MG: FFN is being retarded, and deleting random word chunks. I think it might be part of a new program to get rid of some of the illiteracy that runs rampant on this site, but in my case a lot of the red underlined words are misused on purpose, and I don't appreciate them being deleted. Also, like, a lot of them are japanese, so of course they wouldn't show up in ye old Webster. I am not happy about this. Also, even though I wrote it, I keep misreading the last line as 'Naruto needs to eat normal people.'
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Naruto eats a lot. The Kyuubi's metabolism runs fast. Ramen is pure carbohydrates, and it's cheap, so it goes fast. It's merely convenient that it's also his favorite food.
His stomach always growls on long missions. The C and D level ones are almost preferable, because he can pack a full lunch, or even stop at Ichiraku's. But of course, 'Because I get hungry' isn't a plausible excuse, and after awhile he is just is over qualified.
When they do travel far, he is equipped with protein pills, and freeze dried tofu, and sometimes forced to scavenge for food.
Mission: A Class
Location: South Ta no Kuni
Objective: Retrieve Stolen Silver Seal
Additional Notes: May have to take detour through Forest of Death, regular patrol on main roads. May have to forage for food. Edible substances native to Ta no Kuni of note; Accai berries, St. John's Wort root, Ginko Nuts.
The pills and packaged foods that induce constipation for a shinobi's own convenience (after all, they usually end up drinking from the streams, which in turn causes diarrhea), they just aren't enough for him. While the others grow lean and plow on valiantly through grumbling tummies, Naruto can feel the little fat he has managed to build up disappearing. And, after any longer than a week, he can feel the muscle itself burning, and it hurts.
Sasuke never noticed. At least, Naruto doesn't think he did. If he did, he never said anything. Although, he would occasionally (towards the beginning of the end) give Naruto strange looks, like he could tell that something was off.
Sakura would later remark with a casual wave of her delicateroughbeautiful hand that it was fortunate that Naruto was so thin, she could never eat like him and maintain her lithe physique.
Looking back on it, Naruto thinks that Kakashi always knew. Because he gave the same looks that Sasuke did, only his were mixed with weariness and understanding and something horribly, terrifyingly close to pity.
When the others plough on through empty stomachs, Naruto ploughs on through fire. When Kakashi gives him those looks, he pretends not to notice, and smiles extra in hopes that it'll all just go-away-go-back-to-normal-please-please-please because if the man really cared he would do something, like he almost did something for Sasuke, like he really did something for his old teammates.
Naruto needs to eat more than normal people.