Naruto ignored the jab in favour of grabbing his chopsticks with a wide grin "Ikataki-"

"No." Sasuke cut him off.

Naruto froze, his eyes wide in surprise. "Eh?"

Sasuke held up another bowl. "And this is curry." He poured the lumpy brown sauce into the bowl of plain noodles. "Put them together, and you have curry ramen."

The loudest ninja in the village silently poked the dish with suspicious eyes as if he was expecting to sprout tentacles and attack him at any moment. "Curry... ramen?"

"Just try it."

Naruto risked a quick glance before shrugging and taking a small bite. There was a slight pause as his eyes suddenly lit up and he began eating at his usual frantic pace. "This is GOOD!" He exclaimed amid gulps of food.

Sasuke allowed himself a small smirk at the accomplishment.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura hesitantly hovered behind the sombre eyed boy. "I thought the whole idea of this exercise was to get him away from always eating ramen."

Sasuke gave her a one armed shrug. "Figured if we could wean him off of ramen into curry, we could get him to try other foods from there."

"Ah." Understanding flashed across her face. After all, she was getting as tired of constant ramen as he was. "Good Plan."