Naruto in New York: chapter 7
Shopping
Sorry for the delay everyone. I am now officially holding this fic hostage until I get at least 3 reviews. So read and review or I'll hold out on this fanfic. This is probably my longest yet and not a lot of action. Either way I want 3 reviews so deal with it.
The next day:
Naruto woke up groggily and yawned. He rolled out of bed and BAM! He had forgotten that he was on the top bunk of a bunk bed.
"Ouch that's right. Top bunk" he mumbled as he rubbed his forehead.
Naruto looked around and saw that the New-nin were not in the room. Lee was looking down at Naruto laughing. Shikamaru just threw him his patented what a drag look. Naruto walked towards the closet and pulled out some of his things. He walked out the door and ran right into Hinata.
"Oh hey Hinata! What's up?" said Naruto as he picked up his towel from the floor.
"G-g-good morning-ing Naruto-k-kun" said Hinata.
"You gonna take a shower?" asked Naruto as he walked to the bathroom.
"N-no w-w-we all-l already showered. Yo-you're th-the la-last one up-p" said Hinata.
"Really? Wow I don't know why I'm so tired" responded Naruto yawning "I sleep in but that's after some serious training. The 10 minute match was nothing"
"It's called jetlag Naruto" answered Sakura who had just walked out of the girls bedroom. Naruto gave her one of the huh looks. "It's when you're tired at a certain time of day which you're usually wide awake at…"
"It's mostly caused because its night time back at the leaf village" said Shikamaru as he walked out of the room. "There's like a 12 hour time difference"
"Oh! I didn't know that. All I know is that I'm hungry right now!" said Naruto.
"Then you should hurry up with you're shower" this time it was Nikai who was holding a cup of coffee. "There's some breakfast left that I had my students cook." He took a sip of the coffee. "Oh and we'll be leaving in like 2 hours for the mall."
"Oh yea I forgot about the shopping" said Sakura with a big grin on her face.
"Yea right Sakura!" said Tenten who was sitting on the couch. "It's all you could talk about last night!"
"Well I'm trying to be polite Tenten!" said Sakura as she bore down on Tenten on the couch. "You don't want our hosts to think I'm just trying to get as much as I can out of them???"
"N-No! Of course not! Y-You're anything but that!" said Tenten who was trying to avoid the wrath of Sakura.
15 minutes later Naruto was washed up and dressed. He looked around the loft to see everyone just lounging around. Lee and Shikamaru were dressed differently than usual. Lee had on blue jeans and a green hoody. Shikamaru wasn't wearing his jounin vest and instead wore a plain gray sweater.
"Hey Lee what's with the clothes?" asked Naruto as he made his way to the counter which had a fresh plate of food which Nikai had placed there for him.
"There is no way we was gonna be seen out in public wit him dressed like dat" responded G who was sitting on the other side of the counter doing something on his cell phone.
"It feels so weird" said Lee.
"What do you mean Lee" asked Tenten who was sitting next to him on the couch.
"It's so loose. I'm used to Gai-sensei's suit. I'm not sure this clothing is good for training." Responded Lee as he fidgeted in his new set of clothing.
"I'm used to seeing you in the jumpsuit too, but don't worry about it Lee. We won't be training yet." Said Tenten.
"She's right Lee" said Jiriaya as he sat down on the arm of the couch they were sitting on. He too was wearing different clothing. He had on a red vest, but not his usual one, a pair of blue jeans like Lee and had removed his headpiece. His hair was tied back in a ponytail like G's but his long hair was wild and flowed behind his head. "Today we are just getting your new gear and going to get to know the city a bit."
"That doesn't sound very exciting Jiriaya-sama" said Lee. "I prefer training any day over shopping."
Jiriaya rubbed his chin as he thought. "I know Lee. You should think of this as training in the sense that you will be observing the local people and how they act." Said Jiriaya with a finger in the air in the philosophical, know it all manner. "After all this is an espionage and integration mission. To successfully blend in you should observe how the people of your age interact."
"I'd like t-to see s-some of the city" said Hinata. "s-some of the b-buildings are so tall."
"Yes it' quite a feat Hinata. Some buildings here have over 100 floors" said Jiriaya.
"Wow" was all that Hinata said.
"What a drag" said the up to now silent Shikamaru. "Shopping with the girls, observing locals and sightseeing. I wish I had someone to play shougi with."
