Earth's Legacy

Chapter 1

The Beginning of It All

"BIJUDAMA!"

The unbelievably dense ball of black and white Chakra flew at the blonde man at a speed greater than Mach 6. Nevertheless, it was easily followable to the fastest man in the world from his vantage point. He stood atop a mountain with the faces of him and his predecessors carved upon it, a monument that showed the villagers that they would be protected. The man's hand fell to his side, grabbing his signature kunai from his pouch on his leg and spun it by the ring in his hand.

All the while the Hokage's genius mind began to calculate variables and making in a plan at a speed so fast, the world slowed down to a crawl in front of him.

A cocky grin stretched across his face as he raised the kunai in front of him. "Hiraishin: Dorai! (Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!)"

A barrier surrounded him and the mountain just in time to block the Bijudama and teleport the blast from its target to a nearby field that erupted in a burst of Chakra. The explosion would have been more than enough to destroy the village.

The Hokage frowned as he stared at his opponent. He was facing the Kyubi no Yoko (Nine-Tailed Demon Fox), the strongest of the Bijuu and a being of unimaginable power. Earlier that evening, the Kyubi had been ripped from his wife's seal and placed under a genjutsu cast by the Sharingan, a powerful dojutsu. It was then ordered to attack Konohagakure only for the control to be destroyed. Nevertheless by then, Shinobi had been attacking the Kyubi with jutsu of all five elements, weapons of all kinds and Hiden clan jutsu in an attempt to get the Bijuu away. In the end this only angered the Chakra monster, sending it on a rampage that was unstoppable.

The Hokage cursed his luck. A Bijuu was not a simple beast that could simply be killed by fire or sharp force trauma as a Bijuu was one of the few beings on this earth that could claim to be truly immortal.

There was only one way to defeat a Bijuu.

There was only one option left.

The man's blue eyes shone with an almost oracle-like knowledge of his future and a warm nostalgic smile appeared on his face as he looked at the village below. The village who had taken in an orphan, his only belongings being a small bag and a card with his name on it "Minato". The village that had trained him, encouraging his talent and passion before enrolling him in a ninja academy. The village where he met his mentor, a crazy pervert with white hair who was the closest thing he ever had to a father. The village where he met the wise old monkey would act like the grandfather he never knew. The village that had introduced him to a loud and passionate girl with beautiful red hair. The village where he married that beautiful girl and told her that he would spend the rest of his life loving her. The village where his son would be born and would live. This is the village that his son would go get ramen. This is the village where his son would become a shinobi just like him, claiming he would become the Hokage just like his mother had before him.

This is the village where he lived his life and where his life would be remembered.

He began to flash through hand signs, a tear running down his face as he stared at his small newborn son who was sitting on an altar below him. He looked so small from here but Minato could still make out the spiky blonde hair and the small whisker marks on his cheeks.

"Kyubi! This is my village! My family! These are my brothers, sisters, children! I am Minato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato and I will protect the 'King' until my last breath" The blonde haired hero roared before forming a final seal.

"Shiki Fuin! (Dead Reaper Consuming Seal!)"

With a gasp, A blonde haired boy shot up, shaking and shivering with cold sweat. His blue eyes were wide and full of confusion. "Jiji (Old Man) has some explaining to do…"

The next day, the boy rolled out of his twin sized bed with a groan. His sleeping mask had slipped off his head when he had awoken from his sleep last night and his white and orange pajamas felt weird from the amount he had sweated last night.

"Great...laundry…" The six year old mumbled under his breath.

Some people might wonder why a six year old was doing his own laundry. The answer was that six year old had no parents. His name was Naruto Uzumaki and he was an orphan of Konohagakure no Sato (The Village Hidden in the Leaves). Luckily his "jiji" had been able to get him an apartment after he had been kicked out of the orphanage due to "lack of space" earlier that year.

Speaking of his jiji…

Naruto ran to his closet, grabbing one of the many orange jumpsuits inside and throwing it on. They were one of the cheapest articles of clothing the store had which was essentially if he wanted to have ramen everyday. Not to mention, he liked orange.

