Naruto: Saviour of the Shinobi World

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything shown in the original anime or manga. All rights to them belong to Masashi Kishimoto and whoever else has rights to it.

LEGEND

"The boy is mine"- Person talking

'Could he be The One?' – Person thinking

"I hate humans" – Bijuu talking

'All this talking is making me tired' – Bijuu thinking

Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu – Jutsu.

Chapter One

Minato Senju is a powerful Shinobi. He is the Yondaime Hokage (Fourth Hokage), and one of the most feared Shinobi in history. He is one of the few Shinobi to ever be given the SS-rank and a flee-on-sight warning in the history of the Elemental nations. His exploits in the Third Great Ninja War still sends shivers down the spines of all who heard about it. Killing an entire battalion of competent Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village) Shinobi in minutes would cause such a reaction.

As the heir of the Senju clan, he comes from a very prestigious Shinobi family. His Great-grand father was Hashirama Senju, the Shodaime Hokage, the first born of Senju Butsuma. Born during the warring clans' era, Hashirama was the hope of the Senju clan. He soon met and surpassed expectations, becoming the most powerful Senju in recorded history. With his prowess with the Mokuton (Wood Release), his ninjutsu abilities, taijutsu prowess, Senjutsu (Nature Technique), and unrivaled Iryoninjutsu (Medical Technique) abilities, he was a very well-rounded Shinobi. He is considered the most Powerful Shinobi in history. With his Mokuton, he was able to capture eight of the tailed beasts alone, and eventually subdue the last tailed beast – the Kyuubi- during his battle against Uchiha Madara. His skill in medical ninjutsu, though relatively unspoken about, was just as good if not better than his other skills. Even Senju Tsunade, his grand-daughter and Minato's aunt, recognized as the best medic of her time, is but a child compared to him in this aspect. All in all, no one wanted to go up against Hashirama Senju in a battle; except Madara Uchiha of course.

Minato also had a great Uncle in Tobirama Senju, the Nidaime Hokage (Second Hokage). Tobirama was also a very powerful Shinobi. His prowess in Suiton Jutsu (Water Technique) was unrivalled by any, being able to pull out water from the atmosphere and use Suiton Jutsu without any water source and without needing to expend more chakra. He also had one of the keenest minds in the Shinobi world, being able to learn fuuinjutsu which is one of the hardest Shinobi arts to learn. It was with his knowledge of fuuinjutsu that he was able to create the Hiraishin Jutsu (Flying Thunder god Technique). This technique made him able to manipulate time and space to move at speeds untraceable to the naked eye. He was also a master at Kenjutsu. His sword the Raijin no ken (Sword of the Thunder god) is one of the most well-known Swords in the world. It is a sword made up of a handle through which the blade would emerge when chakra was channeled into the sword. The blade glows a bright yellow and is made of electricity.

Minato's mother, Akari Senju was an incredibly beautiful woman. Standing at a height of 5'4'', she had straight, long, blonde hair reaching her lower back, with delicate facial features. She had a white sclera, and a black iris. She also has pouty, pink lips, and possesses a busty and curvy figure. She was a powerful Genjutsu (Illusionary Techniques) user, surpassing even Toka Senju, and was regarded as the most powerful genjutsu user and Kunoichi of her time. Her skills with genjutsu were so strong that she was capable of creating illusions powerful enough to fry a person's brain cells. The theory was that she had a powerful affinity with Yin Chakra which caused her illusions to appear real and deal more damage. She was also not lacking in other skills. As a Senju, she had extremely potent and rather large Chakra reserves. She also possessed delicate and precise chakra control, and was skilled in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. She had natural affinities to Fire and Water nature releases, but through training she is able to use Wind, Lightening, and Earth releases as well as Yin and Yang, and was able to more than hold her own against most in a purely ninjutsu battle. She also possessed a natural strength associated with members of the Senju clan, and was quite fast, able to match Kage level Shinobi in speed. She didn't focus a lot on Kenjutsu (Sword Techniques), as it was not her forte, however, she did possess enough skills in kunai and shuriken throwing to accommodate for her lack of Kenjutsu mastery. She was also an excellent medic-nin, being able to match her sister Tsunade in the art. Akari died in one of the major battles with Iwagakure no Sato (Village Hidden in the Rock) in the Third Great Shinobi War. The battle lasted for 3 days straight, and when a fresh batch of Iwa Shinobi abruptly entered the battle scene, she acted as a decoy to save her already tired and weakened Shinobi. She was able to take out a great number of the opposing Shinobi, and weaken the rest such that they were unwilling to pursue the Konoha Shinobi that escaped.

