October 10

Always a night of celebration in the hidden leaf village it was the anniversary of the kyuubi's defeat, but there was also those who mourned on this day for the person who defeated the Kyuubi. The fourth Hokage had given his life in order to defeat the beast.

But the term defeated was incredibly vague because he only succeeded in sealing it within a small child and this child no older the 6 years old was one who was not celebrating or mourning.

The reason he was not celebrating was because he was currently running from a mob of revenge and sake fueled villagers armed with blunt objects knowing that the death of the child would release the demon but that did not stop them from causing the child an extreme amount of pain.

This child is Naruto Uzumaki. A young boy with spiky blonde hair, sapphire blue eyes and three whisker marks on each cheek, who was no older than six was running from the angry mob chasing him for reasons unknown. They were shouting things like "Die demon" or "We will have our revenge"

The boy was scared, and was running as fast as his tiny legs could. All the while he was thinking 'what did I ever do to deserve this?'

Somewhere close by, a wander was on his way to the village. He was a man in is early 20s with a eagered face. He wore white kimono shirt with purple pants. he also wore a coat and armguards made of wolf fur and a tattoo on his left arm. On his brown sash, there was 3 disk on his left side and what looked like a folded tuning fork on the right. He had heard that there was a festival taking place in the Konoha.

"I've never been to this festival, but that fits me just well," the man said as he came in and looked around. Suddenly he heard something. It sounded like an anger mob, but that rose a question in his head. Who was being chased? That was all he need to use his advance speed to dash off.

The young Uzumaki Naruto, ran towards the gate, and since the guards were goofing off again, the young boy quickly ran past them, but before he could get too far from the gate, he tripped and fell to the ground. Before he could get up, the mob closed in on him, and then the beating began. He was punched, kicked, and the mob pulled things like kunai out and started to stab him.

Before young Naruto lost consciousness, the last thing he saw was seeing a man pull back his knife, and say "Time to die demon scum."

Naruto saw the knife come down as closed his eyes in fear. Only one though crossed his mind, "Someone! please save me!"

He waited for the knife to end his life, but it didn't come. He opened his eyes to see someone had caught the knife wielding man by his wrist. It was the wanderer. He turned his head to Naruto and asked, "You ok, kid?"

Naruto stared at his savior with one eye, as the other was too swollen, and nodded.

"What do you think your doing!?" the man with the knife yelled at the stranger as the mob behind him agreed.

The stranger turned to the man as said, "I could as you the same thing. What kind of man attacks a child?"

"That's no child! That's a demon!" A woman in the mob yelled as the mob yelled in agreement.

"If he's a monster..." The wanderer said as he looked back at Naruto and stared in is one good eye. He saw no monster as the villagers claimed. Only a small terrified child who was badly hurt. He turned back to the mob and finished, "Then that makes you all the devil!"

The wanderer quickly turned the man around and kicked his back. Forcing him to fall back into the mob. The man turned to the wanderer and pointed his knife at him. "Kill him!"

"I'm not allowed to hurt you humans, but... Come at me!" the wanderer yelled at he ran straight in the mob. Fighting them all off by himself like a one man army. Punching and kicking at whoever tried to strike him only to get injured in return.

"ENOUGH!" Someone had yelled. Everyone turned their head and saw a man in white robes with a hat with the symbol for 'fire'. This man was Sarutobi, the Hokage, and the leader of the village. By side him was two of the anbu black ops. "What is going on here!?"

"Ojiisan" Naruto said weakly as he fell in the wanderer's arms unconscious.

The mob all backed away as none of them had the will to defy the Hokage. The wanderer stepped up and explained, "I heard their was a festival going on in this village so I came. Once I got here, I heard this mob chasing someone. Once I saw they were chasing this child, I had intervened"

"Is that so?" The hokage asked as looked over each one of them. He pointed his hand at the mob and yelled, "Anbu, arrest each one of them and hand them all to Ibiki!" The Hokage walked towards the wanderer. Once he was in front of him, he asked, "What is your name?"

"Kabuki," he answered.

"Well then Kabuki, will you come with me to the hospital? Naruto needs medical attention" He said as he lead the way with Kabuki close behind.

