The group of three head into the nearest clothing store only to back out a few seconds later their faces beat red all for completely different reasons 'I can't believe the leaf village has a lingerie shop like that' Sakura thought with a grimace before leading them to a clothing store a few streets down this one held shinobi gear so grabbing the two boys by the hand leads them over to the nearest rack of female clothing "What do you think about this one Shikamaru" she asks pulling out a gray tank top "Too revealing" Shikamaru blurts out the next moment.
"It's not like I'm gonna wear it without an overshirt you dork" Sakura snorts in amusement "Oh" Shikamaru mutters flushing in embarrassment "Well then it's perfectly acceptable" he clears his throat with a nod "Good" Sakura flashes him a smile before pulling out a few more in varying colors like dark blue, or dark red and of course dark green and a dark orange until she has five piled up in her cart folded neatly so that she had room to add more later on "Ok done with the undershirts now for the overshirts" Sakura nods before leading them to the next rack of clothes.
Spying some clothes for guys on the otherside of the store "Hey Sakura I'm gonna head over there" Naruto points in the direction "Ok Naruto, why don't you go with him Shikamaru and help him pick out some clothes I think I can handle this" Sakura said without looking up from the shirts she had pulled out comparing their weight before settling on the dark green short-sleeved shirt on the otherside of the store Naruto had pulled out a dark orange shirt used to wearing darker colors whenever Sakura felt the need to make him wear the dark clothes to blend in.
"Shikamaru is there nothing you can really do about the marriage contract" Naruto asks a few minutes later "I'm sorry Naruto once it's signed there is nothing that stop it unless one of our parents the one's who signed the contract revoke their signature" Shikamaru shrugs looking at some chunin vests on the rack across from the one Naruto was searching through all while keeping watch over Sakura who had finished picking out some short-sleeved and long-sleeved shirts and was moving onto pants, shorts, and skirts.
"Do you think Sakura-chan is really happy I know her better than you and she often makes something out to be better than it really is" Naruto turns accusing blue eyes on Shikamaru "If I find out she's covering for you" Naruto threatens blue eyes turning hard "I promise Naruto my dad said she was really happy about this" Shikamaru turns to face Naruto briefly "Oh" Naruto lowers his finger as his anger fizzles before grabbing a few more shirts in varying colors of orange before walking back over to Sakura who was having trouble choosing between skirts.
"What did you get Sakura" Shikamaru asks distracting her from her current frustration "Oh well I got some short-sleeved shirts that are very light but also allow plenty of movement and some long-sleeved shirts that are heavy along with a couple light ones I'm having trouble choosing between this silky material or this heavy material for skirts" Sakura let out a sigh before thrusting the skirts into Shikamaru's hands "You pick" she orders and closed her eyes her face turning bright cherry red.
Gulping nervously Shikamaru quickly felt the materials of each skirt before handing them back over to Sakura "The heavy one but I think you should get a couple of lighter skirts just in case just not the silky ones" he said clearing his throat his face equally as red as Sakura's "Oh thank you Shikamaru" Sakura gives a happy squeal and places the skirts in the basket before looking through the pants completely missing Shikamaru's sigh of relief when she doesn't whack him over the head screaming that he had chosen the wrong one.
"I'm glad you chose the heavy material that's the one I'd been leaning towards" Sakura stops in her perusal for a moment to tell him this before sifting through some pants and letting out a hum of apprecation pulling out a pair of dark white pants that were stretchy and extremely light "Those are cute" Shikamaru bravely comments on them "I thought so too and they are extremely practical" Sakura hugged him drawing awws from some of the customers in the shop a second later she pulls away blushing again while Shikamaru chuckled.
Eyes flitting through the pants she spies a dark red and a dark orange pair of pants the exact same material as the white ones before grabbing two pairs of sweats one dark green and the other the standard dark blue that were a much heavier material for the winter months finished with the pants she grabs 5 pairs of knee length shorts and 5 pairs of thigh length shorts "Let's move onto the sweatshirts" Sakura laughs when both boys give a pout "Why don't you go pick out some pants and sweats and some lighter clothing as well Naruto" Sakura relents.
