The Uchiha's Protector[ON HOLD NOT SURE UNTIL WHEN]

Chapter 19

As you watched  trying to finish the bridge, you glanced at the yawning Sakura  who sat and stretched her arms.

"You're always this lazy?" came the voice of the bridge builder making Sakura stop her stretching and finished yawning. "Where's that blond kid and that other one with the attitude?" he asked walking by carrying a metal bar on his shoulder. 

Still watching the men working and listening to all of the noise because of the construction that was taking place, you did not respond while Sakura informed."They are tree climbing."

"Too taught for you?" still walking he asked again. 

A proud smile made its way on her face. This time you turned your attention to see what she would say."No, in fact. I am the best."With a roll of your eyes, you shook your head." That's why the sensei sent me here to guard you."Glancing at you she cleared her throat."I mean, he sent us both." 

The bridge builder stopped and turned his head."You're joking." And then he glanced at you." That girl is more likely to protect me than you."That only earned him a growling Sakura. He then placed what he was carrying and placed it on a pile of other metal bars.

"Sakura, calm down. You know how he is." Trying to calm the girl, you noticed a working man approaching him.

It seemed that the man wanted  to quit, which Tatzuna wasn't to happy about it. For a moment, you felt pity for the old man. He was working so hard  not for his own gain but for his people . Standing up, you approached the men and you were hear the man saying that he was risking his own life and how Tatzuna would only get killed.

"Yes, but sooner or later you will be dead either from hunger or you'll get  killed. At least Tatzuna is trying to help his people knowing that he is too risking his own life. Now,  him getting killed will not be so easy. He is being protected and I will give my life to protect him, which my comrades will surely agree with me." Tatzuna turned his frowning face to stare at you, the frown was replaced with a shocked face. 

The man too gave you his full attention only to give you a frown." What do you know? You're just a kid." And he turned around ignoring your presence."Let's get out of this one, while we still can." And ignored what you told him. Cue, a sigh escaped your lips.  Tatzuna tried to convince the man of staying but it was on vain. Tatzuna called it for the day and the three of you headed to the town to buy something for dinner or so he said when Sakura asked him. 

 As you all looked around, you and Sakura only noticed that this place was as poor as Tatzuna had described it. There were kids around who were begging for food and adults were walking around with signs saying that they would work at anything for food. Even if you hadn't had that kind of life, you felt bad. Now you knew why Tatzuna wanted to help this land so his people would be able to at least have something to eat on they tables, but most of all, that they all would befelive something that didn't have.

If you and the others had agreed that you would help Tatzuna, now you wanted to do what it takes to help Tatzuna, to protect him. At this moment who really matter what him, he was the only one capable of finishing the bridge which would join the land to other places and it would be richer. It that happened, then people would start to belive. As you watched around, you couldn't help but think of Naruto and Sasuke, sure, they were still not ready to confront Zabuza but you will need all the help that you can get if Zabuza was to be defeated. 

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Sasuke and Naruto kept trying to reach the top of the tree. It was night and they kept and kept going. While Naruto would glance at Sasuke and glare, Sasuke did the same. Soon Sasuke stopped when Naruto seemed that he had hurt his foot. Naruto just sat there while Sasuke stared.