Soul Swap! The Ancient Sensei! [1]
As the mist began to rise, a young woman with long, beautiful raven hair walked onto her porch, looking off into the forest. Stress seemed to be etched all over her face. As the mist thinned more and more, the woman could make out four figures running straight for her. The woman grabbed the kunai she kept hidden in her dress sleeve, expecting Gato's men to finally come for her. The men came closer until the woman could recognize one of them. It was Tazuna and crew!
"Father! You've re
turned!" she shouted. The woman leapt off the porch and ran to the older man. He was carrying a silver-haired ninja across his shoulder.
"Tsunami! I need your help! We need to prepare the basement! This man's heartbeat is weak and erratic. He risked his life to save me!" Tazuna shouted. It was then that the woman noticed that one of the boys with her father was carrying a pale, dark-blue haired girl.
"What about the girl, Father?" Tsunami asked as they rushed in the house. The blonde kid carrying her shouted:
"Hinata-chan's got a concussion, but she's fine!"
As they reached the basement, Tsunami leaned over and grabbed the senbon lodged in Kakashi's neck. Naruto stayed upstairs with the girl while a Sasuke sat in the corner and watched.
"Once I remove the senbon, he's gonna bleed like no tomorrow. Dad, I need u to apply pressure on the wound to lessen the bleeding. This will be close; his jugular was pierced." Tsunami made hand seals and whispered, "Ninpou: Shosenjutsu (Ninja Art: Mystical Palm Technique)!"
Tsunami's hands started glowing with green energy as she began to heal Kakashi's wound. "Whoever did this did serious damage. I'll be here a while." Tsunami pumped more chakra into her palms to intensify the energy going into him. Sweat formed on her brow as the energy left her body and flowed into Kakashi's.
'I hope I can save him!' thought Tsunami.
Hours had gone by, and Naruto had yet to hear any good news concerning Kakashi. Hinata had now awoken and was trying to get the pacing Kitsune to sit down.
"N-N-Naruto-kun, Kakashi-sensei is a strong man. H-H-He'll make it," Hinata said.
"Well, what if he doesn't? Then dad will blame me for Kakashi dying! I always get blamed!" Naruto shouted. At that moment, Sasuke peeked his head past the basement door.
"Guys, sensei is awake," he said. Naruto tore past Sasuke, nearly knocking him down the stairs. Hinata and Sasuke followed after him and viewed their sensei laying on a futon. His flak jacket was draped along a chair. His neck was covered in a weird, green, glowing, bandage-like object. Tazuna was standing over Tsunami, who was laying on a futon across from Kakashi.
"Big brother! Are you ok?" Naruto asked as he bombarded the older man with questions.
"Naruto! Enough! You're fussing like an old woman," Kakashi said. "Besides, when we're on a mission, you have to address me as sensei or captain.
"Now, you guys I won't be on my feet for a week or so. Lord Hokage had the foresight to see that I might be incapacitated in a battle, so he created this. Tazuna-san, can you go into my right breast pocket and pull out the red pouch?"
Tazuna leaned over to reach for the flak jacket. After a brief moment of rummaging, the old man produced the pouch. "Now what?" he asked.
Kakashi coughed and then replied, "Would you mind taking out a candy and eating it [2]?" Tazuna did as he was told.
"Blech, that tasted like crap! What's that supposed to—ARGH!" Tazuna grabbed his chest and began to spasm uncontrollably.
"What did you do to him?" Hinata shouted at Kakashi.
"It's complex. Long story short, I sealed his soul away so another can inhabit it. Now Naruto, would you mind eating one?" Kakashi asked.
"Hell fucking no! I don't wanna die like the old man is!" Naruto shouted.
"Well, you could eat the candy and switch bodies with Tazuna…or he could go into cardiac arrest and die: your choice," Kakashi replied nonchalantly. Naruto contemplated it for a minute before picking a candy out of the bag and eating it.
"Ughhh, this does taste like shi—FUCK!" Naruto swore as he too began to spasm. Suddenly, both Naruto and Tazuna became deadly still. A white orb materialized in front of Tazuna; a red orb materialized in front of Naruto. The two orbs flew into the body of the two men. Naruto was the first to awaken.
