'Thinking'
"Biju/Summon talk"
'Biju/Summon think'
"Jutsu"
Naruto was laying in his hospital bed while a squad of Anbu walked into the room with the Hokage, "Crow."
"Yes sir."
"Please get your mother, It's time for some truths to come out."
Itachi raised an eyebrow from behind his mask and nodded before Shunshining home to pickup his mother, 20 seconds later she was there with Itachi looking rather annoyed.
"Crow, did you wait for your mother or did you grab her and Shunshin here?"
Itachi kept very quiet and shrunk into the corner under his mothers gaze.
"What can I do for you Hokage-Sama?"
Hiruzen and Mikoto had always gotten on well because unlike most Uchiha she wasn't born with the holier-than-thou attitude of the rest of the clan and they both knew Minato and Kushina which was also a plus.
Mikoto was a 29 year old woman who didn't look a day over 20, she was 5ft 7, quite tall for women nowadays, wore a battle Kimono because while she was a retired Shinobi she kept up with her training and was ready for anything and had perky C cup breasts with long purple hair and coal black eyes; the eyes of an Uchiha.
"It's time for some truth to come out, Anbu keep guard of this room; no one is to come in. Itachi stay and remove your mask."
All the Anbu nodded and did as they were told before Itachi removed his mask. Putting up a silencing barrier he took a deep breath and decided to start.
"Mikoto what I'm about to tell you is going to make you hate me but it was in Minato's will the same as Kushina's.
Naruto is your son."
Wide eyes, an immediate reaction. This was big, this was huge. This boy here who the villagers vilified and abused physically and physiologically was her son and Itachi's brother.
"How?"
"Well remember when Kushina asked you for that favour when she was trying to have a kid? Well Naruto is that child."
"You told me he died!"
"As I said it is in their wills to tell you this. I wasn't meant to tell you until he was either Chunin or if by chance he unlocked your bloodline but with his eyes blue instead of black we thought that would never happen."
"Why are you telling me now?"
"Well I heard him earlier today sitting on top of his father's head. He knows everything except who his mothers are; he figured it out himself.
He has his father's Genius but acts like a fool to let the villagers have an outlet; Of course I didn't know this until tonight when the villagers cornered him on the mountain and violently beat him before chucking him off the cliff. That's not the most disturbing bit of it, he actually smiled as he was falling, like someone who didn't care."
She was now in tears, what was technically her son as well as Kushina's was being beaten like this; she never knew. She had tried to adopt this boy several times because she saw him on the streets and her motherly instincts kicked in for some reason but now she knew why.
"I heard the wisest saying I've ever heard from a Civilian from him earlier today, he was sitting on the mountain looking up at the stars talking to his father, he talked about how his father thrust this burden upon him yet how he forgave him and then it came, he said something I will never forget.
"I endure because no one else would, I live because I endure and I endure to protect my precious people. It is a vicious cycle that I'm not sure will ever end but it must.""
Itachi was normally a pacifist, not really Shinobi material but he knew how to kill. He was trained to kill, he was trained to be a weapon for his clan but today he found out he had a little brother and was truly happy. This saying though, it made him shed a tear for the first time in years.
His little brother was already so strong, strong enough to endure his life alone without him or his mother. Mikoto openly cried and hugged the sleeping form of Naruto whilst crying into his chest. This continued for another 10 minutes until Naruto began to stir.
Mikoto jumped off her newly found son and watched him begin to wake until he started screaming. He opened his eyes to show the world his 2 tomoe'd Sharingan earning a gasp from the crowd but he wasn't done. His Sharingan morphed into something rarely seen within the Uchiha clan, a Mangekyo sharingan; a 3 pointed triangle which curved inwards whilst the centre of the triangle merged into a Hexagon around a pupil.
After a few minutes of screaming and being held down he stopped and breathed a sigh of relief as the pain disappeared. He looked around the room and saw one of his Anbu guards with a strange woman that he has nether met but also the Hokage.
He stared at them for a minutes before saying "Sup?"
They were all still staring at his new eyes and ignored him. "Why are you staring at me?"
Ignored still he started to get annoyed. "Quit it."
He saw them staring at him still and they seemed to be looking at his eyes, he felt some chakra drain which meant his Sharingan was active so he cut the Chakra and everyone suddenly snapped back to attention.
Mikoto rushed him and hugged him tightly hoping that he was real; she squeezed until he yet out a pained yelp and suddenly let go fearing she might hurt her son.
