So, this was just a little idea i had that i'm not sure anyone has done anything with. I almost put it out as a story challenge, like I've seen some other people writing for, but I've never actually seen how they put out the challenges, so I'm doing it on my own. The idea is, what if something happened so that Naruto wasn't the jinchuuriki of the kyuubi? My first idea was to make Sasuke the jinchuuriki, and Hinata is my second. Feel free to do your own, but if you do, let me know! I want to see what other ideas are floating around with this, and maybe someone else did do this already, and i just never saw it.

So, after all that, please read and review the start of my story, and tell me how i might improve. Be sure to include pointing out my incorrect grammar so that i can fix it. Thanks!

"I'm sorry my son," the blond man said as he looked down on his new born child. He was just preparing the seal that would seal the kyuubi into him. As he was about to finish it, there was a sudden bursting open of the door. He looked up, covering his seal work. Normally his anbu guards would have kept this from happening, but just now they were busy trying to distract the nine tailed fox so that he could finish his work. He grimaced when he saw who the intruder was.

"Yodamie-sama, I know what you're going to do…"

"What business is that of yours, Uchiha Fugaku?" The Uchiha glared at the hokage who had trained his nephew, Obito. He didn't blame the hokage for his nephews death, but he still felt that the hokage should have taken back the eye that the copy cat ninja took from his dying partner, no matter if it was given to him or not.

"Lord Hokage, as I said, I know that you are planning on sacrificing yourself and sealing the kyuubi inside your son. It is noble of you to give up your life, but shouldn't you give the kyuubi to someone who can be assured of being raised in how to use this power? Shouldn't this power be given to someone who had more… natural ability to control and contain this creature?" Minato looked deep into Fugaku's eyes.

"Do you really know what it is that you are asking me, Uchiha, and what that means for your son," he added, pointing to the bundle that was subtly tucked away in the man's jacket. The man almost had the gall to look embarrassed, but instead he pressed on with his point.

"Hokage-sama," he said, trying to be formal, "we both know that there is someone else behind this attack, and we both know that the best way to defeat an…Uchiha, is to put him up against another Uchiha. Besides this, we also know that an Uchiha has a natural ability to control the beast, and even to rid another of its power. What would be the point of giving your son this power if…a certain someone, were to close off his ability to use the kyuubi's powers. An Uchiha would be able to continue using this power in the midst of battle against this talented opponent and-"

"Stop spitting me useless drivel. I know why you really want this, and I tell you that you do not understand. Understand that I have no quarrel with the Uchiha, and love quite a few of them as my family, but I see what you and what your council wants, and I see how it will destroy you all!" Fugaku glared at the yodamine hokage with clenched fists.

"The Uchiha are the elite! Why shouldn't we be the ones to hold this power? We have been under the shadow of the rest of the village for generations now, and we have lost our glory in the eyes of the village and the world. People do not fear the name 'Uchiha' as they once did, and we deserve the respect that the name once carried!" Minato laughed.

"You realize that I could take on anyone in the Uchiha clan right now? And win without much trouble? The Uchiha have some degree of advantage, but that does not mean that they are all the best. My beloved student Obito was an example of that. He bumbled, but he had his heart in the right place. While he had pride in being an Uchiha, he cared more about his friends not of the Uchiha than the clan itself, and had you and your council revolted, then he would have fought you! He knew what it truly was to be a shinobi of Konoha! And even if you were him, I would still not give this to you." He clutched his heart. "I can see myself in the eyes of my son years from now when he learns what I did to him, and I know that he will hate me for it. This is not a gift, as you see it, but a curse, and the people will curse him perhaps for his whole life, and all I can do is pray that he finds a way to earn their respect." He looked at Fugaku again. "The people will hate you for having the jinchuuriki, and in your own life, your son will hate you for what you have done. They will not fear or respect you, nor will they grant you more power, but they will hate you and your son." Fugaku stiffened.

"They will-"

"NO!!! I will not do it." He looked down at his son. "I can barely do it to my own son; even so, I cannot hand such a weapon to someone who I know will try and destroy the village that I love so much." Fugaku looked on in silent rage, trying to find a way to salvage the situation. It was bad enough that the hokage knew what they had been planning. To speak so casually, there had to be more than that. What else could he do?

