Hakureisaiga-I am back with another chapter of Rise of the Dragoon Fox, I will focus more on this story along with Demon Eyes Naruto, Naruto no Taka, Naruto: The Force Within. Also I have adopted Kurama Kuchiki's fic Snow Fox. Now let's introduce Hinata-chan

Hinata- Ohayo!

Hakureisaiga-What happened in last chapter?

Hinata- The usual, Hakurei-san, Naruto figured out the test that Kakashi-sensei and tried to get help. But the pink-haired bitch and the duckass emo how you call them would not listen

Door busts open to reveal a pissed off Sakura and an enraged Sasuke- YOU WILL DIE!

Hakurei-Bitch please! By the power of the Author! (Transforms into Divine Dragoon form) Take this! Final Burst! (Shoots Sasuke and Sakura out of the room

Hakurei-Asses, never mess with the author! Now let's answer reviews

Oraman Asturi- True, I am stuck between the White-Silver Dragoon and the Blue-Sea Dragoon, but if I keep Haku alive, Hinata is going to be the White-Silver Dragoon.

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Arashigan16- On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 8. It's like Final Fantasy 7, also there is a dude named Resobaso on YouTube who has a walkthrough playing the game. Check it out!

Hinata- Wait, are me and Naruto-kun together now?

Hakurei- That is not even a question, of course you two are! Now let's get back to the story

Chapter 4- The Jade Maelstrom meets the Wave

Over the few months, the new Team 7 had been doing many D-ranks, this time they were on another D-Rank….catching Tora, the Fire Lady's cat….again.

"This is Maelstrom, I'm in position." Naruto said through his microphone.

"This is Avenger, 5 meters from the target and closing." Sasuke said.

"This is Blossom, I'm ready to go."

Kakashi said, "This is White Hawk, all units go!"

The genin moved to catch the beast and unfortunately Sasuke got there first to get credit for catching the cat. Tora began to scratch Sasuke's face, marring it with claw marks. Sakura tried to get Tora off of her crush, but Tora kicked her in the face.

Then the cat jumped and was about to run away until it heard Naruto calling him. The Jinchuuriki was crouched down, holding out some catnip, "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty….here, Tora."

Tora walked slowly towards Naruto, sniffing the catnip and ate it. Then the cat rubbed up against Naruto's hand and the Jade Dragoon wielder said, "Mission accomplished, target is confirmed as Tora with red ribbon tied to her ear."

Kakashi said, "Good job, Naruto…..let's return to the tower now."

Sasuke growled, "I hate cats."

Tower- Team 7 watched as Lady Shijimi went to hug Tora, but the cat stayed by Naruto, rubbing against his leg. "Oh, I see you made a new friend." Lady Shijimi said with a smile.

Naruto said, "Lady, I noticed that in the past few days and you must excuse me if I have offended you, but your affection is the cause of Tora's frequent disappearances."

Lady Shijimi said, "Are you saying that I am smothering Tora-chan?"

Naruto said, "As a matter of fact, I am. Cats like to be pampered a lot, but too much will cause it to seek out a new potential master. Though Tora is a nice cat, I don't want to steal the bond you two share, so try a little bit harder not to squeeze Tora too much."

Lady Shijimi looked angry and everyone else except the Hokage, who was thinking, "Holy shit, holy shit….Naruto is going to get himself killed going against the Daimyo's wife."Well, almost everybody was thinking that.

Sakura thought, "Finally that baka is going to get punished…maybe even executed, then me and Sasuke-kun can finally be alone and profess our undying love to each other." (A/N: Bitch please)

Sasuke thought, "Hmph, now I will be the only powerful person on this team. I will take his staff, his power and everything else…..especially that Hyuga girl."

Then the lady started to smile, "What is your name, young man?"

Naruto smiled, "Naruto Uzumaki."

Lady Shijimi said, "In all my years with Tora, no one has ever grasped the meaning of this D-Rank, not even the Sannin or the Hokage. The meaning was no matter what you do, speak your mind in a respectful manner even when your life is on the line."

Everyone's jaws except the Hokage dropped at the Fire Lady's words and Naruto bowed, "Thank you, Lady Shijimi."

The lady said, "No, I must thank you, Naruto Uzumaki. You are a true ninja to look underneath the underneath. I hope that we meet again sometime and for your reward, you can call a request of me to appeal to my husband."

Naruto said, smiling, "Thank you, Lady Shijimi."

