Hey everyone, this is my new story: 'Dreams'
This will be a big story. As the title gives away, the story will be about the dreams of Naruto and his friends. Are they going to accomplish them or not? You will have to read to find out;)
Naruto will be growing up from a little boy to a strong man in this story. I will begin with a prologue, in where Naruto is born. Then I will show his youth and then his genin days and so on. I won't follow the manga, but some important things will be in there. I hope that you will enjoy my story. I will continue 'together forever' too, but I just wanted to write this story too. Please review, because it means the world to me. I want to know what you think of my story and if you have something to say, don't hesitate to say it.
And this will be a NaruSaku story. It will take some chapters, before they even get to meet each other, and I will follow the manga so far that she will like Sasuke in the academy. But don't think that it will be SasuSaku. I don't like that pairing at all, so don't worry. They will get together ;) Please tell me what other pairings you would like to be in the story.
"Hello": regular talking
'Hello': thinking
'Hello': Inner Sakura and Kyuubi talking
Don't forget to R&R ;)
Enjoy
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Prologue
The skies were dark and sounds of agony could be heard everywhere. It wasn't one of the best days in the history of Konoha. Roofs were on fire, cries could be heard and there were dead bodies everywhere. The women and children had been brought to safety. They were hiding in the secret hideouts in the stone wall shielding Konoha. The shinobi were fighting to protect their village. Konoha had suffered so much because of the last war and lost a great deal of power.
The third shinobi war had finally stopped after a long time of fighting. Iwagakure had finally given up after one last battle. They had given everything they had left to win the last battle and they were at the winning side until one man came to the battle field. It was the man feared throughout the entire world. This man had destroyed entire armies on his own with his unmatched speed and power. The battle had been won within seconds as the legendary warrior destroyed everything in his path.
This man, now known as the fourth hokage of the village of Konoha, was standing on top of the tower of the hokage. He was watching how his people were fighting the beast that was trying to invade the village. He clenched his fist as he saw how the demon killed his friends with his breath alone. They had been fighting the monster for days now and they just couldn't kill it.
He was surprised when he heard someone approaching him and he turned around. He saw one of his best friends standing there, the white haired warrior known as Jiraiya. The white haired man in front of him had been his teacher for a long time. He was known of one of the sannin of Konoha and he had done great things in his life. The sannin was currently leading the attack against the monster from afar. He gave out the orders to the people and made the strategies.
Although he was the hokage of the village, he knew that he wasn't the best man for making important choices as these yet. He had been promoted to hokage not too long ago. The former hokage had become quite old and had decided to choose a new hokage. He had chosen him instead of one of his own students. He was really happy, because it had always been his dream to become hokage. He didn't have much experience at making decisions like this one, so he decided to let his teacher and friend make them. "What is it, Jiraiya?" The hokage asked with a sad face.
The sannin let out a big laugh and walked over to the young man. "Since when do you show me respect? Have you finally grown up?"
He saw that the young hokage was staring at the battle in front of him and he just couldn't help but see the sad expression on his face. He knew how hard he was taking this. He knew that the blonde saw it as his responsibility to keep the village safe. "You are doing everything you can, Arashi. I am sure that everyone thinks this." Jiraiya said while placing one of his hands on his shoulder.
The spiky haired man turned to the sannin and gave him a wry smile, before speaking to the man. "I just can't take it. That monster is killing one man after another. My job as hokage is to protect the people of this village, my friends. Why am I standing here, while all of my friends are dying to fight that beast?! I just can't take it anymore, sensei!" He clenched his fist and started to leave the tower.
Arashi was surprised when the white haired man blocked his way. He gave him an angry look and tried to walk past him. "Get out of the way, Jiraiya. I have to help them!"
He was surprised when he saw a fist coming his way. He didn't understand why, but somehow he didn't dodge the attack. He fell down on the ground because of the impact and gave the man in front of him a dangerous glare. Wiping away some blood at the corner of his mouth he tried to stand up. "What's the deal, you perverted fool!"
The white haired man started to laugh which infuriated the hokage even more. "Looks like you are finally falling back into your old habits, kid. You are a hokage now and a hokage needs to be wise. If you go out there now, you will only get yourself killed. That won't help anyone. Just be patient for now! The men coming back from the border will be here by tomorrow. It is our job to hold the demon off until they get here. That will be the time to strike. We have talked about this…why are you making this so hard!?"
