Naruto : Will Of The Third Hokage
The hidden village of Konoha, home to many skilled shinobi. Among the best, the third hokage, sat behind his desk reviewing several documents and reports. After all, running a hidden village is no small task. Every other village is a constant threat, regardless of peace treaties or other arrangements. one of the things that was easily overlooked, however, was the dangers inside the village.
The third hokage was growing more suspicious every day, and his research team were closing in on one name, Danzo. There was no solid evidence yet, but it was becoming increasingly clear that one of the council members was behind a lot of shady things recently. Of these events, one stood out to the hokage and especially the Hyuga clan. The attempted kidnaping of young Hinata, over a year ago; and Hizashi's suicide to cover for the girl's father, his beloved twin brother.
It was for these reasons that the third had decided to enlist the clan's help in his internal investigations. a good portion of the paper work before him had to do with recently planned land development to the east wing of their estate. Everything had to look in order for when Donzo and his helpers went sniffing threw the records, but the real work being done was happening completely off the books. It was Sarutobi family money that was being used to fund half of the secret project, and the Hyuga clan was handling the construction themselves to maintain complete secrecy.
It was at times like these, that the third hokage wished he were able to keep the two remaining sanin inside the leaf village. But with Orochimaru having gone rouge, and all the other emotional baggage they still carried, how could he blame them. On the other hand, with growing trouble with hidden cloud, maybe it wasn't so bad for them to be out in the world. Soon the time would come when things like hidden cloud and Orochimaru would need to be dealt with, and so the third turned his thoughts back to the Hyuga estate construction. His hopes were that he could form a secret training compound, and from it form his own secret division of ANBU to counter Danzo's ROOT division, that the hokage ordered disbanded. No doubt, they still lurked in the shadows of the village. influencing the flow of politics and infiltrating the council.
The third began to form out plans for the first two groups through the training progrm. he decided that he should test the waters carefully, and so he went for two groups, one young and one with more experience. in the older group, the group selected to start as soon as the program was ready, were; Kakashi Hataki, Might Gai, Shikaku Nara, Anko Mitarashi, and Hiashi Hyuuga. as for the younger group, who would start after the first group was ready to train them; Hinata Hyuuga, Shikamaru Nara, Sassuke uchia, Ino Yamanaka, and Naruto Uzumaki. the third smiled, 'that should make this interesting.' he quickly drew up the orders and called for his most trusted messenger, one of his summoned monkeys. with the orders on their way to the hyuga compound, the old man left a shadow clone to take care of his duties for a while so he could go and take naruto out for ramen.
xxxxx secret ROOT facility xxxxx
Ten men kneeled in two rows of five, gathered in a moderate sized room. they were awaiting the arrival of their new master, having just fully become part of the program. Today was the day that they get to finally meet the head of the group. this information understandably being one of their top secrets to guard, a few showed signs of being nervious. all attention was drawn to the front of the room as Danzo from the council appeared in a swirl of leaves.
"So, the ten of you are men who share my beliefs of the preservation of konoha. you are all skilled in your own ways, though only half of you are actually ninja. for the next few months we will be gathering information on three specific things. and you ten are to be the eyes and ears of this mission," Danzo had begun walking around the group as he spoke, examining them in ways only know to himself.
He continued his speech, "first, we are going to get as close to the hokage as we can. i want to know when the old man does everything...i want to know what time he goes to piss! Secondly, Uzumaki Naruto, the container of the Kyuubi. i need to have extensive knowledge of this boy from now untill he is under our control. the power of that demon could rule the whole of the five great nations, if under the proper authority." Danzo was again at the front of the room, he placed his hands behind himself, and spoke again.
