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Review replies (Thanks for your opinion on Sasuke and the lack of Sharingan, Shadow Clones or Rasengan, by the way)
Narijiro; the shipping is determined by the poll, though that doesn't mean the winner necessarily gets the blond haired one, it's actually going to be interesting picking the female end. But, note Fem-Kyuubi is as of now a no go, I'm not a fan of cross species relations.
Spidefox93; And I bet you won't be disappointed with this chapter
Sage of Asgard; As I said via IM, your also get an answer via this chapter
Magikmaster02; Oh, they will get what's coming to them, eventually. Don't expect it though, to after the Tsunade Retrieval Arc, at the current planned story Climax
KC; the story will have some precedence, but I plan to add some (hopefully) unique things. What the jutsu did will be hinted or explained in this chapter, so sit back and grab a can of coke the soda
KingCairo; that would explain the loud phone call I got, from Brazil.
Garuda 1 Talisman; The seal the Kyuubi saw weren't repressors, and while I won't say such seals will appear, I can't say they won't. The pairings will be decided later, and I do take suggestions
Scorpionking12; Yes, he will get the toad's contract as of now, though it is possible for others, such as monkey or ostrich
Tobifan321; Yes, Haku shall be female, and the poll on the site has some influence on it, but not directly (To be explained later, but let's put it this way, the more votes, the more likely the character shall play a major roll) so, Fu and Haku are tied for the vote lead as of now, Danzo might get a reprieve from the bashing, not 100% on that yet, so let's begin the chapter
Zabuza and Haku's room; Gatou's fortress
The tall, fearsome, and most horrifying of all, eyebrow less Zabuza, of the seven swordsman of the mist, rolled his shoulders, with the concurring pop. His assistant, the young Haku, smiled.
"Your feeling better, Zabuza-Sama" Haku asked. If anything could be seen under Zabuza's mask over his mouth, he might actually be smiling.
"Yes Haku-Chan, I am"
Zabuza had found the young Haku during a mission many years ago, before his attempted coup against the Yondiame Mizukage. While she, yes his companion was female, hadn't taken part, she agreed to leave with him, and has since followed him on his mission; to get enough money and physical power to help his old friend.
Truth was Zabuza was old friends with Yagura, the Yondiame Mizukage and Jinchuuriki of the Sanbi, the Three Tailed Turtle. Back in his childhood, they had been friends; both were misunderstood orphans, Zabuza just a few years older than Yagura. In fact, the reason he slaughtered an entire graduation class, besides to prove that an orphan with self training was good enough to be a Mizu Ninja, but also to spare Yagura the fate of fighting your own comrades. Because of everyone's hatred for him, he would have been gang attacked, and if the Three Tails was unleashed...
Zabuzza had also known Utakata, the Rokubi Jinchuuriki. Back in the day they had fought together, once he, Utakata and Yagura had single handily defeated an entire army of Shinobi from the Land of Frost during the Third Shinobi World War.
However, with Zabuza's help, Yagura was able to figure out how to control the Sanbi, because of a forgotten Kekkai Genkai his clan had; a Doujutsu that caused Yagura's distinct purple eyes, which enabled him to control the Three Tails. He hadn't been able to activate it, and the Sanbi didn't exactly help, until Zabuza managed to help him. Afterwards, Yagura was quickly able to become the Yondiame Mizukage at age 15, and Zabuza one of the legendary swordsman to help his friend maintain power.
Then, his friend began suffering from nightmares, all of which had a similar pattern; red eyes with tomoe. These dreams stirred the Three Tails, causing the poor Kage horrid nightmares and hallucinations. Then, there was the Kiri Council.
Like Konoha, the council had a civilian side, and they were petrified of Kekkai Genkai. This, rather absurd fear resulted in a war in Mizu decades ago, that they kept alive in the civilians of the Land of Water via propaganda, as well as the Ninja Villages. That's why clans like the Yuki that Haku hailed from had to go into hiding.
The last time he had seen Yagura, he had just had one of his ANBU; a man named Ao, do some spying on the civilian council with his stolen Byakugan eye, and had made a startling discovery. They were paying a mysterious group, with strange black robes covered in red clouds, to influence the Mizukage with a mysterious Genjutsu, causing the unrest of the beast inside of him, that they were able to use as a sign of insanity to keep Yagura from interfering with the bloodline purges that were devastating the local ninja. These ninja, one who had a hunched back and a strange hat, and the other with long blond hair and an obnoxious voice, never said who they brought in, but they were definitely responsible.
