(A/N) A Shikamaru's world event! Finally! It's November next month, and I will not be posting during that time. So this is good bye for a month and a half. Rest assured, I will be posting after November has ended.

Shikamaru had known his father was working on getting the village to have better relations with the Uchiha, although he hadn't know it would end up with this.

He'd been walking to the outskirts of the village to attempt to find Shisui and check up on him, a request from his Itachi, something about making sure Danzo doesn't get near him.

He walked past the entrance to the Uchiha compound, then backed up to look again. They were packing.

He could see the shops packing up their wares, people bustling around carrying boxes or scrolls.

He was apparently standing there long enough that Shisui found him instead of the other way around.

"Oh! Hey Shikamaru!" Shisui chirped, landing in front of him, a slightly smaller Uchiha followed by what Shikamaru recognized as a tiny Sasuke, landing next to him. "These are my cousins, Itachi and Sasuke! Sasuke's a little brat, but Itachi's nice. Most of the time."

"Reassuring," Shikamaru remarked dryly. "What's going on?"

Shisui made an inquisitive hum, then glanced behind him. "OH! Yeah! We're packing up cause we're going to be moved back into the center of the village! I think this'll be a huge step in Uchiha and village relations!"

Shikamaru nodded absently. "That's good, I'm glad you're moving back. It'll be better. Probably."

"Reassuring," Shisui parroted Shikamaru's earlier word in a joking manner.

"Very," Shikamaru said dryly.

"How old are you?" Sasuke asked suspiciously after a long moment of staring at Shikamaru.

"Old," Shikamaru deadpanned sarcastically.

"He's your age," Shisui told Sasuke, ruffling the kid's hair. Sasuke batted his hand away and attempted to 'fix' his hair. If putting it back in its duckbutt style was fixing it.

Itachi patted Sasuke's head once he was done. "Perhaps you can be friends."

Shikamaru honestly couldn't tell if he was being serious. Either Itachi was joking, or he really was just that socially awkward. Or had a false belief in Sasuke's ability to make friends. Both were about evenly likely.

"So!" Shisui said, fairly loudly. "I'm starving! Who wants food!"

Shikamaru stared at Shisui for a moment before shrugging and going along with it. Couldn't hurt.

"So you wouldn't believe what I saw today." -Shikamaru

"Oooo, what is it?" -Ino

"The Uchiha, they're moving back to the center of the village. This is a huge step towards preventing the Uchiha massacre entirely." -Shikamaru

"That's wonderful." -Itachi

"I believe that will be a massive step towards integrating them with the village more. The next best step would be to get other shinobi into the Konoha police force." -Itachi

"Agreed. Udon was looking through old records from the First Hokage's reign, and he came across a thingy that noted that the Konoha police force was never intended to only be made up of Uchiha." -Ino

"Apparently, according to notes left behind by Tobirama Senju, the police force was supposed to be a balance to the Hokage and the ANBU. A way to keep them in check if you will." -Ino

"Interesting, I will bring it up to my dad." -Shikamaru

"Ensure my father knows of it as well." -Itachi

"Tell Shisui, he should be able to bring it up to me, who will bring it up to my father." -Itachi

"Alright, I'll remember that." -Shikamaru

"Is everyone safe there? -Shikamaru

"And did Tenten ever get knocked out?" -Shikamaru

"Yes, and yes. I knocked her out as soon as she arrived. She's been sleeping off what I used for the last few hours. This being after the twelve hours of sleep what I used did. She woke up a few hours ago, we got some food into her, then it was off into dreamland again to finish sleeping off the drug." -Sakura

"Which one did you use?" -Ino

"And that's my cue to leave while I still understand the conversation." -Shikamaru

Shikamaru took that opportunity and closed the scroll, sealing it away again. He wandered out to find his father, who he knew was at home at the moment. It was one of the very rare lull days. Even now, his father was busy with paperwork that came with being the jounin commander.

"Father?" Shikamaru asked, poking his head into the office his father used.

"Yes Shikamaru? Did something happen?"

Shikamaru shrugged, slipping inside and closing the door behind him. "Not exactly, but something was found."

Shikaku set his pen aside. "Oh? And what might that be?"

Shikamaru sat in the chair in front of his father's desk. "Someone from my original dimension was going through records from the First Hokage's time. They found some interesting things."

"Pertaining to the Uchiha I assume?" Shikaku said, folding his fingers on the desk. "Who wrote them?"

"Tobirama Senju. According to some notes he left on documents surrounding the Konoha Police Force, they were originally designed to be a counter weight or balance for the Hokage and ANBU." Shikamaru sighed, resting his head on his crossed arms. "The intention was to keep them from being too powerful. Something to keep them in check. The Konoha Police Force was never intended to only be the Uchiha."

"And yet Danzo corrupted it," Shikaku sighed alongside him. "I'm getting your mother to begin spreading rumors about him, although it's slow going. With any luck, he'll be removed from any sort of Hokage affecting position soon. It'll be a bit slow however."

"Try and allow other shinobi that aren't Uchiha into the Konoha Police Force next," Shikamaru advised. "It's the next step we need to take."

"Of course," Shikaku agreed, nodding. "Now shoo, I have paperwork to finish."

Shikamaru yawned. "Whatever, I have a nap calling my name anyway."

(A/N) Mm, naps are good. Alright, next month is November, which means Nanowrimo, which means no updating! So see you in a month and a half.