Minato's aunt, Tsunade Senju, Konoha no Namekuji Tsunade-hime (Konoha's Slug Princess) is regarded as the strongest and most beautiful Kunoichi in the elemental nations. She is 5'3'', and has long, straight blonde hair, with a honey-brown iris, and similar facial features to her sister. Tsunade was compared with her older sister, Akari, while growing up. With a near identical look, she sometimes struggled to get out of her sister's shadow. However, she didn't resent her for it, but instead loved and respected her. She eventually showed everyone that she was her own Kunoichi with her actions in the Third Great Shinobi War which saved countless lives. She along with her teammates, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, were given the title of Densetsu no Sannin by Sanshouo no Hanzo (Hanzo of the Salamander) for surviving a battle with him. Tsunade has large chakra reserves with perfect chakra control, which she uses to augment her impressive natural strength and also for her Strength of a Hundred seal. This seal manifests itself as a purple, diamond mark on her forehead. By amassing a steady and precise amount of Chakra in the seal, her chakra reserves are multiplied a hundred times when it is eventually released. Tsunade, however, doesn't focus on elemental ninjutsu a lot and rarely ever uses any elemental jutsu. She does possess a natural affinity for Water and Earth, and through training, is able to use Lightening and Fire chakra.

Minato had all this famous and powerful Shinobi, and that's just on his maternal side of the family.

His father, Daichi Kaguya, a man standing at 6'1'', with spiky white hair which went down to his mid-back, delicate facial features, electric blue iris, streamline jaw, and an upper body with compact muscles and muscular biceps. He didn't have much fat on his body, as most of it was either muscle or bone. Daichi was one of the few Kaguya who possessed the Dead Bone Pulse (Shikotsumyaku) Kekkei Genkai. This gave him the ability to manipulate his bone structure, making it denser, and even bringing it above his skin to use as weapons. Unlike other members of the Kaguya though, Daichi was a calm and strategic thinker in life and battle. He didn't relish taking lives, and only did it when it was absolutely necessary. However, if you were able to anger him enough to forgo his aversions to killing, you would see the Kaguya side of him manifest. Daichi was considered the second most powerful Shinobi in Konoha in his time, behind only the Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He was an elite Jounin of Konoha, and was an invaluable asset for them during the war. He died in a battle against the Sandaime Raikage (Third Lightening Shadow). No one expected the Raikage to be there, and so it was somewhat a surprise seeing him leading the ranks of Kumogakure no Sato (Village Hidden in the Clouds) Shinobi. Regardless of this, the Konoha Shinobi fought with everything they had, however, with the Sandaime Raikage present, the Kumo Shinobi had the upper hand and they won that battle. The death of Daichi and those present with him was a huge blow to Konoha, but an even bigger blow to Akari, Minato, and all who knew him closely. For Minato, it was frightening for him to have lost his father. Who was going to guide him through being a father now? His father had always been his rock, someone he could go to ask for answers to any questions he had. He was thankful, however, that he had his family to help cope with the loss.

Unknown to many, Daichi was half Uchiha, although he couldn't manifest the Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye), he did inherit theUchiha's natural talent for most aspects of the Shinobi arts – Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Shurikenjutsu (Shuriken Techniques), and Kenjutsu. He also had potent and large chakra reserves typical of members of the Uchiha clan. His mother, Akira Uchiha, was the daughter of Izuna Uchiha and Suki Uchiha. Izuna Uchiha was the brother to the strongest Uchiha of all time, Madara Uchiha. However, Izuna Uchiha was equally as skilled as Madara, as both of them unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan at roughly the same time. Despite being younger, Izuna was always competing with Madara, and was able to keep up with his skill level. Izuna died after being fatally wounded by Tobirama Senju.

