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-Chapter 4: Time of Wave-

"I can't believe you went to Cloud Tower! Did you girls not think about the consequences if you did!" Sakura said as she looked at the other girls. It had been a week since she left for a mission in the shinobi, and the girls had lost the Ring of Solaria, snuck into Cloud Tower, and was now on an academic probation with their magic revoked.

"We needed to get the ring back Sakura. The Trix kidnapped Stella with a fake love note!" Sakura shook her head at Bloom's statement.

"I had my magiphone with me. You could have called me, then I'd tell mom, and she'd get the ring back no problem."

"Well you were on a top secret ninja mission; we can't call you and give you away like that." Stella said and Sakura face palmed.

"It was not a secret mission it was only a c rank one, at least at the start."

"C-rank?" Bloom asked.

"When Shinobi take mission they are given ranks," Techna started, "The mission rank is given for danger and how hard the mission will be and who gets them. They go from D to A and then S. D-ranks are simple missions with no danger noted that genin take."

"Yeah those are taken around the village and are more chores then anything else." Sakura added.

"C-ranks are harder missions with little chance of danger mostly bandits and such. Chunin and few genin take them. B-ranks are missions where enemy ninja are involved. The danger is much higher and chunin to jounin take these ones. A-ranks are missions that are even harder with higher chance to face other jounin, among other dangers. Nothing less then jounin can take these. S-rank, well you can get higher then that but the chances of coming back are very low. Jounin and the Anbu black ops take these ones."

Bloom stared at Sakura amazed, "Wow, who knew being a shinobi was tough. So you guys went on a C-rank."

Sakura sighed, "Yeah at least it started out that way then it upgraded to a higher level."

The girls' attention was now on her, "Really?" What happen?" "What did you guys do?"

They were talking at once and Sakura had to calm them down. "Hey! Hey! Relax, look I will help you guys out and tell you guys the details."

"That is good Sakura, because I am sure you skipped a few details with me," said a voice behind them. They turned to see Faragonda and Miss Griselda coming up to them.

"I will let the girls listen, as they deserve to know what happen with their friend, but they are still on probation." She then turned to her daughter, "And to make sure you do not skip anything for my sake; there is a tale that must be told, so let the truth now unfold." And her spell appeared around Sakura.

"There now you cannot skip anything or lie about the details," He mother said with a smile ignoring her daughters glare.

Sakura sighed before she started, "Alright, It started after we finish a d-rank mission…"

-Flashback-

"This is hero, I'm at point A," Naruto said in his altered Red Fountain uniform. It was the same principle appearance, but with darker colors for camouflage.

"This is witch, I'm at point B," Sasuke mentioned on her end, looking for something.

"Fairy here, I'm at point C and have spotted the target. It's 500 meters from my position, pursue?" Sakura asked as Kakashi, from another point said, "Scarecrow here, and yes you may pursue." The three started making their way and started the chase. Naruto managed to catch it, but the creature, which turned out to be a cat, clawed at Naruto as he tried to hold it.

"Does it have the ribbon?" Naruto looked and said, "It's Tora alright. The ribbon's on the right ear, and it's clawing me like crazy! I'd rather clean the Gryphon again then look after this crazy cat!" Kakashi nodded before saying, "Time to finish the mission: Find Tora." They returned to the mission office and Madame Shijimi quickly took the cat and crushed it in a hug. Naruto and the others had different thoughts.

'Is it okay to think the cat's getting what it deserves?' Naruto thought as Sakura thought, 'I almost feel sorry for it, almost.'

'Good, this stupid cat's getting poetic justice!' Sasuke thought as Shijimi paid the amount and left. Hiruzen took the scroll full of D ranks and started, "Well, you have captured Tora, again. Now, let's see what's next. We have weeding a garden, painting a fence, grocery shopping, babysitting council member Ikari's daughter," A commotion occurred with Madame Shijimi calling for her cat before Hiruzen continued, "Finding Tora...agian."

