Chapter 27

Naruto was grumbling as he watched over the bridge from a high position. He was regulated to guard duty on Kakashi's orders. He would switch out with Sakura after lunch but that wasn't what he was so irritated about. He couldn't stand how lazy Kakashi was. After showing his skill with the chakra exercise and even helping Sakura become a better ninja, the guy didn't even give him some other type of training. He had asked for a technique or a new exercise but he would just wave him off and tell him that he was good right where he was. What kind of answer was that? It did not improve his impression of the jōnin and made him even more disrespectful toward him.

Naruto sighed and decided not to think about so much. He already had some techniques that he learned from Anko. He wished that she would teach him the Sen'eijashu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands) but she was very adamant about him not learning it. She did teach him that genjutsu that charmed snakes which was pretty cool. She did teach him a Katon (Fire Release) technique and he learned a Doton (Earth Release) from a scroll that she gave him. He also learned a technique from Iruka which could be useful. He had some stuff that he could work on so he wasn't feeling too mad anymore.

"Hey kid, I'm breaking for lunch." Tazuna called out to him.

"Alright, I'm on my way down." Naruto said and jumped off his perch. He landed next to the guy and the two left the bridge with others who were also breaking for lunch. Each of them had a clone follow them to protect and observe.

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After Sakura came to relieve him, Naruto decided to head into the village just to see how things were. He used a Henge (Transformation) to move as one of the villagers. What he saw tugged at his heart. He knew that things were bad but he wasn't prepared to see how badly. He saw that the stories barely had food in them, children were living in the streets and people's will had been broken. He had stopped a man from stealing but stopped his justice when the man was in tears. He must have no choice in doing what he did because of what Gatō had done.

The more he witnessed, the angrier he got. It took all his will power not to find Gatō and beat his ass. He couldn't stand it and wanted to do something about. It was then he swore that he would help Tazuna complete his bridge so that it would break the hold that tyrant held on the people of Nami no Kuni (Land of Waves). He left and headed back to Tazuna's house to get some training done.

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The next day found Sakura in a lot of pain. She was on the ground and groaning in pain. She looked up at Naruto's clone and glared at him. The clone would just grin at her, which pissed her off more. After getting the exercise down and increasing her stamina a bit, Naruto began sparring with her. He said it was so that she could get use to the Ki Nobori no Shugyō (Tree Climbing Practice) without thinking about it but she felt that this was just a way to torture her for all the things that happened back at the academy. She got up and glared at her sparring partner. He just grinned at her.

"You managed to stay on the tree's surface for forty-five minutes. That's quite an improvement but unless you can spar with me for an hour, you're not quite ready yet." The clone said.

"I am going to wipe that stupid smirk off your face." Sakura growled.

"That's the spirit pinky. Let's see what you got." Naruto said. Sakura prepared to run up to get him.

"Sakura," a voice stopped her. It belonged to Sasuke. He looked at her for a while and Sakura blushed under the gaze. "Can you help me with this exercise?" he asked. The clone and Sakura looked at him in surprise.

"Holy crap, did I just hear that? Did the great Sasuke ask for help? Is it the end of the world? I've got to let Kakashi know that demons are about to enter our dimension!" the clone exclaimed franticly. Sasuke glared at Naruto with evil intensions.

"Shut up clone!" Sakura shouted. She turned back to Sasuke. "Of course I'll help you Sasuke-kun. Let me show you how it's done." She walked with him toward his tree and began tell him what he need to do. The clone just gagged and decided to practice his taijutsu.

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