/

Naruto lay on the bed resting with the Hokage and Kabuki watching him. The doctor was against treating Naruto, but Sarutobi was able to 'convince' him. Naruto was given the best treatment and was put in a room separate from all other patient that might attack Naruto.

Kabuki turned to Sarutobi and asked, "What caused them to do this? He doesn't look like he could even defend himself."

Before the Hokage could answer, an dog anbu appeared and bowed. "Hokage-sama, the council request you and our 'guest'"

"Very well. We will be there shortly," Sarutobi sighed as he knew this was coming. No doubt Danzo and the civilian council will try something again. Dog nodded before he vanished. Sarutobi made is way to the door, but just before he walked out, he turned to Kabuki. "I will show you there as you don't know your way"

Kabuki continued to stare at Naruto and simple said, "I'll be right there."

Sarutobi nodded as he walked out the door. Kabuki looked around to make sure no one was around as he then snapped his fingers. Suddenly the 3 disk on his side flew off and took the shape of a black crow, blue wolf, and green ape.

"Keep a look out," Kabuki ordered as the the disk animals nodded and he walked out.

/

Sarutobi and Kabuki walked in the meeting room which had two different councils on each side. On the left was the civilian council lead by the war hawk, Danzo. Beside him on his right Homura and his left was Koharu. Ever since the nine tails attack and was sealed, Danzo has done everything he could to get Naruto so he could turn him into a weapon. The hokages refused him every time he tried which only fualed his bitterness at Sarutobi.

On the right was the shinobi council which housed many clan heads. Hashi Hyuga, Chouzu Akimichi, Shibi Aburame, Tsume Inuzuka, and Inoichi Yamanka. Each member has tried to addopt Naruto before, but with Naruto being the nine tails jinjukiki, no one clan would be allowed to have such power over the others.

The room got quiet as the all watched the two walk in. Sarutobi took place between the two sides, his hat off, and announced, "I call this meeting to order. Now what are we here to discuss?"

Homura stood up and said, "We're here to address the charge of assault caused by this intruder!"

Kabuki leaned against the wall and said, "Oh? I'm no intruder. The gate was clearly opened when I walked in. Also no guards were there."

A council woman with pink hair pointed at him and yelled. "That still doesn't excuse you from attacking our villagers!"

"I did no such thing." Kabuki put his hand up uncaring. "They tried to attack me to get to this blond kid and I stopped them from causing him anymore harm"

"SO YOU ADMIT IT!" She yelled, which caused a lot of council men and women to winch and cover their ears.

"Damn your loud!" Kabuki said trying to get the ringing out his ears from her scream.

"Councilor Haruno, calm yourself!" The hokage yelled at the pink haird banshee. "I, along with other were at the scene at the time this took place. I also felt that all of them will receive a proper punishment for their actions."

"But hokage-sama..." Haruno whined, but was cut off.

"Enough!" Sarutobi yelled shutting her up. "This man named 'Kabuki' had saved Naruto from another mob!"

Kabuki looked up and thought 'Naruto? Is that the boy's name? And what does he mean by another? This has happened before and no one bother to stop it!?' This angered him.

"Hokage?" Kabuki called to the leader of the hidden leaf.

"Yes?" Sarutobi looked to Kabuki

"Tell me. Does Naruto not have parents or a guardian?"

Harunto snarled. "The monster has none. He will live and die alone like a monster should"

Kabuki growled at her before turning to the Hokage. "Then with your premission, I'd like to adopt him."

"Absolutely not!" Danzo yelled as the civil side agreed

"Why not? You've been denying Naruto a proper family for years!" Tsume yelled as she and the other clan heads agreed.

Soon the whole room was filled with yelling. Both sides trying to state their case on what should become of the young Uzumaki. The Civilans wanted his death while the clan head wanted Naruto to find a new life with the man.

"The monster should stay within the wall to be watch!" Homura

"He is a boy! He isn't the monster you claim him to be!" Nara

"A boy? He should be killed for the millions he killed!" Haruno

"That was the kyuubi!" Tsume

"ENOUGH! If this meeting will not be settle here, then we will settle it in my office! This meeting is ajorned" the hokage yelled. Making everyone fall silent to him. He turned to Kabuki and asked him, "Would you please follow me."

