Sakura was freezing by the time The Great Snow Ball War had ended. She had snow in places that she only let Naruto see and was really relieved when he came over to her and smiled.

"Time to go Sakura-chan!"

She waved goodbye to the children, some of them even asking her if she would come back next year because she was even better at throwing snowballs then Naruto was. She smiled and agreed to. In all reality she wasn't planning on coming back next year until they had asked, but the warm smiles on their faces and on Naruto's convinced her that all the joy was worth the little bit of chill.

He took her hand and started down the road.

"Come on Iruka-Sensai we're gonna be late!"

Naruto's voice shouted loud enough for the entire village to hear. Snow actually fell from tree's as his booming voice echoed throughout, probably waking up a few parents that we're trying to delay the day.

Perhaps that was part of the reason he did it.

As he dragged her along she couldn't help but know where they were going, as they turned down the street and saw the beaten up old cabbage stand, and across from that Hitori Nasaki's Lemon stand. They were headed toward Ichiraku Ramen. Why was Naruto so excited about..

Well never mind that, it was Ramen of course Naruto was exited. Something else seemed different to Sakura though, he was more excited then usual, he was about ready to explode like a firecracker as they reached the Ramen Stand.

She frowned when she saw the sign though, knowing Naruto would be disappointed.

Closed for Christmas

Sakura was alittle stunned that Naruto still just walked right into the Ramen Bar. She was even more confused when he had her sit down, but he walked behind the counter. She heared a voice from the back that sounded oddly like Ayame.

"Naruto is that you? You're late!"

"I know Ayame-Chan! The Snowball Fight ran alittle longer then expected!"

He shouted back as he started up the water to boil.

"Why this year? Someone shove snow down your pants again?"

Sakura chuckled, why yes, someone had done that, but Naruto seemed unfazed by it and had gotten the young man with a snow ball in responce.

"No! You know that was only a one time thing! Nope! 'Cause I had another General on the field with me other then Iruka Sensai!"

Ayame a moment later stepped out from the back, she was wearing casual clothing with an Apron on the Front with a giant christmas tree on it, there we're even blinking lights on the tree!

"Another General? Who - Oh! Sakura-san how nice to see you! Was this your first time joining The Great Snow Ball Wars?"

Sakura numbly nodded her head, she was still very confused but didn't want to dim Naruto's very bright mood with too many questions.

"Poor you, I thought about going once, but when Naruto describes the horrors of that war to me, I'd sooner take on Tsunade-Sama. Oh! You must be here as Naruto's guest huh? Being his wife and all. Well, sit back and enjoy, you'll be only the fifth person in history to taste Ichiakru's Famous: Christmas Ramen!"

Sakura felt like she was going to face vault, but chose to keep her composure. She watched as Naruto expertly chopped up red and green onions, red and green peppers and all sorts of festive looking Ingrediants, to be honest she wasn't sure how it would taste, especially when Ayame brought out the bright green and bright red noodles.

A few moments later there were five bowls set out, but Sakura is smart, and Sakura knows that, there are only three of them there. She was about to say something when she heard a familiar voice behind her.

"Maa...Sorry I'm late..I was walking down the street and I noticed this guy dressed in green stealing people's presents and I knew I had to stop him - "

"LIAR!" Sakura screamed instinctually as she looked over to see her former Sensai, Hatake Kakashi sit down infront of one of the bowls. Okay, that made four.

As Ayame and Naruto sat down, Ayame beside Iruka and Naruto beside herself, she kept staring at the fifth bowl.

"Naruto-kun, who'se the fifth bowl for?"

Naruto got a sad smile on his face and turned to her as broke his chopsticks open.

"Itadikmasu, Sakura-Chan."

The rest of the meal was in silence as they eat. It seemed that this moment was abit of a rememberence for Naruto, something was on his mind as he actually took his time eating. As the meal ended Naruto set his bowl down and bowed to it softly.

"You want to know who the fifth bowl is for Sakura-Chan? It's for the Old Man. It's for Jii-chan."

Sakura's heart nearly melted at that point. The Fifth bowl of Ramen was for the Late Sandanime Hokage.

"I'm Sorry Naruto..."

"We make it for him every year, it's our gift to him, because he gave us so much. He gave us protection, love, and he gave me a chance. It's the least we could do."

Sakura nodded and suddenly she felt an odd chill, it seemed that everyone in the bar did. Sakura wrapped herself in her jacket, but couldn't help but notice out of the corner of her eye - that the fifth Ramen bowl was empty.

"Naruto - The bowl it's -"

He silenced her with a soft kiss.

"I told you Sakura-Chan. It was for Jii-Chan."