I didn't create Naruto and this has nothing to do with the current manga.. This is my first story so yeah I hope you like it.

Chapter 1

"Man its been getting colder an colder lately!" shouted a young blond haired teen as he walked through an dark alley.

His blue eyes looked pained as his arms wrapped themselves around his shoulders, shuddering as he continued to the shopping district. He had forgotten to refill his refrigerator for the third time this week even though he had left a post note as a reminder. His blue eyes looked down to a small sheet that had been ripped from a booklet he kept in his drawer, checking the items he needed to get. After looking over his paper he quickly changed his pace with the realization that the stores close by his apartment were going to close soon.

"Oh man, I need to hurry up!" he shouted as his quick pace became a full on sprint.

His loud scream echoed outside of the alley attracting many of the passing citizens of the large village he had lived in. They watched as a young man came from out of the darkness with nothing less than a 'dumb' look. Many had caught his features and immediately found that they had been looking at none other than, Uzumaki Naruto. His name had been spreading like a flame in a forest after the many accomplishments he had made in his early career as a Konoha ninja.

"Hey kid, slow down before coming out of an alley!"

"Sorry sorry, I'm in a hurry!" Naruto shouted as he had nearly ran into a child making the child's father rather pissed.

Naruto continued to jog through the many people that had been leaving their jobs to get home to a cooked meal. His large smile slowly formed on his face as he couldn't help but love the small moments like this in his life. Many people had asked him why he smiled so much an the only answer he could come up with was 'why not.' Just as he rounded another corner he couldn't help but over hear two sets of voices he knew only as, Sakura and Ino.

"What are you talking about Ino-pig! These shoes are the only ones left of course I'm getting them!" shouted the pink haired girl she had been holding onto a pair of shoes that the other girl had seemed to be griping just as hard.

"That's just it forehead these are the last ones and I'll be taking them! They wouldn't even look good on you!"

"What are you talking about these would look great on me!"

Naruto had come to a standstill as he watched the two girls going at it over a pair of black shoes. He couldn't see anything special about some shoe but he wasn't the type to just ignore an argument between friends. He looked down to the store he had planned to get to before they closed but a simple sigh had made up his decision.

"Sakura?" his voice had been low after coming to their needs before his own.

"Huh, Naruto?" the pink haired girl spoke as she glanced over to the area she had heard a voice come from.

"What are you doing here, Naruto? Surely you didn't come to help make me give up my chance at having these shoes?" the other blond haired had spoken as her own eyes glare over to him in a threatening manner.

"No, I just came to see why you two are arguing over just a pair of shoes." He said flatly as he looked to the black shoes they both seemed to be griping rather tightly.

Both girls looked his was giving him the most disturbed look he had ever seen from either as he noticed small veins on their heads.

"What are you talking about 'just' a pair of shoes? I'll have you know these are the best shoes to grace any shelf in all of Konoha!" Ino had shouted as she began to lightly tug at them trying to snatch them from the other girl.

"Why, they look like normal shoes to me." He looked from the pair to look at the other many black shoes that had been on the shelves behind them.

"Ah, you just don't get it these are name brand!" she spouted once again before giving up all hope for the simple smarts that men just didn't seem to grasp.

Naruto looked to ground slightly drained with talking with two his eyes looked over to the store he had needed to get to. Though, he didn't just want to leave the two girls to continue to cause such a problem over a pair of shoes. He slowly thought about it as a simple idea had come up an slap him in the face making him throw on his foxy smile.

"How about I be the judge of who the shoes look best on? An the winner gets the shoes!" he excitedly explained as he had been given almost the same look he had been given earlier.

"Do I look that stupid, Naruto? I know you will choose Sakura since she is in your squad." Ino had accusingly stated as she glared towards him.

"No no, I promise I'll judge the winner honestly!" he shouted in defense gaining an uncertain look before she had given a simple sigh.

"Fine if Sakura agrees than I'll agree as well but you better not be biased or I'll pay you back tenfold!" the blond had shouted getting a nervous nod from the young man.

He watched as both girls had finally given a hesitant agreement to the idea of Naruto being their judge for the shoes. Both of them grabbing a separate part of the pair making certain the other didn't just take the chance to buy the shoes right then and there. He had turned around shortly finding a small bench to sit down on waiting as the two gently pulled the shoes on. His eyes went from both girls as they stood showing the foot that the new shoes had been placed on. Even as he looked he still didn't see anything special about the shoes, but he had already told them he would judge.

"Well, Naruto what do you think?" Ino had asked as a small confident smile was placed on her face.

"Umm, it doesn't look bad, but I still don't see what's so special about them" he stated honestly as he looked to the two weighing his judgment.

"Hurry up, Naruto!" Sakura shouted as her patience had been coming to an end after waiting to own the shoes for almost thirty minutes.

"Uhh, Ino!" he shouted making his pink haired friend freeze in mixed emotions of his answer while the other girl had gasped with a victory sign aimed towards him.

He slowly started to feel slightly uncomfortable after the long pause Sakura had been giving as her eyes had been frozen on him. He watched as she kicked the shoe off her feet making it fly into his face making him fall to the ground. The other blond gave a loud gasp as she sprinted to his side picking up the other shoe making certain that it hadn't been damaged by the others face.

"FOREHEAD! What do you think you are doing you could've seriously damaged my shoe!" Ino shouted as she patted the black shoe lovingly.

Naruto laid uncomfortably on his head with his legs over them he listened as Sakura stormed off calling the two blond choice names. He slowly worked himself back to his feet with a bright shoe print along his cheek making the cold air stink at the pain a little more. Coming to the idea that his job was done here and slightly dreading the idea of seeing Sakura some time after this made him cringe. He slowly made his way towards the store just before reaching the doors he was stopped by an excited Ino.

