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Warning: Some characters will be OOC (Out of Character), so do not come to me saying that I did not warn you. There will also be bashing.
Note: Although this is a Dark Naruto Fic, you have to take into account the other factors such as his parents. Since he grew up without them, and his parents connected with him when he was young, he loves them very much, and will not act 'Dark' around them, however, when he is around Sakura or Sasuke or the idiotic villagers, he will be 'Dark'. This is just a Note.
"Kyuubi/Kushina speaking."
'Naruto thinking.'
"Minato speaking."
"Jutsu shouting."
Flashback
Written on a scroll
-x-
Over the next few days, Kakashi had taught the boys another jutsu for their element, whilst Kurenai had been teaching the girls how to heal minor injuries.
"Katon: Dai Endan no Jutsu (Great Fireball)!" Sasuke was currently practising the new fire jutsu that Kakashi had taught him. The jutsu was similar to the Goukakyuu, but used less chakra, so if Sasuke didn't have enough chakra for his other attacks, he could rely on the Dai Endan and Hibashiri.
"Doton: Kouka no Jutsu (Hardening)!" Shino yelled as he slapped both hands on the ground, making the dirt rise slowly, and cover his body from head to toe and harden. The Kouka no Jutsu was a great defense, but slowed the user down a lot, and was easily destroyed by a piercing or stabbing jutsu.
"Doton: Domu!" Kiba yelled. He had gotten the Kouka no Jutsu to an acceptable level, so he started to try and increase his control over the jutsu that Kakashi taught him the week before.
"Doton: Kouka no Jutsu!" Naruto felt no need to learn this jutsu because of his Tekkai, but Kakashi said that this jutsu would be more powerful defending against the water techniques that Zabuza would no doubt use in their upcoming fight.
-x- Kurenai's Training
Sakura and Hinata were currently attempting to heal each other's wounds. They had cut themselves with a kunai, and then try to heal each other with the medical jutsu that Kurenai had taught them.
Since Sakura had a lower chakra capacity, she had learnt the jutsu faster than Hinata, but once Hinata learned the jutsu, she could heal bigger wounds with her chakra.
"I'm very proud of you two." Kurenai said. "It took longer for me to learn this jutsu when Tsunade-sama taught me in my youth." Kurenai praised the two young kunoichi.
"Thank you Kurenai-sensei!" Both Sakura and Hinata said loudly and focused back on healing each other's self-inflicted wounds.
-x- Two Days Later: Tazuna's House
Tazuna had been working on the bridge nearly everyday, being protected by a few of Naruto's and Kakashi's shadow clones. He predicted that he could finish the bridge tomorrow, so he headed home to meet his protectors for dinner.
"If my calculations are correct, tomorrow is exactly two weeks from Zabuza's last encounter." Kakashi stated and the rest of them knew exactly what would happen.
"Why?!" Inari, Tazuna's grand son suddenly shouted. "Why do you all train to try and fight Gato? You'll all die! You don't know what it's like to live a harsh life!" The child shouted and Kakashi and Kurenai froze at his words.
'Not good. Naruto might kill him if he gets pissed.' Both the Jounin thought
"Shut up." Naruto said coldly, letting out some killing intent. "It is YOU that does not know what it's like to live a harsh life. I won't tell you my life story, but I can tell you that what I've been through is much worse than you." Naruto said. "You're just a little kid who wants pity from others and you think crying will solve your problems? Grow up." Naruto said as he exited the house. "I'm going to let off some steam. Come if you want to be killed." And with that said, Naruto used Soru to appear in a clearing.
'Calm down Naruto-kun. I'm sure he didn't mean it. Please don't do anything rash.' Kushina said, pleading for Naruto to not start annihilating the forest.
'What does that kid know about harsh?!' Naruto screamed in his mind and started his relentless assault on the trees around him.
-x- Back at the House
"Sensei, did Naruto really have a bad life?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Yes." Kakashi sighed. "It would probably be even worse than Sasuke's…" He continued, surprising all five Genin.
"Tazuna-san, what made Inari so full of hopelessness?" Hinata asked politely.
"It was when…Kaiza…" the aged bridge builder said a name and Inari immediately rubbed his eyes and left the room as Tazuna told them the story about Inari's father, and how Gato killed him in front of the whole town.
