The Return of the King
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0 At the bridge 0
Naruko sighed as she looks at the town from the bridge. 'Human beings can truly be as monstrous as demons if they want to, huh Kyuubi?'
'Bah, why do you even care for these monkeys? Once that bridge is done your gone.'
'Every legend needs a start Kyuubi. Why not free a country from a corrupt midget. You may even be able to come out and play if you promise to be nice.'
''Che, fighting one or two ningen is too boring kit, you may use my power but, unless its and army I'll be taking a nap.'
'Lazy!' that was the last thought Naruko had as she cut her link with Kyuubi.
She stared down at her clones training by the land near the bridge along with other clones patrolling around incase Gato's goons get any idea's.
She heard Tazuna scream at one of his workers proclaiming he would finish the bridge alone if he had too.
"Tazuna-oji-san you ok?" Naruko asked with some concern.
"Its fine kid, it's just the worker are losing hope and we are so close to finishing." Tazuna said with a sigh
""Do you want me to help?" she asked with a grin
"What can you do to help?" he wouldn't turn her down he could use it
"How would you like 100 clones that don't need lunch breaks or complain?"
"Those clones can help us out 'she nodded' then get to making some and I'll give them some orders. We may finish even quicker if we use them." And so a construction crew 100 strong was born.
0 later that night at Tazuna's house 0
Naruko felt the need to asked what was wrong with Inari, Tazuna went on to explain the sad story involving Inari's step father Kaiza, who had tried to stand up to Gato and his goons, but was beaten and executed in front of everyone by Gato's men to team 7 as the family had gathered together for dinner.
Team 7 and the family of three ate their meals in silence.
"So, sensei how is tree climbing going for my teammates here?" asked Naruko to break the silence
Kakashi who finally gained the ability to walk again gave an eye-smile "Well Sasuke is about ¾'s up and sakura happened to get it on the first try it seems."
"Sensei I've been meaning to ask but, if I can already to do it should I be helping by the bridge with Naruko?" sakura asked
This surprised Naruko as she would have assumed that sakura would want to stay by Sasuke. It seemed she was taking her training a bit more seriously. When she thought of her question Naruko gave a small giggle as she knew why her sensei was doing it.
Sakura heard and narrowed her eyes "Naruko what's so funny?" it seemed her teammate still thought she was a joke (AN: At this point of the series you are!)
Naruko stopped her giggling and gave a grin "Sorry…Sakura, it's just I know why Kakashi-sensei is working you hard."
Sakura gave a questionable look and a small gasp as it was the first time Naruko said her first name "Really? What is it?"
"While you may have good chakra control that is because you have such small chakra reserves which is normal since you come from a civilian family."
"But what does my family have to do with my chakra reserve?"
Naruko then placed her right elbow in her left hand and held her right index finger up and crossed her left leg over her right, this was known as naruko's lecture mode V1, as dubbed by Tenten. "You see a normal civilian has a low level chakra reserve as a Shinobi from a clan would have a larger one. This is because of their genetic makeup. Since a Shinobi from a clan has come from a line of Shinobi before him/her those genetics are passed down from parent to child giving them larger reserves. Examples of this would be sensei, myself, and Uchiha since we came from Shinobi clans or in sensei's case a Shinobi family. This gives us an advantage over civilian Shinobi as we have larger reserves but we have to try harder to control it as a civilian Shinobi would have easier control over their chakra but would have less to use. So sensei is having you continue this exercise to increase your reserves as the more chakra you have the more jutsu's you can do and the better your control the less chakra you need to perform jutsu's." she then went back to her starting position to continue to eat as the entire table looked stupefied at her with the exception of Kakashi as he gave an eye-smile and whistle for her lecture.
"Exactly, thank you Naruko as it was what I was doing the whole time."
"Or sensei just wanted you to sweat and have some giggles of you falling off the tree." Naruko add to mock her sensei
Kakashi pouted "Meanie."
Just then the small child of the dinner group slammed his hand on the table and shouted "Why are all even bothering? You're all going to die anyway, none of you can beat Gato he's too strong!"
After hearing this, Sasuke frowned at Inari's little rant and was about to retort, about how a weakling like him wouldn't know anything about them, but before he could, Naruko suddenly spoke up.
"Don't act like you know anything about us brat, as we're a lot stronger than you think we are and we've no intention of dying to a weak fool like Gato." replied Naruko.
"No you wrong! You're all going to die, as you've no idea what's it's like for us here, no-one can beat Gato!" cried the young boy.
"The weak will always be defeated by the strong. This is a cruel world we live in so you have to deal with it." The blonde looked up at Inari, and glared "Gato is nothing but money and hired guns, he is a weak little fool who will die sooner or later and if we're lucky we can do it ourselves. Don't lump us together with the pity party you call your life as I want no part in it."
