Hello All, how have you been since the last I wrote you? I have been well and I wish you all the same.
So last time we got to see Naruto's and Tenten's first date together and I think it went rather well don't you? It was pointed out that I made a few mistakes last chapter but they were minor mistakes and should not have confused anybody, but if they did I am sorry.
So this Chapter is looking to see a little more of the Naruto/Tenten relationship since they will spend a lot of time together. Along with Kakashi, Sakura, and our favorite duckassed emo kid *cough* sasuke *cough*
Also I gave it some thought after I got reviews from a few loyal fans, and it has been decided that there will four girls in the harem and you don't need to tell me who you think will be in it because I already know who will be taking Naruto. But I'm not telling any of you who that will be! So you will just have to wait and find out.
Anyways....
DISCLAIMER!: I do not own Naruto or Shadow Skill! Wish I did though....
CH 4.
TO WAVE AND BACK!
The morning after Naruto and Tenten's date was rather uneventful...Well almost uneventful. Naruto was sleeping peacefully having a dream starring his new girlfriend, caramel, whip-cream and you know the rest. Well Naruto's dessert was suddenly cut short when he felt something staring at him.
Opening his eyes, Naruto finds Kakashi right in his face staring at him "AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Naruto,"What the hell Kakashi-sensei!?"
Kakashi gave him an eye smile "Time to get up Naruto. We got our first C-rank mission today. So you need to get up and head to the main gate in an hour."
Naruto calmed his heart rate down to a low thunder as Kakashi left the room "Geez! Can't he just knock on my door or something instead of doing that to me? He could have gave me a heart attack."
"Well it would be no fun for us if we did it that way." said Yamato sticking out of the wall beside Naruto's bed.
"HOLY SHIT!" yelled Naruto again,"WOULD YOU STOP THAT!?" Yamato laughed and morphed back into the wall. Waiting till he knew Yamato was gone, Naruto sighed "I gotta get them to move out and build their own homes."
Fifteen minutes later, Naruto arrived downstairs in his genin attire with his supplies in a scroll strapped to the small of his back. Grabbing a quick bite to eat Naruto headed out the door to go see Tenten before he left.
Getting to her apartment Naruto knocked and waited, and waited, and waited. Ten minutes later after knocking a few times and waiting Naruto decided to leave a note telling her that he had a C-rank mission and did not know when he would be back and that he would miss her while he was gone.
Content with his note Naruto left and headed for the main gate. Getting there a few minutes early, Naruto decided to take a quick nap "If I know Kakashi, he will be here about an hour late." Thinking he had to to relax, Naruto let his guard down as he fell asleep, resting his head on his scroll.
As Naruto was sleeping, Tenten, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi and the mission Employer arrived at the main gate "Let me wake him up." said Tenten as she walked over to Naruto. Tenten leaned down to whisper in his ear "Naruto-kun, it's time to get up."
Naruto rolled over and mumbled something "Just five more minutes Ten-chan, I'm having fun."
This did not go unheard by the entire group "What is he talking about?" asked Sakura.
"Having fun doing what Naruto-kun?" asked Tenten.
Naruto groaned again "Eating you... you make a perfect sundae." Tenten flushed red with embarrassment and Sakura flushed red with anger. Kakashi and the employer fell over laughing and Sasuke, as usual, did not care.
Sakura made her way to Naruto planning to brain him "Stupid pervert!"
When Sakura was about to swing, Tenten reached out and grabbed her arm "What are you doing?" asked Tenten.
"I'm gonna pound him for being a perv! What does it look like I'm doing?" proclaimed Sakura.
"If anyone is gonna pound my boyfriend, it's going to be me got it?" said Tenten as she tossed Sakura aside. Kicking Naruto lightly to wake him up Tenten called out again only this time a little louder "Naruto wake up!"
Naruto opened his eyes and saw Tenten standing above him. Standing up Naruto smiled "Ten-chan what are you doi...*SLAP* OWWW WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" yelped Naruto.
"That was for having dirty dreams about me and talking in your sleep." Tenten leaned forward and kissed the spot where she slapped him then whispered in his ear so no one could hear,"And that was for giving me an idea for when we get back." Tenten gave Naruto a wink and he almost passed out from a massive nose bleed that shot him through the gates of Konoha.
Walking up to Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi helped him back to his feet as they made their way out of the village "Ugh... What the hell happened?" asked Naruto.
"You got slapped by your girlfriend, blown out of the gates when she whispered something in your ear that gave you a nosebleed..." said Kakashi before Sasuke interrupted.
"And now we are dragging you with us dope." said Sasuke.
"So where are we going?" asked Naruto. Looking ahead as he walked on his own Naruto saw Tenten ahead of him "And why is Tenten coming with us?"
"We are going to Wave country for a mission to protect Tazuna-san from bandits." said Kakashi pointing to Tazuna behind him.
"And I'm coming along because I need one more C-rank mission before I can qualify for the chunin exams this year with my team." answered Tenten.
Sakura gave Tenten a questioning look "What do you mean you need on more C-rank to qualify to go to the chunin exams? Don't you just need a recommendation from your jounin sensei?"
"Actually Sakura, Tenten's team is a special case. Since her team is Taijutsu and Kenjutsu based her team has to do a certain number of missions before they can enter the chunin exams to prove that they are ready for the added difficulty of becoming chunin." explained Kakashi.
"Well what about us?" asked Sasuke.
Kakashi thought about it "Well I think I will do the same for you three since you haven't even been genin for a year yet. When you go I want you to be ready for anything."
"Sounds fair enough. Although I think I'm more than qualified." said Naruto.
Sasuke snorted "Yeah right, only the elite rise up in rank. You're going to be a genin forever dope."
Naruto snarled "Says the guy that can't even beat me in a straight fight. Or do you think you can beat me now Uchiha?"
"As soon as I unlock my sharigan you will never beat me again dope." said Sasuke as he moved ahead of him.
"We'll see about that you bastard." said Naruto under his breath so only he could hear it.
Seeing the look in his eyes, Tenten stopped walking long enough until she was side by side with Naruto. Wanting to get some answers she leaned over to his ear "What are you thinking Naruto-kun?" she asked.
"Nothing Ten-chan. Just thinking of a way to shut that prick up for good." said Naruto as he put an arm around Tenten's shoulders.
Tenten leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes "As long as you don't get your self in trouble I'm fine with it."
