An: Thanks to all who came here to read my little story and to all those who favorite and followed, now with that out the way hope you enjoy the chapter.

Disclamer: I Dont own naruto just a fan making a story fu lela jax fin and shin are my characters cloud is to he's not the one from final fantasy

CHAPTER: 4 Friends and Ramen

Fu was gazing intently at the massive gates of Konoha as they slowly opened in the early hours of the morning for travelers to enter the hidden village. Out of the corner of his eye, he observed Jax practically bouncing in anticipation.

As a human, his jet-black hair was out of control spiking out at odd angles. He wore a dark violet shirt that matched his unique eye color. Wrapped around his shoulders looked like what might have once been a cape, but the fabric had clearly been torn such that it only came down to his waist. His fists were clenched in excitement in a pair of fingerless gloves while his legs were hidden under a pair of loose-fitting black cargo pants.

Lela, never being one for patience, pounced on Jax, and, having caught him off guard, began to pet him on the head cooing over his soft, silky hair. Naturally, she invited herself to be given a piggy-back ride and wrapped her legs around his waist while continuing to pet him playfully.

Lela's long chestnut hair flowed gently down the small of her back, shimmering prettily in the rising sun. She was wearing a short, sleeveless kimono over black tights. The black kimono was held together by a silky red belt. On the back, a seamstress had sown in the kanji for power in a masterful dance of red and gold threads.

Jax didn't seem to mind the sudden stowaway on his back as he carefully wrapped his arms around her to keep her from falling. He did, however, appear to be disgruntled by the fact that she was still playing with his hair—practically purring now.

Fu was busy attempting to stifle his laughter to notice his other two charges waiting quietly at his left flank. They were conversing quietly, most likely discussing strategies.

In human form, Shin had ash-grey hair which was neatly pulled back into a short braid. As usual, his arms were crossed against his chest as the typically indifference reflected out of his pale blue eyes. He was wearing a dark-blue shirt covered in pockets and zippers and a comfortable pair of grey pants. Besides his ninja gear, he carried maps and scrolls as well as the occasional stunning potion (which he frequently applied to Jax and Lela). As the team strategist, he usually preferred to stay out of fights, but the sturdy Wakizashi (small Japanese sword) strapped to his back spoke volumes on his ability to fight should the need arise. Carefully stamped into the black hilt of his sword was the kanji for wisdom lined in silver.

Unlike his twin, Fin's dark blue hair was calm and tame as he pulled it back into a short ponytail. The bangs in the front though, often swung in front of his eyes and he was constantly brushing them aside. He wore a long sleeve inky blue shirt and baggy black pants that seemed to just a touch too big for him. Fin felt uncomfortable wearing clothes that were tight or reveling (unlike Lela who would wear anything as long as she could fight in it).

Fin often felt like the odd one out in the group. Where Jax stood out, he tried to blend in. In fact, the most unique part of his outfit was the bright green symbol on his back for wind. The only visible weapon he carried were two swords crossed against his back and held in place a thick chain which wound around his arms and across his chest.

Meanwhile, Fu had begun to pace impatiently as two ninja began to set up a registration table on the other side of the gate.

"Hey aren't you Master Fu from the land of snow" a deep voice broke his thoughts. Fu turned around, the other four echoing his movement, to see a giant carrying a massive hammer emerge from a thicket of trees.

"Who are you?" Fu demanded of the massive figure as his fingers twitched toward his sword only a hand full of people knew him by that name.

"Nice to see you remember me brat, especially since I'm the one who made you that sword," the man's voice said laughing as he nodded at the long kantana attached to Fu's waist. Recognition flooded the fox's face.

"Cloud?"

"In the flesh. What brings you here kit?" cloud laughed and sat down causing the earth to shake a little.

"Ha, ha, Fu's a Kit! Fu's a Kit!" Jax sang dancing with Lela on his back.

Fu growled and bopped Jax on the top of the head, burying him up to his shoulders in the ground. Lela, having anticipated this had acrobatically back flipped off of Jax and was now laughing hysterically at his predicament. Shin was wearing his 'what an idiot' look while Fin sighed and began to dig out his twin.

"Don't you think that was a bit much" Cloud said putting his hands up in defeat as Fu shot him and angry glare.

"Excuse me sir," said Shin realizing their mission was now on pause until Jax was unearthed (and conscious), "but how do you know Fu?" Lela sighed and began to help Fin pull Jax up.

