Hello, and welcome to DoodleMonstah's newest chapter!

Oh no! DoodleMonstah, er... I'M talking in third person now! (First sign of insanity, people)

Would have posted this yesterday, but, well... I fell asleep. (heh, heh...)

(Mass sweatdrops)

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-Chapter 3-

For the next few days, Sakura and Sasuke were shocked that Naruto seemed to be acting stranger than ever. Even Kakashi noticed how odd his student's behavior was, although he was admittedly not too worried- yet.

Naruto had a crazed look in his eyes, was constantly looking behind his back nervously, often tugged at his spikey blonde hair, and was always extremely tense and jumpy. He had bags under his eyes and desperately threw himself into D-rank missions, which with his clones, got them finished extraordinarily fast.

Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi all sweat dropped as all around them, hundreds of Naruto's whipped to and thro, doing hundreds of D-ranks at a frantic pace. Each of them had the same crazed look and haunting desperation in his eyes.

Kakashi starting to wonder if maybe he SHOULD be worried at this behaviour. Even for someone like Naruto... This was a bit disturbing. Although on the other hand, the village was in tip-top shape, now that the D-ranks were being completed faster then ever before.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was clenching his fist dramatically as he thought, "Naruto... Such power... He's doing more missions by himself than the rest of us genin put together... How... Power... I need power... How can I get power..." He seemed to glare at his fist both angrily and dramatically.

This made Sakura squeal. "That dramatic face Sasuke is making is so sexy!" She thought while blushing and snickering and sneaking glances at Sasuke over and over again.

Kakashi was left sweat dropping at all three of his students: One fangirl, one power obsessed emo, and a certain blonde ramen addicted maniac who was banned from ramen.

Closing his Icha Icha: Make out Paradise, Kakashi decided that maybe he should be worried about Naruto after all.

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Naruto's clone was currently chasing after a cat, when suddenly a green blur with a pair of bushy eyebrows appeared in front of him and struck a pose, youthful tears running down his face.

"SUCH YOUTHFULNESS!" Lee shouted. "You are working so hard, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE! I WILL TRY MY HARDEST TOO, MY ETERNAL RIVAL!"

And so, Lee ran off leaving a trail of dust clouds and joyful tears, and got to work on a D-Rank.

Naruto's clone just stood there tugging his hair with a maniac look on his face, before shouting, "I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

Making the signs necessary, the clone dispelled himself, leaving a cloud of smoke.

None of this had gone unwatched by a watchful eye.

xxXxx

"H-hey! Come on, man!? Don't I have enough money? I did a hundred D-ranks! I-I need the ramen, man! I haven't had ramen in six days now!" Naruto exclaimed desperately. His crazed blue eyes had a strange, unrecognizable look in them as he stood in the dark black market transaction point. His whole body was trembling uncontrollably, and he was suffering from major ramen withdrawal.

"You still owe me from last time, remember? And Ramen's hard to get around these parts," the ramen dealer lied. In truth, it was one of the easiest and cheapest things to buy.

"I-I need it.. I need the ramen! I'll do anything!" Naruto replied frantically, eyes flashing dangerously.

The dealer smirked. He finally had the brat right where he wanted him. "Ok kid, I'll give you a dose of ramen, but since you can't pay in full, instead you can pay the ridiculously high, er... I meant LOW interest rate of 20% daily."

Naruto, too deprived from ramen to listen to big words like 'interest rates' only nodded vigorously, desperate for even a single pack of beef ramen.

The dealer smirked evilly. 20% daily interest rates... This kid would never get out of the situation! Surely, this was the best transaction the dealer had ever done in his whole life.

But his smirk disappeared and his face instead became pale. His eyes widened, and he felt his breath leave his lungs.

He felt something sharp pressed against his throat. Something very sharp.

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A/N Hehe, I used my cliffhanger no jutsu again!

So, today we learned: Naruto on ramen withdrawal = maniac Naruto.

Poor Naruto, the worst things happen to him for our humour... Does humankind like to torture him or something? He's tortured in both funny AND terribly depressing fanfics!

Yah sorry again for not posting this yesterday, but I only had three hours of sleep yesterday and fell asleep before I could post it. (He he he... All rested up NOW, though..)

Note: If it sucks, it's because I was really tired when I wrote it.

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