Chapter 3: Building Up

Previously:

"As much as I've seen so many of the Uchiha's falling to the Curse of Hatred, I really hope we can change their ways to adopt the will of fire. I do care about their well-being and have no desire to see the clan go extinct again. I have doubts about revealing myself as a Senju but if it helps, why not," Tobirama declared.

"Thank you Yondaime-sama, Nidaime-sama," Itachi bowed to his Hokages.

"So I guess are we having our meetings from now on in my head till I am like 2? I feel so useless," Naruto grumbled. "Would it be okay if you guys could bring me some scrolls, I would like to learn seals since I've never learned them before and it be good if I can kill some time?"

And yes, seals were the only thing Naruto could learn, well till she could at least stand on her two feet. But knowing how unpredictable and impatient Naruto was, that would not take too long. With the help of Itachi, her father and the Senju were frequent visitors to her mindscape and Kurama did not appreciate it very much. But a busy girl was better than a whiny one….

Meanwhile, somewhere in Tanzaku Gai, a busty woman, with yellow pigtails was confused.

"That brat! Shizune, we're heading back to Konoha this instant!" Senju Tsunade ordered and tossed the scroll to her apprentice.

Not believing her ears, the raven haired apprentice, unfurled the scroll, out of curiosity. Her eyes widened as she continued reading its contents.

Dear Senju Tsunade,

I hope you had a fulfilling journey travelling. However, I have grave news to inform you. Sandaime Hokage and my wife, Kushina, has recently left us by sealing Kyuubi into my daughter.

While we did not suffer much casualties during the attack, unfortunately most of our infrastructure has been damaged and our village is lacking in manpower. And this has opened up my eyes. While I respect the need to recover from your grievances, we all have lost someone but we do need to move forward.

I can no longer adopt the leniency Sandaime-sama had towards you. Konoha needs your expertise and I fully intend to revamp the Hospital and Academy to include a medical program, with you as Head of Medical Team. In the event that you do not return to Konoha in a month, I will take it that you have been neglecting your duties as a Kunoichi of Konoha. I will not hesitate in branding you as a Konoha missing nin, and will deploy Hunter Nins and Jiraiya-sensei to find you. I hope that I do not have to resort to force as both Jiraiya-sensei and my wife deeply cares about you.

On another note, recently I have found an orphaned boy who looks similar to your granduncle. I have gotten one of my ANBU medical doctors to check his DNA and have found a match, he is a pure blooded Senju. I have attached the finding for you to check. His name is Senju Tobi and I have adopted him and he is currently living with me. However, I am very busy with my duties and I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me in raising and protecting Tobi and my daughter. I am pretty sure Tobi would appreciate to know that he has family around.

Thank you and your 30 days countdown starts now.

Regards,

Namikaze Minato

Yondaime Hokage

And that was the reason Tsunade did not take 30 days but 30 hours to get to Konoha, ignoring the gate guards and stormed her way to the Hokage Tower. Poor Shizune had to apologize to all the people and shopkeepers she barged into and shops she overturned.

Slamming the door open, ignoring the desperate secretary failed attempt to stop her stride, "MINATO!"

Instead of seeing a frightened man as she expected, the Yondaime was glaring down at her. "You'll wake Naruto up," he hissed.

Her eyes softened when she noticed the baby girl cradled on Konoha's leaders lap while he was balancing paperwork with his free hand. Her eyes wandered to two boys who were sprawled on the floor, working on Kunai balancing.

"Am I in the wrong room? Why are you stuck on babysitting duty?" Tsunade snickered.

"Not a baby," the silvered hair boy muttered indignantly, while the black haired boy simply stared at her impassively.

"It's more of a show of good faith, the Hokage training a Senju and an Uchiha," Minato replied, carrying a sleeping Naruto and passing her to the Uchiha.

Realisation dawned on the older woman, as she scrutinised the boy whom she presumed to be the Senju, "You look like a mini Uncle Tobirama, so adorable." Tsunade carried the boy and smothered the boy in a hug, pressing the boy's face into her two huge mounts.

Minato stifle his laughter, not wanting to incur the wrath of his mini predecessor. 'This is so wrong, this is my grandniece' Tobirama said in a mantra in his head. Tobirama struggled to set himself free, and when he finally set himself free, he stood by Itachi side, using the Uchiha as his shield but did not miss the mild amusement which was was well hidden by Itachi.

Minato let out a cough to get Tsunade's attention before continuing, "That's Senju Tobi. He said he has no parents and had been raised by masked men. ANBU don't raise kids so I suspect Root is still in operation…" This was one of the stories that the four of them had agreed on so as to reveal Danzo's presence subtly as well as find a background story for how there was an unaccounted Senju.

"That Bastard!" Tsunade exclaimed in rage, before calming down as she realised she was in the company of children and a baby. "Get the Senju manor cleaned. You guys are moving in with me!" Tsunade left the office, stunning the rest of the occupants there. Shizune and Tonton scrambled to follow their master.

Naruto had awakened sometime between all the commotion and Itachi having noticed this activated his sharingan, pulling all of them into her mindscape.

"Well now that we…" Tobirama was interrupted mid speech when he realised Naruto giggling. He stared pointedly at the girl but when she shared looks with her father and the Uchiha, she bursted out laughing, "Tobi-chan... likes big... boobies?" She managed to say between laughs. Minato joined in his daughter's contagious laughter and even the stoic Uchiha chuckled.

Of all the things she could say to embarrass him, he did not see that coming, which left him in a stuttering mess.

"Alright, I think we broke him," Minato teased the 'older' man. "Alright, back to business. As Nidai…" Minato noticed Naruto's face and paused as he noticed her staring at Tobirama. Suddenly the girl used her hands and felt around her chest before pouting. "I miss my boobs even though they're not as big as baa-chan's," Naruto said innocently.

The blushing Tobirama couldn't help but gawk at the girl while Itachi turned away in attempt to hide his probably red turning face as he felt himself heated up. Kurama who had awaken from his slumber at the arrival of the 3 men, bellowed of laughter echoed in the mindscape. Minato, stupefied, got out of his stupor before realising Naruto's words and it had on the boys, he chastised, "Naruto, that's no way to speak in front of the boys!"

Naruto puffed her chest indignantly, "Hey! Tobi-chan's practically ancient and Itachi's probably gay…." Itachi and Tobirama spluttered at her accusations.

"I'm not ancient!", "I'm not gay…."

"Well technically you're ancient. Oba-chan's so old and you're her grandaunt," Naruto pointed out to the boy before turning to the Uchiha, "And I've never heard about any girlfriend of yours…"

"I died young and as much as I hate it, both me and Itachi are now I'm six!" Tobirama snapped back.

"I had a girlfriend, I killed her," Itachi muttered bitterly. This brought the mindscape occupants into a sullen mood. Naruto stood up and approached him before throwing her arms around the boy, "I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories, Itachi-kun."

Minato smiled at the sight, ignoring his fatherly instincts to tear them apart. No boy should be able to even touch a single strand of hair on his daughter.

Naruto pulled herself away before raising her hand in determination, "Yosh! We must make sure we save the Uchiha!"

"Yes, Operation Uchiha and Senju must live peacefully together so that we can end the war before it starts and…"

"Stop it Dad, that's such a lame name," Naruto deadpanned while Tobirama chuckled, amused by Minato's antics. As much as Tobirama would like to indulge in the Yondaime's name calling game, he decided to interrupt the man so that they could get the progress moving.

"So here's the plan…"

A/N: Ok I decided, timeskip is on the next chapter. Short chapter update because I wanted to find a good place to break the chapters. I already wrote the next one so should be uploading it soon. R&R