You were at Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto’s favorite place to eat. The giant blond placed you down on the counter, behind a few salt and pepper shakers so Teuchi and his daughter couldn’t see you.
“Hey there, Naruto!” Teuchi greeted with a kind smile. “What’ll it be today?”
“One bowl of pork ramen, please. Extra large!” Naruto replied, his mouth watering at just thought. Teuchi nodded and went into the back with Ayame to prepare the order. When they were gone, Naruto turned to you and smiled down at you. “You ready to pig out, Kaoru? My treat!”
“Thanks, I guess, but how am I supposed to eat ramen at this size?” you asked, not even capable of holding a pair of chopsticks right.
“Don’t worry about that!” was Naruto’s only response before turning away from you and waiting impatiently for the food. By the time Teuchi came out with Naruto’s steaming hot bowl of ramen, but teen looked like he was going to die from starvation. As soon as the bowl was placed in front of Naruto, the fox boy reached for his chopsticks and began chowing down. After gulping down the first mouthful of noodles, he mumbled a thanks to the restaurant owner before picking up several more and slurping them down. After consuming a piece of pork, Naruto took a second piece, but only took a big bite of it. He brought the remaining portion of the pork down to you and urged you to take it. You did and thanked him before stuffing your face. What was only a small, insignificant piece to Naruto was an entire helping to you!
Several minutes later, you had polished off the pork and was already getting full. Naruto was still eating away; even he could finish such a huge bowl too quickly. Teuchi and Ayame knew Naruto’s eating habits all to well and purposely packed the bowl with a lot more contents. When Naruto glanced down at you and noticed your empty hands he said, “I guess you liked that! You should try this broth; it’s fantastic!”
Before you could get a say in whether you wanted to try it or not, Naruto picked you up with the chopsticks and dropped you into the ramen. You landed with a small splash and quickly swam back up to the surface, gasping for breath. Luckily, the ramen wasn’t as hot as it was when it had first been brought out. It was kind of warm and steamy, kind of like a hot spring.
“Well, since I’m already here…” you say to yourself before dipping your face into the broth and gulping down the warm liquid. Maybe it was just because you were so small and the tastes were intensified, but the broth tasted delicious! After swallowing your third mouthful, you noticed Naruto wasn’t picking at the ramen anymore. Looking up, you saw that he was staring right at you with envy in his eyes.
“Man, it must be awesome to swim around in ramen! I wish I could do it; it’s always been a dream of mine.”
“I thought your dream was to be Hokage?” you ask the genin.
“What? Oh, right! Swimming in ramen is my second dream.” Naruto laughs and you laugh along with him.
“It’s pretty nice, I guess. It’s like a hot spring with yummy tasting water. I’m going to smell like ramen now, though…”
“Is that a bad thing? You’ll smell great! Good enough to eat!” Naruto laughed with you again, but this time your laugh was more of a nervous chuckle. Naruto could probably eat you at this size. It wouldn’t be very hard.
After your little discussion about Naruto’s weird dream, you both went back to eating your lunch. Every now and then you would swim over to a piece of meat and nibble on it. You knew well enough to stay away from those giant chopsticks, though. Naruto could easily mistake you for apiece of meat and snatch you up without looking. Speaking of not looking, Naruto was acting kind of odd while he ate. His eyes were closed and every mouthful he savored was followed by a moan as it went down his gullet. This must be how he always eats ramen; completely entranced in the smell and taste while oblivious to the world around him. Once Naruto had slurped up the last of the noodles, the bowl was now empty…save for you. Like he always did, Naruto put down his chopsticks and picked up the bowl with both hands, ready to drain the remaining broth from it.
“Um…Naruto, don’t forget to take me out.” you reminded, but Naruto wasn’t listening. His eyes were still shut and his mind was currently in his ramen paradise. “Naruto!!”
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