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Prologue

The night of October tenth, a disaster had befallen Konohagakure. Unaware and unprepared the village was attacked by the bijū known as the Kyūbi, known also as the Nine-Tailed Fox. While many shinobi and kunoichi were putting their lives on the line to defend their home, panic was spreading throughout the ranks as the absence of their leader the, Yondaime Hokage. Meanwhile, in a chamber hidden away within the Hokage Monument; Minato Namikaze was in the process of helping his wife with her delivery of their children.

Minato was in a panic, hearing the sound of his village being destroyed and feeling the Kyūbi's violent attacks throughout the chamber was worrying the young Kage. Weeks ago, Minato had delved into figuring out a way to subdue or destroy the bijū without endangering his wife. From past reports that he had studied and reviewed, a jinchūriki was most vulnerable when giving birth. Though, in the end Minato wasn't successful in finding a solution that he liked. Sealing the beast was the only solution that he had been able to come up with, though the price of sealing the beast was condemning himself and the beast to the Shinigami and his children to carrying such a terrible burden. However, fate had decided otherwise.

"You are lucky mortal. Contracting me using the Shiki Fūjin requires that you forfeit your soul and by extension, your life once the sealing is completed. However, removing you from this plane when your family still requires you, you who gave life to the one chosen. For this, I will pardon the requirement of taking your soul, but I will take something dear to not only you but those who are precious to you as compensation. Do not forget this mortal," the Shinigami ominously said, sealing the soul, yin and yang chakra of the Kyūbi into three of his four children; Narumi, Mito, and Menma respectively.

After the sealing and confrontation with the Shinigami was over, the threat of the Kyūbi adverted, Konoha shifted its attention to treating those injured from the event and to rebuild what was lost.

(Scene Change - Konoha Hospital)

"Everyone had better not be slacking! If I even 'think' that you're not giving it your all, I'll drive you through the wall!" roared a beautiful blonde woman with her hair tied in two tails, that woman being one of the Densetsu no Sannin, Tsunade Senju, as she stormed into the hospital after checking on the Uzumaki-Namikaze family.

Glancing around and noticing the lack of attention directed at her due to the crazy atmosphere, Tsunade decided to ask her right hand woman, assistant, and disciple, "What's the situation looking like so far?! Shizune!?" roared Tsunade not seeing her anywhere.

"Tsunade-sama! The injured have been reduced by half thanks to the field staff dealing with situations outside of the hospital that weren't severe enough to warrant admission. From the number of patients and medics, I'd estimate that we're almost finished treating the ones who have been admitted, and I haven't seen more than seven patients be admitted in the past hour. I think that most of the shinobi and villagers who were injured have been taken care of!" replied a pretty yet exhausted woman with shoulder length raven hair, Shizune, Tsunade's assistant and disciple.

Releasing a relieved sigh, Tsunade voiced her relief with the now stable situation at hand. "Whew, that's good. I had imagined that there would've been many more injured than that, thank goodness. That means that all the injured are accounted for, meaning that the village got out in extremely good shape when you compare it to other villages who were attacked by bijū."

Also sharing a sigh of relief with her mentor, Shizune remembered the two who were in the middle of the attack. "Tsunade-sama! You said that all the injured were accounted for right?! What about Kushina-sama and Minato-sama?!" shouted a worried Shizune, having momentarily forgotten about her village's leader and his wife.

"Relax Shizune, they're safe! Minato had a a rather severe case of chakra exhaustion but he'll be alright knowing him. Kushina, other than the typical signs of giving birth, is completely fine. Even after having the Kyūbi forced out of her, she's still alive and is going to be fine. She'll be up and about in no more than five hours tops, I'll even make a bet that she will!" Tsunade confidently replied, so confident that she offered to make a bet with Shizune on it, which given her alias as the "Legendary Sucker" was no small statement.

The two shared a relieved and happy laugh as the danger that, no more than 48 hours before, had passed. That is, until Tsunade had assumed that Shizune was also laughing at her extremely bad luck and chased her around the hospital wing, her fist waving threateningly in the air while the other occupants and staff of the hospital laughed in good humor at the antics of the duo.

(Scene Change - Uzumaki-Namikaze estate)

"Minato, are you sure that you're alright? You used the Shiki Fūjin but you didn't lose your soul like what was supposed to happen!" a tall man, with a spiky mane of white hair with red paint on his face worriedly asked his disciple, this man was Jiraiya, one of the Densetsu no Sannin and mentor to Minato.

"Sensei, I told you I'm fine! See, I can do everything without a problem! I need to go see Kushi-chan and my kids, so please stop worrying about me!" Minato replied, creating his fabled Rasengan to emphasize his point to his mentor.

With a sign, Jiraiya relented, patting his student on the shoulder he congratulated him on his defeat of the Kyūbi and of the beginning of his family."I'm proud of you Minato, you've come so far even without my help. I couldn't have asked for a better student." Jiraiya said, pride evident in his voice as he walked with Minato towards the room created specifically for his children.

