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Chapter One: The Truth
The Exiled Arc
Part I of IV
Chaos. That was the only word to describe the situation that Sarutobi Hiruzen was in. This was a rather problematic situation that he was in. Not only was the Fourth Hokage dead, but the Kyuubi was sealed within the son of the Fourth. People were shouting at one another with the clans trying to get their hands on the jinchuriki while the others on the council were calling for the death of the young boy.
Shouts echoed through the small and slightly damaged hall of the council and the reverberating noises were giving the Eighty year old man a ridiculous migraine, something that he wasn't in the mood for; but he also had to deal with the grief of his late wife, killed by an unknown assailant. He knew the fact that she was killed by a shinobi and not the Kyuubi.
As the screams and violent debates went off, problem after problem began to stack up against the Sarutobi. With the fact that the Shinobi corps had been damaged quite badly and with three quarters of the village up in flames or completely leveled in the attack that had been thwarted not even thirty minutes ago, Hiruzen knew that he was up to his neck with bullshit that he knew he didn't have time for. But as the Hokage once again, he knew that he had to listen to both sides of the debate to show that he wasn't going to play favorites in the debate.
Hiruzen really wanted to go back home and sleep. This was something that would end up driving the old monkey up the walls with annoyance. This wasn't something that he was willing to go through. He knew that if Naruto were to go to one of the clans, the balance of the clans would be thrown off and that would cause a near-civil war after the catastrophe that had just taken place. But on the other hand, killing Naruto would mean the end of the Uzumaki-Namikaze bloodline and thus ending the only thing that made Konoha powerful; the Kyuubi.
As shallow as it was to think it, Hiruzen knew that Naruto was indeed, a very important piece and very important resource for the shinobi corps of Konoha and also meant that Naruto would play an important role as a political piece to ward off other nations. Knowing that Konoha had managed to hold back the strongest of the bijuu and bounce back with yet another jinchuriki, would mean that Konoha would once again be one of the most powerful nations.
Hiruzen wanted to keep it that way for the time being. Since Kumo was beaten in the war, they weren't as bad as Iwa. Kumo was the bigger threat at this point and Hiruzen didn't want to risk there being an attack on the weakened village. The people were his to worry about once again, which while Hiruzen didn't mind, he was more worried about one Uzumaki Naruto, the jinchuriki for the Kyuubi. The main reason that everyone is screaming about.
Under normal circumstances, Hiruzen would have shut down all talks about either side of the argument immediately, but he needed to hear them out, since this was indeed, turbulent times of their nation. Looking out of the window and towards the stars, knew that there was something that he didn't know. It was something that he needed to know from his successor. So without another word or thought, the Sarutobi stood from his seat and walked from the room against the protests of the people within the room.
"Hokage-sama!" Koharu shouted. "Where are you going?"
"All of you, as of now, are dismissed from the meeting for the night." Hiruzen gave them all a tired look, for the first time letting his age show. "Haven't we had enough shouting today?"
The room was silent as they watched their leader leave the room. One of the civilian councilors looked back to the shinobi clan heads and Koharu and Homura along with Danzo gave them all the same looks. Once a door was heard slamming shut, the immediately went back to shouting at one another trying their best to have some sort of control over the young jinchuriki's life.
Hiruzen shook his head as their shouts could be heard all across the halls and building. It was annoying to his ears and it made him want to hang himself from the sheer pressure of knowing that he wouldn't be able to please either or without pissing off either or. He wasn't what he was back in his prime but he was still strong and powerful.
He left the damaged Hokage tower and through the streets of the village to see various people holding torches while others dug through the debris and rubble clogging up the streets and suburbs of the village. People were in tears and covered in dirt and soot from the powerful fires still raging. Hiruzen knew where he was going, but instead chose to help the civilians in their plight.
