The Will of Fire.

It was the belief that love was the key to peace. The idea that one was obligated to protect the "King", the next generation, the people who couldn't defend themselves, the future.

From Asura Otsutsuki, the role of protecting the "King" has inspired many to fight for what's right and show love. Some of the greatest men in history carried the Will of Fire.

And it was now time for one more to take on the responsibility.

"HASHIRAMA SENJU! I AM GOING TO CASTRATE YOU!"

In the basement of Konoha Central Hospital, a baby was being born. The woman was very beautiful with her long red hair tied up into 2 buns and beautiful blue eyes that shone like the sky. She wore a simple white kimono that even in her vulnerable state, still looked stunning on her.

In her hand was the broken hand of her husband.

He was a tall man with tanned skin and dark eyes. He had waist-length black hair styled in a centre-parted fringe that framed his face. He wore the standard shinobi dress of his era, consisting of dark red armour worn over a simple black suit with sandals. This armour was constructed from numerous metal plates, formed into multiple protective guards along his body; each collar of his shoulder guards bore the Senju symbol. On his forehead was a black headband with the design of a leaf.

Hashirama tried to pull his hand out of his wife's chakra-enhanced grip but to no avail. "It's okay Mito-chan, you have to stay calm."

Mito Uzumaki turned to look at him with piercing eyes. "I am going to kill you."

"You can kill me later, but first we have to get a baby out of you," Hashirama pointed out. Mito growled before letting go of his hand. Instantly, the Shodai Hokage's hand glowed with green chakra and all of the broken bones righted themselves.

"Alright, let's do this," Hashirama said as his hands glowed once more with green chakra.

Hashirama took a deep breath. "Three."

Mito took a deep breath. "Two."

"One, PUSH!" He ordered. Mito pushed with all of her might, calling upon all of her Uzumaki life force to give her the strength to deliver this baby.

There was silence for a moment before a cry rang out. Hashirama stood up, a small bundle in his hands.

"It's a boy." He whispered in awe as he handed the boy to its mother. The baby had bright blue eyes and an odd mixture of blood red and spiky gold hair covering his head like a crown. On each cheek were 3 whisker marks, giving him the appearance of a fox.

Mito smiled when she saw her son, the life she had brought into the world.

"What should we name him?" Hashirama asked with a wide smile.

Mito looked into the baby's blue eyes with her own and instantly knew the answer. "Naruto Senju"

"Take this!"

A blur rocketed into the newly built Hokage's Office. The small boy soared through the air in a perfect flying side kick before soaring straight into the face of the First Hokage.

The boy was about 4 years old, his spiky red and gold hair styled similarly to his uncle's. He wore a black t-shirt with the symbol of the Senju Clan inside of the Uzumaki Swirl on his back and a pair of black ANBU pants.

"Tou-san! Oji-san!" He yelled when he sprang up.

His uncle shook his head with a sigh. Tobirama was a fair-skinned man with white, shaggy hair and dark-coloured eyes. He had three red markings on his face, one under each of his eyes and one on his chin. He wore a simple, short-sleeved, blue shirt kimono with mesh armour underneath and held closed by a pale yellow sash. All of this was over a pair of blue pants and a bracelet with the Senju symbol on it.

"Bakas" He mumbled under his breath.

Naruto pouted. "Tou-san! You said you would teach me waterfall walking today!"

Hashirama sighed. "I'm sorry Naruto, I have too much paperwork. Why don't you ask your mother for level 5 fuinjutsu practice?"

It had became apparent that Naruto was a genius when he began speaking at 6 months, writing at 2 and mastered level 1 fuinjutsu in a day...when he was 3...

"Hey Kaa-san, what's with the weird words?" Naruto asked. His mother was sitting at the kitchen table and she was currently writing something on a piece of paper.

Mito smiled at her son's interest in their clan's specialty. "This is fuinjutsu Naru-kun. It allows you to seal things into other things"

"Woah! Like the fox thing you have in your stomach!" Naruto said. Naruto was a sensor of the highest caliber, just like his uncle and had sensed earlier that year a huge amount of chakra in his mother's stomach.

Mito gave a small laugh. "Yes Naru-kun"

"Can you show me?" Naruto asked as he climbed the chair next to his mother.

"Show me your handwriting. One misstroke and you could make it blow up!" Mito said, as just as animated as her husband and son.

"Woah! I want to see things blow up!" Naruto said.

"You don't see things like this blow up" Mito said before handing Naruto a brush.

"Draw the kanji for seal" She instructed. Naruto did as he was told and drew a perfect kanji for "Seal" much to his mother's surprise.

"Now draw the kanji for open and closes on both sides. Make it small though" She said, doubting her son could do this. But Naruto drew the two kanji easily and Mito's jaw threatened to drop.

