Naruto : Tobirama's Heir
Note : The story has undergone a complete rewrite and overhaul so please read the first chapter again if you've already read it.
Konohagakure no sato
Konoha Hospital
Tobirama and Hiruzen came in with the redheaded Uzumaki children in his arms while Tobirama held the last Namikaze heir in his arms as his mind went back to the last moments of Minato's life.
"What have you left him with Minato? What was that last scroll you sealed into him? What were you thinking?" he thought as he gazed at the sleeping blonde bundle and ran his finger on one of his cheeks as the child purred and leaned into his touch making him smile.
"Such innocence, this will be what will help you truly keep the demon's influence at bay little one." He thought smiling as he rubbed his whiskers and had spaced out as they reached the emergency infirmary and the nurse asked him to take off his armour and he nodded. He took off the armour as Tsunade came in and he smiled a bit.
"What have you been doing Oji-san? Your chakra coils are strained to the point of them being almost destroyed. What did you do to cause this because I don't think that a battle could leave such chakra exhaustion let alone the damage to the chakra coils." She said in a reprimanding tone and he sighed.
"Well I did take two soldier pills back to back and then exhausted my chakra so I guess that would have been the reason." He said and she glared at him while healing him a bit. She ran her glowing hands over him and he felt some of her chakra replenish his own as he felt life come back to his body and stood up flexing his muscles a bit. Tsunade frowned as she saw him doing that.
"Oji-san, the battle has left some lasting damage to your chakra coils that I'm afraid will not heal even with my medical skills." She said and he nodded already figured as much.
"So how much damage has been done and what effects will it have?" he asked stoically and she ran over her charts as she looked back to him.
"You need to let your chakra system heal and rehabilitation for a year, but even them I'm afraid a fight like this one will kill you halfway through it. Your chakra reserves will be accessible to you approximately a third of what you held. You will be able to use chakra but I'm afraid your days as a shinobi are over." She said and he nodded stoically not showing any emotions.
"That is fine Tsunade. I was able to stop a great threat to the village and protect it. I was afraid I won't be able to use chakra even a little so it is a blessing to me. This was my last fight anyways. I have realized my days of fighting have long since passed. I saw how old I have gotten, and for the first time in my life my battle hardened instincts were hesitant. I didn't even have the necessary chakra to waste on my Raijin no Ken. I know my limits and I'm afraid that I have reached them." He said and she nodded with a smile as she kept a hand on his shoulder and gave him a warm smile.
"You have already done too much for this village Oji-san, now let the next generation take over. It's your time to rest and enjoy the peace that you and Hashirama-jiji worked so hard to create. You are the one who deserves it the most, after serving the village so much for so long." She said and he smiled sadly as she watched the wrinkles on his face and the sadness in his eyes as he realized how old he had gotten. She left him to gather his thoughts as suddenly Hiruzen came in and his stoic mask was back on and he nodded to his student who nodded back.
"What's the matter Saru?" he asked seeing the troubled expression on his face and Hiruzen sighed as he rubbed his temples.
"Sensei the council has been called." He said tiredly and Tobirama nodded.
"Well that is logical, after the loss of the current Hokage and the travesty the village just faced there would have been a meeting. So what's the matter for that expression?" he asked stoically and Hiruzen sighed again.
"Sensei the council will ask me what became of the Kyuubi after the battle. What will I answer…" he was cut off as Tobirama spoke up.
"What do you mean what will you answer? You are the Hokage, they answer to you if I'm right." He said icily and Hiruzen winced at the jab and knew this wasn't going to be good.
"Well sensei, you see the shinobi council won't be a problem in anyway. I could make them understand but the civilian council…" he was cut off as Tobirama glared at him.
"Why is the civilian council still active in the village. If my memory serves me right, we are neither under the state of war nor were we without a Kage until a few hours ago. So pray tell why you will have to tell the civilian council the events of the night?" he asked coldly and Hiruzen flinched under his stern gaze and looked down in shame.
"Well you see sensei, after the Third Great Shinobi War was over I tried to disband the civilian council but they used their power in times of the war and passed certain bills allowing them a little more power in the say of the village. Minato was trying to rid them of the new found power, but he wasn't able to do…" he was cut off as the temperature of the room dropped and Tobirama glared at him making him gulp.
