Chapter 9
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.
Previously on Orange Flash
An evil grin spread across Naruto's face before reality bitch-slapped him. He did not know anything about ninjutsu or genjutsu not to mention medical techniques. How was he supposed to learn and improve if he did not have anyone there to teach him; Jiraya was out of town and heaven knows when he is coming back, Kakashi was a lazy ass pervert who was extra stingy when it came to techniques and Tsunade was training Sakura-chan on top of her Hokage duties. The only options left are to find another teacher or head to the library.
After trying to think of whom else could train him full-time Naruto decided to choose going to the library. Unbelievable yes but right now it was his only option unless a magical sensei from a different world just happened to drop by right now.
"Tch like that would ever happen, library it is"
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"Well then get someone who can act in your stead, someone who you can trust to handle themselves in high-risk situations and who will take you seriously. And word of advice; don't be overly concerned with exposure sometimes letting the enemy know that someone is asking the right questions will get them to reveal their hand if you know what to look for that is"
Now
Konoha Library
Never had Naruto in his life ever thought that he would be standing inside a library of his own free will but then again he never thought that he would be capable of running at the speed of sound so there is that.
"Oi shithead I thought you said that you wanted to check out a book or something"
"Right sorry Tayuya-chan"
"What the fuck is with the -chan?"
Naruto scratched his cheek sheepishly "Hehehe sorry I just call my female friends –chan I can stop if you want"
"Let's just get your books and let's go"
Naruto smiled 'she did not say no'
"I am going to see if they have any good books"
Now a normal Shinobi would think twice before giving a former missing Nin like Tayuya free rein in their village library but of course Naruto just wished her good luck and left her to her own devices. Thankfully he already knew what he wanted to study so it made everything easier however he underestimated the sheer volumes of books that would be there, frankly it scared him. So he did what he believed to be best; he sat down and began to think like the Sandaime.
"Assess before you attack"
Those were the words the Sandaime had given him when he declared his frustrations of always losing to Sasuke and how he was going to kick his butt the next day. He remembered exactly what his Jiji did
Flashback
Sarutobi smiled at Naruto's commitment to showing up his rival "you really want to beat him don't you Naruto-kun?"
"Hai Jiji then everyone will see that I am not just some dead-last and Sakura will go out with me" said Naruto already day-dreaming of the cheers he will be given when he shows Sasuke up
"But how will you beat him?"
"Eh what do you mean how? I will kick his ass"
Shaking his head in amusement Sarutobi said "a good shinobi knows that he needs to assess before he attacks be it an opponent or a problem"
"So I should assess Sasuke"
"And yourself: you need to know what you want, the path you will need to get it, the obstacles in your path and finally what it would cost you"
Flashback end
He still lost to Sasuke but he never forgot what the Sandaime had taught him and now it was time to assess his current problem.
"Naruto did you get lost or something?"
Looking up Naruto saw Sakura standing in front of him and his heart swelled like it always did. He knew that he wanted Sasuke back in the village but looking at Sakura now part of him was glad that Sasuke was gone.
"Naruto I asked you a question, is everything okay?"
"Oh yeah Sakura-chan I just wanted to get some books to study that's all"
Sakura raised an eyebrow in shock "you mean you came here willingly?"
Naruto deadpanned "is it that shocking that I am in a library?"
"Yes"
"What about you why are you here?"
Sitting down opposite him she said "I came to do some research on something"
"Anything I can help with?"
"You won't believe me if I told you"
Smirking he said "Try me"
"I saw something impossible. When the bomb went off in the mall I was close by and I saw what looked like a red blur saving everyone. One second they were inside and the next they were out. Then just a couple days ago when the Monument exploded I saw that same blur destroy the rocks and save the people down below. The weirdest part is that it looked like the blur was a person but that is completely impossible or so I thought but my parents came back this morning from the Capital and they said that they also saw a red blur tearing through the forest. So I came here to research if something like that is possible"
Naruto all of a sudden had a strong desire to be anywhere but here right now. This was too weird I mean how would you feel when you hear the girl you love talking about your alter ego with such fascination? Although he felt his ego being stroked perhaps a little bit, just a tiny bit.
