Summery: In the moment of sorrow and rage following Sasuke's fall during the bridge battle, Naruto reaches for power with-in himself, and pulls up something that shouldn't even exist, something that should be impossible. But then again, when has impossible ever applied to Uzumaki Naruto?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything here in.

"Why did you protect me...?" Naruto asked angrily as he stood behind the boy who had just taken an attack for him, trembling from the mix of emotions surging through his mind. "I never asked you to!" He yelled at his teammate as he fought down the urge to punch the dark haired boy himself.

"Who knows..." Sasuke said as his vision began to blur in and out, finding it took almost everything he had just to keep on standing. "My body moved of its own accord, baka..." He added as his strength finally gave out and he began to fall backward. He was vaguely surprised when Naruto caught him, but still had something to say and could feel himself fading quickly, so it had to be now. "I didn't want to die...I didn't want to die until I killed my brother..." He managed as he lifted his had toward Naruto, hoping the blonde would understand what he meant by telling him this, someone still needed to finish his mission for him, Itachi had to pay. "...you...don't die." He finished weakly as he felt reality slip away.

At first Naruto just sat there, half in shock and half trying to wake himself up for this bad dream. He was vaguely aware of his opponent saying something the sounded almost like praising Sasuke's actions, but he wasn't really paying attention and as the true reality of this caught up with him, something in his mind seemed to snap, he'd had enough of this bastard, he was going to make him pay for this.

"Shut up!" Naruto yelled at his opponent as he set his teammate down and began to stand. "I hated you too..." The blonde said as he looked down at Sasuke's lifeless form, two emotions drowning out all others in his mind as he began to reach deep within himself intent on pulling up ever last ounce of power he had so he could make the masked nin pay, digging deeper into his chakra reserves than he ever had before, than he even knew he could, Naruto took hold of something, something that made him feel...different.

The water around Naruto first began to ripple and then to swirl around him as chakra began to leak out of his body. Literally seeing the energy coming off the blonde, Haku began to move, whatever the blonde was getting ready to do, he had no intention of giving him the chance to do it, he'd finish this right now.

Naruto turned to face the masked nin, barely even noticing how everything seemed so slow right now, even as he spotted his enemy beginning to charge at him, ready to end the fight with a final move. Naruto's fist clenched and his eyes narrowed as he pulled his arm back and crouched slightly, readying to finish this himself.

What happened next would, in the future, prove to be a turning point in the life of Uzumaki Naruto, as the blonde made his move. In an instant, Naruto had gone from stand just in front of Sasuke to inches in front of his opponent, his fist striking the other boy's masked face with enough force to change his course and send him through one of his own mirrors, shattering the construct of ice and breaking the brunette's focus on the jutsu.

Part of Naruto's mind registered what had just happened, that he hadn't actually moved just then, that he had just sort of suddenly 'been' there. But it was only a very small part of his mind, the rest of it was still whole focused on the task of mopping the bridge with the masked nin. And as that particular nin stood back up and looked at him, the blonde did it again, uppercutting the brown haired boy this time, and sending up and back, tumbling along the bridge surface before coming to a stop this time.

Haku felt his body protest painfully as he began to stand up again, his mind trying to process what was going on. The blonde kid hadn't really seemed like a threat before, and no amount of chakra he had dredged up should have changed that, so what the hell was going on here? Had something else happened when the blonde pulled up all that chakra after his friend fell? Did this kid also have a kekkei genkai? As Haku looked back to the blonde, he wasn't surprised to find him suddenly right in front of him, or by the fist that slammed into his mask. He was however, surprised by the cracking sound he heard coming from it. Was the blonde really hitting him that hard?

Naruto was right on top of the masked nin once again, not even waiting for him to get back up this time, but as the brunette turned his head to look at him, he saw the boy's mask break and fall away, showing a familiar face. "You...!" The blonde questioned as his rage and sorrow were forgotten to the shock of what...no, of who he was seeing.

"Do not stop now Naruto-kun..." Haku said as he looked up at the blonde, finding it nearly impossible to maintain consciousness. "I have become a broken tool, I am no longer fit to serve Zabuza-sama...so please, finish me." The ice user pleaded to the blonde, continuing to speak only when he saw doubt and hesitation in Naruto's eyes. "A shinobi must learn to smoother their own heart and kill off their emotions Naruto-kun. Shinobi are tools used to end lives, and serve their masters...and I am no longer able to serve mine; with out him I am nothing...so please...finish it."

Nodding after a moment of processing what Haku had just said, Naruto reached back into his weapon holster and shakily pulled out a kunai, readying himself to take a life, even if he still felt conflicted about it. Gulping the blonde began to lift the weapon above his head and was about to bring it down when he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, sensing the massive amount of chakra suddenly coming from the other end of the bridge. Looking toward it for just a moment before turning back to Haku, he saw the boy sliding into one of his ice mirrors.

Turning back toward the chakra he could feel coming from the other side of the bridge, the world seemed to slow once again as he realized in a rare moment of clarity what Haku was doing. And in an instant it was as if Naruto hadn't even been standing there.