"Ugh, my head hurts and I have a super weird craving for Fukidemono [3]," Naruto groaned.
"As to be expected. Because two souls inhabit your body, and yours is the dominant one, Tazuna is just inhabiting your body until I can bring him back," Kakashi answered.
It was at this point that Sasuke decided to speak up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the hell is going on here?" he shouted. "If Naruto just woke up and he's not Tazuna, then who did Tazuna become?"
At that exact moment, Tazuna sat up and looked around. "Ugh, my skull hurts," the old man groaned. Sasuke and Hinata were shocked at how deep, foreboding, and royal his voice had become.
"Sensei, what's going on?" Hinata asked, confusion and fear evident in her voice.
"Everyone, meet Kyo," Kakashi stated nonchalantly.
"Ugh, this body is so old. And its chakra network is so screwed, I cannot even perform basic justu," Kyo said. He stood up and stretched. The sounds of joints cracking filled the basement and Kyo doubled over in pain. "MY BACK!!!" he howled.
"Until I'm healed up, Kyo will train you guys so that when Zabuza returns, we can kill him," Kakashi said. "Any questions?"
"Yeah, just one," Sasuke asked. He pointed at Kyo and shouted, "Where the hell did he come from?!"
Kakashi sighed and said, "I can't say. It's SSS-Class information that only members of ANBU know. If I told you, I could be executed for treason.
"Anyways, you guys better get started. Who knows when that psycho's coming back?"
"Heh, you guys are idiots!" Everyone turned at the new voice. A young boy was staring at them. He had on a yellow and black fisherman hat, a yellow shirt, and green overalls. Naruto began fuming at the boy's statement.
"Show us some respect! We just saved your grandpa's life!" Naruto shouted. The boy snorted and shot back:
"You got lucky! Gato's gonna kill you all! There's no way you'll win against him."
"Inari, that's enough!" Tsunami shouted.
Naruto stomped his feet and replied angrily, "You little brat! I'll…" Naruto's rant was cut short when Hinata placed her arms around him.
"H-H-he's a kid, Naruto-kun. Just ignore him," she whispered. Naruto just looked at Inari with anger and disgust before turning his back to the boy.
"Listen kid, we're the best ninja in the world. I promise to you that Gato won't be able to handle us," Sasuke said. Inari look at Sasuke incredulously.
"Pfft, what are you guys dead in the head? Heroes don't exist out here! If you were smart, you'd run back to your village. But then again, you guys don't seem so bright," Inari said. The boy turned and began walking out of the room. "I'll be in my room looking at the ocean, mommy." With that, he exited the room.
Naruto was heading to the bathroom to take a long awaited pee break. He walked past a room and heard weird noises. The blonde Kitsune walked to the door, which was slightly ajar, and saw Inari leaning against the window, crying. He was clutching a picture to his chest. Sadness swallowed Naruto whole as he watched the boy cry. Naruto backed away from the door and headed to the bathroom. He felt…bad for how he acted.
Team 7 and Kyo walked out to a dense grove of trees. Kyo was lagging behind a bit. It was difficult for the emperor to get used to the extra weight of Tazuna's body. Naruto jogged to Kyo and asked:
"Getting old, eh gramps?"
Kyo snorted and said, "Please! This body is decrepit and full of sake. It is amazing this was once a feared ninja." They reached a small clearing with tall trees around the perimeter.
"Ok, Sasuke and Hinata, you will be learning about chakra control. While you two do that, Naruto and I will be working on a jutsu," Kyo ordered.
"Wait, why does Naruto get to learn a new technique? And we can already use jutsu," Sasuke said.
"Because Naruto already knows how to do this. Could you demonstrate how to control your chakra, kit?" Naruto looked at one of the large trees and walked to it. Instead of stopping, he placed his feet on the tree and began walking up like it was regular earth. Naruto soon made it to the top of the tree and stood upon the very fine point that made its top.
