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It was to be a joyful festival like any other before. The village was celebrating the five year anniversary of the defeat of the Fox. That demonic nine tailed beast that had mercilessly killed of so many of their loved ones. Today was to be celebration like no other, the villagers were planning a great show at the end something that had normally would have never crossed their minds. The children watched in wonder why the adults had almost a dark and sinister smile. Then too a few horrors a small child was suddenly tossed into the bonfire. The children ran to their parents for protection. The burning boy was pulled out by a thin steel wire that had begun to cut into his flesh. It cried as some villagers rushed it and began to viciously beat it. A man covered in bandages walked to the crowd raised his hand and drawing in the attention of all those that surrounded him. This man was well known and feared, many dark rumors most true had the villagers swaying their loyalty to their current leader the Third Hokage. This man that now stood was a savior that came at a dark price. This man was Danzo the shadow ruler of the village with the backing of his feared ANBBU known as Root. Danzo looked at the child and then at the villagers that had savagely beaten him. The villagers fearing for their lives head to the crowd hoping to escape this dark man. Danzo began to speak.
" My villagers my people we all know the law that had been place on this land five years ago"
The villagers now worried that this man was going to carry that certain law
" That is an injustice to all of us. We were the ones attacked and we were the ones that lost everything including our most beloved fourth." The villagers began to cheer in agreeing with Danzo. Others began to scream to kill the demon.
" This boy, this beast has plagued us for too long! Today as one we will rise together and finish the job that caused the fourth his life"
More cheering was heard and some of the villagers began to throw objects at the twitching child, no longer was his body able to take this. For years he knew that people didn't like but he didn't think that all the village felt the same. He raised his head slowly and was able to catch glimpse of the two people he thought had accept him a bit. The Ramen cook was kneeling down holding his daughter back and they both cried of being unable to do anything. This brought some comfort to the child since he learned that at least someone would miss him. He turned his head and saw the children that had always ignored him. He also noticed that the strange girl that always ran from him was crying. The girl took noticed of the boy looking at him this only brought more tears to her eyes. The boy gathering what little strength he had left brought his hand toward her direction and raised a single thumb in an attempt to show that he would be alright. Before the girl could stop her tears Danzo brought his foot down on the boy's hand.
" Not today demon. In the absence of the Hokage the council has decided that for the good of the village we rid ourselves of this fox once and for all."
More cheering came from the villagers. Tears began to form in the boys eyes for he knew his time was coming.
" Boy I will bring some mercy on to you. I am sure you are wondering why we hate you." The villagers looked in shock." we hate you because you are the demon fox. There was a law made to protect you one that said that anyone that dared to speak of this would die." Danzo pulled a blade out from his clothes and began to stab towards the harmless boy. The village looked in silence as their freedom of the beast was soon to come from their new savior.
" I say let my death come if it means getting rid of you" The boy looked in horror as the blade was its decent to his face.
"We can arrange that" A voice was heard all around. Before anybody could find the speaker, a spear impaled the chest of Danzo and he was pulled into the Air. " The only problem is that we cant let you kill the boy" The spear was pulled out of Danzo's chest as he fell a wave of blue light hit him. Danzo froze instantly his body shattering when it hit the ground.
The villagers looked at the direction from which both attacks came from. Nothing was what the villagers found. Taken this moment to finish what his master had started the one ANBU guard of Danzo rushed to finish the Job. He ran towards the small boy with a kitana drawn and brought it down as fast and hard as he could only to have it parried away by another. The man that now stood before him was a ninja no one had ever seen.
'' Don't you people ever learn" The ANBU turned to another man who reached towards his neck. In one quick motion the man's head and spine was ripped off. The villagers stared in horror as the two men placed themselves in between any more would be attackers and the boy.
By now some of the villagers began to take small steps from the scene. When suddenly their familiar protectors appeared the shinobi who was raised by their hands. The Shinobi and Kunochi took stances in front of the two men. Both stood motionless and if being surrounded meant nothing to them. A team of shinobi jumped into the air and began to make the same seals. In a few moments a rain of fire fell upon the two. The man who had decapitated the ANBU stepped forward his hands aimed at the ground. A wave of blue ice flew out and made a dome protecting the boy and his defenders. As smoke cleared the ice broke and revealed the defenders unharmed. The second man began to pull at his mask.
"Scorpion! Subzero! That is enough!" The two turned towards their masters voice and took a knee. The villager looked towards the new voice and saw a giant of a man. They began to tremble at the sight of such a beast. He had muscles that they had considered to be inhuman. What made them fear most was the fact that this man wore a human skull on his face his armor blood red with spikes decorated that looked as sharp as blades, he had a red cape that fell nearly to the ground.