Having all of this powerful Shinobi as family meant that Minato had a lot to live up to, and he certainly did live up to them. Growing up as the heir to the Senju clan, everyone expected him to be the best at everything he did – and he was. He was regarded as a once in a generation prodigy, picking up on all aspects of the Shinobi arts quickly. People hoped he would manifest Mokuton like his Great grandfather did, but he didn't. However, he was determined to live up to the strength of his Great grandfather and Great granduncle and become Hokage. He was skilled in Ninjutsu, having both Wind and Lightening releases naturally; he had potent and large chakra reserves and also precise chakra control. He was also abnormally strong, physically. He, like his father, had a lean body structure, but also possessed a denser than normal bone structure which made his hits very powerful. But he always favoured speed over more heavy-hitting approaches in battle. He was able to modify Tobirama's Hiraishin Jutsu with his knowledge of fuuinjutsu, which allowed him to move at speeds unseen to the naked eye. All people saw when he used this technique was a flash of yellow; this earned him the moniker, Konoha's Yellow Flash. He was regarded by the people as the best Hokage in Konoha's history, and was one of the strongest Shinobi of all time.

But today, the 10th of October he was excited and terrified of this new chapter of his life which was being opened to him and his beloved wife Kushina Uzumaki. They were having a baby! It was something that gave him more joy than he had ever felt before, and he didn't want to get it wrong.

However, he had to head to the site where Kushina would be delivering her child, so that he could keep the Kyuubi from being released.

With Kushina

Kushina Uzumaki, Konoha's Akai Chishio no Habanero (Red-Hot Habanero), a beautiful and fearsome Kunoichi was scared. Kushina stood at a height of 5'4''; she had a feminine build, with a slightly round face in her childhood which lost its roundness as she grew older, and purple eyes. She had long, straight red hair that reached down to her waist with shoulder-length strands that framed both sides of her face. She was also the third Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko. She had the densest chakra of anyone in her clan, and so was chosen as the kyuubi's jinchuuriki because she could subdue tailed beasts with her chakra chains. Kushina was also incredibly skilled in Kenjutsu; her Kenjutsu ability was well-known throughout the elemental nations. Members of the Uzumaki clan were generally highly skilled in Suiton ninjutsu, and she was no exception. Although her ability in suiton ninjutsu was not as powerful as Tobirama Senju's, she was still good enough to be the most powerful water user in Konoha. Kushina has a rich heritage, being from the noble Uzumaki clan of Uzushiogakure no Sato (Village in hidden in the Whirlpools), a cousin clan to the Senju. Her mother was Hiroki Uzumaki, the clan head of the Uzumaki clan. Her grandfather was a branch member of the Hyuuga clan known as Daisuke Hyuuga. He had gone on a mission where he was wounded to being near-death; he met a woman named Hirohito Uzumaki, whom he would eventually get married to. Hirohito took him to Uzushiogakure where he was nursed back to full health. He remained with the Uzumaki, however, after falling in love with Hirohito, who was the Clan head of the Uzumaki clan. The cursed seal he had was removed easily by the Uzumaki who were masters in the art of fuuinjutsu. Kushina however didn't inherit the Byakugan – something which she was thankful for, as the hyuugas would have surely made a fuss over someone not in their clan possessing their Kekkei Genkai.

Kushina rarely felt fear. Not in battle, regardless of the opponent, and not in life either. She always faced everything head on, and had developed a reputation of being fearless. Such a trait was necessary if one wanted to be a Kunoichi. So when she showed fear over giving birth, everyone was justifiably shocked. She had met her friend Mikoto Uchiha, who had just had a son named Sasuke. She had just arrived at the site she was to give birth at, and Minato joined shortly after.

During the pregnancy, Kushina was in so much pain; the Kyuubi was trying to break the seal but Minato was on-hand to keep the seal secure. The pain she was in however was incomparable to the joy she was currently feeling. Her baby, her little Naruto had just been born and was in her arms.

"He is beautiful Minato-kun, and it looks like he took the best of the both of us", Kushina said.