"No more chores gramps. I know we're supposed to build teamwork on these missions, but I think we're ready for a tougher mission," Naruto said as the other two nodded. Iruka got a little angry as he started, "These missions are important as income for the village and for ninja. I used to go to Red Fountain, and I know the importance of missions, and you are gennin and so must abide by the mission rankings th-"

"That state the difficulty of a mission and the level required. D ranks are the easiest with the least amount of danger involved, and are exclusively taken by gennin as a start to help build teamwork and simulate a mission environment. C, B, A, and S rank missions are only taken by certain missions involved, but the rule also states that when a certain minimum amount of D-ranks are completed successfully, with the permission of the jounin instructor, then gennin can potentially take a C rank or higher. I've faced a troll,l and three witches with a team, and we have done a minimum of 16 successful D-rank missions." Naruto said as Iruka deflated a bit from the perfect finish and argument to his speech. Kakashi had a single thought; 'He is a genius when he wants to be.'

-Pause Flashback-

"Wow," said Bloom. "He's smart to work around the rules like that and not break them."

Miss Griselda gave an 'hmph' before saying, "It could get him into trouble someday."

"Now, now, I think Sakura still has more to her story." Her mother said before Sakura continued. "So we were given a c-rank mission. We were to take Tazuna, the client, back to his home, the land of waves and protect him on the way and when he is making his bridge."

"A bridge?" Musa ask.

"Yes I will explain why later but the trouble started when we left the village."

-Flashback-

The group moved down the road Sakura talking to Tazuna getting more information of the country itself. They notice a puddle of water on the side of the road. The ninja stayed focus but ready. After Kakashi pass it rippled and before they know it Kakashi was wrapped in a razor chain connected to two men wearing cloaks gas masks and clawed gauntlets. With one tug he was ripped apart. "One down, four to go." One said before they charge at them the chain spread to get them all.

Naruto moved with his sword out and cut the chain with ease. While the men were shocked he punch and kick the two apart where the girl casted their spells.

"Transforming blossom," cried Sakura and one brother found his clawed gauntlet turn pink and fell apart into blossom petals. Sasuke smirked and casted her spell, "Heated metal."

The other weapon glowed red hot and the man started to scream, "Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!" while shaking his hand. He then grabbed it, grunting as his other hand was starting to burn and pulled it off.

Both brothers got up but were knocked out but Kakashi and Naruto. Kakashi had use the replacement jutsu to escape the damage unharmed. "Kakashi-sensei, you're okay," Sakura cried as she sighed in relief. They then saw a log and some fake blood and realized it was a substitution jutsu. Kakashi tied up the two attackers before saying, "Meizuki and Gozuki, the demon brothers of Kirigakure no Sato. Would you care to explain a few things, Tazuna?" All eyes then looked at Tazuna as he then started to shake a bit, "W-what would make you ask me that?"

"Because there are only five people here: myself, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and you. I ruled myself out since they were nuke-nin chuunin, and I am a jounin with a lot of experience. Sakura was ruled out easily as she was orphaned, even if she inherited the Haruno fortune from her deceased parents, and she had no prior family connection to ninja. Naruto and Sasuke would be more suitable targets as they are the heir and heiress of powerful ninja clans, but no one outside Konoha would know. Leaving you, the client, as the last possible option, and you have been quite shifty since we left the village." Kakashi answered as the gennin looked at him as the client shifted around. He then gave up and squealed, "Alright, I lied. I'm being hunted by a notorious thug named Gatou."

"Gatou? As in Gatou of Gatou Shipping Incorporate?" Sakura asked as Tazuna nodded and continued, "On the surface he seems like an honest person, but the truth is he's a cruel gangster that uses his shipping company to commit illegal dealings. Cursed magic artifacts, human/fairy trafficking, illegal drugs you name it! He's even sold off witches as whores for his brothels. Wave's an island nation, and he's sucked our nation dry, even our daimyo is poor. The only thing that remove his hold is the bridge I'm building." Naruto then looked at him with a thoughtful look.

