Was sup you guys. I hope you guys liked the previous chapter. Now watch, from now on, everywhere you look you will see my writing skills as I thicken the plot.
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"Come on Hinata-chan, you can do it!" Naruto shouted enthusiastically.
Hinata, pulled with all of her might as sweat rolled down her forehead. Her favorite Orange dress was all muddy. It didn't matter though because she was with Naruto.
"Here let me help you the rest of the way." Naruto said, pulling her up.
They were in a tree. A very big tree in fact. It was said to be the first tree Hashirama ever created for Konoha. On the base of the trunk it read 'H loves M". It was a pretty cool place to think.
"Wow Naruto-kun, when did you find this place?" Hinata asked, wiping some of the dirt off of her dress. Naruto smiled at her. One of those smiles not many people have the opportunity to see from him. It wasn't toothy or cocky, it was just a smile. She loved those the most.
He disappeared instantly in a crack of Orange. He reappeared in front of her with his nose touching hers. He had something behind his back but Hinata was way too flustered to notice. Her face was completely red has she felt his soft, rhythmic breathing, caress her face.
"I found it when I went looking for this." He said taking a step backward.
He held in front of him a bag of Cinnamon Buns.
"Only found the store this morning, but I tried to find it in the forest cause I thought they hid it in the forest to make me mad or something.
"T-Thank you." She managed to mutter out, taking the buns from Naruto's hand.
"I like it when you talk like that." He said, not really thinking about what he was saying.
She felt too much blood flow to her head as she fell over, knocked out.
"Hinata-chan!" He said smiling a little.
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Naruto opened his eyes, looking over at a seal on the floor. He placed his hand on it, making and alarm clock appear out of it.
It read 11:40.
"OH SHI-" He got up quickly, not really going through any kind of morning routine, making him fall back on his butt, not allowing him to finish his cuss. He rubbed his butt and got back up. Why hadn't anyone woken him? He would have assumed Sasuke would have at least.
He quickly rummaged through his close, sliding on what he always wore. He tied his headband around his head and he felt Kurama pump his veins with chakra. Not a lot, just enough to get to the bridge.
'Better get over their quickly, your friends are in danger.'
"Right!"
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Sasuke stood opposite of the masked Karyuudo Shinobe. Not really a real Karyuudo Shinobe, but he looked like a hunter. That's what they were called in the Mist; Karyuudo. It was supposed to instill fear into their enemies, but unfortunately for this fake one, it was pretty damn hard to scare him.
"Please surrender Konoha Shinobe, I do not wish for anyone to get hurt." The masked boy spoke.
"Fat chance Faker. You aren't going to stop me from doing anything, nobody can." He said, activating his Mangekyou.
"Your sensei has the same eyes as you, does he not?"
"Yeah what do you care huh?" Sasuke asked.
"I am just perturbed, for neither of you will be making it out of this fight alive." The hunter spoke.
Sasuke could feel a little worry work its way into his system as he imagined what the fight between his sensei and Zabuza would look like. He could already see the chakra fluctuations breaking through the thick lining of the mist. Hopefully this guy wasn't as strong.
"What is your name?" The hunter asked.
"You first." Sasuke said.
He heard a small chuckle come from the boy in front of him.
"My name is Haku."
"Sasuke Uchiha."
Haku reached behind himself, throwing a flurry of Senbon at Sasuke.
Sasuke countered with a jump into the air and throwing kunai at the Senbon wielder. Haku ran forward, avoiding it easily. He attempted to punch a descending Sasuke but his hand was grabbed by the defensive Uchiha who began to run through one handed hand seals.
Haku followed suit with some of her own as they spoke at the same time.
"Katon: Kasai Kasui!"
"Hyōton: Aisu Hitonomi."
A stream of fire hit a completely chilled wall of air as it slowly turned into nothing. Sasuke jumped back, landing a couple feet away from his enemy.
"You're very talented Uchiha; it is a shame that you will have to die soon."
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Kakashi jumped out of the way to avoid his head being severed off. Zabuza stood prone in a special Kenjutsu stance in which he could fully utilize his swords. They were different this time. Instead of two separate swords, they were combined at the hilt to form one.
