Rising Dragons

Rising Dragons

Intro:

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Disclaimer: I own Naruto's silence…I know scary but yeah that's it

"Speaking"

Thinking

"Sakura talking to inner Sakura"

"Inner Sakura talking to Sakura"

Writing

Jutsu

Warning: mild language

Silence of the Naruto – chapter 8

Recap:

As Kakashi and Zabuza called out, "Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" and twin dragons of water rose out of the lake, Naruto looked at Sakura and said, "I see rain in our future." Sasuke rolled his eyes as he popped open his own umbrella, having retrieved it from his own from a sealed scroll in his waist pouch and said, "You think?" as the towering water dragons began ducking it out.

Story Start:

Sakura blinked as the twin dragons crashed into one another exploding as they canceled each other out. As the water used in the jutsu pelted to the ground, Sakura was shocked to find herself staying dry.

Looking to her left, and then her right she blushed at the sight of her teammates, both having chosen to use their umbrella's to shield her from the rain (each is covering half of her form).

Looking down, her blush got even brighter as she said, "Arigato."

Sasuke never took his eyes off of the combatants; his raven colored hair was plastered to his face from water as he huned in acknowledgement of her thanks.

"Think nothing of it!" exclaimed Naruto with a grin, his normally spiky hair resting against his fore head.

"It's the gentlemanly thing to do!" the blonde finished with a grin as he turned back to the battle that was still raging on.

Kakashi had begun to go threw some hand signs causing Zabuza's eyes to widen in surprise. Sasuke huned as he closed his umbrella and said, "This is over."

Naruto rolled his eyes as he closed his own umbrella and put it up as he watched the jounin continue to battle.

"Are you…" Zabuza started only for Kakashi to interrupt him by saying "Reading your mind?"

Zabuza's eyes widened as a shadow appeared behind Kakashi. "What!" exclaimed the ex mist nin as he recognized the shadow.

"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" Kakashi shouted as he finished his hand seals sending a pillar of water rushing out of the lake and slamming into Zabuza which in turn slammed the rouge nin into a tree.

Looking up Zabuza asked in a somewhat shaky voice, "Can you see the future?"

Kakashi smirked and said, "Hai, I see your death." As he moved in to attack only to pull up short as senbon rained down from the sky impaling Zabuza threw the throat.

Naruto and Sasuke immediately went on the defensive with Sasuke pulling out some shuriken, and Naruto pulling out a pair of oddly shaped kunai. Sakura shook her head snapping herself out of her daze and lifted her kunai up from where she had rested it at her side.

"You were right," said a masked hunter nin appearing in a tree to the side of the battlefield. "Arigato, I have been waiting for an opportunity to take that shot," the nin finished.

Kakashi nodded as he lowered his headband back into its normal position. The hunter nin then proceeded to leap down in front of Zabuza's body.

Naruto's brow wrinkled in confusion as he watched the nin hoist the body onto his shoulders and jump away into the woods.

Sasuke frowned as he watched where the hunter nin had disappeared. "Oi, Kakashi-sensei?" asked Naruto looking at his silver haired teacher.

"Hai, Naruto-kun?" replied the cyclopean shinobi.

"Has Mizu changed its hunter nin practices?" questioned the confused blonde.

Kakashi frowned and said, "Iie, not that I'm aware of. Why?"

Naruto looked at his sensei and said, "According to Okaa-san, if the Mizu hunter nin ever caught and killed her, they would immediately incinerate her body to protect their secrets."

Sasuke nodded and stated blandly, "That hunter nin did not incinerate Zabuza's body."

Kakashi's visible eye widened as the implications of the hunter nin's actions set in. Before Kakashi could reply he collapsed onto the ground in a slump. "Kakashi-sensei!" exclaimed Sakura rushing over to her sensei.

Naruto and Sasuke crouched over their unconscious sensei as Sakura shook his unconscious form. "Chakra exhaustion, probably from using the Sharingan," said Naruto with a wise nod.

"Hai," replied Sasuke as he placed a hand on Sakura's shoulder stopping her shaking of the unconscious Kakashi.

Sakura nodded and stepped back as Sasuke and Naruto hoisted their sensei between them. Turning to Tazuna, Naruto asked "Is your home close Tazuna-san?"

Tazuna went to take a sip from his sake bottle only to find it empty. With a sigh he looked at Team seven and said, "Hai, this way," before turning and leading them down the road.

Sakura stuck by his side, kunai still out as she scanned the area cautiously for any ambushes. With a groan Kakashi lifted his head, causing the procession to come to a halt. Naruto smiled at the silver haired shinobi and said, "Welcome back to the land of the living sensei."

Kakashi sighed and said, "Hai, let's continue shall we?"

Naruto rolled his eyes before saying "Sure why not? You're not the one carrying the dead weight."

Kakashi chuckled and said, "Gomen, about this."

Naruto merly groaned in exaggeration under Kakashi's weight as they continued their trek. After fifteen minutes of walking, team seven found themselves looking at a house built partway out over the ocean.

Tazuna sighed as he walked up to the door and opening it shouted out, "I'm home!"

"Otou-san!" exclaimed a woman coming out of the kitchen to great him. Looking over at team seven she asked, "Who are these people Otou-san?"

Tazuna grinned at her and said "This is a team of shinobi from Konoha. They're going to protect me while I finish the bridge!"

