This is going to be a long chapter, I plan to put most of the wave arc in one chapter so it will be around four times the length of a normal chapter, just a quick heads up. (Probably no complaints on the length though, my chapters are pretty short.) The only reason for this is that I dislike this arc, but it has a perfect spot for a kekkei genkai to awaken. Also, don't forget about the movie poll, I'm only doing two so vote on your favourites.
Chapter 7: Naruto's Kekkei Genkai?
The journey was not very exciting. Though it was only the second day Naruto complained that it already felt like a week had passed. "Suck it up (dobe)" Was the normal response, Sasuke adding the dobe ending.
The group was walking when all of a sudden, Kakashi stopped and jumped away from a puddle, he was to slow though and the two ninja that popped out sent him flying. Where the puddle on was, there stood two ninja with large black robes for clothes and a large spiked gauntlet each. Each one also held part of a chain.
"Naruto, let's get them!" Sasuke rushed the two, Naruto right beside him and Gohan on the other side. Gohan phased behind one and kicked him away from the group, who had formed a defensive circle around Tazuna, who stood there quivering. Naruto tried to kick the ninja that he and Sasuke had gone after, but failed and had his hand scratched by the clawed gauntlet.
"Naruto, that gauntlet's poisoned!" Goten yelled out. Naruto cursed, and dodged an attack while Sasuke prepared a jutsu, jumping up and spewing a fireball from his mouth, "Grand Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled before shooting it at the missing-nin they fought.
Gohan was holding his own until he was caught by the chain around the leg and tripped, he was currently holding a clawed gauntlet away from his head with both hands, struggling to gather the strength to push the man on top of him back.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Dogs Jutsu!" The Genin heard Kakashi yelled, and said man performed his jutsu, appearing in the middle of the battlefield and sending two dogs made of lightning at the two missing-nin, sending them flying. Naruto took this chance to take out his katana, and everyone gasped at it's beauty, except Kakashi, he had already seen that thing in action and it was indeed a beautiful weapon, though much more so when used properly. Naruto cut the clawed arm off and sealed the katana back up, "Sasuke, you deal with it." Naruto said, then took a kunai and started stabbing his hand to try and get the poison out. Gohan had knocked out and tied up his opponent, and was helping Sasuke with dragging the two to a tree. Once they were tied up, the group left.
"Naruto, keep it up and you'll die from blood loss." Kakashi warned, taking out a small vial, "Give me your hand." He poured the liquid in Naruto's hand and Naruto screamed, a green liquid dripping from his open wound. "There, poison's gone."
The group continued on, this time prepared for anything, so when they saw another puddled, Kakashi had to assure them that it was safe to continue on. They soon came to a clearing. But something was off. "Careful Kit, there's an evil presence here."Kurama warned Naruto. "Noted Kurama thanks." Naruto responded.
"Fire Style: Fireball Spasms Jutsu!" Goten called out his unique jutsu, it was a technique meant for crowd control, it only stung a little when you got hit, he shot about a hundred little fireballs from his mouth. He was extremely proud of it. The fireballs flew all over, hitting all the puddles, steam coming from all but one, everyone looked at it.
"Good job Goten." Yamato praised his student 'Who knew that his attack made for distractions could be used strategically?' He thought.
"We know you're there, come out." Kakashi ordered. The puddle shifted, and changed shape into that of a man. He wore a black muscle shirt with belts going across his chest diagonally, and camo pants. He had a bandana on his face. He had a giant sword slung over his shoulder. "Zabuza, the demon of the mist." Kakashi said.
"Kakashi of the Sharingan, and Yamato user of the Mokuton. Pleasure to meet fellow A-rank ninja." Zabuza said. "Now, give me the bridge builder and I'll let you go."
'Kakashi of the Sharingan?' Sasuke thought, knowing Kakashi was not an Uchiha, they were all dead, save for him and his brother Itachi.
"No." Goten said, standing in front of everyone, Gohan beside him.