Arashi finally stood up again and walked up to his former teacher. Stopping beside the man he started to look towards the raging battle once again. "I can't lose any more of my friends. I became hokage, so that I could protect the people important to me. I have failed too many of my friends already. Rin is now in the hospital, because I couldn't stop her from going there. I don't know what happened to Kakashi, but it can't be good, as nobody has seen him for three days now. And I have failed Obito too. He died because I was too late to help him. I won't make that mistake again!" He said while clenching his fist.
The older man sighed and put a hand on the shoulder of his former student once again. "You haven't let down anyone, Arashi. Don't think like that, you know that it will only break you. Just believe in the people down there like they believe in you. They are still fighting, because they believe in you and in the village. It is just like the old Sarutobi had told us: everyone in this village possesses a will of fire. That fire will continue to burn in the hearts of generations to come. We have to protect the village no matter what and in order to do that we will have to be patient for now. Your rash action may help that demon more than it will help us."
The man stopped for a moment to pat the man on his back. He could see that his speech was calming the young hokage next to him. "You are the strongest warrior in this village. There is no doubt about that. But even you don't stand a chance against that monster on your own. Our opponent right now is no other than the Kyuubi itself. That nine tailed bastard is known as the strongest of all the tailed beasts. Many have tried to beat this thing, but they have all failed. We will just have to outsmart that bastard."
Arashi sighed and turned to the sannin. "Thank you, I needed that. I know that it will hurt more than help to go there, but it just hurts so much to just do nothing."
Jiraiya could see that the blonde grabbed his suit at the location of his left chest. "I will wait one more day. If they aren't here by then, I will start the attack to end this once and for all. I am the only one who can stop that bastard now. I haven't been training all of these years for nothing."
The white haired man smiled and turned around. He started to walk back to the door which leads back into the tower. He knew how his former student had to be feeling. He had lost many friends because of that demon too. He didn't know where his friends were right now. The two other sannin had volunteered to fight on the front. Both of them were also known as the strongest people alive.
One of them was the beautiful blonde woman know as Tsunade. He often called her Tsunade-hime, because she was the granddaughter of the first hokage. The blonde woman was able to cure almost any wound and she was the strongest kunoichi alive. The other was Orochimaru. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but he saw the pale man as his best friend. He didn't know why, but his friend was acting weird since Arashi had been chosen to be the fourth. He just hoped that he would have the chance to talk to him about it. 'Please be okay, you guys…'
He sighed and opened the door. He was very tired and wanted to take a quick rest. He turned around one more time to look at his friend. "Are you coming?" He asked when he saw that the man wasn't moving.
The young man turned around and raised his eyebrow. The sannin hit his own head and laughed because he knew that his former student could be a total baka at times. "Don't you have to go to your wife? I just came to see her and she is doing fine now, but it can happen any moment now. She has been asking for you the whole time. You really should go back to her." Jiraiya said with a big grin on his face.
Arashi's eyes widened and he hit his own forehead. "How could I forget about Setsuka? I am such a fool at times!" The hokage started to run and didn't even give the white haired man a glance anymore. He had totally forgotten about his wife and he knew that he was going to kill him if he didn't go down to her fast. "See you, Ero-sennin!"
The white haired man sighed and shook his head before walking through the door too while he muttered: "So damn disrespectful."
Arashi ran down stair after stair and reached his destination within seconds. He wasn't called the yellow flash for nothing. He just couldn't believe that he had been stupid enough to completely forget about her. He quickly opened the door and rushed in. He smiled when he saw that his wife was lying on a bed while breathing constantly. He walked to her with a content smile on his face. "Sorry that I am so late, Setsuka-chan." Arashi said while kissing her cheek softly.
The black haired woman gave him a smile before she changed into attacking mode. "What kept you so long, you baka! What is important enough to keep me waiting for so long! You told me that you would only be gone for a few minutes and you stay away for hours! You were just thinking about going to fight, weren't you?!"
He was surprised by the sudden explosion of the woman he loved, but he knew that he shouldn't have made her this worried. She was crying and he hated it. He felt a sharp pain in his chest and brought his hands to her cheeks. After wiping away the tears running down her cheeks with his thumbs, he leaned down and planted a kiss on her lips.
