Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32864768-20180916164445/@comment-31099706-20180917142026

Ah, I yes he wanted to be Hokage even before. But that was like a dream every child would have, especially someone like Naruto. It was after Haku and Zabuza's deaths that made him even more clinged to being Hokage and believing he could everything wrong in the system. Not to mention Sasuke's sacrifice gave him a huge trauma, and Haku's words after that, "A person becomes stronger when he's fighting to protect someone precious" these two factors made him fight against any indivual stronger than him to protect his loved ones and actually get stronger with it.

Indeed, Zabuza and Haku were the best way to start Naruto's journey.