Inheritance

AN~~~ I DO NOT AND NEVER WILL OWN NARUTO. THIS IS MY SECOND STORY. IT WILL BE AN AU STORY. I WILL PLAY AROUND WITH THE TIME LINE A BIT. AND I WILL VEER AWAY FROM THE CANON A BIT AS WELL. JUST A LITTLE BIT THOUGH. A LITTLE WARNING. MY GRAMMAR IS NOT UP TO PAR .I WAS NEVER WAS GOOD IN THAT SUBJECT, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED TO READ. MY WIFE WILL BE QUICK TO TELL ANYONE THAT IT IS A GOOD THING THIS IS TYPED BECAUSE MY HANDWRITING IS A BIT LIKE A TRAIN WRECK. SO PLEASE BARE WITH ME.I AM STILL WORKING ON MY OTHER STORY IF ANYONE IS FOLLOWING IT. PLEASE REVIEW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR OPTION. SO PLEASE READ AND REVIEW. THANK YOU AND ENJOY.~~~

The third Hokage sat at his desk catching up on some paperwork early one morning when he comes across a message from the fourth Kazekage. He had sent the entry forms for the upcoming Chūnin exams from the land of wind that was going to be held here in the leaf village this year. The kids they will be sending stunned the Hokage. It seems that the Kazekage will be sending his own children to take the exam and that worried him a bit.

It was the Kazekage's youngest son Sabaku no Gaara that worried him the most. Being the Hokage he knew who and what Gaara was. Just like Naruto, he was a Jinchūriki. The demon he held was the one tailed Shukaku. He also knew just how unstable the boy was. The poor child had a problem where he could not sleep without losing control of his demon. That alone would drive most men mad. But it also seemed that the demon had a lot of influence over the boy's mind as well. And like all Jinchūriki he had taken some attributes from his demon. The child was said to have a masterful control over the sand like the demon can. The Hokage had seen what that vile sand can do during the last war with suna. He had lost a lot of good ninja that day to that sand. It would have been a lot more if it wasn't for the efforts of Hatake Sakumo ' The White Fang ' who was a forgotten hero of the leaf.

The Hokage knew he would need some help with the exams if Gaara was to be within the walls of Konoha. He knew he would need Jiraiya here.

The Hokage pulled out a scroll that was given to him by Jiraiya from his pocket. He laid the scroll on the desk and preformed a tiger hand seal. He then charged his chakra and unlocked the seal on the scroll. When he unrolled it he saw the seal in the middle of the scroll and a small vile of blood inside. He took the vile and poured the blood on his thumb and smeared the red liquid across the seal. When he did a small puff of ninja smoke enveloped his desk. When it cleared he saw a house cat sized toad. It was blue with red strips going down the back. This was the emergency summons that Jiraiya had left to be used encase he needed to be informed on something quickly.

The toad looked to the aging Hokage "How may I help you Hokage-sama?"

"Thank you for showing. I need you to pass on a message to your master. I need him to be here for the Chūnin exams for security reasons. Tell him the one tail Jinchūriki will be taking the exam this year."

The Hokage wrote something on a scroll and then rolled it up to strap it to the message toad. "Give that scroll to him as well. He will know what to do with it. Dismissed." With that the toad dispelled its self with another puff of ninja smoke.

"Now that I have that out of the way I need to see what I will need to beef up security beforehand." he thought. The Hokage went into researching many different logs and scrolls and he found he may be a little short of manpower at that time of the exams. As much as it pained him he would need to have a little talk to Danzō about pulling some of the slack in security with his root core. He was not looking forward toward that meeting.

After a few hours later he was still studying the different things he would need to beef up security when he heard a buzzer of the intercom. He pressed the button "Enter." He then heard the door to his office busted open. A Jonin from the message service comes running in looking like he was running from the Shinigami himself.

"What is the meaning of this?" The Hokage bellowed. When the messenger caught his breath he stood at attention.

"We have an urgent message for you sir. Code Black." he hands the Hokage a scroll."

The Hokage took the scroll from the Jonin "Thank you. Dismissed." At that time the Jonin turned and left the room.

Code black. Two words he hating hearing. It was a message sent when a ninja has fallen. The Hokage undid the seal on the scroll with a hand sign and the seal briefly flashed when it unlocked. He then unrolled and started to read the contents of the message. When he was done he felt heart broken. It seems that his worse fear has come true. He hated this part of the job. But it was a part of it and he had a job to do. He had to read the message again just to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Hokage-sama, I am reporting that the mission here has been completed. However I am regretfully informing you that there was a member of the leaf that has fallen in the line of duty. I am reporting that one Uchiha Sasuke, was killed when he was attacked by a missing Kiri ninja with a once thought dead ice kekkei genkai. He died with honor in battle giving his life while saving the life of his teammate Uzumaki Naruto. Also Naruto had seen Sasuke's death and became enraged. He then used the Kyūbi's chakra to what looked like a fox cloak and killed the Kiri ninja. The seal still seems to be still in working order however I would like lord Jiraiya to have a look just to be on the safe side. Also Haruno Sakura had to be subdued for mental reasons. She has tried to kill her self to join her crush and teammate in the afterlife. I fear for her safety and would like to request that she see Inoichi when we return to the leaf. Also team seven will be collecting on two bounties. The first is of Momochi Zabuza, missing ninja of the mist, and the other is for the crime boss and shipping mag nate Gatō. Also I will bring in a prorated payment from the land of waves for the C class turned A class mission. We will return when we are stable enough to move. We all are suffering from chakra exhaustion so we plan to be back to the leaf in five days' time. I would like to request you send an ambassador to the land of wave as they would like to make a standing treaty with the leaf and become great allies. Kakashi."

