A/N: This is my first fic so feel free to burn and flame me ^.^….not like it would really matter though as this is my story not yours, but don't let that stop you from giving me suggestions as I am definitely not the best writer in the world but I do have ideas…..many, many, many ideas……

Anyway this fic is to be an epic crossover, I mean epic, I expect this fic to hit about the 500k+ area ^.^ ; to name a few crossovers DBZ, BLEACH, GUNDAM WING, and TRIGUN. Believe me when I say that's just a FEW of them I don't want to give away all my plans just yet but I'm hoping this goes well ^.^

And yes to those that may be wondering ….I am just that bored…

Disclaimer: no matter how much I wish I did, I do not own Naruto, however I do own the few Oc's that will be in this fic.(even though I'm not making any money off them)

Konoha; Hokage's office

"Hokage-sama!" An ANBU half yelled in near panic as he appeared in a swirl of smoke and leaves.

"We can't hold the demon back for much longer, we've lost four squads of ANBU already and the beast is treating us as if we are flies!"

The man in question was sitting behind a large wooden desk that took up a good portion of the room, with a child that was only a few hours old in his arms sleeping soundly even as the panic stricken masked ANBU yelled. Without looking up from the baby in his arms the hokage made no movement for a few agonizingly slow seconds before nodding his head slowly as signal for the masked shinobi to return to his post.

Off to one side of the stood an ageing man well into his fifties wearing the similar red and white robes that the Hokage himself wore. His face, worn from years of experience, was grim with a slight scowl. His eyes never left the Hokage as the ANBU appeared, delivered his message, and disappeared in another swirl of smoke and leaves.

"Minato, please, let me do the sealing," pleaded the old man staring at his successor with eyes that has seen far more than any would want to see in a single life time. "The village still needs you, I'm to old to take up the mantle of Hokage again," He continued trying to convince the man behind the desk.

"No, you know you're too old and the seal wouldn't have the power necessary to last," Minato said, voice filled with the authority of being Hokage, looked up at the old man, his face calm and filled with determination before softening as a thought arose in his mind "You have the scrolls and letters?" he asked.

"Yes, but-" the old man began, only to be interrupted by Minato.

"Don't do this Sarutobi, " said Minato closing his eyes for a moment before opening them again "You know as well as I do that the seal was specifically designed for me to place, no one else not you, not Jiraiya, me. He would have given it to you if he designed it for you but he didn't,"

Sarutobi, for his part, knew perfectly well that he couldn't make the seal last like Minato could but that didn't stop him from wishing and hoping that he could.

"But you don't even know if it will work, or how long it will last! For all we know the seal is just another assassination attempt by Iwa or Cumo!" Sarutobi ranted as he tried to reason.

Minato sighed before cutting into the old man's rant "It will work and it will last, that much was promised. While you may not trust him I do and you will just have to trust in my decision"

Minato was also promised one more thing but he didn't think it was important enough to bring to Sarutobi's attention. The old man in front of him just began to rant once more about who should do the sealing. Minato however just tuned him out and began staring at the child in his arms once more.

'How will you ever forgive me...' Minato thought as he stared at his son

Sarutobi finally realizing that Minato wasn't listening anymore and gave up on his rant and sighed.

"When do you want the scrolls and letters given to him..." his voice trailed off as his question hung in the air.

Swiveling his chair so he could look out the window across the horizon. It was mid day and the sky was clear but in the distance he could see the sky darkened as if the sun itself didn't dare cascade light upon the tailed beast closing in on the village.

After a few seconds that seemed like an eternity to the elderly man, Minato spoke "when ever you think he is old enough to know."

Sarutobi sighed once again and nodded not noticing the far-off look Minato suddenly got while he was staring off into the ever-darkening distance. After a few minutes Sarutobi started to wonder if there was something wrong when Minato smiled and spoke not looking away from the horizon.

"When Naruto finishes the academy make sure his team consists of the Hyuuga and the Nara," he said with a voice filled with pride.

A confused Sarutobi stood there with out the slightest idea what his successor was talking about and was about to voice this when Minato spoke up again answering his unspoken question.

"Don't worry about it too much, and just so you have a reason why I have already chosen his genin team," Minato began look away from the distance with a small tear that was barely perceptible in his eye and the smile still on his face. "I know I'm no oracle and I know this will sound crazy...but I think I just saw my son's wedding..." He said with his voice trailing off letting what he just said sink in.

Sarutobi was about to call on the few remaining ANBU when a wave of nostalgia hit him from his long forgotten past.

======FLASHBACK======

Sarutobi stood tears streaming down his face in a hospital room staring at a scene that had come far too soon for his tastes. On the bed in front of him lay his dieing sensei the Nidaime Hokage, who was dieing from a poison, that he was injected with during the last battle, which was even beyond Tsunade whom had recently locked herself away in an office with hundreds of medical scrolls trying to figure out how to heal her granduncle.

