After leaving the clothes store, Naruto pulled out the loose change he had in his other pair of pants and was disapointed to see he didn't have enough money for the ramen at the Ichiraku noodle shop. Oh well.

"People probably would've just stared at me anyway!" He muttered to himself, heading home.

He was hoping he wouldn't run into Sakura again. He appreciated her concern but he knew if he ran into her again, she would hound him until he went to the hospital. And he felt fine! Better than fine! In fact, he'd never felt better! So there was no way he could be sick! With this in mind, Naruto unlocked his house and went in, locking the door behind him. Naruto laid down on his bed and stared at the ceiling. It had been a pretty boring week so far. Sakura had come back, but Sasuke could be gone for weeks on his own, sometimes not even showing up for missions! And Kakashi had been gone a long time too. But that wasn't anyting to be surprised at. Who knows? They could both be gone doing something together. That had happened before.

Naruto decided not to worry about it anymore. They'd get back when they got back. He quickly made himself up a bowl of instant ramen and ate that. It was a good lunch, but he still had some time in the day left.