Chapter 9

"N-No it can't be…" I said in a disbelieving voice. I looked towards my parents with their smiles almost reaching their eyes. 'Holy crap that's creepy! I never saw this in real life but you know seeing things like this in anime is funny but in reality, it's pretty damn creepy!'

"Oh yes, Aika we are going there. To a place you will…" I waited for my mother to say those fateful words. Those words that would bring me to my knees are perfectly acceptable emotions that anyone would have in this situation.

"Absolutely love!" My mother said energetically while bopping me on the nose.

"Yes!" I shouted filled with joy. We are at the most heavenly place I could have imagined. 'Yes! Yes! Yes! We're at the best place in the world! Fufu, we are at one of the most famous Konoha restaurants!'

A/N {"Fufu" is like "hehe" in Japanese form be glad I didn't make our MC laugh like "Kakaka" or "GuraGuraGura" also when I said "hehe" don't imagine it in a Michael Jackson voice}

"This incredible restaurant is praised to have the best Tonkatsu and Tonkatsu sauce right Kaa-san, Tou-san?" I asked in a voice that screamed 'agree with me!'

"Of course Aika, although it's going to leave a dent in your fathers' wallet, it's perfectly fine right Dear?"

"Of course my love," My pitiful father said while crying. 'Hmm? Wait, doesn't this mean that I don't have to pay for meals when I go out with people? Wait! Wait! Wait! Those are gay thoughts! I don't need those! Plus why do I need to be a terrible person just to save a bit of money?'

While I was having an internal conflict my thoughts were interrupted. "Hey, so there are four of you eating here today?" The host asked in a practiced polite tone.

"Yes that's right there are four of us," My father said in a happy voice.

"I will show you to your seats," The host said while leading us to our table. After sitting in our seats we thanked the host and looked at the menu to see what food we would eat.

"We should get Tonkatsu for Aika but Sakura...well Sakura what would you like?" My mother asked curiously. 'I feel the same. I would like to know what dish Sakura will choose. But what will she choose? I don't know. I hope it's something good! Maybe she'll choose something strange? Mah who cares? Wait, I do care!'

While I was barraged with multiple wonders in my mind Sakura had already chosen her dish. 'Dam it! I should not have been so caught in my thoughts! I should stop doing this, it's becoming a bad habit. But is it? Do I need to care about that? No, no I do need to change this. But how? Wait, I can just force myself to stop. Meh I'll leave this to future me'

While I was caught in my thoughts again the waiter had already brought our food. 'Yeah okay I need to stop this it's been distracting me and will likely become worse if I don't stop it now

I stopped thinking and looked at the food in front of us. My mother had Okonomiyaki Father had Unagi with Tempura and Sakura had curry rice. 'If I had to say one thing it would be that all of the food here looks amazing!'

'The "Okonomiyaki" is a cabbage pancake with delectable bacon and other things that I don't know. My fathers' "Unagi" is a freshwater grilled eel but something is different about this one. The eel is grilled to perfection with an unknown dark-colored sauce with these on top of the rice it could make many salivate. BUT NOT ME!

With our father's Unagi came something interesting called "Tempura" a dish made of a combination of seafood, meat, and vegetables all fried in sesame oil. While I was looking at it I noticed it was still glistening with sesame oil making the attractive food look even better! Curse those incredible cooks!

I then looked at Sakura's dish "Curry Rice" huh. Sakura's Curry rice has the curry and the rice equally on both sides. The curry had cooked chopped carrots, pounded chicken in bite-sized pieces, potatoes and onions cut and divided. The rice is kinda plain but it looks amazing nonetheless!

But hey Sakura chose the Curry Rice right? Doesn't that remind you of her high temper? Hahah-' while I was immersed in my thoughts I suddenly flicked on the side of my head! I looked to see who flicked me and found Sakura beside me quickly trying to pull her arm back to its original position.

"Why did you flick me!" I angrily asked with tears in my eyes.

"Because my instincts were telling me that you were insulting me in your head," Sakura said, looking away and pouting.

'Eh? Why are you pouting! The person who should be complaining is me! Wait, I'm already complaining about it!' As Sakura and I were about to have an argument our father said.

