Edited 01/19/2014, 07/15/2014
Summary: What if Orochimaru kidnaps Naruto shortly after he's born and puts him into a bloodline experiment program? What if, in an attempt to make a perfect soldier and future body with a near indestructible body, amazing sensory abilities, and mastery over all five elements he manages to give Naruto the Mamagen (Ranmaru's Dojutsu If you don't know what that is, look it up), Shikotsumyaku (dead bone pulse, if you don't know what it is look up Kaguya), Jinton (incomparable speed), Hyoton (water and wind to make ice), Yoton (earth and fire to create lava), Mokuton (earth and water to make plants grow [yes I know that repeats, and doesn't give a new element, but there's a reason for it, mostly so that I have an excuse to introduce Yamato to the story]), and finally the Ranton (lightning and water to make energy beams), and succeeds, he has men train and teach Naruto everything he can about not just his bloodline limits but also Nin-, Tai-, Buki- (weapon), Gen-, Fuin-, Chakra Flow (look it up), Bunshin-, Kin-, Iryō (medic), and Shuriken- jutus (not in that order). He also has him taught tactics, logic, history, stealth, and many other things, all before he turns nine and all in preparation for him to eventually leave the labs and being experimented on behind and become what Orochimaru wants him to become. But before that happens and shortly after Naruto's ninth birthday Sarutobi and a group of Anbu raid the lab Naruto's in and saves him and several other people, how will Naruto fare in Konoha after all those years of abuse in the lab, read and find out.
(A/N Before you think that I'm upping the time when Orochimaru is discovered and chased out of the village, know that I'm not, that this is simply a raid on one of his many labs, he has already been discovered and chased out like in the original timeline. And if anyone has suggestions for a better title, please recommend it. So yah, some of you will probably be able to tell this is my first fan-fic ever, but it IS NOT my first time ever writing, I have actually written three original short stories of my own, but have not yet built up the nerve to put them online, so I'm new to writing fan-fics, not writing in general.)
Disclaimers- I do not own Naruto, if I did Naruto wouldn't be an idiot, Sasuke would have died at the valley of the end, and Orochi-teme would have his head shoved up his ass while still alive by use of his stretchy neck (right where it belongs) so hard he'd have a hard time getting it out, I do own my OC's though
Prologue- Found
Oct 16, 710 10:30pm (A/N This is a completely made up year as I don't know the Naruto-verses timeline, if you guys do, then feel free to tell me.)
Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime (third) Hokage of Konoha, was absolutely disgusted by what he had seen so far today. Just one hour ago he and two contingents of Anbu began a raid of what was supposedly an illegal lab of one of his former students, Orochimaru of the Sanin, supposedly because the info had been given to him by Danzo, who he no longer fully trusted. At first he hadn't wanted to believe that his former student was once again doing something as atrocious as kidnapping civilians of Konoha and experimenting on them, but just the first ten minutes of searching through this hellhole called a lab was enough to ruin those hopes.
So far they had seen people who had been tortured, mutilated, and experimented on in the most horrible ways. Some have been cut to pieces on lab tables, obviously having been dissected for reasons they have not yet looked into, others were still alive but were mangled beyond recognition and either pleaded for the release death would give them or were so mentally unstable they had to be killed for their own good and for the safety of others. So far the only living and sane people they'd run across had been the "doctors" and lab workers who did the research in the lab (if you could call people who willingly experimented on others sane) and they had been either captured or killed depending on their threat level. They had also seen body parts of both people and animals floating in jars, torture devices running with both fresh and dried blood, and mutilated, dead animals.
There was no way Hiruzen could or would justify the horrors and atrocities committed here by the hand and direction of his former student, he couldn't believe how far down the dark path Orochimaru had walked, and admittedly some small part of him still didn't want to. He stopped in front of yet another cell door and picked up the folder sitting in front of it, he had quickly learned to read whatever notes there were in front of each person's (experiments/prisoners) door in order to get and understanding of their mental stability. To his surprise there were two folders this time, which meant two subjects in the same room? Hopefully that also meant they were stable enough to be saved, since unfortunately they hadn't found anyone like that yet. Opening the first file he was shocked to see that this subject's file was written mostly by Orochimaru's hand himself rather than one of his people's. The file was simply titled Subject #23, with the dates stating when something was done to him and what was done; he began to read it aloud for the benefit of the Anbu with him.
