Chapter 18 - Konoha

"Hey Naruto, where are we going?" Asked Karin as she walked behind Naruto

"I don't know, I'm just looking around at this village. It brings back memories of the torment I went through, and now that i'm back as a powerful ninja I just see these people as weak ants who were too full of fear to differentiate between a child and a gigantic nine tailed beast" he replies with a cheerful smile, with resting his head on his hands

'Even though he and Hisui aren't related by blood, he still picked up his personality' thought Haku as he chuckled

"Eh, I'm hungry. Do you guys wanna eat" asked Karin while rubbing her stomach

"Yeah, let's go to that ramen place over there, I'll pay" Naruto responded while pointing at a small ramen shop

"Are you sure, it looks shabby" said Karin with hesitation

"Well Hisui always says 'don't judge a book by its cover' so let's just check it out, maybe it's amazing" Naruto responded while walking in. He saw there were only about eight seats and no customers seemed to be in yet. He saw an old man and a young lady with brown hair in the kitchen

"Hello what would you lik-" the man doesn't continue because when he says the face of Naruto he is shocked 'is this boy their son?' He thinks to himself

"What were you saying?" Asks Naruto

"Oh pardon me, what would you like to eat?" Asks the man

"Well what's your best one?" Asks Naruto

"Miso ramen" answered the man

"Then I'll take one of those, how about you guys?" He states

"Same thing" they both answer

"Three miso ramen coming up" he says with a smile as he begins cooking. Naruto and the others find a seat and it's down waiting patiently for their food. After a few minutes what stood before them were three bowls of ramen

"Well let's dig in" Naruto says as he grabs chopsticks, breaks them apart and tastes the Ramen. When he does his eyes open wide from shock

"Is it bad?" Says Karin not wanting to eat it anymore

"IT'S AMAZING, IT'S DELICIOUS" Shots Naruto as he starts consuming the ramen, finishing it in 10 seconds. "Seconds please"

"Huh, is it really that good?" Mumbles Karin as she also tastes it 'delicious, it's absolutely delicious' she thinks to herself. She then starts consuming it just like Naruto "seconds please"

"Oh now I'm excited" says Haku as he begins to eat the ramen 'it's not bad' he says eating his ramen at a moderate rate "that was wonderful, thank you for the meal" he says. Half an hour later there were 10 empty bowls of ramen in front of Karin, while there were 15 in front of Naruto, they're we're both rubbing their stomachs

"That was the best thing I ate in my life, Old man this Ramen of yours is the food of the gods" Naruto says with a smile

"Yes, it really is wonderful" Karin says

"Thank you very much, your welcome here anytime" the man responds with a smile

"I'll be back here again I promise you that" Naruto says as he pulls out his wallet and pays the man "lets go guys" he says as they all leave the restaurant and go back to exploring the village

"So where to next?" Asks Haku

"I don't know, let's go where life takes us" Naruto responds with a smile

"That's not a good idea at all" says Karin

"It's fine after a-" naruto was saying until someone bumped into him, it was a kid with short spiky hair, blue eyes and a small chip in his tooth, he was wearing a grey helmet with a hole one top where his hair sticks out. Around his neck was a rather long scarf. "Hey watch where you're going kid" Naruto says

"Eh I'm the grandson of the hokage and the future fifth hokage Konohamaru, you should watch where you're going" he says in a ċȯċky tone

"Why should I care who your grandfather is? What does that have to do with you? You aren't your grandfather so why should I care who he is? A strong person builds a name for themselves rather than hide behind the name of another'' Naruto said while knocking on the head of the kid. The Konohamaru looks at him with admiration

"Your right, I'm tired of these villager only acknowledging me as the grandson of the third hokage, that's while I'll defeat him and become the fourth, so that everyone can acknowledge me for myself " He declares

"Then become strong then kid, become the hokage" says Naruto with a smile

"Are you a ninja?" Asks Konohamaru

"Of course I am, I'm a powerful ninja" says Naruto with a cheeky smile

"THEN TEACH ME BOSS" says Konohamaru while bowing

"No" Naruto flat out declines

"Why not?" Asks a dejected Konohamaru

"First off, I don't want a disciple, second we are from different villages if that isn't obvious" he says while pointing at his forehead protector

"Why don't you do it Naruto, it could be fun" says Haku with a chuckle

"Nah, I don't feel like it, let's just go register" says Naruto while walking away

"Well if you say so" responds Haku walking behind him

"You guys are too much" says Karin as she shakes her head and follows behind Naruto.

"HEY WAIT UP BOSS" shouts Konohamaru running after the others, that's when he suddenly bumps into another person, this time it was a boy wearing a black, baggy, full body suit with a red and yellow circle on the front. He wore a black hood that covered his head and had a face paint design, he carried something bandaged on his back

"Watch where you're going" says the boy as he grabs Konohamaru by his scarf and picks him up in the air. Suddenly a hand grabs on to his arm and squeezes it almost breaking his arm

"I suggest you let him go, or don't blame me when you lose an arm" Naruto says with a smile

"Let me go" says the boy

"Drop the kid" answers Naruto

"Drop the child kankuro" said a boy with short auburn hair, a mark above his left eyes, and a giant gourd on his back

"But gaara-" kankuro says but was then interrupted

"Did I ask?" Said Gaara which lead to Kankuro finally letting Konohamaru down

"It's ok Konohamaru, run along now" says Haku in a sweet tone. This causes Konohamaru to blush, as he believed Haku was a girl

"Umm ok BOSS DON'T FORGET TO TRAIN ME" he shouts as he runs off

"Jeez, that Kid is going to be a hassle. Well Thank you for that, are you also taking the chunin exams?" Asks Naruto

"Yes, I go by gaara" said the boy

"I go by Naruto Uzamaki, well it was great to meet you, but it's time for me and my team to register, so until the exams, Gaara" says Natuto with a smile

"Likewise Naruto" says Gaara as he watches Naruto and his team walk away. Gaara then gets a twisted smile and mumbles "I'll kill him for you mother"