Ichiraku

Naruto's stomach growled loudly. "Ohh, I think I'd better go see old man Teuchi about getting some breakfast ramen." The thought of ramen always made his eyes glaze over with unbridled joy. So Naruto loped casually to his favorite place to eat in the whole world.

He called, "Oi! Teuchi! Ayame!" as he neared the ramen bar.

Teuchi and Ayame heard him as he came running towards the ramen bar. His usual screams of joy as he neared the bar always made Teuchi and Ayame's day.

"Hello Naruto, you're here early today. Do you have a mission this morning?" Teuchi asked.

"No, actually, I have a day off. So, today, I'm going to have 30 bowls of miso ramen with roasted pork fillet!" Naruto began to drool at the thought of the miso ramen. It had been a long time since he splurged on himself. Just a few minutes later Teuchi brought all 30 orders. With a simple clap and "Itadakimasu," Naruto split his chop sticks and began to gorge himself on the food in front of him.

Once he finished his first bowl of ramen, Naruto sighed with happiness. "In my travels with Jiraiya, I swore that I would never find a place better than Ichiraku. We visited hundreds of ramen bars, and none of them even came close to comparing to this place. I never had to take my words back." Teuchi's face beamed with pride. He worked hard on his ramen and a compliment like that was very refreshing to hear and much appreciated.

"Good to see we can always count on Naruto for Ichiraku," Ayame said.

Upon starting his 26th bowl, Naruto noticed Iruka-sensei was passing by the bar behind him. Then he saw Kiba with what he thought was Akamaru nearing the bar as well. He hadn't been able to talk with either one of them since he'd gotten back. He thought it might be nice to catch up with one of them and talk.