So, Yagura gathered Ao, one of the top Jonin in the village named Mei Terumi, a rather attractive red head with two Kekkai Genkai, and himself, and devised a plan. Yagura knew that dramatic action had to be done, and knowing his name would be blackened from the council's action regardless, asked his old friend to stage a coup to kill the civilian council, while Ao and Mei unsealed the three tails and released it, to stop the council for getting their hands on it for their own use. However, he did leave a few requests.
One, that no matter what, he protected the young Haku, who he began to see like his own daughter. She was the last of her clan, as far as he could tell, and didn't deserve what was happening here. The second was to look for his distant cousin, Yukimaru. He had heard he had vanished, picked up by the S class Sannin, Orochimaru of the leaf village, and Yagura was fearful that he could extort the young boys power for his own use.
So, while Zabuza managed to kill about half the civilian council and a few corrupt members of the shinobi council, along with some guy who sold cabbages who assaulted Yagura with them when he was a kid, failed in a complete coup and fled the village with Haku, though never finding Yukimaru, Ao and Mei managed to unseal Yagura and set up a power struggle. Last he heard, Mei was close to becoming the Gondaime Mizukage, but he couldn't return yet, not until he found Yukimaru and destroyed the one who ruined his friend.
"Penny for your thoughts, Zabuza-san?" a voice spoke up. Startled, Zabuza drew his sword as Haku drew out a dozen or so senbon. There, standing at the door, was the unknown shinobi who attacked and sealed Naruto.
"Who are you?" Zabuza demanded "Answer and I might not gut you"
"That, Zabuza-san, I can't do, but I do have, information you might be interested in" Zabuza would have rose an eyebrow, if he had any.
"Yeah, get on with it" the stranger smiled.
"I heard about your bond with the Yondiame, your friend I believe. I have information about his controller. Care to ask?" Zabuzza growled.
"What do you know" the stranger smiled under his disguise.
"His controller, has the Sharingan. His name is Uchiha Madara" Haku looked confused.
"Zabuza-Sama, from what I read, that man must be ancient, he co-founded Konohagakure no Sato, and how can he be alive?" the stranger shrugged.
"How does Zabuza-san lack eyebrows, or how did Yagura-Dono hold a giant turtle inside of him, is anything truly impossible, with enough work that is" that closed the argument.
"Yes, Madara-teme has many plans, but amongst them is the rebuilding of the Uchiha clan to serve him. However, including himself, there are three Uchiha left in the world; and both he and Uchiha Itachi of Akatsuki are sterile; Madara from the techniques he extends his life with, and Itachi is sterile from the sickness that's consuming him, so that leaves only one Uchiha left in the world; Uchiha Sasuke, currently guarding the bridge builder." Zabuza and Haku's eyes were wide open.
"So, if we kill the brat, that Teme will be screwed, no clan for him" Zabuza grinned evilly under his mask. The stranger stayed unmoving.
"Or, you could capture him, and force Madara to come out in the open, and then take him on your own" Zabuza turned towards his young ward/ daughter in all but law or blood.
"Haku-chan, change of plans, ignore the bridge builder, capture the Uchiha while I occupy the Copy Nin" Haku nodded.
"Yes, Zabuza-Sama" the stranger opened the window as if to jump out, but left with one more thing.
"If you see a blond haired kid with whisker marks, try not to kill him. You'll only regret it"
Wave Country Bridge Construction Sight sometime later
Kakashi sighed, here he was, stuck on a bridge, either having to work, or watch the duo while they mutter darkly and glare at him. Naruto was on house watching duty, the poor kid was exhausted for taking the entire watch yesterday so Kakashi could make sure the duo had learnt something, without dogs "persuading" them, so here he was, keeping tabs on duck head and howler pinky, he hoped at least they'd fall off the bridge.
Of course, it had to be something else...
"Hey, lazy bones, you and your squirts could help, you know" Tazuna grumbled. Kakashi sighed.
"Yes, Tazuna-San; Shadow Clone JUTSU!" A second Kakashi appeared next to the original and was sent out to work. He smirked at his students.
"You two follow him" His students groaned, but seeing as though this guy could re-summon the devils...or dogs as they were actually, they decided to do it, reluctantly, while all the time, planning some way to deal with the Ninja dogs. Though, while engrossed in their work, or in the only lazy bum's case, his Icha Icha, mist had begun to creep across the bridge...
Meanwhile at Tazuna's house
"WHAT, are you saying that they already left to attack the bridge?" Naruto demanded towards the bound Samurai. The poor blond haired kid, having been allowed to sleep in by Kakashi, woke up to the house being broken into by two Samurai thugs hired by Gatou. Though, in combination with Inari, the Bridge Builder's grandson, the two punks were tied up, and being interrogated by Naruto and Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter, via a frying pan.
SMACK
"OW, BI..." Naruto kicked the swearing mercenary in the nuts.
