Prologue (part 2)

Uzumaki Namikaze Kushina was currently in a state of pure shock. She had just given birth to her daughter when a man wearing black clothes and an orange mask appeared in the room and had taken her child away. Her husband Namikaze Minato followed the man to save their daughter. He was accompanied by the Uzumakis' silent guardians, the Hanyou Tribe.

Kushina was currently trying to keep her tenant at bay, but the man had come back and broke the seal. He made her tenant disappear and then vanished again. Kushina was now at the verge of death and she knew it. Some hunters of the Hanyou returned and did what they could to prolong her life.

Meanwhile Minato was battling the man with the orange mask. But every time he attacked his opponent all of his strikes seemed to faze right through him. The man however did not have the same problems. Minato only had one option, stay on the defensive and find a way around his jutsu.

"You are starting to get on my nerves, Yondaime Hokage… Why can you not realize that your efforts are in vain? You will never be able to hit me."

Minato charged, he fazed through him and his opponent countered. But he did not touch him. Minato had used his Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique). He struck at his opponent and he landed a hit.

'So it will come down to speed. I will have to be faster than him.'

And so it went on he would use his three bladed kunai and then used his Hiraishin. During the fight he had managed to put the location seal onto his opponent and then as his opponent dashed towards him he used his Hiraishin to the on top of and then slammed two Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere) into his shoulders.

Amazingly the man got back up and laughed

"Very well Yondaime… I will leave, but sooner or later all will bow down to my will. You should hurry up. My little pet is doing quite some damage."

With that he vanished. Minato raced to his village only to see the King of all demons, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, tearing through it. His ninja were fighting bravely, but they were out matched.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)."

He put his hand to the ground and out of a giant cloud of smoke an equally giant toad appeared.

"Gamabunta, I need your help to lure the Kyuubi out of the village."

"Will do, Minato. My, he seems more upset than usual."

The Kyuubi roared and gathered chakra in front of its mouth.

"Oh no! It's going to unleash a Bijudama right here. Bunta, help the village, I'll take care of the Kyuubi!"

He used his Hiraishin and teleported himself and the demon fox back to the forest, where the hut was. He saw his wife lying on the floor with some of the Hanyou. He ran up to her.

"Minato… Naru, is she safe?"

"She is, but we have to seal the Kyuubi or it will destroy the entire Village. You, Hanyou get my daughter."

They nodded and transformed into large cats with long canines in the upper jaw. Two went to the place where his daughter was the other five charged at the rampaging fox demon. A few minutes past and the two reappeared. One was holding a bundle of cloth in its mouth, while the other was flanking him. The Kyuubi had already killed the five Hanyou with paw swipes and now let its paw descend on the flanking Hanyou. He stopped and charged. He was stomped to the ground but he had fulfilled his purpose to stall the Kyuubi.

"Kushina the only seal that I know, that is strong enough, is the Reaper Death Seal."

"But Minato, if you use that seal, you will die, please let me do it. I can take the Kyuubi with me to death and Naru-chan will have a father to look after her."

"No, you are too weak my love. The seal would break anew. It is the only way. I am going to make Naruko the next Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko. And you will look after her. Raise her to be strong."

With those words he put the child onto the sealing altar and began his final act as the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha Gakure. A bright light erupted and the demon was slowly being pulled into the child but it was resisting. Suddenly the demon was constricted by chains and the last of the fox was sealed. Minato collapsed.

"Forgive me, my love, musume."

And then he passed away. Kushina was panting heavily. The last remaining Hanyou rushed over to her.

"Say Hanyou, what is your name?"

The Hanyou tilted his head. It was obvious the woman was dying, but he didn't understand why she was not telling him to heal her. Did she want to die? He decided to heal her and answer her question. He turned back to his human form and bit into his forearm.

"Drink, please. I am Kage Hogo-sha."

He out the wound to her mouth but she refused.

"Do not waste efforts on the dead Kage Hogo-sha, watch over our daughter, protect her, and teach her. Promise me, you will do this for me. Promise me."

"I promise, by the oath of blood dripping to your flesh, until the day that I die this mark will not disappear from your body. I will bring yours and your mate's body to the blood bond tribe's burial caves, a place where no one can ever touch or see you."

He drew the head of his blood bond onto her stomach. He looked at the child and saw that the Sandaime came rushing towards them with a squad of ANBU. He saw the bodies of his successor and his wife and knew they were dead. He saw a man wearing black trousers. His body was covered with black war paint. His left forearm was bloody from what seemed like a bite wound.

