Naruto is removed from Konoha at the age of five and is raised in isolation with his parents' techniques and money until he is ready to be a ninja. Then… a bunch of bad ass stuff happens! Super powered Naruto. Pairing undecided. NO YAOI!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything that has to do with it! Kishimoto does, okay! SO FUCK OFF!

Chapter 1: Plan B

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Konohagakure no Sato
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It's a cold, rainy night in Konohagakure. The streets are riddled with puddles of dirty water, houses are being bombarded by heavy rain drops, and not one living creature can be seen in the open, all of them opting to hide in their own form of shelter. Except for one unfortunate soul, that is. Sitting in an alleyway near the slums of Konoha is a small boy, shivering in the cold and crying so heavily that you can see the tears even through the fat rain drops that keep falling down on his face. The boy's name is Uzumaki Naruto, and it's his fifth birthday today.

He had been sitting there all day, hiding and praying that nobody would try to kill him this year. It had happened six times last year on his birthday. That's not to say that people don't try to kill him on any other day, his birthday is just the worst. Naruto has no idea why everybody hates him so much. He has no idea why the orphanage caretakers throw him out on the streets and then beat him senseless when he returns. He has no idea why shop owners refuse to sell him anything, or even throw him out of their stores; literally. He has no idea why random people he's never met before will try to kill him even as he walks down the street, in broad daylight. He has no idea why when a drunken fool stabs him with a broken bottle, the wound will heal in a matter of seconds. He has no idea that he holds within him the strongest demon that ever lived. Fortunately, he's going to find out soon. Of course, that's going to come at a price. His prayers will not be answered…

"Hey, he's over here!" were the words that sent Naruto into a panic. His head shot up, and there at the end of the alley he sees a particularly ugly old woman with only one hand. But in that hand was a kunai knife. Suddenly she was joined by a whole horde of angry townsfolk, all of them wanting to bring home a piece of Naruto to feed to their dogs. Naruto was afraid; he didn't know what to do. Surely these people were going to kill him, but what could he do about it? There was nowhere to run; he was surrounded on three sides by walls.

"Just leave me alone! I never did anything to you!" Naruto decided that screaming at them was the best course of action.

"Don't lie, you filthy demon! You killed my daughter!" Retorted a random member of the child murdering squad.

"You killed my brother!"

"And my aunt!"

"You killed my wife you god damn demon!" Everyone in the crowed seemed to have lost a loved one to him, but Naruto couldn't remember killing anyone. It didn't make sense.

"And you took my hand!" Screamed the old lady as she charged at Naruto faster then he would have thought an old woman to be capable. She was on him in a flash, and she smashed him in the head with the blunt end of the kunai four or five times, and Naruto was seriously starting to black out after that. But she stopped, and she raised her knife up and screamed "THIS IS FOR KONOHA!" and brought down her weapon, unable to resist dealing the final blow any longer…

Naruto saw a flash and heard the sound of… birds? Yes, it sounded like the chirping of a thousand birds. He opened his eyes, having closed them in anticipation of the pain, and saw a man standing in front of him. The man was wearing a navy blue ninja suit, and had a bolt of lightning in the palm of his hand, which was shoved through his assailant's mouth, coming out the other end and spewing bits of her brains everywhere.

"I'm sick and tired of hearing all you mother fuckers telling my sensei's son that he's a demon! JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He ripped his arm out of the old hag's head and turned around to see that Naruto had passed out. He went to go pick him up as the crowed turned to run away. They tried, anyway…

Waiting for them at the end of the alleyway was their precious Hokage, dressed in his serene white robes and pissed off beyond all comprehension. He did a few hand seals, put his fingers to his lips, and took a great big breath…

"Katon: Karyu Endan!" Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed out a massive flame dragon that burned all life within that alleyway to a smoldering crisp. He stopped exhaling just as Kakashi landed next to him, holding Naruto.

"This has to stop Hokage-sama. This is the third time this week that somebody tried to kill Naruto, and it's only Tuesday!" Said Kakashi as a screaming, burning man came running out of the flames yelling "help me, help me!"

"I know Kakashi, I know." Replied the old man, as he threw a kunai into the burning man's head without even looking at him. He then takes out his old wooden pipe, pulls some tobacco out of his pocket, and lights it up. He takes a nice long drag

Kakashi looks over at the burning corps on the ground and apologetically says "Sorry Hokage sama. I shouldn't have told them Naruto's secret. I know you'll have to deal with a lot of bullshit after this for killing so many villagers…"

"Don't worry about it Kakashi, just fallow me to my office. I learned a few medical techniques from my old student, I'll take a look at Naruto. I don't think it's wise to trust the hospitals at this point."

"Hai, Hokage sama." And the two ninjas disappeared into the night…

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Hokage's office, a little bit later
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Kakashi laid Naruto down on the couch and Sarutobi went over to him as his hands started glowing green. He ran his hands over Naruto's body several times using his simple diagnostic jutsu and determined that he was okay.

"You know , Hokage sama, this could have all been prevented two years ago if you had just listened to sen-!"

"NO! I will not hear of this again! I will not have Naruto exposed to that sort of life!"

"It's not your call! His father decided-"

"And he was being a fool! The Kyuubi was minutes away-!"

"Minato sensei was no fool! He always kept a calm mind, I don't care what was happening, he planned for this-!"

"I SAID NO!"

