Chapter 1 :

-Jealousy is just like Love. It can drive you to do things you never wanted to do-

"Naruto? Take these documents to the administration office. It´s urgent.", Sasuke demanded while chewing on his pencil. His face frowned when he saw the sloppy reports handed in by the Jonins.

Next to him the blond haired Jonin lifted the pile of paper and sighed loudly.

Sasuke was sure a slave driver.

"Yes Sasuke-teme. Your every command is my wish.", Naruto mumbled sarcastically, still not able to accept the fact that he was now the secretary of his Highness the newly appointed Hokage.

Well, since the appointment a whole year already passed. And ever since then Naruto was forced to act as a lapdog for his best friend. Sometimes he tends to add a former in front of best friend.

"I´ll be back in a few minutes.",Naruto announced and was about to go out of the room, which made him more than just once suffocate, when Sasuke glared at him.

"Be quick."

"Yeah Yeah, we can´t let his Majesty wait. It would be horrible? Oh Kami forgive my rudeness. See you later Sasuke-teme. I´m gonna go and grab some food after my delivery."

He heard the Uchiha growling.

Sometimes this guy was sure a pain in the ass.

A second later, when Naruto was about to leave, Sasuke raised his voice once again.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Hokage-sama? We´re currently at work and not in private."

"Of course, Hokage-sama.", Naruto seriously tried to hide his jealousy. Whenever he had to call Sasuke Hokage, it would hurt a little bit.

After all his long life dream was to become Hokage, but right now he was degraded to a lap dog.

Naruto couldn´t say he liked the change in his life.

When he was alone and spent his time thinking, sometimes he discovers himself wishing that a new war started. Maybe he could shine again.

But those things belong to the past and since Naruto was generally a person who liked to live in the present, he shut this way of thinking away from himself.

"Damn that bastard.", he muttered under his breath as he stumbled into the administration office, where Haruki Aburame, a young chuunin, was working.

When he heard Naruto enter his head shot up and a big smile placed on his face.

"Oi Naruto ? What´s up with the sour face? Did your beloved Hokage ordered you around again? Just like a small brainless minion?", Haruki asked slightly amused.

"Not funny, brat. Seriously not funny.", Naruto shot back before placing the documents on Harukis desk.

"Have fun while working on that."

Harukis head hit the hard wood of his workplace as he began to cry.

"This Uchiha bastard is a real slave driver. It´s only our luck preventing him coming after us with a whip. Sometimes I really wish you would get rid of that guy, Naruto.", the brown haired guy whined.

Naruto shook his head.

"Be careful about the things you say, Haruki. Nowadays the walls don´t have only ears but eyes too.", he warned the Aburame and looked outside the windows.

The sun showed it last rays and Naruto knew it wouldn´t be that long anymore until he can go home and rest.

"You´re right but I still think you would have been the better Hokage. It´s ridiculous that a former traitor gets a powerful position in the Ninja Command chain, let alone become Hokage. That just doesn´t sum up. I mean the true hero of konoha is the fucking secretary of the worst scum that this village can offer. Come on Naruto, you are even Yondaimes son. You deserve this position more than anyone else."

Haruki was really angry right now. He hadn´t met the Hokage very often, but he could still tell that something was off with this guy.

"Don´t be like that, brat. Sasuke-teme has proven himself worthy to the village.", Naruto tried to defend the Uchiha, but for some reason it sounded really half heartily.

Inside of his mind he knew he shouldn´t think like that, but most of the times he was the same opinion as Haruki.

Why was everything so damn complicated?

After Naruto fetched some ramen, he went to Sasukes office once more. He still had to sort a few of the documents or else Sasuke would start his rant about not existing neatness again.

He knocked lightly at the wooden door, expecting Sasuke to crouch over his precious paper work.

But the room was empty.

Slowly he stroke the big hokage chair, getting lost in his dream world.

Oh, how much he longed for the position of Hokage.

He sat down at the comfortable chair and felt himself closer to being Hokage.

How much longer have I to wait to become Hokage?

************Flashback to the deciding day in the council room**************

"Daimyou-sama, I am not sure if you are aware of it, but Naruto is the son of the legendary Yondaime Minato Namikaze and his mother Kushina Uzumaki was also well known. So if this about famliy relations, Naruto is still suited to be Hokage.", Sai said while glaring at the fire daimyou with quite an amount of killing intent.

The Lords guards placed their hand on their swords in case, Sai would go for their master.

"Of course I know about that. Please don´t take me as a fool.", the daimyou sounded offended.

"But as a matter of fact the documents told me that Namikaze and Uzumaki are partly at fault for the kyuubi disaster eighteen years ago. Not to mention that Naruto Uzumaki was once a Jinchuriki."

This time the head of the Hyuuga Clan Hisashi meddled with the conversation.

