1 Day Earlier

The third hokage was standing in his office as he was battling his immortal enemy. The enemy of all kages, an enemy that couldn't be defeated. The kage was staring at his immortal enemy and the enemy was simply just mocking him. The kage started breathing heavily and shouted the name of his enemy.

Damn Paperwork

The hidden anbu in the office were trying hard not to laugh at their kage's behavior. Sarutobi sighed as he then started smoking his pipe. He relaxed a bit and started working on his paperwork again. How were you able to complete them so fast Minato? The third asked himself. He had no answer and perhaps being the fastest shinobi alive had it's perks.

After what felt an eternity he was done with the pile in front of him and decided to read something. His hand move to open a secret drawer of his desk when a blur entered his office through the window.

His anbus were in alert immediately but Sarutobi knew who the idiot was that came through the window.

"The door was just never an option?" The third asked in a monotone tone looking at Jiraiya.

The sannin grinned and turned his face to his sensei. "No, windows are much better" he responded and walked to the chair in the other side of the desk. "How are things around the village?" Jiraiya asked.

"People still remember what happened three years ago, is not easy to forget for some." Sarutobi answered and a frown appeared in Jiraiya's face.

"What about outside the village?" Sarutobi asked smoking his pipe. His face turned from joking to serious within a second.

Sarutobi understood and with a sign of his hand his anbus left and activated a silence seal.

"What news do you have?" Sarutobi asked with a serious tone.

Jiraiya sighed. "I have news of an organization of missing nins" he said in a serious tone.

Sarutobi raised his eyebrow at this. It wasn't that much of big deal for missing nins to create an organization. "Why is this important Jiraiya?" Sarutobi asked knowing there was more to this.

"They all are made of S-Rank shinobis, and is called Akatsuki" Jiraiya said with a dreadful tone.

Sarutobi slightly paled at this. An organization made of S-Rank ninjas can be a big problem he thought.

"And they're targeting the Jinchuurikis" and that organization just became far more dangerous in Sarutobi's mind.

Targeting Jinchuurikis?! For what reason, can they somehow control them and just wants their power to belong to them? Sarutobi asked himself and slightly worried for Naruto.

"What do they want?" He asked worried for Naruto who was still only 3 years old.

Jiraiya shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows, but they're definitely not trying to reach world peace or anything like that" he responded and pinching the bridge on his nose.

"Do you think they work for any of the other villages?" He asked thinking that maybe they worked perhaps for Kumo or god forbid Iwa.

Jiraiya shook his head. "As far as I know 'No' " Jiraiya responded.

There was complete silence for a few minutes. "I want to meet Naruto" Jiraiya suddenly said. Sarutobi looked at him in complete shock. He didn't expect Jiraiya to meet the kid at least until he becomes a genin.

Sarutobi gave him a look like 'Why Now'.

"I want to meet him. I have waited long enough, and now my godson needs me more than ever" Jiraiya added with a serious tone and didn't cared if his sensei would tell him 'No'.

"How long before they make any move?" Sarutobi asked with a serious tone but Jiraiya could tell he was concerned.

"It will take some years, Naruto still has time but he needs to get stronger" Jiraiya responded and put his hand on the desk ready to leave.

"Very well Jiraiya" The third said and Jiraiya left through the same window he came.

4 Days after Jiraiya visited Naruto

Naruto was reading a book that his godfather had gave him that explained what Chakra was, and how everyone had chakra. He had started reading like a mad man since his godfather tough him how to read and write. He told him, the more he read and and wrote, the better he would be. Naruto listened to his godfather and started reading the first book he gave him.

To Naruto's surprise the main character of the first book had his name. Naruto had asked him why? Naruto still remembered.

"Your father loved my book and decided to name you after that character"

His godfather had responded. Naruto could feel love and sadness coming from his godfather when he said that. When Naruto asked godfather why his parents had abandoned him, Jiraiya had almost lost it.

' Jiraiya was looking as his godson was reading his first book. Looking at him now, reminded him so much of Minato, the way his body moved, the way he stood and walked, all screamed 'Minato' . Jiraiya was already proud of him, it had been 2 days since he meet him. In the first day Jiraiya had given Naruto real food to eat as much as he wanted.

In the first day after meeting Naruto, he had run to his sensei's office asking him why Naruto was so skinny and why had that look on his face. His sensei had told him that he had already fired 3 women who worked on the orphanage for treating Naruto badly.

Jiraiya was clearly not surprised that Naruto was treated like that since apparently everyone in this damn village knew of his status as a Jinchuuriki. Sensei of course told him that the information had somehow leaked and now every adult knew of Naruto being Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi.

