Hey guys first ever fan-fic. I thought I'd see if this story that's been bouncing around in my head comes out how I want. Enjoy and please review I would love some feedback. Next chapters should be relatively longer.
I have an outline that I'm going to be sticking to and I'll be attempting to update ASAP. This fan-fic, should it come to fruition, will be EPIC in length and I sure do hope that you bear with me as I'm learning as I go. There will be 3 major time-skips and pairings are already set, BUT I will not reveal them because I feel that by revealing the pairing there is no surprise factor.
EX: If I tell you my main pairing is Naru/Saku and decide to start them off with a good relationship than break up and see other people, you'll know that in the end they'll be together anyway and it takes away from any other relationships the characters may develop since you know the end result. (This was an example do not assume this is what the pairing of my story will be, like I said you'll find out in due time ^_^)
There will be no Harem in this fic, Harem's can be tastefully done, but it screws over all the other dudes in the series and in my opinion is very 2-dimensional.
NOTE: This chapter is un-beta'd I personally edited and reviewed so I apologize in advance for any mistakes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in the Naruto Universe,
On the night of October 10th a terrible being known as the Kyuubi rampaged through the peaceful village of Konohagakure no Sato. On this night many great shinobi were lost, and on this very night, was born the greatest of them all….
A chill was all that was felt throughout the village. Everywhere shinobi alike felt the presence of something dark, something…ominous.
Within seconds an enormous Kitsune appeared within the confines of the village and thus began the mass panic.
And so began the destruction,
Buildings crumpled under its paws, shinobi fell like flies to its nine-batting-ram-like tails. Through it all only one thought ran through the minds of the citizens of Konoha. Where was their Yondaime?
At this moment "The Professor" appeared. The retired Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, stood there looking down upon the Kitsune. At 56 years of age, his demeanor had not diminished. Along with his samurai armor, he made for an imposing figure on the battle field that inspired a fierce loyalty within the Konoha shinobi. This allowed them to regain their focus. Knowing that the man once hailed as the Kami no Shinobi(God of Shinobi) would see them through this disaster until their Yondaime returned. Hiruzen was what ever true leader aimed to be, calm on the outside, but in his mind he was processing various strategies with which to take down the beast threatening his home.
'What happened during the childbirth? With Minato and his wife Biwako present there should have been no possible incident,' thought the Sandaime, 'We'll have to stall as much as possible and hope that Minato will arrive soon with some answers.'This all happened within a split second, the next he was directing his shinobi to combat the titan within the village.
"Regroup!" yelled the Sandaime. Turning to the Jounin commander, Nara Shikaku, a man with 3 scars marring his face he began to issue orders.
"Get the civilians into their evacuation zones and protect the King! I want none of our future shinobi fighting this beast. Gather your clansmen and begin working on ensnaring that beast. Work with the Akimichi to restrain the beast. I want the Sarutobi and Uchiha clans launching a full ninjutsu offensive on the beast. Instruct the Hyuuga to begin evacuations and to protect the civilians at all costs. Bring me Inoichi so I may transmit my orders to the shinobi. We must stall until Minato arrives. "
"Hai Hokage-sama," replied the normally lazy Nara, now was not the time for games, as he shunshin'd away from the area to begin gathering the clans and clan heads, he thought about the King that Sarutobi spoke of. The children and the future shinobi of Konohagakure. They would not be involved in this battle, they must be kept safe and away from the beast. The will of fire must, no it WILL continue to the next generation.
Almost at once Inoichi arrived by the Hokage's side. With the presence of the Yamanaka mind-reader Hokage began distributing his orders as he watched scores of shinobi mindlessly attack the beast. Once the orders were telepathically transmitted to his captains and clan heads, he bit the end of his thumb and began forming the seals of his summoning technique.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!" shouted the Sandaime. From the smoke emerged Enma, the king of the monkeys, who instantly took note of the situation.
"It finally happened, eh?" said Enma with a sigh
"Hai," replied the Sandaime, "It is up to us to ensure that the beast does not cause more harm, let's go, Enma!" and with that Enma transformed into an abnormally large adamantium staff, which Hiruzen wielded with more finesse than thought possible for a staff that large.
As the clans began to arrive one by one they began to comply with the Sandaime's orders. A troop of Nara clansmen joined together and launched their clan technique, the Kagemane no Jutsu(Shadow Binding technique), restraining the Kyuubi and allowing for the Sarutobi and Uchiha clan to begin their assault on the monstrous bijuu.
Battalions of clansmen began weaving signs for their fire-techniques. All at once a blaze so intense it would turn rock into molten lava struck the Kyuubi. At the same moment the Sandaime began his assault hitting the Kyuubi with his staff in the weaker joint areas forcing it to the ground as the Akimichi clans men began to enlarge their bodies through use of the Baika no Jutsu(Super Multi-Size Technique) to restrain the Kyuubi once the fire techniques ended. All at once the Akimichi's brought their hands down upon the back and it seemed that the beast was contained for the moment.
