Child of Prophecy

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Author's Notice: Hey everyone, I'm finally back with Chapter four for this story, I know it's been a while and I am very sorry for that. I've been busy with not only my exams for university but with my vacation, I've been spending the vacation back home with the family, so I haven't really found much time to update during at that span of time. But as I said on many previous notices, I like finishing things I've started so don't fear I will do my best to complete my stories. I may not always update on a regular basis, but eventually I will update eventually. Sometimes I just find it so difficult to find time, energy and inspiration to write. So I apologize for the major delay but I will definitely try to update at a more consistent basis, but no promises there.

Also I apologize for the cancellation of my other story, God of Shinobi. I was unsatisfied with how my story was going and the way I was writing it, so with that in mind I decided to just start over and rewrite the whole story. I apologize to the readers of that story, but don't worry I will post a new whole chapter and story based on the concept for God of Shinobi, and it'll probably still have the same title. With me deciding to start from scratch for this story, there will be a lot of different changes and alterations to my original version of the story, but rest assured the new version will be a lot better than the old version of God of Shinobi.

Now finally for some notices for this particular story, after much thought I've pretty much made my decision for the whole NaruHarem for this story. The harem will consist of eight characters, and it'll include Sakura, Kurotsuchi, Mei, Shion, Fu, Karin, Temari and Yugito. I wanted to have one from each nation because it'll have something to do with my story later on down the road. So we have Sakura from Konoha, Temari from Suna, Mei from Kiri, Kurotsuchi from Iwa and Yugito from Kumo. Honestly for Yugito I was undecided between her and Mabui but I decided to go with Yugito instead, as for the other three I just wanted to add them along because I liked their pairings with Naruto. I know I said my final decision was probably going to be by Chapter Five and I will still stick to that, but as for now this is the list for the NaruHarem and I think I'll probably stick with this selection for the NaruHarem. But you could still try and persuade me on a few of my choices.

Anyway thanks everyone for the support and patience, once again I'm deeply sorry for the major inconvenience for you guys and the massive delay of my work, but now I'm finally back. If you guys have any questions or suggestions for my story please feel free to leave a review or you could pm me instead, I welcome all your constructive criticism. Thanks also for the continuous support, please favourite and follow this story and please do the same for my other stories. Now with all that said and done please enjoy Chapter Four of Child of Prophecy.


Chapter 4: A Run In With a Demon

Team Seven entered the Hokage's office triumphantly after completing their D-Rank mission, the genin team's Jonin instructor arrived nonchalantly with his eyes fully glued to the smutty orange book in his hand. Meanwhile his three students entered the office with annoyed expressions, Naruto even had various scratch marks all over his face.

The blonde carried a large brown cat in his right hand; the cat had a noticeable red ribbon placed atop its head to help identify it.

The Hokage sat behind his desk with a smirk on his face seeing the three genin return to his office with the mission's objective completed, standing by the Hokage's side was a rather large and plum old lady. The woman was Team Seven's client for this mission, Madam Shinji the Fire Daimyo's Wife.

"Good work Team Seven, now please return the cat to its rightful owner" said the Hokage.

Naruto nodded with a sadistic grin forming in his lips, the cat had been a pain in the ass to catch and when it was caught it kept clawing off Naruto's face. He then threw the cat to the Fire Daimyo's Wife, Madam Shinji was quick to catch her beloved pet and upon their reunion she began to hug the life out of the poor old creature. The feline screeched and hissed in pain from the tight hug the old woman was giving her.

The three genin watched the scene with varying reactions, Sasuke remained uncaring at the sight but Sakura on the other hand was a bit sympathetic for the cat.

'No wonder it ran away' she thought to herself.

Even Naruto felt a bit bad for the cat, but only just a bit. After all, the cat did try to claw his whole face off just before, and despite Naruto's amazing rate of healing, those scratches still did hurt.

Madam Shinji then left the room with the cat cradled to her chest, with the woman now outside of the office the Hokage turned to the genin team with a folder in his desk.

"Team Seven good work on that mission, now I have a new D-Rank mission for you" he said.