-x- Dawn with Naruto
The fake hunter-nin was currently gathering medical herbs for Zabuza's daily dose of medicine, and today's was the most important, since after Zabuza drank today's medicine, they would launch an attack on the bridge.
However, Zabuza's assistant found the blonde boy that went toe to toe with Zabuza two weeks before.
'Should I kill him for Zabuza? He looks so peaceful. I don't really want to kill him.' The person thought.
'The fake hunter-nin is here, probably gathering herbs. I guess today is the day for the attack.' Naruto thought as he faked being asleep
"Hey," A soothing voice 'woke' the blonde protagonist up. "you'll catch and cold if you keep sleeping here."
Pretending to wake up, Naruto replied. "Thank you. I guess if I caught a cold, I'd ask you to make a medicinal drink for me, like you are doing for Zabuza." Naruto stated
Drawing senbon, the fake hunter-nin readied himself for an encounter. "What do you want with Zabuza-sama?"
"Don't worry, I won't fight you now. I'm too lazy." Naruto said. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto by the way." He said, finally recognising the loneliness in the person's eyes in front of him. 'Those eyes…'
Relaxing the person said "Haku…I'm a boy by the way…" He said
'He's not Naruto-kun. I can sense that she's a girl. Tell her she has chest bindings and that her scent is one of a girl's.' The Kyuubi said to her son.
"No you're not. You have chest bindings and your scent is a woman's." Naruto said calmly.
'Damn it! Usually people just accept it. But he actually knows…I've seen those eyes before.' Haku thought. "I see…I shall meet you on the bridge in combat later." Haku turned as she started gathering herbs. "I see the loneliness in your eyes, but it's slowly going away. Good day Naruto-san." She said and disappeared after gathering the necessary herbs.
'Damn she's good. She'll be a worthy opponent to fight.' Naruto thought and headed back to the house.
-x-
"Yo Naruto! We're just about to head out." Kakashi said. "Leave some shadow clones to guard the house. We can't have our hosts dying can we?"
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Five clones popped into existence as they Henge-d themselves into random objects throughout the house for disguise.
-x- On the Bridge
"Everyone be on guard. The mist is not natural. Zabuza is here already." Kakashi said as Sakura and Hinata immediately readied kunai to defend Tazuna, whilst the Jounin and the other four Genin were very alert.
"Well, well, well Kakashi. It looks like you did some training." Zabuza said, walking through the mist with his accompanist, the fake hunter-nin Haku. "But don't worry Kakashi; I brought a friend to help me after that last encounter." He said as another figure came into view.
"Kosuke Tanoka (A/N: Okay, I just made that up on the spot), missing of Iwa, and also a Genjutsu user as well. Kurenai's it looks like you have a Genjutsu show down." Kakashi said.
"Indeed. Yuuhi Kurenai, Genjutsu Mistress." Tanoka said as he charged towards Kurenai with a kunai.
"Kai!" Kurenai dispelled the low level Genjutsu as she started making her own hand seals. "Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing)." Kurenai said and then the Genjutsu battle show down started.
"Sasuke and Kiba, go help Kurenai, and remember to be extra careful whilst battling, since Tanoka is a very powerful Genjutsu specialist, but he is weak against Ninjutsu and Taijutsu." Kakashi said. "Naruto and Shino, you two will help me fight Zabuza and the fake hunter-nin."
"Yes!" The four Genin yelled. Sasuke and Kiba quickly made their way towards Kurenai, whilst Shino commanded his bugs to fly out and Naruto summoned the Demon Brothers.
"Haku!" Zabuza yelled forcefully. "Tell me the weaknesses of those two Demon Brothers and that blonde kid after that last fight."
"Yes Zabuza-sama." Haku said with a bow. "Meizou can only absorb Ninjutsu and Gouzou is a Taijutsu specialist. Meizou is weak against Taijutsu and Gouzou is weak against Ninjutsu. The blonde," Haku pointed at Naruto, who was shocked at Haku's analytical skills. "is probably weak against Genjutsu, but Tanoka-san is already in a fight."
"Okay Haku, you fight Gouzou and I'll fight Meizou. Once we take them out, it'll be easier for us to kill Kakashi and his brats." Zabuza said and Haku nodded. "Separate the brothers so they can't help each other." And Haku started performing hand seals.
"Hyouton: Makyou Hyoushou (Demonic Ice Mirrors)!" Haku shouted and nine mirrors started forming around Gouzou, separating him from Meizou.
