Summary: He finally managed to kill the bastard who made him into a weapon. He thought he could now feel true freedom, but he discovered something that changed everything. How will he handle his new situation? This is the story of Naruto Namikaze, the Irregular.

"Speech."

'Think.'

Jutsu/Technique

Flashback/Events of the Past

Warning: English isn't my first language.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Naruto drew his sword out of the deer's head and grabbed it with his free hand. His hand burst into flames while he drew his hand along the blade to remove the blood and clean it with the flames. He shook his hand a little to extinguish the flames around his hand before he sheathed his blade again on his back.

Naruto had a certain reputation in the Shinobi world. No one knew his real identity, but he was pretty well known in the Shinobi world. Once for his incredible speed and secondly for his ability to set his body on fire. He had two names; one was Kuro Senkō (Black Flash) because of his black clothing and the speed he used, and the other was Genson Rengoku (Living Purgatory) because of his ability to become a living flame.

Naruto gained control over his body like never before through his breathing technique. In addition to the usual boosts he got from his total concentration breathing, he could also control his heartbeat, the temperature of his skin, and other things. Metabolism and other things could also be changed to whatever Naruto wanted. Naruto could raise his body temperature to ignite the oil in his skin and set himself on fire. This way, he could create fire even when he had no normal chakra like other Shinobi. He called this ability Ninpō: Hibōshi (Ninja Art: Fire Monk).

He couldn't use this technique for too long since he would burn himself if he used Hibōshi for too long. Setting himself on fire without any form of protection, like a thin layer of chakra, for example, was dangerous for the user. But it was pretty effective and would damage most enemies. For example, Naruto could grab the enemy and set himself on fire, burning the enemy in the process. He even used this technique to slice off the arm of an enemy with his bare hands. His hand was on fire, and the temperature of his hand was so high that he could slice through an arm like butter. But this was something he couldn't do repeatedly since he raised the temperature of his skin at this moment to such an extent that he would damage himself badly if he didn't turn the technique off after the single attack. Using this high temperature for a few seconds during his attack wasn't a problem, but more than that would damage Naruto himself.

All this changed, of course, when he used the chakra of the Kyūbi (Nine Tails) with his Ninpō: Hibōshi. When he used the chakra of the Kyūbi to protect himself, he could keep his technique active without deactivating it since the chakra of the Kyūbi was protecting his skin.

Naruto wanted to grab the deer to bring it to his hideout but stopped. He was crouching before the deer when he said, "Come out. I know you are there." Naruto was in full monture. He had his Anbu mask on, his Anbu equipment, and the black hooded cloak. It was a habit that he always masked his appearance like this or to hide it. No one knew of his blonde hair, and he wanted it to stay like that.

He exhaled a large amount of hot air at the same moment in form of a little collum of fire. This was an effective method to lower his body temperature again after he raised the temperature to ignite his hand.

Naruto didn't look behind him when he heard someone walking toward him. He stood up and stood with his back to the person who was now standing 4 meters away from him. "It's been a while, Naruto," said a female voice.

Naruto grabbed his Anbu mask and removed it before turning around. He looked into two crimson eyes with three tomoe in them. This was the only person who was still alive who knew of his existence. This person was also in Root for a while before the woman before him became a missing ninja.

"It certainly has, Izumi," said Naruto.

Izumi Uchiha had a stoic expression like always. Naruto was probably one of 4 still living people who knew the entire story behind Izumi's betrayal. He knew everything because he looked through countless documents when he had the chance while he was still in root. He came across a secret file one year after Izumi almost massacred her entire clan where everything stood. Naruto didn't feel anything when he read it. It didn't have anything to do with him, so he ignored this information.

Izumi was a beautiful young woman. She had black eyes, under which were long, pronounced tear-troughs. She had jet-black hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail, and her face was framed with center-parted bangs that extended to her chin; the ponytail and bangs grew longer over the years.

She wore the standard Akatsuki cloak and a slashed Konoha forehead protector to symbolize her broken ties with the village. The cloak's high collar would obscure her ponytail. She would sometimes unbutton her cloak to mid-chest and rest her left arm there rather than on the sleeve. Under her cloak, she wore clothes similar to the rest of Akatsuki: mesh armor with navy accents under an identical T-shirt with a simple white belt around the waist and dark blue pants. On her right ring finger was her Akatsuki ring, which was red and bore the kanji for "vermilion" (朱, shu). She wore light blue nail polish on her fingers and toes and a necklace that had three silver rings with red gems inside them.

Before she did her secret mission and let her little sister stay alive, she was known as the hope of the Uchiha clan. She was a genius only once in a generation. She learned the Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fireball Jutsu) the first time she saw the hand signs from her father. But her great talent also brought her many responsibilities. She graduated from the academy in just four months. But it was clear how famous she was. She was one of the most infamous Kunoichi at the time.

"What do you want?" asked Naruto. He didn't bother to look away from her Sharingan. Even if Izumi tried to use a Genjutsu on Naruto, it wouldn't work in the first place. In his chakra network wasn't flowing a single drop of chakra. Only when he used the chakra of the Kyūbi would chakra flow through his network. But when he didn't use the chakra, it was safely stored inside the seal on his stomach.