As he raced to the Hokage's office at the top of the Academy, he was suddenly struck with a longing as he reached out his senses to detect an invisible ANBU running across the rooftop. Yes, Naruto had a sensing ability. It was apparently a rare gift but Naruto hardly ever used it. Although it did help when he was running away from the victims of his pranks…

Those poor unfortunate souls...

After running at a speed many civilians would consider fast but shinobi would consider a leisurely jog, he reached the large circular building called by many to be the heart of Konohagakure. It was easily the tallest building in the village and would be the tallest feature were it not for the even larger Hokage Monument. It radiated warmth and the kanji on the front that read "Fire" ignited the feeling of home in his chest.

This was where he belonged and that hat would be his one day.

Naruto entered the first floor of the building and walked up to the secretary at the front, standing on his tippy-toes so that he could see over the desk. "I would like to see Hokage-jiji"

The bored looking woman looked up at the clock on the wall for a second before shrugging. "He should be free"

"Thank you!" Naruto said with a big foxy grin. From there, he raced up the spiral staircase on the right side instead of the hallway on the left which lead to the Academy until he reached the top.

Naruto took a deep breath before knocking on the solid wood door three times. There was a pause before he heard three similar knocks from inside. The young boy smiled widely as he threw open the door, clearing the room in two steps and leaping over the desk, crashing into the figure behind it with a flying tackle hug.

"Oi! This old man isn't as young as he used to be!" The man yelled. Naruto's smile dropped slightly, thinking he had hurt his grandfather figure.

The man's brown eyes twinkled with amusement as he gave a hearty chuckle and wrapped the young blonde boy with a hug. "Long time no see Naruto-kun"

The man was shorter than the average Konoha shinobi and his tan skin was wrinkled but that shouldn't make you think that that man was weak or even worse, feeble. No, that man was Hiruzen Sarutobi and he was the Sandaime Hokage (Third Hokage), not to mention the most powerful man in all of the Land of Fire.

Naruto stepped back and stood in front of the Hokage who sat down in his chair. "Something… happened last night"

The Hokage leaned back in his chair, stroking his white beard. "Tell me"

Naruto's face was a flurry of confusing emotions. "I had a dream...about the Yondaime Hokage"

Hiruzen raised an eyebrow. "Well he is your hero, correct?"

Naruto looked down in sadness, refusing to look the Sandaime in the eye as he asked his question. "Is the Yondaime my father?"

"ANBU, out" The Hokage ordered suddenly with a wave of his hand and immediately, Naruto felt two Chakra signatures leave the room. "Silence seals, activate"

"What makes you say that?" The Hokage said, his face betraying nothing.

"He looked down at me when he was talking about his son…" Naruto explained. He then began to tell Hiruzen about his dream all the while the Hokage kept the greatest poker face in all of Konoha.

"Same blonde hair in the same hair style! Same blue eyes!" Naruto's eyes were flooded with tears. "He's my father and you never told me!"

Hiruzen looked at a portrait of Minato that sat in his office next to Hashirama and Tobirama Senju's portraits. So much had changed since the two Senju brothers led Konoha. All they had to worry about was making sure the village grew and to defeat the enemies that threatened them. So much had changed.

"Naruto...It's more complicated than you think…" Hiruzen began only to be cut off by Naruto slamming his hands onto the table, his face streaked with tears.

"Than how complicated is it!?" The boy screamed.

Naruto sniffled before rubbing the tears from his eyes and backing away from the desk, his bottom lip quivering. The Hokage sighed as he bit his thumb, causing it to bleed slightly before rubbing the blood on one of the drawers on his desk pulling out a folder. With a flick of his wrist, Hiruzen sent it sliding across his desk and in front of Naruto, the front reading "Naruto Uzumaki".

With teary eyes, Naruto flipped open the front cover to see three pictures atop his birth certificate.

One was of a man Naruto instantly recognized even without his famous white haori. Blonde spiky hair, blue eyes, narrow face, it was the Yondaime Hokage.

The other picture was of a woman he had never seen before. Her face was slightly round like Naruto and her grin was the same. She had beautiful long crimson red hair that went down to her waist and eyes that sparkled with the same mischievousness that Naruto's did whenever he had a prank planned.