Kakashi lifted his arm, pulling it back a bit as he got ready to close what little distance remained between Zabuza and himself, it was time to be done with this once and for all. As he began to move two things happened faster than he could react to them, Haku stepped out of an ice mirror that had appeared just to the side of where Zabuza was pinned by the copy-nin's summoned dogs, getting between the swordsman and himself and in what Kakashi could only describe as a haunting memory from his past, his blonde student appeared from nowhere and tackled the brown haired boy out of the way just in time, clearing the path of Kakashi's attack and leaving it to pierce it's intended target.

As soon as Naruto had Haku on the ground, he pulled back his fist and brought it down on the brunette's forehead with a resounding thud, sending the hyouton user into blissful unconsciousness. Naruto stood after taking a moment to catch his breath and turned to look at Kakashi just in time to see the silver haired nin pull his arm free from Zabuza's limp form, and couldn't stop himself from shutting slightly at the sight and sound of the action. Opening his mouth to speak, Naruto was cut off by a sound drifting over from the unfinished side of the bridge.

"Most impressive..." A snide voice chimed as the clapping stopped and the mist Zabuza had called up finally finished fading "It seems you've saved me a small fortune by killing Zabuza, not that I was actually intending to pay him anyway mind you." Gato said as he stood confidently at the front of his mob of henchmen, all of whom looked at the shinobi with an air of greed. "And now that your all spent from your little battle with those fools..." The diminutive tycoon motioned for his men to move forward.

The goons began to move forward, chuckling darkly as they advanced. But stopped as an arrow landed just in front of them. A call of, "Gato! We aren't going to let you get away with this any longer!" following shortly after said arrow. As the thugs lifted their heads to the source of the call, they found something that gave them pause; a small army of villagers stood to the beginning of the bridge, armed with all manor of weaponry, some of the weapons were improvised others however were as real as it got.

Looking back to the source of the voice as well, Naruto couldn't stop the smirk that found its way onto his lips as he saw who seemed to be at the lead. It appeared his little talk with Inari had helped him after all, and seeing the villagers there and the way Gato's goon squad seemed to hesitate at the sight of them gave him an idea. Calling up the last bit of chakra he had to spare, Naruto prepared his favorite jutsu. "Yeah, that's right, it's about time these people were free of you!" The blonde said with a grin. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!"

Noticing the goons taking a few steps back at the sight of a few dozen new Narutos appearing to go along with the villagers, Kakashi nodded to himself. It'd be a complete bluff, but he could add a bit more to these odds. "Kage bunshin no jutsu!" The jounin called as he turned his head to stare at the now shaking band of thugs. Even Gato's raving orders for the to 'kill them all!' didn't seem to be enough anymore; the addition of a slight bit of killing intent aimed in their direction seemed to put it over the top as they went scattering, jumping off the bridge on all sides and completely forgetting about their meal ticket, as Gato was left standing at the opposite end of the bridge, alone and exposed.

Before the pint-sized business man could turn tail and runaway himself, he was caught by to collar and lifted into the air by one very tired Hatake Kakashi. He was extremely thankful it didn't take much for him to move from where he was to Gato quickly, because he was nearly spent. It wasn't as bad as it had been after his first fight with Zabuza, but he'd still need a day or two before he was back up to full strength after this.

Turning back to look at the other end of the bridge, where Naruto was looking on sadly as Sakura clutched Sasuke's still form, only to shortly after jump up and holler happily as Sakura gave a call of 'Sasuke-kun, you're alive!', Kakashi couldn't help but wonder how his blonde student was still standing, especially if he had really seen when had thought he had when he was finishing off Zabuza. A moment later the silver haired jounin got his answer as his student fell over like a sack of potatoes, much to the distress of the villagers and his teammates, or at least Sakura, he couldn't quite tell with Sasuke from here in the boy's current condition.

Turning his attention back to the struggling Gato, he gave the man a lazy stare before bringing his free hand down on his neck in a chopping motion, knocking the man out. "It should be impossible, he doesn't have access to those seals, no one does...and even if he did, the chances of him even being able to use that jutsu should be next to zero, let alone for him to have learned it already...but I'm also sure of what I saw at that moment...seems I'll just have to talk to him... though, I doubt he even knows what he's managed to do...or even that he's done it, for that matter."

Well, that's it, just an idea I had floating around in my head, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

And to those wondering, what Naruto is doing is something akin to the Hiraishin, but it's not quite the same. It's a kekkei genkai created by a mixture of chance elements, one of which being Minato's extensive use of the Hiraishin changing his body and those changes being passed down to Naruto. Other elements include the sealing of Kyuubi and an ability for Naruto's body and mind to adapt quickly and for his body to withstand things such as the Kyuubi's chakra and Nature chakra better than others can.

Ok, now a couple of quick questions.

1 – Should I keep going with this?

2 – If I do, should I make the Kyuubi good or bad, or just leave it out of this as much as possible?

3 – What should I do about Haku? Go with team 7, stay in wave or begin a journey on his own?

4 – Did you spot any problems with spelling, grammar or things such as skipped words?

As to the fourth one, if you did spot something, please let me know so I can fix it.

...Ja ne.

~Shiro