lAN/ Yes, I've decided to keep on with first person, it's due to the fact that after writing the first few sentences I got into the swing of it, and it became fun! Well, all point of view changes will happen, and if anyone gets confused then you can tell me then I'll mark it more clearly next time, but for the most part, I might just stay in Zabuza, it's easier this way. Naruto's section has bad grammar because he is a little kid and this helps represent that type of thought pattern.

Chapter 1

Touchdown!

Man, what the hell was going on? I thought that Minato had all his shit together, but something went down that night. I think that I did the jutsu wrong, but that doesn't matter anymore. It's been nearly six years since that time, and I was fairly worried that I was stuck in little kid mode, but it appears as though I have finally begun to grow. Over those years there have been several attempts on Minato's son, Naruto, whom I have been protecting and teaching since he was born. Luckily, the Third knew more or less what had happened and helped Naruto and I out by allowing me to keep my shop, although people looked at me funny for a while seeing as I still hadn't gotten out of the practice of going into Gai's bar. Not to mention that I had to get out of the habit of calling Tenten daughter, and that raised a couple of eyebrows.

Now Naruto is six, and I have to get us both signed up for the academy, which pisses me off since I'm already a shinobi in my own right. Oh well, at least now after my 'rebirth' I have increased my muscle mass and have begun forging a bigger and more powerful sword. Today is the first day of our academy, and not many questions were asked when I signed us up. That was due to the small fact that most people don't know what to feel when a child less then half their age has an aura of pure malevolence and anger. I had taught Naruto some of the basics including some other, ehem, 'less' studied curriculums. I even tried to stop him from doing all those goddamn pranks, but that was not as successful. Imagine what I had to live through, two damn Minato's pranking me in two damn lifetimes! It stopped soon after I decided to pull both him and my daughter to give them the talk about the birds and the bees, that shut him up for a whole week, and it was one of the most peaceful times I ever had, but Tenten was a shiny red beacon for a whole hour. I made sure that I taught Tenten before she went into the academy

The class was made up of pitiful examples of would-be shinobi. Looking through all the ninja hopefuls I knew some of them from around the village. I knew that besides Naruto, one going to pass no problem because he was calm and collected in every situation I've seen him, and trust me rhat I've tried to break Aburame's cool. The ability to control bugs helped him excel in what he did. There were three that could be excellent if they got rid of certain traits; Uchiha who had his head so far up his ass that he could probably taste what he had for breakfast; Hyuuga, who had the exact opposite problem, she really needed to figure out that she was better then she thought of herself; and Nara, who was a genius, but lazy as all hell. There were six others that I didn't bother reading up on since they might pass given the lowered standards, but that's not important right now. Our instructors were entering, and I had to see if I could keep from showing up the professors, or 'accidentally' teaching the kids certain advanced techniques. That was the plan until Naruto nudged me and began to ask for some help.

After Class

"ZABUZA MAMOICHI AND UZUMAKI NARUTO YOU'RE BOTH DEAD!!"

Yes! It all went perfectly! Even Zabuza, usually against encouraging pranks, helped me out on my prank! I behold the perfection. All the crap from the giant leather bag had exploded, and me and Zabuza were standing in the only safe place. Everyone else had a healthy brown color, but the smell wasn't what I remember. "Ummm… Zabuza, did you change up the plan?" I turned to him and he nodded, "What did you replace it with?"

"I changed the all the crap with steak sauce, you have to consider some of the factors of the prank. Such factors as where you are going to be when it is pulled, and the ability to escape, like this." He said he reached over and we got whisked away in a swirl of leaves. This was a new jutsu for me, and that meant that I had to activate the second most powerful technique in my arsenal. I began to initiate the power by getting his attention, "Hey Zabuza! I've got a question!" He's going to turn around and see in three… two… one…

"Oh damn it Naruto! No! What the hell are you trying to get from me!?"

The trap was set, and the chibi-fox-eyes technique was at maximum force!

"I wanna wearn how to use that special teweporting jutsu, pwease?"

Now came the steps of the aftereffect, the stage of struck eyes would happen any minute now… any minute… Yep should be- Oh crap, Zabuza is a boy, and he looks like he's going to go ballistic.

