This is my first story ever written, so i do apologize if it's childish or lacks a good description when it comes to fight scenes. Also this story is heavily inspired from stories like 'Ruroni Naruto' by densetsubattousai(kyokasuigetsutotsuka) and 'Naruto the Hitokiri Battousai' by Stoneman303 who are excellent authors.

I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 1: The Wanderer

It was a sunny noon. The birds were chirping in the forest singing their own song while observing an individual. Other animals as well were observing this individual inside the forest not wanting to enter the road this individual walks.

The man was fairly tall with spiky fiery red hair that reached into the middle of his back tied in a ponytail with jaw-length bangs framing either side of the face and violet eyes. His face was angular and handsome though he had a distinct three scars on both of his cheek like whiskers.

He wears a long blue cloak-like jacket(A.N. similar to Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho) with long red scarf tied around his neck and tight black pants with boot-like sandals.

His posture was laid back as he is walking down the road towards Nami no Kuni. He had relaxed smile in his face while enjoying the wind on his face

'It's really peaceful here' thought young man while walking down the road. Suddenly he saw a river appearing near the road which reminded him of his past.

Flashback

„Get back here you stinkin little brat!" shouted a large bald man who was chasing a kid while pushing people who got in his way aside.

'Darn it this isn῾t how it should have gone' thought young boy while running away from the large man. This started after his pickpocket failure. He was successful in pickpocketing the man, but he was still noticed by the man and this why he is in this fiasco.

While running, he found himself outside the village and near the streaming river and stopped running. He wasn῾t sure what to do next.

„There you are brat. Do you have any idea what you put me trough with this theft of yours. Now give me my money" said a large man trying to calm down as much as possible even though he is angered which makes him intimidating.

Kid was slowly backing away,totally forgetting the river and suddenly he fell.

„AAAAAGGH" screamed the boy trying to swim while river took him.

„KIIIIID!" shouted man while jumping into the river in order to save the boy...

Flashback End

'How time passes by' thought the young man while staring at the river. It was one of the scariest days of his life but also one of the best days since he met a Shinji who was like a father figure to him.

But sounds of metal clinging stopped his musings as well as a sudden. He didn't know what it was in the beginning before he understood that it was the sound of either kunai or a sword

'More violence. Can῾t people see that violence only breads more violence. Even this peace among the nations is fragile as it is and this is like adding more fuel to a fire.'Thought a saddened young man whose eyes that were full of life suddenly became heavy.

Wanting to see what is happening before he would step in, the mysterious young man shunshined towards the sound of metal clinging.

-Few moments before the fight from different POV-

A group of people were walking down the road. They were in a diamond formation surrounding an old man who wore ragged clothes, a towel and hat. He had a grey hair and long beard.

„How long until we arrive in your village" asked a relatively tall shinobi with a spiky grey hair, a mask and a headband that covered his one eye. He lazily walked at the front while reading a certain orange book

„Not long, we should be there for two to three hours at best" said the old man while drinking his sake."By the way, thank you for continuing to protect me even after i lied."

„You should be thanking my sweet little genins for being so merciful and very persuasive" said a an older shinobi.

„Don't worry about him Tazuna jiji, Kakashi nii... i mean sensei tends to act like that but he is a big softy inside" whispered a 12 year old genin with spikey yellow hair and azura blue eyes. He wore Blue tracksuit with mesh shirt and dark pants.

„Really, because he sounded serious"whispered back an old man now known as Tazuna who drank his sake while talking to a young genin."But still I am grateful for continuing this mission even after everything."

„Don't worry, we will..."but he suddenly stopped when he heard a sound in a bush and immediately threw a kunai towards the bush. Suddenly a white rabbit jumped out of the bush and started to runaway.

„Ryuu what are you doing, you could've heart that poor bunny" screamed a young girl with bright pink hair and large green eyes.

„Sorry about that Sakura, but i thought that someone was spying on us" said Ryuu as he sheepeshly looked at her while she was scolding him about his behavior.

While that was happening Kakashi remebered that it was a snow rabbit." What sort of rabbit was white in the was raised in doors to be used for Kawarimi "murmured Kakashi when suddenly he saw a large glintig mass coming towards them.

