Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, Bleach, or Naruto. shadowwriter329 and myself are just writing this for fun, and the original idea for this belongs to ChrisDZ.

-Chapter 3: Demons in the Mist-

Naruto woke up in his family compound's master room. It had pictures of his parents, with Kushina in her humanoid form and even her full beast form. He saw the pictures and saw that they were quite happy, especially when she was carrying him, 'Don't worry kit. We wanted to have you no matter what. It's a shame that most of my clansmen became scattered. So many Uzumaki both fox demon and human died when ninja invaded. I came to Konoha since Mito-sama accepted me. She was the only fox demon to teach me our ways.' Naruto couldn't help but feel a little sad for his mother's homeland. Uzushiogakure was one of the few villages that studied and befriended demons, and the Uzumaki was primarily made of fox demons, with humans and half demons in the mix as well. Naruto placed his sword on his back and left the compound, 'I'll be the best Hokage ever!' His mother got the thought as he left to meet his team for missions.

"Well I must say your team has the easiest time catching Tora, and with the least amount of injuries even if it takes a while." Sarutobi said and team seven smirked. The truth was that they could find Tora in half the time, but thanks to Sasuke making a deal with the cat. They look away from the cat for a few hours and give a small chase so it can get some exercise before he is caught with out a fight. This happened at least a few time a week.

"Hey old man, can we have a real mission?" Naruto ask.

Iruka then went into a lecture about mission rank and which rank was for them when he opened his eyes he found Naruto with his back turned to him talking to his teammates. "HEY! HAVEN"T YOU BEEN LISTENING!"

"Come on, we have been doing boring chores for weeks. How are we going to get better if we can't even get a chance to try?"

Sarutobi sighed before lifting a file off the table. "You want a mission, then lets see if you can handle a C-rank mission. Someone bring in Tazuna." The man, Tazuna, came in. His clothing was work related and he was an older man. The smell of sake got to Naruto's nose as he came in.

"So, this is the team that's hired to protect me? They look pathetic, especially the short kid with the oversized kitchen knife." Naruto growled at the insult as Sasuke and Sakura held him back. Sakura grabbed the back of his jacket while Sasuke grabbed at the back of his neck, revealing a bit of skin that would be found on cats and dogs. Sakura was confused as Sasuke mouthed 'I'll explain later'.

"Now, now, Naruto. There's no need to maim the client. I can assure you Tazuna that these gennin are pretty good for their age, and I'm a jounin. I can handle situations that they cannot." Tazuna huffed, but didn't pay too much attention, "Alright, I'm Tazuna the super bridge builder. I'm hiring you brats to protect me, so I expect you to risk your lives for me." Naruto looked at the man with a cold glare, causing Tazuna to get unnerved as the eyes slitted slightly with the glare.

"We leave in two hours team. Go home and get packed for what you need for the time we'll be gone. Meet me and the client at the main gates." The three nodded as they left for their respective homes to pack. In no time at all the team and Tazuna was leaving the village. Naruto was excited, as this would be the first time he would get to leave the village. Sakura asked Tazuna for some information about the land of Wave. As they moved down the road they pass a puddle. Kakashi gave it a single glance but kept walking. After they pass it the puddle shimmered, and two figured raised out of it. In a spilt second Kakashi was wrapped in a spiky chain. The next second later he was ripped apart as the two men said, "One down, four to go."

The charged with the chain spread out to catch them all. Naruto grabbed his sword and the wrapping unrivaled before he swung it at the chain. It chain broke apart to the shock of the demon brothers. It was then that Sasuke pounced by using the fireball jutsu. Sakura went into a protective position in front of Tazuna, and Naruto rushed in with his sword. The demon brothers were so preoccupied with the attacking gennin that they never saw the finishing blow from Kakashi, causing them to be incapacitated.

"Good work team. I hope you aren't injured, Sasuke, Naruto," Kakashi looked at the two as they were the closest. With Sasuke fighting like a cat, and Naruto was fighting in close quarters with his sword. "Sensei! Your okay!" cried Sakura before she notice where Kakashi was 'killed'. All that remained was a sliced up log, 'Replacement jutsu' thought Sakura.

