The two newly announced genin known as Naruto and Fuu were currently wearing white aprons and had a few small spots of paint on their clothes and few that had managed to get on their clothes. "Hey brat you missed a spot," a male said looking at the green haired female that was currently on a ladder.

"Where?" Fuu asked looking at the male. When she asked this the male smiled and took the water house that he had been holding and sprayed the side of the building with some paint that was at the moment still wet.

"There," the male said with a slight chuckle. Fuu sighed and looked at the spot that the male had sprayed and moved the ladder that she had been on over to the spot. Naruto gritted his teeth when he saw this but decided to say nothing. Fuu placed the ladder beside the spot that she had just painted over and started to replace the coat that she had done.

The male looked like he was going to spray Fuu with the house until a door behind the male opened. "Sir you have a call," The white-haired male that formed the third genin of team twelve said as he walked through the door. Shiro at the moment was wearing a very formal suit and hated it immensely because it reminded him of when he had to go attend meetings with his father.

"Alright," the male said as he walked into the house. Fuu then sighed and looked at the wall 'Maybe if I get this done quickly I can help Naruto with his side of the house,' Fuu thought as she began to do her side a little faster than when the male was outside. She then heard the familiar voice of Shiro call out to here. "Hey Fuu catch," Shiro said looking at here. Fuu turned her head and saw that there were two tin cans coming at her. She caught it and looked at Shiro.

"What's this?" Fuu asked looking at him.

"It's for you and Naruto. I took it out of his fridge when he wasn't looking. I suggest you hide them before he comes back and accuses you of stealing," Shiro said looking at her. This caused the blonde that was on the far side of the house to smile.

"Thanks, Shiro we owe you one," Naruto said looking at him.

"Don't mention it," Shiro said as he opened the door however before he could step into the house the female of the team spoke up.

"Oh, and Shiro could you do me a favor?" Fuu asked looking at him.

"Uh sure, what is it?" Shiro asked looking at her.

"Mind spitting in one of his cups when he's not looking?" Fuu asked looking at him.

"He's been treating me like his own personal butler for the past three days trust me when I get the chance I'm going to do more than just spit in it," Shiro said with just a hint of evil in his eye.

"Thanks, Shiro," Fuu said as the male walked into the house and shut the door behind him. 'At this rate though we'll never get done. This is the last wall that we need to paint and without Gorou around to keep him from harassing us we aren't going to be able to finish this wall,' Fuu thought looking at the place she was painting.

As soon as she thought this the male walked out of the house and looked at them. "I have to go somewhere I trust that the three of you can finish this while I'm gone," The male said looking at them although he didn't wait for them to answer as he walked out into the streets. A few moments later Gorou appeared in a puff of smoke with a cell phone in his hand.

"That should keep him busy for a little bit," Gorou said as he put the phone away. "Now if you don't mind hurrying up Shibuki said he wants to talk to us about something after we got finished with this mission," Gorou said which caused the three of them to light up slightly.

"Give me a minute and I'll help," Shiro said as he walked back into the house and within a minute the male walked back outside with a white apron that said "Kiss the cook" Shiro then climbed up the ladder that Naruto was on and saw that he was looking at him with a slight smile. "I'm sure he won't mind me using it," The male said looking at the blonde.

The three of them were able to finish the mission that three of them had been assigned within an hour without the elder males constant harassment. "Alright we're done Gorou Sensei now let's go to Shibuki's office," Naruto said looking at the white haired male in front of him. The three younger figures then started to walk towards the huge tree that was in the center of their village and began to walk up the large set of stairs.

When the three went through the door they saw that Gorou was already in the room and that Shibuki looked surprisingly serious. "Ah, that three of you are here. Now I assume that the missions have been rather . . . "interesting" because of the villagers," Shibuki said looking at them.

"Yeah interesting is one way to put it," Fuu said looking at the male in front of her.

"I see well I thought that this may happen and wanted to apologize to the three of you for it. So I've done some thinking and come up with what I believe a good apology is," Shibuki said looking at them. When he said this the three gained a slightly curious look causing Shibuki to smile. "I've decided to give the three of you along with another team an A-class mission," Shibuki said looking at them.