"I just can't keep anything a secret from you, can I? Don't worry, Jiraiya convinced me to stay." He said while still holding her face in his hands. He stared at her while saying his words and just couldn't believe how beautiful the woman was. Her eyes were made of the most beautiful blue he had ever seen. He could get lost in those eyes.
The woman on the bed gave the man she loved a big smile and pulled him down for another passionate kiss. She broke from the kiss after a while gasping for some air. She looked him in the eyes and saw that he was in great pain. She hated to see him like this.
"Arashi, please don't go. I don't want you to get yourself killed. You have to stay alive to lead this village. I have faith in you and in the village." Setsuka almost pleaded.
The man gave his loved one a soft smile before he turned around to leave the room again. He was about to say goodbye, when he felt her grab his cape. He glanced over his shoulder and saw the sad expression on her face. He quickly turned around and kneeled before her. "What's wrong, Setsuka-chan?" He was even more shocked when she suddenly threw her arms around his neck. She pulled him close and enjoyed the warmth of the man she loved.
She gave him a quick kiss on his forehead and moved down to look him straight in the eyes. "I have something to tell you, dear. The doctors told me that it won't be long now. You are going to be a daddy real soon now."
She let go of him now and moved on of her hands to her stomach. Tears were running down her cheeks as she was trying to continue. "I am so happy that I will finally be able to give you the child you have always wanted."
Arashi didn't understand why she was crying while saying all of these things. She should have been happy. He was lost in confusion as the woman in front of him started to talk again. "I will however not live to see our child grow up." Setsuka said with tears in her eyes.
Arashi's eyes widened as he heard the news. He wanted to scream, but Setsuka put her hand on his mouth. "The doctors have done everything they could, but they just can't stop the bleeding. They say that I have two days at the most if this goes on."
Tears were falling down the cheeks of the hokage as she spoke. "They don't know if the baby will be okay, so we need to make a choice now, dear."
He took her hands in his own and planted kisses on them. He didn't want to hear what she was going to say. He wasn't ready to lose her yet.
"If we don't get the baby out of me now, then we might lose it. The baby will die along with me if we will wait." The beautiful woman said while trying to stop crying. She wasn't doing a very good job though.
Arashi broke down crying now too. He couldn't take it anymore. He looked up to see her beautiful eyes before asking: "What will happen to you?"
The woman freed one of her hands and used it to move it through his wild hair. She closed her eyes and let out a huge sigh. "I will die because of blood loss."
Arashi opened his eyes and embraced the woman he loved. "No, this can't be! You can't leave me alone. Please don't leave me. I need you. I need you more than anything else in the world. Isn't there any other way?!" The anger and disbelief were clearly there in his voice.
The woman opened her eyes again and gave her lover a smile. "This is the only way for our baby to survive. I would have died anyway, but this way I can save our baby. I know that this will be hard on you, but you can't break down after I have passed away."
The hokage gave her a defeated and confused look before the woman continued again. "The baby and the village will still need you. I will live on in your heart forever. Don't ever forget that I will always be there with you."
Arashi couldn't stop crying anymore. He had realised his dream by becoming hokage. But it just didn't mean anything if he couldn't share his dream with the person he loved more than anything. He just couldn't live without her. Her smile, her voice, her body…he loved everything about her. He embraced her with all of his might and buried his face in her black hair.
"I am going to miss you so much! I love you so damn much!" Arashi almost screamed.
Setsuka was happy that he cared for her so much and took his head in her hands. She looked him in the eyes and smiled. "I love you too, dear. Don't ever forget that."
She moved her lips to his and gave him a kiss with passion. He deepened the kiss immediately. He didn't want this moment to end. Eventually he had to pull away to breath. She was smiling at him with that beautiful smile. "I love you!"
She fell down and screamed out in pain after those words. Arashi's eyes widened and he looked below the sheets. There was a big puddle of blood. He started to panic now. He ran outside the room and called for the doctors. They followed him in and started to work on her right away. The doctor sighed as he looked to the hokage. "I am sorry, but it is now or never. She doesn't have much time left."
Arashi panicked more and more as he grabbed the hand of his lover. He looked her in the eyes and he could see that she gave him a determined look. He knew what she wanted and turned to the doctor. "Do it."
He didn't have the strength to say any more as he turned back to Setsuka. He squeezed her hand and she gave him a smile before closing her eyes and screaming again. This would be their last moments together and he was planning to be there for her.
