CHAPTER 9 • I awoke in sasukes house naruto's foot was on my face and sasuke's arm was strun across my torso. Both still asleep snoring I got up not gently but the two were still sleeping I put on the clothes from yesterday and made something for us too eat. (Ding cooking skill leveled up to 29 the taste and overall health benefits increased by 50%) this was a skill I've cultivated my free time for a while. Cooking for myself and others has become a hobby of mine. I was cooking three servings of Sausage Egg and Cheese Onigiri(recipes: 3/4 cup Fully Cooked Jimmy Dean Sausage Pork Crumbles
• 1 cup Borden Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided
• 2 1/2 cups short grain rice, cooked
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp. heavy cream, can substitute with milk or water
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. everything bagel seasoning
• handfull roasted seaweed strips, optional
Chili Oil Ketchup
• 4 tbsp. ketchup
• 1 tbsp. chili oil, or substitute with hot sauce of your choice
Recipe Directions
• Wash and cook short-grain rice. Once cooked, transfer to a heat-proof bowl to cool down.
• In a pan, heat tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium heat. Toss in the Fully Cooked Jimmy Dean Sausage Pork Crumbles and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until browned and slightly crispy. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Whisk together eggs and heavy cream until thoroughly combined. In the same pan used to reheat the sausage, pour in the eggs and scramble until fully cooked. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• In the bowl with the rice, add sausage, egg, scallions, and cup Borden Shredded Cheese. Mix until well combined.
• To assemble, start by preparing a bowl of cold water. Wet both hands and grab cup of the rice mixture. Compress then flatten it out on one hand. Place 1 tablespoon of cheese in the center then cover with another cup of the rice mixture. Press the onigiri firmly so they stay intact then shape them into a triangle. If using a mold to shape the onigiri, skip this step.
• Once all onigiri have been formed, carefully roll the edges in everything bagel seasoning.
• In a pan, heat the remaining tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium heat. Gently transfer the onigiri face down. Cook for 1 minute on each side.
• Reduce the heat to low. Brush soy sauce on each side, making sure to flip after each brush. This will crisp up and caramelize the onigiri!
• For the chili oil ketchup, simply combine 4 parts ketchup with 1 part chili oil then mix.
• Serve onigiri with roasted seaweed and enjoy with chili oil ketchup!) I placed three on three plates and woke up the two pigs sleeping, as I I thought at one glance you would think the couldn't be more different, but the truth is that the two couldn't be more similar, it's just that sasuke was forced him to act like the rest.
"Breakfast time!" I yelled to get the two moving. They got startled and they woke up "Breakfast is ready come get some" I put the plates on the floor table(or a coffee table in America) I sat across from the two we ate in a comfortable silence. Mostly because naruto and sasuke were tired as we finished sasuke look at the clock and said " we should head to the Academy" naruto jumped up and yelled "Yeah let's go!" We soon left, as we made our way to the Academy we got strange looks from the adult.
I sneered and kept walking when we made it to the we went to are class with only few interpretation by fan girls completely ignoring me and naruto. We sat in are sets and waited for iruka sensi's to come in surprisingly the fan girls were the only one making a fuss. I could understand it was first year final testing even naruto was quite.
Iruka came I more serious than ever, he passed out a test after he was done he went to the front and said "when the test begins their will be no cheating if caught you will be immediately failed no begin" as I looked down at my paper I found the questions were mostly history related with was understandable since for the whole year iruka only talked about history.
As I looked at my questions it came to me that it's been a whole year since I came here. I just smirked and filled out the right answers after all even if I didn't listen to iruka sensi's lectures I often read books including history.
