Prologue

Enter Ranma Saotome Namikaze

Ranma slumped forward his energy had been spent over the last three years constantly firing the Roaring Lion Bullet that Ryoga made famous. His ki was rapidly running out finally. The agony of living had just become too much to bare after Akane's death. Her death at the hands Saffron and his inability to save her ate away at him slowly, now as his life ebbed away giving a faint smile his mother looking down at him worriedly.

"It's finally happening with that last blast," Nodoka looked sadly at her son the boy who until three years ago never gave up, never quit. Lost his will to live because he lost the one he loved the most in the world. "Hopefully my son in the next life you'll be happier." She watched the life finally his eyes she slumped forward tears cascading down her face. She glanced over at the man that she onced loved eyes glaring now in hatred. "I will not dishonor his memory by demanding your life Genma Saotome however as far as I'm concerned this day you lost not only your son but your wife as well."

Ranma felt himself floating and he saw figure hovering in front of him, "I can't believe my baka has given just to be with me." he looked up to see Akane in her favorite oufit and his looking at him with a mixture of annoyance and sadness.

"I couldn't live without you Akane," he whispered as his eyes focused again.

"It wasn't your fault my wonderful baka," she smiled gently reaching up and caressing his cheek. "And if the roles had been reversed I probably do the samething you did, however it wasn't your time like it was mine," she explained pulling something from her dress pocket, it looked like a ninja kunai with a wierd leaf mark etched into the handle. "With time my baka you'll learned to love again and hopefully she'll be stronger than I was."

Ranma looked stunned, "But I want to stay with you Akane."

Akane shook her hand, "You can't Ranma at least not for a long time. I know it sounds cruel and to make sure you stay the place I'm about to put you by the decree of the Kami I'm going to erase your memory of me, till the time you find a new true love."

Ranma try to move but found himself immobilized, "No please Akane," he struggled for a moment until Akane leaned forward kissing him with a passion that he never knew she could muster his body ceased the struggle. "Why?"

"Your needed to help a young boy who in five years time in another world," she hefted up the kunai. "He will come into a power that will mark him and give him enemies that he won't know about. His mother will be driven from his village by those that fear his power, under the pretense that he was killed by that power," Akane smirked slightly. "He's a lot like you in many ways. When you arrive in his world you'll be in the body of seven year old that a man named Minato Namikaze will find. You'll have all your martial arts techniques and ki blast in their world they are called Taijutusu and Ninjutusu. With them you'll be able to convince Minato your a prodigy and he'll take you under his wing. From there it'll be pretty simple."

The pig-tailed martial artist sighed heavily watching Akane she was so different from the one he once knew. "So this was what you were like before Kuno I can see what Kasumi once said," he said with a light smile.

Akane glared at him for a moment, "Rest assure when my sister gets here I'm going pound her into next tuesday," she smirked a second later. "As for you there will be another rather violent tomboy you can latch onto, but unlike me she won't use a mallet on you."

"Oh yeah what will be the difference?" Ranma asked.

"She'll throw one of these at you or sic her snakes on you,"Akane giggled. "Plus she got some of Nabiki's tendencies."

"Joy," Ranma stated dryly taking a deep breath looking at his one time fiancee, "What about the curse?"

Akane's smile broadened, "Gone," she brought up the kunai laying gently on Ranma's chest where it started to glow. "Be safe my wonderful baka, I love you," she whispered into his ear as he felt his conciousness begin to fade. "I hope you make Anko as happy as you made me even though I never showed it.

By a stream not far from the ruins of the Whirlpool village where Minato and his team of Jonin raw recruits minus one had returned from a grueling mission that ended with losing one friend and teammate and another losing his left eye. Minato glanced at Kakashi and Rin, who were a bit worse for wear but healthy none the less. "Stay here," he ordered them. Walking up to the boy cautiously incase they had walked into a replacement jutsu trap. He leaned down gently touching the boy's shoulder and rolling him over. With a light groan from the boy Minato looked him over, as he motion Rin and Kakashi forward.

"Who is he, sensei?" Rin asked.

"Boy about seven years of age, nothing distinguishing about him," Minato checked his vitals. "Body however is highly trained maybe mid level Taijutusu."

"Sounds like Gai," Kakashi stated.

"Might of been from the Whirlpool village except Kushina and a handful of survivors are now Leaf villagers, have been for two years," Minato reasoned.

Rin was about to lean when the boy jumped to his feet standing in a horse stance looking from one to the other. All of them held of their hands in a warding gesture. "Easy."

The boy blinked for a second before a grumbling sound was heard with a blush the boy chuckled weakly, "I'm hungry."

Minato chuckled a bit, "We'll get to that as soon as you tell who you are and how'd you got here, my little friend."