"Saru…" he said a bit too calmly making him gulp and nod motioning for him to go on. "The civilian council was a law my idiotic brother Hashirama passed for the times of war, when the Hokage was too busy with military affairs to handle the civil matters. It was only a temporary law used in wartime. And you are telling me that the civilian council went behind your back, passed a bill which needs the signature of a Hokage as well as the Fire Daimyo; all without you ever noticing until it was said and done. Correct me if I was wrong in any point?" he asked icily reciting the charter of the village laws word for word as Hiruzen held his head down in shame and said nothing as Tobirama sighed and rubbed his temples.
"Who is the head in charge of the civilian council?" he asked and if possible Hiruzen was ashamed even further as he answered.
"The head is Danzo with Homura and Koharu his equal partners." He said and shivered from the glare he was getting.
"I left the office with you for only one reason because I knew you walked on the line of rules and emotions correctly. But I guess I was wrong and I have failed my brother." He said in a defeated tone when his eyes hardened and Hiruzen gave him his full attention.
"We will inform the village of the status of our jinchurikis…" he said and cut Hiruzen off as he was about to protest. "The truth will come out sooner or later. Anyone with enough experience and knowledge will know that we must have created a jinchuriki to stop the bijuu and leak it out causing mass chaos. Inform them of the difference between a sealed kunai and a scroll, reveal the status of their heritage and tell them that they are the legacy of their fallen Hokage. The other village need to know that we have not one but three jinchurikis, even if one doesn't have the chakra like the other two he is still a jinchuriki through and through. They fall under the complete authority of the militaristic part of the village and civilians have no say in this matter. Inform them who they answer to and take back the position of Hokage. I know who the other choice will be and I will be damned before I let that failure of a student take over the village's leadership. Now go and become the Hokage you are, I taught you better than to bow down to civilians." He said icily as the fire in Hiruzen's eyes returned and he nodded as he walked out and Tobirama sighed.
"I guess I didn't teach him that well. Many more things must have gone down in his reign for him to react in such a way to a council meeting. Have all my students turned out to be such failures? I never should have let Hashirama make him too soft in matters that needed the attention of a true shinobi's eyes." He thought with a disappointed sigh and sat back down on his bed and laid down closing his eyes.
Hokage Tower
Council Chambers
The council was buzzing as the advisors from the feudal lord's committee were sitting there waiting for the message that was to be taken to him. The shinobi council sat to the right and the civilian council to left with the elders up front as the seats to the Sarutobi clan head's seat and the Hokage's seat laid vacant. The council doors opened as the room became silent and Hiruzen stood there in front of them with a stern gaze. The whole council was confused as to why he didn't take his seat as clan head when he spoke up.
"As all of you must know tonight the village has suffered the loss of its young and beloved Yondaime Hokage. The village is in need of a Kage to show the world that it isn't weak and prone to their attacks and for that we need a new leader." He said and saw Danzo's smirk as he continued.
"I have decided to volunteer to retake the position until a time a new successor worthy enough could be groomed. All in favour please raise your hands." He said stoically as every hand except one was raised from both sides of the council and he smirked at the seething expression of Danzo behind that stoic mask he was putting on.
"Sandaime-sama what became of the Kyuubi?" asked Inoichi and he sighed as he took the Hokage seat and sat down.
"Minato along with Tobirama-sama and myself subdued the beast and sealed it." He said as they all smiled at hearing the beast's defeat and nodded when Shikaku spoke up.
"Sandaime-sama, you said sealed not defeated. What did you seal it into?" he asked and Hiruzen sighed and nodded, commending the Nara on his sharpness of words inwardly.
"Minato split up the Kyuubi into three parts…" he said as several gasps were heard throughout the council and he continued. "… seeing his two children had inherited strong and dense chakra like their mother along with her red hair and violet eyes, Minato sealed the Yin and Yang halves of the chakra within Mito and Menma while he split the demon's consciousness away from the chakra and sealed into his second son Naruto. His last wish was for his children to be seen as heroes of the village…" He said and the whole side of the civilian council roared in defiance of the death of the 'demon child' and even some of the shinobi clan heads were nodding their heads.