"Oh, does the little brat wanna fight me, SO BE IT!" Zabuza swung his sword at Goten, moving at amazing speeds, but Gohan was faster, grabbing Goten and bringing him to stay beside Tazuna before Zabuza reached them.
"Don't, swing at my little brother." Gohan growled, suddenly right beside Zabuza, and kicked him away. Following him, Gohan jumped and kicked him into the ground, only to be engulfed in an explosion of water that knocked him out. Kakashi charged at Zabuza, and the two engaged in a fight that the others couldn't follow. Goten and Videl dragged Gohan back, who woke up and saw the fight just as Kakashi delivered an extra strong kick to Zabuza's side, sending him flying into a nearby lake, his sword flying and stabbing into a tree. "SHIT!" Kakashi followed, walking on water to go for the kill, only to pierce a water clone, the real Zabuza trapping Kakashi in a Water Prison Jutsu.
"Water Clone Jutsu!" Zabuza made a clone out of water that moved towards the group, Naruto and Sasuke moved to intercept him, with Videl by their side.
"Bring it on!" Naruto roared and made a hundred clones, who all charged Zabuza's clones, but were all blown away.
"Hiding in the Mist Jutsu!" Zabuza called out, the entire clearing being filled with mist. "Circle up now!" Yamato called, making a protective circle with the other Genin.
Videl stopped moving, during her training she had learned that she was a natural sensory type, and she was using that to her advantage right now. Reaching out she felt Kakashi and Zabuza, looking elsewhere, she felt Naruto, it was strange though, Naruto's chakra was so gentle and peaceful, but at the same time it was malevolent and scary. Beside Naruto was Sasuke, with his cold, dark, chakra. She could feel her team and Tazuna, though his signature was extremely faint, and she finally found the water clone, he was retrieving the sword! "Naruto, Sasuke, by the tree, he's getting the sword!" She yelled. "Thanks Videl!" Naruto yelled back, and the two male Genin rushed towards where they remembered the sword being. Sasuke stopped a bit earlier than Naruto and threw a few shuriken, after hearing a mumbled curse from the clone Sasuke rushed again. Naruto on the other hand, jumped over Sasuke's shuriken and delivered an attack on his own, a nice quick kick to the clone's head. Following up with another devastating hit, Naruto took out his katana quickly. Zabuza's clone caught sight of it before Sasuke came and slid, delivering a sliding kick to the clone's stomach, Naruto decapitated it. They clone popped out of existence and the mist cleared.
Looking out to the little lake, Zabuza had made another clone, Naruto smirked and whispered something to Sasuke, who also smirked. Naruto again made a bunch of clones, and while the smoke was covering his movements, passed a fuma shuriken to Sasuke, who held it up and smiled. While the Naruto clones fought against Zabuza's clone, Sasuke prepared his throw, winding his arm back, he opened the shuriken and threw it at Zabuza, who cocked his head to one side and laughed. "You think I would fall for a rookie technique like that?" He mocked, until he saw the shuriken being pulled back, again he dodge, but he caught sight of the shadow this time. 'Two shadows?' He thought, but it was too late, Naruto had already undone his Henge and kicked Zabuza with all his might, cracking a few of the older ninja's teeth and releasing his hold on Kakashi. Zabuza's clone had been overpowered by the, literally, thousands of Narutos that fought him. Naruto quickly swam to the shore, his clones building a bridge to help him before dispelling. Naruto clutched his head. 'Shit, too many clones for sure.' He thought.
On the lake, Kakashi had just kicked Zabuza away, both of them standing on water. Zabuza began shooting water jutsu, that Kakashi, with help from the Sharingan, copied blow for blow. They both took a minute to think of their next move. 'I'll go for the Water Dragon Jutsu' Zabuza thought, but when he saw what Kakashi was doing he froze. Kakashi was in the exact same position as him. 'My movements… is he' Zabuza started to think.
