Master of Genjutsu

CH-2 Shopping with friends

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Naruto groaned as he woke to the blaring of his alarm clock. He turned over and blocked his eyes from the harsh glaring of the sun's rays as they peeked through the tattered curtains on his windows. His other hand searched for his alarm clock by feeling alone as he attempted to stop the infernal racket it was bringing. He groaned again as his hand finally found it, he brought it down in an arc, smashing his hand onto the off button and stopping the blaring of the alarm. He relaxed as he let out a sigh and rolled out of bed allowing his body to rest on his feet as he landed on his cool floor.

He scratched his head as he put his froggy headcap on his bed and walked into his bathroom. He walked in front of the mirror and blearily looked at his reflection. He shook his head and slapped his cheeks to wake himself up, with a cry of "Yosh!" he splashed some cold water onto his face. He grabbed the same tattered towel as last night and dried his face as he grabbed his toothbrush and began to brush his teeth. Once he had finished with this, he walked back out of his bathroom and into his room. He stripped his pants off and looked into his dresser. He smiled brightly as he saw his orange jumpsuits.

"Oh Yeah! Kurenai-san!" he exclaimed as his face brightened up and shone with happiness. Then he frowned, he would have to say goodbye to his usual clothes if he went with Kurenai. He sighed, "Well, I guess a change couldn't hurt." he said reluctantly.

He slowly slipped his jumpsuit on, as if savoring the last time he would be putting it on. If Kurenai had her way, he was sure that she would be getting rid of his jumpsuit. She had made it clear she didn't like it just like the majority of people who found out he was a ninja. He couldn't understand why everyone was so against his jumpsuit, orange was awesome! He only had two pairs but he loved them dearly as they kept him quite comfortable and hid his less than desirable body. He sighed as he remembered this, he hoped Kurenai wasn't going to leave him because he could see his bones. That was part of the reason for the jumpsuit, he couldn't get real food so he was malnourished. Not that he understood that, he just knew that he had to skip a meal here or there because he couldn't afford it. Sometimes he would go a few days without it before he got his weekly pay from the Hokage tower.

Now the odd thing about this was, he had weapon money set aside that he had not touched since he started to put some aside each time he would get his weekly amount. He knew he would need to buy some more weapons for when he made genin, so he still had that money set aside because he refused to dip into it even when he was hungry. He had not spent it yet, as Kakashi had scared him into thinking he wouldn't make genin and, upon seeing the horrors of D-rank missions, he didn't want to spend the money he had set aside. Which reminded him that it was today that he got paid his weekly allowance. He thought it odd, now that he was a ninja he shouldn't get an allowance, but once he saw how little the D-rank missions paid, he was glad he still had it.

Naruto smiled as he pulled on his pants and leaned under his bed. He pulled a loose floorboard up and reached into it. He withdrew his trusty Gama-chan, which was bursting with bills from what he had saved and frowned at the small amount he had, "Damn, only 160,000 Ryu." he said as he looked at it. "I get like 10,000 Ryu every week. I was hoping to save some more." he said. (Note: That's about 1600 dollars he saved. He gets 100 a week.)

He sighed and simply put Gama-chan into his inner jacket pocket and replaced his floorboard. With this done, he walked into his kitchen and began to make himself breakfast. After throwing away his rotten milk, he realized he didn't really have anything to eat other than some dry cereal. "Well I guess I will just have to suffer through training until we get our paychecks and I get my allowance." he said with a dry chuckle as he put his cereal back into his pantry and finished getting ready. He grabbed his kunai pouch and strapped it to his leg as he walked to his doorway. He slipped his shoes on and walked out of his apartment.