Hello, how's life going? Anyway, to answer KyubbiNaruto here is a list with the character's current ages, I've put everyone I thought of so that I won't have to add someone later. I've changed some things, hopes this will clear things.

Naruto, other rookies: 6

Tsunade, Jirayia, Orochimaru: 44

Yondaime: 30

Shizune: 25

Kakashi, Rin, Asuma, Gai, Kurenai: 20

Anko: 16

Hana: 12

Hanabi: 1

Team Gai: 7

Yugito: 8

Before the next chapter, I decided to copy here HeHe's review, I found it really funny and thought you'd like to read it:

Omake.

The men watched the strange display with confused expressions. After a minute Minato scratched the back of his neck, "I think I missed something…"

Blinking as he felt a draft he look down to see he was standing in his office buck naked as young Naruto run out the door after his mother causing Minato to yelling out "WTF?". Causing Sarutobi to turn his head to look at the naked 4th hokage.

"For the love of god man put some clothes on I don't need to see this!"

Now on with the story.

CHAPTER 6 – SCHOOL AND CLANS

The month before the start of the academy was a peaceful one. Tsunade stayed in the cottage, refusing to step foot in the village for the time being, leaving Shizune with the responsibility of buying groceries and whatever else they needed.

Sometimes Naruto would go with her, or just wander through the village.

He was happy, for the first time they were in a place where he could go around alone. He liked not only the village, but their new house too. It was like being in a forest, surrounded by trees. It was awesome!

He looked at the clock and went in the kitchen.

Shizune was there cooking breakfast humming quietly to herself.

"Mornin' nee-chan, wha' ya doin'?"

"Good morning Naruto-kun, I'm making breakfast. Are you nervous for your first day of school?"

"Mmmh, nope!"

She chuckled at his antics, it seemed nothing could scare him. "Well why don't you go and wake up your mother? After all she must accompany you to school."

He nodded and ran into Tsunade's bedroom, then woke up his kaa-san in the way every excited child would. He jumped on the bed screaming.

"Get up mom, we have to go to school!"

"Ok, ok, I'm up."

"Kaaaa-saaan, you're still sleeping. Come on, Shizu-nee-chan said you have to come with me to school."

Naruto whined while pulling Tsunade's clothes and sheets. To tell the truth, the blond sannin was already awake but she just loved seeing him try to drag her out of her bed. He was so cute pouting like that.

There was that, and then there was the fact that she really didn't want to see all the clan heads that were sure to be at school to accompany their children.

From what Minato had told Shizune this year was full of clan heirs: Inuzuka, Akimichi, Nara, Aburame, Yamanaka, even the Hyuuga heiress and the last Uchiha.

Really, what were the odds?

Finally, when it seemed that Naruto was going to lift and turn over the bed,

she gave in and got up. After all if there were so many important families it wouldn't be right for the heir of the shodaime's clan to be late.

After breakfast Shizune said something about needing to go at the hokage's tower to see if she could be reinstated as a Konoha's medic nin and work at the hospital, leaving Tsunade alone with her son.

Unfortunatly, the slug sannin was still in a bad mood about meeting the clan heads, especially knowing that they'll call her to a council meeting as soon as they'll see her. ''I swear, if someone with a daughter as much as looks funny at him I'll make sure it's the last thing they do. I hate politics.''

They had just left their home when Tsunade had a sudden thought, "Naru-chan, you go ahead, I'll catch up later. Don't worry it's a matter of minutes, ok? Good boy." She ruffled his hair and looked at him running towards the village to go to the academy. Like Nawaki did.

She shook her head and left towards the memorial stone.

It was time to think about the future, she knew it, but that didn't mean she had to forget the past.

Naruto couldn't help but smile while running through the village.

There were so many people, so many ninja! He still found it incredible how they all lived together in the same village like a big family and helping each other.

And it wasn't just the weak that stuck together to defend themselves, on the contrary, the stronger ones were even more devoted.

Like the blond guy, the hokage, and the old man with the pipe.

It was a bit disorienting, but his mom had explained it: solidarity and love for the village.

Putting those thoughts aside he realized he had reached the academy.

