Hey guys welcome to my first fanfic on here! ^.^ I've been reading on here for a little while now and just got the really "sudden" inspiration" so I decided it was finally time to make a story and at least get it started so without further adieu.

By the way I don't own Naruto.

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"It's finished." The Fourth Hokage , Minato Namikaze, of Konoha gasped as the seal array appeared on his stomach.

"I'm sorry it had to come down to this Minato." Came the demonic voice of the Kyuubi no Kitsune.

"Don't be," Minato said as he gave a strained smile, "I'm happy that my son will still have something that made his mother so powerful also protecting him." Minato said as he glanced down at his wife who had also looked like she'd seen better days.

"Kushina, now is the time to pass on our will to Naruto, I'm going to infuse some of our chakra into the seal so that we may see him again one day, but that may not be for a very long time, so we must do it now."

Said redhead began to tear up as she thought of all the memories that Naruto would have to miss out on being that they're time was rapidly running out. He would never have a father or a mother to love him like only they could, and Kushina never wanted Naruto to go through the same pain she had to being a Jinchuuriki herself until only minutes before.

"Naruto…," she began, "there's so much I wanted to show and teach you. I wanted you to grow up knowing what love is. I wanted to see you grow to become the strong man that I know one day you'll eventually become. I wanted to teach you about women and how to properly act during certain situations that may come about. Please, be safe, no drinking until you're 21, learn to eat your vegatables, because if you're anything like me you're going to want to have ramen all the time." Minato sweatdropped as he couldn't believe Kushina could actually implement a joke at a time like this, still he smiled as he saw her continue, "there's so so so much more I wanted to teach you. Minato, I'm sorry for taking up all of your time." Kushina weeped as her time grew closer.

"It's alright Kushina. Naruto… well, I agree with everything your mother said and I can't wait to meet you when you grow up, I know it will be a special sight, but I guess it's time to say goodbye for now. Take good care of him for us Kyuubi."

"No problem Minato." The kitsune said with conviction.

"Seal."

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Hiruzen Sarutobi was having the strings to his heart pulled as he watched two of the villages finest shinobi give their final words to their son. What was worse was that Minato erected a barrier that prevented he from doing anything but watching. It was then that a bright flash went through the clearing and when it was gone all that was left were two smiling parents and a now crying baby boy. Hiruzen walked over to the baby, picked him up and began trying his best to get him back to sleep.

"Report." He commanded to the nearby Anbu.

"There doesn't appear to be anything left here Sandaime-sama, all that's left here is…" an Anbu in a falcon mask trailed off as he glanced over at the two bodies.

"Seal them." The Third said bluntly. "Even in a time of this crisis we still have a village to get back to. Seal them and let's get back to Konoha." Hiruzen ordered as he turned away, not able to look at the sight any longer.

"Hai Sandaime-sama!" The Anbu said as he pulled out a scroll.

"As of today I believe you will be calling me Hokage-sama again. With this tragedy, I will be forced to re-take the position." The Third stated as he leaped off to Konoha.

"Ugh, that means I have to run a council meeting on that and this…" he thought as he stared down at what looked to be the complete reincarnate of Minato himself. Although, he also had three distinctive whiskers on each cheek.

"Minato… forgive me if I am not able to fully watch over this child for you."

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The council of Konoha was a system set up of both shinobis and civilians, with the shinobi side all being leaders of their respected clans. These ranged from: the Uchiha, the Hyuuga, the Inuzuka, the Aburame, and Akimichi, the Yamanaka, the Nara, the Sarutobi, and the Senju. Considering that the Hokage himself was a Sarutobi, and that the only remaining Senju alive has been gone from the village for several years, that left on the seven clan leaders on the shinobi side. The civilian council was made up of the Hokage's two trusted advisors and past teammate's Homura and Koharu, as well as another "trusted" friend Danzo Shimura. The rest of the council is made up of some of Konoha's wealthiest people and owners of much of the civilian market and land to balance out, they also have seven members(besides Danzo, Homura, and Koharu), for their side. Since Konoha was probably the highest in civilian count of all the five hidden villages, the First Hokage believed that it would be a good idea to have their own set of leaders to represent them.

"I've never been one to question the First, but could he have been more wrong in that decision?" Hiruzen thought as he sat down in his chair.

"*sigh* This meeting will now commence. First off, I would like to make the motion for myself retaking the position of Hokage. Are there any here who oppose?" Hiruzen stated eying everyone in the process.

As expected nobody opposed to the motion except for Danzo, who was really more showing his dislike in the matter more than anything.

"Stubborn." Was the main thought going through everyone'sheads besides Shikaku Nara who was thing more along the lines of 'troublesome.'

"Since the vote was outnumbered in a count of 17 to 1 we will now move on to the next moti-"

"Wish all due respect ,Hokage-sama," Danzo cut in, "but do you mind explaining why there is a child in a cradle next to you?" He questioned.

Ah yes, how could one not overlook that fact that a blonde-haired child now wrapped in a white towel was, currently, sleeping peacefully next to the aged Hokage.

"Dammit," Hiruzen thought, " I was at least hoping to make an appeal for Naruto with the council before I had to explain his 'situation.'

"Why that is precisely what I was going to continue on to before you interrupted me. Something, that I might add, was very crude of you." Said the reinstated Hokage.

Danzo seethed as he knew that Hiruzen was just trying to make the fool out of him before the council, but Danzo knew that he still had some power over Konoha, so he swallowed his pride.

"My most dearest apologies Hokage-sama. I assure you such insolence will not occur on my part again." Danzo stated like a true gentleman.

"I could have almost found that believable" The old Hokage chuckled to himself.