Kakashi was pretty sure that fell under the lines of CHEATING! But wasn't about to complain about it. Kakashi remained the same in level as he did the last time they fought but Zabuza for some unknown reason was much stronger than before.
Zabuza quickly went through some hand seals at a blinding speed.
"Suiton: Teppōdama!"
A bullet of pure liquid oozed out between the folds of his mask and shot out at Kakashi at an incredible speed.
"Doton: Tsuchi Shi-rudo."
Kakashi reached into the ground and pulled out a block of earth quickly. It deflected the water bullet with ease. Kakashi made the makeshift earth shield spin as he threw it at his masked enemy.
Zabuza brought his head back and then shot it forward, smashing the earth shield instantly.
"You didn't think that you were the only person who could augment their body now did you?" Zabuza asked, clearly smirking through his mask.
Kakashi's eyes narrowed. His Sharingan hadn't been spinning for very long, but he could still feel the strain of using it. It wasn't like last week. It was much more complicated to keep up and he hadn't the faintest clue as to why.
"Feeling winded Kakashi?" Zabuza asked.
'Why would he…'
"The Mist!" Kakashi exclaimed loudly.
"That's right. As long as this mist remains in the air, your chakra will be syphoned and released harmlessly into the air. I made it myself."
"Dammit."
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Was it even legal to be this fast? This was one of the thoughts that went through Sasuke's head as he fought the much faster Shinobe in front of him. It was like fighting Naruto, only harder. You could read Naruto, but you couldn't really read this guy.
He felt a Senbon enter into his back. Fifth one of the day, lucky him.
"You are experienced in fighting someone with my speed, I can tell. But you have never truly fought someone with my level of skill." Haku said matter-o-fact.
"Skill is for chumps. If you've got a good heart then you should be able to pull through anything."
"Who told you that?"
"A friend of mine." Sasuke replied smirking.
He sent chakra into his back, shooting the Senbon onto the floor.
Haku was impressed. Not many had that particular amount of chakra control and even less had that much chakra.
"It has been a good fight. Unfortunately, you will not survive my next move."
"What makes you say that?" Sasuke asked.
"Nobody has."
Haku did a few hand seals.
"Hijutsu: Makyou Hyoushou."
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Kakashi felt an influx of chakra.
"Your student is as good as dead now Kakashi." Zabuza said confidently.
"My apprentice is just a little too much for your little brat to handle." He said.
Another chakra made its presence known.
'Dammit, that other little brat has come. Hang in their Haku.'
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"Nobody has ever escaped my mirrors alive."
"You already said that." Sasuke said with a smirk.
Haku's reflection could be seen in every resounding mirror.
"It's useless to try and follow me; your eyes aren't nearly as fast as I am." Haku said.
"A man can try am I right?" Sasuke asked.
Haku was about to respond when a flash of Orange appeared right in front of them.
"Sorry I'm late Sasuke-teme."
"Teme? You haven't called me that since our second year in the academy."
"Thought I would bring it back ya know?"
"I'm sorry that you two have just reunited but I should inform your friend of your unfortunate situation."
"Hey I remember you from a couple days ago! I nearly hit you with a kunai!" Naruto shouted.
He said nothing in response.
"Hey Sasuke, you think you can update me on this dude?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke was about to answer no but a Senbon answered for him. It penetrated the side of his neck.
"Dude, right to the jugular!" Naruto shouted, laughing. Naruto took double the amount in his own.
'Karma…' Naruto thought.
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Sakura sat next to Tazuna who was bleeding incredibly badly. She needed to stop it. He took a stab to his stomach; a bad place to take one. When one is stabbed in the stomach your acids flow freely, no longer being held by the stomach lining. If left it will seep into the blood, poisoning it.
She began to sow the stomach with her chakra and attempt to coax her body into creating more blood cells in hopes of diluting the acid.
"It'll be alright Tazuna-san. You're going to be alright." Sakura attempted to reassure.
"W-W-w-w-w-we n-n-n-n-n"
"Don't worry; once my team takes care of Zabuza and his apprentice, you'll probably already be patched up and good as new!" Sakura said, a small smile gracing her lips.