His emotionless eyes stared into the Sharingan of the infamous S-rank Kunoichi from Konoha. "I wondered why you are away from Konoha. Something must have happened when I can't see the seal from Danzo on your tongue," said Izumi.

"I destroyed root," said Naruto casually while placing his Anbu mask back on his face, turning around, and lifting the deer off the ground.

Izumi's eyes widened for a short moment before becoming stoic again. She stared at Naruto, analyzing his body language. She knew he wanted to kill Danzo since he was the one who made Naruto into a weapon. But that he actually managed to accomplish this was… impressive, and at only 14 years old.

"If that was all, I go," said Naruto. He walked away with the deer over his right shoulder, ready to be cooked when he would come to his hideout. Of course, he would cook the deer outside, but it didn't matter right now.

He simply wanted to walk away and not get into something here with Izumi. He knew her story and met her four times after she became a missing ninja. They fought at first, but after Naruto revealed he had no intention of fighting her because he knew her story, she stopped, and both became… Naruto didn't know what they became after this meeting.

He would say acquaintances, but he wasn't sure. They wouldn't fight. They would talk about a few things before they would say goodbye to each other. Naruto did one thing for Izumi, and this was telling her how her little sister was doing. Since he watched Kasumi Uzumaki a few times on Danzo's orders, he could also look after Satsuki Uchiha.

"Before we depart, could you tell me how my little sister is doing?" asked Izumi. It was only a coincidence that she met Naruto here. She noticed the absence of Danzo's seal on Naruto's tongue the moment he looked at her without his mask on.

"Like always. She doesn't have any friends because you told her that hatred is the only thing she needs. She is arrogant, cold, and useless when it comes to teamwork. So everything like usual," said Naruto.

Izumi didn't react to the harsh words. She knew Naruto was only telling her his opinion without any mercy. He never got any form of mercy from anyone to this point. Not from Danzo, not from his "comrades" in root or his enemies. Naruto never showed mercy in every situation in his life.

"I see," said Izumi.

"I will see you again, Izumi. Most likely sooner than I wish," said Naruto before walking away. He knew he would have to fight her in the near future. When Akatsuki finds his half-sister, himself, or Kushina Uzumaki, then all three of them will be targets of Akatsuki. He knew this.

This was probably the last moment Izumi and Naruto could walk away without fighting each other. Izumi looked at Naruto's retreating form, remaining silent. Her stoic expression never wavered until she had to raise her hand to catch something Naruto threw toward her.

"The bastard had hundreds of those things, but I guess you are only interested in this one," said Naruto while walking away.

Izumi was holding a glass container with a single sharingan eye in it. "Don't make me regret doing this," said Naruto. Those were his last words before he stomped the ground and vanished into thin air, using Soru (Shave).

Izumi closed her eyes and held the container to her face. 'Shisui… I can't say that I did everything like you wished me to do,' thought Izumi. She stored the container with Shisui's eye inside her cloak before she turned around and opened her eyes. 'But I will protect my last remaining family member. Even if this is the last thing I will do.'

She remembered all the conversations with Naruto and the things she decided after them. Naruto most likely didn't know, but he had a way with his words in certain moments that made people question everything they did to that point. Izumi was normally someone who could manipulate people perfectly with her speeches, but Naruto managed to make Izumi speechless more than once.

Just when she remembered the last quote that Naruto said to her before both departed.

Naruto was holding his katana in his right hand and an enemy Shinobi in the air with his free hand. He broke the Shinobi's neck and threw the corpse into a river before turning toward Izumi. Both had just infiltrated a camp of Iwa Shinobi who threatened Konoha's safety. It was just a fortunate event that Izumi was in the environment and saw Naruto infiltrating a Shinobi outpost from Iwa Shinobi.

"I already told you my opinion on this matter, Izumi," said Naruto, sheathing his Katana on his back. "If I had just a single family member in this world, I would do anything to protect my family. You may think that the village is like a giant family, but I don't think so. If I had the choice, I would always choose my family over everything else."

"Day in and day out, there is discrimination in the village. If now between kids or adults. No matter the age group. There will always be people who are bastards who love to harm others. There will always be people who would do anything for more power or fame. The world is a cruel place, and only idiots think otherwise. The Shinobi world is like this, and it will not change until there is a threat so great that the world won't have a choice but to work together. Otherwise, there would never be a chance for understanding between enemies," said Naruto.

He walked past Izumi and said, "But I don't need to tell you this. You know exactly how cruel and rotten this world is. But to answer your question directly, I would have sided with your family. The village would always be my second choice if I had been born into the Uchiha clan like you." Naruto vanished after that, and Izumi closed her Sharingan eyes, letting Naruto's words sink in.

Izumi remembered everything clearly, and after she heard it, she couldn't help but question if she really did the right thing. Maybe there would have been a way to save everyone. Maybe she should have convinced her father and the clan that there was no hope of winning and that they should leave the village and establish somewhere else, a hidden village where the Uchiha clan could have survived and lived.

But this was all in the past now. She turned around and began to dissolve into countless crows. But she still thought back to what could have happened. 'I wonder…'