NOTE: I've made a vital error…I've been accidentally calling the member from Team 8 a member from Team 10, throwing off the entire answer. Gah! I'm very sorry about this! I have fixed it all. THANK YOU Kakashigurl20 for making me realize my mistake.

Featured suspects of this chapter (don't forget, Team 7 is always counted as suspects as well):

Kiba: The dog-lover. He and his buddy Akamaru are great troublemakers and great partners in crime as well. He hates being bossed around. His desired color is red and his summon is a black cat. No, really. Akamaru certainly hates it when Kiba summons.

Shino: Mr. Bug Boy. He serves as a motel for insects. Shino, much like Sasuke, is a quiet person who does not mind being alone. In fact, he hates being around loud guys like Naruto and Kiba; it annoys him a great deal. Poor Shino does not have any fan girls. I wonder why? His desired color is gray and his summon is a giant roach. Yeesh.

Hinata: The shy girl. And Naruto stalker. Her crush for Naruto is blatantly obvious, but of course, Naruto doesn't know that. She tends to stutter around her Naruto-kun. She hates those who take the attention of Naruto away from her, but she doesn't show it. Instead, she plots evilly in her mind about how to get back at the person. Her desired color is purple and her summon is a bird.

Mystery #1: The Trouble with Teuchi

Naruto grinned smugly as he dipped his Senbon back into his ramen. Using the Senbon as chopsticks, he hungrily slurped them up, the grin still on his face.

"Hey, Naruto, you know it's dangerous to eat with Senbon, right?" a female voice said, interrupting his moment with his precious ramen. She twirled her kunai around in her hand skillfully.

Naruto looked slightly annoyed for a few seconds, and then smiled happily when he saw who it was. "Ah! They ran out of chopsticks and Mr. Ichiraku Guy said that they were getting a whole box full tomorrow. I can't live a day without my ramen so I had to do something! Would you like to join me for a bite?" he offered, slurping up more ramen.

The girl flinched as he put his Senbon back into his mouth. "That can't be sanitary," she mumbled under her breath. Then she said out loud, "No thanks, Naruto, I'm not that hungry anyway."

"I'd rather go on a date with Sasuke-kun, after all," she mumbled again. She grinned as wide as Naruto did. "I'll see you later!" she said cheerfully.

After she left, Naruto huffed. "More ramen for me. Mr. Ichiraku Guy, another bowl, please!"

"Naruto, you know my name is Teuchi!" the owner of the Ichiraku shop laughed.

Naruto stared. "But…but…you've never told me your name before! That's why I thought you LIKED to be called Mr. Ichiraku Guy!"

Naruto's protests were interrupted by a bark. Forgetting about the name dilemma, he said, "Kiba! Wanna join me for some ramen?"

"Heh, no, Naruto, I'm just here to buy a quick order for me and my sis." A bark. "Oh, and Akamaru too. Don't worry Akamaru, I was just kidding about forgetting you!"

Naruto nodded, mouth full of ramen. He still hadn't turned around to acknowledge the fact that Kiba was standing behind him. Kiba seemed annoyed by the fact that he was talking to the back of a head, and started giving Naruto bunny ears. Akamaru sniggered.

While he was doing that, he looked up at Teuchi. "Two bowls of pork ramen, please!"

Akamaru barked.

"Yeah, yeah, and throw in a small bowl of beef ramen too. To go, alright?"

As Teuchi turned to fix his order, Kiba sighed as he noticed that Naruto hadn't even noticed that he was putting bunny ears on him. He dropped his hand exasperatedly all the way down to his pockets. He felt a crumpling inside one of his pockets and quickly retreated his hand from it.

After waiting about ten minutes, he sighed again. Kiba was bored. Teuchi was taking forever in filling his order. He would have to find a way to pay the Ichiraku owner back for his impatience. Kiba was sitting on the Ichiraku counter, burying his face in his hands. Akamaru was sitting on his head. "Yo, where's Ayame today?" Kiba asked, his voice muffled. He wanted to know where the extra help was.

"Oh, she's taking the day off. Said she couldn't stand the pressure. I didn't know what of, and when I asked, she just kept quiet and stared at me. I shrugged and let her go for the day," Teuchi said, standing next to a pot of boiling noodles.

