The Crimson Kingpin (Naruto Fanfic)

Metal Flows Like Blood

Naruto was walking through the entrance to Suna, looking at all of the 'cool things' that were there, "Hey Solomon, could we go buy some equipment before we go pick up your grandson?" Solomon shrugged, "I don't see why not." With that they went to the weapon store The Iron Dragon as it was the first store they saw.
'Ding!' "Welcome to The Iron Dragon, you want it we got it or can make it, we'll not puppets but they don't need to know that..." the last part was said under his breath however.
"Excuse me sir, I would like to buy a few weapons to... accommodate myself to the desert, along with a few scrolls for some taijutsu and kenjutsu, this is doable yes?" The man looked down at the child and started laughing, "I'm not going to sell shit to a half blind, no good brat hahaha, good joke kid..." however he realized Naruto was more intrigued with the weaponry and was feeling the balance of a particularly expensive Katana that he was sure the brat didn't have the cash to pay for.
"Oi kid! Get out of my store, I only sell to ninja and legal civilian adults, besides, it's not like you have enough money for these things so get out before I call the ninja on you, I have real customers to deal with!" Naruto simply ignored him.
"Excuse me, store owner, I would like two Tanto made from chakra metal twelve inches long, I would like two Katana made from the same material however I need them to be twenty five inches, I'll need two eighteen inch wakizashi, also chakra metal, an Odachi forty inches, chakra metal, and lastly a claymore Sixty inches long, chakra metal, I'll need two hundred Kunai and Shuriken, fifty meters of ninja wire, ten sealing scrolls, one hundred explosive notes and this book on the introduction to sealing." To say the man's mouth was gaping, perhaps this child was royalty or something and he was rich, whatever the case he was going to make bank on this purchase was an understatement to say the least.
"Now let's see... every inch of chakra metal costs one thousand Ryo, pricey stuff, especially out here in the desert, you have a total of two hundred and ten thousand Ryo, plus the Kunai and Shuriken which are twenty five each, that's another ten thousand, each foot of ninja wire is one thousand so that's at two hundred and seventy thousand toatal, the explosive notes are one thousand each so your up to three hundred seventy thousand, the scrolls are ten thousand each so you're at four hundred seventy thousand and the book is thirty thousand, five hundred thousand please, and the order will be done in a week."
Naruto thought about it, it seemed like a scam but he really needed the equipment and starting on seals would help him grow into a true Uxumaki, he grinned, "If I pay you an extra hundred thousand could you have my order done by the end of the day?" The man looked at the zeros before smiling, "that can be arranged, if you have the cash that is..." Naruto pulled out a scroll labeled weapon funds and unsealed six hundred thousand Ryo. "I'll be back later for my order... oh yeah do you know anywhere I can buy some new clothes? My current outfit isn't exactly desert friendly, if you catch my drift." The man nodded and pointed to a store across the street, "The owner of the place is a little strict, but she's fair, and she can make you anything you might need quickly best tailor I know of." Naruto nodded and with a quick 'thank you' he left the store.
"So Ryu, why do you need all of those swords?" Naruto jumped at Solomon's voice forgetting he was with someone at the moment.
"I promised myself I wouldn't be like ninja using ninjutsu and genjutsu, but that doesn't mean I'll limit myself to basic kenjutsu and taijutsu, I'm going to learn every syle of each that I can so I'll be the strongest civilian in the elemental nations." Solomon nodded, it was a good dream, maybe an outlandish one but a good one for a child.
'Ding!' "Welcome to the Styled Desert, anything you are looking for in particular?" Naruto looked at the woman for a moment before he responded, "I need something that can hold up to the Deserts weather, hot and cold, and the blasted wind, I also need it to be able to handle intense shinobi situations so cut proof, shock proof, fire proof, wind proof, and water proof, also a colour that won't get dirty as easily such as black and earthy tones would be nice... oh and if you can make it resistant or semi resistant to blunt force it would be very helpful." The woman nodded and looked over her few options she had left. She quickly ran into the back and Naruto was left with Solomon.
