"Talking"

"Thoughts"

"Demon"

"Jutsu/Techniques"

"Writings"

Hey everybody, first I would like to say that sadly I do not own Naruto in any way shape or form. Second this story will follow the storyline somewhat but I will be changing a few things. Don't like it don't read it. Finally I welcome reviews and criticism but please don't flame, you will just be ignored. Now without further ado enjoy my story.

======== Konohagakure, Morning after the Kyubi attack ===========

Hiruzen Sarutobi, third Hokage of Konoha, was not having a good morning. He sighed as he looked out of his office window at the wreckage caused by the Kyubi last night. The beast had caused massive amounts of damage and killed many of their shinobi and civilians that were not able to get to the shelters fast enough. He rubbed the temples of his head and turned back to the office, it had been years since he last looked at the office from that side of the desk.

He had given his hat over to Minato Namikaze years ago and had been proud of the man. T was with a heavy heart he was here today, Minato had given his life last night to seal away the Kyubi within a powerful seal. While his sacrifice helped keep many from dying and possibly saved the village he left a large problem.

A soft giggle turned Hiruzen attention to the far corner of the room. A small white cradle was placed there, inside was a small blonde haired child. His body wiggled out of the blanket he was wrapped in and smile went across Hiruzen face when the child opened his crystal blue eyes to look at him. This child was Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, and also the holder of the Kyubi. To defeat the beast Minato had to seal it inside of someone and being the man of honor he was could not ask anyone else to do it. With a heavy heart he had chosen to seal the beast inside his newborn son.

Hiruzen closed his eyes and shook his head to clear his thoughts. Last night he had told the council what had happened and he was not happy with the reactions. Minato, in his final moments, had wished the child to be seen as a hero most of the civilians wanted the child dead to finish off the beast. The shinobi side of the council had been quiet and Hiruzen had only stayed for a minute telling them they would resume the meeting in the morning after everyone had calmed down.

A knock on his door broke him from his musings

"Yes?" the door opened and reviled an ANBU dressed in all black, grey armor could be seen behind the black cloak draped over their body. The figure was around 5'10 and their face hidden behind a white mask representing a dog, silver hair peaked out above the mask.

"Hokage-sama the council has been gathered like you asked and are waiting for you" Hiruzen nodded and started towards the door

"Thank you Inu, would you please stay here and watch young Naruto while I'm gone?" the ANBU shinobi nodded quickly

"Hai Hokage-sama" the old Hokage nodded back and walked down the halls of the Hokage tower towards the council chambers. Once he entered he looked around the room. The room had two long tables on either side of it, one for the Shinobi council the other for the Civilian council. At the ends of the aisle created by the tables was his desk and across from that was a small table where the three elders sat.

Everyone bowed their heads when Hiruzen walked in; giving them a quick nod he walked to his desk and sat down. He reached into his robes to pull his pipe from the folds. Packing in some tobacco and lighting it he took a long drag before facing the councils

"I hope everyone here has had a chance to calm down from last night" he looked around the room and noticed the scowls on the civilians face, no doubt still angry. The shinobi were all calm, many had been part of the last war and were used to losing others through violence while they may be sad they all knew they had to keep calm about the situation. The elders were also calm; the trio were all ex-teammates of Hiruzen's and had been through more trouble than this attack.

"Good, now I'm sure you all have thought about our situation and I am willing to listen to any thoughts. Who would like to begin?" an explosion of screams came from the civilian side of the room, all about how they should kill Young Naruto. Hiruzen stared the group down and let his killing intent flood the room, quickly the councilman and women sat down. Most of them sere sweating heavily and paled when they felt the man's gaze on them.