Naruto had a chubby face with soft and delicate features, and a tuft of red hair on his head.

"Yes he does Kushina-chan. Although I was worried he would gain extra physical traits as a result of exposure to the Kyuubi's chakra, but he looks like a normal child. No doubt he will definitely be quite the looker when he is older", Minato said beaming with joy.

"None of those hussies will ever touch my son!" exclaimed Kushina, forgoing her current tiredness to show her displeasure of any girl trying to take her son away from her.

"Now Kushina, I have to get little Naruto cleaned up" said Biwako, the wife of the Third Hokage. Tsunade would have been the one in charge of helping the newest Senju enter into the world, but she was currently on an important mission outside of Konoha. Naturally, she wanted to be there for the birth of her nephew's son, but Minato had convinced her to go on the mission, which was vital to restore the strength of the village that had waned during the Third Great Shinobi World. Her grandnephew would still be here at her return.

Kushina handed Naruto to Biwako. She wanted to spend more time with her baby but she knew she had to wait to get her Naruto time.

THUD! THUD!

Biwako-sama! Taji!

There in the middle of the room was a man in a black hooded cloak, with a white mask with black marks on it. The third's wife, Biwako, and the medic assistant Taji were on the floor dead, killed by the masked man. The man had Naruto in his grasps and both Minato and Kushina had their hearts in their mouths.

"Step away from the jinchuuriki Yondaime Hokage, otherwise dies at the tender age of one minute" the masked man said.

"Now, let's calm down and not get hasty here" Minato said, trying to buy time to figure out how he and his family were going to get through this.

Suddenly Naruto was in the air, having been thrown by the masked man who had a kunai in his hand, ready to impale Naruto. True to his name, the Yellow flash appeared underneath Naruto in the blink of an eye and snatched him from the air.

"You stay true to your name Yondaime. It was real impressive how you moved quickly enough to reach Naruto before I killed him. But have you really saved your son?" the masked man said with an amused tone at the end.

Minato heard the sizzling of an explosive tag and saw several explosive notes all over Naruto's blanket and quickly teleported out of the area to a shack where he had one of his jutsu-shiki (Jutsu formula), he quickly removed the blanket and threw it away. It wasn't far away enough as the explosion caused a piece of wood to get stuck in his leg. The pain was nothing he couldn't handle though, so he just ignored it and teleported to his and Kushina's house to let Naruto rest. He had to save Kushina from the crazy masked ninja.

He arrived in time to save Kushina from being impaled by the Kyuubi's claws, and then teleported the both of them to their home so Kushina to be with Naruto as he took care of the masked man and saved his village. He donned his Hokage garment – the white, short-sleeved, high-collared, ankle-length cloak that Minato wore – and headed off to battle.

The battle against the masked man was tough as Minato expected. With the masked man's space-time technique, Minato showed his excellent analytical mind, managing to figure out a flaw in the masked man's technique and wrest control of the Kyuubi from him as well as managing to injure the masked man. The masked man gave Minato a massive shocker when he claimed to be Madara Uchiha and that he planned to destroy Konoha still. If Madara was indeed alive and was planning on destroying Konoha, he could only hope those he left behind would be strong enough to defend Konoha. And if they couldn't, he knew Naruto would be able to. Just thinking of him was able to put a smile on his face regardless of the grim situation.

Once again, Minato arrived in time to save Konoha from a bijuudama (Tailed-beast ball) that was certainly going to destroy at the very least a large portion of Konoha along with a lot of people. He quickly summoned Gamabunta – the boss of the Toad clan – and asked him to restrain the Kyuubi while he amassed enough chakra to transport them all to a location far away from Konoha. Obviously, Gamabunta was not thrilled to have to deal with the strongest of the bijuu and made this clear to Minato. However, despite knowing that he was no match for the Kyuubi, he did his best to help him. He did get a gash on his eye for his troubles though.

