Hai, am back...

well this is chapter 2. it's not much but i hope you like it. Please review.

Chapter 3 might come a little late and i apologise in advance.

I don't really own Naruto.

INARI BLESSED

Chapter 2

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Akemi Hyuga and a certain dog masked anbu sat in the Hokage's office. No one spoke a word, a depressing aura suffocating them in the light of the recent discoveries.

Akemi's had no tears left to cry, she didn't care that she was a kunoichi, she just couldn't stop.

"There has to be a way. Something… anything we could do to help him Hokage sama." Akemi was desperate, Naruto cannot die.

"Maybe Tsunade sama…" Dog trailed off.

"I have already send anbu to find her, but we can only hope that they find her in time."

"When will Jiraiya sama get here?" Akemi asked reigning over her agony.

"Am already here." A voice announced from the window sill.

They all looked over to the white haired pervert sitting on the window sill. Jiraiya noted the melancholy air and a spark of fear coiled in his chest, but he appeared nonchalant.

"Jiraiya I need you to check Naruto kun's seal. Someone has tampered with the seal." Hiruzen said. The chance that Naruto will survive even if they fix the seal is low, but they weren't willing to give up hope. Naruto was their little sunshine.

"How is he?" Jiraiya asked worried about his godson.

"Barely alive." The emotionless whisper from Akemi startled Jiraiya.

"Am sure that once we fix the seal he will be fine. After all it's our gaki we are talking about; he's too stubborn to die." Jiraiya said with conviction. Even though they knew the chances were slim, at that moment they all believed Jiraiya.

Jiraiya stared horrified at the seal laid before him. This can't be happening.

He realized what exactly that bastard had done the moment he saw the changes in the seal. He read Naruto's medical reports as well, this is bad. Konoha is in deep shit. He wouldn't have cared if only those ignorant fools die but everyone will pay for the actions of one mad genius and some fools. There is only one way out of this situation but no matter what he does, his gaki was a lost cause. The utter pain in his heart stunned Jiraiya.

"Where is sensei?" Jiraiya asked the dog anbu standing beside him.

"In a council meeting. I will inform him you need to talk with him." The expression on Jiraiya's face told him that the matter is urgent. But Jiraiya stopped him before he could go.

"No. Those bastards in the council should hear this."

Jiraiya followed by Dog entered the council chambers solemnly. Dog didn't know what was going on but he could feel the dread pooling in his stomach already.

"It is not safe to keep the boy alive if the seal has a chance of breaking." One of the civilian council members shouted.

"Yes. We of the council, call for the execution of the demon for the safety of Konoha." A smug merchant said.

The killer intent flowing out of Hiruzen made the entire council quiver.

"Hokage sama… th-there is n-no use in in-in-intimidating us. We s-speak f-for the sa-saftey of Konoha. That dem… b-boy is a danger." A brave member of the civilian council spoke.

But before the Hokage could reply to the fool, Jiraiya made his presence known.

"That boy is the only thing keeping all of us alive right now." The cold tone surprised everyone.

"What are you saying Jiraiya sama?" Shikaku asked frowning.

"The moment Naruto dies the Kyubi will be free once again." The entire hall was wide eyed.

A fool scoffed, "We heard for years about how the boy is keeping us safe from the Kyubi. This is nothing more than a ploy to keep the boy alive." Some others agreed.

The clan heads stared at the fool who had the nerve to speak to Jiraiya like that. But to everyone's surprise Jiraiya chuckled.

"Is that so?"

"Well if you are telling the truth Jiraiya sama then we should be happy that the boy is alive then." A much more sensible civilian said.

"Not for long." Jiraiya said solemnly.

"What are you speaking of Jiraiya?" Danzo asked.

"The boy won't be alive for long. Within the next ten hours we will have a dead jinchuuriki and a rampaging demon at our hands."

At first silence, then panicked cries and yells followed his words.

"SILENCE" everything stilled as the Hokage said that.

"Jiraiya explain the situation, so that we may come to a logical decision."

"There's nothing to explain. Naruto is dying. The maximum life he has left is about ten hours. And as soon as the boy dies Kyubi will be released. If you need to know further about the boy's condition ask Hyuga Akemi san."

As soon as the words left his mouth Hyuga Akemi was bought in by several anbu.

"Hyuga san, explain the boy's condition." Koharu ordered.

Akemi ignored her completely and looked at her Hokage. Only when he gave permission did she begin speaking.

"Uzumaki Naruto was severely injured during the attack this evening. The Kyubi's chakra did not heal the boy for some reason. But he was healed by the white chakra the boy activated. It may be a bloodline activated when a near death situation was created." She heard a few gasps. The demon having a bloodline was too much for them to handle, she was sincerely hoping those old coots have a heart attack.

