Author Notes:

Okay. Hi there, this is my first story so be kind. I don't really know what I'm doing so... yeah. Just kind of felt like writing it (and my psychiatrist suggested it). Now before I say any more stupidity, this is going to be about …...Medical-nin and puppeteer Naruto, basically. I like the idea and I love the puppets so very much...

So umm, warnings: I don't own anything and I am taking ideas I like from other stories and putting them in mine. So I will try not to plagiarize, but if I do, it isn't on purpose, honestly. So if any of you out there can say who I got the ideas from just tell me, that way I can give credit where credit is dew. I read so many stories on fanfiction that I don't remember where I stole ideas from.

I rated this M because I'm not sure what I will put in it so you might get anything. I have written a little before (mostly poems) and they usually turn into some dark horror show, but I don't plan on that for this. There will be sexual stuff and some gore, but not to much. I would say more, but I don't want to ruin the surprise (smiles evilly). There is going to be stuff in it that some won't like.

Oh, review please for it helps me create this brain baby and if anyone wants to help beta it, then just message me. I have no one that will do it for me. If you have any suggestions about the story, shoot me a message.

Thoughts = "Did I leave the stove on?"

Other voices in head = "how's it going voice in my head" "Fine, for being a voice in you head"

Other languages = "Bob, I'm speaking in German." "I am also speaking in German, Mike."

Medical Strings Chapter 01: The Beginning

It was a peaceful day in Village Hidden in the Leaves. The civilians were out and about. Shinobi could be seen hopping along the roofs through out the village. In general, life was good and safe for the people of Konohagakure. That is except for a certain blonde whiskered 3 ½ year old child.

He wore a white shirt with the village's symbol on the front and black shorts, both were a little big for him and had seen better days. On his feet there was nothing. When you looked at him, there were certain things that you could tell about him.

One, he was malnourished. It looked like he hadn't seen food for a week, and that happened to be right. The skin clung to the bone and his face, that should have been full of baby fat, had none if any.

Second, he hadn't bathed in a week. His sun kissed blonde hair was practically brown with muck. There was even some twigs and leafs in places. This was made worst because he had been climbing threw trash to locate some food. There was a problem with this besides the fact that a child shouldn't BE dumpster diving, what ever he found made him feel sick. He would get dizzy and throw up, sometimes even black out.

Third, he had insomnia. The dark rings under his eyes spoke of many sleepless nights, the reason being the attacks from people during the night.

And hearing all this you would think that someone would step in and stop this cruelty that has befallen the poor child, but alas none did. No one felt any need to help him because of one fact. One little thing stopped people from helping him for the last week and that being his name, Naruto Uzumaki. Now this would make no sense, unless you were in the village 3½ years ago on the day of his birth. What happen was a tragedy that would effect the lives of every living thing there. That day (October 10) three important things happened. The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked, the village leader (Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage) sacrificed himself to defeat the Kyuubi no Kitsune and the demon was sealed into Naruto. That is why all of this happen.

=========================Hokage Tower, 3 ½ years ago.=========================

Sarutobi stood atop the Hokage Tower looking over the village that he beloved so much. He was an old man with gray hair, a goatee and wearing red and white robs with the symbol for fire shadow on the back. On his head he had the Hokage's hat. It looks similar to the bamboo hats that patty farmers wear. It was predominantly red with a white square in the front. Within that square was the symbol for fire.

Normally the view of his village would fill Sarutobi's heart with warmth, but not today. It was the day after the Kyuubi attack.

He had called a village meeting to announce what had happen. All the citizens of Konoha looked to him for guidance during this tragedy. He was going to tell them about the Fox being sealed into Naruto. It wasn't exactly what he wanted to do but it was Minato's dieing wish that the boy be seen as a hero. He didn't think it would work out that way, but he began anyway.

"People of Konoha. We have been hit with many losses when the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attack our village yesterday. But we are the people of Fire Country, the Will of Fire burns within us and we will rebuild and prosper."

Cheers could be heard all across the village. It was deafening. Sarutobi was proud of his people at this moment, it looked like their Will of Fire truly did burn strongly. Now that they were in good hopes, it was time to drop a bomb on them. "This could go good or bad. In most likeliness bad, but what the hell, Minato trusted them to see the scroll and not the kunai sealed in it. Please Kami, let this work."

"Now I want you all to know how the Fourth defeated the Demon. The Kyuubi is immortal, meaning the Fourth couldn't kill the great beast." This was where gasps could be heard. Civilians were scared out of their minds, but the shinobi knew to trust their Hokage. Except for one chūnin name Tetsuya Itami, he fainted.