"You still lied, but if the situation is as you say, then a C-rank is all you could afford." Sasuke said while Naruto thought. Sakura also put in her thoughts, "We were given false information, and by all rights we could easily turn back." Tazuna pulled one last line, "It's alright if you leave me. The people would suffer more, and my daughter would curse Konoha till her dying die. My grandson would probably cry all the time 'cause I died."

-Pause Flashback-

"So what did you guys do?" asked Flora.

Sakura smirked, "We continued the mission."

The girls were surprise while her mother frown worried for her daughter. She knew she was alright, but she did not know if she even got hurt in the fights ahead. Sakura smiled, "We could not abandon those people and Gatou had to be stopped. Anyway the real trouble came when we got to the land of waves."

-Flashback-

The group was now traveling down a back road to Tazuna's house hoping to get back with out much attention. Their senses were on high alert, as they knew their new opponent was going to be strong. Naruto sensed something off to the side and threw a kunai into a bush. After a minute he went into it and found a scare rabbit with a kunai over it. Sakura hit him over the head and started to cuddy the scared bunny. Kakashi notice that it had white fur even though it was the middle of summer.

Kakashi then notice something and shouted "Get down!"

The all hit the dirt as a huge blade came spinning at them. it clashed into a tree and someone landed on the handle. "I see why the oni brothers failed, Kakashi Hatake, the copy Ninja."

Kakashi scowled at the man before them, "Zabuza Momochi the demon of the hidden mist."

-Pause flashback-

"Wait you face Zabuza Momochi, one of the seven swordsmen of the hidden mist?" Miss Griselda asked as she adjusted her glasses.

Sakura nodded and Flora asked, "Who is that?" Bloom was glad she did as she was tired of being the only one that did not know anything.

Techna got her database out, "Zabuza Momochi, an A-rank nuke-nin. That is a ninja that abandon their village," she added for Bloom, as she was about to ask. "He is also a member of the seven swordsmen of Kirigakure. They are the best swordsmen in the realms and master killers. They each have special sword each with an ability. Zabuza's sword allows itself to repair any damage made to it when it makes contact with blood."

The girls were freaked out by that, and Faragonda was starting to get worried.

-Flashback-

"I'm flattered you know of me, but my business isn't with you. Hand over the old man and your gennin can live."

"Manji Formation! I can handle him, and will need every advantage I can get." Kakashi ordered as the team got ready. Naruto readied his katana as Sasuke and Sakura drew Kunai and were ready for battle. Kakashi then lifted his headband and looked at Zabuza, and Zabuza smirked, "To see the sharringan so early in the fight. I must be something."

'The sharringan?! That's my family bloodline! How does he have it?' Sasuke thought as Zabuza made a hand sign and said, "Hidden Mist Jutsu." The mist around the area thickened considerably as Zabuza seemed to disappear. Kakashi recognized the basic plan immedieately, "Stay cautious team. Zabuza's a master of the art of silent killing. You might not even recognize your death before it happens." Zabuza seemed to laugh in the mist and sent out some killing intent. Sasuke, Sakura, and even Naruto felt frightened as he spoke, "Lung, heart, spinal cord, clavicle vein, liver, so many different points to choose from. Which should I go for first?" Sasuke was trembling in fear, but Naruto managed to calm her, "We'll get through this. I promise."

"Naruto's right, and I won't let my cute gennin die."

"What makes you think you can stop me?" Zabuza asked…right in the middle of their group. They all looked shocked and Kakashi reacted. The genin grabbed Tazuna and leaped back as Kakashi moved forward and stabbed Zabuza in the chest with a kunai. It was not blood that was leaking out of his wound but water. The Zabuza burst into water as they found out it was a water clone. As Kakashi looked at his team, he did not see something come into view behind him, but it was too late and he was slashed in half. The genin were freaedk out before Kakashi also burst into water.

Zabuza was shocked as well, 'He copied my water clone in the mist.' He then felt a kunai at his neck. "It's over," Kakashi said.

Zabuza looked at him in the corner of his eye "I must say I am impressed. You said those words of comfort not for your genin but to lure me out. But I am not that easy to catch," he then turned to water.

Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi again and tried to cut him in half, but Kakashi ducked. Zabuza did a full swing and made his blade dig into the ground. Using it he turned and kick Kakashi in the side and made him go into the water.

Kakashi got to the surface of the water, 'This water is heavy,' Zabuza appeared behind him and shouted, "Water Prison Jutsu!" and Kakashi was trapped in a spear of water.

"Run!" he shouted. "Take Tazuna and get away from here."

"We won't! Even if we do, you'll die and Zabuza would come after us!" Naruto said as he started to fight a water clone with his sword. Sasuke and Sakura supported him with their one fights.

"Blossom Blades," Sakura said as cherry pink twin ninjato formed in her hands.

"Darkwave!" Sasuke said and a wave of darkness towards her foe and destroyed another water clone. The more they fought the clones, the more clones Zabuza would make.

"You three are just brats playing ninja. An unusual combination of a team, but still just punks, I was already bathed in blood long before you three were even born." Kakashi knew exactly what he was talking about as he said, "The village of bloody mist. Before Zabuza became a ninja Kirigakure no Sato had a very different final exam."

-Pause flashback-

"Final exams?" Bloom asked wondering what he was talking about. Sakura began to explain again, "Well, out of the potential twenty-seven to thirty graduates of an academy, only nine will be allowed to continue their training. Each village has a different way of testing to see who will become ninja, and who goes back to the academy. Konoha has a preliminary final to see if you have the individual skill to pass, and the true final given by a jounin instructor. Kiri had a different view of this, and, before Zabuza, had earned the nickname 'Bloody Mist Village'. You would be forced to fight to the death with someone you were friends with." The other girls gasped at the cruelty of the information.

"Yes and that was not the worst of it." Sakura added. "Kakashi said they stopped doing that after one case. A kid, who never even went there or had any kind of training went a killed the whole class. That kid was Zabuza."

The girl gasped at that, "And they let that monster be a ninja?" Musa asked.

Sakura shrugged, "That did not matter; we had to get Kakashi sensei free. He was our best chance to beat Zabuza. We were lucky Naruto had a plan."

-Flashback-

Naruto charged at the water clone and they dueled with their blades. What Zabuza did not know was that the Naruto fighting was a shadow clone. The real one was hiding behind Sasuke and he whispered his plan to the girls. Sakura did a spell to keep Zabuza from noticing until it was too late.

The water clone then pushed Naruto back before it hit him in the face. The shadow clone poofed away and the real Zabuza raised an eyebrow. Then he felt something appear behind him.

Naruto had Sasuke us a teleporting spell to get behind Zabuza. He was caught off guard as Naruto tried to remove his arm. Zabuza was forced to release Kakashi to get away unharmed.

-Pause Flashback-

"After that, Kakashi managed to beat Zabuza, but a hunter-nin, a ninja that hunts and kills nuke-nin, took him out. He took the body and ran off." The girls paid attention to Sakura's tale as she was forced to give details.

"Then what happened?" Stella asked, fully enthralled in the story. Sakura just sighed as she continued, "Kakashi passed out from using too much chakra. Naruto carried him to Tazuna's house while Sasuke and myself continued to protect the client. He recovered, and we went over the battle to realize something: The hunter-nin took off with the body and finished Zabuza using senbon!"

"I was wondering about that, and senbon are often used for acupuncture and unless poison tipped are not logical for killing anyone, and the hunter-nin regulations state that the body must be disposed of immediately, regardless of witnesses," Sakura snapped her fingers at that, "That's right Techna. From that small bit of information Kakashi-sensei suggested that the hunter-nin that 'killed' Zabuza was a fake. We then went with the assumption that they were working together."

"That's bad. So how did you beat him?" Stella pestered as Sakura continued, "We were forced to back to review an old lesson..."

-Flashback-

Kakashi brought Team 7 out to the forest as he then spoke, "Well, if you're wondering why I brought you out here it's to review the tree-climbing exercise."

"We've done this before so why are we doing it again?" Sasuke asked with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Sakura and Naruto nodded in agreement.

