AN: I'm here with another chapter! I was quite surprised when I saw that I allready had a review, and it was a positive one as well! Woho! This chapter is basically so that Naruto and Akira will get to know each other a bit more.

I do not own Naruto

Ramen and Sunshine

Naruto was in heaven! He had just been named the Godaime Hokage and Konoha had turned into a sea of ramen in every flavor! And not just any Ramen, but Ichiraku Ramen, the Food of the Gods!

"GYAHAHAHA! This is awesome! Ramen! Ramen everywhere! Is this heaven?! It must be! This is best day of my life, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled happily, ramen everywhere, and it was all his! He jumped into a pool of miso ramen and started devouring the delicious noodles so fast it looked like he was inhaling them. "Mmmmm… Soooo gooooooood! I can't believe this! It's like a dream come true! Wait… Dream?"

And when that thought struck, the area around Naruto started breaking apart and he started falling through a dark hole in the ground. He could still see the ramen but it was slowly getting further and further away. "Nooo! My ramen! Give me back my ramen, dattebayo!" Naruto cried while he desperately tried to "swim" through the darkness to get back up to the ramen, and for a short while he was succeeding, but then.

BANG!

"YEOUCH!" Naruto yelled and his eyes shot wide open, something he immediately regretted. "AAARGH! God Damn Ball of Fiery DEATH! My eyes! It burns! My eyes are burning!" He yelled while clutching is shut eyes. He laid there for a while, whimpering, and waited for his eyes to adjust to the light. After a while he started to slowly open his eyes, still wincing at the bright light. When he had adjusted he noticed the cause he woke up in the first place, the bed was a mess and he was currently lying on the floor, and of course this put him directly in view of the window, he concluded that this was NOT a good way to start the day.

"Aww man… And that dream was so awesome too, dattebayo…" He whined a bit while he started standing up, dressed in a pair of green boxers with red toads on and a white t-shirt with a red spiral on the back. As he was looking around he noticed that something was wrong, this room was way too nice to be in his rundown apartment. "Wait, where the hell am I?! Did I get kidnapped?! Why? I'm too young to die! I haven't become the Hokage yet!" He cried out while frantically looking around trying to find out where he was. He didn't calm down until he noticed the small wooden box with his belongings standing on the table by the couch.

"Oh yeah… That's why I'm here." He said a bit sadly as he remembered yesterday. Sure, he didn't have a lot of stuff and his apartment was pretty small and not in the best of shapes, but it was HIS apartment and HIS stuff. He shook his head to clear his head of depressing thoughts and took another look around the room. He noticed that there actually are some things already there, he hadn't noticed yesterday with everything that had happened. There are a few books in the bookcase, some simple landscape posters on the walls and a clock on the wall, showing that the time was 11:21. He walked towards the bookcase and picked up one of the books, it was a book containing funny stories, just something to pass the time with other words. As he started opening the book he suddenly froze.

'Wait… Yesterday was my birthday… And this year that was a Sunday… That would mean today… Is a Monday…' He thought with a small amount of fear as he looked back at the clock. 11:22, the academy starts at 08:00. "SHIT! Iruka-sensei is going to kill me!" He yelled and started running around the room and got dressed as quickly as he could, when he was dressed he rushed out of the door and took off without even looking.

"Ooof" Thud. He ran straight into Akira and fell on his butt. He looked up and saw Akira staring at him with a twitching eyebrow. She didn't look as tired as the day before, but you could see she was in no way well rested.

"Sorry! I'm LATE!" He said before he got up and tried to run around her.

"Oh no you don't!" Akira said before grabbing the collar of his jumpsuit and lifting him of the ground. "You're not going to just run away after bumping into me this early in the fucking morning without a damn good reason you little brat!"

Naruto was struggling and he slowly starting to panic at the thought of what Iruka-sensei would do to him if he didn't get to the academy soon.

"Let go of me! I'm already late and if I don't hurry up Iruka-sensei is going to murder me, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled while he struggled to get out of Akira's grip to no avail. "Let me go already! I need to get to the academy!"