The lady with Tora in her arms walked out and the Jinchuuriki turned to see everyone with their jaws dropped still and as usual Sasuke and Sakura were glaring at him. "Umm…guys, you can pick up your jaws from the floor now."

Sasuke said, "How did you know that this mission was a test?"

Naruto said, "I didn't….I just want to make Tora's life and for the rest of the genin especially you since you looked like you were going to kill Tora on the next time he ran away."

Sakura said, "You must have known….there was no way, Sasuke-kun should have gotten that favor."

Naruto said, "I swear I didn't know about it."

Sakura was about to accuse him again until Kakashi said, "Sakura, stop…Naruto didn't get any special treatment because every generation before yours knew about this test and sworn to secrecy to never tell the meaning of this test, now you three must do the same for the next generation."

Sasuke scowled at Naruto, who was not looking at him at the moment, "Can we get a higher mission? These D-rank missions are petty and stupid."

Iruka said, "Sasuke, you are still a fresh Genin, you still need to do D-rank missions for now."

Naruto said, "Iruka-sensei, I think that a C-rank would be good for us. There is a lot of tension and think getting out of the village for once can relieve some tension we are experiencing with the D-Rank missions."

Sarutobi puffed on his pipe, "Naruto, though you have brought up great reasons, I can't give you a C-Rank mission."

Just then Team 8 came in with Kurenai to report their mission to the Hokage. Kiba, noticing Naruto, began to growl and Hinata shot him a glare, silencing him. "Hey, Hinata-chan, Shino, Kiba, Akamaru." Naruto greeted them with a wave.

Hinata smiled and waved back while Shino nodded his acknowledgement to him. Kiba huffed in annoyance while Akamaru acknowledged Naruto with a bark. Then the Hokage got an idea, "How about I sent Team 8 as backup on the C-Rank mission you request."

Sasuke said, "No, I already have weaklings slowing me down…I don't need any…"

Naruto interrupted, "We will take it, Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi said, "Ok, Team 7 and Team 8 will be escorting a man back to his village, protecting him from bandits. His name is Tazuna, a bridge builder."

Just then Tazuna came in the room, drinking a bottle of sake, "You are giving me a bunch of snot-nosed brats especially the indigo-haired girl. She looks like she is going to cry at any given moment."

Suddenly Naruto caught Hinata's hand, "Hinata, we can't kill the client….and as for you, Tazuna, I would advise you not to insult us. We are capable of protecting you and plus you have two Jonin to compensate."

Tazuna wilted in fear because of either Hinata's glare or the kunai lodged in the wall near his jewels or both. "Well, I am the super bridge builder Tazuna and I expect you to protect me with your very lives."

Two hours later, everyone arrived at the gate waiting for Kakashi and Tazuna to arrive. Kurenai was getting a little peeved off. Sakura was peeved off, but didn't mind since she was with Sasuke and pestering him for a date. Sasuke ignored her and began making plans to make Kakashi pay for making him wait while there were strong guys waiting for him to defeat. Shino was…..well, Shino and Kiba was pestering Hinata for a date while she ignored his advances adamantly and looked at Naruto, who was playing the flute to pass the time. Akamaru shook his head sadly since his master couldn't see that Hinata's heart was won by Naruto's actions and smile.

Then Kakashi came up with Tazuna, saying, "Yo!"

To his surprise, everyone shouted, "YOU'RE LATE!"

Kakashi sweat dropped while rubbing his head, "Anyway….let's go now." Everyone went into formation, surrounding Tazuna. Kakashi and Kurenai were in the back, Sasuke and Sakura were on Tazuna's left, Kiba and Shino were on his right and Naruto and Hinata were in the front to Kiba's dismay and anger.

Naruto said, "So, Hinata-chan, how is it on your team?"

Hinata sighed, "It is great, but Kiba tend to be a little adamant on his advances, I am trying my hardest not to hit him."

Naruto said, "That's fine…but if he lays a hand on you, I will step it…unless you can handle it yourself."

Hinata smiled, "That is why I like you a lot….you are sweet when you are protective."

Naruto playfully pushed her and Hinata giggled a bit, making Kiba bristle in anger. Naruto and Hinata noticed the puddle and their faces grew serious. Kakashi and Kurenai noticed them tense and purposefully lowered their guards to see why there were ninja after….the ninja or the bridge builder. The Mist ninja's head peered out of their hiding spot and one of them threw his partner over to the jonin and wrapped their poisoned bladed chain.

