Naruto: The Sibling Stars

by Shadow Zeranion

Begins in the middle of the Wave mission. A pair of orphaned siblings save Zabuza and Haku from death. Who are these two siblings, and how will their presence affect Konoha and a certain loudmouth blonde? ABANDONED

1. Chapter 1

Summary: This story begins in the middle of the Wave Mission just after Haku's talk with Naruto in the field. This story is OC centric, but I think I've given my OCs a good enough background to make this a good story. Many of the events from canon will still happen, but you'll begin to see some significant changes with some events due to the appearance of my OCs. Also, my OCs will have a small amount of .hack//G.U. influence. This influence will be shown in mainly their weapons as well as some of their abilities and jutsus. Still don't expect them to summoning any of the avatars or using data drain. They will however, have some powerful Kekei Genkai, but you'll just have to wait and see what they are. Now that that's out of the way, I proudly present "Naruto: The Sibling Stars"

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or .hack//G.U. if I did I'd use the money I made to build a mmorpg for one if not both of these series!

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Demon or Inner-self Speech"

'Demon or Inner-self Thoughts'

Jutsu

(Jutsu Translation)

//Scene Change or POV change//

//Flashback start or end//

The Sibling Stars

Chapter 1

"You'll become strong with a precious person." Haku said as Naruto stood in the field behind. "Let's meet again somewhere."

Naruto smiled and nodded as Haku continued leaving replying, "Sure!"

However, just before getting to the trees Haku said, "Oh, and by the way I'm a boy."

Naruto gaped in shock as Haku disappeared into the trees. As Haku left Naruto behind, Sasuke walked by as well staring curiously before continuing on as if in dismissal. Once Haku was out of sight, a voice from above said, "You know Haku-chan? It's not very nice teasing people like that."

Haku stopped and let out a giggle before replying, "I know Shadow, but their reactions are too funny!" She then looked up and saw a 14-year old boy lying in the tree above her masking his chakra signature. He was about 5'4" and had an aura of determination surrounding him. He was dressed in black cargo pants and a white shirt with a black jacket over the shirt as well as a black cloth tied around his head in a similar manner as Copy-nin Kakashi, covering his right eye and mildly supporting his black hair. Haku then asked, "Where's Sakashi at? I want to see the picture of his reaction."

"I'm right here!" a cheery voice replied from behind Haku as a young 11-year old girl landed holding an instant camera. She stood about 4'7" with black hair cut just above her shoulders. She was dressed in black long pants and a white shirt that was covered by a dark green jacket. What really stood out about her were her warm lavender eyes that were full of hope and kindness. She closed her eyes as she smiled in a way that reminded Shadow of their mother as she proudly displayed a picture of a gaping Naruto holding both hands to the side of his head in disbelief. "I've got to say I think he's got the best reaction so far!"

Haku just giggled at the picture while Shadow let out a light laugh as well. Shadow then hopped out of the tree and stood besides Haku and Sakashi before they turned to go back to base. They walked in silence for a while before Shadow asked them, "He wore a strong mask didn't he? I wonder what he's been through…"

Sakashi let her smile fall a bit before replying, "I know…" She then turned to Haku before continuing, "Are you sure you'll be able to fight him after getting to know him a bit? He's really similar to us…"

Haku stayed silent for a while before calmly replying, "I'll have to. I won't abandon Zabuza-sama after all he's done for me. I owe him my life and so he comes before anything else even if I do feel a bond with that boy." She turned to Shadow and said, "After all, you feel the same way about Sakashi-imouto don't you?"

Shadow nodded and replied, "Of course. We do what we must to protect our precious people."

By this time Sakashi was annoyed and said, "Hey! I'm right here you know! Don't act as if I'm back at base!"

Shadow and Haku laughed a bit and the trio continued chatting until they got back to the base where they saw Gouzu, Meizu, and Zabuza lying on beds recovering from their injuries.

Zabuza looked curiously at the trio before asking, "Did something happen?" Sakashi simply showed the picture of Naruto causing Zabuza to chuckle and the Demon Brothers to laugh. He then took a more serious tone before asking, "So what did you find out about them?"

The trio took a seat before Haku said, "The Copy-nin appears to be training his genin in Chakra control to try and bring them up to scratch in the upcoming battle."

"Chakra control?" Zabuza questioned. "So they're working on water walking then."

Shadow let out a snort as Sakashi giggled. Zabuza looked puzzled until Haku continued, "Ano… Actually they're working on tree climbing, not water walking…"

Zabuza's eyes shot up in shock before saying, "Is the Copy-nin really that stupid? Just about any other Jonin-sensei would REQUIRE their team to be able to tree climb before going on a C-Rank mission. Just being able to stick to trees gives you a huge advantage over bandits…"

Everyone else sweatdropped at the news before Shadow said, "I think he's just lazy… One of their group has already finished the exercise but rather than having her move on to water walking or even giving her a jutsu to learn he's having her guard the bridge builder doing no sort of training in the process. And to put it bluntly, she is by far the weakest of their group…"

Everyone else's sweatdrops grew bigger at Shadow's statement. Eventually Zabuza seemed to recover from the news and asked, "So what will you and Sakashi do when we attack the bridge? You've already retrieved Gouzu and Meizu but both have a concussion from their earlier battle and can't fight for a while. Despite my recovery the Copy-nin will be a formidable opponent and there's always a chance of the genin brats having some sort of trump card."

