Ramen Bar Stories

Rating-T minor cursing

Type-Humor/Romance

Summary-A series of drabbles that revolves around the Ramen Bar and the people that go there.

Author Comments- Hi everybody! This is my first fan fiction, so please don't be too harsh on me.

Ramen Bowl 1

"Hey old man, five bowls of miso ramen!" yelled happily Naruto as he stepped into the small Ramen Bar.

The old man chuckled as he shot back with a comment while rummaging through a cupboard for the ingredients to Naruto's order, "I hope you have the money for it, you still owe me for the "soup incident" and all those other ramen bowls!"

"Eh heh heh…," Naruto chuckled weakly as his head sweat dropped; the "soup incident" was not a happy event.

"Hah! Fooled you there for a minute!" laughed the owner of the Ramen Bar as he placed a tray with five bowls of steaming, hot miso ramen in front of Naruto. "Don't worry, I'll just save that tab on your "Hokage tab", for when you become Hokage, right?" the owner winked at Naruto good heartedly.

"Right!" smiled Naruto as he reached for a pair of wooden, disposable chopsticks inside the chopstick cup. He snapped the chopsticks apart and cheered, "Ikamatisdu!" and two bowls suddenly were licked empty.

The owner chuckled as he turned away to wash some dirty dishes; he remembered how he had been so surprised at that the first time that happened. Naruto's speed in cleaning out ramen bowls was unrivaled; his agility in consuming the delicious noodles was nearly faster than the speed of light!

Naruto suddenly slowed down on his last bowl. He stared at down at his favorite flavor of ramen and sighed contently as the steam from the bowl rose slowly into his face.

Naruto looked around the Ramen Bar. The Ramen Bar wasn't exactly the fanciest place, but it wasn't rundown either. The bar was small, but it wasn't cramped, it was cozy in a sense. The place was extremely comforting; the ability to see the kitchen in clear view, the way the owner spoke to customers as though they were old friends, the way the ramen was made here, it was all so…nice.

Suddenly a tear dropped from Naruto's eye and slid down into his bowl of still steaming ramen. No…this place was not just a bar, thought Naruto, this place is his true home, more so than his apartment, more so than the academy, more so than any other place in the place. This was the place where Naruto grew up, where he received a form of love, his comfort and acceptance. This is the place where he spends most of his time with his loved ones.

"No…this place is not a bar, this place is my home" thought Naruto as rolled down from his face into his bowl. He smiled as he watched the owner from behind wash dishes diligently through blurry eyes. Naruto wiped his tears, ate the bowl of ramen, his mind fully thankful for this place. He got up and thanked the kamis silently for allowing him to have this place, this safe zone from the villagers.

Suddenly a butcher knife flew right past Naruto's face, taking a sliver of skin from his nose, and lodged itself into the wooden fence in front of the Ramen Bar. Naruto slowly turned his head with wide eyes to find himself confronted with the owner standing on the table of the bar, looming over Naruto with two more knives in his hands menacingly.

"YOU WERE GOING TO SKIP OUT ON PAYING YOUR MEAL AGAIN WEREN'T YOU!" roared the red-faced owner.

"No! I wasn't!" stuttered Naruto as he backed away slowly in fear from the blood-lusting old man.

"LIAR!" screamed the owner as he chucked a razor sharp knife at Naruto with uncanny speed and precision.

Naruto quickly jumped out of the as the knife tore his jacket sleeve off and lodging itself right next to the previously lodged butcher knife.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" hollered Naruto as he exited stage left with the Ramen Bar owner throwing more sharp utensils at him.

"COME BACK HERE!" yelled the flustered old man in his late 50's. He did not chase Naruto, but instead, he went to collect back his knives and went back into his bar.

The Ramen Bar owner sighed and smiled, "He'll be back tomorrow" he chuckled as he resumed washing the dishes.

END

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