Flashback:
Isaribi finally hit land. It had been a week since she left her village, after Orochimaru had let her go. She had hoped that the villagers would have understood that what happened to her wasn't her fault, but hate is so much stronger than mercy. So was fear.
Her body was in its transformed state, making her look like some kind of humanoid fish creature. She didn't care who saw her. All she hoped for was an end. An end to the pain and the hungry. Who could love a monster?
"Hey, are you O.K.," came a voice. "Haku, come here and give me a hand."
Isaribi felt two sets of hands grab her and pull her out of the river. She felt the cold snow press against her scaly skin. She opened an eye and saw two other children. They both looked worried about something. For a second, she thought they where worried about her, but how could they? She was a monster.
She felt fabric press against her. She opened her eye again to see one of them had taken off his shirt and had been trying to dry her off. A few seconds later a fourth person came.
"Well, what do we have here," said a large man that Isaribi could barley make out. "Two kids with bloodline limits and some other brat." He pointed to the one drying here. "Get out of my sight, you do not interest me."
"SHUT UP," yelled the boy. "I'M SICK OF PEOPLE THINKING I AM WORTHLESS! I DO HAVE WORTH! I WILL BE NOTICED! WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ME?" As the boy said this, Isaribi could feel an odd power coming from him. And so did the man.
"Interesting," said the man. He came over and patted the boy on the head. "Looks like I misjudged you kid. In fact you remind me of a clan I heard about. Come with me and I will give all three of you power and respect. In return, you will be my weapons. It is this or death, make your choice."
Present
Kakashi and the rest of team seven where finally ready to escort Tazuna to the bridge. As they walked out the door, they where greeted with the smiling faces of Isaribi and Naruto. Naruto had in his hand a basket.
"Tazuna, I got that order you asked for," he said.
"Great, why don't you two come with us to the bridge," said Tazuna.
"What did you order," asked Kakashi. He was eyeing the basket, but something else worried him. What it was, he didn't know. It was as if something was out of place.
"Just some things for the workers who haven't given up hope," replied the old man. "They need it now more than ever." Kakashi nodded. With each passing day, fewer people stayed to help with the bridge. Only a handful of people where left.
Over by the bridge, three figures where getting ready to greet their guests as they hid in the mist. They stood amongst the fallen villagers who had been at the bridge at the time. Zabuza looked down at Bloody Fox and Haku. Haku was wearing his usual hunter-nin attire. Bloody Fox, however, was dressed like a mini Zabuza. From the way he wore his headband to the side to the style of his pants. There where a few differences. First, he was wearing a black muscle shirt. Second, he didn't have bandages around his face, he had a mask. Finally, no zanbatou.
"Is there something on your mind Fox," asked Zabuza.
"Only one thing Zabuza-sensei," replied Fox. "I want to fight the Hyuga."
"This is an odd request from you, any reason?"
"I'll explain later." With that, they where silent for a while.
"Their late," said Haku.
About ten minutes later, Kakashi and crew arrived at the bridge and where shocked to see all the work crew dead.
"YOU'RE LATE," shouted Zabuza and Haku together. Fox sweat dropped.
"Well, we got lost…hey wait a minute," cried Kakashi as he realized what he was saying. "How can we be late? I didn't know that we had an appointment."
Zabuza looked at Haku. He shrugged saying that he knew he forgot something.
Suddenly the area that was covered with mist became thicker. Crap, thought the lazy Nin, Hiding Mist Jutsu. Luckily, Heero activated his Byakugan.
"Kakashi, there are seven clones surrounding us." As he said this, Sasuke began to shake. This didn't go unnoticed by Zabuza.
"Looks like those kids of yours are still weak. Look at that one shake."
"I'm shaking," said Sasuke, "with excitement." With that, he destroyed five of the water around them.
"Looks like you might have an opponent in speed Haku," said Zabuza. Sasuke looked back at his teammate who had not turned off his bloodline limit.
"Your math sucks Heero. There where only five clone not seven."
"They are right behind Tazuna," insisted Heero. Team Kakashi turned their attention to their rear and only saw Naruto and Isaribi with smirks on their faces. A second later, they dispersed. The mist began to lighten up so that they could see Zabuza and his two friends.
"I was getting tired of this farce," said Bloody Fox. This was the first time he had ever spoken in the presence of the Leaf team. His voice was…familiar. A second later he moved his hand to remove his mask, allowing his enemies to see his face. He had blue eyes, blond hair, and whisker marks on his face. He smirked at the socked faces before him. Haku did likewise.
"Nar-Naruto. Haku," said Sakura. "How can this be? What's going on, I don't understand."
"You don't know how long I have dreamed of this day," said Naruto, ignoring Sakura. "I thought of every possible way I could take my revenge. The ways I could make you suffer. A small piece of me wants to thank you, thought. If it hadn't been for you, I would never have become this strong. So for that, I grant you a quick death."
"You kill me," snickered the young Hyuga as he received looks of curiosity from his team. "Don't make me laugh. It will never happen. I have the council on my side, or did you forget that? I guess you did with that puny happy go lucky brain of yours."
"The council isn't here right now. I have no reason to fear them."
"What's going on," demanded Sasuke. It was plain to see that there were issues between the two of them. But how did these two know each other? From what he knew about Naruto, he was a street orphan. Heero was a member of one of the most powerful clans. Their classes where miles apart.
