The Path of a Shinobi (Reader x various)

One Last Time

You and Naruto had walked out of the Hokage's office not too long ago and were wandering around the streets trying to enjoy the day while it lasts.

"Man, why do we have to wait to go after him when we can head out right now,"'complained Naruto with his hands placed behind his head.

"Well, we do need a plan since it's Itachi Uchiha we're talking about. Someone of his caliber isn't going to be an easy opponent."

"I know but-"

He stopped mid-sentence when he felt a hand placed on his shoulder, but there was a hand placed on your shoulder too. You slightly turned your head to the right to see Jiraiya Sensei with a bright grin on his face.

"Oh Jiraiya Sensei."

"Earlier I said we would catch up, so why don't we do that now and I'll treat you two somewhere?"

"Your treat?" Asked Naruto skeptically with a brow raised.

"Of course," he said while giving us a thumbs up.

"Wow you're actually paying for once instead of stealing our money," you teased. He shot you a glare before he placed an arm around you and Naruto, bringing us closer together to the point where our shoulders were squished against one another.

"Oh shut up kid. Be grateful that I, the Great Toad Sage is willing to pay."

"Yeah with all the money you 'borrowed' from us during our training." He grabbed you in a headlock and began to ruffle your hair, leaving it slightly messy.

"Hey!" You swatted his hand away and he let go of you, allowing you to fix your hair how it originally was before following them to the one place you knew Naruto would want to go to.

Ichirakus.

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Naruto was currently on his seventh bowl of Miso Chashu Pork Ramen while you were on your third bowl. Jiraiya Sensei had only ordered one bowl, but had finished not too long ago and was waiting for us to finish filling up our stomachs up until we puked.

"Man, you two are going to leave me broke." He had fake tears running down his cheeks as he stared into his wallet that was now half empty.

"You offered." You held the white medium sized bowl up to your lips and drank the last bit of broth that remained before setting it down on the counter with a satisfied grin.

"Yeah, might as well take advantage," sputtered Naruto with a mouth full of noodles before gulping it down.

"Hmph. Well enough about that. How have you two been?" He asked while looking between the two of us with Naruto being seated to your left and Jiraiya Sensei to your right.

"I've been well. The Shinobi life keeps me busy," you replied with a shrug since there hasn't been much excitement in your life lately. Just the same old same old.

"Mhm. It tires us out but nothing like a bowl of ramen-" Naruto who was talking with a mouthful of noodles began to choke. He started to pound his chest with his fist all while trying to cough up the noodles.

As you were about to help him, Jiraiya Sensei placed a hand on your shoulder letting you know that he would handle it. He got off the stool and roughly smacked his back and the intensity of that smack echoed throughout the shop and reached the ears of the civilians who were passing by. They stopped and stared at the shop for a second before continuing on.