He shook his head as he looked back to the meeting room in the Hokage tower and saw the councilmen and councilwomen screaming and shouting at each other sill, while the people they were sworn to protect were struggling to find the bodies of their lost loved ones. They had to be given proper burials, Hiruzen surmised in the back of his mind.
He summoned a shadow clone and soon enough, another Hiruzen popped into existence and bent down, lifting a massive pipe that had collapsed from a high-rise condo. Once he and his clone along with fifteen other people removed the pipe, it came to reveal at least eight people dead, crushed by the sheer weight of the pipe. Hiruzen and his clone went into the indention and started lifting the corpses from their pseudo gravesite and handed the corpses to their families.
His heart was tightened, almost as if it was no longer accepting blood coming through his system. Hiruzen struggled for a while to breath as a powerful thump in his heart sent his systems back to run normally. Torches were lit and soon enough, men and women arrived with lanterns. The small flames flickered against their ragged and dirt covered faces.
Within their eyes though, Hiruzen could see a powerful hatred burning within them; hatred pointed at anything…or anyone that could be somehow associated with the Kyuubi attack; something that Hiruzen feared would happen. This wasn't supposed to be how it was. When Mito became the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi, everyone knew and everyone revered her as a goddess and loved her with so much praise.
Have they really forgotten the history that quickly? Hiruzen sighed softly. I need guidance…
Hiruzen spent the next hour and a half helping as many of the hurt civilians as he could and gave orders to whatever shinobi that weren't dead or dying to help the civilians. It didn't take long for the people to get to helping one another with Hiruzen back under the Hokage hat. Especially since those on the council were too busy screaming at one another. Hiruzen looked back to the Hokage tower to now see that paper was being thrown along with this time, audible shouts coming from the conference room.
They are supposed to be the leaders of the village and yet they are fighting like children that have no sense. What is going to happen to this village should they continue?
Hiruzen let out a disappointed sigh and headed through the darker side and the hardest hit part of the village. Upon walking into the section, his nose was bashed with the overbearing scent of death. It was the first section of the village that the Kyuubi targeted, to be frank, the Kyuubi did its job well. There was very few building left standing, at least with a wall still up. The rest of the section was nothing but rubble and debris.
There were some remnants of what used to be human poking through the debris and dirt that was upheaved in the midst of the attack. Hiruzen took a deep breath trying his hardest to get used to the smell knowing that this was easily almost a hundred times worse than the first and second shinobi world wars combined. The carnage was almost unthinkable and it had him nearly reeling over. But he had a mission he had to do, more a personal mission than anything.
He stepped over the various things poking out of the ground and over the many corpses buried beneath, while underneath his breath, he prayed silent condolences and headed through the darkness of the section using only his memory to serve as a guide. It was tough but he managed to reach his destination. His heart was beating hard once he saw the condition of the area.
It was almost unblemished, untouched by the destruction that surrounded it. A there was a large memorial stone station on a large stone pedestal with three posts not too far away from the memorial stone. Hiruzen felt a small tear form in the corner of his eyes as he slowly walked towards the memorial and collapsed. More tears began to fall from the old man's face as he slowly placed his right hand upon the stone's smooth surface. His thumb slowly tracing the kanji for the countless names etched into the stone.
"I need help…" Hiruzen turned around and crossed his legs and began to meditate.
Suddenly all around him, a strange sensation; a powerful sensation filled his body, and it wasn't chakra. It was something else. Something that seemed far stronger, but harder to control. It was almost as if a powerful force of energy was directing him. At this point he finally realized what this was. This was THE FORCE. The energy that Minato once told him about, the energy that Kushina once talked to him about. It was a power that Minato and Kushina shared a power that was said to, dwarf chakra in strength.
As he continued to meditate, there was a sudden explosion of that same energy as the force itself began to manifest in front of the old man's eyes. Never had he seen it being used by either Kushina or Minato, so this was an entirely new experience for the man. The force grew a bright blue and the untouched trees and unblemished fields of grass waved and rustles as the winds picked up in training ground seven.