Naruto smiled and continued walking down the road, as did the rest of the group. About ten miles down the road, Naruto noticed a puddle in the middle of the road. Motioning to Kakashi to let him know of an upcoming attack. Kakashi nodded and kept walking as did Naruto.
Once Kakashi stepped over the puddle, two shinobi jumped up and trapped him in a battle chain "Too easy." said the shinobi with one horn on their headband. Yanking on the chain Kakashi splattered everywhere.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!!!!" screamed Sakura.
"Mist ninja!" snarled Tenten.
"SAKURA GUARD TAZUNA! Tenten when you get the chance pin the chain. Sasuke you get the guy with the two horns I'll take the other one." yelled Naruto as he charged the one Mist-nin that killed Kakashi "YOU"RE MINE ASSHOLE!"
"Oi! Who made you team leader dope?" asked Sasuke as he went after the nin Naruto told him to go after.
One horn was dodging Naruto's blows and tried to attack at the same time. As he attacked Naruto tried to dodge the clawed hand of the one horn. Paying close attention to the claws, he noticed something dripping from them "SASUKE WATCH OUT FOR THE CLAWS! THEY'RE POISONED!" yelled Naruto.
"ALREADY KNOW THAT DOPE!" yelled Sasuke.
"GET OUT OF OUR WAY!" yelled two horn.
"Meizu go get the old man!" yelled one horn.
"I'm trying!" yelled Meizu,"These Leaf-nin are a bit tougher than we were told!"
Tenten waited with a kunai at the ready for when her opening occurred "Come on...Come on...." Seeing that Naruto and Sasuke had backed the two into the trees Tenten finally got her opening "SASUKE, NARUTO MOVE!"
When Naruto and Sasuke got out of the way, the area where they used to be was suddenly peppered with hundreds of shuriken, affectively killing the two Mist-nin. Jumping down from a near by tree Kakashi walked towards the group "Nice job team. You did great, Naruto you did good job taking charge when they attacked. Sasuke, you followed orders from someone other than me for once and you put the pressure on those two pretty good as well. Tenten, Gai would be proud of you for handling the situation so well. And Sakura, you stayed focused, and took care of their target."
"WAIT A SECOND HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!? WE SAW YOU GET CUT TO BITS!!" screamed Sakura as she pointed back at what she thought was Kakashi's corpse. Looking to the 'corpse' Sakura saw nothing but wood."What happened?"
Sasuke walked up and decided to explain "Kakashi knew that they were going to attack so he replaced and hid in the trees to find out who they were after. Isn't that right Sensei?"
Kakashi eye smiled "Perceptive as always Sasuke." Turning to Tazuna, Kakashi gave him a hard glare."I believe it's time you tell us why you had two chunin from mist following you and trying to kill you."
SO Tazuna told them the whole story, how Gato had taken over Wave, the bridge he was building, and now the ninja that were after him."So there you go. I had to lie to your village, otherwise my country would die." said Tazuna.
Kakashi turned to his team "Well I'm not one for turning around and abandoning an entire country, but it is up to you four. Right now we could turn back and leave the mission which we have every right to. Or we can continue the mission. What do you guys think?"
"I don't care if you all decide to turn back but I wont run from this mission." said Naruto,"No matter how dangerous this mission has become, I can't just stand by and let this happen to the people of Wave!"
"I'm with Naruto-kun!" said Tenten.
"I don't care either way as long as I get to fight a tough opponent." said Sasuke.
"If Sasuke goes I'll go too." said Sakura as she looked over at Sasuke.
"Well Tazuna-san, it looks like we're here till it's over." said Kakashi as he helped Tazuna to his feet.
Tazuna was in tears "Thank you all so much!"
"Yeah yeah enough with the crying. Lets just get going." said Sasuke as he walked off.
Tenten looked back to where the Mist-nin bodies were "Hold on guys, I want to get their claws and my shuriken."
"Sorry Tenten but that will take time we don't have at the moment. We have to get Tazuna to his home before we are attacked again explained Kakashi.
"Then you go on ahead. I'll stay behind with Tenten and help her out." said Naruto making a cross seal,"Besides, with my Shadow Clones, we will be done in no time."
Kakashi sighed "Fine but hurry up. I don't need you two getting lost or attacked."
"We'll meet up with you as soon as we are done." said Tenten. And with that done Kakashi continued on with Tazuna, Sasuke and Sakura down the road.
"Shall we?" asked Naruto creating a hundred clones,"Alright fellas you know what to do! Gather all the shuriken you can, but make sure not to cut yourself!" Naruto got a collaborate "YES SIR!"
"Wow... I didn't know you could make that many clones. And why are they working? They are just illusions right?" said Tenten.
Naruto laughed "Not really. These clones are real, not illusions." Naruto Turned and faced Tenten "And so we don't have to do this in the future I have something for you."
"What is it Naruto-kun?" asked Tenten.
"A jutsu." said Naruto. Tenten turned away angry "I don't need any jutsu!" she said.
"Now hold on a second! I think you'll love this one." Naruto pulled out a kunai and showed it to her,"Now watch this." going through some seals, Naruto called out the Jutsu as he threw the kunai."KUNAI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" suddenly the one kunai, turned to thirty. And when they hit the trees they all disappeared except for the original kunai.
"So what do you think of that jutsu?"Asked Naruto with his hands on his hips.
Tenten's eyes were sparkling like diamonds in the sun when she saw the jutsu "YOU HAVE TO TEACH THAT TO ME!" squealed Tenten.
Naruto laughed "Calm down and I will." calming down, Tenten got ready as Naruto taught her the jutsu. Half an hour later, Tenten was able to turn one kunai into fifteen."Alright that's good enough for now but we need to catch up to Kakashi and the others."
"Right." Picking up her scroll, Tenten jumped into the trees with Naruto and made their way to Wave. Finally landing in wave once they crossed the water, Naruto saw Tazuna and Sakura running towards them.
The look on their faces is what got Naruto and Tenten worried "Naruto, somethings wrong." said Tenten.
"I agree." said Naruto as he landed in front of Sakura,"Sakura where are the others?"
"We were attacked! Kakashi got captured by some guy called Zabuza, he told us to run but Sasuke stayed behind to try and help Kakashi." said Sakura as she caught her breath.
Naruto looked off into the direction Sakura came from."Zabuza? I know him! He's one of the Seven swordsmen of the Mist! Naruto we have to go help them!" said Tenten.
"No." said Naruto.
