I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters, anything else is a maybe.

Chapter 1

The door to the Hokage's office opened slowly and admitted a tired looking blonde man. He took off his long white coat and placed it on the back of his chair before collapsing into it. He let out a quiet sigh. It wouldn't be long until the first reports came in from the commanders about the state of the village, after all seeing the legendary Kyuubi must have frightened the unknowing masses. He was just glad that Kushina had been able to draw it back in before anything happened. Jiraiya and five anbu guards were currently watching over her and their newborn son, Naruto.

There was a knock at the door and Minato ran his hand over his face before calling enter. Into the office came two of his anbu captains, one with a dog mask, the other with a badger shaped one.

Minato sighed as he sealed the room. "Well, how is the village taking this, disturbance? Kakashi? Ibiki?"

The man with the badger mask stepped forward, his long black coat rustling slightly. "Hokage-sama, the civilians are slightly panicked but the ninja and military police are bringing things back under control and remaining calm."

The dog masked anbu with white hair stepped forward. "Are Lady Kushina and your child alright sensei?"

Minato smiled serenely. "They're fine Kakashi, just fine. Go over to the hospital and see for yourself."

Kakashi bowed and quickly left the room before Minato resealed it.

"Please, sit and relax Ibiki," Minato invited.

Ibiki nodded and removed his mask before sitting in one of the chairs across from Minato.

"I'm assuming you want something else from me Hokage-sama?" The fifteen year old asked straightforwardly.

Minato took a deep steadying breath deciding the best way to pose his orders. "Three things, for now at least. First, I want you to locate Tsunade and ask her to return. If she refuses, keep track of her, wait a week and then tell her it's an order."

Ibiki nodded his head. "Is there a reason for this sir?"

Minato rubbed the back of his neck. "I doubt she's going to come back willingly. However it's been a couple of years now and she's needed here. If all else fails I'll send Jiraiya out with a picture of Naruto and Kushina, that should do it if nothing else."

Ibiki chuckled slightly at the statement.

"The second thing that needs to be done is stricter training for the anbu. Recruit a few more people from among the Hyuga, Aburame and Inuzuka clans as well." Minato heaved a deep sigh. "The third item I wish to discuss is that the man who perpetrated this incident is an Uchiha."

Ibiki quirked an eyebrow. "Are you certain, Hokage-sama?"

Minato groaned slightly. "Certain, no, how can I be. The man was wearing a mask that only showed his right eye. That eye was a sharingan though, and we know how much the Uchiha value their eyes. So, unless the extremely unlikely event of another Kakashi like incident occurred, it is, almost certainly an Uchiha."

"How should we handle this, sir?"

"As discreetly as possible. Fugaku and Mikoto are having dinner with us in a few days. I'll see if he has any idea who this could be. I doubt he'll tell me much, but, it's always worth a try. You're dismissed."

Ibiki nodded his head again already trying to figure out who to place on the teams watching the Uchiha. He go up and bowed before leaving the office.

The door was barely closed for a minute when his predecessor, Hiruzen Sarutobi, an old man with a pointy gray beard, entered with the two civilian councilors. Homura Mitokado would have been likeable enough with his grandfatherly air and glasses if he would just stop letting Koharu lead. Koharu was a shrewish, wrinkled old woman who was starting to let he position in life get the better of her.

Minato grimaced at the sight of Hiruzen's teammates and noticed Hiruzen try to hold back a laugh.

'Oh great,' Minato thought to himself. 'I wonder what those two old buzzards want.' As he finished this though a fourth figure entered his office. 'And there walks evil right in behind them.' For following the three elders was a heavily bandaged and scarred man, Danzo, leader of the more militaristic of the ninja.

Minato forced a smile onto his face. "What can I do to help the civilian councilors today?"

Koharu stepped forward immediately. "Hokage-sama, we must know what has happened tonight."

Minato breathed deeply. "One of our genjutsu specialists was trying to create a new technique and over did it. The offending nin is currently passed out and lucky to be alive. When said ninja awakens he will be punished accordingly."

Koharu nodded curtly before going on. "We'll assume that next time it's tested, the technique will be done farther from the village?"

"Don't worry honorable elder, there won't be a next time for this technique. The formula has been destroyed and all knowledge of it has been sealed away from the user."

Homura and Koharu nodded happily before leaving. Danzo, on the other hand, looked suspiciously at the current and previous Hokage before snorting in contempt and leaving as well. Hiruzen simply shook his head at the three.

"I told you it wouldn't be easy dealing with those three," the former Hokage chuckled before turning serious. "What really happened Minato?"

Minato sighed and leaned back in his chair. He then proceeded to relay everything that had happened that night. How Kushina had gone into labor. Followed by the anbu guards suddenly dying. The masked man showing up just as Naruto was born and somehow forcing the Kyubi's attempted escape. Ending on Kushina's ability to reseal the nine tails back into herself.

"The only lead we have about the identity of this madman is that he has a sharingan in his right eye. So there is a good chance that the perpetrator is an Uchiha." Hiruzen winced at that. "So now I have to have some of my anbu watch their clan and I have to ask if Fugaku might have any ideas." Minato ran a hand over his face. "Now though, I have think we should both head to the hospital and check on our families."

