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Saved; a story by Null.
Most of the people of Konohagakure hated Uzumaki Naruto, but they feared him more, which kept him safe, for the most part. Nearly all the jounin of Konohagakure pitied the boy, having knowledge of seal, they knew he was just a boy, who got the bad end of the stick in life, some held a grudge against him for what he contained, but none ever attacked him, because they knew it to be wrong, attacking a child.
The chuunin and villagers on the other hand, would attack him occasionally, most would refrain, out of fear of invoking the wrath of Kyuubi, but those few who could not control their emotions, and attacked him, would usually be stopped by a near by ANBU or jounin, who had felt the boy's fear, or smelled his blood. Every now and then Naruto would be attacked by a shinobi, and would be hospitalized, after escaping, with a broken rib or too, but never anything too severe.
Well, that was until tonight, Naruto had accidentally stepped on an irate chuunin's combat-boot shoe string, tripping him, the chuunin wanting revenge, and already being pissed off because of a failed mission, he called his teammates and, using Shunshin, ran to an ally way, and they began to beat him. Normally Naruto just takes the beating, as they don't last as long, but these guys looked like they were going to kill him, and he prepared himself to fight, as best he could, being just over 5 years old, that wasn't much. The chuunin, in their haste took refuge in an ally way on a street of a patrol rout of the Military Police, and luckily for Naruto they could smell his blood, and feel his fear.
When the Police had arrived at the mouth of the ally, what they saw disgusted them, 3 chuunin attacking a child. One of the chuunin pulled out a kunai and charged at a speed Naruto could not follow; one of pair of police was about to intervene and save the boy, but the other, with his Sharingan active stopped him, because he sensed the boy's chakra begin to spike, and could see the raw chakra rush into the boy's eyes, when the chakra finished, the boy's eyes became red, with a single tomoe in each eye, causing the one holding the other back to smirk, and everyone else to stare in shock, as Naruto dodged, only to receive the kunai in his back; the chuunin charging had thrown his kunai, after Naruto dodged. The kunai had punctured Naruto's lung, and he collapse from pain and exhaustion, and the Uchiha watching in silent praise, fazed out as they sped down the ally way, knocking out the 3 chuunin.
One of the police picked Naruto up, and used Shunshin to run to the clinic in the Military Police Headquarters, as it was closer than the hospital, the other bound the 3 chuunin, then sat down on one of them, waiting for reinforcements, to help him bring them to the holding cells.
When the man, with an unconscious Naruto in his arms, arrived at the HQ, he had quickly explained the events that had transpired, causing all those in the room, to gasp in shock, as they knew who the boy was, and now they knew he was family, he was an Uchiha. He was rushed to the emergency ward of the clinic, while Uchiha Fugaku and the other man raced back to the ally way to apprehend the assailants.
The medic healing Naruto was slightly amazed by the boy's ability to heal, she had healed the lung first, then moved on to more trivial wounds, within an hour Naruto was completely healed, and only had a few scars left over from the medic's healing techniques, if she had left him be after she had healed the lung he would have remained scar less. Not that he or anyone else cared, knowing that she saved his life.
The 2 Police Officers and the Chief detained the chuunin then reported to the Hokage, which is where they are now. Sarutobi was surprised, when 3 members of the Military Police entered his office, one of them being the Chief himself: Uchiha Fugaku. He was even more surprised when he was told one Uzumaki Naruto had been attacked by 3 chuunin of the leaf, and was receiving treatment at the MA-HQ, as it was closest.
But most surprising was what Fugaku said next, "Sarutobi-sama, Naruto-san has activated his Sharingan." He began, "Now, why weren't we told one of our own was used in the sealing?" He asked, with his eyes closed. Sarutobi sighed.
"Yondaime-dono didn't want him to become 'High and Mighty', as he called it, from being known as an Uchiha, who was the hero of the village." Sarutobi sighed, "Naruto was supposed to be seen as the hero who protects the village from Kyuubi, not as the Kyuubi. Perhaps this is a blessing." Sarutobi stated.
Fugaku raised his brow, "How so, Hokage-sama?" He asked.
"If he were to be adopted by a family in the Uchiha clan, he would grow up with a somewhat normal life, he would have family, and hopefully friends." Sarutobi said, with light smile. Fugaku nodded in understanding.
"It would also allow him to be trained and taught properly, I'd surmise." Fugaku stated, nodding, "There is actually a family, which I think would take him in, Uchiha Daisuke and his wife Miyuki, they have a 9 year old daughter, Tsukiko, and have wanted a son for some time now, but are unable to have more children because of a poison Daisuke had received on mission." Fugaku informed.
Sarutobi puffed on his pipe in thought, "I would like to request to meet this family before any decisions are made. I would also like to talk to Naruto-kun as well." He informed, with a nod. Fugaku nodded as well.
He turned slightly, and stopped as he reached the door, "Before I go, what should be done with the chuunin responsible, Hokage-sama?" Fugaku asked.
Sarutobi raised an eyebrow to this, "They shall receive the punishments for the laws they broke." He stated, with finality. Fugaku nodded, and left, with the other 2 following behind him.
It has been 2 weeks since Naruto was attacked, the day after, he had woken up and was examined by the HQ's Psychiatrist, and it was determined that Naruto would have to 'reawaken' his Sharingan, the emotional trauma from the attack blocked his mind from activating it. The Psychiatrist had requested that Naruto, and his new family come in once a week for a month to help Naruto get use to family life.
Sarutobi had approved of the adoption; the family had asked if they could give Naruto a new name, if Naruto wanted to be renamed by his new parents, Sarutobi agreed to it, as long as Naruto was ok with it. Daisuke and Miyuki named him Isamu, Uchiha Isamu. Isamu, formerly known as Naruto, and his new sister got along quite well, during their last session with the therapist, Daisuke had asked if it would be alright to start teaching Naruto the basics of the shinobi life, taijutsu, chakra control, hand signs, history and such, as Miyuki had already begun to teach him 'common' knowledge, things he would learn in regular school, the therapist had approved, as long as Naruto wasn't pressured.
They had discovered quite quickly that after he had learned, Naruto loved to read, and not that he was moderately good, for a 5 year old, at math, he liked that too. They found that Naruto learns very quickly, and he never gives up on anything. Daisuke estimates, that it will take a year before Naruto catches up to Tsukiko's current level in taijutsu, but it will take lots of training for him to achieve adequate chakra control.
It was quite obvious that the next few years were going to be full of learning and fun for Naruto and his new family.
Well, that's the prologue; if I don't get any good reviews I'll drop this story, as I wrote because it was stuck in my head.
Enjoy,
Null.