"NO!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO!?" screamed Tenten.
"I mean WE are not going to help them, I am." said Naruto.
"Naruto that's crazy! If Kakashi-sensei couldn't beat him then how can you!?" asked Sakura.
"I never said I was gonna beat him. I'm gonna grab Kakashi and Sasuke and run." explained Naruto,"Tenten, I want you to get these two to Tazuna's home and stay there. If I'm not back in an hour, I want you to get out of Wave and hid back to Konoha. Do you understand?"
"Naruto I'm not letting you," Tenten was interrupted by Naruto stomping his foot.
"I'm not discussing this NOW GO!" yelled Naruto,"I'm the only one fast enough to pull this off, if you followed that just means I have one more person to slow me down. Now get going!"
Tenten kissed Naruto on the cheek "Be safe." she said as she ran off with Sakura and Tazuna.
"God I hope this works." Naruto unsealed Blackwing and began to poor chakra into the blade, as well as though out his entire body until his muscles began to bulge *MARTIAL ARTS LANGUAGE: ACTIVE* "I AM INVINCIBLE! MY SHADOW SKILL'S PERFECTLY HONED! THE FORCE OF MY BLOW KNOWS NO EQUAL!" Naruto threw Blackwing with all his might."This is gonna hurt latter.""SHADOW SKILL:KAMUI!" Naruto suddenly disappeared, no cloud of smoke, no giant dust storm caused by his speed. He just vanished.
Else where with Kakashi and Sasuke."So this is the famous Copy Ninja of Konoha? I'm disappointed, I was expecting more of a challenge. And the last Uchiha, I though the would have been stronger than this." said Zabuza as he watched Sasuke's unconscious form.
"You'll never get away with this Zabuza!" snarled Kakashi,"When I get out of here you are dead."
"HAHAHAHA! Not very likely Kakashi. You see, you're about to die." Zabuza raised his blade high in the air and brought it down onto Kakashi's head, or so he was planning. On its way to cut Kakashi in half, the blade was dropped into the water.
"AHHHHHHH!" screamed Zabuza as he dropped the blade and clutched his bleeding arm, and releasing Kakashi from the water prison,"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" Zabuza began searching the area trying to find what him.
Suddenly Zabuza dropped to his knees and cried out in pain "GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Bleed sprayed from eight other gashes that appeared all over his body. One on his right arm, three on his back, two to the chest, one to both of his thighs and one to his left arm nearly separating it from his shoulder.
Zabuza coughed up a huge amount of blood "Where...where are these attacks.... coming from?"
Kakashi got up out of the water carrying Zabuza's sword on his back. Struggling under the wait of the sword, Kakashi Tried to lift the sword above his head "I guess it is you that will die Zabuza!"
Swinging the sword down, Kakashi hit nothing but water. The force of the swing caused Kakashi to lose his balance and fall right back into the water.
When Kakashi was swinging the rather large blade, Zabuza was hit from the side by some unknown force and slammed through a near by tree.
As Kakashi was getting out of the water, he saw a shinobi standing by the body of Zabuza putting it around their shoulders. The shinobi turned towards Kakashi "Thank you for knocking him out for me. It would have been a hassle taking him down alone." said the nin.
"No problem hunter-san. But I didn't do all the work, something else finished him off." said Kakashi.
The Hunter-nin nodded her head and then disappeared with Zabuza. A moment later Naruto appeared in front of Kakashi "We need to go... Now." Right when Kakashi was about to say something, Naruto grabbed him and disappeared again.
Seconds later Naruto and and the two he was carrying arrived at Tazuna's home. Just five feet from the door Naruto collapsed. Kakashi got up leaving Zabuza's sword lying on the ground "Naruto what the hell was that?" asked Kakashi. Said jounin then looked down at Naruto and saw that his battle skirt was torn off and his legs were bleed profusely "Shit! Naruto wake up!" he yelled.
Sasuke stirred for a moment then got up "ugh... What happened?" asked Sasuke.
"Sasuke, help me get Naruto in the house. You grab his arms and I'll get the legs." said Kakashi grabbing Naruto's feet. Sasuke kicked the door open and walked Naruto in the house.
Tenten was the only one down stairs at the time and saw the two enter the house with Naruto unconscious "NARUTO!" yelled Tenten as she ran to his side. The other's in the house heard the scream and ran down stairs.
"Oh Kami.... What happened sensei?" asked Sakura.
"Tazuna, I need you to get me some towels. Make that a lot of towels. Sakura, I want you to go into town and find a doctor some where." said Kakashi as he laid Naruto down on the sofa.
The young lady standing beside Tazuna went to Sakura "Come now Sakura-san. I'll take you to our local doctor." as soon as those two left Tazuna came back with several towels.
"Thanks." Kakashi cut Naruto's pants off leaving him only in his boxers. Taking the towels, Kakashi put them under Naruto's legs to absorb the blood that was pouring from his legs.
"Kakashi, what happened to Naruto-kun?" asked Tenten kneeling beside Naruto with tears running down her face.
Kakashi was busy trying to stop the bleeding when he heard Tenten ask him what happened "I'm not sure Tenten.... Zabuza was about to kill me when he got all cut up and knocked through a tree then Naruto appeared and pick me and Sasuke up. Now we are here."
"Then why is he bleeding so much?" asked Sasuke watching what Kakashi was doing.
"I'm not sure, we are just gonna have to wait till he wakes up." said Kakashi finally getting the bleeding to stop.
Half an hour later Sakura arrived with the doctor "My name is Takashi, Tsunami and young Sakura here tell me you have an emergency." said Takashi walking into the house.
Tenten looked up from Naruto's side "His legs were bleeding really bad and was passed out from blood lose when he got here. Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke are up stairs passed out from their fight as well."
"Well I'll take a look at the boy." Takashi walked over to the couch and preformed a jutsu. Takashi's hands started glowing green and ran them over Naruto's legs,"Well it seems he burst just about every blood vessel he had in his legs from ankle to upper thigh. How he's still alive I don't know, but he is very lucky. And at the rate he's healing he should be good as new in about three days."
Takashi reached into his pocket and pulled out a few pills "Tell him to take these when he gets up, they will replace his lost blood." Tenten thanked Takashi for looking over Naruto and making sure he was alright,"Your welcome Tenten-san, it's the least I could do for what you and your team are doing for our country. Now could you take me to this Kakashi and Sasuke you spoke of? I would like to take a look at them before I leave."