He wore the standard chunin uniform. The long sleeve shirt, pants, and shinobi sandals were dark blue. On top of this was a green flak jacket. On the front of the jacket were six scroll pouches, three on each side of the chest. It had a neck guard and extra padding over the shoulders. His hair was brown and in a crew cut. He had a beard that had a tiny tint of red in it that was about the same length as the hair on his head. He also had one of those faces that were hard to remember.

It wasn't that Tetsuya didn't trust the Third or Fourth, he was just so scared of the Fox. As he was falling and darkness creeping into his view, one thought went through his mind "No one is ever going to let me live this down."

There was a pause at the awkward situation of Tetsuya crumbled face down on the grown. Even Sarutobi stopped at this. "Poor Tetsuya. . . Why did I make him a chunin again?"

"Aw...Anyway. The beast couldn't be killed, it had to be sealed. And it couldn't be sealed into just anything. If it was sealed into an item it would break out. An animal would not have the mentality to control the demon. That meant that it had to be sealed into a human. A grown adult would never survive the sealing. Their chakra circulatory system would not be flexible enough to contain the beast's eminence chakra" (At this point, it clicked in the shinobis' minds, but the civilians' were still in the dark) "but a newborn's is. The mighty Kyuubi was sealed into Naruto Uzumaki. It is Minato Namikaze's last wish that he be seen as a hero for saving us all and the sacrifice that he has made."

This had the effect of silencing the crowd, but Sarutobi could feel the tension saturate the air. He was just about to continue speaking to reassure them that the demon couldn't break out when someone interrupted him. This person (civilian) said something that ruined his plan.

"Kill the beast!" This was the single spark that started the fire. More shouts that called for the "demon child's" execution were made after this. A riot would have broken out if Sarutobi's ANBU didn't step in and control the situation. "Crap, crap, crap. Stupid civilian. Note to self, have that guy killed later. OK Sarutobi, it's time to show them why they call you the God of Shinobi."

Now leaking as much KI (killing intent) as he could, the Third shouted "SILENCE." This got an immediate response.

The civilians had a few different reactions to this. All of them were scared, where did the kind grandfather figure go some thought. All they wanted to do was finish what the Fourth started. Surely he would want the child killed to finish off the beast. (They know nothing about Minato, if they dare think this). Some of the weaker ones released their bowels.

On the other hand shinobi stood at attention, except that is Tetsuya of course. He was still unconscious and because of that he was unprepared for the KI, which sadly to say resulted in him pissing himself. So just to be clear he was face down on the ground and now he was cover in piss. (Yes he will NEVER live this down.)

"THAT IS ENOUGHT! As of now I am making the sealing a S rank secret. No one is to speak about it. If you mention the demon being sealed into Naruto, you will be executed. This is the Hokage's law."

Sarutobi didn't wait for a response from the crowd, he turned around and head back to his office. When walking pass his secretary's desk, he noticed that she wasn't there. This was strange because she was always there working. Deciding to let this pass for the time being he walked into his office. The sight that met him was a surprising one. He had asked his top 2 ANBU captains (Dog and Weasel) to watch Naruto. They wore the standard uniform of the Anbu, which consisted of black and gray armor, a porcelain animal mask and a sword. All Anbu's code-names matched their masks. So Dog's mask was of a dog and Weasel's was of a weasel. Dog's mask had a three black claw marks over the left eye, making it look like he was slashed across the face. Weasel's mask had a black line straight down the middle and had red rings around his eyes.

They are Sarutobi's most trusted and loyal shinobi. They may be a little young to be in the ANBU for his wishes, but their track record was perfect. They always got the job done. So imagine to his surprise that these 2 were playing and making baby noises with the blond baby. So focused on the baby, they hadn't even noticed Sarutobi as he pulled out a camera and quickly snaps a picture. "Blackmail," thought Sarutobi.

Still oblivious to his presence, Sarutobi let out a chuckle. At the sound the 2 freeze and all that could be heard was the sound of Naruto's goos. "I'm glad you three are having fun," Sarutobi said after a moment.

"Um, yeah. . . We can explain?" Dog tried to think of an exploration, but the two of them just wanted to play with their senseis' son.