"You go with him Shikamaru" Sakura gestures for Shikamaru to follow and the boys speed off in the direction of male clothing Sakura laughing as she watched them go before heading towards the sweatshirts and grabbing 5 of them folds them neatly in her basket moving further into the shop towards unmentionables quickly grabbing 5 pairs of each item and shoving them under the other clothes quickly she hurries out of that section "Hey Sakura what's the hurry" Tenten calls out stopping the younger girl.
"Oh well I'm here with Shikamaru and Naruto" Sakura offered a sheepish grin "Ah" Tenten smiles teasingly dropping what she had in her hands and joining Sakura on her walk back towards the front of the store where the two boys were standing at the register waiting to be rung up "I see you've got a lot of new clothes to Naruto" Sakura smiled praising the boy before grabbing 5 pairs of socks all in varying colors and then grabs a couple pairs of sandals one pair in black and the other in dark red.
Spinning around she grabs a pair of heeled boots in dark green and then grabs a couple pairs of winter boots before reaching over and takes 5 different colored scarves before looking around noticing the coats she grabs a dark white one before finally heading to the counter "Got enough there Sakura" Tenten asks eyeing the basket full of clothes "Yep enough to last me until I get back to the village" Sakura explains before stopping Naruto who was handing over the money to pay for his new clothes.
"Hang on sir" she smiles sweetly leaning forward "Can you stitch his initials N.U., the uzumaki clan symbol and black whiskers on each of his new clothes" she lowers her voice to a whisper "Of course miss that will be an additional 70 ryo to the original mount" he totals and Naruto finally hands over the amount adding 70 more in to the pile of ryo all while wondering what the heck Sakura had said to make the guy add even more money onto his total before deciding that he'd find out eventually.
"Shikamaru and I will wait for you outside the shop" Naruto calls before ducking under the curtain of the shop Shikamaru following him "Did you find everything alright miss" Sakura turned around to find out that the guy from before had been replaced with a girl "Yep and I have a bit of a request for my clothes" Sakura hauls the basket up onto the counter before placing the coat on top "Alright and what would you like done" the girl asks eyeing the large amount before beginning to ring it all up.
"Well I'd like each of them to have my initials S.A. the Aburame clan symbol and blood red and lime green cherry blossoms stitched into them" Sakura explains simply "Of course your total is 1,987 ryo" the girl announces tacking on the custom order total at the end Tenten watches as Sakura pulls out the money counts it then hands over the exact amount before snapping her wallet shut "We should hang out more when I get back" is called over Sakura's shoulder as she heads out of the shop.
"Ok um Shikamaru do you think we could maybe spend tomorrow together I have something to tell you and it's very important" Sakura asks biting down on her lip "Sure Sakura see you tomorrow" Shikamaru gave her a small wave before turning and heading down the street in the direction of his clans compound the minute he turned the corner "You haven't told him your leaving yet" Naruto points and yells in accusation "That's why I need your help to keep people from bothering me tomorrow" Sakura asks.
"Ok Sakura-chan" Naruto relents "Let's go finish packing then head to the weapons shop to see if our stuff is done" he suggests and Sakura nods "Yes, lets" she answers following Naruto as he leads them back to his apartment "Wait I just realized we can't finish packing without our stuff" Naruto exclaims causing Sakura to laugh at him "We can at least finish sorting through some other stuff and pack a few more items" Sakura offers and Naruto nods eagerly ready to forget about his blunder from earlier opening his apartment door they enter the living room so they could sit.
A few hours later and several more scrolls packed in their bags Sakura seals the rest of the stuff away grabbing a few empty scrolls for each of them before stowing the bags in Naruto's closet "Come on Naruto let's go get dinner at Ichiraku" Sakura suggests wiping her forehead "Heck yeah" Naruto jumps up excitedly dragging her out of his apartment and down the street to his favorite restuarant ordering their favorites "Are you excited for the trip" Naruto asks while they are waiting "Yeah" Sakura nods "I can't wait" she smiles widely before grabbing her ramen and eating.