"I am going to say this once and only once, we will not kill the boy. Minato gave his life to seal the beast and his last wish was for this boy to be seen as a hero. You may not wish to honor my late successor but I will" many people looked down at that last part of his comment but the civilians did not back down. A slim balding man stood up

"Hokage-sama how can we let that demon live among us?" Hiruzen narrowed his eyes at the man

"I believe I mentioned yesterday that no one is to speak of the Kyubi, whether in council or not. Calling him a demon falls under that rule councilman." the man paled and quickly bowed

"I am sorry Hokage-sama please forgive me, it was a slip of the tongue" he gave the man a grunt and took another drag of his pipe

"This time I will but I warn you all, I will not be tolerating such talk again." He watched as all the council nodded in understanding and continued

"As I was saying Minato wanted the boy to grow and eventually the seal he placed on him will absorb the Kyubi's power thus killing it. Killing the boy will only free the beast and eventually it will reform and attack us again" whispered spread around the room at the information, in truth the seal made it so that in Naruto died he would drag the Kyubi to the afterlife with him but Hiruzen figured it wouldn't hurt to keep that a secret.

"So what will happen to the boy?" Hiruzen turned to the speaker, Tsume Inuzuka head of the Inuzuka clan

"He will be turned over to the orphanage and raised just as any orphan would" the woman nodded slightly at the answer but he could see the disagreement in her eyes. He too knew that from the civilians actions Naruto would have a hard life but he hoped after some time it would pass.

"Excuse me Hiruzen" the Hokage looked up and across the room to the elders to see Danzo raising his only good arm. Danzo and Hiruzen rarely got along, both wanted what was best for the village but had different ideas on how to achieve this. Danzo viewed military superiority and fear the best was to make Konoha the best. While Hiruzen agreed with some of Danzo's ideas the two often butt heads.

"Yes Danzo do you have a problem with that?" Hiruzen had an idea of what Danzo would want. Naruto was housing the most powerful of the tailed beasts and if he knew Danzo he would want the boy to train him to become an emotionless killing machine.

"Actually yes, I was wondering why we would deny the boy his heritage." The entire room went silent and if Hiruzen hadn't been prepared his pipe might have fallen right from his mouth. He stared Danzo down, trying to figure out where Danzo could be going with this and he was curious about how Danzo knew of the boy's family. Before he could start to speak Shikaku Nara cut in

"I'm sorry Danzo-san but we are all under the impression that Naruto was an orphan" many in the room nodded to that, Danzo just cleared his throat

"I never said the boy was not an orphan, merely that he had a heritage. Hiruzen you did say last night the boy was an Uzumaki did you not?" everyone turned to Hiruzen, who was taking a drag of his pipe. He had calmed down when he realized Danzo was talking about Naruto's mother not his father. He still wondered what Danzo's plan was but he would let this conversation go on for now. If it went well he could improve Naruto's life greatly

"Yes I did"

"Then why is he not being named clan Heir? The Uzumaki are a very powerful clan and important to Konoha. I see it as a slight to our friendship with them to dishonor a child from them" whisper's spread around the room and a civilian woman with long brown hair spoke up

"Excuse me Danzo-san but I have never heard of the Uzumaki clan. If there so important why do none of us know of them" many of the other civilians nodded along to this but Hiruzen decided to step in

"The Uzumaki clan were the founders of Uzushiogakure, a village that unfortunately was destroyed many years ago in the second shinobi war. We had been in an alliance with them since the founding of our village, in fact the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was married to an Uzumaki" Hiruzen watched as the civilians looked shocked at that piece of information

"The clan was well known for their skills in Fuinjutsu and Kenjutsu. In fact Minato, my student Jiraiya and myself all learned most of our fuinjutsu skills from Uzumaki scrolls."

"If what you say is true does that mean the boy is related to Tsunade Senju seeing that her grandmother was an Uzumaki" the room turned their attention to Choza Akimichi

"To answer both of your questions I only know his name from Minato I have nothing to prove he is an actual Uzumaki" Danzo nodded

"Understandable but I have an idea that may prove the boy is an Uzumaki and if so I think we should give him all the rights of a clan heir." Hiruzen analyzed Danzo carefully, he still couldn't figure out what Danzo would get from all of this. If Naruto was named a clan heir he would be under the shinobi council and Danzo had no power or influence there

"Why should we even check Danzo-san, giving that boy a clan will only give him more power and allow the demon to kill us easier" a portly council man slammed his hand to the table to emphasis his point but Danzo didn't flinch as he answered

"Before Uzushiogakure fell they asked Mito-sama to hold many of their scrolls. Those scrolls most likely contain the knowledge of the clan and can only be given to an Uzumaki. If the boy is named heir he will be given all of the scrolls and it will greatly improve Konoha in many ways" Hiruzen rubbed his chin as Danzo finished. The man made strong points but he suspected there was another reason Danzo was doing this.