"Well, Naruto, it looks like I've got to teach both you and Tenten, and here I thought that I already taught you two that technique. Heh-heh-heh, this is going to be fun!"

And with that, I learned that my technique wasn't perfect, and would be punished with severe training for not knowing the mistake ahead of time. Until I heard Iruka, and I couldn't decide whether it was a good thing or bad thing, hopefully a good thing.

"There you two are! Get over here! You're both going back to class and clean it up!"

Nope, it was a bad thing.

Back at the classroom

"Man, can't you take a joke?" I heard for the hundredth time from the knuckleheaded orange midget, and that nearly made me snap, but I decided to calmly explain, "Naruto, shut your trap before I do it for you, with kunai. We both have to clean up the classroom, and I haven't complained yet so let us do this quickly so we can get back home sooner."

There were still some of the other classmates in the room, they looked at us funny but I'm used to it, and I've just got to endure it like I do every day, by being calm and collected

"Barely the first day and you both are already serving detention, serves you right you creeps!"

"Yeah, why the hell did they even let you two try to become ninja!"

"You don't deserve to be in the same class as Sasuke-kun!"

Alright, screw being calm and collected, several little brats just signed themselves up for the nightmare express. These are times that I'm glad I'm a little kid and I don't have much to answer to as I quickly went through some hand signs, "Hidden Mist Jutsu!" The mist covered the small classroom in a very thick fog, I could sense the annoying brats right now, and I knew that this was how they were going to fail there tests to become genin.

"Heh heh heh… Let's have a review, shall we class? The human body has eight vital points, and they are the throat, spinal column, lungs, liver, jugular vein, subclavian artery, kidneys, and the heart." I heard several kids whimpering, and they began to cry when the door slammed shut, "Now then, did you know that I found one more that is easily accessible?"

Having satisfied myself by smearing stake sauce on all nine points I released the jutsu, after which I gladly went back to cleaning the classroom. All the students were on the floor, and they probably fainted from fear. Naruto looked over at me and responded, "You know what you did there right now? That's the reason that we don't have friends right now…"

"Yeah, but I do not care, I wanted my fun."

"Did you ever go see Baa-chan? I think that you really need some help."

"Nope, and she doesn't care anymore."

After it was all cleaned up, Tsunade came and examined all the kids. Naruto and I were off the hook without doing anything too bad. Tsunade did look at me funny, but I explained that to her that I was 'helping' the process of making stronger ninja. The best part was when no one questioned why those kids didn't show up the next day, and the teachers gave everyone some bullshit explanation that they were sick, although on second thought, that might have been the case considering the 'prank' that I pulled. I got more detention on top of what I already had from the prank. I also got weekly visits to Tsunade's for psychological examination. That was just the first day, which made me feel great that I could do all this over again.

Back at the Weapons Shop (Zabuza's House)

"You have got to teach me those techniques!"

"Huh, Naruto I already told you that I will teach you when Tenten gets here."

Which Tenten just did, she came running in, yelling loudly, "Daaaad! One of my new teammates is so awesome! There's this guy, named Neji and he was able to block all my attacks!" This perked my interest, seeing as how she was at risk of becoming a fangirl, but I decided to ask about the other teammate. "Oh, he doesn't really matter much; he's just a taijutsu specialist, and nothing else. We're studying under some strange older version of the taijutsu guy, and they both have massive eyebrows that are really creepy. I think that they were wiggling." I sighed, and responded, "You know, I know the guys with busy eyebrows, and they are not so bad. That Neji guy is high on himself though. If you want to become stronger and faster, then you have to learn from the three of them. Right now, though, we have several jutsu to learn because Naruto wanted to learn them."

I saw that my daughter had mastered the ability to use killer intent, and that Naruto mastered the ability to shrug it off without a second thought, which means that I have done my job well. "Alright, there are still two hours until sundown, so we will practice the leaf teleportation technique, and after sundown we will begin the training for the hidden mist jutsu, let's get a move out!"

"Dad! I've got training tomorrow though!"

"And we both have school!"

"And I don't give half a rats ass as to what's going on tomorrow, if you get these two jutsu down fast then you get to sleep that much longer. Now we either move out, or we all get to do special training exercises that I devised and turned into the academy even though they were turned down for being cruel and unusual!"

