An Extra Edge

Welcome to An Extra Edge. This is pretty much an AU starting at the end of the Land of Waves arc. Naruto will go through his adventures and missions with a neat weapon. Details will be revealed within.

Legal Stuff: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters. Just my fics and ocs.

Naruto looked at Zabuza as he lay next to Haku, dieing.

"Boy," Zabuza said. "Your name's Naruto, right?"

"Uh, yeah," Naruto said, looking at the dieing swordsman.

"Come here," Zabuza said.

Naruto went over and knelt by Zabuza's side. "What is it?"

"My sword, the Kubikiri Hocho, I want you to have it," Zabuza said.

"Why?" Naruto asked, confused.

"I can't shake this feeling that it belongs with you," Zabuza said.

"How am I supposed to carry it?" Naruto asked, looking at the sword. "It's taller and heavier than I am."

"You can unscrew the hilt off to make it compact to a fourth of its length, and carrying it will be good strength training," Zabuza said. "Please, take the sword. It belongs with you; that much I know."

Naruto nodded. "Alright. I'll take it."

Zabuza nodded. "Thank you." As those words left his mouth, Zabuza left this world, his eyes still staring out, cold and lifeless.

Naruto's face took its determined expression as he reached out and closed Zabuza's eyes. "Zabuza, I swear to you, I'll learn to wield that sword, and I'll do it with pride," he vowed as he stood and walked over to the Kubikiri, unscrewing its hilt from it. Sure enough, the blade compacted to a fourth of its length. "Now the hard part," he muttered as he went to lift the blade, expecting it to be too heavy, instead, it was as light as if it were made of wood. "Whoa!" he exclaimed. "This thing feels so light!"

"Amazing!" Sakura said as Kakashi helped Naruto strap it to his back. Naruto then put the hilt in his pack.

"Hey, Sakura-chan, you gotta admit, this sword looks pretty cool, huh?" Naruto asked his crush.

"I guess it's kinda cool," Sakura said.

"Cha! He might actually be cooler than Sasuke!" Inner Sakura screamed.

"Hey! Now that Gato's dead, who's gonna pay us?" one of Gato's thugs asked.

"I guess we'll just take whatever valuables are in town," another thug said, making Naruto frown.

"You're not getting our stuff!" Inari yelled, backed by the people.

Naruto grinned and crossed his index and middle fingers. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he exclaimed, a large number of Shadow Clones appearing around him in a huge puff of smoke.

"Well, I may have enough chakra left to help out," Kakashi said, making the same hand sign, creating a large number of Shadow Clones. "Still want to fight?" he and his clones asked together.

The new man power made the thugs flee in terror.

"Yeah! We did it!" Naruto yelled as he and Kakashi dispelled the Shadow Clones.

"Come on guys," Kakashi said, covering his Sharingan. "Our mission is complete. Let's get back to the village."

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Meanwhile, in the Village Hidden in the Mist, the Demon Brothers, Gozu and Mezu, were brought before the Mizukage, who regarded them with a cold look.

"The Demon Brothers, Gozu and Mezu, you became rouge ninja along side Zabuza Momochi after he failed to assassinate my predecessor, the Fourth Mizukage. And were recently apprehended by the copy ninja, Kakashi Hatake. Am I correct?" she asked.

"Yes, you are," Gozu said.

"As traitors, you are sentenced to death, to be carried out immediately," Lady Mizukage said.

"Where would be the fun in simply executing them?" a girl in the shadows asked.

"What do you mean, Lan Fan?" Lady Mizukage asked.

"I think she wants us to kill them," a boy next Lan Fan said.

"Is that so, Fu?" Lady Mizukage asked.

"Lady Mizukage, you should have a bit more confidence in us," a third boy, hunched over between Fu and Lan Fan said. "We're more talented than we look, though we are genin."

"You really want to, Ling?" Lady Mizukage asked.

"I'd like to give them a fighting chance," Ling said. "Give them their weapons and let them fight Lan Fan, Fu, and myself."

"Very well," Lady Mizukage said as Gozu and Mezu had their weapons returned.

The moment they did, they went at the Mizukage.

"I don't think so," Fu said as several white spiders dropped onto the Brothers' chain and blew up, separating the brothers.

"You have to go through us," Lan Fan said, throwing a senbon into Gozu's brain stem, killing him instantly.

"I'll still kill the Mizukage!" Gozu yelled as Ling appeared between him and the Mizukage. "Outta the way, kid!" he yelled, his poisoned claws stopping just short of Ling's veiled face, a large, mechanical stinger in his shoulder, coming from under Ling's cloak.

"You are a fool," Ling said, pushing him away.

"You little brat!" Mezu yelled, trying to stand but felt dizzy. "What the hell?"

"Don't do anything to him," Ling said to the ANBU. "I'll just let the poison take its course."

"Poison?" Gozu gasped.

"Your suffering will be unimaginable, but it will be over in less than 20 minutes," Ling said in a voice much deeper than a guy his age should have.

"You three are good," Lady Mizukage said. "May."

"Yes, Lady Mizukage?" an old woman asked, emerging from the shadows.

"I want your students here registered for the Chunin Exams," Lady Mizukage said.

"Awesome! We're going to the Chunin Exams!" Fu said happily as a messenger appeared in front of Ling, whispering a message in his ear before leaving.

"What is it, Ling?" Lady Mizukage asked.

"It seems that Zabuza has perished, and his sword has fallen into the hands of a Leaf Shinobi, named Naruto Uzumaki," Ling said.

"He's in trouble then, if Ling decides to try taking the sword from him," Fu said as Ling pondered what the future would hold.

"If he beat Zabuza, then this kid must really be something," Lan Fan said, daydreaming about a big strong guy.

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Over in the Leaf, Naruto had just finished a bowl of Ichiraku ramen and was about to ask for another when he sneezed.

"You feeling okay, Naruto?" Ayame asked.

"Yeah, probably someone talking about me somewhere," Naruto said. "Another bowl please!"

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I apologize for the short first chapter, but there will be more action in the following chapters. I bid you all a most respectful farewell.