Wind Release: Finger Gun (Revised)

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Wind Release: Finger Gun (Revised) (1/2)

♂ Bang!

The skin on her finger was once again shredded by the violent wind. Naruto looked at the blood dripping onto the ground, then sat cross-legged as she wrapped bandages around her hand, pondering where exactly she had gone wrong.

She had merely wanted to gather wind-transformed Chakra on her fingertip, compress it into a bullet, and fire it. This attack was like Yusuke Urameshi's Spirit Gun, yet both attempts had ended in failure.

"Let's keep trying!"

Naruto looked at her bandaged finger, unwilling to give up as she prepared for another attempt.

Half an hour later, Naruto staggered home with both hands wrapped in bandages, her face pale. The Anbu who had witnessed her training firsthand were dumbfounded, not to mention Kakashi, who had been watching her train from the shadows.

"Naruto, stop training like this!" Kakashi appeared beside her with a frown. "You're still young. If you continue, it will have harmful effects on your body."

"I want to become stronger..."

Naruto clenched her fists. Blood seeped through the pristine white bandages, and a heartbreaking smile appeared on her pale face. "Only then can I control my own destiny, right?"

Kakashi watched Naruto leave until she disappeared from sight.

More than once, he had questioned the decisions made by Konohagakure's higher-ups. Seeing his teacher's child wear such a heartbreaking expression this time caused his unwavering faith in Konohagakure's Will of Fire to waver slightly.

Were their decisions truly correct? No, they were wrong... But even if they were wrong, I had no power to change them... Questioning orders was not something a ninja should do.

Kakashi took out Make-Out Paradise and walked beneath a streetlamp, leaning against it as he read. Several minutes passed without him turning a single page.

After returning home, Naruto wisely did not seek out the Nine-Tails. She painstakingly brushed her teeth, changed her bandages, and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

The next day, Mizuki saw Naruto arrive at school with both hands wrapped in bandages. Concerned, he took her wrist and looked at her hands, which appeared much bulkier beneath the thick layers of gauze.

"Naruto, your hands... What happened?"

Naruto raised her hands and scratched her cheek awkwardly.

"I accidentally injured both hands while practicing ninjutsu. It's fine, they're not serious injuries. They'll heal soon!"

In the end, Mizuki took Naruto to the school's medical ninja to treat her injuries.

When the bandages were removed, Mizuki froze at the savage wounds covering Naruto's hands. What kind of conviction could make a child train in ninjutsu so desperately?

These wounds had clearly been caused by Wind Release!

During the treatment, Naruto's face was somewhat pale as she bit her lip. The feeling of skin rapidly growing back was truly unpleasant.

Watching Mizuki's departing back, Naruto narrowed her eyes.

What was Mizuki plotting? He had been trying to curry favor with me all this time. He knew I was the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, but what could he gain from having a good relationship with me?

A bargaining chip?

Wait! A bargaining chip... A bargaining chip to negotiate with Konohagakure?

Would a mere Chunin dare do something like that? Was he tired of living? I must be overthinking it.

Maybe he simply pitied me and wanted to become my emotional support, just as he had done for Iruka? If that was really the case, then Mizuki had truly earned my respect.

And here I thought he had some grand scheme. How boring!

Rubbing her hands in disgust, Naruto decided she would wash them several more times.

"Naruto..."

Hinata Hyuga's timid voice came from behind her. Naruto turned and saw Hinata Hyuga looking at her shyly.

"Hm? Hinata, why are you at the medical room? Are you hurt?" The former hopelessly dense straight man failed to notice Hinata Hyuga's feelings for her. Instead, she looked at Hinata with concern, trying to find where she was injured.

S-She was looking at me like that!

Hinata Hyuga's face reddened, steam rising from her head.

Did she have a fever?

Naruto placed one hand on Hinata's forehead and the other on her own. As a result, Hinata fainted. Naruto panicked, scooped Hinata into her arms, kicked open the medical room's door, and rushed inside.

"Doctor!"

"She fainted because she became overly excited." After examining her, the doctor looked at Naruto with a dark expression. He glanced at the footprint Naruto had left on the door, sighed, and abandoned the thought of asking her to pay for repairs.

"Huh?"

Naruto scratched her head in surprise. In the original story, Hinata would get so embarrassed by Naruto Uzumaki suddenly getting close that she fainted. Why was she acting like this around me too?

That was simply her personality, wasn't it?

Even after Kakashi tried to persuade her otherwise—Mizuki: I tried too!—Naruto did not give up. She wanted a ninjutsu of her own. She had not been working toward it for merely a day or two, so how could she give up over a little pain?

Lying on the grass with a blade of grass between her lips, Naruto watched the clouds drifting across the sky.

If hand seals were used to guide the Chakra within the body, then could I use them to guide Chakra into the ninjutsu I wanted?

She acted as soon as she thought of it, and Naruto got to her feet.

She clumsily began trying various hand signs.

Peaceful days always passed quickly, and subtle changes had also taken place within the Uchiha Clan. The number of people returning was always fewer than the number who left.

Under the bright sunlight, a beautiful rainbow appeared above the waterfall.

Below the waterfall, Naruto smoothly formed hand seals.

Wind Release: Finger Gun!

The wind, compressed to its limit, shot out in the form of a bullet and struck the waterfall before exploding violently. A vast spray of water burst into the air, even cutting off the flow in that area for several seconds and exposing the wet rocks beneath.

The falling water soaked Naruto's clothes, but it could not extinguish her excitement.

After half a year of painstaking research, from initially shredding the skin off her fingers to later suffering only a few wounds, Naruto had endured far too much over the past two months. At last, her suffering had borne fruit. She had obtained a ninjutsu of her own.

Not the Rasengan of the original Naruto, but a truly personal ninjutsu with tremendous destructive power!

Researching the nature transformation of wind was no easy task. Moreover, there were very few ninja in Konohagakure proficient in Wind Release. Even those who knew Wind Release would not come teach Naruto how to train. She could only rely on herself for everything.