"Who are you?" the Sandaime questioned.

"A Silent Guardian. I leave the child in your care, for now. We will see each other again, very soon, Kage Bushin no Jutsu (Shadow Clown Jutsu)."

Out of a cloud of smoke another Kage Hogo-sha appeared. They transformed into their animal forms and took off with the two bodies. The ANBU were already following but they lost sight of him as soon as he entered the forest. They returned and awaited there leaders instructions. The Sandaime sighed he picked up the child and left.

Meanwhile Kage Hogo-sha entered the burial caves. He walked the tunnels with his clone and brought them to an empty cave with a bed made of rock. He put the two on the bed and put their hands together. He then cut their arms open and drained some blood from the two and put them into two veils. His clone dispersed. He sealed the veils and the cut open his own arm. He started to draw signs around the bed in an oval shape. When he was done he clapped his hands together in front of his chest and started chanting.

"Bound to the earth by death, protected by life, souls of a thousand spirits guard the realms of life. Honored by the tribe, I wish to preserve you in the rocks of our bond, for you to be at peace for all of your time."

The signs flashed up and then faded. A silver glowing dome enclosed the two bodies and then faded as well. Kage Hogo-sha sighed.

"Your daughter will be safe, Kushina-sama. I will make sure of it."

He turned away from the grave walked out of the cave. As he left the entrance to the cave broke down sealing away the two for all eternity. He then left the caves and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Same time in the Hidden Leaf

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage or also known as the Professor, stood in front of the council of his village. As his successor had died during the Kyuubi attack. He was sitting in his chair, next to himself was a crib with a little girl the council was currently fighting about what her fate would be. He had covered up the child's real identity with a forged file and claiming Minato took the girl from the orphanage. But before he could go on, the council had erupted in yelling.

"We should kill the demon!"

"No, the girl should be trained as a weapon!"

"You fools we have to finish what Yondaime-sama started."

Hiruzen sighed. This was going to be a long night.

"Silence!" he called, as he hit the council members with killing intent. Instantly the room went silent.

"Minato wanted this girl to be seen as a hero. She will be put back into the orphanage. Unless one of you would like to take him in?"

As expected no one wanted to take the child in. Once again he sighed. He had anticipated this and now he knew he would have to do it.

"Now I will be putting up new laws. This is a SS-Rank secret, anyone who gives this information away will be persecuted and executed, with the exception of myself and Naruko here."

The girl giggled.

"Hokage-sama." Said one Hyuuga Hiashi.

"The file you gave us does not show a family name. What shall we name the girl?"

"We will name her Uzumaki Naruko."

The council nodded in approval.

"Now that this matter has resolved I ask that Hiashi, Inoichi, Choza, Shikaku, Shibi, Tsume, Fugaku and Danzo stay here. I have to discuss some things with you."

"But why can't the civilian council be present as well?" a pink haired councilwoman screeched.

"Because this will be a Shinobi Matter, Haruno. Which means you are not needed."

She glared at her leader but left with the rest of the civilian council. After they were gone ha activated some privacy seals. He turned around and faced the shinobi council. Danzo, not a shinobi per say, was the leader of his ROOT ANBU.

"So, what have you called us here for, Hiruzen?"

As always Danzo came straight to the point.

"The girl's true heritage."

"Please, Hiruzen. Many of us were close to Minato we know who the girl really is."

The council nodded.

"Good, as I want to in act one more law No one is to talk to Naruko about her heritage. I will tell her once she comes of age or she becomes chunin. That was Minato's final request. Now when I picked up Naruko from the clearing, I encountered a being who seemed to be a protector of some sorts. When I asked who he was he said he was a Silent Guardian. I was hoping someone would know something about this."

There was a puff of smoke and there was a man standing on the table with black war paint all over his upper body. He was wearing black shinobi pants and no shoes.

"That will not be necessary. I will be taking Uzumaki-hime back with me."

"No you will not." Hiruzen said.

"Uzumaki is part of Konoha Gakure no Sato, and therefore under my authority. You will not take her away."

"If you do, Konoha will be forced to prosecute you and get back Uzumaki." Danto added.

"Are you threatening me, Shimura-san? That would be a very bad idea."

"Nobody is threatening anybody Tanin-san." Hiashi put in, trying to defuse the situation.

"But Uzumaki is due to her heritage bound to the village. And all of us were rather close to her parents. We would like it to have their legacy around in the village. At least for a few years."