It was early but numerous people were already there. He saw groups of adults speaking among themselves while the other kids were playing or babbling about how strong they were.

Naruto fumbled his goggles a little to make sure they were hiding his eyes.

He noticed some girls looking at him and whispering, ''Oh, hell no! Nonononono! Have to find a way to distract them, have to find someone else... there! Dark pretty emo boy who glares at everyone. And that crest must mean he's the last Uchiha. I think. Now, how to make them go after him?''

Looking around Naruto saw a brown haired kid with two red marks on his cheeks who carried a white puppy dog on his head.

He was boasting about being a great Inuzuka and whatever else; it didn't matter,

he was perfect.

He made his way towards his group, ignoring a pineapple haired boy who was sitting under a tree looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

Naruto didn't waste time to set his plan in motion.

"So you're an Inuzuka? Doesn't seem a big deal, I've heard a chuunin say that the Uchiha would probably be the best of this year. Even if I must admit that he doesn't look like much, it's probably all talk."

"Yeah, I've heard his clan was the strongest." said a kid.

"That's bullshit, I can wipe the floor with him anytime!" added another.

Kiba Inuzuka thought about what they were telling, and frowned.

No way was that dark jerk better than him, he was the alpha, the top dog.

Sparing a glance at the dark Uchiha he could practically feel his arrogance and that air around him that said ''I'm better than anyone else, you're all below me''.

He didn't even speak to anyone.

Gritting his teeth the young Inuzuka walked towards him, stopping in front of him.

The Uchiha glared at him but didn't speak.

"What's that face? Are you scared?"

"Hn, why should I? It's not like you can do anything to me."

The cold reply of the dark boy angered Kiba even more.

They were making a scene and almost every kid was looking at them. Especially the girls.

Naruto smirked ''So easy to manipulate.''

"Oh, really? You think you're better than me don't you?

Well, I'm Inuzuka Kiba and me and Akamaru can beat you with our hands tied."

"Do you mean that thing can fight?"

"YOU BASTARD! Take that back, no one insults Akamaru and get away with it."

"Try and make me, I'll show you why the Uchiha are the best."

"If they were the best how come they're no more?"

Kiba didn't need to say anything else, in an instant Sasuke Uchiha attacked him.

Their fight wasn't really all that great, even if it seemed that both of them had some vague form of taijutsu. It was just by sheer luck that none of the teachers or parents were in a position that allowed them to see and stop the fight.

At least from Naruto's point of view.

The best part was that whatever the outcome would be, afterwards the girls would chase either the emo boy or the wild looking boy, leaving him in peace.

"You know, that was a really clever," Naruto turned to face the pineapple haired boy who was staring at him earlier.

"I'm Shikamaru Nara. Do you play shogi?"

"Sometimes..." Naruto answered without averting his eyes from the fight. ''It's more like a brawl, I suppose that they cannot be called ninja yet''.

Both Kiba and Sasuke had some scratches on them, but in the end Sasuke came out on top, and the girls started forming his fan-club.

Tsunade reached the academy around fifteen minutes after her son.

She took a deep breath before stepping in and looking around.

She couldn't find Naruto but that wasn't really a cause of concern, he had always been hard to find.

Which was the reason why she didn't object when he choose to wear orange.

On the other hand she recognized numerous clan heads.

The Inuzuka in particular seemed upset about something and glancing at her son she assumed that he just got into a fight.

Sighing she went towards them ''Might as well begin with someone tolerable. And with a son.''

That son was currently being scolded by an angry Tsume, "What should I do with you? You're lucky there weren't teachers that saw that!

You could have been expelled before the actual start of the term!"

Even her partner, a big dog with only one eye, Kuromaru, seemed to be irritated. However his sharp senses warned him of a woman approaching them, someone powerful. He let out a soft growl to warn his companion who turned to see who she was and what she wanted.

Tsume came face to face with a beautiful young-looking blond woman who looked strangely familiar.

"Your son seems a little hurt, I can help you with that if you want?"

She said that gently, without mocking or lowering her head like those who tried to gain her favor.