"Well, we haven't done it in a while, and it is possible that you may have forgotten the lesson. I shouldn't have fallen for such an obvious trap, but I did. Now, as you know, chakra is a combination of spiritual and physical energy and is created within the body. Magic uses the spiritual powers to affect the environment with a general focus. Using this assumption we can improve your ability to use magic and jutsu with proper control as so," Kakashi then made a hand sign and walked up the tree, "As you know the tree climbing exercise is used to maintain control, too much chakra and you'll blow yourself off, but too little and you'll slide off. This review is to help you get the maximum amount of power with the smallest amount of energy. Begin." He then threw three kunai to the gennin as they started the exercise.

-Pause flashback-

"An interesting theory wouldn't you say Miss Griselda," said Faragonda.

The head of discipline nodded, "We can look into it to see if we have some of the students learn it. It may help some get better control."

"Anyway we did that for a few days as well as water walking, that is another control method. It is the same as tree waking but you have to add a flow of charka as water is always moving and changing.

"At the end of the week we went to the bridge, well Naruto trained hard the other day so we let him have a little lie-in. He told us what happen after he woke up and head out to the bridge."

-Flashback-

Naruto kneeled down to check the dead boar. It was cut to dead with swords, seeing two different kinds of cuts. He also notices that several trees had cuts in them as well. He knew this wasn't any kind of hunting as they would not leave the boar. He eyed where the tail of slashed were heading and saw they were heading back to Tazuna's house. He ran as fast as he could.

He got there he found two men holding Tazuna's daughter Tsunami and had her tied with rope. Her son Inari was running at them with a knife in his hands wanting to help save his mother. One of the men drew his sword and tried to cut Inari in half. However all that fell was a wooden log.

His partner was shocked before he was knocked in the back of the head and was knocked out. The one that tired to kill Inari looked behind him to see Naruto over his partner with Inari and Tsunami behind him. He had not time to react before Naruto kicked him right in the face and he crashed to the deck. Naruto smiled at Inari, who was watching in aw. "Sorry for being late but a hero always arrives at the last second."

Inari had tears in his eye as he remembered yelling at Naruto that there were no such things as heroes.

Naruto made sure he tied up the goons and and check to see if they were alright before he headed for the bridge,

-Pause flashback-

"Wow he is amazing." Bloom said.

Faragonda smiled and made a note to tell her friend, the headmaster of Red Fountain.

"He is amazing, but can be a really big knucklehead. He revealed his location, and didn't think about what would happen at the time. Sasuke fought the fake hunter-nin, and he had a bloodline limit like Sasuke."

"Okay, I'm the only out of the loop so I'll just ask. What's a bloodline limit?" Sakura giggled at Bloom's remark. It was technically true, and Techna answered once more with her database out, "A bloodline limit is a sort of genetic mutation that allows ninja to use jutsu unique to the mutation itself, and such mutations often have a certain effect on the winx of fairies and the magical foci of witches. The primary example is that the Uchiha clan possesses many fire magic and jutsu users. While the sharringan itself has the ability to learn most forms of jutsuand cast and dispel illusions, but a bloodline limit jutsu cannot be copied as the body may not be built for it."

"Thanks Techna." Bloom said as Sakura continued, "The fake hunter-nin had Sasuke trapped in a dome of ice mirrors and Naruto popped up inside the dome..."

-Flashback-

"I'm here to rescue you." Naruto whispered as he appeared inside the dome of frozen mirrors. Sasuke looked at him with shock, "What are you doing here?! You're trapped too!" It was then did Haku notice him. She wondered how he even got past her in the first place. She armed herself with Senbon needles and prepared to strike. Naruto and Sasuke saw her move and tried to counter attack but she was just too fast. They fell with needles in their arms, legs and sides. Sasuke whispered to Naruto, "Can you find away to keep him busy? I think going to try and break those ice mirrors."