The women's eyes widened as she gave team seven a big grin before saying, "Konichiwa! Arigato for taking good care of my Otou-san."

Kakashi who was still supported between Naruto and Sasuke gave her an eye smile before saying, "I'm Hatake Kakashi, and this is my team. Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Uzamaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura."

"Oh…my name is Tsunami, nice to meet you!" responded the women bowing.

"Why did you come?!" yelled a boy from a set of stairs at the back of the living room.

Naruto looked at the boy and with a grin said, "We came to kick bad guy butt!"

The boy humped and said, "You're just going to die!" before he turned and ran back up the stairs leaving a stunned team seven in his wake.

"Inari! You must forgive him Gomen!" exclaimed Tsunami as she bowed before team seven.

Naruto blinked and with a scowl crossed his arms over his chest mimicking the pose of his Onii-chan had already taken.

Sakura laughed nervously and said, "Iie, its okay we understand, right guys?" looking at the blond and raven haired teammates. When both merly looked at her, she laughed nervously again.

…next morning…

Kakashi lead team seven out of the house and into the forest resting his weight on a pair of crutches.

"What are we doing Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura as she trailed behind him, a little unnerved at Naruto's continued silence.

Kakashi stopped as they reached a clearing, and turning to face his students said, "As you pointed out Naruto-kun, the hunter nin's behavior did not fit their supposed goal. Therefore we must assume that the nin was in fact an ally of Zabuza-san, and that Zabuza-san will be back."

Looking over his team Kakashi took in Naruto's still sullen look and with a sigh continued, "It would appear that out hunter nin used the senbon to put Zabuza-san into a death-like state. I would guess that we have about a week before Zabuza-san is back up to snuff."

"What are we gonna do in that week Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura curiously.

Kakashi gave her an eye smile before saying, "You're going to learn how to climb trees…without using your hands."

"Nani?" asked curious Sakura in response.

Turning to a tree Kakashi walked up to it and then up it causing Sakura's eye's to widen in surprise. "Your going to use your chakra. Too much chakra and you'll be sent flying back, to little and you'll fall off." Kakashi finished before throwing three kunai.

A kunai landed in front of each of the three genin "Use these to mark your progress, oh and you might want to get a running start." Kakashi finished coming down from the tree.

Sakura picked up her kunai and looked at a tree took a breath, closed her eyes for a minute then snapping them open ran up the trees. Reaching the top she turned around with a smile.

"HOLY COW!" exclaimed Naruto no longer able to keep quite.

"That's amazing Sakura-chan! It took Sasuke-teme and me a whole week to do that!" the blonde continued excitedly.

"Nani!" exclaimed Sakura in surprise at the blonde's remarks.

"Oh? Let's see it then," said Kakashi raising his visible eyebrow in question.

"Hai!" exclaimed Naruto picking up his kunai as he turned to Sasuke and said, "Race ya!"

"Hun!" said Sasuke picking up his own kunai as the two boys positioned themselves at the base of a pair of tree's (one on either side of the tree Sakura's in).

"Sou!" they both exclaimed simultaneously as they raced up their trees, both reaching the top at precisely the same moment.

"Still tied!" exclaimed Naruto, laughing.

Looking at the stunned Kakashi, Naruto flipped off of the tree and landed in front of the slightly shocked jounin in a crouch. "Now Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke-teme and I have something to show you. And something to teach you and Sakura-chan," exclaimed Naruto as Sasuke and Sakura came down from their trees at a much more sedate pace.

The end:

TADA! There you go, its completed :) Okay so yeah Sasuke and Naruto learned the tree climbing exercise form Alinia and Yoshondo. Hope you enjoyed it.

Why did Alinia tell Naruto and Sasuke about being incinerated if caught?...so they wouldn't worry about her body if such a thing happened, no need for them to try and retrieve it for burial if it's already gone.

Translations now alphabetized for your convince:

Arigato – thank you

Gomen - sorry

Hai - yes

Iie - no

Konichiwa – a type of greetings

Mizu – the politically correct or in this case formal name of Mist

Nani - what

Okaa-san – mother or mom

Onii-chan - brother

Otou-san – father or dad

Sou – start

Jutsu corner:

Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu – means Water Type; Water Dragon Blast Skill: Creates a large dragon shape formed from a large amount of spinning water. The dragon form is sent towards your opponent for a powerful attack. This jutsu can only be performed when near a large body of water

Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu – means Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique Sends a large spinning pillar of water towards the opponent. Can only be performed when near a moderately large water source, and uses a large amount of chakra. Its a devastating jutsu

Sharingan – means Copy Wheel Eye, A pupil born technique, which allows the user to do to a large number of things. The Sharingan's first and most well known ability - is to memorize any technique that it is a witness to - as well as register the movements of opponents. Second, it is able to hypnotize the opponent, giving an advantage to the user. It can also suggest movements to the hypnotized brain, and 'see through; any illusionary techniques. Although it is a power jutsu, it absorbs chakra. The power of the Sharingan is judged through the amount of dots in the person's eye.

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From Ataraninja: Good chapter! Yeah, Sakura kicks chakra controlling but like that.

From my other beta Blue Bunny2: Right now she's having internet/laptop issues so I'm not sure when she'll be able to beta this one