Naruto: Banme no Kasai Kage no Isan
In which, Minato has a few hour's warning of the Kyuubi's arrival. He can't save himself or his wife, but he takes a risk and puts a seal he had in theory on Naruto before sealing the fox inside him. This time Naruto will not be without a legacy.
IMPORTANT WARNINGS: This story will contain explicit descriptions of gore, death, insanity, prostitution, and sexual interaction. These are, after all, ninja. In my story they will act more like military units than over-angsty high school teenagers.
A/N on Naruto in this story: Seal Master Naruto, Grey Naruto, Powerful/Godlike Naruto.
Will be epic length eventually!
Chapter 1: The son of a Kage
"Hokage-sama, the Kyuubi has been spotted 40 miles away from the capital, heading towards Konoha. Our most generous estimates give us 5 hours before the demon reaches us. Our most pessimistic sensors say 3 and a half." The Anbu delivered the information calmly, but the Fourth Hokage could detect the slight apprehension in his muscles, something even Anbu training couldn't stop.
"I want every available genin and chunin evacuating civilians immediately. Give word to all clan heads to send their servants and children, and to seal all clan scrolls and treasures in their vaults. All special jonin and above are to prepare to proactively battle the Kyuubi before it reaches Konoha. You will be in charge Inu, I have something I must do. I cannot be disturbed; until the Kyuubi gets here I am relying on you." With that, Minato disappeared in a flash of yellow light.
'What could be so important at a time like this that he has to start immediately and won't be don't for 3 to 5 hours?' Kakashi wondered to himself silently. With a quick ram seal, he shushin'd to the front desk and told the receptionist to immediately raise the EAAS (Evacuate A.S.A.P. Alarm System).
Every building in Konoha was required to have an EAAS box within hearing range. When activated from the Hokage's tower, a loud wailing siren was raised, and a well-practiced evacuation plan was put into action in minutes. Less than a quarter of an hour later, the streets were swarming with genin, chunin, and civilians with their essential belongings going to their assigned evacuation rendezvous site.
'I hope you know what you are doing Sensei.' Kakashi pondered as he considered what the Hokage had said before he disappeared.
Minato's P.O.V.
Deep inside the Hokage Mountain, Minato finally found what he was looking for. Four identical rocks that looked no different from any other in the tunnel suddenly glowed, and transformed into small black metal boxes. Minato picked up the first three boxes, and with a small burst of chakra, was in his sealing office deep in the costal forest of Eastern Fire Country.
"I know I never met you two, but I hope you don't mind me using your DNA to help protect the village you once lead. I promise, Naruto won't let us down." Minato murmured quietly as he opened the boxes. Inside each box, there were 12 vials of a dark, thick, red substance, and an urn of ashes. He took one vial of blood from each of the former Kage's box and a small amount of ashes scooped up in separate ink dishes.
'God I hope this works. I've been secretly playing with the theory since Kushina discovered her pregnancy, but even the Shiki Fujin isn't as complicated as my concept drawing… but I have to leave Naruto with something. I may not be there to see him grow up, but he will always know he is the son of a Kage.' His determination burning bright with that thought on his mind, the seal master got to work.
Morning after the Kyubii's attack
Konoha's joint civilian-shinobi council sat in complete silence. Many had lost close friends and family to the Kyuubi's attack the night before. Though all the council were thankful that they were given fair warning of the attack. aside from a few advanced chunin medic-nins, only special jounin and higher ranks had lost their life protecting the village. In the end, the Yondaime was able to seal the Kyuubi before the demon could seriously damage the village or it's forces.
"Reinstated Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen calling this council to order." The hokage spoke softly as he entered the room, barely loud enough for the councilors sitting on the far side of the room to hear him.
"What is that hokage-sama?" Tsume Inuzuka, the newly instated clan head, had a scratchy and whispery voice that threatened to fail any moment. The Inuzuka's Fang attacks were one of the only jutsu powerful enough to turn the demon's head when it fired compressed chakra at the village or main force, and the clan had suffered the heaviest losses, losing both the clan head and six jonin to anbu ranked family.
"This is Naruto Uzumaki, and as of last night, he is the jinchuuriki of the Nine-tailed fox, and the first ever owner of the Kassai Kageno Isan bloodline." The reinstated hokage had a dark, serious tone.
'Four Hokage's Legacy? I've never heard of such a bloodline.' Tsume thought to herself curiously through her grief.
"A jinchuuriki? In our presence? Are you insane old man!" The head of the Haruno clan yelled at the third hokage. In an instant, the room was filled with so many killer intents that the Haruno clan head couldn't even open his mouth to protest.
"Your clan didn't lose a single member to the attack. I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself. And if you even insult the sealing work of my late successor, one of the best seal masters in history, expect no mercy." The third hokage spoke evenly, but left no doubt in the minds of the council that he would carry out his threat personally.
"I don't doubt the work of the Yondaime, but what is the bloodline you are talking about? And how can you be sure that the fox won't ever force his way out?" Koharu asked softly. Hiruzen's personal council sat with him, sharing sake while discussing their new situation.
"I have no idea what his bloodline will do for him, all he told me was the name, and that Naruto would know what he needed to do before he turned three." Hiruzen replied tiredly.
