When Sakura woke the next morning she grabbed her bags with all the storage scrolls and hauled them down the stairs "Hey Keiko I'm gonna be at Naruto's for most of the day" she calls out to the woman before dragging the bags out the door and across the village her arms straining under the weight of the bags as she finally reached Naruto's apartment knocking on the door after she set them down she waited "Sakura-chan" Naruto came out wearing his pajamas and rubbing his sleep crusted eyes.
"It's time to get up sleepy head I'm going to help you pack for your training outside the village" with those words Naruto gives a yell of excitement "Ok let me just go get the bags and scrolls from the closet" he ran off to his room a few minutes later shoving several bags full of scrolls and setting them before her "I'm gonna make some ramen for us is that alright Sakura-chan" he asks pulling the items out already "Sure you make awesome cup ramen Naruto" Sakura grins at the blonde before rolling up her sleeves and laying all the scrolls in a row.
'Ok I will get this done today' Sakura thought determined unsealing all of the scrolls and cringing at the amount of items she had hearing the noise Naruto comes into his living room his blue eyes wide gulping "Hey Sakura-chan why don't we eat before we get started I'm sure a few more minutes won't make much of a difference that way when we are done I can help out" he suggested "Your right Naruto" Sakura breathes a sigh of relief before letting Naruto help her to her feet and following him into the kitchen.
Several minutes later after they had eaten the shrimp ramen the two emerge from the kitchen to tackle their task of organizing and packing scrolls for their trips "Be conservative Naruto" Sakura warns suddenly when he reaches out for a big item "Of course Sakura-chan" he gives her a whiskered grin before sifting through some things and pulling out a package of bandage rolls holding it up he gets a nod from Sakura and sets it aside 'I've been practicing so maybe just 2 of those packages will enough' Naruto thought before digging out another package.
This continues on until he has a nice pile of enough medical supplies to last him at least 2 and a half years if he limits himself "Good Job Naruto" Sakura praises when she looks up from her own pile unlike Naruto she had started with the pills "Ok you look for the pills this time and I'll look for medical supplies" she suggests digging through the pile of items again before emerging with a couple packages of ointment and setting them in a pile feeling sweat drip down her neck in the heat of the apartment.
"Look Sakura-chan isn't this the teddy bear I gave you" Naruto emerges from the otherside of the pile with a laugh holding said teddy bear and Sakura smiles sheepishly "I was gonna keep it for whenever I have kids of my own" she explains "Oh explains why I hadn't seen it for a long time" Naruto snickers before setting it aside and grabbing the package of food pills he had forgone to tease Sakura about the teddy bear sitting back he eyes his pile again and with a satisfied nod seals the items in a scroll.
Titling it so that he knows later on which scroll is which he puts it in a bag that he set aside before they had begun as Sakura does the same "Phew" she wipes her forehead of the sweat that had beaded there "Want me to turn on a fan Sakura-chan" Naruto asks feeling the sweat sliding down his own face "That would be lovely" Sakura nods quickly and soon cool air is blowing this the apartment "Oh thank heavens I thought I was going to die" Sakura laughs before setting to work again.
'Hmm I can't leave behind my weapons Jashin-sama gave me' she thinks as she spies a glint of green tinted metal in the pile before "Ooowww that hurt" Naruto pulls back holding his finger that had blood dripping off of it "Sorry Naruto I forgot to warn you about the weapons" Sakura apologizes instantly "It's ok Sakura-chan" Naruto pouts but heals his finger before grabbing a few kunai pouches and filling them with silver kunai doing the same with other weapons until he has enough to last him awhile.
Meanwhile Sakura had grabbed all of her weapons that had her signature on them and Naruto stared in awe "Those are cool Sakura-chan where did you get them" he asks sulking "Oh well I got them from someone important" Sakura's answer is vague "How about we go get you some new weapons as well" she offers knowing that it would distract him from asking anymore questions about her own "Heck yeah can we go now" Naruto jumps up excitedly "Yeah" Sakura laughs with a smile and stands.