„GET DOWN" shouted Kakashi as he threw Sakura and Tazuna to the ground while remaining two boy threw themselves to the ground as well.

It stuck itself in a tree and shinobi jumped on top of it. He was a tall shirtless muscular man with pale skin, short spiky black hair, brown eyes, and small eyebrows. On his chest he had a belt for a sword.

„Well,well if it ain't Zabuza Momoichi-Kirigakure no Kijin(the Demon of the Mist). What brings you to Wave?" asked Kakashi as he stood up and put his hand on a headband that hid one of his eyes.

„Kopī Ninja no Kakashi(Copy ninja Kakashi),well that explains why demon brothers failed. I have nothing against you or brats, just give me the old man and i will let you pass " said Zabuza, his voice showing no emotion.

„Sorry but no can do" said Kakashi as he uncoverd his left eye which was red color and had three moment he showed it one of his students was surprised. He has black eyes as well as black hair that is spiky on the back and has chin-length bangs that part down to frame both sides of his face.

„Aahh the famous sharingan of the Uchiha clan. People said that you copied over thousand techniques and that you're even better than most uchihas except for Shunshin no Shisui and Itachi Uchiha"said Zabuza

„Ryuu, Sasuke, Sakura protect the client. I'll deal with him, this man is on a whole different level than Demon brothers "said Kakashi as he prepaired of battle.

„We'll see kakashi kuku"chuckled Zabuzaas he prepared his own jutsu

Ryuu suddenly threw shuriken and said:"Shuriken-Kage bunshin no jutsu" as twenty more suddenly appeard.

Zabuza easily deflected them and said:"Not bad, but you'll need more to defeat me. It's my turn-Kirigakure no jutsu"and immediately the whole area was covered in the mist.

„Now then" echoed the voice as it brought shiver down the spine to all three genins."which of you will I kill first? "

„Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you guys"said Kakashi while eye smiling and relesing his own chakra to comfort them.

-POV 1-

As young man ran he saw the mist suddenly covering the entire area.'This is kirigakure no jutsu,which means that Kiri shinobi is fighting here. Since Kiri is recovering, all shinobi should be there. The only two i could think of that are missing nin are Kisame Hoshikage and Zabuza Momoichi and seeing that Zabuza is master of silent killing, it's easy to deduce that This is Zabuza's doing.'

Immediately he hid behind the tree to observe and analyze before taking any action. He was able to see genin team with their jonin sensei who was Sharingan no Kakashi, protecting an old man and another person standing on a tree. Suddenly zabuza apeard in front of bridge builder but Kakashi stopped him who turned out to be mizu bunshin.

Another Zabuza attacked Kakashi but he also turned into mizu bunshin which surprised Zabuza and left him open for Kakashi to get behind him and put a kunai on his neck.

-POV 2-

„You're sharingan is truly remarkable, you were able to copy my jutsu with a simple glance"Said Zabuza while he chuckled."But you're still nothing more than a copy-cat"

Zabuza turned into a puddle of water which shocked Kakashi. Suddenly Zabuza appeared in front of him and went to kick him, but Kakashi was able to block it . Unfortunately the strength of Zabuza's kick was far too strong which send him towards the river. When he landed he felt something heavy.'Something is wrong here...it's a trap'

Kakashi immediately span around where he saw Zabuza standing with a gleam in his eyes.

„You're mine now Kakashi-Suirō no Jutsu " said Zabuza as he formed a water prison which trapped Kakashi inside an inescapable sphere of water."And now to take care of your lovely genins" as he formed a several mizu bunshins to take care of them.

Sasuke attacked one of them, but bunshin just kicked him away and then went to kill him but before Kubikiribōchō could cleave Sasuke, boy dissapeard in front of him.

He looked for him until he sensed him in front of other genins. Before he could do anything, he heard another voice which was a lot darker

„I think enough is enough"said a voice. Zabuza tried to sense him through mist but couldn't which shocked him since there was no shinobi that could hide from him in the mist except for one swordsman but it couldn't be him.

„Who are you, I see no reason for you to interfere unless you're backup for these shinobi" said Zabuza as he tried to sense him but with no avail. he was also surprised at how this person talked about himself.

