Ascendance of the Flash by Kamikaze132

Chapter 5

Naruto found himself back in the office of the Hokage. He idly wondered whether he had really thought this through when Kurama had presented the idea. Almost immediately as the thought crossed his mind, he discarded it. It was plain for all to see that Danzo had intended to keep a close eye on Naruto, to gauge his threat level.

Whether he could control him or not, directly or indirectly.

Of course, Naruto wasn't stupid enough to believe that Danzo would take a direct shot at him. Danzo was called "Yami no shinobi", the shinobi of darkness, because he worked from the shadows; his modus operandi went completely against anyone's ethical guidelines. His father's journal had provided Naruto a deep insight into the workings of root. And there was one thing that stood out the most.

There was no shinobi more loyal to Konoha than Danzo.

In fact, the man was so loyal, that he was willing to cross boundaries that no one would dare toe.

Now that he stood before Tsunade, Naruto wondered what the man would do. If he called Naruto out on the murder of a Konoha shinobi, Naruto was more than ready with his answer. And if he did, then he would have to answer just when did he have any authority to command shinobi.

Tsunade leveled a stare bordering on a glare to her fellow blonde. "Let's get to the matter. Naruto, I know that you are a very powerful shinobi, and a very intelligent one as well. Otherwise, you wouldn't have earned your bingo book entry. For as long as I have known, I have seen that you never perform an action of this level of depth without thinking it through. So I would really like to hear your reasoning of what made you kill the shinobi on sight."

Danzo stepped forward, and Naruto had to commend the man. The tightening around his eyes was the only giveaway that Danzo was a little more than a bit displeased about the turn of events. "Hokage-sama, I-"

He was immediately silenced, when Tsunade levelled a nasty glare on him. "You may only speak when I allow you to. Is. That. Clear. Danzo?"

Danzo immediately bowed his head. "Apologies, Hokage-sama."

Her glare receded and she turned back to Naruto. "Let's hear your account, Jonin Uzumaki," she prompted.

Naruto nodded and out of his mouth came the story that he and Kurama had cooked up. "Hokage-sama, you are correct in saying that I don't perform any drastic action without thinking it through, and that will never change. In this case, my reasoning is somewhat like this. Do you know that I have an eidetic memory, Hokage-sama?"

Tsunade slowly shook her head. "I wasn't aware of the fact. It isn't stated in your file."

Naruto expanded upon his statement. "For those who do not know what eidetic memory is, I will explain. Having an eidetic memory means that everything that I see, hear, smell, taste or feel, I can recall all of that with near perfect clarity, down to the small detail. I can even recall every conversation I have been part of that has taken place years ago."

"What is your point?"

Naruto glanced towards Danzo, who was frowning at him now. "The point is, the shinobi that I just killed was of my age group, 15-17 years old. Isn't that correct, Danzo-san?"

By now, Naruto could almost hear the wheels turning in the war hawk's brain as he tried to see where Naruto was taking this conversation. Almost cautiously, as if he were stepping in a minefield, Danzo replied. "Yes, he was of your age."

That just gives more credibility to my story then.

Naruto pleasantly smiled. "Thank you, Danzo-san." Turning to Tsunade, he continued his justification. "As he said, he was of my age. But like I said before, I have an eidetic memory. Anything that I see, I remember and can recall perfectly."