"You two are not using chakra properly. To use chakra, one must mix the exact amount and type of their spiritual and physical energies. Even if you have high chakra reserves, if you don't blend it well, your jutsu will not be as effective or not work at all. Thus, you waste energy and tire in battle faster. To learn how to mix your energies is to climb trees without your hands," Kyo said.
"That seems kinda difficult, Kyo-sensei," Hinata replied.
Kyo laughed, albeit it sounded more like thunderclaps, and said, "All your doing is gathering chakra into your feet, and then walking up the tree."
"I still don't understand how climbing the tree is going to make me stronger," Sasuke replied.
"You will learn how to control your chakra. In order to climb the tree, you will have to bring up the proper amount of chakra to walk up the tree. Too little and you will fall off; too much, the wood will crack from the pressure. The bottom of the feet is the most difficult place to channel chakra so if you can channel it there and in a constant stream, you can control the flow anywhere else."
Kyo pulled two kunai out of Tazuna's pack and tossed them to Hinata and Sasuke. "Use these to mark your progression," he said. "Come one Kit! We have business to attend to!" With that, the two kitsunes walked away.
Kyo and Naruto came to a clearing a few kilometers away from Sasuke and Hinata. Kyo held his hand up to stop and turned to his younger counterpart. The older Kitsune inhaled deeply before saying, "Give me the Ierokitsune."
Naruto pulled the majestic weapon out of its sheath and gave it to his sensei. The old man viewed the blade the way a jeweler would a diamond. He swung it a few times, as if trying to get accustomed to it. "Ah, the blade is still as light as a feather.
"Anyway, the technique I am going to teach you is Bijutsu: Onichishuuha (Demon Arts: Demon Blood Wave)[4]. Observe," Kyo said. He turned his back to Naruto and bit his thumb, drawing blood. Kyo made hand seals and drew his bloody thumb along the black blade. The blade began to glow with a red light, and Kyo raised the weapon above his head. "Bijutsu: Onichishuuha!" Bringing the blade into a downward arc, a massive, red crescent of yokai burst forth from the blade. Naruto could only stare in awe as the crescent vaporized everything in its way for several hundred yards until the crescent ran out of kinetic energy and faded.
"Oh. My. Kami," Naruto murmured with reverent awe.
"The trick of the technique is to use your demonic blood as a medium to channel your energy. You will know when you have enough energy when your blade glows with the color of your yokai. Then, raise the blade and swing vertically or horizontally for the energy to come out in a destructive arc," Kyo explained.
"Woah! I'll be able to destroy anything with that technique!" Naruto shouted.
Kyo chuckled and replied, "Sorry to burst your bubble, kit, but I can do that because I have had thousands of years of experience with yokai. You only have three months worth of training. You should be able to cut halfway through that tree," Kyo said. He pointed to a large oak tree to Naruto's right. Naruto began to pout at this news.
"Chin up, Naruto! In a thousand years, you should be just as powerful as I am!" Kyo shouted. He turned and began walking toward Tazuna's house.
"Hey! Where are you going gramps?" Naruto shouted.
"To take a nap. Using yokai in this body takes its tool. So ta-ta, farewell!" Kyo shouted as he walked back into the dense tree grove.
"Ok, time to get to work!" Naruto shouted as he began the technique.
Sasuke flipped off of the tree after marking his place. He had only gotten about a quarter of the way up the tree, and he had been at it for about seven hours! Sasuke looked over to Hinata, who had gracefully landed next to him after making it halfway up her tree. At that point, Kyo had walked into the clearing. He looked up at the tree and saw the progression of both Genin.
"Wow! Hinata, you are doing good. It took Naruto a week to get that far," Kyo remarked. "As for you, Uchiha," Kyo began, disdain evident in his voice [5], "You are pathetic. You have twice as much chakra as the girl, and yet you can't control it! You're a disgrace to your clan!" Kyo turned his back on the raven-haired boy and began walking back to Tazuna's house.
Sasuke roared and charged the old Kitsune. He flipped over his head and swung his leg out. Kyo, with amazing speed, grabbed Sasuke's leg and tossed him like a rag doll into a tree. Said tree slowly fell over.
