Title- Konohagakure's Hanyou
Summary- A young Naruto disappears, only to return nearly four years later... and it appears he's brought company.
This is my first fanfiction and I realize it is far from perfect, so flame if you must. The cyber-heat keeps me warm :3. On a seperate note, I may change the title, any suggestions?
Sarutobi Hiruzen sat in his office reminiscining about the nightmare-ish events of nearly seven years ago. The near elimination of Konohagakure at the hands of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The destruction and chaos caused by the unruly spirit fox caused the maiming and death of many of the villages shinobi and citizens, collapsed many of the buildings, including the civilan school and part of the hospital, anything in the path of the creatures wildly swaying tails was razed beyond repair or engulfed in demonic flames.
Even after both he and the village managed to attempt to forget to incident, the vessel which held the fox at bay dissapeared from existance on the 3rd anniversery of its sealing, and he was the only one who knew. The vessel, which Sarutobi refused to allow the village elders and council to identify, was none other the son of the 4th Hokage. Sarutobi had made certain no one knew what the boy looked like or where he'd been kept. He had used shinobi whom were near worshippers of the 4th to hide the boy in an orphanage whose registry had been destroyed in the chaos. Just days after his birth, Namikaze Minato's son, Naruto, was hidden away from anyone whom even vaguely knew of the vessel or that the Yondaime had a child.
The Sandaime sighed. The people outside of his window were unaware of his inner turmoil as they decorated the village for the annual festival of the sealing of the Kyuubi no Kitsune in a vessel kept in the village. The Sandaime, in order to close any loose ends, announced to the villagers on the day of the sealing that the Kyuubi had been subdued by the Yondaime and trapped in an orb now kept safe in Hokage Tower. The orb was not to be destroyed, as any attempts to purify the toxic aura resulted in a backlash which could kill. The orb, no larger than one of his own crystal balls, in reality held only the residual demonic chakra of the fox and was trapped in order to keep the negetive energy from making those injured more ill, though it was as powerful as he said and could not be purified.
The elderly man massaged his temple as he vaguely noted that in just a few days the village would celebrate the 7th anniversery of the 'Death' of the demon. Today would have been relatively quiet and calm if not for the pair of Anbu who apparently deemed whatever they had to say important enough to appear unannounced in his office...
"Hokage-sama!" spoke the bird masked man, Tori, before said Hokage even had a chance to finish his next sigh. "A pair of small children were found outside the village, one appears to be injured."
"Who are they and where are they now?" As concerned as he was for the well-being of the children, he was hoping he could finish organizing his thoughts all the same.
"After we were certain they were indeed children, they were taken to the hospital for treatment. When asked their names, the injured boy replied 'Naruto'. The girl appears unharmed, but has yet to speak, Hokage-sama." spoke the second Anbu, Inu, after seeing the hokages expression and deciding his partner wasn't responding quickly enough.
Both shinobi were surpised when the Sandaime stood abrubtly, but followed when he exited the room suposedly in search of the now hospitalized children.
The hokage arrived at the hospital soon after with his confused pair of bodyguards trailing not far behind and was quickly lead to the childrens room by a very flustered young nurse. The nurse stayed outside the door as the elderly shinobi and two, still bewildered, jonin entered the room containing three more Anbu and two frightened, bloodied children.
With a single wave of his hand, the door was closed, the curtains drawn, and a soundproofing jutsu was placed placed on the room by the five masked men. The children sat motionlessly. The small boy had spiky bright blonde hair, sky blue eyes and strange whisker marks on each of his tanned cheeks. He would have looked exactly as Sarutobi remembered if it weren't for the nagging feeling that the boy's hair was a shade lighter or that the 'whiskers' seemed faded somehow. The girl was another matter, he'd never seen her before. Her features almost mirrored the boy, but her colors were muted and she had no 'whiskers'. Her hair was near platinum blonde, but still spiky and her eyes were an almost translucent blue and unlike the boy, her skin was pale.
"What are your names?" Asked the hokage, looking directly at the boy on the bed. He had both his left leg and right arm wrapped in bandanges and both children had blood on their clothes, assumed to be from the boys wounds, but since there was no cast on either of his limbs, it was safe to assume that nothing was broken. The hokage didn't bother asking the small girl, by the way she was glancing worriedly around the room, it was easy to guess that she wouldn't be speaking to any of them until she calmed down.
"Naruto" said the boy after a few moments. The child looked calm, but he could see fear in his eyes. The girl stilled hadn't calmed and was now holding his hand for comfort.
"Your full name." He had yet to quell his own nervousness.
"Namikaze Naruto..." The boy said sternly as the Anbu stared at him in disbelief, the stares causing the still unnamed girl to grip Naruto's hand even harder.
Making sure to silence the five men before they something he might regret, he turned his attention to the girl. "What is your name, child?" He asked, taking a gentler tone than he had with Naruto, who'd now taken to glaring at him.
"Her name is Namikaze Naruko." Naruto anwsered, still glaring.
Sarutobi waved his hand once again bringing the five men's attention back to him. "Release the jutsu and tell noone of what was spoken here. I want both of these children's blood tested, and I want at least two Anbu in this room at all times."
"Hai, Hokage-sama." They responded in unison after releasing the jutsu, watching their leader leave the room.
'This can't be right.' thought Sarutobi 'The Fourth had but one child... Could Minato have lied in order to keep the Kyuubi from ever being fully released and instead used two children? ... Then again, both children may not hold the fox... Is either child even his? But I remember Naruto...' Sarutobi walked into his office and closed the door never noticing his scowl was scaring the various shinobi he'd passed on his way through the building... or that three had quit for the day.
'I lied about the vessel which held the fox... It's not completely impossible that Minato lied to protect his child... or children. But that girl may not even be his child, but then who is she?' All the while, never noticing or reacting the person in the middle of his office. The silver haired wolf masked Anbu reading his small orange book paid the hokage no mind and simply continued reading while his renowned leader attempted to burn a hole in his desk using his eyes.
After what the Anbu captain estimated to be about 15 minutes, he loudly slammed his book closed and placed it in his pouch, pointedly ignoring the startled man now directing that desk-burning glare at him.
"Ookami-san..." said the older man, now that the other had his attention.
"Yes, Hokage-sama?" said Ookami, said Hokage could just feel the smile underneath that mask.
"I have something to discuss with you, it's confidential." The young assassin quickly placed a soundproofing jutsu on the office.
"Sorry I was late, I was helping an old lady cross the street..." Ookami said in jest, though he felt the serious atmosphere just the same.
"A blood test is being proformed as of right now for the pair of children found outside the village eariler. They claim to be the Yondaime's children... In less than 24 hours from now the results will be completed. I want you to retrieve the envelope before anyone sees the information inside and bring it directly to me. Understood?"
"Hai, Hokage-sama." Ookami responded in a grave tone.
"Kakashi... noone is to see the results..." The hokage watched as Minato's former student released the jutsu and disapeared without a word.
The Sandaime sighed. Today was supposed to be calming...
And there's chapter one, please tell me what you think. As for any questions, PM me and I'll reply as soon as I can.