"Good job Haku. Suiton: Mizudan!" Zabuza yelled at Gouzou, who had no choice to try and dodge the water balls.
Kakashi, Shino and Naruto rushed in the battle and started fighting. "Naruto, attack the masked nin, Shino and I will take Zabuza." Kakashi said.
And the battle on the bridge began.
-x- Kurenai, Sasuke and Kiba vs. Tanoka
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled, sending seven balls of fire at the illusions master of Iwa, who dodged and started making his own seals for a Genjutsu.
"Magen: Kori Shinchuu no Jutsu (Sly Mind Affect)!" Tanoka yelled, trapping both Sasuke and Kiba in a Genjutsu.
Kiba didn't know that he was in an illusion, so he started attacking blindly. "Juujin Bunshin no Jutsu! Gatsuuga!" He shouted, and spun towards his enemy, intent of ripping him to pieces with his 'fang over fang' technique.
Whilst Tanoka was still focusing keeping the Genjutsu up, Kurenai tried to trap him into her own Genjutsu. "Magen: Jigoku Gouka no Jutsu (Hell Fire)!" and the mist suddenly cleared, revealing a giant fireball that was descending towards Tanoka from the sky.
"Kai!" He yelled. "Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu!" and Kurenai's vision suddenly blurred to reveal both Sasuke and Kiba on the ground, their clothes stained with blood, as Tanoka stabbed the corpses repeatedly.
'Quick Kurenai! Move!' Kurenai thought to herself, but it was too late, as Tanoka appeared behind her to give a powerful kick that launched her forwards.
Meanwhile, Sasuke was still in the Kori Shinchuu no Jutsu, so he started running randomly towards nothing and started making hand seals. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" and in his vision, it seemed that he burnt Tanoka, but he actually just launched a fireball towards Kurenai.
The red eyed Jounin leapt towards Sasuke and allowed a tiny bit of her chakra flow into his own reserves, dispelling the illusion that he was in. "Quick Sasuke! Let some of your chakra into Kiba to dispel the Genjutsu he's in. I'll buy you some time." Kurenai said. "Magen: Jigoku Gouka no Jutsu!" and Tanoka saw another fireball that headed towards him.
The Iwa missing-nin quickly dispelled the illusion and tried to engage Kurenai in a Taijutsu battle, even though he was weak in Taijutsu. He aimed a punch at Kurenai's head, but she ducked under it and retaliated with a leg sweep kick that grazed Tanoka slightly. She then took out a kunai with haste and stabbed Tanoka, only to find that she was in another illusion.
"Kai. Magen: Jubaku Satsu (Tree Binding Death)!" She yelled and disappeared into the wind.
"My, my, so you know an A-rank Genjutsu? Not bad." Tanoka said. "Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu!" He shouted to momentarily distract his opponent as he built up a large pulse of chakra within him, releasing it to dispel Kurenai's powerful illusion. He went to stab her with a kunai, but was halted by a stream of fire that didn't disappear.
"Katon: Hibashiri no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled to stop Tanoka. "Katon: Dai Endan!" He said, sending out a large fireball that headed towards his opponent, forcing Tanoka to dodge.
"Gatsuuga!" A voice cried from behind Tanoka, and as he turned his head back, he saw two spinning objects quickly heading towards him.
"Meddlesome brats…Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu!" Tanoka yelled, however, this time Sasuke and Kiba both put their hands in the Ram seal.
"Kai!" They yelled to dispel their opposition's low level Genjutsu. Kurenai then took out multiple shuriken and launched them at the Iwa Genjutsu master.
Tanoka dodged the shuriken and started running towards Sasuke, who he recognised as an Uchiha, and decided to take him out before he unlocked his bloodline limit. He took out eight kunai and threw them all at Sasuke.
Sasuke, who did not anticipate this sudden attack, was stunned for a second, which proved enough time for one of the eight kunai to stab into his thigh. "Argh!" He cried out in pain as Kurenai Shunshin-ed over to him to heal the wound.
"Kiba! Keep him busy while I heal Sasuke!" Kurenai yelled
"Got it sensei. Gatsuuga!" Kiba yelled, teaming up with Akamaru to distract Tanoka. "Doton: Domu!" Kiba yelled, letting Akamaru buy some time as he slapped a hand on the ground and started making a spear out of earth.
