AN This focuses on the Uzamaki Clan and Uzushiogakure (Village Hidden by Whirling Tides), something that should have been expanded and a lot more relevance then it was in canon. Especially considering they're close to the Senju, two of them were married to 2 Hokages and they were the reason The Shinigami Mask existed and therefore were the ones responsible for the return of the Hokagas even came back. Anyway, this story revolves around village had it not been destroyed, and the clan were not wiped to near extinction.

Scenario

Uzushiogakure was never wiped out and remained strong and prospered into the 6th great nation.

Changes to canon

Uzamaki Clan. Rather has the entire clan live in ether Konoha or Uzushiogakure, it would be like the Hyuga clan and have a branch/smaller family (Is there a term for a small group of a family within a clan?) within Konoha starting with Mito and her decedents working as ambassadors, with Kushina being one of them. They communicate with the "main branch" every month or so updating them with how the both villages are doing and so forth.

Members

The confirmed canon members include Mito, Kushina, Karin and Nagato so they should all be in the story with Karin and Nagato's backstories being reckoned for this story. But when it comes to Nagato's Rinnegan it can be a bit tricky. Ether recon that they were Madara eyes (which was honestly stupid) or get rid of the eyes all together. (Personally, I prefer the first idea).

Potential Members. I would expect a lot of OC characters or other from different media (Plenty of red heads in anime) to expand the size of the clan. For potential members from the Naruto series, I think clan members can include:

Tayuya (Cliché yes but I've always loved the idea and the character)

Honaka (That one girl in the filler episode but was heavy implied to be a member anyway)

Fuka (The chick who could drain chakra and souls through her kissing technique. She had red hair, so I could buy it)

Sasori (I don't see why he couldn't. He has red hair and was shown to be very well used in seals)

For main OCs there is going to be a village leader and if you want you can give Kushina siblings

Minato and Kushina. They should be alive. Why? Well since Uzamaki's are skilled in sealing there would probably other, better options to sealing Kurama rather than Minato throwing away his life.

Naruto should have all of Kurama, not just halve. Never really understood this, but why Minato sealed halve away? This should happen due to the above reason as well. (Granted how Kurama got released in this situation is a bit shaky but if you can think of a reason go with it)

Naruto. Should be smarter, more skilled, respectful especially around his clan and knows funjutsu. He doesn't have to be overpowered and the villagers are still wary of him.

Other clans and characters in Uzushiogakure. I don't think any existing clans from the other Hidden Villages should be moved here rather clans and kekkei genkai that were not explored or explained in canon or where introduced in filler. These can include:

Jugo's clan, Guren's clan/crystal release, Iburi Clan (aka the smoke people), Kimmaru and the Kaguya Clan (only much less blood thirsty as they were depicted in canon, plus apparently, they're descendants of Kaguya and that would make them relatives to the Uzamaki), Sakon and Ukon's Kekkei Genkai, Chinoike Clan, any clan that were wiped out in Kiri like Haku's (Noticed how Most of these seems to have been introduced though Orochimaru?) Those are just a couple of ideas, but they must have come from somewhere so why not Uzu?

So, yea that another idea. I know that there are a few fanfics with similar plot but in my opinion, there should be more. I mean it's the main characters clan, so they should have played more of a role in the series in general, and I think there enough material there for people to make more fics about them.

Anyway, if you want to give this story a try go for it. Let me know through review or Pm.

Good bye and happy holidays.