"What can you tell us of this supposed bloodline?" Danzo asked.

"We don't have any data on it. But the chakra which was activated is growing at an alarming rate and trying to expel the kyubi's chakra out of the boy. Both chakras seem like natural enemies. That was the reason for the chakra surge this evening. The white chakra keeps trying to expel the kyubi's chakra. When that became impossible due to the seal, the chakra began fighting against the seal. This internal struggle caused the boy's chakra pathways to break permanently at some points."

Everyone's eyes widened. Breakages in chakra pathways are very dangerous. Akemi continued,

"The white chakra has already absorbed all of the boy's natural chakra which was maintaining the seal, which caused the seal to become unstable."

"Which is why fixing the seal is out of the option." Jiraiya added.

Akemi nodded. "The boy now contains only one chakra pathway, containing the white chakra, other three pathways which existed in the boy has already been either destroyed or absorbed by the new pathway. At this rate, Naruto kun's chakra pathway will collapse in on itself leading to instant death." Her voice was unwavering, but her heart was shattered.

"Hokage sama we have to do something. The Kyubi cannot be released once again we have yet to fully recover from the previous attack, one more will be the end of Konoha."

Panic and chaos was raging. Hiruzen kept silent. He knew that Jiraiya has something else on mind. Jiraiya meanwhile was thinking whether he should let the village rot or not. If he goes forward with his plan, Naruto will be lost, but if he didn't… as much as he hates the civilians Konoha was still his home. Saving Naruto was impossible at this point.

"How about we reseal the Kyubi in someone else." Danzo suggested drawing out gasps from almost everyone. Many of them feared for their infants who had been born recently.

"Well Konohamaru kun is there, maybe we can seal" but before the merchant could finish,

"Pathetic. You disgusting pigs! None of you are willing to sacrifice one of your own yet you despise the one that had been sacrificed for you. What's to say that this won't happen again in the future?" Jiraiya had enough with these ingrates. He sneered, "Besides sealing the demon in an infant is out of the option."

"And why is that Jiraiya?" asked Koharu.

"For the sealing technique I have in mind an infant will not suffice. We need a child, preferably a boy, who recently activated his chakra. That way the pathway will be stable enough to hold my seal and flexible enough to adjust to the kyubi's chakra."

The council room grew eerily quiet; many of them had children in the academy that had recently activated their chakra.

"Boy's have naturally larger reserves that way they will have more chance at survive the sealing."

"What is this technique of yours Jiraiya? And why not use the seal used on the first and second Kyubi jinchuuriki?" Danzo spoke. Hiruzen glared at his rival for exposing such information in front of civilians. But since Danzo didn't say names, punishment was not possible. The civilian council was stunned to say the least; there were more jinchuurikis for Kyubi?

"It's too dangerous. Both of those sealing worked only because of the Senju wood release or the Uzumaki chakra chains to keep the bijuu subdued during the sealing. Since the only Uzumaki left is dying and there is no one with powerful enough wood release, even if the seals are strong we won't be able to finish the sealing." Jiraiya scoffed, letting the council know how much they messed up.

"What about Tenzo or the Uchiha?" asked Koharu.

"Unless you have someone in mind that could measure up to Madara and Hashirama, it won't be enough."

"And the technique you are using?"

"It is a seal transfer technique; we will transfer the seal from Naruto to the new jinchuuriki before Naruto dies or the seal breaks. It is the safest option possible at the moment. but when i transfer the seal it will remain the same, meaning the death of the new jinchuuriki shall result in the release of the kyubi."

"You can fix that once the seal is transplanted to the new jinchuuriki can't you Jiraya sama?" someone asked.

Jiraiya Scoffed,"And why would I do that? So that you can Kill the new jinchuuriki as soon as he/she is made? I know that, that condition is the only thing that will keep the boy/girl safe. So I will not change it, no matter what you say. If you have a problem you, don't bother me with it." Jiraiya sneered.

"What are their chances of survival?" Hiruzen asked eyes closed.

"The new jinchuuriki have a fifty percent chance of survival…"

"And Naruto kun?"

"The seal transfer will… completely shatter his chakra pathway… either way he won't…" Jiraiya didn't finish. Hiruzen nodded.

Hiruzen stood up, "Think carefully, all of you were preaching about how you were ready to kill Naruto for the sake of the village, now the question is will you be able to sacrifice one of you own for the same reason. I will be announcing the news to the whole village. Hopefully someone will come forward."

Akemi was sitting near Naruto's bed; the whole village was in panic. Soon the Hokage and Kakashi without his dog mask joined her.

