Chapter 1-Minato Prologue

Hello! I decided to write a fan fiction, and here's the prologue. I think that it will be really long. I'll talk more at the bottom, here's the story!

Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto, Naruto's storyline, Naruto's characters, or anything affiliated with Naruto. I'm just using them without profit or gain to write a fictional story.

Claimer- I own this storyline, and any OCs(Original Characters) that I invent.

"something"- Normal speech

"something else"- Summon speech

Minato smiled. He knew in his heart that he was wrong, but he thought that it would be right. His mom had volunteered this baby for the project, a weak 'use… Naruto' before she died on her hospital bed. Minato thought about the life that he was sure to condemn to hatred, pain, and suffering. His smile dropped, but came back with renewed vigor when the baby in his arms gave a soft gurgle, and started slapping Minato with his opened hand. This Naruto was going to be a wild one alright.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Yondaime-sama?"

Minato turned around to see Kakashi, who had entered the room right before he picked up the young child. His little genin had grown into his great ANBU captain.

"Yes, Kashi-Chan." Minato's smile grew, then he burst out laughing at his reaction. He laughed while Kakashi blushed and held his head in embarrassment. "Don't worry Kakashi-san," he began, "it will work, and I'm adamant if it saves this village." Kakashi settled down some, relieved, and sighed. "Kakashi, I want this boy raised right. And when he becomes a ninja, he gets everything that you didn't."

"Okay, Yondaime-sama. It will be taken care of…"

With that, the Yondaime entered the sealing room. He took brushes, pots, and a decorated knife out of a cupboard in the corner. He set the tools on a table next to the sealing platform, which was basically another, more decorated, table. He shallowly cut his arm, and held his arm over one pot, so that the blood would drip in. He screwed his face up in thought, and dripped some in to a second jar. He picked up a brush, dipped it into his own blood, and painted a spiraling seal over the child's naval. He elegantly extended the seal, and anyone could see that he was an expert. He finished the spiral, and painted more on the outside of the spiral.

He finished the symbols, and with that the seal. He switched the paintbrush for the knife and gently cut the child's arm. The baby started to cry from the pain. 'Sorry about that Naruto…' He dripped his blood into the second pot. The Hokage mixed the blood with the paintbrush, then began to paint on his chest. He drew another complicated seal, then dipped his brush again. He moved the brush to the child's eyes. He painted two mirrored seals on the sides of his eyes. He began to perform hand seals, three sets in total. Every time he finished a set, a seal shined bright red, then became black, before fading away. He smiled at his good job and Naruto, and lifted the baby in his arms, which stopped his crying.

Kakashi looked up when the Yondaime finally exited the sealing room. Yondaime raised his eyes to Kakashi's, and spoke.

"Goodbye, Kakashi," he said in a quiet tone.

"Farewell, Minato-sensei…" Kakashi was almost in tears now. His last precious person was leaving. He was feeling awful for failing Obito. If he were here, and Rin hadn't disappeared, he would still have people in his life, precious people. He finally started crying, the tears falling down his face. Minato put his hand on Kakashi's shoulder, and gave him a light squeeze. He looked up through his tears to see his sensei, standing with the future savior of Konoha. He gave them a sincere smile, and his tears of sadness and loss turned into tears of joy. He had someone who did care for him, the best friend a human being could ask for, the Yondaime Hokage and greatest ninja of his time, Namikaze Minato, his sensei. Minato smiled back at his old student and friend before ascending the staircase to the roof of the Hokage Tower.

Minato held the baby in the crooks of his arms while he began hand seals. He finished, bit his thumb, then pushed one hand to the roof of the tower. There was a gigantic release of smoke, and a giant toad appeared. Minato tightened his hold on the baby, who had been silent with open eyes during the whole affair, and jumped onto the toad's head.

"So, it's that time, is it?" Gamabunta boomed the question over the shouts of joy from the Konoha (Leaf) ninja fighting the Kyuubi. He surveyed the burning woods and the destroyed houses on the outskirts of Konohagakure (The Village Hidden in the Leaves).

The Yondaime's eyes were burning with passion as he spoke. "Yes, let's go kick the Kyuubi's butt and save Konoha!" Gamabunta couldn't help but feel inspired by Minato's words, however crude they were. Gamabunta nodded slightly and leapt towards the demon kitsune. Minato looked at the child one more time before awkwardly starting hand seals. When they got there, he was nearly done. The Kyuubi turned to the massive chakra concentration he had sensed. His lips curled into a grin at the edges and it lunged at it's prey. Minato jumped into the air as Kyuubi collided with Gamabunta and they grappled. He finished the seals as he descended and shouted the name of his last jutsu.

