Chapter 5: Shopping!

"So what are you going to teach me first Jiraiya-sensei?" asked Naruto. They had just entered a small town at the outskirts of fire country.

"I think you'll need some new clothes before we can get to training," said Jaraiya after taking a look at his clothes. They were at the point of no repair. And if he wanted Naruto to get all the ladies, he would need to stop looking like a bum. But even so, he was already getting looks from the young female residents. Heck, even some of the older ladies gave him looks. But Naruto was to dense to notice.

The only reason Naruto didn't get any looks back in Konoha was because of the Kyuubi. The older generation knew of him being the jinchurikki. And their hatred had passed on to the younger generation to the point that it blooded them of his looks. They simply thought of him as a demon.

Naruto looked down at his ripped clothes and remembered that Yukino also needed new clothes. "You're right Jiraiya-sensei. We should go buy some new clothes."

"Naruto, if we're getting new clothes, I'm gonna make sure you don't buy anything with orange," spoke Yukino. There was no way in hell she was gonna let Naruto get himself killed by wearing something anyone would notice. Plus, the amount of orange he wore was an eyesore.

That didn't affect Naruto to much. Sure, the color had grown on him over the years. I had been with him through the hardest parts of his life. But he knew that if he wanted to grow as a shinobi he'd have to give it up.

"Yeah, I think it's time for a change," said Naruto as they made their way inside a shinobi shop.

Inside the shinobi shop there was an endless supply of shinobi equipment. There was all types of weapons on display, from kunai to swords. There where also other ninja tools like sealing scrolls and kunai pouches.

The trio headed over to the clothing section and took a look around. After a while of viewing the different types of clothes, Naruto grabbed some articles of clothing and went to change.

Both Yukino and Jiraiya stopped looking at the clothes and stood outside The changing room. It wasn't long before he came out and his new outfit made their jaws drop.

Naruto had decided to wear a grey version of Konoha's jonin vest with a red Uzumaki spiral on the back. Under the vest, he wore a black long sleeved muscle shirt with two blue streaks going down the sides of his arms that began at the collar and ended at his wrists. He also wore grey colored fingerless gloves. He decided to go with black Anbu pants with two blue streaks going down the sides of his legs. He had his kunai pouch wrapped around his right leg with ninja tape. And he also wore black ninja sandals. His headband was nicely wrapped around his right arm.

Seeing Naruto's new clothes made Yukino gain a slight dust of pink on her cheeks. She hadn't expected him to look this good.

While Yukino was blushing at Naruto's new look, Jiraiya had money sign in his eyes. 'This kids gonna make me a millionaire. Oh man all the books I could right just by observing him,' thought Jiraiya.

"So? How do I look?" Naruto asked. He never really cared about his looks. But he did want to know if these clothes would blend in with his environment on assassination missions.

"It looks good on you Naruto…," spoke Yukino in a shy voice. She was still blushing after all. She didn't want him to notice but she couldn't calm down.

"Are you kidding me kid?! You look absolutely great. Oh man, the amount of ladies that'll be after you will reach the thousands!" exclaimed Jiraiya, obviously still thinking about his "research".

"Don't get any ideas Jiraiya-sensei," said Naruto as he deadpanned at Jiraiya. "Something doesn't feel right, though."

"What do you mean Naruto?" asked Yukino with a curious tilt of her head. It looked fine for her. Actually, it looked great.

Naruto looked around the shop. He didn't know what he was looking for, but he felt like there was something in the shop that he needed. After a while of browsing the store with his eyes, he finally found what he was looking for.

He slowly walked over to the final rack of clothes full of random items. Hanging from the rack was what he was looking for. It was a black as night haori with blue flames around the bottom. It also had a very intricate design of crimson lines going all over it that looked like lightning.

Naruto grabbed it and put it on. He then turned towards a mirror hanging from the wall to take a look at himself.

His eyes slowly widened at how different he looked. His lips slowly curled up into a true smile as he noticed he finally looked like a true shinobi.

