Naruto Uzumaki Is a Rogue Ninja

This is my... Mom... Huh? What is she crying about! I can't understand any of it! But... she looks so sad...

Naruto tilted her little head, looking at the woman with tear-streaked eyes, dark circles, and a face full of exhaustion. She reached out a small hand and babbled, wanting to wipe away Kushina's tears.

Suddenly, a blue light flashed on Kushina's hand. She poured all her remaining life force into Naruto through a secret technique.

"Naruto, forgive me..."

Kushina collapsed into Minato Namikaze's arms, her breath ceasing. The arm holding Naruto slipped away.

"Waaaaah!!!"

Naruto, who had never cried since birth, wailed with an unprecedented sadness.

"Kushina..."

Minato gently laid down the breathless Kushina and rushed towards the battlefield, holding the crying Naruto.

Looking at the Nine-Tails growing larger and larger, and then at the hand reaching for her belly, Naruto couldn't help but scream.

"Waaaaah!!!" Don't come near me!!!

Chapter 2: The World Through Naruto's Eyes (1/2)

Time flew by. Naruto, who had gained some independence at the age of three, was assigned a room in an apartment.

After their protests were in vain, the apartment residents chose to move out one by one.

Kneeling in the corner, Naruto stared blankly out the window. She opened her mouth, but the words she wanted to speak turned into a sigh.

She had been feeling watched for three years, and this feeling was set to continue.

According to Minato Namikaze's will, Naruto should have been treated as a hero of the village and respected as she grew up. However, the village elders allowed the villagers to treat her as the Nine-Tails' incarnation and curse her, which was the complete opposite of what Minato Namikaze had intended.

Naruto desperately wanted to ask the Third Hokage why he had gone against the promise made to Minato Namikaze. Imagining Naruto's fate in the original story, she could only offer a sarcastic smile from under her covers.

She had heard the people who fed her milk muttering curses at her more than once. If it weren't for the Anbu watching over her, she might have already been choked to death by the rich milk.

From initial disbelief to current numbness, Naruto slowly got up and walked outside.

As a hot-blooded, shonen anime in its early stages, she never imagined that Naruto's childhood would be so miserable. Watching the anime, she hadn't felt this deeply. Perhaps it was because she was infected by the foolishly cute and passionate Naruto, and she hadn't felt the malice of Konohagakure towards Naruto at all.

The treatment Naruto received would be unbearable even for an adult. It was a wonder Naruto could still be so cheerful.

A masochist? A pervert?

Naruto sneered and chuckled. She stopped in front of a shop for only a few seconds before the owner rushed out to shoo her away. "Go on, get out of here! If you stand here, customers won't come!"

Naruto lowered her head and quickly left. Her sharp hearing allowed her to hear the owner's low grumbling.

"Damn monster, why don't you just die! I really don't know why the Hokage let this monster live in the village."

A monster...

If this monster wasn't imprisoned within my body, how could you all live in peace? If I wasn't the Jinchuriki...

Hahaha! How ridiculous!

Naruto's expression was blank, her deep, hollow azure eyes seeming to carry a trace of sadness. She walked to a park where children were playing. Seeing Naruto arrive, their parents called their children away, afraid of any contact with her that might bring bad luck.

Watching the adults' disgusted and fearful eyes, Naruto sat on the swing, dangling her fair little feet. She lowered her head, and for a moment, her azure eyes turned blood red.

The Nine-Tails' chakra flashed across her body. A masked figure appeared on a tree branch. Just seeing the white hair, Naruto recognized his identity.

Kakashi Hatake, are you here to confirm if I'll lose control when you sense the Nine-Tails' chakra? Konohagakure, the Will of Fire, what a joke.

If you detect any sign of me losing control, you'll take me away and lock me up by force, right? As long as the Nine-Tails is here, they can replace the Jinchuriki whenever they want, can't they?

"Naruto..."

Kakashi put down Make-Out Paradise and cautiously watched Naruto, who was sitting on the swing with her head down, swinging her feet. Her messy golden hair cascaded down her back. The way she gripped the ropes showed that her emotions were not as calm as they appeared on the surface, otherwise, she wouldn't have unconsciously released the Nine-Tails' chakra.

"Leave me alone for a while."

Naruto looked up, her eyes red, with a tear yet to fall from the corner of her eye.

"You're crying."

"Shut up! What business is it of yours if I cry! Stop being nosy!" Naruto lowered her head, wiping her tears, stubbornly unwilling to show her weakness in front of Kakashi.

As a student of Minato Namikaze, Kakashi knew the whole story and had a great deal of affection and pity for Naruto. However, as an Anbu, the moment he put on his mask, he was destined to seal all his emotions within it.

After watching Naruto for a moment, Kakashi quietly left.

"Crack!"

A small stone hit Naruto's forehead. Kakashi, hiding in the shadows, frowned as he watched three children approach Naruto.

"Hey! Monster! This is our swing, not for a monster like you to play on!"

"Monster, scram!"

"Yeah! Scram! Scram!"

Each word, "monster," was like a sharp knife stabbing into Naruto's heart.

"Who are you calling a monster?" Naruto looked up, blood flowing down from the wound on her forehead, as if a scar had split her face in two. The whiskers on her face flared slightly.

"We're talking about you, monster! Now get lost!"

"Ah!"

Naruto roared and charged, getting into a brawl with the three children. Naruto knew very well that their continued tolerance would only make them more excessive. It was better to vent her dissatisfaction this way.

The four children fought as one. Even though she was at a disadvantage, fighting three against one, Naruto wasn't afraid of them at all. Every punch and every kick was aimed at their faces and groins, as if she wished to castrate them.

This girl's got a heavy hand!

Kakashi saw Naruto's kick land on the little boy's crotch, making him unable to bear watching. He covered his face with a dark expression. Teacher, your daughter is as fierce as her mother!

As they fought, the parents of the three children arrived and pulled the four apart. Seeing their children bruised and battered, with footprints on their groins, looking utterly miserable, their love for their children surged, and they glared at Naruto with hatred.

"You monster! If it weren't for the Hokage letting you stay in the village... you'd have died somewhere long ago!"

One of the children's fathers said angrily, and heavily kicked Naruto in the abdomen.