AN: Hello again everybody. I have to apologies to all of you. It was wrong of me to ask for reviews and I apologies. You can review if you want no pressure. But more reviews make me more motivated. And more motivations mean more updates.
Time to answer some questions
Scione: Why Naruto needs Kyuubi to heal him? Naruto heals faster than normal people but for major wounds he needs Kyuubi's help.
Kira-XA2021: Well you just have to wait and see.
Dragon Man 180: Haku is a girl sorry if I didn't make it clear.
On with the story.
WARNING: This chapter contains fluff.
Chapter 9 Calm before the storm
Naruto slowly opened his eyes. He heard the sound of birds chirping and food being cooked.
"It looks like its morning." Naruto smirked "Time for breakfast."He got up and dressed after that he went down the stairs.
Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, Tazuna, a young boy and a woman he did not recognize were sitting in the apparent dinning room.
Kakashi turned to the stairs and greeted Naruto with a wave. "Yo Naruto feeling better? He asked.
Naruto smiled his foxy grin and replied. "Better then ever Kakashi-sensei."
"That's good to hear Naruto." Sakura said happily. Sasuke only grunted.
"You must be really weak to get beat up and knocked out like that." The young boy said glaring at Naruto.
"Inari!" the woman shouted.
Naruto didn't say anything and looked into Inari's eyes. The young boy shudders a bit when he saw Naruto's blue eyes and slitted pupils.
"I was careless. It won't happen again." Naruto's tone sent a shiver down everyone's spine. He sat down and started eating.
There was an awkward silence while they ate. No one really knowing what to say.
"Wow this food is really good miss." Naruto said in his normal cheery tone.
The woman smiled at him. "Thank you Naruto-kun. My name is Tsunami I am Tazuna's daughter." Naruto smiled back then continued eating. The tense atmosphere was gone. Inari muttered something and went upstairs.
Kakashi looked at Naruto over his book. "Naruto are you up for some training today?" he asked calmly.
Naruto looked at him smirking. "Of course sensei."
Sakura looked at him a bit worried. "Are you sure Naruto you were pretty messed up yester day?" then she looked at Sasuke "And what about your arm Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke glared at her making here flinch. "My arm is no concern of yours." Sakura looked at the ground.
Naruto glared at Sasuke. "That was mean teme." Sasuke returned Naruto's glare. "Shut up dobe."
They kept glaring at each other for awhile until Kakashi told them to knock it off.
Naruto grunted and turned to Sakura and smiled a little. "Don't worry Sakura I am fine. I always heal quickly." All members turned to him. Sakura and Kakashi wanted to ask about it but didn't want to pry. Sasuke however.
"How can you do that dobe?" he asked bluntly. Kakashi wanted to hit the brat.
Naruto however smirked. "You want to take that power for yourself Sasuke-teme?" he asked.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the blond.
"Well to bad you can't. It's like a Kekkai genkai."
Sakura and Sasuke looked at the blond surprised. Kakashi looked at him suspiciously. "I don't think it's a Kekkai genkai Naruto." He thought to himself.
Sasuke looked at the blond intensely. "I see." He said."So that's why you were able to fight Zabuza."
Naruto glared at Sasuke. "My power comes from hard work. My Kekkai genkai is only a boost."
Sasuke smirked. "Sure dobe sure," Naruto looked ready to pounce "Then what about your weapons?" Sasuke asked before he could attack.
Naruto smirked again. "I will tell you if you tell me about your Katana and that teleportation skill first."
Sasuke nodded. "Fair enough. I got this Katana from the man who took me from Konoha five years ago. It doesn't have a name."
His team and Tazuna looked at him with great interest.
"The teleportation that you call it is similar to the shunsin no jutsu (Body flicker technique) it allows the user to travel short distances in the blink of an eye."
Naruto nodded. "Cool. Well my blade." He paused and summoned Rebellion. "Is called Rebellion. And was given to me by my niisan as a gift."
Kakashi looked at Naruto confused. "I didn't know you had a niisan."
Naruto looked at his sensei sadly. "He's not my real brother. I just call him that."
Kakashi realised that he hit a sore spot apologised but Naruto told him it was ok.
"And that skill that you used? Zenshin?" Sasuke asked.
"It's a Kenjutsu it releases a blast of energy from my blade that explodes upon impact." Naruto said back in joy mode again.
