I do not own anything Naruto. Just typing for fun that's it.

Thanks to EroLoco for inspiring to try and do some writing of my own. This is my first fic on here so I hope you like it.

Summary: Everybody looks down on Iruka, except for one the Hokage. He gives Iruka the strength to become a stronger shinobi. To set his path in motion. Eventually Kakairu

Chapter 1

He was a loner, nobody wanted to be near him. He tried to get attention by doing all those pranks, but everyone just turned their nose up and walked away, leaving him to stand their all alone. He was so excited when his family had moved to Konoha. He wanted to become the best ninja ever, but then the Kyuubi attacked and destroyed everything, all his dreams. The attack had killed his parents, he was left alone and nobody seemed to care. His dreams of being a ninja were dieing. Everyone made fun of him, telling him he would never become a worthy ninja. "Why not just give up?" they would say.

Even though he was a chunnin in rank, no one seemed to have any confidence in his abilities, and it was slowing taking its toll on him. His jounin sensei had once told him "If you just put your mind to it Iruka-kun you can do anything that you ever wanted to do." Yeah right, he thought. I was barely able to do what I had to do to become a chunnin.

Standing by the memorial for what seemed like hours, Iruka decided he should go do some more training, but before leaving he felt a presence behind him. Turning around and looking, he noticed it was the Sandaime.

"Sandaime, it's an honor to see you." said Iruka

"Is everything alright Iruka-kun?" said Sandaime

Plastering on a fake smile, Iruka answered "Everything is fine, Hokage-sama. I was just thinking of going to do some training."

Sandaime just stared at him for a second and then responded, "by yourself."

Iruka not looking directly at the Sandaime, nodded his answer. To afraid that he will break down and cry and in front of the Hokage, how embarrassing.

"I see, Iruka come with me." said Sandaime

Looking a little confused, Iruka started to follow the Sandaime, not sure what was going on. Wondering if he had done something wrong to offend the Hokage. Running through the conversation that he had with him, he didn't think so.

The Sandaime looking back at the young man with a sad smile on his face. He had an idea that may help him. He's heard of how everyone treats Iruka, and was not happy with how Iruka's fellow shin obi were treating him. He may not be the best shin obi Konoha has, but his heart makes up for that. And with that thought in mind, the Sandaime has something that he hope will make Iruka happy and maybe get everyone to believe in him like he did.

Reaching the hallway before Sandaime's office, Iruka has his head bowed down, fearing the trouble that he was in and feeling ashamed at what he was hearing from the shin obi in the hallway. Sandaime, hearing a couple of his shin obi whispering things about Iruka, broken off sentences such as "wonder what that worthless brat did now," "yeah, I can't believe he ever made it to be a chunnin," and "shouldn't even be a shin obi." Turning around with his eyes narrowed, looking at the shin obi in question and calmly but firmly said "If you two are done and don't have anything better to do that to run on my other shin obi, then I am sure I can find a mission that will keep you busy for the next six months cleaning out one of the deepest swamps Konoha has."

Both sets of eyes going wide, stuttered out "S-sorry Hokage-same, we were just leaving on a mission we just picked up from the mission office." Running out of the building as fast as they could.

Iruka looked up eyes wide as saucers and looked over and said "Thank you, Hokage-sama."

"It's not a problem. I do not approve of my shin obi running down other shin obi. Not all shin obi have the same strengths."

"Yeah, but I don't really have any strengths," said Iruka

"Everyone has strengths, Iruka-kun. You just have to figure out what that strength is and work from it. And I think I know what yours is." the Sandaime turning around and smiled at him while opening the door.