A/N: This is a female Naruto/Hinata story, don't like yuri? Then leave. Also this is not a one-shot, this will be a long story, how long? I have no idea, but it expands through the first Naruto season all the way to shippuden, so expect it to be pretty long. Word of warning there will be a few time skips, not sure how many, and it is not a happy story, it's sad and another thing is, don't expect this story to be frequently updated, I have another story which I'm working on right now, and working on two different stories while I'm in college, will be time consuming. Well now I think that's everything so, enjoy.
Konoha, 10th of October
"EVERYONE KEEP ATTACKING, DON'T STOP!" yelled a konohajounin as they attacked or stalled the Kyuubi.
The kyuubi slammed his tail at the group, killing most of them. The lucky ones started retreating to join up with a different group.
"Dammit, we can't keep this up!" said a chuunin as he ducked to avoid the trees that were sent towards another group by kyuubi's tails.
"Where is Lord Hokage?" yelled another chuunin before he and his group were squashed by kyuubi's one of kyuubi's tails
"DAMMIT IT ALL, IS THIS THE END?" yelled another jounin, holding his leg which had a massive splinter going through it.
In a cave a 30 minutes away from Konohagakure no Sato, lies a redheaded women screaming in pain while she's giving birth, a spiky blond headed man with a white cloak with red flames on to bottom with the kanji for 4th in the middle, an old man wearing black shinobi battle armor and a another old man, not as old as the first one though, with long spiky white hair, a red cloak with black flames in the bottom and a hitai-ate with the kanji for 'oil' on it. These people were Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze, Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya the Toad Sennin and right now, while Minato was getting his right hand crushed by Kushina, they were all witnessing the birth of the newest addition to the Uzumaki-Namikaze clan, the most secret clan of all Konoha, since nobody, except the people mentioned before, even knew it existed. Hiruzen and Jiraiya were thinking 'why are we here instead of fighting against the kyuubi?' They wanted to go and help their village but Minato had ordered them to come with him. Minato and Kushina had a plan to stop kyuubi, a plan they hated but knew that it was the only way to stop fox. After Kushina had the Kyuubi ripped out of her when Minato was out getting Hiruzen and Jiraiya, by a masked shinobi, he had not left her side, and kept blaming himself for the destruction the village is facing right now. They were all brought out of their thoughts when they heard a baby's cries. Hiruzen, cutting of the umbilical cord, walked over to Kushina.
"Congratulations you two, too my experience, you have a healthy baby girl. Said Hiruzen and he handed the baby to Kushina who, after catching her breath, took the baby in her arms and looked at it with eyes filled with love and sadness. "
Jiraiya came over and, after Kushina apologized for crushing Minato's hand, bandaged his hand while Minato kept his eyes upon his wife and baby girl.
"Minato, now that you witnezed the birth of your baby girl, a cute one at that" he said as he looked at the baby in Kushina's arms, and for the first time, felt like an old man, seeing as he was the godfather. He then looked back to Minato "Now we need to go and stop the fox so-"
"I know, sensei" spoke Minato as he looked at Jiraiya dead in the eyes, and Jiraiya say a lot of sadness in his eyes, something which surprised the toad sennin since he's never seen Minato like this "I know what might be done" he looked back to Kushina and saw the baby playing with a lock of Kushina's hair as Kushina's tears kept falling. "Kushina…it's time"
"I know" she spoke without taking her eyes of off the baby in her arms The baby went to sleep, sucking on her tumb. "But first, what will we name her?"
"Well, I lost the bet, so you get to name her" said Minato. Yes Minato and Kushina made a bet, if the baby was a boy, then Minato would pick a name, if it was a girl, Kushina will name the baby.
"Then…her name will be…Naruko"
"Naruko? Yes, Naruko…Naruko Uzumaki Namikaze"
Kushina raised a thumb and stroked Naruko's right cheek, Naruko made a small smile as she slept. Kushina then handed Naruko over to Minato, and he smiled sadly at the bundle of joy in his arms. He stood up and was about to leave when he saw Kushina trying to sit up.
"Kushina! What are you doing?" he asked
"I'm going with you"
"What? But-"
"No 'buts' Minato! I'm going with you and that's final"
Minato sighed, knowing that no matter what he did, she would follow no matter what, he also noted that Hiruzen and Jiraiya didn't even try to help, having suffered time to time, from Kushina's temper.
Minato helped Kushina stand up while holding Naruko with his other hand.
