"Yosh!" Naruto broke his brief brooding as they waited for Kakashi with an exuberant cheer. "I've decided!"

"Decided what?" Sakura asked, glancing at him.

"I've got another goal!" He beamed. "Before I become Hokage, I want to travel Japan!"

"... travel Japan?" Sasuke echoed.

"Yeah!" Naruto nodded excitedly "I wanna try all the different kinds of ramen there are out there! There are some you can only get at certain places! Like Kaisou ramen, and Konnyaku ramen and Rice ramen..."

Sasuke crossed his arms. "I knew it was a mistake to loan him that travel book."

"And Gekikara ramen and-"

”Shhh!”

”What?”

”Shhhh!!!”

“What?!”

”Neij-kun and Hinata-chan are having a staring contest.” Sakura hissed.

”Oh.” Naruto blinked , obvious to the combined glares of teams 8, 9 and 10 “Who’s winning?”

”It’s a Hyuga staring match.” Shikamaru deadpanned. “Who can tell?”

”Point”

”My money’s on Neji.” Ten Ten smirked.

”Hinata.” Kiba retorted. Ten Ten ignored him.

”Who do you think, Sasuke-kun?” Ino chirped.

Sasuke debated. “Oi. Dobe. C’mere.”

”Yeah?”

Silence followed as Sasuke dragged Naruto to the back of the crowd.

”SASUKE YOU PERVERT!!” Naruto’s howls made everyone jump. “GIMME BACK MY CLOTHES!!”

Both Hyuga blinked.

Sasuke smirked. ”I win.”

-fin-

2004-01-31

"Ne, Sakura-chan?"

"Yes, Naruto?"

"The Three Don'ts of the Sennin are 'Sex, Sake and Money', right?"

"Think so..."

"And the Three Sennin are Ero-Sennin, the Obaasan and Orochimaru, right?"

"Yeah, why?

"Cause Ero-Sennin’s a pervert who drinks a lot, right? And the Obaasan can't stop gambling, right? but Orochimaru doesn't do any of that stuff and look how he turned out."

"Twisted and Evil?"

"Exactly."

".... and your point is?"

"Well, if I wanna be Hokage, I can’t turn out like Orochimaru."

"So?"

"So which do you think I should start training? Chasing girls, drinking sake or gambling a lot?"

-fin-

2004-06-20