Hi, this is the first little bit of a story I just thought up, it's called Silent and Sightless:

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Summary: What if the sealing with the Kyuubi had gone wrong? And the Fourth had found out and did something to make it go horribly, horribly right? Which resulted in a way no one had thought it could? This time, though, it's different, instead of just being the Kyuubi's container Naruto is now also blind and mute. Naruto finds the world can be evil in so many ways. Sometimes what's right for the village isn't always what's right for everyone else.

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Scroll I:

The Beginning

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The Kyuubi attack caught Kohona unprepared, and it was quickly thrown into chaos. The lesser shinobi were falling right and left, and, while the more powerful shinobi were not being killed off as fast, there had not been many of them in the beginning and every loss was taking its toll.

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The AnBu were being slightly more successful then the rest, and while they had lesser numbers and no experience in fighting such a foe they were still the only thing keeping the Kyuubi at bay and Kohona from falling.

An AnBu wearing an inu mask looked up from using a water jutsu to put out a fire that was spreading towards the trees, and saw that a fiery red, chakra infused tail, was heading straight towards his companion, another AnBu wearing and tori mask. For a split second, the inu AnBu stood there, his eyes widening, then even as the tail was closing in on his the tori AnBu, he shouted at her to run.

As the tori AnBu half turned around, time seemed to slow for the inu masked one as he watched her turn right into the path of the oncoming tail, and time went even slower as he watched her fall to the ground coughing up blood after the tail passed through her like she wasn't even there.

As quickly as it had happened, time speed up again and the inu AnBu shook off his daze and ran towards his lovers side as fast as he could.

"Rin..." the inu AnBu sobbed as he picked up her slowly dieing body and cradled it to his chest.

"...Ka...Kashi...?" Rin whispered questioningly as she felt herself growing cold and struggled to open her eyes to see her last remaining teammate and lover one last time.

"Shh... Rin, shh, I'll go get a medic you wait here," Kakashi answered as he started to get up, until he felt a weak tug on his arm.

"No... gonna die... wanna be... with you... last time..." Rin muttered as she felt her strength leaving her.

"No, no, Rin you're not going to die, you can't die, not you..." Kakashi assured her as tears entered his eyes. Even though his mind told him of the unlikely ness of that possibility, his heart refused to believe it.

"No..." she coughed up more blood and cursed as she felt her self growing weaker, "'M gonna... die. No... stopping... it," she needed to tell him this, dammit! She needed to tell him to save Kohona... her home... and to take care of himself and sensei, "Save... home, ta... take care... of sen... sei and... you...r se...self..." there she had said it, now she could die in peace. "Bye... Ka..."

"No, Rin your no- Rin? Rin? Answer me Rin!" Kakashi started to cry as it became obvious even to him that she was not going to answer.

Gently he laid her down and, leaning down gave her a kiss. One filled with sorrow, love and loss.

He stood up, more determined then ever and vowed, though silently, to himself, that he would do anything to keep his village safe.

An hour and many, many, justu's later he decided that he shouldn't be so hasty to make his promises the next time -he refused to believe there wouldn't be one-, this one had almost cost him his life multiple times already. The only reassurance he and his companions had was when a runner had come by and informed them that the Fourth (his sensei) had a way to defeat the great nine-tails, but he needed time. And they would do anything to give that time to him.

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He screamed and struggled to get away even though he knew that he couldn't. Even as the AnBu took him away and he saw his parents fall, Iruka swore vengeance on the beast that had killed his parents and destroyed his life.

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She was fighting the beast with everything she had and it still wasn't working as well as it should. Anko turned and ran when those glowing red eyes -they reminded her too, too much of Orochimaru- turned towards her. She ran all the way around the beast before those dreaded red eyes turned away. Only when she felt them gone did she stop running. "Damn…." she murmured, cursing herself for her weaknesses. When she looked up and went back to fighting, the tears were gone, but the hurt remained.

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'Not gonna die, not gonna die, not gonna die….' he chanted in his mind, even as he dodged the tails and flames of the great Kyuubi. He was young still, but he was training in the ways of the mind and how to get information out of the enemy, but Ibiki was a firm believer that if you set your mind to it, you could do any thing. So he kept up his desperate chant as the ground shattered, the sky fell and fellow ninja died around him, and he dodged, his chant became louder and louder, and before he realized it he was shouting it out. "I'M NOT GOING TO DIE!"