Oct 12, 701
The subject has been injected with the Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit I obtained from a two year old, the first to show signs of this rare bloodline limit in years, I wanted to kidnap the child but he was too well guarded and I barely managed to obtain his genes, I will keep an eye on him just in case though. If the subject survives then when it combines with the regenerative abilities and high stamina levels of the Uzumaki bloodline the subject naturally has he will have a near indestructible body. All I can do now is wait and see if said regenerative powers are enough to keep the subject alive through the process.
Oct 16, 701
The subject shows signs of skeletal pain and muscles tears, but the damage recovers almost as soon as it appears, then repeats, causing subject extreme pain and distress, his regenerative abilities are even more astounding than I thought.
Oct 24, 701
The subject has finally completely stabilized and already shows signs of the experiment having been a success in the fact that the subject's skin has paled to the point of almost being bone white, a common trait in people bearing this bloodline. Will be given 3 days to fully recover and will then be injected with the Jinton bloodline obtained by capturing a user of this bloodline, I originally planned on killing him after obtaining his genes, but I have now decided to keep him if subject survives. I will force him to train #23 when he is old enough after telling him exactly how the boy came about having this bloodline, the hotheadedness he has shown since his capture so far will most likely cause him to have an amusing reaction to this news.
Nov 09, 701
The subject continues to have random and painful muscle spasms and slight retinal problems despite it being nearly two weeks since injected with bloodline, but other than that no problems worth mentioning.
Nov 11, 701
The subject seems to be having no more problems, whether this one was a success or not will have to wait until the subject is old enough to begin training, so either three or four years of age. The subject will now be injected with the Hyoton bloodline obtained by capturing a Yuki, once again I will keep her only if subject survives and she will be forced to train him after telling her exactly how he came about having this bloodline, her expression will most likely be most pleasing.
Nov 17, 701
The subject has now had fever-like signs for 4 days in a row, he is displaying all signs of fever yet his skin is cool, almost cold to the touch, it is unknown if subject will survive this without permanent damage even with his extreme regenerative abilities.
Nov 30, 701
Subject has finally fully recovered from chronic problems, luckily with no permanent damage. He shows no physical sign of having developed the bloodline unlike when given the Kaguya bloodline, but doctors sometimes find liquids frosted over slightly while around the subject so it is most likely a success. He will now be injected with the Yoton bloodline, I was unable to capture the person I got the genes from but I have many scrolls on the bloodline so #23 will just have to learn it on his own.
Dec 10, 701
The subject shows signs of extreme fever with skin so hot it almost burns when touched; he has also lost all hair and is coughing as though he has lung troubles, definitely the most violent reaction to an introduced bloodline yet, it will be most annoying is he dies now after all the recourses I have already put into him, but that's where all the signs are leading.
Jan 5, 702
The subject has thankfully fully recovered from all signs of illness, including his hair growing back, though even I was surprised when it grew back not as just the bright blond it was originally but is now blond with red mixed in, almost alternating in which hair is which color. This leads me to believe that the experiment was a success since the girl I got the genes from had red hair. He will now be injected with the Mokuton bloodline using the Shodaime's genes, hopefully he will do better than the sixty I gave it to all those years ago that died.
At that part one of the Anbu present, a male with the mask of a cat with markings, twitched slightly. (A/N If you know who that is already, good on you.)
Jan 15, 702
The subject is showing no signs whatsoever of negative or positive reactions to this gene; is his body rejecting it or does being a distant cousin of the Senju clan somehow make it easier for him to gain this bloodline? I will have different plants set up around him and see if there is any kind of change to or reaction from the plants as I make #23 go through different positive and negative emotions.