"What?" Kakashi and Kurenai shouted and the chunin pulled, ending their lives and destroying their bodies into bloody pieces of flesh and blood. Sakura screamed while Sasuke sprang into action, throwing kunai at the chunin.

The chunin moved, avoiding the projectiles to run into Shino's bugs. One of them said, "Ugh…my…my c-chakra." Shino said in monotone, "Yes, my bugs are Kikaichu bugs, my little friends only feeds on chakra to survive or subdue my enemies. You two will not be any trouble now."

Naruto asked, "Now who sent you here?"

The other chunin boasted, "Ha! We won't tell that answer to the likes of you!"

Kakashi said, "Then perhaps you will tell us then."

Both of the chunin's eyes widened in shock to see Kakashi and Kurenai alive, "B-But how….we killed you. Y-Your guard was completely down when we attacked you."

Kurenai said, "What did you think that we were stupid? It has not rained for days and yet there is a puddle laying there."

Kakashi said, "Good job, Sasuke, Shino. To the rest of you, you did a good job in protecting the client."

Sakura said, "But how are you still alive?"

Kakashi jabbed a thumb at the pile of bloody…logs, "Kawarimi. Now if you will excuse me, these two have some explaining to do." Kakashi dragged the helpless Demon Brothers to the forest while Kurenai interrogated Tazuna, "Ok, Tazuna, why did you lie to us about ninjas being after you? This so-called C-Rank mission has escalated to a B or even an A-Rank mission now."

Tazuna said, "All I could afford is a C-Rank mission, our country is so poor that every family hardly has enough to scrap by…all because of one man, Gato. He arrived at our country posing as a legit businessman, but he takes over companies using thugs and illegal trades to intimidate his opponents."

Naruto said, "So due to him, you couldn't afford any money to get a B-rank mission. I assume that the whole village had to pitch in to help, right?"

Tazuna nodded and Hinata turned to Kurenai, "Sensei, we got to help them. Those people should not have to suffer at all."

Sakura said, "This mission is too advanced for us. We shouldn't go."

Naruto said, "Sakura, I disagree, there are people that are dying and hurt all because of one man's greed. I can't allow that to happen on my conscience, if your family was hurting because of someone, wouldn't you want someone to help you?"

He turned to Kurenai, "I vote that we go."

Hinata stood by Naruto and grasped his hand, saying, "Me as well."

Shino said, "I stand by Naruto and Hinata's decision."

Kiba said, "I will go too." The Inuzuka glared at Naruto, "I will not let you make me look bad in front of Hinata. She will be my bitch sooner or later."He thought.

Sasuke said, "There will be strong guys that will be there, so I am going too."

Sakura said, "Fine, I see that I am outnumbered by democracy."

Kakashi returned with the two chunin, beat up and bleeding. He tied them to a tree, "There! Those two that attacked us were called the Demon Brothers, Meizu and Gozu. They are training to kill their target even if it may kill them in the process. They were hired by Gato and there is a jonin that was hired by him also….Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Mist."

Kurenai said, "The genin here have voted to go ahead with the mission."

Kakashi nodded, "That is fine, normally I wouldn't go if my team was the only ones here….we will continue."

Tazuna said, "Thank you guys so much, if there is some way to repay you…"

Naruto said, "No need, we are happy to help. Now let's get out of here before more nukenins try something."

Boat- Kaji carried them across the lake and said, "Now you got to be quiet or else Gato's guards will hear us coming." Everyone nodded as they saw the unfinished bridge.

"Wow, nice bridge." Naruto whispered in awe.

Tazuna whispered back, "I told ya I can make a pretty good damn bridge."

Kiba said, "It doesn't look like much to me."

Hinata said, "I think it looks nice."

Kiba did a complete 180, "I agree with Hinata."

Everyone sweat dropped at the Inuzuka's antics to impress Hinata.

Kurenai said, "Kiba, how many times do we have to go through this? Naruto and Hinata are together now and there is nothing you can do to change it. If Naruto just so happens to hurt her in any shape or form and he better not, then you can try your luck. Until then, stop your useless attempts to get her."

Hinata silently thanked Kurenai and turned to Naruto, "See, all you had to do was say that."

Naruto said, "Hina-chan, we both know that Kiba will not listen to me since he hates the fact that I 'stole' you from him. No matter what I say or do, he would have continued to pester you…plus I will not do anything that you could handle yourself."

