Naruko and Sasuke panted as their sensei, Kakashi, made them run laps around the field. The two of them seemed dead for they were sweating bullets and panting like crazy. It has been two weeks since Sasuke had recovered and his presence had become a normal part of Naruko and her family's lives. People didn't really know that the former slave was living in the Hokage's house but the people that did had accepted it. Right now, they were taking a shower and changing their sweaty clothes. Naruko got into the shower and washed the sweat off her body and washed her golden hair. Getting out, she wrapped a towel around her and opened the door to go to her room. Just then Sasuke opened the door asking if she was ready. Naruko screamed realizing that all she had on was a towel and Sasuke immediately closed the door with a fiery blush on his cheeks. Naruko hastily slipped on a shirt and sweatpants. It was almost lunchtime so she headed downstairs. Meanwhile, Sasuke was having a conflict with his mind. I saw Naruko... Half naked. The daughter of the Fourth Hokage was only in a towel in front of me. Her hair was wet, making water go down her back and inside her towel and her legs looked so soft and WHAT AM I THINKING?! Sasuke shook his head ridding his head of thoughts. He went downstairs where he already found Naruko. He smiled and sat down next to her. Not long after lunch was served, Minato started talking,

"Okay so I have a job for you two," he stated ," you are going to help with building the bridge since we are low on people." Naruko nodded and Sasuke answered in a yes. "Great, and since we want everyone to work in 3 man teams, we are going to have Sakura Haruno join your jobs from now on." Sasuke thought back of the blushing girl with pink hair. Not that girl. She really is annoying.

Sasuke POV:

We went to the construction grounds ready to help. The bridge was made so there could be trade with other countries and since a lot of adults have been on jobs outside the country lately, there hasn't been a lot of people to work. Because of this, the council was collecting teenagers that could work to help out. When we got there we saw the man we were working under was named Yamato and he was really good with wood.

"Okay you three," he started talking,"you're going to start off by chopping the timber wood and making them in a proportion so that we can use them." I nodded. He gestured for us to follow him and started walking near to the forest. He took out a chainsaw and a stick that looked like it was use for measuring. We watched as he showed us how to correctly hold the tool and how to cut evenly. "Okay so you are going to hold and keep it steady like this." He showed us how to cut. "Got it?" he asked.

"Yes!" Naruko yelled,"let's do it!" I rolled my eyes at her enthusiasm.

"Did you even pay attention to the lecture?" Sakura asked.

" Nope," Naruko said in a matter of fact tone. "How hard can this be?" I saw her pick it up. That idiot is picking it up wrong. She's going to chop her arm off.

" You're holding it wrong dobe," I muttered and fixed her holding position so that she would cut the wood. Not herself.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME YOU TEME!" she yelled. She launched herself at me trying to hit me but having good reflexes I dodged all of them.

"YOU IDIOT!" Sakura yelled and hit Naruko on the head. "Don't hurt Sasuke-kun." I saw Yamato visibly sweat drop and leave the scene. Yeah, just leave this mess all to me then. You can just just leave and pretend as if you were never here.I marched up to the two girl and spread both of them apart and grabbed them both by their collars.

"Stop, we have work to do," I stated in my most stern voice. Naruko grinned as a smug look took over her face.

"I bet I can cut more pieces of wood than you Sasuke!" she challenged. REAlly? I sighed,

" No, we have to pay attention and cut precisely."

"I bet you are afraid that you will lose." OKAY THAT CUT IT. I went up and grabbed a chainsaw an smirked up at naruko. She's on, and she should be prepared to lose. We turned on our tools and started cutting, wood chips flying everywhere. I looked to the side at her. We had the same amount cut and before we knew it the wood was all used up.

"DONE!" we both yelled at the same time. I scowled at Naruko and Sakura had a horrified look on her face. She pointed at the pile of food shakily and I turned around. I looked at the sight in shock. Uneven and broken pieces were everywhere and the whole place was a big mess.

"Naruko! Look at what you did!" Sakura yelled. She went over and started beating her up. I cringed at the sight. I wouldn't want to be in her place. Naruko started yelling things like "Why not sasuke?" and "Wait stop sakura, HELP ME OVER HERE YOU TEME" I couldn't help but laugh. This was one of the most hilarious sights I have seen. I smiled looking at Naruko's face and to piss her off more, I started walking away. Her loud yells followed me throughout the forest but were pushed at the back of my head when I saw two people huddled in a place. I could barely make out what they were saying so I came closer.

"Okay so what we have to do is go around into the building and kill the person in charge of making the bridge , Tazuna of the land of the waves." My eyes widened as a million of thoughts ran through my head. Why were they planning on killing the man named Tazuna? Who are these people? But what went through my mind most was: I have to get Naruko and Sakura and tell the hokage. Running as fast as I could, I traced my steps back to where Sakura was done with beating up Naruko and she just laid there on the floor.

"You guys we're going back," I said firmly. Sakura nodded and I picked up the now sleeping Naruko and gave her a piggy back. Her head slumped on my shoulder and her hair came down, obstructing my face. Someone's a heavy sleeper. I walked as fast as I could to the hokage's office. Seeing Naruko on my back, Minato responded instantly.

"What happened?" He asked.

"We were sound our job and I walked away and overheard a conversation between outsiders," I started. At this, Naruko got up and off my back. "They were planning on killing the bridge builder Tazuna." Minato nodded and dialed a number on his phone. Not long after, Kakashi sensei had come into the room. He was debriefed on the situation. After a while of thinking, Minato made a decision,

"Okay, you four are going to have a job of protecting the man named Tazuna."