Naruto sighed as he walked through Konoha. Whispers of this morning reached his ears.

"Did you hear? Itachi Uchiha was seen standing over his brother's hospital bed covered in blood and was about to kill the boy!"

"Yeah, I heard he fled Konoha and is a missing-nin now."

"The poor boy must have snapped under the pressure of joining Anbu and being the clan Heir."

"I feel bad for Sasuke-sama. He's probably traumatized and grieving!"

"I'll have my daughter give him some stuff when he returns to the academy."

Naruto shook his head. Looks like Itachi dug himself soundly into the hole of being a missing-nin. Naruto hummed and plastered the idiot grin on his face as he quickly made his way to the only store that would sell anything to him. It was a weapons store, but the owner would sell him food from a garden his daughter and wife managed. And sometimes things like cereal and ramen.

He entered the shop and waved at the daughter, Tenten. She wore her hair in two Chinese style buns. She grinned and jumped off the counter to get her father. "Tou-san! Naru-kun is here!" She was always so happy. She was a year older than him and also went to the ninja academy. 

The blond looked at all the weapons, mentally going over his current fighting style and what weapons would better accent the efficiency of said style. 

"Ah, Naruto-kun. Here, I have a scroll here filled with a month's worth of necessities. I also placed a little gift in there I thought you may like." Naruto turned to the large man. He was buff and scarred from years of metalworking and war. But he had a kind glint in his eye, edged with steel. Naruto grabbed the scroll and pocketed it, pulling out half of his allowance for the month.

"No, no. This time it's free. It was paid for in advance by an Anbu in a weasel mask."

Naruto smiled. That damned Uchiha. No wonder it was a months worth. Usually the blond got around two weeks' worth. Naruto bowed, and left, leaping up to the roofs. He found he much preferred that method of travel. Except when a mean chunin decides to 'accidentally' bump into him and send him off of the three-story roof. The first time that morning when it happened he broke his arm from the fall.

It was healed now but it had hurt. He hated how blind the villagers were. The blond blinked as he noticed he was outside his apartment. Huh. Lost in thought much? He opened the door and saw Izuna doing pushups in the living room. The girl was eager to get stronger. 

Naruto walked to the kitchen counter and unsealed the scroll. He placed the groceries in his fridge and turned to the box that was full of something that wasn't food. He cautiously opened the box and found basic training supplies, as well as Itachi's tanto. He looked through the chakra weights, kunai, shuriken, and weapon pouches. These were from the shop. How much did Itachi pay the old smith?

Izuna walked over, sweat sliding down her face. "There better not be a puddle of sweat on the floor." Naruto said. She turned around and the sound of her rummaging through the laundry for a towel reached the blond's ears. A minute later she popped up next to him. "Nope!"

Naruto rolled his eyes and handed Izuna a weapon pouch. "Don't hurt yourself."

Izuna shot him an amused look and strapped the shuriken pouch on. "I've used kunai and shuriken before blondie."

"Oi! It's Naruto ya brat!"

"Your name sounds funny!" 

Naruto made an offended noise and chucked a kunai at Izuna. She caught it with one finger slid deftly through the ring at the end. She snorted and peeked in the box. "Ooh, chakra weights! Those are not cheap! Well, that's what Shi told me."

"I bet." Naruto tossed her four. They looked like bracelets, but when you put chakra into them, they increased in weight.

"Start with ten on each. If you do good with it today you can up five tomorrow."

The blond himself put around twenty pounds on each and flexed experimentally. If he upped it twice a week with Kurama healing the strained muscles, he would get stronger faster. He nodded to himself. "Thank you Itachi-nii." he murmured. Now to train.

"Hey Izuna! We are gonna go train!"

"But-"

"No buts! Shunshin!" Naruto grabbed the Uchiha and they disappeared.

"Blondiiiie-!"