The Lack of Motivation

Chapter 1

Fail Attempt on Failing The Genin Exam

It was usual day in Konoha. Birds chirping, people sauntered on the village, and shinobis doing their whatever duties. This day in particular building, a group of children and a man with a slashed scar across his face were doing something. This building was the ninja academy where young children trained since they were thought grown enough to handle shinobis' training. And at that particular moment the man who was apparently the teacher looked irritated and annoyed at a blond haired student who looked as if nothing was wrong in the world. On his side was 2 horribly half-done bunshins.

"Naruto, you fail!" he barked out. Most of the students there laughed at the boy except a lone dark haired child named Uchiha Sasuke who remained as stoic as ever to the outside world.

"Hai, hai," replied the indifferent boy still looking uninterested. "May I back to my seat now, Iruka-sensei?" even before he answered the boy named Naruto went back to his seat and plopped his leg on the table across him, looking at the ceiling bored out of his wits. The young teacher wanted to scold him for being so nonchalant, but at last kept it to himself. He was very worried of that boy. Naruto was the container of Kyuubi, the very demon who killed his family and thus making him an orphan. At first he despised the boy just like the other villagers were, but then he started to have a change of heart after he observed the cold indifferent blond boy. From what he knew, before Naruto entered the academy he was a very bright loudmouthed boy who has probably a bundle of hidden energy somewhere for his hyperactivity to gain people's attention. But then 5 years ago, when he was only 7 years old, the bright personality ceased to exist. His grin changed into frown, and he no longer craved for attention, instead he became such a closed shelled boy that he or anyone for that matter, couldn't reach. He didn't try to make friends with children of his age or other ages for that matter. Infact he tends to avoid any human contact as much as possible. The boy was practically shut himself from the world.

Naruto always performed barely passed ability, but the young teacher thought that he could do more than that. The boy didn't seem to care if he would graduate or not and just dosed off on his lessons. Iruka wanted to graduate him just to see that once cheerful boy, but he knew he couldn't do that, so he was forced to fail Naruto for the 4th times.

Naruto was looking at nothing despite him staring at the ceiling above him. He might look nonchalant about it, but actually he was cheering inwardly. He made it. It was success. He will not become a genin. He wanted to become stronger, sure…but being an official genin of the leaf meant that he pledged allegiance toward the very village where everyone gave him cold stares and hatred for something that he didn't do. Why should he become a shinobi if he had to protect the very village he despised? He hated this village and the villagers, and failing his genin exam was the best thing to do. Afterall it was fairly easy. He only needed to twist his bunshin to make them appeared dead and blotched up and the teacher would fail him. The only reason he was attending the exam in the first place was just because Sandaime threatened to cut half of his allowance if he didn't come to his exam, just like what he had, every times the genin exam was held. Stupid old man, he growled , he only said to come to academy not to do well in genin exam, so there.

Practicing the fire jutsu he got (or rather, demanded) from his tenant, Naruto looked up when his sensitive ears picked up the sound of fighting. Curiosity got the better off him, he neared the source only to find Iruka and his other sensei he didn't like, Mizuki, were battling against each other. The favour went to Mizuki though. He wondered what the hell happened there.

"Give the scroll back, Mizuki!" Iruka ordered, but the said person just laughed.

"With this scroll I would be unbeatable. And I'll be stronger than Hokage himself," Naruto raised an eyebrow before rolling his eyes.