Well, here is Chapter 3: The Secret to Naruto's Past Uncovered! Hope you all enjoy and please make sure to review!

Secrets Revealed

Naruto sat on the floor, listening the the sizzle created by the pork chunks currently cooking on the grill his father had set up, as he waited, enjoying the smell of barbecue pork, the young boy leaned back on his hands and began to seriously observe the two adults sitting with him.

The man was tall, with blond hair and blue eyes the same color as his own. The angles of his face were were rather sharp, bearing the same look of inherent strength which one might expect to see in a rock. The man had broad shoulders with the toned, well defined arms of a ninja. He held a quiet confidence about himself, like a tiger who had never lost a fight, though he seemed easy going and relaxed there was little question that he was capable of killing without much effort.

His eyes held compassion in them, the sort of compassion which only comes about with someone who has seen the very worst of suffering and pain and wants to prevent anyone from ever suffering the way he has seen others suffer. The taller blond also had a way of holding holding himself that spoke of strength, the man knew that he was strong, he accepted this as he accepted everything else in life, however being around his strength was not the kind which made one feel fear.

He seemed to have the sort of inner strength which would lift everyone else up with him, as if the strength he possessed would be given freely to anyone who did not have enough of their own.

The more Naruto looked at the man's face, the more familiar he felt that face looked as if he had seen that face his entire life but had never really noticed before. The young child simply decided this was due to some kind of forgotten memory he retained as an infant and dismissed the thought.

The woman was on the shorter side, with striking red hair and piercing green eyes, her face had a soft, quiet strength about it, her eyes also held that "I have seen it all" look of compassion about them. She had rather broad shoulders for a woman, with toned arms, and a large bust.

The red-head held herself in a way which spoke of barely repressed energy, her emotions came right up to the surface as if not even God could shame her out of laughing. The laugh was a rich, bubbly one, like a cheerful river which had just finished it's Spring thaw and was bursting with new life and energy.

Despite her straight-forward demeanor, it seemed like she was holding back a deep sadness and the laugh and smile was only a way for her to cover up the inner pain.

The more that Naruto thought about it, the more convinced he became that these people were his parents, they did not seem very dead either.

The trio ate in comfortable silence, occasionally exchanging small glances and smiles, the small, blond child, eating the grilled pork and fish breakfast could not remember ever being so happy.

As the group finished their meal, the man and woman exchanged meaningful glances clearly having one of those silent arguments only ever made by a married couple or close siblings, Naruto however, having had very little experience with either, did not even notice.

It appeared that the man had lost because after a few moments he resignedly cleared his throat in preparation for delivering the news which he was positive that his alleged son would not be particularly thrilled to hear.

Clearing his throat, the larger blond decided to just dive straight in. Figuring the more quickly it was said the more quickly the boy might get over it...it was worth a shot at least.

"Naruto, there is something we need to discuss, about your mother and I, you see strictly speaking we are, in fact, dead. Actually it would be more proper to say that out real bodies are dead these are what you would call "clones" creations of chakra formed into a physical body.

This cave and the majority of what is inside of it has been here since your mother first agreed to move into Konoha, it's the inheritance of your mother's family but we'll talk about that later. You see, we had not planned for you to find out in this manner, had it been up to us, your mother and I wanted to be able to take you here ourselves when you were old enough.

Unfortunately, things didn't turn out that way, you see, as you probably already know the day that you were born is the same day the the Nine Tailed Demon Fox attacked Konohagakure. It very nearly destroyed our village and I only had one way to stop it and that was to seal it away, a technique which required my life.

Your mother and I were in the delivery room when it happened, an old student of mine suddenly rushed through the doors and reported that the Fox had been spotted approaching the village, right away I gave the order to hold it off at all costs.

After some discussion, your mother and I agreed that my only solution was "that" technique however a creature of pure evil chakra such as the Nine-Tail could not simply be killed because it would only absorb all of the hatred and fear that would be found in Hell until it was strong enough to break free.