Sakashi and Shadow thought silently for a while before Shadow replied; "We'll have to take Gouzu and Meizu with us to the bridge. I don't trust Gato to leave them alone after they failed so we'll keep them out of site until this is over. As for the actual battle at the bridge… " Shadow paused and looked at Zabuza before continuing, "You already know Sakashi and I don't agree with you taking this job in the first place. When we joined you guys you promised that you wouldn't force us to work any of the dirtier jobs that compromise our morals. We won't help you assassinate the bridge builder, but we'll guard Gouzu and Meizu during the fight, and if you guys get in trouble we'll keep the leaf nin busy so that you can escape."

Zabuza nodded and said, "That's all I can ask of you. Still with the pay from Gato we'll be able to make a second attempt on the Mizukage and I can finally get a second shot at the Mizukage and hopefully end the Bloodline War. That's the only reason I even agreed to work for that rat."

//The Bridge: 3 days later//

Zabuza had just shut off the crackling radio from which Gato was ordering them about. "Hmph, how annoying." The demon of the mist stated rather bluntly. He then turned to his partner and said to her, "Haku! Let's go!"

Haku put on her mask and gave a quick, "Hai!"

Before they leapt onto the bridge however, he turned and saw Sakashi tending to the Demon Brothers, while Shadow sat quietly with his visible eye closed. Zabuza then said to them, "Look after the Demon Brothers, and keep a look out for any reinforcements."

Shadow opened his eye and nodded in confirmation while Sakashi said, "Don't worry, we'll be fine. Just be careful against the Copy-nin."

Zabuza nodded and jumped onto the bridge followed closely by Haku, as Shadow closed his eye again and began feeling for the Leaf nin's chakra signatures.

//1 hour later//

"WHAT HAPPENED HERE!?" was Tazuna's frightened cry as he saw his workers beaten and bloody on the bridge. He quickly ran to the side of one and asked him, "W-What happened!?"

The injured worker's only response was, "M-monsters…" before he passed out. As he said this, a thick mist began to cover the bridge.

"They're here!" Kakashi yelled out to Tazuna, Sakura, and Sasuke as the mist began to obscure their vision. 'I was right… He's alive and recovered already…' as the Copy-nin brought his hand into a half tiger seal.

Sakura then yelled out, "Kakashi-sensei, this is HIS Kirigakure no jutsu?" as Sasuke began trembling.

Just then a voice came from all directions saying, "Long time no see, eh Kakashi? It looks like you're brat is still shaking in his boots. They need better training." As he says this, several mizu bunshins of Zabuza suddenly appear scattered throughout their formation, each with a look of focus.

Before any of them make a move however, Sasuke replies, "I'm shaking from EXCITEMENT!"

The Zabuza clones simply give a wicked eye smile before Kakashi says, "Go ahead Sasuke!" giving his own eye smile.

Faster than Tazuna could follow, Sasuke whipped out two kunai and used chakra to speed himself up as he dispatched the water clones before returning to his place in the formation. 'There!' he thought to himself as the water splashed down around him.

His attention was quickly diverted as from the other side of the bridge they heard Zabuza say, "So he was able to see through the water clones. It looks like the brats gotten better eh Haku?"

Haku smiled behind her mask and replied, "Indeed."

"I want to fight him. I need to get back at him for making us look like fools." Sasuke said to his sensei.

"YEAH! YOU RULE SASUKE!" was Sakura's response to Sasuke's declaration.

Kakashi merely sweatdropped and thought, 'She's waaaay too obsessed with him…'

Zabuza sweatdropped as well and thought to himself, 'I'm just glad Haku and Sakashi aren't like that. If they were I'd probably have committed hara-kiri by now…'

Haku ignored the shrieking fangirl and thought to herself, 'I'm a girl…' (Oh the irony) and said to her master, "He's come quite a way if he can take out your water clones that easily, even if they only have 1/10 of your strength."

Zabuza smiled and said, "But we still have the initiative. Take him down."

A quick "Hai!" was Zabuza's response as she began spinning and engaged Sasuke in close-range combat.

Kakashi quickly pulled Sakura and Tazuna to the side away from Sasuke and Haku's battle while Zabuza watched the battle in interest. 'So he can match that speed.' He thought as he watched Sasuke block Haku's senbon with a kunai.

"I don't want to kill you." Haku said to her opponent. "But you won't step down from this battle will you?"

Sasuke smirked and retorted, "Of course not!" using the kunai in his left hand to keep Haku's right hand and senbon in place.

"I see…" Haku stated a bit saddened. "But you can't match my full speed and you've given me two advantages."

"Two?" was Sasuke's confused response. 'How does he have even one advantage? We're at a stalemate for now aren't we?"

Haku smiled behind her mask and continued, "My first advantage is the water covering the bridge that you made by destroying the mizu bunshins. The second is that you have one hand occupied by my right hand. This means you can only run from my attacks and can't counter." Haku then had her left hand begin flying through one-handed hand seals as Sasuke and Kakshi looked on in shock.

'WHAT!? WHITH ONE HAND!?' was Sasuke's panicked thought.

Kakashi began sweating as he thought, 'Shit, I've never seen that before!'

Haku quickly came to the last seal and stomped her foot, channeling chakra into the water before finishing, "HiJutsu: Sensatsu Suishou (Secret Technique: Flying Water Needles)" With that hundreds of needles made of water sprung up around the pair of fighters before solidifying into ice.

'Doesn't want to kill eh?' Zabuza thought as he watched Haku with a small sweatdrop. 'Does he really mean that?'

"Sasuke-kun!!!" was Sakura's frightened cry as she watched the dome of water needles form as Kakshi looked on a bit worried.