"I don´t know what was written in your documents, but a certain Uchiha Clan member was the one who released the fox demon and the Uchihas are also to blame for the fourth Ninja world war. Not to forget, if you are that desperate for a clan member, then take into account that the Uzumaki clan and Uzushio Gakure were allies of Konoha in the past, before it was wiped out.

The Uzumaki clan may not have a seat in the council of Konoha, but it´s still deeply tied with the hidden village."

Hiashi was furious. Naruto Uzumaki was the boy Neji offered his life to, so Naruto could become the best Hokage in the future. There was no way Hiashi would let down his nephew .

"So does Naruto Uzumaki have a blood line limit?", the daimyou simply questioned.

Sweat ran down his forehead, as Naruto noticed that things had become rather troublesome.

"As far as I know he doesn´t.", Hiashi admitted reluctantly.

"But Uzumakis are believed to be really outstanding in Kenjutsu and Fuinjutsu.", Shikamaru added.

"Well then, is he capable of doing Kenjutsu or Fuinjutsu?", One of the slimy minister on the daimyous side asked, with the clear intention to irritate the present person in the room.

This time it was Narutos turn to take the initiative.

"To tell the truth I can do only a bit Kenjutsu and except for summoning I am not capable of using Fuinjutsu.", the blond declared.

He considered to lie about his abilities but that just didn´t feel right. He didn´t want to become Hokage because of a lie.

"How so?", wanted Masamune to know. He raised an eyebrow and seemed to be curious for the first time.

"That´s simply because I am mainly trained in Ninjustu and Taijutsu. But be assured, that I am strong.", Naruto explained, getting a strange look from the ruler of Hi no Kuni.

The daimyou shifted back to his old position, his chin resting on his fist once more.

He looked like he was close to death because suddenly everything seemed to bore him.

"I still want the Uchiha to lead the village. When I looked at their character references, I noticed that Uzumaki is still sometimes to brash, while Uchiha can keep his calmness. We don´t need a Hokage who works with feelings alone, but someone who can stay analytic. Something that is for Uzumaki nearly impossible. If we still had war, things may have been different, but right now we need someone who was prepared to lead in the past. From childhood on.

Naruto has the necessary strength and the trust of the villagers, but he misses the skills to rebuild a village in times of peace. In the opposite Sasuke posses the needed intelligence to harvest Konoha to an even more glorious state. Currently Konoha still has to face the money crisis and the massive shortage of resources. Even though Tsunade worked hard, not all traces of the war vanished.

I believe Uzumaki doesn´t have the knowledge or the needed intelligence to counter these economical problems. He is better of on the battlefield.", the daimyou stated, wishing this discussion would be over soon.

"Wait! You can´t be serious. How can you overthrow the Godaimes last wish?", one of the civil council members yelled, slamming his fist against the table.

The daimyou raised an eyebrow arrogantly.

"Well, I never wanted to take it so far, but I want to go over with this facade.", the fire daimyou retorted. "If you don´t accept my choice, I will simply higher the taxes for this village. Please don´t take me lightly. I am completely serious. I know it would bring quite a few problems upon Konoha, but there are no disadvantages for me."

"How can you say that? Since you know that there would be problems, why would you cause more?", Shikamaru asked curiously.

"Good question. Konoha in it current state wouldn´t last without my support. I don´t take any taxes for the time being, but as soon as I lift the free life style, Konoha would have to pay doubled taxes. And I promise this will happen. So I get more money and Konoha rots down more and more. Of course the fire nation would lose his hidden village, but as all of you are aware, a second Ninja village is build. On top of that you can´t even start a civil war, because every citizen longs for peace. This village can´t even ask for help from other hidden village because of the new treaty between the nations, which state that interference in national problems are not tolerated."

The daimyou smirked. "It´s your loss."

The room went dead silent.

Naruto was as white as the wall behind him. His head was spinning and he felt like he was about to puke. His heart beated so hard that his thorax started to hurt.

This was so screwed up.

"So...Sasuke, will you take the position as the new Hokage?"

"Of course."

********Flashback ends**********

Naruto was still sitting in the Hokage chair, his back faced the door while he watched the scenery of Konoha at dawn.

"I wish this all belonged to me.", he mumbled softly, stroking his wild hair back.

"Did you enjoy playing Hokage, Naruto.", a voice behind him startled him.

Sasuke was looking down with an amused face.

"Yeah kinda.", Naruto replied, still in daze.

"Don´t you think you should let go of that dream of becoming Hokage? It will stop your growth in the future. Believe me. I know what I am talking about.", Sasuke stared at his best friend, wondering, when Naruto would let go of his dream.

Naruto stood up and attempted to leave the room, when he abruptly stopped and realized something. Whenever he was close to Sasuke alone, it became a real struggle to keep his emotions in check. His unbearable jealousy was close to show up.

Naruto didn´t want to show anyone his ugly side.

Thoughts like: You are supposed to be Hokage and not this traitor. Or You are much better than him. The only thing you have to prove that by killing him.

Naruto was to some point afraid of himself. He should never think about something like that, especially not about his best friend, teammate, brother and boss.