This caused the three that were in front of him to all gain a confused look and then a very excited express. After the three of them had a small celebration and had settled down Shibuki looked at them and smiled. "Alright so the other team that you will be doing this mission with is team seven from Konaha your goal is to investigate some rumors about a bandit that plans to use the heroes water," Shibuki said looking at them.

"Alright well you can count on us," Fuu said looking at him.

"Yeah we won't let you down," Naruto said with a smile on his face.

"Alright well, you'll be leaving tomorrow morning it will be a guarding mission so you will be there for a week until a new team shows up to take your place. Team seven is already here and is currently in the village however chances are you won't meet them until the morning. That being said make sure that you have everything that you need for tomorrow," Shibuki said looking at them the three then nodded and left. When the three left Gorou looked at the male in front of him and sighed.

"I still don't think they're ready," Gorou said looking at them.

"Maybe you're right maybe I'm right. Either way, it's my call to make and I made it," Shibuki said looking at the male.

"What if something goes wrong?" Gorou asked looking at Shibuki.

When the white haired male said this Shibuki sighed and leaned back in his desk. "I understand why you're worried I really do but if Fuu and Naruto can get this job done then that will just give them that much more of a positive reputation being the only first year Genin team to complete and A-rank mission in this village will, at least, make the villagers somewhat differently. Plus with you and Aoi there it shouldn't be too much for the two of you to handle," Shibuki said looking at the male in front of him.

"Alright if think it's the right call I'll trust your judgment but I just want to go on record by saying that I think this is a bad idea," Gorou said looking at him.

"Alright well Aoi's team has already been made aware of this and I think that you'll be able to gather all you need before tomorrow," Shibuki said looking at the male in front of him.

"Yes sir," Gorou said as he took the Sake bottle out of his jacket and placed it on the table in front of him. "Mind putting that somewhere safe until I get back? I'd rather not be drunk while on this mission," The white-haired male said as he walked out of the room. Shibuki smiled when he said this and took the bottle and placed it in a secret safe that he had under his desk.

'Nice to know that he cares enough about his nephew to make sure he doesn't die during this mission,' Shibuki thought to himself as he watched the male walk out of the room. 'I just hope that Shiro will be more understanding than his father was at that age,' Shibuki thought as he continued to fill out the small amount of paperwork he had left.

With Fuu and Naruto

The two of them were currently in their own rooms and were gathering everything that the two of them thought they would need for the mission that was ahead of them. Naruto sighed as he tried to place another Kunai in his backpack and smiled when he finally managed to place it in the small pack. Naruto then smelled something that he hadn't smelled before.

He followed the aroma into the kitchen and saw that Fuu was placing a plate full of food on the table that the two of them almost never used. "Fuu what's this?" Naruto asked looking at the food in front of him.

"Oh well, I thought that since we were going to be gone for a while that I would make the two of something to eat so that we have plenty of energy for when we leave tomorrow," Fuu said looking at the blonde in front of her.

"Well it looks good and smells great," Naruto said looking at the plate of food in front of him and he wasn't lying about he said the food that Fuu had made looked amazing. Naruto was about to start eating when he noticed that Fuu didn't make herself a plate. "Uh, Fuu where's yours?" Naruto asked looking at the green haired female.

"Oh . . . We sort of ran out of supplies and I used the last of it to make this for you," Fuu said looking to the side slightly embarrassed. Naruto looked at her slightly surprised and then looked down at the food.

"How about we share it then," Naruto offered looking at Fuu.

"Oh no I'd rather you eat it I mean-" Fuu began only for Naruto to cut her off.

"I don't want to hear it Fuu. I can't eat this knowing that you won't have anything to eat so unless we're sharing it I'm not going to eat it," Naruto said looking at her.

Fuu sighed at this she had forgotten how childish Naruto could be sometimes. "Alright Naruto we'll share it," Fuu said as she got one of the spare seats that hey had for any guests that they may have and pulled it closer to him. Naruto smiled at this and picked up a small amount of food before pushing it towards her slightly.

"Open up," Naruto said looking at her,

"I can feed myself Naruto," Fuu said looking at him a bit annoyed.

