The sun is just about to rise to begin another ordinary day in the Konoha Village.

The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and our little Naruto is still sound asleep.

Yup, everything seems to be where it should be. Or is it?

Little does Naruto know that there is someone watching him, up in the trees.

"Naruto…where have you been keeping it?" Iruka said to himself.

"Keeping what?"

"His headba-AAAH!"

"Shhhh…do you want Naruto to wake up?"

"Kakashi! What brings you here? In this tree? At Naruto's house?" Iruka asked nervously thinking that this will ruin everything.

"Oh I was just taking a stroll around Konoha while reading my favorite novel (Iruka sweat dropped at this) and I saw the most interesting thing. And that would be you stalking Naruto so I decided to drop in. What are YOU doing here Iruka, besides stalking?"

"I am NOT STALKING! I am merely observing. A complete difference." Iruka's vein throbbed with annoyance at his statement.

"Ok, ok, Iruka. WhatEVER you say. So like I was saying, why are you here?"

Iruka was shifting his eyes from one thing to another. Nervously trying to find a way out so his plans won't be disturbed.

What to say? What to say? I might never be able to find out why Naruto isn't wearing it if my future actions are discovered.

"Uuhhmm…that's a good question, Kakashi. Aaand here's a better one." Iruka finally thought of something.

Kakashi waited patiently for his question/answer.

"Can't a person's former teacher visit that said person every once in a while?" Iruka said slyly.

"While he's asleep?" Kakashi seems to be interrogating him.

He's got a point.

"Uuumm he looks so peaceful? I mean look at him. It's not everyday you'll see Naruto being so calm and serene right?" explained Iruka.

Nice one, Iruka. Now Kakashi won't possibly think I'm lying. That answer was foolproo-

Just then, a loud snore was heard all through Konoha causing the birds to fly away and the people to wake up. Except for Naruto that is because, obviously, he's where the snore came from.

"Serene?" Kakashi was not buying it.

"Ehehehe…" Iruka ran out of ideas.

I spoke too soon.

"You're looking for his headband aren't you?" Kakashi said as if it were so obvious.

He knew all along? That Kakashi…

"Pretty much…" Iruka sighed in defeat.

"So did you see or find anything?" Kakashi asked.

"Not yet. Just Naruto talking in his sleep," answered Iruka.

"Oh? What about?" Kakashi asked with interest.

"Just your usual Naruto kind of stuff. Ramen, Sakura, being Hokage, and of course the famous "believe it" phrase at the end," informed Iruka.

"Figures. Oh, Iruka, I forgot to tell you…" Kakashi began

"Tell me what?" Iruka asked with curiosity.

"Oh, it's nothing important! Just forget about it! Well I gotta go. Big sale going on at the book store. Good luck!" Kakashi quickly said as he ended it with a poof to the book store.

I wonder what he had to tell me…

Iruka shrugged and continued his observations.

Now to find where he's hiding it. Ack! He's waking up! Better camouflage myself!

Yawn "…hungry…" Naruto sleepily said.

He grabbed an instant ramen cup in the pantry, opened it, and put some hot water in it.

"Great. Now I have to wait. Why is it called INSTANT ramen when you have to wait three whole MINUTES!" Naruto complained like he does everytime he makes instant ramen.

sigh Typical Naruto. He can be so predictable.

Two minutes and thirty seconds left

"Huh? What's that? A bird? And it's staring at me."

GAH! I've been spotted! Oh yea, that's right. I'm a bird. Better make this look convincing.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp. Tweet, tweet, TWEET!" Iruka attempted to sing like your average bird, but ultimately failing. Lucky for him, it's Naruto he's trying to convince.

"Weird bird. Probably wants my ramen. Well too bad it's mine, birdy! Even if I DO have to wait three minutes," pouted Naruto.

Two minutes left

Whew, he bought it. Now to just sit back an-Hey what's that noise? Who's there?

Then out came a bird the size of your foot (size 8). He was eying Iruka in a weird way. And yes. He was a HE and oddly, he was checking Iruka out. He came closer and was trying to get "friendly" with Iruka if you know what I mean.