What they did not realize was that this only served to anger the Kyuubi even more. With a mighty roar and a flash of chakra he broke loose of the Nara shadow-bind and seared the appendages of the Akimichi that restrained him. Looking upon the platoons of shinobi a grin appeared on the Kyuubi's face. He delighted in the chaos, the wanton destruction and fear that was wrought by his mere presence. In that moment he titled his head back and let loose a blood curdling howl as he began gathering what seemed to be a combination of red youki(demonic chakra) and blue chakra(spiritual and physical energy) in his maw. As the chakra coalesced it began to grow larger and larger as the combination of demonic chakra and spiritual charka merged into a purple sphere, a panic spread throughout the ranks of Konoha Shinobi. Many took off without warning, the amount of evil chakra and malice permeating the air was enough to kill some of the weaker shinobi. Others just stood in fear and awe as they watched the massive beast clamp his jaws shut over the condensed sphere of energy. With a mighty roar, the Kyuubi launched the sphere towards the stone-faced monument made for the current and previous Hokage, where there faces were carved into the stone.
In that moment, a flash of yellow appeared a top the stone face of the Yondaime Hokage. Minato Namikaze, Konoha's Kiroi no Senko(Konoha's Yellow Flash) and 4th Hokage had arrived. At his arrival he instantly began a series of complex seals at lightning fast speeds.
"I will protect this village, even at the cost of my life," shouted the Namikaze as series of black kanji appeared in front of the monument.
"Hiraishin Kekkai! (Flying Thunder God Barrier)" shouted the Yondaime
In that moment the sphere of malignant energy was instantly teleported to a location several miles away from the village. The explosion shook the very foundation of the village, but it was safe for the moment.
Grabbing one of his signature tri-pronged kunai, Minato Namikaze launched it above the head of the Kyuubi and appeared in an instant about 30 feet above the massive beast. The instant he appeared he bit his thumb and began going through another set of seals.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" shouted the Namikaze. In a puff of smoke appeared on of the largest toads ever seen in Konoha. His name was Gamabunta, the chain smoking chief toad.
"Eh, Minato why have you summoned me?" grumbled the toad chieftain
"I need you to restrain the Kyuubi while I prepare to transport the beast out of the village. I will need a few seconds to gather the necessary chakra, "responded the Hokage.
"The Kyuubi?! Who do you think I am gaki!" grumbled the toad as he crashed down on the head of the Kyuubi, eliciting an ear-splitting roar from the Kitsune. "Fine, I've always wanted a fur coat."
"Arrigato Gamabunta-sama," replied the Kage as he finished the seals and began channeling the necessary chakra.
Just as the monster began to gather his chakra for another blast the Yondaime finished the preparation necessary.
"Hiraishin!" shouted the Namikaze, instantly teleporting them miles away from the village to a safe house where inside were none other than his newborn son and his wife, Uzumaki Kushina.
In that moment Uzumaki Kushina stepped outside, red-hair billowing in the wind, a despairing look etched upon her face. There was only one way they would be able to restrain the Kyuubi now that he was released from her seal.
Jinchuuriki. The power of human sacrifice and it couldn't be her.
After having the Kyuubi ripped out of her body by the strange masked man, it would be impossible to use her as the host of the Kyuubi once again. Despite being a Uzumaki the strain of childbirth and the extraction of the Kyuubi left her on the verge of death. The only thing keeping her standing was the thought of protecting her son, Namikaze Naruto.
"Kushina! Get back inside I will handle this I need to begin the sealing immediately while I still can! You must survive and be there for our son. I will use the Shiki Fujin (Reaper Death Seal) and seal the Kyuubi within him," explained Minato with a grim look of determination. The Shiki Fujin was a kinjutsu, or forbidden technique that took the soul of the caster and target within the Shinigami where they would suffer for all eternity. Minato would sacrifice anything to give his wife and child a safer future. He would no long be able to keep his promise of world peace to his sensei, maybe he wasn't the child of prophecy, but it didn't matter. He would protect his precious people with his last breath.
Seeing the look in her husband's eyes, she knew what she had to do. She could slowly feel her life-force fading as she looked upon the mighty beast and in that moment realized that if Minato gave his life sealing this monster; their child would end up an orphan regardless. With a breath she readied her special chakra chains to restrain the beast.
"I'm sorry Minato, but I can't allow you to seal this beast within my son," Kushina said with a determined look in her eyes, "That burden is mine… If anyone will seal the beast it will be me."