Kakashi nodded "Very interesting. But I think we should start training." His team nodded.
Zabuza was in a bed and Haku was sitting next to him. Gato had come to scold Zabuza and possibly kill him. Haku had broken his arm and scared his bodyguards half to death. They had run away like scared little forest elves.
"Haku you didn't have to." Zabuza said lifting the cover of the bed showing a kunai.
Haku smiled at her master. "It's too early to kill Gato. If we do the hunter nins will be after us again."
Zabuza nodded. "But if Gato died we would not have to fight Naruto." He thought grimly. "Haku, Can you get me some pain killers?" Haku nodded and started to walk away. She stopped half way to the door and turned around smiling.
"What?" Zabuza asked confused by the girl's behaviour.
Haku kept smiling "Do you want me to get you a vest Zabuza-sama?" she asked innocently.
Zabuza's left eye twitched "Why would I need a vest?" he asked.
"Well Naruto brought up an interesting point. You do dress..."
"Shut up!" Zabuza shouted angrily. Haku giggled and left.
Kakashi brought his team into the woods and explained the exercise to them. "You will climb up these trees using only your feet and chakra. Mark you're progress with a kunai."
AN: Do I really have to explain what is going on?
The three genin grabbed a kunai and dashed at the tree.
Sasuke made it a bit up the tree but used too much chakra and fell off.
Sakura almost made it to the top but stopped on a very hig branch.
And Naruto ... was at the top. "Hey Kakashi-sensei I did it!" he shouted happily.
Kakashi's eye bulged out of its socket. "T-that's really good Naruto. Have you done this before?" he asked.
Naruto smiled his foxy grin. "Yeah I have."
Kakashi blinked "When?"
Naruto ran down the tree and walked to Kakashi. "I need to talk to you about that."
Kakashi understood that Naruto wanted to talk in private and nodded. "Sasuke you and Sakura keep practising."
"But sensei I can already do this." Sakura protested.
"You have not reached the top yet Sakura and it's a good exercise to increase your chakra and stamina." Kakashi left his other students to train and walked away with Naruto. Neither of them noticed the glare Sasuke gave Naruto.
They walked a good bit away from the clearing. "Alright Naruto what's going on?" Kakashi asked for once not reading his book.
Naruto sighed. "Well when I left Konoha five years ago with Dante-niisan we travelled all over the world. Dante is very powerful but he doesn't know much about Nin jutsu or genjutsu. So he thought me Kenjutsu and how to use different weapons instead."
Kakashi nodded showing that he understood.
"Well we were in kiri (mist) at one time and we set up camp. Dante-nii-san heard some strange noises and went to check and came back twenty minutes later with two people." Naruto made a slight pause. "They were Zabuza and Haku."
Kakashi's eye widened.
Naruto continued. "Zabuza and Haku travelled with us for about a year. Zabuza thought me a lot of basic stuff like kunai throwing, some sword stances, chakra control and tree climbing. When he didn't train me or Haku he spared with Dante. Haku and I became pretty close like me and Dante. We had a lot in common."
Kakashi blinked.
"We both know what its like to be treated like trash because of something we can't control. Something given to us at birth."
Kakashi could see the sadness in Naruto's eyes. "The Sandaime was right. He left because he was sick of the way he was treated. I can't say I blame him."
"So after about a year we split up. I didn't recognise Zabuza because of Kyuubi's chakra messed with my head."
Kakashi's eye widened in horror. "You know about Kyuubi?" Naruto nodded. "And it is messing with you're head?"
Naruto smiled sheepishly. "Don't worry Kakashi-sensei. She promised that it won't happen again."
"How can you know that?" Kakashi asked glaring at Naruto.
Naruto took a step backward. "She said that it was because the amount of chakra she used to heal me. Like an allergic reaction."
Kakashi still wasn't convinced. "How can you trust that monster Naruto? For all we know it could be planning to escape."
The glare Naruto gave him could kill a small animal. Kakashi took a step back.
"She could escape any time she wanted Kakashi-sensei. The seal has been broken for five years."
If possible Kakashi's eye got even wider. "W-w-what?"
Naruto lifted his shirt and molded some chakra making his seal appear. Kakashi could immediately tell that the seal was broken. Kakashi was frozen on the spot.