We had to seal it away into the only creature with the ability to contain such a beast, a new born human. Your mother convinced me that it had to be you, not just because asking another parent to offer up their child as the container would be something which I could never do, but because you are the only one who we could trust with such a responsibility, especially with your blood-line.

There was one other complication however, you see, a creature like that, of such pure evil and immeasurable age, if sealed inside of a child without a day of living experience, would definitely corrupt and take over the body of it's container.

We could not allow that.

Again, it was your mother who suggested the solution, I fought her on it, with everything that I had, you could not grow up an orphan, especially given who you are. In the end though, there only was one solution and we both knew that, we would have to split up the Demon Fox.

I had to seal the demon's chakra inside of you, while sealing it's will into another, the problem is, the two people who the two pieces of the Fox were sealed in had to have a direct chakra link. In all the world, there is only one situation which allows a charka link strong enough to sustain something like that.

The link between a mother and her new born child.

So, because we had no choice, inside of you I sealed the Nine-Tails and inside of your mother, I sealed the will of the Demon Fox.

Like I said, anyone who had that portion of the Fox contained within themselves would surely be corrupted and that is why whoever that portion of the was Fox trapped in, would have to sealed away. The official story is that your mother died during child birth, in reality I sealed her inside of a scroll which is currently resting safely inside of a locked trunk in the study.

She must not be let out with things the way they are, to do so would be to set free the Fox itself and then your mother would effectively die, instantly.

Just before we enacted our plan, your mother and I created these clones and we sealed them inside the scroll which you opened, as well as enough chakra to last them, or ratherm us, for 24 hours, after that, well I assume it all went according to plan, more or less, because you're here."

The man finished recreating Naruto's entire universe for the third time with an awkward sigh before adding in one last bit of universe shattering knowledge as an after thought.

"Oh and, if you haven't guessed already, my name is Namikaze Minato, other wise known as the Fourth Hokage. Your Mother's name is Uzamaki Kushina and well, if you think my story was crazy just wait until you hear hers!"

The aforementioned red-head was still glaring at Minato in a way that said quite clearly, "Way to throw me under the bus!"

Naruto however, only sat where he was, his head resting on his mother's arm, a blank expression on his face. The Fourth Hokage clone had been anticipating several reactions from the boy, screaming, crying. denial, and out right rage all being on that list.

But this state of unresponsive shock was the most worrisome, the Kushina clone seemed to concur as she gently took Naruto into her arms and began stroking his hair.

This seemed to break whatever spell that had taken the boy as he finally spoke up, his voice a tiny whisper that broke both of his parent's clone's hearts.

"So" he began, his voice trembling "you mean you're leaving after only a day? You're gonna leave me?"

Shocked at what seemed to be Naruto not quite comprehending the enormity of everything else he had just been told (he was only a child after all) Kushina-the-clone gently tried to make sure that the boy realised that he was the container of the Nine Tail and that it was entirely their fault his life had been so horrible.

"Naruto....we only made these clones so that you could find out who you are, but do you understand what else your father said, you do realise that the Nine Tailed Fox is-"

She was interupted by the boy tearing himself from her grasp, standing to his full height, he began to yell, tears beginning to form at his eyes.

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT!!! What difference is it to me the whole village hates me!??? I don't care that everybody hates me 'caus you put a Fox inside me!!! I.....I don't care about none of that!! Just as long as I've got you!!! You cant leave me!!!!"

Finally Naruto stopped, unable to go on because the rock in his throat had become too large for even a little sound to escape, he silently struggled to hold back the tears before continuing.

"Mom and Dad...you guys are heroes! You saved the world from the Nine-Tails, Mom and Dad are strong!" The small boy fiercely struggled to keep the tears from falling out of his eyes, his fists clinched tightly at his side as he blinked them away. "Whatever Mom and Dad did....it was because you didn't have a choice! But please.....don't leave me alone. If you leave.....if you leave me all alone again....I won't have any reason to live. I would rather die than be alone again!!