Dog (Kakashi Hatake) was trained by Minato Namikaze. The bond between these two was strong. Kakashi was seen as a prodigy since a young age. He even became a chunin at the age of 6 and a jōnin at 13. This was great and all, but only served to separate him from other children his age. Both of his parents were dead. Mother died when he was very young, he couldn't even remember her very well. His father was Sakumo Hatake. The White Fang of Konoha is what they called him. He idealized the man. But a few years after Kakashi's 7 birthday, Sakumo fell into disgrace and shortly after committed suicide. This left him very much alone in life. That is until he got a team to be on. Obito Uchiha and Rin Inuzuka. Their sensei and team leader was Minato Namikaze. At first it was a little rough around the edges, but Minato took the three under his wing. For you see the four of them were all misfits. Kakashi for being the White Fang's son. The disgrace of his father's suicide would follow him where ever he went. Obito was looked down upon and shunned by his clan, the Uchiha, because he could never awaken his clan's Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan. For the Uchiha believed that a clan member had to have the Sharingan to be useful to the clan. Rin was an Inuzuka that was unable to find and bond with a dog. That was what their whole fighting style was based on. Now they didn't shun her like the Uchiha did with Obito, but they still pitied her. It was a sore spot for her. And finally there was Minato. He grew up an orphan and always wanted a family. So the four of them sorta formed their own little family. The three students could be seen going out to launch with their sensei every day. Minato even brought them home for dinner and to introduce them to his girlfriend, Kushina Uzumaki. They were some of the only ones to know that he married Kushina or that she was pregnant. (They had to keep these things secret because they both made many enemies during the Third Shinobi War and they were afraid that enemies would come after a pregnant Kushina or the baby). Then tragedy struck. During a mission events happened that left Rin MIA (missing in action), Obito dead, and Kakashi with Obito's left Sharingan eye. Minato and Kushina took Kakashi in during this time. This just strengthened the bond between sensei and student.

Now Weasel (Itachi Uchiha) had just as strong as a bond with Kushina. Itachi was hailed as a prodigy too. His father would even say several times, " The family's future lies in Itachi." He too like Kakashi quickly rose up the ranks. Graduated at the top of his class at 7, mastered the Sharingan at 8, became a chunin at 10, and then an Anbu captain at 13. Throughout all of this he was alone in a sense. Family, friends, or teachers could never understand him. He was a pacifist, unlike the rest of the Uchiha (except Obito), who were head strong and arrogant. It was just after his 11th birthday that he met Kushina.

==============================Flashback no Jutsu==============================

Kushina was at a training field (the one Itachi usually used) training with her katana. She was a master with it on the battle field, so quick she could take out a platoon of Jōnins in a matter of moments. And it showed with the way she moved and took out the practice targets. Kushina was well-known not just for her skills, but her beauty also. She had a slender, but feminine build with just the right amount of curves. Her eyes were a violet-blue and her hair was a bright red. She wore a greyish blue high-collared dress. It was also sleeveless and loose-fitting. Over this she wore a green apron. On her left wrist she place a black band and on her feet were standard shinobi sandals.

Itachi approached without using any stealth at all. "Don't want to startle her. Might get my head cut off." He even stepped on a fallen branch. It snapped and alerted Kushina that someone was there.

"Hello Uzumaki-san. I don't mean to interrupt your training, but this is the field I usually use," Itachi said as he walked out of some bushes into the open.

"Sorry about that," Kushina replied with a smile on her face that radiated happiness. It took her beauty to a completely different level. So much so that it stunned Itachi for a moment.

"And please don't call me Uzumaki-san, it makes me feel old. Itachi-kun," she said the last part playfully.

"Alright Kushina-san," Itachi replied. He couldn't help the small smirk that came to his face as he heard her grumble something about "not any better."

"Ooh, he has a ninjato. I wonder if he is any good with it," thought Kushina. Yes, Itachi had a ninjato on his back. It was a present from his mother for making chunin and he had been training with it since.

"Well since I took your usually training ground how about I make it up to you. My katana verses your ninjato. It has been such a long time since I sparred against someone with swords. What ya say?" said Kushina.

Now Itachi would have been a fool to say no. It would be a great test of his kenjutsu against a master. "And I could learn a thing or 2 from her."

"It would be my honor, Kushina-chan," Itachi said with a smirk, which she returned.

============================Flashback End no Jutsu============================

To say that Kushina beat Itachi would be an understatement. She moped the floor with him that day. From there they setup more spars, which lead to Kushina just becoming his sensei. So she decided to do what Minato did with his students (She was a little jealous that he had his own brats and she didn't). She didn't take him to lunch, that seemed to much like a date to her. But she did bring him home to meet her boyfriend Minato. Eventually Itachi opened up to her about his issues with relating to his family. How he hated that his father favored him over his little brother Sasuke. Hell, he was there when Minato and Kushina told Obito, Rin, and Kakashi about them getting married and Kushina being pregnant.