Naruto sighed at his sensei's behaviour "Kakashi-sensei if Kyuubi wanted to she could have escaped and destroyed Konoha at any time she had plenty of opportunities."
Kakashi could not deny the logic of his words. "But why did it attack Konoha then?" So Naruto explained that some guy named Orochimaru tried to take Kyuubi's power for himself but it backfired and Kyuubi went mad and attacked Konoha because Orochimaru still wore his leaf hitai-ate.
Kakashi sighed after Naruto finished telling the story. "So Orochimaru was responsible for the Kyuubi attack?" Naruto nodded. "I guess I can't hate Kyuubi anymore." Naruto smiled a bit.
Kakashi's eye widened. "Wait a minute."
Zabuza had just rewrapped the bandages around his face when he heard a loud scream.
"IT'S A WOMAN?!!!"
Zabuza looked around confused then he smiled. "Naruto must have told Hatake about Kyuubi." He thought remembering his own reaction.
After Kakashi calmed down a bit Naruto decided to talk about Zabuza.
"Kakashi-sensei I wanted to talk about something else."
"What would that be Naruto?" Kakashi asked
"We are probably going to have to fight Zabuza and Haku again."
Kakashi nodded.
"What if we offer them to join Konoha we may not have to fight them."
Kakashi nodded again. "I like to avoid fighting if possible, but will they listen?"
Naruto looked at the ground. "I don't know sensei. But I don't know if I can fight them like enemies."
Kakashi smiled behind his mask and ruffled Naruto's hair making said blond look up surprised. "Naruto ninjas who disobey the rules are thrash. But those who abandonee their comrades are scum."
Naruto smiled "Right."
Sasuke and Sakura were busy with the tree climbing. Sakura were resting against the tree panting. Sasuke was running up the tree
He was almost at the top now. "I won't let that drop out surpass me. I will become stronger."He almost reached it but slipped and made a cut with his kunai. "Kuso!" He teleported to the ground again and glared at the tree. "I was so close kuso."
"So Naruto what should I do with you? You already mastered tree walking and you got plenty of stamina and chakra so it is pointless."
Naruto looked down thoughtfully "Naru-chan I have some Kenjutsu you can use."Kyuubi said in his mind. Naruto looked up "Really?""Yes."
"Hey Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi looked down on his student "Yes?"
"I just remembered some Kenjutsu I never finished mastering. I can work on them."
Kakashi eyed him for a moment and nodded. "Ok but be careful. And if I can help don't hesitate to ask."
Naruto nodded and Kakashi walked away to check on his other students.
Naruto waited until Kakashi was gone and started talking with his Kaa-san.
"So what are you gonna teach me Okaasan?"
Kyuubi smiled at her son. "Come here so we can talk face to face."Naruto nodded and closed his eyes to enter his mind.
He opened his eyes and expected to see the same sewer as always. He raised an eyebrow when he saw a clearing surrounded by trees and flowers.
"Okaasan?" he saw Kyuubi sitting in the middle smiling at him
"Welcome Naru-chan. Do you like it?" she asked sounding very amused.
Naruto looked around a bit and nodded. "Yes it is way better than that sewer."
Kyuubi giggled and started walking toward her son. "Good, what do you think about the other change I did?"
Naruto looked around confused. "What...other...change?" he asked looking up at his mother. That's when he noticed that he only reached his mothers knee.
Naruto mouth was hanging open. "OMG you are huge!" he shouted flapping his arms like crazy.
Kyuubi laughed at her son's behaviour. "Not quite Naru-chan. I am not bigger."
Naruto looked at her confused. Then it hit him. He looked at himself and came to the only conclusion. He pointed at her accusingly "You chibified me Okaasan!"
Kyuubi giggled "If that is what you call being turned into a two year old then yes."
Naruto glared at her, but being a two year old made it look cute. So Kyuubi only giggled again.
Naruto grumbled. "So am I going to be a chibi every time I come here?"
Kyuubi shook her head no. "I just thought it would be funny to try."Then she bent down and lifted Naruto into her arms. Naruto stiffened and grabbed onto the arm of her kimono. "It's alright Naru-chan I'm not going to hurt you." Kyuubi said trying to calm him down.
Naruto slowly let go of her kimono and blushed a bit. "Sorry." He said quietly not looking into her eyes.
Kyuubi smiled and started to gently stroke his hair. Naruto looked at her seeing her smile seemed to make him feel safe. Kyuubi gave him a peck on his cheek making him blush again.