Kaji said, "We're here….this is as far as I can go. I can't risk getting caught anymore."

Tazuna said, "I understand, Kaji. Thank you for doing so much for us."

Kiba walked behind Naruto and Hinata, glaring hard at the back of Naruto's head. Naruto sighed as he felt Kiba's leaking killing intent growing, "Kiba, I know that you are jealous and all, but really, is this necessary?"

Kiba growled, "Yes, it is. You asshole! I will get Hinata one way or another. She will be my bitch."

Naruto suddenly spun and elbowed Kiba in the ribs hard before punching him in the face. Naruto said, "Insult me all you want! But calling my girlfriend a bitch is the last thing I will tolerate from you….next time I won't be so merciful to you."

Kakashi said, "Though I appreciate you defending your girlfriend's honor, Naruto, but can you please refrain from hurting Kiba now."

Naruto said, "I will try, Kakashi-sensei."

Suddenly Sasuke caught their attention by throwing a shuriken in the bushes. "Tch….I miss him." Hinata went into the bushes to see a bunny, "A white hare…isn't it supposed to have brown fur in the spring?"

Kurenai said, "Yes, Hinata, you are right. This means something kept it indoors as a pet and used it as a substitution." Kakashi tensed up, "Someone is here." He thought.

Then everyone heard a strange whistling sound. "Everyone, get down now!" Kakashi shouted, recognizing the sound. Naruto tackled Tazuna while Kurenai yanked Kiba and Hinata down, the rest of them knelt down to the floor as a massive sword was thrown in the air and sunk itself into a nearby tree. Then a man with bandages wrapped around his mouth and wearing camouflage sleeves with light blue pants propped himself on top of the hilt of his sword.

"Zabuza Momochi, A-rank nukenin wanted for assassination attempt on the Sandaime Mizukage. Also known as the Demon of the Mist and an ex-member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist." Kakashi recited from memory.

Zabuza said, "Ah, my reputation precedes me just like yours….Sharingan no Kakashi. I see you brought the Illusion Mistress with you and some brats." Sasuke growled and moved to charge at Zabuza until Kakashi put a hand out in front of him, "Sasuke, I'll handle this."

Zabuza said, "Do you mind giving me the old man?"

Kakashi said, "Genin, don't enter this fight…that is the teamwork here. As for you, Zabuza…" He lifted his hitai-ate to reveal a fully matured Sharingan.

"What is the Sharingan?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke said, "It is the bloodline of the Uchiha clan, the eyes have the ability to read and defeat all types of Genjutsu, Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. But that is not the only ability either."

Zabuza finished, "Heh, what's scarier….is that those eyes can copy your opponent's jutsu once they see them. The only flaw is sealless jutsu and clan jutsus."

Naruto thought, "Note to self: Practice jutsu so I can do it sealless once Sasuke gets his Sharingan."Zabuza said, "It is quite formidable especially with Kakashi, since it is said that he has copied over a thousand jutsu."

Sasuke thought, "But Kakashi is not an Uchiha, so how does he have a Sharingan eye?"

Hinata thought, "That eye…it must have been implanted to replace his eye, probably prior to Kakashi's scar over his eye."

Zabuza said, "Enough chit-chat! I have to kill the old man so I can get paid….but it seems that I have to take care of you two first." Zabuza took his sword and pushed off the tree to free it.

Kiba said, "Where is he? I can't smell him because of this mist."

Sakura shouted, "Over there! He is on top of the water!"

Hinata activated her Byakugan and saw that Zabuza was releasing a high amount of Chakra, "Ninpou: Kirigakure no Jutsu!" He disappeared into the mist and Kiba shouted, "He is gone!"

Shino said, "My bugs can't detect him at all."

Kakashi voiced, "He'll come after me or Kurenai. Momochi Zabuza, when he was part of Kirigakure…he was best known for his mastery in the art of silent killing. In other words, he is so good that you won't even notice until you are already dead. All of you be on your guard because I have not mastered all the aspects of the Sharingan yet."

Shino said in monotone, "The mist is getting thicker."

Zabuza's disembodied voice appeared as if he was everywhere in the mist, "Eight choices: lungs, liver, spine, jugular vein, clavical vein, brain, kidneys and heart…so many choices, but which one to go after?"