That got their asses in gear, and now for that the threats are over, the teaching could begin.

Nearing Midnight

"I think that I'm making this too easy on you two…"

It looked like Naruto had already mastered the two jutsu that I had set for them, Tenten had the hidden mist technique down, but was working on the teleportation one, and I was sitting back watching them.

"What the hell Zabuza! You're doing anything but taking it easy!"

"Naruto, no whining, you already know how to use the jutsu, so keep on training until Tenten has a firm grasp of the concept."

Naruto was currently doing pull ups over an open vat of hot oil with large weights strapped to him. Not that I would let him fall in of course, but it does help with motivation.

"Tenten! Hurry up and figure it out already!"

"I'm trying as hard as I can so shut up!"

And then he slipped, why do they always slip? At least Tenten figured out how to teleport at that second and saved his ass.

"Zabuza! Were you really just going to let me fall into that vat of burning goo!?"

"Maybe, it is part of the exercise after all, but now let's go home I'm tired of watching you two train."

Now I run from two angry little kids and lead them home so tired that they have no choice but to sleep, and sleep is important. they have such a busy day ahead of them.

Several Hours Later

"Dynamic Entry!" CRASH

Ok, I was asleep, who the hell woke me up. They are going to, wait… 'Dynamic Entry'? Damn it, never mind. Well, time to go check the damage.

"Gai, next time ring the doorbell instead of smashing my wall in."

"Sorry Zabuza, my youthful friend, I will remember this next time, but where is my protégé, Tenten?" giving a thumbs up smile full of sparkling teeth, I have got to figure out how he does that.

"Gai, you're an alright ummm… 'Guy' and all, and with absolutely no disrespect, but do you ever knock, or check if the door is locked?"

"Why would I spend the time to check such trivial things as the door being locked when I can quickly open it the fun way?"

"Alright, let me go get her."

I charged off into Tenten's room, and smashed though the door. A large dust cloud was in the room, and Tenten squeaked.

"WAKE UP!! YOU'RE LATE FOR YOUR TRAINING WITH GAI-SENSEI!!"

And Tenten squeaked again before running out in her P.J.s, and running back in as I left to let her change in privacy. Now Naruto was up and running around with his stuffed toad looking shocked, "Yeah, we got to get to class now." And we went off to class, saying goodbye to Tenten, and Lee, whom were both now wearing weights.

After School

Well, this sucks, I was hoping that this would not have happened, but there was no way to I could have stopped it. It's a shame that they don't realize how much they are going to pay.

"What did we do wrong this time Zabuza?"

"We exist, therefore everyone hates us."

"Why is that?"

"There are no reasons sometimes Naruto."

He cried a bit, and I felt bad. I, Momochi Zabuza, the Devil of Konoha, assassin for hire, felt genuinely bad at seeing a little kid cry. I am going to seriously hurt those that caused this to Naruto, but that would get me in trouble. So now it's time to make sure that Naruto remembers the rules.

"Don't think too much about it. We'll be able to prove ourselves eventually. Now, I am not feeling good, and you know what that means, right?"

"That you are going to come home drunk off your ass and me and Tenten need to stay the hell out of your way, right?"

"And they say that you're stupid."

"Who's they…" Naruto asked, squinting his eyes.

"That's the reward for finding out, here's a list of the people that think that."

I gave him a list, and he went off chuckling darkly to himself about the people on the list, and rubber chickens. I think that I had a bad influence on Naruto.

"And with that, OFF TO THE SLOSHING!!"

Okay, memo to self, do not speak aloud, people look at me funny…

Near Evening

Naruto

"Hee hee hee! Who am I going to prank first?" Asked a blond haired child burdened with random objects. People are looking at me funny, oh well. Now it's time to go through the checklist, rubber chickens… Check! Slugs… Check! Saki… Check! And clown nose with a hidden explosive tag… Check! Ready for the pranking, but why are people following me right now. Wait, are those ninja? Who's that blind guy that's coming to the front?

"Demon brat… Where's your guardian devil now?"

"What are you talking about? I'm no demon."