"SILENCE!" he roared leaking a huge amount of killing intent making them all fall silent as they gulped and looked at their furious Hokage.
"That 'demon child' as you so call it is Minato's son. He is nothing much more different than any normal child of the village…" he said but was cut off as Hiashi spoke up.
"Hokage-sama how do we know he hasn't been possessed by the demon and is currently plotting ways to regain its chakra?" asked Hiashi and he frowned at his tone of disgust but didn't voice it.
"Tobirama-sama himself completed the sealing and has confirmed to me that the sealing is perfect and there is no chance of any kinds of possession. Minato too checked the seal in his dying moments and the seal is absolutely safe." He said and the shinobi clan heads nodded hesitantly seeing he trusted the seal completely so there wasn't any danger involved while the civilian council was still not convinced as one Mebuki Haruno voiced her concerns out loud.
"Hokage-sama, we should keep that child away from the Uzumaki twins. What if the seal fails and he tries to kill them to take back the chakra they hold…" she screeched but was cut off as Hiruzen leaked his killing intent and glared at her.
"Councilwoman Haruno are you questioning the abilities of the Nidaime as well as the Yondaime Hokage's skills and words in front of me, the Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure no sato?" he asked icily and she gulped and shook her head and he nodded looking at the others for objections but finding none he continued on with the other affairs of the village's reconstruction and the proper condition of the shinobi forces and the defences of the village.
Konoha Hospital
Tobirama opened his eyes as he saw the nurse come in with three small bundles in her arms and he saw the redheaded manes of two of them while the blonde of the third and instantly knew who they were as he took them from her arms and gazed at her questionably.
"Tobirama-sama, Sarutobi-sama has asked that you be given the children to look out and be handed over to the mother. We don't know who their parents are but he said you would know what to do." She said and he nodded and motioned for her to leave as he stood up and put on his shinobi sandals and walked out of the Hospital towards the Uzumaki clan compounds. He saw that Hiruzen was smart not letting the custody of the children in anyone's arms except those that he trusted fully. At least now he was thinking and acting like a Hokage he mused as he walked and gazed at the destruction the village had suffered.
Uzumaki clan compounds
Kushina was sleeping and unconscious from exhaustion as Shizune was there checking up on her. Tsunade was too busy with the surgeries of the hospital that were too complicated for anyone other than her so she had sent her to take care of Kushina in the meantime. She was currently checking up on her condition and found everything to be normal as she suddenly heard the door being knocked and was instantly on guard as she readied her senbon launcher, gearing it up in case it was someone trying to create a distraction for an ambush and opened the door to see the stoic face of Tobirama Senju and the three little children in his arms.
"It would be nice if you would deactivate your senbon launcher so that you may not accidentally hit the children with it." He said stoically and she blushed in embarrassment that he had seen her senbon launcher that she always kept so hidden with such ease and nodded. She deactivated it and motioned for him to come in as he nodded and stepped in and went to the room Kushina was sleeping in and put the three children near her and sat down on the couch kept to the side with his elbows on his thighs and his fingers in front of his face with that same stoic expression he always held. Shizune saw him sitting and gazing at Kushina intently and fiddled around trying to speak but seeing his expression, it was a bit difficult.
"Do you want to say something, then say it. Do not fret so much." He said stoically and she blushed in embarrassment yet again as she felt quite intimidated by the man and his stern gaze and nodded.
"Are you going to sit here until she wakes up?" she asked nervously and he nodded.
"Yes." He said and she waited for him to go on but he sat silently as she realized that he had answered completely.
"She is going to be asleep for a while seeing her exhaustion from child birth and the extraction of the bijuu from her." She said and he nodded yet again.
"I know but there is something that I need to tell her. And I should be the one to tell her that, it is important so I will wait until she wakes up. Doesn't matter how long it takes." He said answering her completely, knowing she wouldn't leave without hearing it and she nodded as he spoke up again.
"The Hospital needs your skills more than your time that is being wasted here telling me to not wait. I believe you should put those skills to use." He said stoically and she blushed in embarrassment yet again for the third time as she didn't really understand if he was insulting, dismissing or really just telling her. So she did the one thing she could, nodded and left. He sat in silence as Naruto woke up and he saw his cerulean blue eyes gazing at him deeply and he walked up to him and stood in front of the little boy and picked him up in his arms as both stared at each other. One with narrow stoic eyes while the other with wide curious eyes for a few moments after which Naruto giggled and Tobirama smiled a bit as he sat down on the couch and rubbed his whiskers making him giggle. He gazed at the other two sleeping children and saw that they didn't have any birthmarks like him.