"Not that I don't appreciate the hug but who are you, I know Itachi from behind the mask even if he doesn't think I do and the Hokage but you?"
She took a deep breath and said "I'm your mother."
He promptly fainted.
They all laughed, 5 minutes later and he was back up and was rubbing his head. "I could of sworn you said you were my mother?"
"I did."
"So you must be Mikoto Uchiha?"
They all looked surprised by this.
"Yes, how did you know?"
"Hmm well Kyuubi could see Kushina-Kaa through the seal when she asked for your favour and I also have the Sharingan and Mangekyo, by the way did you know my mindscape was a sewer? That just wasn't cool."
They all stared at him blankly, "What?"
"How long have you known?"
"About?"
"Me?"
"Since I got knocked the fuck out and met Kyuubi, nice girl once you get passed the 50ft tall thing."
His stomach growled and he sighed, "She's moaning about being called tall."
He grinned as he continued, "About Kyuubi being sealed inside me? And my father? Since I was 3."
They were all shocked. "How?" was the only word they got out.
"Let's start from left to right here, from being called a Demon to my face and my birthday not to mention the big ass seal on my stomach when I mould Chakra it was pretty easy to figure out and from their I looked in the mirror and saw the resemblance not to mention what kind of Father takes someone else's kid whilst not giving up his own."
"Now Jiji, I want my inheritance, this includes all scrolls, house and money because I'm actually tired of pretending to be a god forsaken idiot. It's only taken two years for them to almost kill me so I'm going to better protect myself."
He raised an eyebrow but nodded with one question "Since when can you mould chakra?"
"Somewhere around my 3rd birthday I was being chased by the biggest mob to date and I was sure I was going to die but for some reason I started to feel warm and running quicker; I paid no attention to it at the time. Later I discovered I unlocked and moulded my chakra towards my feet to help me run faster and boom."
"You know I can't adopt you right Naruto?" Mikoto said much to the shock of both Itachi and the Hokage.
"I know, a Jinchuriki from a clan would overpower said clan but also I get the feeling your husband wouldn't be too happy?"
She nodded, "Fugaku never like Minato or Kushina, he was a candidate for fourth Hokage along with Orochimaru; if I adopted you he would use you as a weapon but I can help you, whilst I can't make up for the years I wasn't a mother I can try to be there for the future." He smiled, that was all he wanted.
"Itachi."
"Yes Kaa-san."
"You're on Naruto's personal guard right?"
"Hai Kaa-san."
"You're to train him from now one, make sure he gets used to his Sharingan but don't use the Mangekyo speaking of which how do you have it?"
"Would you believe me if a couple hundred years ago Madara Uchiha was a Hyuga and disturbed Kyuubi's sleep begging for her to mutate his eyes? Well he did and with her sealed inside me combined with the feeling of betrayal I had earlier activated it.
Also I don't have the Dojutsu curse that the rest of the Uchiha have, nor do you or Itachi. She made a mistake when mutating his eyes or something and cursed the Dojutsu; the people who see a friend hurt or in danger become power hungry to help said friend. I don't have it because she removed it and she said something about a 1 in 100 chance of not having the curse in your eyes so congratulations. I'm not sure if you have any brothers or sisters Itachi so they might have it, sorry."
Itachi just shook his head and replied, "I have an adopted brother, of course he thinks he is real and I treat him like my real brother but he is my cousin. His parents died in the Kyuubi attack so mother took him in."
Naruto nodded and smiled at his mother, a true smile and couldn't help smile in return. "Anyway get him physically fit before taijutsu training; make sure he learns our style but also his father's which I'm sure is part of his inheritance. Teach him a few basic Jutsu for each Element and make sure he understands that the Sharingan is only a tool not a crutch; no son of mine is going to be dependant like that. Check if he is a Genjutsu type as well Itachi, if so I will leave that training up to you because I'm not that type of Shinobi and you are."
Itachi Nodded, all this time they didn't know that the Hokage had sent a shadow clone to his office except Naruto who caught the hand seal, it came back through the door with a scroll. Naruto blinked.
"Old man, I think I might of done something."
He raised an eyebrow and noticed his Sharingan was active by accident. "My Chakra control isn't the best at the moment due to my huge amount so I kept my Sharingan active to see if I can better it and I might have caught your hand seal for that jutsu. It feels weird, like I know it."
