Naruto tetchily exited the Konoha Hospital and grumbled to himself, "That woman. What's her problem?"

"Ino kicked you out again, didn't she?" said Shikamaru Nara as he nonchalantly leaned against the Konoha Hospital wall.

Naruto grumbled incoherently.

"Ah, don't blame her. She's just worried about Sakura." Shikamaru got up and started walking alongside Naruto as the two walked down the street, "Did you get the report from Sasuke?"

A look of concern appeared on the young Hokage's face, "Yeah, it's as bad as we thought. He said it will be here in three days".

Shikamaru looked at Naruto in shock, "Three days?" He sighed, "Man, this is very troublesome."

"We need to do something," Naruto continued walking.

"You need to evacuate the villages between here and that thing. If it's bad as reports say, it will cause problems for everyone," He looked up towards the stars, "There should be enough Genin teams to handle the warnings", replied Shikamaru.

Naruto looked at Shikamaru with a look of concern, "Think you can come up with a plan to stop it?"

Shikamaru quietly thought for a second, "I don't know. We haven't found anything that could help us out. And it will be suicidal to face that thing head-on."

The two turned the corner, approaching the Ichiraku Ramen shop, "Well, maybe something will pop in my mind after eating some Ramen," the blond leader chortled.

"Eh, I'll just head home", replied Shikamaru. "Dinner should be ready about now. And if I'm late, I'll never hear the end of it."

Naruto smirked mischievously, "Say 'hi' to Temari-san for me." As that was said, Shikamaru waved his left hand in the air in acknowledgement as he walked off.

Finally, the moment he's been waiting for all day, a nice hot bowl of some freshly made ramen to end his eventful day. Teuchi, though getting on in years, still continued making his famous ramen for Naruto as if time had never passed. "Ah, Hokage-sama, welcome! The usual?"

"Of course!" Naruto enthusiastically responded. He took off his Hokage hat and placed it on the counter. His mouth began watering as the smell of the Pork Ramen made its way to his nose. All he could think of is ramen and more ramen.

Another customer appeared from behind the Ichiraku banner and is quickly welcomed by Teuchi. The blond leader turned around to see it was. "Ah, Hinata."

Hinata blushed as she knowingly ran into Naruto and sat down next to him. She ordered the same thing Naruto ordered, "How are you tonight, Nar." She caught herself, "Eh, Rokudaime-sama?"

Naruto smirked at her in response, "Ah, everything's okay". Then Naruto's dinner was placed in front of him.

"Enjoy," enthusiastically said Teuchi.

Hinata stared at Naruto with reverence as he happily ate his dinner. Naruto was always oblivious to her staring. She smiled and when her order was delivered, she gladly joined in. After a few minutes, Naruto was on his third bowl and she was still halfway on her first. She looked at her idol and worked up enough courage to ask him a question, "Rokudaime-sama, would you like to have lunch at my place tomorrow?"

With a mouth full of Noodles, Naruto looked at Hinata. She sat there blushing as he worked down the noodles. "Okay," he responded.

The young Kunoichi beamed a smile at the acceptance and returned to eating her meal. One eye keeping an eye on Naruto at all times.

Naruto worked down five bowls and decided he was done for the night. He patted his stomach in delight and got up to pay. Teuchi thanked him and the young leader grabbed his Hokage hat, said goodbye to Hinata, and then began walking home. In spite the wonderful meal he just had he couldn't stop thinking about was on the way, the demon was coming to Konoha and he had to find a way to stop it. Naruto walked up the steps to the top of the Administration building and gazed at the Hokage monument just like his predecessors. Though dark he could still see the monument being illuminated enough in the moonlight and he reminisced what his predecessors would have done in such a situation. Perhaps a good night's sleep an idea will pop in his mind. So he stretched out his arms and made his way home.