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Edited by ChronoPhoenix

Chapter 3 - Preparation

Izuna's Apartment

Izuna had just arrived back at his apartment when he noticed the state that it was in. The first thing he noticed when he opened the door was the horrid stench that originated from his apartment. As he walked through the doorway of his apartment he couldn't help but be disgusted by the state that it was in and he honestly couldn't figure out how he was able to live in this pig sty when he had just the Naruto part of his memories. There were ramen noodle packets and wrappers strewn across the floor, a large pile of moldy unwashed clothing, and there was even mold growing on the ceiling. He knew right away that his apartment was almost completely unlivable when he saw a rat run across the floor, he was tempted to go back the Hokage and try to set up some new living arrangements, but it was past midnight and he was sure the old man wouldn't like being bothered any more that night plus he was extremely tired after the day's events. So Izuna decided to talk to the old man the next day, but for now he just wanted to go to sleep as he landed tiredly on his bed. Izuna awoke to the blaring of his alarm at 8 am, he promptly proceeded to smash his alarm clock into a hundred little pieces for disturbing his sleep.

'Ok, so first things first I need to head over to see Jiji about getting a new apartment, then I need to get some new shinobi gear, then head over to the library and get some books on history, politics, and chakra control, damn I still can't believe how shity my control is now, and lastly I need to start my training. I should probably see if my elemental affinity is different from my first life.' and with those thoughts Izuna quickly through on the cleanest clothes in his wardrobe, which consisted of a black short sleeve shirt with a red uzumaki spiral on the front and a pair of orange pants and his blue shinobi sandals, and headed off to the Hokage's office.

Hokage's Office

"Izuna-kun what brings you here so early today." spoke Hiruzen in his grandfatherly tone as Izuna entered his office.

"Actually Jiji I was hoping you could help me with finding somewhere else to live, my current apartment is pretty much unlivable." Izuna started off after hearing the Hokage's question.

"Why haven't you brought this to my attention before Izuna-kun?" Hiruzen asked knowing full well that before Naruto gained his Izuna memories that he probably never saw it as a problem.

"Well I honestly don't know why I didn't before you know what happened yesterday, guess I
never really saw it as a problem before, ya know." Izuna explained just as Hiruzen had expected.

"Hahaha, I can see how you wouldn't bother mentioning something like that to me before, but from now on don't hesitate coming to about anything else like that." Hiruzen laughed when he realized that it was exactly like he thought.

"Hai, Jiji" Izuna responded knowing that his Jiji truly meant every word he said.

"Ok, so I can set you up with an apartment near the clan district of the village, is that ok with you Izuna-kun?" Hiruzen asked while digging through one of the drawers of his desk.

"Yeah, that'd be perfect Jiji!" Izuna said chipperly because the clan district was the best area of the village.

"Well then here's the key and directions to your new apartment Izuna-kun." said Hiruzen while handing Izuna a set of keys and a map.

"Thanks alot Jiji now I'm off to buy some new shinobi gear." Izuna said exiting the room.

Konoha Market District

Izuna walked through the market district looking for a shop that would hopefully sell to him at normal prices, receiving glares the whole time. He also noticed that he was receiving less glares than usual, quite a few people had looks of terror on their faces no doubt caused by the fact that half of Izuna's hair had become a crimson color reminiscent of the Kyuubi's red fur color. Izuna just decided to ignore the ignorant civilians because it wasn't their fault that they had no understanding of sealing and no one ever bothered to properly explain it to them, he'd just need to work hard to prove himself worthy of their trust. As he was searching he came across a shinobi store called Higurashi's Ninja Supply.

'Hm, this looks just as good a place to begin as any other.' Izuna thought as he entered the admittedly small store. There was a large display of weapons lining the walls and sections for shinobi clothing, gear and supplies.

"Hello, there young man my names Ishi Higurashi can I help you with finding what you need." Izuna turned to the direction the unfamiliar voice came from to see a tall, about 6' 3", bulky man with brown eyes and hair wearing a traditional indigo yukata.

"Hello my name's Izuna Uzumaki, I'm actually looking to buy some new clothes, gear, supplies, and a suitable weapon." Ishi was a little confused when the kid called himself Izuna but he didn't let it show, because almost everyone in the village knew that kid's name was Naruto even if most never called him by it. He just decided to ignore it and help the kid out with finding what he needed. Ishi wasn't like the general populace he knew the difference between the container and the content, he also trusted that the Fourth Hokage created a lock strong enough to keep the content in its container.

"Ok, let start off with finding you some new clothes, god knows you need it." Ishi said as he lead Izuna over to the clothing section of his shop.

"So what kind of clothes are ya looking for kid?" Izuna thought for a moment looking over the clothing section for a second before answering.

"I'd like at least 10 sets of high collared long sleeved shirts and black shinobi pants with extra pockets. A pair of black open toe shinobi sandals, 4 low collared short sleeved burnt orange jackets, 4 blue hooded short sleeved jackets, and 2 crimson short sleeved haori with black flames licking the bottom." Izuna said after putting some thought into how to combine his wear from both of his lives and coming to a decent solution, while getting a couple haori like his father wore.

"Hahaha, I gotta say you have better taste than I thought, but you can't really blame me with how you're currently dressed." Ishi said after giving a hearty chuckle at Izuna's sensible choice in clothing having already noticed the kids current choice was extremely lacking of any common sense at all.

"I was wondering if you could put a white spiral on the left arm and back of all my jackets and a red spiral on the front of all my shirts?" Izuna asked hoping he could wear at least one of his clans' symbol proudly on his clothes.

