A/N : This is my first fanfic people, so I apologize for any rookie mistakes.

This chapter might seem a little boring, but it's just the prolouge. The next chapter will be better. Promise.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I wish I did. But I don't. However, I do own any characters you don't recognize from the series.

Prolouge

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked out at his village from the window in the Hokage's tower.

He was filled with a bittersweet feeling when he looked at his beautiful village. The damage inflicted on it by the Kyuubi attack was evident by the destruction placed on the buildings.

The last two weeks had been some of the most tiresome and difficult weeks for Sarutobi.

In just fourteen days, he had lost his successor, been forced to take back his position as the Sandaime Hokage and had become witness to the worst number of deaths since the Third Great Shinobi War. Many shinobi were killed trying to fight off the demon and now Konoha was in a state of weakness. If any of the other shinobi villages felt like attacking Konoha, now would definitely be the best time for them.

While all the deaths filled Sarutobi with sadness, none of them weighed on him as heavily as the death of Minato.

He had known that Minato was a once in decade genius and had never regretted giving the young man his position as Hokage when he had chosen to retire. After only a couple of weeks it had been clear to him that he had made the right decision. Everyone in the village loved and respected the young man and it was clear that Minato had loved Konoha and its people with all his heart.

If anyone had told him that Namikaze Minato would only be The Yondaime Hokage for a few months he would have told them to lay of the sake.

He gave a sigh.

He was sure everyone in the village shared his sadness. It truly was a loss unlike any other.

Sarutobi turned around when he heard the sound of the door opening. Greeting him was the sight of his councillors and former teammates: Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

Like always they both looked like they were on the receiving end of bad news, but considering the recent events this was understandable. But still, Sarutobi couldn't help but wonder when he had last seen either of them smile.

He was pulled out of his musing when he realized there was a third person with his former teammates.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

He was known as a kind, peace loving person but the Sandaime Hokage was by no means a fool.

He was well aware of Danzo`s dislike for him and his philosophies. Sarutobi himself wasn't too fond of the other man, but he recognized him as a brilliant tactician and one of Konoha`s most valuable shinobi.

Nonetheless he couldn't bring himself to ignore his own ideals and agree with Danzo`s exaggerated use of force and complete indifference to negotiation.

He watched the three of them as they made their way to the couch.

Koharu, being the straight to the point person she was, broke the tense silence first.

"What do you plan to do with the boy?" No one in the room needed to ask who she was referring to.

"I have already passed the decree. No one in the village will be permitted to talk about the sealing or about Uzumaki Naruto being the jinchuriki for the Kyuubi", Sarutobi said.

Homura looked straight into Sarutobi`s eyes. Years of being his teammate and later counsellor had given him the privilege of talking freely with him.

"Do you really think that will make the villagers treat him any different? In their eyes, the boy is the Kyuubi. The decree might stop them from speaking openly about the subject, but they will still find other ways to voice their opinion. Their children will see how the parents treat him, and they will hate him aswell. The boy can never be normal Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi turned around to look out the window again.

He had to admit that Homura had a point. He had been thinking about the same things himself ever since Minato died and little Naruto had become a jinchurki.

"I'm sorry Minato; it seems your last wish will not be fulfilled after all."

For the second time that evening, Sarutobi was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of the opening door.

Once again three people entered.

Two of them were masked ANBU members, distinguished by the porcelain masks covering their faces and the armour they were wearing.

The third person was the head of the ANBU s torture and interrogation force, Ibiki Morino

The three of them bowed when they entered the room and the two ANBU members took their place, one on each side of Ibiki.

"Hokage-sama." said Ibiki. "The team that you sent out to land of Lightening has returned."

"Did they find — "

"What is this about?"

Sarutobi raised an eyebrow at Danzo, as to ask him why he had interrupted him so rudely.

Danzo was looking at him intently. By the look in his eyes, Sarutobi knew that he would not quit until he got an answer.

