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Konoha's Second Yellow Flash

Naruto had a hard life growing up, but this time around, he has a living relative to help him achieve his dream.

Chapter 1 : New Legend's Birth, Rescue by Relative

Konoha's Outskirts, Night of the Kyuubi Battle

Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato was running low on chakra, using nearly all the tricks in his arsenal while still maintaining enough chakra to keep Gamabunta out from under him.

"Minato, this isn't looking good. Is there no other way to stop it?" Gamabunta voiced in concern.

"I'm sorry boss, but it seems that 'it' is the only way to stop Kyuubi from advancing, and it's too angry right now to listen to reason. I have no choice. Jiji (Old man), hand me Naruto!" Minato said the last sentence in hesitation.

Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi jumped next to Minato, handing Naruto to him before asking, "Are you sure that you want to condemn your own child with such a heavy burden Minato? Surely we can use another-" Minato cut him off.

"No jiji, I cannot ask anybody in or out of the village to sacrifice their own children but my own. I feel terrible for this too, but if anybody can do this, it's my son," Minato looked at Naruto sleeping peacefully, while he himself is in tears. "Kushina, Naruto, forgive me. I wouldn't do this if I had any other way. Jiji, look after my son with Ero-sennin and little brother. And tell the village that it is my last wish that he be looked at as a hero." With a look of determination in his eyes, he stared at Kyuubi. "Kyuubi! I myself may be unable to stop you, but the combined might of my next technique and the willpower of my son shall put you away! Kulie-e (Take this)! Shiki Fuin!"

With that said, the Kyuubi was sucked in and sealed within Naruto's stomach, leaving Sarutobi to catch the baby. Sarutobi couldn't help but be in tears as his successor bravely gave up his life to the belly of the Shinigami to save this village, while the people cheered and then gasped when they saw Gamabunta disappear and their beloved Hokage drop to the ground motionlessly. Sarutobi looked at Naruto as he woke up and cried as the seal activated and fox-like whiskers appeared on the innocent baby boy's face.

Konoha Village Square

On the speaking stand of the village square stood Sarutobi, with Jaraiya on his left and a young man that looked like a younger Minato on his right, only he had black hair and wore a pair of big glasses. Behind the two sit the village council, and facing them is the villagers who were gathered to listen to the Hokage that had no choice but to come out of retirement. The man standing on the right of the Sarutobi muttered to Jiraiya, "I don't like this. The moment that jiji tells them what he contains, these village idiots will try to kill him."

Jiraiya nodded sadly in agreement. "I know, I told him that too, but he just won't listen to me. That blind faith that sensei and the gaki (brat) had for this village's going to come back and bite him in the ass."

Sarutobi, not having heard the two's whispers, while holding Naruto up high, announced to the village people, "Behold, our village's hero! The container of the demon Kyuubi!"

And right on cue, the cries of "Good, let's finish what the Yondaime started!" "Kill the demon!" and other similar cries began.

Danzo, being the dictator wannabe that he was and still is, held up his hand as the villagers quieted down and listened to what he was about to say. "Obviously, we should turn the demon into a living weapon for the villa-" His words were immediately cut off when all of a sudden, a heavy wave of killing intent was sent at the whole crowd but the four around the speaking stand.

"Finish that sentence, and I'll slit your throat before I mutilate you Danzo. With my brother gone, I'm the strongest man in this village other than jiji. Just test your luck teme (bastard), I fucking dare you." The man in glasses spoke in anger while holding a kunai next to Danzo's throat.

"Enough Yuuki-kun, I wasn't quite finished speaking yet," said Sarutobi. With that, Yuuki dropped his killing intent, which left everybody affected taking deep breathes and those on the council being the only ones in the crowd that didn't wet themselves. "As I was saying, this child is merely the vessel of the demon, and not the demon itself. It seems however, that most of you are too much of bigots to understand that. So, I now set an S-class law that nobody is to mention the truth about this boy, Uzumaki Naruto, to those in his age group or lower. Any, and I mean ANY, violation of this law will result in immediate death without question. That's to all villagers and shinobi (ninja) alike. I will see to this personally, not to mention the two standing next to me will be more than happy to carry that out."

"I volunteer to take the boy as his guardian, sensei," said Jiraiya. "No, he's my responsibility Ero-sennin. I'll take him," said Yuuki.

"I'm afraid that the council cannot allow that," said Danzo. "The boy should be taken under ROOT to be trained to become an emotionless living weapo-"

"ENOUGH!" shouted Sarutobi. "In case any of you forgot, I'm the Hokage, and I shall be the one making the decisions here. Just for that outburst Danzo, the ROOT is now officially disbanded indefinitely!" Looking at two of his favorite people, he answered sadly, "Unfortunately, I cannot allow either one of you to take him. Therefore, I will put him in one of the orphanages and have him under guard by the ANBU."

"I can accept that, under two conditions," demanded Yuuki. "One, I will be the one to guard him from a distance, since I don't trust anybody in this village not to try to kill him after that little outburst earlier." He glared at the crowd and the council. "Second, if within three years, he is still treated poorly, I will take him on as an apprentice on a training journey with no objections by ANYONE. Can you promise that jiji?"