"No need to explain gentlemen. I understand perfectly and you two can take off your masks it's just us," Sarutobi said as he walked around his desk to sit in his chair. As he was sitting, they removed their masks.

When Kakashi removed his dog mask, it revealed a face wrapped up in bandages. His whole face was covered, the only part that wasn't was his right eye and ear. His gray hair stuck up as if defying gravity.

Now when Itachi took off his weasel mask, he had an almost opposite look to Kakashi. His face wasn't covered by anything. His black hair went down, almost to his shoulders, and framed his face.

"Do one of you mind handing Naruto to me?" Sarutobi asked. At hearing this, Itachi plucked the baby out of Kakashi hands and hand him to the old man.

"Here you go Hokage-sama," replied Itachi as Kakashi pouted slightly behind his bandages. He had been enjoying playing with the baby.

The face that Sarutobi made when he held the small ball of sunshine was that of a man holding their grandchild for the first time. It actually warmed the hearts of the 2 in front of him, to see the happy scene.

Sarutobi loved it when children were this old. So small, everything new to them. He enjoyed taking care of Asuma, his son, when he was a baby. Then thoughts of what had happen started to enter his mind. The attack, Minota's sacrifice, and Kushina's death. She had been weakened from complications during birth and the demonic charka didn't help. They hadn't found a body yet because the hospital that she was in got crushed by the Fox's rampage.

Just then a gurgle drew Sarutobi's thoughts to the bundle in his hands and a sad smile formed on his face. "Damn you Minato. Why couldn't you let me preform the Shiki Fūjin. I'm an old man, I had a good life. If I did it then you would be here with your son and he would have a parent. Because I know his life is going to be full of hardships."

As Sarutobi was looking at the boy, he noticed something on his face. "Are those whiskers? He didn't have those when I left."

"What happen to Naruto..." then a thought popped into his head and it clicked "and where is my secretary?" The tone of his voice said I think I know what happen and if it did you better have taken care of it. Hurrying to answer, Kakashi started.

"Hokage-sama, we had to execute her. When Naruto was crying, she came into the office. We were hidden in the shadows."

What Kakashi left out was that they had been playing with him, when Naruto needed to be changed. Kakashi had turned to Itachi and using silent code he asked

(This is Kakashi then Itachi and back again. Also they are basically using sign-language.)

"Do you know how to change a diaper?"

"No"

"Don't you have a little brother?"

"Yes, and a mother who did that."

"Do you want to wait and see if the Hokage's secretary will do it?"

"Yes."

They may be Anbu, but seriously, who wants to change a diaper. Well that decision would haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Itachi spoke next. "Watching her reach into the crib, we could tell something was off from the tension in her muscles, but I was not sure as to what. Apparently she got her hands on a scalpel and decided to mark the demon as such. This caused Naruto to start wailing uncontrollably. Before she could make another strike to Naruto, we intercepted. Kakashi went to check on Naruto as I grabbed her and shunshinned to the another room, where I dealt with her." The tone Itachi use for the last part told Sarutobi that she was dead. "Now I need a new secretary."

"While that does explain where my secretary went, it doesn't really explain the whisper marks," Sarutobi said as he examined the markings. There were 6 of the thin black lines, 3 evenly placed on each cheek."They're too smooth and there's no blood. It's almost like they're birthmarks."

"I belief it was the Kyuubi," Kakashi said slightly nerves. He fully believed in Minato, but this is the lord of demons we're talking about here. "As I was inspecting the wounds, red charka started to surround them, causing Naruto to start wailing even louder. It was only a few seconds, then it was gone, leaving the marks behind. I didn't really think about it at the time, Lord Hokage. Naruto was so distraught over what happen that I was afraid he was going to hyperventilate and go into shock, so I focused on calming him down. Now that the action is over I think the beast was marking him."

"I think it makes Naru-kun look cute." Both men turned and looked at Itachi like he had two heads. That was the last thing anyone would think of Itachi saying.

"Well you could sa..'' Sarutobi was saying until he was interrupted by a knock at the door. He gave a quick look to Itachi and Kakashi to see them with their masks on again. "Enter."

"Sorry L-lord Hokage-sama to d-disturb you, but the c-c-counil has called a meet-ting and you are n-needed r-right now," the nervous chunin stammered.

