Fuyōna had snuck into the hidden leaf village under the disguise of an ordinary chunin-level ninja, easily slipping through the main gate of the village without detection.
"Hmm... That was too easy... I guess now, the only question is what should I do first?" He asked himself, looking around the streets at the different people that were going about their business, feeling excited that he was able to explore the hidden leaf village again.
No one suspected anything out of the ordinary as Fuyōna made his way around, stopping to look at the odd shop's trinkets and wears. Even the Anbu black ops that kept an eye on the daily innings of the village had been fooled by him, seeing no reason to suspect his transformation jutsu as they monitored the village with their cameras.
Fuyōna headed down another street looking at some of the unique things that one could only find here in the land of fire, before his nose caught a whiff of some amazing-smelling food, deciding to follow his nose like a dog.
Following his nose, he turned down another street, getting a strange look from some girls as he seemed to be walking strangely while following the scent, sniffing the air as he did so. Soon enough, Fuyōna found himself outside of the famous ichiraku ramen shop, amazed at how it looked in person, realizing he had never seen it since being in this world.
"No way..." He said, looking at it in all of its glory.
Fuyōna slowly walked towards the curtains and brushed his hand into them, pushing them out of the way as he entered the shop.
"Welcome!" A friendly voice said, greeting Fuyōna.
Fuyōna could see that it was the man himself, busy cooking his noodles as he was usually doing in the anime.
"H-Hello," Fuyōna said, taking a seat, not being able to resist the draw of the food.
"How can I help you, friend, here for some food?" The man asked, looking at Fuyōna with a smile.
"One bowl of ramen please!" Fuyōna suddenly said, getting a nod from the owner of the store.
"Of course, coming right up!" He said, flipping the noodles before he started to cook the food, slicing and dicing everything with great skill and care.
Fuyōna licked his lips as his mouth watered, thinking about all the times he had watched this moment and dreamed of experiencing it, knowing it was a childhood dream of his as his stomach growled at him.
Some time passed as Fuyōna continued to wait for his food, thinking about the meeting that he would be going to soon. Suddenly a familiar voice sounded in his ears as a blond hair boy ran into the shop, seeming short of breath.
"Give me one bowl old man!" He shouted, slapping his money down onto the table looking excited.
Fuyōna instantly recognized the boy, knowing him all too well.
"Ah, Naruto... One bowl coming right up!" The owner of the store said again, showing no animosity towards him as the other villagers would have.
Fuyōna looked over at Naruto, seeing that he had grown a little since the last time he had seen him, knowing that he wouldn't recognise him while he was in disguise.
"Hey mister, what you are looking at?" Naruto suddenly said, seeing that Fuyōna was looking at him.
"Oh, nothing..." Fuyōna said, flashing him a smile, trying to bat it off as nothing.
"Come here often?" Fuyōna then asked, getting a questioning look from the boy.
"Y-Yeah..." Naruto said, surprised that somebody would speak to him.
Fuyōna smiled at him before the owner placed down both of their bowls.
"There you go, enjoy!" He said, distracting them both with the amazing-looking bowl of ramen.
"Oh boy, it looks amazing!" Naruto said, quickly breaking his chopsticks and tucking into his food.
Fuyōna watched and smiled before he did the same, looking at the perfectly presented food before taking his first bite of the famous ichirake ramen, feeling his taste buds explode with flavour.
"It's as good as I imagined!" Fuyōna thought, quickly taking another bite and another until he finished off the whole bowl in a matter of moments.
"Arghh man that was good." He said, placing the empty bowl back down on the table.
Naruto did the same, licking his lips as he slammed the bowl down before taking a huge breath.
Fuyōna could see why he loved this place so much, enjoying the food very much.
Suddenly, Fuyōna listened to a loud growling sound that seemed to come from Naruto's stomach, signalling that he was still hungry.
Naruto looked a little embarrassed as he checked his little frog wallet, seeing that he didn't have enough money for another bowl, looking more than sad about it.
"Here, another bowl for the kid," Fuyōna said to the owner, placing the money down for him.
"R-Really?" Naruto asked, surprised that he would pay for his food.
"But why?"
"Hey, don't sweat it, kid. My treat, alright?" Fuyōna said, not taking no for an answer, watching as the kid's face lit up with happiness.
The owner placed another bowl for Naruto, also smiling at him, giving Fuyōna a small nod in gratitude.
With that Fuyōna slowly stood to his feet and waved at the two of them.
"I have to go, but thanks for the food!" He said, getting a surprised look from Naruto as he even stopped eating.
"T-Thanks!" Naruto then shouted, tucking back into the ramen after he waved goodbye.
Fuyōna walked off down the street, feeling very satisfied with his food, and also happy that he had seen Naruto again.
"I should defiantly speak to him about opening a shop in my village." Fuyōna thought, laughing to himself about the idea.
"In sure it would be a huge hit." He then said, laughing out loud.
Suddenly, Fuyōna felt a powerful presence coming from not far ahead of where he was, feeling that somebody was indeed watching him.
Fuyōna turned the corner, feeling that whoever it was, was only around the other side of it, knowing he would come face to face with whoever it was in a second.
"Has someone clocked onto me already?" He thought, finally turning, and getting a good look at the man who had been watching him.
Fuyōna was very surprised once he got a good look at who it was, instantly recognizing the waist-length, spiky white hair that was tied back in a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face, complete with the custom forehead protector with the kanji for oil on it.
"Jiraiya..." Fuyōna thought, trying to keep his surprise to himself.
"Hey, you," Jiraiya said, standing Infront of Fuyōna as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Fuyōna stopped in his tracks as he looked at Jiraiya, seeing that he was not going to let him pass.
"Can I help you, master Jiraiya?" Fuyōna said, trying to blend.
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, surprised that he knew who he was.
"Ahh, so you know who I am?" He said, taking a good look at Fuyōna as he looked him up and down.
"And as to answer your question, yes, you can help me." He said.
"In fact, you can tell me why you have such an interest in Naruto." Jiraiya suddenly said with a serious expression.
Fuyōna smiled nervously, waving his hands in the air.
"He looked hungry, I felt bad for the lad was all, seeing as he couldn't afford another bowl of that delicious ramen," Fuyōna said, trying to dodge the question.
"I think it's time you released your transformation jutsu." Jiraiya suddenly said, not buying his story and having already seen through his jutsu.
Fuyōna sighed and slowly lifted his arms.
"I guess the gig is up then." He then said, slowly raising his hand so as not to cause any unwanted reaction as he released his jutsu, bursting into smoke.
"You..." Jiraiya said in surprise, seeing Fuyōna's true form.
"The Mizukage?" He then said, watching as Fuyōna nodded to him, giving him a reassuring smile.
"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Jiraiya," Fuyōna said, also getting a smile from the toad sage.
"Well, I've certainly heard a lot about you, lord Mizukage. A lot indeed..."
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