First I would like to say I don't own Naruto

Bold- Summons, Kyubi anything to do with his speech.

Italic- thoughts and flash backs

Bold Italic- Kyubi thoughts and flash backs

Now to the story.

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The newly unmasked ninja her voice full of pain, said, "I am useless as Zabuza's tool! Naruto… Please…" She paused to meet the blond boy's eyes. "Kill me."

Naruto stared at her in disbelief for a moment. How can she say that so calmly? How can she want to die? He stumbled back in surprise.

"Why do you hesitate?" Haku demanded, taking a step forward to close the gap again. "I thought you wanted to be a great ninja?"

Naruto shook his head. "How can you say that? Do you really believe that's all there is to it?" he yelled. "Fighting and killing until there's only one person left standing?" His voice softened a bit. "There's a lot more to being shinobi than that. There are more ways of showing your strength than beating someone in battle."

Haku felt her lip twitch into the start of a sad smile. "I've had this feeling ever since we met in the woods… That you and I, we're a lot alike. Maybe in another live we could have been friends…. maybe even more" She paused with a sad smile "You know what it is I'm talking about. I'm only sorry that it is you that will have to stain your hands with my unworthy blood."

Naruto gritted his teeth. "This… This is the only way…?"

"Yes!" Haku insisted.

"You've lost your dreams… and ask me to kill you!" Naruto bowed his head. "The both of us are caught in this… as shinobi…" "The weird thing is that your right if we'd met under different circumstances, we probably would have been friends…" Naruto said out loud, to receive a small nod of agreement from the girl.

Pulling a kunai from the holster on his leg, Naruto started forward towards the girl, raising his arm as if for a single slash across the throat.

Haku watched him, feeling oddly content. "He will become strong. Naruto, fulfil your own dreams! Protect those that are precious to you."

The blond drew close. "You think I can kill you Haku, but you don't understand! I won't kill you, not for that man! If I hit you with the flat of the kunai, I can knock you out! That should be enough!" He began to swing his arm down-

"Your future is death!" was heard across the bridge.

Haku's head snapped up as the words were carried to her. "Zabuza!" "Sorry Naruto, change of plan!" Haku yelled, catching the arm and whirling the unsuspecting boy around. "I'm not ready to die quite yet!" She quickly began forming seals with one hand. "I have been foolish! How can I ask for a merciful death, when Zabuza-sama still needs me? My last breath belongs to him!"

There was a swirl of mist as Haku disappeared- releasing Naruto from the hold she had had on his arm. Naruto stumbled and stared dumbstruck at the spot where Haku had been seconds before. "Where…!"

Suddenly, he felt his body shudder. It felt as if all his energy had suddenly disappeared. "What's happening?" Naruto wondered. "Whatever, it's used up almost all my chakra! And I still have to find Haku!"

To his surprise the fog was lifting. He glanced down the bridge and saw-

His breath stuck in his throat. Kakashi and Zabuza were stood staring each other down. Between them stood the blood-drenched body of Haku, Kakashi-sensei's hand punched through her chest. "She jumped in to save Zabuza!" Naruto realized.

"I never realized what a useful thing I had picked up that time!" Zabuza was saying, while hefting his sword back.

"He intends to cut through Haku and Kakashi-sensei both!"

"HAKU!" Naruto screamed, watching as Zabuza's blade swept down.

At the last second, Kakashi jumped out the way, taking Haku's body with him. Dropping to his knees he laid the girl out on the floor carefully. Quickly, Naruto ran over to them both and dropped to his knees. The girl was spitting up blood, and there was a gaping hole right through his lung. "Haku…" Naruto murmured. He turned to look at his sensei, who had a sad look on his face. "Is she going to live?"

Kakashi looked away from the blonde's anxious face. "Stay here Naruto. This fight is between me and Zabuza." He stood up and walked past the blond, though a hand fell on Naruto's shoulder for a second and squeezed in what was supposed to be a comforting gesture.