Sasuke closed his eyes and held a kunai in his right hand in a half tiger seal and thought to himself, 'Don't panic… Remember the training… Focus my Chakra throughout both my legs'

As this last thought took shape, Haku brought the needle dome crashing in, before dodging at the last minute by flipping back. When she looked up however she saw to her shock that Sasuke had vanished. 'He was able to dodge that! He's improved more than I thought!' Haku's attention quickly shifted to the shurinken coming from above as she flipped out of their path.

Suddenly Haku heard from behind her, "You're not that fast…" Sasuke stood behind her, kunai in hand as he boasted, "From now on you'll only be able to run from MY attacks."

Haku quickly spun around blocking the kunai in Sasuke's right hand at the wrist before ducking down as he threw the kunai where her head had been only moments before. As she crouched down she saw him pivot as he began to kick at her with his left foot. 'These movements!' Haku thought as she saw the foot come towards her face. By pure instinct she brought her left arm up to soften the blow, but was still kicked a good distance away.

Zabuza looked shocked as he thought, 'That brat got a lot faster… And that taijutsu style! The way it weaves through his opponent's movements… It's a lot like Sakashi's taijutsu!'

Sasuke, completely oblivious to what was going through the minds of his opponents stated proudly, "Looks like you've lost the speed advantage."

As Kakashi was about to brag about his students however, Zabuza asked him, "Kakashi? Just who is that brat?"

Kakashi looked momentarily taken aback before replying, "That brat is Uchiha Sasuke, Konoha's number one rookie ninja. The one next to me, Haruno Sakura, is among the smartest people in the village, and we can't forget Uzumaki Naruto, the number one most surprising ninja."

Zabuza quickly processed the information before smiling wickedly, unnerving all the leaf nin present. He chuckled darkly before saying aloud, "UCHIHA, eh Kakashi?" Then to Haku he said, "HAKU! Show this BRAT that he and his Sharingan aren't that special!"

Haku stood up as a chilling wind seemed to blow across the bridge laughing a little as well. "Hai Zabuza-sama. I think it's time to show him that his improvements aren't enough." Then turning to Sasuke she stated, "You'd best activate your bloodline if you want to have a hope of beating me. After all, Zabuza and I have already defeated a Sharingan user!"

"WHAT!" was the combined yell of Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi, as they watched Haku form a handseal. "If that's the truth then why didn't Zabuza find a way to counter mine in our first encounter!?" Kakashi continued.

Haku smiled and replied, "I'm afraid the user that we defeated didn't know all of the abilities behind the bloodline when we fought them. But we know them all now thanks to you!" She then used her trump card and cried, "HiJutsu: Makyou HyouShou (Secret Technique: Demonic Ice Mirrors)!" As she yelled this, Sasuke was suddenly surrounded by a multitude of mirrors made completely of ice.

'What is this technique!?' Kakashi thought as Haku stepped into a mirror. Her reflection quickly spread to all the others and soon Sasuke was surrounded by Haku's reflection. "This looks bad!" he yells dashing towards Sasuke hoping to get him out, but is blocked by Zabuza.

"Don't forget, your opponent is me Kakashi! You're Uchiha brat doesn't stand a chance against that technique!" Zabuza said to Kakashi.

Haku waited in the mirrors and asked Sasuke, "Aren't you going to activate your Sharingan?" Sasuke just grit his teeth in anger and continued looking around at the mirrors. Haku noticed this and chuckled, "I see… It isn't that you don't WANT to activate it, it's that you CAN'T activate it!" Sasuke just remained silent, which Haku took as confirmation. "Well then, shall I begin?" Each reflection then crossed their arms holding a senbon in each hand before saying to the shaking Uchiha, "Let me show you my real speed!"

With that, Haku began dashing from one mirror to the next at horrendous speeds, stabbing and slicing Sasuke with her senbon. Before Kakashi made a move Zabuza reminded him, "If you go past me to save the Uchiha brat then I'll kill the other two!"

'Damn…' Kakashi thought as he watched Haku make Sasuke into a human pincushion.

Sakura yelled out "Sasuke-kun!" in worry over her crushes predicament. She suddenly was filled with determination and said to Tazuna, "Tazuna-san, I'm going to have to leave you for a moment…"

Tazuna thought for a few seconds before saying, "Go ahead!"

Sakura quickly rant towards the mirrors drawing a kunai and threw it into the mirrors towards Haku yelling, "Sasuke-kun!" What she hadn't counted on was Haku easily turning towards her and catching the Kunai. 'He blocked it!' she thought in surprise. (Of course he's gonna freakin block it! You're a hell of a lot slower than Sasuke and you announced your presence by screaming "Sasuke-kun!" What made you think he wouldn't see it coming and stop it?) However, her kunai proved to be a good distraction as Haku was only able to dodge a shurinken thrown from the opposite side at the last minute, toppling out of her mirrors and having a long scratch across her mask.

Kakashi and Zabuza looked surprised while Sakura asked to no one, "Who?"

A large smokebomb then went off blocking a portion of the bridge from view as Sasuke lay in the mirror dome thinking, 'That dobe… What a show-off' (He's not the only one…)

Haku thought to herself, "The number one most surprising ninja?' as she pushed herself up.

Then as the smoke cleared a short blond haired kid was revealed, wearing a "Kill Me" orange jumpuit, and yelling, "Uzumaki Naruto has finally arrived!!!"

