Serving Young Master Shin-chan (Bonus Chapter for Winning First Prize in the Mall's Weird Human Contest)

When Shin-chan got home, Miya was taking a nap in the Living Room.

The door opened, followed by two thuds as Shin-chan kicked off his shoes.

Miya raised her head and glanced at the clock on the wall.

"Why are you back so early today?"

Shin-chan flopped face-down onto the floor. "Studying wore me out."

"Studying wore you out?"

"My head is full of tadpoles." Shin-chan's voice was muffled against the floor. "There are even more than yesterday. They're lining up and going in circles."

Miya had already given up trying to understand the words that came out of her son's mouth.

"Didn't you say you were going to a dinner gathering tonight?"

Shin-chan froze for about two seconds, then sprang up from the floor. "I FORGOT!!!"

The sound was so loud that Miya leaned back.

Shin-chan was already running toward the Genkan. Halfway there, he turned back and poked half his body out from the Living Room entrance.

"Mom, why didn't you remind me sooner!"

"I thought you remembered."

Shin-chan pattered back to the Genkan and shoved his feet into his shoes.

"Slow down," Miya called after him.

Shin-chan had already pulled open the door.

"When will you be back?"

"Don't know."

His voice drifted in from outside, but he had already run far away.

The sky was beginning to darken.

"Kakashi, face me in a duel." Might Guy's voice could be heard from half a street away. "We'll run five hundred laps around Konoha on our hands. Whoever finishes first wins."

"No." Kakashi leaned against the wall outside the Dango Shop without even lifting his eyelids.

"Why!"

"Boring."

Flames rose behind Might Guy's back. "Then pick an event. Any event is fine—swimming, rock climbing..."

"Guy, just give up." Obito stood beside Rin with an expression that said, *I