Tenten took Takashi to the room where Kakashi and Sasuke were sleeping in and allowed him to check the two over. Once he was done with the check-up, Takashi went back down stairs to talk with Tazuna, Sakura and Tenten.
"How is Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura,"Will he be alright?"
"He will be fine, as will Kakashi. Sasuke is the worse of the two though." said Takashi making Sakura gasp,"He is suffering from chakra exhaustion, a mild concussion, and four broken ribs. I healed the ribs so thats no longer a problem. But he will need to stay in bed for the next couple of days."
Sakura let out a sigh of relieve when she heard that he would be okay "Kakashi on the other hand just has a case of chakra exhaustion. It will be about a week before he is back to full strength."
'Thank you Takashi-san." said Tenten as she got up and bowed to the man.
Takashi just waved her off and left. As he walked out the door he told them to let him know if they needed him again.
Later that night, Everyone but Kakashi and Sasuke woke up to the sound of Naruto screaming. Rushing to the couch downstairs, Tenten was the first one there "Naruto what's wrong!?" she asked as she looked him over trying to find something that could be causing him pain.
Through gritted teeth Naruto growled out "My...My legs! They're on fire! Do something PLEASE!? GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tenten rushed to the kitchen and grabbed a few towels, bags of ice, and soaked the towels in cold water. Getting back to Naruto, she wrapped his legs and the ice bags with the towels.
Naruto looked like he was calming down but was still in pain "Whats going on down here?" asked Tsunami. She was the only one that bothered to get up besides Tenten.
"Naruto woke up and was in a lot of pain. I wrapped his legs in cold damp towels to cool them down but the pain is still bothering him." said Tenten still at Naruto's side.
Tsunami smiled at the two young shinobi "Hold on a minute. I'll see if we have any painkillers." Tenten nodded her thanks as Tsunami walked back up the stairs. Not a minute later, Tsunami came back with a bottle of pills "Here these should numb the pain long enough for him to heal completely."
"Thank you." said Tenten as she took out three pills,"Here Naruto take these. They will help with the pain."
Naruto took the pills from Tenten and swallowed them with no problem "Thanks Ten-chan, Tsunami-san." Naruto laid back down and was fast asleep even before his head hit the pillow.
"Well I'm going back to bed now that everything is alright. Are you coming Tenten-san?" asked Tsunami. Hearing no reply from the young kunoichi, Tsunami looked back to see Tenten fast asleep, laying on her head on Naruto's chest."Ah young love." thought Tsunami as she walked up stairs.
The next couple of days were uneventful. Naruto was finally walking around on his own, although his legs were still causing problems for him it was nothing that the painkillers could not fix. A day after Naruto had finally started moving around, Kakashi and Sasuke woke up, but were still told to stay in bed until they were a hundred percent again.
Around the end of the week, Kakashi called all the genin into his and Sasuke's room for a meeting "What do you need to talk to us about sensei?" asked Sakura sitting next to Sasuke on his bed.
"Well first I would like Naruto to tell me what happened when I was fighting Zabuza." said Kakashi eying Naruto who was standing in the far corner of the room with Tenten by his side.
"There's not much to say. I used a technique that made me faster than normal and left me invisible to everything. Unless I stopped that is." said Naruto,"It also comes at a high price. When I read about the ability, it said I would make you faster than any living creature but it would severely damage your legs. But with my healing factor I thought it wouldn't be as bad. Guess I was wrong." said Naruto laughing nervously with his hand behind his head.
"Naruto if what you said was true, then that ability surpasses even the flying thunder god jutsu that the fourth created." said Kakashi in shock.
"What do you mean Kakashi? It's not that fast is it?" asked Naruto.
"I could always see sensei's jutsu when he used it, but with you Naruto, I could not tell what was going on. One minute Zabuza was about to cut me in half and the next he was going through a tree. You were moving so fast that even my sharigan could not keep up." everyone in the room gasped except for Sasuke. He was furious "How does the dope have the power to take on a sharigan user but I can't even awaken mine yet!?" thought Sasuke.
"Naruto, until you can find a way to reduce the effects of that technique, you are forbidden from using it." said Kakashi.
"WHAT!? HOW COME!?" yelled Naruto.
Tenten smacked him in the back of the head with one of her scrolls "For one you burst every blood vessel in your legs, and two you could have lost the use of your legs forever, and third, if it wasn't for the doctor you would have died from blood lose." then she whispered so only she could hear "and I was worried I would lose you."
Naruto wore a sad smile as he brought Tenten into a warm embrace "You'll never lose me Ten-chan." whispered Naruto into the young teens ear. Tenten blushed and leaned into his embrace allowing his warmth to flood through her.
"So what are we gonna do now that Zabuza is dead?" asked Sakura.
Kakashi sighed "That's the problem. Zabuza is still alive." everyone on the room looked at Kakashi like he was crazy,"And if I had to guess, he should be back to full strength in a day or two. So we are going to rest for our up coming battle."
Naruto stepped forward "Kakashi I hate to break it to you but I don't think we have a chance in beating this guy. You and Sasuke got beat in with little effort on Zabuza's part and if it wasn't for me you both would have been dead. And the only reason I beat was because I used a Technique that could have destroyed my legs entirely."
"I can handle myself dope! I don't need your help!" said Sasuke as he got up and left the room.
"You make a good point Naruto but we are ready for him this time. Plus you and Tenten will be with us from the start." said Kakashi.
"Alright but what about this partner of his? We already faced two chunin that were more than likely working for this Gato guy so I would assume that after seeing Zabuza get so many injuries that he would hire more muscle or already had them in case Zabuza failed." argued Naruto.
"What about that sword you brought with you Kakashi-sensei? Isn't that Zabuza's sword?" asked Tenten.
"Yes it is. So we also disarmed him slightly. After all what is a swordsman without a sword?" asked Kakashi.
"Okay none of you are hearing me." said Naruto as he pulled out some paper and a map,"We already faced two chunin and one Jounin. So logically Zabuza's partner that picked him up would be high chunin to mid Jounin since Zabuza is a member of the seven swordsmen."
"What's your point Naruto?" asked Sakura.
"My POINT is, we are going to be facing two highly skilled shinobi maybe more tomorrow or the next day. And one thing is for sure, they are all skilled in water manipulation, and as you can see by the map here they have the advantage not us." said Naruto.