Hiruzen nodded sagely, "That's fine, you copied it with your Sharingan; one of the perks of it. I was going to give it to Itachi to teach you anyway with your high chakra capacity and all."
He nodded and turned off his Sharingan, "I don't like this, It will mean I copy from anyone and everyone; I don't want to copy from teammates and allies." Everyone present smiled, he was already getting the idea without them explaining it.
"That's my boy" Mikoto said in a proud voice, "Copying from allies without permission can be a pain but he gave you permission so don't worry."
Hiruzen was rather proud of the boy at the moment despite what had happened recently, he handed Naruto the scroll and explained that he needed to bite his thumb and wipe blood over the seal to open the scroll. It was his inheritance from his father and Kushina.
Opening the scroll the first thing that dropped out was a letter, he picked it up and began reading out loud.
Naruto,
My son, how I am sad whilst writing this letter. Your mother is currently in labour trying her best to bring you into this world whilst the Kyuubi no Kitsune is on a collision course with Konoha; The fox was sealed inside your mother but during the child birth someone attacked and ripped it out of the seal. Instead of running like it should have it started to attack which leads me to believe it was being controlled.
I'm going to seal it into you.
Ye so not getting father of the year award any time soon. (a few tear drops stained the paper here)
You may hate me but know that I love you. I leave to you several things, my house which is protected by so many seals it makes the Hokage's vault look like a draw with a lock for one; inside you will find my Jutsu library. Hiraishin and my Rasengan are hidden in there somewhere, I'm not making it easy for you. You will not grow up spoilt but on the plus side I did apply Resistance seals to you as you were just born and made them automatically adjust so they should be rather high at the moment. Ask the Hokage how to engage/disengage them.
My bank account details are with the Hokage which should be Sarutobi at the moment, your godfather is Jiraiya of the Sennin, I leave one last thing to you my son. A summoning contract, the Crow contract. They are perfect messengers and are good at ambushing enemy. Sign it and when Jiraiya arrives (He should of been with you all along but let's be realistic here) sign the Gama contract and they will allow you to summon both as long as the bosses agree also kick your god father in the nuts for me.
Love your horrible father who happens to be the most happy man in the world at the moment because you were just born
Minito Namikaze
Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato
Naruto smiled and laughed at his father antics even though he was about to die; before anyone could comment on the letter another one dropped out.
Hi, me again.
Just because I am finished leaving you stuff doesn't mean your mother hasn't left you anything. She is too weak to write you a letter at the moment so I'm sealing the stuff for her and writing this quickly.
She left you 2 Chakra sabres that she had made with Uzu metal for you; No time to explain what Uzu metal is so ask the Hokage.
In the scroll is a Kenjutsu style for duel sabres, if you need any help ask Kakashi Hatake; he was my student and had a Chakra sabre from his father known as "The White Fang". He might be rusty but it will help you learn.
Once again we both love you and enjoy your life, your mother tells me to tell you to find a nice girl to settle down with and enjoy the pleasures of a family and she's sorry.
Love your parents,
Minito Namikaze & Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze
Everyone was silent for a moment before Mikoto commented, "That's just like Minato, humour in the face of death." She smiled.
"Old man? How long am I in hospital for?"
"You're free to go, you were healed at a miraculous rate even for you so you're all healed."
"I want to check out my new house will you, Mikoto-Kaa and Itachi-Nii come with me?"
Mikoto hugged him into her chest and smiled at being called mother whilst Itachi kept his now Stoic demeanour but on the inside he was happy; finally a proper brother. He wasn't going to stop acting like a brother towards Sasuke because that was they were in his eyes but with Naruto it was actual blood.
All 3 nodded and he jumped out of bed not noticing he was only in his boxers. He heard snickering and saw Itachi in the corner and a red faced Mikoto. He looked down and saw he was in his boxers and just smacked his head. "Well this is awkward."
He just carried right on getting dressed not really caring he was too smart to be embarrassed by something as small as this. He went over to the scroll and looked in the slot named Keys and channelled a bit of chakra into it and out came a set of keys and a map to his new home.
"Hmm appears its behind the Hokage's monument in the forest away from town, that's good for me I do like some privacy."