Kakashi made a hand sign to blow away the killing intent that Zabuza was producing as well as Kurenai, but the genin were not so lucky and were shaken in fear. Sasuke thought as he gripped his kunai knife, "What a dangerous and powerful KI. It feels like I will be killed if I make one single move. The intensity of two Jonin locked in combat, fighting to the death….I can't bear the pressure, I rather just die and get it over with."

Naruto looked at him and tapped Sasuke on the head, "Calm down, Sasuke…we will get through this."

Kakashi said, "He is right….I will not allow my comrades to die."

Zabuza said, "We will see about that."

The ex-jonin appeared in the middle of the Manji formation and Naruto pressed the button on his retractable staff, hitting Zabuza in the torso, then Naruto twisted the staff, letting his four-inch stake stick into Zabuza. Then the jonin appeared behind Naruto, who was pushed out of the way by Kakashi. Zabuza hit Kakashi, cutting him in half. Sakura screamed in terror since it was right in front of her and fainted.

Naruto made a Kage Bunshin to catch her before she hit the ground, "Damn it, you have to faint at a time like this." The blood turned into water and Zabuza thought in surprise, "What? Mizu Bunshin? He was actually able to copy me in this mist?"

Suddenly a kunai was pressed to his neck courtesy of Kakashi. "Don't move. It's over, Zabuza!" The jonin said.

Shino said, "Your sensei is quite powerful, Naruto."

Naruto said, "It's not over yet, Shino. Judging by his character, Zabuza is not that easily taken care of."

Zabuza laughed, "He is right, Kakashi. There is no way that your monkey imitations can possibly defeat me…but you are quite impressive. You copied my jutsu at that moment you came down the brat. You had me distracted with that clone and hid your real self until I came out…." Another Zabuza behind Kakashi finished his sentence, "But I am not that easy to fool."

The Zabuza popped in front of Kakashi and Kiba shouted, "That one is a clone too?"

Kakashi ducked under Zabuza's horizontal slash and Kubikiri Bocho dug into the dirt. Zabuza turned sharply, switching his hands on the pommel and sent a mighty kick to Kakashi, launching him into the water.

"Kakashi-sensei got knocked away by that much?" Naruto thought.

"So he's strong in taijutsu." Sasuke thought to himself.

Kakashi thought, "Why the hell is this water so heavy?"

Zabuza appeared, standing behind him, "Heh, fool. Suiton: Suirou no Jutsu!"

Kakashi was caught into a ball of water, "Son of a bitch!"

Zabuza chuckled, "I can't believe you fell for that….trying to hide in the water, I am a fucking Mist ninja for Kami's sake."

Naruto deadpanned, "He does have a point, you did fall for that."

Kakashi said, "Oh, shut the hell up and get out of here now!"

Zabuza said, "The kid is right. Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!"

A water clone appeared near the shore. Kurenai thought, "Damn, I am not suited for this situation…I can mostly do genjutsu and he can dispel any with pain."

Naruto retorted, "No, we can't allow that, sensei! Sorry, I am disobeying this order."

Kiba said, "Naruto, he is a fucking Jonin."

Hinata decided to play the card he would never thought he would play, "You can go, Kiba. I am sure that I won't think any less of you."

Kiba bit his lip and saw that he had two choices: To run away or to stay and fight to possibly (A/N: Hehehe….yeah right, like that will happen in my fic) win Hinata's favor. "Like hell I am staying here….Hinata might get hurt." The Inuzuka said, puffing out his chest.

Naruto thought, "Typical Kiba to react like that."

The Jinchuuriki said, "Ok, me, Sasuke and Kiba will deal with Zabuza's clone and Hinata, you will help Shino since he is a long-range fighter and protect Tazuna."

The clone said, "Like you brats can get my clone…hmph, you can't even handle 1/10 of my strength at all."

Naruto said, "Alright."

Naruto charged with Kiba behind him. Naruto engaged the clone with his staff. While the clone was occupied with Naruto, Kiba came behind him and shouted, "Tsuuga!" Naruto jumped out of the way and the water clone couldn't protect itself and splashed into water.

Sasuke took out a Windmill Shuriken and launched it at Zabuza. "Well, damn, that was impressive…but." Zabuza began as he grabbed the shuriken, "No shuriken will be able to touch me at all."

Then a second Windmill Shuriken snapped out of the first's shadow.

"Kage Shuriken?" Kakashi thought.

Then Zabuza jumped over the second shuriken, "I told you that no shuriken can touch me." The shuriken poofed into Naruto, who shouted, "Then how about a kunai?"

