So, I'm going to be upfront here, this is totally AU. Akatsuki all died in their sleep, Naruto actually got promoted when he did things deserving of promotion, Sasuke was slightly less revenge driven, etc.
Naruto Uzumaki was excited. And Konoha was concerned. Normally, these events would be totally disconnected from each other. Naruto was always excited, it seemed to many. Excited for ramen, for explosions, pork ramen, getting turned down by Sakura, beef ramen, getting new minions to train, ramen. and most of those were normal. Well... except for the new minions one. That was the worrying one.
Now, you might think that taking a genin team would be small reason to worry. And typically, that would be the case. But when said ninja is banned from a minor country for "marking his territory" on the Daimyo's leg... Having him teach probably wasnt the best idea. But when you have blackmail on the Hokage, it's a bit less difficult, to say the least.