"We are going get you for all you did to our village!" And that guy that's coming to the front has the same eyes as the leader of the pack, "Hiashi-sama, please allow me to send that blasphemy back to the hell pit that he came from!"

Okay, time to run like hell, and not look back, and that's probably easier said then done. I ran through quickly dodged the open palm strike from the guy on the left and jumped on the window sill nearby. I began climbing up the wall, until something grabbed my ankle and threw me off from the building. It was leader of the mob, Hiashi.

"You did not think that you could get away that easily, did you?"

Man, this sucks, I'm too young to die! Wait, why is that Hyuuga guys nose broken, and what's holding me?

"Hiashi, attacking little kids now are you. Where has the honor of the Hyuuga gone?"

Wow, this guy is cool, his face is covered in long medical bandages, wearing one long, large, flowing scarf, and has white clothes. Only one eye is uncovered, and that eye's a brilliant blue.

"Who are you to dare challenge one of the main family branches?" Hiashi asked the kick ass one.

"The name is Akuma Zemanki! I've been charged with protecting this child, so just try and get us."

With a grin that was noticeable even with the bandages, he charged through the crowd, holding me closely. Hiashi tried to get some palm strikes in, but Akuma did a running front flip which helped him deliver a falling axe kick. He landed on his feet, and then flipped again covering me as he kicked some more would be attackers. He kept doing the same flipping technique moving through the crowd, moving forward, and spinning, at high speeds, whoa, I'm getting a bit sick.

"Akuma! Face me now!" It was the Hiashi again.

He landed on his feet, "Why? I've already proved my worth against all of you!"

"Then lets see-"

He never got to finish that sentence as Akuma threw me up in the air and I saw that he was flipping through hand signs at high speeds as he yelled, "Doton: Doryuu Taiga-no-Jutsu!" And he, he barfed on all of them… What the hell, is the ground mud now too? Now what's he doing?

"Doton: Doryuu Heki-no-Jutsu!"

And now it looks like the mob has been sandwiched between two large stone walls. Now I'm falling down, and he caught me, that guy is fast.

"Hell yeah! I've still got it." And now he's dancing, holding me up by one hand and OH CRAP!!

XXX

Zabuza

Well, it looks like I forgot to get someone to take care of Naruto while I was getting drunk, but that problem resolved itself seeing how that bandaged guy is taking care of him. It's pretty funny that he nearly crushed the majority of the pompous asses known as Hyuuga, but why is he dancing now… He just spiked Naruto into the ground… Time for the insta-sober pills to see what the hell is up with that guy.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You just smashed Naruto into the ground!?"

"Crap! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!"

"Wait, do I know you?"

"That depends, what's your name?"

"No, you tell me your name first."

"Alright, my name is Akuma Zemanki! Protector of the small and easily squishable!"

"… I know who you are now, my name is Zabuza, have you found a place to stay?"

Now who is that trying to sneak in on our private conversation? Oh well, might as well throw a kunai as a warning shot.

"Whoever you are, come out, I can sense you there."

Well, she has light brown trench coat, purple hair, and fishnet clothes, no need to guess.

"Anko, what are you doing here?"

"Eh heh heh… Looks like we've been found out, we were here because we heard that you went off drinking again. So I thought that I should go and see if Naruto was alright without you. Looks like he wasn't, it's a lucky thing that we got here when we did, but why did you spike Naruto into the ground Akuma?" She turned her gaze at the bandaged guy, and I'm just glad that I wasn't being glared at by Anko.

"Sorry, I guess I got caught up in the moment." He said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Well, this is all good and fun Anko, Akuma, but we should go back to my place to discuss this further."

Not only that, but I don't really trust that these guys right now. They had such perfect timing, and it's time to interrogate these Anko and see what Akuma has been up to these years we've been apart. I pulled the now unconscious Naruto out of the ground and carried him off as we went back to my home.

AN/ Yes, it took me a long time, but I wasn't getting any good ideas. That and I was trying to see how I could incorporate anyone getting spiked, and Naruto was just kinda being held there, in the ready position. So, who the hell is this strange Akuma Zemanki, why is Anko with him, how does Zabuza know the guy!? All this and more might not be even answered by me depending on how I feel. Peace! Tobi is a good boy!

Dekar Skeith

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