Naruto turned his gaze on the girl, who looked up at him with happy eyes. "Naruto…"

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, running over with Tazuna in tow. "You're alright! I'm glad. Is Sasuke with you?"

Naruto's face dropped and he yanked his gaze away from her eager one. "Naruto…" he heard her whisper, as if in question, or perhaps realization. He heard her run away down the bridge.

Haku looked up at the blond, whose face was fixed on the ground. "I'm… sorry…"

Naruto turned his gaze onto the girl. "Hey, you ought to be preservin' your strength! Don't talk right now!" He grabbed one of Haku's hands.

The black hair girl smiled, even as a sudden wailing cry rose up. It sounded as if Sakura had found Sasuke. Naruto closed his eyes for a second, trying to push back the tears.

"You'll see…" Haku said, her voice barely a whisper. Naruto opened his eyes to look at her again. "Naruto-kun… Know that I died… fulfilling my purpose. It was… a… honor…" The girl trailed off.

Around Naruto things slowed to a stop; the hand he held was cold. "Haku-chan…" he murmured as the girl's eyes slid shut and her chest stopped rising.

"HAKU!" he yelled. Red fire flew over his hands, bathing Haku's body in its glow.

Time for Naruto seemed to stop and go black. "Do you wish to save her kit?" Naruto's vision returned and he found himself before a huge iron gate with a piece of paper holding it shut. The word seal written on it. Looking further into the cage he could see two crimson eyes. "I can save her, but for this to work, I need you to accept my power and become a demon, I will give the same power to the girl. She will become a demon just like you. The wound, that is now killing her, would become no more fatal then a paper cut. But doing this will also make her your mate"

"When we become demons, what will happen to us?" worry etched on his features.

Kyubi smiled down on his jailer. "You are worried that you will become what I was. Fear not, not all demons are bloodthirsty killers, some are even protectors. But to answer your question, you will heal at an incredible rate and live for a very long time. It is up to you what you do with the power."

Naruto's eyes shined with a new blaze. "I accept."

Kyubi replied "Now you need to cover the seal with your blood, then mix blood and chakra with Haku. Blood and chakra must be able to flow between the both of you. When this is done, push my chakra into both her and the seal. I warn you, this will be painful but do not pass out. If you do before I'm done, we all die. Now go, time is of the essence."

He quickly channeled his chakra, but was having some trouble in channeling Kyubi's. As the three chakras and blood mixed, a blue light surround both my and Haku.

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Else where on the bridge.

Gatou appears on the bridge with a small army of thugs with him.

"So, the demon of the mist was defeated? You're nothing but a little puppy devil. Luckily, I was never going to pay you. See, missing Nin are so much easier than Ninja from villages to hire because after a missing Nin is done, you just have to kill them while they're weak. Double pay to the man that brings me Zabuza's head. haha" laught Gatou

With a quick look at each other, Zabuza and Kakashi nod

"Kakashi, I see no reason to fight you now but I still haven't killed anything yet. Say, first one to kill more of Gatou's men wins?" it's at this point everyone stops. Not because of what Zabuza said, but because they can feel the chakra that was coming off Naruto at this time, it was so powerful and put off so much presser it drove mine to their knees. They look over to see the blue, red, and white lights spinning around the two teens.

"What is this chakra. It's as powerful as the Kyubi's, but it doesn't feel evil and doesn't have any killer intent" wondered the copy-nin.

"What is this power" But before he could thank farther.

"Kill them all now!" yelled Gatou.

Before any could move a pulse wave blow pass them stopping them. They all turn to see Naruto standing up from where his was, but he looked different his hair was now pitch black, his eyes were red with slit in them, and his nail were now claws. But what caught Kakashi attention was the sword resting on the boy's shoulder; it was beautiful, the sword was completely black with sliver fittings. They were broke from the stupor by a voice that sounded as if it had all the power and command of the gods.