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She didn't get the point, it was coming, coming, coming and no one could stop it, so why were they fighting? If they were running then they wouldn't all be dieing, so she thought they should run. Kurenai didn't get it, but she fought anyway.

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He was getting desperate, but he wouldn't fall, at least, not until, he came. He had sworn to protect this village with his life, and that was just what he was gonna do. It didn't matter that his comrades kept falling, as long as he was up and protecting his village. Jiraiya new it was probably hopeless, but he kept fighting anyway.

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He was trying to help, but they just couldn't seem to work with him, he was a jack of all trades, but he was still young. They didn't know where to put him, and it was driving them crazy even as people -ninja's- were dieing all around them. Asuma didn't get why, but he shrugged and stayed with them.

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They were dieing, dieing, dieing! And she couldn't do anything to help them. There was too much blood! And she had picked the worst time to have the baby, and no one could give her the help she needed! And there was blood and too much of it! Tsunade knew she had little chance of making it, but she still tried.

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He knew now wasn't the time, so he just struggled threw it all he could. He had all ready opened seven of the gates to the max, but they didn't seem to be doing much damage. Gai knew it was risky, and that he would probably die, but he thought it was part of what little chance they had. So he opened it all.

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He knew he shouldn't be fighting this, and that he should be home with his wife, but the beast did not give him any chance. He would protect them all as best he could, and he thought that he could do it pretty damn well. He couldn't let the monster get his wife, and their unborn child. So Hiashi turned on the Byakugan and fought as hard as he could. For the dead, for the living, and for those yet to be born.

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He was stalling, and he knew it, but he couldn't help it. He knew if he went out there that he would die, and if anything was to happen to the current Hokage, then the village would need him. So it was with relief that Sarutobi sighed when the messenger told him that Arashi needed him. He didn't want to die, not yet.

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The Hokage was ready. He had prepared himself for this. He would be strong. He could do this! But… He couldn't. He broke down the minute he heard the news. They had done what they could, but they had not been able to save his wife, they said that the blood loss had been too much, and that she had died just after giving birth, and giving a name to their child. Naruto… as he held the baby in his arms, Arashi felt his world crumbling around him. He had known that what he was about to do would make his wife hate him, for doing this to his, their child, but he had thought that she would at least be their to raise him, and protect him from the hate of the villagers, but now he knew she would never be able to. As unlikely as it would be, he could only hope that the villagers would respect his dieing wish, and treat his child well, even though they would never know he was his.

Arashi jerked when he felt the hand on his shoulder, and sighed in relief when it only turned out to be the Third.

The man smiled thinly at him, and asked, "You called?"

Arashi nodded jerkily, and looked back down at the peacefully sleeping boy in his arms.

"Your child?" the Third asked knowingly.

"Yes."

"I see." the man nodded again, "What did you need me for?"

The new Hokage looked up at the third with haunted eyes. "I need you to make sure nothing goes wrong with the sealing." Arashi started to turn around, but stopped when he felt a restraining hand on his shoulder. He looked up. The Third was no longer smiling.

"What sealing?" he asked, praying that it was not what he thought it was.

Unfortunately, with one look down at the bundle in his arms Arashi confirmed his worst fears.

The elderly mans frown deepened, and he said, "He will be ostracized you know. Can you do this to your own child?"

When Arashi looked up at Sarutobi again, the pain in the younger mans eyes made him loosen his grip on his shoulder and his expression softened.

"It's the only thing I can do." Said Arashi softly, and turned to go again.

The older man sighed and followed him out the door.

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They had headed to an empty white, room immediately after leaving the Hokage's office, and had started to place seals all along the floor, to and from baby Naruto. They worked in silence, each to their own thoughts.

Finally the former Hokage asked, "How will you do this? Surely you can't take the baby with you when you go to fight the demon?"

The newly appointed Hokage sighed, and said, "I am going to summon Gamabunta to take me to the battle field, and then I'll seal the Kyuubi with the Shiki Fūjin, then I will have Gamabunta take me back here, where I will seal the Kyuubi into Naruto with the Hakke no Fūin Shiki."

Sarutobi sighed, resigned, but asked, "And you can't use anyone else?"

"I couldn't do that to my people, Sarutobi, and even if I could it wouldn't work. It has to be a new born baby, anyone older and the chakra won't adapt to their system and they will die, leaving the Kyuubi free to reform in the under world and start its rein of terror anew." the Forth responded.