"Very smart getting clothing resistant to nature transformations, along with cuts and blunt force..." Naruto nodded in agreement, "I hate juts that use the five elements, such a pain, this way I'll be rid of that... nuisance" the man nodded in understanding, the life of a jinchuuriki was never an easy one, even in a village taught to love everyone. The woman came back out and put a pile of clothing in Naruto's hands before pushing him into the changing area.
When he came out his very presence felt different, he was wearing white combat boots that had steel plated toes, his pants were white, ANBU style with many pockets running down the sides of them, his hands were covered with fingerless shinobi gloves of the same colour, his shirt was a fishnet shirt covered by a loose white long sleeve shirt and topped with a cloak that had three layers to it, the outside being white to repel heat, the middle being a chakra converter that cooled down the inside, and the inside white to protect even more from heat, all topped off with a white, wide brimmed hat that completely covered him from the sun.
"I want three of these in the colors white, red, green, blue, black, and gray, and I want them ready by the end of the day." The woman nodded and calculated the prices, that's ten thousand an outfit, one hundred and eight thousand for the lot of them, and express pushes it to three hundred thousand as usually it would take me a week to make that many, all I need now is your measurements child." Naruto nodded and went through the motions of holding his arms out and up before he was finished and saw a bandana mask he liked and grabbed it, it was black with a skull pattern over the mouth and he grinned, "also one of these in each colour." She quickly added it up "three hundred and fifty thousand Ryo." He paid the bill from a clothes budget scroll and left.
'Time to talk with a kage that will probably try to kill me.' Naruto thought with a sweat drop over his head, he started to read the basics of sealing and it was coming to him so easily he found it rediculous that full grown ninja had troubles with the stuff, he was already halfway through the book and it had only been half an hour of walking.
When they got to the office Solomon grabbed Naruto's Shoulder, "Let me do the talking." Naruto nodded and stood a few steps back. "I'm here to see the Kazekage." The woman didn't even look up.
"The Kazekage doesn't have any appointments right now, please make an appointment and we will create a time for you, unless you are someone important I'm not allowed to let you see him..." Solomon growled, "Ahem! I am Solomon no Subaku, the original holder of the bloodline this village praises as royalty, you will let me through." The woman finally looked up in shock.
"Solomon-Sama, I'm sorry I was not aware you were in the village, please go right on in, Rasa-Sama should be doing paperwork." He nodded and marched towards the kage's door with Naruto in tow.
'Knock knock' "enter." Rasa's voice was raspy and barely audible, but Solomon caught it and entered ushering Naruto in with him.
"Rasa I've come with a proposal." Rasa seeing the political side come into play decided to distract his opponent as to get a better side of things, "and who might this... child... be father?" Solomon frowned as his son answered his question with a roundabout answer, "He is my apprentice, Ryu Uzumaki." Rasa saw the book in Naruto's hands and grinned internally.
"If the boy is really an Uzumaki then he wouldn't mind drawing me a seal from that book than would he? It looks like those are his first seals..."
"I don't know Rasa seals can be pretty bad if you mess up, and this kid only just bought that book before we came here..." "it's fine, this stuff is easy I've been practicing, look I can even create a seal that makes an explosion the size of a firecracker." With that he quickly wrote the kanji for lightning, earth, combine, and reduce three times before he set the homemade tag off, surprised when only a small 'pop!' Was heard on his desk Rasa smiled, so his father had found an Uzumaki, this would be interesting.
"Anyways, Rasa, I have a proposal for you that you will enjoy, of that I'm positive." The Kazekage quirked an eyebrow, "and what might that be father?"