Nevertheless she pointed at the cup on the table. "Now place that cup on the scroll"

Naruto nodded and placed the cup directly over the kanji for seal. "Now what?"

"Now channel a little chakra into the scroll" Mito instructed. Naruto nodded before charging the seal with more chakra than the average chunin had. There was a large puff of smoke and when it dissipated, there was no cup.

"Incredible…" Mito mumbled under her breath. Even she hadn't gotten level 1 fuinjutsu on her first try and she was known as the greatest fuinjutsu user of the Uzumaki clan.

"Hey Kaa-san, can you teach me something else?" Naruto asked his mother while waving a hand in front of her face. She had kind of just zone out and he found this writing thing cool.

Mito shook her head before smiling widely. "Of course Naru-kun"

Thus Mito and Ashina had taken it upon herself to teach the greatest prodigy that Uzumaki had ever seen.

Naruto shook his head. "Kaa-san said Ashina-jiji needs to send over scrolls by shark summon. Then she sent me to ask you to train me!"

"Ok!" Hashirama said with a smile. He jumped over his desk and was about to walk out of the room when Tobirama burst his bubble.

"Onii-sama, the paperwork..."

Hashirama hung his head and sighed, looking back at the 3 piles of paperwork sitting menacingly on his desk. "Right..."

Naruto watched the two of them with confusion. "Why don't you just use clones? Like Moku Bunshin (Wood Clones) or Oji's new Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clones)?"

Both men froze on the spot and looked at each other. Neither Senju brother said anything before Hashirama grabbed his son and lifted him in the air.

"NARUTO! YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Hashirama yelled as he spun his son around with glee, tears of happiness falling from his eyes.

"Now can you teach me waterfall walking?" Naruto asked, getting dizzy from the spinning.

Hashirama put down his son and grinned. "Not only that, Tobi-kun and I are going to test your affinity!"

Naruto pumped a fist into the air in happiness. "Yes!"

"Let's go!" Hashirama yelled as he raced out the room only for his brother to burst his bubble once more.

"Onii-sama, the paperwork..."

"Right..." Hashirama said as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly. He made the snake hand seal and 3 identical clones made of wood formed from the ground.

"Do the paperwork please" He asked the clones who gave him a thumbs up.

"Gotcha Oyabun!" They shouted in unison before getting to work. Tobirama rolled his eyes but said nothing at his brother's antics.

"Let's go!" Hashirama yelled as he ran out the door, Naruto right behind him.

Tobirama sighed and shook his head. "Let's go..."

He then took off after them, a tiny smile on his face.

"Katon: Karyudan! (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!)"

A now 6 year old Naruto flipped through hand seals before placing a hand to his mouth and blowing a large ball of fire. The ball of fire quickly morphed into a 30 foot long dragon before flying toward it's target, Tobirama Senju.

However the man wasn't the Suijin (God of Water) for nothing. He formed a single Tora hand seal. "Suiton: Suiryuudan! (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet)"

A 30 foot dragon made of water shimmered into existence around the man before flying at Naruto.

The two elemental dragons flew at each other before colliding mid air, enveloping the training field in steam.

The steam cloaked the field, restricting vision as well as the Kokuangyo no Jutsu (Bringer-of-Darkness Technique).

There was silence when suddenly 2 kunai flew from the smoke. Naruto instantly slipped into a battojutsu stance. He drew the katana at his waist and cut both kunais in half effortlessly.

Naruto sheathed his blade and focused, searching for his uncle's thick chakra in the mist.

Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he leaped into the air, just in time to avoid 5 bullets of water fired at him, intent of impaling Naruto.

"Suiton: Suigadan! (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)!"

Naruto leaped out of the way only be kicked mid air by his uncle who had appeared in a shunshin. The boy flew backwards but twisted mid air so he landed in a crouch.

But the battle was over.

In a yellow flash, Tobirama appeared with the Raijin no Ken at Naruto's neck, its yellow blade sparking with danger.

"Dammit" Naruto mumbled. He knew exactly what happened. When he was kicked by his uncle, Tobirama had imparted a hiraishin marker on him.

Tobirama gave a small laugh. "You did good, much better than last time"

"Thanks Oji-san" Naruto said with a smile.

"Come on let's get going, you have your first day of the academy today" Tobirama said.

"Sweet!" Naruto cheered before grabbing Tobirama's hand. They both disappear in a yellow flash, leaving a destroyed battlefield in their wake.

Naruto appeared in front of the Academy with a big smile on his face. The building was huge and painted red and white. On the front was a giant sign that had the kanji for "Fire" and seemed to glow in the morning sun.

"Let's do this!" He yelled as he ran into the building.

