Chapter 023

"Since the loss of Yondaime, Sandaime resumed the role as Hokage until my mother, Senju Tsunade, the legendary Slug Sannin, was chosen to become the Godaime Hokage."

Everyone stared at awe at Naruto, especially Iruka, who couldn't think of anything to add to what Naruto explained about Yondaime.

Naruto said a lot more than what I would have said, Iruka acknowledged while looking at Naruto in astonishment. A few of the guys looked at Naruto jealously, thinking that they could have done better while some of the girls were thinking how smart and handsome he was.

"Thank you Naruto," Iruka complimented reclaiming control of the class again, "That was a most impressive and detailed explanation you gave about Yondaime Hokage. You really do your studies I must admit."

"I have to," Naruto remarked as he started walking back to his desk, "Because Yondaime is the Hokage I plan to surpass."

That statement caught everyone's immediate attention, as everyone turned and looked at Naruto as if he was joking.

"You," Sasuke mocked, causing Naruto to stop where he was and look straight at him, "Of all people intend to surpass Yondaime Hokage, the man who's said to have been the greatest shinobi and Hokage that ever lived?"

"That's right," Naruto replied with unshaken conviction. Sasuke snorted, "Hn…And what do you intend to surpass him in, dobe?"

"In just about…everything," Naruto answered with a large smile underneath his mask before enthusiastically adding, "Because I'm going to push myself to work harder to become the future Hokage of this village some day!"

After saying that, he continued on his way back to his seat with everyone was still staring at him in disbelief. Everyone at that moment saw Naruto in a whole new light.

"Naruto has quite an ambition," one of the girls whispered to another who nodded in agreement, "True, but do you think he can pull such a feat off?"

"How troublesome," Shikamaru retorted.

In spite of Naruto's attempts in being friends with him, Sasuke still looked at him as his rival and hindrance in getting stronger in order to kill his brother Itachi. Sasuke had no interest in making friends or having a girlfriend. After his encounter with Itachi the night of the massacre, Sasuke's prime focus was to become stronger and advance to higher levels in order to be able to fight and kill Itachi and rebuild his clan.

Sakura, one of Sasuke's biggest fangirls, found it charming that there's someone else besides her that studies hard almost all the time. She, like so many other girls, tried to get Sasuke's attention repeatedly only to be shot down coldly again and again. Though Naruto himself also had fangirls like Sasuke however, he wasn't cold or harsh towards them, although he'd often run from them. Secretly though, Sakura wished that Sasuke was Naruto and Naruto was Sasuke.

Shino, although indifferent, was aware of Naruto's intelligence and since of logic. However, he was intrigued at how Naruto's status from being the son of a Sannin to the son of a Hokage didn't go to his head like it would have done to so many others their age. Naruto however was still a prankster and a clever one at that, Shino acknowledged. Although Shino never came out and admitted it, he appreciated that Naruto didn't find him or his family creepy for their use and connections to insects and kikai bugs and that he was in fact amazed by it, and for that Shino respected Naruto.

Chouji liked how Naruto would hangout with him, Shikamaru and Kiba and not act so fully of himself. Chouji also liked that fact that Naruto never called him fat or teased him like others have in the past. To Chouji, Naruto was really one of the guys.

Kiba, who started disliking Naruto at first, in time took a liking to him seeing how he has a thing for canines like his family. But after training with summoned foxes, how would a person not take a liking to dogs? Also, Kiba's white dog Akamaru also took a liking to Naruto.

Shikamaru, although lazy and non-enthusiastic, respected Naruto, especially since Naruto never blew his spot for sleeping in class repetitiously. However he found Naruto getting himself in trouble for his pranks and other antics to be rather, troublesome.

Ino found Naruto to be a mystery. She sensed that there's was more to Naruto than meets the eyes and more than he let on. He was too intelligent and sophisticated for his age, especially as a strategic prankster and escape artist among the Chuunins and Jounins. Over the years, her father, Inoichi, have been pushing her to get to know Naruto for reasons she couldn't quite understand. At first, she figured that it was because he was the son of a Sannin, but after spending time around him, she saw that he was a puzzle she wanted to solve and solve it she set herself on doing, one way or another.

She did have a crush on Sasuke for a time, but was eventually turned off by his unchanged harsh and cold demeanor, especially since her father didn't like the idea of her fawning over Sasuke like his other fangirls. Ino saw how Naruto and Sasuke were total opposites of each other. One would have thought that Naruto would been the arrogant and cold type because of his status in Konoha whereas Sasuke would have thought to have been the open and humble type especially after what happened to his clan a few years ago. But it was quite the opposite in fact, which attracted Ino more towards Naruto. A couple of times, Inoichi invited Naruto over to their house. Often times though, Inoichi would try to fix it in a way that Naruto would be around his daughter for the majority of the time. His wife caught on to this, however the thought of her daughter being matched with the son of a Hokage was most appealing, so she did nothing to hinder what her husband was trying to do. Instead she encouraged it.

Hinata appreciated how Naruto treated her since the time they became friends. Over the years, he'd spar and practice with her and help point out and correct her mistakes. He didn't look and treat her like she was weak or a disgrace like her family had. In time, she slowly started stuttering less and improved in her skills and speech. Naruto even allowed himself to be used as practice for her Byakugan. On several occasions though, Hinata suffered from nosebleeds for seeing more than she should have. Naruto however didn't know whether or not it was intentional, but he'd tease her about it by asking her if she like what she saw, only to cause her to blush even redder before fainting from the thought alone. Hinata however, was surprised that she never tried to see through his ninja mask using her bloodline limit, and whenever she thought about doing it, she'd be too shy to actually execute it.

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