The two men got up from their chairs and Minato grabbed his coat before heading for the door.

"How is your wife, by the way?" Minato asked the older man.

"She'll live," Hiruzen replied sadly. "Won't be able to walk again, but she'll live. Could have been worse if the Kyubi had gotten out though.

Minato chuckled morbidly. "Yeah, both our wives could be dead. Me as well I suppose. After all there's no way to kill a biju."

Hiruzen blanched at the thought. "Suddenly I find myself a little less depressed. I'd rather not take that hat back Minato. It's nice to know Biwako will make it. Maybe Asuma will come home for a visit as well. I think I'd like to try and make amends there as well." The retired Hokage sighed deeply. "The four of you almost dying gives me a new perspective on life. Anyway have you and Kushina decided on the godfather for Naruto? I know you wanted Jiraiya and she was fine with it, but I don't know if he'll be a good influence on the boy."

Minato chuckled. "Oh and who else would I name? You? Kakashi? No near as I can tell every male I know is some kind of pervert."

Hiruzen's eyes widened in shock. "Kakashi joined us? Finally, uh, that is. Oh so what? Most women you know are ninja and by definition they have to be perverted as well to perform some of their assignments. If humans weren't naturally perverted we would have died out long ago."

Both men stopped the current nature of the conversation by mutual agreement as they left the Hokage Tower. After all the temple of the Log was just across the road and many adherents showed up at night since it was a ninja village. Minato said a silent prayer and promised to replant the clearing where the fight had taken place.

Soon they reached the hospital grounds and made their way up to the front desk. The nurse sitting behind the desk smiled and quickly directed each man to his destination. Minato made his farewells from Hiruzen and went on his way to Kushina and Naruto's room. There he found Kushina still awake holding Naruto and smiling happily. Feeling his gaze upon her she looked up and smiled tiredly at him. He came over to her bed and kissed her on the head before taking their son and letting her get some much needed rest.

Minato looked down on his son's sleeping face and felt pride that he and Kushina had brought this new life, safely into the world.

"Naruto Namikaze," Minato whispered. "A fine name you have my son. You have your godfather Jiraiya to thank for it. The whiskers on your cheeks are a symbol of your mothers burden my son. I hope you never learn of it. Still if what happened tonight has any meaning to it you have a great destiny before you, my son." Minato paused for a moment as Naruto turned and opened his eyes and stared up at him. Minato smiled down at his son who tried to copy the movement. "We'll have to make sure you're equal to that destiny, won't we Jiraiya-sensei?"

Jiraiya, a tall white haired man, came out of the corner he had been watching from. He chuckled softly. "That's a few years out from now kid. Still there are a few things we can do in the next year or two, and I get the feeling Kushina's clan secrets will help as well." Jiraiya looked intently at the baby. "Still after growing inside Kushina, who carries the fox sealed within her, it will be interesting to see if there is any affects on the boys chakra. The gold and silver brothers only spent a couple of weeks in the fox's stomach after all, and most female jinchuriki don't have children anymore," Jiraiya sighed. "I'll stick around the village more to keep an eye on the tyke."

"Kushina wants him to start learning seals by age four like her clan taught. Other things we'll decide as he develops. I'm putting Kakashi's team in charge of guarding him," Minato stated.

"Good ideas all of them, but when do you plan on teaching him your stuff kid."

"Well, I suppose we can try to get the rasengan down when he makes chunin. The hiraishin, though, will have to wait until he gets to a certain point in his sealing abilities. Then I'll go over the secrets that go into that. Still it's funny that anyone else who's tried learning it can't seem to understand the base principles required for it. It takes four of my aides to have the ability to preform it."

Jiraiya scowled at his student. "Yes, well, having a strong affinity for wind isn't a common thing anywhere in our world. I suppose you'll have his affinity tested before he starts the academy?"

"Of course," Minato scoffed. "I find it foolish that the academy doesn't train the students in basic elemental manipulation. Granted, since most Leaf ninja have a higher chance for fire elemental affinity as a primary element, it might be dangerous. But leaving it until the make chunin is just as dangerous. That however, is a discussion for another time." Jiraiya nodded in agreement before saying goodnight and letting the young family rest.


It was early afternoon before Minato was able to take a grumbling Kushina and a napping Naruto out of the hospital.

"I don't see why they felt the need to poke me full of needles this morning," she grumbled. "I'm a Uzumaki, my clan regenerates fast, always has. I swear they just wanted to keep us here so a crowd could build outside." Minato looked outside and indeed a the street was packed.

"Well, at least everyone knows we're married now darling," Minato tried to placate his wife. "Besides you that since I became Hokage everybody would be more interested in what happens around me."

Kushina took a deep steadying breath before hoisting on a smile. "Yes, that's true. Oh, well, let's get this over with. I want to get into a nice bath and get Naruto acquainted with his room and the house."