Sarutobi sighed, and accepted the fact that the child would have to die, even if Arashi would never know it. He would kill the child himself right after the sealing, and Arashi would die in peace thinking that his child would live a long happy life. The child would be too much of a risk to the village, so he would have to die, and the poor boy would have no parents, so it would be kinder this way. Unfortunately, no matter how much Sarutobi tried to convince himself of this, he still felt like he was doing something wrong.

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The room was set, and now all he had to do, was go out there and get the soul. He knew that he should have had more time with his family, but he was pretty confident that his team, or what was left of it, would raise his son well. That is, until he heard of Rin's death. He knew that Kakashi would be broken up and in no shape to take care of anyone now, and especially after Arashi's own death, and he also new he had only one person left that he could ask. So he turned to his predecessor and asked, "Will you take care of my son when I'm gone?"

The Third looked up, startled, and thought, 'I really don't want to lie to him, but he can't know that his son is going to die.' So instead, Sarutobi smiled, hoped his successor would not see through his lie, and responded, "Of course."

Arashi nods, not trusting his voice, and turns to leave.

"Be careful, Arashi. You'll only get one chance at this." Sarutobi cautions and warns.

He nods again, and leaves the room swiftly.

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Why? That's all he wanted to ask. The Kyuubi had been his friend, the guardian of their village for so long, that only he knew it, and that was just because he had accidentally wandered into its cave, as a youth. Arashi had a question, and he was determined to ask it.

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He had summoned Gamabunta, and was on his way to the battle field. They rode and jumped and walked and ran, past the dead and the wounded and those yet to die. And they didn't stop. There was no time, they had to do this now, and then save as many lives as they could.

As they reached the Kyuubi, the Demon, the Protector, they finally slow down, but only a little.

After several moments, the Kyuubi turned around, looked at them with its red, red eyes and Arashi new that this was not his friend, the look in those eyes was too crazy.

But he had to know, before he sealed him, if their was any of his friend left in there. So he called, as only he could to his friend, "Why, Kyuubi? Why are you doing this?"

The demon growled, and said nothing. Then he charged.

Arashi, knew that the Kyuubi he had known was gone, and after reminding himself that he needed to get to work now, urged Gamabunta forward.

Once the Fourth was close enough to the Kyuubi to make it, he jumped. The Shiki Fūjin was a close range jutsu, and Arashi needed to actually be touching the Kyuubi for it to work. As he had predicted, Arashi landed on the Great Kyuubi's nose, and immediately started into the hand seals necessary for this technique, his face grim. He would miss his friend, he knew, but he had to do this.

Once he had finished the long line of seals, Arashi slammed the heels of his palms into the Kyuubi's skull. Immediately, the fox stopped fighting and its red eyes glazed over. Arashi could feel the pull of the death god on his soul, but he resisted it stubbornly, he still had work to do.

The Hokage turned and jumped onto Gamabunta's head, and the giant frog immediately took off towards the sealing room.

Unknown to either of them, two things happened, the Nine-tails giant body turned to dust the instant Arashi left its head, and they had left exhausted and thankful ninja in their dust.

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In five minutes time, Arashi had arrived at the sealing room and dismissed Gamabunta. The pull on his soul was getting stronger as he continued to lose strength. He needed to finish this up, and soon.

He stumbled into the room and without looking around knelt down beside the sleeping baby. He looked sadly at his son for a minute before starting another long line of seals, these ones for the Hakke no Fūin Shiki.

As he reached the end of the seals, Naruto's deep blue eye's opened, and as he stared at his father with love, Arashi started to have doubts. Could he really do this to his son? Could he leave him alone in a village that would hate him for what his father had done? Granted, the Third would be there, but he would also be old and taking up the Hokage duties again, so he would not be able to watch after Naruto all the time.

As soon as Arashi finish the last seal, he immediately knew that something was wrong. Very, very wrong.

Red.

Everything was a deep blood red. The color of the Nine-tails chakra. And it was all flowing out of his little baby boy.

Arashi struggled to figure out what was wrong, but even with all his acclaimed genus, the Hokage could not figure it out. At least not until he looked into his sons slowly reddening eyes.

Arashi had had doubts, and that had weakened the seal, the Kyuubi's chakra was not mixing as it should, and it was slowly over whelming Naruto.