"How am I going to train like this." he asked.
Kyuubi tilted her head a bit. "You don't have to train in here. I am just going to explain the Kenjutsu to you."
Naruto's eye widened a bit. "So you just wanted to turn me into a chibi?"
Kyuubi laughed again and kissed his nose. "That's right."
Naruto sighed and shook his head but put his arms around her neck.
Kyuubi blinked and smiled again and hugged him closer. "See? This is not so bad right?" she asked playfully.
Naruto mumbled
Kyuubi smiled even more and sat down cross legged. She laid him down so he could use her leg as a pillow. "Alright this Kenjutsu is not mine but Dantes. It uses the power of fire and wind of Agni & Rudra so you have to...
Naruto was not really listening. He was lying down on Kyuubi's leg while she stroke his hair. It felt nice to have someone do that. He nuzzled closer to his mother enjoying the warmth.
"This must be what it feels like to be a kid." He thought happily.
Kyuubi stopped talking when she felt Naruto nuzzling closer. She looked down at the now small child in her lap and smiled. Naruto looked up into her eyes and saw the warmth in them "Okaasan."
Kyuubi looked down at him and giggled "Comfy my little Naru-chan?" she asked.
Naruto's eyes widened. "My little Naru-chan? MY little Naru-chan?" he asked in his head. "But she is not my biological Okaasan, how can I be hers?" He thought about it and slowly a smile started to spread on his lips and a lone tear drifted down his face. "No she is my Okaasan and I'm her musuko (son)."
Kyuubi saw the tear and asked what was wrong, Naruto smiled and sat up he wrapped his arms around her as hard as he could and buried his face in her kimono. "Nothing is wrong, you're my Okaasan and I love you." He said. Kyuubi looked at her son shocked then she started smiling and tears started running down her face as she pulled her son into a deep hug. "I love you to my musuko"
The genin continued their training. Sasuke mastered the tree climbing exercise on the second day. He asked Kakashi for permission to train on his own which Kakashi agreed to. Sakura kept training by running up and down the tree until she was completely drained. Naruto and Inari had a huge fight when he said that Naruto could never understand how he felt. Naruto had said some well placed words about how pathetic it was to cry about it.
"So you think it's better to cry about it and treat everybody like guests to you're pity party? Fine. Then cry, cry until you die you little brat!" Naruto's eyes flashed red on the last word the room got deadly silent afterwards.
Naruto walked away saying that he lost his appetite.
No body said anything for a while then Tazuna carefully asked Kakashi. "What kind of life have he lived?"
Kakashi looked down at the table and sighed. "A life that makes me question my loyalty to Konoha."
Sasuke's and Sakura's eyes widened. "What do you mean sensei?" Sakura asked sounding a bit shocked
Kakashi turned to look at her "When we return to Konoha look at the villagers eyes Sakura. You will see a glimpse of what I mean."
Kakashi's students looked at him confused but didn't ask anything more.
Naruto was standing in the middle of the same clearing he used every time he trained. The ground was burned and full of gashes. Some trees were also destroyed or burned.
He sighed and summoned Agni & Rudra.
"Something troubling you Naruto?" Agni asked.
"Yes you seem troubled." Rudra added.
Naruto looked at the ground for awhile. "I yelled at a little kid." He said finally
"You don't yell at people with out a reason Naruto we know that well enough." Agni said trying to cheer him up.
Naruto smiled a bit. "Yeah. He was telling me that I don't know a thing about loneliness or what it's like to suffer."
"WHAT?!" the twins swords shouted at the same time. "What a brat no wonder you yelled."
Naruto stayed quiet for awhile again. Rudra sighed. "What is done is done don't dwell on it to much Naruto."
Naruto blinked and smiled a bit again. "Yeah, you are right I should train instead." He got into a ready stance with both blades in a reverse grip. "I don't think I am making much progress." He said
"Don't be so hard on yourself Naruto you are making excellent progress." Rudra said.
Naruto smiled an honest smile. "Well let's go."
"Hai!"(Yes) The blades said at the same time.
Haku was carefully making his way throe the woods in her battle outfit. "Kuso I should have stocked up on the herbs, now I have to go and get some." Normally Haku would not mind going to get some herbs, but she did not want to run into Naruto.
