One More Time

This Kinda Sucks

Naruto decided he'd go shopping before collecting his friends. He really needed new clothes. The clothes he had now were way too bright for him.

In the war, it was too dangerous to wear bright clothes. At first he was kinda sad to see his old clothes go, but as time went by, just thinking about wearing bright clothes scared him. His hair had gotten him in far more trouble than he liked. Once, it even costed him his sensei. Since then, he always had dirt or something covering his bright hair.

Now, it gave Naruto too much fear to be wearing his white shirt. Luckily, he was still pretty young and could get away with changing from bright clothes to dark clothes; especially, because he was hanging around with an Uchiha.

   Naruto decided to try how much power he had. He knew he couldn't do the more complex jutsus, but he could probably do a few of the simpler jutsus. He tried out a henge and was happy to say it was a success. He looked like his sexy jutsu form, but with clothes and no whiskers.

When he went to the store, he got some clothes and several supplies he desperately needed. He was living off ramen. It was super cheap and lasted him until his next pay check, but it really wasn't healthy for him. This time, however, he could pose as an adult and get more money if needed. Naruto didn't think that would happen much considering he just got all the stuff he was buying for free. How, you might ask? Simple. Go to the most perverted person in the store and act all cutesy in that form. Works like a charm.

Naruto also wanted some weapons. He knew that the weapons store that Tenten's dad owned was good. They had good weapons for a fair price and he never got overcharged there. He had a high amount of respect and gratitude to the man, so he went to the store in his normal form and got what he wanted.

After all that, Naruto went back to his apartment to put his stuff up and change clothes. He wanted to see if his contract with the toads was still valid. He tried it out and was able to successfully summon Gamakichi.

   "Naruto, wha- what happened to you?! What happened to me?! Why are we so tiny and weak?!" Gamakichi looked around in panic.

"As it turns out, Kurama had this jutsu that could take us back in time, and, for some reason, he didn't tell us about it sooner." Naruto grit his teeth.

"I told you not to get angry. I'm sorry, ok? I eventually remembered it so better late than never." Kurama rolled his eyes.

"I guess you have a point." Naruto rubbed his temples.

"So now we can save everyone? We can stop the we from happening." Gamakichi grinned.

"You got it." Naruto confirmed.

"So what did you need?" Gamakichi asked.

"Two things, I needed to know if our contract was still valid, and I need you to give a message to Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Sakura. I'll have to figure out a way to contact Gaara." Naruto handed Gamakichi three slips of paper.

   "This is really happening, isn't it? We're really back in time?" Gamakichi asked.

   "Yeah, it's for real. Believe it!" Naruto had this giant grin that was now so very rare, but something told Gamakichi that it wouldn't be so rare anymore.

   "You can contact Gaara by using me. I can talk to Shukaku and, if he cooperates, we can link you two together." Kurama explained.

"Can we try it now?" Naruto asked after Gamakichi left.

"I can try, but you remember how grumpy Shukaku can be." Kurama grumbled before closing his eyes and concentrating.

"Hey, Shukaku! My brat wants to speak with your brat." Kurama barked.