"I'll be right there." And will that the chunin left. "Dog you come with me, but stay hidden within the shadows. Weasel you stay and watch Naruto. Let nothing happen to him." Sarutobi left with Kakashi, leaving Itachi behind with Naruto.

As he was walking down the hall, Sarutobi thought "Now I wonder what this meeting could be about? Oh wait that's right, Naruto. Everything has revolved around him recently. Well I just hope this turns out well." He stopped in front of 2 huge doors that lead to the council room. He pushed them open not caring if he interrupted anything, not that it mattered because all talking stopped at his entrance.

As Sarutobi made his way to his spot, he couldn't help noticing the layout of the room. The room was circular with no windows. There was only one huge desk that curved around the room. It was also elevated. Now if someone was to stand in the middle of the room, they would have to look up to meet the faces' of the council members that surrounded them.

The Hokage, Sarutobi, took his seat in the middle of the desk. To his left, Homura Mitokado, and right, Koharu Utatane, the village elders. The three had been teammates back in the day.

Homura wore robes very similar to Sarutobi. The only difference being that he didn't were a hat and the colors. His were a very pale yellow on top of a dark blue. He has a strong jawline and a look about his face that implied it was easier for him to frown then smile. His hair was gray, slicked back and spiky. He had a full gray bread and green oval glasses.

Koharu wore a light gray simple kimono closed with a pale red obi. Over this was a long pale greenish gray jacket with a white sash. Her gray hair was pulled back into a bun and held in place by a long hair needle with three red peals hanging off of one end and a tassel on the other. Hanging from each of her ears were four pearls. They hung strait down, first two green ones, then a red and finally another green one. Koharu always squinted, barely opening her eyes at any point in time.

Now, on their left would be the civilian members. They consisted of merchants, traders, property owners and other voted in members. The "leader" of the civilians was retired shinobi Danzō Shimura. His retirement was not by chose, he had received injuries which resulted in him being unable to continue his career. He wore a long sleeve white shirt. Over this was a black robe that covered his feet, wrapped around his right shoulder and held his arm as if it was in a sling. Around his waist was tied a purple cloth. His hair was black and shaggy. On his chin was a x-shaped scar. His right eye and ear were covered with bandages and he needed a cane to walk.

Now on the other side, to the right of the Hokage and elders, were the Shinobi members. These would be the leaders of major clans in Konoha.

Closest to the Hokage and elders was Hiashi, leader of the Hyūga Clan. The man wore loose fitting white traditional robes with a cloak over it. When looking at him, his eyes would appear to be featureless. This gave him the look as if he was blind, but he wasn't, it was just the physical traits of his Clan's Kekkei Genkai, the Byakugan.

To Hiashi's right was a feral looking woman. She had wild spiky brown hair, that refused to be controlled. Her eyes were slitted, giving them an animalistic appearance. And this look was further enhanced by elongated canine teeth and nails. On her cheeks were her clan markings, dark red triangles curved to look like fangs. Similar markings were around her eyes that enhanced their shaping, almost like eye liner. Her lips were covered in a dark shade of purple. She was wearing the standard outfit of a Konoha shinobi. This consisted of a dark blue shirt and pants. On the side of the shoulders was a red circle with a thin black swirl. Over this was a light pale green vest that was loaded with pockets. On the back of this was another swirl mark. On her feet were the standard open toe shinobi sandals. This was Tsume, head of the Inuzuka clan. Next to her was a large wolfish canine. His fur was a dark greyish blue. His left ear and right eye were missing. He had a black eye-patch. This was Tsume's partner, Kuromaru.

Then there were three man known as Team Ino-Shika-Chō. They were famous all over the elemental nations for their teamwork.

First was Inoichi, head of the Yamanaka clan. The "Ino" in Ino-Shika-Chō came from him. He had long pale blonde hair. It was spiky at the top and had a long ponytail that went down to the middle of his back. He has a well defined jaw line and blue-green eyes. His outfit included the standard flak jacket over a black outfit and on top of that he wore a sleeveless red coat. For armor, he wore guards on his arms. They cover everything from below the elbow and had a plate on the top of his hands. He also wore the standard forehead protector which had the village symbol on it, called a hitai-ate.