After the test was over we made are way outside as we were walking I saw the panic I naruto and his movements and surprisingly sasukes as well. The fights were divided randomly like in are spars, "all right first up is kiba inazuka vs Takahashi" I went to the ring kiba said something that annoyed me to no end "ha ha this will no problem if you friends with that idiot" the words were nothing, new but the Malice in his voice pissed me off so now the situation changed, "I'll have to teach the mut a lesson" I thought with even more malice in my thoughts "are you ready" iruka sensi's said I nodded curtly and kiba boasted needlessly iruka sensi's said " begin " kiba ran towards me, as he got close I kicked up at his chin, he was falling back but he stood back up before he could do anything I punched him he tried jumping back but I didn't let him I kicked at his legs making him crouch I kicked his face again he ended up on the ground on his back with a bloody face iruka sensi's said "stop Takahashi wins" there was cheering but I towards sasuke and naruto "good job Takahashi way to show em" the blonde said and sasuke just nodded in congrats
but i like to think he was celebrating like naruto. The other fights were uninteresting they were one sided like sasuke vs some random civilian kid or naruto vs another civilian kid naruto just overwhelmed him. But the fight that got my attention was surprisingly Hinata vs ino, ino's preformes was lackluster but hinata was amazing even if she dragged on the fight, the way she fought was truly amazing But after that this part of thr test was over and we went inside were iruka sensi's announced all passing students.
Needless to say me naruto and sasuke passed and the main cast along with a few civilian kids. After the day was over iruka sensi's gave out electives for next year as we left the academy early I was waiting for sasuke and naruto I saw Hinata sitting alone.
I went to her and said "hey hinata" she jumped and said " Ah t-t-takahashi you need s-s-somthing" I smiled and said " I just wanted to say you did great, you want to come with me sasuke and naruto" with great effaced on naruto she blushed and said " I don't want to be a burden and" I Cut her off and said "don't say that we'd love to have you with us now lets celebrate" I took her to my two friends surprisingly sasuke was the one to comment "how this" he said with the uchiha glare, i smiled" and said now now don't get jealous she's going to celebrate with us" at the news sasukes face didn't move an inch and naruto existedely cheered and jumped up and down.
We made our way to are favorite place there were ordered our usual and Hinata ordered Kare Ramen(kare ramen consists of thick and curly noodles served in a curry-flavored broth.Japanese curryis usually rich, creamy, dark brown in color, and not overly spicy in taste, making this a perfect comfort meal.) We had surprisingly good conversations that probably because of her infatuation with Naruto I know that's something sasukes especially great full for. After eating I said "hinata come with us to sasuke's house" before either could interject I put my arms around the two and we were off towards sasuke house.
When we got there the twiching hinata and stoic sasuke sat down while naruto went to get on of the board games we stored here. All while I was cooking some Karaage or japanese fried chicken (The ingredients are 300g boneless skin-on chicken thighs marinade: 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp cooking sake 5g fresh ginger, grated 2 cloves garlic, crushed to fry: 1/4 cup katakuriko potato starch, to coat cooking oil, for fryingto serve: japanese mayonnaise lemon wedges Leave a little skin/fat on for extra crispiness. and allow to marinade for 30 minutes. Drain any excess liquid from the chicken and add 1/4 cup katakuriko potato starch. Mix until the pieces are fully coated. Heat some cooking oil in a pan to around 180C and test the temperature by dropping in some flour (if it sizzles on impact, the oil is hot enough). Fry 3-4 pieces at a time for 3-4 minutes until they are deep golden brown colour, then remove and allow to drain on a wire rack or kitchen roll. Serve hot or cold with some lemon wedges and a squeeze of Japanese mayonnaise) and that's how you make Karaage as! I served the food on the floor table. Naruto came back back with a game similar to monopoly called "Dokusen" we played all night Then it became night time. "Ah I have t-t-to g-g-go home" hinata said while touching the tips of her fingers "well lets go with you the" blonde said while jumping up knocking the board game over as sasuke was going to take naruto's Business. Sasuke came up behind the blonde and put him in a head lock and gave him a nuggei. "Me and naruto will come no protest" I said with noshlauntness oozing from my voice sasuke looked at me and said "you two" I looked at him and said "some one has to clean this up" I said to him with a straight face as me naruto and hinata left sasuke was yelling at me. The distance between the uchiha and hyuga clan was it took 40 minutes to get to are destination we stopped at the gates "see ya another time hinata" naruto said loud enough to wake up the whole village. On my part I just waved from there we went to sasuke house as we walked again I found myself looking at the stars. But my mind was on what tomorrow would bring, but along with that I thought on what I have today.