Itachi nodded and grabbed his new little brother and mother and Shunshin'd to the top of the Hokage's monument and was joined a second later by Hiruzen. "Map says its protect by Genjutsu seals. Only I or he could find it unless you know where to go before hand." He walked off into the distance with them following him and carried on down a path into what looked like a cave. "This is a Genjutsu seal to look like a cave, whatever you do walked straight forward even if it's dark and you will arrive passed the seals." No-one could see but each nodded their heads and continued straight soon walking through what seemed like a dead end of the cave.
When they reached the end they come upon a wooden gate that appeared normal but was covered in seals and an 11ft high brick wall that looked like it was built yesterday. Naruto whistled. "Impressive gate." They nodded agreeing with him, he looked at the map for instructions and did as it said.
"I have to cut my hand on the gate and then apply chakra to the swirl by the gate to change its locking feature to my chakra signature."
They heard a click, and the gate opened revealing a rather well kept garden. "Well this is odd? Anyone been here?"
"None have been here since Minato, I didn't even know where it was."
He chuckled "He was a secretive bastard."
"Tell me about it. I wonder why the garden looks so kept? Probably got too lazy and invented some seal to preserve the garden in some way. I wonder if the training grounds are like that?"
"Let's hope so." Itachi said thinking about the fun he was going to have torturing his little brother.
Naruto shivered for some reason, he couldn't tell but he thought it was something to do with the smirk and gleam in Itachi's eyes. 'Oh boy, I'm screwed.'
Exploring the rest of the house they noticed that it was all rather clean and well kept, it was a 2 story house but had several bedrooms, a living and dining area with an outside onsen for the summer and a downstairs bathroom. One of the bedrooms was converted to a small armoury. Naruto openly gawked at his new home, it was better than any he had lived in before. He smiled at the portrait in the hallway of a several months pregnant Kushina and Minato with his arm wrapped around her protectively.
The others came up behind him and smiled as well. They went outside to check the training grounds outback and found a large field that was covered with several dummies and logs, all with the same seals as before.
"Somehow I think I'm going to like it here."
Mikoto and Itachi smiled, it was getting pretty late now about 11 at night and after all the excitement today they were all pretty tired. "I think I'm going to crash on some bed upstairs, you're welcome to stay if you want."
"Sorry Sochi, I can't I need to get back to the house so Fugaku doesn't moan."
"Otouto, I have Anbu duty to finish. The Hokage has granted me leave starting tomorrow, I will be here with you to train you away from prying eyes and mother can check on us when she wants, same and the Hokage."
"Ok Nii-san" Naruto didn't notice Itachi's lips curve into a small smile and Mikoto openly smiled at the exchange, she knew how Itachi always wanted a little brother but she didn't want another child with Fugaku for him to turn into a weapon or a min-Fugaku which Sasuke was becoming. Their marriage was slowly falling apart, fair enough it was an arranged marriage to help the family become stronger and she was technically the clan head but didn't like the clan head business; she would take back the clan head seat one of these days and divorce that idiot.
"We'll be going then, get some sleep; Tomorrow is going to be fun." Itachi walked off with a small evil laugh whilst the others shuddered, that laugh meant pain as Naruto was going to find out tomorrow.
"Why do I suddenly feel the need to write a will?"
They both shook their heads, "No idea Sochi/Naruto."
Before they left Mikoto turned round and gave him a hug and said "I will give Itachi some cookies to give you tomorrow since I doubt you can cook and it will help tide you over till I come round in the evening helping you learn to cook."
"Hai Kaa-San."
"Good boy." She turned and left leaving a very tired Naruto who just walked upstairs and fell on his parents bed fast asleep all the while being watched over from above by smiling figures.
In heaven?
"Kushina, our son is finally happy."
"Baka, he was sad because of you!"
"Blame Madara-Teme."
She smacked him on the back of the head and smiled, her son had a mother and although it was not her it was her best friend who technically counted as his mother. It was enough to make her happy.
"I don't know how I feel about earlier on the mountain but I think he will get over it now, the question is will the villagers?"
"Nope."
The next Day - 7:00
Naruto was sleeping peacefully fully dressed after yesterday when he felt someone drop something on him and hit him in the stomach. He jumped up straight away gasping for air that was knocked out of his lungs.
He looked towards the attacker ready to strike back but calmed down once he saw the amused look of Itachi in Anbu gear without his mask.
"Hello Otouto."
"Hello Nii-san, what time is it?"
"7:00"
Naruto got wide eyes, "What in Kami's name made you wake me up at this time?"
Still amused he responded, "Well I thought I would let you lay in."