This gave credit to Kuromaru's claim about her being a very strong kunoichi, and convinced Tsume to nod and let her have a look at Kiba.

The Inuzuka clan head, however, didn't expect the blond to activate a medical jutsu without handseals, healing Kiba in a matter of seconds.

That act made something click in her memory, and suddenly she realized just who was in front of her. However she didn't have time to speak.

"Mom? What happened? Has Kiba gotten himself in trouble already?"

A young girl with brown hair tied up in a ponytail reached them, closely followed by three dogs. She had a hitai-ate, showing that she was a genin.

Tsunade wanted to punch something, it was just her luck that the Inuzuka turned out to have a daughter too.

Hopefully Tsume wasn't someone who would offer her for an arranged marriage. The ones that really worried her were the Hyuugas.

From what she knew Hiashi had two daughters, one of which was sure to married for clan interests, if not both.

"It's nothing, your brother thought it was a good idea to start fighting with another kid," Tsume said clearly disappointed. "Anyway, I want you to meet someone. Hana, Kiba, this is Tsunade-sama one of the densetsu no sannin,

Tsunade-sama these are my son and daughter."

Hana bowed with respect and pushed her brother's head to make him do the same when he just looked at her confused.

Tsunade waved slightly at them before someone else greeted her.

"Tsunade-sama, it's a pleasure to see you again in the village. I suppose Jirayia-sama convinced you to come back..?" It was the Nara clan head who was speaking with his head bowed.

"Yes, something like that. You're a Nara, right? Are you taking care of your deer? Their antlers make good medicine."

"Yes madam. I suppose you remember my old teammates Inoichi Yamanaka and Chouza Akimichi?"

Said clan heads greeted her too, followed by Aburame Shibi who made his way there to see what all the noise was about. And naturally, seeing all the other clan heads, Hiashi came as well. Tsunade tried to stay calm 'Fuck, except for the elders and the hokage I've managed to attract the entire council. At least the civilians hadn't noticed yet.' With that in mind she tried to make a small talk.

"May I ask what happened to your son Kiba?"

"He started a fight with the Uchiha, I wonder what he was thinking. I don't know what I've done wrong with him, he just can't control himself," Tsume said sternly.

"Such immaturity shouldn't be tolerated, I mean no offence Inuzuka-san but it isn't proper behavior"

Tsunade rolled her eyes at the Hyuuga declaration, they have always been 'nobility, decorum, and politics.' It seemed that the village hadn't changed one bit in the yearsthat she had been gone.

His comment however wasn't particularly liked by the Inuzuka.

"Well, I won't defend his actions but he's still young, he'll grow out of it.

Beside it wasn't smart on the Uchiha's part to insult his companion. I'm sure Shibi agrees with me that his son would have done the same if young Sasuke were to threaten his bugs."

"The behavior of the both of them is irrational, the Uchiha for his disrespect and your son for going too far."

Tsunade suppressed the urge to kill them all or committing suicide 'I HATE POLITICs, DAMNIT, WHY AM I STUCK HERE?' She looked at the children playing not far from them searching for Naruto.

He would be a perfect excuse to go away from those pompous speeches.

Luckily Inoichi decided to change the subject, evidently he too didn't like the turn things were taking.

"What do you think Shikaku, will young Shikamaru made it through the academy? Last I heard he spent his days cloud watching." asked Inoichi.

Tsunad almost chuckled at that. ''He he, Nara are as lazy as my Naru-chan. Although he's been more active lately. Must be because he's growing up.''

"I'm not too worried, he's a bright kid." Answered Shikaku, "What about your daughter, are you sure she'll be fine being a kunoichi?"

Tsunade suppressed the urge to groan, that made the list of clan heads' daughters raise to four. At least she was fairly sure they wouldn't propose an arranged marriage until the kids were older.

Except for Hiashi, but the Hyuuga had always been into those kinds of things.

Although the heiress seemed to be a little different. She looked like a shy kind girl who wanted to avoid conflict. If it hadn't been for the Byakugan Tsunade wouldn't have been able to recognize her as a Hyuuga at all.

Watching their children Chouza saw someone who got him curious "Who's that boy with Shikamaru? I don't remember ever seeing him before."