Akira just blinked at him, and a second time, and a third, before she raised an eyebrow at him.

"Umm… You do know its October 11 today, right?" She asked with a slightly annoyed tone.

"Yeah, what about it?! Let me down! I'm late!" Naruto yelled while still flailing around.

Akira then dropped him on the floor with a loud thud that made him oof and let out a sigh.

"The thing about it, is that the academy is closed today and for the rest of the week. So you're not late, brat. And your teachers should have told you that before you left Friday last week." She said and rubbed her temples, the brat was being too damn loud, maybe she should go and get drunk? That might be a good idea, even if she was tired as hell. S Ranks are a bitch…

Naruto sat on floor blinking, before closing his eyes and scrunching up his face while tilting his head slightly to the left. Did they really say something like that last week? When he thought about it, he vaguely remembered something that sounded like that, so maybe, just maybe she was right. He was brought out of his deep thoughts when he heard an amused chuckle nearby.

"Huh? What are you laughing about?! Tell me, dattebayo." He said while looking at Akira.

"Chuckle. Oh, nothing really. You just look kinda cute when you're thinking." Akira said before she started walking towards the kitchen, while still chuckling slightly.

"Oh thanks. WAIT! I'm not cute damn it! Take it back! The Hokage can't be cute, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled while he jumped and started following Akira, looking a bit annoyed.

Akira just laughed and put a finger on her chin and put on a look of deep thought.

"Oh I don't know about that, I always thought the Yondaime was a bit of a pretty boy. And you'd have to become the Hokage first before any of that matters anyway. And so far I haven't seen anything all that impressive." She said with a mischievous grin.

Naruto stumbled at that, the Yondaime, his hero and idol, a pretty boy? That couldn't be true could it, right? He had to admit, other than the face on the Hokage monument he hadn't actually seen how the Yondaime looked. But there's no way his hero was a pretty boy, he was willing to bet he was a badass through and through. After all, he beat a 50 meter tall demon fox! Even if he died he still did it! He's the reason there still was a Konoha. Wait, what was that she said?!

"Hey! I'll become Hokage before you know it! I'll become the best Hokage ever! Just you wait and see! And then you and everyone else have to acknowledge me, dattebayo!" He said with conviction.

Akira just looked at him before shaking her head.

"Not if that's your reason to try and become Hokage you won't." She said bluntly. "Tell me this, what does it mean to be Hokage?"

"That's easy! It means that you're the strongest ninja in the village and that everyone must respect you, dattebayo!" Naruto said without hesitation.

"No. No it doesn't." Akira simply said, making Naruto look at her and narrow his eyes, was she going to laugh at his dream too? "The Hokage position is about a lot more than just strength and respect. And until you learn just what the position means, your dream will be nothing but just that, a dream. And even if you begin understand what it means to be Hokage, you're going to have to work extremely hard to get there." She continued as she opened the door to the kitchen. "Now if you want anything to eat, sit down and shut up."

Naruto muttered under his breath as he went to sit down at the table, part of him wanted to yell at her to shut up, but his stomach said "Sit down, I'm empty" So he did just that, his stomach was right more often than his brain anyway. Now when he was no longer panicking about being late, or being angry at being called cute, he thought about what had been said, and noticed what Akira was wearing. She was wearing dark blue cargo pants, a black t-shirt with blue waves and the kanji for water on the back and a pair of black socks.

"What did you mean by 'this early in the morning' anyway? It's not early, even for me." He suddenly asked. Akira took something out of the freezer and put it into the microwave and then turned to look at him.

"This is the first time in 2 days I've slept, I'm tired and sore and I'm pissed at the damn civilians on the Council, this is way too early to deal with this crap. So yes, it is early." She said before opening a cupboard and taking out 2 plates and glasses. She then took a bottle of milk out of the refrigerator and took out a pair of chopsticks from a drawer and put them on the table as well. Soon the microwave signaled that the food was ready and she put it down on the table and put a spoon to put it on the plate. It was a simple stew with rice in a round container separated with a wall in the middle. It looked simple but pretty well done. Naruto waited until Akira had put her portion on her plate before taking some as well.