Naruto grit his teeth out of irritation, "Come on old man enough with these D-Rank missions, give us something good" he said in a pleading tone.

Kakashi's lone visible eye left his book and it turned to his blonde student, "Naruto we will take whatever the Hokage gives us" he calmly scolded.

Hiruzen shook his head to stop the mask Jonin, "No it's alright Kakashi let the boy speak. I'm intrigued to hear about what he may have to say" the Hokage replied.

The masked ninja sighed and nodded in response, "As you wish Hokage-sama"

Naruto's eyes lit up and his frowned quickly turned to an excited smile, this was finally his chance to convince the Hokage to give them an exciting mission, instead of these boring old chores passed out as D-Rank missions, he needed some action and some danger.

"With all due respect old man but we are good enough for a tougher mission, we even passed the bell test Kakashi-sensei gave us; that alone should be enough to show you that were ready" he proudly declared.

Hiruzen chuckled at Naruto's naïve answer, "That may prove that your skilled but I assure you three Kakashi was going easy on you, outside these walls you will face other ninjas and I guarantee you that they won't take it easy on you like Kakashi did. They will be out for your blood, are you ready for those sorts of dangers?" he asked.

Before Naruto could reply Sasuke spoke up, "I actually agree with Naruto on this one, Hokage-sama we are ready for this. We wouldn't have signed up to become ninjas if we didn't know the dangers that went with it" he answered.

Hiruzen nodded in understanding, he was proud seeing both Naruto and Sasuke stand up for what they believed in. His attention then turned to the nervous kunoichi, "What about you Sakura? What are your thoughts about this?" the Hokage questioned.

The pinkette gulped as all eyes turned to her, in truth she was scared of possibly doing such a dangerous mission so early into her shinobi career but she didn't want to disappoint the two boys and answer with a no.

"I'm fine with this Hokage-sama; I have faith in my abilities and in the abilities of my team"

The Hokage closed his eyes and he pondered about the whole situation, after much thought he came to a decision. He opened his eyes and stared at the Jonin of the team, "Kakashi is your team ready?" he asked.

Kakashi closed his book and slowly returned it to his pocket, he then faced turned to face and study his three students for a second before turning back to the Hokage, "I believe they're more than ready Hokage-sama" he replied.

Hiruzen smirked as he saw Kakashi's confidence in his students, "Very well in that case I have the perfect mission for you three. It's a C-Rank escort mission to the Land of Waves, and in fact your client is actually just outside my office right now" he explained.

"Tazuna-san you may come in" the Hokage yelled.

The doors to the Hokage's office soon opened, all of Team Seven stared at the door to find their client. What they saw was a man, who appeared to be in the latter stage of his life. The man known as Tazuna had spiky grey hair and a grey beard, he wore a brown V-Neck shirt and some brown pants. The man entered the room reeking of alcohol.

Tazuna eyed the four ninjas standing in front of the Hokage, "So this is my protection, they don't seem like much. Especially the short blonde one" he said in a dismissive tone.

A tick mark quickly appeared on Naruto's forehead, he had only just met the man and he already didn't like him.

"Hey shut it you alcoholic old fart" he yelled in reply.

Tazuna scowled at Naruto's response, but before things could elevate further Kakashi quickly stepped in and played as the peace maker.

"I assure you Tazuna-san you're in safe hands with us, my students and I will do our best to make sure you reach your destination safely"

The bridge builders nodded in understanding, "Very well then, in that case meet me by the Konoha's gates tomorrow at noon" he said.

Kakashi gave the man a classic eye smile, "Of course Tazuna-san, we'll be there" he replied.

"Good" Tazuna replied before quickly leaving the room.

Kakashi then turned to the Hokage's desk and grabbed the folder containing the mission's files and objectives, "You three are dismissed for today, I suggest you pack your bags since this'll probably be a long trip" he advised to his genin.


The Next Day

Tazuna stood by the Konoha's gates with the three genin just beside him; the only one missing was Kakashi. Technically it wasn't even noon yet but it was close to it, so at the moment Kakashi wasn't late. But still there was no sign of him, and with the three genins' previous experiences with the masked nin, they were willing to bet that he was probably going to be late for a while.