"Kushina we don't have time to…" Minato was interrupted as one of Kushina's chakra chains enveloped him and tied him down to a tree, in that same moment the rest of her chains tied down the Kyuubi with Gamabunta still sitting atop him. Once tied down, Gamabunta, deeming the situation handled, dispersed with a grim nod of approval to Kushina.
To his horror the Yondaime began to watch the woman of his dreams, his wife, his lover, the mother of his son, began ritualistic suicide as she started the seals for the Shiki Fujin.
"I'm sorry Minato-kun," sighed Kushina, "It seems that you'll get to watch Naruto grow into a fine young man, make sure he eats his veggies, makes lots and lots of friends. Oh, and Minato keep him away from Jiraiya dattebane." With a smile she finished the seals with a cough and drew the Kyuubi's yin chakra out of his body and into the seal on her stomach created by the Shiki Fujin. She then transferred the yang half of the chakra into the squalling blue-eyed blonde haired, baby boy on the ground next to her.
"Grow up and be strong Naruto-kun, know that I will always love you 'ttebane," and with those final words Uzumaki Kushina took her last breath.
"Kushina!" cried Minato, and in that moment the chains binding him to the tree were released. In a flash of yellow he was by her side, tears streaming down his face as he picked up his now deceased wife, stroking her beautiful fire-red hair. Gone was the kindred spirit that was the red-hot habanero, never again would he hear her sweet melodious laugh and worst of all, he couldn't keep his promise to protect his precious people.
"I promise Naruto will grow up to be strong. The strongest shinobi this village has ever seen." The Yondaime said with a determined look in his eyes. In that moment something changed, the man who once wore his heart on his shoulder was no more. In his place stood a cold calculating man, not unlike the Nidaime Hokage, Senju Tobirama. He would not allow for another incident like this to occur, he could not lose another of his precious people. Naruto will be trained correctly and he will not fail like his father did today.
Minato stood wiping the tears from his eyes as he looked behind him he noticed the Sandaime arriving with a squad of ANBU. In that moment he began formulating the plans necessary in order to protect Naruto. He would conceal his identity, and eliminate any relation to Minato for his protection. Only those who knew his true relationship with Kushina would know who this boy was. Before anyone could take notice of the baby in Minato's arms, he began to draw a seal upon the back of Naruto's neck. This seal would change his hair color from blonde to red, in order to conceal his relationship to the boy.
He would continue the façade he and Kushina created for the village years before and would take custody of his "best-friends" son. The boy's father would officially be "Uzumaki Arashi," to everyone who didn't know his true heritage.
Everyone knew that Minato and Kushina dated for a while, but after a time it was said they "drifted" apart.
This was all a ploy to keep Kushina safe from Minato's enemies. Once he proposed and they agreed to start their family he adopted the alias "Arashi" and would use a Henge (Transformation). Through the henge he would transform into an imposing man standing at 6'4", with red-hair and a scarred face, who would pose as Kushina's new boyfriend/lover.
Meanwhile Minato would create a shadow-clone to be seen with them every once in a while. This served to draw any suspicious thoughts from nosy villagers about any possible affairs between the Hokage and his once lover.
Only Kakashi knew of the arrangement, as the boy had gone through too many hardships to be denied the comfort of their family. He became almost like a son to Minato and he couldn't bear to withhold the knowledge that he would son have an otouto,a little brother.
Hiruzen arrived just as Minato stood and turned, with a small bundle cradled in his arms. A tuft of red hair could be seen from within the blanket, and with that he let loose a sigh of relief. Thank kami the boy had lived. Hiruzen's eyes scanned the field and took notice of the peaceful look on Kushina's face and noticed she was no longer breathing. His breath hitched upon closer inspection when he saw a familiar seal on her stomach. She had sacrificed her life to stop the Kyuubi. He slowly approached Minato and spoke,
"I'm so sorry for your loss Minato, I know you and Kushina were extremely close, I wish it didn't have to come to this."
Minato leveled his gaze with the Hokage and in that moment Hiruzen realized that something had died within Minato, losing his best friend must have taken a larger toll on the boy than he thought. He quickly decided to change the subject and deal with the situation at a more appropriate he was about to speak Minato spoke,
"Her son," was all that Minato managed to croak out.
With those words Hiruzen took a closer look at the small bundle within Minato's arms. His eyes narrowed when he noticed the seal on the boy's stomach and 6 prominent whisker marks on his cheeks, 3 on each cheek.
'So, Kushina used her own son as the next vessel for the Kyuubi,' thought the Sandaime. 'What a burden to be placed upon such a young child.'
The Sandaime was broken from his thoughts when Minato spoke with conviction,
"The boy will be living with me, I will help continue the Uzumaki Legacy through this boy, Uzumaki Naruto. Hiruzen gather the council, we have much to discuss."
With that Minato disappeared in a yellow flash, leaving the former Kage and the ANBU guards to wonder just what was in store for the future of Konohagakure no Sato.
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