Oh hell, I know very well how college can eat up all your time... But this is the the first fic with a interesting plot that is actually up-to-date...
Please, update it soon.

Damn that was so dark that I thought I was reading a chapter from A Song of Ice and Fire... But that's what gives the fluffy chapters more highlight

If I'm not mistaken, Shukaku is actually a Tanuki, not a raccoon... Well, Tanuki is similar enough to be called Raccoon-Dog... But still...

You can always just outline a battle, maybe describe a small piece here and there. Nothing says you HAVE to do a detailed description. But it is in your best interests as a writer to work on your weaknesses...

Very nicely done on the fights. They stayed coherent and you could follow them easily.

Ugh, yeah, anything doing with biology has those damned labs you have to attend. It always seemed like I had to spend more time in the labs than in the classes! Just don't try taking any science with a lab and business classes at the same time. The workload is killer!

gaara is men or women

Hm, I wonder why A allowed Bee and Yugito to make nice with naruto?

I agree with Thor94, naruto deserves a break. Konohagakure is a dictatorship, not a democracy. the hokage has ultimate power there, the council is nothing more than an advisory position. I also find it hard to believe that Hiruzen was ignorant about all of this without outside interference, probably from Danzo.

poor Naruto

poor poor naruto.
Please tell me, naruto will soon break about his treatment, and tell the hokage to act like the god dictator he is supposed to be in a shinobi village and remove the law that forbid naruto to reteliate against people of konoha that harm him or his properties without care of the council (and if civilians are not happy they can move to another place, obviously konoha won't grant them escort, they will move and protect themselves from ennemies on their own). And if hiruzen doesn't want that means he doesn't really care for naruto but only the weapon he is, and have naruto threat him to retire and move in a more welcoming village (with all uzumaki and namikaze asset, including the whirlpool symbol on konoha shinobi suits and all fuinjutsu given to konoha by his clan) or simply release kyuubi on the village.
At least have naruto go missing when hiruzen will be killed by orochimaru.
Bored to see naruto let people walk on his feet.

Otherwise the scene with shukaku and gaara comforting naruto was touching: ironic to see that a psychotic demon (shukaku) shown more caring to naruto than almost all konoha citizen put together.

Woo, that is just absolutely brutal. No wonder why Kurama has become so possessive.

The one tail jinchuriki wants to dominate the 9 Tailed jinchuriki ?

I thought it mentioned that Naruto hung out with Gaara and his siblings when he was in Suna on a job for the Hokage but then Naruto and Gaara's siblings didn't recognize each other?

I'm confused if Naruto was in the academy for months of this last year why didn't Sasuke get a chance to speak with Naruto?

I thought Naruto is only 7 and just had 2 months training with a sword...? Because I don't understand how Naruto didn't end up hurt or anything happened since Itachi's parents and some of the elders had to be experienced ninja or how did they expect the coup to even be successful?

The Hokage is taking advice from a 7 year old?