Inari's tears began to run down his face even harder than before as he glared at Naruko "I'm glad we're nothing alike! I'd hate to be like you! You don't know anything about this country, yet you keep being so nosy! What the hell do you know about me! I'm different from you; you're always acting so happy, like you don't even have a care in the world! You don't know how hard life can be!"
Naruko lifted her head up and glared at the kid, leaking killing intent into her gaze, enough so that Inari's eyes widened and he began to shake.
"Listen to yourself, bitching and moaning about your life. Thinking you've got it so hard!" Naruko's voice was calm and devoid of any emotion and it literally scared the crap out of everyone but Kakashi.
Naruko stood up and walked over to the kid who was too frightened from the blondes killing intent to move. Naruko's glare seemed to increase as her mind went back to seeing the children around Nami during her patrols. The ones that had nowhere to go, whose parents had disappeared, most likely due to Gato having his men kill them.
"You sit here in this home with your loving family, with a mom who cooks for you, and worries about you, and loves you unconditionally. You have a grandfather who is building a bridge so that you and your country can be free of Gato's reign." Naruko snorted at the boy in disgust. "What a hard life! Oh Tou-san died, grow the fuck up you little shit stain!" her voice on carrying anger.
"I bet you've never even stepped foot outside this little sanctuary have you? Never even been into the town recently, where children even younger than you have lost their parents, both of them! Children who don't have a mother to cook them food, or a grandfather who's willing to stand against a tyrant for them!"
"I will never be like you and if I ever was I'd rather die. Look at you whine and bitch to the world like it's your job to tell all these people to roll over die. You disgust me and you disgrace Kaiza's name!"
Inari's eyes widened as the blonde mentioned the name of his father figure.
Naruko snorted in disgust before turning around and heading towards the door.
"Naruko, where are you going?" Kakashi asked as the blonde opened the door.
"To blow the fuck out of this forest before I kill this little brat!" Naruko yelled as she slammed the door shut.
Every one stared at the door Naruko had left through; wondering what had caused the blonde to have such a strong reaction to Inari's words. Inari sniffled several times before he too ran out of the door.
'This is a disaster, though I can't say I'm surprised that Naruko reacted like that.' Kakashi thought as he stood up, putting his book away for the moment. He stood up and walked out the door. Walking around to the back, he saw Inari sitting with his feet dangling over the water.
"Can I join you?" asked Kakashi, causing Inari to turn his head.
0 the area once called a forest 0
BOOM!
Naruko was in her first tail cloak ripping the very forest from its roots 'HOW DARE HE SAY HE HAS A TOUGH LIFE! He wouldn't last ONE DAY in my life.' She screamed in her mind as she lashed out a chakra arm destroying 9 trees in a row.
'Oh, some destruction therapy? My oh my what pushed the cool as ice you to this point kit? I must know so that way I can try and do it myself.'
'Look through my memories if you want. Sadly it will always be there now.'
After a few minutes and 14 more dead trees later
'Ba bahahaha oh, that little worm thinks he has it tough. Oh if only you could do a genjutsu to show him your species at its worst.'
'No talking about it, more blowing things up!'
'A vessel after my own heart' Kyuubi thought to himself as he watched his vessel vent her anger which was always a good thing for him.
0 the next morning at Zabuza's hideout 0
"It seems we're out of medical herbs." Haku mumbled with a sigh. Closing the pantry the hunter ninja walked back into Zabuza's room.
Walking over to the bed, Haku looked down at him. "You were far more injured than I thought. We're all out of herbs."
"All right but be back soon." Zabuza said rolling over to sleep
0 the now cleared area in the forest 0
Haku hummed a small tune while walking through the forest, looking for the herbs that the fake hunter ninja had found a few days ago. After passing a particularly large tree Haku found the herbs. Bending over to pick one up before pausing, having caught sight of a figure lying on the ground a little ways away.
Acting cautious Haku approached the prone figure to see who it was, recognizing the blonde that had Zabuza wanted to join him. The hunter's breath hitched, wondering what should be done.
Kneeling down Haku looked the figure over. The girl had rips in her clothing, showing off the blonde's surprisingly slime yet muscular figure of that of a runners build underneath her 4'9 frame. There were also a lot of broken tree and uprooted ones in the area around the petite blonde.
Haku reached a hand out to the blonde in order to knock her out and take her. The girl was the prize to Zabuza's plan; the best option would be to remove her before she could cause a problem and secure her for the aftermath of the battle to come. However, Haku paused midway, sighed and gently began to shake the blonde's shoulder.
"Hey, wake up. You'll catch a cold if you sleep out here." Haku said.
Naruko stirred and lashed out a fist on the first contact to her body. Haku just dodged it and the girl woke up.
She looked around and saw a beautiful girl with a heart-shaped face and a set of chocolate brown eyes.