The boy shrugged a moment thinking, "Name's Ranma Saotome, I was training with some monks when they got attacked by some ninja wearing headbands of the Mist village with slash mark throught the metal plate," Ranma looked downed sadly. "I tried to help fight but I wasn't good enough yet, I got knocked into the river near the outskirts of the temple. When I managed to get back the temple was in flames and the monks were dead."

"Mist missing-nin," Kakashi stated looking at the boy appraisingly. "Lucky you got out."

Ranma glanced at the silver haired ninja slumping to the ground sitting indian style. "Wasn't so lucky for the monks, I'll miss them," he said softly.

"Where was the temple?" Rin asked.

"About two weeks walk east from here," Ranma suddenly grimaced rubbing his head.

Minato looked at the boy for a few minutes then handed him a slice of bread and some of his other food rations, the boy tore into them with a vigor they had not seen. "Starving?" the boy nodded. MInato chuckled lightly glancing at Kakashi who pulled up his headband to reveal a strange red eye with three comma on a thin black line set in a circle.

After brief moment he and Minato seperated while Rin looked after the boy, "You'd probably need Hiashi to verify it but the boy has an ungodly amount of chakra, plus he moves with a practiced grace, I know the temple he's talking about and the monks there couldn't of trained him to this degree."

Minato smirked slightly, "Let's take him back to the village and have him assessed, he's an orphan by the looks of him, I can feel something great in him."

Kakashi frowned deeply under his mask before looking back at the boy who now addressing Rin, carrying on a conversation and earning the first smile from Rin in over three weeks since Obito's death. He gestured with eyes at Minato who turned and smiled himself, "If he can do that to Rin then I'm all for it sensei."

With that the group moved on heading toward the Village hidden in the Leaves, it took three more days before they reached their home village by then Rin had returned to pretty much her old self, there was still a haunted look in her eyes but Ranma kept her smiling mostly by making fun of Kakashi who would react by chasing after the boy. This in turn caused the young girl to laugh harder. Once they reached the gates they came to meet a startling beautiful red headed woman with green eyes to greet them. MInato seperated from them and ran over to her gathering the woman into his arms kissing her passionately. "Missed you terribly Kushina."

The red haired woman smirked kissing him back, "Glad to hear it," glancing at the group she looked at them with a bit of sadness. "I'm sorry about Obito he was such a good kid."

"It was painful, Rin took it the hardest, if it wasn't for meeting the little squirt on the way home," he gestured to the young boy hiding behind Rin shyly. "I think he likes you," he chuckled.

Kushina raised her eyebrow at him, "Why would you say that?"

"It's the first time he's been quiet this entire trip," Minato smiled. "I got a lot to tell you."

Kushina quietly slipped her arms around Minato's neck leaned in closely kissing his neck, "Yep and two months of quality time to make up for." With a heavy blush Minato started scratching the back of his head images dancing in his head, "Whatever your thinking I want you think of them with me in that special little something I bought you for your birthday last year."

Minato's face became beet red and his nose started bleeding. "Our sensei is such a perv," Rin said dryly while Ranma looked on in confusion.

"Well he was trained by Jiriya," Kakashi stated his single revealing that he was smiling.

"And Kushina only encourages him, how the hell can that be considered a healthy marriage," Rin replied looking annoyed.

In the coming days Ranma had been evaluated for possibilty to become a shinobi, after an exensive examination of the boy's abilities it was found that he had skills in advanced Genin level Taijutusu and Ninjutusu. With this and Kushina growing a big attachement toward the boy Minato and Kushina adopted the boy. Shortly after becoming Ranma Namikaze, The Third Hokage had told the village council he would stepping down as Hokage and named Minato to succeed him in four years, this was met by mixed feelings.

The First Year

Ranma entered the ninja academy and quickly went through the ranks of his first year, he also learned several of his father's jutsu's including his infamous Rasengan and the Yellow flash jutsu. He bonded with a boy from the Uchiha clan that had been born year before him, named Itachi Uchiha. The two would practice and spar for hours on end with Ranma always coming out on top.

The Second Year

MInato's responsiblities grew and was beginning his training with the Third Hokage, Kushina began teaching Genin, the first alliance treaties with the Village Hidden in the Sand, and Village Hidden in the Grass were signed. Ranma and Itachi slowly went from friends to friendly rivals adding Shisui Uchiha to the mix as their second year of the ninja academy began.

The Third Year

Minato started teaching Ranma about the various clans in the Leaf Village, meets Anko Mitsuragi for the first time. Calls her a violent tomboy after she inadverently hits him when he dodges a kunai thrown by Itachi, she then proceeds to chase around the entire village, trying to kill him.

The Fourth Year

Neji Huuga, TenTen Sarumo, and Rock Lee are born. Ranma, Itachi, and Shisui enter their second to last year in the Ninja academy, Anko is in her last year. Mitoko Uchiha tells her husband Fugaku that she is pregnant. Minato Namikaze becomes the Fourth Hokage.

