Sorry for the wait, i had other stuff to get to, since this story was the most popular, i decided to update it, the chapter is a little short, but i hope the content makes up for it!


Naruto was outside in the morning the next day, he was still angry about what Inari had said about his life. Never knew suffering my ass.

He then noticed a girly boy picking herbs in a clearing within the forest.

"Hello, who are you?" Naruto asked.

"Oh, my name is Haku, you?" Haku asked.

"Naruto...you are that hunter nin that saved Zabuza aren't you?" Naruto cocked his head.

Haku tensed up and brought out some senbon.

"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you, so how is Zabuza doing?" Naruto asked.

"He's doing fine..." Haku answered, relaxing slightly.

"Well, good luck on the day we meet again." Naruto said to her and shunshined away.

TIMESKIP: THE BRIDGE BATTLE

Naruto rescues Inari and Tsunami like in the manga/anime and headed down to the bridge on the back of Seiryoku, Naruto having a gut feeling there was going to be a fight, had Seiryoku using his 'Gears of War'. When he arrived, he saw Kakashi and Tenzo along with Hayashi and Obito fighting Zabuza, though they were obviously toying with him. Sasuke and Kiba along with their spirit beasts were finishing off Haku. Hinata was casting long ranged medic spells with Yuuki.

"Wow, looks like I wasn't needed..." Naruto sighed.

"You are correct, though without the spirit beasts, they would be having more trouble." Shino replied.

"Definitely." Naruto said.

Then after Haku and Zabuza collapsed defeated, a group of thugs and mercenaries with a midget man with a cane walked through the mist.

"Well well well, looks like the so called demon of the mist and his little bitch was beaten by a bunch of brats." The midget sneered.

"Gato..." Zabuza scowled and blacked out along with Haku.

Gato explains his scheme of hiring and killing off ninja before they are paid plan.

"Get them-Wha?" Gato said and suddenly collapsed. A black aura suddenly surround him and all the mercenaries. The black aura suddenly took for of some kind of creature. (It kind of looks like a scyther from pokemon but more demonic and has a tail) it was black and purple and had a tail. The creature was at least 30-40 ft in height.

Sakura just fainted from the sight of it.

"What the hell is that?" Kiba shouted.

'Kit! You have to kill that thing!'

What's going on?

'That thing is called an 'Akurei', It's a manifestation of evil and tainted spiritual energy, unlike yours, your spirit beasts are actually called 'Shinsei' because spirit beasts are created from holy, sacred, and purified spiritual energy. Only a Shinsei can kill and defeat an Akurei. So get your team together because if you don't kill it, it'll rampage and kill everyone! Ninjutsu can damage it, but it can never actually harm it enough to kill it, so get moving!'

ON IT!

"GUYS! TEAM UP! NOW!" Naruto commanded, and they all got together in their fighting stances.

"Do you know what that is Naruto?" Kakashi asked, eyeing the beast.

"It's called an Akurei, it's the opposite of our spirit beasts or the official term, Shinsei. Only Shinsei have the ability to kill Akurei, which is basically evil and tainted spiritual energy taking a living form, if we don't kill it, it'll rampage and kill everyone. The fox said that ninjutsu can harm it, but not kill it...so basically, only members of Team Tairei can defeat these things." Naruto explained.

"Are you kidding?" Sasuke shouted. "Let's bring it down!"

They nodded.

"Hinata stay back and protect Tazuna and support us from the back, Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba, and I will do close combat while Tenzo and Shino do the long range!" Kakashi ordered. They all got to their positions.

"Seiryoku! Roar of Courage!" Naruto commanded. Seiryoku let loose a loud roar, orange light surrounded the members of Team Tairei and their partners, increasing their attack power.

"Obito! Aspect of the Pack!" Kakashi told him.

"You got it Kakashi!" Obito complied and let loose a snarl while glowing with a blue aura, then the blue aura surrounded them and increased their speed and Agility.

"Bestial Wrath!" Kiba and Sasuke shouted, Cerberus (Akamaru) and Hakuron had their fur go red and they grew in size, making Kiba have a dog tail and ears with lengthened claws. Sasuke had tiger ears and tail, also with lengthened claws, they both got on all 4's and growled.

"Feral Form! Lightning!" Kakashi yelled and Obito then turned into a lightning wolf, his whole being was lighting except for long blade like claws and a blade like horn on his head.

Naruto then recalled Seiryoku and summoned Kurogane, the large pure black gryphon.

"I'll attack from the sky!" Naruto told them. "Gears of War!"