"Get back to work!" Kyo shouted as he walked back into the house.
Zabuza was laying in bed, much like Kakashi, groaning from the unbelievable pain he was in. A young girl with long raven hair was tending to his wounds. Her face was obscured by a white hockey mask. She wore the typical Kiri Hunter-nin outfit.
"Tou-san, you should have taken me with you. My speed would have matched Hatake-san's," the girl said as she manipulated the water in her basin to raise out and spread the water over the large cut on his chest. She made hand seals and whispered, "Suiton: Mizuchiyu (Water Release: Healing Waters)[6]!" The water glowed green, and Zabuza's wounds were slowly but surely healing.
"No, I don't want you getting hurt. And Gato still doesn't know you exist. It's for a reason dear," Zabuza said. Footsteps filled the hallway leading to Zabuza's room. "Quick! Hide!" In an instant, the girl was in the secret compartment in the wall of the room. Gato burst into the room with his two most trusted bodyguards, Waraji and Zouri.
"Heh, looks like the Kirigakure no Oni got sent back with his tail between his legs!" Gato spat. "I guess it's true what they say: Kiri produces the weakest ninja in the land! You can't even avenge Gouzu and Meizu! And you call yourself a demon!"
Gato nodded at Waraji and Zouri. They began unsheathing their katana and walked toward Zabuza. Suddenly, the girl leapt from her secret compartment and launched herself at Waraji. She rapidly kicked him in the face, with the final kick launching him into the nearby wall. The girl landed then spun on her heels, using the momentum of her spin to kick Zouri in the face. The bodyguard slammed into his buddy.
"Oho! It seems like you were holding out on me Zabuza!" Gato said as he eyed the young kunoichi. "That ninja get-up is hiding her curves. It's ok though; I like being left to wonder." The short man moved toward the girl, but Zabuza's humongous blade embedded itself in the floor before him.
"Stay away from her! She's my whore! [7]" Zabuza screamed. Gato fell to the floor and scrambled to get away from the enraged missing-nin.
"I-I-I'm sorry! Geez, whores come a dime a dozen! And remember who pays your bills!" Gato shouted. Waraji and Zouri had gotten to their feet and unsheathed their katana. "No! Zabuza is still of use to me!" Gato shouted. "I'll give you one last chance. You will kill Tazuna and his ninja bodyguards. And I'm sending Gouzu and Meizu as back-up. Rest easy Zabuza." Gato turned to the girl and said, "When you get tired of fucking him, you should come to my palace. I'll show you how a real man gets things done!" With a maniacal chuckle, Gato and his guards left the hideout.
Zabuza was fuming in anger from Gato's comments. He turned on the girl and screamed, "I told you to keep your ass hidden! Why wouldn't you listen?"
Haku trembled and averted her eyes from Zabuza's gaze as she replied, "I thought you still couldn't move Tou-san! I just wanted to protect you!"
Zabuza sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "I'm sorry musume. You know how Gato is. Now he'll try and steal you away. And if I kill him, the other Kages and daimyos will be alerted and we'll be on the run again," said Zabuza.
Suddenly, both Haku and Zabuza shuddered as they felt a massive, dark, chilling energy encompass the land. Zabuza turned to Haku and said, "Go to the source and find out where that energy is coming from. It may be Kakashi-sama's reinforcements." Haku nodded and made a hand seal. Her body began to crack and shatter like glass.
Zabuza limped to the bed and grabbed his ribs as he howled in pain.
Sasuke slouched against his tree as he looked at his progress. 'Damn it! I'm only ¾ of the way there. Hinata's almost there,' the raven-haired avenger thought. It was true: Hinata could reach the top with one last push.
Hinata channeled her chakra and rushed the tree again. 'I can't fail here!' thought Hinata. She ran up the tree, moving around branches. Sasuke could tell she was exhausted by the fact that she was unsteady and wobbly. Just before Hinata reached the very top, she slid off the tree and plummeted toward the earth. She screamed as the green grass drew nearer and nearer to her. Sasuke leapt out and grabbed Hinata. The two rolled across the grass until they came to a stop with Sasuke on top of Hinata.