"Watch it, there's a kid here, now what was this about attacking the bridge!" The other hired gun smirked.
"Your too late kid, Zabuza's already there, tearing apart your pathetic team, and the old man" Tsunami smacked him with the frying pan.
SMACK
"Grandpa" Inari gasped. Naruto glared at the two.
"He can kill my team mates, world would be better without them, but Kakashi-Sensei beat Zabuza once, he can do it again. He won't allow Tazuna-sama to die. Tsunami-San, Inari-Kun, you can hold these guys, right?" Inari grinned evilly as he nodded. Naruto smirked.
He was starting to like the kid
Meanwhile back on the bridge
"Give it up Zabuza" Kakashi grunted, as he held back the great swordsman using a Kunai. Sakura, with her own Kunai in hand, was guarding Tazuna while shivering, meanwhile Sasuke had been trapped by the false hunter nin in some sort of ice mirror. The false hunter ninja was amazing, being able to use one handed hand signs, and add to it the rare Ice Release Kekkai Genkai, and this ninja was one skilled piece of work; if they were loyal to the village, that's the type of Ninja who could have become Mizukage. "You won't get the Bridge Builder!"
Disturbingly, Zabuza was laughing. The laugh actually seemed to have humor behind it, as it ranged out across the battle field. He smirked.
"Kakashi, Kakashi, Kakashi, I'm not after the bridge builder, the Uchiha is my target now, Haku will defeat him and I will defeat you and the pink haired waste of air over there, and I think I'll leave the old geezer be, never liked that Gatou guy much anyway" one certain pink haired waste of space was now fuming.
"Leave Sasuke-Kun alone, you jerk, tell your butt buddy over there to get loss and get straight!" Sakura yelled. Zabuza growled at the insult, his anger giving him leverage over Kakashi's blade. One could even see an inflated vein, or anime tick off mark, on his head.
"Listen here you brat, you pathetic, talentless cunt, Haku is like my daughter, and a better Kunoichi then you ever will be, and if you call her that again, I will mount your head on my fireplace, along with that jerk who damned my best friend, and use it as a dart board!" To add insult to injury, he twisted his blade, knocked the Kunai out of Kakashi's grip and sent the copy nin stumbling back. While not in a way to allow an easy decapitation, Zabuza instead tossed the kunai at the girl, who blocked it with her own Kunai, but the blade began to spin in the air and thumped her in the large forehead, knocking her out with a concussion.
"Sasuke-Kun" she mumbled in her out cold state. Zabuza growled.
"That type of deadweight always bit the dust in the final exams, at least Kiri was safe from that kind of ninja" he spat at the ground near Sakura
"Zabuza-San" Kakashi said with odd politeness. Perhaps the thought of losing them caused the copy nin to respect the demon of the mist a bit more "as much as I would like to be free of the two imps, I would also like to keep the council for executing me for the death. The Uchiha is the pet of the Elder and Civilian Council, whose most obnoxious member is the pinkies mother, so I have to keep them safe, well no one said I had to teach them anything really, so, WATER RELEASE: DRAGON BULLET TECHNIQUE!" a water dragon rose, aided by the mist and the sea, and flew at the Missing Nin, who did the hand signs Serpent, Boar and slammed his hand to the ground!"
"You can't win Kakashi, Water Release: Turtle Barrier!" A huge turtle, the shape of the Sanbi in miniature, rose up from the ground and blocked the attack, sending a cascading wall of water into the air. Now Kakashi had lost the man again, thanks to the Hidden Mist Jutsu in the air.
"Fire Release, Night Illumination!" Kakashi did a tiger seal followed by a dog, as a ring of fire flew from his hands and briefly illuminated a flash of metal, Zabuza no doubt trying the silent killing technique again. The two enemy ninja took notice of one another's moves and called out at once after several hand signs
"Water Style: GREAT WATERFALL TECHNIQUE!" Two huge waves of water struck them both as the battle raged on between Haku and Sasuke, the last youth of the Uchiha and his fire Jutsu versus the last remnant of the Yuki clan and her ice mastery. He was surrounded by the mirrors with Haku warping from mirror to mirror while tossing hundreds of senbon into the last Uchiha, who now resembled a rather large hedgehog. However, the Uchiha had several advantages.
First of all, the mirror Jutsu she was using consumed a mad amount of Chakra. Despite several sessions of specialized training with Zabuza, she didn't have the reserves to do this for much longer. In a ground fight, she'd be in range for his Fire Jutsu and that new Sharingan he had obtained after the first 50 senbon.