"You make good points Danzo, so what is this way you thought of" the room's attention turned to Danzo as he cleared his throat.

"As I said Mito-sama was in possession of clan scrolls, I assume that since the clan was so well known for their skill in fuinjutsu all of the scrolls are sealed with blood seals. We simply place some of the boy's blood on a scroll and if it opens there is no question about his heritage" Hiruzen took another drag of his pipe and thought out Danzo's idea. It had merit and it would prove to everyone Naruto was an Uzumaki without him having to revel who Naruto's parents were

"I am curious as to everyone else's view on this idea. By show of hands who thinks we should go along with Danzo's idea?" he watched as all of the clan heads and elders raised their hands. He mentally smirked at that knowing the motion had passed

"All those against?" the civilians grumbled as they raised their hands

"Very well, I and the elders will go and retrieve a scroll from the Hokage vault. I will call all of you once we have found one and we will see if young Naruto's blood works. If so I will notify Tsunade but knowing her I doubt she will come back to help raise the boy" many nodded sadly at that but Inoichi Yamanaka, head of the Yamanaka clan raised his hand

"Excuse me Hokage but why the vault? If it was Mito-sama's then would they not be at the Senju compound?" Hiruzen had begun to clean out his pipe but looked up to Inoichi

"When Tsunade left the village I sealed all of the clan's scrolls in the Hokage vault for safe keeping, if she was to return I would hand all of it back to her of course" he nodded and stood to leave with the rest of the council. Once the room was empty, save for the elders and Hiruzen, he stood and motioned for them to follow him.

The small group walked down the hall to a set of stairs and began to travel down. After going down several flights they came to a door with two ANBU guarding it both of their mask resembling birds but different paint lines on them. The shinobi immediately put the hands forward in a cross shape

"Kai" after nothing happened one of the ANBU turned and opened the door behind him. Hiruzen lead the group down a dark hallway until they came to a massive set of steel doors. They were eight foot tall and both looked to be four feet wide, the doors were decorated with what appeared to be vines across them.

"All of you are to turn around and not look at me while I open the doors. If I even think you are peeking I will be forced to kill you immediately" the trio turned around, none of them even flinched at the thought of death

Satisfied they were not looking Hiruzen turned back to the door and channeled chakra to his hands. He then reached up and began touching specific vines. As he touched them they glowed green, eventually all of the vines were glowing and the doors started to open inward.

"You may turn around now" the others turned and all of their eyes widened at the sight before them. The room was a large metal box that went farther back then they could see, the only light in the room was from glowing seals all along the ceiling. The three quickly followed after Hiruzen as he made his way down the aisle of book cases. Their eyes wondered across the shelves as they passed, plaques were placed on each shelf with different labels to let people know what they contained.

Soon they came to the back of the room and they looked to see tall safes lining the back. Hiruzen walked over to one and began to twirl the dial on it. After a second he opened the safe and walked in side, flicking on a light as he did. Danzo inspected the room as he walked in. Shelves held multiple scrolls in the room and Hiruzen was facing the right side

"When I placed all the scrolls in here I separated them from Senju and Uzumaki. The ones along this wall are all of the Uzumaki" the three nodded and looked at all the scrolls

"Which one should we choose Hiruzen?" he shrugged his shoulders and looked at the scrolls in front of him

"I have no idea what they hold so we should choose a small one that way we know it will not have much information on it." The three nodded and Koharu Utatane reached over to a shelf and picked up a small looking scroll. She tried to remove the clasp on it but it didn't budge.

"This one should do" she handed it to Hiruzen and he tried to open it as well. When he failed he nodded and gestured to the exit. The group made their way out of the vault, once they passed the metal doors Hiruzen pulled them closed with a large slam. They then made their way back to the main level of the tower.