"U-U-U-Um S-S-S-Sasuke, c-c-c-can y-y-y-you m-m-m-move?" stammered Hinata.
Sasuke smirked and replied, "Sure thing Hinata-chan." Sasuke got off of the blushing girl and began walking to Tazuna's house. "I think we should get some food. Are you coming with me?"
All Hinata could do was blush as she trailed behind the cocky boy.
Kyo sat in front of Kakashi, apparently asleep. Kakashi was staring at the Kitsune with a pensive look.
"You want to know how the kids are doing, eh?" Kyo asked, never opening his eyes. "Hinata has made the most progress. She has already made it about 98% of the way up the tree. She may have the lowest amount of chakra in her body, but she has the most control.
"Sasuke is coming along. He has a lot of potential, but as we both know, emotions like anger and hatred significantly weaken the potency of one's chakra. At least, if you do not know how to control it. I have no doubt that the boy is not going to be a valuable asset to you if he doesn't learn how to channel his rage.
"Naruto has the most potential. He has already been able to produce a yokai wave after only a day. It took me a week to learn. I think Naruto may be able to master the technique by the end of the week."
Kakashi looked at the Kitsune and replied, "I was just looking at that huge zit on your…er, Tazuna's face."
At supper, silence encompassed the room. You lnow, the awkward kind that follows when your drunk uncle burps really loud at Thanksgiving.
Naruto and Sasuke were eating massive amounts of food to replenish their diminished chakra reserves. While everyone was eating their crab and rice, loud pounding filled the room.
"I'll get it," Tsunami said as she excused herself from the table. After a few moments, a middle-aged man walked into the dining room.
"Giichi-san is here, uh, father," Tsunami said. She kept looking between Kyo and Naruto, unsure where her father was.
"Tazuna-sama, I'm so sorry, but I have to quit working on the bridge," Giichi said. Everyone turned to Kyo to see how he would respond.
"Uh, why?" Kyo asked.
"What do you mean why!" Giichi shouted. "Gato knows who you are now! It's only a matter of time before he figures out who's helping you! Jade and little Hayori need their father! You're on your own from here on out!" With that, Giichi marched out of the house.
"That was Giichi. He used to be in the Council of Clans here. He was ten when Tsuchi invaded, a young Genin. Father saved him and his mother from being killed. He was one of the few people who didn't trust Gato right off the bat. Giichi used to have the most hope about us all being free. But if he's lost hope, maybe we all should," Tsunami said, whispering the last sentence.
Hinata looked up from her plate and noticed a torn picture on the wall.
"Um Tsunami-san, why do you have a torn picture on your wall? It seems like a bit of a waste of that nice frame," Hinata said. The awkward silence in the room grew stronger. Hinata, embarrassed that her statement caused such a downturn, kept her eyes on her half-eaten food.
"It was my husband, Ryoushi Kaiza [8]. Kaiza was a missing-nin from Kirigakure no Sato. He came to our village to start a new life free of the Sandaime Mizukage's oppressive reign," Tsunami started. Inari got out of his seat and walked out of the dining room. "Inari! Where are you going?" Tsunami shouted after him. The boy didn't answer; he just kept walking.
Tsunami sank into her seat, sorrow etched across her face. "When Kaiza was alive, Inari would smile, laugh, make silly jokes, you know, be a young boy. Kaiza became very popular throughout the village. He even saved us all from dying in a flood. Soon, Kaiza was made our daimyo. And then, Gato came.
"I doubt father told you this because it was too painful for him to speak about. Gato…that bastard…he ripped off Kaiza's arms and crucified him! The Council wasn't impressed with Gato; he used fear to get their votes!
"And Inari changed. Kaiza promised him that he would protect us with his own two arms. When Inari learned how Kaiza died, he disowned him and called him a liar. Inari stopped believing in heroes."
Naruto stood up and grabbed his sword. He began walking to the front door. "Oi! Naruto-ototo, where are you going?" Kakashi asked. Naruto stopped and looked at Kakashi with determination. "I'm going to prove to Inari that heroes really do exist!" he shouted as he left the house.
