(Hokage Tower - minutes before fusion)

Sarutobi Hiruzen was many things, he was the "Kami no Shinobi", the "Professor", and also the reinstated third Hokage of the leaf village. In his life, he has faced many challenges from teaching the Legendary Sannin and survived all three of the great shinobi wars (I hope that's right please correct that if wrong). But out of all the things he's done, all the enemies he's faced, there is one that he has yet been able to conquer. Something most dreaded by all kages in the world. That foe is…Paperwork.

Yes, the all the powerful third Hokage has yet to found the secret in defeating paperwork unlike his now late successor the Minato. How the man found a way to deal with all the paperwork was beyond him and it was becoming infuriating to the old man. The man probably did the sealing just so he could stick him with the mountains of paperwork that seemed to have no end. If only Minato had let him do the sealing on Naruto then he wouldn't have to deal with this crap.

Ah, now the thought of the young blonde brought a frown to his face. He felt guilty for not being able to do more for the boy. But what could he do! The council was constantly complaining to him to kill the boy and the shinobi council wanted to turn him into a weapon. The clan heads were the only ones who seem to not have anything against the lad, well minus the Uchiha clan head. The guy could be a total ass sometimes…okay, most of the time. He thought that the choice he made would be best for the boy. He even passed a law that forbid the talk of the Kyuubi to the younger generation. But that didn't stop them from glaring, whispering hated words towards him or making sure none of the younger kids his age came into contact with him. Didn't even stop the beatings the boy would get from time to time especially on his birthdays. He had to execute several people during those times when he found the boy still being attacked. Some of the people were sent to be locked up but it didn't help. As time went on he began to receive more and more paperwork. Keeping him busy from interfering in the boy's life. Even now he didn't know whether the boy was safe or not. The ANBU he had ordered to watch over the boy seems to only be doing half their job. He would have to fix that when he had the chance.

'Naruto, I hope you are safe and can forgive this old man one day. They just need time to get over there hatred see you for you.' Hiruzen had thought to himself. He decided to take a break and lean back in his chair and lit his pipe taking a long drag from the addicting substance. He let out a sigh of relief and then turned towards the window to look out at the village. Looking out into the distance he couldn't help but admire the beautiful village on the night sky. After a few more minutes of relaxing and smoking his pipe, he was about to go back to work when eerie glow was seen at the corner of his eye. He turned and saw it was the picture of all the previous Hokage and their eyes were glowing. The shodaime's eyes glowed a green color, the nidaime glowed a deep blue color and the yondaime glowed a golden color. He was about to get up when an even brighter light, this one the same golden from the yondaime, started shining and turned and saw it was coming from the forest of death. After the light died down he quickly snapped his fingers and three ANBU showed up, one wore a weasel mask with long black hair, the other wore a Neko (cat) mask who had purple hair, and the last wore an Inu mask with gravity-defying silver hair.

"You summoned us Hokage-Sama?" the weasel masked ANBU question. "Yes, Itachi I need you three to investigate what that strange light is coming from training ground #44. When you find it try to bring it to me or one of you come and get me to check it out myself." And with resounding "Hai" the three ANBU set out to do their task. 'I hope whatever that light was, it doesn't concern Naruto' and with that thought, the Hokage went back to his work trying to find a way to calm his worries over the blond boy. But what Hiruzen didn't know was that he wasn't the only one currently experiencing the same thing.

(Kumo-Raikage Tower)

A the Yondaime Raikage of Kumo was currently in his office lifting a 90 lb weight in his left hand while he was doing paperwork with his right hand.

