Chapter 12: Reap What you Sow

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Silence reigned in the small room for what seemed like hours. As Naruto listened to the story he nearly found himself in tears, were he not as strong willed as he was he may have very well cried. He had already known much of what had happened, Kyuubi had informed him of everything she knew. But hearing it from his father's perspective really gave the knowledge a more personal feel to it.

"And that's everything," Minato said.

Sarutobi stood from his seat and knelt before Naruto, who had a rather pensive look on his face. With a sigh he spoke, "Naruto...I'm sorry."

Naruto looked at the old man and frowned. "What for?"

"Biwako-chan was my wife. I knew she was the woman to help your mother deliver you and when she died that day...the anger that I held at her loss...it kept me from doing more to ensure that you were seen as the hero you are as you grew up. I knew it wasn't your fault, but I couldn't bring myself to not feel a bit of resentment...and...I'm sorry. I saw your father seal the Kyuubi away, condemning you to the life of Jinchuuriki, but I didn't know it was because someone else forced his hand. Can you forgive me?" Sarutobi pleaded with the youngest ninja among them.

Naruto closed his eyes. "No..." everyone winced and as Sarutobi looked down the blond continued. "Forgiveness is just giving someone permission to do it again. However, I am willing to forget... to leave the past where it belongs, in the past, and to move on."

"Thank you, Naruto," Sarutobi said as a few stay tears ran down his face.

"Heh, no problem Ojisan," Naruto said with a smirk. His smirk soon turned into a frown however, as a thought occurred to him. "How did Madara know about the seal?" he looked at his father who was staring at him pensively. "I suppose he could have figured out the part about the seal weakening during child birth. But how did he know I was going to be born? And how did he know the exact time the birth would take place and where? Wasn't my birth supposed to be a well-kept secret? How could he have figured all of that out?"

"I... I don't know," Minato said. There was a pensive silence for several moments as everyone realized Naruto had a point. "There were only a few people who even knew of Kushina's pregnancy. Myself, Biwako, Taji, Sarutobi, the elders... we didn't even tell the ANBU who they were guarding or why, just that it was very important they not let anyone inside."

"So basically, we've got a serious leak in Konoha," Naruto said. "Someone betrayed kaa-san's location and the date of my birth to Madara... but we don't know who."

"It seems we'll have to be careful and do what we can to root out this traitor," Minato said, looking pensive. "we'll start with the elders, since they are the ones who I think would benefit the most from betraying me. At the moment however, there isn't anything we can do as all we have is speculation." The Yondaime shook his head and focused his thoughts elsewhere. "Naruto, I was wondering if you would be willing to tell us how you got the Rinnegan..."

Naruto frowned as he looked at the other two, both of whom seemed interested. "Very well. You gave us some of the history of the Uzumaki Clan. Now I shall do the same. The Uzumaki and Senju clans have always held close ties. They were distantly related to each other. However, what most people don't know is they were also related to the Uchiha, going back to the time when chakra was first being doscovered. Their relation to that clan was through one man. You may know him as the Rikudou-Sennin..."

Birth of the New Demon King

Kyuubi walked down the hall of one of the many strongholds of the Kitsune clan. The walls of the hallway were a dark beige stone, with glittering candles lighting the area. The floor was also made of stone, but was lined with a crimson carpet that lay along the center of the hall. Other then that the hallways was fairly barren, lacking the décor that Kyuubi usually preferred in the places she lived in to have. Though considering this was more or less the fortress that her clan went to in times of great conflict, niceties like beautiful decoration were pushed on the way side for functionality.

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