"Hellooooo." Naruko said as she yawned
"Hi." Said the stranger
Getting a better look at the one who woke her, it was a young woman who looked to be maybe a year or two older than her. She had long dark brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes. She was wearing a pink yukata with blue floral designs on it. A small black choker was around her neck. She was currently smiling at her with a kind smile.
"Wow, you are very beautiful nee-san." Naruko said, unsure what to say.
Haku giggled a bit "Why thank you miss. Though, you should be more careful, if you stay out here all night long you may catch a cold and die."
"I've never been sick a day in my life." she paused as she looked over at Haku and tilted her head and gave an expression of curiosity "So what about you? What are you doing this early in the morning?"
Haku smiled and lifted the basket she was holding "I'm picking some herbs for my…friend who got injured a while ago. I'm gathering these to help in his recovery."
"That's kind of you." Naruko said, gaining an interested look in her eye. "I know about herbs since I read some medical books and I have some good knowledge on flora so I could help."
"That would be nice; by the way I'm Haku." Haku said as she bent down, setting the basket back on the ground and grabbed a few of the herbs.
"I'm Naruko."
Haku feeling this would be an opportunity to gain some insight into Zabuza's new target, the fake hunter decided to start a conversation.
"So you're a ninja?" she asked.
Naruko looked up and blinked as she registered the question. A second later she grinned "Yeah, I am. I bet the headband gave me away huh?"
"Maybe a little." Haku said with a smile. "So why did you decide to be a Shinobi?"
Naruko stiffened a bit but kept her cool "I became a Shinobi to live up to the expectations of the one who saved me. I want to become stronger than my role models, and most importantly to be able to protect myself and those I care for." She didn't mention her wanting to be Hokage as that was a long way ahead of her.
Haku raised an eyebrow at Naruko as her reasons sound almost familiar. "I see…that's quite a nice dream." Haku paused for a second before plunging on. "So what's a ninja doing out this early in the morning?"
"Blowing up things to vent my anger and training too I guess." She stated with absolutely no shame
Haku asked "So why are you training?"
"To become the best!" she spoke
Haku looked the blonde up and down "You seem plenty strong now."
Naruko shook her head, "Maybe, but I'm not strong enough. I have to become stronger."
"For that someone who you look up too?" asked Haku.
Naruko nodded, "Yep, as I will become stronger and I will finally meet her at the end of my path." Naruko thought as she wished to join the throne of hero's to meet Arturia when it was her time but, that would be when she was as old as jiji if not older.
Haku released a giggle.
"What are you laughing at nee-san?" Naruko asked with a pout
"Nothing." Haku replied with a smile "So do you…have someone who is important to you?"
"Yes, a few." Naruko said
Haku nodded, remembering the day Zabuza had come and gave her a purpose. "When a person has something important to protect, that's when they become truly strong."
Naruko paused and looked up at Haku. Listening to those words, Naruko remembered Tenten and her dad; Iruka, Anko, jiji, the ramen stand father and daughter duo, and maybe even team 7 came up a bit.
"I know exactly what you mean." Naruko said solemnly
"You'll get strong!" Haku said, seeing the understanding light enter Naruko's eyes. Standing up Haku looked at Naruko. "By the way…I'm a boy."
Naruko froze for a second, her eyes went wide, and her face went bright red.
'NO way in hell can a boy be that good looking!'
"I call bull shit!" the blonde stated
As the boy/girl? Left the clearing and she shushin'd back to tazuna's.
0 the next day 0
Kakashi looked at the three genin, all of whom were looking rearing to go "Are you three ready?" he asked.
"Wait a minute sensei." Said Naruko as she created 20 Kage bunshin's and had them form a defensive line around the house.
"Ok!"
"Good thinking, Gato might send some of his goons after Tazuna's family." Kakashi said as he gave a thumbs up.
"Team 7 let's go!"
0 Zabuza's hideout 0
Zabuza grinned as he crushed an apple in his hand "I think it's time to go Haku."
"Hai Zabuza-sama." 'Did he really have to crush my snack?'
0 At the bridge 0
"Wh-What is this!" Tazuna shouted as he the mist was covered in a thick fog. So much so that the only thing visible beside the bridge, were the bloody bodies on it, thankfully they were still alive.
Tazuna ran over to one of them who was conscious and lifted the man up, "What happened?"
"A m-monster…" the man choked out before passing out from blood loss.
"So he is back…" Kakashi muttered.
The mist began to thicken and Kakashi narrowed his eyes, "Here they come! Defensive formation!"
Kakashi and the three genin pulled out their weapons and surrounded Tazuna, as the mist became so thick they could not see more than ten feet in front of them.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura shouted as fear began to take her again, but she quickly steeled herself, "This is…"
"Yeah, this is Zabuza's Kirigakure No Jutsu alright." Kakashi said, wearily eyeing the surroundings even thought he could not see very far.
