I watched the enemy ninja attack Naruto.
"Three down." Before they could attack Sasuke jumped in the air and threw a star at their joined weapon. He then prepared a kunai for attack. He threw it in the middle of the star trapping them both. He landed on their weapons and quickly moved his hands on their arms and kicked back, hitting them both in the face. The force of the blow caused the chain to break from the weapons and one passed Naruto to attack Sakura and Tazuna while the other attacked Naruto. I watched the one who was attacking Sakura while I noticed Kakashi going to protect Naruto. Sasuke jumped in front of Sakura to protect her and Tazuna. Before he could attack I jumped in and pulled him away.
"Naruto, I'm sorry I didn't save you immediately. I got you injured. I didn't think you would freeze like that." Kakashi told him. "Anyway, nice job Sasuke."
"Good job, Sakura." I said, giving her a small hug. She smiled widely at me, proud of herself for the compliments.
"Hey." I looked at Sasuke who was talking to Naruto. "You alright...Scaredy Cat?" he asked smirking. While the competition was good for the boys, it wasn't good on a mission like this was turning into.
"Naruto, save it for later. Their claws are soaked in poison. We have to remove it quickly." I told him giving Kakashi the ninja I was holding. Naruto looked at me then his hand. "We must open the wound and release the poisoned blood from your body. Don't move much, the poison will spread." I told him walking up to him.
"Tazuna."
"What is it?"
"I need to talk to you." Kakashi told him walking to a tree and tying the ninja up. "These look like Hidden Mist Chuunins. These shinobis are known to continue fighting no matter what." Kakashi explained to them while I tried to tend to Naruto who kept moving away from me.
"How did you read our movements?" one of the Mist Ninja asked us.
"On a sunny day like this when it hasn't rained in days there's not going to be a puddle." I told them, remembering the puddle and the plan Kakashi and I had made while walking.
"If you knew that, why did you let the brats fight?" Tazuna asked me.
"If we had wanted to we could have killed these two instantly but there was something that needed to be found out. Who these two were after. This has now become at least a B-ranked mission. This was supposed to be simple protection until you completed the bridge. If it was known that ninjas were after you this mission would have been set as the more expensive B-rank. I'm sure you had a reason, but it causes problems when you lie about the mission. We are now operating outside of our duties." Kakashi explained to Tazuna.
"We aren't ready for this mission. Let's quit! We will need medicine for Naruto's wound. We should go back to the village and take him to a doctor..." Sakura told Tazuna hoping for everyone to understand the reason for quitting. Kakashi looked down in thought before making his decision.
"This might be too much. I guess we should return to the village to treat Naruto." Kakashi decided for everyone. We were getting ready to walk away when Naruto pulled out a kunai and stabbed his wounded hand.
"Naruto! What are you doing?!" Sakura asked.
"With this kunai, I'll protect the old man. We're continuing the mission!" Naruto told us, shaking with blood dripping down his arm.