Nidaime what?

Previously:

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…"

Chapter 4: Senju and Uchiha

The four time travellers had their individual tasks to fulfill and had to do it away from the prying eyes of one Senju Tsunade who had decided that it was her life duty to mother Naruto and Tobirama, and even Itachi who was a regular visitor to the Senju manor.

The first plan to integrate the Uchiha back to Konoha worked almost flawlessly. Ever since word got out that there was a Senju heir in the midst, the blossoming friendship between the Senju heir and the Uchiha heir were the main gossip in town. To add to the fact, the two graduated early from the academy as the tied top of the class led them to be hailed as prodigies. With their skills, intellect and looks, even when the two boys walking side by side with a mini Naruto between them did not deter the fangirls away. The trio would bounce between training at the Uchiha's, the Senju's and the Hokage's office. If the friendship between the young Uchiha, Senju and Namikaze were not enough to clear doubts about the Uchiha's involvement in the Kyuubi attack, Minato had began a monthly clans dinner where he invited all the clan heads and their family for dinner. Needless to say, Minato's effort in getting the Uchiha's to mix around was rather successful in squashing any suspicions on the Uchihas, much to Danzou's displeasure.

And as much as they had to stay away from the limelight and any attention for their Operation Save the Future, it didn't help that the friendship and being prodigies brought so much attention to them. Even young Naruto was revered as a prodigy, having activated her chakra before even standing up. And while rumours would no doubt have spread about her feat, Minato took it in his own hands to declare to everyone who entered his office that day, like the proud daddy he was, throwing out all his determination to remain discreet. He couldn't help himself. While Minato was glad that the Uchiha problem was not as much of a risk now, he began keeping tabs on any news about Danzou and the Akatsuki. Tobirama and Itachi after finding out the locations of Danzou bases from Naruto, took it upon themselves to spy on Roots movements on occasions.

Before they knew it, six years had gone by, Tobirama and Itachi had become Jounins and had joined the ANBU. Naruto under the guidance of her father, Uchiha and Senju had learnt a lot more than her previous timeline, gathering a repertoire of new knowledge skills; became an adept seals master, learnt a new taijutsu style, picked up kenjutsu thanks to Itachi, learnt a larger pool of ninjutsu - more futon jutsu from her father, suiton jutsu from Tobirama and Katon jutsu from Itachi. Even Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto having enjoyed her lively presence in the Uchiha's residence, taught her a few jutsus. Tsunade had helped her with her terrible chakra Having been stuck in the Hokage's office on occasion with Tobirama and her father led her to learning more on politics as well. All in all, Naruto had learnt more this time around rather than just relying on kunai, taijutsu, senjutsu, Kurama's chakra and overusing rasengan after rasengan.

One thing Naruto enjoyed as well was the company of her father which she lacked in her previous timeline. As overbearing and overprotective as he was, she loved him and enjoyed the time they spent together and even the trainings. She had grown a lot closer to Itachi and Tobirama who became sort of her older brother figures. If Minato was overprotective, both the Senju and Uchiha brought it to a whole new level. They would occasionally shadow her to swat away any boys who even dared look at her. Naruto would always call them out on their stalking but the two of them would insist that they were watching out for her. Even Itachi would glare at Sasuke whenever Naruto decided to play with him. They had overcome the fact that Nidaime was probably a century older than them and even took to calling him Tobi which he didn't mind very much. The three of them were inseparable as they trained and bonded together. Naruto learned a lot about the two older men and realised they were not as cold as they try to appear to be.

This time around, as the Hokage's daughter, Naruto could not shame her father's name and had put in effort to make sure she was the top rank in the academy, which led to fanboys, much to the ire of the other three time travellers. She missed the Konoha 12, seeing them as a bunch of six year old and comparing them to their older counterparts - they had mature and grown so much over the years. She couldn't help but bask in their innocence and was so tempted to just pinch all their cheeks and squish them with hugs. This time around all the Rookie 9 were a more close-knit group other than Sakura, partially due to the monthly clans dinner. Naruto felt weirded out when Sasuke started looking up to her and Kiba would drool at the sight of her. She hated to admit it but she much preferred being labelled as the dobe. It became a routine, she would sit beside Shikamaru who despite being lazy loved to play Shogi with the girl. Sasuke would join in and sit by her other side. And Kiba would try to get her attention. In class though, she couldn't help but fall asleep but despite this, her teachers would try to ask her question which she could answer without hesitation this time around.

Naruto even did her best to reconnect with her beloved Academy teacher, Iruka with their weekly Ichiraku dinners. She even told her father about Mizuki which Minato now had him tailed by his ANBU. Naruto would still carry out her pranks much to the irritation of Iruka and Minato. Despite having more paperwork thanks to Naruto's pranks, he would still look upon fondly at the flagpole of Uchiha and Hyuga underwear or the pink masked ANBUs and all her other pranks, reminding him of his wife's pranks in the past.

Naruto was about to fall asleep during one of Iruka's lectures when suddenly a whirlwind of leaves appeared at the front of the class, before Itachi and Tobirama appeared clad in their ANBU gear without their masks. Itachi gazed around the room and after having found her he addressed the confused Academy teacher, "I apologize for our intrusion Iruka-san but Hokage-sama requires the presence of Naruto-chan."

Naruto was utterly confused. Throughout the few months she had been in the academy, her father had never pulled her out from class for anything. She followed the two boys without question while the rest of her classmates watched her in awe as they realised who the two boys were - the legendary Senju and Uchiha.

"What's wrong dad?" was the first question Naruto asked as she entered the Hokage's office. Sending out a signal, he dismissed the rest of the ANBUs and sealed the office.