"Long time no see Kakashi." Came Zabuza's disembodied voice. "I see you're still with those brats… and look at that one…he's still shaking."
It was after saying this that several Zabuza's, suddenly appeared surrounding the group.
Upon seeing this Sasuke just smirked, which surprised Zabuza, "I trembling with excitement."
After hearing this Zabuza just smirked, amused at what Sasuke had said.
"Go ahead Sasuke show them what you got." Kakashi said lazily
Sasuke grinned and disappear and then reappeared and the mizu bushin were destroyed.
"Not bad, it seems your brats are improving…and it seems that you've a rival in speed Haku." spoke Zabuza, as he and Haku appeared in front of team seven.
"So it seems." spoke Haku without an emotion.
"Well, well, so my guess was right, it was all an act." spoke Kakashi.
"An act?" asked Tazuna in surprise.
"Yes and it was all done with a simple little mask."
"So you mean to tell me that all that stuff that guy said about being a hunter-nin protecting his village, was a bunch of bull?" asked Tazuna
"Correct" replied Kakashi, "And I'm willing to beat that those two have played this little trick a few times before".
"That mask guy is mine, I'm taking him out." spoke Sasuke with determination, where he and Haku then charged forward at one another.
0 Tazuna Home 0
At the same time that team seven and Kakashi were facing against Zabuza and Haku, Tazuna daughter Tsunami was washing the dishes from breakfast.
As she was washing the dishes, she suddenly heard the door opening, when she turned around she saw Gato's two bodyguards Zōri and Waraji entering the house.
"So you're Tazuna daughter huh? Too bad for you, as you'll have to come with us." spoke Zōri.
Upon seeing them, Tsunami tried to runaway but she could not, as Zōri quickly grabbed hold of her arm and pushed her into the nearby wall.
Hearing his mother screams and the sound of things breaking Inari quickly ran into the leaving room to see what was happen.
When Tsunami saw her son she told him to run away, seeing Inari, Waraji quickly grabbed hold of Inari and pushed him into the other side of the room opposite his mother.
"Should we take this kid as well?" asked Waraji.
"No, Gato's asked for just one hostage." replied his partner.
When Inari heard this, he then realized that Gato wanted to use his mother as a hostage and force him to give up.
"Well that's fine by me… let's waste him." said Waraji with a sadistic grin as he drew his Katana out.
"Wait…please don't hurt my son, he just a boy, he hasn't done anything wrong…I do anything just don't hurt him." spoke Tsunami.
"Fine… then you will come with us, without any resistance." said Zōri before he turned to the teary and scared young Inari and smirked. "Guess it's your lucky day kid, your mom just came through for you."
After seeing his mother being tied up by Waraji and Zōri and walking out the house with her, Inari began to cry even more and telling his mother that he was sorry over and over again and how he couldn't, as he was too scared. But as he was crying he began to remember what his step-father told him and what Naruko told him at the dinner table.
Realizing that he could not just sit back and cry and let Waraji and Zōri take his mother away, Inari knew he had to save his mother.
As Waraji and Zōri led Tsunami, Waraji turned around and cupped Tsunami face, where he had a perverted like grin, "Don't worry your pretty little head, we're going to treat you fine."
"Come on Waraji, we don't have time for this." spoke Zōri, but before they could walk on, the two men and Tsunami, suddenly heard Inari from behind telling them to stop.
When they turned around they saw Inari coming out of the house charging straight at them.
Seeing Inari charging at them, the two men just smirked unafraid at the young boy.
"No Inari don't, run away!" cried Tsunami, but after saying this Zōri just hit her at the back of the head and knocked her out, not wanting to deal with her any more.
"Let's finish this." said Zōri, as if he was board, where he and his partner drew their Katana's and charged straight at Inari and slashed at him.
But just when they had slashed at Inari, he quickly turned into a log.
"A Kawarimi no Jutsu!" said Zōri in surprise recognizing the Shinobi technique.
"The woman she gone!" said Waraji, when he turned around to Tsunami and saw that's she was gone. "What the hell is going on here?"
"Well looks like I was right on the money about what Gato would try." spoke a new voice, causing the two men to start looking around and try and find who had just spoken.
When they turned around to look behind them, they saw a young blonde girl in a blue outfit, putting Tsunami gently on the ground, all the while still holding on Inari.
"Naruko what are you doing here?" spoke Inari, as Naruko put him down.
"I suspected that there was a good chance that Gato might try and kidnap you or your mom, so to use against your Grandfather. Hence I have about 20 clones around the area on look out."
"Also sorry I was late, when I saw those guys enter the house, I didn't want to fight them in there where your mom and you could've been caught in the crossfire. So I waited until they came out, but before I could act you came out charging." continued Naruko where she then smiled at the young boy. "And I've to admit that you were pretty brave there and you did great, it gave me the opening I needed to rescue your mom without them knowing".