"Reading them?" Kakashi finished. They both began hand signs, but Zabuza was forced to stop when he saw, himself, standing behind Kakashi. "Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu!" Kakashi yelled, his attack hitting Zabuza head on, his unconscious form. Walking up to Zabuza's body, Kakashi pulled out a kunai. Suddenly, three needles pierced Zabuza's form. The group looked up to see a hunter-nin, who jumped down from a giant tree nearby.
"I will take it from here thank you." He said, bowing to Kakashi and taking Zabuza's body, disappearing as soon as he had a good grip.
"Welp, Zabuza's still alive." Kakashi said, emotionless.
"And you're okay with that?" Sakura screeched, "I mean he almost killed you!"
"Sakura-chan, calm down. Kakashi is just saying that he'll win next time, and you always have me to protect you if the pervert fails." Naruto smirked. Sakura's heart did a little pitter-patter, Sasuke had never been that nice to her. She shook away the feeling, she liked Sasuke-kun, not Naruto-Baka.
"You're right Naruto-baka, but you protecting me doesn't exactly make me feel safe." Sakura replied.
"Let's get a move on." Yamato said, breaking the silence that had come over the clearing.
"The faster we get to Tazuna's…" Kakashi started, but he fell down before he could finish. Sakura checked on him. He still had a pulse, but was non-responsive.
"He's knocked out, most likely chakra exhaustion." She said her voice shaking. Naruto put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a little squeeze. "It'll be alright, he's strong." NAruto gave her that foxy grin that used to agitate her so much, but she -secretly of course- enjoyed the familiarity of it this time and hid a blush. "Thanks Naruto." She mumbled.
Yamato picked up Kakashi's unconscious body. "Let's get a move on." And the group continued off to the land of Waves.
After walking for the rest of the day with no interruptions, they came to a large lake, "Well how are we gonna cross this?" Goten and Naruto said at the same time. They then looked at each other and chuckled at the fact that they said it at the same time. "Jinx, I got you. Dammit!" They both yelled at the same time again, then laughed, again.
"Quiet, he's coming." Tazuna said, drinking from his bottle of sake. Looking out towards the lake the ninja saw a man with a boat, no two boats. Tazuna must have planned this far.
Getting into the boats they quietly rowed across the lake. When they reached the other side they quickly left for Tazuna's house.
A pretty woman opened the door to greet them. She was Tazuna's daughter, Tsunami. She lived with her father and son, Inari.
"Hello, are you the ninja hired to protect my father?" She asked, obviously knowing the answer.
"Indeed we are mam, I hate to impose but do you have anywhere I can put my friend, he's suffering from chakra exhaustion currently and weights a lot for such a small frame." Yamato asked.
"Of course, follow me, I'll let him use a room as his own until he recuperated." Tsunami said, smiling and leading Yamato into the house.
"Well brats, come on in. We'll discuss everything when your captain gets back." Tazuna said. Everyone walked in and sat at the long kitchen table. Tsunami came back with Yamato. She went to make some tea, which Gohan went to help with. When they came back, Yamato was already talking to Tazuna.
"That was an A-ranked criminal Tazuna, mind explaining why you asked for a C-Ranked mission?" Yamato asked, clearly a bit angry with the old bridge builder for lying and getting his team hurt.
"I'm sorry, I honestly just don't have the money to pay for an A-ranked mission, or else I would have. But this bridge is our country's last hope. If it's not completed, Gato will destroy this country, and we'll fade into history." Tazuna admitted.
"I'm sorry to hear that, but it still doesn't excuse you." Yamato said, "We're leaving tomorrow."
"No!" Naruto stood up. "I refuse to leave when I know it's this country's last chance, when I can do something to help people. I've never had a chance to protect anyone close to me, except that one time with Iruka-sensei, but even then I was still being protected!"
"Naruto, I'm sorry…"
"No! You can leave, but I'll stay, I'll fight Zabuza myself if you won't help. Because I already said I would help until the bridge is done, and I never go back on my word." Naruto almost yelled at Yamato.