"Aika instead of looking at our food take a look at yours also Sakura apologize to your sister what you did was wrong" Sakura looked down dejectedly and said in an apologetic tone.

"I'm sorry Aika…"

"Good job Sakura," My mother praised. I then looked at my food the Tonkatsu the most heavenly dish in the world! I don't care about the Ramen Naruto loves! This dish is right here. It is king to me!

I gazed upon the Tonkatsu burning the sight into my eyes. The Tonkatsu is made with breaded pork expertly fried in oil giving it a pleasant brown color. Beside the Tonkatsu was sparkling white rice with a vegetable salad on the side.

I was about to scarf down the Tonkatsu when my mother stopped me and said something I never thought I would hear.

"I know how to make the Tonkatsu taste even better than this," She said in a serious tone

"How?" I asked desperately.

"Well watch and learn" was all she said before she unscrewed the cap on the bottle that was beside me. She then poured the dark brown liquid on the Tonkatsu. 'Wait, will this make it taste better? Is she pranking me? No that wouldn't happen. She is a full-grown adult there's no way she would do that!'

My mother finished pouring the dark brown liquid and I thanked her before digging into the incredible food! I grabbed my chopsticks and grabbed a slice of Tonkatsu. I took a large bite and… There was an explosion of taste in my mouth.

My eyes shot up in surprise as I continued to chew on the undoubtedly best Tonkatsu I have ever tasted in my life. To calm down the rampaging flavors of the Tonkatsu and the sauce I shoved rice in my mouth. (Using the chopsticks of course)

When the rice entered my mouth the terrifyingly delicious flavors dulled before mixing with the rice! This was causing me to continue my flavor hell! I snatched my mother's tea that she ordered and drank it. Finally, my food heaven/hell was over.

But what is this feeling of emptiness? What could it be from? No, I already know why it's because I'm not eating Tonkatsu now! I quickly tried to eat the Tonkatsu only to be stopped by my father.

"Now Aika I understand eating quickly because you like the food but you need to slow down and slowly chew your food to appreciate it. Okay?" He said in a wise Gandalf-like voice.

"Okay sorry Tou-san"

"Aika there's no need to apologize for something so small and I was only giving you advice so it's okay"

I smiled gratefully and brought the slice of Tonkatsu to my mouth again. 'Time to plunge back into heaven/hell again' I thought as I slowly began chewing the absolute pinnacle of food.

I slowly chewed the Tonkatsu even as it violently ravaged and violated my small young tongue releasing all the flavor it had inside my mouth. I felt an incredible pleasure that I never thought I could feel.

'T-This is far better than all of the sweets and even all the foods I have ever eaten in my past life! Cooking is truly incredible!' It's a good thing I stole and read my mothers' book about cooking. Although I got smacked on the wrist, it was worth it knowing about all of these majestic and beautiful foods!

I looked at my father's Tempura and he immediately noticed my gaze. "Ah Aika you want to try it? He asked in a mischievous tone. 'I have a bad feeling about this but oh well'

"Yes, I would love to try it!" I said with my voice filled with excitement.

"Alright tell me if you like it" Then he gave me one Tempura. I took a bite out of it and… I felt as if I were swimming in the ocean, running along with animals and growing with plants! I felt it but I didn't feel it at the same time! What a strange but enjoyable experience.

"So… how did you like it?" My father questioned with an amused face.

"I loved it!" I said as I voiced out every bit of joy I was feeling.

"Woah I knew you were going to like it but this much! I'm quite surprised" He said happily. We finished eating our lunch and after listening to my fathers' wails of despair from how much he was charged for the food we returned home.

After dinner, I then had to ask an extremely important question to my mother. This was a question that was burning within me and I needed the answer now! So I walked up to my mother and asked innocently.

"Hey Kaa-san, when do we go to the academy?" My mother then answered my question with her own question.

"Well Aika I can answer your question but first I need you to tell me where you heard about the academy?"

My mouth dried up and my mind was panicking. 'Shoot! I forgot to think about what excuse to give! Crap! Crap! Crap!' I opened my small mouth and said.

A/N {Next chapter will be a vote for who the love interest will be also Hinata will not be included because she is used FAR too much in so many fanfictions I have read. Also, this vote is because we hit 100k views! thank you everyone!}