" Is that the boy, Sarutobi ?" The massive man looked towards his right side reveling the current Hokage to the villagers.
" Yes that is him Shao Khan, and thank you on sparring my villagers" The villagers looked in wonder who was the man that would easily call out their leader by his name while completing ignoring his status in the world. The well known Hiashi Hyuuga stepped forward to gain an understanding of what was happening.
"Lord Hokage who is this man?" The Hokage turned towards his massive friend as to his people.
" This man is a close friend of mine and some one you should all respect after his son previously hold my title."
The villagers grew with more shock to find out that this Man was the father of the Fourth. Hiashi taking the bit of courage he had left decided to ask another question, since it was the same one in the villagers mind.
" My Lord we where all told that the Fourth was an orphan, plus I fail to see why his men would defend the boy?
Shao Khan began to give one of his famous laughs, the same laugh that many warriors had learned to fear.
" The reason I defend the boy is because young Naruto here is my grandson" The villagers looked towards the small dying boy and they felt their hearts break. The small boy was the child of the fourth.
" In case you haven't yet figured it out. You should all begin to fear for the punishment that will come." Shao Khan began to close his raised hand that was point at the villagers. The Hokage rushed in front of his friend in an attempt to save his people.
" Shao Khan I know it hurts you that my people have mistreated the boy but give them a chance to redeem themselves." Shao Khan looked to his friend then to the cowering villagers. Never had they seen or heard of a Hokage beg.
" maybe we should let them live" Shao Khan turned to see the face of his queen Sindel. " Ermac take Naruto to our house and treat his wounds" Another man in red appeared his eyes glowed green he toke young Naruto and vanished.
" Are you sure this what you want? After all Minato was our only child" Sindel stood next to her husband and embraced him.
"Don't worry things happen. If you retaliate at every little thing that upsets you, your going to end up leaving a wasteland.
Sindel thought for a moment on the condition of Outworld, so thats what happened.
Shao Khan looked at his queen with a puzzled look. "what was that last part" Sindel smiled lightly at her husband " It was nothing dear, Kitana, Mileena, take that bum Rain with you towards your nephews apartment and get his things then bring them home"
Three new figures appeared in front of the couple. They said in union " as you wish my queen" Sindel turned towards her children with a hurt look. She began to wave her index finger as showing her unhappiness. " what naughty kids I have"
The two women and the man looked at each other and then back to Sindel they let out a small sigh and answered her once more. 'Yes mommy... mother" The man was the only one not to say such a word fit only for a child. " Rain" Sindel raised an eyebrow. " Mommy" Rain soon responded fearing what his mother would do. The three soon vanished. Shao Khan and Sindel soon began laughing. Subzero and Scorpion let out a smirk on their face which was unknown to anyone.
"Ah thats never going to get old" The man began to wipe a tear that was forming at his right eye." Sarutobi come to my house I have prepared a feast in celebration of our reunion with the boy. Your villagers are more than welcomed"
" my old friend tonight has been a long night for some. I am sure they wish to rest now. Myself will be more than glad to go."
"Oh that is truly wonderful I can't wait to hear what you have been up to these last 35 years" Sindel said with a sincere face.
" I would like to bring a few friends that might want to let their children play with young Naruto while we Introduce your plans during dinner."
"Excellent that would make the dinner flawless" Shao Khan and Sindel began to walk towards their home. Soon Subzero and Scorpion stood and began to follow their masters. " The dinner will be at Eight don't be late old friend" Was the last thing they heard from Shao Khan. The Hokage and his guest had left the village and where about and hour away from the village they were being lead to Shao Khan's home by Ermac. They had stopped in front of a shrine that lead to a small forest.
" I don't remember this being here" The head of the Hyuuga spoke. Ermac walked to the shrine and placed his hand in front of it. It seemed like the forest was morphing and in front of them was a large estate. It easily put any home in Konoha to shame.
" How long has this place been" the one that spoke this time was the head of the Uchiha clan. He invited himself to the feast after hearing of it during the sudden council meeting.
" Believe it or not this place use to be Minato's mansion, my friend built it many years ago. Since the land that he wanted for the size was not available he built out here. It also doubled as a fort in case any enemies would try to attack us" The Hokage stepped forward when Ermac continued walking. They soon reached the gate of the mansion grounds only to find two men larger than Shao Khan, which was something the guest thought was impossible. Before the guards were able to stepped towards the group Ermac intervened. Ermac was well know how the Shokan treated guest.