Tsunade looked up and found her son. Her attention however was still focused on the talking going on in front of her.

Hiashi sneered, "If his choice of clothing is anything to go by I'd say he's from a civilian family, he'll drop out if the ninja program soon enough. I think he's even clutching to a sponge, pathetic."

"Troublesome, you shouldn't judge him from his appearance. They're still kids after all." Shikaku said, unknowingly gaining one hundred points in Tsunade's book.

"Even if those appearances will get him killed? His clothes are basically screaming 'Here I am, kill me.'"

"Whose clothes?"

Tsunade had to stifle a laugh, Naruto's timing couldn't have been better. The clan heads had jumped in surprise, none of them having sensed him approaching.

"Well it seems that his clothes didn't prevent him to sneak up to a Hyuuga, three Inuzuka, five of their dogs, and four other clan heads.

He'd probably be able to sneak up on our anbu even if he wore a fluorescent yellow dress with bells."

Oh, how she loved to see their red and embarrassed faces. 'They'll never live this down.'' She looked Naruto smiling at her before going to scratch one of the dogs behind the ears.

It was one of Hana's and he closed his eyes in content at the boy's touch, but what was strange was that all the dogs seemed to be hesitant around him.

"Hello dad, what's going on?" Shikamaru had followed his new goggles-wearing friend and found himself with the clan heads and a blond woman he had never seen before.

"Ah Shikamaru, come here. This woman is Tsunade of the legendary three, she's a very capable kunoichi. Now, who's your new friend?"

"He's Naruto, I thought to invite him later for a game of shogi, if it's not a problem."

Naruto, hearing his name, stopped petting the dogs.

He spared a glance at Hana, whom he found being much better than the girls currently chasing the Uchiha, and turned to look at Shikaku with a grin.

The man shrugged, "It's ok for me, but he should ask his parents."

"I have no problem, my apprentice Shizune will come to pick him later at your house then."

The first and faster to react to her words was Naruto, who hugged her while she ruffled his hair. The others took a couple of second to understand what she meant and when they did their eyes widened in shock.

Hiashi paled a bit, thinking about what he had said earlier.

He had insulted a sannin's son in front of her. When word of this reached the Hyuuga elders they'd have his head, especially if they thought to try and arrange a marriage with the last descendant of the shodaime hokage.

Soon after Naruto's meeting with the old people the teachers called for their new students.

The first day of school wasn't all that hard, they basically only explained what they would teach them and encouraged them to be friends and ask questions.

Naruto put his concealing goggles to good use and slept most of the time, after all, he already knew everything they were saying, the only interest he had at the moment was in his classmates.

The girls were all the same: giggling, whispering among themselves and looking at the boys, especially the Uchiha after the scene earlier.

The only one worth notice was a shy girl with white eyes.

She seemed to have a doujutsu of some sort, but her confidence was lacking and she appeared weak.

The Uchiha himself was a little too arrogant for his own good.

He looked like someone who'd get himself killed because he underestimated his enemy. Not that Naruto cared anyways.

Among the boys the only two he liked so far were Shikamaru, who was sitting beside him sleeping, and his friend Chouji, who offered him some chips.

They'd get along just fine.

He swallowed and leaned his head on the table and to go back to sleep.

When he woke up again it was because the bell that marked the end of school rang. After their classmates went out he followed Shikamaru to his house.

Once there they began their play of shogi, and Naruto had to admit that his new friend was quiet skilled at strategy.

However he was a master with traps and mind games.

Shikaku and his wife couldn't believe their ears when two hours later they heard Shikamaru let out a yell of frustration before conceding the game with a smile. Although demoralized that his adversary seemed to read his moves before he could even think them, the young Nara was happy to have a damn good challenge, after all playing with stronger opponents was the best way to improve, or so they say.

It would be his father, however, to be the one to witness just how much trickier the last Senju could be.

Tsunade was going to the hokage tower, followed by Shizune who carried Ton-Ton while she herself carried Naruto.

He simply loved to snuggle against her and human contact in general. She theorized it was an after-effect of living isolated for the first two years of his life. Not that she complained.