Suddenly Naruto's words hit everyone like an earth jutsu, they were possibly out numbered and out classed, but now matter what they still had to try "How can someone that is always so cheery be the one to be the downer of the group?" asked Tenten.
Kakashi sighed "Naruto's right. If we go after them we will probably be killed or at the least severely wounded. We need to come up with a better plan than just facing them head on."
Naruto put on a bright smile "That's why we are shinobi Kakashi-sensei. I thought of a plan that will level the playing field a bit."
"What's this plan you have Naruto?" asked Kakashi.
So Naruto told everyone of his plan, getting approving nods from everyone including Sakura. That night Naruto left and began setting his plan in motion. Around midnight Naruto finished with his tasks and passed out in the forest.
A few hours later around Naruto was awoken by someone poking his ribs "Huh? What's going on?" asked Naruto as he sat up with a jolt.
"You were sleeping out in the forest. I stopped to wake you up so you would not catch a cold." said the stranger.
"Thanks for waking me up, but I'm used to these kind of conditions." said Naruto,"I wouldn't be much of a shinobi if I could not handle a little cold weather."
"You're a ninja?" asked the stranger.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head nervously "Yeah. Is it that hard to tell?"
The stranger giggled "You look more like a fighter than a shinobi."
"Yeah well.... deception is key to being a shinobi." was Naruto's retort.
"Very true." said the stranger with a smile,"By the way my name is Haku, what is yours?"
"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto stood up and was walking away when he waved back to Haku,"Nice meeting you Haku-chan."
Haku starred at the back of his his head and then yelled back to him "I'm a boy!" Naruto fell face first into the dirt making a loud thud when he hit."Wow! He's almost as beautiful as Ten-chan!" thought Naruto as he got up and dusted himself off.
Back at the house, Tenten was still up waiting as Naruto walked through the door "Where have you been? I was worried that they attacked early." said Tenten as she rushed towards him and gave him a warm hug before smacking the back of his head.
"Ow what was that for?" asked Naruto as he rubbed the bump on his head.
"For making me worry. Now where were you all this time? You should have been back by midnight at the latest." said Tenten.
"Well I kinda fell asleep in a clearing near the bridge once I finished the preparations for tomorrow." said Naruto as he moved both Tenten and himself to the couch,"Now lets get some sleep. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."
Naruto laid down on the couch and pulled his brunette beauty along with him "Goodnight Ten-chan."
Tenten found a comfortable position resting on his chest "Sweet dreams Naruto-kun."
Soon they were both asleep in each others arms.
The next day Naruto and Tenten woke up when they heard a scream outside of the house "What was that?" asked Naruto.
"I don't know but we should check it out." said Tenten as she grabbed a kunai out of her pouch.
Walking to the door Naruto looked out and growled "What's wrong?" asked Tenten as she got to the other side and looked out to see Two goons attacking Tsunami and her son Inari "Those Bastards!"
"I'll take the right you get the one on the left." said Naruto as he pulled out a few shuriken. Tenten nodded and let her kunai fly right into the back of the head of the guy on th e left. Naruto did the same with his shuriken and took out the one on the right standing above Inari.
Walking up to Inari and Tsunami, Naruto and Tenten helped them to their feet "Are you alright?" asked Naruto.
"We're fine now that you two showed up." said Tsunami.
"Where are the others?" asked Tenten.
"Grandpa went to the bridge with your friends." said Inari in a sad tone.
Naruto looked to Tenten and ran inside."When did they leave?" asked Tenten.
"They left about three hours ago to go work on the bridge." said Tsunami as she looked over her son to make sure he was alright.
"Mom!" Inari whined,"Stop it!"
Just when Tsunami was about to respond, Naruto came out with his gear and Tenten's scrolls "We better get going then. Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna-san must be in trouble by now."
"WHY ARE YOU TRYING SO HARD!?" screamed Inari,"THIS ISN'T YOUR HOME SO WHY BOTHER!? YOU'RE JUST GONNA DIE ANYWAY!"
"Shut up kid." said Naruto strapping his kunai and shuriken pouches to his legs.
"YOU DON'T BELONG HERE SO JUST LEAVE BEFORE YOU DIE LIKE THE OTHERS!" yelled Inari again.
"SHUT UP!" screamed Naruto.
"Naruto calm down." said Tenten placing a hand on his shoulder.
"No... This coward needs to hear this!" said Naruto as he picked up Inari by his caller and held him in the air,"You think your the only one that's suffered kid!? Well you haven't! I have suffered more than your entire country combined! I've been hated by my own village for as long as I can remember, always hated, called names, beaten to the point of being hospitalized, starved everyday or given rotten food if they were being nice that day!"
Everyone present was shocked to the point of silence "And that was until I was six! I never had parents or friends until recently. I had Kakashi and Yamato-sensei after they were ordered to watch over me but no parents! I don't even know who my parents are! But at least you have family!" Naruto was crying now, finally letting out all the pain from years of abuse.
"I heard the story of your dad kid and I can honestly say if he were alive today he would be too ashamed to even look at you!" Naruto threw Inari to the ground,"He sacrificed himself in order to try and save your country, and you repay his sacrifice by spiting on his memory and hiding like a coward! If you truly love something then you fight for it everyday and to your dieing breath!"
Turning around Naruto jumped into the tree's towards the bridge. Finally getting over her shock Tenten apologized for Naruto's actions and ran after him.
While all this was going, Kakashi was with the others at the bridge waiting for Zabuza to attack "This isn't right? I thought you said they would attack in a day or so sensei?" asked Sakura.
"I did say that Sakura but we still have...." before Kakashi could finish his sentence a thick fog rolled in from the east,"Sakura please learn to be quiet about these kind of things. They tend to happen when you talk about it." Kakashi produced a kunai and got in front of Tazuna, Sasuke and Sakura followed suit.
A dark laugh came from the fog "Hahahahaha! You don't learn do you Kakashi? Taking the same stance as you did last time." Zabuza appeared a few feet from the group with the hunter-nin at his side,"Let me guess, you and the ducks ass over there are going to try and take Haku and myself while pinky there guards the bridge builder?"
Kakashi shifted in his stance a bit "If I remember correctly Zabuza, you were the one getting hit through a tree the last time we met."
"We both know that that wasn't you Kakashi!" growled Zabuza,"And this time I've come prepared." Zabuza raised his hand in the air an snapped his fingers,"BOYS!"
