I do not own Naruto or anything related. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .

So a few changes and info before we start, namely the ages of some characters

Naruto: 9

Izumi(Fem Itachi): 11

Hinata, Shikamaru and all of them : 7

Tsunade: 35

Mei: 18

I don't really know what age Mei became the Mizukage, but we're just going to assume that the civil war went on for a little longer as you will see during the story. So she won't be Mizukage.

The first part is kind of cliché so try to get past that. Sorry for the lack of action this chapter but I need to set everything up first.

Now for the story

Chapter 1:

Konohagakure no Sato

Konohagakure no Sato (Hidden Leaf Village) was experiencing one of its greatest catastrophes since its founding by the first Hokage, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. The Kyuubi no Kitsune (Nine-Tailed Fox) had appeared in the village out of nowhere and began to destroy it, causing extensive damage and casualties.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, aka the Sandaime Hokage, was organizing the troops that would take care of the Kyuubi. He had planned a direct attack, where the principal clans of the village would be the 'bait' so that he can have time to summonthe monkey King Enma to use one of the Jutsu that made him the Shinobi no Kami (God of Shinobi). That Jutsu was the transformation of the summon into a large bo staff- the adamantine staff-, and he intended to use it to push the Kyuubi away from the village, to reduce the collateral damage that the fox was causing.

Having everything ready, the Sandaime commanded the troops to carry the plan out.

With the Kyuubi away from the village, everyone thought that they could now make a better plan to contain the demon fox outside the village.

It seemed that everything was fine until everyone felt a tremendous amount of chakra that came from the Kyūbi, turning around and looking up, they could see that the Kyūbi was creating a giant chakra ball right in front of his snout.

Hiruzen, who was aware of this technique, the Bijuudama, felt panic stir in him, but he but could not show weakness; he had to protect his village, so he gave new orders.

"Anyone who can use the Earth Element, step forward and use the Doton: Earth wall. We need to hold back that attack or everything will be lost." The Sandaime said while all the Earth users began to use the Jutsu, but it was too late since the Kyūbi was about to throw the Bijūdama. However, just when everybody had thought that they would die, a huge toad appeared out of nowhere and fell upon the Kyuubi, and a second later, the Kyuubi had disappeared from its position.

Hiruzen could just think "Minato."

Earlier

The Yondaime Hokage had been in a fierce battle against a mysterious masked man. That strange man was powerful. However, it wasn't his power what worried him, but his final words,"I'll be back, and the Kyuubi will be mine."and after that, the man disappeared into a swirling distortion.

However, Minato could not worry about that now since the Kyūbi was still in his village and he had to protect it.

He would not allow this to continue; he had to seal the Kyūbi again, and he could only think of one thing that might work.

Present time

The Yondaime Hokage had transported the Kyuubi to a place far away from the village, where the beast would cause no more damage. He disappeared in a yellow flash and reappeared in the same way. This time, a red-haired and very tired-looking woman, who carried in her arms a bundle wrapped in blankets of orange and black color, accompanied him.

These people were Kushina Uzumaki, the wife of the Yondaime Hokage, and Naruto Uzumaki. He was their newborn child, and he had a small tuft of blond hair upon his head and had light blue eyes.

The Yondaime was exhausted, but he still had to seal the fox. Kushina realizing what her husband had in mind became concerned. Therefore, chains made of chakra came out of her back that coiled around the Kyuubi, keeping him still.

"Minato… you can't do this! if you do that, we'll be condemning the lives of our child. Let me do this, I will take the Kyuubi along with me, and I will delay his rebirth." Kushina pleaded with difficulty as she tightened the chakra chains.

Minato didn't want to do this either, but he didn't know where the Kyuubi could be reborn, and his rebirth would be much worse if anyone else caught him.

Therefore, he placed a barrier around the area and told Kushina about his short battle with the mysterious man.

"I understand…" Kushina said after hearing all that, but she still was undecided; she knew that their child would have a hard life, with much pain and loneliness if they did this, but she was confident that he could master this power, and protect those who despised him.

