A/N: Yeah, so here we are again :) Second chapter... I really haven't got much to say :P This is kinda short, sorry 'bout that, but third chapter is much longer :) Read, enjoy, review:D

Chapter 2

Naruto was packing his backpack with a very skeptical Sasuke watching, leaned against a wall.

"So let me see if I've got this right…" Sasuke said skeptically, "You're leaving Konoha for half a year to go to the other Hidden Villages, risking your life, to try to find ramen?"

"Not just any ramen!" Naruto said in annoyance, "Chocolate ramen!"

"What's the difference?" Sasuke said, equally annoyed.

"Can't you tell by the name, Sasuke-teme? Chocolate ramen contains chocolate."

"Whatever." Sasuke said and rolled his eyes.

Naruto threw in some extra shurikens in the backpack and closed it.

"There, all done." he said.

"Are you really sure you wanna do this?" Sasuke asked, one eyebrow raised.

"Of course I am!" Naruto said enthusiastically and walked out of the apartment, Sasuke following behind him.

"Okay, fine." Sasuke said, "But it's your own fault if you get killed."

"I won't get killed, Sasuke-teme! Don't you think I can defend myself!"

They kept quarreling until they got to the Konoha gates, where his friends were waiting to say goodbye to him.

"Naruto-kun!" Sakura squealed and threw her arms around his neck, "Be careful!"

"Uh, yeah, I will…" Naruto said and tried to push her away. She wiped away her tears, backing away to allow the others to also say goodbye.

"Take care, Naruto." Shikamaru said, yawning so widely that you could see all the way down his throat and what he had had for dinner the previous night.

"Buy me a bag of chips if you get to the Sound Village, will you, I hear they make great chips there!" Chouji said, shoving a fistful of chips in his mouth.

"Woof, woof!" Kiba barked, "Uh, I mean, have fun!"

"N-naruto-kun…" Hinata said shyly, "I hope you won't get eaten by a huge, red and yellow tiger with teeth that looks like fingernails…"

"I won't, Hinata!" Naruto said, wondering why she had been so specified.

"May the god of bugs be with you." Shino said and kept shifting his gaze behind the sunglasses.

"Yeah…" Naruto said and sincerely hoped that it wouldn't.

"Bye, Naruto!" Ino said and waved frantically.

"Naruto-san!" Rock Lee said with tears streaming down his big, round eyes, "Be brave and stay youthful!"

"Right…" Naruto said and didn't know whether to look at Lee or not since he was crying. He was relieved from making the hard choice when Neji pulled Naruto away from Lee and led him a bit into the forest, out of hearing distance from the others.

"Naruto…" he whispered, staring at Naruto so intensely that Naruto thought his eyes might eventually pop out, "Be careful… And always remember… You have better eyes than I do…"

"Uh… Yeah… I'll remember that, Neji…" Naruto said confusedly.

They stood there for some seconds, Neji still staring at Naruto with all his might.

"I, uh…" Naruto said and pointed to the others, "I…"

Neji continued to stare at him.

Naruto snapped his fingers mentally as he thought of something to blame on.

"I gotta go say goodbye to Sasuke!"

He slowly backed away as Neji continued to stare at him. When he had backed for some seconds, he turned and ran, which was a stupid thing to do since Sasuke was standing just a couple of meters from him.

He ran right into Sasuke, knocking him over and himself falling as well. Sasuke landed on his back, Naruto on top of him. Trying to hide his blush, Naruto quickly got up and brushed off his clothes.

"Nice way to say goodbye, Dobe…" Sasuke said with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry." Naruto said, trying to ignore the feeling of Neji's look on his back, "Well, goodbye then. See ya in some months."

He walked away, waving one last time to them all.