I wrote this one at work, while listening to Offspring's Original Prankster. Go figure.

I have a lot of respect for Naruto as a character. I wish I had his determination.

Ordinary Boy

Without determination, Uzumaki Naruto would be nothing.

He is, let's face it, talentless and annoying – and that's without mentioning the you-know-what. He's loud, obnoxious and cursed, a combination that should have never graduated the academy. But...

Somehow he has turned the thing responsible for his greatest weakness into his most formidable weapon. Through sheer force of will he has clawed his way through the ranks. He loves the village that hated him for so long. He burns like the sun. The blinding, inexhaustible determination of his nindo is something even the elders have been forced to respect.

Today, everything pays off.

Today, he is loved by the village he loves.

Today, he is officially the seventh Hokage of the Leaf.

And the chronicles of Uzumaki Naruto, number one loudest ninja (now number one strongest too, hehehe) have only just begun.

= we'll take all the punches =

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