Quickly, Arashi struggled to pour more of his own chakra into the boy, to help him battle the Kyuubi's. Slowly, ever so slowly the red chakra diminished as the seal went to work.

Exhausted, Arashi looked down into his son's eyes and realized that they were unfocussed. 'Oh, no….' the Fourth Hokage thought despairingly. Naruto was blind. The red chakra had overloaded his system before Arashi had managed to push it back with his own, and had started to shut down Naruto's body. It had reached his eyes first and had managed to shut off Naruto's visual system before they had managed to make it retreat.

Arashi smiled softly, even as his strength left him and he started to fall, as his son began to wail and proved that he had a healthy set of lungs, and that his other systems were okay.

The Fourth Hokage died with a smile on his face.

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Sarutobi sighed, he wished it did not have to turn out like this, but he was certain that it could not continue any other way.

He stood up and slowly walked up to the still form of the Fourth Hokage and his crying son, Naruto.

As the Third gazed upon the face of the boy he noticed that there were three diagonal lines, like whiskers on each of the boy's cheeks. A remnant of the Kyuubi he realized.

Slowly, the Third brought up the kunai that he had pulled from his pouch, and lifted it above his head…

Gush…

…And brought it down on unsuspecting, blind, Narutos' throat.

The cries were cut off abruptly as the Sarutobi slit Naruto's throat. Unfortunately, for Sarutobi, the wound healed almost immediately, with only a long jagged scar. So he tried again. It healed again, only faster this time. Growing desperate, the Third started slashing away with the kunai at any where he could reach, but he tried for vital organs. All wounds healed, but all left scars. Soon, the wounds were healed as soon as the kunai left the boys' skin.

Frantic at this point, the Third brought the kunai to bare, in Naruto's heart, but it was not to be as the wound healed even as it was being made.

With that the Third snapped out of it. This wasn't working, and was it really worth it to kill one boy on the off chance that the seal might break? No. It wasn't.

Sarutobi stood up slowly, and picked up the scar covered Naruto. As he walked out of the room and into the rest room, Naruto didn't make a sound. The Third wondered at that, but let it go, for now.

When he reached the bath room, Sarutobi walked over to the sink and ran the cold water, then he placed Naruto under it. When Naruto opened his mouth in a silent scream, Sarutobi realized the consequences of his actions and a tear rolled down his withered old cheek.

'What have I done?'

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18/06-6:00 pm- And there you go! Kakashi and Iruka's parts in chapter one. Not the whole thing but I'm working on it. I'll do them in each of a couple Jonins and pre-Jonins point of views so don't worry the actual chapter will be longer then this. Please respond!

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-Kirsten (Sis is playing a game with Big Sis)

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5/19/06-6:57 pm- Edit- Added Anko's part, now just eight more to go.

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5/19/06-11:14 pm- Edit- I've done Ibiki's part now… seven more. In this Ibiki is 15 so he's supposed to be a little childish. I'm actually astonished that people like my story and it's not even a full chapter! I've gotten more reviews in four hours from this story then I did from my other one in a year.

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5/20/06-7:52 pm- Edit- I've now done a lot more, and I'll I need to do is Arashi. O.K. I know that they all sound a little mad, but there supposed to. How would you stay sane if you were out of your mind with fear?

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5/20/06-10:17 pm- Okay just a bit more on this chapter and I'm done, I'll either finish this up tonight or tomorrow morning.

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5/21/06- 12:29 pm- Wow! This is turning out longer than I thought it would! I think that their will be only two more installments, the battle field and sealing, and the reactions.

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5/21/06- 5:45 pm- Gah! So long! O.K. This time I'm certain I only have two more scenes, but I still need that question answered.

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5/21/06- 7:09 pm- Okay, this is turning out a lot longer than I thought it would, but oh well. I am no longer going to give out how many more installments I think that there are going to be, because I always exceed it. I still need vote's people!

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5/21/06- 8:19 pm- I took some liberties with the seals because they didn't have much info on them on Wikipedia. Now people, I can promise you that this chapter is coming to a close soon, so don't worry. I will try to update this at least once a week people, but reviews will help that go faster. Now people, please, before I go ballistic ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!

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7/12/06- 1:19 pm- I finally finished it! Yes! Okay now, please drop a review!

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Important! I need a vote on whether I should do the rest in first person point of view (I, me) or third person point of view (him, her). I need at least 5 reviews on this before I can do the next chapter.