But as soon as the clock struck noon a puff of smoke suddenly appeared and within the cloud of smoke was none other than Kakashi. The three genin stared at their sensei with widened eyes.

"You're actually here on time" they all said simultaneously.

Kakashi sweatdropped seeing the disbelief in his students' faces, "Come on now I'm not that bad and besides this is an actual mission for us. I'm actually on time for vital missions and important meetings" he explained.

But there was no reply from the three, instead they continued to gawk at Kakashi and whisper among each other, the Jonin knew that they were in deep shock despite his explanation. With a sigh of defeat Kakashi instead focused onto the road ahead.

"Well if you guys won't believe me then that's up to you, but we have a mission to begin"


A Few Days Later

Team Seven were now on the third day of their journey to the Land of Waves, throughout this journey Tazuna remained eerily silent and Kakashi was beginning to feel suspicious about the old bridge builder. For some reason the old man seemed nervous and fidgety about things, and Kakashi was quick to notice these. But for now Kakashi decided to remain silent and keep it to himself, they still had approximately four days before they reached their designation and the Jonin didn't want any unnecessary drama to ensue due to his suspicions.

"Kakashi-sensei" a high pitched voice called out, the masked Jonin was brought out of his reverie as he noticed the curious look on Sakura's face.

"Yes? What is it Sakura?"

"I was just wondering something sensei. Since Tazuna-san is from the Land of Waves, do they also have ninjas from that country?"

Kakashi shook his head, "No not in that country, but most other countries do have their own ninja corps. The cultures and customs among the nations may differ but hidden villages do exist and each of the hidden village houses a large ninja populace. In fact there are only really five hidden villages and each of them are led by their own Kage. Since we are from Konoha we have our Hokage, Suna has their Kazekage, Kiri has a Mizukage, Kumo has a Raikage and finally Iwa has a Tsuchikage. A Kage's role is to lead their village, and to be a Kage you must first of all be a powerful ninja. The Kages are the best of the best each village has to offer" he explained.

Sakura looked at Kakashi in surprise, 'Surely that old geezer isn't that incredible. All of this sounds fishy' she silently thought to herself.

Naruto on the other hand grinned upon hearing the Jonin's explanation, 'I can't till I take over for the old man' he said to himself.

"You guys are doubting the Hokage aren't you?" Kakashi asked.

The three genin were caught by surprise, none of them replied instead they continued walking while pretending to ignore Kakashi's accusation.

The masked Jonin sighed, "Don't judge a book by its cover, the Hokage may seem old and frail but trust me when I say this, he is one of the strongest ninjas in the world right now, and when he was in his prime he was downright unstoppable" he said.

The three genins' eyes widened in shock, 'I knew gramps was strong but was he really that strong?' Naruto asked himself.

Silence soon engulfed the team as they continued their long walk to the Land of Waves, Kakashi's small explanation about the hidden villages and the Kages was a lot to take in for now. But as the team continued on the road they were on, Naruto began to see a peculiar aura coming from the puddle further down the road.

For a long time the young blonde had been feeling a strange sensation as if there was someone following them. Now looking at the puddle up ahead he could see a blue aura radiate from it, and it looked eerily similar to the aura of chakra.

Naruto turned to look at his team; so far none of them seemed to notice it except maybe Kakashi. The masked Jonin's eyes strayed towards the puddle for a split second, and Naruto could tell that the Jonin also had a sneaking suspicion about the small puddle in the ground.

Acting with a sense of initiative, Naruto began to run towards the puddle. He heard Sakura suddenly scream out his name in anger, "Naruto what are you doing? This is no time to suddenly run away" she yelled.

Naruto paid it no mind, instead he summoned four shadow clones and each of the clones threw a barrage of shurikens at the small body of water. Once the shurikens began to approach the puddle, the water around it began to grown and it changed its shape into that of two masked men.

The two mysterious men suddenly leaped up to dodge the projectiles heading their way, Naruto watched the two jump away but their movements seemed to slow down to him for some strange reason. Naruto's clones then jumped ahead to take on the two mysterious attackers.