Walking in quietly, the found what they were looking for. Kushina with her arms full with her, no their children. Wordlessly walking towards her and sitting down, he wrapped her and their children in a loving embrace. "They're beautiful Kushi-chan." Minato said, resting his head on his wife's.

Sinking into her husband's embrace, Kushina sniffled a bit before expressing her sincere thanks to whatever entity that allowed her family to stay together, though what seemed like impossible odds. "Mina-kun, we're together. We're all together. All of us. You didn't have your soul taken, and I survived having the Kyūbi force out. We're going to be able to watch our children grow up and they'll have a family to love and take care of them." Kushina whispered as she sobbed quietly while shaking a little, the all too real possibility that she could've lost her husband and her life, leaving her children alone in the world with no one to care for them taking its toll on her.

Nuzzling his wife and holding her closer, Minato reassured her that nothing would ever threaten to tear about their family again. All through the night, parents and children stayed together until sleep took them as the mental and emotional exhaustion that the two had accumulated had finally reached its peak. As the night continued on, the oldest born of the quadruplets woke, quietly observing his surroundings, finally focusing his attention towards the ceiling as a voice make its way to his ears.

"Child. Child, you can hear me, can you not? I am the one who allowed your father to survive his contract with me, the price of his soul replaced with something that will greatly affect you. As the oldest of four, the child of prophecy, and the child who will change the world, you will be without the love of the one's who should hold you close. That is the exchange that I had made in place of your father's soul. You who will be without love, will be the one who will defy all obstacles which will stand before you. Do not fret child, as you will forge a path that will change the world, and remember this, do not give into the hate that will undoubtedly plague your heart.

TIME SKIP

A 6-year-old blond kid is running with scratches and bruises on his body. He then runs into a forest quickly and runs deeper into the jungle.

" Tch. The demon has escaped." The villager said."No worry. This is the Forest of Death and many dangerous animals are here. The demon surely will be killed by those animals." A woman replied.

Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto is running deeper into the forest without stopping."Why? Why did those villagers call me a demon? Why they wanted to kill me?" He thought in his head.

Then he stumbles after his feet stumbled upon a rock and his face fell to the ground.

"Ouch." He muttered before he hears a hissing behind him and trend his head to look behind him.

His eyes widened in fear seeing this as a giant snake is staring at him like food. He is too scared to move and closed his eyes waiting for his death.

The snake lunged to him with opening its mouth before a white ball of light hit the snakehead. Then a wind blade launches from the white light killing the snake as it's head get separated from its body.

Naruto who sees this is confused as the white ball of light approaches him. Naruto for some reason did not get scared rather he felt comfortable around it.

"At last." Naruto heard an old man voice from the white ball of light."Someone who is worthy of being my reincarnation." The voice continued.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked before the ball shined brightly making Naruto closed his eyes.

He opened his eyes to see he is in a white space and an old man who has purple eyes staring at him kindly.

"Hello there Naruto-kun." The Old Man said to him."Hello."Naruto said in a timid tone.

Naruto greeted the Old Man as he felt the Old Man is kind and has a comforting aura around him.

"W-who are you?" Naruto asked."You may know me as the Rikudo Sennin(Sage of Six Paths ). The one who spread Ninshu in this world." The Old Man said to him.

Naruto meanwhile has his jaws dropped hearing this. He knew about him. Naruto read him in a scroll in his father library when he sneaked into his library to read some books about chakra, jutsus and history books.

"It seems you knew about me. Good. Now may I ask you what are you doing in the forest where many dangerous animals lurking around?" He asks Naruto who just bit his mouth hearing that question.

Seeing this, Ototsuki Hagoromo approached Naruto."If you didn't want to tell me, it's okay Naruto-kun." He said and the moment Naruto blue-eyed colours met his eyes, his Rinnegan lit up.

He sees through the boy memories and steps back while a tear fell from his eyes."How can a mere boy go through all that? Is this what Ashura's descendant do?" Hagoromo thought in his head.

He has seen his memories. He is the oldest brother of 3 younger siblings. His twin brother is Uzumaki Namikaze Menma. The Jinchuriki of Yang Kyuubi. He also has twin younger sisters. One is Uzumaki Namikaze Mito. The Jinchuriki of Yin Kyuubi. And lastly, the youngest one is Uzumaki Namikaze Narumi, the one who holds the would of Kyuubi.

They are the son of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato and the Red Habanero, Uzumaki Kushina.

He seals Kyuubi Yin and Yang part with its soul to his 3 children except for Naruto.

Naruto meanwhile did not have anything. Through his 6 years living, Hagoromo can see that Naruto us neglected. His younger siblings have already been taught how to unlock chakra except him.

His godparents Jiraiya, The Toad Sage and Tsunade, The Famous Medic Ninja also neglected him. Even Hatake Kakashi, the prizes student of Minato also neglected him.