On the otherside of the village "I'm sorry Shikamaru-san, Sakura-sama isn't here" a different maid greets Shikamaru who had knocked on the door of the Aburame Compound "Do you know where she is I have to talk to her" Shikamaru tapped his foot impatiently throwing his hands in the air Shikamaru heads off into town hoping to run into her somewhere back with Naruto and Sakura they had just entered a weapons shop and were looking around at all the different weapons it had.
Grabbing his hand Sakura leads Naruto over to a shelf filled with red-orange tinted shurikens "Hey look at these Naruto" she grabs one and shows it to him "Wicked" Naruto exclaims holding the shuriken closer to examine it "Do you think I could get my initials engraved on it" he asks pulling it away "Absolutely just one of them though" Sakura grins grabbing a couple of packages of the shurikens and putting them in the basket she had grabbed before pulling Naruto further down the shelf to look at some kunai.
"Sakura-chan look at those kunai" Naruto whistles in appreciation at the blue-handled red-orange tinted kunai "Hey Sakura-chan why do your weapons have cherry blossoms engraved on them" Naruto asks suddenly "Oh well it's my signature mark whenever someone see's them they'll know I'm near" Sakura explained "Do you think I could have something like that engraved in my weapons cause it sounds cool ya know" Naruto asks sheepishly "Of course Naruto and I know just the thing" Sakura says grinning mischievously.
To excited about getting a new set of weapons Naruto drags Sakura into an aisle filled with pouches forgoing the senbon and swords "What about these weapons pouches Naruto" Sakura holds up red-orange tinted with blue stitching pouches "Sweet" Naruto hums out while Sakura grabs a few pouches "Ok Naruto is there anything else" Sakura asks when she puts the pouches in the basket hanging off of her arm "Maybe a short sword kinda like yours" Naruto falls silent for a moment before answering.
"Alright let's go pick you out a sword" Sakura grinned before leading Naruto back to the shelves where she spots the perfect sword and sheath in the same colors as his other weapons "Grab that one Naruto" she suggest pointing at the one she had seen "Oh Sakura-chan is amazing" Naruto says in awe of it pulling the tantou sword off of the shelf handling the blade carefully before handing it over to Sakura so that she could inspect it before sliding it into the basket with the other weapons.
"Let's go check out at the register" she gives him a sweet smile before pulling Naruto to the front of the store "Did you find everything you need" the one behind the counter asks "Yes, thank you" Sakura smiles pleasantly at him handing over the items "Oh Naruto could you go wait outside" she turns to the blonde waiting impatiently at her side "Ok Sakura-chan" he gives her a wave "Oh wait hand me your headband" Sakura calls out stopping him in his tracks "Ok" he gives her a weird smile before continuing on out of the shop.
"I'd like to get some of these engraved with initials and a signature mark N.U. on one kunai and one shuriken and black whisker marks on all of them, for the sword his whole name Naruto Uzumaki along with the black whisker marks on the sheath as well" Sakura explains handing the weapons over before taking a deep breath placing a pair of elbow length gloves with black guards on them her own headband and Naruto's on the counter releasing the breath she starts another round of explanations.
"Fore the gloves I'd like lime green cherry blossoms with the Aburame clan symbol and my initials S.A. stitched into them and on the black armor blood red cherry blossoms, for my headband I'd like the cloth to be dyed black and the same design stitched into it, as for his headband I'd like the cloth to be dyed orange his initials stitched in dark red and the black whisker marks and for the weapon pouches the whisker marks and his initials" she finally finishes "The total comes to 2,375 ryo" the employee of the shop rings up the items.
Sakura hands over the money and prepares to leave the shop when she pauses "How long do think it will take" Sakura asks swinging around making the guy stop before he could head into the back of the shop "Come back before close and we'll see how much we have done" the guy answers before continuing on his way weapons and other items gathered in his arms before Sakura could say much more with that she heads out of the shop finding Naruto goofing off with 3 academy students that were very familiar "Oh hey Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon" she greets.
