A/N: I thought this would be a great story to put. Enjoy! Special thanks to my beta, Brokenshardsofmyheart99!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Ramen: How It Really Began
Little Naruto walked out of his house for the first time ever by himself. He knew that nothing bad would happen if he just stepped out of the supposedly safety of his home and into the village.
Sure enough, he got off to a great start. Not only had he avoided a group of drunkards, but he had also said no to a male ninja with sunglasses that had offered him candy.
"There are a lot of weird people. Hm, where do I go now?" Little Naruto looked around the village, but he didn't notice anyone that he knew. All the adults had their children by their hands, almost like pets in Naruto's eyes.
He walked over to where a mother stood with her child. He saw that she was looking at some flowers. However, the little boy was bored. Trying to be the hero, Naruto walked over to him.
"Your hair look's like a duck's butt," he said bluntly.
The little boy looked at Naruto. "Why do you have whiskers?"
Naruto touched his face and then looked at the boy again. "Makes me look cool! So, do you know how to use money?"
The little boy narrowed his eyes at Naruto before answering him. "Who doesn't? My big brother taught me."
"Well, I don't!" Naruto answered proudly.
"You're strange. Money is easy to use," he said to Naruto. "Do you want me to show you?"
Naruto placed his chin on the palm of his hand, as if thinking about it. "Why not? Show me, duck butt boy!"
"My name is Sasuke!" he said with a hiss.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Your name sounds funny. Why are you uke?" Naruto asked, eyes wide.
Sasuke looked at him weirdly. "What's uke?"
Naruto shook his head. "Just teach me how to use it!" Sasuke nodded.
Sasuke looked at his mother and figured she wouldn't notice him gone for a minute. "What do you want to buy?"
A loud growl came from Naruto's stomach. "Food," he said, obviously.
Sasuke nodded and led Naruto to a different part of the village. "They have a various amount of food here. Do you see any that you like, whiskers?"
"Ha ha! Very funny, uke. Well, what's ramen?" the little blond boy asked.
Sasuke turned to see a ramen stand behind him. "Basically, they are noodles in hot water. Well, that is what my aniki told me. I never tasted it. Do you want to try it?"
In less than a second both came in and ordered a bowl for each of them. They ate their ramen in silence, experiencing the new taste. After they had finished, Sasuke turned to Naruto. "Not bad, but I think I prefer other kinds of food. What about you… Naruto?"
Naruto had ordered several more bowls of the stuff when Sasuke was still talking to him, and was now eating it all. He ate bowl after bowl, like it was nothing at all. Sasuke tried to tell Naruto that he would not have enough money for it all, but the blond idiot dismissed it all.
"I'm… burp… Stuffed!" Naruto shouted, with another burp. He looked around for Sasuke, but didn't see him. Instead, he found piece of paper in Sasuke's stool. He picked it up and opened it.
"Do you have three thousand ryo? That is the total amount of money you will need to pay for the ramen, whiskers," Naruto read. Suddenly, he felt very sick. Even he knew that there was no way he had that amount of money!
"Ready to pay?"
Naruto shook his head. "Um, do you think I could pay you back later? I only have… twenty ryo?!" Naruto shouted. "Now I know how to use money!" he said with a wide grin.
"Yeah, now learn how to make a budget!"
Naruto knew the man was right. "Um… more ramen?"
End.
A/N: Hm, it was meant to be funnier… Well, I'm going to sleep. Thanks for reading!