Chuckling, Kakashi gives her a wave before turning to Tazuna with a serious expression. "Now, please explain why you lied about the mission. And don't lie or we'll leave you now." Sighing, he explains about how Gato has taken over Wave and how he was building a bridge to the main land will break his hold on the country.

"…And that's why the bridge needs to be built." Seeing the sympatric looks, he decides to try a guilt trip. "I'll understand if you leave, after all I'll just be killed… But don't worry about that! My grandson will cry and my daughter will hate all Konoha ninja until she dies, but don't worry about that either!"

The team sweat dropped before Kakashi looked at his team, "Guys I will give you the choice; we end the mission now or move forward."

The genin looked at one another before Naruto spoke up, "We wanted a tougher mission and we will not back down cause thing do not go as plan."

Sakura nodded, "That's right, not every mission will be as they were given and we can't call ourselves ninja if we give up."

"We keep the mission," Sasuke added. "If we go back we will never get another higher mission again."

Kakashi looked at them with a proud look on his face. He then turned to Tazuna, "Well I do believe you have a ninja team with you." They continued on and travelled. They were attacked by some minor demons that wanted a free meal, but weren't expecting skilled ninja. They made it to the place they were meeting the ferryman.

"It's great to see you Tazuna, but we can't leave till early morning. Gatou'd kill us if he saw you," The ferryman said as the group nodded and decided to set up camp. Kakashi burnt something that got on Naruto's nerves, 'Gah! Okaa-chan, what is that stuff!'

'Don't worry. It's an herbal mixture. While it's not poisonous, demons that smell it are more likely to stay away. It's still annoying for fox and dog demons because of the stench.' Naruto nodded at his mother's words as he started sniffing around other stuff to get his mind off the smell. Sasuke also seemed to not like the stench, but it wasn't as horrible to her then it was to Naruto. Sakura was completely unaffected as she was completely human. Sasuke decided to scratch a nearby try while looking at Naruto, 'Hmm, that mix must be driving him nearly insane. Good thing cats don't have as sensitive noses, but the question is: how do I bring up the topic of his parents?' She went over and sat down next to him, "It's really bad isn't it?" at his nodded she added, "My sense are not as good as your but even I can tell it is bad, I guess you just have it worst." After a minute she said, "I got mine from my mothers side." He looked at her and she made her tail appeared before he put it back, "Do you know where yours came from?" she figure he would open up more if he knew the truth as well.

Naruto stared at her amaze that she would tell him. He knew because of his mother but she did not know that. He gave a small smile, "I found out it was from my mother's side. I was shocked to hear it but it was not as shocking as the bigger truth." He stopped thinking of how he should go on. He figures she would not reject him if she knew, "My mother was the Kyuubi."

Sasuke went wide-eyed. She remembered what Ino said and spoke "I take it she was force to attack," at his look she added, "I figure she would not attack unless her son was in danger or she was forced."

Naruto sighed, "She was captured soon after she gave birth to me. He wanted the power of the Kyuubi but thought she had it sealed inside her. He used his power and…well you know the rest."

"Someone wanted her power? Who?"

"He called himself, Madara Uchiha. He killed everyone but my parents just to use me as a hostage." Sasuke went wide eyed at that, "He's supposed to be dead. How can he attack Konoha if he's dead?" Naruto shook his head at that, "How should I know? I didn't even know who my parents were until I became a gennin." Sasuke sighed at that. She couldn't hold it against him, but it did make her wonder, 'Could that be the reason the reason the other Uchiha weren't that fond of Konoha?' They went to sleep without too much problem, but only Naruto and Sasuke had things on their mind. The next morning they gather their gear and took the boat into the morning mist. It helped cover their movements as well as they did not have the motor going. Soon the shadow of the bridge came into view next to them. "Whoa that's…big." Naruto said.

"Quiet, you want someone to hear us."