"You are correct, Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage was your father" The Hokage explained carefully. "Your mother was Kushina Uzumaki, the Akai Chishio no Habanero (Red Hot-Blooded Habanero)"

"You knew this entire time and you never told me!" Naruto slammed his hands onto the table in anger and all he saw was red. He had never been so furious with his grandfather figure in his whole life.

"Your father was so powerful and had so many enemies that you would be assassinated before you could ever learn to defend yourself!" Hiruzen responded.

Naruto stopped, his anger subsiding as he saw the logic of the statement. Had anyone of the Yondaime's enemies knew that he had a surviving legacy, the child would be assassinated before their first birthday. The family members of powerful shinobi were often powerful in their own right and could grow to become even more if left unchecked. It was obvious the panic that would be caused if it was discovered the son of the Yondaime Hokage was alive and without the protection of either of his parents.

"If you want to see for yourself, I'll take a blood sample and send it to the lab to get tested. Then you can see who your family really is" The Hokage explained.

It would be good to have Naruto's DNA on the database just in case, not to mention the fact that Hiruzen was worried. This was the first time in recorded history that the Kyubi had been sealed inside a child since birth. Who knew the damage the Kyubi could cause? One change in the genetic code and Naruto's chromosomes stopped producing a necessary enzyme that causes his entire body to shut down…and sparking another Nine-Tailed Demon Fox appearing in the middle of Konohagakure...

"Okay Jiji…" Naruto agreed after a second, not knowing the ulterior motive behind the test. A quick finger prick later and half a vial of blood was sealed away in a scroll and sent to the ANBU medical office.

Hiruzen looked at the semi-melancholy Naruto and sighed, glancing down at the calendar in his desk. "Why don't me and you go to a training ground? I could teach you a few things before you start the Academy in two years"

"Okay! Let's go!" Naruto yelled as he ran out the office, eager to do something to do something besides talk about sad things.

Hiruzen smiled as he walked out behind the boy, hoping the topic of his parents would not be the only thing on Naruto's mind. He was very wrong…

Naruto ducked under a roundhouse kick and attempted to block a spinning back hook kick with his forearms only to be sent flying backwards from the strength behind it. He managed to land and roll to a standing position, his breath slightly ragged from the exhaustion.

"I'm impressed Naruto-kun" The Hokage expressed.

"You're going to be even more impressed in a second!" Naruto grinned as he bent his knees slightly. "Konoha Daisenpū! (Leaf Great Whirlwind!)"

Hiruzen's eyes widened in surprise as he watched the young boy launch a low kick which the Hokage managed to block only to almost be struck by the sequential middle and low kicks aimed at him. A grunt escaped the elderly man's mouth as he spun to avoid the final kick of the sequence, a flying drop kick but it was only his honed instincts that allowed him to dodge the kunai thrown at him.

It appeared that Naruto had managed to fake that last kick and brought his outstretched right leg around thus using the centrifugal force to rotate toward the off guard Hokage, allowing him to launch multiple kunais at him while midair.

With a frown Naruto landed and stood up, his hands behind his head. "Damn, I thought I had you there"

"You would have caught anyone that wasn't a Jounin with that last maneuver. Where did you learn the Goken style?" Hiruzen asked, brushing off any dirt that had appeared

"I saw this weird teenager in a green jumpsuit running around the village so I decided to follow him. He ended up fighting this other dude with silver hair and a facemask and I managed to copy a few of the techniques" Naruto explained half-heartedly. "From there it wasn't that hard to break into the Shinobi sector of the Konoha Library and find the beginner scrolls on Goken (Strong Fist). I had the basics down in a month"

Although he didn't show it, Hiruzen Sarutobi had not been so surprised with a child's progress since...since he had met Orochimaru. Being able to copy what would without a doubt C and B ranked taijutsu after only seeing it once? Breaking into the Konoha Library despite ANBU surveillance? Learning the basics of Goken in a month? Almost managing to strike him with Genin-level taijutsu before using a stealth maneuver that was easily Chunin-level? All without Chakra? This could be a prodigy of the likes Konoha had never seen…

Hiruzen stopped and realized what he had just said. Naruto had

"What are you doing on the weekends Naruto-kun?"

