Hello again everyone, it's been a while ne? Umm…well first off, I'd appreciate it if everyone would hold all questions until the end of the prologue, but reviews and whatnot are welcome. Second, this story is Naruto-centric, meaning I won't be focusing on anyone else unless absolutely necessary. Well enjoy.

Disclaimer: Is anyone actually stupid enough to care about these?

Prologue A: A village of mistakes

In times of peace, being a shinobi can get very boring, because peaceful times lead to boring jobs, like border patrol, and no one hates border more than Anbu. They were the elite, they shouldn't have to do border patrol dammit, it just wasn't fair. Three fresh Anbu were expressing their displeasure by simply not doing it, opting instead to laze around the border. Unfortunately for them, laziness brings misfortune, misfortune in the form of one Kyuubi-no-Kitsune. Not really expecting to encounter a giant demon during border patrol, the three Anbu did the only reasonable thing in their opinion. They attacked it. Of course being an all powerful demon and all, Kyuubi retaliated by smashing one of the Anbu with its paw.

"No! Taicho!" one of the other two cried out, wishing that he was anywhere but here. "We have to get out of here, we have to warn Hokage-sama."

"H-hai," The other one said before taking off after his companion.

Considering the fact that these lowly humans would dare to attack it, Kyuubi decided to follow them, intent on getting a little payback. After all, it was just minding its own business and out of nowhere some humans attack it, it's only natural that it would strike back right?

As they got closer to Konohagakure, the Kyuubi decided it had enough of following these humans and was going to devour them before heading on to its next objective. Unbeknownst to Kyuubi, the village had been preparing for it's arrival, having noticed it's presence in Fire Country for a while now, and when it got within range, Konoha's entire shinobi force mobilized and attacked. Unlike the foolish Anbu at the border, these shinobi knew that they had no chance, they were merely stalling to give their Hokage enough time to finish his preparations. Seriously pissed off that not one, but an entire village of humans would attack it, Kyuubi decide then and there that it would destroy this village and all it's inhabitants. After all, they struck first.

Doing nothing but pissing Kyuubi off, the shinobi were dropping like flies, and it looked like all was lost when, in a puff of smoke, the giant Toad boss Gamabunta appeared, and standing upon his head, glaring at the beast that would dare attack his home, was none other than the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Not one to be intimidated, Kyuubi jumped at Gamabunta, lashing out with it's claws, but the old Toad was to jump away before Kyuubi could hit it. Angered because it missed, Kyuubi pounced again, and just when Gamabunta was about to hop away, it lashed out with one of it's tails and swatted Bunta out the air. Catching himself before he fell to the ground, Gamabunta hopped to the side before firing a volley of water bullets at Kyuubi, who dodge the shots effortlessly before countering by lashing out with it's claws again, this time hitting Bunta in the face, leaving a large gash on it left eye. In retaliation, Bunta stuck out with his blade and cut Kyuubi across it's chest, getting it to back away, but to no avail, because Kyuubi just healed it's wound as soon as it backed off.

While the two titans were clashing, the Yondaime was finishing his preparation on the jutsu that would ultimately win this fight, and after finishing the required had seals he yelled out his attack just as Kyuubi prepared to strike again.

"Shiki Fujin!"

In a flash of light, the Shinigami appeared, eagerly intent on filling its belly. Having been called by Minato prior to this, it knew what it had to do, and it proceeds to rip Kyuubi's soul right from it's bodybefore dragging it to Minato. Minato then revealed the bundle he had hidden in his arms from the start of the battle, a newborn infant, umbilical cord freshly cut, with a seal array on it's stomach, and proceeded to seal the Kyuubi's soul into the baby. Having done it's part, the Shinigami looked to Minato, ready to devour his soul, but at the request of it's meal, it gives Minato a few minutes to say goodbye. Not one to waste time, Minato dismisses Bunta and calls out to his teacher and student who had just arrived on the scene. After handing the child to his student and after saying his goodbyes, Minato signals the Shinigami, who quickly devours his soul.

After a funeral to honor their fallen hero, and the reintegration of the Sandaime Hokage, things seemed to settle down in Konoha, that is, until the Sandaime decide to introduce the village to it's savior. After announcing the baby as Uzumaki Naruto, the Sandaime, told his people that this baby was the savior of their fair village. Not really understanding what their leader meant by this, several villagers asked him what he meant. So the Hokage explained how Minato couldn't truly kill Kyuubi, so he sealed it into a baby, the very baby he held, and since the baby was in essence "the hero of the leaf", he was to be seen as a hero. After his part was said, Sarutobi was a little unnerved at how silent the villagers were, until one decided to voice his opinion.

"So the demons still alive!?"

"No, that's not-," he tried to explain, only to be cut off.

"We should kill it while it's weak, destroy it for good!" shouted a random villager.

"Yeah!" the rest shouted in unison.