"Minato, Kushina, you mind explaining what is it you're going to do?" asked Hiruzen
"There's no time to explain, but I want to say, thank you, both of you. You Hiruzen for being a great Hokage and you were practically part of the family, like the grandfather I never had. And you Jiraiya, even though you're a huge perv"
"Super Pervert actually" corrected Jiraiya with a smile
"Super pervert, you were a great sensei and thank you again for that book of yours"
"Minato…why are you talking like that? It seems like you're going to…" Hiruzen then noticed why he waited that long, he looked towards Naruko, then to Kushina who had a sad face and then to Minato, same sadness in his face "You wouldn't"
"Sorry Hiruzen, it's the only way"
Jiraiya then noticed what their plan was "WAIT, MINATO"
But it was too late, Minato had used his Hiraishin jutsu and had transported himself, Kushina and Naruko to the battlefield were Kyuubi is.
"Jiraiya, hurry, we must stop him!" said Hiruzen and with that he started running out of the hideout and towards the battlefield, Jiraiya right behind him.
Minato handed Naruko over to Kushina, bit his thumb, made the necessary handseals, slammed both palms onto the ground and a puff of smoke covered the area. When it left, Minato and Kushina, who was holding Naruko, were standing ontop of Gamabunta's head.
"Minato, why have you summoned me?" he looked forward and noticed the Kyuubi, looking in their direction "Especially against that!"
"No time to explain Gamabunta-sama, just try and hold him off while I finish my plan"
"Hmm, fine, but you better hurry" Gamabunta then started avoiding Kyuubi's tails while slamming his tanto onto them, angering the kyuubi more than hurting him.
"Kushina here!" he removed an ink brush and ink bottle and handed them both to Kushina who gently sat Naruko down onto Gamabunta's head and took both items. As Minato did the handseals, Kushina was drawing the seal to hold Kyuubi onto Naruko's belly.
"Minato I'm done!" said Kushina
"Ok, here we go, Fuinjutsu: Shiki Fujin" Behind Minato appeared the Shinigami.
The Shinigami then stabbed Minato with one of his arms, while Minato kept the seal going. The Shingami then extended its other hand towards Kyuubi who also got impaled by it. Minato then intstructed the Shinigami and it then slowly pulled Kyuubi's soul away from his body. Kyuubi would have none of that and shot all of his tails towards Gamabunta who wasn't fast enough to evade all the tails even when he jumped up. He was hit pretty badly with the Kyuubi's last tail and disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving Minato, Kushina and Naruko to fall. The resulting effect this had was Minato catching his wife who had caught Naruko, but then the Shinigami finished pulling Kyuubi's soul away from his body but sealed the full powers into Naruko, both the Yin and the Yang. Minato then felt his soul being pulled away and twisted his body in the air, landing painfully on his back, but that was his intention because both Kushina and Naruko would have a softer landing. The job done, though not as Minato wanted, the Shinigami then disappeared. The Kyuubi's body was slowly dying but it managed to get on his legs one last time and used every inch left of his power for one last attack. Minato and Kushina saw this, sense they were almost no trees left where Kyuubi was fighting the shinobi, and they had a clear view of the fox. They saw that the fox raised his head, opened its mouth and in front of it, appeared a small black orb. Minato and Kushina knew what was coming but they couldn't do anything to stop the Kyuubi from attacking. Minato, not one to give up, stood up as he felt his life slowly slip away and formed a Rasengan with the last of his strength. Right now he just kept pumping charkra into it, trying to control it but at the same time, making it as powerful as possible even though he had just recently completed the Rasengan. When Minato was finished the Rasengan looked like a Giant Rasengan but it wasn't enough to stop the Kyuubi who just swallowed the orb and its body became incredibly heavy, creating a wide crater around it.
"Dammit…it's still…not enough…I need…more…strength…" he panted heavily as he felt the Rasengan and his life, slowly slip away
Just then he felt his Rasengan expand and looked next to him to see Kushina pumping whatever charkra she had left towards it.
"Kushina!"
"This is the only way Minato" she looked at him "You know that"
Minato reluctantly nodded and raised his right arm, the arm holding the Rasengan, into the sky, Kushina following with her left hand. The Rasengan grew to a huge size, roughly half the size of Choza when he uses his Full Body Expansion, and kept growing. The Rasengan finally stopped growing In power and size, now rivaling Choza's size when he uses the Full Body Expansion and if one were to look closely it looked like inside the Rasengan was a whirlind and a whirpool.
The Kyuubi opened his mouth and fired the huge blast which passed the Hokage Mountain in size.