While still in midair, the two attackers were caught by surprise. Both were suddenly attacked by a pair of clones, one of the perpetrators was hit by a powerful jumping kick straight to his solar plexus.

The force of this attack sent the attacker flying towards a nearby tree, he crashed upon the impact and he was left unconscious. Then there was one final opponent left.

The remaining masked attacker managed to block the incoming attacks from the clone but he let his guard down the second he saw his partner flying towards the tree.

"Meizu" he yelled in anger, "You'll pay for that you insolent brat"

Just as he began to mouth off to the young blonde, the clones all focused their attention to the final attacker. They jumped all in one go to attack the man and despite Naruto's lack of cohesion and skill in taijutsu, the numbers were simply too much for the final attacker. In the end he was beaten down by Naruto and his clones.

Soon the three other members of Team Seven arrived to see the scene of the attack, Kakashi walked up to the young blonde and patted his unruly hair, "Good work Naruto, I didn't expect you to notice the puddle so quickly. I'm impressed" he said.

Naruto turned to face his sensei, a large proud smile adorning his whiskered face, "All in a day's work for the future Hokage, Kakashi-sensei" he replied.

Kakashi nodded but then turned to his two other students, "Sakura, Sasuke I need you two to tie up those two. I need to go and have a private chat with our client" he ordered in a serious tone.

The old builder gulped nervously as the masked Jonin walked closer towards him, "Tazuna-san those two were Chunin class missing ninjas from Kirigakure, and I'm certain that they weren't here for me and my team. Is there something you aren't telling us?" he questioned.

The old man remained silent; he was unable to form a coherent reply while under the stressful interrogation from Kakashi.

"We were only tasked with protecting you from bandits and a few rogues, but here we are being attacked by missing ninjas. Right now this mission should be at least a B-Rank due to the attack by the infamous Demon Brothers. I'm sure you have your reasons for keeping these things a secret but it causes major problems for us when you lie about the mission's details. Technically we are now operating outside of our required parameters and we could abort this whole procedure right now if we wanted to"

Tazuna stood there rooted in the spot absolutely speechless, he knew what he did was wrong but he was so desperate at this point. He didn't have enough money to pay for anything higher than a C-Rank mission and the Land of Waves was in need of some help.

"Tazuna-san you need to be honest with us, why are we being attacked and why are these people after you?"

The old man sighed in defeat knowing that he must now tell them the truth, he only hoped that they'd understand why he had to do it.

"There is a very dangerous and powerful man after me, a wealthy ship magnate to be exact. This man officially runs a shipping company but behind closed doors he illegally sells drugs and weapons. He uses and hires ninja to serve as his thugs, and they have been harassing my country for years. But unfortunately my country is too poor to fight this man. Once he set his eyes on my country he managed to quickly take over due to the power of his hired goons, and at the moment the only thing he fears is the completion of the bridge"

"And just who is this man?" Kakashi asked out of curiosity.

"I'm sure you've heard of him, his name is Gato"

Kakashi's eyes widened in shock, "Gato, I may have been incorrect with my previous statement. If Gato is involved in this, then this mission may not even be a B-Rank, this could be an A-Rank or even an S-Rank mission" he said, "This mission could be too dangerous for my genin. You deliberately lied about the objectives and the dangers of this mission, I could understand if it was a B-Rank but this is too much at this point"

"A genin team is not enough for this; you should have been honest from the start Tazuna-san. Your lies could put me and my students in harm's way, and we may have to abort this mission"

"We are not aborting this mission" a voice suddenly yelled out. The two turned to find Naruto standing there, despite his eyes being concealed by his strange sunglasses the two could see that the young man was absolutely livid.

"Naruto I am still the Jonin here, the final decision is up to me" Kakashi pointed out.

Naruto nodded in understanding but that didn't mean he was giving up, "I know that Kakashi-sensei but I refuse to leave and give up now. We've already come so far and we've already promised to protect this old drunk. I'm not backing out of this Kakashi-sensei, I'm not giving up" he passionately declared.