Kurogane then had navy blue battle armour fit with a saddle equipped. Naruto jumped onto Kurogane's back and flew off.

"Hayashi! Use Barrier to protect Tazuna, Sakura, and Hinata!" Tenzo ordered.

"As you wish Master." Hayashi bowed and reared up on his hind legs and make an animalistic sound. A green barrier that had a design like a turtle shell and took form of a dome that had Sakura, Hinata, Tazuna, Zabuza, and Haku (Those 2 just happened to be near them). "Use Nature's grace so you can power up your earth abilities and use entangling roots on that Akurei!"

Hayashi was covered in a green aura, with some leaves swirling around him. He then stomped one of his hooves down. The Akurei screeched as extremely thick and thorned roots wrapped around him, preventing movement.

"Shirame... use insect swarm to drain that Akurei's energy." Shino commanded. The large pray mantis complied, he glowed an olive green and made some clicking noises. A swarm of spiritual insects surrounded the Akurei, draining it's energy, making it screech even more.

Sasuke and Kiba charged the creature along with Hakuron and Cerberus.

"Use thunder fang Hakuron!" Sasuke shouted as he punched the head with Kiba.

"Molten claws Cerberus!" Kiba called out as he landed from the punch.

Hakuron roared and latched on and bit into the shoulder of the creature, making it cry out in pain as volts of electricity coursed through its body. Cerberus took the front of the Akurei and with a claw that glowed lava red, slashed across its chest, making it shriek again.

After Cerberus was out of the way, Kakashi and Obito came plowing through.

"Use Lightning Spear!" Kakashi ordered Obito. He nodded and his horn charged out with electricity, making the horn abnormally larger than normal. Obito charged and pierced the chest of the Akurei and retracted, landing about 10 feet away from the creature. Black ichor spilled from the wound making it howl in pain.

The Akurei struggled from the onslaught of attacks and was freeing itself from the roots that snared him.

"GET BACK INTO THE BARRIER!" Naruto shouted from above. "I'M GOING TO FINISH IT!"

They all complied and retreated into the barrier.

"Howl of the Wind dragon!" Naruto shouted. Kurogane nodded and reared back its head and let out an ear piercing screech from its beak.

The wind and sound flowed together, making the attack that came forth from Kurogane's mouth look like a cyclone, and it engulfed the Akurei and the surrounding area. Gashes started to appear on the bridge and on the creature, cutting and slashing at it until it was dead.

Naruto then landed on the bridge. Tenzo dispelled the barrier.

"Is it over?" Shino asked.

The dead form of the Akurei glowed a bright light, blinding everyone in the vicinity. When the light died down, a large sky blue bird (That looks like a giant Cockatiel) with darker blue trimmed feathers was in the place of the beast. The bird had an holy aura.

"Thank you young summoners, especially you, young one." The bird cawed.

"What's going on? And who are you?" Naruto asked.

"My name is Empyrea, I am the Spirit Guardian of the Land of Waves." The bird said shocking everyone, including the villagers that had just arrived.

"If you're the guardian, what happened to do?" Sasuke asked.

"A great evil, known as Kronos tainted the land and sealed all the guardians away. Kronos is the king of all Akurei, during his reign, sealed and transformed us into his minions to ravage the land." Empyrea explained.

"If that's true, how are we all alive?" Naruto wondered.

"Your ancestor, a man named Ketsui (Determination) stood up against Kronos and against all odds, at the cost of his life and his spiritual partners, defeated him... but Kronos was not a living being, he is the true manifestation of hatred, anger, chaotic, destructive, and evil emotions. So the best that Ketsui could do was to seal him away for a long, long time, until his one true heir could defeat him once again." Empyrea said.

"Whoa..." Kakashi said. The rest nodded dumbly.

"You are the child of prophecy, Uzumaki Naruto...you must defeat him when he is released. Time will only tell when Kronos awakens from his slumber and ensures chaos once more. You must get stronger young one. Make more bonds because your bonds with others will become the key to his defeat, but choose wisely as only true and genuine bonds will guide you." Empyrea smiled.

"I'll do my best Empyrea-sama!" Naruto saluted along with the rest of team Tairei.

"Thank you...and as a gift for freeing me from my shackles...I present you with these..." Empyrea cawed and orbs of light floated before all the members of Team Tairei. The orbs transformed into beautiful necklaces with an aquamarine blue gem(s) that hung around their neck. (Think about the design yourself)

They all started to look at their new necklace and looked at Empyrea.