With in seconds the bridge was covered in mist nin that came out of no where "You see I've brought some back up. And just in case you thought I was unarmed seeing as you took my sword," Zabuza pulled out a scroll and bit his thumb. Smearing some blood on the scroll another giant sword appeared from the seal,"I brought a spare."
Kakashi was sweating now. He thought that Naruto would be partially right but now he knew that when Naruto thought something, no matter how out there it was, to take it seriously."I hope this plan of Naruto's works.""SASUKE, SAKURA NOW!" yelled Kakashi as he grabbed Tazuna and jump into a seal located on the center of the bridge. Sasuke and Sakura followed suit.
Channeling lightening chakra into their hands Kakashi and Sasuke slammed their hands into the bridge. Suddenly the whole bridge started glowing a pale blue, screams could be heard all around. Seeing what was about to happen Haku and Zabuza jumped into the air to avoid the attack."What did you guys do?" asked Tazuna.
Kakashi smirked "It's a little seal Naruto developed that allows you to channel any element into the the object the seal is drawn on. In this cause lightening chakra into the bridge killing anyone in contact with it at the time."
"Then why are we alive sensei?" asked Sakura.
"Isn't it obvious? The seal we are in protected us from the attack." said Sasuke as he got back into his stance,"We missed two of them."
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MEN!?" roared Zabuza.
"You like that?" smirked Kakashi,"One of my students came up with that plan to take out your men if you had any that is."
"Curse you Kakashi!" growled Zabuza,"Haku!"
"Yes Zabuza-sama?" said Haku kneeling by Zabuza.
Zabuza raised his blade and leveled it with Kakashi "Take out the boy and then kill the bridge builder. I'm going after Kakashi."
No sooner had he given the order had Haku ran right at Sasuke. Seeing the attack coming, Sasuke intercepted Haku and caught her in a deadlock with his Kunai and her senbon needles "Looks like I'll get a work out after all." said Sasuke with a smirk.
"You are too arrogant for your own good." said Haku.
"What are you talking about? I'm the one who is about to over power you. I can feel your arm giving out already." said Sasuke pushing back against Haku.
"Is that so?" Haku raised her unused hand and performed a jutsu with just one hand. Haku slammed her foot into the ground "ICE RELEASE: A THOUSAND FLYING WATER NEEDLES!" a thousand needles began to form around Haku's head before they launched at Sasuke making him jump away from Haku.
"Make this quick Haku. I want get our money and get the hell out of here as soon as possible." said Zabuza as he swung Kakashi trying to cut him in half.
In the woods by the bridge, Naruto and Tenten arrive to see bodies everywhere "Wow... What did all this?" asked a bewildered Tenten.
"I guess Kakashi had to use the seal after all." said Naruto as he ran across the water towards the bridge. Tenten followed closely behind him "We need to hurry and help them before they get killed."
"Naruto, what this is the seal you were talking about?" asked Tenten.
"Yeah. It spreads out elemental chakra over a wide area and intensifies it. I placed two on the bridge." said Naruto walking around the water looking at the fighting above.
"Two? I thought you only made one." said Tenten watching Naruto walk around.
Naruto stopped when he saw that Sasuke was losing bad, and Kakashi was not doing much better "I put two on the bridge. One up top and the other down here...Tenten I want you to go help out Sasuke while I cover Kakashi alright."
Tenten Nodded and made her way to Sasuke. Naruto on the other hand waited for the right moment to attack. Watching as Zabuza and Kakashi traded blows, Naruto began to think he should go help Tenten and Sasuke instead because this was getting boring.
Then when he was about to walk away Kakashi jumped a good distance away from Zabuza giving him the opening he needed "SHADOW SKILL: RAPIER!" Naruto jumped into the air moving at high speeds towards Zabuza's exposed feet.
Destroying the planks that were in front of him, Zabuza was thrown into the air and further away from Naruto and Kakashi "I was wondering when you would wake up." said Kakashi wiping the blood away from his eye's.
"Yeah well better late than never right?" said Naruto as he got down low into his Taijutsu stance.
"Who's this Kakashi? Another one of your pathetic genin?" laughed Zabuza.
Naruto stood proud "In honor of those who have fallen before me and have yet to fall, today this warrior shall be named!"
Naruto unsealed Blackwing and struck a pose "I am Uzumaki Naruto, The Red Howling!"
Zabuza laughed "Well Red Howling, I am Momochi Zabuza, Demon of the Mist."
Kakashi whispered to Naruto so only they could hear "Naruto distract him for a bit I got a plan."
Naruto nodded and charged Zabuza. Kakashi pulled a small scroll out of his vest and opened it up. Taking some blood that was on his cheek, Kakashi wiped it on the scroll then slammed it into the bridge. Kanji flew from the scroll onto the bridge and there was a puff of smoke.
Seeing that his the first stage of his plan were ready Kakashi formed three hand seals and began building up chakra in his right hand while his left hand held the right fore arm to steady it. Zabuza on the other hand was having a hard time keeping up with Naruto's speed. For everyone hit Zabuza got in, Naruto would get ten.
"You're pretty good kid. I never thought a genin would give me this much of a workout." said Zabuza with a smile.
Naruto smirked "You are one of the strongest opponents I've ever faced. Too bad it has to end." said Naruto as he jumped back to Kakashi. Suddenly a giant pack of dogs burst from below the bridge and bit into Zabuza holding him in place.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Zabuza was bleeding pretty bad all over from the dogs bitting him,"This is your doing Kakashi!"
"Yes and now I'm ending this fight!" Kakashi rushed forward followed by Naruto. Seeing the attack coming Zabuza tried to get his arm free so he could block the oncoming jutsu.
As soon as Kakashi got with in five feet of Zabuza, Zabuza finally got his arm free. Picking up his sword, Zabuza swatted Kakashi away "I'm not going down that easily!" roared Zabuza.
"I'm sorry to say, but your wrong Zabuza!" Naruto channeled chakra into his hand,"UZUMAKI ASSASSINATION TECHNIQUE LIGHT SKILL: FRAY!" Naruto slammed his fist right through Zabuza's chest.
Naruto pulled his hand out of Zabuza's chest and stepped back. Zabuza spewed blood everywhere as he fell to the ground dead "Nice job Naruto." said Kakashi as he limped over to Naruto.
"Thanks sensei, but were not done yet. We still have to take care of that fake hunter nin." said Naruto.
"Right, let's go." Naruto and Kakashi made it to the ice dome right as it was collapsing,"Likes like they beat him Naruto......Naruto."