The doctor stood up and removed the sheets. "Get the sedatives over here fast!"
Two nurses came running into the room with a plate full of syringes and handed one to the doctor. He injected the green stuff into Setsuka and waited for the other nurse to come to him with another plate. The screaming of the black haired woman became a bit softer now, but she didn't open her eyes.
The doctor exchanged looks with the yondaime hokage. Arashi was taken back by the serious look in the eyes of the man. "This isn't going to be pretty, but we will have to cut her open. Do you want to stay?"
Arashi looked to Setsuka and saw that she was still in pain. She had opened her eyes now and the hokage could see that she was very scared too. He gave her a sweet smile. "I am going to stay with her…forever."
Setsuka was so happy after hearing those words. For a few seconds she totally forgot about the pain and gave the man she loved a true smile. The doctors asked for a scalpel and one of the nurses walked right to him and handed him one. He let out a sigh and started to place the scalpel on her stomach. She nodded and turned to Arashi. The hokage smiled at her while she smiled at him. Their eyes never left each other as Setsuka was being cut open.
Sometimes the woman let out a scream, but Arashi was there for her each time. He soothed the pain with his gaze at her and helped her throughout the operation. Suddenly the two lovers heard someone cry and they turned to the sound. Their eyes widened at what they saw. The doctor was holding a small baby boy in his hands. He had blond hair and was crying furiously. The doctor walked to the dying woman and placed the baby in her arms.
"Congratulations, it is a boy." He said before turning around and leaving to leave the three alone for a while.
The boy stopped crying the moment he saw his mother. He looked her in the eyes and started to smile. Setsuka couldn't be happier. In her arms she was holding her own son. Tears escaped her eyes as she realised that she wouldn't see the boy grow up. She wouldn't see him learn how to walk; she wouldn't see him get his first girlfriend; she wouldn't see him get married. But she was happy for this one chance with her boy. She played with his hands and to her surprise the boy grabbed her hand and put one of her fingers in his mouth.
She smiled and she started to cry again. "Arashi, come here."
The man walked over to her bed and sat down next to her. He saw his son and felt so damn proud. He looked her in the eyes when she called him. "Take your boy in your arms." She said with a smile on his face.
He didn't hesitate and took the boy in his arms. He looked so much like him, but he had his mother's eyes. "He has your eyes, Setsuka-chan." They both smiled at each other. "I want you to give him his name." The woman was surprised by this, but happy nonetheless. She let out a sigh and looked her at her son.
"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto."
The hokage smiled at her. That name meant a lot to him. "I have met you because of ramen. I was walking to the tower of the third hokage when I suddenly saw a piece of fishcake roll on the ground (Naruto is the fishcake in ramen). I picked it up and walked into the ramen stand. I asked if someone had dropped it and you answered. I was taken by your beauty the moment I saw you. I knew then that you were the one for me."
His eyes watered now and he leaned into her to place a kiss on her lips. She deepened the kiss immediately and they only stopped because they needed to catch their breath. Arashi moved his hand through the boy's hair. "I wonder if this kid will become another ramen-freak."
They both laughed for a while until Setsuka let out a scream again. She looked at him again with a sad look on her face. "It is time."
Arashi's eyes widened and he gave her a defeated look. "No, please stay with me!"
He handed the baby to the doctor and sat down next to the woman. She was coughing up blood now and her voice was starting to leave her. "Please take care of Naruto for me."
The man nodded with tears in his eyes. "I will protect our son with my life. I won't let anything happen to him. It's a promise!"
The woman smiled now. "Then I am glad. You have never gone back on your word. I wanted to be with you so much longer. But I guess that this is all the time that we've got together." She closed her eyes as she winced in pain. She tried to caress his cheek, but when she could almost touch him, she lost her strength and her hand fell down.
Arashi grabbed her hand as the tears kept flowing. "I know that you will always be with me…in my heart. We will be together forever. You and me are one. You have given me the two best things in the world: your love and a beautiful son. I will love you forever and even after that. Don't you ever forget that!"
Setsuka smiled as she could see how much the man next to her loved her. "Yeah, I love you so much too. We will be together even after death. I will be waiting for you with open arms. Please tell Naruto that I loved him and that I am sorry that I wasn't there for him."
The man squeezed her hand as he gave the woman a nod. "I promise!"