He got no response and Naruto just looked down at what hit him, it was a set of Chakra weights bands that went round his wrists and adjusted the weight depending on the amount of Chakra one puts through them. He raised an eyebrow. Seeing the unasked question, Itachi decided to elaborate.
"Just because you have had a resistance seal on you since birth is no reason to not try harder. Lesson one: There is always someone better than you so never stop training!"
He nodded and placed the weights on each wrist and leg. "Good now don't run chakra through them yet and follow me."
He nodded once again and followed him outback to a big tree. "Lesson two: Power is nothing without control, you have raw power with your amount of chakra but no control, learn control." Itachi seemed to grin.
"How?" His grin threatened to split his face at this point in time.
"Climb this tree without your hands."
Naruto stood there for a moment before thinking about what he was asked to do it was obviously a Chakra control exercise meant for larger Chakra users such as himself but he had to climb it without his hands and if it involved Chakra then he guessed it used Chakra to stick to the surface. Once asking Itachi if that was how it was done he smiled proud of his little brother; it seemed Genius ran in his mother's side of the family.
Naruto walked up to the tree and lay on the floor with his feet touching the tree, Itachi raised an eyebrow and watched his brother focus Chakra to his feet by using the Ram hand seal and step about a foot off the ground and asked Itachi to time him for 5 minutes. He nodded.
5 Minutes later Itachi called for him to stop and asked what he had just done. His response was "I focused Chakra to my feet to get a feel to how much it takes to stick to the tree for a period of time so when I go to try again it should let me get quite far up the tree." Itachi blinked a couple of times before walking up to the tree and banging his head muttering "Baka, Baka, Baka" over and over again. Naruto just laughed. He motioned for Naruto to continue what he was doing before and walked up to the tree before walking 3/4 up the tree with a wide eyed Itachi watching.
'That shouldn't be possible for him with that much Chakra, damn when I did this it took 3 days to learn'
"Well fuck."
"Naruto come down here."
Naruto walked over to his brother and asked what he wanted, "That Jutsu you copied yesterday was called Shadow Clone, it is a physical clone with a Chakra network and is very good for people with high amounts of chakra because they can train with them. The down side is that they dispel with one punch. Make as many as you can so I can see how many there are."
Inside his seal Hikari was just waking up and heard the conversation via their connection and laughed, this was going to be funny.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu"
The field was covered, actually covered in smoke and Itachi couldn't believe his eyes; there had to be hundreds. 2 words summed up his expression.
"Holy Shit!"
"What?"
"This is a Kinjutsu because the Chakra needed for it and you just made around 300 and are not winded at all?"
"I'm just special?"
"Everything they learn you learn however never dispel them all at once, you will get brain damage that not even Kyuubi can fix."
"Yes sir" He mock saluted.
"Get working, I want tree walking and water walking done by the end of the day, dispel 10 clones every 20 minutes to advance the clones; when complete come find me for water walking."
The clones went about their business whilst Itachi sat watching his little brothers army, he was so proud of him already. He would make him strong enough to survive the world.
40 minutes later and 260 clones left the original Naruto walked over to his brother, "Finished and I have 260 clones left."
"Follow me for water walking." He walked away to a small pond and watched his brother walk out onto the water.
"Water walking is a constant stream of chakra to your feet all the time but it has to be ready to change at a moment's notice if you are on a moving river."
Naruto nodded and asked his brother to stay there for a second, he agreed and watched as Naruto quickly activated his Sharingan and looked at his feet, smiled and deactivated it. He jumped on the water and fell in up to his shins. His brother was once again surprised and asked what he did this time.
"The Sharingan is a tool in a Ninjas arsenal, we use tools as and when we need them. I watched your chakra flow to your feet and adjusted it to my size and height to get a head start."
Itachi smiled his brother was going to go far. "create one clone and dispel it so the information is distributed to the rest and follow me, we need to talk."
Nodding he did as asked and then followed his brother into the house, "What type of ninja do you want to be?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow, he was smart but something like this escaped him. Itachi answered the eyebrow "There are different type of ninja. Examples are Ninjutsu specialists or Taijutsu specialists and sometimes even Genjutsu specialists. Your father was a Ninjutsu and Fuinjutsu specialist, you will be learning Fuinjutsu sometime so don't worry."
Naruto nodded about to answer when his eyes glazed over and heard a voice in his head 'Naruto, It's Hikari don't talk out loud just think.'
'Sup?'
