Iruka

"Hey, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto called. Iruka-sensei had been his father-figure when he was younger. Since they had been apart from each other for some time, Naruto thought that a little together time to get reacquainted would be nice.

"Oh, hi there Naruto. Coming out of Ichiraku as usual? You haven't changed a bit."

"That's where you're wrong Iruka-sensei, I have changed! I'm much stronger than I was before. I can feel that Hokage title getting closer now."

They started to walk casually, talking about how Naruto used to be such a prankster. Second to eating ramen, Naruto was an infamous prankster of Konoha.

"Those sure were the days," Iruka said nostalgically.

Since the "old days" many things in Naruto's life had gotten much better, but some things were still as bad as they used to be. It used to be great, running around carefree when he was a kid. Not having so many issues in his head. Sasuke was still around . . .

"Yeah, those were the days."

. . .

Naruto and Iruka walked for a long time. It was lunch time soon and Iruka treated Naruto to ramen again. He ate a record of 30 bowls in less than 8 minutes. Even eating that fast Naruto was still able to enjoy his food. "Man, I wouldn't trade a bowl of Teuchi's ramen for ANYTHING!" he commented.

"So where are you headed now Naruto?" Iruka-sensei asked. "I was going to head over to the Academy, wanna join me?"

Naruto thought about it for a minute. Should he go to the Academy, where his ninja life started? He thought it would be nice to go back and reminisce about the old days. There were many good times attached to that place that he didn't want to lose. Good old times. Memories of old friends. Nostalgia tugged at his heart suddenly and he wasn't quite sure he did want to go there. He thought that it might be nice to go relax a bit and enjoy the beautiful day instead. He thought that maybe going to the park, where the Memorial Stone and the Hokage Tree were both located would be another option he could explore. Having not been around for such a long time, Naruto thought it might be a good idea for him to go pay some respect to those that had fought in the last Ninja War?it was important after all, to remember all the fallen.