Sarutobi nodded sadly in agreement. "Very well my boy. I will agree to those terms, since I would trust you with my life."

Danzo immediately was about to object, but one glare from Yuuki shut him up. Namikaze Yuuki was arguably the strongest shinobi in the village, next to his brother the Yondaime. That is the very reason that he was given the rank of hunter-nin, only he refused to wear the mask because he believed that anybody killed by his hands should get to see the face of his or her executioner. He also refused the title of Sannin, because the former defected one was in Yuuki's words, "a disgusting snake in the grass that I would rather die than be the successor of."

Exactly Three Years After the Kyuubi's Attack, Naruto's Third Birthday

"Don't let it get away!" "Kill the demon!" Such cries were heard again as our poor young hero ran for his life, trying to escape the villagers. As predicted, he was treated worse than the worst criminals of the village, such an event being routine. Somehow, he always managed to escape safely, but he never knew why. But today, the attacks were more vicious than ever. It looked like his life was about to end, the boy held up his hands and cowered in a defensive position, in tears, waiting for the end to come.

"SHOTGUN!" The shout was suddenly heard, and a spray of energy showered the crowd, knocking them all out. Naruto looked up to see a man with a robe with the words 'Proto Flash' in the back. The man looked at the crowd with a look of disgust. Yuuki wanted to kill them all so badly, but he didn't want to give Naruto a first impression of a cold-blooded killer when they first meet, plus he didn't want to sink to the villagers' level.

"Wh-who are you? Are you here to hurt me too?" our poor hero asked in trembling voice. He knew that if the man was able to do that to the villagers, then he had no chance at running away from him before he was dead by his hands.

Yuuki turned around, showing Naruto a man that looked like the Yondaime to him, only with black hair and a thick pair of glasses. Yuuki couldn't help but shed a tear for boy who he couldn't protect but from a distance, thanks to that forced agreement. He immediately gave Naruto a hug, seeing the shabby state that Naruto is in. "No you idiot, there's no way in hell I would hurt my nephew!"

Naruto couldn't help but be in shock as he said the next sentence. "Yo-you're my uncle? You're not just lying to hurt me?" Letting go of the hug, Yuuki said in a serious face, still filled with tears, "No my boy. I swear on the Yondaime's grave that I'm not lying to you."

Hearing that, Naruto jumped into Yuuki's arms in joy, "Aniki (Big brother or boss)! I'm so glad you're here!" Yuuki couldn't help but smile to that. He then said, "Come on, let's go get you some food before we go see Sandaime-jiji. What do you say?"

Naruto pumped his arm in excitement. "Yosh! Let's go-tebayo!"

Yuuki couldn't help but snicker at his choice of words at the end of his last sentence. It reminded him of Naruto's late mother, Uzumaki Kushina. He then said, "Naruto, I don't have a problem with you speaking like that, but do try not to say –dattebayo at the end of every sentence OK? That can get annoying really quickly."

Naruto gave a true foxy grin and replied, "OK aniki, but only because you asked."

As the two walked to the Ichiraku Ramen bar, Yuuki said to Naruto, "All right Naruto, this here is one of the best restaurants in the village. Your dad and I both love to come here to pig out, even though he ate far more ramen than me. Your mom always complained that he ate here too often and not enough of her cooking. Why don't you give it a try?"

Naruto nodded as the two entered the ramen bar. Old man Teuchi smiled as he saw one of his favorite customer come in with a young boy. He immediately greeted them, "Hey there Namikaze-sama. Grabbing a quick lunch? And who's this little guy?"

Yuuki frowned at being called with the suffix again and replied, "Teuchi-san, I told you to stop calling me that. Call me Yuuki, I hate those damn formalities. Who do you think I am? Those damn Uchihas or Hyuugas who think they're invincible and have sticks up their asses? And this is Uzumaki Naruto. If he's anything like my brother, he'll beat me as your #1 customer in no time flat."

Teuchi couldn't help but laugh at hearing that. He yelled to the back, "Ayame! Yuuki-san is here!"

Charging out from the back of the kitchen was none other than said girl, immediately coming around the cart and glomping Yuuki. "Yuuki-kun! It's been so long!"

Both men sweatdropped at her words and Yuuki said as he scratched one side of his face with his forefinger as a habit, "Ano, Ayame-chan, I was just here for dinner last night."

Ayame squealed and continued to hug Yuuki, "I know, but it felt like forever!"

Both men sweatdropped again. Yuuki decided to use his nephew as a distraction and said, "Hey Ayame-chan, look who I brought as your new customer. This is Naruto. Say hi Naruto, this is Ayame, Teuchi-san's daughter."

Naruto couldn't help but snicker at the bantering of the three, but did as he was asked. "Hello Teuchi-san, Ayame-neechan, I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the future Hokage-dattebayo!"

Ayame couldn't help but glomp the cute boy next, saying "You're so cute!" And the three smiled at hearing his words. "Future Hokage huh? That's quite a dream," Teuchi said.

Naruto was indignant at hearing that, taking that he was being made fun of again. "It's not just a dream! I WILL become the Hokage-dattebayo! Just watch me!"