She glanced to her side one last time and a smile crept on her face when she saw her beautiful man. Her eyes slowly closed and her hand started to fall down. "I love you."
Her hand fell down on the bed and her eyes closed completely. Arashi's eyes widened as he saw that his loved has stopped moving. "Setsuka? Setsuka!" He moved his ear to her breast and listened for a heartbeat. But he never heard it, because the woman was no longer among the living. He embraced her lifeless body and cried out loud for more than an hour.
"Setsuka!!"
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It had been a few hours since the death of Setsuka. The battle against the demon fox was still going on and the fox seemed to be on the winning side. The village was still shrouded in darkness and screams could be heard everywhere. And then there was that dreaded smell that could be smelled throughout the village…the smell of blood.
Konoha had always been the strongest nation in the village, but the village had weakened because of the wars lately. Especially the dreaded war against the rock ninja had cost them a lot of great shinobi.
The red fox was very close to the village now. The ninja they were waiting for had just returned and immediately began to fight the monster with everything they got. One of the shinobi of this group walked over to the white haired man who was leading the attack against the kitsune. "Jiraiya!"
The sannin turned around and smiled when he saw that back-up had finally arrived. "Ah, good that you guys are here. As you can see, we are barely able to hold that demon off. We haven't been able to damage it at all. Hopefully with you guys here, we will be able to make a counter-attack."
The grey haired man nodded and turned to the beast. "We will show that damn beast the will of fire. I will demonstrate the powers of a former hokage! Go get Arashi; we need him if we want to win a battle against the strongest of all bijuu!"
The white haired man smiled at the man who was now running towards the flaming fox. "Please be okay, Sarutobi-sensei." He turned around and started to run towards the tower of the leader of the village.
Arashi let out a huge sigh and put down the pen that he was holding. Glancing over his shoulder, he could see that his son was sleeping. After crying for a long time he was finally able to sing the boy to sleep with a song that he learned from Setsuka. He let out a small smile while he was thinking about his lover and picked up the piece of paper that was lying on the table. After folding it, he put the paper into a small brown box.
He then brought his right hand to his kunai pouch and brought out two scrolls. One of them was white and the other one was yellow. He put the two scrolls in the box too and then closed it. After glancing over to his son, he made some seals. "Seal!"
A seal started to appear on the box and Arashi stood up wanting to see his son more than anything. He caressed the cheek of his son and let out a smile. "Do you see that box over there, little guy. That is my gift to you."
The boy didn't wake up, but he did turn in his sleep. Arashi couldn't help but smile. Being a father was something he had dreamed of so often and now his dream had finally been realised. He grabbed the boy and turned him to his back again. "I am sorry my boy. I wish that I didn't have to do this, but this is the only thing that can save Konoha now."
He started making seals and stopped after almost two minutes of seal making. He then pressed his hand on Naruto's stomach. His hand started to emit some sort of yellow light and a seal started to appear. After removing his hand there was some sort of round seal on the belly of his son. It had a spiral in it and signs were there too.
The little boy frowned a little, but stayed asleep nonetheless. "We will defeat this demon fox together, little guy." He picked up the boy and he jumped out of the window.
After landing on the ground he made some seals with the boy under his arm. He moved his right hand to his mouth and bit his thumb. Blood was starting to appear and he moved the hand to the ground. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!"
There was a lot of smoke and when it cleared Arashi could see a large frog standing in the village. He had some kind of jacked on and he was smoking a pipe. He jumped on top of his head and sat down. "Please get me to the battlefield, Gamabunta!"
"Sure kid. Who's the little man in your hands?" The huge frog asked while jumping towards the battlefield.
Arashi looked at his son and smiled before answering. "He is my little son. He was born a few hours ago. His name is Naruto."
The frog smiled. "Congratulations, kid. He looks a lot like you. I am sure that he will become a great man. Hold your ground, I am landing here. It is dangerous to get any closer with that monster fox there. The scar on my face proves that I am not strong enough to beat him."
Arashi nodded and Gamabunta landed on the ground. He jumped on the ground and started to look around. He saw his friend and started to walk towards him. When he reached him he patted him on the back. "Hey, Jiraiya."
The white haired man turned around and smiled when he saw the hokage with a small boy in his hands. He didn't even have to ask who it was. The boy resembled the man in front of him so much, there was no mistake. "Congratulations."