"Now I want you to close your eyes, this may be a bit much for a kid." She said and inari closed his eyes and all he heard were screams and a sizzling sound.
After Naruko set the incinerator tags on the two dead mercs. She and her fellow clones went back into position incase more came.
0 at the bridge 0
Clang! Swish! Clang clang clang!
Were the sounds coming from the two jonin as they battled, Sakura was defending Tazuna, and Naruko and Sasuke were battling haku.
Naruko just performed a kawarimi with one of her clones for Sasuke to dodge an ice needle jutsu it seemed. She then connected the dots from just that jutsu alone.
"He's a Hyoton user from the Yuki Clan of Kiri." stated Naruko, surprising Sasuke and even Haku.
"You know about him?" asked Sasuke in surprise.
"Only small details from my studies on Kiri, from I know. The Yuki Clan was a small Clan in Kiri, who possessed a bloodline that allows them to use Hyoton, where they can create Ice techniques that only they can do. Although until now I thought the Clan was extinct, as the Clan was said to have been wiped out a few years ago back when Kiri went under an upheaval. Where people began to turn against bloodline holding Clans, because they feared their great power on the battlefield and because they believed that the bloodline holders were the cause of all the war and infighting that was going on in Kiri." spoke Naruko, which of course surprised her teammate, when he heard this.
"You are well informed Naruko-san, as you are indeed correct and I'm indeed the last living member of the Yuki Clan." spoke Haku.
Naruko recognized the voice but pushed back her feeling of fighting a new friend. It seemed Kami works in strange ways to mess with her.
Sasuke gave her a nod and Naruko rushed at Haku while Sasuke jumped back and was throwing kunai from a distance at spots aimed to make Haku slip up. After about a minute the two swapped with a kawarimi to keep Haku guessing and off balance. Sasuke rushed in with some taijutsu while Naruko launched a few Suiton: Teppōdama and Mizurappa.
As Haku dodged a ball of compressed water he kicked Sasuke hard and he skidded next to Naruko. Naturally when Zabuza saw this, he had been surprised, as he never thought that mere "brats" could defeat Haku.
Zabuza revealed that Haku had been going easy on them. After which Haku revealed his strongest technique the Makyō Hyōshō (Demonic Ice Crystal Mirrors), where he created a dome of ice mirrors around them. Upon which Haku then merged with the mirrors and attacked Naruko and Sasuke from all directions, making it virtually impossible for them to defend themselves.
Kakashi had of course tried to help them, but Zabuza had intercepted him, forcing Kakashi to fight him.
After glancing towards Naruko and Sasuke, Kakashi quickly glanced at Sakura who was still staying with Tazuna to defend him, in case Zabuza somehow got by him and went for the bridge builder.
Seeing Kakashi glancing at his students, Zabuza smirked in amusement, "I would be more worried about myself than those brats if I were you Kakashi."
At this comment Kakashi did not respond, but narrowed his one visible eye and readied himself to continue the battle.
As Kakashi and Zabuza faced off against one another, Naruko and Sasuke were having some trouble with their opponent as Sasuke was getting tired and had several needles sticking in him. Naruko on the other hand released her gravity seal and kept up with Haku, due to her training with Gai and Lee this was no trouble but, she was too busy defending Sasuke to go for a hit. Her armor kept her safe from the senbon barrage due to its magical properties. Sasuke was also having trouble moving, due to several needles that were stuck in the acupuncture points in his body. Even after they pulled some of them off didn't help much.
"This the end for you both, please do not bear any ill-will towards me, as I do this only because I must." spoke Haku sadly from the mirror. After which images of Haku appeared on all the mirrors, making it impossible for Naruko and Sasuke to tell which one was the real Haku and which direction the ice user would come from.
"That boy is as good as dead and the girl will be coming with me, as no-one can escape Haku's technique… not even me." replied the confident Zabuza.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that Zabuza, especially when it comes to Naruko and Sasuke."
"Oh and what makes you so sure of that?" asked Zabuza generally curious as to what Kakashi had such faith in Naruko and Sasuke.
"Well it quite simply really, since I know what both those two are capable of and you would understand as well if you knew who they really were." answered Kakashi.
"And what exactly do you mean by that?" asked Zabuza.
"You see Sasuke's full name is Uchiha Sasuke and the unique bloodline of the Uchiha Clan runs through Sasuke's veins and the Sharingan is his birth right," stated Kakashi before he continued on. "And Naruko's full name is Uzumaki Naruko, one of Konoha's prodigies and also the last member of the famed Uzumaki clan the distant cousins of the Senju as both clans share the same blood."
