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I probably am only going to do about ten chapters and end this story. I'd much rather work on my chapter stories and this isn't very popular anyway. Reviews give me the motivation to continue lol.

Naruto

Close Ichiraku ramen shop

Naruto wore an excited grin on his face as he galloped down the streets of Konoha. He was finally back from a long mission and there was nothing more important to him than getting a bowl of that delicious Ichiraku ramen. He had some while on his mission, but it couldn't compare to what Old Man Teuchi could stir up. The blonde could feel his mouth starting to water at the thought of all those savory flavors he was about to experience. Naruto picked up his pace, unable to contain himself any longer. He stopped in his tracks when he saw the closed sign on the outside of the little shop. This had to be a joke right?

Naruto moved closer and saw that the sign said "Closed for renovation. Will re-open in ten days". Ten days?! How could he go over a week without ramen? It was true that he had eaten some others, but that hunger for Ichiraku was gnawing at it the whole way home from the mission. A thought suddenly came to him and a smile broke out over his face. What if the ten days was over tomorrow? He looked closer, attempting to find some sort of date. He frowned when he saw that Ichiraku had closed today. That meant it closed before he got there.

How could Old Man Teuchi do this to him?! He knew that Naruto was gone on a mission! Couldn't he have waited until he came back before closing it? Naruto nearly fell to his knees. What was he going to do without ramen?

"Are you doing something stupid Naruto?"

He turned to see his teammate Sakura standing behind him with arms crossed over her chest.

Naruto got to his feet and grabbed the young girl by the shoulders, causing her emerald eyes to widen in surprise. "Ichiraku is closed for ten days! What am I supposed to do without ramen?!"

He shook her with each word of his last sentence. By the time he realized what he was doing, it was already too late. Her brows furrowed and she raised her fist. "Get off me you idiot!"

Her fist connected solidly with his jaw, knocking him flat on his ass. He rubbed the spot tenderly as it throbbed underneath his fingers. Sakura was still glaring at him while he sat.

"You're so mean Sakura-chan," he muttered before getting to his feet and dusting off his clothes.

"Why don't you just buy some ramen from the store?" Sakura asked. "It will at least hold you until Ichiraku's opens back up."

That sounded like a good idea. Instant ramen wasn't nearly as good as freshly made ramen, but it would probably help with his cravings for now. The blonde thanked his friend quickly before taking off to buy ramen.

It took Naruto less than five minutes to get to the place in Konoha that he knew sold instant ramen. The manager saw him and waved nicely. "How are ya Naruto?"

"No time," Naruto answered quickly. "I need to buy a case of your instant ramen."

The male rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Sorry Naruto, but our new shipment is running late due to weather. We don't have any ramen currently, but if-"

"No ramen!" Naruto exclaimed. "Is there anyone else in town who sells ramen?"

"No one but Teuchi."

There was someone who must be out to get him. There was no way both ramen places didn't have anything, but that was exactly what was happening! Naruto felt himself starting to spiral into despair. Maybe he should just go get something to eat and hopefully that would help take the edge off of wanting ramen. After all, he was starving. He ate a light lunch in hopes of getting two large bowls of ramen. Unfortunately, those dreams had been crushed.

After getting some delicious BBQ from Yakiniku, Naruto was hoping that his cravings had gone away. The only thing that had gone away was his hunger. He still had a strong taste for Ichiraku ramen. How could he not? It was the most amazing food on the face of the earth and he was being deprived of it. He couldn't even buy instant ramen to help him out.

After taking a shower, Naruto curled up into a ball. It took him hours to try and get to sleep and when he did, all he did was toss and turn. His mind was chanting "ramen, ramen, ramen" and having all the empty ramen boxes littered around his room was not helping to put him at ease. Around four in the morning, the tormented soul was finally able to get to sleep. Unfortunately, it was only for about three hours.

Naruto jumped out of bed. "I can't take this anymore!"

He began moving towards Ichiraku's shop like lightning, making it there in twenty seconds flat. He flipped the sheet back and was surprised to see Teuchi standing at the stove, the smell of ramen wafting through the atmosphere.

"Old man!" he yelled. "I have to get some ramen. I can't go ten days without it! You're already making ramen so can I have some?!"

Teuchi turned around and smile. "Oh hey Naruto! Is that sign still up?"

"Yes," he responded desperately. "I know you're closed for renovations bu-"

Teuchi slapped a hand to his forehead. "Is that sign still out there? I meant to take that down!"

Naruto gave him a look of confusion. "So you aren't closed?"

Teuchi wiped his hands on a towel and smiled. "We were supposed to be, but the renovations got postponed until next week when the workers are able to do it. I was wondering why we had no customers yesterday!"

Naruto had never felt such happiness in his life. Ichiraku wasn't closed and he could have some ramen to fix his cravings. The blonde's face had a huge grin on it as he sat down in one of the bar style chairs.

"Fix me up a bowl please!"

This chapter was so hard to write for some reason. I guess because I really don't want to continue these lol. I may just call this one the last chapter since I'm bored with writing this.