"Finally, among the ten of you here there are two from the Hyuga clan. one in each group, ninja and civilian. our final task is to gather detailed maps, blue-prints, and records on the estate itself. we will then move on to the clan, member by member recording their every detail. For the time being, however, i will need you all to continue your training and regular reports. you will be individually pulled aside and given more specific instruction." The group was dismissed, all calmly rising and walking out. To maintain every level of secrecy, they wouldn't even let eachother know who was or was not a shinobi.
xxxxx Ichiraku Ramen Stand xxxxx
Naruto sat beside the hokage, both alone in the stand due to the two ANBU outside standing guard. Another was in the kitchen to ensure "food quality" for the hokage. "So grandpa, what did you want to talk about? we usually go out for ramen when you have something to tell me." The old man smiled, "yes, you're quite smart naruto. i do need to tell you something. you know what's next week don't you naruto?" the hokage had taken a serious expression at his question. Naruto nodded, "yeah, it's the day everyone remembers they hate me. Well everyone but you and old man Ichiraku." The third was amazed that Naruto could remain smiling after such a terrible statement. "Yes, the anniversary of the Kyuubi attack. simply because it also happens to be your birthday, many believe that you are the fox reborn. a purely ignorant thought."
Naruto finished a bite of his food, "so what are you telling me grandpa? i already knew all that." "i'm telling you to be careful naruto, i want you to stay in your room at the orphanage all day and night. i'll send your some things to help, but you must be careful naruto. Some of the people who think of you as the fox are going to be in foul moods on that day; seeing you out could set one of them off." The third lightened the conversation, having no desire to frighten the boy. soon they had finished and the hokage escorted Naruto back to the orphanage.
xxxxx Secret root facility xxxxx
Danzo was standing before three of his senior agents. he had a very special mission for them today. "I've called on the three of you today for a mission that only from your unique positions in the village can be arranged. from now until the night of the Kyuubi attack anniversary, i need you three to help in spreading fear and rumors. get the old timers fired up about lost loved ones; get the veteran ninja from that night talking about the battle and their injuries." He paused for a moment.
"This will be an important step in our plans. with the village becoming such a hostile place towards him, this will be the best way to ensure that he is placed into the ninja training program, maybe even placed early. as soon as the boy enters the ninja academy, i can start to control him through our agents there."
Each of the men he had summoned were given a scroll containing more detailed orders, specific tasks to do, and rumors to spread. they were then dismissed from the room to leave their master to his various works for and/or against the village, depending on your views. He made his way deeper into the facility, reaching a special office he had established for himself. It was from this office that he planned out his most important operations. so he now found himself sitting behind his desk, going over files he had gathered on known Kyuubi attack victims of every range. he knew who fought, and he knew who had lost family; He even knew about most of the accidental deaths from the chaos. Danzo already had a list of "targets" nearly eighty names long.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Two days before the anniversary xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It was now only two more days until the anniversary. Naruto was taking notice of the change in peoples attitude. He decided that he should just wait out the whole weekend inside. Naruto could understand some of the feelings of the villagers. after all, it couldn't be easy to lose family members to something like a demon attack. the part that had him confused was why they hated him so much when all he did was just be born on the same day the fox died. He did his best to pass the time on his own, playing with the few toys he was allowed. even in the orphanage he was treated differently. people wern't even allowed to ask about adopting him. the council had a special law about it. ninja or civilian were bared from it, the hokage himself having tried.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Day of the attack xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Naruto was on edge now. the mood in the village was downright tense. It had moved from passing glances and mutters to stares and bold statements. his window was boarded up, having been broken by several rocks thrown just yesterday. he had dared to peak outsid, and was spotted by an old man on a cane. the elderly man couldn't even get his rock to go over the fence, but a ninja passing by "helped" the old man out.
Within seconds a small crowd of people had joined in, shouting insults and names as they threw stones. Naruto was forced to roll under his bed as he ducked out of the way of the rocks and glass. he was hit once in the head as he fell to the ground, but he guessed he was ok. the incident forced the third to place a single ANBU guard at the orphanage, rotating the post between three shifts so a single team could share the task and not interrupt their other patrols.
