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The moon was still shining it's milk rays in the sky when Teuchi woke up.
In a bed, instead of the typical refugee camp they made after people realized that the fourth ninja war would better off be known as the ninja massacre.
Teuchi looked at his surroundings only to see a house that should've been destoyed back in Pein's invasion, and couldn't help the choked scream he let out. His daughter (alive and far too small, and oh kami what the acual fuck is going on) came running into his room.
"Dad? Is everything okay?"
He put on his best customer service acting skills and called back "Yup! Sorry 'bout that, just had a nightmare about the crabs in our kitchen having an uprising, you know how it is!"
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Way to play it cool Teuchi
Ayame, in fact, did not 'know how it is', but was more than used to her father's shenanigans and went back to bed.
Now, let it not be said that Teuchi the Ramen Man was a stranger to unexpected situations. He's lived through three shinobi wars for fucks sake, but time travel is it's own level of insanity. Well it's either time travel or insanity but either way he has a bed now so who cares.
In all honesty, he did try to go back to sleep, but one can't go from war to peace without some sleep troubles, so he got up and tried to figure all the time travel bullshit out. According to the callender, Naruto is three, so this is after Naruto's birth but before the Uchiha Massacre.
Hmmmm... he could work with that. His status as the owner of The Ramen Place and his suspicously paternal inclinations over Naruto meant that he heard EVERYTHING, including the causes of the war and the uchiha massacre.
Teuchi's List of the Future
Wait, on the topic of the massacre, didn't Naruto mention ROOT last time they talked? What is the thinking? The viliage isn't safe! He needs to write in code...
And so, Teuchi came up with the most inconspicuous thing he could think of considering his job: ramen toppings.
Okay so for the Uchiha's, their thing is fire, so maybe have them as chili peppers? Though having Naruto as Naruto would be easiest, it might be a little too obvious, so he went with menma, the next best thing.
Teuchi's Ramen Dreams
1. Integrate spicy food further into the menu
According to Naruto, the Uchiha clan massacre only happened because Itachi was commanded to kill them because they wanted to have a coup because everyone hated them sooooo, integration it is.
2. Make spicy sweet ramen
He's gotta be nicer to the Uchihas this time, especially Itachi, maybe if the kiddo had someone to talk to he would've realized there were other ways to save the village.
3. Free menma with some purchases
Naruto's never going hungry again, not only is the boy a hero, but he's also a cute kid who deserves better.
With his shoddy plan for the future written out and placed under his soft soft pillow, Teuchi let sleep overtake him fully for the first time since the war started.
***TO BE CONTINUED***