A/N: Because some of you feel that I made an error with Sasuke being older, I have changed it so he is. Not that it should matter anyway since this is fanfiction!
A/N2: I noticed some errors when I went over it again to refresh my memory, and so I give ya this. The changes aren't that noticeable but they make me feel better. And that's what's important, right? :)
Sorry for taking so long guys, School has been a pain.
Just so you guys know, I am not one for writing out the characters childhood, so I will make skips when I feel they are necessary to advance the story. The romance aspect is introduced in here, so please be patient for when it actually blooms. Oh yeah, and the Uchiha's don't rebel in this story and Fugaku is a good guy. A search will start for Akahana, now known as Naruto, but it will not succeed until after it is called off, ironic huh?
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, otherwise I would be in jail for making a crappy anime.
The Iwa Shinobi Chapter 1
In Onoki's office, Deidara was feeling quite good about himself and that his taking the girl would pay off in the end, at least he hoped she would. But something that had happened that made him confused.
"Onoki-sensei?"
"Yes, Deidara?"
"Where did 'Naruto' come from?"
"Oh that's easy, I read this little book titled Tales of a Gusty Ninja and remembered that the hero's name was Naruto. No one would suspect it because no one ever really read it save myself and maybe a small handful of others. Wonderful tale if I do say so myself."
"Um, Onoki-Sensei? Who was the author?"
"Um, I think it was Jiraiya of the Sannin, why?"
"Well, he is the sensei of Minato Namikaze, don't you think he would get suspicious?"
"Nah, he would probably be flattered that there was a kid named after one of his not-so-scandalous characters."
"Well if you say so."
"I do say so, now leave me, I have a lot of paperwork to do and it's all your fault. And as punishment you will be the girl's new bodyguard. You will watch over her and make sure nothing bad happens. Can't have our investment in Konoha's ultimate demise dying now can we?"
"No sir."
"Good, you are dismissed."
Deidara bowed and shunshined out of the office with a rather loud bang. Onoki shook his head, He always did like his explosions.
^_^The Iwa Shinobi^_^
Akira had just been released from the hospital and her husband Minoru was there waiting for her when she got out with her new baby boy(coughgirlcough). Minoru had been ecstatic at meeting his new baby. But he did have one question.
"Honey? Weren't you having a girl?"
Akira froze. During all the confusion she had forgotten to mention that key fact. She looked at him nervously. "Well, you see, they made a mistake, yeah that's it! They made a mistake in which gender he would be. It is very easy to do that you know."
Minoru seemed to buy it because he turned around and lead her towards their home, not wanting to risk her health by sunshining. (A/N why didn't the Tremor do that?)
When they arrived at home Minoru led her to their bed and helped her settle in. All the while Akira was cooing to her new baby. While she was sad that Naruto was not her own child, she was glad that she was able to help this one. She only wished she could tell her husband the truth. This would be a major divider between them. But looking down at the baby snuggled up in her arms; she can't help but feel it's worth it.
^_^The Iwa Shinobi^_^
Back in Konoha Minato and Kushina wept for their lost daughter while the villagers celebrated the death of the demon, despite the fact that they told them that it was sealed into their baby girl. Not that anyone listened, but that didn't they had to be so rude about it, a lot of other people died that night as well. They could only hope that wherever their daughter was she was happy and safe (they wouldn't believe she was dead until they saw her body).
They had gone into a period of mourning for their daughter, and because of that the village descended into madness. The villagers did everything they could to get the lord Hokage to leave his house and resume his duties, but nothing they did seemed to work, in fact, it did the opposite. Even when they tried he would answer the door, now all they get is silence. The one time anyone did see him was when he was setting up a seal to keep out unwanted guests (i.e. everyone).
The only people who didn't try to get him to come back were those who had lost their own children at young ages as well, and could empathize with the distressed couple. The only problem was, no one knew that she was still alive for a fact, (except for Danzo who somehow always knew these things and was furious that he had lost a powerful weapon to Iwa). Danzo of course would never admit that he knew where their daughter was, and since no one knew that he knew, no one would ever ask, unless he did something stupid and let it slip over a cup of Sake, which would be completely out of character for him.
