Naruto

Chp 1

Life was all too hard. It just never seemed to give Naruto a rest. He walked up to his rundown apartment with a heavy heart. The villagers just hated him and they didn't seem to stop. Sometimes he just wished that they would tell him what he had done wrong to make them so annoyed at him. He had just begun to notice their plans to further stun his much needed growth as a ninja. To add to his annoyance the librarians had finally found a reason to kick him out as he had 'lost' his card. This wasn't the only thing that had caught his attention though. He had held a real kunai that was dropped by a ninja and noticed how it felt considerably different from the ones he used. They had found a way to sabotage his training equipment, and now that his apartments lights didn't work Naruto was about to snap. Joyfully prancing about playing pranks wasn't going to help him from his 'Dobe' position. If the librarians didn't let him use the library and the weapon dealers sold him unusable kunai, he was just going to take it himself. This was the last straw and Konoha had been asking for it and now they were going to get it. Pranking and all fun things aside, he had a mission and that mission was to prove them all wrong about him.

Naruto had sneaked out by himself out into the public wearing some plain dark green shorts and a white shirt with the Uzumaki symbol on it. He wasn't wearing his bright orange jumpsuit because he was in no rush to be a public eye catcher from now on. Though he didn't want attention, the fact that he was wearing no neon jumpsuit and not jumping around was drawing anxious attention. They never seemed to make sense. They hated him and didn't hide it but when he did something out of his norm they all froze like statues. Naruto ignored them after all he suddenly felt disgusted by them. First they called him a monster than started treating him like trash. He didn't even know what he did wrong for god's sake. He was now out of his thoughts as he began looking at the library in front of him. It had no real security but he knew that the levels above genin were guarded well. Naruto just continued away after analysing what he was going to do.

Naruto then walked to the forest not far from where he was. He had gone there to collect herbs and poisons' plants. He hadn't been interested in this field until a year ago when he had come across a plant that had given him rashes for weeks. Sasuke had found it in his best interests to tease Naruto about how much more ugly it had made him look, and Naruto wasn't about to let that slide. Saskue didn't have the last laugh since Naruto made sure to poison his bag with the infectious plant residue. The knowledge of such plants had helped Naruto in many of his pranks so far and some way or another it had reached beyond the boundaries of just pranks. He had made and found many potions from the plants he had memorised, after sneaking in to take a scroll with much valuable knowledge. That scroll wasn't easy to get but Naruto as dedicated as he was had decided to work his way through night copying it down on his own notebook. Every one of the plants he listed on the notebook was a treasured memory of his and lately they were the only things he seemed to care about. Becoming the Hokage and getting the bunch of village garbage to acknowledge him was a pointless waste of time. They didn't care about him so why should he either?

After collecting the type of herbs he had needed Naruto went back to his apartment to brew it into something usable. Tomorrow he had to attend ninja academy and he needed some sleep. Sakura-Chan had decided to dump him again just a few weeks ago, and he had noticed how she had disliked him. Naruto knew he had been overly thinking about his problems lately, because it seemed that he didn't have the heart to ignore what he knew already. Time had taken its toll and now Naruto was breaking apart. 'No. I was already broken apart.' thought Naruto to himself. Somewhere in his heart he wanted someone to tell him that he could do it and he just needed to work harder. He needed someone to be there for him but he wasn't going to run away from the truth anymore, he was going to stand and face reality now. He took out his note pad and wrote 'I won't be running anymore' and smiled. He hated the village and knew that they weren't going to acknowledge him but that didn't mean he wouldn't be a pain in the ass for them. He smirked as he contemplated his next plans for a grand prank in his head. As he closed his eyes he told himself over and over again to wake up extra early.

When he woke up it was 2 in the morning. It was just as he planned and he had trusted his body clock from years of having to wake himself up. Five hours of sleep was enough for him now and he needed to plan out his infiltration today. He wanted to learn more about plants and their different components and he couldn't do it without the library. The only time he had known the library to have little to no guards on the higher floors was from 1 to 3 in the morning. Someone was there but they were only there for the sake of it, since the old-man had never had enough time to improve the security there. For Naruto who was the king of running away and not to mention infiltration on par with a jounin, this was a piece of cake. He had sneaked in through a door that was neglected over the time because of the inconvenience of getting there. It was a round-about route of getting to the door but it was nevertheless neglected. It was a surprise as to how ninjas couldn't be bothered taking an extra few steps to do something as simple as locking a door. Naruto had managed to find the scroll he was looking for and started copying down notes in his notebook. It was a seemingly small scroll so Naruto decided to copy another one down word from word. The poisons mentioned in this were more deadly and the ingredients needed were more than usual. He put the book inside his black jumper which was only used in occasions as this.

Naruto had unknowingly gone to the academy in his black jumper and had got a few surprised stares from a few people. He knew he didn't look great today. The lack of sleep was clearly seen in his cerulean blue eyes that lost its usual glow. The bright happy front he usually had in front of people was gone, and for some reason that made his classmates feel worse than when they received his pranks. He made no sound and sat down in his seat and actually managed to listen to Iruka for once. His sensei would have been the most proud man if it weren't for the seemingly depressed face Naruto had put on. He couldn't help but glance at Naruto during his classes with worry written all over his face. Even Sakura had noticed the change in Naruto and had not looked at Sasuke with loving eyes for a while. Sasuke on the other hand seemed shocked for the slightest second after seeing Naruto. Out of all of them the one person who was most worried was Hinata as she had admired the boy for his perseverance. Seeing her one true love in such a state had dealt a blow on her.

It was time for break and Naruto had gone outside to catch up on his sleep when he was unexpectedly visited by the young Hyuuga. She had a look of worry on her face that he just didn't notice because for him this was the hardest emotion to notice. "N-Naruto Kun you… um- PLEASE BE FREE TO TELL ME ANY OF YOUR WORRIES" she finally yelled using the last of her confidence. Naruto looked shocked and stood speechless for a few second before gaining his posture. He managed a smile "Thank you, Hinata. You don't know how much it meant to me," he sat and his smile widened into a massive grin. Hinata now love struck yet again was on the verge of fainting, as she saw the radiating brilliance of his smile first hand. She stopped fighting it and finally fainted. Naruto had caught her and placed her head on his lap since she wouldn't let go of his hands. He sat there awkwardly feeling a pang of joy as he found out that someone had actually cared for him. He noticed that Kiba had shot him a small glare annoyed that his hands were on Hinata, but it didn't matter at all. He finally found himself a friend.