Author's Note: Happy New Year! This is merely an idea for a longer one-shot that could be written one day... Merf. A sorry in advance, I won't be able to update anything for a while due to school being the embodiment of a mini Cerberus deprived of dog treats.
"MY NAME IS NARUTO UZUMAKI, DATTEBAYO!" Naruto hollered when his name was called. The academy instructor sent a glare in the boy's direction, wondering if the latter had a death wish.
"You," the Chunin steeled his sight on the jinchuuriki, imagining a hole through the enthusiastic boy's forehead, "sit down. See me after class." Then he went back to his roster of academy student names, checking down those who were absent for the day. The rest of the class snickered, the first day of class and the blond idiot was admonished.
Naruto released his hands that were clenched firmly on his desk's surface, and leaned back from his taut position, but he didn't sit. Another wave of giggling passed through the students that partook with Naruto's previous year in the Academy. This was a typical response extracted from the idiot when he was humiliated in front of his peers. A usual comical swear battle would ensue afterward, Uzumaki brought out the worst in his teachers.
To Naruto's dismay, this class was no different. He thought after an entire summer break, he'd be assigned to a new classroom and start fresh, that he could actually have people admire him. Instead, the two girls who sat at the same bench as his scooted away from his seat on the far left.
The Chunin set down the roster and looked back up. Lo and behold, Naruto was still standing, waiting for the instructor to chastise him again.
"Boy, what do you have to say for yourself?"
That was a new question that was never asked before by the last year's instructor, and it gave the Uzumaki an opening. Maybe Naruto had a chance after all. "I have a name!" He shouted not so quietly.
A tick mark grew steadily in the instructor's lowering tolerance, "You have a name, yes, now sit down. You already have to see me after school, why add to this punishment?"
"Names have power! Naruto is what I'll be called by until the day I die! But because of my name, I'll be remembered in those dusty history books forever!" Naruto answered. The entire class silenced their whispering. The response that was fired back was filled with wisdom that shouldn't be existing in an idiot.
Even the instructor was lost in the silence for a minute.
"Sit down."
Maybe Naruto didn't have a chance after all, this class was stupid just like that last one. "I'm not a nobody! I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and you guys better remember!" He then sat down with a flop, shaking the bench. The two girls on the bench scowled at Naruto, but he just didn't have enough determination care.
The instructor smiled on the inside, "Alright, see me after class Naruto Uzumaki."
For once, Naruto listened to the boring lecture. The scar across the bridge of the peculiar instructor's nose was an interesting facial feature to focus on. He'd ask for the man's name later.