The 12 Days of GaaNaru Christmas
III. Three French Hens
It was a day later and the same old thing was happening. Naruto passed out missions. Then he pretended to work. He snuck out for half hour breaks about 3 times already and it was still before noon. Currently, he was impatiently waiting for Ichiraku to open so he could get his daily fix of ramen for lunch. Naruto warily glanced around so that no one would catch him in the act of ditching his work.
Ayame smile at him as he danced around impatiently. She lifted up the canvas and announced that they were now open. Teuchi was already boiling the noodles for him. He turned around and smiled at the Hokage. Naruto didn't even need to tell them what he wanted anymore, unless he wanted to change things up. His schedule was so regular that everyone could tell the day of the week by it.
Naruto sat down and was immediately served a bowl of miso ramen. He took a pair of chopsticks and thanked them for the food. He devoured one bowl and as if magic another one appeared right in front of him. After the third bowl appeared, he waved at them to let them know that this was the last one. Good thing, too, because a finger began sharply stabbing at his shoulder.
Naruto went stiff and turn his neck to see his secretary, Miyako, glaring at him. The Hokage blanched and shrunk onto his stool. She opened her mouth to yell at him but found herself with a mouthful of Naruto's ramen instead. She spit it out in his face and her eyes began to burn with fire.
"Miyako! Even a Hokage needs a lunch break!"
"You've been gone for about two hours now! Even with how much you eat, I know for a fact it doesn't even take you ten minutes to inhale twenty bowls."
"I'm heading back now. This is my last bowl!"
"That's not the point. An urgent message from the Kazekage came for you today! Everyone has been looking for you!"
Naruto jumped up and surprised his secretary with his speed. The cook and waitress of Ichiraku were used to seeing this type of thing and didn't even hide their laughter anymore. After all, the current Hokage had been their best customer since he was old enough to walk there by himself and order. The secretary then threw the package at Naruto and he caught it.
It was the same style wrapping as before. Naruto just laughed and sat down on the ground. His secretary was confused by the look of glee on her boss's face. Naruto opened the package to see what else he was getting. He was acting just like a little kid by tearing off the paper and letting it fly everywhere.
Naruto pulled a fairly small frame out of the box. I note was attached to the front of it that said:
"Naru-chan. My gift is prettier. Nyah! Kazekage."
Naruto removed the paper from the front and stared in awe at the actual photo. It was colored sand stuck to paper inside the frame. The sand was in three different colors, red, blue, and yellow but they mixed here and there. It was a beautiful scene of two small figures sitting on top of the Hokage Monument watching fireworks. Naruto smiled.
At once he began thinking up a way to out do this present.
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