Below the bridge, Shadow, Sakashi, Gouzu, and Meizu had been sitting and playing poker when they heard Naruto's shout. They all sweatdropped as Shadow said, "Jeeze it took him long enough to get here…" With that Shadow stands up as well as Sakashi and he says to the Gouzu and Meizu, "The battle's heating up… Sakashi and I will stay hidden and observe it in case we have to step in. You'd better come with us, but remember, you still can't fight thanks to the brain trauma…" They all then leave the boat and find a spot to observe the battle without being seen by the combatants.

Back at the bridge, Naruto's arrival was received with mixed emotions. Zabuza was annoyed and threw a few shurinken at Naruto, but these were intercepted by Haku as she threw her own barrage of senbon to stop his attack. This surprised all of the Konoha nin and Zabuza asked, "Haku, what are you doing?"

Haku's mind flashed back to the scene with Naruto in the forest before replying, "Zabuza-sama, this boy… Please let me fight him as well."

Zabuza stood in silence for a bit, but eventually said to her, "So you don't want any interference eh Haku? You're still as soft as always."

Sasuke took this time to survey his wounds before thinking to himself, 'Soft? He's right! Despite all the chances he's had he's only been aiming for non-vital parts of my body and seems to be more intent on slowing me down than anything.' He then looked around at the mirrors he was surrounded by before continuing his thoughts, 'I just can't understand this mirror technique. I know it's not just a simple bunshin so the mirrors must serve at least some purpose… Well… We might be able to figure this out with me on the inside while Naruto attacks from outside.'

Suddenly from right in front of him, Sasuke heard a certain loudmouth yell to Sasuke, "Hey Sasuke!!! I'm here to save you!!!"

Sasuke looked at him incredulously before yelling, "YOU IDIOT!!! If you would that pathetic excuse of a brain of yours then you would not to come in here!!! Now we're BOTH stuck in here DOBE!!!"

"What did you say teme!?!?!? I come to save you and this is the thanks I get!?!?!?" was Naruto oblivious reply.

Kakashi sweatdropped and thought to himself, 'Going to help someone without thinking and in turn making things worse... That's Naruto all right…'

While this was all going on, Haku had stepped back into her ice mirrors and had proceeded to once again take control of the fight. During a lull in the fighting, Sasuke took the opportunity to fly through a few a handseals before stopping on the tiger seal. 'Katon: Gokakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Style: Grand Fireball Technique)' he thought as he blew a massive fireball at a mirror. To his surprise the mirror stood there unharmed as Haku calmly looked out.

"You won't be able to melt these mirrors with a flame that weak." Haku replied from her mirror. She then continued her assault, before pausing and saying, "Trying to follow me with your eyes is impossible. At your level you'll never be able to catch me."

Naruto defiantly yelled out, "Screw you! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)" despite Sasuke's protests.

As the clones leapt towards the mirrors, Haku suddenly left her mirror again and eliminated all the clones in the space of less than a second. "I'm sorry, but this technique allows me to warp between mirrors almost instantly. To me you might as well be moving in slow motion!"

With that statement Kakashi finally understood and said aloud, "Of course… For any kid to master a jutsu like this as well as using an advanced element so easily… It's a Kekei Genkai isn't it?"

At his statement, Zabuza just laughed while Sakura asked, "What's that?"

When he heard this, Kakashi elaborated, "A Kekei Genkai or Advanced Bloodline is an ability passed on through a families lineage. Basically it's a jutsu that can only be used by your ancestors and someone of their decent. To give you an idea of their power, the Sharingan I use is the Kekei Genkai of the Uchiha clan."

Kakashi's explanation was cut short as he heard, "So what!?" from inside the mirrors. "I have a dream to fulfill and I won't die until I complete it!" Naruto yelled in defiance.

From their hiding spots Shadow and Sakashi looked on in surprise at the blond's words and determination. 'This one is different…' Shadow thought as Sakashi smiled softly at the blond's attitude.

Haku in turn looked into Naruto's eyes and thought, 'Dream…'

//Flashback: 8 years ago//

A 6 year old Haku sat alone in rags with a black collar around her neck. A broken chain hung from it as she watched a Zabuza dressed in Mist Jonin attire look back at her. The younger Zabuza says, "What an unfortunate child. A brat like you is hated and despised by all… You'll die without freedom, dreams, or even a sense of purpose."

He suddenly stopped as Haku smiles at him and says in a soft voice, "You have the same eyes as me…"

//Flashback: KAI//

Haku's thoughts returned to the present as she says, "Becoming a true shinobi is difficult for me… I don't want to kill you, but neither do I want you to kill me. Please don't hate me, but I will protect the person who is precious to me and work for their dreams." She then took on a serious look from behind her mask and said in a harder voice, "That is MY dream, and for that dream I can become a true shinobi and kill you!"

At that comment Sakura yells, "Sasuke-kun!!! Naruto!!! Don't lose to that guy!!!"

Kakashi however stops her and says, "Don't encourage them Sakura. They can't beat that boy even if they defeat his technique." He looks a little sadder and continues, "Because, they don't yet have the strength to destroy their own hearts and take another's life. That young man already know the pain of a true shinobi…"

Zabuza laughs a bit and says, "A real shinobi can't be created in such a peaceful village, because within that village your shinobi can't gain the most important thing! The experience of taking a life!"

Kakashi stands there for a while before saying, "The only way to win this fight is to beat Zabuza quickly!" He then brings his hands up to pull up his headband.