"Eat this bastard!" Kiba yelled as he threw the spear towards Tanoka, catching him off-guard. "Come on Akamaru! Gatsuuga!" Kiba shouted towards his partner and spun towards his opponent.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled, his thigh injury healed by Kurenai.
"Magen: Kokohi no Jutsu (False Place)!" Tanoka yelled trapping Kiba into an illusion to think that he was spinning towards Sasuke, so the young Inuzuka ceased spinning and started attacking the real target in his vision, which was actually Kurenai.
"Gatsuuga!" Kiba yelled
"No! Kiba! It's an illusion!" Kurenai yelled and dodged at the last second, causing Kiba to graze her right arm and leg. She quickly walked up to Kiba and let her chakra flow through him.
"Oh crap! I'm so sorry Kurenai-sensei!" Kiba apologized.
"Sasuke, Kiba, buy me some time so I can heal myself." Kurenai yelled.
"Yes Kurenai-sensei!" Kiba said. "Gatsuuga!"
Meanwhile, Tanoka and Sasuke were in a Taijutsu fight. 'I can read his movements. I can anticipate where he's going to strike next and where he's going to move next!' Sasuke thought. He had awakened the Sharingan with two tomoe in each eye, but he didn't realise it. He predicted that Tanoka would move to the left, so he pulled out a kunai and slashed to the left, cutting Tanoka on the left arm.
Tanoka cursed in his mind. 'Damn it! He's unlocked his Sharingan! It's going to be harder fighting him now.' He thought as he reared his arm back to punch Sasuke, but a sudden spinning noise alerted Tanoka that the 'dog-boy' was heading towards him, so he quickly leapt away, making hand seals for a Genjutsu.
Stopping next to Sasuke, Kiba couldn't but help notice Sasuke's eyes. "Oi dude, what's with your eyes? They're all red with two commas in both of them." Kiba said and shocked Sasuke.
'Finally! My Sharingan has awakened!' Sasuke thought with pride. "Don't worry. It's just my Sharingan activating. Don't worry Kiba. I can take this guy down."
-x- Kakashi, Shino and Meizou vs. Zabuza
Zabuza started his battle by creating numerous water clones. "Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" all of the water clones started ganging up on Meizou, trying to take out the Ninjutsu absorber as he and the water clones all started to slash randomly to kill Meizou, as he was the most dangerous towards Zabuza, if he kept absorbing Zabuza's Ninjutsu.
"Doton: Domu." Shino said emotionlessly, sending out his bugs to help Kakashi fight Zabuza, as he made a spear of dirt.
Kakashi pulled out two kunai and wielded one in each hand as he charged towards the group of Zabuza clones and started to slash them all, making the ground wet from all the water that soaked the ground after Kakashi destroyed the water clones.
"Nice try Kakashi." Zabuza appeared behind the one eyed Jounin and slashed his massive Zanbato into Kakashi's back, causing Kakashi to dissolve into water. "Water clone? Impressive."
Kakashi jumped back when he sensed Shino throwing the earth spear, but Zabuza didn't know what was happening.
"Retreating already Kakashi? What a disappointment." He said arrogantly, laughing until a brown spear suddenly penetrated his back, making him disperse into water once again.
"Suiton: Mizu Kamikiri!" Zabuza yelled, gathering water around his left arm to form a hard blade as he charged towards Kakashi and Shino with his massive head cleaver in one hand, and a dangerous water sword in the other.
"Get ready to dodge Shino." Kakashi whispered as he revealed his Sharingan and jumped away from Zabuza at the last second and started making hand seals. "Doton: Doryuudan (Earth Dragon Projectile)!" Kakashi said, shooting balls of earth out of an earth dragon's mouth towards Zabuza.
Zabuza dodged the earth balls, and made hand seals of his own. "Suiton: Mizudan no Jutsu!" sending balls of water towards Kakashi, as he charged towards Meizou, to make sure that the demon brother didn't absorb the jutsu as he engaged Meizou in a battle of Taijutsu.
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Kakashi yelled, negating the water balls that Zabuza had launched towards them. "Shino make your bugs followed Zabuza and suck the chakra out of him.
"Yes." Shino replied and with a wave of his hand, his Kikai bugs flew out of his sleeves and flew towards Zabuza.