Zabuza looked behind him to see the kunai coming closer and closer to him until he moved, losing his grip on Kakashi's water prison ball and the kunai grazed his cheek, drawing blood. Zabuza came after Naruto, who poofed into smoke.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu success." Naruto said, twirling his staff.

Kakashi said, "Thanks, Naruto, excellent plan. Now as for you, Zabuza, I will warn you….the same trick doesn't work twice on me."

Zabuza said, "Let's put that to the test!"

The Zabuza and Kakashi jumped away and did hand signs at breakneck speed, finally ending with the Tori sign. "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" Everyone watched as the two water dragons battled it out. "So many hand signs…but in seconds, he copied them perfectly." Sasuke thought.

Kiba said, "Sugoi! Kakashi-sensei might win this battle!"

The water fell down around Kakashi and Zabuza at a standstill, Kakashi's kunai against Zabuza's Kubikiri Bocho. "Strange, what's going on?" Zabuza thought as he jumped away, "He…copied my movements….completely…" Kakashi finished, "Reading them?" Zabuza thought in shock, "The hell? Is he reading my mind? Damn it, that…."

Kakashi voiced, "Freaky eye is pissing me off, right?"

Zabuza shouted, "You can't beat me, you monkey bastard. I'll make it so you can't never open that mouth again!" He flipped through hand signs until he saw something unnerving, "That….That is….me?" That's impossible, is this that Kurenai's genjutsu?" Kakashi saw his chance and shouted, "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!"

Zabuza said, "What? Impossible!" He was blasted by the water vortex as he thought, "He did my jutsu before I was able to perform it." His back slammed into the tree and Kakashi threw kunai, pinning him to the tree.

"It's over, Zabuza!" Kakashi said.

Zabuza said, "But how?...can you….see into the future?"

Kakashi looked back at him with his ominous Sharingan eye, "Yes…the future tells me that you are going to die." Suddenly Zabuza was hit with two senbons to the neck and fell to the ground, growing still.

A hunter nin giggled, "Hehe, you're right…he is dead."

Kakashi shifted down to check his pulse and thought, "He really is dead."

The hunter ninja bowed, "Thank you for your help…..I have been searching for the perfect moment to kill Zabuza."

Kakashi thought, "Strange…he is a hunter nin, but by the sound of his voice, he or maybe she is not that much older than Naruto."

The hunter nin shunshin to Zabuza's body, "Now I must dispose of the body….farewe.." Naruto attacked before the hunter nin could finish his or her sentence.

Then the ninja shunshin quickly, making Naruto curse, "Damn it, he or she got away."

Kiba said, "You idiot, the guy was trying to get the body away."

Naruto retorted, "That is true if he or she was a true hunter ninja."

Kiba said, "What are you getting at?"

Kurenai said, "Of course, hunter ninja are supposed to kill and dispose of the body. The only proof he or she could have taken to prove the kill was the head and the weapon the ninja used…"

Hinata said, "Senbon needles….oh hell no."

Naruto said, "Oh hell no is right, Hinata."

Kiba said, "What? I don't get it."

Kakashi said, "There might be a chance that Zabuza is still alive."

Sasuke said, "That is impossible, he was dead…you said so yourself."

Naruto said, "That may be true….but there are some points on the body that can put you in a false death."

Sasuke said, "Yeah, right! Dobe, there is no way…."

Kakashi interrupted, "Actually Sasuke, he is right….there are nerve points on the body that can do that…the neck, which has no protection at all, can be easily penetrated. Anyway let's get Tazuna back home."

Tazuna said, "Yeah, you guys can come to my house and relax for a bit."

Kakashi suddenly tipped over and fell to the ground, "Damn, I used the Sharingan too much."

Naruto looked at him for a moment, "Okay, who is going to carry him? I am already carrying…well, hell." Naruto tapped Sakura awake and she said, "Mmmm, what happened…"

Naruto said, "You fainted after seeing Kakashi get sliced in half. Zabuza is gone for now, but he will be back." Kurenai carried Kakashi and Hinata got an idea from that.

"Naruto, can you carry me?" She asked.

Naruto swept her off her feet and began to carry her bridal-style, "All you have to do is ask, Hina-chan."

Hakureisaiga- That is the end…next, Tree climbing, Inari's pain and finding the next Dragoon. Who will it be?

Hinata- Tune in next time and don't forget to vote on the outcome of Neji's ass whooping….by myself or Naruto. I have a feeling that is me.