Ramen Doodles

By Andrew J. Talon

Disclaimer: I do not and probably never will own Naruto or any other copyrighted works mentioned in this story. I am not writing this for profit.

Author's Note: When I have writer's block, I often write a lot of random snippets of ideas, omakes, and continuations of other author's ideas that kind of petered out. As I'm afflicted with a bit of writer's block regarding Key Through the Heart (again), I've decided I'm not going to leave you guys in the lurch. Therefore, enjoy some writing I've been doing over at The Fanfiction Forum.

At the age of eight, Hinata Hyuuga was already feeling the pressure of being the clan heiress. She had not yet activated her bloodline limit, while her cousin, Neji, already had. So, in an effort to prove herself, the thin girl went rummaging around the family jutsu scrolls until she found one that she thought she might be able to handle.

Which had brought her out to this isolated neck of Konoha's woods, slowly forming handseals and checking the scroll to make sure she was doing this right.,

"O-Okay," Hinata murmured as she finished the handseals, feeling the chakra flow through her. She double-checked the scroll, and nodded. "Here goes."

She closed her pale eyes, bit her thumb with a wince, and knelt down quickly, slamming her palm into the ground.

"Kuchiyose no jutsu!"

POOF!

Hinata opened her eyes, and waved her hands in front of her face to dispel some of the smoke. She coughed, blinking a few times, before something big, blue and furry came into view.

Two googly eyes stared at her, and she stared back.

"Ohhh... Why you summon Cookie Monster?" The creature said, looking depressed. "Me was just about to eat whole big plate of cookies!"

"Oh! I'm sorry, I just, um, well," Hinata began. The monster looked at Hinata, and then looked around.

"Hmmm... Nice place. Very sunny. Lots of trees." He looked back at Hinata. "Hey... Hey, you have any cookies?"

"Cookies?" Hinata asked, blankly. Cookie Monster's eyes wobbled as he gasped.

"You... You no know about cookies?!" He cried. At Hinata's timid nod, Cookie Monster swooned and held a hand up to his brow.

"Ohhh... This terrible! No wonder me summoned! Come on, me must show you!" Cookie Monster cried, grabbing Hinata's hand and pulling her along. "By way, where here?"

"Konoha Village... Um, Fire Country," she said. Cookie Monster blinked, then shrugged.

"Me not know where is. But! Me okay! Say, you must not know bestest song in world!"

"Bestest song...?" Hinata asked.

Four years later...

"Geez..." Sakura murmured, looking down at the Chuunin Preliminaries, and Hinata's open jacket as she fought Neji. "How the heck did she get so stacked?! I mean, look at her!"

"I don't know," Ino said, eyes narrowed. "I mean... What does she eat that we don't?"

Hinata fell back, panting in exertion. Neji sneered contemptuously at his cousin.

"Hinata-sama, you are as weak as I imagined," he stated. "You are not fit to be heiress!"

Naruto's exhortations to do better still in her mind, Hinata's eyes narrowed.

"Th-There's more than one way to win a battle!" She cried, and formed handseals. She bit her thumb and slammed her palm down into the hard stone floor. "KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!"

POOF!

All eyes in the arena were drawn to the large, blue, furry monster in the center. Neji's eyes widened, and he paled even more.

"Oh no... Not him," he mumbled.

"Cookie Monster! Neji hates cookies and thinks they're all horrible!" Hinata cried. The googly-eyed monster snarled.

"WHAT?! Me teach him lesson! ARUM NUM NOM NOM OM NOM!"

"ARGH! NO! NOT THE HAIR! ANYTHING BUT THE HAIR!"

Naruto stared in shock at the beaming smile Hinata now wore (as did everyone else). A funny feeling arose in his stomach as Hinata cheered her summon on. Eventually, Neji begged for mercy in order to keep what little hair he had left, and Hinata was declared the winner. She hugged her summon and laughed, before both launched into an unusual song.

"C IS FOR COOKIE, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! C IS FOR COOKIE, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! C IS FOR COOKIE, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! OHHH, COOKIE COOKIE COOKIE STARTS WITH C!"

Tenten looked at Neji, weeping over his hair, and then looked at Hinata with her adorable monster. She then recalled how Sasuke had acted in the Forest of Death, and came to an inescapable conclusion:

"All ninjas with doujutsu are freaking insane," she mumbled. Naruto slowly nodded.

"Yep..."

Just for fun, heheh.