If you two leave me then I'll kill myself!!! I SWEAR I WILL!!! YOU"RE MY REASON TO LIVE!!! WITHOUT YOU IT'S BETTER TO BE DE-"

"NARUTO!!"

The boys rant was interrupted by his father's stern reprimand, the boys shoulders heaved, he stared at the ground, fighting with all of his power not to cry, blood leaked from his palms where his nails had begun to dig in.

"Look at me." Came the order from the Fourth Hokage, the boy however stared obstinately at the floor. "Naruto! Look at me right now!"

The smaller blond finally raised his head to find that his father was now standing up, he also realised for the first time, just how large the man was. He was easily the most giant man that the boy had ever seen.

Minato seemed to be larger than life as if God himself would barely reach this man's navel. It was terrifying and impressive, Naruto could not look away.

Once his son had finally initiated eye contact Minato proceeded to fulfill his role as a father. The mother provided ineffable comfort to the wounded soul, gave love and forgiveness freely, the father was the unshakable pillar, the pool of infinite strength that the child could draw upon when he found his own lacking.

With this in mind, the Minato clone put on his Hokage face, the same face used when giving out orders or rallying his troops, as his eyes looked directly into those of his son, Naruto, for the first time, learned what it felt like to have someone look at him like a man.

Suddenly the boy no longer felt like a boy, he felt larger, stronger, as though no task would be too great if it was this man who asked it of him.

"Naruto, you are my son, the son of the Fourth Hokage, you are the container of Jargi the Nine Tailed Demon Fox of Eternity, you are the hero of Konoha and you are an Uzamaki! You do not yet realise what this means but trust me when I tell you that your mother and I did not bestow upon you any burden which we thought you couldn't handle.

From me you have inherited the Will of Fire, the spirit which burns inside of every Konoha nin, the spirit to protect all to pave the way for a better future. From your mother you have inherited so much more, you are a prince my son, you are the prince of princes! Most importantly though, you are strong.

I can see that as plain as day when I look into your eyes, within you resides the strength to accomplish any goal, overcome any obstacle and carry any burden. The loneliness which you feel from the villagers scorn, you can bare it because you are a hero. Because you are the the son of your father and mother you can accept the scorn of those you protect because they do not realise how great you are."

Finally, Minato crossed the small distance between himself and the boy to place his hand on the child's head.

"Even the most powerful of monster can forget for a moment his own strength, even the most strong-hearted of heroes might forget for a moment that he is brave, when you reach such a moment, remember this moment, remember the feeling of my hand on your head and my eyes looking into your own, remember that I am lending you my strength so that if you forget your own, you can borrow mine whenever you want."

Suddenly Naruto did feel strong, stronger in fact, than he had ever felt in his entire life, like a sapling which suddenly became a 10000 foot-tall redwood, all the the fear and sadness that came with the idea of being alone again was still there, suddenly though, it felt trivial. He was the son of the Fourth Hokage after all, he was the hero of the village and he was....a prince?

Shocking blue eyes turned their way questioningly towards his mother, "I'm a prince?"

Mianto's laugh at this abrupt question was cut short by a sharp blow to the head courtesy of Kushina. "Thanks for spoiling the story, idiot." The woman said, irritation evident in her voice. With a sigh she sat down next to Naruto and invited him to sit on her lap with a beckon. The boy curiously complied.

"As you remember from the story I was telling you earlier, the world was in big trouble and the Great Spirit Jargi had just told everyone that she knew of a spell which would allow a human and a Spirit to synchronise with each other. Magic was what we know now as ninjuistu and there were many, powerful sorcerers in the land, none more powerful than Jargi, however.