"You three go and have something to eat, I will check on Naruto and then call a meeting in one hour" the three nodded and started left the Hokage as he went to his office.

Upon entering he hears a crying Naruto and looks to see Inu holding the boy and rocking him

"Come on Naruto quiet down. Please? Pretty Please?" the ANBU let out a groan as he continued to try to quiet the child. A chuckle from behind him caused him to turn around and see the Hokage

"Ah Hokage-sama how was the meeting" Hiruzen walked over to his desk and placed the scroll on it

"It was interesting to say the least. Has he been crying long?" Inu shook his head

"Only for a minute. I think he wants to be feed because he does not smell." Hiruzen nodded and walked over to the shinobi with his arms out.

"Give him to me and go to the hospital, a nurse named Ageha Oda should be working. She has agreed to be Naruto's wet nurse." The ANBU nodded but hesitated

"Are you sure you can trust her sir?" Hiruzen nodded as he rocked Naruto

"I had Ibiki talk to her, he said she was clear but I would like you to watch over her in the shadows until I'm positive" Inu paused a moment and Hiruzen let out a sigh

"Get your mind out of the gutter Inu" shaking his head he bowed and disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Hiruzen let out another sigh and looked at the scroll on his desk. He knew Naruto would be able to open it but he worried very few things Danzo suggested went well for him.

=========Council Chambers, One hour later==============

Hiruzen sat quietly with Naruto in his arms as the last of the councilors came into the room. He could see the fear and hate in the eyes of the civilian councils but paid it no mind. The clan heads looks varied from concern to simple boredom. Once everyone was settled he cleared his throat

"Thank you all for returning I believe we all would like to get this over with so Homura, Danzo and Koharu would you please come forward." The three elders stood and walked to Hiruzen desk

"Is the scroll there the one we found in the vault?" the three looked down at the scroll and Koharu picked it up. She inspected it before handing it over to Danzo, who handed it to Homura after inspection. Homura put it down after his inspection and nodded to the others before turning to Hiruzen

"We all agree that it is"

"Thank you. Please return to your seats" the three bowed their heads and moved back to their table.

"Hiashi-san, Fugaku-san would you two please use your dojutsu and inspect the scroll" the two men nodded

"Sharingan"

"Byakugan"

Fugaku's eyes morphed from their normal black into red irises with two tomes around the edge. He inspected the scroll and noticed that the clasp had chakra in it but nothing else. The veins around Hiashi's eyes bulged out as he inspected the scroll noticing the same chakra location.

"I do not notice anything except chakra located around the clasp Hokage-sama" Hiruzen nodded and turned to Hiashi

"Do you agree with that Hiashi-san" the Hyuga nodded, deactivating his eyes. Shifting Naruto into one arm he grabbed the scroll and tossed it to Shikaku.

"Shikaku would you please attempt to open the scroll." The Nara let out a sigh

"Troublesome, yes Hokage-sama" he bites his thumb to draw blood and swiped it over the clasp. It glowed red for a few seconds then died down, Shikaku pulled on the clasp but it did not give.

"Thank you Shikaku-san. Inoichi-san would you please bring the scroll up here" the blonde nodded and took the scroll from his friend as he walked to the desk.

Hiruzen gently sent Naruto on the table and pulled out a kunai from his robe, holding up to Inoichi

"If you would please" the man nodded and took the kunai from him. He placed the scroll down and used the free hand to take hold of Naruto's hand. As gently as possible he pricked the boy's hand, making the child start to cry. Inoichi felt slightly bad but continued on, placing the weapon down he rubbed and squeezed Naruto's hand to make the blood flow. Once enough was there he grabbed the scroll from the table and rubbed the clasp into the boy's hand.

The clasp started to glow red just like with Shikaku but after a second there was a click and Inoichi eyes widened. He pulled the scroll open but before he got too far Hiruzen cleared his throat

"That is enough Inoichi-san, that scroll is not for anyone's eyes to see but young Naruto" the man nodded and placed the scroll down on the table before going back to his seat.