Jan 16, 702
Success, after putting the subject through extreme emotional distress the plants began moving as though searching for the source of his distress. I will now inject him with the Ranton bloodline, giving him bloodlines that allow him to have affinities for all five elements, making him an invaluable tool and possible vessel once I perfect that jutsu. I was unfortunately unable to risk capturing a user of this bloodline as Kumo is very protective of their villages' few bloodlines, luckily they are nowhere near as protective of their bloodlines scrolls and I was able to copy down everything related to this bloodline.
Jan 31, 703
The subject has fully recovered from all problems caused by developing this bloodline, once again with no physical changes, I will have to wait and see whether he has developed this bloodline or not. This will most likely be the last bloodline I give him seeing as he now has a strong body and control over all five elements, all I need to do now is hand him over to the head scientist for the next two or three years before his training and education can begin under the tutelage of my two prisoners and various other people.
After that for a year and a half was nothing more than basic checkups of his health and development in another handwriting, most likely by this mentioned head doctor, so Hiruzen decided to skip over those and read only the comments made by Orochimaru himself.
June 10, 703
I noticed in my routine checkup of subject #23 that he has become rebellious and resentful over the regular tests run on him so I terrified him into obedience, and gave orders for my men to do the same to him if he starts acting up again.
Oct 10, 704
The subject is now three years old so I have taught him Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, which he is already able to produce 70 of with little strain, in order to make his training faster and easier. I now have people tutoring him in tactics, logic, history, stealth, politics, practical things (how to cook, nutrition, how to clean, reading [obviously], writing, math, [A/N stuff you learn in kindergarten through the end of high school]) and many other things and he is showing amazing progress, absorbing everything taught to him like a sponge. I will now have him taught how to meditate. When he turns four I will have him taught basic and advanced chakra control along with lessons on human and animal anatomy, basic weapons and physical training on top of everything else he was started being taught at the age of three. The only complaint I have is that the subject continues to show signs of extreme rebellion and practically has to be forced or scared into doing or learning anything other than the basic necessities needed to take care of himself.
Oct 10, 706
The subject is now 5 years old and is certifiably a genius, he has reached jonin level in chakra control despite his already high reserves and can hit any target he's told to hit no matter how far or close or weirdly angled with perfect accuracy, and has memorized everything else taught to him. I will now add lessons on and about his bloodline limits, along with the basics of Nin-, Tai-, Buki-, Gen-, Fuin-, Chakra Flow, Bunshin-, Kin-, Iryō (medic), and Shuriken- jutus, as well as lessens and use of basic to advanced elemental manipulation, starting with the five basic elements and then with his sub-elements. To do that I have introduced him to my two prisoners and their reactions were as amusing and pleasing as expected, hopefully from now on threats to his teachers will help encourage him to keep working since I do not want to physically punish him and waste time waiting for him to recover, I will once again leave him to the head doctor to watch in order to check on the progress of my other bases.
Sept 4, 707
The Kaguya I'd been keeping an eye on has now become the last of his people and my loyal servant in the same day. At age nine the child already shows great talent in the use of his bloodline and while I am having him study it further I am at the same time having him teach #23 everything he knows and can do with it, #23 does not seem to like Kimimaro as much as he likes my prisoners, despite the fact they are in the same boat. Kimimaro doesn't seem to like #23 much either, but as long they tolerate each other and Kimimaro teaches him well I do not care.
Oct 10, 708
At just seven years old the subject is at least mid-chunin level in everything except genjutsu, which he has no talent in whatsoever, despite his near perfect chakra control. #23 still shows signs of rebellion, but not as openly due to threat to his two teachers, same could be said for the two teachers. When it comes to his bloodline limits he is excelling in Shikotsumyaku, Hyoton, and Jinton and is only doingrelatively well in the rest, which is understandable since he has teachers for the first three and only scrolls for the others.
Jan 2, 709
I have made an amazing discovery! A one year old child that shows signs of having the supposedly extinct Dojutsu Mamagen, I had planned on taking the child for myself since he was born to some lowly civilians but then learned he had an extremely weak body so I took his genes instead, and after month of researching it I have not only confirmed the fact he has an unknown Dojutsu but also isolated and eliminated the gene that caused the weak body.