Naruto was frozen in place with a look of horror painted on his face "No." Naruto ran to the where the dome used to be.
"Naruto whats the....Rush." Kakashi looked to where Naruto was running to and saw the bodies of Sasuke and Tenten,"Oh no...: Kakashi walked over to the bodies of the two young teenagers.
Tenten knelt down next to Tenten and picked her up "Please be all right... Tenten speak to me... Please speak to me." Tenten coughed up a huge amount of blood onto Naruto's jacket,"Ten-chan?"
"*cough* Naruto-kun?" asked Tenten.
"I'm here Ten-chan don't worry, you're gonna be alright." said Naruto,"Kakashi get over here now!" Tenten put a hand of his shoulder and motioned for him to stop "Ten-chan?" said Naruto fith tears streaming down his face.
"It's already too late Naruto-kun, I'm just happy I got to see you one last time." said Tenten with a weak smile.
"Don't say that! You're going to be fine!" Tenten just shook her head.
"Naruto-kun. Before I go, would you do something for me?" asked Tenten.
"Anything Ten-chan. Just name it." said Naruto still crying.
"Kiss me. Kiss me the way you did back on the Hokage monument." Naruto leaned forward and captured her lips in his. And for that brief moment in time Naruto felt truly loved and never wanted that moment to end. But sadly it would not be so.
Shortly into their kiss Tenten's body went limp in Naruto's arms. Naruto released the kiss and sobbed into her chest. Kakashi looked on from Sasuke's side as he removed the needles from his body "Naruto, I'm sorry about Tenten, but we need to get going before the hunter comes back after us."
Naruto did not even acknowledge that Kakashi spoke, he just kept on crying. That is, until he heard footsteps approach them from behind "So you loved this one?" asked the Haku,"Now you know how I feel losing someone you held dear."
Something pulsed deep within Naruto's gut "You took away Zabuza-sama from so I took your comrades."
"You...You... Killed them...." red chakra began to swirl around Naruto. His hair, teeth and nails all grew longer,"You killed them."
"SHIT THE SEAL IS BREAKING!" thought Kakashi,"Naruto you need to calm down!"
Naruto ignored him as he laid Tenten down and turned to Haku "What's going on? Why is his chakra visible?" asked Haku seeing a foxes face with in the chakra.
Suddenly the chakra intensified and everyone was frozen in place "YOU KILLED THEM ALL! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Naruto ran at Haku so fast not even Kakashi saw him move.
"LIGHT SKILL: MACE FIST!" Naruto was laying into Haku with such ferocity that every blow caused scorch marks to appear on Haku's robes. Naruto kicked at the back of Haku's head missing it so that he could latch onto her neck with his foot "SHADOW SKILL: BOOMERANG!"
Naruto spun around Haku's body at high speeds until he stopped by slamming Haku's face into the bridge shattering the planks of wood. Standing up Haku's mask was beginning to break "So this is the end? Finished off by this boy." Haku smiled behind his mask,"At least I will be with Zabuza-sama."
"FOR KILLING TEN-CHAN I WILL DESTROY YOU!!" Naruto disappeared and reappeared in front of Haku with his fist cocked back "UZUMAKI ASSASSINATION TECHNIQUE YING STYLE: COUGAAAAR!" Naruto thrust his hand into her chest. Haku's chest began to glow with a sickly purple energy when Naruto's hand made contact, then five beams of the same energy burst from Haku's back.
Once the energy dissipated, there were five fist sized holes in Haku's chest. When Haku fell to the ground Naruto heard clapping from behind him "Well well well, looks like I don't have to pay them after all."
Naruto turned around still in his feral form, his eyes narrowed on the small man standing in front of the crowd of a thousand mercs "Looks like I owe you thanks kid for saving me the trouble of killing them myself. Too bad I have to kill you now since you are the one protecting the bridge builder."
"Naruto get back. We will take them on together." said Kakashi pulling out two kunai.
Naruto smirked and raised his hand pointing at the small man "You must be Gato then?"
"I see my reputation proceeds me." said Gato with a smirk,"Yes I am Gato."
"Then this is all your fault. I'm gonna have fun ripping you to pieces with my own two hands!" said Naruto with a feral grin that struck fear into the mercs and their employer.
"I don't think so kid. BOYS GET HIM!" ordered Gato. The mercs charged with their weapons drawn and so did Naruto with his claws no even longer than before.
"NARUTO WAIT!" yelled Kakashi but it was too late. As soon as the two forces met Kakashi heard flesh being rend from bone, the spray of blood as it splashed to the ground, the cries of the mercenaries as Naruto carved into them with his claws.
With in mere minutes a thousand hired soldiers were reduced to about thirty men, all scared out of their minds "WHAT IS THAT!?" yelled one,"He's not human!" said another.
"I AM NO LONGER THE RED HOWLING! FROM NOW ON I WILL BE KNOWN AS UZUMAKI NARUTO, THE BLOODY FOX!" said Naruto as he walked towards Gato, ignoring the remaining men.
"NO GET AWY FROM ME!" yelled Gato as he fell to his feet and tried to crawl away in fear.
Covered in blood, Naruto made his way over to Gato and picked him up by the back off his head "LET ME GO! LET ME GO! I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT, MONEY, WOMEN, POWER. ANYTHING! JUST LET ME GO!" cried out Gato.
"Anything huh?" asked Naruto with a psychotic grin.
"YES ANYTHING!" said Gato trying to get free.
Naruto smirked and tightened his grip on Gato's head "I want you to DIE!" Gato screamed as Naruto increased his grip on Gato's head.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed the tiny man until his head was crushed under the pressure that Naruto was applying to it.
Once Gato was dead, Naruto returned to normal and passed out on the bridge soaked in blood. Kakashi walked over to pick him so they could go find Sakura and Tazuna together "Naruto are you alright?" asked Kakashi.
There was no answer "I guess using the Kyuubi chakra combined with losing Tenten was too much for him" thought Kakashi as he threw Naruto over his shoulder. Walking back to where Tenten and Sasuke's bodies were, Kakashi arrived to find them gone "What happened to them?"
Kakashi was startled when he heard coughing coming from the far end of the bridge closest to Fire country "That's probably Sakura crying over Sasuke. She must have grabbed the bodies."
Kakashi stopped dead in his tracks as he got closer to the coughing because he heard something else that made his heart skip "Sakura... let me go... the wounds still hurt a lot." said Sasuke.