Naruto had been deep in the forest for six days practicing the Onichishuuha. He had finally been able to maintain the wave until it reached the target. Now, it was a matter of adding enough force to cut through the tree. The sun hung in the middle of the sky and Naruto was famished. He hunted rabbits and ate that, but with the larger prey being closer to Gato's compound, Naruto thought it would be wise not to go there. The blonde Kitsune slumped against a tree, exhausted and hungry. Not surprisingly, his eyes slowly closed.
Meanwhile, a girl with long, flowing, lustrous raven hair was walking through the forest. Her face was pale and beautiful; her eyes were a deep shade of obsidian. Her body was curvy, quite uncommon for a girl so young. Her pink kimono was very bright, a sharp contrast to the paleness of her skin. The girl was pick herbs and noticed Naruto sleeping. She walked to him quickly and stared at his hitai-ite. The girl reached out to touch it, but instead got a rude awakening.
Naruto leapt up and grasped her neck. He slammed her into the ground and held his sword an inch above her neck. "Who the hell are you?" Naruto half-asked, half-growled.
The girl shivered in fear and replied, "M-M-My name is Haku. I was just picking some herbs to help my father. He's really sick." Naruto looked at her and snorted.
"Let's be serious. You could have easily avoided my hand. You're faking!" shouted Naruto.
Haku's eyes widened and she replied, "I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Like oranges," Naruto said. "Your hair smells like oranges, just like the girl who attacked my brother!"
Haku smirked and said, "Guess I can stop faking!" Haku made a hand seal and said, "Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Switch Technique)!" Haku vanished and was replaced with a log. Naruto began sniffing, hoping to catch her scent. Naruto finally did, two seconds after she kicked him across his face. This repeated itself for about five minutes before Naruto hand enough.
Naruto gripped the hilt of the Ierokitsune and shouted, "Bijutsu: Onichishuuha (Demon Art: Demon Blood Wave)!" A Naruto-sized yokai wave launched itself into the clearing. Haku screamed in shock; the crest had cut the ends of her lower back length hair. Naruto kicked her hard in her stomach and placed the tip of Ierokitsune against Haku's neck.
"What do you want from me?" Naruto shouted. His eyes were becoming slitted and turning yellow.
'What is this guy?' Haku thought. "I was walking along the forest and saw you so I thought I would eliminate you. You look like a doofus, so you can't have any valuable information."
"Oh yeah? You just got beaten by this doofus!" Naruto shouted. Haku simply rolled her eyes and turned her head away from Naruto. The events of Kakashi's battle replayed through Naruto's mind; the last five minutes of the battle seemed to constantly replay, as it would had it been on a scratched DVD.
"I should kill you now!" Naruto roared.
"Go ahead and try. I have someone who's important to me—to important for me to die and leave 'em all alone!" Haku shouted.
Naruto snorted and replied, "Who, Zabuza? He's a hired gun who doesn't know right from wrong!
"You're wrong!" screamed Haku. "Tou-san loves me! I know he does!"
Naruto gasped in shock at the affection in Haku's voice. "Tou…san?" Naruto murmured.
"Pfft, I didn't expect you to understand. You're a ninja trained by emotionless killers. You probably don't even have friends!" Haku shouted. Naruto thought about all the people who he cared about—Hinata, Kakashi, Kiokure, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, and his uncle[9]—and his face softened.
"You're wrong. I have people I love and would die and kill for them. Which is why you have to die! I won't let you kill my precious people!" Naruto shouted. A sharp pain erupted throughout Naruto's body, the point of origin being his nether regions.
"See you later numb nuts! I have a report to give!" Haku shouted as she vanished in a swirl of leaves. Naruto slowly got on his feet, clutching his lil' buddy. He looked at where he launched his jutsu and saw the tree was cleanly split in half. If he had hit Haku, she would have been too.
'999,997…999,998…999,999…1,000,000!' thought Kakashi as he finished his last one-finger push up. 'I'm back to full strength!'
"Well, I think it's time you get back to where you belong, Kyo-sama," Kakashi said.