Meanwhile in the Uchiha district, Mikoto Uchiha was lying down on a king-sized bed with a baby latched onto her left breast. How Fugaku survived the mood swings to this day he would never know but was thankful that there was someone looking out for him. He was of course saddened when he heard that the daughter of the Yondaime Hokage was missing. He had planned on having her marry his son, Sasuke, after she was born. The papers had already been signed by both himself, Mikoto, Minato and even Kushina, hoping to improve the public opinion of the Uchiha clan seeing as how it had waned in recent years after a fiasco involving a nobleman who killed the Tagerasu clan heir, who happened to be the last child of their clan, and thus the clan ended on that fateful night, all thanks to the incompetence of the Police who were supposed to be guarding him after his previous attack attempt on the clan but had gone out to get a drink of sake that their charge managed to drug and thus taken them out of the equation.
But that didn't look like it was going to happen now, and despite the fact that the Yondaime held fast to the belief that she was still alive, he wasn't holding his breath. But if she was in fact still alive, the Uchiha clan would return to the good graces of the village. And if that meant looking for a dead girl in the hopes that she is still alive well, than that's what they'd do. What better way to return to favor than to return the lost child of the Yondaime Hokage himself? Too bad for him he didn't have the first idea for where to start looking. But then Fugaku had a brilliant idea, "I know, I will ask Hokage-sama where he defeated the demon and go from there." Now he just had to find a way past that damn seal barrier of Minato's and he was home-free.
^_^The Iwa Shinobi^_^
"Damn it Minato! Open up the blasted door!" Fugaku yelled angrily at the shut door in front of him. It had taken him three whole hours to get past the seal, and that was only by temporarily disabling it. If he tried to come back, he would get thrown backwards as it would turn back on as soon as he left.
"If this is about that damn village, it can go to hell for all I care. It doesn't even care that my baby girl is missing." A muffled voice yelled back equally angrily.
"But that is why I am here! I wanted to ask you where you fought the demon so I could start the search."
A series of loud crashed could be heard from inside and Fugaku took a step backwards as the door was slammed open revealing a disheveled Hokage who looked like he hadn't slept in days, and in all likelihood hadn't. His hair was all mussed up and his eyes looked haggard; oddly enough the same symptoms of sex.
"Did you say what I think you said?" he asked cautiously.
Fugaku smirked, "Yes, Hokage-sama. I wish to begin a search for your daughter. But in order for that to happen I need to know where your final battle with the Nine-tailed Fox took place. Could you show me where it is?"
Minato smiled; something he hadn't done in days. He turned his head back and yelled, "Kushina! I am going with Fugaku to help start the search for Akahana. Do you want to come?"
Another series of crashes was heard coming from the second floor and a flurry of curses flew into the two men's ears and they couldn't help but gulp. Several seconds later Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze appeared beside her husband with a katana strapped to her back; two kunai holsters; the owl summoning scroll and wearing a set of body armor worth more than half the village.
Minato sweatdropped, "Honey, don't you think that is a little excessive?"
Kushina growled at him, which caught both men off guard. "When it comes to my daughter, nothing is too excessive."
Fugaku sighed internally, Maybe asking him was a bad idea after all. But as soon as the thought left his head Minato got the same look in his eyes as Kushina and disappeared in a flash of yellow light. Reappearing a moment later with his vest, cloak, 8 tri-pronged kunai, and his own katana.
Minato and Kushina looked at Fugaku and said, "Ready when you are."
He sighed again, this time audibly, "We can go now. My men are already at the gate."
Minato and Kushina looked at each other and nodded, "Let's go."
^_^The Iwa Shinobi^_^
Back in Iwa, Akira was breastfeeding Naruto with Minoru looking down at her lovingly. "I can't believe we made such a beautiful baby boy," his face scrunched up, "Although why you chose the name Naruto is beyond me. I thought we had agreed on Arashi." (A/N just thought I'd throw that in there.)
"Well, if you wanted to name him you should have turned down that mission you went on now shouldn't you?" she said coldly.
Minoru sighed, "You're never going to let me live that down are you?"
She shook her head, frowning, "No, you promised you would be there for the birth of OUR child but nooooo, you just had to go on that bloody mission that you knew would end well after the birthing. You should just be happy that you even get to see her."
He ran his fingers threw his hair, sighing in defeat, "I knew I shouldn't have taken it, but I was low on money. How else was I going to pay the bills and take care of a baby at the same time with what we had?" He missed the slipup.
Akira hung her head sadly, "I know we are low, but couldn't you have passed on this one mission for me? I wanted you to be there when sh-he took his first breath, and now that Naruto has already been born, I think we should just focus on taking care of our little baby, instead of arguing. All this bickering is making he-him cry."
Despite all the near slips, Minoru never caught on to Naruto's true gender.
Tell me what you think. Deidara will make an appearance in Naruto's life in the next chapter. Again I am sorry for the delay.