Better a Rogue Ninja Than a Hokage

Reborn as Uzumaki Naruto—but in a world gone horribly wrong. Iruka died in the Nine-Tails attack twelve years ago, leaving Naruto to grow up in darkness with no bonds to Konoha. When the sinister Danzo moves to turn him into nothing more than a living weapon, Naruto makes a choice that shatters destiny: abandon the dream of becoming Hokage and walk the path of a rogue ninja instead. If an Uchiha can betray the village, why can't an Uzumaki? In a timeline twisted beyond recognition, survival means defying fate itself.