"The announcement is done?" she asked quietly.

"Yes. Everyone now knows of Naruto's burden and they will soon have to make a choice."

"What if no one comes forward?"

Silence was her reply. But she didn't care. "He wanted to know who his parents were. We couldn't even tell him that… Now we won't get a chance to…" she broke down.

"I failed them… I failed my sochi. My sweet boy…" she wailed.

"We all failed them…"

NARUTO'S MINDSCAPE

Naruto didn't know what was happening. He remembered someone grabbing him but how did he end up in this sewer? Did they throw him in here? The thought that they threw him in a sewer like trash depressed him. But maybe he should be thankful that they didn't beat him up?

He kept walking forward following the glowing red pipes on the ceiling of the sewer, but he came to a stop in front of brick wall. The pipes were cut off by the brick wall, he couldn't move forward anymore. There was this weird symbol etched on the wall. He shrugged, this place is creepy.

Suddenly the sewer began shaking. An earthquake? He was terrified. The ceiling started falling and he became scared so he ran in the same direction he came, but couldn't find any way out. The falling debris was starting to scare him. That's when he saw the small door in the corner. He would not have noticed it if it wasn't for the gleaming silver door knob. Seeing no other way out he ran towards the door. For moment he was worried about what was behind the door but the need to get out of the collapsing sewer made him open the door. Then everything exploded in brilliant white (This was during the time of the first chakra surge at the hospital.)

Naruto didn't know what was happening the white chains were twisting around him, cradling him and he felt calm and safe.

The chains went towards the cracking ceiling and held it together. And as if by magic everything began fixing itself. The debris vanished and the ceiling was fixed. The sewer began to change. The water was gone and the dirty floor and walls were replaced by white marble. He stood dumbfounded. But he saw that the brick wall was still standing. But now he could feel something, something was behind that wall, something dangerous. The chains became agitated and began lashing against the brick wall. Naruto was scared. The chains were violently trying to break the wall down.

Soon the wall broke. The chains rushed forward. The sewer behind the wall also changed as soon as the chains entered. He didn't know whether to follow the chain or not. That's when he heard it.

A roar, which soon turned into cries and whimpers. All Naruto could think was that someone was in pain, he rushed forward without thinking.

What he saw made him scared. There inside a cage was a giant nine tailed fox. Few chains had managed to slither inside the cell and were strangling the fox. They were trying ripping the fox into pieces. Another set of chains were trying to break the bars of the cell. The fox let out another roar of agony and Naruto couldn't take it anymore.

"Stop! What are you doing? Let go of him. You're hurting him." But the chains kept on with their task.

The fox's whimper made Naruto cry.

Suddenly the fox changed into a man. He looked about 20 years old with wild red hair. A slim but muscular body and piercing red eyes. There were nine fox tails spread out behind the man and two fox ears atop his head. The man had a wild look. The chains were holding onto each of his limps including his tails. They looked like they were trying to rip the tails off the man. The man was crying out in agony and Naruto kept yelling at the chains to stop, but they didn't. finally when he was about to move forward so he could reach the man to help, two slender arms took a hold of him from behind and cradled his struggling body against a firm chest.

Naruto cried out and tried to look at his capturer. It was another man, long silver hair framing a handsome face. Cat like emerald eyes and pale milky skin. The man was stunning. Naruto was enchanted for a moment, but then he remembered the other man who need help, he looked back only to see that he was in plain white room.

"Hello kit."

Naruto stared at the man who was yet to put him down.

"That man he-he n-need he-help." Naruto spoke crying. He didn't know what was going on but it hurt him to see the red haired man in pain.

"He will be fine kit, I promise you. And I can never break a promise."

"Really?"

"Yes…"

"Ummm… who are you Mister? And what's a kit?"

"Me, I am Inari, Naruto kun. And a kit is a baby fox."

"Inari? Like that foxy god?"

"Mmmm I suppose…" he said with a sparkle of mischief. "Kit, do you know why I am here?... It's because you have awaken the bloodline of the Sora clan."

"A bloodline? You mean I am from a clan? So I have family?" Naruto asked excited, tears threatening to fall.

Inari shook his head, "I am sorry kit, but you are the last member of three clans."

Naruto cried silently,"At least now I know that they didn't abandon me… wait! You said three clans!"

"Yes kit. The blood line you awoke is of the Sora clan, but neither of your parents was from the Sora clan."

"Can you tell me who they are?" Naruto asked quietly.

"There is someone waiting to tell you about your parents' kit. You will know soon."

"Promise?"