In the meantime, Meizou was having a hard time fighting against Zabuza, because he had no attacks, and Zabuza was not using Ninjutsu. Suddenly, Zabuza appeared behind Meizou and delivered a swift kick to his back, which sent him tumbling on the ground.
Running up to the demon brother, Zabuza raised his sword to finish the Ninjutsu absorber, but a cloud of bugs suddenly blinded Zabuza, so he started furiously slashing the bug cloud.
"That's it. Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" Zabuza yelled, sending a large water dragon towards the cloud of bugs, drowning most of the bugs, but then Meizou appeared and absorbed the rest of the jutsu.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Zabuza heard Kakashi yell and jumped back to dodge the huge ball of fire.
"Doton: Domu." Shino said and appeared behind Zabuza with an earth spear in his hand as he pierced Zabuza with it, making Zabuza dissolve into water. "Water clone." Shino stated
"It seems that he substituted himself with a water clone just before the attack." Kakashi said. "If I was him where would I strike now…?" Kakashi's eyes widened in realisation. "The bridge builder!" He said to himself and sent chakra to his feet, boosting his speed several fold in order to protect Tazuna.
-x- Back at Tazuna's House
Two samurai looking adults sliced through Tazuna's house as they searched for the bridge builder's daughter and grand son.
"Our orders are to take one hostage and kill the other." The one of the left said.
"Yeah yeah…" The other one replied
Hearing foreign voices, Tsunami quickly looked at the source of sound and saw two swordsmen entering from a broken wall.
"Ahhhh!" Tsunami yelled as one of the samurai covered her mouth.
"Mom! What's wron…?" Inari didn't get to finish his sentence as he pissed his pants in fear of the two dangerous looking swordsmen.
Finally pushing the man's hand down, Tsunami yelled "Inari! Run!" But one of the swordsmen charged forwards to the frightened kid and drew his sword.
"Soru. Rankyaku." A voice said from behind and a large air blade but through the swordsman's middle section, killing him instantly.
"Let her go." The Naruto clone said to the remaining samurai.
"Don't move or I'll kill her." The other person said with a hint of fear.
Naruto didn't reply, but just stood their, watching another shadow clone sneak up from behind with a kunai in his hand. "You're dead." The clone said from behind and slit the last swordsman's throat, also killing him.
"Thank…Thank you Naruto…" Tsunami cried out.
"Thanks…" Inari muttered and went to change his pants.
-x- Kakashi, Shino and Meizou vs. Zabuza
Zabuza raised his sword to behead the bridge builder in order to complete him mission.
"AHHHHHHHHH! Help! Kakashi-sensei! Kurenai-sensei!" Sakura wailed as he saw the approaching figure. However, just as Zabuza slashed his sword at Tazuna, Kakashi appeared just in time and took the blow, wincing at the cut on his chest.
"Argh…Sakura, Hinata, stay on guard. He may come back." Kakashi said.
"B…But sensei…your chest…" Hinata said
"Don't worry Hinata. I've had worse injuries." Kakashi said as he leapt off to confront Zabuza again.
Meanwhile, Zabuza fled after he missed Tazuna because the copy ninja had taken the blow, so he headed after Meizou. Identifying a figure that appeared to the east of him, he smirked. 'Found you Meizou. Time to kill you.' Zabuza thought as he charged towards the demon brother
"Got you!" Zabuza yelled as he slashed Meizou, who was not expecting Zabuza to find him. "Now you die!" The eyebrow-less ninja shouted as he slaughtered the demon brother with his massive sword.
"Doton: Domu." An earth spear made its way towards Zabuza, catching the Demon of the Mist off guard and impaling his shoulder.
"Arghhhh…Brat!" Zabuza cried out as he pulled the spear out of his shoulder savagely and crushed it back into dirt, as he lunged for his Zanbato that was on the ground after the spear hit his shoulder.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Kakashi shouted as he sent a large fireball towards Zabuza, clearing more mist.
Zabuza anticipated an attack, so he managed to avoid the giant fireball by jumping out of the way. 'Cursed Kakashi and his bug brat…' Zabuza thought
-x- Naruto and Gouzou vs. Haku
'Damn it. Preta realm died from Zabuza.' Naruto thought as he and Gouzou dodged the few senbon needles that Haku launched towards them.
-x-
End! Next chapter: 'Bridge Battle Part 2'.