"You keep talking about the Council, I thought it was the Hokage that took care of everything? At least that's what Jiji tells me when I ask what he does in the village." Naruto asked before taking a bite, it was actually pretty good, simple but tasty, and would probably have been even better if it hadn't been frozen first. "This is good, where did you buy it?"

"Thanks, and I made it. And unless you want to eat ration bars all the time if you manage to become a ninja you will probably learn how to make simple meals as well. Those things are disgusting." Akira said, she took a few bites before continuing. "I keep talking about the Council for the same reason the Hokage isn't in the village. Every 10 years the Hokage has to meet the Fire Daimyo and various important figures in Fire Country to discuss the future of Konoha's budget and things like that, the meeting takes 2 weeks so they got time to go through all the important things. During this time the Council is in charge of missions and a few other things, and since the ninja part of the council is made up out of clan heads the civilians is in charge of missions to prevent them from giving the best missions to their own clan and things like that. Unfortunately I think the Nidaime was drunk when he gave the power to the Council all those years ago, because it sure as hell doesn't work as it should. Anyway, the Hokage left for the meeting around 5 days ago. So he should be back in another 10 days, 9 if he moves quickly."

Naruto tried to digest that information for a bit and thought about it.

'Great… It's not a secret that the civilians on the Council don't like me, I'm willing to bet that's why none of the ANBU that helps me was on patrol yesterday… And it's going to stay this way for another 9 days at best… I guess it's best if I stay here and lay low until the Hokage is back, but I still need to get some new clothes to replace the ones that was ruined, and I probably need to get some other things as well, urgh, there goes my savings…' He thought.

"What have gotten you all depressed then brat?" Akira said after a while, noticing that the boy's mood seemed to be getting worse the longer he was thinking. "Does thinking hurt that much?" She said in an attempt to distract him.

Naruto shook his head and glared at her so that part worked at least. Then he sighed and started speaking.

"Most of stuff was destroyed with the rest of my apartment, when I've replaced everything I'm going to be broke… And it's not a secret that the civilians on the council don't like me for some reason so I can't expect any help from ANBU if someone tries anything…" Naruto said a bit depressed.

Akira thought about what she knew about the boy so far. 'Huh. He's not as stupid as I thought. Both yesterday and today he's capable of drawing conclusions and he didn't just trust me the second I showed up, it was more like he didn't have an actual choice. Oh well, I can help with the shopping bit atleast.'

"Hey brat, if you write a list of what you need I can buy it for you, and then you can pay me back when you got the money. This is a ninja house, meaning that I've made sure people can't enter without my permission so you could stay here to avoid the majority of your problems. They can't keep the others away forever and you don't have to go to the academy for a week either, so just lay low until the regular ANBU is back on patrol" She said when she finished eating.

"Stop calling me a brat, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled before he blinked when his brain caught up with the rest. "Wait, you'd help? Why?"

"Because I got to go grocery shopping and I might as well pick up your stuff on the way, and it's not like I have a shortage of money." She responded while putting the dishes in the sink. "Also I'm not going to just let you stay here for free, you're going to be doing the dishes and clean the house while you stay here." She said with a smirk.

"Aw come on! Both of those things are boring!" Naruto whined as he hung his head. "Well, at least it beats sleeping outdoors…" He muttered.

"Yeah yeah, now get working on that list so you can start with the chores." Akira said without a care. "I want to get moving already." Before handing him a pen and a piece of paper.

Still grumbling about having to do chores, he hated chores, Naruto started writing down the things he would need.

"Clothes, Kunai and Shuriken, The books on academy basics and Ramen!" He said while writing.

"A toothbrush and some toothpaste as well, your breath STINKS!" Akira chimed in.

"Nobody asked you!" Naruto snapped but added the items to the list before handing it over.