"I agree with Naruto this time sensei, even though he is a moron most of the time, he's right." Gohan said, "I don't want to be known as a ninja who goes back on his word just because we weren't given all the details." Gohan said.
"Are you implying that I'm scared, trying to use my pride to get me to do what you want?" Yamato asked, shocked that Gohan of all people, would attempt at manipulation, and almost succeed.
"Yea, I am. Captain Yamato, you are afraid that someone will get hurt and you won't be able to help. After your story about why you left ANBU I understand, but we are ninja, and we deserve to have a chance."
"Gohan, you had a chance but you were knocked out. I'm sorry but my decision is final."
"And if we just don't follow you, what will you do if we just don't leave with you?" Gohan questioned, making Yamato angry.
"Look, Gohan we are leaving and that's final!" He snapped, screaming at Gohan.
"You can't make me." Gohan pouted like a small child, crossing his arms and looking to the ceiling.
"Gohan!" Yamato yelled, "Stop being so stubborn."
"I'm staying. I'll learn to fly if I have to." Gohan said, looking at Yamato with a fierce determination. Yamato smirked as an idea popped into his head.
"Fine, you all know tree-walking so I'll make you a bet. If you can learn water walking in three days, and be good enough to spar on water, then we can stay."
"Deal." Gohan accepted. "I'm going to practice now." He left, the other Genin following him.
"Their tea…" Tsunami said, disappointed that they weren't staying. Naruto suddenly rushed in and gulped down his tea.
"Thanks Tsunami, tea was great." He said, bolting back out.
At the lake, the Genin were attempting to stay on the water. With her amazing Chakra control, Sakura was the first to get it, then Videl. Goten was next and Sasuke right after him. All that was left was Gohan and NAruto, both of whom had gigantic reserves, who's was bigger was anyone's guess.
After a half hour more, Videl and Sakura took a break, having drained their reserves. Goten and Sasuke were now able to walk on the water at normal walking pace, and Naruto had been able to stand still without falling. Gohan was meditating on the beach, it calmed him somehow, and reminded him of Piccolo. Where was he? Gohan had remembered his first sensei a little while ago but couldn't remember much except for his fighting style and that he always said meditation was key to controlling his inner power. Chakra was inner power, right?
Gohan snuck out that night, going back to the surf where they had been training earlier. Concentrating Gohan walked towards the water, taking his first step he managed to stay up, and another step, still up. It continued this way until he was able to walk at a normal pace on the water, something only he could not manage.
The next day the Genin woke up early and went to the beach. And the day after, which was the final day.
Yamato went to check up on them, a smirk on his face, 'They can't possibly be…' he began thinking "sparring." He said, jaw dropping a little at the sight of three spars going on, NAruto was fighting Goten, Sasuke was fighting Gohan, and Videl Sakura. They were walking on water like it was nothing. Yamato began clapping. "Bravo! I guess we're staying, Tazuna is beginning work on the bridge tomorrow, so we are going to keep watch there. Kakashi should be ready to fight in four more days, and I suspect Zabuza will as well."
The next three days went off without a hitch, the seven ninja went to the bridge and watched over it to make sure no one interrupted, Naruto even began to make clones to help out with the building when less people starting coming due to fear. However, on the fourth day Tsunami's son, Inari, snapped at Naruto for making a comment about saving people.
"You aren't strong enough, don't you understand, it's hopeless, you're just going to die!" The small boy yelled at Naruto, who walked up to him and picked him up by the collar of his shirt, but instead of an angry tone, Naruto seemed, proud?
"I don't give up kid, it's part of my nindo, my ninja way. I never give up, and I never leave a friend behind." Naruto began, then set Inari down.
"You're an idiot." Inari said, making Naruto mad. "There is no way for you to beat Gato, it's hopeless."
"Don't give me that crap about hopelessness, I get that Kaiza was killed for trying to be a hero, but at least he tried, no scratch that, he didn't try, he succeeded. And what do you do for his memory, sit here and cry like a little brat?!" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto! That's a little kid!" Sakura yelled at him.