He didn't want to believe it. That mission was cursed the day they got it. And so the last loyal Uchiha was killed in the line of duty and Naruto has used the Kyūbi's chakra. Plus Sakura had tried to take her own life. "Some days I hate this job."

He then pressed a button on his desk and an Anbu popped out of the shadows and bowed. "Hokage-sama?"

"I need you gather the council for a class one emergency meeting in two hours. And I will need every councilman to be there."

"At once sir." the Anbu then disappeared back into the shadows to carry out his mission.

The Hokage sat there for a few moments to gather his thoughts. He knew there were a few procedures that needed to be enacted so he grabbed an old looking scroll out of his desk. It was the village charter as he needed to brush up on the procedures before he went to see the council in a few minutes. After a lot of heavy reading he saw that he needed to read the last will and testament of the Uchiha clan to the council and find the fate of the clan estate and holdings and seat on the council first off.

He had only just gotten the clans will squared away with Sasuke right before he left for this mission. What tragic irony that was.

The Hokage also had an obligation to report about Naruto's use of the Kyūbi's chakra. It seemed that the boys rage unlocked part of that foxes vile chakra. He dreaded telling them about that more than telling of the sudden demise of one of konoha's most prestigious clans to ever live.

The Hokage then gets up and walks up a photo of himself taken of the day he took the oath of Hokage...the first time. He performed a small set of hand seals and the photo faded away. A safe the size of the photo was found hidden behind it. He bit his thumb and swiped it over a seal found on the bottom of the safe. After he swiped the seal, the door of the safe unlocked and swung open.

Inside the safe were many scrolls and books. The scroll he needed was found near the top of the safe. He then grabbed the scroll and resealed the safe. He then tucked the scroll into his robe and walked back to his desk and picked up a few other scrolls he would need for the meeting. He then walked out of the office and went the short distance to the council chambers. When he got there he saw that everyone had shown up.

The Hokage walks to the center of the chamber and the crowd falls silent. "Thank you all for coming in at such short notice. Now. To start off with... I would like not to be interrupted and please hold all questions till I am finished because this is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I am afraid I have some dire news to report. I have gathered the council to inform you all that we have lost a member of the leaf. It appears that Uchiha Sasuke has fallen in the line of duty. As the matter is still under investigation I cannot go in to any specifics or details. As you all know he was the last remaining loyal Uchiha and as such per the village charter we are to read the last will and testament of the Uchiha clan. As you may know I will need five clan head's to open another clans will. As I am head of my clan I will need four more clan heads to come up and help unseal the will."

At that time Nara Shukaku, Hyūga Hiashi, Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shibi walked up to the table in front of the Hokage's seat.

The Hokage pulled out the clan scroll from his robe and laid it down on a table set in the middle of the room. Each member preformed the required hand seals. The seal flashed and the will undid its self.

"Hiashi. Would you please do the honor and read out loud the last will and testament of The Uchiha."

The head Hyūga grabbed the scroll and read it to himself first and what came next defied belief. The head Hyūga's face showed a look of panic the man dropped the scroll and he fell to his knees and started trembling.

To say the least everyone was shocked. The Hyūga did not stay down for long. He rose to his feet and dusted his kimono off. "I apologize for my behavior Hokage-sama. My mind shut down when I read the last testament of Sasuke …..." The Hyūga grabs the scroll again and reads it out loud. "I, Uchiha Sasuke of sound mind and body do declare that all of the Uchiha estates and holdings and our seat on the council to be turned over immediately .t...to...to... To Uzumaki Naruto. So signed me, Uchiha Sasuke."

The air in the room was sucked out by everyone in the room. A few members even passed out in their chairs. Nobody said anything for about seemed like an eternity, but as soon as the Hokage heard this he started to processes this new bit of information in his head. He wasn't calling the professor for nothing. He now knew this changed everything and he needed to act quickly. "So be it. We must honor the clan's last will. Uzumaki is now the head of the Uchiha clan. Thank you all for showing up in a timely manner. A funeral will be held in five days' time. We have a lot to plan so I call this meeting to a close. Thank you for your time. You are all dismissed but Inoichi-san. May I have a moment of your time please?"

The elder Yamanaka walked to the Hokage and bowed "Hokage-sama."

"I need you to go to the hospital when team seven returns and give Haruno Sakura a mental exam. I want to know the extent of her mental health. See if she is a danger to her-self of anyone else. The doctors there will fully assist you. I will need a full report when completed. I need this done as I don't want to lose another life to this tragedy."

"I understand Hokage-sama. I will give you my report as soon as I finish." The Hokage nodded to Inoichi then turned and rushed back to his office. He had a lot of work to do before team seven returned to the leaf.

When he got there he told his Anbu he was not to be disturbed. He then closed the door and took a seat at his desk. He then pulled out his pipe out of the desk drawer and lit it.

After a few moments to himself he starts the paperwork to transfer all of the clan's power to Naruto. This has solved so many problems for the boy, but it also made a few. Now that Naruto is clan head, all matters regarding the Kyūbi now falls under clan protection. As such, the council has no say on clan matters. It also meant that Naruto was now a voting member of the council. The aging Hokage had to chuckle on the irony of that. The boy was now part of the group that has caused so much of his hardship. This also meant that Naruto would get the care he truly needed. No longer could he be pushed around anymore. That got the "God of ninja" thinking. He needed to map out the mistakes he has made to the boy and make a lot of things right. But first he needed to make sure the rest of team seven got the help they needed.