And he was bored as fuck

The man of the dark skin complexion had pale yellow (or white) hair and a matching beard to go with. He was currently wearing his kage robes plus hat but had no undershirt on which showed off his muscular torso. On his waist, he wears a golden belt with the buckle being a lion head and on his arms, he had two similar bands the same color of his belt. (Not the best description but you get the jiff)

"Ugh…This is so boring! Why did even take this damn job anyway! Even doing arm curls is started to get dull. If it weren't so late I have Kirabi (Killer Bee for those who don't know) spar with me till both us couldn't get up for weeks." True to his words the last time the Raikage actually had a decent fight was when he fought the hachibi and took one of its horns off. Then there was also that one time he fought the yellow flash in a test of speed to see who was the fastest out of the two them. Even though it was a close match, it turned into a draw with both of them overtaxing themselves and falling out unconscious. Ah, those were the days.

While A was going down memory he got carried out of his thoughts by a light shining in his office. At first, he thought someone was about to attack him so he jumps out of his seat and prepared for himself for anything that might happen. To his surprise, nothing happens other than the glow getting brighter by the second. When he looked around in his office he saw that the picture of the first Raikage of Kumo (anyone else realize all the kages in Kumo have the same name) eyes were glowing an electric blue color (so a lighter contrast to an ocean blue I guess)

When he got close to the picture the glowed stop and died down. All the raikage could do then was rub his chin in curiosity. What was that glow and what did it mean for Kumo? For all, he knows it could be a sign of a bad omen to come….though that would be far-fetched and impossible right? Right?!

Whatever that light meant he'll have to keep an eye out for any suspicious activities in the upcoming years. So with that, he headed back to behind his desk to finish the paperwork. Though somehow when he turns to go back to his seat the paperwork seems to double during the whole glowing eyes incident. At that, the raikage could only grit his teeth and several tick marks appear on his forehead.

"I swear if anyone brings me any more paperwork tonight, I'll rip them in HALF!" yelled out A. On the other side of his door his secretary, beautiful woman who like most in Kumo has a dark skin complexion. After hearing him scream out in frustration on the other side she looked down and in her hands, she held another stack of paperwork. Not wanting to face the Raikage's wrath she placed down the papers on her desk and quickly grabbed her belongings and left the tower. Back with A, he settles down at his desk in his comfortable chair and looked toward a certain paper that the council wants to approve. The paper was a mission for them to send an ambassador to Konoha to have a peace treaty signed and secretly have him sneak into the Hyuuga clan home and kidnapped one young Hyuga from the main family, preferably the clan heiress. A could only sigh at this. He knew how much Kumo craved the Byakugan. Ever since the sandaime raikage during the war saw what one of those ninjas with it could do, he's been fascinated by it. Many times they tried to find a way to capture a Hyuga or just steal their eyes for study, but due to the cage bird seal on the branch members heads, it has become most difficult.

He would have to speak with the council nicely about this. In the meantime, he needs to find another distraction from doing this dreadful paperwork. He would wish for anything as a way to get out of this right now.

"Hey, bro! What was with that strange glow? Were you under attack? If so I'll find the guy and bring him back."

Well, almost anything.

At Kirabi's bad rapping, A could only facepalm at his little brother's antics. "Ugh, how many times do I have to tell you about your rapping?" At that, his brother just chuckled and A had to fight off a migraine that wanted to come. He then began to explain what happen and began wondering if anyone else's night was strange like this.

(Iwa - Kage tower)

Onoki, the third Tsuchikage, was not having a good day. And exactly why isn't he having a good day you may ask? Well besides his constant back problems, the shinobi he has working in the mines near Iwa with some of the civilians died from a cave in, several chunin level shinobi have gone rogue, and there is increasing tension between the people of Iwa and the two currently residing jinchuriki. Things were already looking bad for them after the massive loss of shinobi during the third war, but now it seems to be becoming difficult to increase their numbers back to where it once was. Now he had to deal with all of this.

He was getting too old for this shit…not that he would admit it to anyone.