It was the first full moon since that time and the powerful warrior, Kilik was just about to fuse with the eight tailed Giant Ox, Buri as the entire resistance force watched. Well I can tell you that the spell succeeded and so did everyone after that. All of them, except for the attempted synchronization of Tersla and Jargi, everything seemed to have worked out well until, a little after the process seemed complete, suddenly the man became over-whelmed and the Sprit Fox had only just enough time to undue the spell and free herself from him before Tersla died.

It was assumed that the man's death was brought about because he didn't have the necessary strength of will and magic to sustain the synchronization and died because of it. Jargi was well known as the most powerful of the Great Spirit's so while this news was upsetting, many were willing to accept that she was simply too powerful and old to become one with a human.

After that, all of the other Great and Lesser Spirits who were part of the resistance joined with a human and soon the resistance army was at nearly maximum power, with Jargi staying behind because it was assumed that there was no human capable of containing her.

When the battle finally began it looked great for the resistance but the longer they fought the more they found out that even fusing with a human did not completely protect the Great Spirits from corruption. Jargi watched helplessly from a nearby island, her sorceress skills allowing her to view the battle even from the distance she was at. It was when Hoji the two-tailed demon Cat and her partner, a powerful human sorcerer became the first of the leading eight to fall to corruption, that she could no longer bare to watch with a sinking feeling of disappointment, the Great Fox turned away to wander around in depression.

She traveled to the farthest section of the island chain when the Eternal Fox spotted a run-down old wooden shrine to a long forgotten deity."

"What's a "deedy?"" asked Naruto

"A deity is a god, dear. Now hush, the story is just getting to the good part.

The most surprising discovery however, was that there was a little sitting within the shrine. She was completely covered in the cobwebs of spider's and many other bugs and smallish animals seemed to be using her as a from of residence.

A mother owl was even tending to her young on top of the young maiden's head, what might have been even more amazing about the girl, aside from the fact that she still seemed to somehow be very much alive was the vividly red color of her hair.

Jargi had never seen such hair and upon entering the shrine, found that here eyes, though covered by spider-webs were very much open and a startling shade of green.

With a single, mighty puff, blew off all of the wildlife that had been living on her, causing them all to land, safely in the woods outside of the shrine. The Great Spirit Fox looked curiously at the child for quite sometime. Paying attention to her pristine, sky blue, silk kimono which somehow was not even slightly damaged, the soft, pink tan of her skin despite having clearly inside fore quite sometime.

This was apparent because, when Jargi moved the girl from her position, the wood that had been underneath her looked fresh as new while the floor all around was old, warped and termite ridden. Most interesting of all was the fact that the moment the Spirit Fox came near the girl, she felt all of the impurity that had managed to gather inside of herself, disappear.

Jargi felt as pure and uncorrupted as the day she was born! Every spirit builds up a certain amount of corruption as they live, the negative energy of the world cant help but seep into them. Usually it takes ages for any significant build-up to take place and it tends to be mostly negated by the flow of positive energy also apparent in this world.

The strange maiden was even more strange because she seemed to emit pure Positive energy, the same way that the evil seemed to emit pure Negative energy. Jargi was so very busy trying to figure out her strange discovery that she almost didn't notice when the girl began to stir.

As soon she the maiden awoke she greeted the Fox as if completely unsurprised to see her, then confiding in the creature that she had been brought to this place, during a time which Jargi was able to place as having been cenuries ago, and sealed away because she had Seen that one day the world would need her. When that time came a Nine Tailed Fox would enter the shrine and take her out of it, which Jargi had done when she moved the girl.

The Spirit Fox suddenly knew why the girl had foreseen her need, Jargi knew without question that this girl was meant to become her partner, they would perform a synchronization and become one then the two of them together would purify the Evil.