Sakura just continued to cry "I thought you were dead.... I'm so happy you're alive! I don't know what I would do if I lost you!" Sasuke just sighed and let the tiny girl cry to hearts content.
"Well it looks like you two are fine." said Kakashi walking up to his two students,"But where's Tenten and Tazuna?"
Sakura looked up to Kakashi and wiped her tears "Kakashi-sensei your alive! I thought after only finding Sasuke-kun and Tenten that you and Naruto were..." Sakura finally saw what Kakashi was carrying on his shoulder,"Is...Is he dead?" asked Sakura as she began to cry again.
"No Sakura we are both quite alive. Naruto is just a bit worn out from his battles I'll explain the rest later. Now where is Tenten's body and Tazuna?" Kakashi asked again.
Sasuke coughed and pointed to some pillars "They are over there by the piles of pillars. And she's not dead. Once Sakura removed the needles she woke up."
"She should be alright once she gets some rest Sensei." said Sakura as she picked up Sasuke and let him lean on her for support. Sasuke, albeit reluctantly, took the help offered to him.
Kakashi motioned for those two to follow as he went to go find Tazuna and Tenten. After a minute of looking Kakashi finally found Tazuna helping Tenten sit up and drink some water "Well you look a lot better than you did before." said Kakashi.
Tazuna looked up and smiled "Yeah, we thought she was gone until Sasuke woke up and told us that no vital organs were hit so we thought it might be the same with Tenten here."
Tenten smiled weakly "I'll be fine. I just need so rest. By the way where's.... NARUTO!" Tenten tried to get up a bit too fast when she saw Naruto covered in blood laying across Kakashi's shoulder. Tenten started crying uncontrollably "Please no...."
Kakashi smiled a sad smile "Do not worry, he's fine, just exhausted from using tool much chakra."
Tenten stopped crying long enough for Tazuna to pick her up bridal style so that she could be carried to his home. On the way there everyone but Sakura, Kakashi, and Tazuna was passed out. Getting to the house Tsunami opened the door letting everyone in. Naruto was laid down next to Tenten in the girls room and Sasuke was laid down in the boys room alone.
After everyone was lain down Kakashi left with Tazuna and Sakura to go see to the repairs on the bridge. Later that evening Tenten awoke to hear crying coming from beside her. Opening her eyes she wakes to see Naruto crying in his sleep.
Reaching a hand up to his face, Tenten wiped the tears from his face. Feeling a strange sensation on his face Naruto opened his eyes only to start crying even harder "Naruto-kun what's wrong? Why are you crying?" asked Tenten as she looked into his eyes and saw nothing but pain and despair.
"No matter if I'm dreaming or not, I can't escape visions of you...How can I move on if I can't get you out of my head?" cried Naruto even harder than before,"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry... I'm sorry that...I couldn't protect you...Now please leave me alone.... Please... please let me have peace." choked out Naruto heartbroken because he lost Tenten.
Tenten began to cry herself seeing the pain that the blond was in because he thought she was dead. Tenten leaned forward an caught Naruto's lips with her own and held there. Naruto tried to force her off of him think it was just an illusion but after awhile he just gave up the struggle and let it happen.
"I would never leave you Naruto-kun. Not now not ever!" cried Tenten breaking the kiss.
Naruto cried even more and ran his hands through her hair "please... be real." choked Naruto as he look her right in the eye trying to find some sort of deception, but he found none. For the first time in hours, Naruto smiled, and laughed, and tears of sorrow and pain turned to tears of joy "YOUR ALIVE! Oh thank Kami your alive!"
Tenten cried tears of joy as well when Naruto pulled her close to him and did not let go "I don't know what I would have done if I had really lost you..." said Naruto letting the statement hang in the air.
"You'll never lose me Naruto-kun, and I promise I'll never cause you pain like this again." said Tenten as she held on to our blond hero for dear life.
"I'm never letting you out of my sight again. I promise I'll protect you till my dying breath." said Naruto quickly falling asleep. Tenten's only response was too nuzzle her face against the spot where Naruto's neck and shoulder met and fell asleep.
Over the next week things went as normal as life could for shinobi. They finished their mission, got paid the money Konoha deserved from completing an S-rank mission after Naruto and Sasuke decided to raid Gato's and Zabuza's hide-outs. On the last day of the mission the bridge was finished and the entire village was seeing Team seven plus Tenten off.
"We can't thank you enough for what you have done for our country and our people. We will be forever in your dept." Said Tazuna and his family bowing.
"You and your team are welcome here anytime Kakashi-san." said Tsunami.
"Will you come to visit us soon?" asked Inari.
Naruto smiled and tussled the kids hair a bit "Only if you work on what we talked about."
Inari smiled and went back to stand next to his mother and grandfather "Well we better getting you four. We have a long way to Konoha." said Kakashi,"Goodbye everyone!" said everyone but Sasuke as they turned away from the crowd that was ahead of them. Jumping into the trees, the Konoha shinobi were gone.
"You know we still need to name the bridge Tazuna." said one of the men that worked with Tazuna.
"He's right Father. We do need to give our bridge a name." said Tsunami.
Tazuna grabbed his chin in thought "How about the great Tazuna bridge?"
Pretty much everyone in attendence shook their heads in disapproval "How about The Great Uzumaki Naruto bridge grandpa?" questioned Inari.
"That sounds perfect!" smiled Tsunami.
Tazuna was beaming with pride "That's a wonderful idea! Inari's name it is then. I hear by dub the bridge 'The Great Uzumaki Naruto Bridge!'"
AUTHOR NOTE:
Well guys I know this one took a little longer to get out but I put a lot of thought into it and did not want to rush it.
This chapter was kinda touchy for me since it was being written right around the time that my fiancée died so it got emotional at times.
Action was good, Sasuke got beat... a lot. And Sakura did nothing, just like she always does in the first series.
Zabuza and Haku died at the hands of Naruto and Kakashi didn't get to use his famous Raikiri to kill Haku like he did in Canon. Now I know some of you wanted a Fem. Haku to be in the harem but that just wasn't gonna happen. Haku's a guy end of story.
I know he seems like a girl but the only toss up in the series of whether someone's a girl or not is Deidara and Kyuubi. They are the only characters that don't come outright and say what gender they are.
Other than that I would like to thank all of you who review last chapter and that will be reviewing this chapter.
Thanks for reading and please review.
Peace out people.