Kiba nodded listlessly. Apparently, he was hungry and didn't care. Teuchi had been standing next to that pot of boiling noodles for what seemed like hours. Even though it was only about 15 minutes. He glanced sideways at Naruto who was still chowing down on what seemed to be his tenth bowl. "How does Naruto get ten bowls while I have nothing?" he muttered under his breath.

After another ten minutes, someone else walked in to the small booth. Kiba looked backwards and saw his fellow teammate. "Hey," he said.

"Hello," his teammate said back. Kiba's teammate glanced at the menu. "Teuchi, I would like an order of shrimp ramen."

Naruto practically choked on his Senbon. He coughed many times; thankfully, the Senbon didn't get lodged in his throat. "Mr. Ichiraku Guy, I can't believe you've never told me your name when I'm your best customer!" Naruto started to complain again, remembering what he was protesting about earlier.

Teuchi ignored his complaint and addressed Kiba's teammate instead. "Sorry, we don't have any shrimp today. We're getting more tomorrow, however! If I may, would you like me to make you a chicken, beef, or pork ramen instead?" Teuchi asked, stirring the noodles. Kiba groaned in frustration and whispered to his teammate, "I wouldn't get anything from here if I were you. This guy is taking forever just to boil the noodles!"

However, Kiba's words of caution were left unheard. There was a buzzing in his teammate's ear. Akamaru saw a fly flying around and tried to catch it with his paws.

"I'll take a pork ramen," Kiba's teammate said, sitting on the other side of Naruto, who was still angry at Teuchi for not revealing his name sooner.

Minutes ticked by. Naruto had finally finished his last bowl of ramen…and wanted more.

"Mr. Ichiraku Guy, gimme another bowl, please!" He held out his empty hand, expecting another bowl to appear in it like magic.

Teuchi shook his head. "Sorry Naruto, I have other paying customers too. You'll have to wait until after I get their orders down," the owner said. Naruto sighed in exasperation.

"But I'm hungry now!" he whined.

Meanwhile, Kiba was laughing secretly. "That's what he gets for having ten bowls while I had none!"

More minutes passed by. Then hours.

Kiba groaned in silent frustration as he checked his watch. "It's almost dinner time, damnit!" he said out loud. Or he was about to say out loud when…

"Order up! Two pork and one beef ramen to go! Here you go sir, please come again," Teuchi said, handing the plastic bag to Kiba. Kiba snatched the bag away from Teuchi and stomped home, grumbling angrily to himself.

His teammate, on the other hand, waited patiently. Too patiently. The member of Team 8, who was still sitting next to Naruto, fiddled with a Shuriken, waiting patiently for the order of pork ramen to come up.

Naruto on the other hand tapped his foot, waiting for his next bowl to arrive.

A boy suddenly appeared out of nowhere and sat on the other side of the person from Team 8. The two who were already seated nodded to him in acknowledgement and he nodded back. All of a sudden, something outside of Ichiraku caught Naruto's eye. After waiting all day and not getting any training done at all, he was ready for a spar, not caring if he was starving.

"Hey stupid! Let's spar!" he said jumping out of the booth. "Stupid" rolled his eyes and continued walking. Naruto kept following him and kept bugging him.

Meanwhile, back in the ramen booth, the member of Team 8 seemed frustrated for a few seconds and then decided to leave…without the pork ramen.

When Teuchi turned around a split second later, he saw that all his customers were gone except for the boy who came in last. "Well since everyone left, you can have this pork ramen. Here you go, sir!"

That night…

The member of Team 8 leaned against the tree near Ichiraku ramen, sighing heavily. She then gasped after seeing something out of the corner of her eye. "What was that?"

It seemed to be smaller than she was, but she really couldn't tell. It was running too fast. She also thought it looked to be a darker color. She looked around for a second then stopped. She saw something ELSE out of the corner of her other eye. She narrowed her eyes. Without warning, she threw her shuriken at her designated target, hitting it dead center and causing it to fall.

And at the same time, Ichiraku Ramen exploded in a sudden, fiery burst. The person who was near the tree yelped and ran for cover. But as she did so, she could have sworn she heard someone cackling.

Who blew up the Ichiraku? With what weapon(s)? Who was the person standing next to the tree and what was the shuriken aimed at?