Uzumaki Naruto Tales
Prologue
This story tells of the life of Uzumaki Naruto. The day he was born, the 9-Tailed Fox, Kyuubi no Kitsune, attacked the village of Konoha. Hundreds of ninja lost their lives to the King of the Biju. The 4th Hokage, Namekaze Arashi, used a forbidden sealing technique to lock the demon's soul in a human host. Unfortunately, this technique required two sacrifices, the life of the sealer and an infant to serve as the vessel that would contain the demon's soul. The 4th used his newborn son, Naruto, as the vessel. He had hoped that the village would treat his son with the compassion and respect a hero deserved. He and his predecessor/close friend, the 3rd Hokage, decided Naruto would take the last name of his mother, Uzumaki Kushina, so he would be protected from his father's enemies. Arashi's dying wish was that his long time friend, Hyuga Hiashi, would take in his boy and watch over him as he grew. Hiashi respected his friend's last wishes and took Naruto into his home. He himself had just had a daughter named Hinata. Thus the village was saved form the wrath of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. But this was only the beginning of things to come. Our story starts five years later. And so begins the tale of the greatest ninja ever known, Uzumaki Naruto.