"I know but, at least, this way I know you're actually getting enough to eat," Naruto said looking at her. Fuu sighed and leaned forward slightly with a slight blush on her face and took the food from the two pieces of wood that Naruto was holding. Naruto smiled at this then took a bite of his own and when he did his eyes lit up with how good it tasted.

"This really is amazing Fuu," Naruto said as he got another bite ready for the female he lived with.

"You really think so?" Fuu asked as she once again took a bite from the blonde only, this time, the blush had faded from her face.

"Yeah this is amazing you one day you're going to make someone an awesome wife," Naruto said without thinking and once he had realized what he said his own face turned red. He then looked over at Fuu who's face was also slightly red. "I-I mean that is if you ever get married . . . No, wait that's not what I meant I mean if-" Naruto began only to get cut off halfway through his apology.

"It's fine I know what you meant," Fuu said looking at him.

"O-Oh okay," Naruto said offering Fuu another bite of the food she had made. She took it and within a minute between the two of them the plate full of food was gone.

"Let's go to bed," Fuu said looking at Naruto.

"Okay," Naruto said as he and the green haired female walked up the stairs. The two of them walked to their separate rooms and shut the door behind them. Naruto had changed into the clothes that he slept in he was about to go to sleep when he heard some light tapping on his window. When he looked to his side to see what was there he saw a few raindrops going down his window.

It was raining no real surprise there it rained a lot more in water country than it did in other places. Naruto decided to ignore this and crawled into bed. It was about halfway through the night when the storm started to become more powerful. A bolt of lighting struck by the park and the resulting crash startled the two awake.

"AHHH!" Fuu yelled as she shot up from the bed she was laying in. She then looked outside and saw another flash of lighting followed by a much quieter sound of thunder. "Great it's a storm. I hate storms they always wake me up and I can never get back to sleep," Fuu said looking out the window she then sighed and began to walk towards her door. "Maybe Naruto's awake," Fuu said as she opened the door and began to walk down the hall.

Little did she realize that Naruto had the same problem with her. He had awoken in a very started state and looked out the window to see that the storm had gotten far worse than it was when he had gone to sleep. "A storm? Don't get many of those," Naruto said as he saw a flash of light and heard a low rumbling sound. "Well sleeping in something like this is going to be difficult," Naruto said looking out the window.

The blonde then received a knock on his door and he turned to it. "Come in Fuu," Naruto said looking at the door.

"How'd you know it was me?" Fuu asked as she entered the room.

"We're the only ones that live here," Naruto said looking at her.

"Fair enough. . . So Naruto mind if I stay in here with you for a little bit?" Fuu asked looking at the male.

"Sure thing something tells me I'm not going to be able to get back to sleep for quite some time anyway," Naruto said looking at her and as if to prove his point another loud roar of thunder filled the house. Fuu walked over to Naruto a bit faster than usual when she heard this.

"Scared of storms?" Naruto asked looking at the green haired female. A light shade of red appeared on her cheeks as he said this and she looked away from him.

"Maybe," She said avoiding his gaze.

"Really?" Naruto asked a bit surprised. "I didn't know that. I mean we used to get storms a lot more often when we were younger and I don't remember you being scared of them back then. So why are you scared of them now?" Naruto asked looking at Fuu.

"Well you used to be a real heavy sleeper and we shared the same bed so you didn't notice when we were little but at night when we had a storm I would . . . use you as a hug pillow," Fuu said looking at Naruto.

"A hug pillow?" Naruto asked looking at the green haired female in front of him.

"Yeah, hug pillows are used for people who are scared or upset. It's supposed to help them feel better," Fuu said looking at Naruto her face turning an even deeper shade of red. Naruto's face reflected this action and he looked at the ground.

"That's right we used to share a bed back then," Naruto said still looking at the ground.

"Yeah, guess we were strange kids," Fuu said looking at Naruto.

"I guess you could call us that," Naruto said as he finally averted his gaze from the floor to her. As he looked at her another bolt of lightning struck and a loud roar of thunder followed behind it. Naruto noticed the Fuu tensed up slightly at this. 'I guess she wasn't kidding when she said that she was scared. Guess it's not a bad thing everyone's got something they're scared of right?' Naruto thought to himself.

