A/N: Hi! This is my first story, I've been wanting to write it for a while, but was just too lazy to open up a FF account =.=
I hope you like it, please no flames, and if you see any grammatical errors, please MM me, or review!
Also, the romance will be after a few chapters, not immediately, don't worry, I'll get to it eventually! ^^
If anyone can think of any good chapter names, they would be VERY much appreciated!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of it's characters, or Letterbomb, by Green Day.
WARNING: This is a yaoi pairing! If you do not like, DO NOT READ! Contains swearing, some dark themes, and cutting.
Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having fun
Watching all the other normal kids, he ran back to his small apartment, hoping no tears would shed until he arrived. He was shunned. He just wanted to be accepted, but would that happen? No. He saw all the families, but couldn't stop thinking: Why don't I Have that? Wheres my mom, and my dad?
As he ran through the streets, all he could see where the heated glares, and the hurtful whispers of the villagers. Demon. Monster. Go die. Why is he still here? He knew he wouldn't make it. Tears began pouring down his face before he had a chance to attempt stopping them.
He had finally made it. Home. A place where he didn't have to worry about the villagers, or whether he would 'fit in', or be 'normal'. It was his house. He would have to worry about all that later, when he enrolled in the academy. "Wait a minute," Naruto exclaimed, as he checked his calendar. "Enrollment day is... tomorrow!" Oh well, he had to be optimistic, he hadn't gone to a ninja school before, it couldn't be that bad, right?
"Off to bed, then," he said, yawning loudly, "Maybe I'll make some friends." As he dosed off into his ramen filled dream world, his mind couldn't help but wander, to a bit more of unpleasant matter.
Naruto woke up, having a delicious cup of instant ramen for breakfast. Getting dressed, he headed to Konoha's Ninja Academy. When he got there,it was wonderful! Everyone waved and happily greeted him, even the adults! He went to a group of kids hanging out in the back of the room, and they talked to each other. But that was when it turned bad. When they knew his name, he was shoved to the ground, and his teacher kicked him out into the street. He was confused. 'Why? Why did they do that? It was going so well,' he thought, as he ran back to his house. On the way, the glares were back, even worse, some were throwing things at him, and the kids were taunting him:
Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having fun
And then, they all crowded around him, ready to hit him, but before their fists struck, he woke up, in a panic.
He took in a deep breath, sweating heavily after the dream-gone-bad. 'I hope it doesn't turn out like that!' he thought, he wouldn't know what to do if that happened. "Ugh," he sighed, finally getting out of bed to see the time. It read: 5:30 am. "Damn," he croaked, his voice still dry from his slumber. He had until 8 am. to get ready... too much time, but he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep until he absolutely knew that it wouldn't turn out like his dream. So, he lay in his bed, waiting for his alarm to go off. He waited. And waited. And waited. And, then it went: beep beep beep. "Finally,"he murmured to himself, as he got up, and went to wash his face. Getting on his orange jacket, and pants, then heating up some cup ramen. He ate, slurping up his noodles in record time, as to get to school early. He walked leisurely towards his new school, hoping he would have good luck.
He walked up to the dubious building, hoping nobody would take notice of him. He studied the room, he eagerly took a seat, glad to be the first one there. From the back of the room, Naruto could see almost everything, it was nice and peaceful, until other people came in. A boy with dark hair, his name was Sasuke Uchiha. 'Who is that kid?' Naruto questioned, and soon after, he heard a rumbling. It was Sasuke's fan girls. The classroom doors burst open, and girls came flying in, trying to sit as close to Sasuke as possible. 'What's so special about him?' Naruto pondered, looking him over, there really didn't seem to be anything special about him. Two more boys came in, Shikamaru, and Chouji, they asked to sit next to Naruto, which made him terribly happy, he might actually have a chance!
"I'm Chouji," he exclaimed happily, as he munched on his chips.
"And I'm Shikamaru," he said, barely keeping his eyes open.
"I'm Naruto! Nice to meet'cha!" he said loudly, holding out his hand to shake.
The three shook hands, and soon after, Iruka entered the room.
"Hello, Class!" he greeted. "Welcome to Konoha Ninja Academy, here you'll learn the basic ninja techniques, Konoha's history, how to use ninja weapons, and a whole lot more!" he said, ecstatically.
Naruto had finally made friends, and everything was going great! Until the day before he graduated. No matter how hard he tried, he just could not get the bunshin no jutsu. He practiced hour after hour, but it just wouldn't work. It was the day of the exam, and he had gotten kawarimi and henge right, but now, he had to do the bunshin. "Bunshin no jutsu!" he said loudly, and he tried to channel his chakra correctly. Alas, it didn't work.
"I'm sorry, Naruto, but you fail," Iruka disclosed.
"Can't you still pass him?" questioned Mizuki.
"He didn't make the required bunshin, I'm sorry, but there are no acceptions," Iruka assured Mizuki.
Naruto walked out of the room, and to his old swing, not noticing Mizuki following close behind.
"Naruto, there's another way you can pass," Mizuki offered.
"Really?" Naruto looked up, hopefully.
"All you have to do is bring me the scroll of sealing into the forest on the edge of Konoha," he answered.
And so Naruto did. He played right into his trap. Later that night, Naruto was in the forest, reading through the scroll. He figured he might as well learn some new jutsu while he waited. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, 'That one could be useful,' he thought. So he learned it, and finally, Mizuki came.
"Hand over the scroll, Naruto," he said, kindly.
"Don't do it!" Iruka bellowed, arriving just in time.
The two of them looked up to see Iruka in a tree, panting heavily. The Hokage had sent him with just enough time to get there without problem.
"Give it to me, Naruto!" Mizuki yelled.
"No!" screamed Iruka.
He just couldn't decide, who was right? But before he could think, Mizuki played his secret card.
"Naruto, do you know why everyone hates you?" he asked.
And before Iruka could stop him, he yelled it out.
"You, Naruto, are the Ninetailed Fox! You're the one who killed Iruka's parents, and so many others!" Mizuki barked.
Naruto was confused... but it all made sense now. Everything made perfect sense now. The name-calling, the shunning, everything! But before anyone could stop him, he ran away, and Iruka and Mizuki started to fight. Naruto was still close by, and heard how Iruka had defended him. He wouldn't abandon him. He quickly turned around, and made his way back to the two sensei's.
"Leave him alone," growled Naruto, in a deathly low voice. "Or I'll rip you to shreds!"
"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He yelled out, hundreds of clones appearing out of thin air, and pummeling the chuunin.
"Naruto," said Iruka, weakly "come here."
"Now close your eyes," Iruka said, barely containing his joy, as he put his headband onto Naruto.
"now open your eyes."
Naruto opened his eyes, but didn't notice anything different, until he saw that Iruka was missing his headband. He reached up, and felt it.
"Congratulations, Naruto, you graduate!" he said, happy to see another student graduate.
Naruto Couldn't contain his joy as he jumped to Iruka, hugging him, so happy to get closer to his dream.
A/N decided to end it here, hope ya'll liked it!
Didn't know where to fit in any angst just yet, but it'll be comin'.
AND PLEASE,
review!