Yuuki couldn't help but see a bit of his brother in him and smile while nodding in agreement. "If you're anything like your old man, you can do it."

The Ichiraku looked shocked at Yuuki's words as they realized the connection and said, "Like his old man? You don't mean-?"

Yuuki nodded, proud that his two friends were so perceptive. "That's right. Now how about a lunch special for me? And Naruto, order as much as you like, what those jackasses in the orphanage gave you didn't quality for food."

After the big meal, and quite the lightening of Yuuki's wallet, the two headed to the Hokage tower, or more precisely, the Sandaime's office. The Namikazes' appetite is legendary, only behind that of the Akimichis. The only difference is that their metabolism works faster, so the Namikazes are usually slimmer. With that said, Yuuki rarely bought any groceries since he could easily eat up a week's worth of food within hours. Still, Yuuki himself believed in a balanced diet, so he didn't always order ramen. Naruto however, perhaps taking after his father, inhaled mostly ramen dishes clean off the bowls.

Entering the tower, the secretary was about to throw out the 'demon brat,' when she caught the glare of the man he was sitting on the shoulder of. Without another word, Yuuki and Naruto walked into Sarutobi's office unopposed.

Said man was groaning, looking at the piles of paperwork in front of him when he heard the knock and watched as two of his favorite people entered the room. He sighed, partly in relief for the interruption and partly in sadness, knowing what the two were here for.

Catching the look on Sarutobi's face, Yuuki went easy on the old man and said sadly, "This is your fault you know. Ero-sennin and I warned you multiple times not to tell the village, but you had to go and make that announcement. Naruto's been hunted down like a dog for at least 10 times a day, and I mean EVERYDAY in the calendar year! Nobody should live the way he does now. He would've been long dead if it wasn't for me. You better not try to talk me out of taking him out of the village to train jiji."

Sarutobi winced at the venom in Yuuki's voice, knowing that he was letting him off easy. Out of his prime as he was, Yuuki could easily beat the life out of him if he wanted. "I'm sorry, I should've heeded your warnings, then Naruto wouldn't have suffered as much as he did from what his father and I did."

Naruto looked at the Sandaime, the pictures of the Hokages on the wall, and his mind made the connection. "The Yondaime? You mean to tell me that the Yondaime is my dad?"

The two men were surprised at how perceptive the boy was, even though it was easy to figure out for anybody in the village with common sense. Sarutobi nodded and answered, "You're pretty smart, Naruto-kun. Yes, Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage, is your father."

Yuuki was surprised at how well Naruto was taking it. If he was in Naruto's shoes, he would be hopping mad and shouting curses at his father. He asked Naruto, "You're taking this awfully well. What's the matter?"

Naruto, far more mature and intelligent than people gave him credit for, replied, "It's not that I'm not mad at him. But whose child could he ask to accept such a burden than his own son? I can understand that much. I just wish that nobody had to carry a demon in their belly. Now I know why Teuchi-san called you Namikaze-sama. So why is my last name Uzumaki instead of Namikaze?"

The two men were surprised at the intelligence of the boy, to be able to connect the dots so quickly. Sarutobi couldn't help but chuckle, "You know huh? Looks like I will have some new 'friends' for Ibiki to meet. Anyway, that's a very good question Naruto. You see, you're named after your mother, who was a former ninja of the Land of the Whirlpool. The reason for taking her name was that because your father had made many enemies while he was alive, especially Iwa-nins. We changed your last name in order to protect you, until you're able to protect yourself."

Naruto nodded in understanding as Yuuki continued from where the Sandaime left off. "It's also wise to take a less known name to catch the enemies off guard. You see, like you Naruto, I take the name Liu Yuuki outside the village so that I don't attract as much attention either, seeing as how the name Namikaze is well-known and feared." Naruto again nodded.

Yuuki continued, "In any case, as I was saying, the agreement was that you were to be put into the orphanage in the foolish hopes that the bigots of the village would treat you as a hero, which obviously didn't happen." Sarutobi winced at the words, feeling ashamed. "So as part of the agreement between us, I can now protect you in the open unlike before, take you out on a training journey until you're old enough to come back to be a genin shinobi. Now what do you say?"

Naruto couldn't contain his excitement as he cheered, "Yatta! My first real step to become the next Hokage is here, of course I'll go with you aniki! When do we leave?"

The two men smiled as Yuuki answered, "Right now. You don't have to bring anything seeing as how little you have back at that dump anyway. As of right now, I'm your guardian and sensei. You don't have to follow everything I say, since I'm not a stick in the mud like two certain clans that I was talking about. Also, our family's loaded, since we're strong enough to take on some of the best-paid missions and we'd have to be with how much we eat." Naruto chuckled in embarrassment and Sarutobi had to snicker at that.

Before the two left, the Sandaime told the two, "Be careful out there. Naruto, I'll have to ask you to keep your mother's name for now, since you're not strong enough to defend yourself yet. The day you come back from your training journey, I'll announce to the village of your heritage and you can move in with your uncle into your clan estate, all right?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yosh! Let's go aniki!" And with that, the two left on a long training journey before Naruto came back, stronger than ever.

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