"Well short version back when Fu was your age he tried to steal one of my weapons to get revenge on a certain person. I caught him and made him earn a better weapon, buy helping me in my shop after a year or two. I made him that weapon along with those clothes he's wearing—Well most of them anyways" James finished looking pointedly at Fu.

Fu's long white hair rolled down his back freely stopping mid-thigh. A bit of a red undershirt poked out from underneath his white kimono and samurai pants that had been lined red flames. Along his waist was a Katana that was at least 24 inches long with a red fox like hilt. Around his neck was a simple golden heart shaped necklace that was barely visible.

"Seems they finally fit you kit" Cloud spoke grabbing a beer container from off his shoulder.

"Yeah so what brings you here Cloud?" Fu asked.

"Business," said the giant, taking a swig of alcohol. Fu taped his foot impatiently clearly waiting for him to elaborate.

"Well I don't know if you've heard or not, but there has been sights of demons and monsters lurking around in the land of snow. I had an encounter with one myself… barely was able to escape… Right now, the whole country is trying to evacuate. Only a couple of the crazy ones are trying to stay and fight these creatures off."

Lela dropped Jax's arm, completely engrossed while Cloud gave Fu a knowing look, "Fu they are unlike any of the likes I've ever seen." Cloud finished shaking at the thought of the creatures while chugging down the rest of the alcohol hoping the burning sensation would take the memory away.

"So the homelands have been going through tough times." Fu's eyes grew distant for a moment, "Where's Eve?"

"Eve? She's in the waterfall village with her mother. In fact, I just came from there nearly three days ago. I'm only here on business to have a meeting with the Hokage." Cloud finished smiling grimly.

For a moment, Fu smiled with him until his hand snaked around and subconsciously found the small gold locket inside his kimono. Noticing, Cloud's stare his face turned a little red but not with happiness. While this didn't go unnoticed by Shin, the others were still busy with Jax (having gotten down to his waist now) to have noticed.

"You miss them don't you" Cloud asked putting a hand on Fu's shoulder.

"I'd be lying if I said I didn't but we too have some business inside of Konoha. Perhaps, I will be able to catch up with you later Cloud," Fu said giving a small sigh.

"Well kit you were always one to come and go, but do stop buy the waterfall village and see us. I'm sure it would make Eve very happy to see you again. Okay?" The two men stood as with a loud crack, Jax was finally pulled from underground dirt flying in every direction.

"Owie!" He yelled, rubbing the bump on his head and catching the two men's attention.

"What are you four still goofing around for!" snarled Fu, "We have a mission to do."

"Right!" shouted Jax saluting their leader.

"Yeah I understand go on I'll see around." Cloud added grabbing his hammer as he watched Fu, Shin, Lela, and Jax rush toward the village.

"Let's go! We have a Mistress to find!" Fu yelled as he ran through the massive gates moving so fast that the guards couldn't see him. The other four followed like torpedoes and ricocheted in different directions upon entering the vast city that swelled up to meet them.

TO Naruto

Naruto was finally able to check out of the hospital after lunch. Thinking it would be best to lay low during the festival of the Kyuubi's defeat, he headed towards the mountain of the Hokage heads so he could watch the events of the celebration from a safe distance away. Besides, it was the best place to enjoy a cup of ramen while watching the sun set.

On his way, he peeked into his favorite noodle shop to see Ayame polishing the countertops of an otherwise empty stand. When she noticed Naruto, she sent him a huge smile. At that moment, his stomach decided to growl loudly resulting in Ayame bursting into laughter as she disappeared behind a flap of curtain to get 'the usual' for her favorite customer.

A few moments later, she emerged from the kitchen bearing a huge cup of steaming miso ramen and sat it carefully in front of Naruto. She smiled as his eyes lit up and sat across from him as he reached for a pair of chopsticks.

After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Naruto looked up thoughtfully and looked about.

"Where's the old man?"

Ayame sighed, "He's in the back sleeping. We were very busy earlier today." She yawned and stretched her hands above her head looking quite worn out compared to her usual perky demeanor, "We had a couple of out-of-towners who came in and got into some sort of eating contest with some of the other customers." She shuddered thinking about the boy with a bottomless stomach and the strange girl with him who kept challenging people to battle her (of course this wasn't so unusual being a ninja village and her threats were generally ignored given her age much to the girl's frustration).