"Ah! I had heard the rumors that a single young boy had survived the tragedy of the Uchiha Clan…no wonder he advances so quickly. And for that girl to be related to the Senju even if distant makes her even more of a prize!" Zabuza said with glee
Kakashi chuckled a bit at remembering Naruko training this week. "She is truly going to be great one day and I tell you little something else about her..." spoke Kakashi as he lifted his headband to reveal his Sharingan "…Naruko's potential surpasses my own."
At hearing this Zabuza's concerns grew as he was beginning to doubt Haku's chances to win, as Sasuke would be trouble enough. But given how strong Naruko was he was beginning to wonder if Haku could really win, especially after Kakashi stated that Naruko's potential surpassed his own. As Zabuza knew that Kakashi wouldn't say something like that unless he believed it to be true.
'Damn, I can't afford to toy with Kakashi anymore. I need to take care of the bridge builder and Kakashi now and then help Haku. Not to mention, grabbing that Uzumaki girl.' thought Zabuza with a frown. After which he used his Kirigakure no Jutsu to make the mist thicker and disappear, so that Kakashi could no longer use his Sharingan on him.
As the battle in the dome raged on, Naruko and Sasuke were back to back, as Naruko just deflected another round of senbon with her sword and Sasuke was trying to deflect them using to kunai. Sasuke was getting tired and he couldn't have Naruko keep watch his back they needed a plan. So he tried the only move he could think of "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique)!" as the fire ball the ice mirror it didn't even leave a scorch mark.
Haku quickly transported to a different ice mirror near Sasuke and tried to attack the young Uchiha by using his high speed. But when Haku struck, Sasuke spun around and blocked Haku's strike with his Kunai, much to the young ice user surprise.
'Impossible! There's no possible way that normal human eyes could keep up with my speed…so how did he see me coming?' thought Haku with surprise.
Although Sasuke could not see Haku's face, he could tell that the young ice user was surprised.
"You're not the only special one here!" spoke Sasuke with a smirk, where when Haku looked directly at Sasuke face the ice users eyes widens slightly in surprise, as he saw Sasuke eyes. For instead of black eyes, Sasuke eyes were now red with two tomoe's in his right eye and one in his left.
"The Sharingan!" muttered Haku in surprise.
"It's not complete, but it's still enough to keep up with your speed." spoke Sasuke, after which he then, tried to kick Haku in the side. But was unable to hit Haku, as the young ice user was able to jump back, but just as Haku avoided the kick, Naruko appeared from above him and attempted to slash Haku again with her sword. But once again Haku avoided the attack and merged with one of the ice mirrors.
When Haku merged with the ice mirrors again Naruko quickly glanced at Sasuke and smirked. "Looks like you can finally call yourself an Uchiha, Uchiha."
"Yeah, now I can keep up with his moves and thanks for watching my back." replied Sasuke.
After Sasuke said this, Haku then appeared in the ice mirror in front of them "It seems that I have greatly underestimated you two." stated Haku, where the ice user looked at Sasuke and Naruko.
After disappearing into the mirrors again he created a Mizu Bushin to distract Naruko and Haku then shot out as he planned to use Naruko as a lure… he went to attack her as her back was turned.
Sasuke looked at Naruko…
'WHAT! At Naruko? No, I got to make it.' Sasuke mentally pleaded.
And Haku's plan worked as Sasuke was stabbed with a dozen needles and naruko turned around with in the same second caught Sasuke and then looked at the wound he received for her. She was berating herself for being so careless.
"Ha, looks like we're even now…Naruko." Sasuke said as his voice became low.
"You idiot! I would have been ok with a wound like that, why did you take it?" she asked as she held him.
"I don't know... my body just moved on its own..." Sasuke said weakly.
"Don't you go dying too, ok? I may have never said it but, I saw you as my rival, always pushing me to go farther than I thought I could go. You were the only kunoichi and classmate I respected from our year. Bye Naruko…" as Sasuke said his last words
"Is this your first death of a friend? This is the way of the Shinobi." Haku said as he got into the mirrors
Then Haku heard the unthinkable, the blonde girl was laughing. "Nice try Haku-san but I know medical techniques too, remember? I know you did the same thing you did to Zabuza. You seem too nice of a person to kill; I can tell…you know." Naruko said with a small smile
"Thank you. Now we can fight truly." Naruko said as she had a clone take Sasuke to Sakura and Tazuna. She heard the screech from the pinkette and then followed by her clone telling her 'beloved' was ok.
Red chakra swirled around Naruko and as it did her whisker marks became more dark and defined, her hair became a bit longer and shaggy, and finally her canines and nails grew and her eyes became red with black slits in them. She then released a tailed beast sonic roar to destroy the mirrors and charged at Haku. Haku shock by his foes new appearance and power and saw her coming and tried to dodge but she was too quick and the punch she threw shattered his mask and sent him flying a few feet.
