Naruto: Living Ties

by TheHeart'sCrimsonVein

Naruto has grown into a fine ninja. But he has lost all his famila along the way. Or, at least, that's what he thinks. And what else does he think? That he's the ONLY Kyubi jinchuriki left. Or is he? This is the story of the truth.

Prologue: The Peace Disturbed

The Hidden Leaf Village. Peaceful, calm, powerful. Children were playing in the schoolyard, adults were running shops or cleaning houses or simply walking through the streets, going about their daily business. Ninja were coming and going throughout the village, leaving on missions, or returning from one to report to the Hokage, greeting their family and friends, or training to better themselves. The very essence of tranquility. And yet, in this place of utter calm, there is still trouble and complication. For on this mid-spring day, the future of the most important shinobi of the village, Naruto Uzumaki, would never be the same again. Because on this day, everything was about to change.