Jiraiya wasn't happy at all, and straight up told his sensei that if anyone dared to hurt Naruto he would show no mercy. His old sensei nodded his head in agreement and told him that Kakashi was the anbu in charge to protect Naruto.

Now Jiraiya saw a confused look in Naruto's face. His blue eyes like ocean turned to Jiraiya and for a moment Jiraiya could have swore it was Minato who was looking at him.

"Why the main character has my name Toad-jiji?" Naruto asked slightly confused.

Jiraiya smiled at the nickname, he had shown Naruto yesterday that he could summon toads and promised Naruto once he becomes a genin he would be able as well.

"Well Naruto, Your father loved my book and decided to name you after that character" Jiraiya answered and was expecting for Naruto to ask who was he, but instead he asked something he never expected of him.

"Why did they abandoned me?" Naruto asked lowering his face not to show his tears threatening to roll down his cheek.

Jiraiya's eyes widened, and quickly put a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Naruto they didn't abandoned you, they loved you more than anything else in the world" Jiraiya said truthfully and hugged his godson.

"People here told me that I was a demon and that my parents abandoned me" Naruto said sobbing on Jiraiya's shoulder. Jiraiya clenched his teeth. He was already half convinced to beat up the people who told that kind of stuff to a child. He started rubbing his hair. "They loved you Naruto and never forget that" Jiraiya said quietly.

Naruto had cried for an hour and fall asleep. He then had asked his godfather who they were, but sadly no answer. He told him that he would tell him the moment he reached 8 years old. Naruto could feel that he was telling him the truth.

Since he meet his godfather, Naruto was smiling more frequently and gone was the sad face everyone saw him with. The smile of course had irritated many people who worked in the orphanage, they wondered why the demon was smiling.

Naruto of course had heard the way how people greeted his godfather 'Jiraiya-sama'. Naruto then knew his godfather must be an important person and from what he could feel he was almost as strong as the old man hokage.

Naruto wondered why someone so important was his godfather, he knew whoever his parents were must have been important people to have people like toad-jiji as their friend.

Naruto of course had no answers and just decided to wait until he reached 8 years old. He knew that would be a long time but he would make sure to make his parents proud.

As Naruto was reading a book about Chakra and Ninjutsu, he started feeling something from his tummy. He quickly shut the book and removed his white shirt quickly.

Naruto looked at the weird drawn on his tummy as it was glowing red. He wondered what it was and he had forgotten to tell his godfather about it.

The feeling went away as quickly as it came. Naruto just shrugged his shoulders and decided to ignore it but he knew that other children didn't have this kind of drawing in their tummy.

Naruto returned back to his book and started reading where he left it. He had asked him when he could start training. His godfather had told him that he was still very young to do physical training and right now he would teach him how to unlock his chakra and many other things.

Naruto then felt as someone was watching him, he quickly turned his head to look through the window of his room but couldn't see anyone there. He kept looking for a few seconds and then returned back to his book.

Behind a tree there was a man with a mask hiding and using genjutsu to camouflage himself, and not letting out that much chakra to not be detected. He was wearing a white mask and looked much different than a normal anbu.

How did he felt me, he's still only 3 years old? The masked man asked himself as he kept looking at the weapon.

Lord Danzo will want to know this, he quickly sunshin away.

A Hidden Place

A man was standing in a chair waiting for reports about the weapon of the village. In the same time thinking a way to have the weapon in his hands. If he's trained by me, he will become a valuable weapon to the village, and put Konoha where it belongs the man thought.

The man was clearly old, with a scar on his chin that looked like an 'x'. His right arm was fully bandaged.

He heard from his anbus that the sannin Jiraiya had visited the boy, this didn't sit well with the man. He wanted the boy to be desperate and then he can 'save' him and he will have his full trust.

The man was Danzo the leader of the anbu 'ROOT' which operated in the darkness and took orders from Danzo instead of the hokage.

Suddenly one of his man who was ordered to watch over his weapon appeared in front of him kneeling.

"Report" Danzo ordered.

"I was watching the weapon as you ordered me Danzo-sama but the boy suddenly felt me and looked directly where I was for a few seconds and then returned back to his reading" his anbu said.

Danzo put a finger on his chin. How can a 3 year old boy feel an anbu?Danzo asked himself.

"Return to your post and inform me of anything else" He ordered.

"HAI" and the anbu disappeared.

Naruto

He was waiting for his godfather to come, he would usually be here by now but this time he was late. Naruto then felt him and a second didn't pass and toad-jiji came through the door smiling at him.

Naruto immediately returned the smile and ran and jump to his arms to hug him.