"Nothing"

"Well I would like to teach you how to become a Shinobi" Hiruzen said with a smile. "I see great promise in your chances of becoming a great shinobi for Konoha"

"Really?" Naruto's eyes lit up as he hugged the old man. "Thank you Jiji! Thank you!"

"I would like to wait for the results of your blood test to come in before I teach you any powerful techniques" Hiruzen explained. "However I can do one thing"

The Hokage then sat down on the green grass of the Training Ground and gestured to the spot in front of him. "Sit"

Naruto raised an eyebrow which looked odd on his small face but obliged.

"Good" The Hokage said with a smile.

"It all begins with Chakra. Chakra is the mixing of spiritual energy and physical energy into Chakra which is greater than either part separately. These two energies becoming more powerful will in turn make the created Chakra more powerful. By molding this combination of these two energies, one can perform Jutsu which can have effects like blasts of fire, jets of water, blades of wind, walls of earth and bursts of lightning." Hiruzen explained. He then made weird finger movements in Naruto's direction while making ghost noises. "It can be used to make people relive their worst nightmares, seal away the most powerful of beasts, summon powerful animal allies and heal allies from the brink of death"

"So it's like water and fire?" Naruto asked which earned him a confused look from the Professor. "If you combine them you get steam which can then be harnessed to do work?"

The Hokage's jaw dropped. He, the Professor and Shinobi no Kami had never thought of Chakra in such a simple yet elegant way.

After a second Hiruzen collected himself and coughed into his hand in attempt to return to the topic. "Very good analogy Naruto-kun"

Hiruzen placed his hands together into a ram hand seal."Place your hands like mine and close your eyes."

Naruto stared at the hand position for a second before mirroring it surprisingly well for the first try.

"Take a deep breath" Hiruzen explained, taking a deep breath to show Naruto. Naruto did as he was instructed, listening to the older man while staring into the darkness caused by his closed eyelids.

"Feel inside for something hidden, something that you had always felt was locked up inside of you. Free your wings..." Hiruzen said. A dark thought ran through his mind as he thought about the other thing locked up inside of Naruto, Free your wings but don't fly too high Icarus…

Naruto reached inside his soul, searching until he noticed something. Something bright and dark blue that was just on the edge of vision…

Now that he noticed it, it was so obvious. He reached out a hand to it, basking in the warm reliance of the glow.

"If you have it, grab it!" He heard the Hokage say and did as the elderly man said.

With a smile, he grabbed the energy and hugged it close to him, never letting go as his mindscape dissolved. This was just in time for him to miss the glow of a bright red light in the other direction…

"AHHH!" Naruto roared, blue energy bursting from him

Hiruzen raised a robed arm to his face to block the flying dust. He knew that the child of an Uzumaki Jinchuriki and a kage would have a lot of Chakra, especially one whose coils had been expanding since birth due to the Kyubi but this was just as much as a genin. And the boy was only six years old!

The Hokage then noticed the strain Naruto was under so he jumped into action. "You've unleashed the power. Now grab it even tighter and keep it under control"

Naruto nodded and grabbed the energy that was rippling off of him like waves, pulling it closer and closer until it was suppressed inside him.

It was then he opened his eyes. Vivid colors filled his field of vision like a fine painting that had always been in front of him but he had never opened his eyes. Subtle sounds that he had never heard before were now like melodies made by the finest composer.

"How is this possible?" Naruto asked, his mind blown.

"Chakra runs through a system similar to the circulatory system which pumps blood through your body. This means that Chakra enters every part of your body which enhances your senses" Hiruzen explained.

"Is Chakra as important as blood?" Naruto asked.

"I suppose to a Shinobi it is. To lose all your Chakra is to lose your life and while blood carries the nutrients to all the cells in the body, Chakra is the energy that runs the body. Even worse without Chakra, a shinobi could not defend himself and the ones he cares for"

"So we use Chakra to protect ourselves and the people we care about?"

It was an innocent question but one that was so similar to the one a young white haired boy with red lines under his eyes.