Soon it was night time and the streets were quieting down. it was the last shift chang of the watch, after tonight, the job would be over, and the ANBU wouldn't be needed here anymore. So it was through no coincidence that the last ANBU to guard naruto was on of Danzo's Root agents infiltrating the leaf ninja ranks. tonight was the grand finally of the three man team he gave his special mission to.
In two different bars not far from the orphanage, the other members of the team were working up their own angry mobs, planning to get them to converge on the boy. the first man was in a place called "the rusty shuriken." it was a ninja bar where old veterans and a few rough looking active duty shinobi hung out. the bartender and owner himself fought in the kyuubi attack, losing his left leg to a stray fire ball launched by the beast's tail. he was a grey haired old timer, having also fought in the third war.
The second man causing trouble tonight, was in a civilian bar that also had a few ninja patrons now and then. his target was "The Konoha Sake House." tonight seemed to have the place packed full of regretful drunks. Danzo's agent went straight into the plan he knew was playing out at the first bar. he walked in talking with a clone of his team mate. the two had traded clones just before separating. this gave them a solid alibi if anyone saw through the clone jutsu, they could just say their friend must have baled on them as a joke.
As the pair entered the bar, they were going over a well rehearsed set of lines. they told of their losses to that horible night just five years ago now. Naturally, it wasn't long until someone overheard and joined in with their own story. Within minutes he had a small corner of the bar worked up, and by then end of a half hour, it had spread through the room. With the entire room ready for action, the man stood and gave his final line, "Well, let's go do something about it! We can get that little demon, the last guard already left an hour ago."
XXXXX Orphanage XXXXX
The Lone ANBU, the only one for a mile radius and one of danzo's ROOT agents, sat on the high point of the roof. he was in position just above the targets bedroom, and so he entered into the second part of his mission for the night. As he gathered his chakra and preformed five handseals, a soft pink mist floated into the building just below Naruto's room. it spread out into the building, covering every other part of it. The ANBU checked to make sure his genjutsu had worked, and with everyone in the building except the boy under a forced sleep, he then concealed himself and waited for the right time to go into his third and final order.
Right on schedule the sounds of an angry mob started coming from down the road. it sounded too big to be just one small bar's worth, so this meant that the plan had succeeded and bouth groups joined up at the planned point along the way. Another moment and they were infront of the orphanage. one of the ninja in the crowd preformed a sleeping genjutsu to ensure they got in unnoticed. as a few of them entered the building, thee small group quickly went to the boy's room and silently opened the door. Naruto was asleep, so the ninja casting his genjutsu again only meant he wouldn't wake up untill they wanted. Naruto was roughly repositioned and tied into his covers, which were now being used as a sack. the small group crept out of the building and met up with the waiting crowd. the group went to a quiet alley just two streets down.
With the group just out of sight, the ANBU came out of hiding. He walked over to the edge of the roof, and leapt to the ground below, where the crowd had just been. Producing a scroll from his vest, he opened it and summoned it's contents. blood splattered across the wall and ground before him, as the lifeless form of his body double fell to the dirt. some weapons, with planted fingerprints from some of the names on danzo's list, scattered in with the blood. he then proceeded to leap back onto the roof, and exit the scene by following his assigned patrol route. At a given point in his patrol, he would cut off to his escape route and make his exit of the leaf village.
XXXXX Dark alleyway XXXXX
Two kunai and a rope held the bag just at chest level, suspended in the center of the alley. Naruto's still sleeping form hung unaware of the danger he was in. two ninja at either end of the area preformed a sound suppression jutsu, and then the group got started. Two men walked up to either side of the sack holding Naruto, and each took turns punching it with moderate force. they were only trying to wake him for now. Naruto quickly came out of the chakra induced slumber he was in, awoken by being stricken in his face and back. "Hey!" He had shouted more out of instinct, and regretted it as a harder blow caught him in is gut. He squirmed around and soon received a kick from the bottom of his unknown prison.