"Tazuna sputtered out something incoherent as blood soaked out from his mouth.
'I don't need to be a medic Nin to know that this isn't good…'
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Naruto and Sasuke both resembled porcupines with the amount of needles protruding out of their backs. Sasuke was panting heavily as he couldn't shoot any out from his back.
"Let's try it again!" Naruto shouted. He was much less winded then his Uchiha counterpart.
"N-Naruto! We've tried hitting them with our attacks as much as we can! (Cough)Your Rasengan! My (Cough) Amaterasu!"
"Oh stop it now; we've still got some good ones left in us!" Naruto said confidently.
'How is he still able to be so positive. Where going to die.'
"I'm sorry but I can't keep on fighting you with minimum capacity as I have." Haku said.
He didn't want anyone to die but whatever he could do to make Zabuza-sama's life easier, he would. Even if it meant destroying everything he held close to him.
"Oujou Kara Senbon." Everyone of Haku's reflections stuck the same pose as hundreds of Senbons appeared in each of their hands.
They were all thrown simultaneously.
Sasuke turned to Naruto, who refused to move. Why wouldn't he move? He could leave the cage at any moment in time, but he didn't.
'He doesn't want me to die alone.' Sasuke said.
Without thinking, Sasuke jumped at Naruto and took him onto the floor. Needles shredded through his back. He felt… Cold.
Naruto looked at his best friend in the eyes. They began to lose color and light.
"Why?"
"I knew you weren't going to leave me, so (cough) I took action."
His Sharingan was long gone. He breathed out, no longer breathing in again.
"Sasuke?"
Naruto shook his now gone friend a couple times, not believing it to be true. Naruto felt hopeless. He wasn't even strong enough to save the ones close to him; again.
He felt chakra surge through his system as he pushed his limp teammate off of him. He felt his skin go warm as everything got brighter.
'So this Is the power of the Rikudou Sennin? I haven't felt this power for over a thousand years.'
"So you want to fight huh?"
Every Senbon in his body shot out, imbedding into the floor.
Before Haku could think, he was grabbed by his mask and thrown onto the floor. Haku's ultimate jutsu had just been countered within a millisecond.
He craned his head to see the mirror he had occupied himself in had shattered. He pulled himself up off of the floor and sprinted as fast as he could over to another one but found a fist lodged into his stomach.
'Where is this power coming from?' Haku thought.
All of the mirrors shattered simultaneously with only Naruto standing in the center of the ice glass.
He was completely on fire with chakra. It was as if someone covered him in gasoline and took a match to him. Except much more beautiful.
Naruto looked over himself. Orange fire. It suited him.
Haku ran at Naruto with a kunai in hand which he had slipped out of his cloak.
An arm of chakra came out of Naruto's back in the form of a fist. It rammed right into Haku full force.
Haku skidded backwards until he came to a full stop. He slowly brought himself up off of the floor. His legs where shaky from such a hard hit.
His masked shattered off of his face.
"You killed my best friend." Naruto said, as if still not believing it himself.
He teleported right next to a dazed Haku, kunai in hand. He pressed it to Haku's neck.
"Why shouldn't I kill you right now?" Naruto asked.
"You should."
Naruto's eyes widened at Haku's response.
"I'm a broken tool now." Haku took a slow, dragged out breath between his busted teeth.
"Shinobe are tools to be used and now that I am broken, I serve no purpose. Kill me now Uzumaki-san."
He felt the kunai fall from his neck as the light that Naruto was emanating off of him dulled into nothingness.
"What would I gain from doing that?"
"It will make what your friend did meaningful."
"But it won't bring him back. Killing you will only make me a quitter. I have morals that I alone follow," He took a long drag of cold misted air.
"and if I don't, who will?" Naruto asked.
"How?" Haku asked simply.
"Huh?"
"How are you able to stop yourself. Don't you want to kill me?"
"Not anymore. If I kill you, then I won't be able to forgive you. That's how you heal." Naruto said simply.
He turned away and headed over to the body of his fallen comrade. He placed his hands on Sasuke and shot chakra into him to get all the needles out of him.
