Naruto Uzumaki has had a shitty life from the moment he was born. First, he was held hostage by a complete wackjob that was one of his father's former students. He then spends the next few hours surrounded by absolute chaos as his parents fought to stop the psychopathic Uchiha and the Nine-Tailed Fox, freshly ripped out of his mother after enduring childbirth. Then, not only is he orphaned, he gets the same demon that killed his parents put inside of him.
After that the senile, old man who was called The God of Shinobi decided it was a good idea to just tell everyone who had the beast that had just butchered their families stuck inside his gut. The people were understandbly mad about the fact that they had to watch what they thought was the demon in human flesh live and grow around them but couldn't touch him or utter the very word demon without bringing the wrath of the Hokage down on them. Not like they didn't try.
Like I said, a shitty life. Naruto tried to make them acknowledge him and see that he wasn't some monster or anything like that, but he's not getting results. He's worked hard, harder than most of his classmates, and yet he's still fallen short. Hardly anyone even gives him a second thought. The adults call him a monster behind closed doors and the kids think he's an annoying idiot who likes causing trouble. He can count the number of people who give a damn about him on one hand for gods sake!
They don't like him? Fine. They don't think he'll ever be Hokage? He'll prove 'em wrong and work even harder to be Hokage, but not for the same reason. He's not going to be Hokage because he wants to be acknowledged by the people who despise him, he's going to be Hokage because those people said he couldn't. He's sick of being told he can't do something, that he is just a monster, that he shouldn't even exist. He's going to do all the things they said he couldn't just because he is sick of being told he can't do it. He's not going to take it anymore.
"Get back here, Naruto! You're not going to get away with this," yelled two chunin who were busy giving chase to a young blond boy after painting the entire Hokage Monument. "Hah, you're just pissed you didn't come up with this yourself, boneheads," yelled back the blond as he leapt from rooftop to rooftop, rapidly pulling away from the two ninja. He stopped on the edge of a particularly tall building, looking down several stories to the ground then back at the two chunin who had just caught up and stood in the middle of the rooftop. "Ha, ha, ha, we've got you now brat, ha, ha. Yeah, you're going to the Hokage now, ha, ha," said both chunin as they gasped for air. Who could blame them, this chase had been going on non-stop for 4 hours.
Naruto then got an evil smirk on his face which caused the chunin to abruptly lose their smug attitudes and get worried, that was not a good look. Naruto reached into his left pocket with one hand while he pulled on his custom goggles with the other. He found what he was looking for and pulled what looked like a detonator out of his pocket as his goggles hid his face, showing only a sick smile in it's place.
"MOVE!" yelled one chunin as they leapt away to different rooftops to escape what had to be an explosion. Naruto took the time to let loose a short bark of laughter before taking a single step back and falling to the ground. He landed lightly on his feet, standing in the middle of an empty alley. He laughed again when he heard the chunin finally realize they'd been dooped and leapt back to the roof he'd been on, finally pushing the button on the detonator.
The chunin could barely even register what was happening as the entire roof they were on went up in smoke as dozens of explosives went off. Naruto was still laughing as he heard them coughing and desperately trying to clear their eyes of the smoke that made their eyes water and lungs burn. 'Smoke bombs,' Naruto thought with amusement, 'never pull a stunt without 'em.' He managed to get his laughing under control as the chunin were able to find the edge of the roof and dropped into the alley.
*cough*cough*"Narutooo, you'll pay for that!" bellowed the chunin as they began the hunt again. 'Gotta give 'em credit,' Naruto thought as he hid, 'they don't give up so easy.' When they were gone he let the cloak drop that had been colored like the wall of one side of the alley and hidden behind when they eventually checked the alley. "Heh, losers," said Naruto smugly as he stepped into the middle of the alley, "can't even catch a kid." "How about me?" asked a voice directly behind him.
Naruto stiffened and then relaxed as he realized that he knew that voice. "Hello Iruka-sensei, fancy running into you here." Naruto made sure to add a smile to the end of his cordial greeting for his teacher. "Don't give me that, Naruto! You are in big trouble," yelled Iruka as his head seemed to swell to massive proportions from the sheer rage that he was feeling. "Skipping class, defacing the Hokage Monument, setting off explosives on a rooftop and who knows what else! You're coming with me." Iruka reached out and grabbed Naruto's hand and was about to drag him out of the alley before his student suddenly went poof and was replaced by a trashcan.
The garbage container dropped to the ground with a loud bang and silence reigned as Iruka's mind couldn't believe that his student just got away again. He snapped back to reality as he began searching for the wayward troublmaker once more. He looked down one end of the alley and only found a dead end... and garbage. He turned around and took off into the street, proceeding to jump on top of a nearby roof to get a birds-eye view. Nothing but civilians nervously continuing their day after being startled by the smoke bombs. He leapt away and began searching again, now more irritated than ever.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the street was a young woman who glanced up in time to see Iruka take off. She was a brunette, hair falling down to her mid-back, with aquamarine eyes and a healthy skin tone. She was wearing a emerald-green dress that left her arms exposed came down to mid-calf before stopping. She looked to be in good shape, though not a ninja. She went back to examining the apples she had been appraising and let a smile grace her face. The fruit vendor, a polite, old man with a kind smile noticed and couldn't help from commenting. "You seem happy, young lady. Having a good day?" The young brunette glanced up and smiled at the old vendor, "Oh yes, it's a good day. Why wouldn't I be happy?" She and the vendor shared a laugh before she picked up an apple and purchased it from the old man. They parted with smiles all around before the young woman bumped into someone.
"Hello, Naruto," said Hiruzen Sarutobi with a smile. The young woman raised a delicate eyebrow before she too smiled, "Hello Jiji. Having a nice day? Great weather outside." "Yes, it is. Would you please go back to the Academy now, you've had enough fun for today." The young woman nodded and they leisurely walked off to the Shinobi Academy, leaving a bewildered old vendor behind as he tried to guess who she was to know the Sandaime.
They walked in silence for a while before the old Hokage suddenly spoke up, "You know you're going to be in trouble for what you did, right?" They stopped at the Academy's gates before the young woman turned around with three parting words. "Totally worth it," she took a bite of the apple and undid the Transformation before heading off to class. Hiruzen shook his head in amusement before heading back to the Hokage Tower, 'This boy is going to be very interesting.'
Naruto arrived at his classroom and opened the door before stopping dead in his tracks. Standing in the middle of the classroom behind the front desk was Iruka Umino. The teacher turned to the doorway and put the creepiest smile Naruto'd ever seen on his face, "Hello, Naruto, welcome back." Naruto hung his head in absolute misery, 'Kill me.' He headed to his spot feeling like his soul had died and left him behind while Iruka got the classes attention. "Since we finally have Naruto back, let's do a pop quiz on the Transformation Jutsu." The class let out various moans and groans as they headed to the front and formed a line at the front. Naruto did it the slowest, still in an overexaggerated depression, 'Kill me, now.'
A chibi-Naruto walked into a classroom filled with other ninja and stood at the front. "Hello, I'm Professor Naruto. I'm here to talk about what the author has to say." He picked up a pointer stick and smacked it against the blackboard behind him and pointed to each word as he said it. "Sniper in the Dark would like to thank those who've taken interest in his first story and also say how awesome I am and-bleeaugh," said Naruto as the door flew open and a giant fist smashed him into a wall. The ninjas sitting in the desks snickered as their Professor struggled to his feet, using a desk to prop himself up. He swayed uneasily on his feet and tried to straighten his clothes after just being clobbered, "A-anyway, that's all for now. See ya next time!"