SUMMARY: Caring for the barely-alive Haku makes Zabuza realize something. He has a heart, after all, and it belongs to Haku.
PAIRINGS: Zabuza x Haku
WARNINGS: yaoi (mxm)
DISCLAIMER: Stands for entire fic. I don't own Naruto. Never have. Never will. -.- Neither do I own "the reason" by Hoobastank
NOTES: This is NOT, I repeat, not, a song fic. Just a fic inspired by a song! Lyrics are from said song
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SEASON OF CHANGE
By Neko Oni
I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
-"The Reason" By Hoobastank
Numb. He was always numb; he flet nothing, cared for nothing. He'd battled so long, faced death so many times, killed so many, nothing in life could faze him. He had no reactions, no emotions. He was numb. A perfect shinobi.
Not even the boy could touch him, reach his cold heart. The boy was nothing more than a tool, honed to lethal perfection by his careful guidance. Zabuza Momochi was the perfect killer- cold, calculating, brutally efficient, and Haku his perfect tool.
Until the bridge. Until Haku was dead. Then something inside him snapped. The words that little blonde brat from Leaf yelled at him pushed that something out. And Zabuza, ice hearted demon of the mist, shed tears. Then, with damaged arms, he slaughtered all of Gato's men, then Gato himself
He'd been about to give himself over to death, too. He took one last look at Haku; the boy's body shuddered and gasped once, weakly clinging to life. Damn brat, always surprising him. So, Zabuza willed himself to live, too.
Which was how he came to be in a dingy, rented room above a sleezy pawn shop. He was almost fully healed. He pushed himself hard; he had to, to protect Haku.
TBC…
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Ugh, yeah, that was horribly short. This was originally written to be a one-shot, but it's longer than I expected, and it's soo hard to find a decent place to break it off, so it comes out in horrible chunks. -.-
Reviews are always appreciated!