DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters used.
This is a very random fic that appeared in my head as I was, believe it or not, in the shower. I have no idea where it came from; it just sort of hit me! SHABAM! Well, I have no idea who I want for the pairing as of now, but at the bottom of the second chapter, I'll have a small poll. This can be a yaoi, shonen-ai or any other type of mix of pairings. I won't do a harem with more than two boys or girls plus Naruto. Depending on what people decide, the rating may go up to M. Um, well, I have nothing left to say. Oh, like many of my other stories, this will have a poem in it near the end of the second chapter. Enjoy!
Prologue: A Hokage's Death and a Child's Beginning
Six years ago, on the night of October tenth, Kushina Uzumaki, the last of a great clan that hailed from Uzu no Kuni, gave birth to a baby boy with sapphire-like eyes and a small puff of golden hair upon his tiny head. The proud father, Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime or Fourth Hokage, was happier than any could be on that night.
With joy in their hearts, and smiles on their faces, it came as a sudden shock to both of them when Kushina began to go into cardiac arrest from her prolonged birth of nearly twenty hours. With little strength left in her body to continue fighting, she passed away, leaving a heartbroken father and a motherless son behind. Weeping in grief, Minato became even more distressed when news of the great fox demon, Kyuubi no Kitsune came rampaging through the first lines of defense, only a mile away from the village. With tails that, when shook, landslides and tsunamis would be the result. Minato knew that he would have to stop the giant beast soon or else thousand upon thousands of people would die. Using his slight knowledge of demons to help him think up a plan, he came to the conclusion that the demon couldn't be defeated by human hands alone, and that he would require the help of a deity.
Being an expert on Fuuinjutsu, or the art of seal making, he quickly realized that sealing the fox would be a better option. A spirit made only of youkai or demonic chakra, could not be killed because over time the mass could rebuild itself. Knowing that his own body would not suffice for the sealing, he chose to make the hardest decision of his rather short life. He decided that the best option would be to seal the beast into his newly borne son because his chakra coils had not yet begun to grow, and they could stretch to accommodate the extra energy as he grew and the coils expanded.
Quickly summoning the Toad boss, Gamabunta, he sped off into the night with a heavy heart and his child placed on a cushion in a sealing room. As his warty friend fought the giant beast, he himself began the long chain of seals needed to summon one of the strongest deities, Shinigami, to help his seal the fox's energy into the baby. As the chain of hand signs came to a stop, he whispered the technique into the air and watched as the fox began to fade away into nothingness.
As the darkness closed around him, and his body began to fall to the ground, over fifty meters from where he was standing, only one thought entered his head as he closed his eyes for the final time and allowed a slight smile to cross his lips. 'Good-bye, Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto. Make me proud.'
The next day the village crowded around the Hokage tower dressed all in black and mourning robes. The newly reinstated, Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, walked to the front of the balcony holding a cooing baby in his arms. He announced that though their Hokage had died, his legacy would be continued. He held up the baby for all to see and showed the biased villagers and shinobi the boy, hoping that they would accept his as a child, not the demon he held at bay within his fragile body. The reaction he got was not expected, as hundreds of people within the crowd began to call for the child's death. Quickly taking the child into the tower, he placed him in a crib and whispered to himself, 'Oh, child. These next years will be hard for you. I will not be able to help you in any way as I'm sure the council is just as biased as the fools outside this building. Please stay strong.'
Sure enough, the next day when Sarutobi went to the council about the boy, it was a unanimous decision that the only thing that old Hokage would be able to do, would be to provide monthly stipends once the boy became old enough to know how to spend money.
With no other choice available to him, the old man sent the child to the orphanage, hoping for the best. Little did he know that the boy would learn two lessons about life inside his small closet room. Life would be a hell for him until he could take care of himself and that a mask of idiocy would be the safest way to protect himself.
Okay, remember, this is a prologue. I am not big on long chapters, but even I usually write longer ones than this. I have the next chappie in the waiting, so just read this and at least tell me what you think of my style of writing. I wrote the prologue in first person to tell people the bare minimum about the storyline, so don't get all pissy with me in your reviews. Thank you!