The power was so much that it shattered the bridge's floor
'Wha- what...? This chakra is…!'Haku though in shock
0 Outside the ice mirrors 0
Kakashi and Zabuza both felt the power and the distinct killing intent behind it shocking them both.
Kakashi recognized it
Zabuza was also worried... at first he thought it was Kakashi…but no, it was strong... stronger than him
Kakashi knew and was worried as to why she released the fox's power
Kakashi threw a scroll in the air... passed a finger on an open wound on his chest and opened the scroll on a swift motion and smeared blood on it...
Kakashi proposed a one hit wins all... last move
It was a desperate move... but he knew what he had to do.
0 Inside the mirror 0
'I cannot defeat this girl Zabuza-sama…forgive me.'
Haku smiled "Zabuza-sama has no use for a weak shinobi... you have taken away my reason for existing." Haku said simply.
"Why... for someone like him, I'm curious to know why?" Naruko asked still in her initial state
Haku smiled "I had people very dear to me... a long time ago." Haku said "My... parents."
"I was born in a small snowy village in the country of the mist... I was happy... my parents where kind people, but... when I grew up and began to learn the ways of the world... something happened." Haku said.
"something? What?" Naruko asked
"This blood." Haku said.
"blood? Your kekkai genkai." Naruko asked.
"My father killed my mother... and then... he tried to kill me." Haku said as simple as that
"You either killed him and ran away or just ran away. Then that was when Zabuza found you didn't he?" Naruko asked with realization
Haku nodded at how quickly she figured it out.
"Zabuza-sama took me in knowing I was a person with such blood... this blood that everyone hated... he desired it..."
Haku begun to cry... "I was so happy!"
"Naruko-san... please..." Haku said
"kill me." he said
0 Somewhere else 0
Kakashi had done a few handsigns and slammed his hands to the ground.
He used a summoning jutsu... but nothing appeared.
"Ump... whatever you do is useless, you can't figure out where I am... but I know exactly where you are. Kakashi you are trapped by my jutsu." Zabuza said.
Zabuza then heard something.
The ground begun to shake.
"Uh?"
The ground broke underneath Zabuza...
"GAH!" Zabuza yelled in both pain and surprise.
A dog spurt from the ground... another... then another
8 dogs attacked Zabuza pinning him down.
"What's that sound?" Sakura asked
"If eyes and ears don't work... then just use your nose." Kakashi said.
"And that's what happens when you have your eyes shut in the mist... this is summoning is specially designed for tracking down an opponent, the reason I purposely let my blood spill twice was for this... your weapons are soaked with the scent of my blood... these are my cute nin-dogs... their sense of smell surpasses those of all other dogs... you are trapped in my jutsu." Kakashi said "The mist has cleared... your future is death." Kakashi said
"My future is death? I'm sick of your bullshit." Zabuza said
"Don't be foolish, there is nothing you can do in this situation, your death is certain." Kakashi said as he walked casually towards Zabuza.
"Zabuza... you went too far." Kakashi said.
Then with a few handsigns he formed his sole original technique
"RAIKIRI!" Kakashi said as he formed said technique
Zabuza was shocked
"You are too dangerous... Tazuna-san, who you are trying to kill, is this country's 'courage'; the bridge he seeks to complete is this country's 'hope'. Your ambition sacrifices many people... that is not what a Shinobi should do. But you even went and threaten to take my student, that is where I draw the line!" Kakashi said as he had to control his rage.
Zabuza glared at Kakashi "I don't give a damn... I fight for my own ideals... and that SHALL continue!" Zabuza said.
"I'll ask once more...surrender." Kakashi said
0 back with Haku and Naruko 0
Naruko looked at his eye, how much they seemed like hers. It almost hurt to look at them. She canceled her initial state and summoned her sword.
"Very well…if only we could have met in different circumstances. We may have been friends." And she charged
Haku closed his eyes, wishing that they could have as well and had a small smile.
As Haku waited for death he saw his master in danger and was about to defend him but, felt the air leave his body. Naruko had struck him with the pummel of her sword in his gut effectively knock him out. Naruko quickly placed a binding seal on him to keep him tied. She couldn't take his life, he deserved happiness and after this she would give him a chance to have his own dream. Even if he hated her for it.
0 with Kakashi and Zabuza 0
After Zabuza refused to surrender, Kakashi was about to go for the kill but, the sound of clapping stopped him. Naruko walked up to them and stood next to her sensei.
"ooh... you're getting your ass kicked, how... disappointing." a voice said
All save Sakura and Tazuna turned around to see the owner of the voice.
"Zabuza." a small man came with an army
"Gato... why are you here...? And what's with all these men?" Zabuza asked tiredly.
