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Hey book--or I guess people listening to the book?

... It's kinda weird talkin' to a book like this.

ANYWAYS, ahahah, I was just wonderin' when this prank is gonna be over? The whole thing about there not bein' any ramen stands around? I guess I could kinda see how that would be funny for like... five minutes, but it's really turned into somethin' cruel! So somebody just tell me where the damn ramen is, y'know?

PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE? I haven't ate in days...!

[And the option for action for the Charming Murderess or anybody walking along the docks really. There's a blond ninja in tattered clothing crawling on the pier looking pitiful.]

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[Sasuke is getting back from a run around the island -- it's fine to run on the water every day, but there's something about ground pushing back that he misses when they're at sea -- when he sees Naruto sprawled out on the pier in front of the Murderess. Not even sprawled out so much as oozing along the ground like a slug in bad condition.

He doesn't want to know, Sasuke decides, and walks right past Naruto and onto the ship without bothering to acknowledge him.

It's embarrassing to have had to admit that he is somehow connected to that.]

[Naruto isn't surprised that Sasuke just ignores him, but that doesn't make him HAPPY about it. He frowns, turns around on his hands and knees still, and then hops up to follow Sasuke even though he looked like he was dying before.]

What do you eat around here?

[He probably should have known better than to hope Naruto would just continue his crawling way to -- wherever he was crawling to. Sasuke considers ignoring him, then the size of the ship, and turns with an irritated glare.]

The same thing everyone else eats. We stock up before we sail on food that doesn't spoil.

Instant ramen doesn't spoil.

Why haven't we stocked up on that?

Because there's no nutrition in it and nobody else on board eats it.

If you want to be catered to, do it yourself.

But I'm poor and I always end up buying everybody else's ramen anyways.

Can't anybody buy me some for a change?

[Sasuke is much, much too old to roll his eyes, even at this kind of ridiculousness. He squashes the urge and delivers a supremely unimpressed glare instead.]

It's your own fault if you've run out of money. Go ask Sakura if she'll lend you any.

[Not that any of them are rolling in money right now, except in the vague sense where Luka and Marvelous apparently found a pool of gold and are hoarding it now for the ship's use -- but that is definitely not instant noodle money.

Sasuke shoulders past Naruto with that, fully intent on leaving him to crawl at other people for pity food.]

[Naruto grumbles a bit as Sasuke moves past him again. At least this sort of interaction is familiar with Naruto poking and prodding and pushing while Sasuke does his best to just ignore it all.

The blond is just going to reach into his jacket and take the small cup of instant ramen that Sakura (and Sasuke apparently since his name was on the card) gave him as a birthday present. Then he'll toss it weakly at the back of Sasuke's head.]

[He hears the sound of something flying at him and the response is instinctive -- he whirls around with a weapon drawn to deflect the -- cup? Sasuke manages to twist the kunai around so that the blunt end strikes the cardboard instead of slicing it open outright, but the thing still falls onto the deck with a plop, definitely denting on one side.]

... what the hell? [This is directed more at Naruto than the cup, though he gives that an incredulous look as well.]

[Despite the dent to his cup, Naruto looks almost ecstatic.]

HOLY CRAP! IT'S RAINING RAMEN!

[And he rushes forward to drop down on his knees and grab that cup. He does inspect it carefully for just a second in all seriousness before returning to his cheery self.]

Thanks for breaking its fall, Sasuke! Man, I wonder where it came from?!

[He's startled enough that he actually responds to that at first:] No, it's not --

[But it's clear Naruto is trying to pull some kind of ... something, and Sasuke's expression shades into annoyance in seconds. He folds his arms, shoulders set in irritation, and snaps:]

It came from you, because you threw it. What are you playing at?

[Naruto tries to look as innocent as possible at that.]

Me? No way. If I had ramen, I wouldn't be out here begging for, and I definitely wouldn't toss it at you.

Musta been good karma or somethin'.

[That innocence doesn't look remotely convincing, mostly because it is abundantly obvious that Naruto threw the cup ramen. Sasuke resists the urge to rub his temples or pinch the bridge of his nose even though the ridiculousness here is close to actually being painful.