Akira took the note and started walking towards the door, when she read the note however she suddenly stopped and just stared at it before turning her gaze to Naruto.

Naruto squirmed a bit before asking. "What? What is it?" Akira looked at him a while longer before she read from the note.

"20 Miso Ramen, 10 Beef Ramen, 10 Chicken Ramen, 10 Vegetable Ramen and 10 Sea food Ramen. Just how much ramen do you intend to eat?" She said a bit scared, and impressed to be honest, because that's a lot of ramen.

"Hey! You can never have enough ramen! It's the best food in the world, dattebayo!" Naruto said a bit defensive. "And you don't have any at home, how can you even survive without ramen?!" Akira just stared at him.

"You're going to end up being a midget if all you eat is ramen, you know that right?" She said after a while.

Narutos eyes widened first in anger, and then in horror. Was it true? His divine ramen couldn't be the reason he was shorter than others his age, could it? No, of course not, but maybe… No! Bad thoughts! Trust in the ramen, let the ramen flow through your veins, let ramen fill your mind, trust in the ramen. Amen.

"What do you mean ramen will make me a midget?! It's the glorious food of the gods!" Naruto said after a while.

"While ramen is pretty good, I admit, it is not healthy. And if you don't eat healthy your body will not get what it needs to grow, and you will be a midget. It is that simple." Akira said with a deadpan expression.

By this time Naruto was panicking, would he really be a shorty if he just ate ramen? But it was so good! And one of the few things he could afford as well! What should he do?!

Seeing that Naruto was panicking Akira sighed before she spoke up.

"Look, you can still eat ramen for lunch, just make sure you eat healthy during breakfast and dinner and you should be fine. Probably… Anyway, I'll go now, start with the chores while I get everything." She said, when she started to walk away she suddenly stopped. "Oh I almost forgot to check what size I should get on your clothes."

After she said that she walked up to Naruto and checked his jumpsuit and pants to see what size they were, making Naruto a bit uncomfortable in the process, always a plus!

"I suppose you want the theme to be orange by what I can see." She said dryly before leaving. "See you later brat!"

"I'm not a brat!" Naruto yelled after her when the door closed. He started doing the dishes and cleaning after she had left. It was already quite clean so it didn't take very long.

45 minutes later

Akira walked through the door and proceeded to walk towards the kitchen. When she got to the living room however she noticed Naruto lying on the couch, sleeping. After watching him for a while she went into the kitchen, took a scroll out of her pocket and unsealed the various groceries and the many cups of ramen Naruto had requested. After everything was unsealed and in place she opened the freezer and removed a few ice cubes before walking back to the sleeping Naruto. After staring at him for a while, she started smirking before gently lifting his head of the couch. When the boy was sitting up, she put the ice cubes in his jumpsuit at the back.

"GYAAAAAAAAAH! COLD! COLD! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Freezing! It's freezing!" Naruto shouted as he woke up. He immediately jumped of the couch and started trying to get the ice cubes out of his clothes, after jumping around in a panic for a while he finally managed to get the cubes to drop on the floor. As he stood and tried to catch his breath he glared at Akira who just stood there, smirk still in place.

"What the hell! Why did you do that, dattebayo?!" He yelled at her, which just caused her smirk to widen into a grin.

"Oh no reason, I just felt like it." She said, clearly amused. Which caused Naruto to glare at her even harder.

"It was NOT funny!" He said through clenched teeth.

"Actually it kinda was, for me at least. Anyway, here you go." She said before tossing him a scroll. Naruto caught it and just stared at it. Before looking up and asking.

"Umm… What's this? Why did you give me a scroll?" He asked a bit unsure.

"It's a storage scroll with your stuff." She said, after a while her grin dropped. "Umm… you do know how to use a storage scroll right?" She asked. Naruto looked down and shook his head a bit.