Just as he was contemplating on how to handle everything, a bright light emitted inside the room. He covered his eyes some before the light dimmed downed a little and stood up to see where it was coming from. What he saw surprised the old man, the picture of the second tsuchikage and his teacher Mu. The one who taught him everything he knows about jinton, or dust release. As he looked at the picture with the eyes glowing brownish color. Then as it came it was gone. Right, when he was about to check to see if there was some kind of seal on the painting that someone might have put on there to spy on him or try to use it as a signal for anything….his back went out.

"AHHH! My back!"

(Kiri – Kage Tower)

Yagura, Fourth Mizukage and current vessel of the Three-Tails tortoise, was definitely having a bad day. Considering they were in the mist (hehe get it) of a bloodline civil war and his hunter Nin was having increasing trouble trying to capture Momochi Zabuza. He got some news that some of the hunter Nin sent out were killed in an ambush by the demon of the mist. He already sent out another group to follow the trail that was left, but so far nothing has shown up. He had a map of Elemental Countries and was currently planning on his next move against the rebels who were fighting against and finding a way to trap Zabuza to have pay for his failed coup d'état.

He was so focused on planning that he almost didn't notice the red-bluish glow coming from the picture of Hozuki Gengetsu, the Second Mizukage. Though when he did notice it, something strange happens. Looking straight at the light that was emitting from the eyes of Gengetsu, made something break inside. Not really break but was completely destroyed. The sensation made him shake his head to properly think straight. It was then that Yagura realized that whatever hold that was on him was gone now and he had his will back. Acting quickly he grabbed the hidden journal that he kept for moments like this and began writing vigorously.

To whoever it is that becomes the successor, know that I don't have much time. This journal holds evidence that I am not the monster that the history books will no doubt make of me. I am a puppet to someone of higher power than mines. This puppet master comes at random times to increase his hold on me. I don't know how much I have before he appears again to strengthen it, but I do know that this man is dangerous to any who might face him. Be aware of the man in the black cloak with an orange spiral mask. The mask only shows one eye hole and the eye itself not normal at least. If I am correct it most likely the doujustu was known as the Sharingan. He stops to draw a quick sketch of what he remembers of the eye before whatever it was, took hold of him. I don't know who this man is but I do know that he has to be someone powerful. Whether he is, in fact, an Uchiha or someone pretending to be one I don't know.

Whatever you do my successor I hope you will be able to fix what I've done to this village. I hope you will be able to forgive me for what I have done. I didn't wish to harm anyone or even start this bloody war.

He finishes with his signature at the bottom of the page and quickly hid the journal back into his secret spot. Sensing a presence coming he went back to looking at the map. Only moments later did a figure with the orange spiral mask came back to strengthen his hold on his puppet.

(Suna – Kage Tower)

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa (I bet some of ya didn't even know their names or the names of the previous kages), was in his office looking at a report of another assassination attempt on his daughter Gaarin failing. Ever since he sealed the one-tail ichibi, Shukaku, inside his daughter while sacrificing his wife, he's been setting up different attempts to have his daughter killed. Of course, he knew these lowly mercenaries and low-rank missing-nin were no match for her, he just wanted ways to make his weapon stronger. Since the Wind Daimyo has been sending missions to their suppose ally Konoha, they've been having trouble keeping money in the village and getting resources needed to survive.

Putting the report away he went to another paper which was a request from the Third Hokage. Apparently, the old man wants to have a meeting on the current treaty between their two villages. Bah! The old man decides NOW would be a good time to discuss this. Things like this should have done months ago. But he might as well accept it. Maybe if plays his cards right he will be able to change things around for the better, if not then he'll just have to use Gaarin as a means to show that Suna is stronger than the leaf.

Just as he was about to send a messenger to head for Konoha in the morning, a white glow appeared in his office. Looking around he saw the frame of the Third Kazekage with his eyes glowing brightly. Then all of a sudden it was gone. Wondering what this could mean he decided that he would leave the rest of the work for tomorrow and see what he could find on his predecessor in his library.