Once reached their destination they found Sarutobi waiting for them.

"Sensei," Tsunade greeted him, "you really can't let go of your old job, can you? And what's this about you becoming part of the elders of the council?"

He chuckled "As much as I liked to leave the hat to Minato, retirement is utterly boring. And this way I can help him dealing with the rest of the council.

We even managed to put the civilian part in their place. It's my sweet revenge for them making stupid demands while I still was hokage"

His old student rolled her eyes, "Yeah, right. Let's just get over with this meeting."

"Tsunade-chan, if you don't mind may I ask why you brought him?"

"He wanted to come. I had him study a bit about village's laws and he likes mind games," While saying this both mother and son sported the same mischievous grin.

Sarutobi felt a chill ran up his spine.

That became soon a sweatdrop and a twitch of his eye when Tsunade wordlessly handed him his pipe that she took from Naruto.

She had given up trying to understand how the hell he kept grabbing things and instead opted to control him every now and then. It was definitely less tiring.

"Naru-chan, don't steal anything while we're in this meeting, ok?"

Upon entering the council room Sarutobi went to his seat around the table while Tsunade took a random free one with Naruto on her lap and Shizune standing behind her. Ton-Tonhad mysteriously gotten into the child's arms and was now being petted by him.

When all the council members quieted down the fourth hokage spoke up, "Now that everyone is here we can start this meeting. The reason we're this evening is to welcome back you, Tsunade-hime, in our village and discuss about you taking possession of your inheritance as the descendant of the shodaime hokage,

as well as offer you a position in this council as both the Senju clan head and one of the legendary sannin."

Tsunade raised an eyebow at the last point. The old fools had something in mind, usually an offer from them comes together with a request.

Koharu Utatane, an old woman that was once a teammate of the third, stood up to speak. "Tsunade-san, your grandfather's possessions included your clan's compound, the lands on east of the village with training ground number fifteen and a portion of the forest with the cottage in it.

On top of that there's a bank account and you have the right to look in

the forbidden scroll anytime you want."

Shizune couldn't suppress the twitch of her eye, ''And if I think of all the times we had to flee from our creditors…''

After that Homura Mitokado, an old man with round glasses, rose to speak himself, "Now that that is out of the way let's talk about your future position in this council and as clan head. We are confident that you remember your great-granduncle clan restoration law. As such your son will have to marry many wives.

We wouldn't bring it up so early but..."

He trailed off looking at Hiashi who stood up. "Tsunade-sama, I'm speaking for my whole clan when I say that we would be honored to unite our fam-"

"No thanks," Tsunade interrupted him raising a hand "I'm not going to force my son in an arranged marriage, and don't think I have forgotten your comment from this morning."

Hiashi had the decency to look ashamed "I have no excuse for my disrespect,

but with the clan restoration law you may not always have a choice on who he's going to marry."

Naruto suddenly spoke up, surprising the council "Didn't that law apply only to bloodline-wielding clans?"

Shikaku smirked at the boy "He raises a good point."

Danzou, the old war hawk, joined the conversation "But one could argue that the mokuton may have been a bloodline that manifests itself only every so often.

In that case the law still applies here."

"No it doesn't, I'm adopted so you can't force me to marry anyone, and if you do it would be against the laws which state clearly that it would be interference with internal clan's affair, which is punished with expulsion from the council.

However, if you want to push the issue, I think that one of this village's traditions is that if a man asks for the hand of one of the major clan's heiresses, he can have it if he beats her father.

So all your daughters will have to do is beat my kaa-san."

Sarutobi and Minato were about to burst out laughing, Shikaku and Tsume were smirking, Shibi's eyebrows could be seen on top of his sunglasses while the other members of the council were completely dumbfounded, and a bit pale, at the thought of such a fight.

For her part, Tsunade simply grinned down at him and kissed the top of his head.

She then stood up, "Well, if this is all I'd like to go back home,

it's late and Naruto has school tomorrow. By your leave."

While she was leaving Minato leaned forward to whisper to Sarotobi "As soon as he's old enough I'm going to make him one of my advisors. This is the first time I've ever seen the council dealt with such mastery."