A/N: Ahem, Ah, Um, Eh? How to begin? Welcome! Eh whatever.

Keep in mind that this is an AU fic so there are events that are bond to be different than the original

Disclaimer:

-I do not own Naruto

-This is not beta'ed as I do not have one

-Fic is an AU

-Enjoy V(^_^)V

Chapter 1: Wave Country

Red

All he can see was red, his rage clouded his head, and his blood boils. In his arms was Sasuke, dead, as the Uchiha was made into a pincushion out from their opponents' sinbon, an attack that was originally meant for Naruto.

"Is this the first time you have lost someone?" Came the masked nin.

Naruto didn't answer, his anger was too strong for him to listen, his eyes blazed into crimson red and his pupils slit.

With a swift move, the masked nin was sent skidding to the ground. Naruto had delivered a strong punched into him, his KI pulsed out.

Kakashi and Zabuza halted their fight as they felt a disturbing killing intent.

"This sensation… Damn it! It's the Kyuubi! Has the seal weaken?" Thought the copy ninja, glancing back at his opponent, he also noted Zabuza looking at the direction where the killing intent was pulsing out with a hint of concern?

"I believed I need to finish our fight right now Zabuza" Kakashi ignored Zabuza's surprisingly emotions as he busy himself in summoning his pack, thoughts on Naruto.

The Hyoton user hid himself behind his mirror; breathe shaking from the killing intent of the blond ninja.

"Where is this power coming from" He was snapped out as Naruto slam a strong fist onto his mirror, making the masked nin exit from the now shattered thing, without beating a breathe he was again attacked from his stomach, breath leaving out his lungs.

Naruto was about to deliver a finishing blow when suddenly the masked nin's masked slowly cracked and fell to the ground reviling a familiar looking face.

"H-Haku?"

Said Haku was looking haggard, his mouth dripping out blood and eyes are at him with fear written into his face for a moment before reverting into his deadpan look.

"W-why did you stop? Are you not angry that I have killed your friend?" Naruto stole a glance back at Sasuke's still form before reverting his eyes back to the boy.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you with Zabuza!? Why are you doing Gato's dirty work!?" He demanded.

"Because Zabuza-san is my precious person, he was the one who saved me and for that I have made myself a tool for him to use" For a moment a memory flashes through Naruto back at their first encounter.

"Do you have someone precious to you? Do you have someone willingly wanted to protect?"

Naruto was disgusted at what came from Haku's mouth, but he can also see the familiar look in his eyes. Loneliness, the same way he had felt back when he was alone in the village until Jiji, the Ichiraku's, Iruka-sensei and team seven came.

"Don't talk like that! You are not a tool! You don't have to do what you don't want to! You are a person!" Shouted Naruto, his killing intent pulsing a little.

"Perhaps… but this might be my last thing to do as Zabuza-san's tool" Haku glance at the direction where Kakashi and Zabuza where at. Naruto with his eyes still blazing red could make out a figure of Zabuza immobilized by Kakashi's summon dogs. Kakashi himself was readying the final blow, a lighting attack, a technique he created Raiton: Raikiri.

"This is your end Demon of the mist" Kakashi quickly run towards Zabuza, starting his assault, he was about to pin his attack on Zabuza when suddenly a mirror-like ice came into his field of vision and came out Haku.

"Shit I can't stop!" Kakashi cursed, it felt like slow motion, his momentum not slowing and his thrust out arm closing into the young boy's chest.

"Uzumaki Fuin: Gravity pull!" A shout was heard as the ground beneath the three ninja's glow into light, a large orange swirling symbol appeared and Kakashi, his ninkins and the two rogue ninjas feel into the floor.

Kakashi's raikiri left his hand, as did Haku's Hyoton mirror broke and Zabuza's mist cancelling out.

The fog slowly dispersed, Sakura and Tazuna's figures where now visible near the side of the bridge, Sasuke's motionless body was also seen next to Naruto whose both hands on the ground chakra ink and unfamiliar writings was on the ground from his open palms towards the three ninjas on the floor.

"W-what's-"Sakura's voice cut as he saw Sasuke's body lying next to Naruto, gasping out she immediately ran to them, Tazuna following closed.

Kakashi, still on the floor tried to get up but to no avail, his whole body was heavy.

"Tsk…Damn Hatake, not only did you have an Uchiha with you, you also have an Uzumaki" grumbled the demon mist, this earn a slight widening eyes of Haku and a loud gasped from Tazuna, apparently Zabuza was loud enough for him to be heard from the others.

"A-an Uzumaki, the real thing!?" Tazuna said in shock, his gazed moving to Naruto, who was still on the ground.

The blond then stood, he stole a glance at Sasuke, who happened to be now awake. It looks like Haku just placed his sinbon on a pressure point to leave the Uchiha unconscious and was now looking up at him, brows knitted closer in confusion along with Sakura who was holding the Uchiha in her arms.