"No! You don't understand-," the Sandaime tried to explain, but he was drowned out by the villagers shouts of "Kill the demon." He mearly shook his head in sadness as retreated back into the tower, "I should've known this would happen," he says to himself as he dispatches Anbu to disperse the villagers before they began to riot, "I should have just kept my mouth shut, maybe then things wouldn't have turned out this way. Oh Naruto, what fate have I brought upon you?"

The Village was in turmoil. On one hand, they were trying to get over the pain of those lost in the Kyuubi's attack, and on the other, they were pissed beyond belief that said demon was living among the under the guise of an infant. How sad the parents must be, at the village that they gave their lives for, but this was the least of the village's problems, for at the moment, Sarutobi had something else entirely to deal with.

He had just walked back into the tower with baby Naruto still in his arms, when he felt a strange presence coming out of the scroll vault. Walking closer, Sarutobi watched as someone in a hooded cloak emerged from the vault holding a bag seemingly filled with scrolls.

"Halt, just what do you think you're doing?" Sarutobi called out, freezing the would be thief in it's tracks.

"Heh, guess I'm caught huh?" The thief said in a definant male voice, "Or is it you that have been caught by me?"

It was then that Sarutobi noticed the genjutsu cast upon him, but it was too late, and he felt the cold blade of a kunai press to his throat.

"Tell ya what, you give the information I need, and I'll let you and the boy live, though I can't say the same for the village if I don't like what I hear." The figure said, not caring that this man he held hostage was indeed a Kage.

"Where the hell are my Anbu, I didn't send them all outside did I?" Sarutobi thought to himself as he contemplated his options.

"If you're thinking of calling for help forget it, I've already killed all the shinobi in this tower, and boy were they annoying." The man said, as if reading Sarutobi's mind.

"Shit, then I have no choice but to hear him out, if only to keep Naruto safe." "Fine then, but let's dicuss this in my office." Sarutobi said, hoping the man would allow him that.

"Fine, but any funny shit and the kid goes first, got it?" The stranger says threateningly.

"Yes, now if you'll follow me." Sarutobi agreed before leading the man into the tower, not liking Naruto's chances one bit. As a Kage, Sarutobi was more than capable of taking on any threat, including this one, but he'd rather not put the baby in danger.

Once inside his office, Sarutobi asked if it was alright to put up a sound barrier, which was agreed to with the condition that the intruder was the caster. "So what do you want to know?"

"To put it simply, I want to know where Kyuubi-sama is." The man said, getting straight down to business.

Sarutobi visably paled, "Do you mean the Kyuubi-no-Kitsune?" He asked worriedly.

"Of course, who the hell else would I be talking about...Sarutobi, right?"

"Yes that is my name, but why would you be looking for the fox?" Sarutobi asked while nervously glancing at the baby in his arms.

"Look I said I wouldn't kill the kid if you cooperated, so chill. As for my reasons, well that's none of your business, all you need to worry about is telling me where Kyuubi-sama is." The man stated.

"It's dead, the Yondaime killed it." Sarutobi explained, hoping this stranger would buy his lie.

"Bull shit. No human could kill Kyuubi-sama. Now tell me the truth before I splatter your ass." The man said angrily.

"It's true, he sealed it into his own body, taking his own life along with it."

"Y-you're lying." The man said in disbelief.

"If I were lying then I wouldn't be standing here." Sarutobi said, reaching for a kunai under his desk, hoping to catch the man off guard.

"I can't believe this, here I was thinking we'd finally be rid of that snake bastard, but you fuckers go and protect him."

Sarutobi froze ad looked at the man in shock, "What did you say?"

"Oh well, I guess all I can do now is take revenge for Kyuubi-sama." The man said before lifting his hood, exposing his face to Sarutobi, while at the same time releasing so much Killer Intent that Sarutobi almost pissed himself.

"H-how can this be? You're just a child." Sarutobi said, unwillingly to believe that he and his Anbu were bested by a kid, flaring his chakra to alert all the Anbu outside of his distress.

"That doesn't matter now, all that matters is the destruction of the Leaf village, but luckily for you, I don't posses the resources to do that just yet, but you can assure yourself that I, Hibiki Sohryuu, shall return, and when I do, I shall punish this evil village!" He declared before making the ram seal.

Suddenly the village was lit up by a series of explosions, and in the confusion, the stranger escaped with whatever he had in his bag.

To say he was shaken would be an understatement, because to Sarutobi, the day couldn't get any worse. First the the near riot over the baby Jinchuriki, then this kid with blue hair and green eyes comes in and steals who knows what, makes him seem like a fresh genin, and declares vengence upon the village before destroying most of it. Oh yea, today was one hell of a day.

After then incident with this Hibiki boy, Sarutobi took inventory of the village, and it turned out that just about all the major clan houses had been broken into, and the entire back wall of the Namikaze house was destroyed. Strangest thing was, nothing was stolen. It looked like as if the houses were broken into just to prove something, what, Sarutobi hadn't a clue. Considering how much damage the kid caused, repairing the village would take a great deal longer, and he'd also have to tell the council about the encounter, and who knows what they'll do. All in all, it looked like the leaf had a pretty shitty future ahead.