A/N: Regarding length. Hmmm, It'll be nothing but short chapters (500-700 max) but there'll be a lot of them. I think this could be quite long in terms of chapters but i doubt it'll top any of my other large fics.
4. Dinner With Iruka-Sensei
Iruka, for his part, had been impressed with Naruto taking the initiative. (and touched that the boy trusted him enough to double check his information via him.)
"So, anyways the bastard says that we shouldn't listen to Kakashi-sensei because we need our food 'cause we're ninjas an' stuff. Is he right Iruka-sensei?"
"Well, at your age you're doing a lot of growing so you need lots of appropriate nutrition and as ninja you're going to need even more energy than civilians."
Naruto looked scandalised and dug into his ramen as if Kakashi had attempted to take the bowl from in front of him.
"That's very sensible of Sasuke-kun. You should take his advice on that matter Naruto."
Naruto frowned and looked up from his bowl "He says he wants to be a medic-nin sensei. What's that?"
"Really? I never would have guessed" Iruka mumbled in surprise "Well that's a support-type ninja who specialises in medical jutsu for one thing."
"Heh, so I'll get to show everyone what I've got and Sasuke has to sit at the back and patch everything up? Awesome."
Iruka swiped at his head negligently. "Don't mock his ambition Naruto. It's very difficult to train as a medic-nin and Konoha could always do with more. Opponents always aim for medics first and most field medics end up dead or worse."
Naruto paled "So, why does the bastard want to do that?"
"Maybe he likes medicine, perhaps he feels he has a talent for it." Iruka shrugged "Make no mistake Naruto, a medic is an invaluable ally. Having one on your team could one day save the life of you or one of your other teammates."