"Okay… It used to be one of the first things taught at the academy." She said before she walked up to him and took the scroll and opening it. "You just push a bit of chakra into the scroll and whatever you put into it pops out, either focus on a specific item and it will appear or just focus on unsealing all of it and it will do so" She said while pushing a bit of chakra into the scroll and with a poof she held a brand new shuriken set. "To seal them back in, just push some chakra through the item into the scroll and you're all set." She put the shuriken set on the scroll and in another poof it disappeared. While Akira was doing this Naruto was staring wide eyed and slack jawed at what he just saw.

"That's so cool! How is that even possible?! Can you seal anything into a scroll? Can you seal item into other things than scrolls?! Tell me, dattebayo!" He burst out excitedly. Akira just blinked at how excited he was over a simple storage scroll.

"Umm… I have a seal that only allow people whose blood I've approved into the seal and you get excited over a storage scroll? Really? And it's possible through Fūinjutsu. And yeah, you can seal things into other things than scrolls, see?" She said and channeled some chakra into her arm. A black tattoo appeared and with a poof she held a couple of shuriken in her hand.

"Awesome! How come I've never heard about it before?! Can anyone learn to use Fūinjutsu? Can you teach me? Please? I'll do anything, pleaseee!" Naruto said in an excited voice and tried to grab Akira's hands. She jumped back a bit and held her hands up.

"Whoa, calm down! First of all, I'm holding a bunch of sharp metal stars, watch the hands! Secondly, Fūinjutsu takes a long time to learn, and we don't know how long you will be around. I can teach how to use some basic seals but that's about it, learning how to actually Create or even Draw your own seals would take too long. And yeah, everyone can learn how to use Fūinjutsu, it just takes so long and can kill you if done wrong that almost no one bothers with it. I'm one of the few who do." She says. Once Naruto stops trying to grab her hands she reseals the shurikens into her arm again, the tattoo fading once she stop channeling chakra through it.

"You mean it? You will really teach me?" He says with a grin. Akira just shrugs.

"Yeah, sure. As long as I'm not doing anything else I guess I can show you some basics. Now check your things if there's something missing." She says while pointing at the scroll.

Naruto quickly unseals the contents of the scroll and look at what he got, he's pleased to see that most of the clothes has some form of orange on them. After he finishes checking that he got everything he needs he notice that there is a few bits of paper there as well. Picking one up he realizes they are receipts. After checking the amount on all of them he frowns.

"Umm… Akira? Was there a sale or something?" He asks.

"No, they were all full price. Why?" She answers after a short while.

"That can't be right… All of these things together are cheaper than 1 of my jumpsuits…" He says in surprise. When Akira hears this she gets a blank look on her face.

'Seriously? I knew they didn't like him, but to charge him that much for a "Kill me now" jumpsuit? This is ridiculous!' She thought. 'I thought Hokage-sama would pay more attention to things like that, or does he really have that much "faith" in the villagers?'

"I'm sorry to say this brat, but you got ripped off. Badly." She says after a while.

After she said that you could easily see Naruto's face fall. Noticing he seems to get more and more depressed Akira sighs and says.

"Well, I can't get you your money back, but I can try to teach you what to keep an eye on to see if the people you're talking to are honest or is trying to harm you in some way. Would you like me to try?" She asks.

The effect is instantaneous and Naruto goes from depressed to excited in a heartbeat.

"Really?! You will teach me?" He says with a happy voice.

"I can try, however it all depends on how good you are to pick up on things whether I can teach you or not." She says with another shrug. "Now go play or something, I'm still sore since yesterday and I'm going to take a bath. Remember what I said, you peek, you die."

As she say that she starts walking towards the onsen. Naruto smiles and look back to his new things.

'Maybe my apartment getting trashed wasn't so bad after all… At least I got someone to teach me stuff now, not even Jiji does that since he's so busy.'

He seals everything back into the scroll again and goes to put them into his room, after that he just got to entertain himself until Akira feels like teaching him.

AN: There you go! It's still a bit slow, should pick up once I actually get to the training part though. At least I hope so. I hope it's readable.

Next chapter should have Akira teaching Naruto some basic things and the Sandaime returning.

Untill next time!