The deadline that the other doctors had given was drawing to a close and his sensei's life was fading before his eyes and He was about to leave the room when he heard the strained voice of his mentor whisper out "Wait,"

He stopped in his tracks and turned to stare at his sensei that was struggling to for words.

"Be careful Hiruzen(1) . . ." The Nidaime grimaced out, as the constant waves pain grew " . . .of Orochimaru he is not as pure as you think of him and will turn against you when you least expect it..." he finished with another grimace.

"How do you know this sensei?" asked Sarutobi truly curious as to why the Nidaime was warning him about his prized pupil.

After a few heavily strained breaths the dieing man began to speak " . . .My father once told me a story that I didn't believe at the time because I thought it was impossible . . ." he took a ragged breath before continuing "after he told me what I now know to be true he gave me the explanation as to why it was true . . ." he took another breath " . . .he said 'There are times where a man, under certain circumstances is given a rare and priceless gift. A glimpse into the future, sometimes its as short as few minutes to days into the future and others its as far as decades . . ." he finished with a wheeze.

After a momentary pause Sarutobi asked, "What did your father see?"

The Nidaime spoke after taking a long and ragged breath " he said he saw his, my bother's, and my deaths . . . and to date he has not been wrong . . ." his voice trailed off as his final breath was let go and he slipped into eternal slumber. Sarutobi stood there in complete shock as doctors filed into the room trying to anything and everything they could to bring him back, but in the end it was a futile effort.

======END FLASHBACK======

As it turned out right around the time Sarutobi declared Minato to be his successor it was discovered that Orochimaru had been performing experiments on missing villagers and shinobi alike. Soon after that Orochimaru fled the village and hadn't been seen since, but that was what worried the old Hokage more than anything

As it stood now Sarutobi no longer doubted Minato's word and instead chose to get some answers, "will he marry the Hyuuga?" he asked.

Minato's smile grew as he nodded

Sarutobi instantly began to get a headache, as he knew the kind of paper work the Hyuuga Clan Council would drag up in trying to defy the arrangement. And the only reason they would care is because there was only one Hyuuga pregnant at that point, the wife of Hiashi, who was going to bear the heir to the clan.

Rubbing his temples Sarutobi sighed and asked as Minato stood up and prepared to protect the village one last time, "have you thought of a name for him?"

Minato's smile disappeared as his face contorted into a look of thought, and a few minutes passed before he nodded and spoke a name that would eventually become more famous than his own, that would be remembered for hundreds of years to come.

"Naruto Uzumaki...(2)"

Konoha; Main Council chamber – Three days later

"WHAT?!" was the singular cry of most of the council. After spending days trying to avoid the council Sarutobi finally broke down and agreed on attending the meeting. He was currently under the influence of a headache the size of the Hokage monument and it showed no sign of letting up anytime soon as he had just moments ago explained "why". Why he, nor the Hokage could be found easily – the latter not being found at all. Why he and the Hokage were seen talking with a man that NO ONE had information on. Lastly why he brought a baby with him into the meeting – it wasn't everyday one of the most powerful men in the known world was seen holding children.

"What do you mean the Fourth's dead?" asked a civilian council member going slightly pale at the thought of the other nations taking advantage of the situation.

"Who will replace him?" Another civilian asked voicing the thought that was traveling through everyone's mind.

"That's simple," a man from the shinobi section of the chamber began with an audible sigh. "Since the fourth didn't actually write down the name of a successor and very few of the shinobi we have now are strong enough to be kage level, the best course of action would be for Sandaime-sama to take up the title of Hokage again," he finished with another sigh and a mumble of "troublesome".

Sarutobi immediately felt his already massive headache worsen as murmurs of agreement began to spread through the chamber. He really didn't want to be there at that point he already knew that the council wouldn't take the thought of Naruto being a container of the Kyubi no Yoko very well and that was an understatement. In truth he just wanted to be in a private place with a certain book that was recently completed by one of his students.

Sarutobi tuned out the councils rambling as his thoughts began to wander; he started to fanaticize, serving only to make him want to be elsewhere that much more when he was brought out of his musings by one of the elders.

"Will you, Hiruzen Sarutobi, take up the title of Hokage once more until such a time as to find an appropriate successor?"

Sarutobi sighed heavily and nodded not wanting to say anything just yet as more murmurs sprang forth as it was finalized that he would be Hokage again. Several minutes passed and a voice cut through the entire chamber causing all conversation to abruptly halt. The voice asked the one question he knew was going to give him an even bigger headache then he already had.

"Hokage-sama, why did you bring a newborn into the meeting?" said a man whose pale white eyes seemed like they could pierce souls.