"Well we may not play shougi but Castle plays chess." Said Nikai as he sat down on his lazyboy recliner.
"Chess? Whats that?" asked Shikamaru.
"The American version of Shougi. Same concepts but the pieces are more visual." Said Nikai.
"Yea I'll show ya later man" said Castle who was next to G at the counter drinking a glass of juice.
"Yea but there's time fo dat later man. We should git goin to da mall peoples" said G as he put his phone away. "Shouldn't be to full right about now. But enough to observe people and all dat stuff."
"Do they sell weapons at the mall?" asked Tenten.
"Tenten I doubt they'll sell weapons out in public over here." Said Sakura as she rose up from her seat.
"Actually dey jus opened up an oriental cart. Dey sells some swords but dey dull." Said Jae
"We can buy a few and I'll sharpen them for you" said Nikai as he rose from his seat. "I have some tools for working with metals and weaponry."
"yo sensei didn't you say dat there was some weapons in dem scrolls?" asked Jae as he walked over to the bedrooms. He came out with a light grey jacket, a white one which he passed to G and a thicker black sweater which he passed to Castle. They thanked him by nodding their heads. Some of the more astute foreign ninjas noticed that much of their communication was nonverbal and consisted of nods, hand gestures and grunts.
"Yes there were some weapons but they were mostly kunais and shuriken. There was also some other weapons but we'll talk about that later." Said Nikai "Ok everyone ready?"
All the ninjas nodded and they piled into the elevator. They hopped into the van with Nikai and Jiriaya in the front. Once again the ninja looked out the window to admire the scenery of the bustling borough of Queens. After 10 minutes they pulled off the expressway and arrived at the mall. It was large and consisted of two parts connected by an overpass about 2 floors large. They pulled into the parking area and hopped out. They walked into the mall on the third floor as a group. They were amazed by how large and bright the mall was.
"Okay what do you want to do?" said Nikai as he turned to the group. "See all the stores together or split up and do our own individual shopping?"
"Wow this place is so big!" said an excited Sakura.
"I think for times sake we should split up sensei" said Tenten as she looked down the mall and saw how many stores there were."
"Yea going to every single store would be a drag" said Shikamaru who was looking around as well.
"Well I don't really care" said Naruto as he looked around with his hands behind his head. "I really don't want to get new clothes"
"Well too bad Naruto" said Jiriaya. "You're getting a less conspicuous set of clothing. Just something not so bright"
"Ahh fine ero-sennin" said Naruto as he peered over the banister.
"Well whatevers" said G "I don't really mind walk around the entire mall. But we got other things to do"
"Ok then" said Nikai. "Lets see. The three ladies in one group and the guys in the other" he turned to his three pupils. "Which one of you three want to accompany the ladies?"
"No need old man" said G."I called some friends to help out da ladies no way I'm goin into all these boutiques. They'll be here in a minute."
"Who'd ya call G?" asked Jae looking over the banister alongside Naruto.
"Jus some of da ladies from around da block. Ya know da usual suspects" replied G looking into a store window. "I was actually hopin dey could help out wit other things as well."
"Well yes we will have our hands full and we could use some help." Said Nikai. "But what exactly did you tell them G? I know you're not dumb enough to tell them what's really going on"
'I jus told dem I needed a favor wit some of your friends. I told dem there was shoppin involved so they aint gonna be askin much as long as dey can git some things outta me." Answered G looking around and spotted his friends. "And here they are"
Everyone looked to where G was looking and saw two girls. One was tiny and petite with a nice figure. She had long black hair and light brown eyes. She wore a tight shirt with gold lettering showing off her frame and blue jeans. She was clutching a gold purse and a pair of sunglasses on her head. The other girl was taller, just under G's height. She also had a nice frame. She had tan skin and dark eyes. She wore a blue t-shirt and blue jeans. She had a little black purse at her side. The two of them walked up to G and gave him a peck on the cheek. They did the same to Jae and Castle but just waved at Nikai. Jiriaya was about to go in for a peck himself but was promptly stopped by Nikai who along with some of the other ninjas gave him a glare.
"Ight everyone dis is Jessica" said G pointing to the shorter of the two girls "and dis is Breanne" pointing to the other girl.
"Hi everyone" said Jessica with a smile and a wave.
"Hey guys" said Breanne with another smile.
The other ninjas said hi and took their turns introducing themselves.