Second, she was to take him alive, so she couldn't use lethal force, limiting her jutsu. True, while she hated killing, she had a few Jutsu for that from Zabuza
Finally, that Sharingan was tracking her movements, last time he tossed a kunai during a senbon wave, she had gotten a cut on her upper arm, after a few other attempts of his, he was getting slowly closer, and she was running out of options. Perhaps a change in the flow of battle might help. Doing a few rapid one handed seals, several ice spikes rose from the ground towards the Uchiha, who easily dodged them.
"Is that all you got!" He boasted "Or has my Sharingan, the ultimate Kekkai Genkai, made you realize your pathetic existence pales to mine!" Haku smirked, as she had him where she wanted him, as she flew from an ice mirror and sent a dozen senbon straight at his unguarded back. But then his damn Sharingan kicked in.
"Fool, that isn't even worth copying" Haku shook her head, he couldn't copy it anyway if he tried "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" a huge fireball was blasted through the senbon, melting them before hitting Haku, knocking her back. She rolled on the ground, as the flames burned a hole through the battle robes, showing an ice colored bra underneath. Sasuke smirked.
"What, you're a girl? No wonder you're so weak, but I'll cut you a deal, become one of my bitches and help me revive my clan, and I'll let you live" Haku groaned.
"No way in hell I'd do that, you duck ass" Haku said as she dissolved into water. Sasuke's eyes went wide, that was a water clone. He cursed himself for not being able to copy it, before he heard creeping ice, as an Ice spike flew straight at him, with a victorious Haku smiling under her battle mask.
"Game over" Hey, Zabuza was vague in his orders, a guy didn't need an arm to revive a clan, did he? He could be still used as bait. But then, the orange ninja with blond hair jumped down from above.
"And the Hero is here, Dattebayo!"
"It's him" Haku commented. Perhaps he'd be an actually decent employee
"Shadow..." Naruto began before noticing Sasuke's Sharingan.
"That's it Dobe, give me that Jutsu of yours" Sasuke smugly thought. He groaned, before stopping his Jutsu and taking the Ice spike himself right through the stomach, only narrowly avoiding the heart and lungs.
"Naruto!" Kakashi gasped from outside the battle field, before two water dragon bullets collided once more. Zabuza also commented on the battle.
"Oh no, that was off for Haku, that Uchiha must have said something really bad, have to remember to give him a little bit of torture once we have him, now to take care of you, Kakashi!" Naruto's shout of pain soon filled the air.
"AGH" he yelled out. Sasuke smirked, this was the only thing that idiot was good for, a shield to protect his betters. Haku stared at him.
"Why would you take that attack for this, stain on humanity" Haku asked, retracting the ice spike, its frigidity barely avoided granting hypothermia, but blood loss was still occurring. Naruto groaned out.
"I said it, to this girl I met, and I'll say it again, I fight for my precious people. And one of them is my Oji-san, the Sandaime Hokage, told me, as did Kakashi-Sensei that no matter how much of a stuck up ass your teammates may be, you can't abandon them, if I was to let Sasuke die like this, I'd be worse than him, as those who abandon their team are lower than trash!"
Meanwhile, inside the seal
Finally, the time had come. The little baka she was sealed in had gotten himself into near mortal peril. Time for her, the Kyuubi, to save him and perhaps try to take control. She was in the mood for some destruction, or tacos, depending on what came first.
However, as she let a stream of her chakra out to heal her host, she noticed some of it was being diverted, straight into that strange seal.
"What in Kami?" the seal briefly began to glow orange, or at least in a portion of it, where a kanji glowed brightly, the Kanji for Storm.
Back to reality
An orange-red glow began forming around Naruto, as his wound began to heal. The air began rippling with power, shaking the bridge slightly. Naruto then began forming Tiger, Dog, Serpent and Dragon.
"STORM RELEASE: GREAT TWISTER!" a huge twister of wind and lightning formed from Naruto, before expanding and crossing the field of battle, as Haku and Sasuke were pulled into its winds.
"What, power" Haku gasped.
"How can the Dobe... AND WHY CAN'T I COPY IT!" Kakashi was wide eyed, as were Tazuna and Zabuza.
"Haku!"
"MY bridge!" Kakashi was the most shocked of all
"That's a Kumo Kekkai Genkai, how is that possible!"
Cliffhanger; to be continued next chapter
OC Ninja techniques (Any others come from the show or manga)
Water Release; Turtle Barrier
Rank; C
Description; Summons a large, Sanbi shaped wall of water to block attacks
Fire Release; Night Illumination
Rank; D
Description; Creates a ring of fire to briefly light up a dark or foggy battlefield
Storm Release; Great Twister
Rank; Kekkai Genkai (A)
Description; Creates a massive twister that eats up a large amount of chakra, it traps enemies in a powerful vortex.