"Perhaps, then, we can make an agreement?" The hokage looked up.

"What in the world could you possibly offer to me?" Fugaku grinned.

"The safety of your village…"

Several minutes later, new seals were done and Uchiha Fugaku looked over his shoulder as he looked over to the hokage, grinning.

"Good to know that you could see reason, hokage sama." The hokage smiled back.

"Oh, I think that you will one day understand that I have come out on the far better end of this deal, Uchiha-san." The Uchiha grinned. Well, more smirked than grinned. After all, this would assure that the Uchiha would not be retaliated upon, and once he was dead, the hokage could do nothing to make the Uchiha keep his promise. The hokage held out the hand he'd been holding behind his back. "Shall we shake on it to finally seal the deal," he asked. Fugaku moved back to the hokage to shake his hand, and was just grasping it when he realized that the hokage had put emphasis on the word, "seal" but it was too late. The seal master had gripped his hand and he could feel the energy entering him. After a moment, he fell to his knees, head swimming.

"There," said Minato, "now you will be made to keep your promise."

"What-what did you do to me!" The hokage smiled as he crouched at the window, holding his son.

"I sealed the promise to your soul. You will not be able to go back on your promise, and in fact, you will be forced to do all that is in your power to preserve the peace and safety of my village." He threw him a salute. "Until we meet on the other san, Fugaku teme." Then he jumped out the window and headed towards his doom. Sometime later, the Uchiha was able to stand.

"Curse you Namikaze! I will find a way-" but before he could say anything else, he clutched his chest in pain. "Curse you," he whispered. [A/N-he was going to say that he would find a way to remove the seal, but the seal also keeps him from doing that. Pretty good for a new seal made off the fly, huh? Think it has anymore surprises?]

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Minato paused on a rooftop, mading one more stop before continuing. He knew we has using precious time, but he had to do all he could to protect the children.

"Summoning jutsu!"

"Yo, what's up Minato!?" A smaller toad had appreared, ready to serve the yellow flash of Konoha.

"Gamateuchi, I need you to carry a message for me…"

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The whole village saw as the Hokage appeared on the giant toad, Gamabunta, with a small child in his arms. None of them knew that he'd designed the seal he was about to use act as his teleportation jutsu that was so feared by the shinobi world so that it would only pass by the child, and embed itself in another. That child would be Uchiha Sasuke, the son of Fugaku, and brother to the rising star, Itachi. As he prepared to die, he only hoped that his final messanger would be able to get through to the one that hoped was on his side, to watch over his son, and the poor Uchiha boy who was about to become an jinchuuriki.

"Alright, it's time to bid farwell, Gamabunta. I'll see you in the afterlife!"

"Alright boy, let's do this then!" And so it was done, and the fourth hokage, the greatest shinobi in the world, died. However, only one person was to know all his secrets, and they would carry on his work. Having this as his hope, he died with a smile on his face, falling to the ground, and already able to see his beloved Kushina welcoming him to their new home.

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"Do, do you understand what it is that Minato-sama is asking of you? Can you do this?" The small figure looked up at the night sky, thinking on the attack, and loss of so many loved ones. Oh how they hated violence, but they would do what they needed to. They were gifted, after all, and if all went well, they could use this as their gift to the world to protect the ones that were precious to them.

"Yes, yes I understand, and I will do this, for hokage sama," the small figure said, standing up. The furrows along the side of his face seemed deeper as he took I this new secret, determined to do his best. "I will do this for him, and I will do my best to protect the village and defeat Uchiha Madara." The toad nodded, secure in feeling that they were safe for now, and that the hokage's will would be done, and poofed away, leaving the young shinobi to their own thoughts, and to decide how best to do what he needed to now.

Okay, so here's the frist chapter. Tell me what you think on this one, and be sure to read and review my other stories at your preference and convenience! [as of right now, 4-3-10, other stories currently include another naruto fic, one for Calvin and Hobbes, and one for Dragon Riders of Pern.]

Have fun and have a great weekend!