Naruto gritted his teeth but got up. He stared at the mask ninja and formed a hand sign, "Shadow Clone Jutsu." And several shadow clones appeared and they moved as one and tired to attack the mirrors. Haku attacked and one by one the clone poofed away and Naruto fell again. Sasuke was now up and finish her jutsu, "Fire style: Fireball jutsu." And she blew a fireball twice her size and it hit a mirror. After a minute she let up and to her horror she saw the mirror looked unscathed.

"My mirror can't be beaten by a mere fire ball." Haku informed them. Sasuke gritted her teeth in anger before she lifted her hands. "Heat Wave!" she shouted as she cast her spell. Redish orange air rushes from her hands giving off pure heat, and hit a mirror and pounded against it. After a few second it started to crack to Haku's shock before it shattered.

Sasuke panted but smirked in that little victory. Haku looked at her, "So you are a witch as well. I guess I do not have to hold back anymore." Haku launched senbon needles at Naruto, but Sasuke, who had awaken the sharringan, saw the attack coming and covered Naruto. Naruto was shocked as he looked at Sasuke's dying form, "Sasuke, but why?" She breathed heavily, trying to keep awake, "You're important to me. I don't you to die. I swore I would kill him, but I was too weak. Please live Naruto." She tried to kiss him, but she faded into darkness.

"How unusual for a witch to give her life for someone else. You must have been very important to her, even though witches are prone to betray others."

"Shut up! You know nothing about Sasuke! You killed her, and I'LL KILL YOU!" Naruto screamed and poured all his anger out. His chakra flared wildly and briefly took the shape of a fox as his eyes slitted and turned crimson, his whisker-marks elongated to slash marks, and his fingernails lengthened to sharp claws.

'That chakra! Could the Kyuubi be loose?!' Kakashi thought as he turned to Zabuza, "I guess we'll have to finish this now." Haku felt the pressure Naruto was giving off. She saw the needles shooting out of his skin. She did not know what was even happening but she needed to end this. She focused her magic to stop him. "Ice coffin"

In a flash Naruto was trapped in a prison of solid ice. She breathed out in relief, but then notice the ice was cracking. The cracks spread and got bigger before it shattered completely. Ice chucks went everywhere and Haku was shocked.

Naruto roared again and Haku tried to attack with her speed attack but Naruto then did something unexpected. "Hurricane Pulse!" he shouted as he spread his arms. A great pressure of wind pulsed from his body and sent her back. The mist was pushed back and they all could see better then before.

She hit a mirror and went inside it. Her speed was not working so she tried another spell. "Ice crusher," she said and chucks of thick ice appeared around Naruto and went at him to crush him. But a barrier of wind formed and protected himself and Sasuke. He then punches his fist forward, "Hurricane strike," and a tornado on its side lunch from his fist at her. It hit the mirror and to her horror it broke and she felt the wind knock her back hard and her mask started to crack.

He roared and lunch at her as the mask fell apart and showed her face. She closed her eyes waiting for the blow, but it did not come. She opened her eyes and saw he stopped and he was back to normal. He stared shocked at her face. "You? But…"

-Pause flashback-

"It turned out he met her one morning after he spent the night training they seemed to have hit it off," Sakura said. "That's a bummer, did she live?" Musa asked, as the girls were still curious.

"You're getting ahead of the story. It was right around that time Kakashi-sensei used the Kuchiyose no Jutsu to summon some dogs and injure Zabuza, but before he could use his Raikiri no jutsu to finish him off..."

-Flashback-

"Geez, what a waste. Zabuza Momochi was nothing more then a baby demon. I send you to kill an old man, and you failed." A voice came out as Kakashi disengaged his jutsu. The man was old and really short, not as old as Tazuna, but he was still up there in years. Zabuza recognized him immediately, "Gatou, what are you doing here?"