"Hehe... the man has changed... well actually, I planned to do this since the beginning... Zabuza, I'm going to have you killed here." Gato said
"What?" Zabuza said bewildered at this double-cross.
"I never planned on paying you any money... hiring normal ninja from the village is expensive and they may betray me... so I get you missing-nins who are so easy to take care of afterwards... I have ninja's battle each other and once they're weakened I kill them off with numbers... It doesn't cost me anything... good financial plan, don't you think? The only problem in the plan was you... Zabuza, the 'demon of the hidden mist'? What a joke... hehehehe... you're just a cute little baby demon." Gato said
Zabuza glared at the man.
"WE CAN KILL YOU EASILY NOW!" The army of bandits yelled and roared in anticipation.
"Kakashi... Uzumaki... I'm sorry... this fight is over. Now that I have no reason to go after Tazuna I have no reason to fight you." Zabuza said
"Do you want some help? I knock out Haku and was going to talk to him after this but; this kind of changes some things." Naruko said
Kakashi had just released Zabuza from his nin-dogs and Zabuza's arms were useless now.
"Uzumaki I have something's to say to you. You have a chance to be the greatest Kenjutsu user ever if you keep going the way you are. Also if I die here I want you to carry my legacy with my sword, can't have some scavenger taking it. And finally I'm giving Haku to you, she deserves to have a dream and I think you can give it to her." Said Zabuza
"WAIT! He's a she? Damn I knew no boy could be that pretty." Said a relieved Naruko
"Yeah, did that so no one would try to mess with her."
"Um… I think we have an army in front of us to take care of." Said Kakashi with a sweat drop
"Right…brat give me a kunai, the midget is mine!"
Naruko threw him a kunai and he caught it in his mouth. He smiled cruelly with the kunai and charged. As he did he took out some of gato's men.
He rushed towards Gato who was trying to get away.
With a move of the neck he had pierced his neck but 3 more men came and stabbed him in the back
"Just die already..." the men yelled but Zabuza forced them off.
"W...what? You won't survive...gah." Gato yelled as the kunai pierced him.
"You and I... are going together... to HELL!" Zabuza said
He jumped back; he needed more speed and leverage to do this
"Even the unremarkable demon of the hidden mist... can become a real demon in how he meets his end." Zabuza said.
He charged again and slashed Gato's torso... just slightly as to make him bleed but not die.
"THIS WILL BE FUN! WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SEE IF I'M A BABY DEMON OR NOT!" Zabuza said.
And with a move of his neck... Gato's throat was cut.
The men then wanted to attack but Zabuza glared at them.
They all backed up with fear.
0 with Sakura 0
'Did I die?' a person asked himself
He could hear sobbing and his name...
"Sakura...? am I... am I...?"
"Sakura... you're heavy." Sasuke Uchiha said with a weak voice as he was waking up.
Sakura's eyes then begun to tear up again and she threw herself at Sasuke and hugged him.
"S...Sakura... that hurts." Sasuke said
"Sorry" Sakura apologized.
"What... what about Naruko...? and... that masked kid." Sasuke said
"After the masked kid 'killed' you Naruko said he just knocked you out and went all out on him I think and destroy those mirrors and knocked him out too."
Sasuke heard this and frowned. Naruko was able to beat him so was he (Sasuke) in the way the whole time while she was protecting him.
"HEY HEY! DON'T GET TOO COMPLACENT" some voices yelled.
"DAMN NINJAS... YOU KILLED OUR MEAL TICKET...!"
"YOU GUYS ARE DEAD!"
"TO BREAK EVEN WE ARE GOING TO PILLAGE THIS CITY AND BURN IT DOWN."
"YEAH YEAH!" The bandits yelled
"GO!" they yelled as they charged.
Naruko merely walk in front of them and raised her sword
"YOU VIEL FILTH WILL DO NO SUCH THING! TAKE ONE STEP FURTHER AND YOU WILL FACE THE HARSHEST WIND YOU HAVE EVER SEEN!"
The men ignored her and charged
"Strike Air: Hammer of the Wind King!"
Then a great gale came forth and crushed the first few lines of the army and blew the rest away into the sea.
…
'That…that has to be the greatest wind jutsu I have ever seen; too think Naruko could blow away an entire army with one hit. I don't think even sensei could do that as he would need multiple Harishin kunai for it.' Kakashi looked in amazement and even saw an over lay of his sensei next to Naruko with the same look in his eyes as her as they turned around and gave a victorious grin to Kakashi.
Inari had gotten the people to rise up and help but, as the make shift army came and saw what Naruko did their jaws dropped and they started to cheer.
Her teammates were absolutely wordless and vowed to never make her angry.
Tazuna thought the goddess of victory had entered the battle and saved his country and that Uzumaki Naruko, Konoha's Saber would be a name to remember.
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And there we go enjoy people. R&R! No flames. Peace off.