Arashi nodded and handed the boy over to the sannin. "His name is Naruto." The boy laughed when he was placed in the hands of the white haired man. Jiraiya couldn't help but smile. The boy resembled his former student so much and he had the same smile too. He was surprised when the boy let out a sigh and he suddenly felt something wet. Jiraiya looked down and saw that his vest was getting all wet. "Yuck, the kid pissed all over me!"
Arashi started to laugh for a while and then looked to the ground. After a long time he had finally gathered the courage to speak: "Setsuka has died after giving birth to him."
Jiraiya's eyes widened when he heard the hokage and he nearly dropped the boy. "I am so sorry, Arashi."
Arashi started to walk past the man and watched as the kitsune was fighting off all the shinobi in it's path. "So how are things over here? I see back-up has arrived, but we are still losing aren't we…"
Jiraiya sighed and walked over to the hokage. "We won't be able to hold him off any longer. Even with Sarutobi-sensei and his team fighting, we are still losing badly. A lot of ninja have died and I am sure that the beast will be able to enter the city in a few minutes. I am sorry, but I fear that we must evacuate the village. I love this village, but we have no choice. The only option we have now is to flee."
Arashi sighed and took a look at the village of Konoha. "Jiraiya, I love this village more than anything. I have been raised in this village. I have been loved by this village. I have met Setsuka and all of my friends in this village. And now….I am the hokage of this village. I am not going to leave Konoha."
Jiraiya couldn't believe it. The man was so determined to protect the village. It almost brought tears to his eyes. He looked at the man in front of him and could see that he was smiling with the smile he always gave everyone. The smile would always make everything better somehow. "Please call everyone back now, Jiraiya. I will handle that fox now."
The white haired sannin raised an eyebrow, because he knew that he couldn't beat the fox on his own. He didn't know why, but suddenly he looked down and that's when he saw it. He saw the seal on the belly of the boy in his hand. He knew that his pupil was a genius when it came down to seals, but he knew a lot about seals too. He had been the one to teach him the basics about seals. He looked at the seal for a moment and then he suddenly remembered where he had seen the seal before. His eyes widened and he turned to the hokage. "No, you aren't!"
Arashi's smile turned into a serious expression now. He turned back to the Kyuubi and saw the destruction that the demon was causing. He frowned and let out a sigh. "I am not kidding, Jiraiya. This is the only thing that can stop that demon fox now and you know it. I always said that I would give my life to protect the village and now it is that time. Please understand."
Jiraiya looked down to the boy in his hands now and sighed. "I know, but that doesn't make it less hard on me. I really care a lot about you and I don't want to see you go. You are my favourite student and you have become one of my best friends. And what are you going to do with the boy. He needs to be taken care of. If you and Setsuka are both gone, then who will look after the boy?"
Arashi looked down for a moment now and then turned around to caress the cheek of his son once more. "We are going to beat that monster together. I hope that the people will be able to see him as a hero, because he will be. I am asking you to take care of him after I am gone. When he gets older, please train him like you have trained me. I can see in his eyes that he will become a strong shinobi. Please do this for me, Jiraiya."
The sannin looked to the boy in his hands and then to the man in front of him. He smiled and nodded. He raised his arm and used chakra to raise his voice. "Everyone, pull back now!"
The shinobi who were fighting didn't know what was going on, but they all listened nonetheless. They stopped fighting the monster and headed back. When Jiraiya saw this he turned to the hokage once more. "You can go now whenever you want, Arashi."
The yellow haired man nodded and let out a smile. He looked his son in the eyes and was happy that he started to smile. "Naruto, I love you so much, even though I haven't known you for that long. You truly made me and your mother so happy. And I hope that you will live a happy life. I really believe that you are a strong one, little man, and I know that you will get through this. Ero-sennin here and old man Sarutobi will look after you from now on. I really hope that the people of the village will be able to see you as a hero. I love the village so much and I know that you will be able to love the village just as much. No matter what you will do with your life, you will make your mother and me proud, you hear. Now, I have to go little man, I am going to miss you." He leaned in on the boy and gave him a kiss on his forehead.
Arashi then turned to the man holding his son. He embraced the man with all his might. "Thank you for everything, Jiraiya. You have been the best teacher that I could have ever hoped for and you have become a great friend too. Please take care of my boy and teach him like you did me. And when he gets older, please give him this box. There is a little something of his family in it. I think he will be happy when he gets it. Give it to him when you think he is ready, okay."