Giving them a grim smile, he walks towards where his sensei was.

"Sorry sensei, you were about to kill Haku" He said to Kakashi as he kneel down undoing the technique from his sensei.

"Maa…Maa…It's alright, but I do want to know why you stopped me from doing so? You do know there are our enemy?" Looking back at the two rogue ninjas, Naruto offered a comforting smile to Haku before turning to Zabuza.

"You've felt the chakra that I unleashed earlier right?" Zabuza narrowed his eyes at him but nodded.

"Then you know I am the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki" Haku gasped but Zabuza nodded again. Kakashi was growing concerned, Naruto was revealing a village secrete from outsiders.

"There are advantages in becoming a Jinchuuriki; one is having an ability of a specific Biju. As I hold the Kyuubi no Yuno a being of hatred grants me the ability to sense emotions"

"So?" Zabuza spat out.

"When I was unconsciously beating Haku into a pulp, I can sense your strong emotion for Haku. Concern"

This was the first time Kakashi was hearing this. Before his team was placed under him, the Hokage had him individual review each of the kids' ability and lifestyle. Naruto, whose his most familiar with (since he was one of the ANBU guarding him as a child) believed that he knew all the child's ability, a dead-last of the class that makes up with his determination not to lose and his unpredictable ability to win a fight, besides his rivalry fight with Sasuke that is. But of course Kakashi thinks Naruto is much stronger, even for the rookie of the year in his class if only he was not handicapped.

But if an ability such is true then; this could be a great asset to the village.

"You're predicting falsely Uzumaki! You were clouded with rage! And no way you are able to sense emotion" Kakashi would like to think so too, but the look he saw back with how Naruto was realising a large killing intent was no vision of his.

"Then, I am wrong to assume that Gato's by the end of the bridge gathering with a large bandit realising a foul emotion of hate and murder right now"

Kakashi and the others then looked at the end of the bridge and true to what Naruto said; Gato was there along with a handful of bandits.

"I was right, you couldn't defeat them at all" The midget snarls at Zabuza.

"What are you doing here?" The Demon mist demanded, moving his head towards the large crowd, Naruto hadn't yet undone his technique at him and at Haku.

"Hm, I was planning on killing you after you kill them, saves me the money in paying you. But it seems like you were defeated by a bunch of brats, oh look even the lady-boy is still breathing, I'll enjoy watching you being killed after what you did to my arm" Gato click his tongue in disgust.

It seems that Naruto was right, growling, Zabuza stole a glance at the blond who was slowly boiling out anger.

"Uzumaki, you said you can read emotions right?" This snapped Naruto from his rage.

"Yeah"

"What am I feeling now?" Naruto blink at the sudden request, but focuses on the Demon mist's emotions.

"Anger… Anger for berating Haku" The demon mist barked a loud laugh, making Sakura shivered.

"It seems like this ability of yours are accurate. Now, I can tell that you and your team are fresh out of the academy, undid this technique of yours and let me save you the trouble in killing these men" Naruto's eyes widen in shock, he can sense that he was telling the truth and didn't hesitate in undoing the technique.

Once out, along with Haku. Zabuza turned to Haku, he caress his check "Guess I couldn't hide long from you huh?" he said before grabbing a kunai lying on the ground and stood up to face the bandits.

"Hatake, I assume you are still capable in wiping them? Or has the great copy ninja rusted out?" Kakashi chuckle at the tease, before pushing his student behind him.

"Don't underestimate the ninja of Konoha"

After Zabuza and Kakashi started attacking the bandit, Inari and the citizen of the wave country came into help stand for their village, making the two jounins' finish faster and later found team 7 and the two rogue ninjas back in Tazuna's house.

Everyone was gathered in the living room, Sasuke and Haku were being treated by Sakura and Tsunami. Everyone was silent, questions were running through their heads, especial from Sasuke and Sakura but finally Sakura spoke.

"Sensei, is their really an Uzumaki clan?" Kakashi sigh, he closes the book that he was reading and focus on Sakura, he knew they'd asked and was just waiting on when, he was about to explain it to Sakura when Zabuza bitted him.

"You don't know about them? And here I thought Konoha has a large clan of Uzumaki living in the village since they are in a great long time alliance with them" Zabuza was right, aren't they supposed to know about Uzushiogakure back in their academy? Is it just Sakura didn't pay attention during the discussion or the teachers didn't include them in the curriculum. Kakashi shook his head, the former would be absorb since the pinky was a book worm, the latter is a possible since most of the teachers hated Naruto besides Iruka, but the Hokage should knew of this, I mean Uzu and Konoha are sister village, heck the first and the fourth's wives are from Uzu. Could there be a possibility that someone was refining the academy curriculum behind the Hokage's back?

"This was not discussed back in the academy?" The silver haired jounin asked, Sakura shook her head conforming Kakashi's theory.