Minato eventually teleported himself, the Kyuubi, Gamabunta, Naruto, and Kushina to a separate location and erected a barrier so that no one could get through. Kushina held the Kyuubi down with her chakra chains, which was sufficient to render the Kyuubi's rage useless. Having decided to seal the Kyuubi into Naruto, Minato got to work on the Dead demon Consuming Seal, Eight Trigrams Seal and the four Element seal. The Dead demon consuming seal will summon the Shinigami (Death god) to conduct the actual sealing of the soul and chakra of the Kyuubi in Naruto. This Jutsu however, will require the soul of the caster to be sealed forever in the Shinigami's stomach. The Eight Trigrams seal is the seal that will keep the Kyuubi sealed inside Naruto. The four element seal is so that the Kyuubi's chakra would gradually merge with Naruto's own chakra.

After saying their final, teary goodbyes, Minato had completed the seal and both Minato and Kushina had died. However, before he died, Minato deactivated the barrier which allowed the Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi come closer to Minato who then asked that Naruto be seen as a hero by the villagers. Hiruzen gave him his word and he died with a smile on his face, expecting that his son would have the best life any orphan could possibly have.

HE WAS WRONG!

The moment Hiruzen told the council of Naruto's status as the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, the members of the Civilian council were screaming for his death. The Shinobi council held no hatred for the boy. They knew he was even more of a victim than any of them were. To lose both your parents and have to live with a beast that is hated by everyone in your village sealed inside of you, the boy's life was going to be tough. Each one of them could tell that he was Minato and Kushina's son. The red hair and the fact he looked almost exactly like Minato were dead giveaways.

"Hokage-sama let the boy be given to me. He is going to need to be trained, and I believe that I can provide him the training he needs to grow to become a Jinchuuriki worth of his bijuu" said Danzo Shimura, one of the Elders of Konoha. Danzo was the rival of Hiruzen Sarutobi while they were younger, and was still a thorn to his side till this day.

"What are you talking about Danzo-sama? We must kill this child before the Kyuubi kills us all" spoke one civilian on the council.

"THAT IS ENOUGH! Naruto is not a weapon and you will never have him Danzo. Also, Naruto is not the Kyuubi, and the seal is in no danger of failing so we aren't killing him. However, should anyone of you speak a word of what has been said in this meeting to anyone else, they will be executed. This is classified an S-rank secret." roared Hiruzen, getting irritated by the actions of Danzo and the civilian council.

"With all due respect Hokage-sama, but how can you tell for sure that the seal will not break?" asked one of the members of the civilian council.

"He is sure because I have checked it over myself, and Minato would not make a defective seal especially with so much riding on the security of this particular seal." A new voice was heard from one of the dark corners of the room. It was Jiraiya of the Sannin, and now Konoha's foremost fuuinjutsu expert.

"Isn't this meant to be a closed meeting Hokage-sama" said Danzo, seething over the presence of the Sannin. With Jiraiya present, Hiruzen had a very powerful and influential figure in his corner which would make things less favorable for him.

"Jiraiya is a Sannin, and our foremost fuuinjutsu expert. If anyone deserves to be here it's him" Hiruzen said, leaving no room for arguments.

"As I was saying, the seal is the best I have ever seen, and it works perfectly. There is nothing to worry about" Jiraiya said aiming to dispel the fear the civilians had for the Kyuubi and Naruto.

"Where will the boy live Hokage-sama?" asked Hiashi Hyuuga. He was close to Minato and wanted to know how the son of the village's greatest hero would fare.

"He will probably stay in the orphanage along with the other orphans" answered Hiruzen. This brought a look of understanding to the face of Hiashi and the other clan heads. They knew that the Hokage would want to keep Naruto's identity a secret now that his parents were not here to protect him.

"You are a making a big mistake Hokage-sama. This boy is not like any other orphan. He is an asset of Konoha and should be raised as one. Leaving him to the care of civilians could end up with disastrous consequences. What do civilians know about raising a Jinchuuriki?" stated Danzo, his disagreement with Hiruzen's decision showing clearly in his voice.

"I hope you aren't insinuating that I am incapable of making decisions with the best interest of Konoha at heart, Danzo. Let me bother about Naruto's growth and development, and don't pretend to care about his well-being." Replied Hiruzen, his tone cold and threatening, leaving no room for argument. "This council is dismissed." stated Hiruzen. At his word, everyone got up to leave. The civilians first, followed by the Shinobi council, and then Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane - two of Konoha's Elders left the room- left as well. Before Danzo left however, he made sure to give a message to his old rival.

