Hiruzen came to the morning the next day not that he got much sleep that night anyhow. He knew that his choice was one that would be extremely important for the future of one boy as well as the future of the whole village and beyond that. He had his pick and sent it to the council ahead of himself. He wanted Naruto to have a home away from trouble and away problems. The more normal of a upbringing that came about the better for Naruto. That was why he picked the Nara as they didn't have the internal issues the Hyugahad nor did they have the external problems of the Uchiha either. Plus the Uchiha could use him as a weapon against the village that risk was to dangerous.

There was a single woman who go made it easy to approve Yoshino Nara a woman who was ideal to raise Naruto. Plus given he fact the family was important to the village it was a slam dunk that it would be approved by the elders if they demanded the right to approve given Naruto's status and parent's status as well too. He had Naruto brought to his office so that he could introduced him to his new family. He was sure that this would work,a bit worried the lazy tendencies that the Nara had would rub off on Naruto.

Soon the youngster was in the room he barely fit in the chair but the already orange lad little boy spun around with endless energy as he seemed excited. ""Gramps, um my here?" He asked as he looked at the hokage the man he saw as his grandfather in every way.

"Your going to live with a new family one that will look out after you and take care of you and watch out for you," Hiruzen commented he just needed the approval of the elders than he could inform the Nara to pick up Naruto and take him.

"No, I don't wanna go, I won't fit in and I don't know em," Naruto complained as he looked at the hokage.

Hiruzen looked at the boy and blinked surprised at him."don't you want to have a family. One that can protect you from any possible kidnappers and all. These people can do this they can."

"No, I don't want a new family, gramps why don't you raise me. Your are strong and the hokage too," Naruto reasoned as he looked at him for a moment.

Hiruzen looked at Naruto and sighed softly as he looked at the young boy and sighed as he shock his head. "I am an old man, I don't think I would do a good job at that you need a real family not a old man to raise you Naruto."

Naruto put his arms across himself as he looked right at the Hokage giving him and pouty angry look as he looked right at him for a moment upset as he looked at him. "Gramps is gramps he is the best ninja ever," Naruto said loudly as he looked right at the Hokage. "Your the Hokage you can do anything."

A pause as Hiruzen looked at Naruto thinking for a long moment as he saw his mother in him so easily. He had his mother's face and he was his father's son as well. The student and if Jiraiya wasn't him maybe he would of taken Naruto in. He looked at him and saw the events of his past and the events of the night of his birth played in his mind. His wife was killed that night and it was by someone extremely powerful. A person powerful enough to remove the deal from her and stole the demon away. This foe was unaccounted for completely.

The kidnapping came to his mind as he looked at the boy. Was it connected to the boy was someone still after him or more over after the nine tails demon that was in him. It could be an Ichihara who had done it. That was one of the rumors going around at that moment. No he couldn't give him to them but the Nara had there own to protect to ask them to protect this kid to would be completely and unfair of him to do.

"Gramps your quiet your okay?" The boy asked him as he looked up at Hiruzen from the chair before spinning around a bit more.

"Naruto, if I let you stay with me you will listen to me and do what I say. You will follow my directions. You must understand though that I will be busy often and won't give you any special stuff cause you live with me. When you get a bit older you will train with me and it will be very hard," he explained to the boy. He knew that only that the only one who even had a chance to protect him from these unknown foes who might after him was him. He could train him too using a shadow clone to do office work at the same time.

"Yes yes, I can I can," Naruto said happily as he looked at the Hokage happy that his beloved gramps was going to take him in. To Naruto, the Hokage was a man who he idolized and loved and who loved him too. "I promise I will listen to gramps."

"Alright you have you stuff already after this we will clear out a room for you and get you settled in safely. I just need to finish up this letter," he told Naruto as he wrote the letter to explain the situation of how he was taking Naruto Uzumaki into his home and that he was going to be under his protection. He sent the letter off and then walked over to Naruto and picked him up with one arm and his things with the other. He had his choice made for him by Naruto and he hoped things would turn out well cause of the choice.

A/N- I thought of all the choices and went back a number of times but decided to go this way when I thought what would Naruto want and being raised by his grandpa seem likely to me. A time skip will follow this not sure if Naruto will be on the same team but I know he will be more powerful than in the series when he graduates from the academy. Not sure what team he will be on if I go traditional or change things up.