Prologue

It was about midday in the Fire Country, more specifically Konohagakure, or Village Hidden in the Leaves. Today was not unlike most, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the people were doing whatever they needed to do. However, two men walked through Konoha's Main Gate. Much of these men could not be seen due to them were black cloaks and straw hats. They walked over to a check-in desk meant for anyone coming into the village, and at the desk were two chunin, both wearing the standard uniform of chunin and jonin of Konoha. The two should the chunin some identification and were allowed in.

The two cloaked men walked through the crowded streets as people walked into stores or restaurants. When one of them turned to the other and asked if they wanted to get something to eat before going to their desired destination.

"Sure, we are a few hours anyways. Where do you wanna eat?" responded the second man.

The first man looked a head and saw a bar-b-que place up the street and began walking to it.

The two men walked inside and were immediately treated to smell of grilled meat. Someone came over to give the two a seat by a window looking outside to the street. Shortly their food came, and they began eating, they heard some noise outside and looked out at the street. What they could see was a child about the age of eight with sun kiss blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. He wore a black shirt with an orange swirl on the front with, a pair of shorts, standard blue ninja sandals, and green goggles on his head. However, the thing that really caught their attention was the whisker marks on his cheeks. The child seemed to be running from two ninjas covered in orange paint screaming at his name. As the child ran further away, the first guy turns to his partner and said "Hey Kirabi, isn't that the child we are here for?"

"Yes Utakata, that was, and I can already tell he is going to be a hand full" responded the one known as Kirabi. "We should go see the Hokage about that boy."

The two left the restaurant and began heading for the building located in the center of the village. When they arrived, they walked up to the attendant at the front desk who said that they could go see the Hokage. They walked into the Hokage's office to see Hiruzen Saratobi, the Sandaime Hokage, sitting behind his desk working on the bane of any Kage, paperwork. He looked up to see the two men looking at him.

"Welcome to Konoha, you two must be the Jinchuriki I learned were coming, may I know which two came and why you came here." said Hiruzen in a friendly tone.

The two men took off their straw hats. The first man had a narrow face with brown eyes and brown hair that came down over his left eye. The second man had dark skin with light, blonde hair and goatee. He had a pair of sunglasses on and a white scarf around his neck, as well as a tattoo of bull horns on his left cheek. He also had a headband with the kanji for eight on his forehead.

Hiruzen studied the men before saying "Well is should welcome Utakata of the Six Tails and Kirabi of the Eight Tails. Now I just need to know why you are here."

Kirabi stepped forward and said "We here to take the nine tails Jinchuriki. We learned that he was here in Konoha."

Hiruzen seemed to sadden when he heard this. He knew that this would eventually come, but he didn't think it would be so soon. He and Naruto, the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi No Yoko, had a sort of grandfather and grandson bond, so to here that it was time for Naruto to join the other Jinchuriki. Hiruzen then looked back at the two before calling for an ANBU to bring Naruto. "So, it is time for him to join the order? I shouldn't be surprised to this news as I new it would come eventually, but not so soon."

Utakata looked at the old Hokage and could see that he cared for the Jinchuriki. He found this as a bit of surprise as most Jinchuriki are seen by most as demons or monsters that are only needed by the people when the people need help.

Utakata asked "You care for the boy why is that?"

Hiruzen responded by saying "The boy is like my own grandson to me, so if I may ask to watch out for him during his training and to send him back here after he turns sixteen?"

Utakata and Kirabi just nodded their heads and was about to ask him why he wanted Naruto to come back when he turns sixteen, but the door open to reveal the blonde-haired boy from earlier, yelling towards the Hokage "Hey Jiji, what did we want to talk about?" That is when he noticed the others in the room, who were surprised by someone talking so casually towards the leader of the strongest hidden village.

"Who are they Jiji?"

"Naruto these two are the Jinchuriki like yourself."

The two men stepped towards Naruto and introduced themselves.

"Kirabi, Jinchuriki of the Eight Tails, Gyuuki."

"Utakata, Jinchuriki of the Six Tails, Saiken."

"Naruto, Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails, Kurama. Why are you two here? Are you here to finally take me to the Order of the Nine?"

Kirabi just looked at the boy before nodding his head.

"What will I be doing in this order? Jiji only told me that I would be joining you guys, but not what we would be doing." Naruto said.

"Well first you will be trained to be a ninja and when you are old enough trained to work with Kurama. During which you will be given another Jinchuriki as a partner to do jobs for people across the elemental nations." Explained Utakata.

Naruto looked so excited to finally begin training to be a ninja, but then he saw the look of sadness on the Hokage's aging face and immediately walked over to him before wrapping his arms around his "Grandpa" who smiled seeing Naruto give him a hug and hugged him back. "Naruto, why don't you run back home and begin packing and then meet Utakata and Kirabi at the main gate, ok?" Naruto nodded and walked back to his small apartment to begin packing.

A few hours later, Naruto had finished packing and said goodbye to Ayame and Teuchi, two people who ran his favorite ramen stand, Ichiraku Ramen, and he saw as family. Naruto made it to the main gate where he saw the Hokage, Kirabi, and Utakata. Hiruzen gave Naruto one last hug before the three Jinchuriki left.

Naruto then asked them where they were going which Kirabi responded saying "We are going to the Tree of Nine. It is the home for the nine Jinchuriki, and where you will train for the next several years in the ways of the shinobi and the way of the Jinchuriki."

"When will we get there?"

"We will be there in about two days."

'So my training begins.' thought Naruto.