"A few days ago, I sent a team to the Land of Lightening to see if there were any survivors left from the attack."

"Are you referring to the attack on the Arashi clan?"

"Yes." said Sarutobi," As you know, The Yondaime was close to one of the members of the clan. When I heard about the attack I wanted to know if there was any chance that some of them survived."

Sarutobi turned back around to Ibiki. "Did they find anyone alive?"

"No." said Ibiki. "By the time the team got there, the attackers had burnt down the entire village. However on their way back they met a priest from one of the surrounding temples. The captain told me that the priest asked them if they were shinobi from he said yes, the priest took them to one of the temples. It seems there was one survivor, hidden in the temple."

"Did they bring her back?"Sarutobi asked.

If Ibiki was startled by the fact that The Sandaime knew the survivor was a female, he didn't show it.

"She's currently in the hospital."

"Was she injured?" asked a worried Sarutobi.

"She wasn't injured in any way, but the hospital had to do a check-up on her. I've been told she's just a few days old."

"Since the clan was taken out by surprise, she must have been taken to the temple prior to the attack and considering she's that young, she must have been taken there almost straight after her birth." said Danzo, to everyone's surprise. "Now why would parents send their child of to a temple with a priest, and right after she was born?" he continued. "The only logic reason would be if they knew she had the kekkei genkai."

Koharu looked up, alarmed.

"Do you know which one she has?" she asked Ibiki.

"No, but the priest told the captain to give his name to the Hokage. He said you would understand."

"His name wouldn't happen to be Hisao, would it?"

Ibiki looked at Sarutbi with a questioning look.

"How did you —"

Sarutobi raised a hand to stop him.

"I'm assuming he mentioned a seal as well?"

"Yes. He told the captain it would get weaker over time, but that it should keep it in check till she gets older."

"Send someone to the hospital to get the girl after their done, tell them to take her to a temporary home."

Ibiki and the two ANBU members bowed as they made their way out.

"Do you plan on letting her stay in the village?", asked Homura,"With all due respect Sarutobi—"

"She has a seal. " Sarutobi interrupted, "She is no danger to the village. She's a few days old baby Homura. What do you expect me to do, throw her out?"

Danzo answered instead of Homura.

"She might not be a danger now, but what will happen when the seal weakens? We've all heard how unstable that kekkei genkai can be. Besides, you know how the people that know about them feel towards the Arashi clan."

"I'll find a way to keep the rumours at bay. I don't want her to know anything about what happened .It shouldn't be any problem as there isn't very much written about that clan and not many people, as you were so kind to mention, enjoy opening the subject about them." Sarutobi said.

"We don't even know which power she has, Sarutobi." said Koharu, trying to reason with him."How are we supposed to know how to control her when we don't know what we're controlling? Do we even know her name?"

"She is not something to be controlled, Koharu, and her name is Mitsuki", Sarutobi said sternly. "She's the daughter of the Yondaimes friend. He sent a letter to Konoha, not knowing that the Yondaime was deceased, telling him about the birth of his first child."

He sighed.

"She has the Taiki no Shihai. They don't usually put seals on the clansmen that have the kekkei genkai, but considering the nature of this one it was a must."

"You didn't send the team to see if they could find any survivors; you sent them there because you knew that they would meet the priest, am I right Hokage-sama?", asked Danzo from his seat on the couch.

"Since the villagers weren't going to honour the Yondaimes last wish, I wanted to at least find his friends daughter and give her a safe home. Or would you rather have one of the other villages get their hands on her?"

One look at their faces told him what they were thinking.

"She will not be used as a weapon of any sort. From this day she is a citizen of people that know or figure out who she is won't be allowed to mention it. The seal won't start to weaken for years, and when the time comes she'll learn to control it. If she chooses, she will have the choice of attending the Academy."

He left no opening for discussion.

This was truly the most difficult two weeks of his life.

So that was the first chapter. Review and tell me what you think. If you do you get a COOKIE!! :D