"I promise. Now I am going to tell you about the Sora clan. You see your grandmother from your father's side and your great grandfather from your mother's side was from the Sora clan. That is how you obtained the Sora bloodline, although under normal circumstances you would never have activated the bloodline since the bloodline was too diluted… I guess we should be thankful to that madman."

"Who?"

"No one you should be worried about… Anyway, you see a few centuries ago, I was wandering the earth when I came across a hanyou; which means a half demon. He was an orphan, a human mother who didn't want a demon child and a demon father who died in a war. Everyone hated him, they treated him like dirt."

Naruto gasped, "Like me? So am I a ha-han-hanyu too?" he asked sadly.

"You are not a hanyou kit, but you are his descendent."

"Is that why they hate me?"

"No. In fact no one but us knows about your ancestry at the moment. You will know the reason of their hate soon kit. Now let me finish my story… so I took him in. his name was Youko. I raised him. Later he fell in love with a human and had a son, who they named Sora, because of his beautiful blue eyes. Since Sora was technically my grandson, I gave him a gift, a bloodline called the Divine Touch. Basically I gave him a special chakra that could do a lot more than the normal chakra. His bloodline was passed on to his children and so on.

But soon my children become corrupted and many began abusing the power I gave them. So I was forced to discipline them. I took away what I gave them. I made it so that only those with a pure soul and the blood of Sora could ever hope to use the Divine Touch. And that is why you could use the bloodline kit. Because you are a very good person."

Naruto blushed and buried his face in the man's kimono. Inari gently stroked his hair,

"Remember Naruto, you are the first to activate the Sora bloodline in a long time. But the most important thing is that, you are my kit, my son, my legacy."

Naruto stared wide eyed. "Y-you-your s-so-son?"

"Yes, kit."

Tears came unbridled and he hugged the man… his father… for dear life. Inari hugged back letting his aura calm the child.

"Now go Naruto, there are people wishing to talk to you."

"Huh!" Leave? What about his father he just got him...

Inari saw the panic in his kit's eyes.

"Don't worry I'll be right here waiting for you… I promise."

And everything went blank.

When Naruto opened his eyes, everything was blurry and his whole body hurt... where was he? Was it all a dream? A dream that he gained a father?... Of course it was, how could someone like him, find a father, that too a god? He felt like crying... Everything hurt, but what hurt most was his heart, that dream felt so real...

"Naruto kun? Oh... Naruto kun you are awake..." He heard a familiar voice, Akemi san. he tried to talk to her but his throat felt like he swallowed a large sharp rock.

"Naruto kun nod if you can hear us..." That was jiji. Naruto nodded slightly, but even that hurt.

"Oh Naruto... Am so sorry... I couldn't save you..." He heard Akemi san sob. He wanted to tell her not to cry, nothing was her fault, but what happened to him anyway?

"Naruto kun you were attacked a few hours ago..." Oh that made sense...

"Naruto... there is something I have to tell you..." Jiji sounds so sad... did i make him sad?

"I know who your parents are Naruto kun." If Naruto could, he would have yelled.

"Your father was the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze; your hero... And your mother was Kushina Uzumaki... And they both loved you very much..."

Tears fell from his eyes. His parents loved him, they wanted him... And then his jiji told him everything... How his father sealed the Kyubi in him. How he wanted Naruto to be seen as a hero. How his mother and Uzumaki Mito before her were the jinchuurikis of Kyubi. Jiji held nothing back, told him everything.

Akemi san told him about his parents. They were close friends. She told stories of their genin days. How Naruto acted just like his Mother but has his father's colouring, how the shape of his eyes resembled his mother's and he felt happy that he was like them so much. He heard about how his mother lost her whole village in the war and he felt so sad for his mother.

"Naruto..." Who was that? He didn't recognize the voice.

"I know you don't recognize me... How can you? I never even came to see you once..." He could hear the self hatred in the man's voice. He wanted to tell the man to not be sad.

"And now you are here and it is all my fault, maybe if I had taken care of you, you wouldn't be... Naruto I wanted to teach you so many things... I wanted to make you into a fine shinobi that would one day surpass your father... I am so sorry Naruto... I ...I am your godfather Naruto... My name is Jiraiya and I was the one who taught your father..."

Naruto was shocked once again... God father? He had a godfather? Then why wasn't the man there when he need him? But Naruto knew that the man regreted his actions, so he listened, listened to how the man couldn't take him because it was too dangerous, how he send money to help raise him, he was scared that he couldn't properly take care of a child... and Naruto couldn't feel angry at him anymore. The man did what he could.

The next one to talk to him was Kakashi Hatake, his father's last living student. Naruto was surprised to know that Kakashi was the dog masked anbu who always helped him.

Naruto felt warm, all these people all of them loved him... And for him, that was enough.

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