"So, maybe tomorrow Kakashi-sensei will start teaching us some super techniques," Naruto declared as he accepted another bowl from Ichiraku-san. "Or maybe we'll have our first mission."
Ryoko looked toward Naruto as she continued to eat her own bowl of ramen.
"I d..do..not…" she started to say more, but gave up as Naruto interrupted her. Instead she daintly worked on the food before her.
"I'll bet we'll be sent to go protect some important relic or something," Naruto said. He picked up his chopsticks and started to stick them into his mouth when he noted they were empty. "I could have sworn there was a pork slice there."
"Wou…"
"What else could they have totally badass ninja like u…" Naruto paused and then looked to Ryoko. "Well, like Sasuke and me and a martial artist like you."
"Do not most young shinobi perform D…"
"We're so B-Rank and better, believe it," Naruto declared. He looked down at his ramen bowl momentarily. "Ichiraku-san…have you started serving smaller portions?"
"No," the man behind the booth said. "I even gave you an extra sized portion knowing how much you eat."
Ryoko started again to hesitantly try and join into the one-sided conversation, but was stopped before she could say anything.
"Hmm," Naruto said. "Anyway, it shouldn't be long now before we're the most famous ninja…and martial artist…in Konoha."
"Do ninja want to be famous?" she asked quietly. "Don't…do not…do not!"
"Why do you do that?" Naruto asked.
"Do what?" Ryoko asked.
"Repeat yourself over and over like that," Nartuo asked.
"Ano…?"
Ryoko brought her chopsticks up to her mouth and swallowed nervously.
Naruto bent to his own bowl and blinked on noticing that he was all but finished, with only a bit of broth and noddles left.
"I really have to watch how I eat," he muttered, forgetting about Ryoko's speech patterns. "You eat a lot too, don't you."
"Wh…when I can," Ryoko said, calmly setting her chopsticks down after finishing her own eighth bowl. "M…my f..family has a…high metabolism. An…anyway, how do you…copy y..yourself like that?"
"Oh! The Kage Bunshin?" Naruto asked. "That's the coolest thing ever, believe it! I'll bet I can surpass you now."
"Is that a challenge?" Ryoko asked, looking toward him.
Naruto smirked back. Then he remembered what she'd said about fighting partners. He wanted to say something about it, but didn't quite have a firm handle on what exactly bothered him about it. There was something about her wording, "defeat" instead of "surpass".
"Sure, let's go back up and see who's surpassed who," Naruto said.
Ryoko smiled brightly, wondering how many Naruto's she could fight.
"WAI!" she declared happily.
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(Posted Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:22)
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