"UZUMAKI"
"NAMIKAZE"
"RASENGAN!" yelled both Minato and Kushina and thrust the Rasengan forward, stopping the Kyuubi's Tailed Beast Ball. Both attacks fought for dominance, but neither wanted to give. Just then Minato and Kushina poured every inch of their chakra, which wasn't much now, and were able to make the attack shoot skywards. The Kyuubi's body finally fell and dissolved into chakra, which seeped into the ground, killing whatever vegetation was left. Minato and Kushina both fell back after the attack, landing on their backs, on either sides of Naruko. Minato to her left, Kushina to her right. Naruko started crying and Minato and Kushina enveloped her in a hug.
"Shhh, Naruko, everything…is going to be alright" spoke Minato softly
"That's right Naruko…Kaa-san and Otou-san are here" said Kushina
After a minute passed Naruko calmed down and started making baby noises. Both Minato and Kushina laughed at this.
"I hope…that…she grows up…to be a proud kunoichi" spoke Minato
"I know she will…" said Kushina
Just then Jiraiya and Hiruzan finally arrived, though they were too late.
"Minato!" Hiruzen rushed over to them followed by Jiraiya
Minato looked up and saw Hiruzen and Jiraiya "Hi Hiruzen"
"Is…is she…" Jiraiya couldn't even make out the words
"Yes…she is…the new…Jinchuriki…for the Kyuubi" said Kushina
Jiraiya and Hiruzen looked at baby Naruko and noticed the whisker marks on both her cheeks. Their attention was soon taken when Minato called them
"Hiruzen…you're going to…have to be the Hokage…again…and please…try and…make the villagers…see Naruko…for what she truly is…the true hero…who saved the leaf village"
"I'll try" he said as his tears fell
"Thank you, old friend" and with that Minato took his last breath but not before whispering "I'm sorry Naruko…I love you and your Kaa-san very much…I hope…you can forgive me…for this" only Kushina heard it and she had tears in her eyes as she felt Minato's hands grow cold.
"Minato…"
"Damn Gaki…protecting the Leaf till your dying breath"
Kushina looked down upon the crying Naruko and she felt her own life slipping away
"H-hiruzen…J-jiraiya…take…care…of Naruko…for us…"
"What? Don't tell me you're!" but Jiraiya looked upon the sad eyes of Kushina and knew that she was also dying.
"You know…chakra…exhaustion…was…always…a pain…" Kushina then looked down upon the crying Naruko and raised a shaky hand to rub her cheek "I…love you…Naruko…just like your Otou-san…we both love you…very…very much…" and with that Kushina's eyes closed and she breathed her last breath.
Council Room-3 hours after Kyuubi's sealing
The council room was in an uproar. Hiruzen Sarutobi the newly re-appointed 3rd Hokage had just informed them of Minato's passing, and Kyuubi's sealing into the baby Naruko and now every single member of the Civilian Council and half of the Shinobi council were shouting for Naruko's death. The only people not wishing for the death of the baby were the clan heads and Danzo, which surprised Hiruzen but he thought he had some ulterior motive for not wishing for her death. Hiruzen had also neglected to tell them that the baby was Minato's child, although he did this on purpose, who knows if any of these civilians are thrustworthy enough to not go gallivanting off and telling the other nations that he met the Fourth's daughter. Also he didn't want to tell them anything about Naruko, pass the fake information he gave them all about Minato picking a random orphan.
"ENOUGH!" yelled Hiruzen leaking a huge amount of Killing Intent which silenced every single person in the room
"I cannot believe this; the Fourth wanted this child to be known as a hero and now you all want her death?" spoke Hiruzen, truly appalled
"The Fourth was an idiot to let the demon live" spoke a civilian councilman only to be silenced by the Killing intent of Hiashi Hyuuga
"Do not speak ill of my friend" he said, and the councilman did not speak again, lest he face the wrath of a Gentle Fist Master.
"Now, is there any 'clan'" emphasizing clan so as to not give the civilian council any ideas "That would like to honor the Fourth's dying wish and protect this child, like one of your own?"