And that is just what they did, it took several years of battle but eventually all of the Evil was eradicated and all of the Spirits and Great Spirits had returned to their normal states of being and the girl became Queen of the entire land. The Eight generals of the army became her most trusted advisers and allies and together, they used the collective power of the Spirits to build a great kingdom. When old age finally began to overcome her and her time to pace came about, she ordered her heart to be taken from her body, because it was her heart which allowed her to purify and Spirit or Great Spirit, to be passed on to all of her heirs.

She also released the Great Fox from their fusion, for as long as they were one she could not die and age had only come because she had asked the Spirit Fox to allow it to, however, instead of simply leaving which she could have easily done, Jargi decided that she would forever remain as a guardian to the kingdom and to the Queen's heirs.

And so it went that the Great Queen, who had ended the chaos that had once ruled the world the land, passed on to the next world and her daughter, Ayame, who had the same features as her mother, took the throne until the time came for her aswell to pass the throne on to her own daughter and down the centuries the throne was passed from daughter to red-haired daughter. Each ruler grew the hold of the kingdom by a bit more until it was a mighty empire, stretching as far as the the Grand Ocean to the East all the way to the Islands to the West, as far North as the Ice Mountains and as far South as the Endless Jungle.

Many centuries passed, then millennia, the Empire flourished, works of art were created, grand ideas were voiced, wonders were created, the world met an untold time of good fortune and prosperity.

But, nothing ever lasts forever.

It is unclear why or who exactly, but it is mostly agreed that one fateful night, a group of young but talented sorcerers were working on some kind of new spell when something went horribly wrong. The entire city, in a chain reaction that the world had never seen before the spell-gone-haywire began to feed off of the magical energy in the city and continued onward, in one single night, the thousand-year empire was completely destroyed.

Jargi, along with the Eight Imperial Guardians, as the eight-tailed Spirits and their human hosts were now called, were able to sense the blast just in time to protect only the queens personal chamber from the blast, doing so however, weakened them all immensely.

Hundreds of thousands died that night and thousands more perished in the aftermath. The Empress tried to restore order but with all of her officers in the Imperial City dead (she had been the only to survive the initial blast, even the human halves of the Imperial Guardians had been killed) she had little power to draw upon.

She managed build build up a makeshift town from the rubble and attempted to get survivors from all around to flock to it as a point from which to start over. The new city was just getting ot it's legs when a famine struck, out lying gangs of bandits took to raiding the new town for food and supplies.

People were starving, sick and desperate, therefore the also got very angry, a revolt began, first quietly then most of the village was screaming for the head of the Empress, with no choice left, she fled. The Heart of the Mother was one of the most powerful magical devices in existence, fearing someone might abuse it's power if they were able to take it from her, the Empress Uzamaki, for that was the name of the Empire, sealed it away inside of a scroll for she was a highly skilled sorceress as all Empresses were trained to be.

Time wore on, memory of the once-great empire faded into the blackness of history, all nine of those Great Spirits that had once saved the world from Evil were forced to pull themselves together into a single entity in order to survive after they were so weakened by the magical disaster. The imperial blood one continued on in secret, eventually the secrets of the Magical arts died away and with the the knowledge of how to unseal the scroll which contained the The Heart of the Mother.

The Great Spirits, lacking the purification that the so sorely needed in their weakened state, began to lose themselves to the confusion of chaos that was brought about by all of them joining into one being. Eventually they regained their strength but not their mind or personalities and became the creature known as the Ten-Tailed beast.

More hundreds of years went on and the Beast was destroyed and broken up by the Sage of the Six Paths, thus, the nine tailed beasts were born all still confused and altered by the corruption which had consumed them during the centuries past.

Five years ago I, Uzamaki Kushina, 123rd descendant of Mother Uzamaki, and heir to the thrown of the Great Uzamaki Empire, gave birth to Uzamaki Naruto, 124th descendant of Mother Uzamaki and the first ever male born into the line.

So, that's the end, make sure to tell me what you thought, I'm open to any and all opinions, criticisms or praise!

Also I need a Beta reader if anyone wants to vollunteer.