Kakashi's expression remained impassive as he stared right into Naruto, he knew that Naruto was still slightly naïve about the real world but he couldn't help but be impressed by the young boy's dedication and willpower. He then turned to his two other students; it was obvious that from looking at them that Sasuke was also adamant about continuing the mission. After Naruto's small display today it was clear that he didn't want to be outshined by the young blonde. Sakura on the other hand didn't seem as confident as the other two boys, but she was willing to stick it out nonetheless.

"There's really no changing your mind is there Naruto?" Kakashi asked.

The corners of Naruto's lips twitched to form a small foxlike grin, "No way in hell I'm changing my mind" he replied.

The Copy Nin nodded in understanding, "Very well then Tazuna-san, it seems to be your lucky day. We'll continue the mission but from now on you'll have to be honest with us" he said.

Tazuna breathed out sigh of relief, "Oh thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me and my village" he exclaimed.


One Hour Later

Team Seven camped out for the night to rest and recuperate from their run-in with the infamous Demon Brothers, said pair was tied up to a tree with both unable to move or escape from their captured location. After a few minutes, the two soon woke up from their state of unconsciousness.

"Well it's good to see that you two are awake" Kakashi remarked in a casual tone.

Gozu shook his head and he slowly began to realize where they were, "Dammit we were beaten, and by a kid no less" he said.

"How the hell did you guys find us anyway? We thought we hid ourselves pretty well" asked Meizu.

"Ask him" Kakashi replied while pointing at his blonde student.

Naruto heard the conversation between the three and he slowly made his way to Kakashi' side, the young blonde casually shrugged in reply; "I don't know I just felt a weird aura coming from the puddle so I attacked it" he answered.

Kakashi was impressed by his answer, 'Ah so Naruto may be a sensory type. That could be useful one day' he thought to himself

Neither Naruto nor Kakashi could see their reaction by the two Demon Brothers considering how their faces were concealed by masks. But from their body language both could tell that their pride seemed to have taken a major hit.

"So what's going to happen to us now?"

"Well I already had a letter sent to Konoha and there is a small ANBU team heading here now to collect you two. So you'll probably end up in jail"

The two brothers slowly turned to face each other, "Well shit" they muttered simultaneously.


A Few Days Later

Team Seven were now riding a small boat through a foggy lake, at the moment this was the only possible route to head over to the Land of Waves.

"We should be able to see the bridge soon. The Wave country is at the base of the bridge" announced the boat driver.

After a while the bridge began to surface from the clouds of fog covering the whole land, all of Team Seven admired the large bridge in awe. After a while the group managed to dock by the land, the boat driver wished them good luck for the rest of their journey but for now this was as far as he could go, and so the group continued the rest of their trip on foot.

As the group walked through the dirt road, Kakashi suddenly heard a whizzing sound getting louder and louder. The Jonin's eyes widened in surprise, "Get down" he ordered. Quickly all of Team Seven and Tazuna jumped to the ground as a massive cleaver sword flew right over them.

The sword soon stopped as it collided with a large tree, as soon as the ninjas and Tazuna stood from the ground they found a strange man standing on the hilt of the sword lodged to the tree.

Kakashi scowled underneath his mask as he studied the man, there was no mistaking it. This man was a member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, and a powerful opponent to boot.

"No wonder the Demon Brothers were defeated, they went up against the great Copy Nin, Kakashi Hatake"

Kakashi's eyes hardened as he glared at the attacker, "I never imagined I'd see someone as yourself for a mission like this, Zabuza Momochi" he replied.

The man known as Zabuza was a tall, muscular and pale man. He wore bandages over the bottom half of his face, similar to the way Kakashi wore a mask to conceal the lower half of his own face. He wore navy blue pants, but he also had no shirt on.

The three genin stood there speechless, "Who the hell is this guy?" Naruto asked. Sasuke and Sakura both shrugged, neither of them knew exactly who this new attacker was, but by the way Kakashi was addressing the man and by the way he looked they could already tell that he was a dangerous adversary.