„It doesn't matter who this lowly self is, but this fight is completely unecessary and are you sure that you're client will pay you " said a dark voice which shocked Zabuza.

„How can you be sure that I am doing this for money and not for enjoyment" asked bunshin while real Zabuza tried to calm himself.

„This lowly self knows all about you Zabuza, after all we battled before " said a dark voice. Suddenly an earthen debris rushed towards him which destroyed all bunshins and forced him to release Kakashi from water prison.

Zabuza was shocked by this. 'Whoever this man was he was good, but this jutsu he used was really familiar'. 'He also said that we fought before'

But before he could do anything, several senbons hit him in a neck and ending his life and his body was caught by a shinobi who wore a standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit which stopped at his knees. Over this he wore a green haori with white trimmings, and around his waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped around his waist twice.

The masked hunter nin turned towards Kakashi and the genin team and said:"Thank you for helping me catch this man, I've searched for him for quite some time" and then vanished. Immediately the mist disappeared and a mysterious stranger who helped them also vanished.

'Whoever helped us seems to be on a whole different level than either me or Zabuza, and let's not forget the hunter nin who took Zabuza's body instead of taking his head of and burning the corpse right there and then' thought Kakashi as he hid his eye.

„Ok team it's time for us to continue towards Tazunas house" said Kakashi as he, his team and Tazuna continued to walk towards Tazunas home town

-In the Village-

A young lady was walking down the street,trying to buy some ingredients for her dinner. She has a long dark blue-coloured hair. She wears a short-sleeved pink shirt and a long blue skirt.

While walking she notices two thugs walking towards her. At first she walks slowly but her pace starts to increase until she started to run. She hides behind a wall of a one house and peeks around to see if she lost them but there was no one

Suddenly a hand touched her shoulder. She closed her eyes and then spun around with fist ready to attack. She knew she hit something when she heard a large THUD. When she opened her eyes she saw a tall handsome man with spiky red hair and a pony tail. He was wearing a blue kimono, loose pants and wooden sandals. He was laying on a floor with his eyes spinning and part of his face enlarged and saying "oro".

-Later-

„I'm so sorry, I thought that you're one of Gato's thugs and i panicked" said a young lady while giving him some ice.

„It's alright, you were afraid and you didn't know whom to trust, am I right?"said a young man and then he smiled:" And you have a mean right hook so i doubt anyone would be a threat to you"

Immediately both of them burst out laughing and it took some time before calming down after which young man started to speak

„Sorry for being rude but may ask for your name?"

„It's Tsunami, and yours?"

„Himura Naruto" said Naruto as he reminded himself of the past.

-Flashback-

A young boy opened his eyes. This first thing he saw was the light, before his eyes got used to. After that he saw that he was in a small to bed was a small wooden table which were several photos. On one of them was a kid and near him stood his parents, than on another there was a young teenager holding a fish on one hand and victory sign in another and in other photo was a young man hugging a girl and they looked that he saw a door and wooden locker near that door.

After looking around, he opened the door and went down stairs where he was greeted by the same man who was siitting and drinking his tea.

„Well, look who's up. How are you kid?" said man while drinking his tea and reading some orange book.

„Who are you?!" asked Naruto while trying to find a way to escape since he didn't trust anyone.

„Ah sorry, my name is Himura Shinji and you are in my house" introduced himself Shinji." Now, it would be nice if you could introduce yourself since I gave you my name."

„It's Naruto"

„Just Naruto? Your parents must've read The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi which is also my favourite book" said Shinji while showing him his book.

„Yeah, I don't have any parents, or they abandoned me" said Naruto as he lowered his head. Shinji was saddened by this and then he decided to adopt him.

„I know we started on a wrong foot, but how about we get to know each other. I myself feel alone in this house" said Shinji while smiling.

Naruto was surprised by this kindness that is shown to him. He started smiling alongside Shinji knowing he won't be alone anymore

-Flashback End-

„Well Naruto-san, what are you doing here seeing that you're not from around?" asked Tsunami since she never saw him in this village and doesn't seem to know what's happening.