"Now, this child right here is Naruto." Everyone now stared at the sleeping child all wondering why they had the strange hunkering for a fishcake. "Naruto, in only his short few hours on this Earth, has already been born with a curse that will live with him for a lifetime." Now everyone, especially those of the shinobi side eyed the boy warily. What could the Hokage mean by that?

"Do not be afraid of him," Hiruzen stated as he saw the looks of all of those around him, "he is not a danger to anyone as he is right now, but there is something that you all have to know about him." The air in the room became thick with tension as everyone waited for what the Hokage would say.

"This boy… is the new container of the Kyuubi no Kitsune."

Silence. If a hair follicle were to fall to the ground it would've been heard from all of those around until…

"WHAT?!" The whole civilian side all immediately began to scream and question how this happened.

"SILENCE!" Hiruzen boomed in a commanding tone as his voice rang through the room. "I will now explain how this all occurred. To start off, Minato Namikaze is dead." Gasps from both sides of the room could be heard, especially from the shinobi side who had served under Minato and had been dear friends and comrades with him. Hiruzen didn't bother to mention the fact that Kushina was also dead, considering many never even knew of their relationship, only those of the shinobi side would even know that they did, and they would all find out in due time.

"Minato sacrificed his life for the Konoha by sealing the Kyuubi into this child. But, do not confuse him for the Kyuubi itself, just look at him." All turned their eyes to the boy who, despite what they just heard, still looked like a normal young baby boy, with the only difference being the distinctive whiskers.

"Still Hokage-sama I don't believe that he should be allowed to live, he may just end up causing more harm than good." Stated a pink-haired woman from the civilian side named Mebuki Haruno, she was also a little larger in her stomach area than the rest of her physique showed, a clear showing that she was on her way to having a child. Several other civilian members nodded their heads in agreement with her statement.

"What an excellent person to come forward for that statement," said the Hokage with a knowing grin, while Mebuki sweatdropped, "you look like you're going to be a new mother within the next few months. How would you feel if it was your child here on the spot while people whom they didn't even know got to decide their fate. You wouldn't be too happy about that now would you?" questioned the Hokage.

Mebuki cursed herself for being put in this situation. While what he was saying was very true she still couldn't let the fact that this child had THAT in him go.

"But, Hokage-sama is this not some orphan who had the Kyuubi put into him?" she questioned honestly. She really had no idea who the baby belonged to, while he did bear some resemblance to the Fourth… she wasn't even aware of the Fourth even having a child so that was out of the question.

Here was where Hiruzen had to come to a crossroad. Should he tell the council how this IS in fact the Fourth's legacy? Or for the child's safety should he just keep that a secret? In the end, he decided to go with the latter.

"Yes, the boy's name is Naruto Uzumaki. His parents were civilians who died in the destruction of the Kyuubi's attack."

A few sets of eyes of the shinobi side widened ever so slightly, which did not go unnoticed by Hiruzen. "I guess I should've expected at least some of them to know Kushina. Especially since some of the shinobi were very close to Minato."

One of them being Hiashi Hyuuga, who looked back at the child and was even more surprised by the resemblance between the two. It was almost as if Minato had shrunk down the size of a baby.

Tsume Inuzuka also discretely nodded her head. She was getting a very familiar smell off of the boy named Naruto. His scent was almost the same as his father's, definitely showing him to be of his father's kin.

Shibi Aburame was another who took account of Naruto being the Fourth's son considering the chakra emanating off the boy was the exact same as his father's, of this he was sure. His kikai bugs could completely assure that.

Shikaku Nara was another who took notice of the boy's heritage long before anyone else. By the time the Hokage was halfway through the door he could almost swear he saw Minato in the cradle beside him. He didn't go just based off of that assumption, but when he heard that Minato sacrificed his life sealing the Kyuubi into the boy there was no doubt about it in his mind.

The Hokage smiled inwardly knowing that the boy had people who knew of his true heritage without him having to say it outright to everybody.

"As my authority as Hokage i personally am protecting Naruto from being sentenced to death," he said as he glared at the civilian side and released a small amount of killing intent. Just enough to make them want to wet their pants. "As from this day forward I will also pass a law. Anyone who mentions the Naruto holding the Kyuubi inside of him to anyone who does not already know of it will be sentenced to death immediately. Now, I would like to call an adjourn to this meeting as I do have a village to rebuild does anyone oppose?"

Nobody in their right mind would dare oppose the Hokage as he was now, he knew he had the whole room in his hands and he was taking full advantage of it. Everyone was still too stunned by the pass of the law that they weren't even about to oppose him on this.

"Nobody? Great, then I will now call this meeting to a close." Hiruzen stated while picking Naruto up and leaving the room. Everyone soon followed after until there was only a single person still left in the room.

"The only reason I wasn't so adamant about this is because I shall enjoy turning that boy into my puppet Hiruzen." Danzo thought with a wicked grin as he picked up his cane and began his trek back to his secret quarters aka his whole underground ROOT installation.

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"Hmm. It seems as though this seal is pretty tight. It will probably be a few years before I will even begin to have any type of interaction with the boy." The Kyuubi said aloud as he surveyed his surroundings. "Hn. It matters not. I'll just await the day when I can keep my promise to Minato and Kushina. Though, I will be your best friend and worst nightmare in training you kit." The Kyuubi chuckled as he went into a deep slumber.

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DONE. That actually felt longer than I really expected it to be. But anyway, I hope to make my usual chapters longer than this and upload at least once a week if not sooner (I know they will be more frequent when the summer comes). I will be responding to reviews (I prefer constructive criticism over of flame please?) once they start to come up. Hopefully there will be a lot! :D No? Okay. Anyway peace everyone.

-A1