Naruto looked a little sheepish while he scratched the back of his head. The trip was made quietly before they made it to the shore. "Alright stay close and keep a look out." Kakashi said as they started off. 'They will not send chunin this time but a jounin.'

The team had their sense son high alert when Naruto smelt something nearby and heard movement in a bush off to the side. He threw a kunai into it. After a few second he checked it and found a white rabbit scared to death under a tree with his kunai over it. Sakura hit him over the head and went over and scooped up the bunny. "But there wasn't rabbit there, it had a different scent." Mumbled Naruto.

Kakashi looked at the rabbit, 'The color is wrong, it summer so the fur should be brown and this one is white. It must have been kept in a cage. Then Naruto did smell something earlier and the rabbit was use for a replacement jutsu.' Naruto and Sasuke's ears picked up a strange sound and Kakashi shouted out, "Everyone down!"

Everyone hit the floor as a huge sword came spinning over their heads. It crashed deep into a tree before someone appeared on the handle sticking out.

"Zabuza Momichi, the demon of the bloody mist." Kakashi said as the owner, a man with bandages over his mouth and camouflage pants.

"Copy ninja Kakashi. I know of you from the bingo book, and the bounty on you is quite high." The swordsman said as Kakashi looked back to his team, "Manji formation! I'll take care of Zabuza myself." He then moved his headband to reveal another eye.

"Ahh, to see the sharringan so early. I must be special."

'How does Kakashi sensei have a sharringan!? It's a power that only Uchiha possess!' Sasuke thought when Zabuza spoke. She was too curious at the fact while Naruto readied his sword. Zabuza jumped to the water with his sword on his back he formed a hand sign. "Hidden mist jutsu," and a thick mist formed.

They all looked around but they could not hear anything. Naruto and Sasuke were lucky they could sense movement in this mist and could see better but that was more for darkness. But it was better then nothing. "Guys, stay in formation." Kakashi said, "Zabuza's an expert in silent killing technique. He can kill anyone so quietly and sudden that they would not even know they died."

They heard Zabuza laugh in the mist. "Eight points; lungs, liver, spine, Jugular vein, clavial artery, kidney, brain, heart. Which vital spot should I go for first?"

They all felt the pressure of the Killing Intent that Zabuza was giving off. Sakura never felt anything like this and could not move. Sasuke shook thinking of how she felt something like this when her brother killed off her clan. Naruto gulped feeling the pressure he has never felt before. 'Was this a true ninja battle?' they thought?

Kakashi knew what his students were feeling and went to calm them down. "Guys don't worry." They all looked at him, and he smiled under his mask at them, "I won't let my comrades die."

The genin felt better, but then Sasuke and Naruto felt something get right next to them and they struck. The mist cleared around them and Sakura Tazuna and Kakashi were shocked. Naruto and stabbed his sword into Zabuza's chest while Sasuke had a kunai into his neck.

But it was not blood that was leaking out of his wounds but water. The Zabuza burst into water as they found out it was a water clone. Kakashi looked at his team, he did not see something come into view behind him. It was too late and he was slashed in half. The genin were freak out before Kakashi also burst into water.

Zabuza was shocked as well, 'He copied my water clone in the mist.' He then felt a kunai at his neck. "It's over," Kakashi said.

Zabuza looked at him in the corner of his eye "I must say I am impressed. But I am not that easy to catch," he then turned to water.

Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi again and tried to cut him in half, but Kakashi ducked. Zabuza did a full swing and made his blade dig into the ground. Using it he turned and kick Kakashi in the side and made him go into the water.

Kakashi got to the surface of the water, 'This water is heavy,' Zabuza appeared behind him and shouted, "Water Prison Jutsu!" and Kakashi was trapped in a sphere of water. Zabuza created more clones with a single hand sign as the gennin fought. Naruto mixed in his sword strikes with foxfire, while Sasuke reacted with clawed slashes at times.

"You brats aren't that bad, but you still don't have what it takes to be ninja. I was already bathing in blood before you were in diapers." Zabuza said as the gennin looked shock, "The final exams of the Hidden Mist was originally a lot worse then what it is today, and he's the reason reason why."

