Alas, I don't own anything except for a white sweater with a stain from a blue marker that my stupid friend stupidly stabbed me with.

It was all very stupid.


I am the stain on a white sweater,

The cloud on an otherwise sunny day.

I am the lone wolf, but not because I choose to be; because others chose for me.

The puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit, making the rest of the puzzle useless and unnecessary.

I know they think that.

They think I can't tell when they're talking about me, insulting me, disrespecting me.

Yet I can.

They think their scornful lies don't reach my ears.

But they do.

Sometimes, when I lie awake at night with no dad to comfort me, no mom to hold me, I wonder why I still try so hard to gain their approval when it clearly isn't coming. What keeps me going? How can I continue to live through this day after day? Why don't I just give up? These questions have slowly transformed into my inner demons.

Unlike Inner Sakura, they exist only to stop me, drag me down, annihilate me. It's odd; you would think, them being in my head and all, that they would be on my side supporting me, instead of constantly tearing me down.

I guess I can't change that. I can only ignore them, pray they go away, leave me alone. I can only keep walking closer and closer to my beautifully sweet dream, a dream of acceptance as I become the Hokage.

Maybe I'm just waiting for the impossible to happen. Does that sound stupid? No…It's only unobtainable when you stop trying to get it. No matter how much I want to give up, I will never let them have the satisfaction of knowing that they won.

I won't let them think that I gave up because I realized I was not their equal; that isn't true.

Someday, the day that I rise above all of them, they'll know that they were wrong to treat me the way they treated me. When I become the Hokage, the whole village will finally be on my side, looking up to me, acknowledging me, loving me. When I become the Hokage, the unloved will become the loved.

I will be the one protecting them, the one strong enough to put aside all past malicious intentions.

They will fill their children's' heads with tales of my bravery instead of warnings to stay away from me.

The day when, against all odds, Uzumaki Naruto becomes the best shinobi in the Hidden Leaf village….

For now, I'm content waiting. Eventually, my day will come. As long as I don't give up, as long as I keep pushing myself, my dreams will come true and shine far brighter than any worldly treasure.


Short, but that's fine. I kind of liked it. I must remember to thank my friend for stabbing me with that marker. Please review and tell me what I need to improve on. Thanks!!!

Sorry if the spacing annoyed you. I thought it was more dramatic.