Before anyone gets on be about not having written another chapter for Freedom, Pandora, death fox, or hyuuga, please think about all of those stories, on top of a constantly racing mind, a tech week for a theater production of Godspell where every day is a 10 hour day until the actual production days. I'm exhausted and putting this online at 1:20 in the morning, so I wouldn't call it an excuse, but there you have it. This was literally thought up because of my reading a story that had to do with vampires, on top of reading Naruto. Alright, so I love and hate Kishimoto. Naruto is an awesome story, but they kill too many key characters, and then some of them come back to life and others are just dead and THE FEELLLLSSSSS! Not stupid Naruto, I made him clever because this is fanfiction and I can! SO HAH! For those who don't know, because I don't normally write Naruto stories that correlate to canon, but I am a Sakura, Sasuke, and Civilian Council basher. I never liked Sakura because she is bitchy and not true to her own personality. And Sasuke is a moody teme who needs to find a new hair cut and can't seem to decide whether or not he is good bad or myeeehhhh. Okie, rant over now. Plus that has nothing to do with the prologue...which is this chapter...

Disclaimer: The only character I own from this one is Tanek. His name is Greek for immortality. SPOILERS!

Prologue

The cloaked man walked to the gate that was part of a large wall surrounding the Hidden Village of Konoha.

"State your name and business." The gate keeper called.

"My name and my business are my own, but I wish to speak with your Leader. I have a deal to discuss with him." The man called, keeping his voice neutral in order to calm the anger he was sensing from the keeper.

"Fine. I will send for an escort." The ninja in charge of the gate turned towards the town and noticed the small child called Naruto wandering by. He had blonde spiky hair, a goofy grin, and slightly intelligent blue eyes. There were whisker marks on both his cheeks and he was dressed in a simple white shirt with a swirl and black pants.

"Kid! Take him to the Hokage." He called. Naruto looked at him and smiled even wider.

"Can do! Why are you going to see the Old man?" The blonde child asked.

"I have a possible asset for him." Was all the response he got. Once at the office, Naruto greeted the Hokage informally, then left. Tanek seated himself in one of the chairs.

"I have heard from the gate that you wish to see me. They said you wished to not state your name?" The older man asked.

"I did not see the importance when I could tell you directly. I am Tanek, and I am here to train Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze." He stated simply, as if it were an average conversation.

"How do you know of his blood?" Hiruzen asked.

"I could smell a Namikaze anywhere. I made a promise to protect the child of Kushina and Minato should they perish after having a child." Tanek explained.

"I had assumed that his Godfather Jiraiya would be taking the role of caretaker. Then again, the Council has demanded that he be left on his own for the sake of the other villagers. They will not be happy to hear about this." The old man sighed.

"You Council has been allowed to grow far too strong in a shinobi village. The Civilian Council was created for the purpose of voting on matters of the civilian aspects of a shinobi village, such as the trade and shops. They should not be permitted to control the life of a future shinobi." Growled Tanek. The Hokage nodded in agreement.

"I have done what I felt was necessary. I wished to appease my Council while watch over Naruto at the same time. I have failed." He put his hand on his face.

"You have allowed the boy to be beat near to death, so that the members of your Council can sleep better at night, knowing that the demon brat may not make it through his own? Your methods of teaching need major improvements." Was the only comment that came from Tanek. It had its desired effect.

"I know, during Minato's time things were different. But I am old and unable to fulfill my duties." The old man sighed.

"This is why I wish to teach Naruto. He is young, and can be raised into a great shinobi." Tanek nodded in understanding.

"The training that I wish to put him through will make him stronger on more aspects than you can possibly fathom. He will be faster, stronger, smarter, there will be no equal to his senses. I do not intend to turn him into a weapon however, I will not take his emotions from him. Those are necessary. This will be good for him." He continued.

"Are you sure this will help him?" The old man asked the man who hid behind a hood. Tanek sighed and sat back in his chair.

"I have repeated myself over and over again. I do not feel I have to another time." His voice was dark sounding and cold.

"He will not be a shinobi like those you have raised. He will only be able to work in the dead of night. If you want him to work well at all. He will have endless power, unnatural strength, even by your standards. His senses will be unparalleled. He will be indestructible. An asset you will need." The man continued, obviously having rehearsed the words before.

"And you will teach him all you know? Protect him when he needs it? He is the villages scapegoat, so he needs much protection." The old man continued, obviously worried for the small boys sake.

"Of course." The words were meant to be reassuring, but the tone set off the intent.

"You will tell him of his lineage?" The older man asked.

"Yes. It is necessary for him to know who he is, and to have a solid home to live in. The estate they left behind will suffice for protection, and training." Was a simple answer.

