This was a challenge given to me by Gouken 2010, after we read Naruto's pilot on One Manga... Basically, What could have been, if Naruto met... Naruto...

Naruto sighed as he sat down at the ramen stand, it had been a long day and his favorite food was just the comfort he needed to face the rest of it. He hadn't been there long before another person arrived in the stand, and sat down next to him. The didn't look at each other, until the chef came out of the back, and blinked slowly looking between them. "What the hell? Naruto did you summon a clone?"

The two looked up at the shopkeeper before facing each other and staring blankly into the mirror image they found there. As one they pointed at each other and spoke, "You're me... weird..."

"Well... Iruka-sensei took my goggles... but I like them..." Naruto stated as he leaned against the bar, holding up a finger to the cook. "I'll take a miso, and one bowl for my duplicate here."

"Beef please! That headband's not bad either..." his duplicate responded with a huge grin on his face. "But you don't have a cool motorbike with a new sidecar, huh?"

"Uh... what's a motorbike?" Naruto asked curiously as he followed the hiked thumb of his doppelganger out of the stand, where a strange contraption was sitting. "That thing? Looks awesome, hard to ride it?"

"Only if you're just starting off, once you get it going, then it's super easy! My and my truest friend are heading to the hidden mountain village," the clone answered while the ramen arrived, and Naruto paid. "My friend prefers the sidecar though, and it's a lot faster than walking."

"Hidden Mountain Village? I've never heard of that one... you're in Konohagakure..." Naruto offered with a curious frown.

"How do you hide a village in the leaves? Besides this place was visible from miles away... Chief would really love you... I hope he's alright... Sarutobi-jii-san was a real grouch... but I miss him."

"Sarutobi died during the chuunin exams when all the ninja villages met up..." Naruto explained while wiping his eyes free of tears.

"Wait... Ninja villages as in plural?" the biker Naruto asked with a confused look on his face. "You have the most ass backwards political system I've ever heard..."

"NARUTO!" Hinata called out as she entered the ramen stand. Her shiny black leather accenting her form nicely. "I got directions while you were goofing off... what took you so long?"

"I was just talking to..." Naruto started while indicating the seat next to him, only to realize that it was abandoned without even a trace of the boy's scent remaining. "... the chef, and I got you some ramen..."

"You..." Hinata sighed after a moment before pulling the goggles up off her eyes revealing light purple eyes. After letting her pupils dilated to the sudden brightness she sat down next to Naruto and smiled sweetly. "If I wasn't your girlfriend, I'd probably do something that would really ruin our friendship..."

"Just remember we're to meet Tenten a mile outside of this village before sunset..." Hinata reminded the blond before starting to eat calmly, despite her partner's wild abandon. "I bet your chief will be proud of you bringing two friends back, instead of just one..."

While Naruto slurped down the ramen, he wondered where his double had gone, or who he had been. But instead of pursuing that thought any further, he savored the ramen. It was nearly as good as the stuff in the hidden mountain village, and made him remember his home more warmly than he had when he left. Maybe it wasn't so bad having friends...