Kakashi sighed remembering that he also had genin along with him, he turned back to face his three students, "You three stand back and leave him to me. This guy is in a whole other level" he said.

"But Kakashi-sensei we can help" Naruto whined.

The masked Jonin shook his head, "Sorry Naruto but this time I need you to trust me, this guy is an A-Rank missing ninja of Kirigakure and a member of the infamous Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. He is one of the best, Kiri has to offer, and only I can fight him. For now I need you three to protect our client and leave him to me" he ordered in a stern tone.

Naruto gulped as he heard the seriousness in Kakashi's voice, usually the Jonin was relaxed and calm but now it was clear that he wasn't fooling around. Naruto sighed in defeat knowing it was best to concede for now, "Alright then Kakashi-sensei" he replied. Soon he jumped behind and stood in front of Tazuna with his kunai out in the open, Sakura and Sasuke followed suit as they each stood by Naruto's sides.

"This is going to be a tough battle, I don't usually use this so early in a fight but you should feel honoured, this only means that your actually a worthy opponent for me"

Kakashi then slowly reached for his hitai-ate, he lifted it to reveal his hidden eye. The three genin stared with widened eyes as they saw the Sharingan in Kakashi's eye.

'What? How does he have the Sharingan? He's not even an Uchiha?' Sasuke frantically thought to himself.

Zabuza had a sadistic grin underneath the bandages across his face, "I'm actually quite excited to face you Kakashi, and I've heard so many great things about you over the years. You are known as the man who has copied over thousands of jutsu, Copy Nin Kakashi Hatake. But let me tell you this now Kakashi, your Sharingan will not be enough to save your life" he declared.

'What the hell? First the old Hokage and now our lazy sensei, there's no way those two are that strong' Sakura thought to herself in disbelief.

Naruto's jaw dropped at Zabuza's description of their sensei, "Holy Crap sensei, you are the man" he yelled out of excitement. Maybe having Kakashi as his sensei wasn't all that bad if he could teach him a few hundred jutsus from his arsenal of over a thousand.

"I have to kill the old man soon Kakashi, but before I get to him I have to get through you first. Now enough talk" he exclaimed. Zabuza then formed a single hand seal, "Kirigakure no Jutsu" he yelled.

A thick mist soon began to appear and engulf the landscape; Zabuza chuckled knowing that he was left unseen by everyone. He also began to unleash a powerful killer intent to intimidate his opponents.

"I have eight choices here, kidneys, heart, neck, vein, brain, liver, lungs, spine or the clavicle vein. Now which one should I go after?"

Sasuke stood there trembling in his boots, the amount of killer intent Zabuza was displaying was enough to scare him into submission. Kakashi turned back and noticed Sasuke's worry, "Don't worry Sasuke; I won't let him get to you guys. Just leave this to me" he reassured causing Sasuke to nod albeit reluctantly.

Naruto on the other hand remained calm, despite the fog surrounding him limiting his vision. It was annoying how he could have spotted the puddle in the ground's chakra, but yet he couldn't see past mist. He guessed that he had to note these stuff down, at least he was learning more and more about his new Dojutsu, and hopefully sooner or later he begins to learn new skills with it.

Zabuza's dark chuckle soon erupted through the thick mist, "What a touching sight Kakashi, too bad that your students are already dead" he said, and within a second of finishing that statement Zabuza appeared just behind all three of the genin and in front of the old bridge builder. His large cleaver sword held up to his shoulder, ready to cut the three genin in half.

But before he could deliver the finishing blow, Kakashi instantaneously behind him and plunged a kunai straight to his back, Zabuza grimaced in pain but soon the grimace turned into a chuckle as the body dissolved into water.

"Kakashi-sensei behind you" Naruto yelled.

The Copy Nin was left surprised as he saw that Zabuza was now behind him about to attack with his sword once more, the sword swiped through Kakashi's body causing Sakura to scream in panic. But instead of blood splashing out, the body too dissolved in water.

Zabuza's eyes widened in surprise, "So he copied my Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu, impressive Kakashi" he muttered to himself.