Haku made his way into a clearing and gasped at the destruction. There were burned trees and large gashes in the ground. And in the middle of the clearing lay a heap of clothes. But upon closer inspection she saw that the heap was in fact a person. She gasped again when she saw who it was.
"NARUTO!!" Haku shouted throwing all caution into the air. She rushed and skidded to stop in front of the blond. She bent down and checked his vitals she sighed relived when she found out that he was just knocked out.
"I should probably leave before he wakes up."Haku thought and stood up to leave. She only took one step before a hand grabbed her wrist. She spun around shocked and saw Naruto sitting up groggy.
"Hello Haku-neechan. (Sister)" He said half glaring at her.
Haku looked at the ground and sat down. "Hello Naruto-niisan." She said quietly not meeting his eyes.
Naruto kept looking at Haku for what seemed like an eternity. Haku was really nervous not knowing what she should do or say.
Naruto sighed and released her wrist. "I don't want to hurt you and Zabuza. But I can't let my team down either. So what should I do?"
Haku looked at him in silence for awhile still not meeting his eyes. She reached for her face and took of her mask. "Zabuza-sama wants to complete the mission. But he do not want you to get hurt." Haku looked at the ground again. "I have never seen him so torn before."
Naruto looked at her sadly. "I thought that if you guys joined Konoha we would not have to fight."
Haku blinked. "Is that an offer?" she asked.
Naruto nodded.
Haku looked into his eyes and smiled. "I really want to accept you're offer but."
"But what?" Naruto cut her off. "Why is this mission so important?"
Haku looked down again. "If we complete this mission." She made a slight pause. "Zabuza-sama will have enough founds to realise his ideal."
Naruto's eyes got wide as dinner plates. "You serious?" he asked. Haku nodded. "No wonder then. So he will finally be able to overthrow the Mizukage and stop the civil wars in Kiri?"
Haku nodded again. "If we don't complete this mission we will have to wait for god knows how long ad more lives will be lost."
Naruto closed his eyes in deep thought. After yet another moment of silence Naruto snapped his eyes open glowing with determination.
"Let's settle this with a battle."
Haku's eyes widened. "W-what are you saying niisan?" Haku asked looking at the blond like he grown an extra head.
"My team will fight against you and Zabuza. The first one to leave the other in a state where they can't defend themselves wins. If we win. You and Zabuza will come with us to Konoha and forget about this mission."
Haku thought about this. "And if we win?"
If you win. You and Zabuza can show Gato our 'dead' bodies and collect the bounty." Naruto said smiling his foxy grin.
Haku sighed at the boy she called niisan. "I hope it works. I will talk about it with Zabuza-sama." Haku said and stood up to leave. Naruto stood up as well. Haku blinked and moved closer to Naruto. Naruto looked at the girl confused. "What?"
Haku tilted her head slightly. "You are taller than me."
Naruto blinked. Then he blinked again. And again. And again. Then he started laughing. "Yeah I am aren't I?"
Haku smiled and walked away. "See you soon." She disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Naruto kept staring at the spot she stood. He closed his eyes and tilted his head backwards. He opened his eyes and looked into the sky. "I just hope it's not for the last time."
Kakashi walked towards the clearing late at night worried about Naruto who didn't come back after his fight with Inari. He walked into the clearing, which was more of a destruction zone. Kakashi calmly walked to Naruto who was lying on the ground panting heavily. Kakashi looked at him in silence for a few moments "You worked hard I see." Naruto looked up at his smiling his foxy grin. "Believe it." Kakashi glared at him "Never ever use that stupid catch phrase again please." Naruto chuckled a bit before he passed out. Kakashi realised he was just exhausted and picked up the blonde and started walking back.
Next Morning
"Will he be alright Kakashi-san" Tsunami asked Kakashi looking at the sleeping form of Naruto.
Kakashi nodded "He just needs to sleep." He turned to his two other students. "Sasuke are you finished with your training?" Sasuke nodded. "Good. Sakura how did you're training go?" Sakura smiled at her sensei. "It went very well I think I have increased my chakra capacity by the double at least." Kakashi returned her smile behind his mask. "I would not be surprised. Sorry I could not help but I was busy guarding Tazuna."
Sakura only waved her hand in front of her. "Its ok sensei looking at somebody running up and down a tree is not much to see."
