Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…
Well I hope you are ready for some more twists and turns.
Chapter 4 – Saved…
"Killing children is not the way of the shinobi. Now rest in peace you jerk. Now start taking pictures and then we can patch the kids up." A man with red hair a spiral symbol on his headband ordered.
"Yes sir. Wow she is pale I am not sure she is going to make it." A blond male announced as he took pictures of Hinata.
"The boy is not in much better shape. Got the pictures… Wait… he is moving…" The blond jumped up in surprise as Naruto was crawling towards Hinata.
"What are you talking about Hideki? He lost too much blood to be moving." The leader stated.
"Hi… Hinata… Must save… Hinata…" Naruto said as he crawled to her side. "Cold… her hands are cold… Must help her…" Naruto touched the wound on her chest his hand while it was covered in red chakra. Her wound healed in seconds leaving a nasty scar.
"You owe me kit." Was all Naruto heard as he passed out on top of Hinata.
"They both appear to be out of danger for the moment. They are still in critical condition but they should be okay. Let's make them comfortable as they are not in any condition to be moved at this time." The female of the group announced as she continued to monitor the children's condition. "She is going to be sore when she wakes up. I have never seen chakra act like that how about you guys?"
"Like what? Hey got student ID's on both of them. This one is a one Hinata Hyuuga and the other one is… wait a damn minute! This can't be right?" Hideki said as he was going through the backpacks.
"What can't be true?" The leader asked.
"His name is… Naruto… Uzumaki… Captain this could be a child of Kushina's if the name is correct. I know she had red hair but blond is not that uncommon in our village." Hideki answered.
"We will deal with the chakra later just stabilize them. Sango and Hideki both of you will stay with the children. If he proves to be what he appears to be and what we heard was correct we are looking at an attempted assassination of both Hinata Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki, and that would be an affront to the village hidden in the Whirlpool. Kenta and I will head into Konoha and finish our assignment. Keep those kids out of sight and also burn the bodies of all the ninjas, except for the lightning nin as we can take him back and examine him later, we also want to be able to leave without a trace if what I fear is true."
The black haired Kenta and the captain headed to the gates of Konoha. They were greeted by the guards and asked to see the Hokage.
They were led to the Hokage. Upon entering the Hokage's office the captain spoke. "Greetings, Hokage from the newly reestablished Uzi village. We are here to deliver the documents of recognition to your village and the documents of alliance. We have gotten permission from Iwa to reestablish the village hidden in the Whirlpool. They have helped us restart the village and want this to be a way of securing better relations with Konoha. We are an independent village as verified by these documents."
"Hmm… May I take a look at the documents please…" Sarutobi said as he took the scrolls.
"Certainly, here you go." He said as he handed the scrolls to Sarutobi.
"Also I would like to report an incident outside your village. We ran into a Lightning ninja just outside of your walls. There were six ninja from your village killed outside your village. He and the Konoha nin were fight over a couple of children who were severely injured and may not make it. We disposed of the Konoha bodies and we are taking the Kumo ninja's body. The children's names are Hinata Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki. I know she was from the Hyuuga line but seemed to have injuries from being attacked by her own clan. Also I must ask if Naruto was the son of Kushina?"
"Yes he was the child of Kushina. But I must report that she is no longer among the living. She died giving birth to Naruto. I am sorry." Sarutobi said with a sad look on his face.
"I hereby am informing you that this incident does concern the village of Uzi as the child is a member of a prestigious clan and he was attacked by Konoha ninja. This worries us that Konoha would attack the grandson of the leader of Uzi. This makes me think that Konoha will not appreciate Uzi." The captain said with a serious tone.
"The children appeared to have been running away from the village. If that information is of any value to you. Also here are the photos of what we found."
Sarutobi looked disturbed by the photos, Naruto was very pale almost gray as was Hinata. Naruto was in a pool of his own blood and had several bruises consistent with being attacked by a Hyuuga as did Hinata. "I would agree that this is serious and that the Hyuuga and Uchiha are after Naruto. I also think that the Hyuuga clan council is after Hinata. So may I ask you their actual condition?"
"I Ichiro Uzumaki, brother of Kushina, Uncle of Naruto can tell you nothing while there are ANBU present." Ichiro said angrily.
Sarutobi snapped his fingers and four swirls of leaves were followed by puffs of smoke. "You may continue as they have left and what we say now will not be given to the council."
"I thank you Lord Hokage. Naruto and Hinata are severely injured but will live. It appears that they are not wanted by this village. We of the Whirlpool would love to have them to come and live with us in our village. To allay any fears you may have. We are not looking to take the coveted Byakugan I am just worried about her safety." Ichiro replied with a caring voice.
"I also can guess who Naruto's father was. I will not tell him or Iwa. But in knowing who he was, I have to ask how could your village do that too Naruto?" Ichiro asked.
"There is more to it than you think. I also have other information for you but I am not sure how to deal with this… But here are a couple copies of some documents that you should see." Sarutobi handed Ichiro a couple scrolls.
Ichiro smiled as he read the first scroll, his smile turned to outrage as he read the second scroll. "How could the bastard do this? I see the time stamps on both. The second was entered after the first. Also it lacks the wife's signature. So seriously, which would you honor Hokage?" Ichiro asked angrily.