The Mamagen is rumored to be a penetrating vision, disrupting eye-based bloodline limit, with a unique chakra particle extension. The user has the ability to use their vision abilities to penetrate walls and perform genjutsu that can fool even the Byakugan. This ability does not appear to have the range of the Byakugan, but it actually has the ability to counter that Hyūga trait. The user's vision also lets them locate and track others by sensing chakra, picking up chakra from long distances, and noticing changes in an individual's chakra. It is also able to sense how many individuals are present. The user's vision has heightened perception and analytical powers not unlike the Sharingan, meaning they can comprehend any details they see to predict the opponent's next move. One can also see one's life force and even transfer part of one's own life force to another, at the cost of said person's life force. These may all be rumors and speculation but if even part of these rumors are true I must have someone with it, and if I cannot kidnap the child myself I will give it to subject #23 to make him a perfect human being, as the only weaknesses he has now are Genjutsu and a lack of sensory abilities. I just hope that I do not kill such a valuable resource by giving him another bloodline limit at this age.
March 01, 709
The subject took a little under two months to fully recover from being giving the Mamagen; though he did have a couple of very near death experiences as his body adapted to the new bloodline. I am already testing all of the rumored abilities except the one about givingone's own life force as I do not know whether or not it gives all of the person's life force or whether they choose how much life force to give, and I do not wish to lose such a valuable asset for such a useless ability. I also discovered that when one is using this Dojutsu one's eyes glows red, which was not in any of the books, mostly pointless knowledge, but still interesting.
Oct 10, 709
The subject is now 8 years old and has slowed in improvement in all categories, which is understandable since all people are limited in growth until they hit puberty, so until he does I will continue his lessons at the level they are now and have my head scientist see whether we can put #23's genes into unborn animals to change their chakra coils closer to that of a humans.
Dec 13, 709
Subject has made little progress in anything but fuinjutsu, which he seems to be very good at, but continues to be rebellious, I'm guessing my prisoners made that worse by telling him he'd most likely been kidnapped away from a loving home and brought here to be experimented on (which I didn't, since he was an orphan, not that it really matters to me either way) and that they were being held here against their will.
On another note, the head doctor's progress with trying to put #23's genes into unborn animals has shown no progress. This time we will try dogs and use the sperm of an Inuzuka hound we managed to temporarily separate from its partner and knock out. Hopefully using the genes of an animal that is regularly exposed to and sometimes uses chakra will make the difference we need for success, as this will be the last attempt we make either way.
March 21, 710
Success! The mother died from a weakened body one week after giving birth to her pups but she did give birth to three healthy (so far) pups, two males and a female. Since his genes are in them and the bitch is dead we gave them to #23 to raise them with more than enough books to study so he knows what to do. He's even already given them names, despite the fact that I personally told him they have a low chance of surviving, foolish boy. He named the female Kimi (noble), one of the males Jun (obedient), and the final one Ryuu (meaning dragon, not the other meaning which is imperial.) They seem to connect on an almost instinctual level; perhaps they smell him in their own scents? I will need to observe this further before deciding. From now on I will keep a separate file for observations on the dogs and their interactions with #23.
Hiruzen paused for a second to look at the other file and say "Well, I guess that means we only have one person in there to save, one human anyway." He then went back to reading the parts of the file written by Orochimaru out loud.
July 18, 710
All three of the pups somehow survived their first four months intact, and already show signs of having different chakra signatures from other hounds, even Inuzuka hounds, if only slightly. My observation about them having some sort of unusual connection with #23 also seems to have be right, but I cannot figure out what it is and the child doesn't explain it well, almost as though he doesn't understand it himself, or is trying to keep it from me, but I think I scared him enough that he wasn't lying to me.
August 23, 710
Kimimaro has begun to show signs of an unknown, blood related disease. I must personally take him to a more medic friendly base to be cared for, as he is my most loyal servant and is likely to be my first or second vessel after I perfect that jutsu. I am having the head medic perform a complete blood test on #23 in hopes that he did not get this disease when I gave him Kimimaro's genes. It is at times like these I wish I had a medic at the level of my former teammate Tsunade Senju; I have some who are close, but none who show even the potential of being as good. It will take me at least four months before I return and when I do I better have a positive yes or no about whether or not #23 has the same disease or not, or heads will roll.
