Disclaimer: I do NOT own the original series in any way, shape, or form. If I did, well... things not suitable for minors would be in it. Thank you for reading this disclaimer, though I'm sure half of you just skipped straight to the main part of the story, and for that I say... Thank You for nothing, you useless humans.
The aftermath of the Kyuubi's attack was… horrifying, to say the least. Many people, ninja and civilian alike, had been killed, several blocks of homes and businesses were completely decimated, and what was, in Hiruzen Sarutobi's opinion, the worst effect was that successor for the title of Hokage was dead, forcing him out of retirement and back under the Hat.
While he didn't mind being leader of an entire village of full of trained killers, there were two things he hated about the job: dealings with the Civilian Council… and Paperwork. The former gave him migraines the size of his Hokage Monument Head; the latter was a slight irritation, but with how much it piled up in such a short amount of time, it became too much of a hassle. Sure, he knew that the fastest way to get it done was through Shadow Clones; however, in his old age, he couldn't muster up the energy to keep several going for the hours it would take to get through the mountain that usually piled up.
And what greeted him as he stepped back into his office was more paperwork than he thought he'd be able to handle right now. Hell, he was pretty sure not even the Fourth would've been able to get through all of it in one sitting, even with the use of Shadow Clones and Time/Space Jutsu being thrown into the equation.
As he sat down to get started ('damn, this new chair he got is cozy' he idly thought), one of his assistants came in carrying more paperwork. When he raised his eyebrow at her, posing the unspoken question, her reply was 'these are the things that just came up from the Kyuubi incident'; the old man felt like crying when she made two more trips in as many minutes. Instead, he just pulled out one of his spare sake bottles ('I knew he wouldn't be able to find them all!') and dug into the mountains of doom that loomed around him.
It was around dawn the next day when he finally caught a break, in the form of three women coming into his office, despite the sign on the door and window saying no one was allowed in. (When asked why he and other village heads have put the signs up outside their windows, they had to remind people that they lived in a village full of people who could walk up walls and believed windows easier to enter than the door.)
The first woman had light brown hair currently stylized in a twin bun fashion, gray eyes, and a lot of plain looking features that made her blend into crowds easily; this was, of course, one of the reasons why she was also wearing the standard armor of the Black Ops group called ANBU, as her ability to blend in with normal people made her perfect for infiltration/assassination missions. Of course, the one non-standard addition to her attire was the almost 1-year old girl carried on her back.
The second woman had raven colored hair, barely touching her shoulders in front, and cut shorter in the back. Her eyes flashed from a shade of blue reminiscent of a clear sky to a golden yellow as she looked around, then returned to blue when she was satisfied by whatever she was looking for. Her features reminded the old man of raptors and other birds of prey, although the huge, pregnant belly took away some of the fierceness that normally accompanied her.
The final woman to enter was a green eyed blonde, her long hair in twin braids. Her rounded features, combined with her normally bubbly personality, cemented the fact that she was the odd-woman-out of this group; she was younger than the other two by at least five years, just barely out of her teenage years and into the realm of adulthood. Her own stomach seemed flat, but to the trained eyes of a ninja it was showing signs of new life being created within.
What threw Hiruzen off, in his sleep deprived, half-drunken state, was the newborn blonde boy the third woman carried in her arms. He knew not even the most advanced of medical jutsu could allow someone to get that pregnant again so shortly after giving birth. It wasn't until he fully focused on the infants features that he realized that the baby was not her own.
The Third took another swig of his drink, gave off a big sigh, and asked "Can't you three read? No visitors for the next few days."
"The sign also states "Emergencies Only." The first woman shot back. "And I'm pretty sure some of the so-called loyal ninja of this village attempting to kill a newborn baby is an emergency."
This statement caused Hiruzen to spit-take, as he was taking another shot to deal with the oncoming headache. "Explain, now." He sputtered between coughs.
"Some idiot found out what happened to the Kyuubi and mistook the scroll for the kunai." The hawkish woman replied. "If not for Rei-chan guarding him, Naruto-kun wouldn't have lasted the night."
"I'm sorry that I wasn't able to help in protecting him, but I did just get back into the office right after the attack. Did you kill anyone?" He asked the ANBU woman, who shook her head.
"No, but some are currently nursing wounds over at T&I. I think that the new recruit, Morino, will get a good workout on them."
"That's good to know. Did any of you make Naruto's parentage known?"
"No, sir!" replied the blonde woman. "As much as it would probably help out, we decided to keep that knowledge secret. That is, unless you want us to let it out?" she stated, a bit insecure.
"Well, Kumiko, given that a certain law was forced down Minato-kun's throat, it'd probably be best to let it out. After all, it'd be weird for Naruto to refer to his siblings as such if his father wasn't known." The raven haired woman said, deadpan.
"Suzume-chan is correct. I will, of course, be tightening gate security to prevent any outside forces from trying to get at him."
"What about the forces that want Naruto that reside within the walls of Konoha?" Rei asked, eyeing a photo of Hiruzen with his three advisors. In reply, the Third Hokage handed her a scroll that she read with the same quickness all high ranking ninja do. "'I, Hokage of Konoha, hereby authorize the formation of an ANBU task force to perform full evaluations of all Civilian and Ninja Council Members to see if they are fit to continue as such.' Father is not going to like this." The last said with a smile.