"So it couldn't be because of the Kyuubi. Neither Mito nor Kushina inherited the whiskers from the Kyuubi, it's all you I guess." He thought as he played and tickled the little child in his arms making him giggle and passed his time. He then gazed into the child's eyes as many thoughts went through his mind.
"Your chakra signature, even with it being so weak right now still reminds me so much of 'him'. Why don't you have his eyes then? Will you inherit those accursed eyes one day like Minato believed you would in that moment he caught my gaze when he told me about the sealing?" he thought as he gave his index finger to the child who caught it in both of his tiny hands and gazed at it curiously making him smile.
"I guess the only thing I regret in my life is not having the chance to have a family. To nurture innocence such as yours to become a fine man one day. Ironic, this is why we built and protected this village and I missed out on it." He thought as he watched the cute child and sadness and regret filled his heart though it disappeared as he heard the happy tiny giggle of the child as he clutched his finger tightly making him smile.
Kushina opened her eyes groggily as she felt very weak and tired and tried to sit up to no avail when her ears caught the voice of tiny giggles of a child and her eyes snapped open as she turned her head sideways to the voice and saw Tobirama with little Naruto in his arms playing with him and she smiled a little as she again tried to sit up this time successfully and leaned her back against the headboard of the bed and sighed. Tobirama heard the sigh and stood up as he walked to the bed and put Naruto in her arms as she took him with a small smile and kissed his nose and he giggled cutely making her smile and she looked sideways to see Mito and Menma asleep in their cribs and turned to Tobirama with a questioning glance.
"Tobirama-sama, where is Minato? Is he in a council meeting or something?" she asked and he shook his head with a small smile making her stomach form a pit of dread on seeing his expression.
"Where is he Tobirama-sama?" she asked and he just looked at her sadly and her eyes watered as she hugged him tightly her face in his chest and started crying saying he was lying and he rubbed her hair slightly.
"I'm sorry child, Minato is no longer with us." He said sombrely and she cried harder as she realized that her fears were true and her heart broke on hearing it and she kept crying for a few minutes while he held her rubbing her head softly. He knew her since she was a little child and came to Mito's house from Uzu shortly before it was destroyed and considered her a granddaughter and rubbed her head softly with a sad smile.
"He promised me he wouldn't use that jutsu. He promised me wouldn't use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal." She said in sobs and he rubbed her hair and nodded.
"And he didn't Kushina." He said and she looked up with watering eyes. "Then how? Why?" she asked with a choked voice and the vision of his death flashed across his eyes as he closed his eyes and sighed sadly.
"He was almost done with the sealing when we lost our hold on the Kyuubi and in a last ditch attempt to stop himself from being sealed he tried to impale Naruto…" he said and she gasped in sobs as she listened him speak and he continued." Minato jumped in front of Naruto and took the blow by himself stopping the claw inches from Naruto. He died to protect his family, a worthy and honourable death. He was a proud man till his last breath Kushina." He said sadly and she cried harder as she realized what had happened and what she had lost and Tobirama let her cry it all out as she fell asleep from the strain of crying and weakness after half an hour and he put her head to the pillow and picked up Naruto from her arms as he yawned cutely and he put him in his crib and tucked him in as he fell asleep and walked into the kitchen looking through the fridge for something to eat as he picked up a sandwich and a juice and sat down on the couch in Kushina's room keeping guard. He knew the village didn't have the resources to spare for their protection and they couldn't be left all alone so he decided to keep watch over the house until Kushina was up and about again. And he wouldn't admit it to himself but he had grown a bit attached to the little blonde bundle that was sleeping soundly in his crib.
Hokage Tower
Hokage Office
Hiruzen sighed as he worked on the piles of paperwork that were building up on his desk when the window to his office slid open and he smiled as he felt the familiar presence come in.
"So it really is true Sarutobi-sensei, the kid is gone huh?" asked Jiraiya sadly as Hiruzen turned around and nodded with a sad smile.