The old Hokage sighed yet again and prepared himself for the inevitable outburst that was sure to follow his answer. "Because," he began "this child is the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi no Yoko, Naruto Uzumaki."

The effect was instantaneous as cries of "What!", "You brought the Demon here!?" and "Kill it!!!" echoed throughout the chamber from most of the council. Sarutobi again felt his headache worsen as the outcries from the majority of the council demanding Naruto's death continued for several minutes until he had finally had enough.

"That is ENOUGH!!!" Roared Sarutobi, immediately stopping all of the council members in mid sentence. He paused to make sure he had the full attention of the entire council before continuing.

"Naruto is NOT the demon, he is the container! The jailor of the Kyubi and as such should be seen as the hero the Yondaime made him to be!" he finished his face slightly red showing his degree of anger.

The one person who had not spoken the entire meeting, a man with most of the right side of his wrinkled and scared face bandaged, finally spoke up seeing a prime opportunity arise for him to worm his way into a better position.

"Hokage-sama," the man began calmly "what is to be done with the boy? Surely the child's parents would still be here regardless of wanting the child or not." He finished with a calculating look in his visible eye that barely went unnoticed by the old Hokage.

" I was thinking about having the boy live with me, Danzo, until he is old enough to be on his own" the Sandaime stated. Again more yells assaulted the chamber as most of the council began to forbid him from doing any such thing. Yet again Sarutobi sighed and closed his eyes.

It was then that it happened. All sound stopped. There was no echo; he could not even hear the sound of his own breathing. Glancing up at the council Sarutobi froze in shock.

Sarutobi liked to believe he had seen everything in his long life but never had he witnessed anything like this. The council looked to be in the middle of ranting – as most of them looked to be in the middle of speech… but none of the where moving like the were all Frozen just not in ice. The council in all its glory looked comical in way, they were standing or in the process of standing and each and every one of them had their mouths open in the middle of a word. Sarutobi would have been laughing if the scene weren't entirely impossible. And it unnerved him greatly that they were unmoving and he was. While he was staring at he council he felt the newborn baby in his arms shift slightly and looked down at him and noticed that the child was still moving like he was. It was then that he heard the voice.

"Cute isn't he?" said an ethereal masculine voice that seemed to grow from nothing, echo hundreds of times, and disappear all at once. Startled Sarutobi jerked his head up to look in the direction of the voice.

Standing there ten feet way old hokage saw a man that appeared to be in his early twenties. He had long pitch black hair that hung down to his mid back his face seemed almost perfect with his pale skin, held silver eyes that had flecks of red, green, and blue that danced around the edges of his golden pupil like a kaleidoscope. He had a shinobi build but was decidedly frail looking. His white shirt looked like it was made of metal intricately woven into chain mail that was almost like fabric(2), but it was not reflective like most metals were in fact it almost seemed to draw in the light around it. It looked oddly weak but the old hokage knew that it was probably stronger then the very walls of Konoha. On his right bicep was a white cloth headband with a black plate that had a white kanji engraved on it. His pants were the design of ANBU but were made the same as the shirt. He wore what appeared to be black leather combat boots that laced up to his knees. But the most interesting fact was that he held in his arms a baby that looked exactly like Naruto…

Looking down at the child in his arms Sarutobi discovered that the baby was now gone. It took his mind a few seconds for him to realize that the man really did hold Naruto!

Looking up Sarutobi spoke as calmly as he could and found that he heard no voice come from his lips but it still felt as if he were speaking normally "when did y-" Sarutobi began but was cut off by the strange man in front of him.

"Take Naruto?" the man finished for him in the same ethereal voice that commanded full attention with out trying.

The old Hokage could only nod knowing full well who this man was. He was the man that had designed the very seal that took Minato's life the very man that could have not destroyed but completely Obliterated the Kyubi with out a second thought.

"Come Sarutobi surely you have better questions then that?" the man said in a mocking tone with a barely perceptible smile. "Why not ask me 'my reasons for being here' or perhaps 'why I designed the seal for Minato and not you'" the man said, his voice still reverberating ethereally in a way that seemed to be masking laughter.

A now slightly angered Hokage replied with a cold voice that held venom " why not just answer the questions before I ask them, you already know what I'm going to ask…"

The man chuckled lightly but the laughter didn't reach his eyes as he replied with a large smile "Because, young Hiruzen, I like having a normal conversation even though I already know what you will say, it's nice to go through the motions"

"As for my reasons to be here? I'm merely making sure that Naruto here grows the way I need him to grow." He said his face losing the smile.

"That's not an explanation and you know it…" said Sarutobi bitterly.

The man shrugged and began to stare at the child in his arms as if watching the future come to pass. And a few moments passed by that were starting to become unbearable for Sarutobi so he silently spoke this mind.