"YOU CAN'T SAY NO FOREVER! It was sensei's last wish to you, you can't just-!"

"I won't have Naruto raised alone to be a killing machine!"

"You stupid old man! Minato sensei planned for all of this!" Kakashi stormed over to Sarutobi's desk, opened a drawer, and pulled out a small scroll that was wrapped around the handle of a three pronged kunai. He opened it and began reading aloud. "If Naruto has not been accepted by the villagers by the age of three-"

"I know what it says!"

"-He is to be removed from the village and kept safe within 'the vault'. The village will be told of all secrets surrounding him, and the truth will be taught to all academy students henceforth. He is to be trained to face all of the dangers that he will face after he becomes a ninja. And make no mistake old man; the ninja path is the only path that will allow Naruto to survive in this world. He is to be given all of my and Kushina's money, which is to be handled by my trusted accountant, Akio Haruno (1), until Naruto is old enough to handle it himself. I know that you won't like this plan, old man, but please trust me. Naruto is five now damn it! What are doing!"

"I can't do it Kakashi. I can't condemn Naruto to a life of isolation and constant training. Perhaps you have forgotten, but the vault that Minato refers to in that letter is the tower in the center of the forest of death, the most dangerous place in fire country!"

"That vault is the safest place on earth and you know it! Nothing could harm him in there! And he has to train any way, he is the container of the Kyuubi!"

"Not before he's had a chance at a childhood, I won't have Naruto raised in isolation!"

"He won't be! Sensei thought of that already! Akio has a daughter the same age-!"

"And his wife hates Naruto! Chie would never allow little Sakura anywhere near Naruto!"(2)

"Sensei's old teammates both have children close to Naruto's age. They would certainly allow them to become friends!"

"Hiashi and Tsume are clan heads; they have to keep up their public face! There's no way they would want their children associating with Naruto!"

"And let's not forget Jin! His wife, Yukari, might have died, but he never blamed Naruto for that! They were great friends with Kushina, and Tenten is only a year older then Naruto! What reason could Jin possibly have to prevent Naruto from becoming friends with her, he technically owns his weapon's shop, remember! He's a great blacksmith but Kushina funded him!"(3)

"And when will they become friends? Do you have any idea how many enemies Naruto would have if the world knew of his heritage? He would have to train none stop if that got out!"

"YOU STUPID OLD FOOL! Can't you see that you're failing Naruto? Every day somebody beats him, and most of the time somebody's trying to kill him! Sensei saw this coming and prepared for it, but you're too much of an idiot to trust him!" Both men stopped yelling for a few minutes, both just staring at each other. Amazingly, Naruto still slept on the couch, despite all the yelling.

The old man suddenly slumped over and sighed sadly. "I don't know what to do, Kakashi. If I continue as I have been, Naruto may not even live to see his next birthday, but if I go through with Minato's plan, I condemn him to a life that will probably turn him into a cold hearted killing machine. I just don't know what to do."

"Then trust sensei. He was the best of all of us. He saw and caused more death then anyone on earth, and he was still uncorrupted, he remained the most honorable man on the planet, no matter what happened. He knew what he was doing. We just have to have faith in him."

"Perhaps you're right. I just don't know…"

"No one can know anything. The future is always unpredictable. But you know as well as I do that Naruto can not survive the life he has now." There was a long pause. Sarutobi was thinking everything over, and Kakashi didn't want to disturb him.

"Alright Kakashi, you win. I have no better alternative, so we'll stick to Minato's plan." Sarutobi walked over to his desk and sat down. He sighed and took another long drag from his pipe. He then pushed the intercom button on his desk prompting a static like noise and a 'click' "Initiate order 1391412015."

"Yes Hokage sama" A female voice responded

Sarutobi looked over at Naruto's sleeping form and sighed. "Rest well, Naruto Uzumaki; because tomorrow, you wake up as Naruto Namikaze."

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To be continued
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I'd just like to say that I am aware that the first scene, where Naruto gets beaten in the ally, was extremely rushed. It's because, well, it's over done, really. You all know the drill. Naruto almost dies, people save him, then the basis of the entire story is revealed, usually in Sarutobi's office. I've seen it a thousand times! Anyway, I just couldn't find it in myself to give a shit. Whatever, you'll all forget about it soon anyway…

Also, in case you didn't catch some of the details that were revealed, Sakura's dad was Minato's accountant, and now he's in charge of Naruto's money, which he has a lot of. Tenten's dad runs a weapon's shop, which Kushina technically owned, since he didn't have the money to start his own business, but she did. So now Naruto technically owns it. The whole village, kiddies included, will be told of the truth behind what happened the night of the Kyuubi attack, including the fact that Naruto is the Yondaime's son. Naruto was supposed to be taken away a while ago, but Sarutobi failed him. I think that's it… Oh yea, Tsume Inuzuka and Hiashi Hyuuga were Minato's teammates back in the day.

(1) The name means intelligent, according to a baby naming website I found. This is Sakura's father, in case you didn't realize that

(2) Sakura's mother. Chie Nakamura is the voice actress for Sakura in the anime. I make up these characters as Sakura's parents never show up in the manga or anime

(3) Tenten not only has no parents in the manga, but no last name either. Jin means virtue, and Yukari Tamura is Tenten's voice actress in the anime. Those are her parents' names, and Tamura will be her last name now

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