Sarutobi wiped his brow; less than 9 hours had passed since Konoha was attacked by the Kyuubi no Kitsune, a massive beast capable of leveling mountains with one tail. It had finally been defeated, but not without heavy losses.

"756 casualties, 239 of them civilians who got caught in the fox's attacks or were trampled in the panic. Coupled with damage to the village itself and the surrounding area, it'll be almost a decade before we're back up to full strength." The aging Kage glanced over to the small bundle on his desk. Inside lay a newborn baby girl; Minato and Kushina's daughter, Naruko Namikaze.

"Not to mention Minato and Kushina. I'm sorry little one." He gently brushed aside the lock of reddish-gold hair from the sleeping infant's face. Both of them had sacrificed their lives to seal the Kyuubi away into the child to defeat it, leaving three whisker-like lines on each cheek.

Unfortunately, a shinobi who witnessed the event immediately tried to stab it, calling out for the baby to die so the fox would be destroyed; a shinobi Sarutobi personally beheaded. However, it was too late as word quickly spread to the civilians who started demanding the baby's death as well, some going as far as claiming it was the Kyuubi in human form.

Since then, there had already been 4 attempts on the baby's life by shinobi and civilian. Thankfully, the ANBU looking after her was able to intercept them.

"Kami give me strength.." He muttered. His old 'friend' Danzo's demands for the child to put under his care wasn't helping things.

There was no way in hell he'd let that warhawk get his claws into her, but right now he was more worried about other things, namely what the council might try if they learned of her rather...unique heritage, namely on Kushina's side. "Minato and Kushina would be disgusted with the lot."

"You're preaching to the choir, Sensei." A voice spoke up behind him.

Sarutobi turned to find one of his old students, the current Toad Sage, Jiriaya; Minato's sensei and Naruto's Godfather, "Been wondering when you'd pop up."

"Sorry, I got caught up paying my respects to the two gakis.." The dry lines on his face showed he had been crying, "So, that's lil Naru-chan, huh?" He asked, getting a brief nod in reply, "Heh, she favors the both of them a lot." The smile on his face faded as abruptly as it had appeared, "What are we going to do? It's too dangerous to take her with me to maintain my spy network, you know that. Especially if Iwa finds out. I don't know if they're still carrying their grudge or if they'd be willing to shift it to Minato's next of kin, but personally, I'd rather not find out."

"Hai..for now you and I are the only ones who know the truth about Naruko; the council'd call for her execution even worse or try and set her up as a breeder; not to mention what some of the narrow-minded would try." The younger man quickly stepped back from the sudden burst of KI he Hokage let out, "I'll be DAMNED if I let that happen to their daughter and legacy! It pains me to do this, but..Jiriaya, do you still remember the Chameleon Seal?"

"Of course I doooo-w-wait a second! What the heck are you suggesting, Sensei?"

"It's our only option right now, Jiriaya. I want this even less than you do, but for now, Naruko Namikaze must disappear. Thankfully, none of them were able to really get a good look at her face. These If anyone asks, HIS name is Naruto Uzumaki, an orphan from the attack."

The toad sage sighed, "All right..I just know their gonna want to beat the tar out of me when my time comes, but as long as she's safe. I guess I can deal with it." Taking out his writing supplies, he motioned for Sarutobi to pick the girl up, "Where do you want me to put it?"

And with a few strokes of a brush and some applied chakra, The Fourth's daughter temporaraly vanished from Konoha's history.

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Like it said in the desc, this'll be my first FemNaruto fic, so...onwards and upwards.