"But Hokage-sama!" Harunto tried to protest but was silenced but not only Sarutobi's killer intent, but the entire shinobi concil and Kabuki's as well.

/

"So what was that all about?" Kabuki asked angrily as he and Sarutobi entered his office. "Why are the treating a child like he's the devil of devils?"

Sarutobi sighed as he sat in his chair and activated a seal that would make the room completely sound proof. "It all started 6 years ago, a creature called the Kyuubi appeared in our village. My shinobi tried stop it, but many were not only killed, but barely did anything to it. Our village was nearly destroyed, if not for HIM"

Sarutobi looked up at photo on his wall. Kabuki looked at it and was shocked to see a man with ... spikey blond hair? Kabuki turned to the hokage with confusion written all over his face.

Sarutobi turned to him and nodded, "That man as the hokage after me. The 4th hokage and naruto's father, Minato Namikaze. Minato couldn't beat the Kyuubi so he did the next best thing. He sealed it in his son, who happen to be born on that exact day. He lost his life that day and entrusted his son, Naruto, with the burden of being the jinchuuriki of the 9 tails."

"But if Naruto is the 4th's son, shouldn't he be seen as a hero? Have his own manson? Being treated as a human being!?" Kabuki gritted his teeth. This is why he hated human. They were to blinded by their hate to see. He and the others willing sacrifices the right to be called human in order to gain the power to protect others. Naruto didn't have a choice.

The 3rd just sigh. "Minato was renowned for being an dangerous. He was the only ninja to be given a SS ranking in the bingo book and have a 'flee on sigh' order"

Kabuki nodded understanding now. "Being such a powerful person would sure to make just a powerful enemies."

"If word got out Naruto being the son of the 4th. Villages would go to war just to see him killed. So until Naruto is 16, he can know of his heritage." Kabuki looked down, sad for young Naruto. "But even after his passing, Naruto unknowingly is following after father."

Kabuki looked confuse. "What do you mean?"

The Hokage smiled. "Naruto's favorite spot is on top of the 4th's head on the Hokage mountain. His favorite place to eat, ichiraku ramen, a place minato and his wife loved to go eat. And finally Naruto's dream."

Kabuki looked amazed. Even though Naruto's parents were gone, the bonds they had were still there. It was as if his parents were trying to be there for their son from beyond the grave. "Whats his dream?"

The Hokage looked at Kabuki and gave his a 'Naruto smile' "Even if the village don't see Naruto as one of then now, he works hard to make them acknowledge him to that end he chases after his dream tirelessly. His dream ... to become Hokage!"

Kabuki felt something in his heart. He had given up on humanity long ago, but he always had a soft spot for children. To him, Children were innocent and had yet to be corrupted by hate. Something in hearing Naruto's origins filled with something he had not felt in a long time.

He felt hope.

Even though he had only know Naruto for this one day, he felt he could believe in Naruto's dream. The strengthen his resolve even more to adopt Naruto. He could not only raise Naruto as his own, but he could train Naruto to help him on his journey to become Hokage.

Kabuki looked at Sarutobi in his eyes with such determination as he said, "I want to adopt him."

Sarutobi opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out some papers. He placed them on his desk and said, "I've been holding to these paper for many years. Hoping Someone could take Naruto away from his loneliness."

Kabuki took the papers and signed each on. "I'm gonna take Naruto from here so I can raise him away from all this hate, but I will being him back he can continue to chase his dream."

The 3th Hokage nodded. "The Ninja Academy's graduation is in 6 years. I can give you special permission so he will be able take the graduation test once you both return."

Kabuki stopped at the last paper. He was just one signature away from becoming Naruto's adoptive father. Sarutobi looked at Kabuki confused as to why he suddenly stopped. The oni looked at the Hokage and said, "There are some things you should know before I sign this last one"

"Such as?"

"I'm not human." Kabuki said with seriousness.

Sarutobi looked at the man baffled. "What do you mean."

"I am a oni," Kabuki said as he began his own tale. "There are creatures called 'Makamou'. They are monster that eat humans as a source of food. Many types of warriors tried to defeat them, but none succeeded."