It takes a moment, but he calms his voice, cold and precise when he speaks again.]

Now you have it, then, so you can quit begging. And leave me alone.

[Not that either Naruto or Sakura seem inclined to do so from what he's seen. Sasuke is beginning to regret inviting them aboard.]

[So what if he got so frustrated that he had to throw something at your head, Sasuke? At least it was just cup ramen!]

[Also, he doesn't look like he's going to go anywhere.]

I need to cook it.

So I need a fire jutsu.

[Is he serious --]

Then learn one. [He snaps it and turns, fully intending to leave Naruto and his ridiculous excuse for a thought process alone.]

I can't just learn one!

[Naruto grunts and thinks about tossing the ramen cup at Sasuke's stupid head again but relents at the last second. The bastard will probably chop the cup open next time, so Naruto quickly follows once more.]

Just heat up a bowl of water or somethin' for me. Not so hard? Or did you forget how to do all your jutsu 'cos you've been here doing nothing?

Then build a fire -- [He starts, and then stops abruptly at that last jab.

The rage is instinctive and immediate, because doing nothing, after the month they had before Naruto arrived, after the month before that one, after dealing with Itachi and then Itachi mind-controlled -- after all that, it drives uncomfortably close to home.

They've done a lot, but in between are the stretches when they are doing nothing. When there's nothing to do, no matter how much information he gathers -- when all his questions dead-end into irrelevance. Doing nothing --]

You want me to do something? Waste another minute of my time and I'll show you what I can do.

[Oh Sasuke, so much rage. You really need to learn to chill out or smoke some ninja reefer or something like that.

Naruto, knowing Sasuke better than anybody, can immediately see the moment where his anger starts to boil over. That's sort of the exact thing he was looking for because he thought all these preparations were going to go to waste if Sasuke just kept blowing him off. It takes some time to setup a substitution jutsu with a pot of water!]

You want me to count it off since I don't have a clock? 1-2-3-4-5-6-7--

[Are you offering ninja reefer, Naruto.

Is the idiot actually counting? For the first fifteen seconds it is truly incredibly tempting -- if he sets Naruto on fire just a little the damn nuisance can probably put himself out before he manages to set anything else on fire -- but if Sasuke really thinks about the behaviour he's witnessed just now and in the past few days, he doesn't trust that likelihood. If Naruto grew any brain cells in there, the sea breeze seems to have killed them all.

So instead he reaches out and grabs the front of Naruto's jacket at around the 30-second mark, fully intent on bodily dragging him into the kitchen so he can act like the grown shinobi he is and learn how to boil his own water.]

[Yes, he's actually counting. Is it getting under your skin? Erk, apparently it is!

Naruto grunts loudly as he gets grabbed.]

Hey, watch it! This is the only jacket I got and it's already falling apart, asshole!

[You know, considering it was shredded up thanks to that big war thing.]

[He's been getting under Sasuke's skin, and the counting is the last straw. With a firm fistful of stupid orange jacket, Sasuke heads toward the hatch down to the kitchen, completely disregarding the ragged state of the thing.]

You only have yourself to blame.

[His voice is thoroughly annoyed as he kicks the door open and continues dragging down the narrow stairs.]

[Naruto, of course, has only one choice and that's to stumble along after Sasuke. He also thinks he hears the jacket tear a little more, making him whine some as they head to the kitchen. Down the stairs they go with Naruto grunting and making sure he doesn't trip and send the both of them downwards.]

I'll just steal some of your clothes then.

[Naruto in that stupidass open Orochimaru shirt.]

[Sasuke also thinks he hears the jacket tear, which he counts as a victory. It's an eyesore and maybe Naruto will be forced to buy something not orange from Margie. Good outcomes.]

You'll have to steal them off my body.

[The only time Sasuke's been parted from his clothes is to wash them. He's had to concede a point to the other Malfoy by now; their crew doesn't smell daisy-fresh after a long time at sea, and he's not an exception.

They're doing better while docked, though, and in the meantime he kicks the door to the kitchen open in turn and half-shoves, half-throws Naruto at the water cask and points at the pots and stove.]

There. Feed yourself.

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