The man next to him is where the "Shika" came from, Shikaku, head of the Nara clan. The first thing that you would notice about him were the 2 scars on his face. Both were on the right side of his face and thin, almost veiny in appearance. One covered his cheek. It went from the bottom of his jaw to a couple of inches bellow the end of his eye, almost touching his nose. The second one went from his temple to the middle of his forehead. His hair was done in a way that strangely looked like a pineapple. A goatee occupied his chin. He also had earrings. He wore a flak jacket with a meshed shirt underneath. On top of this he were a deer skin coat. The thing about this coat was that it looked like he got it out of the trash. It was raggedy and had what looked like stains.

To Shikaku's right, was the last member of the Ino-Shika-Chō. He was Choza, head of the Akimichi clan. He was a large heavy set men. His hair was a red mane like a lion. Like all his clan members, he had markings on his cheeks. They vary from member to member. His were purple and looked like tentacles. They went from below the jaw line to beneath his eye. He wore a black outfit with armor, the chest plate having the symbol for food. He wore a rope for a belt and arm guards similar to Inoichi. Instead of wearing the standard hitai-ate, he had a white piece of cloth tie around his head.

The next clan head was Shibi Aburame. He wore dark glasses that completely obscured his eyes from view. From the left side of the glasses, hung a single golden tassel. He wore a gray coat that had a high collar. This hid everything below his nose. His hair was black and spiky. He also had a mustache. On his back was a gourd. He was usually very quiet, except for a whispering buzz that could be heard from time to time around him.

The last member of the shinobi council was sitting on the end. He was Fugaku, head of the Uchiha clan. His clan was wielders of the Sharingan. Their clan symbol was a circular fan. It was basically a circle with a handle, with the handle pointing down. The fan was cut in half with a slight gap, that left a crescent moon shape and a shape that completed the circle/fan. The moon was red and the other piece white. Now on top of being head of major shinobi clan, with a Kekkei Genkai, he was captain of the Konoha Military Police Force. They were mostly populated by Uchihas. Very few shinobi outside of the clan ever joined them. Hell, the symbol of the KMPF was a shuriken (the points pointing north, south, west and east, like on a compos) with the Uchiha symbol in the middle.

Now, it may seem strange that there was a police force and Anbu in the village, but that would be explained with a few things. They were quoted as "Elite shinobi who monitored fellow shinobi." The job of the Konoha Military Police was to maintain the law in the village. This didn't just include shinobi, but civilians too. If something was stolen, go to them. If someone vandalized something, go to them. They were basically just the police. Now the Anbu on the other hand, were lead directly by the Hokage. They were his police and enforce his laws. So the Konoha Military Police would need a warrant and evidence that left nothing to doubt to arrest any members of the Anbu.

Anyways, back to Fugaku. He had black hair and onyx eyes, like the rest of his clan. His face was usually set in a stern look. It was a look that said that he "knew" he was better then you. Yes, he was very arrogant and stubborn. He wasn't really a pleasant person. He wore the standard flak jacket, with a black long sleeve shirt underneath that had the Konoha Military Police Force symbol on the shoulders. On his waist, he wore what looked like a backwards black apron with white diamond pattern on the bottom.

As Sarutobi finished observing the room and saw that all members were gathered, he thought "Calling a meeting and getting the Hokage last, that is just rude. I have to see what they want. It's going to be Naruto, I just know it. I shouldn't have a problem from most of the shinobi, but the civilians will be."

"Okay. Why did you call a meeting?" Sarutobi ask with a I-have-better-things-to-do tone. And he did. He had to organize rebuilding the village and more importantly (to him) find a place for Naruto.

"We called this meeting to discuss what is to be done with the demon child, Hokage-sama." This was said by some civilian with pink hair. She was Urusai Haruno. Her voice was infamous for being loud and screechy. Some of the shinobi even thought about how it could easily become a jutsu in the hands of a shinobi. It would debilitate anyone with sensitive ears. But this wasn't important right now. No, the fact was that this was the absolute wrong thing to say to Sarutobi.

He quickly gave some silent signals to Kakashi. The Anbu captain quickly threw a kunai, from his hidden spot. It sailed across the room and struck Urusai across the cheek. It quickly silenced the room.

"Oh no. My face will be scared," thought the pink haired woman.

The way that Kakashi threw the kunai made it so a scratch is the only thing she got. It wouldn't even leave a mark when it healed.

The action still shocked the civilians, you could simply tell by the looks on their faces. The thoughts running around their heads were along the lines "What the fuck?! Shinobi are here to protect us. They aren't allowed to hurt us."

The shinobi, on the other hand, you couldn't. They had been trained to hide their emotions. Their game faces were on, but it was clear that they didn't really care about what just happen.