"Me? I would honor the first. But the clan council and the village council would honor the second. If only to spite Naruto and boost the Uchiha ego. But the Hyuuga clan would not honor the second part of the second scroll as they would never bow to the Uchiha. I would ask your village a request before I submit the alliance the village council." Sarutobi said with a sly smile.
"And what would that be Hokage-sama?" Ichiro asked.
"I would request that you take both Naruto and Hinata to your village and train them. Also there are about fifty other people I would like for you to take with you if you would." Sarutobi said with a smile. "This is all off the record of course?"
Ichiro smiled, "Yes of course off the record. So how soon can you have these people assembled?"
"By the end of the day and they will leave during the festival." Sarutobi looked at Ichiro and said with sadness in his voice. "You know Naruto turns seven today. Please keep him safe. Both Naruto and Hinata will be listed as missing. I will drop the search in a couple days. The people I have assembled will help you transport the two children. There are about ten families you are taking with you. They will not be missed until after the festival and maybe not even then."
"Okay we will see them safely to the whirlpool. I am assuming these people you want me to take are loyal to you and not to the council or a clan." Ichiro stated.
Sarutobi nodded.
"Have your people meet me here." Pointing to point to the northwest of the village near where Naruto and Hinata were.
"Your contact will be Kikiyo Uchiha. She will be the guard for the people we discussed." Sarutobi said while putting up a hand. "I am trying to save the loyal Uchiha, I am afraid the council will deal with the others. They will now become the Uchiwa. This is my gift to the alliance, off the record of course."
Ichiro bowed, "As you wish Lord Hokage. Lord Takashi Uzumaki will await the return of the documents either signed or not. How do you want to deal with the Hyuuga situation? We did destroy the dead bodies of your people, as per our previous arrangement. You can have the pictures. We will leave and see what this festival of yours has to offer after we finish here."
"I will handle the Hyuuga. I will take the pictures and have my ANBU look at the area. The story will be that both your team and the ANBU met where a Kumo nin and my nin were fighting, none survived so the bodies were destroyed. The children will be considered lost. As Hiashi is now he will not have a problem with the loss of his eldest and the clan council will be happy. I do not like it but until we can figure a way around a Sharingan genjutsu we are stuck with this being the best option. Naruto can come back later for his inheritance."
"I understand Hokage-sama. We will take our leave of you now." Ichiro bowed and led Kenta out of the Hokage's office.
"Get me Kikiyo Uchiha now!" Sarutobi yelled out of his office. 'I hope we can use the Lightning ninja to our advantage and I hope the council will not act anytime soon.'
Kikiyo enter the office and bowed. "You summoned Hokage-sama?"
Handing over the pictures to Kikiyo Sarutobi waited until he saw her reaction. "So what is your impression?"
"First I am appalled that Naruto and Hinata-sama were hurt. Secondly why were they hurt by both the Hyuuga and a Kumo shinobi?" Kikiyo gasped. "That is Kodai Uchiha…"
The door burst open with a stumbling and bleeding Kurenai. "Hokage-sama I am sorry to interrupt a meeting but I must report that Hinata and Naruto were being attacked by a group of Hyuuga shinobi. I apologize for not reporting earlier but I was knocked unconscious and only just woke up."
"Well that would explain it. I think Kodai Uchiha was the one who knocked you out for the count. Unfortunately your wards were not so lucky. They ran into a Kumo nin also. Guess Naruto's luck ran out and took poor Hinata with him." Kikiyo said as she handed the pictures to Kurenai.
"No, I am sorry I could not save…" Kurenai said as she was flipping through the photos. She looked at Sarutobi questioningly and he nodded. "So are they missing or dead?" She said with a smile.
"They are missing but their photos will not go beyond the three of us. Is that understood? Also Kurenai could you help Kikiyo with a project for me? Again only the three of us should know. Please go to the hospital and get your wounds treated. I would like you to then tell Hiashi the bad news about his daughter." Sarutobi said with a grin that would make Naruto proud.
The village council was given the pictures of the Lightning ninja, the five dead Hyuuga, and the Uchiha. They also went over the alliance document and signed it quickly so they could go enjoy the festival and the disappearance and possible death of a certain demon container. The festival was the best it had been in years. Fifty three people thought differently, but were happy in their knowledge that things were better then they appeared.
That night 11 family homes in the Uchiha district were destroyed by an explosion and resulting fire. The festival caused the response to the fire to be delayed so that all the families were lost.
In the Hyuuga compound Hiashi was in his study not knowing why he was crying as he filled out the paperwork for the clan. Kurenai had delivered the message that Hinata was missing and presumed dead. This had upset Hiashi but as a Hyuuga he had shown little emotion, but for some reason he could not hold back that he was angry and hurt. Also the Hyuuga clan council was ecstatic that both Naruto and Hinata were gone.
At a boat crossing at the valley of the end there was a group of people crossing the lake at the top of the waterfalls.
The Uchiha mourned the loss of fifty members from their clan.
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A/N: I just could not kill off the Uchiha, but these were the rejects by the clan so they were considered trash by most of the clan. Also they were the librarians for the clan and not 'real' warriors so that is another strike against them. Maybe they will be happier in the Whirlpool village…