"So you think that there is someone out there with super-speed?"
"Well do you have another explanation? Okay your turn what are you really doing here?"
"I need to expand my training beyond the Rasengan and Shadow Clone especially after what happened with Sasuke"
Sakura's eyes softened "it wasn't your fault Naruto besides I already told you we will save Sasuke together. So what are looking at studying?"
"Well I was thinking of focusing on frontline assault, espionage, assassination and medicine"
"Hmm in that case you should look at chakra control and manipulation exercises, elemental manipulation, weapons training, and basic strategy to begin with. Oh and try learning the Academy style taijutsu the one you use is ineffective. Let me know when you are done with that and we will take it from there"
"Thanks Sakura-chan you are a life-saver"
Sakura smiled "try not to overload your brain Naruto it just started growing after all"
"Ha, ha very funny"
After that they went their separate ways. Once Naruto checked out the books he needed he remembered that he came here with someone. So leaving the books on the counter he went looking for Tayuya and found her in the genjutsu section looking at…a book on flutes?
"What does a flute have to do with genjutsu?"
Tayuya stiffened in surprise "where did you come from?"
"The counter" said Naruto "so what does a flute have to do with genjutsu?"
"None of your business shithead"
"That did not seem to stop you this morning"
Tayuya twitched "I use flutes to cast genjutsu okay can we go now?"
Now Naruto was interested he did not know that anyone could use something as ordinary as a flute to cast genjutsu "do you use a special kind of flute for that or something?"
"No Shithead I can use any kind of flute to cast powerful genjutsu on people" said Tayuya sarcastically
"Do you miss it? Playing the flute I mean"
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
Naruto may not be the sharpest person in the box but he knew deflection when he saw it but no matter he would play along "Hai I did I also need to go talk to someone about what we discussed this morning"
"Whatever"
After packing the books home Naruto left a couple clones behind to start reading while he went to go and see a friend who would hopefully help him with his problem.
Shikamaru was resting on his favourite hill when all of a sudden a fast wind blew across his body the next second he found himself standing on the top of the Hokage Monument
"Nara Shikamaru"
Turning around he saw someone in a red suit standing in front of him and judging from the height and face he could guess who this was "what do you want?"
"I need your help with something, can I trust you?"
The voice was shrouded but Shikamaru knew who he was "Troublesome what do you want Naruto?"
"I am not Naruto but you can call me Flash"
Shikamaru gave him a look that screamed 'who do you think you're deceiving?' "Troublesome fine what is this about?"
"There is an organisation run by a select few people within the village. They are not loyal to the Hokage but they have enough influence and power to take over the village. Right now they have left barely any trail for anyone to follow that is why I need your help. They recruit people from the village so I need you to find out everything you can on the Ninja clan population. If we can find out how they recruit people then we can at least know how to block them. I am working on finding a weak link in the chain and I will also cover for you so that they will think I am the one doing all the work"
"So I am guessing the Hokage knows about this?"
"No she does not but if things get tight you can ask a Senju for help"
"Tch plausible deniability huh fine I will see what I can do"
"Thank you Shikamaru"
With that out of the way Naruto took him back to the hill and disappeared. Shikamaru just rubbed in forehead in annoyance at the work that Naruto had just dropped into his lap.
"Troublesome blondes it is like they live to annoy me"
Meanwhile
Kyuubi had been watching Naruto for quite some time now and he knew that with the blonde's new ability Naruto would not be inclined to depend on his chakra seeing as he could run at the speed of sound or faster if he trained. So like any demonic fox he decided to push a whole lot of demonic chakra into the seal which would cause any harm on a regular basis but Dark Matter and Bijuu chakra did not mix well.
The only thing Naruto felt when he stopped at his apartment was blinding pain then a white light and finally nothing.
Author note: This story is boring I know that now so thanks to a new friend of mine I am revamping the location of the story. Next chapter Naruto and two others will find themselves in Central City. If you have any suggestions, questions or comments then send me a PM or write a review. See you all next chapter.
Dante out