"Yes Naruto," said Zabuza, "I would like to know as well. All you have ever said was that you wanted to pay back a Hyuga."
"Very well," said the blond with a smirk. "I'm not a very good story teller so please forgive me if I bore you. My story begins the day Kyuubi attacked the Leaf Village. The Forth was praised for defeating it. However his victory was the cause of my suffering. You see, he couldn't destroy the Kyuubi. So he sealed it in a baby who was born on that day. Me."
With that, most of the Leaf team was shocked. Sasuke couldn't believe that they had been lied to about the Kyuubi and its 'death'. Sakura was under a similar impression. Kakashi was wondering how he found out. Heero was the only one who wasn't shocked, as if he already knew. Tazuna was the next to speak.
"How could someone do that?"
"Please don't interrupt the storyteller," said Naruto. "Believe me, I asked myself that every day when I found out. But that is later in the story.
I grew up without love. I was hated by the Leaf with very few exceptions. I wanted one thing, someone to notice me as more than trash on the street. When I was four, I meet Heero and his sister Hinata for the first time."
Naruto looked up at the sky, letting old wounds resurface.
"I believed, from the deepest corner of my heart, that I had finally found people who could see me. Hinata was shy and nervous. Heero seemed like he always had a lot on his mind. They showed me what it was like to play games with other children and be a normal child. I was so happy.
Hinata and I began to spar. She needed help with the Gentle Fist and I wanted to help her. So she taught me the basics of the style and I helped her to the best of my ability. By teaching me, she became better. I remember her thanking me once when she had received a complement from her father."
A tear rolled down Naruto's face and fell to the ground and he paused. Haku wanted to stop him from going any further, seeing the pain he was in. However, Zabuza placed a hand on his shoulder, stopping him.
"Two years later, I stood waiting for Hinata. She was late and I began to worry. She was never late. Heero came running up to me. He told me that Hinata would be getting the Bird Cage Seal and would become a branch family member if I didn't do something. I trusted him and ran to where I was told to go. I wanted to get there and save Hinata from a fate I knew she feared. I was willing to do whatever it took to save her. If it meant leaving the village, so be it.
When I arrived there I didn't see any sealing ritual. I was an advanced training session of the Gentle Fist and saw Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. I was discover and accused of spying on their training. Apparently there had been evidence of someone spying of them for a while. I tried to explain, but they didn't listen or believe me. Hiashi Hyuga soon stood before me and told me to leave the village or the next day, he would kill me for being a spy.
I left the village right after that. As I ran past the gate, I ran into Heero who had a smirk on his face. He had set me up. As I accused him, he laughed at me."
"I still do," interrupted Heero. "I had a deal with the council. They found out that I was hanging out with you. I told them I only did it because my sister was fond of you. They told me about the fox and asked me to be a spy. I did it gladly. You see, they promised to put my name up in the future for Hokage. That is, if I could get them a reason to have you killed or banished. I thought it would be to long, you being a demon and all, but it was taking to long for my tastes. But what got me furious were Hinata's improvements. Father began to take more of an interest in her and I could feel my position in the Head Family slip. So I left the indications of the spy and set you up. The council was pleased with my work."
Understanding flooded Kakashi's mind as Heero spoke. That was why the boy left and his anger towards Heero. Perhaps he had been misinformed about the demon inside Naruto or some other reason. Kakashi didn't want to lose another teammate, no matter the reason. He decided that once they got back, he would have a long talk with the Hokage.
"As you told me," said Naruto, not missing a beat. "So I left and headed out towards Mist country. There I meet Haku and Isaribi and the rest is history. I was trained under Zabuza-sensei till I was eight and took the Genin exam along with them. I was placed with Zabuza-sensei and he got me into the ANBU training program. Haku was sent to the Hunter-nin program and Isaribi into the medic program. Although I am technically ranked a genin, I am as strong as a low to mid ANBU. It was mostly thanks to Zabuza-sensei who helped me learn about the demon inside of me and to use its powers. It didn't take long for someone as skilled as Zabuza-sensei to figure it out."
With that, he sighed his story was over.
"Naruto," said Kakashi, "it's not too late you could come back…"
"No he can't," shouted Heero as he glared at Naruto. "I will never let that happen. If he does come back and that old fool of a Kage dismisses the fact that he is a Mist shinobi, there will be problems in the clan. He will be forced to marry Hinata to keep the secrets that he learned in the clan and she will become the clan head because she will be able to produce a heir. I will become a Brach Member."
"Don't worry," said Naruto. "I have no intention of going back. I am perfectly happy where I am and helping Zabuza-sensei reach his goals. And don't worry about your clan. Its future is not in your hands seeing as I will kill you today."
Naruto began to walk over to a corner of the bridge.
"Let's settle this," he said, not turning back. Heero followed him, so that he could silence him once and for all. After that, he would lie to the Hokage and the council would support him.
Yes, it was time to settle this.
Well hope you like this chapter. Before I sign off for now I have some things to saw. 1: Naruto isn't evil, he just wants revenge. 2: I am deciding who should die. Haku, Zabuza, or both. 3: I AM NOT CRAZY! Thank you and be sure to check out my other fanfictions. Coming soon a Rin/Naruto story. Later!