get do down big guy" Obito replied as he reached his hand out, but stopped when Naruto visibly cringed before reaching out again and gently ruffling the boys hair.

Naruto looked up with tears in his eyes as he noticed the...Uchiha!?

"Heh, heh" Obito replied to Naruto's shocked look, "I'm not like the rest of my family, I actually don't have a stick up my rear end like the rest of them do"

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle slightly at the comment but was cut short when his stomach grumbled loudly causing the boy to blush.

"Well someone's in a good mood" Zare replied, "Come on let's get you something to eat"

Naruto started shifting around despite the pain in his side until Zare interrupted saying, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, where do you think you're going?"

"I-I thought we were-" Naruto replied meekly.

"No you are not, you keep moving like that and wound in your side will open up again" Zare said.

Naruto hung his head low in dismay until a pair of arms, one under his knees and another behind his back, wrapped around him and lifted him off the bed much to his shock.

"That just mean I'll have to carry you downstairs" Zare said with a warm smile causing the boy to bury his face in Zare's shoulder in an attempt to hide his tears.

Mid way through his meal, Naruto suddenly stopped eating, head hung low.

"Is everything alright?" Zare asked.

"W-why are you so nice to me?" Naruto asked with tears in his eyes.

"It's difficult to explain, but your parents were very dear to me" Zare replied.

"Then why now? Why after so long did you finally decide to help me?" Naruto replied between heavy sobs.

"Oh Naruto, you must understand that for all these years I was told you were dead. If I had known otherwise I would have stopped at nothing to find you" Zare replied as he tried desperately to consol the grief stricken boy.

"So your saying Jii-jii lied to me?" Naruto asked between even harsher sobs.

"No" Obito replied instantly, "The Council lied to all of us. They told the Hokage there was no one to take care of you, in turn leading you to believe you no longer had a family and Zare that you were dead"

"But not anymore. I know we have just met, but you are more than welcome to stay here and I will make sure no harm will come to you ever again" Zare finished.

Naruto suddenly burst into tears as the news washed over him causing Zare to lean down and, much to the surprise to everyone in the room, Naruto leaned in towards Zare causing him to embrace the small boy in a powerful yet comforting hug while gently rubbing the boys back.

After half an hour of trying to calm him down, Naruto finally stopped crying and was able to finish his much needed meal.

After saying goodbye to Obito, Zare returned to the kitchen to find Naruto missing and went in search of him. Finding him in the living room, he noticed the small boy looking at a framed picture on a table. Even though he dreaded it, he felt a sooner rather than later was for the best.

"I see you found the picture" Zare stated, startling the boy out of his trance.

"I-I-I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean t-" Naruto replied frantically.

"It's ok, better you know now rather than later. Do you have any questions?" Zare asked.

"Who are these people and why are the Yondaime and you in here?" Naruto asked.

"*sigh*You might want to sit down for this cause it's going to be a lot to take in" Zare replied while sitting on the couch next to the boy, "This... is your family"

"Wha?" Naruto said in shock.

Zare pointed to a small baby in the arms of a beautiful red haired woman with grey eyes, "That is you and the lady holding you is your mother, Kushina"

Naruto stared at the woman in question and began sniffing as gently stroked her face with a finger and said, "O...Okaa...-san?"

"Yes Naruto, that is your mother" Zare replied as he picked him up and placed him in his lap, wrapping his arms around him and kissing him gently on the back of his head trying to give him comfort while saying, "Let it all out" causing Naruto to burst into tears as all those years of pain and loneliness came pouring out with seemingly no end.

After fifteen minutes, Naruto finally calmed down and smiled warmly at the site of his mother.

"Feeling better?" Zare asked while using a handkerchief to clean up the boys face.

"Uhn-huh" Naruto replied, "Can I ask you something?"

"You can ask me anything you want" Zare replied.

"Is the Yondaime my father?" Naruto said bluntly.

"Wow, that was blunt" Zare said with a hearty chuckle, "And to answer your question, yes he is"

Naruto's eyes lit up in awe at the revelation and said, "Really!" with the biggest smile on his face.

"Is something wrong" Zare asked.

"No it's just... the Fourth was my hero you know. He selflessly sacrificed himself to protect the village from the Kyuubi and saved everyone. Now that I know he's my father it just makes it so much better"

"I'm glad you had this kind of reaction, most people would be enraged at this type of revelation" Zare replied hugging the boy tighter.

"Revelation?" Naruto asked while looking up at the man.

"Discovery"

"Oh" Naruto replied, "Who's this" while pointing to a red haired girl no older than eight.

"That's your sister, Chizuru, the boy next to her with the blond hair and grey eyes is your brother, Takashi, the two boys stand in front of your mother are the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru, although other than the fact that Hikaru has blond hair and Kaoru red, they are completely identical" Zare said as Naruto's eyes danced over the image of his family before settling on the last person unknown person in the picture who apparently had Zare's arm around her shoulder, she too had red hair like his mother, although of a darker shade, and vibrant green eyes.

"Who's this?" he said pointing to the woman.

"That's Minatsu, your mother's sister, and my wife" Zare replied with a hint of both sadness and pride in his voice.

"Y-Your wife!?" Naruto said incredulously, "But if she's mom's sister then does that mean that?"

"Yes Naruto" Zare said as warmly as possible, "That means that I'm your uncle" while giving the boy another comforting hug.

Naruto leaned forward replacing the photo before turning around, burying his face in Zare's chest and softly crying.

Zare continued to comfort the young child until his laboured sobs turned into peaceful breaths announcing the boy's slumbering state. He gently cradled the boy in arms while carrying him up stairs and placed him in the bed the boy woke up in that morning. As he left the room, he made a silent promise to get back at whoever was responsible for ruining this boy's life and to make sure that Naruto would be reunited with his family.

Author's notes

Wow, I can't believe I finally put this idea on paper. It's been bubbling around in my head for at least four years and it was inspiration from several naruto fan fics that finally linked everything together. I thank the authors for the inspiration.

Anyway please to R&R but be kind. This is the first piece of literary work I've ever written outside the education system and would like a bit of encouragement. Also even though I have finished chapter two, I will wait until I finish chapter three before up loading it.

I hope you all enjoy as there is A LOT more to come.

P.S. I WILL NOT, I REPEAT WILL NOT. TURN THIS INTO A YAOI FAN FIC. NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANT TO I WILL NOT DO IT. I FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE AN INSULT TO THIS STORY'S MAIN SOURCE OF INSPIRATION (NOT THE ANIME/MANGA IT SELF) AND EVEN IF IT DID GET THEIR OK, I STILL WON'T DO IT BECAUSE THE MOMENT I ENTER THAT AREA OF LITERATURE, THIS STORY WILL INSTANTLY EXCEED THE MA RATING (YES I AM A NAUGHTY BOY)

And one more thing, WILL SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL LEMONS ARE AND I DON'T MEAN THE FRUIT.

Enjoy