Hey-o! Here's the next chapter. In my head, it always seemed like a good idea of Zabuza working with Naruto :D

Enjoy!

Chapter Seven: Deal

XXX The Bridge - 2 weeks later XXX

Everyone was eating breakfast at the table before taking Tazuna to the bridge. Naruto finished first and walked over to the back door. He took an exploding tag and hooked a string to it that connected to the door. He closed the door with him on the outside before casting a strong genjutsu with his Rinnegan so it couldn't be seen. He then walked around back and placed the same trap on the gate as the back door.

He walked to the front to where the rest of the group was waiting. Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "What were you doing?"

"Placing a trap so if Gato got the idea of attacking Tazuna's family while we're gone." Naruto replied, walking by the group.

Everyone could see that ever since he came back from training he was slightly depressed. He wasn't the hyperactive blonde they were used to. But they never got an answer from him to confirm Kakashi's suspicions. They nodded and walked off. When they made it to the bridge, the workers were knocked out. Tazuna looked in horror. "Are they dead?!"

Kakashi checked one of them for a pulse, getting a light heartbeat. "No, just knocked out."

"So we can finally face off again." The fog lightened to reveal Zabuza, the Demon Brothers, and the three hunter-nin.

'Naruto, Haku is the short one in the middle.' Kyuubi told Naruto, making the blonde look at her.

"Let me handle the hunter-nin, please." Naruto asked of his sensei's, getting questioning glances.

"Why?" Kakashi asked the blonde.

"Just let me. I'll handle it alone." Naruto said.

"Are you guy's ready because you're going to be busy?" Zabuza said as the other five ran to different people.

The Demon Brothers encountered Gaara and Kyouki. The tallest hunter-nin attacked Itachi. Zabuza fought with Kakashi and Rin. The second tallest hunter-nin attacked Naruko and Sasuke. Sai and Sakura stayed to protect Tazuna. Naruto just had a stare down with the smallest hunter nin.

"So, Zabuza is the one that saved you, huh?" Naruto asked Haku. "I can't take him as a caring man. Then again, I don't even know him."

Haku was quiet for a moment but she nodded. "Yes. If there could have been some other way, I would have taken it."

"How about a deal?" Naruto asked suddenly catching Haku by surprise. He thought it over, he just didn't want to kill them.

Haku raised an eyebrow though the blonde couldn't see. "A deal?"

"Yes, I'll pay this Zabuza for all of his equipment to help take down this Kage. I agree with what he is doing. He is helping clans that have Kekkei Genkai like me." Naruto smiled despite the battle going around him. "I don't see him at fault, as he really hadn't done anything to my village. He's not in our Bingo Books."

"Would you really do that?" Haku asked with high hopes. She was willing to take it, but the rest of the group was a different matter.

Naruto smiled and nodded. "Of course. I only ask for you to take your mask off and show me your beautiful face again."

Haku paused for a second, thinking, before nodding. She reached her hand up before taking it off. Naruto walked up to her and stared into her eyes. He smiled and placed his hand on her cheek before kissing her. The world seemed to stop for the two as they enjoyed another one of their kisses. Haku closed her eyes and deepened the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"What the fuck!" Zabuza yelled as he stared at his adoptive daughter kissing the blonde. "I'll kill him!"

Zabuza pushed Kakashi and Rin out of the way and charged at Naruto. He jumped and lifted his sword. Haku and Naruto looked to see the man. "You...!"

Naruto pushed Haku away a little before aiming his hands at the sword. "Shinra Tensei!"

Naruto blew the attack back a little before being able to stop the sword with his hands and not get hurt as bad. Zabuza glared into Naruto's eyes. "How dare you do that to my daughter!"

Naruto jumped back as Haku went to the man. "Father, stop, I let him do it! And he has made a deal with me."

Zabuza glanced at his daughter. "What was that? A deal?"

"He would be willing to give money to help us in the rebellion."

Zabuza looked at Naruto before asking in a dangerous tone, "What the fuck are you playing at?"

Naruto nodded and held up his hands. "Enough to at least help you in the war or are you really intending to kill us. Unless you're willing to wait for us to get this mission over, go to Konoha, and I could ask father to send money and maybe ninja to help you in it."

Zabuza stood straight up but kept his gaze. "You're not lying to me?"

Naruto shook his head as Naruko walked over. "What are you doing?"

Naruto looked at his sister. "Making friends. We know he's doing it for a good cause so maybe if we could help him, he won't need to kill Tazuna. Then, if we succeed in winning the revolution with them, we could ask to start an alliance with them."