"The Uzumaki clan are a distant relative to the Senju and one of the three forefathers' clan in forming Konohagakure no Sato. Uzumaki Mito, the First Hokage's wife was of the clan. They lived in Uzu no Kuni the village hidden in Whirling tides, said clan are famous and feared from their unique sealing art, that lead Iwa, Kumo and Kiri banding together in attacking the village during the middle of the great third ninja war. Of course for such a small village they manage to defeat half of the three great nations gathered shinobi before aid of Konoha came to help, that's how strong they are. The Uzumaki symbol is embroidered at the back of each Jounin and Chuunin's vests a sign of a long alliance and as sister villages" Kakashi said, pointing a finger at the swirling red at the back of his vest, this shock Sasuke.

"A clan like the Uchiha?" Kakashi nodded the raven look at Naruto who was smiling sheepishly in the corner.

"You know?" Sakura asked.

"Well yeah, I guess? I mean, I did grow up at Uzu before I moved to live in Konoha" He scratches the back of his head.

"WHAT!?" Shouted Sakura and Sasuke, although the Uchiha was a little subtle.

"I thought Uzumaki have red hair?" Tsunami asked, while her father nodded in wonderment "And is it true that they have longer lifespan?"

"Umh… Yeah mostly, I'm not really a full fledge Uzumaki. I got my blond looks from my father a shinobi from Konoha. And yes they do live that long… Really I don't want to talk about it" Naruto said seemingly wanting to end the conversation as he moves his attention at the two rogue ninjas.

"So, what are you guys going to do now?"

"Probably terrorize another place, find another gold digger for us to have money" Was Zabuza's only answer.

"Wa- Seriously!? After I save your butts from the midget!" Naruto stood on his feet with a clinched fist in front of him.

"We didn't ask for any help, besides I'm pretty sure we could have taken care of them on our own"

"Why you-" Kakashi managed to grab his blond student's arm dragging him back down next to his side, before he could jump at the rogue nin.

"Naruto calm down"

"Calm down!? Kaka-sensei he-"This time Kakashi covered his mouth with his hand, Naruto tried to wiggle away from his sensei but to no avail, he's a Jounin for goodness sake.

"Tell me Zabuza, you said you wanted money, what do you need it for?" Kakashi asked.

Zabuza narrowed his eyes on the Cyclops ninja "and why should I tell you? What do I gain from telling anything?"

"Perhaps a bargain from my student saving you from me?" Kakashi said casually, Naruto by now had stopped struggling and was now listening to their conversation.

"Zabuza-san, we should tell them" Haku's voice was heard from the corner where Tsunami was still treating his wound.

"Are you crazy? They are foreign ninja-"

"And yet Naruto saved me from Kakashi-san's hands and he is a ninja of another village. You said for yourself that his sensing ability are accurate and for that I will believe him that you have concern for my will being, thus for my sake please if not for Konoha then for me" Zabuza was silent, cursing mentally at the blond for having such ability and here he thought he'd die burying his human feelings with him, but then again he'd do anything for Haku, second for his own village.

Sighing to himself, he gave Haku a stern but defeated look which didn't go unnoticed by the copy ninja So much for a Demon

"I'm raising money for another rebellion attack back in Kiri"

"What? What happened in Kirigakure?" This time Sakura asked, finally digesting the information that her sensei had given them about Uzu.

"Currently Kiri is under civil war, most of its shinobi have been rebelling against their Kage" Kakashi answered her.

"Isn't that conceder treason?" Sasuke asked in his usual brooding tone.

"It is most likely, but what would you do if your own Kage sent out an order to kill all clan with bloodline limit?" Zabuza said. Sasuke's eyes widen before they went back to normal, dark memory flashes his eyes, memory of his traitor of a brother.

"Hokage-jiji would never do such a thing!" Naruto, whose mouth was finally free berated.

"It was only an assumption you brat!"

"The bloody Mizukage of the Mist, Yondaime Yagura" Kakashi said.

"Hm, I've heard of the crisis, before Gato we shelter some few refugees from Kiri; I never knew it's still going?" Tazuna said.

"It does, that's why I need money. I want to end his reign sooner than later. I want a better home for Haku rather than always on the run" He give Haku a side glance, before having interest with the floor.

"Then you don't have to worry, the town's people just recently scavenged Gato's layer and found mountains of gold. I'm pretty sure majority of them would like to give you some, seeing as most of them saw you fighting off those bandits" Tazuna informed swinging a battle of sake, Tsunami besides him now giving him a sincere smile.

Zabuza couldn't say anything, he was beyond words. How could they just say such things when he had tried killing the old man before?

As if reading his own thoughts, Tazuna give him a smirk "You wanted a better home for Haku right? Then accept the offer"

Zabuza didn't waste anymore, he bowed his head on the floor, tears flowing down from his eyes "T-Thank you very much"

Naruto could only smile at the sight.