So first story i have ever written and i have no idea how people will like it but here we go

Diclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandiame hokage of Konoha, was stressed. He thought he was done with this job and the paperwork that came with it when he retired three years ago. Though that was before the events that occurred on october tenth, the night Kyuubi was set free and attacked the village.

The events that caused the death of his successor.

He sighed in the cold night air as he thought about his current cause of stress, the orphanage. Well more accurately the people tending the orphanage, they refused to watch after a child and had kicked him out, at age three no less. He would have to find the child an apartment he supposed, his godfather was providing enough money for that. The child in question was one Uzumaki Naruto, and the reason the orphanage did not wish to watch him was that he was the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi, as his mother was before him.

Sarutobi sighed again as he arrived at the hidden cave, and immediately felt another presence, sliding a kunai from his sleeve he soundlessly made his way closer to his destination, the hokage burial grounds.

"No need to be on guard Sarutobi-sama" A female voice called out which made the old man relax as he walked inside

"I'm surprised to see you here Kimaru-san" The woman, now identified as Kimaru, looked back at him smiling slightly she was wearing a blue hitatare.(think inuyasha's top) She also had long white hair reaching her shoulders and blue eyes holding wisdom well beyond the age she appeared to be

"They were my friends you know" she says turning back to the grave and frowning "I wish i was there to help them fight"

"I heard they sent for you to come but you were not at the shrine"

"I was away with other matters sadly" The older man nodded in response looking around at the flowers growing in the cave

"I'm surprised you're alone" Sarutobi says after a bit of a silence

"I'm not" she says chuckling "Myrei is in the city running around right now. Probably getting drunk as well"

After the brief conversation the two remained in silence for a while

"I should be leaving" The she say "I need to get ready to head back out in the morning not to mention find Myrei"

"Cant stay for a few days?" He asks to which she shakes her head

"No I just came to give my respects to the fallen" she turns to leave "oh, their child, did they survive?"

"Yes the fox was sealed into him"

"Oh? I should go say hi. He know who his parents are?"

"No they had too many enemies to risk that leaking till he is older"

She nods "fair enough. Where is he living"

"At the moment, nowhere"

"Nowhere?" She says sounding angry

"The people attending the orphanage didn't want to keep watching him. I'll be finding an apartment, his godfather is providing more than enough money to pay for it and any essentials he needs"

"Jiraiya's books sell that well?"

"He could retire as a ninja if he wanted but i would have a problem if he did. I'll take you to where you can normally find Naruto" Sarutobi says turning around and heading out of the cave.

The boy in question was currently running as fast as his young legs could carry him. It was October tenth, his birthday and the anniversary of the Kyuubi's attack and subsequent defeat. All he wanted was to go get a bowl of his favorite ramen from the stand he found and now he had an angry mob chasing him for reasons he didn't understand.

"Get him!"

"Don't let him escape!"

The people ran and yelled trying to catch the small boy, and while he wasn't as fast as the pursuing people, he was small and able to fit through spaces they could not like a broken fence. Taking a left down the street to run into an alleyway he soon cried out in pain as a knife hit his leg and he fell before he could get out the other side of his shortcut.

Turning around they terrified child looked back to see the group grinning madly walking up to him with various weapons. It was obvious they were going to try and kill him and he really had no clue as to why.

"Leave me alone!" The child yells throwing a rock at the men

"Hey he attacked me, this is all in self defense now" The men laughed at the obvious joke as the leader moved forward and started running to stab the child, until his face met a foot and sent him flying back into the other men

"So five men attacking a harmless child?" A woman's voice asked as her read cloak settled around her. She was wearing a light black tunic underneath with a skirt to about her knees. She was holding a small box and using her other hand to put one of the sticks from it into her mouth.

"That thing is not harmless!" One of the men yelled and the woman looked behind her at the crying child

"Looks harmless to me" she says the stick of pocky still in her mouth "Well either way leave"

"No way! I'll avenge my brother that was killed by that monster!" The man yelled before charging at the woman with a crude club

The woman just smirked and rushed forward delivering a strong punch to the untrained mans gut which produced a sickening crack telling all nearby there was at least a broken rib involved in that display. She then grabbed the man by the head and threw him back out of the alleyway "anyone else?" She asks and they all decide that they would get their revenge another day and leave, fast.

Pouting and turning back to the boy "They could have let me have more fun with that fight" she says walking back towards Naruto, who couldn't tell whether he should be afraid of this person or not. She crouches down and offer the open end of the box to him "Pocky?"

He hesitantly grabs a stick "Ummm who are you?"

"Names Myrei" she responds "so why were they chasing you?"

"I don't know" he says sadly "I just wanted to grab a bowl of ramen on my birthday"

"Shitty birthday" she says

"Myrei that's not the kind of language to use with a child nearby"

"Huh? Oh, hey Kima was wondering when i would find you"

"I found you from the screaming men!"

"Yea i made them scream and then here you are my plan worked fine" she grins at the other girl who just sighs in response

"Oji-san" Naruto yells when he see's the hokage

"Naruto are you alright?" He asks looking at the child's wounded ankle

Naruto nods and points to Myrei "yea she scared off the men who were chasing me"

"I see" he says as he looks at the two talking women

"Sarutobi-san, me and Myrei have come to a decision. We are taking him back with us"

"What?" The aged hokage asks in response

"I don't want to leave!" Naruto protests "You can't make me!"

"We will train you to be strong so you can protect yourself"

"Why can't we do that in the village?"

"Because its too dangerous with people after you like this. Besides you will only be gone for a few years, once you're strong enough"

"So when will i be back?"

"Do you want to be a ninja?" Kimaru asks to which the boy nods "then you will come back in time to start lessons at the academy. So in five years"

"You should go Naruto" The hokage says "While not technically ninja these two are strong and they can teach you a lot"

He thinks for a bit before agreeing "okay if you think i should"

"I do Naruto"

"Alright let's get your stuff and get going then" Myrei says still snacking on her pocky

Naruto nods and runs over to Sarutobi hugging him "I'll be back stronger"

"I know you will" The man smiles before Myrei picks up the child "Keep him safe"

"Of course we will" she grins before the two of them start running at speeds some ninja would have trouble following. The hokage could only watch with sadness as he knew this would be the best thing that could happen, but he was going to miss that boy

"Oh well he'll be back in a few years. I'll write to him, guess I won't need that apartment now" he says pulling out his pipe as he lights it up and heads home