"Okay ladies why don't you show the ladies around the mall and help them pick out some new clothes. I'm afraid they don't have anything for the cold" said Nikai.
"Sure it's no problem Nikai. But we do need one thing though." Said Jessica.
"And what's dat?" asked G looking at his female companions.
"The money genius." Said Breanne.
"Damn I thought yall forgot for a sec" said G as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. He gave Breanne a credit card(yeah I know a 16 year old with a credit card might seem a bit off to some of you but its not here in NY. And notice that they have money so they wil be having a lot of fancy looking things.) "Go crazy, not like you need my permission for dat" said G with a smirk.
"Yup" said Breanne as she plucked the card out of his hand and gave him a peck on the cheek. "We'll make sure they get some nice things" and with that all the ladies went off to get some shopping done.
"You know dey gonna charge da crap outta dat card right?" asked Jae with a chuckle.
"Eh it's no big deal man" said G. "it's Nikais' card I gave dem anyway"
"What you little brat?" said Nikai as his hand flew to his back pocket feeling for his wallet.
"And that everyone" said the mostly silent Castle "is why you do not carry your wallet in your back pocket" this brought laughs out of Naruto and Lee, Shikamaru just smirked and said troublesome.
"Ight den lets git gone wit da shoppin" said G as he began walking.
"Well I'll let you six go on by yourselves" said Nikai as he snatched his wallet out of G's hand. "Jiriaya and I got business to talk about"
"And a lot of ladies to look at" mumbled Jiriaya under his breath which was not uncaught by Narutos' acute sense of hearing.
"Perv!" yelled out Naruto.
"Don't be so loud Baka!" said Jiriaya as he bonked Naruto on the head.
"Can we get going already?" asked Shikamaru.
"Yea man we really should" said Jae.
The six boys went off being led by G into various clothing stores as the two elder ninjas went along with their business.
"ight look around guys" said G as the six boys walked around. "Notice what da other guys are wearin'?" the three foreign-nin looked around and saw the different styles being sported around the mall by the patrons as well as the store front mannequins. After about an hour the boys stopped in front of a shoe store.
"ight y'all gonna be needin new shoes" said Jae as he walked into the store.
"dem sandles aint gonna fly when it starts gittin cold" said Castle.
"git some boots and sneakers and whatever else y'all need" said G as he picked up a black boot. "They also got some warm sweaters and thermal here too. Y'all might want some of those."
Another hour later the boys started feeling hungry so they went off to the food court and ran into the ladies.
"Oh hey had fun on my dime ladies?" asked G looking at the large amount of bags that they girls were holding.
"Oh yea you know it G" said Breanne.
"Yeah the girls are ready for anything now." Chimed in Jessica.
"Yea I bet" said G as he pulled out his wallet and gave everyone a 20 dollar bill (he has his own little business going on so yeah he ballin!) "ight y'all go look for something y'all wanna eat ima go find some seats for all of us" the group slit up and somehow by some miracle G found a few empty booths that were next to each other. (If that's not a miracle I don't know what is.)
Shikamaru being the smart person he is got in the shortest line he could find. Tenten being the smart girl she is followed the smart guy to the shortest line.
"Hey Shikamaru bought anything good?" asked Tenten.
"Eh yea I guess. I don't like shopping to much..." said Shikamaru.
"Let me guess it's too troublesome?" finished of Tenten.
"Yea exactly. But I got some nice plain shoes thought that aren't a drag. I think Jae called them chucks. They're nice and simple. How about you?" said Shikamaru.
"Oh yea me and the girls got some good things. Maybe I'll show you some of the things I bought" she said with a devious twinkle in her eyes. This was not missed by Shikamaru but he just didn't want to bother dealing with it. "Clothes are pretty expensive here. I feel bad for G for paying for all of it." She added as an afterthought.
"Don't be" said Shikamaru as he advanced in the line. "He has money and I'm pretty sure he and the others are getting paid for this." He finally reached the counter and looked over at the menu. This placed specialized in tacos. 'Taco Bell? Never heard of that before oh well' thought Shikamaru. He placed his order and paid and waited for Tenten. E got a fajita and she got two tacos. The two walked over to the tables which G by some miracle managed to get. No one else had arrived and they looked around to see where everyone else was. He spotted the others.
G and the ladies were waiting at the McDonalds line. The line wasn't too long but long enough for the three to start up a conversation.
"So you two made sure the girls got nice things?" asked G.