"Why did you have to design the seal for Minato?" the elderly kage began " could you not have just wiped Kyubi of the face of the planet? Surely that would have been easier then this mess that I'm dealing with now" he finished gesturing toward the council.

At this the man looked up and gazed at the third fire shadow as if he were weighing the repercussions from answering the question. After some time and Sarutobi sweating a little under the intense stare of the man before him the man asked with a face filled with apathy but a voice filled with curiosity.

"How old do you think I am?"

Sarutobi blinked in confusion wondering where this random question came from and not know how to answer.

"You heard me. How old do you think I am?" he said emphasizing the old with slight force.

"Erm…" the old Hokage began not knowing where this was going "early twenties?" his statement lacking the confidence it needed came out in a question. He quickly continued asking his own question to try and get the some of the attention off of himself. "What does your age have to do with anything?"

The man nodded and ignoring the Sandaime's question asked "And why do you think that?" he paused for a moment "Is it because of the way I look?"

The old Hokage nodded still thoroughly confused.

"Well what about now?" he said with a brief pause between each word, and in the time it took to finish the sentence he aged… literally aged … and now look older then Sarutobi himself! The Hokage was speechless. His mind was screaming at him that this wasn't possible but his heart told it was. Standing in front of him stood an elderly man slightly shorter then a few moments ago with graying hair.

"How do I look now?" the man repeated his question.

"O-o-older." Sarutobi sputtered out.

Again before his eyes the man changed his age only this time it regressed. The Hokage was now having a very hard time believing what he was seeing was not an illusion for now the person in front of him was now no older than an academy student.

"What about now?" he said "Do I appear to be a child?" the same smooth ethereal voice echoed out

Not trusting his voice Sarutobi simply nodded. "Do you understand more now?" the boy asked.

Sarutobi shook his head still not trusting his voice, and the boy sighed. Holding up three fingers he took a breath and said.

"There are three major powers the govern the world. The first…" he puts a finger down " is Kami, the almighty creator and overseer, she created everything. The second…" he put down another finger " is Fate, the one who decides everything from when the next war happens to which way a blade of grass sways in the wind. And the last…" he said dropping the last finger " is Karma and the best way to describe karma is divine punishment." Through his small speech the boy aged once more to what he originally looked like. He stood there waiting for his words to sink in.

After a few minutes of trying to collect his mind Sarutobi glanced once to the man's head band on his arm and read the kanji which stood for 'Fate' and asked the first thing that came to mind.

"I take it your 'fate'?" he asked.

"If that is what you wish to call me then that is who I am," he said cryptically

Sighing Sarutobi nodded and asked, "What is so special about Naruto? Why are you here?"

'Fate' smiled and looked down at the baby in his arms before speaking "Many, many things. But to answer your last question, I'm here to make sure Naruto isn't babied like you would have him be…"

"What? Why?" Sarutobi asked

"Because if he lives with you the story and challenges I have planed out for him wouldn't last long enough and if that happens… I will not have anything exciting to write about…" Sarutobi was suddenly treated to the sight of an almighty being pouting…then what he said finally sunk in.

"What do you mean 'write about'?" asked Sarutobi eyes narrowing in suspicion

" Well that's simple" the man said, " I write… you didn't honestly think the whole of history was recorded on a giant tapestry did you…?"

Sarutobi nodded dumbly as the man before him chuckled and smiled but that smile died as he looked back down at Naruto and sighed.

"Unfortunately," he began "for any of the happiness that I have planed out for him in his life…" he paused for a moment thinking of the right words to say "… the first few years of his life will have to be the absolute worst." He finished with a voice laden with sadness and regret and handed Naruto back to the Hokage.

Slowly he starts fading a way into nothingness but not before saying "do not worry too much about him, the good always outweighs the bad."

Looking down at Naruto as the last echoes of the man's voice fade away, Sarutobi felt a blast of sound from the council as the cries of "Kill the demon!" and "it doesn't deserve to live!" began again with new vigor. The old Hokage could only sigh as the future was becoming more and more clouded for Naruto by the second. It was then he realized with a groan that all the paperwork that would surely be piled up from this whole ordeal would be waiting for him in the Hokage's office.

(1) Hiruzen is the Sandaime's first name for those that didn't know

(2) I am currently trying to think of a title for him to have but at this point i have no idea of what it could be

(3) Think Mithril from Lord of the Rings but a lot more intricate

A/N: hope you liked it and cant wait for my next chapter till then read and review for me so if I know I doing well

And by the way this story will NOT be a harem fic nor will it have ANY form of yaoi or yuri

Anyway ^.^ bring on the flames I absolutely love fire, its nice and warm and keeps all the mean pedophiles away( Orochimaru )

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