"I remember the 1st would tell stories of such creatures, but I had always assumbed there were just that stories." 3rd said surprised. He was known as the smartest shinobi to ever live and even he couldn't comprehend the existence of such creatures.

"I am one of many onis. We, oni, were once humans, but in order to obtain the power to fight against them and potect the human, we have to sacrifice our right to be called human. We are hated for this reason as well."

"Hated? You all did what you had to in order to protect others."

While that it true, humans think of us as the same as Makamou. Even though it was thanks to us, we were able to drove the Makamou back and destroy many of them. Our battle with Makamou turned into a war 'The Great War'. We won, but many lost many lives. The Makamou are still around, but not as many as there used to be."

"What about the rest of the onis?"

"Most of us have retired after the war, but those of us don't still fight. We sometimes take on an apprentice to carry on the fight. We're pretty much all over. Makamou appear all over the nation so we oni do was well. It's the only way for us to protect the human."

Sarutobi looked down. He knew what would happen if Naruto was adopted by this man. Naruto would be trained in the ways of oni. He would be hated even more. Hated for being a jinchuuriki and hated for being an oni. Naruto would be exposed even harsher treatment by this man.

The genius part of his mind told him to turn the man away, but his heart...

"Please sign the last one."

... told him this was the right thing to do. Even if Naruto is hated, he will no longer be alone

Sarutobi looked up when he heard a noise as Kabuki signed his name. Making him legally Naruto's guardian. Kabuki looked up when he started to hear the noise too. It was the sound glass being tapped. Both of them looked at the window and saw one of Kabuki's disk animals.

Black Crow.

Kabuki instanly got up and ran out the Hokage's office. All it took was one look at Kabuki's face to understand. He leaped over his desk and ran along side Kabuki. Something happened to Naruto.

/

Both Kabuki and the Hokage busted into Naurto's room. Kabuki had one his green Ongekibou out as he looked around the room. Naruto sat in his bed looking surprised with blue wolf on his lap. The Hokage and Oni looked on the other side of the room and there tied up with bed sheets was a doctor with green ape was on the doctor's head as he stuggled to get lose from his binds.

"What happened here?" Sarutobi asked as he untied the doctor.

"I was checking on Naruto when these 'things' attacked me!" the doctor yelled as he pointed at the disk animals as the stood protectively infront of Naruto.

"Is that so?" Kabuki asked as black crow flew to him.

Kabuki snapped his fingers and it folded back into a disk. Kabuki took the tuning fork-like device from his side and placed the Black Crow dish in it. The disk span and to everyone but Kabuki's surprise sounds began to play from it.

"Perfect. He's unguarded," It said as the doctor paled. it was his own voice being played. "Now I can finally kill this demon! Why the!? what are these thing! AHHHH!"

Kabuki and Sarutobi Glared at the doctor.

"you're a doctor right?" Kabuki asked as he walked to the tied doctor. He grabbed him by his collar and lifted the poor man in the air. "Then tell me how many bone this will break and if you think you'll live to find out!?"

The festive oni twisted his body around and tossed him out the window. He yelled as he way down the hospital. Sarutobi chose not let the man and went after the man.

Kabuki turned to Naruto and asked him concerned, "Naruto, are you hurt?"

"No," Naruto said shaking his head as Blue wolf and Green ape looked up at Naruto. He looked down at these strange creatures. "What are these things?"

Kabuki smiled as Black crow unfolded himself and flew around Naruto's head. Naruto looked at Black crow with such wonder. "These are my shikigami friends, but you can call them disk animals."

"Disk animals?"

"Uh huh," The disk animals lined up as Kabuki pointed to each of them. "These are Blue wolf, Green ape, and Black crow."

Naruto smiled, "Its nice to meet you all!"

The disk animals cheered as the went around Naruto.

"You know... you gonna be spending a lot of time with these guys and more for a long time." Naruto looked at him shocked. "Naruto Uzumaki, congratulations. You just been adopted."

Naruto shot up and stood on the bed, yelling at the top of his lungs. 'WHAT!? BY WHO!?"

Kabuki stood and smirked as he pointed at himself with his thumb. "By me."

"Tou-san!" Naruto yelled as he jumped into Kabuki's arms. Kabuki and Naruto laughed as Kabuki spun him around.