Zabuza chuckles and says, "The Sharingan eh? Is that the only thing you can do?" With that Zabuza takes a kunai and attempts to stab Kakashi in the eye as he lifts the headband. Kakashi is shocked at first but is able to clock it with his right hand. Zabuza then continues, "A shinobi's trump card shouldn't be shown to their opponents over and over!"

Kakashi replies, "You should feel honored. No one has seen my Sharingan twice, and there won't be anyone who's seen it a third time!"

Zabuza chuckles and says, "Even if you beat me, you can't win against Haku! Ever since she was a child I've tutored her in the skills of the shinobi. Even facing Jonin she has succeeded in what she has set out to accomplish without fear of death. Then there is her Kekei Genkai with which she has created a technique far surpassing my own power!"

"There's nothing more boring than listen to a man brag." Was Kakashi's reply as he finished lifting his headband revealing the Sharingan. "Let's fight already."

Unfortunately, the dramatics of this statement were overshadowed when Naruto suddenly yelled from within the mirrors, "WAIT A SECOND!!! You said SHE! Does that mean Sasuke and I are getting the crap beat out of us by a girl!?!?!?"

At this statement everyone but Naruto face-vaulted. The sheer absurdity of the comment during the situation was too much. Eventually Zabuza recovered and said, "Yes! Haku is a girl. I don't ever remember saying she was a boy…"

At this statement Sasuke and Naruto took on looks of disbelief at what they had just heard. So surprised were they that they failed to notice the flash of a camera as their faces were captured on film. Sakashi smiled and showed the picture to her brother and the Demon Brothers before whispering, another one for the scrap book."

When they heard this, Shadow and the brothers merely sweatdropped, before Shadow turned his attention back to the fights. "Pay attention, the fights look like they're about to heat up."

As this was going on, Zabuza turned back to Kakashi and said, "Oh yeah, before we begin, there was one more thing I've been dying to say since our last encounter. Something along the lines of this, 'The same trick won't work twice on me!'" With that Statement, a new wave of mist began to cover the battle of Zabuza and Kakashi.

Kakashi looked worried and thought to himself, 'This technique… It's so thick even Zabuza can't see through it!' As he thought this a barrage of shurinken was suddenly launched at him, which he barely repelled.

"That wasn't too bad Kakashi." Zabuza stated letting the mist up a little revealing his presence behind the copy nin. "But the next time you see me will end this."

When Kakashi looked behind him he saw to his shock that Zabuza's eyes were closed. "How?" he asked no one in particular as Zabuza faded back into the mist.

From within the mist he heard Zabuza say, "It's simple. You overrated your Sharingan! When we last fought you acted as if you knew the outcome of the battle, but that prediction was proven false. I also know for a fact from my battle with the other Sharingan user that you can't read minds either! You simply created a scenario where your opponent thinks you can! You're technique basically involves a combination of hypnotism and you're eyes ability to copy movements an jutsus. The first step is copying my movements in an attempt to break my concentration and mental state. Second, is anticipating and copying what I'm going to say breaking down my mental state even further. The next phase is casting a mild hypnosis with your eye and sending subliminal messages to me for what jutsu I should use and slowing my reactions down a bit. With that knowledge you are able to complete the jutsu even before me and thus create the illusion that you can read minds and see the future." Kakashi then hears a dark chuckle as Zabuza continues, "So the solution to beat the Sharingan is very simple. By creating such a thick mist you can't copy my movements and the keenness of your eye becomes useless, and by keeping my eyes closed I eliminate the chance of you hypnotizing me!"

Kakashi then asks, "But then you can't see either. What's the point?"

Zabuza then sounds a bit annoyed and says, "Have you really forgotten already? I practically re-invented the art of silent killing! I can hunt you down by simple sound!"

It is then that Kakashi begins to worry. 'Shit, calm down Kakashi. It's been a while since you've been in such a dangerous situation, now what would he do in a situation like this… DAMN!!!' He then rushes to where Sakura and Tazuna are standing and stand between them and the newly revealed Zabuza.

"TOO LATE!!!" Zabuza yells as he brings his zanbato down on Kakashi while Sakura screams.

//With Sasuke and Naruto//

'That was Sakura's voice!' Sasuke thought from within the ice prison. 'Damn, this is bad… I've gotta figure something out.. I think my eyes are adjusting finally…'

Haku looks at Sasuke with interest, 'He's beginning to dodge the strikes I make on his critical areas. It's like he's slowly getting used to my movements. It looks like he can actually see something…' then aloud to him he says, "It looks like you're starting to see. I'll have to end it in this next move."

'He's coming!!!' thought Sasuke a bit panicked. 'Calm down… Concentrate… And see through it!!!' he thought as his eyes began to change.

In the next instant he grabbed Naruto and quickly moved to the side avoiding Haku's strike. 'He dodged it!?' Haku thought surprised by Sasuke's improvement. 'Wait, those eyes… So he awakened his Sharingan eh? It doesn't look complete, but it's an accomplishment nonetheless' then aloud to Sasuke. "So you've finally awakened your Kekei Genkai. It looks like I'll have to end this now before you can fully use its abilities. After all, I'm too low on chakra for now to defeat you the way I defeated the Sharingan user from before. So I'll have to end this in the quickest way possible." Haku then turns to Naruto before yelling, "This will end it!!!" dashing out of the mirror towards Naruto.

Sasuke saw his movements as he leaves the mirror and thinks, 'He's aiming for Naruto?' He then focuses his Chakra and moves to intercept Haku. 'I can't let him! Please let me make it!!!'

//With Kakashi and Zabuza//

"Ugh…" Kakashi says as he diverts Zabuza's strike with a kunai ,but still leaving a shallow cut in his side.