"There's been a change of plans, not mine but yours. It was never my intention to pay you. Hiring regular ninja is so expensive, and the villages care if you kill them for the bounty. Missing-nins, however, would be rewarded if they simply disappeared, and all the money you would have gotten would easily get me this force. Men, kill the bridge-builder and the ninja, but leave the women alive." Gatou ordered his battalion of mercenaries, but he then took a look at Sasuke, "Shame the witch isn't alive. I would have kept her and the ice bitch as my personal slaves." Naruto was mad as he looked at Gatou, his eyes slitted to crimson once more, "How dare you disrespect Sasuke-chan like that!" Zabuza smirked at him, "Heh, future Hero Hokage, lend me a kunai. I have to make him pay for his disrespect to my apprentice." Naruto gladly lent him the kunai as he started the bloodbath. Naruto and Kakashi assisted in slaughtering the mercenaries. As his arms were injured all Zabuza could use was the kunai in his mouth. That did not stop him as he moved and weaved in the group of thugs stabbing and cutting into them with skill that seemed unreal. He was not getting through unharmed however and weapon were getting stabbed into his back, some still stinking out of him as get got closer and closer to his goal. He swore he would not die till he killed that little back stabber.

Naruto help protect Zabuza as much as he could by cutting weapons and men in the way. Gatou saw that they were coming closer as more of his men die. He did not care for them as it meant one less thug to pay. But if they kept this up he might even die. He was about to run but his feet felt cold and he looked down to see that they were covered in ice. Haku smirked as she cast her spell, 'ice shackles' to keep him from running from his death. She was not going to let him escape Zabuza when he is trying so hard to kill him.

Gatou looked at Zabuza and saw in his mind a scary sight. He was nothing but a silhouette and an image of a great demon was behind him. Zabuza finally made it to Gatou and he looked down at the little man. "Z-Z-Z-Zabuza I hope you did not mind that little stuff I said. Of course I was going to pay you. Please I will do it right now even."

Zabuza sneered, "You will…with your blood." And he slashed Gatou's throat with enough force that he broke the ice and sent the king pin into the water below.

The last of the men were finished off and Zabuza made his way back to where Haku laid. Naruto help him as he pulled the weapons out off his back, and laid him next to her as Zabuza looked at her. "Haku…this is it."

"Zabuza," Haku said softy with tears in her eyes.

"I always said you were just a tool to me, I lied. At first I did, but you grew on me. I saw you as a daughter as the years went by. I never told you for I feared anyone could find out and use it against use. I want you to live. Go with the witch girl have her help train you. Yes," he added at her look, "I know you did not kill her. You were always too soft for that, but I want you to live out your life. And when you die, it better not be for a good long damn time. I doubt I'll see you where I am going, and I don't want to see you there." And after he said that and looked at the one he saw a daughter one last time he closed his eyes and breathed his last breath.

Zabuza Momochi, demon of the mist, died in battle like he always wanted.

-End flashback-

"We gave him a heroes' burial." Sakura said. "A grave on the hill over looking the bridge where he died with his sword stabbed in the ground over his grave."

"Wow, all that happened in the week you were gone?" Bloom asked as Sakura nodded, "By the end of the week the people started working overtime to finish it. We said our goodbyes and came home, and that's the tale that was untold the spells release to be unfold." The spell Faragonda had put on her was released. Sakura looked at her mother, "That's why I hid things from you. I witnessed people being killed and felt so much rage from one person, and I didn't want you to worry." She started to cry as the headmistress hugged and stroked her daughters hair, "There, there, Sakura. You should have told me, but I can recognize your unease. It's never easy to witness death, even if it's an enemy or fake." The other girls also gave their comfort.

Meanwhile in Cloud Tower, there was a new witch in a dorm with three others, and that witch was Haku Yuki.

"Um, where do I sleep?" She asked nervously looking at Sasuke and two others, the not so attractive green haired girl and a fairly attractive red head with the pumpkin shirt. Sasuke dark-warped a bed near her own, "You sleep here, and these are our roommates. Lucy, Mirta, meet the newest freshman witch to walk the halls of Cloud Tower, and one of the most powerful outside of myelf." Mirta smiled at the possibility of a new friend as she introduced herself, "Nice to meet you Haku, and it's a pleasure to have you stay with us." Lucy just 'hmphed' as she sat down on her bed and went to sleep, ignoring the new girl.

"I hope to make this work." Haku said as she conjured an ice sculpture of Zabuza next to her bed and laid down to rest.