"Yes, we would train together, sleep together, eat together, but only one of us would live to be a ninja. The loser would be killed." He then looked towards Naruto, "Half demon or not, or your still just playing ninja" He formed a water clone and had it attack the genin. Naruto block the sword attack while Sasuke jumped onto it. The clone was shocked but could not react when Sasuke attack with her claws, "Iron claw!"

The clones face as slashed and the water clone dispersed. Zabuza was shocked, two half demons he had to deal with. He then eyed the girl, was she a half demon too? He made another water clone while he thought up a way to kill them without releasing Kakashi.

Naruto then got an idea. He charged at the water clone and started a dual with their swords. Sasuke notice something on the ground, it was a large folded up shuriken. He picked it up and got what Naruto was up too. She unfolded the shuriken before she threw it. Zabuza raise an eyebrow before he notice that it as heading for him not the water clone. 'So the fox brat is playing decoy while they attack the real me, gutsy but not good enough.'

He went and caught the windmill shuriken with ease, but then notices another one coming at him. 'She hid the second shuriken in the shadow of the first one. Not bad but not enough.'

Zabuza then jumped over the shuriken while still holding on to the water prison. After the shuriken pass him he heard a poof of smoke from behind. He looked over his shoulder to see Naruto in the air where the windmill shuriken was. He grinned before he threw his sword like a spear at Zabuza.

Zabuza was shocked that he was tricked like that. He had no choice but to let go of the water prison and freeing Kakashi. The genin cheered, Naruto started to swim to shore when Zabuza was over him. He growl and tried to us the folded up shuriken to kill him. Kakashi appeared and blocked the blow. . "Sorry but your fight is with me. And so you know, I don't fall for the same trick twice."

Zabuza start to do hand signs while Kakashi got in front of him and copied Zabuza's movements. Zabuza glared before both jounin finished their jutsu, "Water style; Water Dragon Jutsu!"

Water churned behind the both of them before it shot out forming a dragon made of water. The dragons went head on and meet in midair, pushing against each other. Neither one was backing down before they both fell losing power. The genin watched in aw as the jounin was now doing another series of hand signs.

Zabuza growl as he watched Kakashi, who had his Sharingan on him. 'That cursed eye is-'

"Freaking me out right?" asked Kakashi finishing his sentence.

Zabuza was stunned, 'Did he just-'

"Read my mind?" finished Kakashi again.

Zabuza growled out loud and shouted with Kakashi at the same time. "You stupid monkey; stop copying me!"

Zabuza was starting to lose focus when he saw something right behind Kakashi. It was him mimicking all of Kakashi movements, but he was slight transparent almost like a ghost. 'What is this? Genjutsu?'

The Kakashi finish the hand signs first, "Water style, Water Vortex jutsu!"

The water in front of Kakashi gathering in the air and made a spinning vortex hat went flying at Zabuza. "What! He finished my Jutsu before me?" then Zabuza was hit sending him right into a tree. As the water receded Kakashi threw some kunai and pinned his arms to the tree. Zabuza looked up as Kakashi landed on a branch of the tree he was pin to. "Can that eye…see the future?"

"Yes," said Kakashi. "And your future is death." Just then senbon needles shot out from nowhere and struck Zabuza in the neck. A young 'boy' came out, with a mask covering his face, "You were right, his future was death."

"Judging from your mask, you are a hunter-nin from Kiri." The 'boy' nodded as 'he' grabbed the body, "I must dispose of this body. Thank you for your aid." As soon as 'he' disappeared Naruto thought to his mother, 'What's a hunter-nin?'

'Hunter-nin specialize in tracking and assassination. They kill particular targets to keep the secrets of their village safe. There are humans that can be stronger then demons, and there are those that are as strong as your father or Kakashi, but younger then you. Never stop training kit.' Kushina thought back as Kakashi collapsed. The gennin rushed up to him and got him up, "Don't worry, it's just chakra exhaustion. I used up too much chakra at once."