In the previous story I didn't include Sasuke for obvious reasons but I think he put very interesting perspectives into the story so I may do a lot of POV's from him.

Sasuke was well trained.

It wasn't just his father who had trained him with an iron hand and high expectations. His prodigy brother trained him along with his friend shuhei. Both men were a part of Anbu and highly qualified.

Therefore he was not weak.

That's why Sasuke was able to track the ninja's movement. The way the chain circled up making a wide eyed Naruto the target. Because these guys were slow compared to the master of quick step, shuhei. They were slow compared to Anbu captain and his brother Itachi and let's face it they were slower than Naruto on a good day (when the idiot wasn't late and goofing off).

So it wasn't hard to tack the chain to the tree and give the enemy a good back kick.

What he hadn't expected was them to disconnect the chain and separate…. But he was still a genin for a reason he supposed; Not that father would be too happy with the story, that was for sure.

But they did split figuring the dark haired boy was most likely the best and went after the blonde and the target. They could get rid of the others in between later but the job came first…

Well that's what they had hoped.

As the rouge ninja made his way to Naruto watching as the shrimp braced himself he raised a poisoned claw. But at the last second Naruto fell back and it stunned the pursuer, the momentum continuing to push him forward. Then Naruto who the claw just pasted over grabbed the arm using it as leverage and swung himself around and bringing his knee into the joint shattering the bone.

The ninja couldn't even scream as the young boy pushed off flipping into the air and then smashed his head into the ground effectively knocking him out.

The other ninja hadn't seen that though because it had been too fast and sudden and so he was still focused on the target in front of him, the only thing in his way was the pink haired child holding a kunai up as if it would protect her…

Fool…

As he got just a bit closer the dark haired boy threw himself in front and the man couldn't help but think how lucky he was that he'd be able to kill three for the price of…

A choke hold stopped all forward movement and even the air from circulating and for a second he was stunned;

A mission failure.

"TEACHER KAKASHI!"

Sasuke looked at the man,

'Show off'

But the person in question wasn't looking at either of them instead he was standing over their blonde teammate muttering something only they could hear. And that's when Sasuke blinked,

'When had Naruto gotten so close?'

The last thing Sasuke remembered was one ninja went after Naruto and the other Sakura. He had gambled that Naruto at the very least wouldn't die and that he had to protect the client. What he wasn't expecting was the unconscious man off to the side where he was sure Naruto had been.

'Naruto couldn't have…'

He didn't know much about Naruto before the academy but the boy who he met at the academy was a goofball that loved to prank their teacher Iruka. He knew he had skills but it was as if he never showed his full hand…. What could he really do?

"If you weren't dead why did you just leave?!"

Tazuna's face was red the fear from earlier turning into anger. He could have died!

"Well… This is a C-rank mission. Normally you won't get a lot of fight if any and if you do it's usually bandits and thieves,"

Kakashi gave him a pointed look,

"Highly trained rouge ninja are not for rank C missions."

Tazuna swallowed, And Kakashi wasn't sure if he should ease up or not,

"In any case i was testing to see who they were after exactly, whether it was us or… "

Tazuna felt the sweat pouring down his brow.

"You-"

"Kakashi"

Kakashi blinked as he turned to Naruto who was staring at the unconscious ninja, there was a look in his eyes that sent a shiver down Kakashi's spine,

"Let's continue the mission"

Sakura's mouth fell,

"What are you talking about!? We can't finish this it's already out of our abilities we have to go back."

Kakashi heaved a big sigh,

"I'm afraid i agree with Sakura on this one Naruto, This mission has gone up to rank B to continue would be putting your life in danger."

Naruto's cheek reddened,

"ARE LIVES WERE IN DANGER THE MOMENT WE DECIDED TO BE NINJA! WE CAN DO THIS! WE'RE THE STRONGEST TEAM BELIEVE IT WE CAN HANDLE THIS!"

Kakashi hated looking in those blue eyes because they were the worst kind of weapon for him,

"Naruto…"

"We can do it"

They all looked to Sasuke who was looking very serious as well,

"We aren't weak brats anymore, we're prepared for this; let us do it"

Kakashi wondered if it was a conspiracy. They only seemed to agree when it was something outlandish. He turned to Sakura who looked very conflicted. She was the only normal one, she wasn't raised by ninja masters or trained daily to fight for your life. Kakashi decided to leave his decision to her, as the more rational one she should clearly see how dangerous this mission was. She didn't have to prove herself to people, she didn't have the pressure of her family to succeed; she was the normal one.

"If we go back they'll change the mission… why didn't you just tell the truth in the beginning?"

Sakura looked at the old man and he knew he couldn't lie to her,

"We're poor, our country is poor… i just needed help…"

Sakura looked at the sullen man then to her team and took a deep breath.

"Alright, Teacher Kakashi please let us continue this mission"

Kakashi should have known better,

"Sakura you do realize what you're asking right? This is dangerous, you could die."

Sakura didn't want to back down but the thought scared her nonetheless and she was left gaping unsure how to respond,

"Like hell"

They all turned to Naruto who had a smile on his face with blue eyes blazing,

"There's no way i'll let anyone of us die, believe it!"