Early Fifth Year

Sakura, Sasuka, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Hinata, Kiba, Shino are all born, Ranma, Itachi, and Shisui enter their last year in the Ninja academy, Anko graduates and is taken under the wing of Orochimaru as a Genin. Kushina announces to her family that she's pregnant.

Nine Months Later

Minato stood in hospital looking out feeling the huge demonic Chakra looming toward his village. Scouts that had managed to return reported that Kyuubi the nine-tailed fox was heading right for them. So far none of the strongest jutsu's had so much of scratched the huge demon, and the forces were quickly dwindling. The only other person in the room was his twelve year old son Ranma, looking on with fear and sadness having his father explained to him and his mother what he planned. Kushina had spent a better part of an hour in tears and pain delivering their precious little Naruto and coming to terms her husband was going off to die.

"Ranma once I'm gone you'll be the man of the house look after your mother and your little brother, just remember how much a hero your brother is going to be," he elaborated.

The pig-tailed boy sniffled, looking at his father nodding once, Minato then turned when he heard the door to the delivery room open Cherie Haruno and Mitoko Uchiha walked out, "Kushina is fine just exhausted, do you want to see her, before?" Cherie asked her throat caught tears beginning to spill over.

Minato nodded walking into the room closing the door, Ranma walked over to the two women looking at the small bundle and gave a sad smile. "Hey there bro, welcome to the world, sorry it couldn't been a happier occasion." Little Naruto looked up at his brother giggle a bit as Ranma put his pinky down allowing his brother to grab it. "I swear on my honor as a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf village, I will protect you with my life," he whispered kissing his brother on the forehead.

Mitoko smiled, "Already that protective of him, Ranma."

Ranma didn't say anything as the door opened he heard his mother crying hysterically as Minato emerged. For the first ever in his life he saw his father crying as the Hokage gather Naruto into his arms. He watched them jumped out the window, glancing back at them all one last time a sad smile on his face. "He's going to be a hero to this village."

No sooner had Ranma's father left he felt something cold enter the room he quickly drew his kunai Mitoko did the same activating her Sharingan eyes. Before any of them could react Ranma felt someone hit him from behind rendering him unconcious. What seemed like an eternity he awakened to Mitoko shaking, "Ranma, are you alright?"

"Yeah, what happened?" he asked.

"I don't know, but your mother is missing," the Uchiha woman said in a panic. Ranma jumped to his feat and ran into his mother's room, all he saw was an empty bed he quickly started using the skills that his father taught him, using a series of handsigns.

"Summoning jutsu!" he shouted a small toad appearing. "Gamma my mother's missing can you use your trackers to see how she left? Three candy bars are in it for you."

"Oh yeah," the small toad looked around quickly as Mitoko entered looking upset. "Your mother struggled briefly to weak after the birth three ninja subdued her and left quickly heading south away from the battle and out the southern gate."

Ranma frowned deeply, "Only things south are small villages but southeast beyond the Land of Waves, is the Village Hidden in the Mist. Those bastards were after mom's Kekki Genkai."

Mitoko's eyes widen, "Her Diamondgan eyes?"

Ranma sighed, "Yeah," he snorted thinking. "How far ahead are they?"

"Ten minute head start if we left now, you could catch up with them, before they made it to the mountain range," Gamma stated as Ranma handed him the three promised chocolate and dispelled the jutsu.

He looked up at the woman he often called aunt before his ears registered angry cries and curses, they both turned to the window looking out. Looking at each other again they jumped out the window heading toward the crowd the search for Kushina momentarily forgotten. Roof and building hopping toward the sound until they reach the center of the village. Once there Ranma and Mitoko were greeted by a huge mob of people screaming for the death of a demon. At the center of the commotion stood Sarutobi and over Twenty ANBU Shinobi, from there was an outer circle led by Danzo and his group of elite ninja, then various Chunin and Jonin shinobi all glaring at Sarutobi or more exactly the bundle in his arms. He used his hearing to pick up was being spoken.

"Hand over the demon, old man. I'll protect him," Danzo stated a sneer on his face.

"More like turn him into one of your mindless puppets," one of the ANBU stated with the mask of a falcon. "He isn't a demon he's a baby."

"Your a foolish little girl that thing is going to be the death of us any moment, now give it to me," Danzo growled.

A second later Danzo found himself crashing to the ground face first, a foot planted into the back of his head, the figure then flipped into the air landing in front of the black ops, glaring at every single person in front of him. "So this is how you people treat a hero, this baby is not the demon you all fought so hard against, and many of your clansmen died to protect this village."

Danzo stood up glaring evilly at the boy who stared defiantly back at him, "Your blind boy, I see your father's death left you mentally unstable or was it your mother's disappearance."