"I'm glad you are here Jiraiya, the village needs the strength of its Sannin now." He said and Jiraiya nodded.
"So what happened other than Minato's passing?" he asked and Hiruzen sighed.
"Well he split the Yin and Yang parts of the bijuu's chakra and sealed them into Menma and Mito, while he sealed the soul into Naruto." He said and Jiraiya nodded whistling.
"So he created two Jinchurikis from one bijuu." He said and Hiruzen was confused at his answer.
"Jiraiya what about Naruto?" he asked and Jiraiya shook his head.
"No he is a powerless Jinchuriki, he doesn't even have any demonic chakra in him. He is a Jinchuriki just in name." he said and Hiruzen nodded agreeing with his logic.
"We will have to train the twins when they grow up to let them learn how to harness the massive power they hold. They will become the protectors of the leaf and the heroes who will turn the image of Konoha and its stability back." He said and Hiruzen nodded knowing he was right.
"Yes but that will all come in due time, but for now Jiraiya we need your spy network more than ever. You must go out in the field and keep me updated on any potential threats the village so that I can prepare and deal with them if necessary. I have authorized Danzo and his ROOT back to service that I disbanded after the previous war. We need all the strength we could conjure up. The death of Minato will make us look weak in front of the other villages. Iwa and Kumo especially might take this chance to attack and kidnap or assassinate Minato's children. Especially after they learn that two of them harness the Kyuubi's chakra without its influence." He said and Jiraiya nodded.
"Alright sensei I'll leave tomorrow but first I'll meet up with Kushina and the twins." He said and Hiruzen nodded as he jumped out of the window. A moment later Hiruzen realized that he only said twins but shrugged it off and went back to his paperwork.
Uzumaki clan compounds
Tobirama was sitting on the couch as he went through some scrolls that were kept on the shelves and was reading up on some old Uzumaki seals as he heard a knock and wondered who could be there to meet them. He walked to the door and saw Hiruzen's student standing there. Jiraiya was surprised at seeing Tobirama Senju standing there and nodded politely at the man. He always respected him though he knew the feeling wasn't mutual.
"Tobirama-sama." He said politely and Tobirama nodded. He never really liked the man. He was unbecoming of a shinobi and was a disgrace to men around the world with his perverted habits and how many times he had seen him drunk. In his eyes strength wasn't what made the man, it was his character. And he knew well that the pervert wasn't one to take on a responsibility seriously and he never really thought about him in a nice way.
"Hiruzen's perverted hermit student." He said stoically with a nod and Jiraiya face faulted at the introduction and stood up straight coughing away the embarrassment and shame he felt at the way he was called.
"Umm it's Jiraiya, Tobirama-sama." He said and Tobirama nodded and moved back letting him come back himself without inviting him in.
"I couldn't care less." He said stoically and Jiraiya sighed. He knew the kind of man Tobirama was and he was never really one that was rated high in his books and walked in locking the door behind him. He walked in and was curious as to what he was doing here and voiced it.
"Umm Tobirama-sama if you don't mid me asking what are you doing here?" he asked politely as they walked to the living room and Tobirama motioned for him to sit on the dining table as he kept a glass of water that he took gratefully and sat in front of the man with his stoic look.
"Kushina is too tired and weak after child birth and extraction, the children needed to be looked after and offered protection if anyone from the inside or the outside decides to attack them for any reason while the village doesn't have necessary forces to spare for their protection. So I am here to look after them until Kushina is up and about." He said stoically and Jiraiya nodded seeing his logic though wondered if he wasn't tired himself from the strain of the battle.
"You must be tired too Tobirama-sama. Shouldn't you be resting as well?" he asked and Tobirama stared at him blankly and Jiraiya honestly felt really stupid seeing his look but didn't understand what he asked wrong.
"Their protection is necessary. What if I fall asleep and in my moment of weakness someone breaks in? I am a trained shinobi even if my age is now well past it. We are trained to endure rough conditions that we might face one day. I have been healed and have had proper food and a few hours of sleep at the hospital. That is enough for me to stay fully alert for around eighteen hours with full focus. I take my responsibilities seriously." He said stoically and Jiraiya nodded at the man with a respected gaze. This was why he looked up to the man. He was a true shinobi in every sense of the word even in his age he mused as he saw the fully alert eyes and posture the man held even if he was there with him in case of any attack.