"You mean Naruto will be using some kind of Hokage-related bloodline before his mind even fully develops?" She asked the hokage incredulously.
"Well, I have some guesses. After he told me the name and I inspected the seal on Naruto's back, I went to a Hokage-only classified storage space. I found blood and ashes of myself, Tobirama, and Hashirama are missing. After taking a good look at the seal, I noticed that the color is not in fact black, but red, mixed with so much ash it became dark. I think he used all of the Hokage's ashes and blood in the seal. I can't possibly imagine the consequences of such a thing on an infant, but Hashirama could control the Kyuubi easily, so I theorize that the seal will probably strengthen the Shiki Fujin, which is a god's personal seal beside." Sarutobi had a speculative tone, and ended with an open tone, asking Danzo, Koharu and Homura their opinions.
"If Naruto gains even a small amount of Tobirama's power, he won't ever need to use Kyuubi. Some of the things the second hokage did during the war… I'm still not sure if I truly believe some of his jutsu are even possible." Homura said darkly. Team Tobirama had seen some of the worst fighting of the first shinobi war, and had killed some of the most powerful shinobi to ever live.
"Hiruzen, the boy must be trained." Danzo said quietly, but there was a strange tone even the third hokage had never heard. Sarutobi could barely believe he was admitting this, but Danzo didn't seem to want the boy in root at all. By his tone, he didn't seem to even want a hand in the boy's training.
"What do you mean?" Hiruzen questioned suspiciously.
"I happen to have the seal copied and being studied by the best seal masters in Fire Country. I have even managed to get a copy of it with a description of what has happened to Jiraiya. Their latest theories on the seal seem to point to one conclusion. The boy will not only gain things like the ability to do the Hokage's personal Jutsu, but will probably also gain their intelligence, constitution, and Jiraiya seems convinced that his student wrote the seal so that not only would the ability to do the techniques would be stored, but also the innate knowledge of how they can be used, and how to train them." Danzo said gravely.
The other three of the council paled. If Naruto had the knowledge and intelligence of all the Hokage, along with the Kyuubi, and the Uzumaki clan's natural large chakra reserves and increased healing, he could become extremely powerful at a young age. Although Hiruzen didn't want Naruto to be trained to be a shinobi from birth, he saw little difference if Naruto's first thought would be Taijutsu, chakra theory and other basics anyways.
"It grieves me to put Naruto into the shinobi life before he is even a child, but he needs to be watched and helped if he will be attempting to use jutsu anyways. But if we simply put him under a ninja and have them train him, then send him to the academy and so on, he will be shunned and ostracized." Hiruzen stroked his goatee thoughtfully.
"Fugaku's son is only three years old, but he is already starting to excel at the shinobi arts. And with Hashirama's blood and Madara's blood once again clashing, those two could drive each other to becoming the most powerful shinobi on this planet if they were rivals, but they must be friends first. This village cannot afford a repeat of its history." Koharu said. The other councilors could see her logic. Itachi wasn't particularly stuck-up or traditionally cold like the rest of his clan. If Itachi was moved away from the prejudices of his clan on Hokage's orders, the young boys could easily bond and become friends. And if there were a pair like Hashirama and Madara allied under the leaf banner, things could be very interesting.
"Wait but how could Minato store memories just from blood and ash?" Homura suddenly asked.
"That isn't just blood. That blood is super-saturated in the Hokage's chakra when he is alive, throughout his time as hokage. By the time the hokage dies, the blood is practically a book to an extremely complex seal, or a Kage-level sensor." Hiruzen said softly.
"Very well, I will have an anbu help Itachi take care of the boy, and I will have them put somewhere I can trust to be safe. This meeting is adjourned." Hiruzen formed a half ram seal and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
5 YEARS LATER
"Hokage-sama… they sealed themselves in." Kakashi said angrily.
"Sealed themselves in? What do you mean?!" Hiruzen questioned.
"I noticed Naruto has been hiding his growth in Fuinjutsu for about a year now, but I never suspected they could make a seal strong enough to keep anything, even leaves or a breeze from entering or leaving" Kakashi said, half angry, half in awe of the complexity of such a seal for a five-year old.
4 YEARS LATER
"Old man, we are ready to become shinobi for this village." Hiruzen jumped out of his chair as two figures appeared out of the wood on the wall of his office. His anbu were in position ready to kill the intruders just as the much older faces of a nine year-old Naruto and a twelve year-old Itachi seemed to grow from wood itself, before detaching and falling to one knee in respect to the hokage.
CHAPTER END
Hey there, thanks for reading the first chapter, the second one is coming out soon. Just want to clear a few things up: I realize I skipped quite a few important events in this chapter. The reason will become clear if you choose to continue to read. Also, because the village had a lot of time to prepare for the attack, casualties were minimal, and as a result Naruto will not have to bare as much hatred as he did in canon. Granted, personal vendettas are always possible, but he won't have the entire ninja and civilian population out for his blood. Also, I tweaked Itachi's age a bit to fit my needs. Anyone who wants to take a guess on what Naruto's bloodline will give him; feel free to send me PM. Free brownies for all close guesses!