Looking at the demon-ravaged landscape of his home, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only think that this could have been so much worse.

Of course, hundreds of his shinobi were killed in the battle, and even more, civilians died in the backlash of the beasts Killing Intent. Not to mention all those who were now injured, some permanently, and the hundreds of orphaned children, and last but not least the loss of two of the great ninja of the age. One a Hokage on the same level as with the Shodai Hokage himself, and the other a kunoichi that lived up to her title of 'Red Death' on daily basis, and the only thing left to show of their greatness was sleeping in his arms.

Hiruzen held the small, warm bundle, cradling her head with his hands. Hands that had ended the lives of so many, he was almost frightened but he didn't put her down, he refused to put the little girl down. He knew she would need unwavering support from someone; the lives of jinchuriki were hard, though he had a horrible feeling that hers would be harder than any before her.

He leaned back and turned his chair away from the window and examined the tiny face of the savior of his Village, though it would be years before anyone besides him would willingly call her that, 'Minato and Kushina made a truly beautiful child didn't they?'

And it was true, the baby girl's hair was a mix of her parents blonde and red; making it the color of rose gold. Her skin held a light tan; a remnant of her mother's childhood on the sun-drenched coasts of Uzushio, and she had the delicate bone structure that spoke of both Minato and Kushina's good breeding; all high cheekbones, high bold eyebrows, plush rose pink lips and angular jaws. All in all, the girl looked like she belonged amongst the high-born of Ka City; the capital of The Land of Fire.

"Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto, daughter of Uzumaki Kushina, Princess of Uzushiogakure and Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage, Third Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko. You have the blood of some of the most dangerous ninja in history running through your veins, you are the most valuable person in the whole of the Elemental Countries." Hiruzen announced into the silence of his office, "And you're drooling on me that's really cute."

In a village that was already nurturing a lifelong hatred for her, Naruto slept on. The faint echo of a male voice singing of demonic things in a beautiful language she couldn't understand acting as a lullaby.