Suddenly they heard footsteps as Kushina came walking into the room with a tired expression and smiled tiredly at seeing Jiraiya there.
"Jiraiya-sensei it's good to see you here." She said weakly and Tobirama stood up helping her to the armchair and sat down in front of her as Jiraiya sat on the couch with a small smile.
"So how are the children Kushina?" he asked and she smiled and nodded.
"They are good Jiraiya-sensei. They are asleep right now though you can go and see them if you want, just try and be a little quiet." She said and he nodded as Tobirama walked ahead of him showing him the room where the children were and Jiraiya gazed at the three sleeping bundles and smiled as he saw the redheaded children who had completely taken after their mother. Then his gaze turned at Naruto who was sleeping soundly and saw Tobirama's fond smile as he gazed at the little blonde bundle and smiled.
"It looks like Tobirama-sama has a soft spot for the little blonde gaki there. If not for those three whiskers, he is a carbon copy of Minato. It's such a shame that he doesn't have the Kyuubi's power in him. I would have loved to pass on my teachings to another blonde but it looks like this time it will be two redheads." He thought turning his eyes back to the twins and stayed there for a few moments as he saw Tobirama rubbing Naruto's whiskered who purred in his sleep and giggled and leaned into his touch making him smile fondly. Both left the room and walked back to the living room as Jiraiya and Tobirama took their previous seats with smiles.
"The twins take completely after you Kushina. Their hair, face everything. Naruto if not for the whiskers is a replica of Minato and will be a lady killer in the future." He said and Kushina smiled and nodded and Tobirama too smiled fondly thinking of the cute children. Being near Naruto made him feel like a grandfather himself now that he thought about it.
"Yes Minato and I decided that Mito and Menma will take up the Uzumaki clan names and Naruto the Namikaze so that both clan names could live on." She said with a smile and both men nodded with smiles.
"The twins will be needed to be trained so that they could harness the chakra they hold properly in the future Kushina. You know how hard it is to control it if you went out of control." He said and she nodded.
"I'll train them all well Jiraiya, don't worry." She said and he nodded with a smile.
"Give a bit more attention to Mito and Menma Kushina, they will need all the love and attention to make sure their emotions remain happy and away from the negative urges." He said and she nodded knowing the dangers being a jinchuriki herself though Tobirama frowned at his words but said nothing knowing it wasn't his place.
"I'll raise them all nicely Jiraiya don't worry. So how long are you here?" she asked and he smiled sadly.
"I am leaving tomorrow Kushina, Sarutobi-sensei asked me to be in the field and keep up my spy network to look out for potential threats in the village. I will be back when the twins turn five and will help you start their training and help them learn to control the power Minato has left them. By then things should cool down enough for me to return." He said and she nodded sadly knowing the village needed his skills more at the moment and stood up as they walked Jiraiya to the door and she smiled as she waved him off.
"Tobirama-sama how long are you going to stay?" she asked in a tired and hopeful voice and he smiled a little at seeing her vulnerable and sad and put a hand on her head like a child.
"I am here until you are up and about enough to take care of yourself and the children. Don't worry I don't really have anything else to do. Plus, me and Naruto have a lot of fun in the meantime." He said and she smiled and hugged him happily. Happy that she didn't have to be alone at a time like this and he hugged his granddaughter in all but blood back, rubbing her back softly.
Author's notes : There is the next chapter. For ages now that the story has been redone completely I'll clarify those doubts. Tobirama is in his mid to late sixties, the Sannin in early forties, Hiruzen in low to mid-fifties and Kushina in mid-thirties. So once again those of you who don't know the story has been revamped and I request those who haven't read the rewritten chapter to read it please. Naruto will have the Sharingan and maybe I'll add another bloodline, so please add your ideas which I could consider upon. But nothing too flashy since he already has a Sharingan and something that works well with that. Kushina will not abandon Naruto in anyway, this is just a little neglect fic not that overly dramatic ones and the plot will have its points where that little neglect causes rifts to form. So if you want this to continue review it. Until next time keep reading and reviewing Ja Ne ;)
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