Naruto Uzumaki is a Rogue Ninja

The more hidden trump cards she had, the more advantageous it would be for her.

Chapter 10: Wind Release: Finger Gun (Revised) (1/2)

"Bang!"

The skin on her fingers was once again torn apart by the violent wind. Naruto watched the blood drip onto the ground, sitting cross-legged. She was bandaging her wounds while pondering where she had gone wrong.

She had simply wanted to gather the wind-natured chakra in her fingers and compress it into a projectile to shoot out, an attack similar to Yusuke Urameshi's Spirit Gun. Unfortunately, both attempts had ended in failure.

"I'll keep trying!"

Naruto looked at her bandaged fingers, unwilling to give up, and prepared to try again.

Half an hour later, Naruto, with both hands wrapped in bandages and her face pale, staggered home. Even the Anbu who witnessed her training were dumbfounded, let alone Kakashi, who was watching her from the shadows.

"Naruto, don't continue training like this!" Kakashi appeared beside her, frowning. "You're still young, and continuing this will have a negative impact on your body."

"I want to become stronger..."

Naruto clenched her fists, blood seeping through the clean bandages. 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 his sight.

He had questioned the decisions made by the Konoha higher-ups more than once. Seeing the teacher's child wear such a heartbreaking expression this time, a sliver of doubt crept into his firm belief in Konoha's Will of Fire.

Were their decisions correct? No, they were wrong... Even if they were wrong, I'm powerless to change them... Questioning orders isn't something a ninja should do.

Kakashi took out "Make-Out Paradise" and walked under a streetlight, leaning against it to read. For several minutes, he didn't turn a single page.

Back home, Naruto, with remarkable self-control, didn't seek out the Nine-Tails. She struggled to brush her teeth, changed her bandages, and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

The next day, Mizuki saw Naruto come to school with her hands wrapped in bandages. He concernedly grasped her wrist, looking at her hands, which appeared much bulkier due to the thick bandages.

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

Naruto raised her hands and scratched her cheek with a look of embarrassment.

"I accidentally injured both my hands while training ninjutsu. It's okay, it's not a serious injury, and I'll be fine soon!"

Finally, Mizuki took Naruto to the school's medical ninja to treat her hand injuries.

Upon unwrapping the bandages and seeing the wounds on Naruto's hands, which could be described as gruesome, Mizuki was stunned. What kind of conviction could make a child train ninjutsu so diligently to this extent!

These wounds were clearly caused by Wind Release!

While being treated, Naruto, her face a little pale, bit her lip. The sensation of her skin rapidly regenerating felt terrible.

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

What are Mizuki's intentions? He's been trying to get close to me so far. He knows I'm the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, so what good can come from being friendly with me?

A bargaining chip?

Wait! A bargaining chip... a chip to negotiate with Konoha?

He dares to do this as a mere Chunin? He must be tired of living! I'm overthinking it.

He just pities me and wants to be my emotional support, like he is with Iruka? If that's the case, I really look up to Mizuki.

To think I suspected him of having some grand scheme. How boring!

Disgustedly rubbing her hands, Naruto decided she needed to wash her hands several more times.

"Naruto..."

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

"Huh? Hinata, why are you here in the medical bay? Are you injured?" The original "steel-straight man" didn't notice Hinata Hyuga's feelings for her and instead looked at Hinata with concern, trying to find out where she was hurt.

Being looked at like that by Naruto!

Hinata Hyuga's face turned red, and smoke seemed to billow from her head.

Is she running a fever?

Naruto reached out to touch Hinata's forehead, then touched her own. As a result, Hinata fainted. Startled, Naruto frantically scooped up Hinata and kicked open the medical bay door, rushing inside.

"Doctor!"

"She fainted due to excessive emotional excitement," the doctor said, looking at Naruto with a dark expression after the examination. He glanced at the footprint Naruto had left on the door and sighed, giving up on the idea of charging Naruto for repairs.

"Huh?"

Naruto scratched her head in surprise. In the original story, Hinata would faint from shyness due to Naruto Uzumaki's sudden proximity, so why is she like this with me?

Her personality is just like that!

Even after being persuaded by Kakashi (Mizuki: I persuaded her too!), Naruto didn't give up. She wanted her own ninjutsu. It wasn't something she'd only just decided; how could she give up because of a little pain?

Lying on the grass, a blade of grass in her mouth, Naruto watched the clouds drift by in the sky.

If hand seals are used to guide chakra within the body, then perhaps I should use hand seals to guide chakra into the ninjutsu I desire?

No sooner said than done, Naruto got up.

She clumsily tried various hand gestures.

Ordinary time always passes quickly. Subtle changes were also occurring within the Uchiha clan; the number of people returning was always less than the number of people leaving.

A beautiful rainbow appeared above the waterfall, illuminated by the bright sunlight.

Below the waterfall, Naruto skillfully formed hand seals.

"Wind Release: Finger Gun!"

The wind, compressed to its limit, shot out like a projectile, hitting the waterfall. It exploded outwards, sending large splashes of water into the air, even causing the water in that area to stop flowing for several seconds, revealing the damp rock.

The falling water soaked Naruto's clothes, but it couldn't dampen her excitement.

After half a year of arduous training, starting from shattering her fingertip skin to later just a few cuts, Naruto had suffered so much over the past two months. Finally, her hard work paid off. She had her own ninjutsu.

Not the Rasengan of the original Naruto, but a ninjutsu truly her own, with immense destructive power!

Researching the nature transformation of wind was not easy, especially since very few Konoha ninjas were proficient in Wind Release. Even if someone knew Wind Release, they wouldn't come to guide Naruto's training. Everything had to be done by herself.