"I'm sorry to inform you sir, Yondaime sacrificed his own life to stop the Kyuubi. He sealed it inside of Rin's son."

"That's unfortunate. Where is the boy's mother?"

"I don't know, I was told she went to help the medics, but I don't know where."

"Does he have any other relatives, in case the worst has happened?"

"He does, but it was both of his parents wish that he not be taken by either family."

"Why would they not want him to know his family?"

"This can't leave this room." Sandaime used a jutsu to soundproof the office. "He's an Uchiha, Obito's his father. The council cannot know of his heritage or the fox, or they would force the boy to be a living weapon, that is something I will not allow."

"I understand, but Rin must be told what her son contains."

The office door burst open and a battered ANBU walked in. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but I'm here to inform you that several medic ninja were lost as well as their charges. The doctor in charge of distributing the help gave me a list of the medics there." He walked over and placed the list in front of Sandaime.

"Many ninja were lost today, why is this so important?"

"I believed that you would be interested in the last name added to it, the doctor remembered Yondaime meeting with her before the attack. If I am wrong, please forgive me." He bowed and left the office shutting the door behind him.

Sandaime picked up the list and went straight to the last name, his eyes widened. "Kakashi, I'm sorry to say, but the boy's an orphan." Kakashi ran over and took the list, there at the bottom was Rin's name. The clothe of his headband grew wet, his left eye was crying. "Does the boy have a name?"

"Naruto Uzumaki."

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They had tried to keep both secrets about Naruto, but the truth about the fox had somehow found its way to the surface. For the first three years of his life, he lived with the Sandaime, but once they found out about the fox that couldn't be tolerated.

At five years old, Naruto had to have an Anbu following him to make sure nothing happened to him, the villagers were merciless when it came to him. They had nearly killed him once before and Sandaime wouldn't allow that to happen again. The one person who always seemed to be watching over him was someone Naruto had come to enjoy the company of, he said his name was Itachi.

Naruto spent most of his time with Kakashi, in doing so he met several other ninja. After a while they saw that he couldn't possibly be Kyuubi and relaxed when he was around. The ones he saw most often were Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, Iruka Umino, Anko Mitarashi, Ibiki Morino, and Gai. The last three scared the hell out of him for different reasons. (A/N Who wouldn't be scared, especially of Gai.)

Currently, he was walking down the street, his hands stuffed in his pockets. 'Happy birthday to me, not like many people care.' He sighs. 'I gotta get home before someone finds me. What the hell did I do to them anyways?' (A/N That's what happens when you let a kid hang out with Anko.)

He had almost made it home, but when he turned the corner he found several people there, all staring at him with cold obsidian eyes. As soon as he saw them he turned around and ran the way he had come from. He moved through the maze of streets with ease, but the people were following him on the rooftops, unaware that the Anbu member was watching.

He soon lost trace of what part of town he was in and accidentally ran into a dead-end alleyway. "You have no where left to run." He turned around to find the group he was running from. "Today you die demon!" The man at the front ran forward with a kunai in his hand.

The man seemed to be running in slow motion, and he dodged the first attempt. Obviously, the man was a little surprised. "You got lucky demon, it won't happen again." The rest of the group was tired of just watching and attack Naruto at the same time.

A wall of fire separated the attackers and Naruto. Before Naruto knew what had happened, he was in the arms of a man standing on a roof overlooking the alleyway. "Are you alright Naruto?"

"Yeah, thanks Itachi, the one guy was moving pretty slow, but I don't think I could have dodged them all. Sorry you always have to save me."

"It all right, I told your mother I'd watch over you."

"My mother?"

"Yeah, before you ask though, I don't know her name, but I'm pretty sure Kakashi does." The boy smiled and looked up at Itachi. Behind his mask, Itachi's eyes widened when he saw red eyes with one tomoe in each. 'The Sharingan, how is that possible?' The boy passed out in his arms.

Itachi removed his mask three tomoes in each eye swirling. "How dare you call yourselves Uchihas, let alone Konoha Military Police Force? You have to gang up to attack a child."

"That thing is no child, it's a demon and should be killed."

"Just because he contains a demon, doesn't mean that he is one. Father and the Hokage will hear of this. You will all be punished for your actions, even you Shisui." (A/N Shisui is Itachi's best friend.) With a swirl of leaves Itachi and the unconscious Naruto disappeared.

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There was a knocking on the door and reluctantly Kakashi put his orange book down and opened it. Itachi stood there with Naruto in his arms. "He's only unconscious. You have some explaining to do, both to him and me." Itachi went inside and Kakashi closed the door. "Who is he really?"

"What do you mean?"

"He activated the Sharingan."

'I was hoping he would get that until he was older.' "All right, but this can't become public knowledge. Do you remember Obito Uchiha?"

"I believe he was my father's cousin, why?"

"He's Naruto's father, he didn't want your clan to know because Naruto would have lost his childhood. You must have wished for one at some point."

"I think that you made the right choice in keeping this a secret, it would be even harder on him than Sasuke. The ones that were attacking him when it activated were Uchihas. Disgraces, but Uchihas nonetheless."

"Did they see it?"

"I don't think they noticed it, but if they did, the elders will convince my father to turn him into some sort of weapon to use against any who opposed the clan. Still, for him to develop even the first stage at his age is a rarity."

"I was afraid the council would do the same, even if they just knew about the fox. If they were to learn of both, not even the Hokage could keep him safe from them."

