Naruto walked back to where Sasuke was. As he departed the Hokage Mansion, Sasuke and Sakura arrived.

"Naruto, what happened?" Sakura asked, seeing some debris in his hair. Sasuke shrunk down to his old size.

"I almost landed on Granny Tsunade," Naruto said, "So, as punishment, Sasuke and I have to work together." Sasuke's eyes went wide. Sakura looked between the two guys.

"For how long?" Sasuke asked.

"Uhh," Naruto said, looking at the paper. He had forgotten to read that part. As he reached the part of the paper, "Until one of three things happens."

"And those would be?" Sasuke asked.

"'One, Jiraiya swears off peeping'," Naruto said before adding, "Not gonna happen. 'Two, I, Tsunade, give up drinking.' Also not gonna happen. 'Three, until I tell you two hot headed idiots otherwise. Now get to work or else. . .'"

"Or else what?" Sakura asked, slightly scared at how Naruto looked from reading the ultimatum. He gulped and handed it to Sasuke who quickly found what was written.

"We'll have to shovel out all the stables in the Land of Fire with out hands," Sasuke read, "She can't be serious, can she?"

"Yeah, she is," Naruto said, "I've never known her to break a promise."

"Well, I'll be there to help," Sakura said.

"No, you're on hospital duty with Shizune," Naruto said.

"What?" Sakura said.

"It's written in this order as well," Sasuke said, "Fine, let's get this over with."

"See ya later Sakura," Naruto said, as he and Sasuke walked off to another section of the village. Sakura was a little peeved at both of them for their stupidity earlier, but she still wanted to spend time with them, with Naruto. But an order was an order and she went to the hospital.

But team 7 wasn't the only one who heard this new order. Hinata had been buying some groceries when she saw the flying Naruto crash into Tsunade's office. She had hoped to approach him upon his leaving, but couldn't when Sasuke and Sakura approached. Now as she watched Sakura go off in the other direction, Hinata followed her crush as he and Sasuke went to work together.

Elsewhere, the dust that was scattered had a unique trait: it stuck together set masses. So as it floated over the village, it would slowly descend on two unsuspecting males before the next morning would come.

But which ones would we follow?