Kakashi turned to Tsunami again. "Please watch over Naruto for us."
Tsunami nodded smiling. Team 7 and Tazuna walked of toward the bridge.
Kyuubi was sitting in the clearing of Naruto's mind fidgeting. "Come on Naruto wake up, you're team don't know about you're talk with Haku. God knows what will happen." Kyuubi looked at the sky. "I have a very bad feeling about today."
Kakashi's team arrived at the bridge to find a shocking sight, the worker were either dead or soon to be. Tazuna rushed to one of the worker and lifted his head.
"What happened here?" he asked sounding almost panicked.
The worker took a sharp breath and coughed. "M-monsters." He stammered out and went completely slack.
Tazuna backed away horrified. Kakashi scanned the area carefully. "Did Zabuza do this?"
"Kakashi-sensei." Sasuke said drawing his attention. He nodded toward the other side of the bridge were two silhouettes became visible.
Kakashi got into a ready stance. "So you came. Zabuza."
Zabuza and Haku stopped ten feet in front of team 7. "Of course who do you take me for?" Zabuza said chuckling.
Sasuke smirked at Zabuza "I see you took the dobe's advice and covered yourself up." Zabuza was now wearing a navy blue vest along with his other clothes.
Zabuza made a move to grab his blade put Haku stopped him with a hand on his wrist.
Kakashi glared at the man. "Is it true that you know Naruto?" he asked.
Zabuza nodded.
"Then why did you attack us!" Sakura shouted.
Now Zabuza glared at her making her take a step back in fear. "Because some idiot came up with the bright idea to cover his face with bandage so I didn't recognise him."
Kakashi glanced at Sakura who returned the glance. Then they both started chuckling. "Yeah sorry about that."
Sasuke's left eye twitched. "Why the hell are you apologising?"
Haku took a step forward "Were is Naruto?"
Kakashi looked at the masked girl. "He slept in today. He was exhausted from training."
Haku giggled "Sounds like Naruto-niisan." She turned to look at Kakashi. "So I guess he didn't tell you that he meet with me yester day?"
Kakashi blinked "No what happened."
"We talked and he suggested we fight it out without killing."
"W-what is he stupid why do that?" Sakura said sounding shocked.
""Don't worry. He never intended to fight; he just said so to make us think again." Haku said calmly
Zabuza nodded. "He made me think that is for sure. No amount of money is worth the bond I have with the brat. He is like an otouto (Little brother) to me. "
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Zabuza. "If that is the case then why did you attack the workers?"
Zabuza's eyes widened "What are you talking about? We just got here."
Everyone on the bridge was shocked Zabuza and Haku finally spotted the dead workers. "Who the hell did this?"
"That would be me." A voice spoke up.
Team 7 snapped around and saw two people in blocking the path to Tazuna's house. "I was bored so I decided to entertain myself while I was waiting for you to show up."
The figure who spoke was the shorter of the two but it probably because he was hunched over. The other one had long blond hair that flowed behind him. They both wore the same straw hat and cloak with red clouds.
"Who the hell are you?" Sasuke asked not liking the felling he got from the two strangers.
Zabuza stepped forward. "They are S-class missing nins. The short one is Aka suna no Sasori, a puppet master from Sunagakure." (Hidden village of sand)
Everybody listened carefully to Zabuza's words but didn't take their eyes of the two men.
"And the other one... is some guy named Deidara who do freaky stuff with his hands."
Deidara fell down anime style. He quickly got up looking pissed of. "WHAT THE HELL?!!! Hmm. YOU GIVE SAY A LOT OF COOL STUFF ABOUT SASORI BUT YOU CALL ME A GUY WHO FREAKY STUFF WITH HIS HANDS?!!! Hmm. He screamed at the top of his lungs.
Zabuza chuckled. "The one who gave me the info didn't say much about you. He said you use clay that you infuse with chakra to make it explode."
"Enough talk. We don't care about you we only want the Jinchurriki. So hand him over." Sasori said clearly annoyed.
"Kakashi narrowed his eyes at the two. "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb hmm. We want Uzumaki Naruto. Now hand him over hmm."
"Kakashi sensei what is a Jinchurriki and what does it got to do with Naruto?" Sakura asked
"Not the time Sakura. Sasuke!" Kakashi shouted and started doing hand seals
Sasuke started doing hand seals himself and shouted at the same time as his sensei. "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" and blew two giant fire ball at the duo.