"Hey Fuu you know if you want you can use me as a hug pillow again," Naruto said looking at her. When he said this Fuu looked at him slightly surprised with a slight blush on her face.

"Naruto I don't think that's-" Fuu began only for a loud roar of thunder to cut her off and this time when it did the light that was on in Naruto's room went out. Without thinking Fuu suddenly lunged towards Naruto and wrapped both arms around him and buried her face in his chest. Naruto felt his face become much warmer and looked down at the green haired female.

'Man, my heart's beating like crazy. I hope she can't hear it,' Naruto thought as he looked down at her. He then realized that Fuu was shaking slightly. He wasn't sure what to do in this situation sure he had seen Fuu upset before but even as they were growing up he never seen her scared before. It was just a new situation and he had no idea what he was supposed to do in it. So he did the first thing that came to mind.

He placed a hand on the back of the slightly shaking female in front of her and held her close. "It's okay Fuu. There's no need to be scared because I'm here. I don't care if it's a storm, that ninja, or something even worse than them. You won't have to be scared of them because I'm here for you," Naruto said looking at the female.

"O-Okay thanks for being here for me," Fuu said as she looked up at Naruto.

"Anytime," Naruto said looking at her with a slight blush.

"Hey Naruto, do you really think that I'd be a good wife?" Fuu asked avoiding the blonde's gaze.

"Yeah why wouldn't you be? I mean you're awesome to talk to you despite what everyone in this village thinks you've got one of the kindest hearts I've ever seen and in my own personal opinion you're not exact ugly so why wouldn't you make a good wife," Naruto said looking at the green haired female beside him.

"Thanks, Naruto, I know it may not seem like it but sometimes I'm not sure what I'd do if you weren't around," Fuu said as she let her head rest on his chest. Naruto once again felt his heart speed up at this action. However, he soon felt his body relax into the feeling. After several moments of silence between the two had passed another bolt of lightning struck and a loud roar of thunder came in behind it.

Naruto felt his arms tighten around Fuu out of pure instinct but oddly enough he didn't feel her body tense up. He then looked down at the green haired female in front of him. He then noticed that Fuu's eyes were shut and that her face had a rather peaceful expression on her face. 'She actually looks really cute when she's asleep,' Naruto thought to himself as he looked down at the female in front of him.

Naruto's eyes then widened at his own thoughts and he shook his head slightly trying to clear his head of the thoughts that had just filled his head. 'I can't think about Fuu that way. We're best friends it'd . . . it'd ruin our friendship,' Naruto thought as he once again looked down at the female in front of him.

'Although . . . I guess it's not unusual that I'd think about her like that right?' Naruto thought to himself as he continued to look down at the female. 'I mean we've been through so much together and without her, I don't think that living here would be the same. I . . . I should probably ask someone about this,' Naruto thought to himself as he looked down at the female in front of him.

Naruto then reached his free hand around her and placed it under her legs and slowly lifted her up as to not disturb her sleeping. The blonde then got up and walked to the door he once again began to think about something 'I can't take Fuu back to her room she'd just wake up again. Then again I can't just leave her in my room can I?' Naruto thought to himself and he would have continued if Fuu hadn't begun to move slightly in his arms.

"N-Naruto," The female said with her eyes still closed. Naruto felt his face heat up slightly at this and looked down at her.

'She's dreaming about me? She . . . she looks so happy,' Naruto thought to himself as he looked at her. He then looked at the door in front of him then turned slightly looking at his bed. He then looked at the door once more before he let out a small sigh and began to walk over to his bed. Naruto placed Fuu down gently and covered her.

"N-Naruto," The green haired female once again mumbled in her sleep. Naruto once again looked at her and smiled at this he then leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. When he did he saw Fuu smile in her sleep and a slight blush crosses her face. Naruto then quietly walked over to the other side of the bed and crawled in it.

'I guess sleeping together one night won't hurt anything,' Naruto told himself as he also felt himself slowly start to drift off to sleep however just as he was about to another flash of lightening struck the house and Naruto once again felt Fuu tense up.

"N-Naruto," Fuu once again said in her sleep only, this time, it sounded a little more panicked. Naruto turned around and looked at the sleeping female. He once again found himself in a situation where he wasn't sure what to do so he once again did the first thing that came to mind. He slowly placed one of his arms around Fuu's waist and brought himself closer to her so that his chest was touching her back.