Naruko nodded slowly. Naruto saw Sasuke sneaking up behind Zabuza before shaking his head. He threw a kunai at Sasuke's arm that held the kunai and easily hit his hand, cutting into his knuckles. The young Uchiha dropped his kunai and grabbed his wounded arm. He gritted his teeth before covering his bleeding fingers.

Naruto shook his head and turned his attention back to Zabuza. "Do we have a deal?"

Zabuza stared back into his eyes before sighing. "Fine, but know that if you're lying to me I'll kill you. And if you ever touch my daughter again, so help me God!"

Naruto nodded.

"This is fucking bullshit!" Everyone turned to see Gato and a couple hundred bandits behind him. "This is fucking terrific! You get a re-fucking-diculous deal and jump for it. This is fucking why I hate paying for shitty-ass rogue ninja. If a different deal comes in, they betray you. Unreliable assholes. But you know fucking what; I'm done with this shitty village. I'm going to strip it clean, steal the fucking women, then sell fucking most of them, and move on to the next. But before that, I'm going to fucking kill you all!"

Suddenly, thousands of bomb seals in the cement of the bridge were shown and then exploded, killing the large group of bandits. Only Gato and about fifteen bandits survived. Naruto lifted his hand towards the man, shoving Zabuza out of the way, then closed his fist. "Exploding Matter Beam Technique!"

A large beam of concentrated energy exploded from Naruto's hand and reaches Gato and the bandits within a second. The bodies were vaporized from the heat of the beam and died immediately. Everyone's eyes widened at the strength of that attack. Zabuza was the first to speak saying, "What the fuck was that?!"

Naruto was breathing hard and fell to his knees. Haku and Itachi were at his side to help him up. "Where did you learn that, Naruto?" Itachi asked the boy.

"From...the...encyclopedia. It had...all of that...ninjutsu and...kinjutsu." Naruto said between raspy breaths.

"Which one was it?" Itachi asked as he let go of the boy.

"K-kin...jutsu." Naruto said as his right hand shook violently.

Haku was worried and tried to hold the spasming hand in hopes to stop it. It did slightly but not fully. Zabuza just stared at the kid. "How old are you, boy?"

Naruto looked up. "Thir-thir...teen. Why...?"

"I'm not sure yet." Zabuza looked at Haku.

Haku looked at her father. She saw him smile slightly under his bandages. She smiled back. "Are we going to accept?"

Zabuza nodded. "Sure. My old employer is dead."

Just then, Naruto fainted at using most of his chakra.

XXX Tazuna's house - One week later XXX

Naruto woke up in a bed and turned to see Haku sleeping next to him. His eyes felt heavy but he looked around anyway. He then saw the door open to reveal the group. Tazuna stomped in, waking up Haku, and glared at him before whacking him on the head. "That's for destroying my bridge!"

"I didn't destroy it! I damaged it, technically!" Naruto yelled back at the man, feeling better. "By the way, how long have I been out?"

"A week." Kakashi answered as he read his orange book.

Naruto glared at the man. "Don't make me tell kaa-chan on you!"

The orange book was gone before anyone could blink as the man looked like he had seen a scary-ass ghost. But Kushina was worse than that. She could even make the Shinigami shit its pants or cloak or whatever it would wear. Tazuna rubbed his beard. "I don't see anything wrong with that book."

Tsunami hit her dad on the head. "Because you're as much of a pervert, dad!"

When that was over, Naruto stood up to his feet but his legs buckled for a second. He grabbed hold of the bed until his legs calmed down. He smiled and moved one step before falling on his face. He could hear Zabuza start laughing at his misfortune. "This means that someone has to carry me."

Everyone looked away and fidgeted, acting like they didn't hear. Naruto shrugged. "Fine, hold on." Naruto flipped over until he was doing a handstand, his legs limp back with no real feeling. "I'll walk like this until we make it to Konoha or my legs go back to normal."

Everyone shrugged and walked down the stairs until they made it to the door. "Well, thank you for having us here Tazuna. We hope your village gets better."

The man nodded and waved them off. 'Despite being a knucklehead, that boy has some character. I'll name my bridge after him.'

XXX Konoha - Two Days LaterXXX

The group walked up to the gates and was stopped. Just before they could react to the missing ninja's presence, Minato stopped them. "We are not to attack our guests. Now get back to your post."

The two guards nodded and bowed to Minato before walking back to their original post. Minato looked at Zabuza and waved for him to follow. "I have gotten the letter from Itachi that you and my son made a deal."

"Yeah. It was an offer I couldn't refuse technically." Zabuza shrugged as he walked through the streets behind the man. The villagers were freaking out that Zabuza was there and some fainted just by the sight of him.

