This is just an idea I had while I was on the bus and I wanted to put it down on paper before I forgot. Sasuke will be showing more emotions in this fic.

Chapter 1

Naruto Uzumaki. Nanadaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato. One of the two only men in history to have surpassed even the Sage of the Six Paths. The other: Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto's brother in all but blood.

"You know…" Sasuke began talking to Naruto as he took a break from the paperwork. "This peace shit is all good and well, but it's boring as hell."

In peacetime, Sasuke was the military commander of Konoha and handled all internal matters for Naruto, while Naruto was the Hokage and handled all the international matters. The civilian council had been disbanded after five years of Naruto's appointment at Hokage. Five years after that, Konoha had become a self-sustaining village through the joint efforts of their two leaders – though 'Gods' was more like it.

Naruto made at Truthseeker Orb and chucked it at Sasuke which was immediately caught by a mini-Susanoo arm. "Shut up, Sasuke. I don't want my kids to go through what we went through and I'm sure neither do you."

"Hn," Sasuke grunted as chucked the black ball back at Naruto who quickly absorbed it.

Naruto continued on with his work at his desk as usual when a Chunin quickly ran into his office.

"Hokage-sama," she said urgently.

"Hmm?" he asked disinterestedly.

"We have found a huge vault under one of the rooms in the basement of the tower," the Chunin said.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and glanced at Naruto. Their eyes met for a split second and a decision was made. Naruto stood up and swung his jacket on as Sasuke also stood up and swung his cloak on. "Please lead us there," he said with a smile.

"Hai, Hokage-sama," replied the Chunin and they both set off to go to the site.

As Naruto and Sasuke reached there, they saw Kakashi – the Rokudaime Hokage – and Tsunade – the Godaime Hokage – already there, waiting for them.

"Sensei? Baa-chan? What're you two doing here?" Naruto questioned.

"Ah, Naruto, Sasuke. We felt that something like this fell under our jurisdiction as heads of Research and Development. Besides, you two are probably busy with other more important things," Kakashi explained with an eye-smile.

Sasuke sent a warning signal to Naruto through the mental link that had been created by him many years ago. This way, Naruto and Sasuke could still communicate on the most basic level even if they were completely incapacitated. Naruto immediately reciprocated the link as he could also sense there was something wrong.

"Oh, I see," said Naruto with a perfect fake smile that he used in front of politicians. "Let me just look at it though." Kakashi and Tsunade nodded.

Naruto walked up to the huge vault and inspected it from the outside and tentatively touched it. To anyone else, it would've looked like the vault just vanished, but highly trained ninjas like Kakashi, Tsunade, and Sasuke could see that Naruto vanished with the vault and reappeared in the same spot.

Kakashi and Tsunade tensed instantly. "What did you do brat?" asked Tsunade.

"Oh, I just put the vault somewhere for safekeeping. Something wasn't feeling right so I wanted to handle this by myself," Naruto replied with a disarming smile. He used the Hiraishin again and appeared beside Sasuke. "Don't worry, we go this!" and they vanished.

…

Naruto and Sasuke reappeared in an empty warehouse on the edge of Nami no Kuni. It was a facility owned by Konoha that no one but only the two brothers knew about.

"I wonder what's in it to make them act like that…" said Sasuke quietly.

"Let's find out," came a reply from the blond and he got to deciphering the seal on it.

Ten minutes later, the door clicked, signifying that it was unlocked, and Naruto swung it open. The blond and the raven walked in and looked around, seeing as how there were only scrolls lying around. Sasuke took one and turned it around in his hand. No seals? He opened it and read over the information inside with his Sharingan active.

"N-Naruto…" Sasuke called out shakily. Naruto instantaneously stopped looking around and walked up to him.

"What is it?" asked Naruto worriedly. He and Sasuke had seen some of the most messed up stuff in the world. What could be bad enough to make his voice shaky like that?

"Assassination records," Sasuke whispered out.

"Well… we are shinobi. That's nothing new," Naruto said with a raised eyebrow.