"Now I want to make this clear. NO ONE is allowed to refer to Naruto as the demon. Do you hear me?" This was followed by many nods and "Hai"s around the room.

"Hokage-sama, please forgive the rudeness in which the question was phrased, but the question still need to be answered. What is going to be done with Naruto?" asked the royal voice of Hiashi Hyūga. He had seen the sealing along with everyone else. Now Hyugas were famous for their Byakugan, "The All Seeing White Eye", so they pried themselves on their ability of observation. And It was clear to Hiashi that Naruto was Minato's son. "He looks like a baby Minato. It's kind of freaky that no one noticed this."

"Yeah, what is going to happen to the pup?" shouted Tsume with a caring tone. She knew exactly who's child Naruto was. She could smell it from his sent. "He smells like a mixture of Kushina-bitch and Minato-kun." Kushina and Tsume had been rivals since they were young. They competed over everything. They fought over who had the best accuracy with kunai and shuriken. They constantly challenged each other to spars. They even competed over the same boy. Of course Kushina won the last one, but they became best friends with a strong bond. "Hell. There was even that one time on that mission that we got even closer. We had so much saki, it wasn't even funny. But still, it was the best time of my life. I wanted to do it again, with her. I bet I could of even gotten the both of them in bed. Hi hi hi." As Tsume was temperately lost in memories of good times / fantasy, no one noticed the blush that lighted her face or even the quiet perverted giggle she made.

"I was planing on having him stay with me," Sarutobi said as he thought "Please kami, let something go Naruto's way for once today."

"I'm sorry Sarutobi, but that can't happen," came the voice of Koharu. Sarutobi turned to face her and gave a look that clearly said "why." The answer came from his left.

"Koharu is right. You have a duty to the village and wouldn't have time to raise a child," answered the other elder, Homura.

"Then what should we do?" replied the Hokage.

As this was being said, a fat man was getting ready to shout out a reply. He was Futoi Ahondara, a wealthy food supplier. He owned quite a few stores around the village. But unfortunately the Kyuubi had completely destroyed all of his stores, except one and it was only half destroyed. So he had an ax to grind against the Demon Fox and the child that now held it.

"I believe we should execute the tittle d...darling." The last part sounded like it was stuttered out, but it was just Futoi catching himself before he called Naruto a demon. The Hokage knew this, along with all the shinobi, but he couldn't do anything to the man.

Now the rest of the civilians agreed with this. You could tell from the shouts for execution. This horrified the shinobi, but for all different reasons. Some wanted to make the child into a weapon, some knew who his parents were and others just saw a child.

"NO," shouted Sarutobi. Releasing as much KI as his old body could produce he continue "I will not let Minato's legacy be executed, no matter what, is that understood." This stopped the civilians.

"How about you hand over the boy to me," said the old war hawk, Danzō. He may be officially retired, but that didn't mean he stopped with his shinobi ways. "The power he holds will be useful to the village if he is trained."

"No. Naruto will not be turned into an emotionless weapon," Sarutobi said. "Minato and Kushina would come back from the graves and beat the living hell out of me if that happened. Stupid war hawk. You're so useful during times of war, gaining all the power you can, but during peace, it's impossible to get that power away from you. As a side note, I have to deal with that "secret" Root program you have going."

"You should let me and the Konoha Military Police Force handle the boy. Being the captain of the force, I can have an officer watch him at anytime," said Fugaku. "And I can make him into a weapon to help with the rebellion against you, old fool."

"Okay, if we went with that, where would you keep Naruto?" asked Sarutobi.

"He would have to be kept …. safe, so the police station would be the best place," replied Fugaku. "That would also make it easy to train him."

"So he would be in a jail cell," thought Sarutobi as he said "No. I think a child should be somewhere kinder then a police station."

"Troublesome. Is there anyone that could take him in and raise him as their own. I, Inoichi, and Choza can't, we just had kids ourselves," droned Shikaku tiredly with Inoichi and Choza nodding their heads in agreement. The three did become dads in the last 2 months. They actually had it planned that way so that the children could attend the academy together.

Now the question that Shikaku posed was a good one and made Sarutobi think. "Is anyone here able to raise Naruto? Myself, Danzō, Fugaku, Shikaku, Inoichi and Choza have all been knocked out of the running. That leaves just Homura, Koharu, Tsume, Hiashi and Shibi. Now Koharu and Homura can be taken off the list. They will be just as busy as me. I wonder if one of the remaining three can do it."