"You were slow Kakashi…" Zabuza comments. "Did you let your need to protect the brats cloud your judgement? You'd best begin focusing if you don't want to join them where Haku is about to send him."

Sakura takes this opportunity to yell at Zabuza, "Sasuke-kun won't lose to that girl!!! Neither will Naruto!!!"

Kakashi then surprises her and Zabuza when he replies, "You're right." He then continues, "I believe in their strength. Naruto has a remarkable amount of determination and Sasuke is an offspring of the Uchiha clan."

At this Zabuza just laughs and says, "That isn't a valid reason to believe in the Uchiha brat. As Haku said before, she's already beaten a Sharingan user, and to tip you off, he was stronger than your Uchiha brat! There's no way he'll be able to defeat Haku's technique!" He then fades back into the mist and prepares to finish Kakashi off.

Kakashi then sprints out into the mist and begins to gather blood. As he's doing this he says, "You seem to think I've only survived in this world thanks to my Sharingan Zabuza. However, you're wrong about that. I'm a former ANBU captain. My skill isn't limited to copying. Let me show my own jutsu!"

//With Shadow, Sakashi, Gouzu, and Meizu//

"It looks like things are about finished eh Gouzu?" Meizu says to his older brother.

Gouzu smiles and replies, "Looks like it otouto. Haku-imouto is about to take down the Uchiha and Zabuza-sama is holding all the cards in his battle with Kakashi."

Shadow just looked intently at the battle, but before he could say anything Sakashi said, "I don't think this is over yet."

The Demon Brothers look at Sakashi surprised and ask, "Why is that?"

Shadow then answers for Sakashi and says, "There's something about that blond one. Something familiar, but I don't remember what it is?"

"I have that same feeling onii-chan…" Sakashi replies looking somewhat disturbed.

The Demon Brothers look at each other, not understanding what's happening between the brother-sister pair.

//With Sasuke, Naruto, and Haku//

Naruto woke up from just in time to see Haku laying on the ground outside her mirrors and Sasuke standing in front of him. As he's taking in the scene he hears Sasuke say, "Geeze, all you ever do is get in the way…"

Naruto says excitedly, "Sasuke!! You knocked him…" but his voice stops as he looks up and sees Sasuke's neck which had been impaled bay several senbon. He recovers enough to simply ask, "Why? I NEVER ASKED FOR YOUR HELP!!!"

Sasuke replied, "I don't know… My body just moved on its own dobe…" He then collapsed and continued, "My brother… I promised that I wouldn't die until I killed him… You better not die too… Dobe…" With that he closed his eyes and seemed almost at peace.

After Sasuke closes his eyes Haku stood up and says to Naruto, "He took the blows knowing it was a trap and landed a hit on me in the process… He was a shinobi who deserves respect."

She then melds into the ice mirrors again and is about to continue when he hears Naruto say, "Shut up…" It was quiet, almost inaudible, but behind those two soft words was a rage that made Haku pause. Naruto then stood up slowly his eyes looking down at Sasuke's body. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!" he yells, his voice full of bloodlust as he lifts his eyes.

Naruto's eyes themselves had lost their vibrant blue and been replaced by a deep read with black slits, the whisker like birthmarks had become bolder and his teeth and become pointed and jagged. All this gave him a feral appearance, but the worst part was the killing intent. The intent was so strong Haku was shaking in fear praying that she would survive the encounter with this beast. His chakra had become a vile red and began to spin off his body before reforming itself into the shape of demonic fox head.

'THIS CHAKRA!!!' Haku thought panicked. 'WHAT HAPPENED IT FEELS SO DARK AND VILE!!!' As she thought this she saw all the cuts she had given him instantly heal as the red chakra passed over them. 'REGENERATION!?!?!? WHAT IS THIS BOY!?!?!?'

//With Zabuza and Kakashi//

Deep in the mist, Zabuza and Kakashi both paused as they sensed the new Chakra. 'This Chakra! It must be Kyuubi's!!!' Kakashi thought panicked. He then calmed down and thought, 'It's not as strong as I remember, so the seal must still be intact. Still I better finish this quickly so I can check on Naruto…'

Elsewhere in the mist, Zabuza thought to himself, 'Something isn't right about this Chakra… Could it be Kakashi, no he's not strong enough to create chakra like this'

Kakashi in the meantime began taking out a scroll from a pouch in his vest and swiped his blood across it. As he did this he said to Zabuza, "I know this probably isn't you're style, but what do you say we skip any more foreplay and finish this battle right now?"

Zabuza just laughed and said, "That sounds interesting Kakashi. But what can you do in this situation? Why don't you show me!"

//With Haku and Naruto//

Haku watched as Naruto came charging at her. She flung a barrage at senbon at the blond in an attempt to slow him down, but with a loud roar the chakra created a shield and blocked her senbon. 'His Chakra deflected them!?!?!?' Haku thought as she transftered to the mirror at the top of the prison. She then charged in an attempt to stab him from above, but as she approached him Naruto slammed his fist into the ground and spun himself out of harm's way. 'I've got too get to a mirror!' Haku thought as she landed after missing the blow. However as she dashed towards the mirror, she felt Naruto grab her wrist and stop her from escaping. 'He caught me!' she thought as she felt the pressure building in her wrist. "Itai…" she said softly as his hand began to crush her wrist. As she said this she saw a wicked grin come across Naruto's face as he punched her in the face and sent her crashing through her one of her mirrors.