All notes after that are once again most likely by the head doctor, the last one mentioning that this mysterious #23 definitely did not have even a chance of contracting the same disease. Putting #23's file down and picking up the pups' he quickly read through what little there was about them himself and once finished said aloud "The pups are stable too, and only show signs of aggression to the head scientist and Orochimaru himself, but at the same time only show loyalty to this #23 and to a lesser extent these mysterious two prisoners."
Hiruzen stepped forward in order to open the door only to be intercepted by one of his Anbu. This particular Anbu had the mask of a dog and gravity defying silver hair that showed despite the fact he was wearing his hood. "Hokage-sama please allow me to enter first since I'm usually good with hounds," Inu said. "Ah Inu, that is most likely a good idea, stable or not one can never be too careful, go ahead." At Hiruzen's words Inu nodded and turned to open the door. He opened it cautiously to make sure no traps were set, and after checking to make sure looked inside just as cautiously. Having not been attacked Inu looked at Hiruzen, who nodded permission to his unvoiced question, and after having received permission turned on the room's lights to see better, despite the fact it would likely wake the room's occupants.
As the Hokage and Anbu filed into the room there was one irritated grunt and three whines from the only bed in the room. Waiting for them to wake up the people who just entered looked around the room, not that there was much to see. The room was basically a prison cell since it was both a bedroom and bathroom in one, and the only furniture aside from the bed, toilet, and sink was a small dresser for clothes and a bookshelf filled with books (and clothes hampers for dirty clothes if you can count those as furniture).
Just as they finished their observation of the room there was movement at the bed, drawing their attention back to it just as a young dog burrowed its way out of the blanket it was buried in, it was soon followed by two more. As soon as all three hounds pulled themselves out, their attention was instantly drawn to the other people in the room, who carried a strong scent of fresh blood, making them growl fiercely at the strangers. Said growling had the room's last occupant popping out of bed so fast he actually threw the pups off it. He quickly and carefully looked around the room searching for the source of his companions' growls, eyes quickly locking on to the large group of people in the room, some of which were covered in blood, and widened in fear.
His were not the only eyes in the room that widened, though not for the same reason as the boy. Having their first good look at the mysterious Subject #23 everyone in the room (save the dogs) looked him over, and were shocked by what they saw. (If you want to know what he dresses like imagine Kimimaro's outfit, then turn the cloth black and switch the rope belt with an orange sash.) Bone white skin, they already expected that, spiky hair that was almost as red as it was blond, check, baby blue eyes that practically popped out of his face due to his pale skin, new, height of about 3ft 6in, tall for is age but not by much, three whisker like marks on his cheeks…"Wait a minute"…..three whisker-like marks on his cheeks, now where did they remember seeing that before.
They put all of his appearance together, pale skin, not familiar, tall for his age, check, spiky blond and red hair, check, baby blue eyes, check, three whisker-like marks on each cheek, che….it came to them, the boy standing in front of them looking terrified was none other than Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, son of their late Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and the Red-Hot-blooded Habanero, Kushina Uzumaki, that mysteriously went missing the day after his birth with no trail to follow other than the body of the Anbu who'd been assigned to watch over him found dead slightly outside the Anbu headquarters they'd been keeping him. He also happened to be the jinchūriki of the Kyūbi no Yoko, leading to rather mixed feelings about his disappearance to say the least.
Yet now, here he was, standing in front of them looking perfectly healthy (if pale)…and also looking terrified out of his mind about having a bunch of people, most of which were wearing masks, some of which covered in blood, standing in his little room that was more like a prison cell.
The first one to break out of his shock and fear induced paralysis was none other than Naruto himself, "Who are you, and what do you want with me," Naruto tried to demand, but it came out sounding like a fearful question instead, despite the fact his hounds had picked themselves up and added their growls at the end of his sentence. The question and growls did have the affect of breaking three of the other groups' members out of their shock, but none replied to it right away as they got caught up in their own thoughts right afterwards.