He once again felt relax at this. Naruto smiled at this but then let out a yawn. 'This is going to be really hard to explain in the morning,' Naruto thought to himself as he slowly felt himself drift off to sleep.

With Gorou and Kakashi

"Where are those two?" Gorou questioned becoming a little more irritated as time went on.

"They do know that we were supposed to meet at this gate right?" Shiro questioned looking at the gray haired male in front of him.

"Yeah there's only three gates in the entire village and this one is the one that's used the most. There's no way they could have possibly gotten confused," Gorou said looking at the male.

"If I may," Kakashi said gaining Gorou's attention "I request permission to go look for them," Kakashi said looking at him.

"Be my guest," Gorou said looking at him. Kakashi then did one of his trademark eye smiles before vanishing in a puff of smoke.

"If you don't mind me asking just who are we waiting for?" A pink haired female that Gorou recognized as the female of team seven asked looking at him.

"There names are Naruto and Fuu," Gorou said looking at them. When he said this it caught the attention of a certain raven haired male.

'Naruto? There's no way. It has to be a different Naruto that's the only explanation,' Sasuke thought as he looked at Gorou. However as time went on Sasuke found himself becoming more and more annoyed by the fact that his name was Naruto and looked at the only non-genin that was with him "Excuse me but what are their last names?" Sasuke asked looking at him.

"Their last names?" Gorou asked looking at the raven haired male causing him to nod. 'Why on Earth would he want to know their names? I guess there's no harm in it still better to be safe than sorry,' Gorou thought as he looked at the male in front of him. "Truth be told they're both orphans they told have any last names," Gorou said looking at him. 'Well, at least, this is half true Fuu doesn't have a last name,' Gorou thought as he looked at the male in front of him.

'Orphan huh? This really is starting to sound like the Naruto that left Konoha . . . No that's impossible the Naruto that left Konoha died three weeks after he left,' Sasuke thought to himself as he looked at the adult in front of him.

"Why do you want to know their last names Sasuke-Kun?" the pink haired female asked looking at him.

"I just thought it'd be better if we got an idea of who were working with," Sasuke said looking at the pink haired female.

"Oh that's so smart Sasuke-Kun," Sakura said as she got much closer to the male. After a few more moments of silence, they saw three figures walking towards the gate. A white haired male with his headband covering one of his eyes. A green haired female with orange eyes with some white clothing that some may consider a little revealing.

However, it was the third figure that caught Sasuke's attention. He had blonde hair and blue eyes he may not have remembered much of what Naruto looked like after all they were kids and Sasuke only ever saw Naruto one or two times before the day he helped Naruto leave the village. However, he had something that made him certain this was the Naruto he knew. He had three whiskers on either side of his face.

"Well good job Kakashi I guess I underestimated you," Gorou said looking at the male in front of him. He then turned his attention to the two figures in front of him "Mind telling me where the two of you where?" Gorou said looking at them.

"Let's just say that these two were getting to know each other," Kakashi said looking at the male in front of him causing the two younger figures in front of him to blush and look away from each other slightly. Gorou then looked at the silver haired male in front of him and decided to just brush off what he had said.

"Alright well now that that's over team twelve of Takigakure I'd like you all to meet the members of team seven. Sai is the one with the bowl cut, the girl is Sakura and the guy wearing blue is Sasuke," Gorou said looking at the two of them. When Naruto heard the name Sasuke he looked around and found the male that he thought was the same boy who had helped him escape Konoha so many years ago.

'So that's Sasuke huh? I'll have to remember to thank him before all of this is over,' Naruto thought to himself as he looked at him.

"Yes now it's our turn team seven this is team twelve of Konoha. They'll be helping us with guarding the heroes water. The blonde is Naruto, the girl of the three is Fuu and the one with white hair is Shiro," Kakashi said looking at the three of them.

"Alright now if you don't mind we better start moving. The sooner we get there the sooner we can get this job done and the sooner we can leave," Gorou said looking at them. Kakashi nodded and the eight of them left the gates and began to walk down the path.