Naruto Uzumaki is a Rogue Ninja

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Naruto clutched her throat, coughing with a flushed face. The strain brought a few tears to the corners of her eyes, and the tail formed from Nine-Tails Chakra withdrew back into her body.

"Shisui Uchiha, you're too impatient." Naruto looked at Shisui Uchiha with reddened eyes tinged with gloom.

"This is the Nine-Tails'..."

Shisui Uchiha's eyes widened. Through his Sharingan, he saw the ferocious Nine-Tails baring its fangs and glaring viciously at him, its mouth opening and closing as though it were saying something.

"Kid! If you dare lay a hand on Naruto, I'll kill you!"

Nine-Tails Chakra... My Mangekyō Sharingan hadn't even noticed it...

"Seriously, don't you want to hear what I have to say?" Naruto was not upset despite Shisui Uchiha's rough treatment. She slowly walked up to him, crouched down before him, and extended two fingers toward his eyes.

"Don't even think about using genjutsu on me if you still want to keep your eyes."

By the time Naruto set this plan in motion, she had already stopped caring about her own life. Like a moth circling a lamp until it was driven mad by the flame, she longed to drag Konohagakure down with her.

"I can tell you're no ordinary child."

Shisui Uchiha leaned against the wall, faintly frowning from the pain in his abdomen.

The Nine-Tails had put some force into that blow. If it had not wanted to ruin Naruto's plan, it would have had more than enough chances to kill Shisui Uchiha in a single strike.

"The Uchiha Clan is planning a coup d'état right now, aren't they?"

How did she know? Could the plan have already been exposed?! Or was she the only one who knew? How did she find out? Was there a traitor among the Uchiha?

If I use Kotoamatsukami now—

Naruto pressed Shisui Uchiha's head down and slammed it hard into the wall, her small knee driving into his chin.

"This is my final warning. If you want to save the Uchiha Clan, then listen to what I have to say. Don't even think about using Kotoamatsukami on me."

Naruto's deep azure eyes watched Shisui Uchiha with a calm that concealed fury. Yet the smile on her face brimmed with chilling malice, making Shisui Uchiha shudder.

"Fine. Then what method do you have to save the Uchiha as they are now?" Shisui Uchiha closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they had returned to normal.

"Lizard shedding its tail. If you want to blow yourselves up... Pah! If you want to protect yourselves, that's the only way."

"Lizard shedding its tail..."

To survive, a lizard would sever its own tail to gain a chance to escape. So the tail that the Uchiha Clan needed to cut off referred to the people they had to abandon...

"If I'm not mistaken—"

—the relationship between the Uchiha and Konohagakure has already reached the point of no return. Even though the Uchiha were entrusted with the Konoha Military Police Force, they were pushed away from the center of Konoha's power. There must be many people in the Uchiha Clan who are dissatisfied with that, right?"

Shisui Uchiha nodded.

"You mean abandoning those people? Handing them over to Konohagakure in exchange for the Uchiha Clan's survival?"

"No! My answer is to leave Konohagakure. The Uchiha Clan lacks neither strength nor people, so why not establish a ninja village of your own?"

"Leaving Konohagakure would make us Rogue Ninja, wouldn't it?"

"Huh? Why would you be betraying Konohagakure? When Konoha was founded, it was created jointly by the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan. How could this be called betrayal? You'd merely be withdrawing from Konohagakure!"

Naruto tilted her head and looked at Shisui Uchiha as though he were an idiot.

"The Uchiha Clan has devoted itself heart and soul to Konohagakure, yet now you're treated with such coldness. Do you think that's fair?" Naruto patted Shisui Uchiha on the shoulder and whispered in his ear, "What do you think Danzo would do if he learned that the Uchiha were planning a coup d'état? Danzo has always coveted the Uchiha's Sharingan."

