Naruto, Heart of Sword Chapter Three
WrathOfTheHeavens continuing on from where kitsumebattojutsu left off!
In Wave Country, the sound of groaning was heard issuing from a small, but well kept house "Where am I?"
"In Wave Country, Miss?
"Kaoru" Kaoru opened her eyes her gaze settled on a black haired and brown eyed man who looked to be in his thirties with a scar on his chin "My name is Kaiza, my son Inari and I found you and the boy badly poisoned on the road" Kaoru darted upright with a wince ignoring her pain "Is Yahiko all right?! What about Kenshin? Did you find a red haired man called Kenshin? He's got a cross shaped scar on his cheek and violet eyes he was fighting this strange man who looked like a snake.."
"A man who looked like a snake?!" Kaoru and Kaiza jumped startled at the unexpected voice, a scantily clad woman with purple hair stood in the doorway. "His name wouldn't happen to be Orochimaru would it?" Kaoru brightened "That's what he called himself when he started to fight Kenshin!" The woman introduced herself "Mitarashi Anko, I found you guys passed out on a battlefield, I'm supposed to be your guide to Konohagakure. But I got held up when I heard Orochimaru was in the area"
"Who was that snake guy anyway?" a hoarse voice asked "Yahiko! You shouldn't be up you're injured!" exclaimed Kaoru seeing Yahiko's bruised state.
Anko smirked "Spunky brat, anyway Orochimaru is a inhumanly powerful monster and Konoha's most hated traitor for his gruesome human experiments"
"So he the one who changed Kenshin into that huge fox monster?" Anko froze "Fox monster? You mean to say that thing that just rampaged across half the country used to be a human?!" Yahiko nodded with a wince and Anko sighed "Do you want the good news or the bad news first"
Kaoru stared and Anko began speaking "Your friend is alive but the bad news is… he attacked Konohagakure killing hundreds of ninja and civilians, Namikaze Minato sealed him into a child to stop his rampage and got his soul ripped out by the Shinigami to do it."
Konohagakure A Day Ago
Sanosuke stared incredulous at the massive fox attacking Konohagakure his gaze switched from the hundreds of ninja hurling kunai and shuriken and what seemed to be elemental dragons at the fox before something else caught his gaze. 'Yellow hair? Minato!' Deciding to follow the leader to find out what was wrong Sano swiftly caught up to the blonde.
"Oi! Minato what's going on?" Minato was startled briefly "You're early? Anyway the giant demon is attacking Konoha, I'm going to seal it away into my son because a adult wouldn't be able to adapt to the demons power and it'd just escape! You should get out of here! Its not safe for civilians!" Minato ducked a large boulder of masonry and ended up gaping as Sano, grinning, punched it into dust "Who're you calling a civilian?!" Minato shrugged "Fine, listen Sano sealing the fox will take all of my power and it will kill me" Sanosuke blanched at Minato's serious tone "As a last request can you, Kenshin and the others look after him for me? His godfather Jiraiya isn't here and Kushina died mere moments ago" Sano took one look at the baby and nodded solemnly "Thank you! Sandaime will look after the details but you guys can have my house as well to raise Naruto in, no one knows about it but Sandaime and my student Kakashi. Take care"
And Sano watched moved unable to do anything as the bravest man he'd ever seen sacrificed himself to save his home.
Sandaime sighed sadly as Sanosuke held baby Naruto, Kakashi stood nearby subdued.
"The council has gone against my decision and taken it upon themselves to tell the people of Naruto's burden, luckily since Minato appointed you as his caretaker they cannot touch him."
"Because of his old mans enemy's right?" Sandaime stiffened with narrow eyes and Kakashi jolted in shock not having realised the kids parentage "How did you know that?" asked Sandaime, Sano blinked "Minato told me right before he died, he also said his wife died too"
"Well Minato's home has a number of seals set up so it's the safest place in Konoha for Naruto. Kakashi I know its been a long night but I need you to find Anko and get her to escort Sanosuke's friends, Himura Kenshin, Kamiya Kaoru and Myojin Yahiko to Konoha, they are late and in all this chaos I for one am highly worried about them." Sandaime sounded resigned and Kakashi bristled in realisation "You were never going to tell me about Sensei's son were you?!" Sandaime sighed "We'll talk about this later, Kakashi please guard Naruto discretely as Sanosuke is not used to ninja like us and our tactics"
Present Time
Sanosuke sighed tiredly as he watched Megumi bottle feed the Chibi-Whiskered-Minato though he shouldn't call him that in case he slipped up, so Uzumaki Naruto it was, adopted child of the Kenshin-gumi.
A knock on the door had Sanosuke wary but a signal from Kakashi showed him it was ok. Sanosuke opened the door and came face to face with a red eyed Kaoru and solemn looking Yahiko. "Bout time you got here, Where's Kenshin?" Kaoru burst into tears and threw herself into his arms. Yahiko spoke "We were attacked on the way from Wave by a freakishly strong guy called Orochimaru, Kaoru and I got knocked out by poison and Kenshin…" Yahiko trailed off and Sano paled "Please tell me he's ok!"
Kaoru spoke "Orochimaru turned Kenshin into some kind of monster, a giant fox demon" Sanosuke, Kakashi and Megumi froze in horrified realisation staring at the sleeping child in Megumi's lap. Following their gaze Kaoru and Yahiko could put together the pieces easily enough they brightened up noticeably "So that's the kid the Third said Minato sealed Kenshin in…"
Kakashi muttered "We cant unseal him because he's still being affected negatively by whatever Orochimaru did to him and even if we wanted to unseal him and cause a massacre, only Naruto can do that when he's older at least."
Just then Sandaime walked in "I see you're all here, let me get started, the old Dojo near the Area 44 training grounds is yours Miss. Kamiya. It need a bit of work but you won't have a lack of students I can promise you that at least.
Miss. Takani both the local Apothecary and the hospital have job openings for you and Sanosuke, after seeing your prodigious strength I recommended you to Mr. Higuraishi a skilled blacksmith who's willing to apprentice you part time so he can take care of his infant daughter.
Also Himura-san previously sent a application for Yahiko-san to join the Shinobi Academy if that is amendable, while Minato had Himura down as his bodyguard and assistant in the Hokage tower. You have the Namikaze resources behind you in emergencies and to support Naruto-kun. Also I also put Himura down as a Uzumaki and made it seem like the Namikaze wealth was his and Naruto inherited it so the council cannot question Naruto-kun's guardianship or heritage. I'm trusting you with the library in the back of this house, its full of Jutsu and techniques that could be deadly if used wrongly."
Kenshin-gumi nodded resolving to learn as much as possible and use it responsibly.
Sandaime smirked darkly "The council said I can't teach ''The Demon'' but if his legal guardians just happen to access to advanced teaching materials…" Sandaime trailed off cackling and Kakashi and the Kenshin-gumi sweat dropped.
Yahiko sat next to the giggling baby "Your done for kiddo, anyone raised by these misfits is either going to be a legend or really, really weird"
"WHAT WAS THAT, BRAT!" the Kaoru growled at Yahiko, Naruto merely giggled nervously at the multitude of glares directed at 'The Brat' while Sandaime and Kakashi sweat dropped. This was who they were leaving Naruto with? Doomed indeed!