Jiraiya walked behind him and put his hand on his shoulder. A small smile formed on his lips as he silently approved of Naruto's choice in clothing. 'Like father, like son, eh Minato.'

"Hey you guys, what do you think of my outfit?" asked Yukino. She had decided to go ahead and try out her own outfit while Naruto and Jiraiya were having their moment.

Naruto and Jiraiya both turned over to look at her. Naruto immediately gained a small blush and Jaraiya gained a perverted grin.

Yukino had decided to a tight long sleeved jacket decorated in blue and silver flames. It showed her womanly curves but was also ready flexible and easy to move in. She, like Naruto wore her Konoha headband on her arm, but instead if her right, she wore it on her left. Under her jacket she wore a regular mesh shirt. She also wore Anbu pants like Naruto, but hers were dark blue with a silver outline going down the sides. She chose the regular shinobi sandals, just like Naruto. And she also had her kunai pouch wrapped around her right leg.

Naruto was the first to come to his senses and said the first thing that came to his mind,"I think you look beautiful." He suddenly realized what he had said and began to panic.

Naruto's words made Yukino blush and look away as she asked,"You really think so?"

Before he could answer though, Jiraiya decided to interrupt. "Alright you love birds, cut the chit-chat and let's go pay for the clothes."

Naruto and Yukino were so embarrassed that neither of them decided to retort. Instead they followed Jiraiya to the cashier.

The cashier was a somewhat elderly man. He was in his late fifties and had a few scars here and there. He was most likely a retired shinobi. "Hello sir, is there anything I can help you with?" he asked.

"Yes, we would like three more pairs of those clothes," he spoke as he pointed at Naruto and Yukino.

"Alright sir, is that all you will be purchasing today?" he asked as he moved around the counter and grabbed three more pairs of the clothes.

Jiraiya thought about it and decided to get a few more materials. "Yes, I would like two beginner katanas, 500 kunai, 1000 shuriken and two sheets of chakra paper."

The cashier came ack to the counter with all Jaraiya had asked for. "That will be a total of 25,000 ryo"

Jiraiya sealed away all the items in a scroll and gave the man 25,000 ryo.

The trio then left the store and continued on their journey.

Chapter End

AN:

Ok readers, I want to start by apologizing on my tardiness. This chapter was supposed to be uploaded last week but school decided to say throw a shit ton amount of homework on me. But anyway, once again sorry for the delay. Now there are a few important things I need to talk about:

1. I may have finally gotten a beta reader. I was really hoping to get one and may have finally gotten one!

2. Big decision that you guys get to choose. I've been thinking of giving Naruto a doujutsu. He will either gain the Rinnegan or the Sharingan. You guys need to leave a review telling me which one you want. Most votes wins. You can also vote for both if you want.

3. I'll try updating once a week during the weekends. Second semester has barely started and I can already feel the stress.

4. So I'm gonna use ryo as the monetary system from Naruto. 1 ryo equals 10 yen and 10 equals 10 cents. So. Just wanted to let you know how I did the pricing. I think of how much something costs in US dollars then transfer it to ryo, so most of the prices will be WAY off.

5. To those of you who think Naruto and Yukino are going too fast, I apologize. I think so as well and hope to slow it down a bit.

Now to answer reviews!:

Gacsam: thank you for bringing my misspelling of Jaraiya's name. But you put Jiraya so I guess we were both wrong? I don't know, just wanted to thank you though.

: I understand that this parting may not make sense in cannon. But this is a fanfiction. I'm making this story because it would never happen in cannon. That's the whole point of fanfiction. I won't force you to read my story if you don't want to. And I totally agree with you on how strong Konan is. Naruto would have been screwed if she fought. I only wish for you to give this story a chance.

Guess that's it guys. Oh I almost forgot. I want to thank all of you once again. I didn't think this story would reach 100 followers this quickly. Thank you guys so much, and I'll see you guys in the next chapter!