"A common man is innocent, but he becomes guilty for possessing a treasure... Your Uchiha bloodline alone will bring you endless trouble. Danzo isn't the only one in Konohagakure who covets your Uchiha Sharingan."

"Think it over carefully~!" Naruto's mouth had gone dry from all that talking, so she opened the refrigerator, took out a carton of milk, and gulped it down.

Hm? This tastes a little off!

Naruto glanced at the production date. The milk carton fell to the floor, spilling milk everywhere.

Shisui Uchiha watched Naruto vomiting violently over the toilet with a dark expression. He picked up the milk carton and checked the date, unable to stop the corner of his mouth from twitching.

Shisui Uchiha tapped the forehead protector on his head with a finger, narrowing his eyes as he considered Naruto's words. A huge question lingered in his heart.

"Where did you learn all this? What you said involves both Konoha's and the Uchiha's secrets. If anyone found out you knew this information, your life would be in danger."

"That's a secret. I'm not telling you."

"Why are you helping the Uchiha? Could it be that you really like Sasuke Uchiha?" Shisui Uchiha guessed.

"Pfft! Bullshit!"

Naruto, who had been rinsing her mouth, sprayed water all over the mirror and could not help cursing as she pointed at Shisui Uchiha.

"I'm helping the Uchiha only because I don't want Danzo to obtain the Uchiha's Sharingan. I've said everything I needed to say. The rest is up to you."

Naruto waved her hand, shooing Shisui Uchiha away.

"What? Don't tell me you want me to see you out?"

"Of course not." Shisui Uchiha left using the Body Flicker Technique.

"Hahahaha! This is definitely going to be interesting! Danzo won't get the Sharingan, and the Uchiha will leave Konohagakure to establish a new ninja village. Just thinking about it is fun."

"I really don't know why they can't see through something so simple. They insist on clinging to a village like Konohagakure. Itachi Uchiha is an idiot too—he got threatened, then obediently slaughtered his entire clan with Obito."

"It feels like there aren't many normal people in the Uchiha Clan! Sure enough, too many people in this world have something wrong with their brains! This Will of Fire nonsense is complete bullshit! By the way, did that count as talk-no-jutsu just now? Probably not, right?"

Naruto lay atop the Nine-Tails' head, rolling around as he thought about what he had just said. It sounded suspiciously like talk-no-jutsu. Thinking carefully about it, the original protagonist's talk-no-jutsu had been nothing but pointless nonsense. I'm going to change things? Change my ass! Do you think becoming Hokage means you can control everyone?!

The Nine-Tails listened helplessly and passively to Naruto's grumbling. After all, even if it threw Naruto out for a while, he would just run right back in. He was practically treating this place like his own home. That was seriously going too far—tailed beasts had no rights at all!

(How boring would it be to follow the original plot~! I'm going to cause trouble, cause trouble, cause trouble! Hear that? I'm going to cause trouble! No! Naruto is going to cause trouble! Also, Naruto won't fall for men, so don't worry. The important part! Tailed beasts have no gender!!!)

Poor Naruto (1/2)

Ever since his last encounter with Shisui Uchiha, Naruto had not had much contact with the Uchiha clan again, aside from Uchiha Sasuke. There was no helping it—they were desk mates at the Ninja Academy, seeing each other whenever they looked up or down. Ignoring him was impossible.

Uchiha Sasuke had not experienced the clan massacre and become a bitter, cold, edgy teenager. Instead, he was always trying to make his presence known in front of Naruto, whether there was any reason to or not. Perhaps because he was so popular with girls yet received nothing but indifference from Naruto, Sasuke had grown dissatisfied.

At the Ninja Academy, sparring in taijutsu on the training ground was a common class activity meant to improve combat skills.

"Ah! Sasuke!"

Amid the girls' screams, Naruto mercilessly beat Sasuke Uchiha's handsome little face into a pig's head. With his hands on his hips, he planted a foot on Sasuke's backside as Sasuke glared up at him, unwilling to admit defeat.