The old Kitsune sighed and replied, "And just when I was getting used to being fat and full of sake. Oh well, beam me up Kakashi![10]" Kakashi pulled a pouch out of his pocket and pulled out a blue pouch. He hand Kyo the candy and watched as he ate it. A red ball of light escaped his chest and he collapsed on the ground. The ball went flying out into the forest. After several minutes a grey orb came at breakneck speed and collided with the soulless body before Kakashi. Tazuna, finally back in his body, shot up, gasping for air and clutching his chest.
"That was super weird…I need my Fukidemono," Tazuna said.
Hinata made a hand seal and watched as the water in the lake near Tazuna's house began to ripple. Hinata concentrated as hard as she could, but whatever she was doing would not work. Finally, the pale girl gave up.
'I'm sorry okasan. I still haven't been able to master your legacy,' Hinata thought as she walked to Tazuna's house to prepare for their journey to the bridge.
Sasuke stumbled to the lake Hinata was just at and stared at the pool. 'Argh! It's just red! I have to get this right or I might die!' he thought.
Zabuza stared at the apple in his hand. He hated fruit and was mad Haku made him eat it all the time. With a quick squeeze, the fruit exploded in his hands.
"Otasan, how many times do I have to tell you not to play with your food?" Haku sarcastically quipped. Zabuza rolled his eyes.
"Teenagers," he murmured. Zabuza stood up and grabbed his cleaver. He began walking toward the door, but stopped and said to Haku, "Hey…you coming or what?"
Haku's eyes twinkled and she smiled like a Cheshire Cat. "Yay! Thank you otasan!" She hugged Zabuza and kissed him on the cheek before they walked out of the hideout together, ready to go to war.
Next Time: It's time. The final battle between us and the missing- nins is about to begin. Run Inari! Gather your people!
Rallying Cry! The Wave's Rebellion!
1- I had originally had a different premise for this chapter, but decided against it. Hence the change in title. I was going to have Kakashi fighting for his life and Naruto going out for revenge, but I scrapped the idea in favor of this chapter. I prefer character development to action.
2- I borrowed the idea from Bleach. I thought it'd be cool to have Kyo teach all three of them instead of just Naruto. And also, Kakashi, in my opinion, shouldn't have been able to be moving around to train anyone right away.
3- Tazuna's preferences rubbed off on Naruto due to the Soul Gummy.
4- Bijutsu: Onichishuuha (Demon Art: Demon Blood Wave): A Bijutsu that releases a destructive arc of yokai. It's a common technique in the Demon Realm. An experienced demon like Kyo can vaporize targets with this move, while less experienced demons like Naruto can split trees in half with the move.
5- You'd be bitter if you had to train an Uchiha. Especially since one made you do horrible things. The relationship between Kyo and Sasuke will become an important aspect later on.
6- Suiton: Mizuchiyuu (Water Release: Healing Waters): A Jonin rank medical Ninjutsu that infuses healing chakra into water. The jutsu allows the water to diffuse healing chakra throughout the target's body faster than other medical jutsu.
7- I got the basis of this idea from a Bible story. Abraham (father of the Jews) and his wife Sarah were in Egypt and the Pharaoh became romantically interested in Sarah. Abraham lied and said Sarah was his sister (not a whore like Zabuza) so the Pharaoh wouldn't kill him.
8- New Character Bio (Ryoushi Kaiza): Ryoushi Kaiza was a Jonin from Kirigakure no Sato. He graduated from the Academy the year before the Deathmatch Tests were initiated. Kaiza was an extremely skilled ninja, probably as powerful as Kakashi Hatake. Kaiza took part in the coup d'état of the Sandaime Mizukage. He ultimately failed to kill him and was forced to flee for his life. He chose Nami no Kuni, a small, relatively unknown nation, where he could live his life in peace. He married Hashi Tsunami and birthed a son, Ryoushi Inari. When Gato oppressed Nami, Kaiza choose to be a martyr rather than display his abilities and bring Kiri to the villiage, who would have undoubtedly killed his small family.
9- Notice I didn't add certain people…
10- Can you tell I saw Star Trek exactly 22 times?