Then Minato continued with the ritual, he summoned a stone and placed his sole child there. Then he explained what he would do.

"Kushina, I will use the Shiki Fujin (Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal) to seal the Kyuubi's yang chakra within myself, and the Hakke no Fūin Shiki (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style)to seal the Kyuubi's yin chakra within Naruto. I trust in Sandaime-sama; he will take care of our child, and he won't let anything bad happen to him." Minato stated as he did the seals to summon the Shinigami (Death God).He already knew that this would cost his life, but it was for the sake of the village and the future of the Elemental Nations.

The Death God was visible for Minato, so he continued with the ritual. Then a transparent blue hand came out from Minato's stomach, which headed to the Kyuubi until grabbing him. Minato extracted the Kyuubi's yang chakra and he quickly sealed it inside himself, but he was not done yet. So he quickly performed more hand seals and shouted "Hakke no Fūin Shiki (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style)," and he immediately sealed the rest of the Kyūbi's power and consciousness inside Naruto.

Konohagakure no Sato

A young child around the age of eight could be seen dashing through the streets of Konoha. Spiky blond hair, matted down with sweat and dried blood, reflected the waning light as the sun set over the village. Sparklingly blue eyes shone with endless pain and loneliness as the child ran into the alleyway. The child had sharp facial features with little to no baby fat, which was consistent with the rest of his frail body, obviously an effect of malnutrition.

Naruto ducked behind a trashcan, hoping the mob of civilians and shinobi alike would finally leave him alone. But Naruto had learned at a young age that you don't always get your way. Naruto tried to control his breathing as they approached the alley. "I think the demon went into the alleyway. Come on let's get him!" One of the more experienced shinobi shouted to the crowd, getting a roar of approval from the crowd.

Naruto felt himself get roughly pulled by his weak shoulders from behind the trashcan. "Get ready, demon. We're going to finish off what the Yondaime started!" A civilian exclaimed causing a cheer to ripple out through the mob.

That was when the first knife went into Naruto's body, eliciting a scream of pain from the child. Naruto's already grimey and torn clothing were sliced open by a male civilian, before another villager slammed him against the side of the building. A kunai was jammed through each of his hands, pinning him to the wall of the alley. Blood dribbled down from each of the wounds as tears streamed down his gaunt face. Years of torture from his supposed home were taking their toll on the young boy. Daily verbal and physical abuse, the looks of hatred and shouts of him being a demon had caused Naruto to lose faith as each day passed. He was all by himself in a cold, dark world. No friends, no family; the closest person to him was the weasel masked Anbu, but he knew it was mostly just because it was their job to protect him.

Naruto unclenched his eyes to see another kunai on its descent towards his bloody torso. Naruto felt a slight tingle in his eyes as the knife continued its path, the civilians stab appeared to have slowed down when he felt the tingle in his eyes. But it didn't matter as the kunai was still forced into the right side of his chest. Should anyone have paid any attention to the boy's eyes they would have seen two blood red irises, with a black dot in the center and one tomoe circling the dot in each eye.

One by one the group sliced up his body, extending the boy's torture. As the blood loss became too much, Naruto's eyes began to release from their clenched state, unable to keep his facial muscles strained any longer as he ran out of energy. As he succumbed to the darkness, hoping that his time in this hell would finally end.

Three people in ANBU masks dropped down to the ground next to the lifeless body of the child. The one in the weasel mask carefully picked up the bloody boy, before using a shunshin to quickly get to the hospital. The remaining ANBU didn't really care for what happened to the kid, as they also hated the Kyuubi, so when they were supposed to punish the child's attackers, they usually just let them go. Weasel was generally the only one that cared for the boy, while a few were indifferent, like Neko. But the overwhelming majority of the ANBU disliked to outright hated the child.