Hiruzen started backing away in fear of what he was about to see, hoping he didn't instead summon the Shinigami, instead though, the force and bright light began to bind together forming the silhouette of one, Minato Namikaze. He was glowing and was near transparent, but he seemed to be perfectly alive. Hiruzen's eyes were wide as plates and soon enough, his heart clenched and his eyes rolled to the back of his head as his body tightened and froze on the spot. Hiruzen's hand shot up to his chest as a heart attack began to take precedence over his body. His chest tightened as the air was forced from his lungs. Minato's smiling expression quickly fell and he shot down to the old man and quickly placed a hand onto the Hokage's chest.
Hiruzen's body loosened and his eyes went back to normal as a strange sensation filled his body. Hiruzen was completely surprised by the action and was helped up by his successor. Minato gave the old man a small smile and placed a hand on his shoulder and motioned for the Hokage to follow him. Hiruzen knew that there wasn't much to do in such a situation and chose to follow Minato.
"Good thing I picked up on a few healing ninjutsu…" Minato joked.
It was the first words spoken after nearly fifteen minutes of journeying through the entire section of the village. They were completely silent with each other until now, knowing full well of what was about to happen. Minato looked to Hiruzen with an apparent force glow about him as he started to fade. After all, Hiruzen didn't know how to use the Force as fluently as Kushina and Minato did.
"Hiruzen-sama…" Minato gave him a small smile. "I will be as quick about this as possible. There is something that is of importance that you need to know."
"What is it Minato-kun?" Hiruzen asked.
"Well first off, the true pronunciation of my name is Mi'nato Nami'kaze, and well, I'm obviously not of this world." He began. "My homeworld is a planet known as Brentaal IV, in the Core World's Bormea Sector. I am adept in the force and I was also a Jedi Master before making my way here to this planet with my wife Kush'ina Uz'umaki, who was a noblewoman of the planet of Hapes on the other side of the Core Worlds."
"If you're from different planets, how come you all look the same?" Hiruzen asked. "How come we look the same?"
"Humans are the most known species in the galaxy Hiruzen-sama." Minato smirked. "But Brentaal IV is known for trade and I am after all just a force sensitive human that can also use chakra, but Hapans, are known for their exquisite, almost unbelievable beauty as shown by Kush'ina's looks."
"How did you two meet?" Hiruzen asked as he and Minato continued to head through the ruined side of the village towards an unknown destination.
"We met in the Jedi temple…" Minato smirked softly. "While having relationships and having any form of attachment for another being is forbidden in the Jedi Order, Kush'ina and I went against the order's laws and deserted when we were promoted from Padawan, which is like a genin, to a Jedi Knight, which is like a chunin or jounin."
"We journeyed through the galaxy and perfected our force powers in our ship and ran into many different characters and beasts in our travels." Mi'nato said with a small laugh. "Then Kush'ina wanted to settle down on a beautiful planet on the outer rim of the galaxy and we found this planet after journeying for nearly a year."
"It was sufficient enough for us to raise a family, but we were suddenly separated and she ended up on the other side of the continent-"
"But you two were children!" Hiruzen said incredulously. "I remember bringing Kushina or Kush'ina to Konoha! I remember leading her to Mito myself!"
"I know we were." Minato smiled.
"There's no way you two became jounin at only seven years of age! There's no way that you two journeyed a dangerous galaxy at that kind of age!" Hiruzen shouted in complete disbelief. "I can't believe any of it!"
"Well, there are five year olds that know how to kill twenty of your elite shinobi with a flick of their wrists Hiruzen-sama." Minato gave a wry laugh. "You shouldn't underestimate the force, or the power that the Jedi can wield no matter the age."
"So how did Kush'ina end up being one of the Uzumaki?" Hiruzen asked.
"It was easy Hiruzen-sama!" Minato laughed as they came to a large gate. "Her name is Uz'umaki, easy to mix with Uzumaki in your native tongue."