Yet he was driven to the dark side of his heart.

The night came and Naruto tried to get sleep, but dark shadows seemed to hunt him.

He thoughts only revolved around killing that bastard Uchiha. It was his fault that Naruto was now a lap dog or a no good. It bugged him more than anything else.

He sighed lightly, but in his nearly empty flat it sounded like a drum echoing in a stalactite mine.

I don´t know how much longer he could take it.

He threw his blanket aside and jumped out of his bed, reaching for his clothes from the day before.

The blond had no idea what he was doing, but it felt right. He needed to go outside.

Needed to feel free.

The fresh night air lifted his mood. When he looked up, the stars were clearly visible.

Today was a good night.

As he started to walk, he stopped to think and just went without a goal to reach, yet he knew he had a destination.

Nearly a half hour passed before he stopped. He had a hard time to avoid the Anbu.

He winced as he noticed, where he was.

In front of him was the giant residence of the Rokudaime Hokage.

He gulped, not really believing where his feet had dragged him.

Still having doubts about what he was doing, he entered the house.

The protective seals wouldn´t work against him, after all he was registered as a person with unlimited entrance permission.

He sneaked along the long floor, took a few corners and marched towards Sasukes sleeping room.

Of course the was no one except the Hokage himself. For some reason he hasn´t chosen a wife yet.

"Sasuke.", Naruto whispered with a low voice. "Why did you have to take my dream away from me?"

Slowly the blond boy reached out his hand for Sasuke, who was sleeping soundly.

How come he doesn´t wake up?

Naruto didn´t know, nor he cared about it.

He was occupied by his hand which got a hold of Sasukes neck. His grip got tighter, but he stopped himself, before Sasuke could notice something was wrong.

"Shit.", was the only thing Naruto let out, when he was understood his own action.

He fled trough the window, wanting to let the memories of his attempted murder behind.

Something was seriously wrong with him.

"Why do want to take a longterm mission, Naruto? This not a part of your job anymore. You belong right next to me as my secretary. Even if you are quite talentless in that area.", Sasuke asked without looking up from his papers. If he had, than he would have seen Narutos pained face.

"Sasuke. At least look at me while I am talking to you.", the way the blond boy pronounced every word made Sasuke follow his secretarys demand.

"What is it, Naruto? I don´t have the time to deal with your rubbish. So if it´s not something important , please do your work and stop bothering me.", Sasuke declared, folding his hand in front of his mouth. The way Sasuke looked at him, made Naruto angry. As if he was a small child, getting scolded by his daddy.

"I want to leave Konoha until I sorted out my feelings. That´s why I want to take on a long term mission.", Naruto stated and tried to escape Sasukes analyzing gaze. He didn´t dare to look at the deep dark eyes of his former best friend. The guilt of nearly having killed the Uchiha still haunts him like a bad dream.

"What kind of feelings? It better be a good reason for one of our strongest shinobi has to leave this place. So what are you up to, Naruto?", Sasuke questioned him, registering all his small moves, which could give a hint to the real problem Naruto was currently facing.

Naruto considered to lie to Sasuke since no one needed to know about his real condition.

But the Uchiha knew him to well. No lie would pass his teammate.

So he stayed honest.

"I am so jealous, up to a point I start to lose myself. I still can´t accept that you became Hokage. I need to distance myself a lill´ bit from this village. Only until my mind is clear. That´s why I would like to take on a long term mission."

Sasuke seemed to understand his trouble and started to search for a paper, trying to find the one mission he had in mind for the blond.

He couldn´t say that he was happy that his secretary would be gone for a while, but it was better than an absent minded Naruto.

"Fine. You can count yourself as lucky since near the border to Suna the shinobi, guarding the diamante mines, fell ill and won´t recover anytime soon. You can take his place for the time being. The mission should take around four to eight months.", Sasuke handed over the paper to Naruto, to give him more details regarding that mission. "Is it what you want?"

"Yeah. Gladly."

Three hours later Naruto left Konoha to fulfill his mission without letting anyone know ,except the Hokage, where he went.

So this is the first chapter of Days of Neon Gray. The titel originally belongs to From Dawn to Fall. It´s really good.

I hope you liked this chapter much better than the Prologue. I know I forgot to mention a few things and I have to thank the guest for reminding me. I wrote about the missing things in this chapter.

But I also have to complain about you Guest and I am sorry if it sounds harsh right now, but since when do you know about my story line, that you can say that it is impossible for Naruto to become a nuke-nin. Are you inside my head? Or something like that? Don´t worry I have worked out this part.

You may can´t notice it yet but do take big pride in my new and interesting ideas how to develop a story. So it will be possible for Naruto become a nuke-nin. I don´t have to write a new story for that.

So I ´m sorry for my ranting, spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes.

I am still trying to get better. Well in the english department for ff.

Oh and please make suggestions for a pairing if there is going to be one. I am open for everything.

In Love Buddycomplex