"I will give you the core curriculum of the Academy so you can properly teach him what he needs to know in order to become a genin. I hope this works out." The old man sighed and began making copies of all of the scrolls that held information on the Elemental Nations, and the basic techniques.

"He will be unable to use the basic clone jutsu, so teach him this one. It is harder, but will be better for him." He explained, not looking at the other man. He missed the grin that was hidden inside the hood. White sharp fangs could be seen, and the smiled was malicious and cold.

"I will teach him well. Please have no concerns." The conversation between these two men continued late into the night as both were designing a new learning program for Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze.

Naruto woke up with a start when he heard the sounds of another person in his small falling apart apartment. He quickly grabbed the kunai he had under his pillow and slowly made his way towards the door. Glancing through it without revealing himself, he noticed it was a man in a deep red, almost brown cloak, who had seated himself at the table.

"Boy, hiding from me is pointless, I can hear you. Come out here." The stranger called. Naruto slowly entered the room. It was about 1 in the morning, and for an 11 year old child, it was not the best time for him to be awake. Naruto recognized the man immediately as the person he escorted to the Hokage's office.

"Take a seat, I have a proposition for you." He stated. When Naruto didn't move from where he was, the man sighed.

"I have a deal to make. Got it? Now sit." The chair was moved by a kick from the man, and Naruto quickly did as he was asked.

"Alright. I am Tanek. I am to be your new teacher. But as a first order of business, I was instructed to give you this." The man sighed and handed a scroll to Naruto.

"Put a bit of blood on that seal and you can open it. Only you can open it." Naruto nodded and bit his thumb, causing blood to drip on the seal. It glowed faintly to show that it accepted the blood, then he opened it.

Dear Naruto,

We regret to tell you in this way that we are sorry. It was not our intended way of breaking this news to you. We will start from the beginning of your story, and I'm sure old man Hokage can fill in the other details. I am Minato Namikaze, and I am your father. Before you flip out or anything like that, please listen. Your mother and I are fighting a battle soon that we fear we won't be able to win. You are our first and only child, and we have come to terms with not being able to raise you. Kushina was so happy that she was able to hold you in her arms in that way. We have left a list of people that you may turn to in your time of need.

Hiashi Hyuuga

Tanek

Jiraiya

Fugaku Uchiha

Tsunade Senju

Hiruzen Sarutobi

Naruto, please understand, we did not wish for you to have the Kyuubi sealed into you. We realized soon after your birth that your mother could not handle it, and he was released. This letter is being written quickly before I leave to fight off the Kyuubi from the village. I am the Fourth Hokage, and must protect my people. You need to do the same my son. We love you, even if we have never met. We have loved you since we knew we were having you, and even though by now we are dead, we still love you. Be a good boy, learn your lessons, and one day, you two will become a great ninja. Inside this scroll I have sealed different jutsu's, your mothers chakra chains, fuinjustsu, my Hiraishin, and my Rasengan. You will not be able to learn these until much later in your life, if at all, but they are only available to you. Just remember, you are you Naruto, never forget that. We love you.

Minato and Kushina Namikaze

Naruto could only put the papers farther away from him and cry over the table. Tanek sat near him, not knowing how to deal with the crying child near him.

"I will be strong, knowing that my parents died to save me and my village." He vowed, resealing the scroll and wiping the tears and snot from his face. His expression was one of determination and confidence.

"That's what I wanted to hear. Now before I take you as my apprentice I need to make certain that you are suitable." Tanek reached over to Naruto's still bleeding hand and touched his finger to the blood. Placing his finger in his mouth Tanek's eyes widened, not that Naruto could see it. The blood was sweet, and the power he could taste was astonishing. Usually tasting blood only gave Tanek a sense of what the persons power could be. Naruto's blood held so much power that not only could he sense it, it was so concentrated he could taste it.

"What will eating my blood tell you?" Naruto asked him. While he was more clever than people played him off to be, he still couldn't wrap his mind around what that meant.

"It allows me to gauge your potential, and see of you would be a good apprentice. I know everything I need to now." With that, in one swift motion Naruto was seized by the front of his night shirt, a button up cotton long sleeved shirt that had small frog cartoon-like drawings on it, and the last thing he remembered was the feeling of his neck being torn apart.

Alrighty, prologue over, I'm going to bed, please don't be too mad about the other stories, I'm always slow to update, and I will do my best but this summer and start of my first year of College are going to be hell...soooo yeah. I'm going into Secondary English Education with a focus in Creative Writing. Then minoring in Spanish...on top of starting to video blog my life...I'm swamped for right now...I will get to them eventually. Alrighty, M out!