The stranger sighed.

"You do your clan's reputation well, Hyuuga-san. Your reasons are valid. The tribe will keep its distance from her, but we will watch her and if anything inacceptable happens to her, we will take her in and we will make sure nothing happens to her."

He walked over to the child and bit his forearm. He put his right index finger into the wound and wrote the kanji for savior onto her forehead. The writing vanished and Tanin turned away. He walked to the door and was stopped by two ANBU. One was wearing a cat mask and the other was wearing a snake mask. They both had their hands on the grips of their ninja-to. Tanin looked at them and turned back to the Hokage.

"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, was there anything else you would like to discuss with me?"

"Where are the bodies of Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato?"

"So she didn't take the name after all." Tanin mused to himself.

"The bodies are safe from any and all threats, somewhere where they will never be disturbed again. Now, would you two lovely ladies step aside I would hate to have to kill you, though you two do have a delicious taste in your scent."

The two ANBU shivered but stayed in place. Tanin sighed and puffed out of existence. The council was shocked. That man had bypassed the privacy seals and the security seals, along with all guards posted within and around the Hokage Tower, not once but twice.

With Kage Hogo-sha

Hogo-sha was currently on his way to his tribe. He had done what was asked by the Holy Mother and had to report back. Hopefully the Council of Hunters would not see his accepting of the council's plea as a sign of weakness. He had after all avoided a major incident and the death of many people. As he walked through the camp he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He entered the main hut and stood in front of the Council and the Holy Mother. He bowed and sat down.

"Hogo-sha, you step in front of this circle to report of your tasks. Cut your arm and pass the blood to us all."

Hogo-sha cut open his arm and poured the blood into a bowl which he then passed around. Each member of the circle took a sip from the bowl. After they all had had a sip the blood that was left was given back to Hogo-sha. He drank the rest and looked at the circle.

"The Holy Mother will decide your fate, Hogo-sha. You have been loyal to our protectors and our ways, but you inaction in this situation has caused a great deal of complications, which is unacceptable."

"Hogo-sha, you are a very capable hunter and even achieved the rank of Kage Kariudo as a mere child. Your decision was made on rational grounds, but you have let both of our saviors into that village without the tribe's protection. And that is the fault you committed."

Hogo-sha looked at the ground. He was at fault and looking at his leaders would challenge their authority for which he would be branded as Haji no Niku, Meat of Shame. That was something only done to traitors and prisoners who had disgraced themselves by lying and blaming others for their capture than themselves.

"And for that act, you will be disbanded from the tribe until our saviors return with you. You will keep your position and your name inside of the tribe, outside of the tribe your name will be decided by the girl. Once you leave these grounds you are only allowed to return with the girl or IF there is a development that could be beneficial to the tribe. Talk to the Hokage and tell him you will watch from the shadows but will act as soon as her life is in too great a danger, or the unforgivable act is being committed."

Hogo-sha nodded. He got up and left the tribe's grounds. He made his way to the Village Hidden in the Leaves. He transformed into his blood bond and ran straight to the tower. He rushed through to the office and stared at a surprised Sarutobi Hiruzen. The ANBU in the room quickly surrounded him on all sides with their ninja-tos drawn, ready to strike. He transformed back and raised his hands.

"Please, I mean no harm."

"And what reason do we have to believe you, Tanin-san?"

"You don't but we both have a similar goal. We both want to protect Uzumaki-hime."

"I thought your tribe would stay away from the girl."

"I did, but I am no longer part of the tribe. I am here to tell you that I will honor the agreement and not be in direct contact with her. But if her life is in great danger or the unspeakable is about to be done to her, I will not hesitate to kill all responsible parties."

Sarutobi eyed Tanin carefully. He knew he had no say over him but he did not know any of his abilities other than the few he had shown before. The man in front of him carried himself with strength and awareness. He appeared young but he seemed to act more like a veteran ninja.

"Fine…" he sighed.

"But I will have you watched by Weasel here."

An ANBU with a weasel mask appeared.

"Uchiha…" Tanin growled quietly.

Weasel tensed but remained as he was.

"If you insist, I will not complain. Hope you won't lose me, Nusumi-Ai*." Tannin spat with a fake smile.

He left the tower and ran along the rooftops towards the orphanage. When he arrived he transformed into his blood bond. This time though, he was smaller. He laid down and eyed the orphanage.

*stealing eye