A stuffed belly an hour later Naruto pays for their meal as they head to the weapons shop to see if the weapons and headands were done walking into the shop "Oh hello there your things are finished which one of you is Naruto Uzumaki" the one behind the counter greets "Me, I'm Naruto Uzumaki" Naruto introduces himself running up to him "Well here's your new custom made headband and your weapons and pouches" he hands the things over causing Naruto to gasp in awe of the engravings "Wow what are those Sakura-chan" he turns to ask her his question.
"Those are whisker marks kinda like on your face" Sakura explains grabbing her own headband and tying it around her head again before putting the gloves she had bought in her storage pouch "Thank you for shopping here and I hope you'll come again" the guy behind the counter says as they exit the shop their business done "Here Naruto store your stuff in this scroll" Sakura holds out the three empty scrolls she had grabbed and hands them over to Naruto who quickly seals his new weapons in them stowing them in his pouch heading towards the clothing store.
Inside the clothing store they meet Hidan and Kakuzu "Hey fu.. Sakura" Hidan greets upon noticing that someone was with her "Hey Hidan when are we leaving tomorrow" Sakura asks "At night" Hidan grabs a new pair of pants like his old pair and heads to the register to pay for them he had been taking missions the last few days to save up some money "Oh that's a relief" Sakura sighed from behind him as he hands over his money and grabs the bag that held his new pants "Why's that" Hidan asks curiously making Kakuzu twitch creeped out.
"Well I'm going to spend the day with Shikamaru tomorrow" she explains as she takes her place at the front of the line her little blonde friend standing next to her grabbing her bags that the lady holds out before separating a few bags and handing them over to the boy "See ya tomorrow at sundown Hidan" she calls over her shoulder exiting the shop only to walk right into Kakashi "Hey Kakashi-senpai" Sakura greets "Did you hear I'm leaving on a 3 year training trip" she claps excitedly when he nods "See you senpai" Sakura gives him a wave.
"Make sure when you get back you seal those in a scroll and put them in your bag and set it by the door" Sakura advices before heading in the direction of the Aburame Compound only to pause "You know what I think I'll spend the night on your couch" Sakura smiles brightly before summoning Tomo "Hey Tomo could you give a message to my dad for me tell him I'm staying the night at Naruto's and don't worry about coming back when you deliver the message just go home" she orders and Tomo flies off to deliever his message.
"Shibi-sama, Sakura-sama said that she was going to stay at Naruto-san's house for the night" Tomo flies into his office through his open window "Thank you Tomo" Shibi thanks the moth disappearing with a pop his mission complete back at Naruto's apartment they were eating another bowl of ramen courtesy of Naruto "So what do you think about your new clothes Naruto" Sakura asks "Awesome especially the weapons" Naruto responds pulling out one of his new shuriken the one that happened to have his initials engraved on it to examine it closer liking the color and well everything else really.
"I know exactly what you mean" Sakura smiles pulling out her own shuriken and letting Naruto see it she was wearing a pair of new pajamas she had bought "So why dark green" Naruto asks inquisitively as he pushes his empty bowl away and Sakura collects it and her own to clean the dishes while mulling over what to tell him finished they head into the living room where the couch was made up Sakura laying down and Naruto sitting in a regular armchair "Well I didn't have a choice they were given to me like that" she finally says.
"Oh I get ya" Naruto nods "Anyways thanks Sakura-chan" he smiles preparing to head to his room "Wait Naruto ask Master Jiraiya to teach you some Fuinjutsu I bet you'd be really good at it" Sakura yawns "Ok if you say so Sakura-chan" he gives her a smile before flipping off the light "Night Sakura" he calls through the dark "Night Naruto" Sakura calls back as he shuts the door and gets in his own bed 'I wonder how Shikamaru will take my news' Sakura thought briefly before falling asleep dreaming of her future and what it would be like.