" Oi! Bastard! What gives you the right to look down on me? You're such an asshole to everyone, and none of them deserve it! Who do you think you are! "
Uchiha Sasuke, ten-year old academy student of the Konoha Ninja Corp Program, stopped in his tracks at the loud voice that belonged to none-other than Uzumaki Naruto.
The "Last of the Uchiha" stood there for a second as the two questions, that had followed the rather random insult, rolled around his mind. Ever so slowly the Uchiha turned around and faced the blonde "fool", as Sasuke had mentally dubbed him since first year, and replied.
" Who do you think you're talking to? Dead-last. I don't care for anyone here because no one here is worth it! With the two exceptions of Aburame-san and Inuzuka-san, this entire class is pathetic! The civilian side is nothing to even talk about so I'm going to spare them the humiliation, but the shinobi-born side? So many clan heirs, and so many disappointments."
The surrounding crowd, mostly fan-girls who were screaming for 'Sasuke-kun' to 'beat down' Naruto-as well as the others in the crowd who simply wanted to see a fight, had all gone deathly quiet at the Uchiha's words, but the boy neither cared or planned on stopping. Sasuke had had enough.
" Nara Shikamaru, born to a clan that is hailed as being the smartest and most strategic-minded around, is just a lazy good-for-nothing that would rather sleep than pay attention in class. "
Said Nara boy simply yawned and continued looking on in a bored manner.
" Not only that, but in doing so, he brings down his 'friend' Choji who would rather skip class with Nara-san or stuff his face rather than train or better himself as a future shinobi "
The Akimichi, who had been munching on some chips, slowly lowered the bag in his hand as he nervously looked around at the eyes that were momentarily focused on him. Shikamaru was now frowning towards Sasuke, though he stood up straighter next to his friend.
" Hyuuga Hinata, the heiress to the 'most prestigious clan in Konoha', can't even stand up for herself. She should be the top kunoichi, maybe even tied with me in the class rankings, simply because of her clan's teachings. Where is she though? Wasting space somewhere in the middle. I heard a rumor that her little sister can beat her in a spar every single time, if that doesn't lose her the heiress position, I'm sure her infatuation with you will more than likely do it "
Naruto, who by now was fuming over the slights aimed at Shikamaru and Chouji- they were Naruto's running mates in skipping class after all, paused and blinked in confusion 'What does infatuation mean?' He looked over at Hinata who was altering from depression to embarassment and every so often she would look in Naruto's direction while blushing. Seeing her crush now looking back at her was too much and the Hyuuga instantly fainted.
Sasuke sneered at the girl before turning back to Naruto " Yamanaka Ino, just as pathetic as Haruno Sakura. " Despite Naruto's sudden outburst at hearing Sasuke now insulting his crush, Sasuke spoke louder and continued " Neither of them care one bit about their shinobi training. Wasting their time with make-up and diets, acting as if they're in some sort of fairy tale and trying to make me out to be their knight in shining armor " Sasuke spat on the ground to show his distaste " They'll be lucky if they die the first time they run into an enemy out in the field, everyone knows that a weak kunoichi means a raped kunoichi on the battlefied. "
Sasuke, seeing the wide-eyed looks on the two girls as well as many of the other would-be kunoichi, smirked " I bet that never even crossed their minds. "
" Then, there's you Naruto. You want to know what I do in the morning while you're sleeping in? I wake up two hours early every morning and train for the first hour while studying for the second. I then come here to the academy, on time, and wait for class to begin. Where are you? Sleeping? Pulling a prank? "
Naruto glared at the Uchiha, not yet understanding what Sasuke was trying to say, a fact that didn't go unnoticed by the Uchiha.
" You know what I do in class? I listen, I pay attention to Umino-Sensei and Toujou-Sensei while they teach. I take notes. I do the assigned work. Where are you? Skipping class? Acting like a clown to get attention? Sleeping? Crying about how unfair it is that you're the dead-last when you don't even put in the work to be better! "
Naruto's eyes widened as the last cut-down penetrated his mind. What had he been doing? Why did he goof off in class, or just skip it entirely even though he wanted to become a shinobi, he still couldn't even do that damn bunshin no...
" What do you do after the academy Naruto? More pranks? More goofing off? Eating maybe? Do I even have to tell you what I'm doing as soon as I get home? "
Naruto shook his head absentmindedly, he wasn't too thick to not realize that Sasuke was implying that he was training once he got home.
" You ask me what gives me the right to look down on you? You're nothing better than a civilian with a few tricks and a stupid clown-suit. Why don't I associate with anyone in this class? I'm an Uchiha, the last time an Uchiha mingled with a commoner was when the Uchiha Police were around. That's not me, I'm going to be a shinobi. I'm going to be strong. I'm going to avenge my clan and I'm not going to letanyoneslow me down, especially not some Hokage-wannabe dead-last that doesn't even know how to dress himself. Why don't you do everyone here a favor and just go home. Maybe you can go get a job at that ramen shack you love so much, because you'll never, never, make it as a shinobi "
With one last look of disgust, the Uchiha heir turned around and walked back towards the academy leaving a very silent crowd in his wake.
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just something that popped in my head last night
I was going to put in a line where Sasuke questions Naruto on why the blonde calls him a "bastard" and then states "...at least I knew my parents, I grew up with them, I knew their love. What about you? You're an orphan, you never even got adopted growing up. No one wants you, just like your parents must not have wanted you"
or something along those lines, but I never got a good place to put it in so I decided to just leave it out. It would've highlighted how cruel Sasuke could be, but meh.
*edit 2* btw, this is kinda pointed at all those who bash Sasuke/Sakura/Kakashi/whoever in their fics. Not implying that any of the regulars here do it, just saying. There are so many ways in which an author can make his or her displeasure with a certain character made known other than: Sasuke rants and raves about wanting more power, demanding superNaruto to teach him all his techniques, having Sakura always scream like a "banshee" while being an over-the-top fangirl, Kakashi bluntly favoring Sasuke over Naruto and Sakura, etc etc.