The Kiri missing nin then felt a kunai right to his throat, through the corner of his eye he could see Kakashi standing there holding the kunai.

"Don't move Zabuza"

Naruto's excitement was through the roof just watching that display, but for some reason instead of conceding defeat Zabuza just began to laugh, and this simply unnerved the three genin.

"You just don't get it Kakashi, these monkey like imitations won't work on me. This fight is far from over, but I must commend you that was quite good" he said as a sinister grin appeared, "but it wasn't good enough"

Zabuza once more turned and dissolved into a body of water, meanwhile the real Zabuza appeared just behind Kakashi this time holding a kunai to Kakashi's throat. But instead of stabbing Kakashi with the kunai, Zabuza instead kicked him from behind causing him to fall into the nearby lake.

Kakashi quickly tried to recover but it was too late, Zabuza appeared just behind him and he began to weave through seals, "Suirō no Jutsu" he yelled.

Kakashi was then placed inside a sphere of water, there was air whatsoever inside. He had to find a way out soon, because if not then he was going to die from lack of oxygen.

Zabuza merely chuckled upon seeing this, "You put up quite a fight Kakashi but like I said earlier, you and your Sharingan can't stand a chance against me. Now you're in my water prison and there is no escape for you, now stay there and watch as I kill your students and your client" he said.

Zabuza faced the four and he laughed manically as he saw the scared faces of the four, "I'm going to enjoy killing you four. I was initially planning on using this move on Kakashi, but seeing as how he's already been dealt with, I guess it could work on you four" he said.

He then quickly weaved through another set of hand seals, the genin and Tazuna remained rooted the ground unable to move due to the intense killer intent Zabuza was releasing, Kakashi couldn't necessarily speak while submerged underneath the water, but he was using his hands to tell them to flee and run away while they still can.

Naruto breathed slowly in order to calm himself down, "Sorry sensei but I'm not leaving. Like you said, those who break the rules are scum, but those who leave their friends behind are worse than scum. You taught me this Kakashi-sensei and I will not run away" he declared.

Zabuza nodded, he was impressed by the kid, "You show guts kid but your life ends here"

"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu"

The water from the lake rose up several dozen meters into the sky, Tazuna, Sasuke and Sakura all watched in fear in awe. To them it was clear that their lives were over, nothing could stop this attack that much was clear, and with Kakashi imprisoned in water they stood no chance against Zabuza.

Naruto however continued to stand tall while in the face of danger, he remained confident despite the sheer size and potential damage the jutsu.

Once the water reached its peak into the air, it rapidly began to descend onto the four. The large body of water resembled a raging waterfall, and the attack was inching closer and closer ready to strike and absolutely crush its targets.

Naruto focused and gathered all the chakra he could muster, blue and red chakra began to swirl around his body, Kakashi watched in awe as the red chakra began to surface for his student, there was only explanation for this, the Kyuubi's was gifting Naruto a bit of his chakra.

Then suddenly Naruto reached over and took off his shades, and he muttered a few familiar words.

"Shinra Tensei"

Time seemed to stop for a second, the large incoming body of water was held up in the air unmoving, and then just like that it was sent flying back towards the opposite direction by a powerful gravitational force.

Kakashi's was surprised by what had just happened, due to his Sharingan still being open he managed to read Naruto's lips during that attack, and he even managed to see the strange pattern in his eyes. Luckily for Naruto, nobody else managed to take note of his new Dojutsu, only Kakashi was able to notice it and it was thanks mostly to his Sharingan.

Tazuna had no idea what had just happened but he didn't want to question it now, they were safe for now and that was all that mattered. Sakura and Sasuke however both knew that neither of them did that, and by the process of elimination that only meant that Naruto was the one responsible.

Sasuke clenched his fist in anger, he was glad to be alive but seeing Naruto manage to repel an attack of that magnitude just made him furious for some reason, 'How the hell did the dobe do that? First the puddle now this, just when did he get so strong?' he thought to himself.

Sakura meanwhile was speechless, she was watching in awe with a blush on her face, she was absolutely amazed at how Naruto just stood his ground against their attacker and even repelled his attack, 'Naruto, you were actually pretty cool out there. How in Kami's name did you even do that?' she thought to herself.