After sending a shadow clone to get the reinstated Sandaime Hokage, the weasel masked ANBU hurriedly brought the child into his room in the hospital. The amount of trips to the hospital Naruto took caused the Sandaime to dedicate one of the rooms in the basement of the hospital into an area specific for Naruto's treatment, along with specific doctors that would actually treat the boy.

The Sandaime arrived in the room, garbed in the white and red robes that complimented the red Hokage hat with a kanji for fire on it. The white haired shinobi veteran sighed before asking for a report from one of his most trusted Anbu agents. After explaining what the mob did, just as weasel's squad was put onto the boy's watch, the old Hokage seemed to have an increased pressure on his shoulders. They watched as the doctor examined the boy and quickly told them that he needs a lot of blood or he'll die.

"He needs a large amount of blood, which could be a problem, we have had next to zero donors recently" The doctor explained frantically. It was a lie of course, but the doctor felt bad for the kid. He thought he would be doing a favor to boy, letting his misery end. However the Hokage wouldn't allow that, the boy was one of the few things keeping the other villages from attacking. He was a retired shinobi, he knew that jinchuuriki like the blond boy before him were thought of as weapons in the ninja world.

"I'll tr-" The Sandaime started but was interrupted by his Anbu.

"Take my blood, I-I think we have the same blood type. We should be a match, just save him please." The weasel mask Anbu pleaded the two older men in the room.

"Izumi, you know that the likelihood of a successful blood transfusion between someone with a bloodline and one without is extremely low."The Sandaime explained, causing the Anbu to reply, "His healing factor should take care of his body's accommodation to my blood. He just needs blood quickly and we'll pray that Kami-sama will do the rest." Izumi said, her silky black hair now slightly messed up due to the tenseness of the situation. These kind of things were not what the average eleven year old dealt with, boy or girl.

The Sandaime sighed again, praying for forgiveness from his predecessor, but he did what he did for the future of the village. "Start the transfusion, doctor. We don't really have much of a choice at the moment." The Hokage said. And the process began, with a young boy's life hanging in the balance.

Mindscape

Looking around, noticing the concrete walls lined with pipes and the floor covered in water about two feet deep, Naruto once again appeared to be in a sewer. Generally, when he was thrown in the sewer he was too tired to move and fell asleep again to find himself in the middle of another hospital trip. He was surprised to find himself able to move easily around the hallway he was in, as if he wasn't just repeatedly stabbed and beaten. He wanted to use this opportunity to explore, possibly find himself a safe house to use from the villagers when they hunted him.

He explored the sewer, following the pipes down the hallway. As he got farther away from where he came, the pipes began to glow a dark red, getting continuously brighter. Naruto stopped as he came upon a large cavern, the ceiling flying high above him. He noticed the gigantic cage in the middle of the cavern, and trekked over to the seal in the center of the cage.

Naruto jumped back as he heard a voice cut through the cavern, "Hello, my little container. It's a pleasure to finally meet you." The voice drawled in a slightly sarcastic tone. A large red fox came into Naruto's view, making him freeze as his assumptions were proven correct. You can't really get called a demon and many other similar names when you haven't done anything wrong and not think of reasons as to why such things happen.

He started to shake; not in fear, but anger. Anger at the villagers, the people he was forced to protect, for everything they did to him, all for something that he had no control over. He understood what the old man kept saying to him 'People fear what they cannot understand' and it made him hate them even more. If they thought he was the demon fox that attacked them, why would they attack him, then the memories of all the people that were killed by the fox should show them he would have the power to kill them if he were said demon fox.

After its container stewed in anger for a few minutes, the Kyuubi took the time to introduce itself. "As you may have figured out, I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune and I have been sealed inside of you by that worthless blond man." The fox let the news fester for a few seconds before continuing, "I can see your hatred towards that pitiful village, but I can also see that you want it to be over. All the pain, loneliness, and abuse has taken away your will to live. If you wish for some retribution for some of the sins committed against you I would be more than willing to do so for you. All you have to do is peel that seal off and you will pass over to the next realm to finally see your parents and live the life you deserve." The fox explained to its container. Of course it felt kind of bad, using the boy to get its freedom, but when you have been sealed up for over a hundred years, and the only freedom it had was non-existent as the Uchiha had taken control over it for that the entire duration of its freedom.