AACK! What is this bird doing?! Here I am trying to stalk-I mean OBSERVE Naruto and all of the sudden this bird tries to make a move on me! Ugh. MEN. Wait, I'm a man. O.O What I meant to say was Ugh, BIRD men. Diisgusting. They have no respect whatsoever for us-I mean for the women birds.

One minute and thirty seconds left

"Three minutes is longer than it used to be. Maybe my clock's broken." Naruto looked at his ramen then the clock and back and forth.

Naruto looked back at the window and this time, he saw the same bird and a much bigger one bothering it.

"Heh. It looks like that bird is trying to be "friends" with that other bird. Good luck. He's gonna need it." Naruto looked back at his ramen and then at his clock.

One minute left

That's it! I'm gonna give this bird a big piece of my mind!

Naruto looked back at the window to see how our male bird is doing and what he saw made him laugh. He saw a beaten up looking bird laying flat on its back and a triumphant looking one on the beat up bird.

"Hehe…he tried, but failed. Don't worry, bird, you're not alone. I feel your pain. Geez, Sakura-chan can punch." Naruto rubbed the swollen lump on his head that was given from Sakura for attempting to peek through her skylight window in her bathroom while she was taking a shower.

Hehehe that oughtta teach that bird some manners and respect. Oh, I almost forgot about Naruto! Did I miss anything?

He looked at Naruto staring grumpily at the ramen and then the clock and back to the ramen.

Nope.

Thirty seconds left

"GGAAAH!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! I'm hungry!! I'm eating you and I'm eating you NOW whether you like it not! You got that RAMEN?!!" Naruto yelled while accusingly pointing a finger at the ramen as if it was the cause of his hunger.

THUMP …POOF

"Wha wa vat? Ib pownbid wyke ib kame fwom ow zide," Naruto said with his mouth full of undone ramen noodles. So here's the translation: "What was that? It sounded like it came from outside." He quickly swallowed the noodles and headed towards the door.

Right on the ground, next to the tree, was the cause of the noise. And that would be Iruka. The thing is Iruka didn't expect a very impatient Naruto to suddenly shout at the ramen. So the shocked bird lost its balance, fell, landed on the hard ground, and poofed back to his normal self. He couldn't fly because he didn't know how seeing he doesn't transform into birds very often.

Iruka was on the ground with dizziness in his eyes and imaginary birds flying in circles above his head like vultures.

"Ehehehe. Tweet tweet. Chirp chirp." Iruka said, well, chirped.

"Iruka sensei? What are you doing here? On the ground? And are you drunk?" Naruto asked.

Iruka recovered quickly and stood up with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Hehe don't worry Naruto I'm not drunk I just…TRIPPED. That's all. Yea that's what I did. And I'm here to treat you to ramen, but silly me, I forgot my wallet." Iruka laughed nervously.

"O…K. Guess what Iruka sensei? You'll never believe what happened outside my window today! There was this bir-"

"Sorry Naruto I gotta…uuhh go to the Academy!! I'll see you later!!!" Iruka yelled as he zoomed to who knows where leaving a confused Naruto behind.

"But the Academy is the other way. Oh, well. Back to my RAMEN!" Naruto said to no one in particular as he went back inside.

Back with Iruka

That was definitely a close one. I should be more careful next time. If there IS a next time. I had to deal with Kakashi, a disrespectful bird, and I gained a bruise as big as that bird on my rear. I went through all of that just to find nothing. I have a keen eye but it still wasn't enough to see or find that headband. So since I couldn't find it then I'll have to make sure Naruto does without trying to find it. Let's see if Naruto really does care about that headband. But until then, I need an icepack for my throbbing butt.


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(A/N):Hi peoples. Sorry that it's taking so long to get to the broken headband part.

Hope this chapter was a good one though.

Well I can PROMISE you that the broken headband will come in the next chapter…maybe. MOST LIKELY.

I realize there are probably some confusing parts in the story like the fact Naruto's headband is no where in sight and how Kakashi was about to tell Iruka about something but didn't.

Don't worry about those.

You'll find those out in future chapters.