Alright,now here's another one. What if Minato wasn't the one to perform the Shiki Fuin, but the Sandaime?
Here's what I think what would happen:
After Kushina and Minato restrain Kurama, Hiruzen appears and knocks out Minato, confusing Kushina.He then confesses that he knows what Minato is gonna do and wants to replace him to be the one to do it. He then summons the Shinigami and prepares to seal Kurama into Naruto. Kurama sees this and tries to escape, is blocked by Enma. Hiruzen rhen completely seals Kurama into baby Naruto and dies, but says his dying words,
"Remember to spread...the Will of Fire..,"
Jiraiya arrives and sees the scene. He quickly takes Kushina, Minato and Naruto into the main hospital and had his sensei's bosy be prepped up for a funeral. What could this further lead on to?
Jiraiya could possibly track down Tsunade earlier than expected to help heal Kushina. With Minato alive, it's a possibility that the Uchiha Massacre will not happen since Minato and Gugaku are best friends. Meaning Minato can talk things over and help. And if not, well, there's always killing anyone invovled and sparing anyone innocent. There's also tge posaibility that if he visits Suna, he might encounter Gaara and fix up his seal. Then he and Naruto would be friends early on. What does rhis mean for Sasuke? He isn't emo, that's for sure.
Who would Naruto like? Well, probably he would that crush on Sakura, before Kushina and Minato gives him The Talk and he all of a sudden sees her as a sister then probably began to like Hinata.
Would Naruto be smart? Possibly. But not really as we already saw what could have happened had Minato and Kushina survived, but Hiruzen was alibve there.
Orochimaru would still be a traitor, but Minato wouldn't spare him. But Orochimaru is a craft SOB but can possibly escape, but very wounded.
Would Naruto be liked? He's popularity would be mixed.
That is all I can say