(Forest of Death - with the ANBU)

The three ANBU had entered the Forest of Death and began following a trail of chakra that Itachi could see with his Sharingan eyes. Though, if he was honest with himself, the trail seemed somewhat different than normal. It was still the same kind of signature that Naruto produced, with some bits of the Kyuubi's chakra in it as well, but the closer they got the more it seemed to change. Like there was another person with Naruto or something. The strange thing was the signature was mixing with Naruto's own making Itachi ever so curious and worried for the young boy. He hoped no one had done anything bad to him. Itachi thought of Naruto as like a little brother. He should probably try to get Sasuke to interact with him. They could make good friends and get him from bugging him most of the time. While he was leading the way his other teammates were engaged in conversation beside him.

"Kasumi, must you read that perverted book?" Yugao, a woman with purple hair and wore the Neko ANBU masked asked her superior and friend. The silver-haired woman(1) in questioned looked up at her while giving her a lazy shrug.

"Don't question why I read this just because you and Hayate haven't gone all the way yet kitty." She responded with a smirk on her masked face while Yugao herself was happy her own mask was on to hide the blush that crept up her cheeks.

"That has nothing to do with this! And I've told you already, we are just taking things slow for now." Yugao said while thinking of all the awkward moments in time when they tried to be more intimate, but Hayate's coughing would end happening and she would worry about his health.

"Maybe it's just your own nervousness that's keeping you from making the move," Kasumi stated while flipping to another page in her book.

"Can we not talk about this right now and focus on finding out what that light was?" Yugao said while sighing to herself was hoping to get through this night without any more comments from the silverette about her sex life.

Kasumi shrugged while continuing to read her book while following beside Itachi. "Itachi are we getting close to the source of the light?"

Itachi nodded while keeping his eyes forward on the path they were on. He could see they were getting closer to the chakra source and he had a feeling it was Naruto for sure. As they went deeper into the forest they came to a stop when they spotted Naruto laying down on the ground. Yugao instantly went to his side and placed her head on his chest. Hearing him breathing she sighed seeing as he seemed okay and wasn't harmed this time. She picked him up gently and carried him in her arms. The fact they found Naruto here, where the apparent source of light that flashed before was a little off to them. Could it be a sign of the seal weakening? They weren't sure, but someone like Jiraiya would have to come check it just to be safe.

"We should head back to the Hokage and tell him our findings." Itachi says while the other two look at him and then back to Naruto.

"And what exactly do we tell him? We found Naruto where the apparent source of that strange light happens. Considering that light was bright enough for many to have seen I have no doubt that the council will have questions about it and will want to know what or who was behind it. If they figure out it was because of Naruto then they will definitely push for him to be executed, saying some bullshit about demon using his powers to attack them." Kasumi said with a hint of anger in her voice. She knew of Naruto being the son of her late sensei and she would be damn if she let those power hungry fools try to kill him before he could really live life. She always did her best to protect him whenever he went out. She could remember his last birthday how he was locked out of the orphanage and a mob was attacking him, how she came down upon those fools and broke each and every one of them before breaking down the orphanage door and gave the owner a "lesson" in leaving kids outside to defend themselves no matter who they were. Sure, when the councils found out they made a big fuss but she didn't care and Hiruzen secretly approved of what she did. Though he still had to punish her by docking her pay for a month. Though if she was honest it was worth it.

"I don't know Kasumi, but we need to tell him something. We can get him to keep this a secret and possibly get him to have Jiraiya return to take a look at Naruto's seal. Just to make sure this has nothing to do with it." Itachi said while the other nodded back to him before all three of them shunshinned back to the Hokage's office.

(Hokage Tower)

The third set his pencil down once he saw the poof of smoke in his office appear and saw his three ANBU he sent out to discover the source of the light, but was surprised when he saw Yugao carrying Naruto in her arms. "Report." He said plainly while Yugao moved to set Naruto down on the couch that was nearby. Itachi himself stepped forward and stood straight while preparing himself for what he was going to explain.