Ranma faced went from a glare to shock then, into a cruel smile, "So your behind the Mist ninja's huh."

All the villagers, the ANBU, and Sarutobi looked on in shock, "What do you mean Ranma?" Sarutobi asked.

"Just after the 4th Hokage left to seal the nine-tailed fox, a team of Mist ninja knocked myself, Mitoko Uchiha, and Cherie Haruno out, then took my mother from her hospital bed, in her weakened condition she didn't put up much of a fight," Ranma closed his eyes. "So tell me Danzo how could you know my mother disappeared if you were here the ten minutes negotiating with the old man, unless you had a hand in her disappearence. Here's my theory, my father died sealing the demon inside the baby you whip a mob into frenzy using it as an excuse to either get boy for yourself or our right kill him, if it didn't work today then you'd work on the council using the premise that the demon was somehow responsible for the disappearence of the fourth Hokage's widow to insight more killer intent toward the baby behind me," Ranma's eyes opened feeling the immense killer intent rolling off the man in front of him, "If that didn't work you'd wait until I took him home being his only living relative around and one night kill me making it look like an animal had done it, and blame my brother for it, turning almost every person in the village against him," the pig-tailed ninja's eyes grew cold as did the area surrounding him so much so the ANBU standing close to him began to back off. "Judging by your reaction you monster I'd say I was on the mark."

Every villager and shinobi looked mollified they began to back away as Danzo's killing intent shot through the roof, eyes raging at the cool eyed boy who had made a better case against him than any of the Uchiha police squad had. He then felt several familiar Sharingan glares at his back, he looked over his shoulder at the Uchiha led by Mitoko and Fugaku standing behind him. Sarutobi stepped forward next to Ranma and gently handed the bundle to him. He stepped in between Ranma and Danzo nodding to someone off to the side. Before Danzo could react he was now frozen in place looking down he saw he was caught in a Shadow possession, "Danzo of the Root Elites, for crimes of conspiracy, soliticing Kidnapping, and numerous crimes I'd probably don't know about but with time we'd find the evidence I hear by strip you of your position in the Ninja core and you are banished from this village." reaching up and taking the leave headband from Danzo's forehead he tossed it to the ground. "Take him to the main gate if he so much as looks back once you've ejected him from this village kill him."

The third Hokage looked at the villagers gathered half looked extremely subdued the others looked pleased, among them were the Uchiha clan. "This has been a long and tragic night, we have lost our beloved Fourth Hokage and Lady Kushina has been spirited away. As much as I wish we can go after her, we must first rebuild and regain our strength." He heard Ranma gasped looking down apologetically. "I'm sorry Ranma, we don't have the strength to go looking for her at this point. We lost a great deal of shinobi this night, some clans had been wiped out. It may take years before we have our former strength again." he then turned to the village crowd before they began to dispearse. "From this moment on those who witness what happened this night are forbidden on pain of death to reveal this to Naruto or any from his generation or those that followed, as far as the Kyuubi is concerned he died this night at the hands of the Fourth Hokage with the help of young Naruto Uzumaki. He will be treated as the hero that the Fourth wanted him to be treated as."

With that the entire crowd gathered slowly vanished, "I can't be held to that, old man," Sarutobi looked down at Ranma who was holding his now sleeping brother. "Just like when I become Jonin I will go looking for my mother and bring her home. My brother deserves to know the truth about all this the moment he's old enough to understand."

Sarutobi smiled weakly at the boy, for someone had yet to graduate from the Academy, Ranma was showing a maturity that went far beyond his years and he could see that he was very much like his foster father in every regard. "Very well I agree to everything you asked. Now you better take your brother home, I feel it's going to be a long first night for you."

"It's going to be a long series of long nights for me, old man," Ranma smiled weakly. "But my bro's worth every bit of it."

Author's Note: This my first crossover involving Ranma and Naruto, but I felt I needed to really do the research for Naruto before I tried it, once I did I got kind of obessed with it more so then I done with the Star Wars/Ranma crossover. The story line is a major AU, since Danzo was kicked out of village before he could begin to influence the Uchiha clan so while Itachi will still go rogue he won't slaughter his entire clan just hose he thinks are corrupt and plan the Cou de ta, he'll leave his mother and Sasuke alone. Ranma's influence on Naruto will turn him into a much better on par with Sasuke kind of ninja, but like Ranma he's going to hold back everything, making him dead because it's what he wants. As for pairings it Ranma/Anko and Naruto/Sakura a little harem, thanks to the little Clan Restoration shitck that goes with most harem fics involving Naruto. So who else should Naruto be pair with beyond the primary Naruto/Sakura.

Hinata

TenTen

Ino

Ayame (Ramen shop girl)

Temari

I'm going to try to keep updating this if I get stuck on it I'm hoping to get a co-writer to help me out if I start getting writer's block like I've done with most of my stuff.