"You're wrong yet again Gai" Yura sensei sighed "You should pay more attention to my lectures"

Gai simply nodded ashamed by his teacher's scolding. It's not his fault he doesn't retain information very well. His father said that he will learn to eventually but at this rate Gai doubted he'll become a ninja

"I don't understand why they let him attend the academy" a kid in the back whispered yet Gai still heard their conversation

"I know, the only thing he does now is taijutsu and his is slightly above average, nothing too special"

"Who knows" the other shrugged as they listened to Yura sensei once more

The bell finally rang and everybody dashed outside to enjoy recess. Like usual, he sat under a tree by himself and ate the sandwich his mother always made for him on mornings.

After finishing his sandwich he felt like playing soccer with a bunch of boys and approached hesitantly

"Ummm.. you guys.. can I join?" he asked feebly

"Sorry the teams are evened out" a kid said not sounding sorry at all "Maybe next time"

"Or in a few years" another laughed and they went back to playing. Gai felt he wanted to cry, the days are becoming worse and kids are beginning to bully him more frequently. He sat down on the swing wishing that he has at least one friend and trying to contain his tears

The bell rang again disrupting everyone's fun and all the kids ran back inside.

"Alright now we're going to practice our henge justu!" Yura noted "Form a line"

"WHY? Can this day get any worse!" Gai panicked as he started to get up

"Why bother, bowl cut?" a kid mocked him and pushed him back down "You'll just waste everybody's time"

His friends laughed along with him as they joined the line. Once everyone, including Gai, formed a line they began transforming into Yura sensei.

"Yosh, it's almost my turn. I won't fail this time! I'll make tousan (father) proud when he comes back from his mission today"

"Henge!" Gai shouted, smoke formed, yet Gai hadn't changed a bit. Everybody burst out laughing while Yura sensei sighed in defeat.

Gai felt overwhelmed and ran away from them

"Wait! Gai come back!" Yura sensei called to no avail

Gai ran through the corridors, out the gate and away from the village, tears running down his face.

Why! I train harder than any of them but no matter what I do it never works! I hate them all! I'll never become a ninja and I'll disappoint mom and dad. I hate myself!

He found himself on a hill overlooking the village and sat himself down at the ledge. The Hokage monument stood in all its glory while quiet dominated the surroundings.

"Oi! You're sitting in my place" a voice laced with energy said

Gai turned around to face the intruder and was shocked to find a kid around two or three years younger than him with white hair!

"I don't see your name written here" Gai retored. Everyone in school bullies him and he won't let a shrimp with a smug smirk planted on his face do the same.

"No need to be so feisty!" the kid smiled widely "My name is Hatake Kakashi, nice to meet you" and he stuck out his hand

Gai hesitantly reached out for the hand and shook it "Ummm.. I'm Maito Gai"

"I heard of you!" the kid shouted as if he knew some big secret "You don't anything but taijutsu, right?"

"I don't want to talk about it" Gai muttered and turned away

"Hey I didn't say it was a bad thing" Kakashi said his voice a bit worried "I read about some ninja who can't do anything but taijutsu"

"You cannot become a ninja without ninjutsu" Gai said stressing on ninjutsu "That's why it's called NINjutsu"

"Of course you can't with the attitude you have" Kakashi smirked "You need to work hard before you can become one"

"How old are you again?" Gai asked

"I never said but I'm four" he smiled again

"So you don't know anything" Gai muttered

"I told you I read about them!" Kakashi yelled "Books in the library don't lie!" he was tired of people saying he doesn't know anything because he's young

"I don't think that you can read" Gai laughed

"You know what," Kakashi said as he turned away "I'm not going to sit here to be bullied by you. You looked sad and I wanted to cheer you up but you can stay sad for all I care" and he started to descend from the hill.

I'm such an idiot! I get annoyed at people making fun of me all the time and now I do the same to a kid. Better get home anyway, maybe dad's already back

"Hey my little man" My father smiled as I came in a swallowed me up in a hug "How was your youthful day today?"

"I wasn't able to make a henge yet again!" Gai screamed

"You'll get there honey don't worry" his mother comforted him "Now let's eat dinner"

"How was your mission, tousan?" Gai asked excitedly as he sat down in front of his dad and next to his mom

"Great!" his father smiled "I even got to work with the White Fang!"

"Oh really" his mother exclaimed surprised

"Who's that? Who's that?" Gai asked jumping up and down

"He's as strong as the legendary senin, Gai"his father smiled

"Amazing!" Gai shouted "I hope I'll become a ninja soon so I can prove how strong I am. That is if they'll let me graduate"

"I'm sure they will sweety" his mother smiled and his father nodded

"So was Sakumo sama as strong as they say?" his mother asked

"He sure was" his father smiled "And did you hear his son is joining the academy soon, he'll actually be in your class Gai"

"Already!" his mother exclaimed "Isn't he a bit young? What is he five?"

"Four" his father laughed "he did the entrance test and got every question right! What a kid huh?"

"Kid's like him don't come very often I agree" his mother smiled "He'll become a great asset to Konoha when he grows up"

"What's his name?" Gai asked curious

"Kakashi" his father smiled

Gai's eyes widened a fraction. Great, he just bullied the Legendary White Fang's son, how could have been so stupid. But maybe kid's will start bullying him instead of me. No no that's mean, I am a good person full of youth I can't let such ideas run through me, But still…. NO!

"You alright honey?" his mother asked

"Ya I'm just tired and I'm going to bed" Gai stated and went upstairs. His room was painted green and white and he had posters of ninjas all over the walls. His room was a mess like usual and his mom refuses to clean it saying that if he's ready to train as a ninja then he can clean his room.

"I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be awful" Gai muttered as he finally fell asleep