Shibi Aburame was the first who spoke "I am sorry Hokage-sama, but the Aburame clan cannot adopt the child, for fear of the fox's chakra killing our bugs"
Next was Inoichi Yamanaka was the second one who spoke "The Yamanaka clan cannot because I do not believe she would be able to learn our clan techniques because of the fox disrupting her brain patterns, example would be if I would go inside her mind, I might have to face the Fox and that might not turn out to well on my part"
Tsume Inuzuka spoke next "I cannot because, like Inoichi said, she would not be able to learn my clan techniques and as you know Inu's and Foxes do not get along, so we don't know what would happen to her and I cannot be with her 24/7"
Choza Akimichi was next "Like my comrades she would not be able to learn the techniques of the clan and it would pain my heart to see her always sad if she were in our home because she feels different than the others of my clan"
Shikaku Nara spoke after Choza "I also cannot take care of her. As you know we own deers and I don't think they would take too kindly having someone who smells like foxes near them, also being that having more troublesome women would be troublesome" some people snickered at this, knowing how true that was, especially Hiruzen since, knowing Kushina's temper, it was most likely passed down to Naruko and that would be very troublesome
Hiashi Hyuuga was the semi-last who spoke and Hiruzen was hoping that he could, because the last clan head was Fugaku Uchiha and Hiruzen was sure as hell NOT about to let Naruko with them "I…also cannot; the elders of my clans would not tolerate a non-hyuuga living with us and worse being a so called 'demon'" he glared at the civilian council with his Byakugan active
Now it was Fugaku's turn and Hiruzen was dreading this "I" Hiruzen waited for the 'I'll take care of her' phrase that was sure to come, imagine when Fugaku said "cannot" Hiruzen was dumbfounded as was Danzo, and well most of everyone in the room
"Excuse me come again?" asked Hiruzen thinking that he must be really old for hearing things
"I said I cannot take the child"
"Well…may I ask for a reason?" asked Hiruzen, who was outside calm, but on the inside he was jumping for joy
"The reason being since the child 'is' the demon it would be better for it to be either killed or used as a weapon for the leaf, and I do not plan on teaching the child, nor do any of my clan"
Hiruzen was appalled and happy at the same time, appalled because Fugaku looked to be choosing both the council and Danzo, but happy because this meant that he would make the final decision regarding Naruko's place of home and he was not about to let Danzo have the little girl.
"Fine…since no one can take her, I have no choice but to put her in the orphanage" people started screaming and yelling, he caught things like 'The Hokage has been bewitched by the demon already, it must be killed!' or 'The Hokage must have really gone senile, strip him of his power!' and last but certainly not least which infuriated him 'Kill the demon, don't let it live any longer, kill it while it's weak!'
"SILENCE!" he leaked killing intent again which shut up the council and the shinobi's that wanted the 'demon' dead.
"The child is going to the orphanage and that's final. Anything and Everything that was discusses is now an S-class village secret. Under no circumstances are you to reveal anything about this child, regarding the Kyuubi demon. UNDERSTAND?" the last bit seemed more like an order than a question
The council knew they were beat and nodded their heads in approval, though some felt like vomiting, but, just because they couldn't reveal anything regarding the 'Kyuubi demon' as their Hokage said, did not mean that they couldn't make her life a living hell, and heck, if the demon were to die in her first days of living by an 'accident', then who was to blame? They would be ridding the world of one less demon right? Maybe this is what the Fourth mean by 'treating her as a hero' yeah, he meant that since the kyuubi now inhabited the body of a baby, it would be incredibly weakened and so easy to kill. Yeah that's what the Fourth truly wanted, to praise the orphan who gave up their life, albheit unwillingly, so he can die, the kyuubi now took over a human body who is also incredibly weak, and then, the people kill it. Hiruzen was just too dum and old to notice the truth in front of his eyes, this is the Fourth's true will. Although that's what the council and most shinobi's thought. Hiruzen could see it in their eyes that things were not going to be as he had hoped.
A/N: First chapter done. Did you enjoy? Yes I know, this does nothing for the story, more like a prologue really, the real first chapter is in process right now, and hopefully won't take too long. And for those wondering what the title for this story means, you'll know later. First time skip is in the first chapter to when Naruko is 4. Thanks and remember to review because that brings a smile to Naruko's face, even though her life is going to be a horrible mess, but hey? That's why we read these kinds of story, to see if someday something lightens up his/her life. Well like I said in the beginning this is a yuri story and if you hate these kinds of stories, then bye, also i might include another couple or two, but no Kakashi/Kurenai, she's going to be paired up with Asuma and I don't care how much you don't like that, suck it up, not changing my mind on that pairing but any other pairing you want me to include, feel free, I might leave a poll one day where it'll show the different pairings for the story, though I'm not sure. Oh and one more thing, why? Just why do people like reading Naruko and Sasuke so much? The only person I can see Sasuke with is Sakura, and no character is OOC, in other words, Sasuke isn't a happy man that likes to make friends and is always smiling, no I mean as in he's still he's emo-brooding self, only he has a heart, kind of. And Sakura isn't all nice and stuff, unlike her normal bitchy self, sorry but it's true. But like I said, why do some of you like to read or make Naruko and Sasuke so much? I cannot stand it! There ain't that many good stories of Naruko that do not involve Sasuke as her love interest. I can handle her with Gaara, with Shikamaru, though I prefer him with Temari, heck I'm even going with Lee, and the guy drives me insane with his Fires of Youth, or any other guy, that's close to her age, but not Sasuke, I just can't.