'Kit! I feel life! He has to be alive!'
A tear met Naruto's eye as he lifted his friend up.
"Your right." Haku called after him.
Naruto turned around to see the smiling Haku.
"I'm glad you spared me. Now I can use my life for something more useful." Haku said simply.
Naruto looked at him funny before Haku disappeared from his sight. He felt something inside of his gut. Something new, yet familiar.
The mist faded as Naruto turned his head to see Kakashi. His sensei's hand had struck right through Haku's body.
"Haku!"
Naruto was surprised to hear Zabuza shout.
Haku slumped over Kakashi's forearm with a smile on his perfectly bloodied face. The feeling inside of Naruto's stomach faded with Haku's life. It made him want to barf.
'You felt it didn't you? Loss.'
Kakashi pulled his arm out of Haku. He was surprised; Naruto could tell. He walked over to them.
A dead Tazuna was being held by Sakura. She was crying over the dead man. Blood fell around his body in a pool.
Zabuza screamed at Kakashi. He was alone yet again.
Naruto heard clapping. He turned around to see bandits everywhere. In the front was a fat short man. In one hand he held a bottle, in the other a girl.
"Father!" It was Tsunami.
Naruto placed Sasuke back onto the floor. It had to be Gato. He had tied a chain around Tsunami's neck. Tears stains had marred her beautiful face. Her pants had been torn so she only had a shirt to hide her shame.
Naruto felt rage. It was something he hadn't felt in a long time.
"Gato you dirty bastard!" Zabuza yelled.
The ex-Mist Shinobe ran at Gato full speed with his double edged cleaver in hand.
"I wouldn't do that if I where you." Gato said drinking the vial of liquid.
He pushed Tsunami into the bandits who grabbed her willingly with hands of greed.
"Now watch as I show you not to piss me off!" Gato began to transform right in front of them. One of his arms grew three times their own length.
It swatted the charging Zabuza into the water.
"I cannot be stopped. I will rule this land forever and I don't care what anyone tells me." His voice sounded like a cross between a fat man and death itself.
Kakashi took a step forward shakily as Gato began to transform more and more before him.
Gato's muscles began to bulge uncontrollably as began to grow. Soon the fat man known as Gato was no more. In his place was a giant. A man that stood ten feet into the air as you could feel his KI leak into their hearts.
Kakashi charged at 'Gato' full speed as chakra leaked into his hands. He was going in for a Raikiri.
His extended hand hit Gato's chest and bent. His hand snapped under the momentum as he howled in pain.
Gato picked up the masked shinobe with one hand.
"You shinobe are a troublesome lot." Gato said with a smirk.
"Kakashi-san; I'm sorry!" Tsunami yelled.
He looked at her. A bandit was groping her breast, as she was unable to fight back.
Villagers had come to see. It was a horrible sight as they watched in horror at what these people would do and what Gato had become.
"Mom!" Inari yelled.
Naruto turned to the crowd. People where crying. Inari was being held back by someone as he scanned them.
Bachiko was crying. He felt like a failure to her. Why couldn't he move? He was useless.
Tsunami began to gag. An item slipped out of her mouth. It was a button. She stepped on it.
Fire engulfed her, the bandits and Gato simultaneously. The bridge shook heavily.
The fire began to fade. Gato looked unfazed as he continued to hold onto a slowly losing consciousness Kakashi.
"That little whore tried to kill me! Now I have to get more men." Gato said aloud as he threw Kakashi away.
"Kakashi-sensei." Sakura cried. Tears hit the floor.
"NOW THAT I AM OUT OF MEN. WHO WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE THEM?" Gato yelled into the crowd.
Men looked on nervously. Women and children shivered. It would seem like a very cheesy thing for someone to step forward but fear did that.
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Naruto closed his eyes. When he opened them he noticed he stood in a field. Naruto looked around and noticed a cage made completely of wood.
"Let me show you my side of the world." Kurama spoke through the cage. He was a massive white fox with red archaic designs chiseled into his fur.
His giant paw reached through the cage in the form of a fist.
Naruto took a few steps forward. The ultimate form of a bond between jinchuuriki and Bijuu. A simple fist bump.
