Naruto's time in class was much as Namikaze Hiatohi had imagined: loud, noisy, and bursting with energy. Yet, to Hiatohi's surprise, there was Sasuke. How should she put it? Although Hiatohi was always picking on Sasuke in everyday life, he was unexpectedly reliable. Hiatohi could only describe it as a gut feeling.
The way those children treated Naruto made Hiatohi deeply uncomfortable. Children are genuinely innocent; they knew nothing of the Nine-Tails or of death. They simply sensed from the attitudes of their parents and the adults around them that Naruto was not a good person and that they should stay away from him.
This was the less-than-ideal childhood the Third Hokage had spoken of.
Chapter 81