"Minato-kun, it seems like I didn't fail you quite as horribly as I thought, though Naruto is probably traumatized from everything that has been done to him in this place, it is still better than being dead or one of Danzo's mindless weapons, I promise I will do my best to help him from now on. I also have to make sure to send a message to Jiraiya telling him he can finally stop his search for the boy," were Hiruzen's first thoughts on the matter.
"Minato-sensei, it seems that miracles do happen, your son, who I thought dead, is alive, although likely traumatized, he's alive, and any other problem can be fixed with time and care, and I promise to dedicate as much of both as I can as a member of Anbu," thought one Kakashi Hatake.
"The boy who apparently has the same ability as me is none other than Yondaime-sama's son and the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi! I hope Hokage-sama gives me permission to teach him," thought one Tenzo (or Yamato as we all know him.)
"Well," asked the boy again this time with louder growls from his companions. Once again the sound of his voice broke them out of their thoughts and this time one of them did speak, just not what Naruto wanted them to say.
"Naruto," Hiruzen asked, trying to keep the hope out of his voice and not entirely succeeding.
"How do you know my name, almost nobody knows my name and the only people who actually call me by it are Asahi-ojisan and Yui-obasan," asked the now wary Naruto meanwhile adding "And of course Kimi, Jun, Ryuu, and Kurama, but nobody needs to know that part other than me," in his head.
"I'm guessing those two are the prisoners mentioned in Orochimaru's notes?" Getting a nod from Naruto, Hiruzen told him "Well the reason we know your name and call you by it is because we knew you as a baby before you were kidnapped," this news caused Naruto to stiffen.
"So you must be from Konoha than, if you really are then I might be able to trust you, but there's still an issue of why and how you knew me, and what you're going to do with me now that you've found me," Naruto said.
"Well to answer the first two questions I know you because I was friends with your parents before they passed away the day you were born, and as for what we're going to do with you the answer is obvious, we're going to take you back to Konoha of course," Hiruzen said in a calm manner.
"There's a high chance that I won't be welcomed or well received in Konoha though," Naruto said as though stating a fact, causing Hiruzen and the Anbu to stiffen once more.
"So you know about the Kyūbi then," he stated rather than asked.
"Of course I know, even if I hadn't been told as soon as I was old enough to understand it all the near death experiences I've had are more than enough to force me have met him at least once," Naruto said with a snort, causing the group to stiffen even further at what he said.
"You've met it," Hiruzen said, sounding shocked.
"Of course I have, a jinchuuriki usually meets their tenant for the first time in a near death experience, or through meditation, and I've had more than enough of tboth for it to have happened," Naruto once again said with a snort, this time at their reactions.
Snapping out of his shock Hiruzen told him, "I'll be honest with you in the fact that you may have a problem with some of the civilians, but I more than made sure that my forces have a solid understanding of the difference between a kunai and the scroll it's sealed inside, so you should have no problem with them."
"What about Asahi-ojisan, Yui-obasan, Kimi, Jun, and Ryuu," Naruto wanted to make sure the ones he considered his family were with him and treated well as well.
"Of course I'm more than willing to take them in, and even add them to my forces if that's what they want."
"Why on earth is the Hokage himself leading this raid if you don't mind me asking," Naruto asked, having put two and two together from the way Hiruzen was speaking.
"Orochimaru was a student of mine before he began walking down the dark path he now is, and when I had a chance to end him I didn't take it, so I feel personally responsible for the fact that he is doing the things he is," Hiruzen admitted, hoping that showing honesty to the boy would help convince him to trust them.
"Hmm…" was all Naruto said, and after a couple of minutes he decided that the only way he was going to decide whether he trusted them or not was to use his Dojutsu to see from their chakra what emotions they were feeling while talking to them. He noticed them jump a little when he activated it and his eyes started glowing red, but other than a subtle tensing they didn't do anything else, so he started examining them.
Sarutobi's chakra was giving of sensations happiness and excitement, the Dog-masked Anbu's was pretty much the same, and the Tiger-masked Anbu's, while not as strong, were also the same, the other Anbu in the room were neutral, not really feeling any strong emotion toward him one way or another. After determining the emotions of the people in the room and deciding that the Hokage was being completely honest with him he relaxed and turned his Dojutsu off.