"How are you my boy?" Jiraiya asked and rubbing his hair, making Naruto laugh.

"I'm good toad-jiji" Naruto responded and pulled back and went back to his book.

"I wanted to ask you something?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya told him to go on.

"Why do I have a weird drawn on my tummy?" Naruto asked innocently but Jiraiya tensed slightly which didn't go unnoticed by Naruto and wondered if he shouldn't have asked.

Jiraiya wondered how could have Naruto seen it, the seal would appear only if Naruto was doing something with his chakra and Jiraiya was sure that Naruto hadn't unlocked it yet.

"How do you know about it?" Jiraiya asked carefully and Naruto noticed his new tone.

"I - I had s-seen the drawn will glow red sometimes" Naruto answered nervously and slightly scared.

Jiraiya walked closer to Naruto and told him to remove his shirt. Naruto did as he was told and removed it. Jiraiya put his hand on Naruto's stomach and the seal appeared.

Naruto was now tense and wondered if he had done something wrong. Jiraiya analyzed the seal and could see it was intact. Glowing red??!! Jiraiya asked himself but could see the seal was as perfect as it was when Minato sealed the Kyuubi.

Jiraiya then turned his eyes to Naruto and noticed the fear behind his eyes. "Don't worry Naruto, I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you" Jiraiya quickly said and smiled at him. Naruto felt relieved and weared his white shirt.

"Don't worry about that Naruto, is nothing" His godfather told him but Naruto wasn't convinced. He knew that weird drawn wasn't normal but decided to keep it silence since apparently his godfather didn't liked to talk about it.

Jiraiya kept Naruto company for the whole day and gave him new books, each one of them for different things. One of them was also for Fuinjutsu. Jiraiya was hoping that since Naruto was an Uzumaki and both his parents were good with seals, would be easy for Naruto to learn it. He knew there was a danger that Naruto might figure out about the Kyuubi but he was hoping that wouldn't happen. Jiraiya would just say that it was a seal to protect him if Naruto asked.

Tomorrow

Going towards the orphanage was a woman around her 30s. She had bought some new clothes for her best friend's son. She knew he was treated unfairly and still was angry that hokage had refused her to adopt Naruto. She had requested at least 7 times to adopt him but each time was refused, she was going to request for a 8th time but her husband told her that the hokage wouldn't change his mind.

She of course was angry and had cried that she couldn't help him.

Right now she was followed by her older son Itachi Uchiha which was known through the village as a prodigy. Usually she wanted to bring Sasuke since he was around same age as Naruto but he was still young and perhaps would be better to meet Naruto somewhere

else and not in a orphanage. Also things between the village and Uchiha clan were a bit tense.

She reached the orphanage and asked the first woman she saw there.

"I'm sorry but where is the room of Naruto Uzumaki?" She asked smiling but noticed the look of hatred in her eyes when she mentioned the name, so did Itachi who knew what Naruto had sealed inside him.

"He's in room 13" she answered with venom in every word. They started walking towards Naruto's room and didn't bother to say 'thanks' to the woman. After they walked away, she turned her eyes to her older son. "Treat Naruto kindly like I told you before we left home, never act like that stupid woman" she said angry.

"I know Kaa-chan, I know the difference between a kunai and a scroll" Itachi responded kindly.

They soon reached his room and Mikoto noticed the words 'Demon' written all over the door and in the wall near the door.

She sighed and knocked on the door, "come in" she heard and opened the door and almost thought she saw her friend instead when she saw his red hair.

She then saw his eyes and noticed he was being wary of them.

"I'm not here to hurt you Naruto" she said kindly trying to reassure him that she wasn't here for anything bad.

Naruto only just kept looking at her like he was waiting for something. "My name is Mikoto, this one is Itachi and I brought you new clothes" she said smiling. Naruto slowly walked towards her and looked at the clothes in her hands. His eyes then turned to Itachi. And then back to Mikoto.

"Why?" He asked her.

That question broke her heart, he asked why they were being kind to him.

She wanted to say that she knew his mother but she knew that information was still hidden for a reason.

"Because you remind me of someone Naruto-kun" she responded and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I will see you again whenever I can" she promised.

Naruto smiled a little. "Thank you" he said.

Naruto would wanted to talk with who appeared to be Itachi but noticed he was much older than him.

She would wanted to stay longer but she knew things between Uchiha clan and the village weren't in good terms and last thing they needed was for them to think that she was trying to manipulate Naruto.

"See you later Naruto-kun" she said and Itachi followed her behind.

Naruto was left in his room and looking at his clothes and wondered if this what is like to have a mother.

As for pairing Naruto will be with either Fuu or Yugito or Ino or Samui.