Sasuke was not happy. He wanted to be helping Naruto and yet he was stuck with this old woman trying to plea her case to her sons while they were for Naruto and Kakashi to return. She kept insulting Naruto while she spoke, trying to say that she couldn't be blamed for the way that she acted because he deserved it, but every word that she said just made her sons, and Sasuke for that matter, angrier at her. And then Sakura had decided to take this chance while they were "alone" to try to get close to him again even disregarding the way she had treated him when she was chasing after Naruto. Sasuke sneered at the fickleness of the woman. She was hanging on his arm and he was doing everything in his power not to just stab her and the old lady with a kunai and get this all over with. Instead, he continued to glare at the woods, waiting at the village entrance for his other teammates to return.

Sasuke exhaled a sigh of relief when they did step through the trees, but it was immediately replaced by an angry sneer at the woman for insulting Naruto. Naruto looked completely exhausted and his eyes were swollen from too many tears and there was a wet patch on Kakashi's chest from where Naruto had cried on him. Sasuke wanted to be the one to help Naruto and have Naruto cry on his chest, but he ignored the urge since the time for it had already passed.

All hell broke loose once again when the two of them got close enough. "You brainwashed my babies!" the old woman pointed an accusing finger at Naruto. "You poisoned them against me."

"Come on," the outgoing one rolled his eyes before he smiled kindly at Naruto. "Let's go into town. Maybe we can find you something nice for your birthday while we're at it."

"If you're sure," Naruto said nervously trying to ignore the old woman who was still accusing him of taking her children from her.

"Are you listening to me?" she screamed.

"There's a ninja store that we can go to," the older one said. "I think you might find something that you like there."

"Okay," Naruto nodded before following the outgoing one into the village.

"You guys go ahead," the older one said. "I'm going to stay back for a little while."

"You better come back soon," the outgoing one said.

"Make sure to get something nice Naruto," the older one said with a dismissing hand wave to his brother.

Sasuke made sure to stay close to Naruto this time. He did not want a repeat performance or anything that could possible harm Naruto. He also wanted to show Naruto, in his own way, that he was there for him. When Naruto noticed his closeness, he couldn't help but to smile at him. He understood and it meant the world to him.

"So where do you want to go first?" the younger brother asked once they were far enough away from the oldest and their mother for it to not be awkward.

"I don't know," Naruto shrugged. "Maybe the ninja store."

"Sounds good," the man said. "I'm sure that you'll find something that you like there. I'm told that they have the best stuff. Not that I actually know since I'm not a ninja."

Naruto smiled cautiously. He had let his guard down already around this family and had gotten hurt so he didn't want to do it again, but it wasn't the brothers that had hurt him. It was all so confusing.

It didn't take long for them to reach the ninja store. It was close to the gate and on the main roads so that even the travelling ninjas would see it and stop by. In fact, it was probably the travelling ninjas that they sold most of their stuff to seeing as they were in a small town that was made specifically for catering to the travellers.

The shop didn't look at all special, but all of the ninjas could see the value in it. There were a few scrolls, probably collected as payment for other stuff, placed on the table that sat just in front of the door so that everyone could see it when they entered. Then, farther back in the store, there were several weapons carefully laid out for full viewing. Each one was masterfully created with some of the finest metals. This place could not be cheap.

"Hi," the shopkeeper said as he emerged from the back room. From the small glimpse that they got of said room, it looked like it was where the man created all these weapons. "How can I help you guys?"

"It's his birthday," their charge said as he pointed to Naruto. "We're hoping to find him a present among your store."

The man's eyes lit up when he saw Naruto. He had heard what the people were saying about the Kyuubi vessel and he was eager to repent for his own wrongdoings towards the boy. Not that he had ever met him, but there had been times where he had cursed him and sworn that he would never allow any of his weapons to be sold to him. He was happy that his first impression would be of a good one. "All right," he said as he moved closer to him. "Is there any particular type of weapon that you want?"

"I don't know," Naruto answered as he looked around with awe at all the weapons around him.

"Well what type of a fighter are you?" the shopkeeper asked.

"I fight close-range," Naruto answered.

"Alright then," the shopkeeper nodded. "We have gauntlets-"

"I can't wear gauntlets," Naruto interrupted as he though about how they wouldn't work with his Kyuubi form, but then he realized how rude he had been and apologized profusely.

"Don't worry about it," the shopkeeper laughed. "So not gauntlets. Let's see. Do you know what your affinity is?"

"It depends," Naruto frowned. "Sometimes I'm wind," which was on a normal day, "but sometimes I'm fire," which was on a Kyuubi day.

"Hmm," the shopkeeper thought for a moment. "I would suggest a sword, but you seem to be more of a hand-to-hand type of guy." Naruto nodded at this. He really didn't like having any big or long weapons in his hand for an extended period of time especially since they interfered with most of his jutsus. "Now this is a tough one."

"I'm sorry," Naruto frowned.

"Oh no no," the shopkeeper waved him off. "I'm sure that there's something that will work for you.

"Maybe we should go look around a bit more," the brother suggested, "and we can come back here later to check it out."

"Okay," Naruto nodded.

"I'll keep thinking about it," the shopkeeper said to them. "Don't you worry about it."

Alright guys. I desperately need your help on this one. i cannot, for the life of me, think of the perfect weapon for Naruto.

PLEASE HELP!

Do you have any suggestions for weapons for Naruto?