A/N: first story, review. There will be spelling and other errors. I will try to correct what I can but mistakes are inevitable. Without further delay, onwards. Oh and updates will take time so if you like the idea, check again in a few weeks.

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Chapter 1: Decision

There it was, the mighty nine-tailed demon fox. It was said that the demon could destroy mountains and create tsunamis with one swish of its tails. But, right now isn't the time for that. It was attacking konohagakure for some reason, bent on destruction of the mighty village. It seemed to be insane in power and its killing intent was enough to paralyze anyone, but no, the village ninja are not going down without a fight. They were attacking with everything they had but it was still not enough. The ninja were merely pests to the kyuubi. But then, a sword came down on the kyuubi and the fox used its tails to stop it. The sword came from its owner Gambunta, the toad boss. The kyuubi paused and took in its first good adversary for the night. The toad boss was nearly the size of the fox and readying for another strike. The kyuubi knew they could not defeat him but he wasn't the one fighting. Somehow, he could not control his body. Yes, he was a demon, yes, he liked to destroy stuff but even he didn't attack without reason. Yes, he hated humans but that was only because they sealed him in other humans. He was fighting right now, no, his body was fighting for him. It must have been that masked man. The one who called himself Madara Uchiha. But it just wasn't possible; a mere human cannot control one of the tailed beasts. Yet he wasn't being controlled, just issued basic commands that he had to follow. Then, between his battle with the toad boss, he saw a small flash of yellow, he did not care. Then that same flash jumped towards him, it was another ninja. Oh, they were pesky little things.

The yondaime hokage was doing seals in a blur of hands, while carrying a small white bundle. He had tears streaking across his face, now one of grim determination. He had to do this, it was the only way. He finished the seals and summoned the death god to take his life.

The kyuubi froze. That little ninja wouldn't dare. But he did. The death god was slowly taking the soul of the tailed beast and forcing it on the white bundle, unresisting. The figure of the death god was the last straw. The ninjas fled. The death god made the masked man had let go of the control over the kyuubi once the death god appeared but it was no use now. He couldn't move.

The yondaime knew he shouldn't do this but Naruto was his own son. He took all his chakra and poured it into his son, along with the kyuubi's own chakra. The death god was taking his soul too and the yondaime did a feat impossible. He took a bit of his ripped soul and poured that too into his son. Finally, he was taken, he chose his son as the container for his soul and the kyuubi. His body fell, a seal on his stomach.

The death god vanished, the kyuubi vanished, and gambunta too, vanished. A few ninjas on the sidelines cheered but it didn't last long.

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"Kill the demon brat", the whole civilian council shouted.

"We can use him and make the village stronger." Danzo suggested calmly.

The sandaime sighed, this is not what you wished, Minato, he thought.

He raised his hand. Quiet fell upon the room. "We will do no such thing. Minato wished for the boy to be regarded as a hero. If you cannot do that, at least do not kill or maim him. You all know about the law. And the other law that a konoha shinobi cannot attack its own village members. I will personally oversee Naruto's upbringing. This meeting is over". And with that, the sandaime left for his office, the dread of paperwork seeping into his mind.

His office was no different when he came back but he sure felt differently. He wanted to rip the whole council apart for what they said about Naruto. Ha! Danzo was the one who he wanted to rip apart the most. That bandaged creep had no right to use Naruto as a weapon let alone his personal one. That could wait. The more pressing concern is what's going to be done with Naruto now. He had to send him to a normal orphanage or it would look suspicious to him when he grew up and the other people now. He knew Naruto wouldn't be happy or comfortable there, let alone safe. The village wasn't too forgiving to the kid who took a lot of their comrades and their beloved Yondaime. His safety was the big concern. He knew the villagers would take every opportunity to abuse him and the orphanage was not a full shelter for Naruto. He would post a few ANBU with him. Yeah! That would work. He would warn the orphanage of that too.

With that work over him, the emotions he had held back now rushed into his consciousness. Minato's death, the Kyuubi's attack, the villager's hatred. All of it crashed into him.

"I need some sake." Those were the last words uttered in his office for the rest of day.

Elsewhere, on a pedestal, Danzo was conversing with several men and women in masks painted to look like animal faces. They had an intense conversation about a certain blond baby that was currently sleeping undisturbed in the crib at the Hokage's office, guarded by several ANBU.

"Sarutobi is an idiot. He doesn't understand the value of having one the most powerful beings on earth at his disposal. By my guess, he will likely bring him to adulthood himself personally and guard him with several ANBU from the village force. We have two ways to bring about his loyalty to our cause. One, I can make the village degrade him so much that he will easily be intimidated to do what we want. That is really easy but the outcomes are a bit unpredictable for my taste. The other option is that we try to win him over to us in a manner that shows us as his well-wishers. That will be harder to maintain but a few rescues from mobs can change that. Do you three agree or have any concerns?"

"Pardon me, but Danzo-sama, wouldn't he be more vulnerable to harmful comments about you from the Hokage?"

"That can be taken care of easily. Each of you has to be on all of the patrols that guard him, if Sarutobi tries to tell him anything about me, interfere with a pre-made setting. Do not give the old fool any chance to go about rambling about me. Its not like many people know about myself and ROOT."

"Hai!"

"Hai!"

"Hai!"

"Dismissed."

In a flurry of dust, only the bandaged man was left, pondering on how to go about his goals undetected.

A/N: so that's it for the first chapter. Tell me if you enjoyed it or not. For the plot, I don't have definite plot for this story so if you have any suggestions for the plot or any questions, you can PM me or review them. As I said before, the updates will be slow , so if you like the idea, please check back or follow the story.