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The Third Hokage was no fool to the manner in which one of the Uchiha prodigies treated the young jinjurijki. However, he was no longer permitted the sort of endearment and sentimental mindset he had once pertained. No, because of him…Naruto did not have a family. He didn't have Minato or Kushina. He didn't have children his age to talk to or listen. The Hokage blamed himself for all of Naruto's misfortunes.

The Hokage sighed as he reviewed the latest information leak. The Uchiha Clan had been going left and right between each meeting. Some wanted a simple change in the village, others just wanted peace, and some wanted to have absolute rule over the Leaf Village. Whether or not they banished everyone who wasn't a part of their bloodline.

Sitting alone in his office, the Third Hokage bit back an elderly man's sob as he signed the death certificate of Shisui Uchiha. Then he went into a fret of several different sorrowful cries as he was presented with two more documents.

One, the order to have Itachi massacre his clan.

The other, was a plan for extracting the Nine Tails from the now eight-year old Naruto Uzamki.

Basically, the Hokage was about to sign two more death certificates.

To be continued in the next chapter….