The Third Uzukage by Dark-Nate18

Chapter 1: For What It's Worth

The night sky was calm; the stars twinkled with the promise of change, one boy, who, even in the night could be spotted as if he was a neon sign, dashed through the large ninja village of Konohagakure, an overly large scroll attached to his back. His orange jumpsuit and bright blonde hair seemed to merge together as he ran, unbeknownst to him, ninja gathered in front of the villages' strongest ninja, voicing their displeasure of what was happening.

"Hokage-sama, he has the forbidden scroll, he could use it to destroy Konoha" called one of the ninja, many others voiced their similar views.

"What if he harms himself" called one of the few ninja who actually cared about the young boy. Said ninja received scowls from of the few avid haters of the boy.

"I know you are all concerned, I want you all to track him down and bring him to me unharmed are we clear" said the old Hokage, the ninja all nodded, some begrudgingly, the old leader stretched out and arm and in a blur of speed the ninja vanished making the old man's robes blow in the short gust of wind. The young boy in orange landed in a small clearing outside the village of Konoha, he panted lightly, a light flush dusting his face. He collapsed onto his rear as his breath calmed slightly, he smiled up at the sky, and pleasure surged through him.

"Ha, Sasuke Uchiha go and eat your heart out" he thought to himself, he was able to steal an important item right from the Hokage's nose, the strongest ninja in the village. Of course he had been caught, but with a simple anti-pervert jutsu and the rest was easy, pulling the large scroll from his back, he chuckled in glee as he fingered the folded scroll opening.

"What technique should I learn, maybe I can learn a few" he thought to himself, he unfurled the scroll slowly; a sense of secrecy and excitement filled the air. He shivered as the scroll gave a brief glow before it unrolled. The young boys' eyes widened as they roamed over the intricate explanations, hand seals, artistic pictures of many different jutsu, he felt a drop of drool hit the side of his mouth

"I could learn anything" he thought to himself with joy, he stopped and read through one of the shorter instructions, a single hand seal, and a clone would present itself.

"Shadow clones, Gah, I can't do a normal clone let alone a stronger one, but wait, this one is for higher level ninja, those who have a lot of chakra" he thought to himself, but still the thought of training for a clone seemed to irk him

"I don't have the patience to learn the shadow clone jutsu....wait what is this" he thought in confusion, what started out as a black ink spot, became an elaborate drawing, seals wove in-between each other, and as he unfurled the scroll, he laid the scroll across the soft grass of the clearing. He stood back with wide eyes; the large seal was a mixture of strange fuuinjutsu language, alchemic circles, and large black rings with kanji in the middle, the space in the centre was large enough for someone to place two palms face down. Naruto frowned as his eyes roamed over the seal, his eyes zoning on the writing at the end of the seal, the writing was still hidden under the scroll, moving slowly; his hand unrolled the scroll more to read the passage next to large seal.

"Kushina Uzumaki would have made the Uzumaki clan proud, and her father. It pains me to write these instructions in their place, but I am only writing what they instructed me to write, should they not have enough time to do it themselves, they had to do something that made them feel terrible, Minato and Kushina suffered enough, only for them to have to place one of the strongest fuuinjutsu seals on their own son. Naruto was born with his mothers red hair, and a face almost identical to his fathers, and yet in it all his eyes echoed his grandfather, those piercing silver orbs, but what drove Kushina and Minato to their decision, is the way his eyes changed with a cry and blue flames erupted from the fire braziers, of course, due to the Kyuubi, they were not able to calm him, he almost burnt the cavern he was born in, his flames were that strong, this seal is the key to unlocking the seal placed upon him, I hope whoever is reading this, be it my successor, or Naruto himself. Use this seal with caution, Naruto if it is you reading this, and I am not around to tell you, know that your parents were over the moon that you were able to continue on your grandfather's bloodline. To activate the seal, place both hands in the centre, and with your chakra, pulse it through until you can feel the ends of the seal, then let the seal do the rest. I am not sure what will happen. Hiruzen Sarutobi, Third Hokage" Naruto read and found the detailed instructions of his supposed seal.