I do not own naruto or any rights to it just to be clear. As a fair warning this story is going to be dark. This fic was inspired by "Demon's dirty dream"
Prologue:
Hiruzen had been a veteran of three ninja wars and countless others skirmishes and walked away with his life. But, as he sits in the council chambers as the civilian council prattles on about daily affairs he can't feel something is very wrong despite how boring the meeting is going. The shinobi council sitting to his left looking just as bored as him. Among them is his advisors the elders Homura, Koharu, and Danzo who were listening to the speeches almost as bored as the rest of them. Even though Danzo had lost much of his esteem in the eyes of Hiruzen from when Danzo helped orchestrate the Uchiha massacre that happened just 4 months ago he still found him attending the meetings of the council out of concern for the village. Hiruzen wondered why Danzo bothered to show up and that brought up the question why he was here in the first place which, caused him to look at the clock and realized this had been going on for hours. The time caused him to remember the date and stood up from his seat.
"What have you done!" Hiruzen shouts says icily towards the civilian speaking
"I am afraid I don't know what you mean." the civilian replies with some nervousness in his voice.
"I agree with the councilman what do you mean?" Hiashi speaks from the shinobi side.
"Why are we here this isn't relevant to the shinobi council!" Hiruzen raises his voice.
"Of course this stuff is important that is why we summoned all of you here." Another councilwoman replied nervously
"Yes why is it all of us?" Shikaku asks now realizing how strange it is for everyone to be here for something mundane.
"Does anyone else recognize today's date it's october 10!" the hokage rages
This causes the shinobi council to realize the significance of the hokages rage and why. The Shinobi council made up of clan heads turn to stare at their paling counterparts. Realizing something is happening Hiruzen calls an end to the meeting and hurries to the door of the council chambers as the shinobi council follows in his wake with the civilian council imploring them to stay a little longer. When Hiruzen opens the door he hears something that will haunt his dreams for the rest of his life he hears an ear piercing scream that can be heard throughout the building despite the distance the sound has been carried. Hiruzen takes flight along the with shinobi council following behind them to follow the scream to its source. They arrive at the center of the village where a crowd of thousands is cheering as a huge bonfire is burning at the center of it is naruto tied to a log in the center of the engulfing flames being burned alive. Hiruzen calls for his Anbu as he dashes along the rooftops and comes to a halt just before the flames and he along with his Anbu fire water bullets at the fire to douse the flames. With the flames extinguished Naruto is broken free of his bindings and Hiruzen cradles the shivering naked 8 year old boy in his arms.
"I want everyone here to be apprehended by any means necessary!" Hiruzen shouts to the clan heads and the Anbu.
As the Anbu begin to try to detain as many people as possible many start to scatter into the village knowing that they all can't be caught. While, Hiruzen carries the naked and horribly burned Naruto to the hospital. Where the doctors begin to tend to Naruto by the insistence of the hokage. With Naruto in the hands of the hospital staff the Hokage summons several of his Anbu to guard Naruto against any threats while, he and a few other Anbu head back to the council hall to deal with the civilian council. When he Arrives there he finds that the civilian council has taken off and orders his Anbu escort to track them down and send them to the T and I department so that Ibiki can have some words with them. Hiruzen heads back to the Hospital and sits in the waiting room lamenting that he was tricked by such fools that thought the boy was the Kyuubi. As he is waiting for news on Naruto he reflects on his failures with the boy ever since, the beginning when the first assassin came for him as an infant Naruto's life had been hell. When he was sent to the orphanage he had been beaten and nearly starved for the first four years of his life and then, eventually kicked out at the age of 4 years old. It had taken another 6 months to locate Naruto after that with him living off of garbage. Hiruzen had the orphanage staff sent to the T and I department and replaced. But, he set up Naruto in an apartment in a seedy part of the village hoping that it wouldn't draw much attention to him living there, but the building was borderline condemned and quickly emptied as soon as news of it's newest resident became evident. It soon became covered in graffiti and vandalized with broken doors and windows with barely any water running. Even when Naruto left for school he was often assaulted along the way before making it to the academy assuming he wasn't too badly injured. When he was out and about he wasn't welcome in any stores and often attacked when caught looting the garbage for food when the Hokage wasn't around to buy food for him. He was even bullied by other kids his age for no apparent reason so, he stuck to himself. But, the times were at their worst when it came around the date of october 10th when mobs would start forming in order to hunt Naruto down and the hokage would have to call in the Anbu to rescue him from the mobs that would leave his body beaten and broken in the street to be carried off to the hospital. But, today had been especially bad considering the civilian council had distracted him for what was about 4 hours that most of the time Naruto appeared to have been beaten to an inch of his life and then bound and set aflame in order to kill him which, failed thanks to the kyuubi and his natural healing ability. Which, is peculiar since most of the time the mobs wanted Naruto to stay alive to suffer but, this time it was planned out to be a slow painful death. Figuring that he wouldn't be getting any answers here Hiruzen leaves the hospital to head to the T and I department where as expected Ibiki is waiting for him with news. As they walk through the department he is caught up to speed.
"So tell me is there any change in Naruto?" Ibiki asks
"Sadly no he is in a coma and is being kept that way until his skin grows back" Hiruzen says solemnly
"I guess it's for the best then since, these bastards wanted him to suffer a horrible death." Ibiki states
"Outside the obvious reason is there any other reason?" Hiruzen asks
"The councilmen said it was to avenge the death of the Uchiha." Ibiki says flatly
"Why would they blame Naruto for that when Itachi did it." Hiruzen says surprised
"They believe since, Itachi watched Naruto on occasion from the mobs that he had been brainwashed by the Kyuubi was forced to massacre his clan as payback for being controlled by Madara." Ibiki states
"Those fools don't they see even if their attempts fail it will only hasten the kyuubi resurrection by killing naruto!" Hiruzen says frustratedly
"But, they felt the risk had become too great since, Naruto is becoming a ninja and with one of the prominent clans gone that it would mean they were at risk of the kyuubi even sooner." Ibiki says just as flustered as Hiruzen
"I see if there is anything else to report directly inform me at the hospital." Hiruzen says calmly
As he is making his way back out of the T and I department he is met by an Anbu.
"Report!" The hokage states
"Sir I'm afraid to inform you that the hospital room that Naruto Uzumaki was staying in has been bombed and appears to have been killed." the Anbu states
Hiruzen is in shock at the news and quickly heads to the hospital to see a part of it in flames. He heads inside as the flames are doused from the outside. He makes his way to the room Naruto was in to find no trace of the Anbu guarding it and the room completely obliterated. In frustration he bashes his fist against the wall as he starts to shed tears.
"Naruto-kun i am so, sorry!" Hiruzen says sobbing
"I'm sorry Kushina...Minato I failed to protect him!" Hiruzen whispers to himself
Hiruzen turns his back on the room and heads to the Hokage's office to prepare a report on the passing of the 4th hokage's son to the populace. Feeling the truth mattered little now but, may be a cold comfort that he will be recognized as the fourth's son in death.