"Well say hi for me I'm going to the Hokage Mountain" Naruto said as he grabbed his ramen leaving as Ayame began to close up the shop.

"Hey!," she shouted after him, "Don't forget to throw away the cup this time!"

From the top of the Hokage Mountain, Naruto sat on the head of the Fourth slurping his ramen contently as the sun began to set in a magnificent display of red and orange hues. He watched the people move about bellow as they set up tents and banners for the festival that night.

His attention was suddenly caught by a small black figure jumping across the rooftops with unnatural speed.

'Must be A Ninja' Naruto thought taking a sip.

"Ugh, how can you eat this slop?"

Strange, it seemed as if the black blur was following the same path he had taken since he left the hospital winding down back allies before suddenly coming to a stop at the Noodle stand.

"It seems you like that weak little Ayame girl"

"Why is it you talk whenever I try to enjoy my ramen" Naruto replied irritability.

"Because it's so disgusting that not even pond scum would eat it. Not even the scum of pond scum would consume that filth. Why dare you devour it Halfling?"

"How could you hate something so full of happiness and joy?" Naruto asked taking a bunch of the sparkling noodles and slurping them down intentionally loud. The Kyuubi growled angrily at his impudence.

"As soon as I am free, you and your precious 'ramen' will be the first thing to go."

Naruto ignored her and gazed back up at the sky.

"So much for looking at the sunset in peace" Naruto finished as he chucked the ramen cup off the Hokage Mountain.

"You do know that's littering."

"Who cares."

Jax landed on top of a tree just bellow the Hokage Mountain. Defying physics, he sat on a thin branch and began to concentrate on his Mistress scent.

"Man there so many interesting scents to follow!" He grumbled out loud, " and Fu's beating me to them all not to mention Lela—wait what's this"

He reached for an abandoned paper cup that had landed, conveniently enough, on top of his head. Ignoring the minimal amounts of liquid that had oozed upon his hair, he picked the cup up and turned it over in his hands—not comprehending the 'Ramen' label on the side, he stuck his nose in it and inhaled deeply.

"This is…"

His pupils dilated while his eyes followed the obvious path of the cup: up.

He spotted a pair of legs dangling from one of the faces carved into the mountain and smiled wickedly.

"Found her! Now to give the signal," he grabbed a leaf and started to blow on it like a minuscule flute releasing an enchanting melody.

Fu had just run past the same Ramen shop for what had to be the nineth time only to stop when he heard a peculiar melody coming from the direction of the mountains. It sounded like Jax since the melody was a bit off as if he was making up the parts he couldn't remember.

"Looks like that idiot found her," Fu muttered to himself as he dashed off.

Lela was jumping over Fin and Shin's head knowing it would make them angry. As engrossed as she was she nearly fell off the branch she had been swinging on when she heard a certain melody being carried by the wind. Fin and Shin nodded to each other and dashed off toward the sound. Lela growled before dashing off as well, 'How did that idiot find her before me."

Fu, Fin, Lela, and Shin all came toward the tree Jax was still sitting in. As Jax saw them he pointed up toward the top of the mountain with a huge grin on his face. Fu started to sniff the air as he recognized his Mistress scent. Nodding his head, the five blurred out of view.

"Hey Kyuubi are you going to tell me what that sound was or not?" The Kyuubi just cackled gleefully much to Naruto's irritation.

"They're coming" Kyuubi simply said.

"Who's com—"

Before Naruto could finish, five figures came jumped over him causing Naruto to nearly fall on his back.

He stood up, surprised and studied the new arrivals with a cautious eye. It was clear to Naruto that these people weren't humans or at least not normal humans anyways.

'Must be her servants,' Naruto thought. He felt the Kyuubi smile in the back of his head.

"Yes. Finally, took them long enough."

"Hey you! Have you seen a pretty lady around here with red hair?" Jax asked and Fu hit him on the head.

"Ahh! What was that for?!" Fu didn't answer him as he grabbed hold of his katana.

"Where is she?" Fu snarled, pulling out a long sword that glimmered in the fading sun.
In slow motion, Naruto watched as it twirled in the air like a thin mirror, reflecting the colors of the earth and sky before the deadly blade stopped directly in front of his heart.

"Speak," He barked, "before I slice you apart."

So hope you guys enjoyed next chapter will probably be the longest one yet or the shortest either way i look forward to seeing you all there