Naruto looked out and saw Haku beginning to stand up. He then charged at her in rage, intent on finishing her off. 'Zabuza-sama… I've failed you…' was Haku's only thought as Naruto charged towards her.

//With Shadow, Sakashi, and the Demon Brothers//

"W-WHAT IS THIS CHAKRA ONI-CHAN!?!?!?" Meizu asks Gouzu panickly.

"I-I DON'T KNOW EITHER!" Gouzu responds.

Shadow and Sakashi on the other hand have paled considerably and seem frozen in shock. Eventually Sakashi recovers enough to say, "Shadow-nii chan… This feeling isn't this the same as…"

Having finally recovered from the shock, Shadow replies, "Yeah… It's the same feeling that we got from Kappa!" He then looks at Gouzu and Meizu and says, "We're stepping in. Haku-chan and Zabuza can't beat something like this!"

His attention is diverted when he hears Sakashi yell, "SHADOW!" He turns his head just in time to see Haku get punched through one of her ice mirrors and Naruto charging after her.

"DAMN!!!" he yells as he and his sister try in vain to intercept the Yokai powered blond.

//With Naruto and Haku//

Naruto continued charging, intent at finishing Haku for killing Sasuke. He was about to smash a Kyuubi powered fist into her face to kill her when her mask falls off and he recognizes her. His fist stops just before it impacts and he says, "You're that girl from that time…"

When this happens Haku looks at him with dead eyes and asks him, "Why did you stop? I killed your friend, and yet you still don't have the strength to kill me?"

Naruto glanced back at Sasuke before yelling, "DAMN IT!!!" as he finished the punch. However the fox's Yokai had already receded weakening the blow dramatically.

Haku merely wiped her mouth and stood back up. She then said, "What happened to your intensity? There are other people who make this same mistake. Not killing their enemy because of pity and leaving them with just their lives." Haku then looks at him with her half-dead eyes and continues, "I see it in your eyes… You already know about the pain I'm describing…"

Naruto looks at her somewhat confused and asks, "What are you saying?"

Haku gives a fake smile and says to him, "Zabuza has no need for a weak shinobi, and by defeating me you've taken my reason for existing.

Naruto looks at her in disbelief, trembling a bit before yelling, "WHY!? Why for a guy like that? Why would someone who would kill an old man because a criminal wants him to be precious to you!?"

Haku just continues giving Naruto her sad smile and says to him, "He gave me a reason to live." When Naruto looked confused she continued, "I once had other people who were precious to me. They were my parents. I was born in a small snowy village in the Country of Mist. I was happy… My parents were very kind people, but when I got older I learned just how cruel the world really was."

Naruto looked at her and when she paused he asked her, "How cruel the world is?"

Haku in turn looked at her blood and responded, "That's when my father killed my mother and then tried to kill me… The country of mist has been in countless civil wars and during these wars bearers of Kekei Genkai came to be hated. Because of this we were hunted down though used as weapons in countless battles. In war we were tools and soldiers, but in peace we were scapegoats. When my father found out my mother carried a Kekei Genkai he killed her and then turned to finish me. In an act of desperation my bloodline activated and I wound up killing my own father…"

At this news Naruto looked shocked but before he could say anything Haku continued. "After I killed my father I finally found the most painful thing… The fact that I was in this world, but was unwanted by anyone…"

'It's the same as me…' Naruto thought in shock at this revelation.

Noticing his expression, Haku continued by saying, "You who have eyes like mine… You said you wanted to become the best ninja in your village and have everyone acknowledge you, but if someone acknowledged you from the bottom of their heart wouldn't you do anything for them?"

When Naruto heard this his memories immediately went to Iruka as Haku continued, "Zabuza was different from all the others… He accepted me for my bloodline and even took me in because of it." At this Haku began to tear up and said, "I was so happy!" With this Haku's memories of Zabuza began to flit through her mind before she said to Naruto, "Naruto-kun… Please… Kill me."

Before Naruto could respond however, Shadow and Sakashi appeared between her and Naruto. Shadow then looked back at her and said, "Haku-chan you better not have gone angsty and emo right then!"

Haku looked at Shadow surprised until Sakashi hugged her with tears in her eyes and said, "Yeah Haku-nee chan. Did you forget that Shadow-nii and me would be sad if you died!?"

Looking surprised, Haku turned to Shadow before he let his face fall into a sad smile and added, "You're like a sister to us Haku-chan. Sakashi and I have already lost enough people in our lives… We don't want to lose you as well."

For a while Haku is speechless, but soon tears well up in her eyes and she just nods. Shadow smiles, turns to Naruto, and says to him, "Sasuke isn't dead. Haku-chan put him into a near death trance like she did to Zabuza before.

Naruto looks surprised for a moment and then begins to smile and laugh a bit, but is cut short when the Demon Brothers run up next to them. "We've got a problem." Gouzu tells Shadow.

Shadow looks at him confused before Meizu elaborates, "Gato double-crossed us. He's got a boat full of mercenaries here and their talking about "killing a few tired ninjas and getting paid."

Surprise covers all the other's faces before anger settles on Haku and Shadow. "I see…" Shadow says through grit teeth. "If that's true then there's no reason to continue this fight. I guess I'll tell Zabuza and top the ba…" He stops short however as the fog where Kakashi and Zabuza are fighting begins to lift. His blood runs cold when he begins to hear a chirping noise, and as he looks into the fog seems to stare in shock.

Sakashi quickly snaps him out of it however when she says, "Shadow! This technique!"

