Naruto: The Life Changer

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Iruka was very tempted to march out and find the ones responsible for this. "Do you have any idea who is responsible?"

"Nope." Naruto replied at once, "It always happens either when I'm asleep or at the Academy. I tried to set traps once, but my Landlord caught me and threatened to evict me if I tried to set any."

"Could it be the Landlord?" Iruka muttered..

"Nah. He was seriously pissed at me for letting someone break my window." Naruto replied, "He got really, really pissed when it happened another forty-nine times in a row. I have to fix the window as well, so it's one hell of a pain in the ass for me too."

Iruka went still. "Naruto…did I just hear you wrong or did you just say that you fix the windows when they get broken?"

The chunin's voice was surprisingly sharp as he said this, making Naruto blink in surprise as he removed his gloves and clothespin.

"Yeah. Watch." Naruto said casually.

The scarred chunin-sensei watched in amazement as his twelve-year-old student measured and cut wood and glass with a practiced hand. He acted like he had done this so many times that it had ingrained itself into muscle memory.

The end result was, by any standards, a very nice looking window. It was unpainted and a bit rough here and there, but overall it was very well done for a twelve year old.

"Naruto, remind me how long you've been doing this?" Iruka asked in a faux-calm manner.

"Since I was seven." Naruto shrugged lazily, as if it wasn't a big deal, "Anyway, now that that is taken care of, should we get going?"

"Naruto…" Iruka didn't know what to say here. His student was obviously used to this happening to him, but he felt that it wasn't right to force a boy of Naruto's age to act like a Joiner. He decided to report this to Hokage-sama after he had taken Naruto to the shop.

"Alright then." he nodded at Naruto, "Make sure you have your wallet."

"Gama-chan's right here!" Naruto took a fat wallet from his pocket. It was green and designed to look like a toad.

"That looks stuffed to the gunwales." Iruka chuckled, "There should be more than enough in that to get a decent set of weights in that."

"Umm…do you think it'll extend to a new wardrobe too?" Naruto asked hesitantly.

"Naruto?" Iruka was surprised. Normally the blond boy dug his heels in and refused to even consider getting a new outfit. He did love his orange.

"It's just…I've been thinking and maybe orange isn't a good colour for a ninja to have." Naruto admitted, "But I will have orange when I'm off duty, damn it!"

Iruka chuckled. Even when compromising on something, Naruto still managed to win.

"Follow me." he said as he led Naruto out of his apartment. The teacher and student chatted amicably about irrelevant things until they came to an out-of-the-way shop with the sign 'Higurashi Weapons and Ninja Apparels' emblazoned above the door.

"Wow!" Naruto gaped in awe at the sheer size of the shop, "They must have an entire armoury of weapons and stuff here!"

"Among other things, yes." Iruka said with a smile, "Higurashi's is the best shop in the village for ninja tools and equipment. The quality of the custom-made weapons is legendary, as are the regular wares. You'll find some good stuff here, Naruto."

"If they'll sell to me." Naruto reiterated bitterly.

"They'll sell to you." Iruka reassured him, "I've known old Tatsuhiko for years. He's tough, but fair and has never refused to sell to a customer that I know of."

Heartened by Iruka's encouragement, Naruto followed him into the shop.

Inside, the main floor of the shop was rack upon rack of swords. Katana, Ninjatō, Nodachi, Tantō, Yoroidōshi, Wakizashi, Chokutō, Kodachi, Tachi and even a handful of Zanbatō were literally filling the room.

A long counter at the back of the room was loaded up with kunai and shuriken, ninja wire and soldier pills of all kinds. A girl who was only a year or so older than Naruto sat behind the counter polishing a kodachi. She had brown hair done up in a pair of buns on her head, steel grey eyes and wore a pink top. A hitai-ate was tied around her head to signify her status as a shinobi of Konohagakure.

"Ah? Welcome to Higurashi Weapons and Ninja Apparels." the girl placed the blade on the counter when she noticed them, "Iruka-sensei, it's been a while."

"Tenten. You look well." Iruka replied, "Is Gai still driving you nuts?"

"Oh yes." Tenten replied sourly, "YOUTH this and BURNING BRIGHTLY that. Lee is just as bad."

"Sound's tough." Iruka chuckled, "By the way, where's Tatsuhiko?"

"Oyaji's out of town to bring in a new shipment of chakra metal." Tenten said, "Kaa-san went with him to make sure he comes back quickly instead of doing a bar trawl like last time."

"Didn't he get a tattoo the last time that happened?" Iruka mused aloud, "Kanae-san's name wasn't it?"

"Yup. Kaa-san was really irked with him for that." Tenten replied with a roll of her eyes, "Anyway, who is this that you've brought with you?"

"This is Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka introduced his student, who smiled shyly at Tenten, "He's looking for some weights, as well as a new ninja outfit."

"Graduation isn't for a while." Tenten said with a frown, "Though I can see why he needs a new outfit; those kami-forsaken orange monstrosities are barely holding themselves together."

"Well excuse me." Naruto grumbled.

"Ah, don't worry about it." Tenten flapped her hand at him, "We'll find you something to replace that…outfit. How much have you got to spend?"

"Errr…not including food expenses and my rent…." Naruto pondered, "About seventy-thousand Ryo."

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