"We've got a problem," Tobirama said before nodding to Itachi, prompting the boy to activate his sharingan, bringing them into Naruto's mindscape as an additional precaution.

"Danzou's on the move," Itachi remarked.

"What? The Uchiha's are not planning a coup!" Naruto exclaimed.

"But that does not make him any less greedy. He always thought the Uchiha's were a threat and maybe he's original goal were the Sharingan," Minato pondered.

"While the both of us were sniffing him out, we overheard his plans to steal Shisui's sharingan and stage a suicide," Itachi said bitterly, "That's not all, he is also in contact with Orochimaru. Though we couldn't hear what it was about without giving away our presence."

"We have to assume the worst, that there is a possibility that he may try to kill all the Uchiha's," Minato said thoughtfully, "But adding more ANBUs to watch the Uchiha's could tip them off that we're aware of their possible attention."

"I don't think we can do this on our own. We'll have to warn Shisui-san and Fugaku-san. And it probably be a good idea to rope in Shikaku-san as well. We're suppose to have dinner at the Uchiha's tonight, maybe you could bring Shikaku-san along?" Naruto suggested which received nods of approval from the rest of the men. It would be bring less suspicions to whoever Danzou spy was as compared to calling the Uchihas and Nara to his office.

The four of them came out of the mindscape before Itachi, Tobirama and Naruto left. Minato called for one of the ANBUs to find Shikaku and inform him to join them for dinner.

Senju Tsunade, Senju Tobi, Kato Shizune, Namikaze Minato and Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto made their way to the Uchiha's Residence for their weekly dinner with Nara Shikaku by their side. Despite his curiosity on why he was invited to the dinner, he did not raise it up to his Hokage. They were warmly welcomed by Mikoto who had as usual cooked up a feast for them. Itachi had also invited Shisui to join them for dinner.

Shortly after dinner, Minato said, "Naruto-chan, you should show Sasuke that new technique I showed you." Naruto knew he was trying to dismiss her and Sasuke so that the 'adults' could have their conversation. After all she was still a kid. Knowing it's her que to leave, she grumbled frustratedly before dragging Sasuke up tho his room, knowing they would fill her in later.

Meanwhile in the dining room, Minato addressed the curious stares he was receiving, "I apologize for ruining our dinner but this time around I am here for business and I have an urgent matter to bring to your attention. Tobi seal the room." This prompted the Uchihas and Nara to sit straighter as they realised that this was their Hokage addressing them.

"A few days ago we received word that there is an enemy among us that may be a threat to the Uchiha's as well as Konoha," Minato started as he watched the Uchiha's taking a sharp intake of breath while Shikaku's normally lazy facade morphed into that of a serious face. Tsunade and Shizune

"I had my suspicions that Root was still in operation and I had a few of my ANBU's tailing him," Minato paused as he saw Shikaku slowly connecting the dots.

"Our spy has found out that Danzou is in cahoots with Orochimaru and that he wants Shisui's eyes," Minato dropped the bombshell, leaving the Uchiha's shell shocked as well as Shisui paled at the thought of it.

Having heard her former teammate's name, Tsunade asked, "We have to take them down. What are Orochimaru and Danzou planning?"

"My spy couldn't find out but knowing that he wants the sharingan, and we all know Orochimaru's desire to learn all the jutsus out there, it will not surprise me that Orochimaru wants the Sharingan too which leads me to worry about whatever collaboration their planning as well as the welfare of the Uchiha's. I would prefer to have all your inputs as well as Shikaku's to explore all our options," Minato stated thoughtfully as the rest of the occupants in the room let the information their Hokage shared sink in.

"I would do whatever it takes to protect my family and the village," Fugaku declared.

"A pre-emptive strike would be good so we can prevent as much bloodshed as we can," Tobi suggested.

Shikaku got himself into his thinking pose, before looking up to watch his hokage as well as Tobi, "The pre-emptive strike might be our best option only if we have a layout on the Roots operation and his bases and if we have the element of surprise."

"We will have to cut off contact with the rest of his Root as well as have him in our turf. Calling him for a meeting alone would raise his suspicions," Shikaku stood up before he took a few cutleries and set it on the table. "One of the ways I can think of is the council meeting so as not to raise any alarms for him and it would be on our turf. You would have to dispatch a few teams to take down the Root while he is there as well as cut off any of his spies in the council room meeting. I would recommend a sealing barrier but it would be hard to pull it off without anyone noticing. If you could get a few more of the clan heads to be in the know, we would have the advantage of numbers on our side."

Tobi spoke up, "Itachi and I can get started on the plans for the Root bases."

Minato nodded in approval at the elaborate plan and Tobi's suggestion, while the rest of them were more relieved. "Tobi, I need you to sniff out as many of Danzou spy as possible. Itachi, I want you to recruit Kakashi's help you guys to scope out the bases and come up with a plan to cut off Danzou from his Root."

Turning to the Uchiha patriarch, matriarch and Shisui, "I am going to start recalling the Uchihas and stop them from leaving Konoha. I can only add a few ANBUs to protect you guys without raising any suspicions. Fugaku, you will have to come up with a protection plan in case of any retaliation or attack before we carry out our plan." Fugaku nodded and thanked his Hokage. "As for informing the other clan heads, we will have to do it discreetly, so it is best if Mikoto, Fugaku, Shikaku, Tsunade and I do it whenever we meet them at our own time. The next council meeting is in a week. Lets keep ourselves updated and we will be prepared to prevent a civil war!" Minato declared with conviction."

"Hai, Hokage-sama"

A/N: Finally action's gonna be happening on the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. R&R