Naruto nodded sadly, "I've been waiting to meet my kaa-san for all my life. I have one condition before I go through with this, if you do decide to attack the village, just don't hurt the Anbu with the weasel mask. She was the only person that was ever nice to me." He bargained.

The fox nodded to the child's terms. The water began to push Naruto up to the seal, putting him at eye-level with the intricate piece of work. He took a deep breath and closing his eyes before slowly tearing the seal away from the cage.

His hand was stopped by the growl of his tenant and another hand holding his wrist. He turned to see an older man, probably mid-twenties with the same spiky blonde hair and light blue eyes he contained. Naruto had an idea of who he was, but he asked, "Who are you and why are you here?"

The man gave a small melancholic smile to the boy. "My name is Namikaze Minato. I was the Yondaime Hokage and your father." Minato told him.

Naruto didn't speak, he turned his attention back to the seal and began to peel it off again. Minato frowned and grabbed his hand again. "Look Naruto, I know I don't deserve to call myself your tou-san for what I put you through. I-I know the village deserves it, and if I was alive, I would have killed off half the village already, but please don't throw your life away because of it. They're not worth your life. Don't let them win; they want you to die. J-just leave. Get strong enough to leave the village, show them their mistakes when the time comes. Please, don't release the seal." Minato pleaded with a few tears streaking down his cheeks.

Naruto looked his father in the eyes. His blue eyes softened a little when he saw the unconditional love and sadness in his father's. "I can't take the beatings anymore it's too much tou-san." The last part of the sentence was spoken in a whisper. Despite that Minato heard and it caused him to smile and wrap his son in a tight hug.

"Don't worry about the villagers, you just need to sneak out to my estate. Only you and those you let in can enter it. You won't have to set foot in the village for a while with all the food sealed in scrolls. Once you are far enough in your training you should send clones to your old apartment to keep up appearances, you don't want anyone to find out about it." Minato explained. Minato's eyes brightened. "Now before my time runs out, let me tell you about your mother. Her name was Kushina Uzumaki. . ."

Konohagakure no Sato one week after assault

Naruto opened his eyes to find himself in a pure white room laying on a bed with a beeping machine attached to him by a few cords. Looking around, he found that he wasn't the only one in the room. His favorite Anbu sat on a chair next to his bed, causing him to elicit a whisper of "Weasel-chan!".

Izumi smiled behind her mask "It's good to see you are awake, Naruto-kun. I was worried the transfusion didn't work since you have been out for a week." She requested to be the one to guard him until he woke up from his mini-coma.

"Weasel-chan, thank you." He whispered.

"For what, Naruto-kun?"She asked.

"You are the only person that has ever been nice to me and you always protect me. I just wanted to thank you for that." Naruto returned gratefully.

She pulled him into a hug "You don't have to thank me, Naruto-kun" She told him.

"Weasel-chan, can you meet me on top of the Hokage monument later today? I need your help looking for something of mine."

"Sure, Naruto-kun. I'll meet you there around five."She replied. "Now let's get you out of here."

Later that day

Izumi figured that he wanted to tell her must have been important, but she wanted him to be able to trust her, and to be able to tell her anything. As a show of trust she took off her mask, something Anbu are not supposed to do. She then left to go meet Naruto, who was waiting on top of the monument for her.

When Naruto saw her face a shocked look came upon seeing her pale face, her high cheekbones that spoke of royalty and the small tear troughs that protruded from beneath her eyes. "Izumi-chan? You're Weasel-chan?" He shouted in a whisper. He hurriedly ran over to her and pulled her into a tight hug

She smiled softly over his shoulder "Yes, Naruto-kun. I wanted to show you that you could trust me. That's why I took off my mask." She whispered into his ear.

