It has been seven years since Naruto left and nothing had happened within Konoha in those seven years except for one thing, half of the Uchiha clan was killed.
A large portion of the Uchiha clan had been planning to perform a coup d'état against the Hokage. The reason being that most of the village suspected the Uchiha were behind the Kyūbi attack and the entire Uchiha clan was forced into a corner of the village so that the government could have them under constant surveillance. The Uchiha suspected that the discrimination against the Uchiha was actually because the Konoha government was influenced by the Senju clan.
When Naruto left the village the situation calmed significantly and the majority of the hate directed at the Uchiha clan disappeared. This was because the villagers assumed that the Uchiha had been controlling the Kyūbi ever since October 10th five years previously, however they realized the Uchiha were innocent when the 'Kyūbi' left. If the Uchiha were really controlling it then they wouldn't let it leave Konoha.
As a result Hiruzen was able to talk with the Uchiha and apologize for the false suspicions that the Council had placed on them. Half of the Uchiha clan forgave them however the other half's hatred of the government grew. This led to the clan splitting in two with one half hating Konoha and the other loving it.
Because of this divide Hiruzen was forced to order the elimination of the faction that opposed Konoha, with the one carrying it out being Itachi Uchiha. Itachi then fled the village and disappeared.
The outcome of these events was that half the Uchiha clan lived with some notable members such as Mikoto, Shisui and Sasuke Uchiha. However Itachi was placed with the hate from the villagers for killing half of the most powerful clan in Konoha. And the hate for the Kyūbi attack, which had previously been shared between the Uchiha clan and Kyūbi, was placed wholly on the beast and, as a result, Naruto.
'Naruto and Akari should be here any minute, I wonder how much he's changed in seven years,' Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself as he read the file on Team 7, more specifically their first C-ranked mission. A knock at the door forced him to close the file and place to the side.
"You can enter," he said. The door opened and two people walked in. Both were wearing cloaks with their hoods up, hiding their faces, the taller one stood at around 5 ft 3 inches while the other was only a couple of inches shorter. "It's nice to see you again Naruto and Akari."
"It's nice to see you too, old man," the shorter one said with a grin on his face as he pulled down his hood. His spiky, blonde hair had grown longer since the Third has last seen him with the front spikes falling in front of his eyes and the back just reaching below his neck. His face had matured, losing some of the baby fat, and his whisker marks had become darker and more pronounced than before.
"Why did you need us back, Hokage-sama," Akari asked as she too pulled down her hood. She hadn't changed since the Hokage last met her; she still had a beautiful face, piercing grey eyes and long, electric blue hair that was still in the same high ponytail.
"I need to place Naruto on a genin squad," he answered. Neither of them reacted so he explained. "A few days ago Team 7 led by their jōnin-sensei, Kakashi Hatake, went on a C-Rank mission. The mission was to protect a client who was planning on making a bridge to connect the Land of Waves to the mainland. While en route to the Land of Waves they encountered the Demon Brothers of Kiri. Kakashi was able to subdue them but one of his genin was seriously injured and died from the poison which the Demon Brothers use."
"As sad as that is why do you need me?" Naruto asked, uncaring of the news. "There must be other possible replacements."
"There are but Kakashi requested you specifically," Hiruzen replied.
"Hokage-sama, I haven't completed training him yet, perhaps you should find a different replacement," suggested Akari.
"I only need him to be part of the genin squad until he graduates to chūnin and the next exams are being held here in only two months. Once he becomes a chūnin you can resume his training."
"So you're saying that I would only have to stay here for two months?" the blonde asked.
"Theoretically yes if you can pass the chūnin exams."
"Fine, I'll do it."
"Good. Come back here at 9 tomorrow morning so you can meet your new team," the old man said happily with a smile. "You can have the rest of the day off, I'm sure you must want to rest. Akari, I need to talk to you about something important."
"Ok, Hokage-sama," she answered before turning to Naruto. "See ya at the hotel Naruto-kun."
"See ya sensei," he replied as he left the office.
"What was it you need to talk about Hokage-sama?" Akari asked as she returned her focus to the old man only to see his happy mood was replaced with a more...saddened one. "Hokage-sama?"
"I'm truly sorry Akari," Hiruzen said, his voice sounding dead. "You have to be placed under the Kekkai Genkai Preservation Act."
"The what?" she asked confused.
"It's a law that is designed to protect bloodlines that are on the verge of extinction. Because you are the only person under Konoha's jurisdiction to have the Dragon release and the Poison Release and you are female you must produce a male heir. Once he is of age he will have to produce a large number of children to ensure that the gene for the Kekkai Genkai will never disappear within Konoha."
"What if my first child isn't a boy?" the kunoichi asked.
"Then you will have to keep having children until you have a male heir."
"What's the punishment if I refuse to comply?" she asked as her eyes narrowed at the old man.
"You will be detained and forcefully impregnated," Hiruzen answered in a deadly serious tone. "Anymore questions?"
