Naruto: The First Step- Chapter 1

By: MidatoUchiha

Summary: Uzumaki Naruto was hated by the villagers in Konohagakure no Sato because of what was sealed inside him. He dreamed to become Hokage and finally earn the respect of all the villagers. With friends by his side, life had never gotten way easier, for Naruto, of course.

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"Come on! Push! I can already see the head! A little more! You can do it!" these were encouraging words from a doctor to a woman.

The doctor had blond hair and blue eyes.

The woman, in response, pushed with the last bit of her strength. Her head fell back on the pillow as she heard a baby's wails and smiled at her triumph. The doctor held the bloody baby and examined his face.

"It's a boy," the doctor explained.

The woman peered over her outstretched legs and saw her baby. She smiled while panting. The woman had unusual red hair and ocean blue eyes. The doctor cut the umbilical cord and wiped off the blood from the boy. She wrapped him in a white cloth after. She handed him to his mother.

"Here he is, Kushina. Congratulations," the doctor said.

Kushina smiled.

"Thank you, Mebuki," she gratefully said.

Mebuki returned the smile with an affectionate one.

"I'll go get Minato. I'm sure he's dying to know that boy of his looks just like him," Mebuki giggled.

Kushina chuckled. Mebuki went out the door.

The Hokage was pacing back and forth outside a room, crossing his arms. His wife was inside, giving birth. He just arrived from home a few minutes earlier to find out his wife isn't home. One of their neighbors informed him that his wife was in the hospital. He teleported to the hospital just as his wife was just entering the room.

Now here he was, nervous and excited at the same time; nervous because something bad might happen to his beloved wife; excited because he was dying to know if his child will be a boy or a girl. If a boy, will the baby look like him? If a girl, will the baby look like his mother?

Just then, Mebuki, his wife's best friend, got out of the room. He approached her.

"How is she?" he frantically asked.

"Don't worry, Minato. She's fine. She's just tired," Mebuki explained.

Minato breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can I see her?" he asked.

"Of course. After all, you're the father and the Hokage," she giggled.

Minato chuckled and rubbed his head.

"Oh... yeah, right. I keep forgetting that," he admitted.

Mebuki sweatdropped at his ability to forget.

"Seriously?" she said, rubbing her forehead.

Minato smiled shyly.

"Anyways, I gotta run. Congratulations," Mebuki said then shook Minato's hand.

"Thanks," he said.

Mebuki smiled then went away. Minato reached for the door knob with shaky hands. He opened slowly and peered inside. He saw his wife, sweating with a small bundle beside her. He approached his family quietly. Kushina had her eyes closed but she felt his presence.

She opened her eyes and smiled at her husband.

"Hey," she greeted.

"Hey. How are you?" he replied.

"I feel so tired and hurt but, otherwise, okay."

Minato looked at the boy's face. He noticed an unusual addition on his face.

"Whiskers," he murmured.

"Yeah. He looks like you, ya know?" Kushina replied.

Minato smiled and leaned down to kiss the baby's forehead. Kushina gestured for him to take the baby. Minato did. He examined his son's face some more. The boy had blond hair like him.

"What should we name him?" Minato asked.

Kushina thought for a while.

"How about..." She started.

Minato waited for her to finish her sentence and continues to coo at the child.

"Naruto," she finished.

In the dark of night, screams of people can be heard everywhere in Konohagakure no Sato. The screams were ear piercing the Hokage woke up to investigate what was happening.

He looked out the balcony and saw a gigantic fox with 9 tails which happened to be the cause of all the screams. He looked down to see people running away from the beast. He noticed the beast to have the Sharingan, the bloodline of a famous clan in his village. Being the Hokage, he changed from his pajamas to his usual blue jumpsuit and vest. He opened the cabinet on the corner of the room and took out his Hokage cloak then put it on. He pays no attention to the waking figure in his bed as he roamed around the room to equip himself with his usual gear, his holsters and his special kunai.

"Minato?" a woman's voice called out.

"The Kyuubi is on the loose. I have to go. Take care of Naruto and stay in here," he said.

The woman nodded. He walked over to the woman.

"Take care, Kushina. I love you," he said as his forehead touched hers.

"I love you, too. Be careful out there," she said.

"I will."

They kissed briefly. Minato rushes out of his mansion and was joined by his ANBU.

"What happened?" he asked.

"We don't know, Hokage-sama. But we found out a while ago from one of the witnesses about a masked man who seems to be controlling the Kyuubi," one of the ANBU explained.

"Where is he?"

"We saw him on top of the one of the Hokage heads. He's doing absolutely nothing except for watching."

Minato sighed. Just then, a familiar ANBU, appeared beside him. The ANBU tilted his mask to the upper side of his head to reveal a handsome man with black hair.

"What took you so long, Fugaku?" Minato teased.

"I had to help around. How about you? Where have you been?" his friend snapped back.

"Hey, I was sleeping, alright? Now come on."

Fugaku smirked. Minato shook his head.

Fugaku was Minato's close friend when they were still in the academy. Minato, Fugaku, and another boy met one the first day of school and they became instant friends. The other boy was from the Haruno clan. Minato, Fugaku, and the Haruno boy became genins together but only Minato and Fugaku upgraded to chuunins. Now, Fugaku was the highest officer of the ANBU while Minato is the Hokage while their other friend is currently a merchant so they haven't heard from him ever since.

"I'll take care of the masked man while you and the others restrain the Kyuubi," Minato ordered.

Fugaku sighs. "I wish Kizashi was here," Fugaku states.

Minato sighs as well. "Me, too. I wish the 3 of us were fighting together like the old days," Minato said.

"Yup. Just like the old days. Back when it was still easy. Only taking C or D rank missions and while on breaks, always training," Fugaku agrees.

"Well... better get going. Don't want our wives to get out here and scold us. We'll talk later," Minato jokes.

Fugaku chuckles.

"Right. Take care, Minato," Fugaku says then both went their separate ways.

Minato rushes to where the masked man sat while Fugaku rushes after his ANBU forces and begins to shout orders at them.