It has been a while since I wrote something, I still haven't finished one of my random spews of imaginations partly because of my lack of ideas...but this is my 'post hiatus' piece, please enjoy and send me a review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Prologue

Some years ago in our protagonist's head…

"Ne Kakashi-sensei, I'm hungry. Let's go eat some ramen!" the blonde bellowed out and raced ahead of him towards the ramen place.

"Hn. Dobe." the less enthusiastic but still hungry young genin muttered, blood has to be shed before he will give away some of his ego and admit that he's hungry too.

The tall jounin was the least enthusiastic at all…another bill that he must avoid. How many missions does he have to do before he can feed Naruto again? To tell the truth, none. He always manages to escape before the bill is presented or even mentioned. Trailing behind him, the third genin giggled. He sensed her stopping in her tracks and swung around to check if everything's all right whilst keeping his nose stuck in his notorious orange novels.

"Ne, Kakashi-sensei. Why do you always go with them to the ramen place if you don't plan to eat or pay there?" her voice was full of curiosity and her eyes gleamed with just as much curiosity.

"Mm, Sakura. You're not joining them?" It was strange to see her not dash after the two boys, especially when one is the boy that she has been literally chasing for the past however many years. This put Kakashi on red alert for being as nice as possible without having to miss the plot of his orange novel.

"Well…" she trailed off, as if lost for the words for whatever she was going to say, uncertain, unsure, insecure…perhaps a bit upset…

He swiftly tucked his orange book into his pouch and squatted in front of Sakura with his only visible eye curved up as if smiling. "Whatever is wrong, you can always talk to me."

"Really, sensei, I'm fine…don't worry about me, Naruto must be on his sixth bowl by now, if you don't go now, he would have stuffed himself up like a doll…" Much as Kakashi would like to believe in what she just said, one look at her glassy eyes sitting in their very red frames told a different story. He sat down beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder like a friend.

"What he said back then, he didn't mean it at all. You are strong Sakura, never think otherwise…and don't forget, you can't afford to lose to Ino." His eye crinkled and winked. He felt Sakura stare at him like a dear caught in headlights, lost for words and confused. How did he know, she pondered.

"When you're a jounin, you will know why Sakura." Again, his eye curved up in its usual happy way. Question ansered…my turn! "Say, Sakura, if we keep sitting here, we'll starve to death. If you want to be stronger, you should not skip meals." He was about to pull out his 'healthy eating chart' that he got the other day from his pack of cereal when he noticed that Sakura pulled out two lunch boxes beside her.

"Eat three meals a day, don't over indulge, don't over eat, don't exercise right after eating, and last but not least don't ever skip a meal." She quoted as if she knew what he was about to say when he pulled out his chart. 'I guess it's not only me who eats that cereal, but what…it really is tasty', Kakashi thought, swiftly eating the food in front of him after mumbling his thanks.

"Haha, Kakashi-sensei, did you miss the last line from that chart? It said, don't eat so fast!" She was smiling again as if all her aches and pains are gone…