Disclaimer: Hello everyone! Its been a long time since I started writing again. I wanted to test try this story thats been bugging me for the past few days so I hope you all find this more interesting then my first story.
Summery: The elders and the Sandaime had a plan. No one would find out. Hopefully.
CHAPTER ONE: Rebuilding and Decisions
10th October, Night of the Kyuubi attack.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in the Hokage's office resting from the battle with the Kyuubi just several hours past. A frown marred his old and wizened face as he stared at the newest problem that had to be dealt with. In front of him on his desk was a large basket and in it were two sleeping babies with one only a year older then the other.
The older of the two younglings was a boy with snowy white hair that was spiky in all directions. The younger one was a girl with a small tuft of golden blond hair being that she was only born earlier today and three cute whisker like markings on each cheek. These two were Namikaze Naruto and Namikaze Rina children of the late Yondaime of Konoha and the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero.
'How did it come to this?'
The sound of the door opening interrupted the Sandaime's thoughts as three people entered the room. Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu and Jiraiya the Gama Sennin stood facing him, their faces were grim from increasing tension in the room. All three of them simultaneously turned their gaze on to the babies on the desk. Jiraiya frowned when he noticed Naruto's white hair.
"Sensei, what happened to Naruto's hair?" Questioned Jiraiya as he came closer to inspect the two infants.
"It was that way when I found the two of them." Jiraiya frowned at that and started to search if there was anything wrong with both his god-children. For a moment everyone was quiet, before the Sennin started to chuckle.
"Minato you crazy genius." Sarutobi turned to question his student.
"What did you find out?" Jiraiya lifted both the childrens shirts so that the elders would have a better look. First he gestured to Rina's seal.
"The seal holding the Kyuubi is intact. Its designed to slowly leak a small amount into Rina's chakra coils so that in the future she will be able to adapt and use its chakra but that's not the interesting part." Jiraiya then jestured to Naruto's chest, specifically where the hearts is. There a smaller seal then the kyuubi's but of the same design was placed.
"Naruto here holds a small portion of kyuubi's chakra which is not much but I'm guessing about half a tails worth. The thing is the key to releasing and fixing Rina's seal is in Naruto's."
"What does this mean?" Questioned Koharu.
"It means that if the Kyuubi ever escapes then Naruto is the fail safe that will seal the Kyuubi back into his sister." The elders grew quiet to digest this information.
"Hiruzen, I hope you know what to make of this grim situation Konoha has landed herself in." Said Homura as he looked back at his old teammate.
"It's obvious what I have to do isn't it Homura? For now I'll reinstate myself as Hokage once again. We've lost about a 100 good men and women and many more civilians. We'll need to bring back most of our shinobi back to the village and enact the old war regime in the academy to bolster more troops. We can't let other villages start thinking we're weak."
"We know that Hiruzen but that's not what we wanted to hear. What are we going to do with the children." All eyes turned to Koharu as she said this, then to the babies, then back to their leader. A large sigh escaped Sarutobi as he stared back at them.
"Truthfully I don't know, but what I do know is that Minato-kun wanted his daughter to be seen as a hero by the village. I'm going to publicly announce Rina's burden to the villagers."
"Sensei, I know you must be tired but have you gone insane? The villagers will start to call for blood once they here of the truth and what of Naruto? Are you going to reveal his heritage? There is a reason both Minato and Kushina never revealed Naruto's birth." Said Jiraiya.
"I must agree with him Hiruzen. With the villagers in so much grief from their losses they wont accept the girl as nothing more than the fox in human form." Said Homura while getting a nod of confirmation from Koharu.
"Then what do you suggest I should do? The villagers will want an explanation for what happened tonight. They would all need atleast some closure as to what happened to the fox."
"Might I suggest something Sarutobi?"
Everyone turned to the new arrival in the room. A frown marred both Sarutobi's and Jiraiya's face.
"Danzo."
The old war hawk and rival to the Sandaime stood infront of the door with not a hint of an expression on his scarred face.
"Danzo-dono, what pray tell are you going to suggest." Said Koharu. Danzo turned to glace at the babies before locking his gaze onto Sarutobi's.
"Tell the villagers that Naruto is the Kyuubi jinchuuriki and Rina as the Namikaze heir." At this everyone looked at him with a hint of a surprise on their face. Sarutobi and Jiraiya quickly narrowed their eyes at him.
"Do continue old friend, I would like to know how this plan of yours would work." Questioned Sarutobi. Danzo turned to face Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya, have you told Sarutobi of them?" Jiraiya turned to glare at him in both surprise and suspicion.
"How did you know? This information is extremely hard to come by. It took me quite a while find out about them." Sarutobi had enough of all the secrecy, he locked eyes with his student. The unspoken message already clear. What are you talking about?
"There is an underground organization called the Akatsuki hidden deep in the underworld. Nothing much is clear on them and their a bitch to get information on but there are rumors saying they are looking for information on the bijuu and the jinchuuriki's." At this there was no hiding the surprise on their faces, a nod from Danzo only confirmed the Sennin's words.
"It's all quite simple. Rina is vulnerable in that she is both a jinchuuriki and a Namikaze, many will try to kill her and with this Akatsuki up and about her safety and secrecy is of most importance. Revealing that Naruto is the Jinchuuriki will keep Rina safe from the Akatsuki. At the same time stating that the Yondaime successfully had an heir that survived the night will bolster morale and lift the spirit of the civilians. All of Konoha will want to protect the Namikaze Heir." With each word the plan started to become more likeable and more appealing to all of them.
"But still what will happen to Naruto? Are we all just gonna leave him to fend for himself? Why don't I take him with me?" Asked Jiraiya. At the mention of the boy's well fair everyone turned to Sarutobi. The Sandaime closed his eyes in thought before opening them.
"While that would be good for Naruto it will make Rina vulnerable. We will need them both to be here in Konoha to execute Danzo's plan to the fullest. Also it would hinder you greatly if you had to take care of a child and manage your spy network at the same time." Sarutobi turned to the elders to regard them.
"Have the grand council ready, we will discuss the rebuilding of Konoha there. Remember this all of you, no one is to know of what was spoken inside this room. I'm labeling this as an SS-rank secret that is to be taken to the grave." Jiraiya made move to protest.
"But Sensei! You can't be-"
"Jiraiya I'm dead serious. I know this isn't right but what choice do we have. If keeping Konoha safe and the Kyuubi from our enemies hands means I have to sacrifice one child to the darkness and hate of the world then so be it. I am sorry but the decision has been made."
In later years the old Sandaime will come to regret his decision.
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