Hiruzen nodded his head in understanding knowing full well that Minato was completely right. Minato snapped the gate open through the use of the force and the gate swung wide open, revealing a dark and menacing forest, known professionally as Training Grounds 44, but commonly referred to as the Forest of Death.
"Follow me Hiruzen-sama; I need to show you something." Minato said.
"So can you tell me why training ground seven wasn't harmed?" Hiruzen asked suddenly as they hopped through the trees. "It seemed extremely peculiar. I didn't think that seals could do such a thing."
"They can, but it wasn't seals Hiruzen-sama." Minato replied without looking back. "There are places on every planet called Force Nexus'. They are places where the force is strongest compared to other places on a planet. Jedi Temples, or the dark side counterpart, Sith Temples would be built upon such places to meditate of feed off of to help train in the force."
"It was the force that stopped and held back the damage wasn't it?" Hiruzen asked despite already guessing the answer.
"Indeed it was Hiruzen-sama." Minato looked back and gave Hiruzen a small smile before stopping abruptly and holding his arm out stopping the Hokage in his tracks. Hiruzen's were once again as wide as plates and Minato used the force to blow back and remove a large covering of branches, leaves and vines to reveal a large Consular-class starship sitting in the forest.
It was made of bright red metal with three large engines that seemed completely imposing to the old Hokage. The Hokage was about to walk up to the ship and touch it, but suddenly from beneath the ship a large platform came down covered in steam. From the ship came a figure. Hiruzen threw up a hand seal, but he was stopped by Minato and told to stand down.
Hiruzen reluctantly agreed and watched as a strange machine walked from the ship. It had a vague semblance to a human, but its arms were held in a never ending right angle and it wasn't entirely mobile. The machine also seemed to speak the language of the planet, surprising Hiruzen even more. The machine walked over to Hiruzen and simply waved and said a simply hello. To say the least, Hiruzen subsequently fainted onto the forest floor.
-Many hours later…
Hiruzen awoke to a soft beeping. He was surrounded by all white, but the ceiling seemed more metallic than the normal hospital room that he was accustomed to. There was that and another machine working on him that looked entirely different than the one from before everything turned dark. Hiruzen struggled to look up, but was suddenly held down by the machine.
"You are too injured to move at the moment…" The medical droid said.
"Ah! Hiruzen…I have a message to tell you from my master Mi'nato." The other robot said. "He said that his son is called Naruto by your people but he's real name is Na'ruto. My master also says that one day you will know how to handle the issue of his son. Here is a paper filled with things that you will need to know."
Hiruzen reluctantly took the slip of paper and began to read over the contents as carefully as possible, knowing that there was something that he was not being told. The letter said something about putting Na'ruto onto the ship's living compartment should things get too hot and let the droids take over. It also spoke of a possible rift of power on the planet since it spoke of yet a second Force signature in the village. The mention of a second force sensitive had Hiruzen nervous.
This won't be good. If there are others like the Jedi, but evil, if these Sith, as they are called, attack…we won't stand a chance. Hiruzen took a deep breath. I need to find out who this other force sensitive is and I might be able to defuse a possible civil war from happening.
Almost two hours later, and Hiruzen was completely healed and was now heading back into the village. His mind banging and tumbling from the information he had received just the night before and was speeding as fast as he could to get to Konoha as soon as possible to make sure that Na'ruto was fine. Just before he landed at the gates, he was quickly approached by panting and worried ANBU. One with silver hair was covered in blood.
"What happened here Inu?!" Hiruzen asked with a powerful voice.
"Some civilians and shinobi found out that Naruto is the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi Hokage-sama!" Kakashi shouted. "They attack the boy in his crib at the orphanage, but I managed to dispose of most of them in time just before they could do any lasting damage to the boy."
"Where is he now?"
"In critical care at the hospital Hokage-sama…"
"But…there is over-"
"We know…I don't know if the healers will make it to him in time."
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