It was morning.
Those who were sleeping inside the summer 'home' of the Gremory family were finally beginning to stir.
Many of them with aches.
But none of them were sleepy, rather...precisely because they were exhausted the other day...they actually had an excellent rest.
Most of them.
Naruse Mio managed to get a little more rest, since she fell asleep soon after she discovered what Naruto was up to last night.
But the blond himself...
"...Damn it...I hate the sun sooooo much right now..."
He wasn't doing so hot.
Mio gave Naruto a pointed look. "This is what happens when you stay up practically the entire night. Maybe you should take a shower? That might wake you up."
"I don't want to take a shower though...I'm too hungry..." the teenaged boy complained as he laid his face down on the table they were sitting on.
The half-devil merely rolled her eyes in exasperation. He could act like such a child at times.
They were both sitting down at the table where everyone had unofficially dictated was the 'eating table'.
Since it was about time for everyone to wake up and get something to eat anyways, they decided to wait here for everyone before they started eating.
Well...Mio decided to wait here for everyone. She thought that it was common courtesy to wait.
Naruto didn't give a shit about 'courtesy'...he was hungry and wanted to eat.
Problem was...he sucked at cooking and he didn't want to poison himself. So he was stuck until someone came in and cooked.
Man...how did he survive without Maria and Mio cooking meals for him again?
Naruto's eyes lit up.
He just remembered how!
The blond immediately stood up with a large grin on his face and sped off towards his room to get one of his bags.
Mio just watched him leave warily, unsure what to think of a suddenly energetic Naruto running around.
She decided to stay on standby until stuff started blowing up. Only then would she drag herself out of her chair to deal with it.
Luckily, her patience was rewarded when she didn't hear any explosions. But she did hear Naruto lumbering back with heavy footsteps.
The blond in question came lumbering back with a large luggage bag strapped around his arm. He had a smug expression on his face, as if he solved a question that has eluded everyone for the longest time.
This should be good.
"Naruto...I ignored it back when we were getting to Rias-sempai's summer home as one of your 'Narutoisms'...but what's with the bag?" Mio asked while staring at his bag suspiciously.
She had every right to, the bag was practically as big as Naruto was.
"Nothing much, just the bare essentials of traveling." Naruto said with a careless shrug.
The red-head glanced at the blond with a doubtful expression, a bag of this size did not classify this as the 'bare essentials'...
He placed the bag down and began taking out several objects and placing it onto the table.
Those objects happened to all revolve around one thing...
Ramen.
He literally brought a luggage bag...filled to the brim with ramen.
Just...what could be said here?
Before she could even make a comment about it, Naruto quickly cut her off.
"Hey, I know that you're about to say something about my sanity because of your expression...but before you do...consider something." the shinobi said with a serious expression on his face.
Mio, despite her knowledge to her psuedo-brother's antics, leaned forward due to the passion behind the blond's words...
"Should you truly question the food that even the God of the Bible claimed as his signature dish?"
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"...He must assuredly did not say that Naruto." Mio replied with dull eyes.
"...Well I'm sure he would have if he knew about the majesty of ramen." the shinobi retorted with nary a doubt in his eyes.
The half-devil could only sigh, when ramen was involved, Naruto would always speak passionately about it. One gets the impression that he could have been a ramen preacher in another life.
As the whiskered teen began to pull ramen cups out of his bag to place into the microwave, Mio heard another pair of footsteps heading towards the room.
"...Good morning everyone." Yuki yawned out as she dragged her feet towards the table.
It wasn't too surprising to see Yuki up and about before anyone else, she was among the few who had received not much more than superficial wounds in their training session. If anything it was probably expected.
"Good morning Yuki. You seem sleepy, did you take a shower yet?" Mio asked as she glanced at the hero.
Showers were definitely Mio's go-to option when trying to wake herself up.
Sleepy yellow eyes regarded the red-head for a moment before responding. "It's currently in use. So unfortunately I didn't manage it yet."
The half-devil raised an eyebrow. "I thought there were like...three bathrooms?"
"There are. They are all in use." Yuki said with a sigh. Obviously annoyed that she lost her chance for a nice and early shower.
Mio could sympathize.
The hero turned her head to stare at Naruto, who was currently standing in front of the microwave, waiting impatiently for his ramen to finish.
"Should you really be eating something so unhealthy so early in the day Naruto? Let's wait for the others to wake up so that we can have a healthy meal." Yuki said reasonably, wishing to help her friend out in his eating habits.
Naruto looked at Yuki with a befuddled expression. "Huh? Ramen is a good choice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! All day and everyday. Stuff like whether it's healthy or not doesn't matter since ramen gives me it's blessing in return!"
His proclamation was met with nothing but silence by his audience.
This was the scene which Koneko walked into after she just finished taking her shower.
She looked around for a moment in confusion at the meaningful silence and glanced at the blond who just noticed her entrance.
"Hey Koneko-san! Would you like some morning ramen?" he called out to her.
The young devil frowned at the request. "...Ramen? In the morning?"
The shinobi merely rolled his eyes. "Not you too...I'm telling everyone that ramen is for everyone, any time, anywhere. This is the main piece of my plan to unite the world in peace...give everyone some ramen. Don't you diss that dream, damn it."
Koneko simply responded with a blank stare, somewhat understanding why it was so quiet when she entered the room now.
"...I think I'll just wait for someone else to make breakfast." the loli decided as she moved to find a seat.
"Eh? Do you distrust me Koneko-san?" Naruto asked with a teasing grin, it wasn't really a serious question.
Although, it's amazing how Koneko could express so much emotion with just a slight downturn of her lips.
"...You blew me up Naruto-sempai."
Ah...right.
"Ah come on. That was all for you and your team's sake right? Besides, what's a few explosions every now and then?" Naruto asked with a slightly nervous grin. Maybe he pushed them all a little too hard?
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