When the Fourth Hokage had sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox into his newborn son, Naruto, just before dying, his wish had been for Naruto to be a hero. To be respected throughout Konoha for involuntarily taking on the burden of life as a jinchuriki. But it seemed that dream could never be realized, not even after Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, was reinstated and personally declared the infant to be a hero. The civilians and some of the shinobi deemed Naruto a demon.

The Third supposed he could only wait for Naruto to turn 8, and then have an operative deliver him money every month and hole him up in a dingy apartment. He did so, but after a few months it was clear that this didn't suit Naruto. He would be beaten up on an almost daily basis by some of the villagers and even shinobi, though they were only genin or lesser chunin. The Third decided enough was enough, and he called a council meeting to determine an alternate solution.

The council members were well aware of Naruto's true heritage, and everyone had looked up to his father. But still, no one was even remotely willing to take him in, let alone help him.

All except a few people. The first to speak up was Hiashi Hyuga. Eager to gain some power for his clan, he suggested that Naruto be taken in by the Hyuga clan. This sparked much controversy in the council, considering the already immense influence the Hyuga had in the village.

After the Hokage, Koharu, and Homura had gotten everyone to settle down, another controversial person raised his hand.

"Yes, Uchiha-san?"

Fugaku Uchiha rose to speak. "Hokage-sama, I believe it would be practical for the Uchiha clan to raise Naruto." Fugaku paused for a moment. When he spoke again, his tone was ominous. "As head of the Police, I can offer Naruto protection against, ahem, certain citizens who dared to threaten and attack him." He looked some of the people this applied to dead in the eyes. "Additionally, my wife, Mikoto, was a close friend of Naruto's late mother. She may be able to become the closest thing Naruto will ever have to a real mother. Lastly, we have two other boys in our household: Itachi and Sasuke. Sasuke and Naruto are around the same age, so Naruto will have a friend and brother to form a bond with, and Itachi can act as a role model, also ensuring that Naruto is loyal to the Leaf." Fugaku tried to hide his disgust for the villagers when talking about Naruto's loyalty to the Leaf (he had seen Naruto talking about his dream to become Hokage, and after seeing him a few times with the Third, he had no doubt in Naruto's love for the people), and luckily, only more experienced shinobi who were smart enough to know that Naruto was really a hero, not a demon, were able to detect the venom in his voice.

Some of the civilians and Hiashi began to speak up.

"Silence!" Yelled the Hokage. Then, he turned to Koharu and Homura. After some discussion, all three could be seen nodding to each other. After that, the Hokage turned to face the rest of the council. "Since the three of us have determined Uchiha-san's solution to be the most practical one, and no one can offer a better idea, we have unanimously decided to transfer custody of Naruto to the Uchiha Clan. The meeting is dismissed. Fugaku-san and Mikoto-san, please take these papers to fill out and return within three days to finalize the details."

They both immediately replied, "Hokage-sama, we would prefer to take care of this now, if you aren't opposed to it."

The Hokage nodded. "Come with me."

After some aggressive paper-signing

"Thank you, Hokage-sama."

"Thank you, Fugaku-san and Mikoto-san. Naruto will be very happy about this. Just let me get him for you. Wait here for a minute." He went inside and called Naruto and told him that a family had been found for him. When they both appeared at the door, Naruto had the most delightful smile on his face. The Hokage spoke once more.

"Fugaku-san, Mikoto-san, I was going to give you some time to get to know Naruto and have him move in tomorrow, but he's ready to go right now."

And so Naruto was given assistance with moving what little he had to the Uchiha Compound, and he was taken there to get acquainted with his new family.