"These are very special; you can store your spirit energy inside. You can also summon my flock whenever you need our aid, and even me, though I'll only allow Naruto to do that since he is the heir. I hope this gift serves you well." Empyrea said.

"Thank you Empyrea-sama!" Hinata bowed and with the rest of the team.

"You're most welcome child. Now I must rest...do not worry, I shall watch over this land as it is my duty." Empyrea nodded. A portal of some sort appeared in the sky above; Empyrea flapped her wings and flew into the portal. The portal closed after the bird was entirely inside.

"Awesome." Kiba stated. Everyone agreed.

All of the villagers were cheering at their new found freedom. Gato and all the mercenaries were dead, the kyuubi explained that all their spiritual chakra that allowed them to live was sucked dry from the Akurei. Sasuke and Kakashi got rid of them with a Katon jutsu. Zabuza and Haku woke up and agreed to join Konoha. Naruto discussed with the team that he wanted Zabuza and Haku to join, they agreed, mainly because even if they didn't, he would make them join anyways.

Currently, Naruto made the bond with Zabuza and Haku, making them have their own tattoo design. Zabuza was on his right should and Haku's was on his left.

"Okay guys, summon your spirit beasts like I said." Naruto grinned. Sakura was guarding Tazuna, though it was mainly because they didn't want her to know it was Naruto who gave the power of the Shinsei, and blab it out to everyone in fire country. Besides, they all knew no one was going to attack anytime soon, but Kakashi left a shadow clone with her just in case.

"I summon my destined spirit beast!" Zabuza called. A large black raptor appeared in a torrent of water.

"Why do you wish for my power Zabuza?" The raptor asked.

"I need power to protect my kid." Zabuza lazily answered and pointed at Haku. Haku was shocked.

"Very well, you shall have my power so long as you do not stray from the resolution you have given me...you may name me as you wish." The raptor bowed.

"Ehh...I'll name you Osore (fear)." Zabuza said.

The raptor nodded and disappeared into Zabuza.

"Your turn Haku." Naruto smiled.

"I summon forth my destined spirit beast!" Haku said. A large snow leopard appeared in a breeze of snow.

"Why do you wish for my power Haku?" The leopard asked.

"I want to protect my father." Haku smiled.

"Very well, I will lend you my power as long as you stay true to your resolve." The leopard bowed, "name me as you wish."

"Fubuki (Blizzard) seems nice." Haku nodded.

Fubuki bowed and disappeared into Haku.

"Well, now that's out of the way... let us go help our client build the bridge!" Kakashi said happily. The others a little freaked out by his enthusiasm.

They helped Tazuna build the bridge. It was done about 2 weeks later, they all left onwards to Konoha, not bothering to walk, they just summoned out their beasts and rode them to Konoha, though they knocked out Sakura to prevent her from knowing that Haku and Zabuza had spirit beasts so she wouldn't question that it was one of them who granted the power to obtain them. They just strapped her to Hakuron, much to Sasuke's displeasure of his partner carrying the banshee.

HOKAGE OFFICE

When they got to Konoha, they dropped Sakura off at her house and went to go see the hokage. When they got there, all the Anbu guards left and Naruto explained everything, even about the appearance of the Akurei, Kyuubi had identified that particular type of Akurei as a flayer. They also told him about Empyrea and the other spirit guardians of the elemental nations, also telling him about Kronos and Ketsui.

"I'm getting too old for this..." Sarutobi sighed as he rubbed his temples. "Anyways, Zabuza and Haku are now reinstated as Shinobi of Konoha, though Zabuza will be on probation for a month."

"Ehh, good enough for me." Zabuza shrugged.

They all left. Sarutobi gave Haku and Zabuza keys to their own place, so they left to check it out.

NEXT FEW DAYS...

They bumped into Gaara, Temari, and Kankurou the same way in the anime, though Sasuke did not do the rock thing, Naruto noticed Gaara in the tree, and Naruto whispered to him that he was the Kyuubi vessel. Gaara and Naruto had a mutual understanding then, mainly because Shukaku was shaking in fear of the presence of Kyuubi, and had agreed to stop bothering Gaara.

Team 7 and 8 are waiting at the bridge like usual until Tenzo and Kakashi poofed in.

"Yo! We recommended you for the chuunin exams! Meet at the academy room 301 by 9 am tomorrow...Ja ne!" Kakashi smiled and shunshined away.

"That...was a quick message. Anyways, here are your exam forms, good luck!" Tenzo smiled and shunshined away also.