I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.

Pairings: Naruto x Kurenai x Naruto x Uzuki Yuugao (sp?)

Info: This story is an AU.
English is not my first language; please inform me if there are any mistakes I'll correct them.

I got fed up with all the Jiraiya, Tsunade and Itachi raising Naruto fics out there…so I decided to write something new.

WARNING some OOCness ahead. And some of the characters ages have been changed to allow the pairings to develop.
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Morino Ibiki was decidedly feeling Happy and nervous all of a sudden. The source for his current set of emotions was sleeping contently within his arms.

'Sigh'

'I know that Ayeka and I were planning on having children sometime in the future when we got married….buy how am I going to do this by myself? It's true that I volunteered to adopt Naruto but this is definitely going to prove a challenge to me.'

While Ibiki was gathering his thoughts the villagers that were around him were watching him with rapt fascination, as it was not a daily occurrence you see the head of the ANBU Torture and Interrogation squad walk down their roads with a baby in his arms.

Ibiki paid no attention to the villagers knowing that their curiosity would turn into anger and hate the moment they found out who the child in his arms was.

Ibiki gave a small but feral smile as he prayed someone would slip up and speak I'll of his newly adopted son, after all, he had a lot of stress to work out of his system, and what better way to do it than to "kindly" have a few subtle words with them.

But his wish never came true as no villager dare to come close to him in an attempt to find out who he was carrying.

After a few more minutes of walking he reached his house in an area which was used to be known as the Morino estates. Ibiki was currently the sole surviving ninja from what was once a small but respected clan, but sadly most of his clan members perished in the first and second ninja wars while those that were not ninja's decided that living within the confines of a hidden village was not good for their health, thus leaving to live normal lives outside Konoha. Ibiki could understand their reasoning but its was still difficult to lead a life knowing that you had family but said family did not want anything to do with you just because you are a ninja.

He looked around his house with a tired sigh while cursing himself for destroying all the other houses and selling the surrounding land thinking that he would never need it anymore., after all what was once was his clan's main house was now almost destroyed from what the Kyubi attack. However it did not deter him. He decided that he would used the undamaged training hall as a temporary resting place for today and get some of the village contractors to start rebuilding his house tomorrow.

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What was once the great Kyubi no Kitsune, the strongest demon to ever walk the realm of the living and the dead was waking up within the confines of a dark and wet room from a forced slumber. The great beast was still disoriented, but like all beings of such power the feeling went away almost immediately the moment he opened his eyes fully.

"Hmm to think that mortal could have summoned the death god to stop me….Hahahahahaha truly it was not a waste trying to destroy that village. The rumors of the yellow furred mortal was true, he was different…I have not felt such excitement in a long time. But maybe just maybe this human child that has been entrusted to hold me could give me what I have been searching for, for so long. But for now I shall watch this mortal child and wait."

With that, the great demon curled its tail and went to sleep with a vicious smile playing from its lips.

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Uzuki Yuugao was not a happy 4 year old after all what 4 year old could be happy when their parents and elder sister ignored her to listen to the old man with the weird hat telling everyone what to do.

"Humph I bet my idea is better….we should build the walls with flowers and candy, then no fox would want to eat people. I'll go find Kurenai-chan she'll listen to me." With that the young girl ran off to find her friend.

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"Kurenai-chan, could you go and ask your brother for the hammer that he was using just now?"

" Hai... papa can i ask you a question?"

"Of course Kurenai-chan what do you want to know?"

"Why did the Kyubi attack us, did the village do something wrong for the demon to try and destroy us?"

I don't know princess, i really do not know. But i can tell you this much, if it was not for the fourth Hokage we would not be standing here today. Everyone in this village owes him and young Uzumaki Naruto our lives."

"Who's that papa, the Uzumaki boy you just said. Is he also powerful like the Hokage?"

"He is a hero like the fourth Hokage Kurenai-chan, and yes he is a powerful boy. But enough of these questions go ask your brother for the hammer and go see if your mother if she needs help."

"Hai hai, I'm going"

Yuuhi Toshiro could only watch with a smile as his 5 year old daughter ran outside in search of her brother.

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Hmm I bet you were wondering as to what the Kyubi meant by "searching for, for so long" well you're going to have to wait and see.

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