Sorry that it took awhile. I wanted this chapter to be good. This is someone else's point of view, rather than Naruto's or Hinata's.
Wake Me Up With Summer Rain
Story 3: My Friend, The Idiot
I don't understand him.
How is he a walking contradiction?
An enigma walking among us.
He's also the world's biggest idiot.
As long as I knew him, he was an idiot. Actually he still is on occasion, but only to the most obvious of all circumstances. Even with that fault he has this fire within him that would light up in the darkest of moments and burn those who doubt him, me included. He is basically determined, loud, moronic, short-sighted, ignorant and have a big mouth when not needed. I can go on, but that is how he was always.
But I digress…
When we were in the Academy, he was dead last. No real talent, just a big mouth with big dreams. All he did was pranks that infuriated everyone around him and told everyone that he will be Hokage. At the time, I never thought he was anything to pay attention to; just focus on my studies to be the best and to surpass him. However, no matter what I do, it seems we are always against each other and it's only him that can piss me off. I never understood it. Neither did him, but that was normal.
When we were put in our , I thought that everyone around me would hinder my ambition. However it is always him that make me see that not everything is what it seems on the surface.
"A ninja must see underneath the underneath."
Kakashi-sensei told us that on our first day as full-fledged shinobi. That was something that I did ignore. Not only did that lesson come back to haunt me but also explained him in some way…
He has all these layers and buried what he really was, who he truly is. It made me wonder about his ability to overcome his obstacles. He was able to come up with plans on the spot and was able to see more that what that enemy was doing. He finds out secrets about a person and then understands their circumstances.
It irked me to no end…
In Wave Country, he showed intuition that seem out of place for a dead last. During our showdown with Zabuza and Gatou, Kakashi had said that Naruto had an insight in Zabuza's and Haku's feelings and understood their intentions, even if we were in different sides. He said it so vaguely, I wasn't sure if he was serious or not. I choose the latter, but it seemed to foreshadow something that I was going to see in Naruto in the future.
When we were in the Chuushin Exam, his power still astounded and (I won't admit this to anyone) frightened me. I was jealous that he had such great power and he was progressing faster and further than me (Summoning is a good example.). He showed no fear to the snake-bastard. I felt ashamed of myself, and of shaming my entire family. Neji, Garaa…he had no fear, and had the power to defeat them. I wonder about him.
An enigma…
He's empathetic to people who he doesn't know and becomes friends with them so quickly.
Even me.
He pisses the hell out of me, and I can keep on recalling old memories about him and my speculations on him, but it would make me sound like a Naruto fan. The only one who can be called that was Hyuuga Hinata.
Dumbass…
Look for your happiness for once.
You're actually making me worry about you.
END NOTES: Arrg…I'm worried now…This chapter went through four re-writes, because I hated the content. I knew what I wanted in it, but couldn't put it down right. ARRRRRRG! I hope it was ok.