"Gatou, you have made the people of this land suffer and killed many so that you can get your greedy little hands on more money." Everyone just listened, the very presents of the boy was terrifying. "For your crimes a just this land and the a tempt on the lives of my team I sentence you to." He blur out of sight and reappeared behind Gatou with his sword threw the man's hart. "DEATH." Before anyone knew what had happen Naruto stood beside Kakashi and Zabuza.

"What was happen to you Naruto" were Kakashi's thought.

"What is this kid, I've never seen anyone move that fast." Zabuza thought as he eyed the boy.

"I feel so powerful. Kyubi what did you" Naruto asked in wonder of his new power.

"I didn't do anything, I don't know what's go on." "What happen here, there's no way this is from me and that sword, what is it. It holds some much power. The only thing to have anything like that are the…" Kyubi's eyes widen as it dawned on him the only thing the boy could be. "No fucking way, he can't be. No human holds that power."

"Hey you killed our meal ticket, I say we kill them and rob the town." Shouted one of the stupider bandits, with the others cheering his brilliants.

"Bring it on." Naruto want to ready himself, but felt weak. He fell to his knees as his body changed back, though his hair remained black.

"Well Kakashi it looks like it's up to us." Shout Zabuza as he ran in to battle followed by Kakashi. Kakashi and Zabuza cut down the men like they were dogs, beheading and delimbing all the merc.

Zabuza looking over the bodies said "looks like I win Kakashi haha."

"Maybe, but not by much. So what are you going to do now."

Zabuza was about to answer when it realized he had lost the only person he thought of as family. With her gone what would he do keep running and try to make some money working for more lowlife's. He really didn't know what to do. That is till he heard coughing coming from where he knew Haku laid, he ran over to her to see she was all right the wound was gone. "SHE OK, but how." He looked around till his eyes landed on the boy he knew was at Haku side earlier. "The boy, was he the one that save her. The kid most be one hell of a medic or something."

Kakashi stood there trying to thank what would have happened. "What's going on here. Did Naruto heal her and why is his hair black. But more important where did he get that sword and how could he heal her, he doesn't know medic jutsu. Guess I'll have to ask him when he wakes up." Zabuza cut him out of his thought.

"Kakashi I don't know how but your brat healed Haku, but sends she is alive, do you thank your Hokage would let us join your village. I'm so tired of running and I want Haku to have a normal life."

"I don't know, but I thank he would allow it. I'll send a message to fine out. But I need to check on my students first." The one eyed nin said as he walked over to his other students. Only to stop as he saw Sasuke laying die on the ground with Sakura crying on his chest. "NO! not again, No I couldn't have failed again!" With tears in his eye. Then a dry low voice catch his ears.

"Sakura…. get off ……your heave." Sasuke's risky voice breathe out.

"Sasuke!! Your alive, Your alive" screamed out Sakura as she hugged him. Only for him to yell for her to stop.

Kakashi could only give an eye smile happy all his student were alive and safe. He turn to see the towns people showing up.

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A few days later

Naruto wake to see he was on one of the beds in Tazuna house. As he started to sit up images of the other day flashed in his mind.

Flash Back

Naruto watched as the blue light covered him and Haku. After a few minutes his body started to lightly hurt. After a moment or two his body was in a lot of pain like being on fire. "Kyubi what's going on!" He heard a low laughter.

"Well kit I'm breaking the suppression seal on you and given you the girl's Kekkei Genkai as well as the kitsune. Now shut up this is hard to do and you're making harder. SO. GO. AWAY.

"Oooooo ……. Really, I'm I getting something that could show Sasgay up." Ask a very hopeful Naruto.

"Your Kekkei Genkai will have three parts body, chakra, and eyes. Now what they do is ….."

Flash back ends

Naruto was pulled from his thoughts by a voice at the doorway. "So are you feeling better" come the voice. Naruto turned to see kakashi with his eye as a smile.

"I'm fine, but what about Haku is she alright" asked the slightly worried teen.

"Well Haku is ………..

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Cliff Hanger

Should I write more or not