"I agree, I'll leave him in your care. When he wakes up he'll probably ask about his mother, I told him I had met her but I never learned her name."

"Thank you for keeping him safe."

"I told his mother I would, and even if I didn't know it, he's family." Itachi handed Naruto over to Kakashi and left. He laid Naruto on the couch before going back to his book.

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It was already dark put when Naruto finally woke up. 'Where am I?' He looked around. 'It looks like Kakashi's place, Itachi must have brought me here.'

He looked around some more, and sure enough, there was Kakashi reading his perverted book. "Glad to see you're awake Naruto." He never looked up from his book.

"Itachi said you may have known my mother, I want to know about her."

"Yes, I knew her, both your parents actually. They were my teammates."

"Why didn't you tell me before?"

"First of all, you're six years old, if I told you before now, you probably wouldn't remember me doing so. Second, they're a difficult subject for me to talk about, your father died saving me, and your mother died when I had promised to protect her. I'm the last member of my team, even my sensei died. He died to protect this village by stopping Kyuubi." Kakashi sighed. "There's something I want to show you, follow me."

They stood up and Kakashi led Naruto into his bedroom. He picked up a picture off his dresser and gave it to Naruto. "That's my old team, it was taken the day after we became a team, so that's when they were about twelve, they were just about eighteen when you were born."

"How did I end up blonde?"

"I'm not sure, but Rin's hair was nothing like her parent's either, one had black and other had white. Obito had black hair like everyone else in his clan."

"If you had just told me I was related to someone in this picture, I would have guessed Yondaime."

Kakashi laughs. "You do look a lot like him."

"Why does my mom have those marks on her cheeks? I've seen something like them but they're not the same."

"You've seen the Inuzuka clan, her father was part of their clan. Her mother was the sister of Yondaime's sensei, Jiraiya. The marks are birthmarks that resulted from the two clan marks fusing."

"You said dad was part of a clan too, which one?"

"Obito was an Uchiha."

"Like Itachi?"

"Yes."

"If I have family, why do I live by myself?"

"They don't know. Only Sandaime, myself, and now Itachi know. Your father didn't want the Uchiha clan to raise you because you wouldn't have a childhood, they would decide everything you did. Your mom was disowned by the Inuzuka clan because she couldn't perform they basic techniques like the Shikyaku no Jutsu."

"That makes no fucking sense! Who cares if she couldn't, they're supposed to be a family!"

"I agree with you Naruto, but to them she was a disgrace to the clan. They pride themselves for those techniques, as the Hyugas do their Juken and the Uchihas do their fire jutsu."

"It still doesn't make sense, she had to be good at something."

"She was one of the best medical ninja this village has ever produced, probably only second to Tsunade."

"They couldn't be happy with that?"

"Apparently not."

Sadness filled the young boy's eyes. "My mother died during the fox's attack didn't she?"

"Yes, she was treating the injured when the fox let off some wide spread attack."

"Then you couldn't have protected her, it took Yondaime's life to kill it. You would have died too and I would have been alone. I would never have known who I really am, or who my parents were."

"Naruto, you have always been you, but because you now know, I can tell you that you have the Sharingan. Itachi saw it before you passed out. You activated the first stage. When you have it turned on, things will seem to slow down and let you see through genjutsu depending on the skill of the one using it. The second will allow you to copy techniques you see, taijutsu, ninjutsu, or genjutsu and use them if you physically can. The final stage will allow you to predict how an opponent is going to move except for the quickest opponents. It also has hypnosis abilities, suggesting actions, making someone sleep and replaying memories to someone else or having them relive their own."

"You have the Sharingan, does that make you an Uchiha too?"

"No. In fact, they don't like me much because I have it."

"How do you have it if you're not an Uchiha?"

"It's your father's, he had your mother implant it into me when he was dying. There are some problems that came along with it though, I can't turn it off and because I'm not an Uchiha, the amount of chakra it uses it quite a bit more. That's way I always have it covered unless I need it."

"You said I only activated the first stage, how do I get the others?"

"I'm not sure, but I'm sure Itachi will help you if you ask him. Be sure to only ask when there is no one else around. If people knew you are a Uchiha, you would be taken by the clan." Naruto nodded smiling. "So, what would you like for dinner?"

"Ramen!"

'Sorry Rin, it seems he's hooked.' "Alright, but there will be more than that. You can't live on just ramen, you need to eat some vegetables too." The boy groaned and Kakashi smiled under his mask."

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"Father they are disgraces to the Uchiha name!"

"For what, trying to kill the demon that terrorized this village?"

"He's a child!"

"He ceased being human the moment that thing took his body. I will not punish them for doing it, and that's final."

"The people like those who attack him are the real demons. The Hokage knows what has happened and he does not share your view on this matter." Itachi left the room, knowing full well that his father was pissed. 'Would they feel the same way if they knew who he is? They probably try harder, not wanting him to ruin the clan name. Not that it could get much worse. They will pay for what they've done to Naruto, I swear it.'

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"Hey Kakashi, do you think I'd be a good ninja?"

"I think you could be one of the greatest, but to do that you would have to go through the academy."

"How old do I have to be to start in the academy?"

"Actually, you're the right age, all you have to do is tell the Hokage you want to, but he's pretty busy right now, so we'll wait till tomorrow okay?"

"All right. Kakashi, do you mind if I sleep here? I don't think I can get across town without being seen with the festival going on and all."

"That's fine, pleasant dreams Naruto." Naruto got up from the table and fell asleep on the couch.