"Yes we do, Naruto-kun. Konohagakure no Sato is one big family and while people may ignore you or kids may not play with you, you must love and protect them as they are your family." Hiruzen said with a nostalgic smile. "I always imagined that to believe in the Will of Fire was to believe in a 'King'"

Naruto tilted his head to the side in confusion. "Like the Hokage? He's like a king"

"No Naruto-kun, the 'King' is the thing that you would give your heart and soul to protect. It is the thing you will protect with your last breath." Hiruzen said with a sad smile. "Your father once told me when your mother was still pregnant that you were his 'King' and that he would sell his soul to the devil before he let you get harmed under his watch"

Naruto looked down, tears welling around his eyes and threatening to fall into his grinning mouth as he began to laugh. "That literal asshole…"

Hiruzen gave a chuckle. "You're lucky your mom isn't here to hear you say that or she would kick all our butts"

Naruto leaned back onto his hands, staring into the even brighter blue sky and even greener leaves Konoha was known for. "From what I hear about her, she would"

"Your mom was crazy, passionate and loud but also kind and loving." The Hokage reminisced as he mirrored the young boy. "Like you"

Naruto grinned. "You think so?"

"Yes Naruto-kun. You've got her personality but you've got your dad's looks and potential" Hiruzen explained with a similar smile. "You, Naruto Uzumaki, have the potential to be one of the greatest Shinobi in history"

"Hokage-sama, you have to look at this!"

Hiruzen turned his chair around from where it was facing the window and faced the mouse-masked ANBU before him. She was not a normal ANBU as she was not wear a chest plate and instead was wearing a black lab coat over the normal ANBU uniform.

The ANBU was not a simple sector of the Konoha Shinobi Corps. Within the ANBU, there was the ANBU Black Ops, a group of shinobi that had skills above that of a Special Jonin but below that of an Elite Jonin and were assigned missions thought to be too difficult or dark for normal Jonin. Then there was the ANBU medical sect which was known to perform top secret medical research for the betterment of the village.

"What is it?" The Hokage asked, curious over the results of the task he had assigned her two weeks ago. Without a word, the ANBU doctor handed over a manilla folder that she had released from a blood seal on her forearm.

Hiruzen immediately opened the file before his eyes widened in shock as he began to read the many revelations in the files. "This is impossible…"

Suddenly there was a change in the feel of the air and the ANBU doctor's eyes widened in surprise.

"This is now a triple S-ranked secret. If you so even think about telling this, I will have a room in Torture and Interrogation with your name on it for life" The Hokage ordered, leaking enough killing intent on the ANBU medical officer to freeze her in place. "Am I understood?"

"Hai" The mouse-masked ANBU doctor feebly responded, her throat threatening to close on itself.

"Good" The Hokage said as he eased up on the killing intent. "You are dismissed"

In a flurry of leaves, the ANBU was gone without another word or order.

Hiruzen leaned back in his chair, a groan escaping his mouth as he stared at the content of the files again. "How could I not have known about this until now…"

"I can do this!" Naruto screamed for the fifth time that day.

He stepped back a few paces before taking off, Chakra sent to his legs and feet as he ran straight at a large tree. The tree was easily forty feet tall and most likely a child of one of the original Konohan trees made by Hashirama Senju, the Shodaime Hokage but recently, several scratch marks marked the surface of the ancient tree.

As Naruto reached the tree, he continued to run instead stopping and instead of crashing straight into the tree, he began to run up the side of the tree. Gravity had no effect on the young Shinobi in training as he continued to run up the tree, passing the previous scratch marks and small cavities in the bark where he had been attempting to hammer out the exact amount of Chakra necessary.

Eventually, the young blonde boy reached the very top of the tree and managed to sling himself onto one of the sturdier looking branches before the Chakra in his feet gave out.

"I knew I could do it…" Naruto mumbled under his breath as he leaned back against the tree trunk.

The village looked peaceful from up there and the people looked like dolls living their lives without a care in the world. Naruto thought about the way he had been treated when he was a kid. He was never hurt by any of the villagers but he could see the looks they gave him and prejudice they had against him at time. It...hurt…It was like everyone was watching him, booing him from the sidelines and waiting for him to fail.

