Naruto Uzumaki is a Rogue Ninja

Yakushi Nonō casually threw it towards Yakushi Nonō, who sealed it inside a prepared scroll.

"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"

Haruki Hyuga, blown up by the wind, was nailed to the tree trunk like a rag doll by a Root kunai. His limbs dangled uselessly, and blood flowed down his body from his hollow eye sockets. Drip. Drip. It fell from his toes.

"You lunatic!!!"

Haruki Hyuga glared at the empty eye sockets. Only one Byakugan, bloodshot and filled with hatred, stared intently at Naruto.

"Lunatic? When was I ever normal?"

Naruto smiled, looking at the bloodstains on her hands. A gust of wind blew, messing up her already messy golden hair.

"Mikoto Uchiha, if you feel you can no longer stay with me, then leave... I won't keep you, nor will I stop you."

"However, remember that what Konoha Village has done is a thousand times worse than what I've done."

Naruto squinted at Mikoto Uchiha's pale, ashen face. Her deep sapphire-blue eyes made it impossible to fathom Naruto's thoughts.

"Naruto, I'm sorry, I just..."

"Are you seeing that Sasuke brat through me? Don't joke. He grew up in a bed of roses, while I fought desperately to survive under the hateful gaze of Konoha Village! You need to understand... naive lady, our upbringings are completely different, how could we possibly be the same?"

Naruto looked at Mikoto Uchiha, who had crouched down, wanting to hug her. Her small hands, stained with blood, touched Mikoto Uchiha's cheek, leaving red marks on her sad face.

"I don't dislike the motherly love you've given me..."

Naruto kissed Mikoto Uchiha's forehead gratefully. It was a kiss devoid of any desire or ulterior motive.

"Quick! Hurry and leave this place! Konoha Village ninjas are coming!"

Mikoto Uchiha's fair cheeks instantly turned red. She didn't know why she suddenly felt so shy, even though she wasn't a young girl anymore. She picked up Naruto and ran forward in a panic.

Seeing Mikoto Uchiha's reddened ears amidst her hair, Naruto squinted and smiled.

"Hey! Mikoto! Why are you still holding Naruto! It's my turn!"

"You two! Stop treating me like a doll! Put me down when I've recovered some strength!"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Desire for Revenge (1/2)

The pursuing Konoha ninjas saw Haruki Hyuga, half-dead, nailed to the tree trunk. Upon seeing that Haruki Hyuga's eyes had been gouged out, their faces changed drastically.

Kakashi looked at Haruki Hyuga's empty eye sockets in disbelief, clenching his fists. He hadn't expected Naruto to actually dig out Haruki Hyuga's eyes.

"Captain Kakashi! What should we do? Pursue them or..."

"Provide emergency treatment for Haruki Hyuga's wounds. You few take him back to Konoha Village first. Tenzo and I will pursue them!"

After assigning tasks, Kakashi and Tenzo immediately gave chase.

Soon, Kakashi and Tenzo spotted Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha, holding Naruto, moving rapidly ahead.

Kakashi quickly formed hand seals. It had rained the previous day, and the ground was very wet. As he formed the seals, water droplets floated in the air and quickly gathered.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

Water gathered to form a water dragon, instantly engulfing the three figures ahead. They were seen turning into smoke and disappearing within the water dragon's maw.

"This is... a clone!"

"Senpai!"

"I didn't expect them to still have the strength to use Shadow Clones. This is my fault... Tenzo... the mission failed..." Kakashi sighed, pulling down his forehead protector to cover his Sharingan.

These three clones were all Naruto's clones. Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha didn't have the massive amounts of Chakra that Naruto did, making Shadow Clones too draining for them.

Using the Shadow Clone Jutsu, three clones were created. Two of them took on the appearance of Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha and deliberately allowed themselves to be seen by Kakashi and Tenzo, with the intention of luring them into pursuit. Naruto and the other two escaped in a different direction.

The exhausted Naruto naturally had no intention of confronting Kakashi and Tenzo head-on. It was a joke; without Tenzo, who used Wood Release, she might have been able to fight Kakashi a little. But with Tenzo present, how could they possibly win? Root had no chance.

"They really took the bait."

After receiving the memories from the clone, Naruto smiled slightly. She took out the money she had won gambling and handed it to Mikoto Uchiha.

"It seems we're safe for now. I'm going to rest for a bit. I'm giving you this money. Don't spend it carelessly... if you do, I'll spank you..."

Naruto, drowsy and half-asleep, mumbled this threat, which conveyed no sense of menace at all. She formed hand seals.

"Transformation..."

"Bang!"

As the smoke dissipated, Naruto had transformed into a small hamster and burrowed into Mikoto Uchiha's embrace, squeezing between her soft peaks, revealing only a small head.

In her inner world, Naruto lay on the Nine-Tails, her eyes closed in exhaustion.

"Finally, we've escaped the Konoha ninjas... Nine-Tails, I'm going to sleep for a while..."

Seeing the cute appearance of Naruto as a small hamster, Yakushi Nonō couldn't help but reach out and stroke its head.

The morning sun shone on Mikoto Uchiha and Yakushi Nonō. The two had traveled all night and were quite weary. Seeing a town ahead, they knew they would be able to rest soon.

Several days later, in the Konoha Hospital, Haruki Hyuga sat quietly on the hospital bed, his expression numb as he stared out the window. His right eye was bandaged. After treatment from a medical ninja, his injuries required him to stay in the hospital for some time to recover.

While his physical injuries could heal, his lost right eye would never return.

As a member of the Hyuga Clan, Haruki Hyuga understood better than anyone what losing an eye meant. His heart was filled with hatred for Naruto and hatred for Kakashi, resentment that Kakashi hadn't helped him get revenge, and resentment that Naruto had gouged out his eye.

"Creak—!"

The door was pushed open, and Kimura walked in carrying a fruit basket.

"Is Captain Hyuga feeling any better?"

Kimura put down the fruit basket and looked at Haruki Hyuga with concern, but to Haruki, the concern in his eyes was glaringly obvious.

"You don't need to pretend to care about me!"

Haruki Hyuga picked up the fruit basket and threw it at Kimura, pointing at him with a face full of rage.

"Are you here to see me in this pathetic state? Get out!"

"Captain Hyuga... please rest well..."

Kimura walked out of the sickroom, and the people waiting outside surrounded him.