He pulled back from the hug, unknowingly making both the teenager and himself feel a little empty from the lack of contact. "Let's go look for my inheritance. We're looking for a house somewhere back there." Naruto excitedly said, pointing into the forest behind them.

"Let's go, Izumi-chan!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly, grabbing a hold of her hand and dragging her into the forest with him. He didn't get to see the faint blush on her face when he turned around.

After half an hour or so they came across the large rock Naruto's father told them to look for. Naruto pulled his hand up to his mouth to bite his thumb. He rubbed his bleeding thumb across the rock to activate the hidden blood seal. The air before them shimmered from a cropping of trees to a two story wooden house. Naruto smiled before unlocking the door with his bleeding finger after biting it a second time.

Stepping inside he could already tell it was much nicer than his bug and rat infested apartment the Sandaime gave him. The hallway led to the kitchen; the floors were hardwood and the walls were lined with decorative weapons and pieces of armor. They entered the kitchen to see the granite counter-tops and the four seat table in the corner of the kitchen. Naruto was excited to see the entire pantry full of scrolls labeled with food; all still fresh because they were sealed. It was enough food to last him at least a year or two.

"Naruto-kun, who's house was this?" Izumi asked, hoping to not be trespassing.

"My parents; Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato."

Izumi froze upon hearing the name of her mother's deceased friend and the name of their fourth Hokage. She now knew how bad the village truly screwed up; they continuously tortured basically the prince of the village. She could see he wasn't lying because he clearly looked like his father.

"Naruto-kun, do you know what this means?" Izumi asked.

"Yes, there are people who knew about this and still neglected to take care of me; namely my godfather, Jiraiya." Naruto replied.

"I-I-" Izumi started, but was cut off by the blonde next to her.

"Look, Izumi-chan, I know that you think telling the villagers will help, but they won't believe anything. To them, I am nothing but a demon." He smiled seeing her frown "I know I'm not a demon; Tou-san explained everything to me. He sealed some of his conscious into the seal and I met him while I was out, along with the Kyuubi." He told her.

This time she smiled; happy for him. "That's great Naruto-kun. I'm glad you got to meet your tou-san." Her smile strained when on the word tou-san.

"Is something wrong, Izumi-chan?"He asked in a concerned tone.

She sighed, pushing some of her silky black hair behind her ear. "I was just reminded of my tou-san. He and the clan are trying to cause problems in the village and things have been escalating recently. The clan feels they have lost power and respect in recent years and they are planning to find a way to get it back. I just hope things don't take a turn for the worse."

"It will be okay, Izumi-chan. Things will turn out alright in the end." Naruto comforted by telling her something he himself didn't believe earlier that week, but things were looking up for him at the moment. He knew his parents didn't abandon him, he got a house, he won't be near the villagers for a while, and he was getting to spend time with Izumi.

"I hope you're right." She whispered to soft for him to hear, as she started to follow him around the house once again.

They had been through most of the house by the time they came to the library. They had seen all the bedrooms, Naruto had teared up at some of his parent's pictures with Izumi comforting him, saw the outdoor training field, and reached the basement, which housed the library they stood in.

"Wow!" Izumi whispered in awe, seeing the bookcases spanning the walls from floor to ceiling, all filled with scrolls and books.

"It looks like we have a lot to work with, eh Izumi-chan?" He questioned while looking around the massive room.

Izumi smiled at his question "So we're going to train together, Naruto-kun?" She asked in an amused tone.

"Of course, Izumi-chan. I want to be strong enough to protect you, but I want you to be strong too." Naruto told her. This caused her smile to become soft again

"I'm sure you'll get strong enough to protect me with determination like that, Naruto-kun." Izumi said.

"Let's get started shall we. Tou-san said I need to look for a clone technique to keep up appearances in the village. So..." He trailed off, already scrolling through the scrolls.

He pulled one out "Kage Bunshin. . . That sounds like it should work."

Alright, I'm done. Hopefully this should be interesting enough to continue to read if I write more. I feel like I may have had too much dialogue but whatever.

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