"You have realized by now that Ryu here is a true Uzumaki, however he is also a stable jinchuuriki unlike your failure of a son." Solomon started, using phrases to goad Rasa into agreeing. "Ryu is the jinchuuriki of the nine tailed fox, I'm taking him to Uzu soon to see his dead family, I wanted to take the Tanuki with us so we can repair the seal on him enough that he will be a useful weapon, as for taking a jinchuuriki, I'm sure you want your village safe, and demon free to save you some hard work, I know personally how taxing it is fighting the blasted Ichibi." Rasa, although a kage was desperate to get rid of his son, his son was a failure and he had to stop him once or twice a week, something that was severely annoying, and no assassin's seemed to to be able to kill the child either, it was a basic equation, he was losing man power, he couldn't force himself to kill his son because he looked so much like his deceased wife, he was offered a release and his son could still live while his village was protected. "I see, you want my Jinjuuriki, what do I get in return?" Solomon nodded in understanding, his son was always a businessman at heart, just like Lord First. "Well you see..." he started however Naruto interrupted. "I've heard the story's of my clans power, how about I will give you five B class ninjutsu and five A class ninjutsu from the lands of Uzushio." The man had a smile on his face, the one thing keeping Suna from being as great as the other hidden villages was Uzumaki techniques and items, Fire nation had allies and got many jutsu, iwa had stolen jutsu from the Uzumaki's corpses, Kumo had stolen Kenjutsu styles, and Mizu had stolen the Seven legendary swords, only Suna had nothing of the legendary clan, seeing the benefits of such an agreement he quickly made a legal document stating he will give them his jinchuuriki under the circumstances that he receives five A and B rank jutsu from Uzu. After both parties signed it with Solomon as a witness Rasa escorted them to where Gaara was in the village.
The moment Rasa heard screaming he walked towards it briskly, checking to make sure Solomon and Naruto were following him still every few seconds, they quickly turned a corner and saw sand stained red going into a small gourd on a tiny red heads back.
"Father." The boys voice sounded like sand grating on itself, "Gaara, no more assassin's." The boy had a bloodthirsty grin.
"I see... you wish to kill me yourself father... you can try." Gaara glared at his father however what happened next he wasn't expecting.
"No Gaara, you are leaving the village with your grandfather Solomon and his apprentice Ryu Uzumaki, they won't try to kill you, however they both can keep you controlled so I wouldn't recommend attacking them." Gaara looked at the two people, one was a child about his age, the other was hidden and was an old man if his father was correct.
He instantly shot sand at the duo however it was blocked by a silver sand. "That's no way to treat your grandfather and a new friend Gaara, wouldn't you agree?"
Gaara frowned at this new irritation, he was sold by his father most likely, that was of no concern, he would go to the open world and be able to kill as many people as he wanted without backlash. "Now Gaara, I'd like you to show them around the village before you all leave..." "Tomorrow morning." The man nodded, plenty of time to sign off on the remaining paperwork and say goodbye to his son before he left. "I will speak with you when you are going to leave, I have paperwork to deal with." Gaara nodded at the command and led them around the village, people running in fear, but that didn't matter, he was to escort them, then he could leave this blasted village behind him, forever.
Naruto walked into the Styled Desert at the end of the day to receive his order, he quickly sealed all the clothing except one set of white that he put on in the changing area before telling the lady that owned the place to burn his old clothes.
After, he walked across the street to the Iron Dragon and walked in, "Oi I'm here for my order" the man came out from the back and recognized the kids eyes and nodded at his clothing, it was a good improvement from what it was. "Here's your order, two twelve inch chakra metal Tanto." Naruto quickly sheathed them onto his calves before grabbing the next items, "Two eighteen inch Chakra metal Wakizashi." He placed each one vertical over his the center of his back "Two Katana twenty five inches of chakra metal each." He placed them diagonal over his back, layered over the Wakizashi, "One forty inch chakra metal Odachi, and a sixty inch Claymore." He sealed the Claymore in a scroll before putting the Odachi in his hand and sealing all the other materials he bought in scrolls and placed them in his pockets.
All in all, today was a good day Naruto thought, he got a change of clothing, he got the weapons he needed, he had gotten a teacher to help him with his taijutsu and kenjutsu, and lastly he had gotten a fellow jinchuuriki on his side, even if said container wasn't exactly cooperating at the moment but that would change soon enough.