He quickly found his classroom and was surprised to see there were people already there.

One was a taller boy hidden by his large grey trench coat. Naruto could tell he had spiky black hair and was wearing a pair of black goggles. But when the young senju felt his chakra, he noticed that there were thousands of tiny signatures buzzing around inside of him.

Next to him was a...round boy with long, spiky auburn hair and brown eyes. He wore a simple pair of black pants and a yellow shirt with the kanji for "food". He had a big smile on his face and a hand into a bag of cheddar cheese chips.

Sitting next to him was a boy with long ash blond hair reaching into his back, which he wore spiky on top and ending in a long ponytail, blue-green eyes and strong facial features, which included a well defined jaw line. He wore a simple pair of black pants, a maroon colored shirt and a green vest.

The last boy had dark eyes and black hair tied back into a spiky ponytail that looked like a pineapple. He wore a pair of brown pants, a mesh shirt and was wearing a brown deerskin vest.

Naruto smiled at the boys before sliding into a seat next to the boy in deerskin who was entranced with the shogi board in front of him.

"Hi" Naruto introduced.

The chubby one raised a hand. "Chocho Akimichi"

The one covered in a trench coat nodded. "Kirifuda Aburame"

"Inoshishi Yamanaka, my friends call me Ino" The blonde hair one said with a wave. Naruto turned to the last boy but the boy said nothing.

"Hi, I'm Naruto-" Naruto began before he was cut off by the black haired boy.

"You're Naruto Senju, the Hokage's kid" The boy said as he rolled a gold general piece between his fingers.

Naruto was shocked. "How did you know?"

"Senju clan symbol in the Uzumaki swirl, only one person has that. Besides, you match his description" The boy explained.

Naruto gave a small laugh. "I know who you are too. Shika Nara"

Naruto picked up the king piece and spun it between his fingers. "I'll play a game"

Shika scoffed but placed his piece onto the board.

Naruto followed suit and smiled. "You go first"

Shika said nothing but moved a piece. Naruto did the same, dozens of possibilities running through his head.

This continued for close to half and hour and the audience was shocked. No one stood this long with Shika, not even his own father.

Sweat had begun to condense on Shika's face while Naruto's brow was furrowed in concentration.

The battle of the geniuses waged on until Naruto finally got Shika's king into check. Fear briefly pasted onto the black haired boy's face as he tried to think of a way out of check but was shocked when there was none.

"Checkmate" Naruto said as he captured Shika's king.

Chocho's eyes widened. "Impossible…"

"He beat…" Kirifuda began, shock evident in his voice.

"Shika…" Inoshishi said flabbergasted

It had seemed they had gathered a crowd. A bunch of other children their age had formed a circle around them and had watched the game with awe.

Naruto's eyes gazed over everyone but only 2 people stood out.

One was a pretty girl with shoulder-length white hair and had a pink flower hair band. She wore a green kimono, light-brown long sleeves shirt with a loquat on the back, red pants and sandals.

The other was a boy with short black hair and black eyes that shone like mirrors. He wore a pair of grey shorts and a high, collared black shirt with the Uchiha Fan on the back.

Naruto stuck out a hand to the Uchiha boy. "Naruto Senju"

"Kagami Uchiha" The boy said, his eyes morphing into the Sharingan. Both boys sized each other up, taking in each other's builds and what abilities they could tell.

Kagami could tell Naruto was ambidextrous since he had a kunai pouch on each leg. Kagami had 2 wakizashis going across his back which meant he was both ambidextrous and had some skill in Kenjutsu.

"You're Hashirama-sama's kid" Kagami said.

"You're Madara-sama's" Naruto responded. The children of the two rival clans looked at each other once more. Naruto knew Kagami wasn't like the rest of the Uchihas and Kagami knew Naruto wasn't like the rest of the Senju.

"Attention Class!"

Everyone turned around to see a man with long brown hair. He wore a green chunin vest over a simple black suit and had a clipboard in hand. His brown eyes washed over every student and approved of what he saw.

He smiled and clapped his hands together. "Alright class, it's time for your lives as Ninjas to begin!"

Sup Guys! So this is my newest story and perhaps my favorite story I have ever written! If you couldn't already tell Naruto will be in the same generation as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Kagami Uchiha thus will live through all 4 shinobi wars! Naruto will eventually be godlike but everyone was back then. Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen, etc. All were badasses of the highest caliber and Naruto will be one as well.

Now comes the hard part, the pairings. There will be Hiruzen/Biwako and that is all that is confirmed. So if you have any ideas of females or genderbenders from the time period, let me know in a review.

One more thing, this story and Raijin are my first priorities and I will try to update my Naruto/PJO fics when I can. Okay that's it! Ja Ne!