"I won't let your weakness ruin Konoha, Hiruzen. I will do everything I can to ensure Konoha remains above all the other villages while I still draw breath, and that boy is the key to Konoha's supremacy. Why you can't see that now, I don't know, but you soon will. I only hope it's not too late by then." And with that Danzo took his leave.

"What do you think Sensei? Does Danzo plan to harm Naruto?" Jiraiya asked. "I hope you know that I and Tsunade will not allow him come near Naruto, and we will kill him if need be." Jiraiya declared hotly.

"Danzo may be a lot of things, but he values Konoha above all else. You heard him yourself Jiraiya-kun, he considers Naruto a key player in Konoha's future, and I am positive that he will not do anything to harm him" said Hiruzen in an attempt to calm his student's anger. "However, this brings me to the topic of what I am going to about Tsunade" said Hiruzen.

"I see what you mean sensei. She is going to want to take care of Naruto and I will feel a lot better about leaving if she is with him" Jiraiya said, offering his opinion to his sensei.

"I also wish it was that easy and that Naruto could live with Tsunade and have a better life. But with the way he looks so much like his parents, having Tsunade take care of him will only help people make the connection faster." said Hiruzen. "What happens if Iwa and Kumo do so as well?" Hiruzen asked his student.

"Well, we can't lie to her about what happened, so we have to tell her the truth of what happened. Besides, with a Sannin taking care of him inside the village and me wiping away the trail of blood from our currently bleeding military and economy until we are stable again, Naruto just might be safe." Jiraiya stated. He really wanted Naruto to be with family, and he knew that Tsunade won't take well to losing the last bit of family she had.

"You might be right Jiraiya-kun. If this works, it will be a huge burden which I don't have to deal with" said the Sandaime. "When is she supposed to return to the village?" He asked Jiraiya.

"She should be here any day now. No doubt she has heard of what happened and is rushing down here now." Jiraiya answered.

As if on cue, Tsunade burst through the door of the Hokage's office; not bothering to knock so she could get answers faster.

"Where are Minato, Kushina, and Naruto sensei?" Tsunade demanded desperately from her sensei, tears already forming in her eyes. She had gone over all the best and worst case scenarios in her head while making her way to Konoha, and she didn't think she could take hearing that they all died.

"Tsunade, it's good to see you but please calm down." Hiruzen told his student, hoping to get her calm enough to break the news to her.

"Just answer the question sensei!" Tsunade shouted. She wasn't taking her delay in giving her answers well at all. "Where are they?" she demanded again.

Sigh. Hiruzen was not looking forward to doing this so soon.

"Minato and Kushina died protecting Konoha from the kyuubi." Hiruzen said giving her the bad news.

Tsunade's heart sank. One part of her worst nightmare's being confirmed, and she didn't think she could handle it. Her nephew Minato was dead. She had lost everyone but him, and he had helped her cope with the loss, but now he was dead.

"Where is Naruto sensei?" Tsunade asked hoping with everything that he was alive. She didn't even want to think of what she would do if he wasn't. She was placing every ounce of faith into believing that he still was alive, hoping that even if he was dead her faith would change reality.

"Naruto survived. Look, he is inside the crib behind you." Hiruzen told her.

With more speed than anyone of them imagined she possessed, she had turned to look behind her and rushed over to Naruto when she saw him. She couldn't believe she had missed him when she came. He was the most beautiful baby she had ever seen; even more beautiful than Minato was as a baby. He looked so peaceful in his sleep, and it boggled her mind how he could sleep so soundly with all the shouting she had done when she came.

"Thank goodness he is alive. I don't know what I would have done if he was dead." Tsunade said with so much emotion in her voice.

