"Kakashi has reported that Naruto's been acting different…" The Sadaime mused, looking out over the village. "...his attire change…the lost technology he uses when provoked…Jiraiya has noticed strange things too…in Suna particularly." He pauses to look at the Hokage mountain. "Oh Yondaime…does he know?"
The Sandaime had been alive for a long time. He could remember the Nidaime and the stories that were told to the children. Stories of a time when deserts covered the planet and Angels walked among men. A time when it was every man woman and child for themselves, a time when legends were born and everyone died young.
When Arashi came to him telling him of a distant past, a legacy left dormant and new events about to unfold, he wasn't sure if he was to be believed…as a matter of fact, he worried his already chosen successor was insane…but the young legend brought him proof, he had shown the Sandaime the impossible. And Arashi had continued to theorize that every so often someone in the family was born with their original ancestors memories just lying in wait to be unlocked. Sometimes they were revealed, others they stayed hidden. When the Sandaime questioned Arashi as to his motive for revealing his family secrets to him, he received quite a shock.
"Kushina…is pregnant."
"That's wonderful news, Arashi!" He had crowed to his depressed successor. "…but why are you not overjoyed at the news?"
"I…have a feeling we won't be around to watch him grow, Sandaime-sama."
"What do you mean, Arashi-kun? Is it-?"
"Mmm..." And then Kushina died giving birth and the Yondaime sacrificed himself sealing the 9-tailed beast into his own son. The son whose father thought he would be the one born with the memories…the son who was now acting strangely, and more different then anything he could have imagined.
"He's special, jiji." Arashi said reverently while holding his child in his arms.
"All parents think their children are, Arashi-kun."
"But my Naruto's truly special…"
"You have no idea, Arashi-kun." The Sandaime muses to his succeeding predecessor. "Perhaps it's time I brought Naruto-kun in for a talk..."