The two Akatsuki members jumped away dogging the worst of the dual fireballs.
"Sakura grab Tazuna and run get Naruto hurry!"
Sakura nodded and ran of with Tazuna.
Sasuke looked at the smoke. "Why did you not try to stop her?" he asked.
Sasori and Deidara stepped forward. "Why do that? She is bringing our target here."
Sasuke Narrowed his eyes "Kakashi-sensei why did you do that?"
"We are going to need all help we can get against these two."
Zabuza grabbed his blade and stood beside Kakashi. "Be careful Sasori is said to cover all of his weapons with poison. One hit and you are screwed."
Kakashi and Sasuke nodded.
"I guess that means he favours close to middle range combat?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes and his partner favours long distance. He sends his explosives at you while he stay out of range."
"Alright I will handle him. I got some long range jutsus. What about you?"
"I can fight in all ranges but I favour close combat. Haku can do the same but she favours middle distance."
Kakashi nodded. "Then maybe you should take the blond because of the poison."
Zabuza shook his head. "No I will probably not get close enough. I the Sasuke brat will take Sasori."
Sasuke looked at him confused. "Would it not be better if I fought with sensei?"
Zabuza turned to Sasuke. "No Haku's jutsus won't work on him yet."
Kakashi looked at him. "What do you mean?"
Zabuza nodded a Sasori "Look at his body. He is sitting inside one of his puppets. I will smash it open with either my sword or jutsu. Then Sasuke will swoop in and finish him off and if that fails Haku will."
Kakashi looked at the demon of the mist with new found respect. "For a demon you are very tactical."
Zabuza laughed "Normally I just go with it but against opponents like these you must have a strategy. "
"Alright I have had enough. I hate waiting are you ready Deidara?" Sasori said sounding very angry.
"Yeah no problem Sasori-Danna hmm." Deidara replied He opened his hands holding a small clay bird in one and three in the other. He threw one bird on the ground and the other into the air and made a hand sign. The bird on the ground became big enough for him to stand on and the other three became slight ly bigger and zoomed of towards Kakashi and co.
Haku launched a three needles at them detonating them before they came to close.
Deidara flew over the group blocking the other exit.
"So they want to keep us close together how nice." Sasuke said activating his sharingan.
Kakashi nodded "Yes it seems so." He pulled up his hitai-ate revealing his own sharingan.
Sasori looked Sasuke straight in the eyes. "Now I know why you looked familiar. You are Uchiha Sasuke, Itachi's little brother."
"Sasuke's eyes widened "You know Itachi?" he asked barley keeping his voice calm.
Sasori chuckled "Of course we are in the same organisation I don't see why I shouldn't? You seem interested in Itachi, but if I remember correctly you don't get along well."
Sasuke glared at Sasori with so much hate "Where is he? Answer me!"
Sasori chuckled again "Maybe later."
Sasuke saw red and charged Sasori with a battle cry.
"No you Idiot!" Zabuza shouted after him.
Naruto just finished tying up two of Gato's tugs who tried to kidnap Tsunami "Stupid jerks holding me up when my team needs me." he mutterd under his breath. Then he heard Sakura shout his name.
"Naruto we need help." Sakura said running up to him with a panting Tazuna right behind her.
"Kuso did Zabuza decide to fight?" he asked angrily
Sakura shook her head no. "No there were some strange men with black cloaks who said they were after you."
Naruto was shocked "Why do they want me?"
"They told us to hand over the Jinchurriki I think it is you're Kekkai genkai they are talking about."
Kyuubi's eyes widened "Jinchurriki is another word for demon container Musuko this is bad."
Naruto growled angrily. "So they attacked you to get to me? I am going to kick their ass."
With that Naruto dashed of.
"Wait for me Naruto!" Sakura shouted after him
"No stay here and guard the drunk old man Gato may try something again."
Sakura hesitated for a bit but nodded. "Right be careful!"
Naruto gave her a foxy grin and ran full speed toward the bridge. "I just hope I make it in time!"
Cliff hanger no jutsu.
AN: I really like this chapter I believe it to be the best so far if not it is the longest. Why don't you tell me what you think?
The poll for the FF crossover is as follow
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And also school will start soon (Sigh) so I will probably not update more then once a month. But I SHALL NOT STOP!!!
