Noodle time ( open )

Sanji's stomach growled rather conveniently as the smell of meat and broth filled the air around the noodle bar just to his left. This made him take a sharp left to head right inside. He nodded a quiet greeting to the proprietor and his help before taking a look at the menu." Hmm..." was the noise that came from him as the chef waited patiently to hear his order." I'll have a pork ramen, with 2 extra slices of pork roast." He says, before raising his hand." Make that 3 slices of pork roast." The chef nodded and began to turn away once more before seeing Sanji's hand rise again." Biggest bowl of ramen you can give me." He said. Finally the man said." Anything else?" to which Sanji shook his head. Just as the chef began to turn to prepare the food, Sanji again interrupted him." I'll have a glass of water too." To which the chef said," That comes with the meal regardless... Now is there anything else?" in an exasperated tone. Finally Sanji nodded his approval and set the menu down, signaling that he was done ordering.

Inside his STM World is where Echo awakens, his eyes cracking open slightly with a blink.

His left hand slides against the grass and pushes upwards as his right hand raises to his mouth stifling a yawn from his fatigue, he notes his surroundings as his still sleep driven mind begins to awaken as he sits himself up.

With a twitch of his head to the left and right his neck pops earning a satisfied "Ahh" from the man, he hears his stomach protest it's emptiness like the Kyuubi banging against the inside of it's cage and chuckles slightly his right hand moving to his goggles which he slides over his eyes to hide his Rinnegan...he knows the perfect place for a meal.


With a swirl it is that he appears in an alleyway to the left of the Ichiraku noodle bar, his arms going behind his neck as his hands cradle his head he rounds the corner and walks inside his gear from his previous spar still attached to him.

He notes the man sitting at the stand but doesn't pay him much mind walking towards the chair to the left of the man, Echo raises his hand with a grin and calls out "Oi! One chicken ramen, and a side of Dango!" he says enthusiastically the man behind the counter looking oddly nostalgic for a moment before shaking his head and nodding as he goes to order earning a look of confusion from the soon to be wandering Sannin.

Sanji may be the size of a full grown man but he didn't have those years on him yet. If his food was in front of him at this moment he might not have even noticed Echo arriving, sitting down, ordering, or leaving. When it was time to eat Sanji was indeed focused. He turned toward the newly arrived individual and looked at him with a deadpan expression." He looks vaguely familiar." would've been Sanji's thought if he hadn't spoken that sentence outright.

Acting as if he hadn't abruptly said anything, he turned back toward the bar and looked on as his food was being finished up. It wasn't even in front of him before he eagerly grabbed some chopsticks and broke them apart. When at last his food was before him he nodded to the chef," Thank you for the meal." He said respectfully, before he went to take a bite of his noodles. He picked them up, blew on them and everything, then stopped short and put his chopsticks back down." Crap..." he said, before looking over at Echo." Do you mind if I go ahead and dig in?" he asks, as if they had come together and not separate. Sanji had a strange view of manners and how the world worked, his own special set of manners and niceties.

Echo's left eyebrow quirks upwards at the large boys words, turning his head towards him for a moment before he shrugs and turns back waiting for his meal before he hears the boy mutter something and ask him if he can eat.

Echo blinks twice behind his goggles before chuckling in amusement "Um sure kid, go ahead" he says with a wave of his left hand not really understanding but not curious enough to ask anyway.

He watches the man chop the Ramen noodles and put the hard fixings in a pot to boil crafting the noodles in the broth...Echo prefers Dango as a snack but Ramens pretty good too, he leans back in his chair lightly crossing his arms over his chest and looking up at the ceiling in a bid too distract himself from his hunger and slight impatience in waiting.

"The reason I look familiar" Echo says suddenly "Is because I'm Echo, the strongest in the Village" he says with a smirk deciding too distract himself too see if he's really famous and entertain one of his possible fans.

A favorable response to satisfy his own sense of decency, Sanji was delighted and took up his chopsticks to claim those noodles once again. He leaned over his bowl and quickly began inhaling his food. He didn't eat it all at once though. He instead ate half the noodles, then began casually eating pieces of pork roast as Echo spoke to him. Sanji looked into his eyes with that same blank expression, his face seemingly cast in stone in that posture." Strongest in the village, huh? No..." he says. It might seem he was denying that fact as he turned away from Echo to pick up another piece of pork before looking at him again with a studious glance.