Shadow nods and says, "I'll save Zabuza. Sakashi, you and Haku get ready for the mercenaries."

With that Shadow flashes through a few handseals before charging into the mist with his jutsu active, his visible eye focused on what was ahead of him. As he dashes through the dissipating mist he sees Kakashi with his hand encased in lightning. Shadow increases his own speed and moves to intercept the copy-nin.

//With Kakashi and Zabuza//

Thing were not looking good for the Demon of the Mist. Kakashi's dogs had pinned him down so that he couldn't move and to top it all off he had to listen to the copy-nin continued babble.

"…You needed money for revenge, and you also needed to avoid the hunter-nins. That's probably why you sold yourself to scum like Gato…" Kakashi continued as he lectured Zabuza. He then went through three handseals. After this lightning began to crackle and suddenly encased his right-hand.

'WHAT!?!?!? It's that technique!?' Zabuza thought as he saw the lightning pulse around Kakashi's hand.

Kakashi, attributing Zabuza's shock to seeing the jutsu for the first time continued, "You are too dangerous. You're trying to kill Tazuna-san and thus trying to eliminate an entire county's "courage." He seeks to build a bridge of hope for his people. Your ambition sacrifices too many people in the process! That isn't what a shinobi should do!"

Zabuza getting over the shock at seeing the jutsu eventually replied, "I don't give a damn… I fight for my own ideals and that won't change!!!"

Kakashi merely looks at him with the Sharingan before saying, "I'll ask you once more. Surrender!"

Zabuza looks straight into Kakashi's eyes a and simply says, "No."

With that, Kakashi begins to charge at Zabuza, his jutsu ripping through a part of the bridge as he charged. As he approaches Zabuza he yells out, "Raikiri (Lightning Blade)" but as he says that he realizes he isn't alone in calling the name of his technique.

Suddenly in front of him, Shadow appears with his own lightning covered hand and thrusts his hand forward catching Kakashi's technique with his own. Kakashi is so shocked by this turn of events that he doesn't react in time as Shadow kicks him away from Zabuza, and recovers his footing a short distance away. The biggest shock to him however was when he looked into Shadow's visible eye and saw it was red with three black tomoes visible. 'SHARINGAN!?!?!?' Kakashi thinks not believing what he's seeing right in front of him.

"There's no longer a reason to fight Kakshi-san, Zabuza." Shadow says when he's sure Kakashi isn't going to charge again. Then smiling at Kakashi's expression he continues, "Gato's double-crossed us. He's got an army of thugs and mercenaries ready to take us out at the end of the bridge."

As soon as he says this the shinobi on the bridge hear a haughty voice saying, "I do so hate when someone spoils the surprise." The shinobi then turn to see Gato standing in front of what seemed like an army of mercenaries.

"So you did betray me…" Zabuza says with his voice full of malice. Then to Kakashi he says, "There's no longer a reason for us to fight Kakashi. Call off you're dogs, I have no reason to kill the bridge builder now."

Kakashi nods before letting his nin-dogs disappear. He then turns his attention back to Shadow and asks him, "Why do you have the Sharingan?"

Shadow looks at Kakashi annoyed and replied, "Not the best time. We can talk later."

Kakashi nodded and turns his attention to Sakashi, Haku, and Naruto as they come to join him. To his surprise he sees that both of Sakashi's eyes are spinning with two fully developed Sharingan just like her brother's.'Two new Sharingan users in the same day… The council is gonna pitch a fit when they hear about this' He justshakes his head before asking, "So… Any ideas? I'm almost out of Chakra…"

Sakashi merely smiled and replies, "My brother and I will kill Gato and use some big jutsus to scare them off."

Kakshi sweatdrops at the announcement, a bit skeptical of their abilities, and asks her in a joking manner, "So when do you want to start?"

Shadow smirked as he pointed two fingers towards Gato and said, "Now! Raiton: Dangan no Ikazuchi! (Lightning Style: Thunder Shot)" As he yelled out his technique Electricity built up on his fingers and suddenly shot off in a bolt of lightning striking Gato in the heart. The small crime lord didn't even get to yell out as his heart stopped and he hit the ground dead.

The mercenaries stood there in shock that their meal ticket had been killed so quickly, while Zabuza looked a bit disappointed about this and said, "I was hoping to have my shot at him for betraying us…"

He was broken out of these thoughts when Sakashi flashed through a series of handseals coming to a stop on the tiger seal and yelling out, "Katon: Karyu Endan! (Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet)" She then breathes out a large dragon made of fire which burns through a good 20 of the mercenary ranks.

With their sudden drop in number some of the mercenaries begin to look worried. However, that worry is multiplied tenfold when an arrow suddenly lands in front of them and they see the people of wave standing at the other end of the bridge. "If you take one more step the citizens of this country will stop you with everything we've got!" Inari declares from the front of the crowd. With that the mercenaries shriek and scramble for the boats in an attempt to escape, and the civilians of wave cheer in celebration at the end of Gato's reign.

Kakashi pulls his headband down and gives his signature eye-smile before turning to Sakashi and Shadow and stating, "Now that this crisis is over, do you two mind telling me why you two have the Sharingan?"

Shadow just grimaced at Sakashi before saying, "I knew we'd get discovered sooner or later. Let's go back to Tazuna's house and we'll explain there."

Kakashi thought it over for a bit before nodding and the two groups of shinobi headed back to the bridge builders house.

Well that's it for the first chapter of Naruto: The Sibling Stars. This is my first fan fiction so reviews would really be appreciated. Thanks for reading it and I can't wait to read your reviews!