Naruto had finally escaped the leaf. He had lived his entire life with trash and now he was free. He didn't have to worry about scum appearing at his door trying to kill him or the council trying to weaponize him.
Naruto with Gaara in tow approached the gates of Whirlpool. He calmly walked towards the gates and was stopped by two guards at least mid-Jonin in strength. "Halt, state your purpose" the guard who seemed to be the leader said in an authoritative voice. Naruto was amused by the guard's bravado. He knew that Naruto was stronger than him by a very large margin but he still spoke as if they weren't.
"Uzumaki Naruto" said Naruto in a no-nonsense tone. Immediately the guard was on his knees. He had heard that he was the ruler and he didn't know what his reaction would be to his insolence.
"Rise I do not like people bowing before me" he said in a kind tone. He was going to be the ruler he needed to make a good impression with his subjects. They were preparing for war. He was going to take the Jinchiƫriki and save them and the Bijuu from their eternal torment.
Naruto made his way into the palace that had been made for him. He sat down and being on the throne felt so, right. But he wasn't going to let it get to his head. He was going to be the ruler that the other Kage's weren't.
"Summon every ninja in the village" Naruto called out to the person nearest to him. They quickly left the palace and soon every ninja in the vicinity was here. There were about a thousand of them. They were his army.
Naruto threw the closest Ninja to him a scroll. It was a heavy training regime for Taijutsu. Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. They had to be strong but not strong enough for an uprising. Naruto had been drawing up laws during his time in Konoha and assigned a few of the ninjas to patrol the streets. He didn't want crime. Crime disgusted him. It was impure and irrational and he wouldn't have it in his country.
And from there Naruto began building up his society till it was about as stable as any of the ninja villages. Things were coming up nicely. A lot could be achieved in a day if you knew how to use Kage Bunshin.
(Konoha)
Konoha had been hit hard by the invasion. Many of their buildings had been destroyed. Their Kage was almost killed by Orochimaru and their industrial region had been ransacked. They were still reeling from the blow and rebuilding till they heard the news that hit everyone like a truck.
Hiruzen had a very stressful day. He just barely beat Orochimaru with the help of Jiraiya and his skill with seals and he had been focusing on rebuilding when a ninja burst through his office. "Uzumaki Naruto was reported to have been leaving through the west gate with the body of Sabaku no Gaara" the Chuunin said while panting heavily from the fact that he had run all the way here.
Hiruzen didn't know what to do. Thanks to his student's overconfidence he couldn't mark Naruto as a missing-nin due to the fact he had Sannin travel rights. At least the council hadn't caught wind of the situation yet.
"Hiruzen what is this I hear about the Kyuubi leaving the village" Koharu said in an angry tone of voice. The weapon was growing smarter and she couldn't have that. What if he knew about the assassination attempts she had organized for him. Only time would tell.
"We cannot place him in the Bingo book as he technically has Sannin travel rights" he said in a matter of fact tone. Koharu gritted her teeth and stormed out of the office. She would have her way whether he liked it or not.
Danzo was currently having the time of his life. The leaf was weak after the invasion and this gave him plenty of opportunities to assassinate the Hokage. That he was going to do kill Hiruzen and take the position as Hokage once and for all.
He quickly gathered up his root shinobi and they all bowed before him how he loved his tools. "Today we of the shadows shall now come into the light. We will rise and we will rule!!!!!" he bellowed at his army. Cheers rang out through the room as the normally emotionless root shinobi showed a rare display of emotions.
The civil war had begun.
He calmly walked towards the Hokage tower. He would give his long time rival the option of surrender. It was the least he could do for his old friend.
After a few minutes of walking to the Hokage office, he entered. He was normally more strategic with his approach but he thought his takeover would be smooth since the leaf was already weakened as it was.
"Hiruzen" Danzo called out to his friend who was doing stacks upon stacks of paperwork. Perhaps he would even thank him for taking the workload off him. "Danzo are you here to ask about Naruto" Hiruzen asked cautiously, Danzo would most likely find a way around the travel rights argument but he could only hope.
"I am here to ask you to had over your Hokage position to me" Danzo said in a serious tone. More serious than the ones he had used before. "Danzo I can't do that" Hiruzen said cautiously wondering what Danzo might pull.
Immediately two root shinobi came out from behind him and held him by the arms. While he was the God of shinobi his old age and fatigue was catching up to him. He quickly shook them off however Danzo's kunai was at his throat. He didn't dare using Kotoamatsukami on him or else the Hyuuga clan would have found out and the entire village would be on him and that wasn't something he wanted.
As he was about to slit his old friend's throat a hand stopped his and there he was Uzumaki Naruto. "As much I don't like being around scum I would appreciate it if you didn't kill my Oji-san" said Naruto in a tired but serious voice.
TBC