"You remind me of someone..." he says, then his otherwise sullen expression perks up briefly, which was really just a widening of the eyes as if he were surprised." Oh I remember now. You look like the character on that cereal box, you know the one, the little guy with the spoon that he holds like a weapon..." He says. He finished off his last slice of pork before washing it down with a hearty swig of broth and then wiping his mouth. He took a drink of his water, then looked back at Echo once again." You remind me of someone..." he said again, very strangely. Then his eyes modestly brightened." Is there an echo in here?" he says, ending his sentence with a stunted chuckle, trying to make a joke, but the level of corny was too much for even the chef as he looked at Sanji with pure annoyance on his face.

Echo's left eye twitches at his apparent refusal of his strength straightening up slightly too pout in the boy's direction...before he hears who he reminds the boy of and in his surprise he rolls right out of his chair face planting the ground Echo's eyes widening as pushes himself upwards and laments this fact....then he hears the boys joke and can't help but chuckle slightly at the humor in it...not gut busting but kind of funny.

With a sigh Echo returns to his chair sulking slightly "Oi oi...I'm the only Sannin in the village you know? Master of several Kinjutsu!" he says with a sweeping gesture of his arms "A grade A bad motherfucking Shinobi!!! surely you must have heard my name somewhere!!" He says almost pleadingly...Echo has always been an attention addict which is also part of the reason he's leaving ANBU, not that this boy would know anything about that...if he did Echo would have to kill him as is ANBU conduct.

Sanji was oblivious for a moment as he finished downing his food right down to the last drop of broth, the last morsel of food, and the last drop of water in his glass. He patted his bare abdomen, well-developed abdominal muscles flexing briefly before he says," I sure made a pig out of myself...get it? Because I ate pork. You are what you eat." he says. The chef groaned at another terrible joke and promptly slapped Sanji's bill down in front of him.

It was then that he heard Echo's self-bolstering rant, and Sanji looked over, head tilted slightly. He listened to every word attentively, and it was apparent that gears were turning in that blonde head of his. With a momentous inhalation, he prepared to reply. Then he... didn't say a word. He looked down at the money he laid down for his bill, and added a little more to make it right, as well as some placed in the tip jar. Sanji again turned in his seat and looked Echo in the eye." What were we talking about again? Oh yeah... If I did I wouldn't remember because Echo is a weird name. For all I know someone could've been talking about an actual sound echo, like 'That echo was really strong!' So you see, I wouldn't have known either way." he says, that interspersed example done in the best falsetto his deep voice could muster.

Echo pauses watching the boy for a moment....when the boy answer's Echo's face promptly meets the counter and he groans, after a moment his food is layed before him and he leans back up again.

"I'LL JUST HAVE TOO REMIND THIS VILLAGE WHO I AM THEN!!!" He says jumping from his seat striking a 'determined' pose. "IT'S PRANKING HELL!!!! THAT'S RIGHT THE GREEN DEVIL IS BACK TO ROB YOU ALL OF YOUR DIGNITY!!!!" He proclaims letting out a comically maniacal laugh at the end of his rant before sitting back down and separating his chopsticks and calling out his thanks before beginning to eat slightly agitated pace.

Sanji looked on as Echo banged his head on the counter then abruptly stood up and made a proclamation. Sanji stood up as well, showing his almost unnatural height for someone his age and looked at him with an increasingly furrowed brow." If you do anything bad to anyone undeserving I'll have to step in. Anyway how would pranks remind anyone of how strong you are?" He asks, standing with one foot back. It wasn't quite a fighting stance but it was sturdy enough to suffice if the need arose.

It was then that Sanji's eyes widened and he bowed low in front of Echo." I'm so sorry!" he says, making it sound as if an abrupt realization had come to him." I was rude earlier, I apologize, sir." He adds, then he extends a hand outward, a padded fingerless glove adorning the appendage." You gave me your name but I didn't give you mine. I'm Sanji, Sanji Sanada. The honor is mine."

Echo grins a rather vulpine looking grin as the man stands as if to confront him and questions his methods "Well, pranking is the perfect way too prove your worth as a Shinobi without messy assassinations and such! It's even better if no one can catch you! If no one can catch me then it proves I'm the best!" He says before the man comes to his realization and Echo blinks at his sudden introduction, Echo turns and nods his right gloved hand extending too shake as well "Nice too meet ya" he says with a nod before going back too his meal already planning on what he's going to do.