The white haired man nodded, now almost in tears and took the box. "I will take care of your son, I promise. I will train him to be a strong man like his father. I am so damn proud of you, Arashi. You really are a true hokage and more a noble man than I can ever wish to be. It has been an honour knowing you, Arashi."
Arashi smiled and almost cried when he heard those words. Then he started to smile a devilish smile. He closed in to one of his ears and started to whisper. "And stop peeking, Ero-sennin. I know that you like Tsunade-san. And deep down I think she likes you too. Just stop peeking and it will all work out." He then jumped up on top of Gamabunta.
Jiraiya began to blush, because his student had seen right through him. And he still gave him that irritating nickname. 'Even in the end, you are so damn disrespectful.'
"Please take me close to the Kyuubi, Gamabunta. I will not ask you to fight. Please just take me close enough for my jutsu to work." He glanced down one more time to see his friend and his son, before the giant frog jumped towards the demon fox.
Jiraiya felt like the proudest man on the planet right now. The man who was going to face the kitsune was really the bravest man he had ever seen. He looked down to Naruto and started to smile. "You can be proud to be the son of that man, little guy." He suddenly felt something and looked down. He could see that his vest was wet again. "Damn it! That kid pissed on me again!"
Arashi was very close to the demon fox now. "Thank you, Gamabunta. This is close enough. Thank you for being a great summon and friend to me."
The frog smiled and let out some smoke from his mouth. "It has been an honour to serve under you, Arashi. You are the best hokage that this village has ever known."
Arashi looked down one more time and smiled. "Thanks a lot, Gamabunta." He then looked in front of him and he could see that the Kyuubi was closing in. He sighed and started making seals. "This is it. Thank you for everything, everyone. I know that you are going to be okay, Naruto. Please forgive me for doing this, but it is the only way to stop this monster."
He performed his last seal and closed his eyes. "I will be there soon, Setsuka." He said it with a bright smile on his face.
There was a huge light and everyone had to cover their eyes. Jiraiya turned his back to the light to protect the little boy in his arms. The light covered all of Konoha and everyone was surprised by this. A small girl looked at the light in awe. "Wow, it is the light of hope." The rest of the crowd started to look to and started to think the same thing. It was a beautiful yellow light.
When the light disappeared, the giant frog and the demon fox were nowhere to be found. They did however see the body of the man everyone respected on the ground. They didn't get it. What had happened to the Kyuubi and why was the hokage lying on the ground. Everyone walked over to him and saw that he was no longer breathing. Jiraiya was among them and looked very sad.
"He died to save the village. He has used a jutsu to seal the monster fox." The people started gaping and couldn't believe that the Kyuubi was finally gone. They had gone through so much because of that beast and now it was finally defeated. The people all remained silent for a while to honour the man who had saved them all: The legendary yellow flash, the saviour of Konoha.
A man covered in bandages stepped forward after a while and looked at the body of the hokage. "I don't see a seal; just where did he seal the monster? Or is the seal already gone, because the monster died along with him?"
Jiraiya sighed and just held up the boy in his hands. The eyes of almost everyone widened when they looked at the boy. There was a big red seal on his stomach and they could feel the demon chakra radiating from the boy. Also there suddenly were some whiskers on his face. Jiraiya could have sworn that they hadn't been there before. Some people became scared and others became angry, because the monster wasn't dead.
Jiraiya stepped forward and started to speak: "This boy has been chosen to become the container of the Kyuubi. He has saved this village by protecting us from the monster. The fourth couldn't take him with him. The demon fox would have escaped the moment that Arashi had died, if he had decided to seal it in his own body. So he decided to seal it in this boy." The white haired sannin stopped for a while and used some chakra to raise his voice so that the whole village could hear him.
"His name is Uzumaki Naruto and just like the fourth hokage he is a hero of the village!"
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AN: Whew…that was the first chapter of my new story. I wanted to do this for a long time now and I hope I did okay. I wanted to show what a great man the fourth was and how Naruto was born and got the Kyuubi inside him. I chose the name Arashi because I think it fits him and I didn't want a canon person to be his mother, so I just thought of Setsuka. This was just the prologue and the real story will begin in the next chapter. I will try to update as soon as I can. Please review, because I want to know how I did on this chapter. And please tell me what pairings you want to have in my story.
Until the next chapter!