The pups, noticing this, relaxed as well. "All right then I'm guessing since you're going door to door that you've already raided the rest of the lab," he asked, getting a nod from Sarutobi, "Well I can tell you right now the only sane ones left in this place are the four of us, Asahi-ojisan, and Yui-obasan. So I might as well guide you straight to their cells and leave you to decide what to do with everyone else." And with that he jumped off his bed and walked up to them.
"I'm guessing that means you've accepted my offer," Hiruzen asked with a raised brow.
"As long as Asahi-ojisan and Yui-obasan accept I'll accept," was all Naruto said in reply before, with the pups at heel, leaving the room and walking a short ways down one of the corridors they had yet to go down before stopping and waiting for them."Are you coming," he asked somewhat impatiently, "We want to get out of this hellhole, and I'm sure Asahi-ojisan and Yui-obasan want that just as much."
At that Sarutobi and the Anbu began following the boy who obviously knew where he was going, they went down three corridors before finally stopping in front of two doors that were side by side. Naruto then went on to knock hard on both doors while calling out "Asahi-ojisan, Yui-obasan, it's Naruto, people from Konoha, including the Hokage himself, raided the lab and are willing to save us. They say we can join Konoha if we want so don't attack, ok!"
There was complete silence after Naruto finished pounding on the doors while they waited for the two to reply. Finally, after what seemed like hours but was really only a few minutes, a reply came from an obviously male voice "Naruto this better not be some kind of trick or you will regret it, you hear me."
"I would never play a trick on either of you, especially not one of this kind, you know that," Naruto said, sounding hurt.
"Forgive him Naruto-kun, it's just that we've both been here for so long rescue sounds more like a dream than a reality," said a soft feminine voice from the other door.
"Yah, kid, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you like that, but it's exactly what Yui said," the male's voice, when not angry, sounded gruff, but soft, an interesting combo, "So are you going to let us out or what?"
Hiruzen looked at Inu and nodded, so Inu walked up to the doors and quickly unlocked both of them. Letting them swing open on silent hinges.
The two people that walked out looked at the group and observed them just as they were being observed. The man was tall, about 6ft 1in, he had brown hair so light it was almost blond, light brown eyes, naturally dark skin (though it was somewhat pale due to being without the sun for so long), all in all a pretty average looking man. The woman, on the other hand, was a beauty, with long dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and distinctly feminine features, "Though her breasts could be a little bigger," was the thought of all the men in the room except Asahi (Who was stupid enough to say it rather than think it when he first met her and suffered from minor frostbite in all sorts of places for weeks afterward because of it,) and Naruto, who was too young.
"So it looks like we're saved, so what now," Asahi asked.
"Now, I invite you all to join Konoha as ether ninjas, ninjas in training, or civilians, if you want to," Hiruzen told them.
Asahi and Yui exchanged looks, then both look down at Naruto, who, understanding the silent question, replied "Kimi, Ryuu, Jun, and I go where you guys go….unless you split up, and then I don't know what I'd do," he finished a little sadly.
The two once again exchanged looks, then nodded, having come to a decision, Yui kneeled down next to Naruto and hugged him while saying "Of course we're going to stay together, we're family now, there's no way we'd want to part from you, or each other, even if Asahi and I argue sometimes," she told him in a gentle, compassionate voice, easing his worries away.
Asahi stepped toward Sarutobi and held out his hand saying "None of us has anywhere to go, so if your offering us a home where we can live together and a choice of being ninja or not, we'd be more than happy to accept, on the condition that none of us, including the pups, are ever put under the CRA (Clan Restoration Act, look it up) or try to force us into similar decisions we don't want to make."
Hiruzen smiled warmly at him and said "I can promise that," he reached out and shook the man's hand and added, "If you don't mind waiting here while we finish our raid on the lab, I'll be more than happy to personally escort you to Konoha."
"Of course we don't mind, we've been here for years already, what's an hour or so more of waiting going to do," Asahi said, then admitted "and besides neither Yui nor I know how to get to Konoha, and Naruto, while knowing geography and where it is, has never been outside of this place before, so both he and the pups would probably be a bit too overwhelmed to guide us there."