After the Senate was established, it completely shut the former Hokage Advisor Elders and Hiruzen Sarutobi out of power, allowing Minato Namikaze to quickly gain real control over Konoha!
With the Third Shinobi World War over, the Shinobi World entered a rare period of peace.
Quite a few things happened in the days that followed.
The Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki officially held their wedding!
At Kushina's insistence, Hatake Ziyan attended their wedding as the elder representing her side of the family.
Every clan in Konoha attended Minato Namikaze's wedding, bringing gifts to congratulate them.
Meanwhile, Tenten, Neji, and Lee of the Konoha 12 were born.
This world was finally approaching the era Hatake Ziyan knew!
But the person who suffered most during this period was still the Third Hokage!
After stepping down, the Third Hokage had neither become a Hokage Advisor as he had planned nor secured a seat as a Senator. To top it off, Danzo had inexplicably exposed many of his past misdeeds. Although only the higher-ups knew about these matters, they had still pushed him completely out of Konoha's center of power.
His son, Asuma Sarutobi, was too ashamed of his father's actions to remain in Konoha. He left for the Daimyo's Mansion and became one of the Land of Fire's Twelve Guardian Ninja!
Still, having served as Hokage for so many years, Hiruzen Sarutobi retained some forces of his own. The Anbu he had previously trained, along with his clan's ninja, kept him from giving up on regaining power!
Hiruzen Sarutobi had never imagined that Minato Namikaze, who had seemed the easiest to control, would encounter so many developments after becoming Hokage that he would slip completely out of his grasp. Even the Uchiha Clan, which they had once suppressed so thoroughly that it