Chapter 7
My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I am the fastest shinobi alive. When I was a baby my parents were killed by something, impossible, that thing was then sealed inside me. Then a brutal fight with the one I call brother made me the impossible. To the outside world I am just the Kyuubi brat but secretly I use my speed to protect my village and one day I will save my brother and keep my promise to my teammate. I am the Flash.
After taking care of his 'little problem' Naruto checked up on Tayuya to find her still asleep which gives him the time he needs to start his investigation of Danzo. So he created a shadow clone and instructed it to alert him if his ward woke up. Then he put on his suit and took off to the scout of the area outside of Konoha to see if he could notice something out of the ordinary.
Five minutes after he left, there was a knock on the door which was strange since barely anyone knew where he lived, well aside from Kakashi-sensei but he never knocked.
"Coming"
Knock. Knock.
'Impatient much' Opening the door he was stunned to see Shikamaru in front of him "Uh Shikamaru what are you doing here?"
The new Chunin sighed "I came to talk to you Naruto"
"Talk to me about what, ttebayo?"
"Troublesome can I come in or not, standing outside your door is too stressful"
Naruto deadpanned "Tch lazy bastard, fine come in"
"Thank you" after he entered Shikamaru was expecting to find Naruto's house to be a mess so he was understandably shocked when he found a clean, well-painted, and decorated place
"Are you house-sitting or something?"
"Eh what is house-sitting?"
"Don't worry about it" 'So this is his place'
"Well sit down, lazy pants"
Shikamaru continued to observe the room and when he sat down on the old furniture he knew "you have someone staying with you and they cleaned up your apartment"
Naruto was floored "how the hell did you know that?"
"That would be too troublesome to explain"
Shaking his head Naruto decided to stay very calm and not give Shikamaru any clues as to who was staying in his house heaven knows what would happen if he did.
"So why are you here?"
Unfortunately for Naruto his attempt was futile since his calm façade told Shikamaru that whoever was staying in his apartment was not someone he would like and given the female scent he was picking he couldn't agree more. He had enough troublesome females in his life he did not need one more.
"I came to talk to you about Sasuke"
"O kay" 'well that was unexpected'
"I know you vowed to bring him back to Konoha and save him from himself but I want to know if you will be willing to make the hard call should it come to it"
"Uh what are you talking about, ttebayo?"
"If Sasuke decided to turn his sights to Konoha and seek to harm it, would you kill him to save the village?"
Now Naruto was pissed "Sasuke would never hurt the village!"
"He shoved a lightning fist into your chest and please don't say that it was Orochimaru's curse seal. I found out this morning that there is someone else with a curse seal in this village and did not turn traitor"
"Wait who is that?"
"Not your concern. But she was Orochimaru's apprentice before he betrayed Konoha, he left her to die. The man she idolized gave her a curse seal and abandoned her completely. She hates him just as badly as Sasuke hates Itachi but she did not betray her village"
Naruto's eyes lowered in shame "Sasuke won't do what you are saying"
"And what makes you so sure? Naruto I know you think he can be saved and you have shown your ability to bring out the best in people when you changed Gaara. He saved Lee's life a person he wanted so badly to kill before but I need to know that you have what it takes to kill Sasuke should he become a problem because you are the only one who can"
"Why?"
"Sasuke is powerful and he will only grow stronger under Orochimaru but out of all the people in our generation you are the best person to match him and stop him"
"Shikamaru I can't kill Sasuke" Naruto's voice then turned hard "But I will die before I let him harm Konoha. I made a promise to save him not just to Sakura but to myself and that is exactly what I am going to do"
Seeing the determined look in his eyes Shikamaru sighed "it can't be helped"
"Eh?"
"Very well Naruto I will leave Sasuke in your hands"
"Hey Shikamaru what is it like, you know being a Chunin?"
"Too troublesome, you will find out soon enough. I may have this vest but you're the one who saved the village by stopping Gaara"
"Not everyone thinks so"
"Tch troublesome blonde, look Naruto I know about your condition and what the village thinks you are"
"Wait you know, how, when"
"Again that will be too troublesome to explain. Just know I that I believe in you and I know that you have everything it takes to be a hero and though I think you would be a pain in the neck when this happens I know that you will become Hokage one day"
Naruto was overwhelmed with emotion "thank you Shikamaru that means the world to me. I guess there is more to your lazy ass after all"
"Tch whatever I am going to see Chouji in the hospital"
"Oh crap I haven't checked on our team"
"Troublesome you have a guest you can check on them later" 'the last thing I need is someone as troublesome as Naruto following me'
"But I want to"
"Tch Naruto you can check on them later besides they are still only allowing close family members to see them"
"Oh"
Shikamaru was seriously starting to think he was going soft "I will tell the nurses to let you in"
"Thank you Shikamaru"
"Hn"