„Well I'm just a simple wanderer from Kiri wanting to see the world"said Naruto as he took the cup of tea that Tsunami made."It seems things here aren't as i imagined" said Naruto as he sensed that someone is looking at them and he sensed team with old man in the village coming towards this house.

„Yes, things have gone sour ever since Gato came here, he broke people's will and started monopolising the shipping industry"said Tsubaki as she drank her own tea.

„How was he able to break spirit of people in the village?" asked Naruto wanting to inquire more information but was surprised after seeing her mood drop. That moment he understood that he hit a bad subject

„Sorry,This lowly self shouldn't have asked that"slipped Naruto but luckely she ignored it.

„No, it's ok, it's just..." but before she could speak, she heard someone running upstairs and sighed sadly

„Who was that?"

„That was my son Inari, he must've heard us talking"she said and started to fill the cups with more tea

Suddenly they heard someone opening the doors and they saw Tazuna smiling towards the young lady with genin team and their sensei behind them.

„Tsunami-chan, I am home" said an energetic voice of a bridge builder. The moment he saw a young handsome man in their house, he was quite surprised." May I ask who this young man is and why is he in our house?"

„Tou san!" jumped Tsunami and hugged her father after which she introduced Naruto and explained how they met. Tazuna told his own story and introduced Kakashi (who was shocked when he heard Naruto's name but didn't show it) and his genin to them with naruto being shocked/intrigued (also not showing) with blonde kid who had a same whisker marks like himself when seeing him up close. Afterwards both Tsunami and Naruto made dinner together that evening and called others that dinner is ready.

After enjoying their meal, Kakashi decided to start some conversation and he decided to start with a so called wanderer.

„So tell us Naruto-san,when did you decide to travel and what places did you visit?" asked Kakashi while looking lazily at the wanderer.

„Well i started travelling a few months ago since Kiri didn't allow anyone to leave even after civil war since country need everyone to help in rebuilding it. First I travelled to Tetsu no Kuni(Land of Iron) but I wasn't there for long. After that i left to Kaminari no Kuni(Land of Lightning) where i visited many places, including Kumogakure which we all now is a hard place to enter but i remember being some celebration. Then I went to Ta no Kuni(Land of Rice) and later decided to visit this place and here we are. " explained Naruto.

„It seems you've had a quite an adventure" said Kakashi.

„Ano Naruto-san,how did the war end?"asked Sakura since she learned all about Bloody mist during history classes but they didn't learn how it ended(A.N. yeah, this is just an excuse to start this conversation). Naruto didn't want to speak about it but Kakashi came to save the day.

„One man ended the war in a final decisive battle" said Kakashi as he shocked people around him except for Naruto.

„O-o-one man" stuttered Tazuna

„As you know Zabuza was a member of the Seven Legendary Swordsmen of the Mist who worked under Mizukage. But what you didn't know is that rebellion had its own swordmaster who was also their leader and who one time defeated all seven swordsmen at once " said Kakashi, once again surprising everyone.

„What was his name" asked Sasuke, speaking for the very first time. Kakashi was about say but Naruto interrupted.

„Nobody knows his name except the moniker that he has been given for all the manslaughter he committed" said Naruto bitterly while all genins waited for him to tell them

„The Hitokiri Battousai"

-END-

A.N. And that was the first chapter. I will write this story until i finish it but I won't promise fast updates because of the school. I admit that i have problems when it comes to putting comma which is quite embarrassing and many other problems that i should deal with. While this story is inspired by authors that I previously mentioned,it won't be completely identical and i won't use other authors texts and I think I proved it with this chapter. When it comes to Naruto as a character, he won't be 100% Kenshin-like(though he will call himself as-"this lowly self" when he is in warrior persona or when people find out about him) since he will have his prankster side from his mother, he will sometimes make pranks with his two younger siblings and he will irritate people who are arrogant which will be like a comical contradiction about him being lowly, but he won't be full of himself like Naruto originally knows to be sometimes. He will be quite humble and if people would ask him about his skills, he would say that he is average at best and he would let others take the credit(except if they are corrupt).

That is all and I hope you liked the first chapter

Bye bye (with Abe's voice from Oddworld)