"And you would be right," the Uchiha said slowly, "but this is a list of assassinations of people inside our village."

Naruto's eyes immediately hardened as he understood what this vault was. Ten clones came into existence behind him and set to reading through the village's deepest, darkest secrets. An hour later the memories came back to him of all scrolls except a few which needed extra attention because of the incredibly complicated seal arrays on them. Naruto sat on the bench – which was created by Sasuke using pure chakra manipulation of Doton chakra – and raked his hands through his hair.

"Sasuke…" Naruto began and relayed all his findings to the Uchiha. The two men sat in silence contemplating what they knew about the village. After a few moments, Naruto turned to Sasuke. "One of my clones popped. Hinata wants me back for dinner and Sakura's looking for you."

"Hn," Sasuke grunted and Naruto teleported them both back to the village where they agreed to go through the last of the scrolls the next day.

…

The day after, both Naruto and Sasuke sat in the Hokage office with every single privacy and security seal on. Calling it overkill was, in itself, an understatement, but with the kind of information they were dealing with called for such measures.

Naruto sat at his desk; he looked up as he decoded the seal from a shiny red scroll that had a golden '1' written on it. "Sasuke," he said simply.

"Yeah," said Sasuke and walked over to read it with him.

Naruto opened the scroll and read the information.

…

By decree of the Shodaime Hokage. To keep Konohagakure the first and foremost superpower in the elemental nations, the following steps are heavily recommended.

Proper relations should be maintained with the Uzumaki clan as to always have a specimen ready to turn into a jinchuuriki for the Kyuubi and any other bijuu that fall under Konoha's ownership. I, the Shodaime, will marry Mito Uzumaki, the heiress of the clan to start building the relationships between Konohagakure and Uzushiogakure.

The Uchiha clan should be kept under close watch at all times. Wars should be used to keep their population under control and all suicide missions should be conducted by them. Other benefits include that they have the highest chance of completing them successfully. No Uchiha should be made Hokage and all 'prodigies' must be killed before their first A-rank mission. Any Uchiha that awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan must be killed immediately as to not endanger the power balance in Konoha.

The Uchiha shall be kept away from the Uzumaki at any cost. No relationships should be allowed as to not have shinobi that would grow too strong. As per tests, Uzumaki/Uchiha offspring have incredibly high chakra reserves combined with the most potent chakra ever recorded; their vitality is said to last over 200 years under ideal circumstances. The Sharingan combined with the Uzumaki vitality would be a force to be reckoned with. Therefore, any descendants that share Uzumaki and Uchiha as ancestors should be assassinated as early as possible.

All Hyuuga which are not the Main Branch members must be branded with a Caged Bird Seal as to protect one of most important dojutsu of Konoha. Children which have not awakened the Byakugan must also be branded before the age of five as a precaution. Any Branch Members that try to go against the decree should be killed on the spot.

Konoha shinobi and kunoichi should regularly infiltrate foreign Damiyo courts and marry into the family to gain as much political power as possible. Should marrying into the family prove to be unsuitable, regular coups should be staged to throw off the power balance and sway it into Konoha's favour.

Most promising Niidaime candidate: Tobirama Senju.

May the will of fire burn brightly,
Hashirama Senju
Shodaime Hokage

…

By the time Naruto and Sasuke were done reading the scroll, they were leaking enough killing intent that people all throughout Konoha were feeling it and sweating. That was only because of the numerous seals all over the office blocking 90% of it.

"I can't believe it…" said Naruto, appalled at the revelation of what the Shodaime had in mind for his, and his best friend's clans.

"This is Konoha?" asked Sasuke slowly, rethinking his return to the village. "How many more of these are there?" he asked.

"This was marked '1'. There is still '2', '3'… no '4', there is a '5', and there's a bunch of other small ones," Naruto said as he looked through them. "One with a Hyuuga crest, one with a circle on it, one with an Uchiha crest, one with an Uzumaki crest, and a lot of other ones too… Sasuke this is…"

"I know…" Sasuke said quietly. "We have to get through all of them."

Naruto nodded in agreement.

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