"Naruto! You're like my very best friend now!" she shouted as she gave the fellow blond a friendly hug. "I still can't believe you actually said I had won, of course I knew I would." She spoke proudly as she let her friend go following him into the store.

"Ino, I really need to get some stuff for my place so I guess I'll see you tomorrow or something." He spoke hurriedly as he looked to the clock in realizing he had just made it by mere minutes.

"Oh no no, I can't just let you go like that I owe you one!" She half shouted happily as she followed him to where the baskets lined along the wall.

"You don't owe me anything, Ino really." He shouted as he ran to the coolers grabbing the milk and eggs quickly so he didn't upset the workers in the store for taking up to much of their time.

"Now don't say that naruto! How about I buy you some ramen tomorrow at that ramen stand you go to all the time?" she politely asked trying to repay the small debt to him after getting the name brand shoes.

"Ok! I'll never turn down free rame- Oh ya I need to pick up some instant ramen!" as he quickly ran off down a couple of shelves before turning down the right isle.

She had simply nodded behind him as she had looked to the shoes in a large bag she had been carrying from the shoe shop. She only looked up to the sound of the intercom coming on telling any of the remaining customers to come to the front to check out. She watched as the frantic Naruto sprinted from isle to isle with his small basket before finally running to the registers.

"Will this be all, sir?" the brown haired girl asked with a smile as the heavy breathing teen had simply nodded to her question.

"So when did you want to meet up then, Naruto?" Ino asked as she came up behind him making him slightly jump at the fact that she had still been in the store.

"Any time I guess, I have to go see granny Tsunade about a mission coming up so some time after that I guess." He said as he handed over the money feeling slightly glad he was about to be given a mission as his wallet had been steadily getting smaller.

"Oh me too, then I guess we'll meet at the Hokage tower then! See you, Naruto!" she shouted as she ran out the store to get home to try on her shoes.

Naruto only sighed as he waved the other girl bye before grabbing his bags an stepping out into the cold of night. He also decided to run to his apartment eager to get some much desired food into his stomach before he went to sleep. Just as he was making a full sprint towards the alley that had acted as a simple shortcut for his apartment he had seen yet another familiar face.

"Hinata?" he half shouted as he came to a stop to greet the young girl bringing her eyes away from the ground up to his own in a shocked expression.

"N-Naruto-kun, what are you doing out?" she lightly stammered as she looked into the dark blue pools of his.

"I could ask you the same thing." He said with a large smile towards her making the girl to lightly smile along with a deep blush. "I just had to do some shopping before the store closed or I'd be in some trouble tonight!" he continued being completely oblivious of her new skin tone.

"I-I was just about to go see about a new p-pair of s-shoe's that c-came f-from the Moon country." She slightly battled herself to talk clearly as she had been told by her sensei that guys were to thickheaded if you didn't talk clearly.

"Oh you too, Well Ino already snatched the last pair." He replied saving her the trouble of having to walk all the way just to find out that fact.

He watched as her eyes quickly left his own to fall to the ground as she gave a simple sigh to the fact that she didn't hurry. He lightly laughed at her defeated reaction still trying to figure out what was so important about some pair of shoes.

"Well, would you like some company back to your place?" he brought up as to in a way make up for her losing a chance at the shoes since he was the one that had given them to Ino.

"I-I'll b-be fine, thank you" she silently stuttered as she gave a small smile to his generous offer.

Though she honestly would have loved the confidence to of said yes she slowly turned to walk away making her way back to her home. Naruto only watched as she continued to walk away with a slightly depressing air about her, but he only smiled as he ran down the alley to his home. Just as he made his way to his door he noticed a small note in his mailbox quickly grabbing it as he ran into his place slamming the door. He kicked off his shoes at the door way walking to sit the bags of groceries on the table before turning his attention on the note. He looked for the sender but there hadn't been a single word on the surface making him curious of the contents.

"Who could this be from?" he lightly spoke to no one in particular pulling out a small sheet of paper flipping it open.

"Naruto, I came by earlier to discuss something with you but you weren't in whenever your free be sure to come by the academy, Iruka." He quietly read to himself before sitting the note away slightly wondering what Iruka had wanted to discuss.

"oh well, I'll just talk to him tomorrow I need to get some water boiling!" he excitedly spoke as he pulled out a freshly bought instant ramen from the a small bag.

As Naruto continued to eat his newly bought food another blond had made her own way to her families shop. She had burst through the door kicking off her older shoes no missing a step to run to her room to try on the new pair. As she stared at her reflection with a proud smile her thoughts had went back to her suggestion to buy Naruto some ramen after her talk with the Hokage. Just as her thoughts went to meeting up with the young man she couldn't help but remember that she had spent all of her money on the shoes.

"Hmm I didn't think about that, oh well I'll just have to tell Naruto tomorrow. I'm sure he wont be depressed after all I'm sure he is already eating the instant ramen he bought at the store." She lightly spoke as she walked over to the bed in the corner of her room.

"Of course, I am getting a mission tomorrow I'll just move our deal until I get paid. After all I don't like the idea of staying in debt with the guy." She finished as she pulled the new shoes off her feet placing them next to her chest as she lay underneath her covers.

Her eyes grew slightly heavy as the excitement of the day had drained her of the little energy she had left from her training with her team earlier that morning. She reached out her hand switching off the large lamp that had been sitting next to her on a small dresser rolling over snuggling to her new shoes.

Chapter 2 coming soon: If you read to the end hope you liked it, but I donno you can't tell if its going to be any good with the first chapter so I better get to writing.

Depending on my reviews I may or may not make this into a romance story.. It could easily go into that direction but for right now its an adventure so its up to you my readers if I should go for a romantic adventure story.