"He has to learn one way or another Sakura-chan." Naruto said, hiding the anger in his voice while he spoke to the girl he liked. Inari ran to his room. The group of ninja left after Tsunami explained that she would make sure he was ok. The rest of the day was fine.
Kakashi was up and moving on the fifth day, leading team seven to the bridge, Yamato's team had gone off to watch over the rest of the town. As they reached the bridge though, they saw Tazuna's workers, all unconscious. Zabuza and the hunter-nin from a week prior standing there.
"Haku, why don't you go play with the Genin, I want a rematch." Zabuza said, staring at Kakashi, who put away his orange book and opened his Sharingan eye.
"Let's go, Sakura protect Tazuna, Naruto Sasuke, teamwork Go!" Kakashi said, directing the second part at his Genin. Sakura jumped backwards, a kunai in her hand in hopes that that would be enough.
Haku engaged the two Genin, all three moving at unbelievable speeds for their ages, especially Sasuke and Haku, the latter of the two suddenly stopping.
"Hyoton: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals." Haku used a jutsu, Kakashi tried to copy it, only realising that it was a Kekkei Genkai when he couldn't. Haku made a dome of twenty-one ice mirrors. All of them reflecting him. Moving through at high speeds, Haku began throwing senbon needles, some of them hitting Naruto in vital spots. Naruto fell over.
"Naruto!" Sasuke said, looking to his friend, yes Naruto was his friend, Sasuke was just bad at expressing emotions. More senbon flew towards Naruto's body as he tried to get up, Sasuke jumped in the way, his eyes turning red as the needles hit him. He had awoken his Sharingan! "Naruto, stay down, I'll handle this." Sasuke commanded, ecstatic that he had finally awakened his Sharingan. Haku began his rain of senbon once again, but Sasuke dodged each one. Sasuke went through some hand seals "Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke breathed a blast of fire that hit the mirrors, but to his dismay, the mirrors were undamaged.
Naruto stood up, no longer bleeding. 'I guess you might actually be helpful, Kurama.' Naruto joked with the giant fox demon in his head. 'Just for that, next time I'm making it so you just don't die, brat.' Kurama replied. Haku threw more senbon, not noticing Naruto had stood up. Haku was moving faster and faster now, desperate to defeat Sasuke.
"Isn't it great Kakashi, I'm not going to kill you until you see them die." Zabuza laughed.
"They'll win." Kakashi smirked. Zabuza was stunned, 'How could two Genin beat Haku?' he thought.
A senbon managed to hit sasuke in the arm, another in the leg. Haku aimed one more for the throat, and it hit it's mark! Naruto looked over to his friend in shock.
Sasuke's red eyes faded to black. A needle sticking out of his throat.
"SASUKE!" Naruto screamed, rushing over to his fallen comrade. He looked directly at Haku, "I'm going to kill you, YOU BASTARD!"
Naruto's screams cracked the ice around him, he opened his fists the slightest bit, chakra forming in the small gap. Chakra that molded itself into chains. Chains of chakra also came out of the small of his back. He looked at Haku, or one of the reflections of Haku, who knew. He swung his chain, destroying the mirror he hit, and continued this until the last mirror, Haku stepped out and was struck by all six chains, sending him flying back. Naruto advanced, a red chakra swirling around him. 'Naruto, control it, I can't help you if you're this angry.' Kurama commanded, Naruto ignored. He swung his chain again, breaking Haku's arm. "Haku, are you ready to die?" He asked, raising up his right hand, about to bring it down he heard Sakura.
"Naruto, STOP, Sasuke is alive, Haku missed the vital spot,so please, stop." Sakura cried, the red aura died, his chains disappeared. Naruto fell forwards, unconscious.
And that is that, hope you liked it, tell me what you didn't like and I'll go back and change it. IF you have any questions, just leave a review or PM me. Thanks for reading.