"Stand back," A stronger looking man with a scar on his cheek said, "that demon took my sister, it's my turn!" he ran up to the sack, and viciously started to throw punches. the blows rained down on an unprepared Naruto, as he whimpered with each strike. the last few blows came in the form of three full force kicks. the bag was still as the next man approached, Naruto inside remaining silent to play dead. this man was quite large, and had the same rage filled look as the last. He remained silent himself, as he plucked the entire sack off the rope and slammed it into the brick wall of the alley. he repeated this back and forth between the walls at least four times, before tossing the slightly bloody body of the boy out into the street before them all.
The two men who had started hitting him came up and each took hold of one of his arms, while he was disoriented. they held him up and stepped on his feet, to stretch him out a little. with Naruto firmly in place he groaned out a bit as he picked his head up. a woman approached him now, the only one in the group. she had a tree branch about an inch thick, and three feet long. she took several harsh swings into his back, and a few to his left ribs. the tears poured out of her face as she could barely stand. she was blubbering on about her children and the fires started by the demon attack. she took one final swing into his face, as she spoke of her husband dyeing in their burning house, having gone in after the children.
Naruto was crying now, trying to ask them to stop, but his jaw was broken from the heavy impact of the stick. a bottle came flying from the rest of the crowd, soon followed by a rock. as people searched for things to throw, the men holding him used a second piece of rope to tie naruto's wrists to the line still hanging between the alley walls. With the target securley hung, everyone took their best shots with whatever they could find to throw. Naruto felt several heavy impacts across his body, being caught in the chest with a rock. a second bottle hit him and shattered, and then s shuriken from one of the ninja caught in his leg, just above his knee.
One of he men posted as lookouts shouted, "ANBU! Scatter!" Everyone did their best to scramble away from the alley, but the masked konoha ninja appearing at one end quickly apprehended and restrained a good third of the crowd by using shadow clones. In the confusion, most of the ninja involved managed to evade detection as they left in various ways. With the rest of the fleeing civilians now too scattered to really find, the ANBU had their clones start taking prisoners directly to torture and investigation.
The unit's medic ran up to naruto's hanging body, herself using two clones, they gently took him down and laid him on a stretcher that the original had just summoned. her clones took positions on each end of the stretcher and waited for the signal to leave. the medic started imediate treatment, focusing on the most severe wounds first. as she stabilized him, she signaled her clones to go, herself in pursuit.
XXXXX Konoha Hospital XXXXX
The third hokage himself was being briefed by the ANBU medic who brought the boy in. "Lord hokage, he's in surgery now. The total number of broken bones requires extensive reconstruction. at the moment, nothing life threatening is going on, but his recovery time is not going to be short or easy." The hokage gave out explicit orders to the two ANBU investigation units he had brought with him, "As soon as the reports come in from Ibiki, Gather the remaining civilions responsible for this and have the entire group from the alley in Konoha prision holding cell four. any ninja from the group take to holding cell nine."
With the two units now in preperation of their mission, the hokage continued his discussion with the medical ninja. "Naruto is to receive the best care possible. i was no expense spared and only the most qualified medics on his case." "yes lord hokage, but i'm afraid that we have other issues with his recovery. While i was stabilizing him, i discovered that the seal for the fox demon was visable and active. a small amount of it's chakra is circulating through the boy's body. i think it's trying to heal him, but it's not mixing well with his human chakra system." The old man was amazed by this, And very thankful, it could have been what saved his life tonight. the medic had explained that he had come pretty close before she had started healing him. One of his lungs had been punctured from his broken ribs.
The complete list of his injuries was long, and dificult for the third to read. hew was so angry over this that he feared for the ones responsible when they were gathered before him as he had ordered. He then gave extensive orders to the entire medical squad he had formed for naruto, and went into the villages forbidden library to get information he approved to help them work with the demonic chakra flowing into naruto. The third had been left with a scroll from the fourth hokage about the healing abilities the chakra possessed to those a demon was bound to. it was quite harmful to others if not handled properly. The old man Hoped that this would help Naruto.