" Goro! Kintaro! These are the guests that the master has requested for." The two Shokan stepped back and opened the wooden gate. As the group entered they heard noise which did not fit the image being given out by the mansion.
" No Naruto stop that! Put it down Now!" Kitana was chasing after her nephew who had obtained his hands on his Aunt's undergarments.
" You can't catch me Kitana-nee-chan!" Rain and Mileena were laughing at the sight. Kitana stopped and grabbed at a ninja who was leaning on the wall. " you were suppose to be watching him"
The black armored ninja looked down at the woman before responding," I did watch , I saw him dig through you cabinets, I also saw him grab you lipstick and start drawing on your walls." This brought more laughter to the purple dressed siblings.
" He did what?! Why didn't you stop him?"
" You only told me to watch him and make sure he didn't hurt himself... by the way" the ninja pointed at Naruto who was now beginning to climb his grand father's hammer. Before anyone could say or do anything Scorpion appeared and grabbed hold of Naruto as he brought him down Mileena rushed and swooped Naruto off the ground since they young boy had been frightened by scorpion's sudden appearance.
" Are you alright? I won't let that mean man hurt you," Mileena turned and made a face full of killing intent towards Scorpion." If Noob Saibot had done his job right this would have never happened"
This time both sister had murderess stares at Noob Saibot. Noob Saibot felt a chill run down his spine he knew better than to try to take on both princesses at the same time.
" Forgive me, next time I will read into you order with more caution to properly decipher their meaning" Noob Saibot bowed and began to leave. " But you told me to do it since it would be fun" Noob Saibot vanished as soon as those words had left Naruto's mouth " Noob Saibot get back here!" The scream was heard all through out the mansion.
Scorpion lifted Naruto out of Mileena's hands and placed him on the floor. " we must go young master, your grandfathers guest have arrive." Naruto looked up at Scorpion and nodded. " Are we going to show them where Oji-chan and Ba-chan are?"
" If that is what you wish." The group began to follow Naruto and Scorpion. As soon as they had left Kitana to pick up her clothes that was on the floor they heard Scorpion whisper to Naruto." I told you if you blame it on Noob Saibot they wouldn't be mean to you." Naruto began laughing." that was funny why did they believe it so easily?" Sarutobi gave a small chuckle when he saw that Naruto was fitting in easily.
" A long time ago the princesses had a pet dog that use to do a lot of bad things. Later we found out that Noob Saibot was the one that taught it to do those things." A huge grin grew across Naruto's face but it suddenly disappeared. " Will he be mad that I blamed him." Scorpion noticed that the boy had done a complete emotional 180. He stopped in front of Naruto and placed his hands on the boys shoulders after kneeling down to see the boy face to face.
" If anything he likes you now more than before. As one could tell Noob Saibot is a little on the dark side but he likes sticking to people who act the same way." Scorpion stood up after he saw his young master finish wipping the growing tears on his face." Really" Naruto asked with a bit of hesitation. " I gain nothing from lying to you" with those last words Naruto had another large grin on his face. They entered the dinning hall soon and saw that it was big enough to hold a wedding.
They were greeted by the Emperor and his queen. Now the group saw the clomplete ninja force that Shao Khan had available. Naruto ran up the hall and gave his grandmother a massive hug. Shao Khan motioned for the food to be brought in. Cooks brought in many different dishes and placed it on the center of the table. Maids and Butlers began to set the table and pull the seats out for the guest to take. Sindel patted Naruto's head and gave him a kiss on the cheek and pushed him towards a smaller table that was set a side for the children. To the disgust of a few of the guest Naruto went and sit on a chair similar to his grandfathers. To be honest it was more of a throne than a chair. The children who were around Naruto's age soon followed and sat down. There was two girls and two boys. One of the girls had short black hair. The girl that took the seat across here was a blond with long hair. The two boys had short hair but the clothes they wore were completely different. One wore a blue shirt with his family mark on his back while the other had a large coat and sunglasses on. It didn't take long for the children to start eating and talking. Since the other three were at a different table from their parents they felt more comfortable and forgot the years of discipline that was pounded into them. The Hokage soon gave another chuckle as he saw that the children were enjoying themselves.
" It is good to see you have not changed in the long time that I have yet to see you." Shao Khan said this as he raised a drink to lips.
" I feel the same, but I think that tonights incident might bring more harm to the boy than good." Sindel looked at Sarutobi with a look of pain in her eyes.
" Tell me that isn't true." Sindel had a pleading look on her face. " Let them think what they want if they wish harm on the boy they will have to get through me" Shao Khan said this with a great confidence.