"Of course kid but it'll cost ya extra, that won't be a problem will it?" Ishi asked trying to make sure Izuna had enough to buy everything he needed.

"No problem, I got more than enough money for everything I want and more." Izuna answered not even noticing the dollar signs appeared in Ishi's eyes upon hearing his words. Today was definitely a good day to be Ishi Higurashi seeing as the Hokage gave Izuna enough money to buy a smaller bunker and hire a personal army, now some might ask how the Hokage was able to give Izuna all that money, ya see the thing is the Hokage got the money out the Uzumaki clan funds and it wasn't even half a percent of what was in the account.

"Ok, I'll grab all that for ya and you can go over and check out our gear and supplies to find what you need." Izuna walked over to the gear section of the store and grabbed shin guards, forearm guards, a black cloth for his forehead protector, white tape, 2 black arm rings, 2 white arm rings, and a crimson bracelet. Then he made his way over to the supplies section grab 2 sets of 100 kunai, 2 sets of 200 shuriken, 4 500 meter spools of ninja wire, 2 sealing kits, a medical kit, a poison kit, 2 black ninja leg holsters, and one piece of chakra paper. After having picked out what he needed he went up to the counter and placed them down.

"So, ya find everything ya need kid?" Ishi asked as he made his way to the counter with all of Izuna's clothes, now fully decaled with the Uzumaki clan symbol.

"Yep, thanks for all the help Ishi-san, I think I'll be doing all my ninja shopping here from now on." Izuna said with one of his trademark grins plastered on his face.

"Glad I could help ya get what'cha were looking for." Izuna had just payed Ishi when he realized that he didn't buy any sealing scrolls to carrier all of his new stuff so he quickly ran back to the supplies section grabbed a couple scrolls and payed for them. Then he started packing up, he left one set of clothing out along with his new gear and he placed his scrolling seals inside of one of his thigh holsters. He ran over to the changing room and changed into his new clothes and threw his old ones out. When he exited the dressing room he was wearing one of his high collar black shirts along with a crimson jacket over top, black shinobi pants with white tape around his ankles, black sandals, a kunai holster on each of his thigh to show his ambidexterity, the new black headband with forehead protector around his head letting his bangs slightly fall over the sides, but not very noticeably do to his short hair cut which he planned to let grow out and his left sleeve was rolled up to just above the elbow with his left arm wrapped in white tape. He wore the black arm rings on his left arm and the white on his right arm, one just below each elbow and one above each wrist like his dad and his crimson bracelet was on his left wrist.

"Looking like a real ninja now kid. Come back for any of your shinobi needs, kay kid." Ishi said as Izuna approached the exit.

"Thanks for everything Ishi-san and see ya again soon." and with that Izuna left pulling off his new look almost flawlessly and confusing every single villager he walked past when they noticed his new look.

Shinobi Library

Izuna had just walked into the shinobi library when he noticed a Nara at the front desk sleeping the day away, so he just decided to ignore them and went find some books on history and politics as well as some scrolls for chakra control.

'Ok so I should start by finding the section for chakra control, I should also probably also pick up a some scrolls on FuuinJutsu while I'm here.' Izuna thought as he perused the shelves for what he was trying to find. After a few minutes of searching he had finally come upon the chakra control section, Izuna grabbed a few scrolls one on beginner chakra control, another on intermediate chakra control, and a scroll on beginning nature manipulation. Also while he had been searching for Chakra control scrolls he had happened across some scrolls on FuuinJutsu and grabbed the beginner and intermediate levels.

'Ok now off to get some politics and history books.' Izuna thought as he headed over to the civilian section of the library. He was able to quickly find 13 books on politics and 9 books on the history of Konoha and the Elemental Nations. Having found everything he needed from the library Izuna set out to his old apartment. The librarian was still sleeping so Izuna didn't even bother to wake him and quickly left.

Izuna's New Apartment

Izuna had just arrived at his new apartment after having gone to his old apartment and packing up anything that may be useful, also Izuna's old goggles now recolored black instead of green to match his outfit adorned his neck. Izuna's new apartment was completely furnished and the fridge was fully stocked, no doubt his Jiji had sent someone to set it all up for him while he was running his errands. It was a modest 1 bedroom, living room, 1 bathroom, kitchen, apartment furnished with a king size bed, a wardrobe, and a night stand in the bedroom, the living room had a couch, a loveseat and a coffee table, the bathroom had a toilet, sink, shower, and a mirrored cabinet right above the sink which had towels. a toothbrush, and a tube of toothpaste in it. The kitchen had a stove, fully stocked fridge, pots and pans for cooking, cupboards with dishes, a fully stocked pantry, and a small dining area. After having finished unpacking and having a quick dinner of instant ramen Izuna began on his training.

"Kage Bunshin Jutsu!" Izuna announced creating 500 clones of himself, he handed 13 of them books on politics, 9 books on history. He had the rest split into 2 groups one of 350 to work on chakra control and the other of 128 work on FuuinJutsu.

"Ok, I want each of you to read your books front to back then dispel after you've made sure to memorize the whole book. The rest of I want to practice chakra control and FuuinJutsu until you run out of chakra. I'm going to be working on my physical conditioning." Izuna commanded his clones to do the studying for him while he worked on the physical aspect of his training.

"Hai, boss!" Responded every single Izuna clone as they went to work on their given tasks some more happy than others with the task they were given to complete. Izuna began with 150 push ups, squats, sit ups, chin ups, and 20 laps around Konoha and ended with some simple stretching exercises to help increase his flexibility and dexterity. By the time Izuna had finished his exercises all of his clones had dispelled and it was late into the night, so Izuna decided to go to sleep in his new incredibly comfy bed.