"Tsunade, I am happy you both have each other, but there are some things we must discuss." Hiruzen said, drawing her out of her reverie. Tsunade only looked at him to show that she was listening. "The kyuubi was released by a man who claimed to be Uchiha Madara". This shocked Tsunade as she believed that Uchiha Madara died at the hands of her grandfather. "Ordinarily, we would have passed this off as ridiculous but for the fact that this man was able to get past the ANBU security detail, get past the barrier seal, and control the Kyuubi to destroy the village just like Madara infamously did against Hashirama-sensei at the valley of the end".

This shocked Tsunade further and brought her a sense of foreboding. This man was sounding more and more like Madara Uchiha. Even she, a Sannin, would not be able to do that, and she doubted either Jiraiya or Orochimaru would be able to do all that easily. The ANBU were the elite of Konoha's forces and the barrier seal was an Uzumaki seal; which means that only a seal master of Uzumaki standards should have been able to break it. How then did this man do it?

"He also managed to fight Minato to battle on par with Minato, and Minato had to push close to his limit to defeat him." Hiruzen said.

"To fight on par with Minato, he is no ordinary Shinobi. Could he be Madara?" Tsunade asked, hoping he was a fraud. Anyone else, even one as powerful as this guy seemed to be would be a much easier opponent than Madara Uchiha.

"We certainly hope not hime" Jiraiya answered.

"Due to Kushina's injuries, she wasn't able to take having the kyuubi resealed in her without dying and releasing the Kyuubi again, so Minato sealed the Kyuubi in young Naruto here." Hiruzen said. "The council knows about this, and though the civilian council isn't happy with it, the Shinobi council holds no resentment for Naruto-kun." Hiruzen finished, allowing Tsunade speak her mind.

"If anyone tries to harm Naruto, I will break every bone in their bodies ten times over." Tsunade stated hotly. "I hope you aren't going to try to take Naruto from me sensei." Tsunade said while glaring at her sensei.

"I admit that I was going to attempt that so that Naruto wasn't put in further danger, but Jiraiya has informed of a way to both protect Naruto and keep you with him." Hiruzen replied Tsunade, quickly adding the last part after her glare intensified.

"That's good that the pervert is good for something." Tsunade said, smirking at the face Jiraiya made at her statement. "So, what do I have to do to officially adopt Naruto?" Tsunade asked her sensei.

"Just sign these papers here, and I'll handle the rest." Hiruzen said, handing her some documents to sign. This was potentially a source of many meetings and headaches for him when people found out, but he would deal with them happily if it made young Naruto's life easier.

"What are you going to do Jiraiya?" Tsunade asked Jiraiya. He was Naruto's godfather and she wanted to know what he was going to do next.

"I wish I could stay in Konoha and watch Naruto grow hime, but I have to take control of my spy network and keep the other countries away from Naruto and Konoha. However, I will drop in from time to time to make sure my godson knows how much of an awesome godfather he has." Jiraiya answered, a massive grin on his face at the last part.

"Thank you Jiraiya, thank you sensei for doing this for Naruto and me." Tsunade said to Hiruzen and Jiraiya.

"You are welcome Tsunade, besides; Naruto is all our responsibility in a way." Hiruzen replied Tsunade, with Jiraiya nodding in approval of Hiruzen's words.

"I'll be leaving now sensei." Jiraiya told the Sandaime Hokage. He had to head out and begin work as soon as possible.

"So will I sensei." Tsunade said. She had to head home to feed him and get him settled in his new home. They would be staying in the Senju clan compound.

"You both may leave. Tsunade I presume you will be staying at the Senju clan compound, right?" Hiruzen said, before asking Tsunade for confirmation.

"Yes I will sensei. He is the heir to the Senju clan after all." Tsunade said, and with that she and Jiraiya left the Sandaime in his office.

'That's right. How could I forget that he is the Senju heir? This shaping up to be a really troublesome situation' Hiruzen thought, sighing.

End.

Author's Note

Hey everyone, it's Tope here again with the second chapter of this story. I want to Thank GOD, and also thank everyone that followed this story and those that added it to their favorites.

I think someone asked me if Naruto was going to be in team ten, and that got me thinking. I would prefer having Naruto in team 7 because of Sasuke, so that is probably where he will be.

Please send me your thoughts on this story and any good advice you have that can help this story.

Stay blessed!