" that would be a task quite difficult that I hope will never happen" the guest could feel that their leader was not bluffing every word he had said was honest. " If only there was a way to get them to forget and continue for Naruto to win the village one by one"
" That would take too much time old friend, the boy would take my seat before your plan would bear fruits" Shao Khan said this with a harsh tone in his voice. Unknown to everyone Sarutobi was the only being that never had to fear of the wrath of the powerful man.
" But that would be for his best" Sarutobi gave a good look at Shao Khan. The man paused took a drink from his cup looked towards the Hokage and then at his grandson.
" You have never betrayed my trust and I know you never will. Ermac take your team and begin to erase the memories of tonight," Ermac was soon to leave when he stopped due to the queen raising her hand.
"Ermac only erase their memories of meeting us not of the festival. The villagers have a right to enjoy themselves." Ermac took a moment to answer his queen knowing his work was tripled now. " as you wish my queen"
"I think our memory should be altered as well" Sarutobi turned to see the Leader of the Uchiha speaking his opinion.
"why do you think that?" Shao Khan looked at the man with a dark look.
" I am afraid to say that some of us might have a bad opinion of you due to Danzo's death" The Uchiha leader did not looked up at the man as he began to drink once more.
"what do you think old friend?" Sarutobi also had these feelings deep inside him as he knew how much the council had put a demand to kill Shao Khan.
" I think that would be for the best as well." Sindel looked hurt once more as she ran to Naruto and raised lifted him.
" But what about Naruto will you take him as well?" Sarutobi had not considered that happening but if the boy knew what happened it might also cause him to walk a wrong path. Seeing the amount of pain and the time it was taking for the villager leader to come to a decision Shao Khan could not allow this to continue.
" Sindel it will be for one more night. Besides its not like the boy was going to sleep in the same room as us."
" Of course not the way you turn and toss you might end up killing the boy! You were going to sleep in a guest room!"
Rain and the four Kunochi present began to giggle at the thought of their master not being able to sleep. Shao Khan would normally punish anyone that would laugh at him. They were only spared since the shock of him being kicked out of his room was to great. Never before had Sindel cast him a side, and he would never dream of doing that same act to her. No matter what wrong she might have done to him, which were many,
" since it has been a long time that I have seen Khan why don't you tell me how the battle went." The group continued the conversation long into the night they were. Many soon learned that Shao Khan not only had the body of a vicious warrior but also the mind of a great scholar. Many of the council gained a new respect for the man, especially since he had turned their mind games against them and made them look inferior. It wasn't until Kitana had interrupted the conversation that the children had began to yawn from being tired. They turned to see the children were trying their hardest to stay awake. Since this was the most fun any had before. Especially Naruto who had taken his grandfather habit of taking a drink when having to take answer a difficult question.
"I think that this will be all that the children can handle. It was fun having all of you here." Sindel went over and gave another hug and kiss to Naruto before leaving the dinning hall and heading to her room. Shao Khan gave a look at his children who soon followed after her.
"I will have a few of my fighters guard you as you return home" Shao Khan stood up as so did his guest they began to head out. The few parents carried their children and Shao Khan lifted Naruto. Much to the surprise of everyone Shao Khan also walked them to Konoha. The next day Naruto woke up with a feeling of joy he had never known before he knew that today something great was going to happen. When he finished his morning preparations he noticed a letter on his door. It had the mark of the Hokage which he knew to be a summoning to visit the old man. While he was pass the streets he noticed a few children had waved when ran by, This was something that had never happened before but he was happy that some one had paid attention to him. When he reached the office of the old man he did the act that had become a habit for him. Naruto busted through the door screaming. "hey old man what do you want?" The Hokage laughed as the boy leaped and gave him a great hug. Naruto turned to see the couple that was standing next to the wall. It was old by the way they looked and how they stood he could tell that these people had great power, His mind was telling him that he need to hide that they could easily kill him. At the same time his heart was telling him that these people were good people that they would protect him and love him, Naruto didn't know which to believe he had never seen people like them, Especially the man he was huge and really scary looking, Hokage seeing the reaction on the boy hurt him a bit since the day before he was so full of love.
He sat the boy in front of the desk, Naruto was puzzled even more.
" Naruto the two people that are here are going to become very important to you." Naruto turned his head at the Hokage and pointed his finger to the couple. Sindel had begun to grow tears in her eyes. Sarutobi knew that she would not last long.
" Naruto do you want a family?" Naruto stopped and thought hard he had always wondered why he didn't have a mom or a dad.
" are they going to let me live with them?" He looked at the couple and saw that the lady was sad. This made his heart hurt.
