Every person in the world has physi

Every person in the world has physical energy, which is produced within one's body. They use it to do everyday tasks. Tasks that are vital for life to exist. However there is a subset of people in the world who are naturally born with the ability to generate such large amounts of physical energy that they can release that energy from their body and wield it in the form of various techniques, or jutsus. These people are called ninja.

Naruto Uzumaki, 19 years of age was one such ninja, hailing from the renowned village of Uzushiogakure. He was no ordinary ninja however. Naruto was the heir to the Uzumaki clan, one of the strongest clans in the entire ninja world, his father being its current leader. Furthermore, his mother was a member of the Namikaze clan, another one of Uzushiogakure's most prominent clans. In other words Naruto's lineage made him nothing short of royalty at the village, and he had the innate ability to back it all up as well.

It was evening right now. The sun had gone down a while ago and darkness was about to fully set in. Naruto just returned back from a mission and entered through the gates of Uzushiogakure. He wasn't gone for long however, only for a day in fact.

"Hey guys, I'm back." He walked over to the two ninja guards stationed at the doors. "Could you write me in?"

"Naruto, you've returned already?" One of the guards asked in surprise. "Sorry to have called you back from your mission so abruptly. I know how much you dislike leaving missions incomplete, but it was your father's order. He said he needed you back urgently for something extremely important."

"Don't worry about it. I got the mission done." Naruto shrugged the query off nonchalantly. "In any case, I should get going. Don't want to keep dad waiting if it's so urgent that he had to call me back to the village in such short notice."

Both guards looked at each other in awe for a few seconds as the blonde ninja jumped away to the rooftops.

"Did he seriously solo an A-ranked mission in just a day? That mission would have taken any other full team a week." One of the guards said to the other.

"It's almost unbelievable to see the little prankster Naruto to have grown so much. Now he is arguably one of the strongest shinobi in the village. Heck he might even be on par with his father." The second guard replied.

"I don't know about that." His partner showed a bit of apprehension. "While there is no doubt Naruto has potential, his father is the legendary "Yellow Flash" of Uzushiogakure, one of the Kages no less."

"Well I'd still put my money on Naruto to eventually edge out his father though. But I suppose we'll have to see how that turns out over time."

As the two guards discussed Naruto's potential future, the blonde ninja jumped from rooftop to rooftop at incredible speed until within a minute he reached his destination. The Uzumaki clan house was massive, necessarily so due to it needing to house the largest clan in the village. It had a traditional architecture with a large courtyard at the front and almost maze-like hallways within the complex, leading to a plethora of rooms for the inhabitants.

Naruto however knew his destination – a room very close to the entrance to the clan house, in other words his father's office. The lights were on indicating that his father was anticipating him. Naruto wasted no time and jumped in through the open window.

The room itself was medium sized with nothing too extravagant. It mostly consisted of shelves stacked with books and scrolls as well as a rather large work table with a comfortable looking chair to go with it. Naruto's father, Minato was currently standing behind the table talking with his wife Kushina until Naruto came in, at which point they both turned their attention towards their son.

"Would it really hurt you to use the door for once?" Minato asked with a sigh. No matter how much he tried, he just couldn't seem to get his son to follow the conventional means of doing even the most menial tasks. "I know I called you back pretty abruptly, but I take it you still finished the mission?"

"Yup! You know me. These A-ranked missions are a piece of cake." Naruto replied with a large grin across his face. "Anyway, what's up with me needing to be here so suddenly? Is something wrong?"

"Yeah…about that. I actually called you back to assign you your very first S-ranked mission. This is absolutely urgent."

"ABOUT FRIKIN' TIME!" Naruto's face lit up in excitement. He had never partaken in an S-ranked mission before. More specifically his father did not let him. These missions were incredibly dangerous, not only to the ninja undertaking them, but also to the villages that assigned them due to the highly sensitive tasks that needed to be carried out, which could easily escalate into an all-out conflict between the various parties involved. As such these missions were only restricted to the most elite of ninja, normally highly skilled Jounin or Kage level shinobi. To be assigned an S-ranked mission meant that Naruto was finally being acknowledged by his father to be one of the very best ninjas under his command, close to himself in skill level.

"Darn it Minato. My son hasn't even returned back home for two minutes and you're already talking about the next assignment." Kushina gave her husband a somewhat annoyed look before turning to Naruto with a happier expression. "Naruto I've prepared something special for you tonight."

"How could I forget about that?" Minato quickly followed in Kushina's footsteps.

The two of them grabbed Naruto's hands from both sides and made him sit in the clan leader's chair. Peculiarly, there was a rather large bowl on the table with a lid on top.

"For all your hard work you deserve a treat." Kushina said to her son while gently stroking his spiky blonde hair. "I made it myself."

"That's right Naruto. Just forget about work and enjoy what is in that bowl for now. Your mother poured her heart into it. Trust me, I was there to watch." Minato reassured while patting his head as well.

As he lifted the lid off the bowl, Naruto literally started drooling from the mouth at the sight and smell of the ramen that was in front of him. His hands moved out of reflex as he picked up the chopsticks next to the bowl to dig in. But right at that moment his ninja senses started tingling. Something was very odd.

Naruto gave both his parents a suspicious look. "Mom, did you say you made this for me?"

"Of course I did." Kushina replied with the biggest smile she could conjure. "I poured my heart into it as well. Consider it a gift from mother to son."

His mother's over-enthusiasm only served to scare Naruto even more as he backed off slightly. There was something very odd going on indeed.

"That's weird because you're always the one telling me how ramen is bad for my health and I should stop eating it so much. How come you decided to make me ramen all of a sudden?"

Naruto's question caused both Minato and Kushina to flinch as if they were caught off guard.

"D-Don't sweat the details and just indulge yourself already." Minato said to him with a look of nervousness clearly visible on his face.

Naruto caught on to this however. "There is seriously something suspicious going on here. From previous experiences, it's never a good sign when the two of you sit me down in the clan leader's chair, let alone serve ramen on top. I feel like I'm being groomed for something."

"JUST EAT YOUR RAMEN ALREADY!" Kushina couldn't take the inquisition any longer and grabbed the chopsticks off of Naruto's hand, shoving some noodles into his mouth.

And it was at this point that Naruto's will was broken. One quick taste of ramen shattered all rhyme and reason as he gobbled up the entire bowl within just a minute. Normally one bowl would not be able to satiate his appetite, however it was a truly rare occasion that his mother made ramen for him, the one dish she actively went out of her way to stop Naruto from over-eating. Therefore he savoured the amazing taste of his mom's homemade ramen.

"Thanks for the food." He showed his gratitude by rubbing his belly. "Nothing like mom's cooking right after a mission."

"I'm glad you liked it Naruto." She replied.

"You guys wanna tell me why you called me here?" Naruto eyed both of his parents with a look of anticipation. "I can tell you've got something on your minds."

In return Minato and Kushina shared a knowing glance followed by a nod.

"Son, have you thought about marriage…"

"Alright I'm off." Before Minato could even finish his sentence Naruto was already on his way out.

"NO WAIT!" Both his parents shouted in unison and grabbed his hands again, dragging him back to the seat against his will. "Listen to what we have to say first."