"Oda-san" the council turned as a young woman with short black hair walked into the room with an ANBU guard behind her. She quickly walked to the desk and picked up Naruto, with a quick bow she and the ANBU left.

Hiruzen pulled out a handkerchief and cleaned off the kunai, looking around the room as he did. The eyes of the civilian side were wide and some and scowls on their faces, they may not know much about shinobi arts but they knew what had just happened. The Clan heads all looked to be deep in thought, most likely deciding on how this affected the village. His eyes rested on the elders, while Homura and Koharu looked somewhat pleased to have a new clan and the jutsu that would come with it, Danzo looked natural and that made Hiruzen worry. Once he put the weapon away he folded his hands together

"Now then for those of you who did not realize what happened we have proved that Naruto is indeed an Uzumaki and as such has the right to become a clan heir." He paused for a moment for questions, when now came he continued

"Now than by show of hands who believes we should allow Naruto to become the Uzumaki clan heir?" just like earlier everyone but the civilian side of the council raised their hands.

"Very well and those who oppose?" the civilians barely raised their hands

"Thank you. Than by order of the Hokage I declare Naruto Uzumaki clan heir of the Uzumaki clan. If there is no other important business than the civilian council is dismissed." All of the rose and left the room in a huff. Hiruzen waited before turning to the Shinobi

"Now we need to discuss what is going to happen with young Naruto" the group nodded but Tsume raised her hand

"Excuse me Hokage-sama but I have a question about the pups parents" Hiruzen let out a sigh and nodded he knew that someone would figure out Naruto's mother once they saw he was an Uzumaki he decided to keep acting like he didn't know for sure. With his status as clan heir it wasn't going to protect him from anyone wanting revenge on Kushina

"I believe I know what you are going to say Tsume-san. I did some investigating during the break and found that there was an Uzumaki female that was pregnant and should have given birth around the time of the Kyubi attacked. That women was Kushina Uzumaki" he looked at the reactions of the group. More than he thought looked shocked, obviously they recognized the name. Tsume, Shikaku and Shibi Aburame didn't react; obviously they had figured it out.

"As far as I know Kushina is dead, he body has not been recovered but of course there are many unaccounted for. I will look into who knew Kushina to see if we can find the father. Does that answer your questions Tsume-san?" the woman nodded, Hiruzen pulled out his pipe and started to pack it with tobacco.

"Now since Naruto is a clan head and the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi I suggest we have ANBU watch over him. The woman you saw earlier has agreed to watch over Naruto as his nurse until he is able to function on his own. At that time I will hire someone to guard and watch over him until he reaches fifteen or becomes a Genin." He paused to light his pipe and took a drag

"Does anyone have a problem with my decision or comments?" the clan heads all looked to each other. Choza looked to the Hokage

"Where will they be staying?"

"There is an Uzumaki compound close to the Hokage monument. Mito-sama created when she arrived, I believe Kushina-san kept the compound maintained but did not live there. I will have someone check the compound before they move in" Choza smiled and nodded to the idea.

"Anyone else?" after seeing everyone shakes their heads Hiruzen stood

"Very well, thank you all for your time and have a nice evening" he gave a quick bow to them and made his way to his office.

Once inside he saw Ageha changing Naruto's diaper on the floor, Inu stood in the corner looking out the window but turned to Hiruzen and bowed as he walked in

"How did it go Hokage-sama?" Hiruzen lifted his pipe to his lips and began to speak when Ageha cut in

"Hokage-sama please don't smoke around the baby!" he quickly snuffed out the pipe and bowed to her

"My apologies Ageha-san, I am not used to being around children" the woman nodded as she picked up Naruto and checked the bandages on his hand.