"How long do I have before I must have an heir?"
"Normally it would be as soon as possible but seeing as you're training Naruto I think it can wait until you complete his training."
"Ok, if that's everything you needed to tell me I'll be leaving," she said, clearly angry, as she turned for the door.
"I'm truly sorry Akari but I have to enforce this law as Hokage," he apologized as she left.
"Save your apologies for someone who cares," she answered as she left the room.
-The next day-
Naruto was walking towards the Hokage's office to meet his new team and, usually, he would be thinking about what they would be like but his thoughts were centred on his sensei. Yesterday she had come back to the hotel room and Naruto could tell that she was pissed off at something because of the aura she emitting. He'd tried talking to her but she ignored him and went to sleep. He had decided to drop it and talk to her about it this morning but she was still asleep when he left.
'It's obviously something the old man said,' he thought as he approached the door. 'I'll try asking her later for now I should concentrate on my new team.'
"Hey old man," Naruto said calmly as he opened the door. Inside Naruto saw the Hokage was sitting behind his desk with three ninja in front of him.
One was a guy around his age that was slightly shorter and had black, chin-length hair and onyx eyes. He was wearing his headband over his forehead, blue sandals, white shorts and a dark blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar. He was obviously an Uchiha if the crest on his back and the air confidence around him was anything to go by.
The second was a girl also around his age and only slightly shorter than Naruto and she had waist-length bright pink hair and green eyes. She was wearing her headband to hold back her hair, blue sandals, tight green shorts and a red battle dress with circle designs on it. Naruto noticed she kept stealing glances at the Uchiha and immediately realized she was infatuated with him, to some degree as well judging from the frequency of the glances.
The final one was a tall man with spiky white hair and only one visible eye. He wore the standard uniform for Konoha shinobi; blue sandals, blue pants, a long-sleeved dark blue shirt and a chūnin flak jacket but, unusually, he wore his headband so it covered his left eye as well as a mask that obscured half of his face. This guy was obviously Kakashi Hatake, his new jōnin-sensei, someone he's supposed to look up to as an example for what a shinobi is supposed to be...and he was reading porn in front of the Hokage and his young, genin students...giggling every few seconds.
'It could be worse,' Naruto thought, or rather hoped.
"Ah Naruto you're here," Hiruzen said. "Team 7 this is Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto this is your new team."
"Yo," Kakashi said, never taking his eye off of his book. "I'm Kakashi Hatake, your new sensei."
"I'm Sakura Haruno," the pink-haired girl said happily. "It's nice to meet you."
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha," the black-haired boy said apathetically.
"Naruto Uzumaki, it's a pleasure to meet you all," Naruto replied smiling, not that any of them could see it due to his hood hiding his face.
"Well now that introductions are done with Kakashi will now take you for training," Hiruzen told Naruto. Kakashi nodded once and then walked out of the room casually with Sakura and Sasuke following. Naruto trailed behind a lit bit just so he could see his new team's behaviour.
-30 minutes later-
"Welcome to Training Ground 3, Naruto," Kakashi said with an eye-smile as he put his book away. "This is our team's primary training area."
The training ground was a cut off section from the large forest which surrounded Konoha. In the centre of the training ground was a large glade which had a river running through it and to the right Naruto noticed three stumps placed near a kunai-shaped monument of some sorts.
"So what training are we doing?" the jinchūriki asked as he watched Sakura and Sasuke walk off into the forest.
"Sasuke and Sakura are going to practice the tree-walking exercise while I test your abilities as a shinobi in a spar," the jōnin-sensei said with another eye smile. "After I finish evaluating your skills we'll go get Sakura and Sasuke for some teamwork promoting exercises."
"Fine," the cloaked genin answered before leaping away from Kakashi and landing next to the river. He stood there and prepared for his sensei to initiate the spar.
"A word of advice," Kakashi warned after a few minutes. "If you want me to like you then you will come at me with the intent to kill."
"Understood," Naruto replied excitedly as he took out a kunai.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed my first chapter.
I don't know about you but I think this chapter is pretty dull...however it served its purpose which was to show Naruto and Akari returning to Konoha. The next chapter should be more exciting with the spar between Naruto and Kakashi kicking it off. And I hope you guys like my idea of keeping half of the Uchiha clan alive.
About the whole pairing thing. I've been thinking about it and I've decided to have a harem in this story because I'm pretty sure that's what the majority of my current, as well as future, readers will want and I don't really have any objections.
These are the girls I've decided on so far: Kin, Tayuya, Guren, Konan, Mei and Kurotsuchi.
I've been mulling over adding Akari, Samui, Karin, Tenten, Yugito, Fuka, Temari and possibly Ino to the harem but I can't make up my mind. You guys can still suggest girls you want but I think I'll only add a couple more girls to the harem (if any).
The next chapter is going to be the start of the Land of Waves arc, which is going to have some major changes compared to canon.
