Naruto, Vol. 2

Kishimoto, Masashi. Naruto, Vol. 2. 2000. 216p. ISBN 9781591161783. Available in the graphic novels section of the library.

Having graduated from their training in Naruto, Vol, 1, Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke are now officially ninjas in training. But because of their low rank, they keep getting assigned to tasks that are not very challenging. All three of them, for their own personal reasons, yearn for the challenges that more difficult tasks would provide. For Naruto, that's the way to becoming Hokage of his village one day. Both appreciating their candor and hoping to get rid of them for a while, the current lord Hokage agrees to assign them a task that ranks higher than their current status. They are to accompany a bridge building architect back to his village. 

Along with their teacher, Kakashi, Naruto and his group head to the Land of Waves, not knowing that the architect's life is in danger. A deadly assassin, Zabuza, has been given the contract to eliminate the architect, who is building a bridge that would undercurt the profits the local crime lord receives from controlling the shipping around the Land of Waves. Caught in a deadly battle, the stakes have just gotten higher for Naruto!

The story continues in Naruto, Vol. 3.