Naruto's fist connected with the giant paw of Kurama.
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"NO!"
Chakra exploded everywhere. It was white and hot. It burned the bridge as all of the spectators had to cover their eyes so as to not be blinded.
Naruto's skin began to peel off as blood clotted around him. It created a sphere around him as it slowly purified to white.
The sphere dissolved revealing a white blob of white chakra. It began to take shape as it grew arms and legs. Four tails sprouted from its rear as its ears protruded from its head. A black mask formed over its face as it split with pure gold taking the form of mouth and eyes.
"REEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!" It couldn't speak, only scream.
It stood and glared down the bulky man and ran at him. It seemed not too fast but every step it took cratered the floor. It couldn't take definite shape as its limps began to grow and shrink as it ran at Gato.
"What the Hell!?" Gato yelled.
He brought his fist in an attempt to punch it but the beast connected as well as they both stood their ground from the resounding shock wave which knocked many of the weaker civilians down.
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"Everyone get back!" Sakura yelled as she picked up Sasuke and Kakashi and slung them over her shoulders through pure adrenaline alone.
She began to herd the civilians away from the battle scene.
'Is this really Naruto?'
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"You're pretty tough whatever you are."
The beast's fist took shape of a circle as it engulfed Gato's hand. It picked the much larger man up off of the floor and slammed him back down as Gato was unable to do anything. It repeated the process as it yelled.
The wave village shook from the force. It was relentless in its abuse.
Gato; finally getting over the shock; began to pry the beast off of him. Once he did, he jumped back and gathered momentum as he ran at it.
He punched it in the gut and grabbed it by its leg and head attempting to tear it in half. White chakra ran out of its back, taking shape of the original and punched Gato away into the river.
Gato yelled into the sky as he came back up for air. He climbed back onto the bridge.
The beast was attempting to split in two as the one on top placed its hands on the lower half and pushed, freeing its legs.
It ran at Gato like the original. They began to clash as the original screeched into the air as bubbles of pure chakra fell into the sky.
The clone grabbed Gato and held him in place from the back. It transformed into a block, still holding Gato's hands and feet as he tried desperately to escape.
It began to collect the chakra into the form of a ball and condense it with its tails. It shattered the earth around it as it grabbed it with its hands. It condensed further into a ball easily able to grab.
It reared its hands back still holding the ball back and threw it forward, releasing it from its grip.
"RAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The ball made its way to him like a rocket.
"I won't die!"
It connected.
Everything was engulfed in pure white. Neither the bridge nor the water stood any chance as it was completely obliterated. The only thing left was scarred land.
The chakra on the beast peeled of leaving a red and burned Naruto in its place as he fell onto the floor.
He should have felt like a hero. He defeated Gato so why not at least feel joy. He felt defeated; defeated and alone.
He wouldn't let anything like this happen again.
His eyes closed as he felt his mind drift into the world of darkness.
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The villagers heard and saw the resounding destruction. Sakura had already healed both Kakashi and Sasuke. She had found Zabuza and patched him up as well. She was a medic Nin and that was her job.
They headed over to the fight scene only to see a red Naruto and land spanning for mile.
People were too shocked to speak. Not only had the blonde kid defeated Gato, but he created a land bridge. The river couldn't flow through it.
"Naruto!" A little girl yelled. It was Bachiko.
She ran at Naruto and fell on top of him, crying. She could fell his heart shutter through his rib cage.
"Thank you Naruto."
Sakura came up to the two of them. Bachiko got up as Sakura began to heal his skin cells through the use of chakra.
Today could have gone better, but it was good enough.
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Oujou Kara Senbon definition- Death By Senbon: This technique is what its name implies. It hits every vital part of the body with Senbon, killing everything. A-Rank
Hijutsu: Makyou Hyoushou definition- Demonic arts: Crystal Ice Mirrors: This technique allows someone to enter into mirrors of ice like a portal and quickly exchange. Unranked
Doton: Tsuchi Shi-rudo definition- Water Style: Water Bullet: This technique allows the user to shoot a bullet of pure water at their enemies. B-rank.
