Naruto: a different start
Hello and welcome to my attempt at a naruto fanfiction! I'm a big fan of the series and have read some incredible fan fictions so I decided to take a shot and write one myself.
So let's explain what the premise is and what changes I'm making.
Naruto, along with shikamaru and ino are all born about 4-5 years before canon, putting them at about the same age as Itachi. Why ino and shikamaru too? Well the main pairing down the line will be naruto x ino, plus I enjoy the idea of naruto and shikamaru being close friends, and in this story they'll be more like brothers.
Chapter 1: the beginning and the end
Today is October 11th, the day after the birth of naruto, the son of minato namikaze and kushina uzumaki. The day before the nine-tailed fox had been released upon the village hidden in the leaves, killing many that day.
Currently hiruzen sarutobi sits in the hokage office with jiraiya of the Sanin, and shikaku Nara, the Jonin commander as well as his chief tactician. The three have been discussing the occursnce of the previous day and what to do about their young jinchuriki.
The other day:
"We need to hold the nine tailed fox off until lord fourth arrives!" Yells out hiruzen sarutobi. "Someone get me inoichi yamanaka and quickly!" He orders to the anbu.
Moments later inoichi is infront of hiruzen. "Lord third, what did you need?" He asks the older man. "Link me up to minato and the other clan heads inoichi. With the ninetales loose we need to work together to prevent the least amount of damage."
Inoichi nods his head and connects them so they can communicate.
"I have us all linked up thanks to inoichi. Lord fourth, what is happening?" Hizuzen communicates. "A masked man with a sharingan appeared and attacked, causing kushinas seal to break, I need to reseal it." Minato explains quickly.
"I see. Shikaku, what do you suggest?" Sarutobi asks. Shikaku takes a few seconds before communicating. "Here's the plan. The akimichi clan and the uchiha clan should assist with evacuating the villagers. I need the aburame, inozuka and hyugga clans to search for any villagers in areas that have taken damage. Fugaku, I need you to help combat the fox and hold it off and support the remaining forces. My clan will help assist with treating the wounded." He says. The rest acknowledge their orders and get to work, helping to insure less casualties occur.
The events going forward end up almost exactly the same in canon. Minato and kushina are killed by the fox and seal half of it inside of the baby naruto.
Back to the day after, Oct 11:
Hiruzen sighs, thinking of what to do. "Once we meet with the council I will announce that I will step back into the role of hokage, just until I can find a successor." He declares to the two men before him.
"Any ideas as to who that could be?" Shikaku asks. Hiruzen thinks for a second. "Well jiraiya or tsunade are both capable-" he says but is interrupted by jiraiya. "We don't know where she even is currently, plus I have to keep my spy network going."
Hiruzen continues. "True. Fugaku uchiha would be a choice, though I fear he shows more love for his clan then konoha." He says. Shikaku speaks up next. "True, and don't bother giving me the hat. Too troublesome. Now, what shall we do with naruto?" Shikaku asks.
"Jiraiya, you are the boys godfather, you could always take him in." Hiruzen offered. Jiraiya sighs. "No can do sensei. With how often I am out of the village I wouldn't be very dependable, and I can't take him with me, it'd be too dangerous." He explains.
"Couldn't you take him to mount miyobokeu?" Hiruzen asks. "I could, but it would be better for naruto to grow up with kids his own age." Jiraiya responds. Hiruzen sighs and lights up his pipe, puffing out a smoke cloud.
"Well I suppose I can place him in the orphanage…." He starts. Shikaku takes this moment to speak up with his own solution.
"Lord third, I might have a better option. Yoshino and I could take him in. We already have shikamaru, but another child shouldn't be much harder to raise. Plus I'm sure the yamanaka clan and the Akamichi clan wouldn't mind helping out." He explains.
Hiruzen takes this idea and ponders it. "You make a good point, but what about the political backlash? Surely several other clans could be enraged for you housing young naruto, both because of his jinchuriki status and being the fourths child." He explains.
"True, but do you really think it's safe for naruto to grow up in the orphanage?" Jiraiya says speaking up again. The civilians don't understand sealing, so if Naruto's status is leaked he could be in danger from the citizens of konoha. If he's raised by shikaku he can be protected from threats more easily."
Hiruzen nods again, and decides to agree. "Very well, you may have a point jiraiya. Then from this day forth naruto will be under your care shikaku. Now, what last name should he go with?" Hiruzen asks.
"Naruto uzumaki-Nara?" Suggests jiraiya. Shikaku shakes his head. "No, he deserves his heritage at least from his mothers side. He'll just go by naruto uzumaki. If he wishes to take up the Nara clan name in the future if I'm still the clan head I will allow it though."
And that's the end of chapter 1. The next few chapters will mostly be set up for what's to come.
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also I'll be publishing this fanfiction and my one piece fanfic in advance on at stidhamlucas999 , so if you want to have a chance to read chapters in advance definitely check it out.