But now Jiji wanted to train him which meant he had someone who cared about what happened to him. Actually he had three people who cared what happened to him now.

He knew that even if two of them weren't around, they were still watching him and were probably cheering him on.

"Mom's probably being really loud up there…" Naruto mused with a smile.

He looked down at his small hands and clenched them into fists. "I will make them proud! Hell is gonna freeze over before I let them down, Dattebayo!"

"Naruto!"

The blonde boy looked down from his vantage point at the sound of the familiar voice to see a familiar man wearing a red kimono with a conical straw hat on his head.

"Coming down Jiji!" Naruto yelled down the tree before standing up.

He took a deep breath and hoped that book on Chakra enhancement was accurate as he stepped over the edge, falling down forty feet. He began to plummet through the air until he was about five feet from the ground and five feet in front of Hiruzen then everything slowed.

The world slowed to an almost crawl as Naruto's body coursed with Chakra, ready to react at a moment's notice. This was one of the main differences between a Shinobi and a civilian with taijutsu training as a Shinobi's body was much stronger due to their active Chakra system. Their body could also become even more powerful with the help of Chakra enhancement which is when a Shinobi flooded parts of their body with chakra, stimulating the muscles and nerves to react faster than a normal civilian's body ever could.

This was the basis behind most Nintaijutsu and the Raikage's Raiton no Yoroi (Lightning Release Armor) which stimulates the nerves and synapses of the user's body to a level beyond almost every other being alive.

Once Naruto was a mere three inches from the ground, Chakra discharged from the sole of his feet and through the soles of his shinobi sandals. This discharge of Chakra resulted in an upwards push that slowed down Naruto's plummet to the point he was able to stop easily.

Hiruzen began to applaud as Naruto stood up. "Mastering the tree walking exercise in three days, impressive"

"Thank you" Naruto said with a smile. "What's up Jiji? We don't have another training session for another four days and I haven't even begun learning the water walking exercise"

"I have the results of the DNA test but I would like for you to do something for me first" The Hokage explained.

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"Channel your Chakra into this sheet of Chakra paper until it glows blue" The Hokage explained as he handed Naruto a small square of white paper a bit smaller than his palm.

Naruto looked confused but did as he was asked, channeling his chakra into the paper the same way he learned to channel chakra into his feet to stay on the tree. After a second or two, the paper glowed blue when suddenly it turned to dust so suddenly and quickly that it shocked Naruto and Hiruzen. It was not over as suddenly the fine dust powder was engulfed in flame before finally blowing away in a gust of wind.

"Incredible, I've never seen an earth affinity as powerful as that." Hiruzen mumbled, shocked by the events that had just transpired. "Three affinities at such a young age is unheard of. Not even I had three affinities before I was a genin"

Naruto was just as shocked although he was also incredibly confused. "So what does that mean?"

"It means that this is correct" Hiruzen explained as he pulled out a folder from his kimono.

He handed it to Naruto who opened up the sealed folder and began to read the contents, squinting for a second as he attempted to read the large words on the page.

Suddenly he gasped as he reached some of the most important information he had ever seen. "W-What is this?"

Hiruzen smiled. "Nice to meet you Naruto Uzumaki, son of Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki the Red Blooded Habanero, grandson of Tsunade Senju the Slug Princess and Jiraiya the Toad Sage, grandson of Mu of the Dust Release, great-grandson of Hashirama Senju the First Hokage and great-grandnephew of Tobirama Senju the Second Hokage"

"What?"

Hey guys! Welcome to my new story!

If you like it, leave a review letting me know what you think. The plot of this story is still very much being decided and there are two things I would like you guys opinion on.

Pairing- Naruto/Young Konan, Naruto/Young Yugito or Naruto/Young Mei? I feel those ideas are rather new and not done very often so let me know what you think or if you have any of your own ideas in a review. (By the way when I say "young", I mean the same age as Naruto and his generation)

What fate do you want for Sasuke? There's not going to be "Sasuke bashing" but he is an asshole at the start of Canon and will likely get his ass beat. So Eventual Good!Sasuke or Dark!Sasuke, let me know.

That's it, I'll see you guys next chapter

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