'Chose Genjutsu and Ninjutsu as primary with Taijutsu and Fuinjutsu as secondary'
'Why?'
'I'm a Fox, we are naturally good at Genjutsu and I gave you a tiny present when you were knocked out yesterday, call it a sorry for your life so far'
'What kind of present?'
'The kind that will make you exceptional at Genjutsu even though you have Kage level reserves, although you have to use your eyes; if you get used to using them you should be able to cast them without your sharingan also Ninjutsu because let's face it you're a Juggernaut with your reserves which will only grow with time.'
'Fine'
He looked at a worried Itachi and spoke "Sorry Kyuubi was speaking to me"
"It's ok what did she say?"
"She said that she gave me a gift as a sorry for my life so far. I should be a great Genjutsu user with the Sharingan and eventually without but she told me to focus on Ninjutsu and Genjutsu but also on Taijutsu just not as much as the first two? I kind of like the idea of being a well rounded Shinobi like this."
Itachi dumbly nodded with a shiver of excitement, his little broth the next Genjutsu prodigy after him but also the reserves to blatantly spam Ninjutsu all day long, oh his enemies were screwed.
"The reason I have you practising Chakra control so early is because the weights, I don't want you trying to put a little Chakra in and end up wearing two tonnes, that wouldn't be funny. Your clones are going to practise Chakra control for the rest of the day and this will happen for the next month just to get your control up to par but whilst they do that you're going to work out to get your body ready for Taijutsu.
Ohh Lesson number 3: Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are useless unless you have the body to dodge and pursue enemies which is where practising Taijutsu comes in."
Naruto nodded and Itachi pulled out a scroll with his training regime and smiled evilly. It read:
5:00 - 6:00 AM - Wake up, shower & breakfast
6:00 - 7:00 AM - Warm up laps around the compound/ Send out 300 clones for Chakra control
7:00 - 12:00 PM - Physical work out (250 Pushups, Situps, Crunches and 5 laps round the compound)
Repeat 7 - 12 until time is up
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Lunch time, No RAMEN!
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Strategy games such as Shougi with Brother and reading history books where said strategies were implemented and how they worked and if they were effective at the time for the situation.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Cooking class with Kaa-San
5:00 PM - Dispel clones
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Dinner
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM relax and or sleep depending on how tired you are.
He looked up from the scroll and saw an evil gleam in his eye. "Has anyone ever told you that when you are about to train me you get an evil gleam in your eye that screams torture?"
"Nope"
"Well you do."
"Kay well leave your clones working, we are going to get rid of the god awful jumpsuit of yours and get you some real clothes." Itachi pulled out a scroll and unsealed his mask and placed it on his head.
"You came dressed in Anbu gear to take me clothes shopping? That's pretty smart."
"You aren't the only genius around here."
"Wise ass" he muttered only to hear a snort of amusement from his brother as they left the compound and started towards town, it was early. Around 8:30 and Shinobi and Civilian alike were just starting to wake. They wouldn't openly glare at him because of the Anbu with him but they had heard rumours stating that he had been killed yesterday by being chucked off the Hokage monument.
Walking into a Shinobi only store with Itachi in his Anbu gear the shop owner greeted them, "Ah Crow-San, Hokage-Sama said you would be coming round today sometime. I take it that you are here for this young man?"
Crow nodded and responded in a monotone voice of his Anbu counterpart "Yes, Naruto needs some new clothes, maybe a few sets of Kunai and Shuriken as well."
"Well knock yourselves out, we aren't that busy in the morning so there shouldn't be any "judgemental" Shinobi around" he winked at Naruto and used Air quotes for the word Judgemental.
Naruto smiled and nodded whilst walking into the Shinobi clothing sector. He came back 5 minutes later wearing White/Baugh trousers with a kunai pouch on his right leg and a standard issue hip pouch whilst wearing a mesh tank top with a black zip up hoodie with orange strips going down the arms. All in all he looked like a 5 year old Minato.
He had 5 sets of these clothes not including the hoodie, he had 3 sets of them. He picked up a set of Kunai and Shuriken with a sealing scroll and went to the checkout. When it came out at a set price he went to pay and the man said "No need, the Hokage put it on his tab." He nodded in acceptance and made a mental note to thank the old man later.
They spent the rest of the day practising Chakra control and kunai throwing. Itachi left again in the evening but not without leaving him a bowl of cookies from their mother obviously with one missing.