Zabuza stood there in shock as he watched his attack being sent back the opposite direction; he was absolutely speechless and unmoving. He even failed to notice Naruto running at him, and when he did notice it he was too late, Naruto managed to connect with a solid punch to his face.

The punch caused Zabuza to skid a few meters into the lake thus releasing Kakashi, the Copy Nin fell to the ground gasping for air. Soon Naruto walked to his sensei and he helped him get back to his own two feet.

"Sensei are you alright?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi nodded as he ruffled Naruto's hair, "Yeah I'm fine now Naruto, good job. Now leave the rest to me" he declared.

Naruto grinned at his sensei and he gave him a thumps up before jumping back to regroup with his fellow genin. Kakashi now stood face to face once more with Zabuza, "I was careless last time Zabuza, but that won't happen again. This time it's really over" he said.

"I should've finished you earlier while I still had the chance Kakashi, you're lucky that brat of your managed to pull off a miracle. But just like you he won't be lucky the next time"

Both Kakashi and Zabuza then performed a large number of hand seals, but Kakashi's hands were much faster than Zabuza, "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu" he exclaimed.

Before Zabuza could finish his hand seals, Kakashi already summoned a water dragon from the lake and it flew right at Zabuza causing to fly into the air and collide with a tree by the road.

Kakashi then caught his breath before walking over to Zabuza's unconscious body; he was ready to finish the job. But before he could make it, a few needles flew past and struck Zabuza by the neck.

"Thank you very much, I've been searching and hunting this one for a while now" a mysterious feminine voice called out.

Kakashi then noticed a masked ninja standing by the branches, the ninja seemed to have long raven hair extending down to her lower back and from what he could see and hear the ninja was likely to be a woman.

"Ah you must be a hunter nin" said Kakashi.

The masked ninja nodded, "Impressive Kakashi of the Sharingan, yes I am in fact a hunter nin for Kirigakure. There has been a bounty on Zabuza's head for a while, and I think you and your team for defeating him for me"

"No thanks are necessary we were only doing our job" replied Kakashi.

"Very well then, I bid you all goodbye" said the hunter nin as she disappeared along with Zabuza's body.

"Now with that all done, we continue our journey now" said Kakashi, Naruto agreed but as both student and teacher took a step, they both collapsed to the ground causing the rest to worry in shock.

"Dammit I used too much chakra, I can't move" Kakashi muttered.

Naruto on the other hand laid on the ground asleep, he was even snoring. It seemed that he tired himself out from the fight, Kakashi glanced at his student for a second and he decided that when the opportunity was right, he had to ask Naruto about what happened.


Glossary

Suirō no Jutsu - Water Prison Technique

Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu - Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique

Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu - Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique

Shinra Tensei - Almighty Push

Kirigakure no Jutsu - Hiding in Mist Technique

Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu - Water Clone Technique

Author's Note

Here is Chapter four done and dusted, hoped you guys liked it. Like I also said earlier sorry for the long delay but thank you or all the support, patience and understanding, it really means a lot to me. Now back to things related to this story, I've made my decision on the harem more or less and it'll have Sakura, Kurotsuchi, Fu, Shion, Mei, Yugito, Karin and Temari. I considered other characters like Konan, FemGaara, Matsuri, Mabui, Ino, Hinata and Tenten but in the end I decided not to go with them. I chose this group because they were unique and aside from maybe Sakura and Temari, the other girls weren't really used too much in stories and I was a big fan of these unique pairings. That and because I have something big planned for the future of this story and it has something to do with each of the girls and where they're from, so that's another reason why I went with this format, I wanted one from each of the five nations, and three from just anywhere I guess. This is likely going to be the final harem choice in the end, but it will be official by next chapter so you guys could still try and maybe tell me why you would prefer someone else over one of the choices, it'll likely still stay this way but you never know. Anyway thanks everyone for the support and understanding. Please continue to favourite and follow this story, and if you have any questions and suggestions then please leave a review or message.