"To tell you the truth, I could do that but it needs different agreements." Minato said, getting the other man's attention. "One, we can't do it right now because we've got word that Oto is being led by Orochimaru and he has made an alliance with Iwa to start an invasion here. Since Iwa has gotten strong from the last Shinobi War, I fear that we might not win. If we could beat the two forces, I will happily send forces to the rebellions aid if the casualties are that bad."

Zabuza looked at the man. "Are you serious?"

Minato looked back with a smile. "Of course. But we can't kill that Jinchuriki, I know that he's being manipulated by a man, the same man that did so to the Kyuubi thirteen years ago. Just bear with me for the next month or two before we go charging in his doors."

Zabuza grunted but nodded. "Sure, whatever you say. But aren't you preparing for this invasion?"

Minato nodded as he entered the door to his office. "Oh yes, I am. I just won't stop my Chunin Exams for some invasion, this will let down a lot of people and I don't want that. But, if Orochimaru wants to come back, that means two things."

"He wants the Sharingan from a young boy." Itachi said for him.

"And wants to kill his old teacher." A voice added.

Everyone looked to see Hiruzen walking in. Minato nodded sadly. "He will use everything he's got to do both. So, to get in and not be recognized is..."

"To use that damn disguising technique as some ninja and infiltrate through there." Hiruzen said for his successor. "We'll have to look closely at every ninja. For instance, he has the abilities of a snake; a long tongue, sheds skin, and the same eyes, etcetera. But with his technique, he is able to change all features but his tongue and his skin problem. If anyone is showing those, it's Orochimaru."

Zabuza nodded. "You have some fucked up missing ninja, huh?"

"What was your first clue?" Naruto asked in sarcasm. "The freaky long tongue, the shedding skin, or was it the fetish for living in other bodies?"

Zabuza glared at the boy. "You are really annoying, you know that?"

Naruto nodded without hesitation, making everyone roll their eyes. Minato coughed and gained everyone's attention. "I have one thing to ask of you Zabuza. I want you to be with Kakashi and Jiraiya in case something does happen."

"What about Haku?" Zabuza asked about his daughter.

"She can be with Tsunade, Hiruzen, and Kushina in the Namikaze compound. She'll be safe, I promise." Minato told the man.

Zabuza looked at Haku and nodded. "Fine. But it's your head if something happens to her."

Minato nodded. "Anyway, will your two teams be in the exams?"

Kakashi and Itachi nodded without hesitation as Rin looked at her students. "I doubt to let them do it. Sakura is still not ready as we are missing a couple years worth of training she missed out in the Academy. Sasuke needs to get his attitude checked and his ego smashed. Sai is the only one that I know is ready."

Minato smirked. "I could split Team 10 so he could continue without the hindrance of his team."

Rin smirked as she saw Sasuke glare at the man and Sakura look down at her feet. "I'm going to think about it."

Minato shrugged with a smile despite his seriousness. "If you agree to it, let me know."

Rin nodded. Itachi grabbed Sasuke's back shirt and pulled him back as the young raven tried to tackle the Hokage. Minato just raised an eyebrow and looked at Itachi. "Does he really have a death wish?"

Itachi nodded as he held his brother. "He'll get his if he's not careful. Mother wouldn't stand for such impudence."

Minato nodded. "He's being reckless. But, I'm allowing both teams to be in the exams. Hopefully, you won't die, Sasuke. All of you except Naruto, Naruko, Kyouki, and Gaara can leave. You can stay too Haku, Zabuza."

Sasuke was the first to storm out, slamming the door open. Minato just shook his head and looked at the four man team. "I have a special mission for you four. There's this kid named Kabuto. Jiraiya's spy network says he's Orochimaru's lapdog…"

Naruto started to laugh hysterically as soon as the last word left Minato's lips. "Lapdog! That's funny, you know, 'cause he likes to live in young boys' bodies!"

Minato coughed and nodded. "Yeah, well, Jiraiya believes he is sent to act like a Konoha Genin. I want you to trick him into gaining your trust then trap him for Ibiki to work on him."

The four nodded.

"When does the exam start?" Naruto asked.

"Tomorrow. The Iwa and Oto teams are already here. Oh, and Gaara, your siblings are here too." Minato smiled at the redhead.

Gaara smiled. He had missed his brother and sister over the years. "Are we dismissed?"

Minato nodded and looked at the two missing Mist ninja. "Okay, you can follow my son to our Compound and he'll help you get comfortable. I've got more paperwork to do."

The group nodded, bowed, and then left.

Hoped you like it! R&R

P.S. - Poll on Naruto couples. Yumi and Haku - definite. The two with the most votes wins and the story.