As the Hokage was thinking, so were the three shinobi.

The expression on Hiashi's face didn't change as he thought "I wish I could take the boy in but I can't. The Hyūga Clan elders would never stand for it. They would either have him killed or branded a slave."

Tsume wasn't thinking about it, she was discussing it with Kuromaru. (Basically they are talking in dog language.)

"Kuromaru, I want to take the pup in. What do you think?" Tsume said to her partner.

"Well, Tsume-san, I think it would be a bad idea. The oth...," before he could finish Tsume interrupted yelling.

"What the hell do you mean it would be a bad fucking idea. The pup is going to be by himself and probably attacked by the stupid villagers. He needs a strong guardian. He needs … " As Tsume started to get into a rant, Kuromaru decided to give her a quick nip on the hand to stop his master. With a quiet "ouch" and a look that said "what the fuck?", Tsume turned her full attention back to the canine beside her.

"If you had let me finished, I would have said that the other members of our pack would not feel comfortable with him. From the little time I was near him after the sealing, I could sense the beast in him and it put me on edge. I don't think the others would be able to handle it forever and eventually the pup would be attacked. I'm sorry. I too could smell his parents on him." He gave her a apologetic look as they both came to the same conclusion, they couldn't take him.

Now with Shibi, he was thinking along the same lines. "He can't be accepted into the Clan. With the unique ability of the Aburame, the clan would be on edge by the beast inside him."

It was quiet during the shinobi's thinking. This was taken as a "no" to Shikaku's question by Sarutobi. This was a little upsetting to the old man, but he accepted it. The silence may have had this effect on Sarutobi, but to another individual it was building his rage.

Futoi Ahondara was still upset about his commercial enterprise. "Why is the hokage making such a fuss about the brat, he should just have him kill. Stupid beast fucked up my life." His rage was climbing with every thought. "I will never recover from this." He was starting to shake. "I'm going to go bankrupt from this and it's all that demon's fault." At this point his rage had reached its boiling point. He stood up and slammed his hands on the table in front of him.

Shouting "What is the matter with you all", Futoi glared heatedly at the people gathered. He gestured with his hands towards all the members. "Are you all stupid? How can all of you sit here and discuss what to do with that thing, when it is clear that it needs to be killed." He then pointed at the Hokage with his right hand. "And you. You old senile fool, how can you protect that demon. I say that w..."

It was at this point that the room fell silent. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. It was broken by a thud sound, that was quickly followed by screaming. This would seem strange until you realized what that thud sound was. It was Futoi's right arm and the screaming was him. The civilians went into a panic over what happen. The shinobi knew what happened. It was Kakashi, he cut off Futoi's right arm with his ninjato. He didn't need the Hokage to tell him to act. The man broke the third's law by calling Naruto a demon and he insulted the Hokage. You just don't do that.

As Futoi was screaming and gushing blood, the hokage reached a decision. "I have decided what to do with Naruto. He shall be put up in the orphanage with an Anbu guard." And with that he got up to leave. As Sarutobi was walking by Futoi, he said, "Someone clean up this mess and take him to the hospital …." he paused for a minute and then continued " and I don't want his arm reattached. That can be his punishment. You should feel lucky Futoi, the normal punishment would be death." With that said, he exited the room with Kakashi following in the shadows.

As Sarutobi was walking back to his office he thought about Naruto. "I hate that I have to do this, but I have no option. Damn it, at least I got him a guard."

As Sarutobi entered his office, he saw that Naruto was in his crib. Sarutobi walked over and picked up the happy baby. He sat behind his desk and started to coo and play with Naruto.

"Weasel, did anything happen while I was gone." When he said this Itachi and Kakashi appeared. They didn't remove their masks because Sarutobi didn't okay it yet.

"I played with him for a bit, he's quite active for his age. Then he got tired so I put him down for a nap and then hid in the shadows. He slept for awhile. I was sitting there when he woke up. That is when it started to get weird. He sat up and looked around, he stopped right where I was hidden and he started to smile. It was like he knew where I was. I actually tested it by moving while still hidden to a different spot and he was still looking in my direction."

"Well it looks like containing the fox has some benefits," Sarutobi thought. "Thank you Weasel." And as he was looking a the boy, Sarutobi had a thought. "He hasn't been checked out yet. I need to find a reliable medic. One that will not … see. . . the...TSUNADE! My old student, she is a medic and knows sealing. This is prefect. All I have to do is find her. Crap, this isn't going to be easy."