"Yup we got some nice things too." Said Jessica.
"Who are they anyway G?" asked Breanne.
"Um dey da kids of some of Nikais friends." Lied G. "they all wanted to see the states and Nikai agreed to watch over them so of course me and da guys got dragged into it"
"Well the girls seem nice even though one of them, Hinata I think, is pretty shy. You're lucky she didn't want anything too expensive." Said Breanne.
"Yea I noticed dat. Dey all stayin at my place…" said G until he got cut off.
"I better not hear of you and the guys being pervs" said Jessica as she playfully smacked G on the shoulder.
"Nah y'all know me. If anything Breanne is da one to worry about me" G mumbled quickly.
"What was that?" asked Breanne giving him a look.
"Say what? I aint say nuttin" said G.
"Right" said Jessica.
WITH LEE AND SAKURA
"Hey Sakura had fun?" asked Lee coming up next to Sakura in some healthy food line.
"Oh hey Lee yea I did. Did you?" asked Sakura.
"Yea Sakura. I found some nice green sweats, a few green t shirts, a couple of green sweaters, a pair or two of green pants…." Rambled on Lee.
'Again with the green? Well I guess he cant be the honorable green beast without green' thought Sakura
"How about you? What did you buy?" asked Lee.
"Just a few blouses, a new skirt, some pants, they even showed us some nice clothes for dancing. I hope we get to use those." Said Sakura.
"Yeah I hope this is just an all business no fun mission. Even the flames of youth need to go out and have fun." Said Lee.
"Wow Lee I didn't know you liked to party" said Sakura who just like everyone else thought that Lee was only interested in training.
"Well I like to enjoy myself every once in a while but you all know I can't drink. We all know what happens when I get even the slightest bit of alcohol in me" said Lee with a sheepish grin on his face.
"Yea the honorable green beast becomes the drunken fighter" said Sakura. The two shared a laugh and finally placed their orders. They walked over to the table to find that the only two missing were Hinata and Naruto.
WITH HINATA AND NARUTO
"Hey Hinata how'd the shopping go?" asked Naruto coming up behinf Hinata.
"Oh h-hey Naruto-to. It was ok-k they have n-nice clothes h-here. Did you f-find anything you li-like?" asked Hinata
"Eh not really. They wouldn't let me get anything that was too orange. But I got some good things." Answered Naruto "hey what you getting to eat?"
"Oh I-I think-k I s-saw some cinam-mmon b-buns around-d here" answered Hinata.
"Cinnamon buns huh? I guess you got a sweet tooth yourself huh? Said Naruto which caused Hinata to blush. "I think I saw a place selling them a floor up. Come on I'll take u there."
"Thank you N-Naruto" said Hinata nodding.
Naruto led Hinata to where he saw the cinnamon buns and he bought four for himself while Hinata just bought two. They walked back down to the food court to find that everyone else was already sitting down and chatting. The two last ninjas sat down next to each other since there were no other seats left.
"Wow Hinata you really like those cinnamon buns huh?" said Naruto as he saw Hinata her snacks with a blissful look on her face. Hinata blushed and nodded.
"Wow Naruto you aren't eating ramen for once." Said Sakura who was sitting across from Naruto and Hinata.
"Well I couldn't find any here and there was nothing else I liked so I decided to follow around Hinata here" said Naruto while he scratched the back of his head.
'Naruto wanted to follow me?' thought Hinata 'o wow he has the frosting all over his face, actually all over his lips, maybe I could just…' Hinata was brought out of her almost dirty thoughts by a voice.
"You heard me? We're leaving you better hurry up Hinata" it was Naruto and he was touching her hand
"Oh ok j-just let me bag my get.I mean get-t my ba-ag" she couldn't get over his cinnamon covered lips and the fact that he was holding her hand.
"Umm ok let me help you." Said Naruto as he grabbed one of Hinatas' bags. "umm is there something on my face?"
"Um what-t d-do you mean?" asked Hinata even though there was something on his face.
"You keep staring at my face" Naruto said pointing at his face and then realizing he had some frosting on his face and wiped it off laughing at himself.
"Yo lets go everyone Nikai and Jiriaya are at the car. Said we might go sightseeing a bit before nightfall." Said G as he put his phone away. The group went off to the car with their hands full of bags. Thinking about what else they would see. Wondering how big the city really is and what else was in store for them.
End
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