"As I was going to say Inu, it is decided that Naruto will be the Uzumaki heir." Ageha smiled and looked at the Hokage

"Does that mean I will be hired full time Hokage-sama" he nodded as he sat down but looked at her with a serious face

"Yes Ageha but I must warn you people are not excepting of Naruto. While I do not think they will resort to violence your life will not be an easy one if you watch him" Inu watched the woman as she stared at the aged leader

"I am aware Hokage-sama but it is the right thing to do. I can't abandon a child in need for something he had no control over, it goes against every reason I have for being a Nurse" the man gave her a small smile

"I hope others will see it like that to one day but for now please be careful. I will assign some ANBU to watch over you and Naruto soon and have the Uzumaki compound ready for you to move into by tonight" the woman nodded and walked to the crib in the corner

"I will head home now and pack some clothes" she gave him a quick bow and rushed out the door, closing it behind her. Hiruzen turned to Inu

"What is your opinion of her?" Inu straighten up and walked in front of the desk

"She seems to be honest with her feelings. I had a clone hidden in the room when she came back with Naruto. I told her I need to take care of something at to wait in here for me to return, from the memories she simple played with the boy and not once tried to harm him" the Hokage nodded and pulled out a scroll, he grabbed a pen and started to write on it

"I want you to deliver this scroll to Dragon than make your way to the Uzumaki compound and check it." Inu took the scroll and looked at it

"May I ask what is in here Hokage-sama?"

"I am asking Dragon to find some ANBU he trust to watch over Naruto until I deem it fit" Inu nodded and headed for the door

"Inu" the man stopped and looked back at the Kage

"The Clan heads and Elders know who his mother is. If you think that will help out with finding trusting ANBU I want you to spread the information"

"Is that wise sir? While Kushina-sama didn't have many enemies people could figure out the father" Hiruzen chuckled at the panic in his voice

"Don't fear Inu, even I didn't know they were a couple until they told me they were pregnant. I'm not sure how they kept the secret but I believe it will be fine. This way some shinobi will be more likely to watch over him than hate him" Inu let out a long sigh and turned to the door

"I hope so Hokage-sama, I really do" as he closed the door Hiruzen turned to look at the village and spoke quietly

"I do to Kakashi"

=========Below Konoha=============

Danzo made his way through the lower tunnels under Konoha; he had cleared these areas for his Root unit. Root was something Danzo created to make the perfect solders; emotionless shinobi willing to give their live if need be for Konoha. Hiruzen had told him to disband the unit after the third war but he knew they were something Konoha needed.

As he made his way to his office two figures fell in behind him, both were dressed similar to ABU troops but only so if seen no one would think they were not. One wore a Tiger mask while the other was bug like. The two silently followed behind until they reached Danzo's office, walking in Danzo sat down and looked up at them

"I want a team to go to the Uzumaki compound, I am sure that Hiruzen will have someone check it out but do a second sweep after they leave. Have a second team find and do a background check on the women who will be watching over the child. I want to make sure she is not working for anyone and has only the boy's best interest at heart." The two men nodded but stayed where they were. Danzo raised an eyebrow at them

"You have something to say?" the two exchanged a look before Tiger spoke

"Danzo-sama we do not mean to question your judgment but shouldn't we place some seals or something to monitor the boy?" Danzo chuckled

"No, I guarantee that eventually Jiraiya will look over the house and if any seals are found he will start to look around and we cannot afford that. Plus I have no interest in monitoring the boy yet" the men shared another look but Danzo spoke before they had a chance

"If you are wondering why I did not try to bring the boy under my thumb the answer is simple. Jinchuriki cannot have their emotions locked away like those I train, it is imperative they are in the right mind to keep the beast at bay." He leaned back in his chair

"I was truthful when I said I want the boy to learn all of the fuinjutsu and skills of the Uzumaki. If he is raised to love this village he will improve our military strength and any children he has will only help us in the future. The Uzumaki were a feared clan, with the power of the Kyubi in one he will be stronger than any other Jinchuriki." The two nodded and bowed to Danzo

"Understood Danzo-sama we did not mean to question you?" he waved his hand at the men and they disappeared from the office in a swirl of leaves. After they left he opened a draw on his desk and pulled a picture from it, it showed Danzo, in battle gear during the third war his sword strapped to his side. He was flanked by different shinobi also in battle gear but a small smile crossed his face when his eye fell on a young women.

"I always repay my debts Kushina"

I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter. As I said I welcome reviews, questions and criticism. Please don't waste my time and yours with flames.

Also if you like crossovers I hope you'll check out my other story Pirates of the Leaf.