He can see by Naruto's memory how he did not get any present when their quintuplet birthday arrived.

He can see how his 3 younger siblings got hailed as a hero by the villagers while the eldest brother is scorned by villagers.

Not only that, he will be the one who is a fault when his younger siblings cause troubles.

He then takes a deep breath before crouched down to see Naruto."Naruto-kun." He called him.

"Yeah?" He replied."Do you know about Senju and Uchiha?" He asked the boy."I know. They are the clans that build Konoha." He replied.

"Good. Okay. Listen to this carefully. I will transfer all my power, memory and bloodline into you. " He said to Naruto who tilted his head in confusion before Hagoromo become a white ball of light and entered his body.

Naruto kneeled down as his body is in pain but that pain only lasts for 2 seconds. Then Naruto got many memories. He saw Hagoromo with his brother, Hamura fighting their mother and sealed her.

Then he saw how Hagoromo has 2 sons names that are named Ashura and Indra which are the ancestor of the Uchiha and Senju Clan. He saw how both of his sons battled with Ashura won the battle.

Naruto then planted while taking his breath."Calm down a child. Your body now is adapting to my chakra and bloodline." Hagoromo said in his mind.

"Where are you Jiji?" He asks Hagoromo."In your body Naruto-kun." He replied.

"You could say that I am like Tailed Beast that resides in your sibling's body," Hagoromo said but soon regret it when he sees Naruto eyes turn into sadness hearing that.

"It's okay Naruto-kun. You are not a demon. You are just an innocent child who got mistreated by the people in the village." Hagoromo said to Naruto.

"Besides, you have me in you. I forgot to mention that I am also the father of the tailed beast." Hagoromo said to him.

"Seriously? That means you are a super strong person Jiji." Naruto said making Hagoromo chuckle hearing that.

"Of course though you will be strong as me when we became perfectly synch." He said to Naruto who gained a happy expression hearing that.

"It seems you have become the reincarnation of Hagoromo." A voice said behind Naruto and he turns behind only to see Shinigami.

Naruto gulped his saliva seeing the Shinigami before him."Calm down Naruto-kun. He is a friend of mine." Hagoromo said to him.

"Okay, Jiji." He said to him."Now child. As you know, I am the Shinigami and the one who sealed Kyuubi Yin and Yang part with it, soul, into your younger siblings which proved a mistake as I see they have become arrogant by having Kyuubi's power in them." Shinigami said to him.

"I offer my condolences to you brat as you had to endure living being neglected and scorned by those foolish people. I also praise you for having a strong heart and will to live brat." Shinigami said to him making Narito cried hearing that ss it was the first time a person or a being praised him.

"Did not expect for Shinigami to said that to a human." Hagoromo thought in his head.

Naruto stopped crying and looked at Shinigami."T-thank you for that praise Shinigami-san." He said to Shinigami.

"You are a welcome brat. Now brat, do you know about the prophecy about the Child Of Prophecy?" He asks Naruto.

"Yeah. It is about my younger siblings right?" Naruto said to Shinigami making Hagoromo and Shinigami frown hearing that.

Naruto meanwhile knows about it when the Toad Sage, Jiraiya said to the prophecy to his father. And that is why one of the reasons why his family and godparent neglected him and favoured his younger siblings.

"Kid. You are the Child Of Prophecy. Not your younger siblings." Shinigami said to Naruto making his eyes widened.

"No. I mean I am nothing special compared to my younger siblings. That is what my family and godparents said to me." Naruto said to Shinigami who frown hearing that.

"Should've taken his soul back then," Shinigami muttered before he brings out a chest.

"Anyway kid. Here are some gifts from me." Shinigami said to him.

Naruto approached the chest which is really big. There are bisento(Whitebeard's bisento), and three weird-looking fruit.

"Also brat. Come here." Shinigami said to Naruto who approaches him. Then a blue light ball entered his body.

"I have given you some technique that will benefit you. You can practice those movements later on. Now I want you to eat these 3 weird-looking fruit." He said to Naruto.

"Is it safe to eat them? They looked weird?" Naruto said to him."Fine." Shinigami said heifer the fruit become candies.

"Now eat them," Shinigami said to Naruto who eat all 3 candies at the same time and regretted it. It tastes like rotten fruits and not very sweet.

Naruto let out his tongue expressing the disgusting taste of the candies before taking in his tongue back.

Then he felt his body contain power and sees his body now has become blue scaled with his right arm has a white bubble and his left arm are enveloped in darkness.

"Whoa." He marvelled these powers before his body become normal back."These are all the gifts I wanted to give to you. Maye we soon in the future Child Of Prophecy." He said and disappeared before the space shined making Naruto once gain shielded his eyes.

Naruto sees he is back in the jungle and sees it is already morning.

"Naruto-kun. How about you go back to our home first and take a rest. And then I will teach you all about chakra and Ninjutsu." Hagoromo said to Naruto who nodded his head and immediately ran back to his home.