"We entered the training ground: 44 and using my Sharingan I was able to follow a trail of chakra that was different and lead us to the source of light. What was strange though is that the closer we got the more the source of whatever it was beginning to merge with Naruto's own chakra signature. I had a feeling we were going to find Naruto, because of the small traces of Kyuubi's chakra that always leaks from Naruto from time to time. We found Naruto laying down across a tree and I noticed that the other signature that I noticed had indeed mixed with Naruto's and became a part of him." Itachi stated while looking for the Hokage's reaction to this news. Hiruzen took a drag from his pipe and let out the smoke with a sigh.

"Do you think the source of the light has anything to do with Naruto or possible the seal becoming loose?" He asked the Uchiha prodigy while Itachi himself hummed while thinking about this situation.

"It could be possible that it was Naruto that caused the light show, but I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the seal or the Kyuubi trying to get free. I would suggest that perhaps you should have master Jiraiya check on the seal." Itachi said while Hiruzen hummed in thought and closed his eyes while taking another puff of his pipe.

"I'm afraid that won't be possible for right now since Jiraiya is still out handling his spy network for us. I'll try to get in contact with him and see if I can convince to come by earlier than he normally does to check on Naruto at some time. Before then we shall keep this as a secret and no one is to know about this until we able to learn more about what this has to do with Naruto. You are dismissed." The three ANBU nodded their heads and gave a resounding "Hai" before leaving the room.

Hiruzen himself got up from his seat and activated a seal on the wall by the hanging photos of the previous Hokages with the wall opening up into a secret room he had. He went and picked Naruto up and set him down on the bed in there before tucking him in. He sighed knowing that if the council's found out about what happened tonight they would be asking many questions that he didn't feel like answering at any time. For now, though they would have to hold their tongues in asking since even if they did ask he wouldn't have an answer for them. Of course someone, most likely Danzo, would say something about the seal weakening and try to take Naruto away so he could handle him. The old man let out a puff of smoke and shook his head. He would be damned to an eternity of hell before he let Danzo get his hands on Minato's legacy.

'I know I've made plenty of mistakes in my life when dealing with you Naruto, but I'm doing best. Without Jiraiya or Tsunade here to help I'm on my own in trying to take of you. Even dear Kasumi can't take care of you no matter how much she wants to.' Hiruzen thought to himself before sighing and decided to finish up his paperwork.

(AND DONE! SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN REWRITING THIS CHAPTER! But now with this finally done and out of the way we can move on to ACTUALLY GETTING FURTHER INTO THE STORY! AND I can focus on the other stories I'm writing as well. COOL RIGHT!? Anyway, the delays in writing are mostly because of COLLEGE, so much to do man. I got a character storyboarding class only Mondays and that somewhat dick of a teacher only gives us one week to do the assignment. SOME OF US DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DRAW OUT WHAT HE WANTS! And then I have Character and Object design on Tuesdays and Thursday so it leaves me no time to work on those assignments. Wednesday is my only off day before the weekend and then I have 3D Modeling on Fridays. So YA. A busy schedule and not much time to focus writing. BUT, these stories will get their deserved updates. Just be patient guys. Anyways this is Jangoman signing off again. P.S. Check my profile for Polls that I post to ask you guys about things.)

One more thing. Since I rather not have people ask later here is the HAREM LIST for this story.

Hinata (Always and Forever)

Tenten

Ino

Anko

Fem. Kakashi (1) (cause why the fuck not? Barely see it anyways and someone asked for it and I thought it was a good idea)

Fem. Kyuubi

Kurenai

Hana

Fem. Neji (this is still up to debate)

Yugao (this will be real later in the fiction most likely)

Fem. Haku (I don't care what anyone says Haku is female)

Mabui

Yugito

Karui

Samui

Fem. Gaara (This is up to debate as well)

Mei

(Yep a long list...17 possible people in the harem...fuck me, dude)