"Hey Sakura-chan" Moegi greets glaring at Naruto and Konohamaru "Naruto" Sakura warns the blonde who was about to do something stupid "Ok Sakura-chan sorry Konohamaru you'll have to wait till I get back from training" Naruto ruffles the boys locks leading Sakura back to his apartment "Hey where's all of our stuff" Naruto exclaims a few minutes later when he realizes Sakura had exited the shop completely empty handed "Getting engraved with your signature mark and initials" Sakura grins patting his head.
Several minutes after Sakura and Naruto had left Shikamaru comes barreling into the shop only to heave a sigh and run a hand down his face and try to locate Sakura's chakra again he had only briefly found it and now it was gone again 'Why is Sakura avoiding me' he thought sadly shoving his hands in his pockets and trudging out of the shop little did he know Sakura wasn't avoiding him she was unconsciously masking her chakra so to avoid being bothered while she sorted through her things.
Back at Naruto's apartment Sakura and Naruto were searching through the pile for even more things to take with them when suddenly a very pink shirt came flying at Naruto from Sakura's direction followed by a soft scream of frustration "All of these clothes are ridiculous and so not me" she pulled her hair as she shoved the pile of clothes away from her.
Looking at his own pile and then at the bag that only had a few scrolls in it "Hey Sakura-chan want to have lunch I'll even let you make it" Naruto offered for distraction "You asked for it Naruto remember that" Sakura grins before heading into his kitchen to rifle through his cupboards finding a few regular items she pulls them out and sets to work on making lunch for the two of them 20 minutes later the table is set up they had just sat down to eat when a pounding on Naruto's door alerts them to some company.
"I'll get it" Naruto jumps up and heads to the door "Shikamaru" he greets causing Sakura to stand her heart pounding nervous when the boy himself comes into the kitchen "Finally I've been looking everywhere for you Sakura" Shikamaru gives her a bright smile and pulling her into a hug "Is there enough for me" he asks eyeing the delicious looking food "Yeah let me make you a plate" Sakura squeaks out embarrassed by his proximity "So what brings you here Shika-kun" she asks with her back turned to him "I have some news to tell you" he admits sheepishly.
"Tell me while we eat" she asks turning back around a smile placed on her lips and a third plate of food in her hands with that all three sit at the table and dig into their homemade lunch "So what the heck did you want Sakura-chan for anyway" Naruto asks after a moment swallowing his bite of food "Oh well did you get told about the marriage contract between us" Shikamaru asks causing Naruto to pause and almost spit out his food "I did" Sakura grins pressing her lips together in an effort not to laugh at Naruto's reaction.
"Are you happy about it" Shikamaru asks again cracking a smile at Naruto's expression "Absolutely" Sakura answers with a nod before finally letting out a few giggles "There is no way your getting married to Sakura-chan, lazy boy" Naruto glares finishing his bite and setting his fork down "I'm sorry Naruto you can't stop it" Sakura smiles at the suddenly sullen boy "I know why don't we go shopping for new clothes you can come to Shikamaru" she offers as a distraction 'Geez I feel like that's all I've done all day is offer distractions' Sakura thought feeling suddenly exhausted.
"That sounds awesome" Naruto jumps up preparing to rush out the door "First lets finish lunch" Sakura laughs "Alright Sakura-chan" and he takes his seat again to start eating as fast as possible but still eating with manners "Why'd you invite me" Shikamaru scratched his eyeing her warily "Well your good with dark colors maybe you can help me pick out some" Sakura grinned knowing what he was thinking "Oh I thought you invited me so that I could carry your stuff" Shikamaru admitted polishing off his plate right at the same time Naruto said that he was done eating.
A couple of minutes later Sakura was finished she stood up from the table gathered the dishes and silverware and placed it in the sink "Naruto what's my rule whenever I cook" she asks "Cook never washes dishes" he mumbles sulking 'But if that's the price I have to pay whenever she cooks I'll gladly do the dishes' he thought admitting that only to himself "Alright let's go get some new clothes" Sakura pumps her arm up in the air "What about the dishes" Naruto asks "They can be done later" she quips before leading the boys out the door.