"I don't like it either." Suzume replied. "I'm a minor member of the Ninja Council, remember? And Kumiko's mother is the second loudest voice of the Civilians, with that banshee Haruno being the one to beat her."
"Either way, this will hopefully clean out the house, as it were, of some of the more negative things." Sarutobi stated. "As for Naruto's safety in the coming times, since I know that both you, Rei," pointing at the- no now his again- ANBU "are already back to active duty, and you, Suzume," this time addressing the Hawk-like woman, "are going to back to active duty soon, there are a few members of the Ninja forces who would be willing to watch over him and all of Minato's children. You don't have to worry to much, I've already sent out the forms for them to take over those duties when those times come. Now, if there is anything else that might be considered an emergency…" it was an obvious dismissal.
As the three women left The Old Monkey to his Mountain of Hell, he began to contemplate about them and their relationship with his late successor.
While it was known among the Shinobi and Kunoichi of the village that a certain Yellow Flash and Red-Hot Habenero were madly in love with each other, it was also known that once the son of an almost dead clan became one of Konoha's best ninja, they weren't going to be allowed to stay monogamous. Despite the fight to be exempt, Minato was still forced into The Clan Reformation Act (CRA for short), a law that dated back to the founding of the village. It was made in case the potential loss of a clan with either unique abilities (such as the Uchiha, Hyuga, Nara, or Akimichi) or exceptionally gifted ninja (such as Minato himself) would be averted.
Of course Kushina was the first to wed him; he threatened to kill everyone on the council's if it wasn't so. But, since she was technically the heir of a once prominent clan from their now scattered-to-the-winds allies in Uzushio, they had to agree that the firstborn child from their union would carry on the Uzumaki name.
Next came Rei. She had been made an ANBU captain before Minato had taken up the Hat, and was forced to marry him by her father, one Danzo Shimura. While he tried to mold her the same way he did with all ROOT agents, the affection that Minato and Kushina had shown her once they got used to the idea of 'sharing is caring' ended up with her turning against him to the point that she dropped her birth clans name. It was a surprise to all of them when she ended up pregnant before any of the others, but they all still love little Tenten very much (Rumor has it that Danzo was trying to get back into his daughter's good graces, just so he could start doting on his granddaughter).
After Rei came Suzume, the only child of a minor clan head, the Hayabusa. Aside from being a bird equivalent of the Inuzuka, this clan was the one that bred the fast messenger birds that Konoha used, and the secrets of how were only passed down from clan head to clan head; because of this, Suzume's child would be stuck with her clan's name, much like Naruto was going to be an Uzumaki.
Finally, there was Kumiko Tohomiko, now Kumiko Namikaze. Born and raised as a civilian, she ended up in the group out of pure happenstance. The civilian council felt that they should have one of theirs in the Namikaze affairs; however, every female Council Member was either already married, a widow with a pre-existing family, or didn't have a child who was of majority age to be allowed for consideration. It was Saijin Tohomiko, head of the Merchant's Guild, that stepped up to offer one of his three daughters as a candidate. Minato and his wives ended up choosing the somewhat ditzy third daughter, Kumiko, as the one to join them; they ended up having to wait several months before it became official, as she was just shy of hitting her majority when they picked her.
Of course, there was suppose to be a fifth wife, but Kushina ended up going into labor a bit early and the Kyuubi was unleashed before that could happen. Thankfully, every one of Minato's other wives had ended up pregnant beforehand, elsewise the Namikaze line might have ended; although, thinking about it, it still might given that the two male children are going to be stuck with different clan names (Suzume was about a month from delivery and they already knew the gender), one was born a girl, and the last wasn't far enough to determine gender.
The Third Hokage sighed. "Well, that's a problem for Future Me to handle. Present me is still stuck with all this paperwork." Which is when his secretary entered with another huge stack, causing him to contemplate learning the Impure World Resurrection just so he could bring back one of the other Kage to deal with it all (forgetting that since Minato's soul was eaten by the Shinigami, he wasn't able to be summoned). "Log damn it."
Hello, one and all. This is a challenge story from the author Crossoverpairinglover, using the following rules they set:
Challenge 10; Minato's CRA
We all see Naruto and Sasuke get the CRA going on, but what if it was someone else in it?
Prior to his death, Minato was also a part of the CRA, and with that he had at least two other wives, who survived the Kyubbi attack to raise Naruto, despite all those in their way
AKA, the Civilian Council
Now then, I hope to make this challenge, unique
1; Again, all the above, Minato must have at least two wives in addition to Kushina (Can be OC or real), who survive the Kyubbi attack and raise Naruto
2 The wives will not be paired with Naruto
3 Naruto does not have to be in a harem, but it is recommended
4 No bashing of; Minato, Kushina, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sandiame or Itachi
5; He cannot be on Team 7
Well, here is the first chapter for my take on the challenge.
There will be occasional flashbacks to when Minato was forced to take up additional wives, as well as for a few other things.
There will be several OC's aside from Naruto's family popping up, with only about 2-3 of them playing any actual major part.
Until Next Time…