"Shiiki Fuujin!" There was a bright light, and when it cleared, the Kyuubi was gone, and the Konoha shinobi all saw the Yondaime falling towards Gamabunta. There was a deafening cheer from all of the shinobi on the battlefield as Minato descended. When he collapsed on Gamabunta however, the cheer stopped. The shinobi rushed to Gamabunta to see what had happened to their Hokage. Gamabunta was quiet as he placed the dead Hokage and screaming child on a rock in front of the gathering shinobi. There was a shout as Kakashi saw his teacher. It sunk in that he would never see him again. He started to cry, along with many of the ninja who saw the Yondaime's body.

Gamabunta began to speak. "Namikaze Minato was a great shinobi, Hokage, and hero. He will be forever remembered as the savior of his village." Sarutobi had followed Minato to the battlefield, and picked up the screaming baby. The ninja saw this and began to get angry.

"The Kyuubi child should die!" "That's the reincarnation of the Kyuubi, kill it!" "He's the reason the Yondaime died, we should return the favor!" The shinobi's shouts were getting louder and louder. Sarutobi continued his silent crying as he walked towards the village, completely ignoring the jeers and yells. Out of all the onlookers, only he and Kakashi were respectful. He had reached the inner part of the village and saw the villagers leaving the shelters in jubilation. They, however, heard the angry words spoken by the shinobi, and joined in the verbal assault.

Suddenly, a kunai flew towards the baby. Sarutobi flicked his wrist, but his hidden kunai didn't fall from his sleeve. His eyes widened as he reached his hand out to stop it. He grabbed the kunai a moment before it hit the baby in the head. Blood splattered from his hand, which had a deep cut on the palm from the kunai. All of the following people cheered. Kakashi approached the joyous crowd, finally done with his mourning, to see what was the matter.

"Ha! The demon child is dead!" "We got our revenge on the Kyuubi!" "Thank you, whoever did that!" Kakashi stopped. Dead? The boy was just born! Their hero had died, wishing that Naruto would be a hero. And now these villagers were cheering that he was dead!

"What happened here?" Kakashi asked the nearest villager in a quavering voice.

"The demon child is dead! Some ninja killed it with a kunai!" The villagers were cheering the ninja who killed their Yondaime's legacy! He couldn't take it anymore. He turned and ran to his house, wanting to get drunk, to do anything to rid him of the horrible feeling welling up in his stomach.

Sarutobi sighed his relief at the foiled assassination attempt. He increased his pace, worrying more about the safety of Naruto than the attacker. With his running speed, he made it to the Hokage Tower quickly, and called a team of ANBU to take care of the child. He turned and exited the tower to face the shinobi and villagers who had followed him.

"Citizens of Konohagakure!" The crowd was silent. "I am pleased to inform you that I will be taking the job of Hokage again until we find a suitable replacement!" The crowd applauded him until he began to speak again. "I also wish to tell you that Naruto is still indeed alive!" The crowd was immediately shouting their anger and disapproval. "Please, be quiet! There will be a number of laws about Naruto! The first: Any attempted murder or achieved murder will result in the execution of the murderer or would-be-murderer!" People protested, wanting to kill the Kyuubi-vessel. "The second: Nobody shall speak, write, or otherwise communicate anything about this matter to or around anybody who is too young to remember! The third: There will be no records of this matter except my own! Any records will detail how the Yondaime Hokage gave his life to completely defeat the demon fox!" The malcontent was rising within the ranks of the crowd. "That will be all for now! Remember, all of these laws are punishable by death!"

Sarutobi entered the Hokage Tower, ignoring the cries of "Kill the demon!" and "The Kyuubi should die!" He talked to his secretary, who arranged for Naruto to be cared for by a personal nurse until he was four. Then his care would be transferred to an orphanage. At the age of ten he would be given his own apartment, paid for by Sarutobi himself.

He returned to the room where he left Naruto with the ANBU.

"Good job. Naruto will soon have a personal assistant, so when he does you can leave. However, I want one of you to be with him at all times until he is put into the orphanage." The ANBU all nodded their agreement.

The reinstated Hokage looked down at Naruto with pride in his eyes. He would make sure that he became a ninja, the first day he could enter the academy. 'I can't wait to see what you become Naruto. You will surely shine through the persecution you face, and come out as a great ninja.'

Woohoo! This ending A/N has no real meaning anymore! In case you were wondering, yes, I've edited this chapter finally. I wrote this back when everybody was all like "Dur, the Yondaime's name is Kazama Arashi (which I personally like better than Namikaze Minato)", including me. But, now it's fixed. My writing is really crude here, it seems to me, but I won't change it. Firstly, I'm way too lazy, and secondly, it's a good reminder of how I wrote when I was a freshman. But yeah, there weren't really any grammatical errors (I kinda skipped about though, so I might have missed one or two). Well, that's all then.

I hope you enjoyed my story!

-Abeo