Jiraiya chuckled as he led the couple out the doors. As the crowd watched the only

member of the sanin still left in the village step out of the way, they erupted in cheering. Minato took it in stride and Kushina blushed nervously as they hurried through the crowds of onlookers and well wishers. If it weren't for the ninja keeping the crowds back they wouldn't be able to walk anywhere. It still took them an hour to make it to the walls of the Hokage Manor. Jiraiya stayed behind to help disperse the crowd.

The couple breathed a sigh of relief at finally being home. Kushina handed Naruto off to Minato saying she was going to draw a bath for them.


Near the border with the Land of Waterfalls there is a grove of trees. In the grove there is a cave entrance, that leads to a long tunnel. At the end of this tunnel two men were deep in discussion.

A two toned white and black man spoke first. "So how did your trip go master?"

The man opposite him with an orange swirl mask replied. "Failure, Zetsu. Complete failure. The woman was able to drag the Kyubi back into the seal, and Minato was able to drive me back since he could concentrate on me once he saved the brat."

A more depressed voice spoke up from the bi-colored man. "What now then master?"

The masked man didn't answer immediately thinking things through. "First I suppose we could directly contact Orochimaru and see if he will join us. I doubt he will refuse, he has nowhere else to turn to. After that we build some working capital and start again."


A few days later found Minato and Kushina finishing the cleaning of the house in preparation for their guests. Naruto was napping quietly on a blanket on the floor through all the noise.

"It'll be nice to see how Naruto and Sasuke react to each other," Kushina said happily as she came out of the kitchen. "Are you still considering asking Fugaku about that man honey?"

"It's not that I don't want to dear," Minato replied tiredly. "It's just, I'd rather ask him here where it won't seem as accusing as it would in my office. I know Mikoto is one of your oldest friends, but it has to be done this way. Especially since the Uchiha seem rather disgruntled with the village lately."

"I know, it's just, I really don't want to ruin the night. It'll be the first time the boys will meet and we both want our children to be friends."

"Lucky one of them wasn't a girl," Minato mumbled to himself. Though apparently not as quietly as he thought as his wife's head turned in his direction.

"Oh, what was that dear?" she asked too sweetly.

"N, nothing dear," Minato chuckled nervously.

It wasn't long afterwords that a knock was heard at the door and Minato went to welcome their guests.

Fugaku and Mikoto in typical Uchiha fashion both had black hair and eyes. In her arms Mikoto held a young Sasuke and Itachi was holding his father's hand.

"Mikoto, Fugaku, it's nice to see both of you," Minato said happily. "Itachi you sure have grown since the last time I saw you as well."

Fugaku thanked him and they shook hands as they came in, while Mikoto gave him a kiss on the cheek. Itachi followed behind his parents quietly. Mikoto placed Sasuke on the blanket next to a freshly awoken Naruto, who just stared around at the four new faces before becoming more interested in sucking on his fist. Mikoto smiled softly at the sight of the two babies next to each other.

Kushina squealed happily upon entering the room and seeing the two children next to each other before turning to her friend. "Oh they look so cute together don't they."

The four adults moved into the parlor for drinks while Itachi took out a book to read while keeping an eye on the two babies. Not long after Kushina called everyone to dinner. Conversation was light and only broken when mouths were full.

After dinner Minato took Fugaku into his office.

"Your wife is an excellent cook Minato," the Uchiha complimented. "But, I'm assuming there's a reason we're in here?"

Minato took a seat while motioning for Fugaku to also sit down while he contemplated how best to steer the conversation. Deciding on a course quickly he took a breath.

"You remember the events of the day of Naruto's birth?" Minato asked, and getting a quick nod from his friend continued. "Well, the truth is it wasn't a genjutsu as we have stated. Rather it was someone attempting to free the Kyubi."

Fugaku blanched. "You can't be serious! Surely no one can be that foolhardy."

Minato shrugged. "That's just it, we have no idea. Aside from high ranking members of the jonin council and the Uchiha powerful enough to see into the seal no one in Konoha has any idea that it's still around. And the only thing we know about the perpetrator is he's of average height and build, has black hair, an orange swirl mask and," Minato paused getting a look of concern from Fugaku. "And he has a sharingan in his right eye."

Fugaku froze for a moment with his mouth slightly agape in shock. "You can't think an Uchiha would do this Minato. I mean we owe you personally and Kushina's clan for several services rendered in the past."

"I know Fugaku," Minato tried to calm the other man. "That's why we're doing this here and not in the Hokage's office. I have to ask though if there are any rogue Uchiha or if there are any missing eyes that you know of that are missing."

Fugaku took a couple of breaths trying to compose himself. "There aren't many Uchiha who leave the village you know. The most prominent of whom is Madara, though the likelihood of him still being alive is slim. I'll have a list on that for you tomorrow. As for missing eyes, yes there are any number of unclaimed or missing bodies from the various wars."

"So we're back to square one," Minato sighed. "Thank you for being so candid my friend. Do me a favor and keep the military police on the watch for anyone suspicious."

"That I can promise you my friend."

The two men shared a drink of sake before returning to their wives and children in the main room.