Uchiha Change

Chapter 13- Wave's Symbol Of Courage

Both Naruto and Kushina were watching the bridge builder, Kakashi wanted to see how far along the others were. Kushina told him that Sakura needed to build her coils and that she needed to able to do the tree walking exercise for a least five hours before moving to water walking, that sometimes Natsumi would put too much chakra and that Sasuke was almost at the top.

The two were bored, but not everything that shinobi do are interesting and you just had to put up with the boring moments as well. Besides they just watched as the bridge came together, this was normal back in her land (and time) bridge builders always got protection, just in case someone didn't want the bridge to be built, this meant that the two knew the theory on how to build one... they just never had a reason to.

"You two seem bored," Tazuna said. He was carrying a wooden pole over his shoulder and had a towel around his neck "Where's the other three?"

"There training... can we help?" Kushina replied. This was her aunt's home, where she somewhat grew up (not that anyone knew that) and she wasn't going to allow it to die on her, not when she was around to stop it.

"Hey Tazuna," someone called out before he could answer Kushina's question, all three turned to look a man in the normal uniform and spiked hair held back with a headband.

"What is it Giichi?" Tazuna asked as he looked at one of his friends, he was one of the first to help with the bridge and he didn't have a good feeling about this.

"I've been thinking and can I stop working on the bridge?" Giichi asked. He didn't want to put his children at risk. There was too much at stake and if Gatou noticed everyone would be killed.

"Why?" Kushina asked while getting up. They was always a reason behind people's action, that and they were scared of Gatou, worried for their families "Why is everyone scared of him, from I heard he's a midget with a cane,"

"I want to help, but if we continue Gatou will notice and if you're killed than what's the point?" he told Tazuna, while looking at the ravens. Kushina just wondered if he thought about what he said.

"Then I guess doing nothing is better?" Naruto asked looking the man in the eye "If this continues, everyone's going to die a slow and painful death. Then Gatou will be able to use Wave as his base and no one wants that,"

"We should quit now, stop making the bridge,"

"Kushina and Naruto are right you know, this is our bridge," Tazuna said while looking at work in front of his, carefully putting down the pole "This bridge will bring resources into our poor country and help our children and their children,"

"But our lives,"

"Your life is already threatened, at least this way, there's a chance for the threat to be removed," Kushina growled "Who cares... you can do what you want,"

"It's noon and we need to pick up lunch, Giichi you don't have to come tomorrow," Tazuna told him, with that the other's went to go get lunch with their families "Let's go,"

The three went to the market, but that was putting it kindly. To both Kushina and Naruto it reminded them of a refugee camp, people who clans and homes have been lost to them, here they thought things had gotten better, but that was only true for some.

"Wait, thief!" Someone yelled and Kushina could see people stealing in board daylight and pricey things were, she was close to just using what she brought.

"I need to bring food home for lunch," Tazuna told them, they were looking at people who would do anything for food, children were running around, they most likely didn't have a home or parents and it broke her heart "We're here,"