AN/ And I am back, again. Sorry for the delay, but with work and school going on I hardly have a free moment. So first off, I will try to update a few more times this month, with the earliest most likely being on the seventh of this month. Now as always leave your reviews and here is the latest chapter of Kitsune Storm.

Bridge To Glory

Zabuza charged at the two jonin, who quickly dodged around him, with Kurenai and Kakashi both taking out kunai to block against the massive sword Zabuza used. Skidding back the three jonin moved away from the others, so they wouldn't be interrupted. The two demon brothers charged forward, already having orders not to fight Naruto they attacked Kiba, Sakura and Shino who leapt out of the way of the two clawed fighters.

"This time we won't be humiliated!" they shouted as they attacked.

Haku started several one handed signs saying "Suiton: Sensatsu Suishō(Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death)." With that the water on the bridge rose up, creating the thousand of needles that tried to impale Hinata and Sasuke.

"Rotation!" Hinata shouted, her byakugan blazing as she repelled the attack so Sasuke could strike.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no jutsu!" Sasuke roared as the massive fireball rushed at Haku.

"Suiton: Suijinheki(Water Encampment Wall)." Haku replied as the water wall rose around her, dousing the fire "I have the advantage Uchiha. Your fire will die out under the might of my water."

"We'll see about that!" Sasuke roared as he charged at the masked nin.

Naruto and Aka squared off, their hands on their katanas as they watched the other. Eventually they charged at the same time, moving at an equal speed they clashed, the sound of their swords ringing across the bridge startled many of the fighters. Naruto noted that Aka was matching his speed perfectly while still blocking his attacks.

"You are no ordinary kenjutsuist." Naruto grinned "But neither am I. Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Ryusosen!" Unleashing the multiple strikes he found that she blocked the worst of the attack, with the ones she didn't block hitting her armor and sliding off.

"Aku-ryu Chi no Arashi(Blood Storm)." Aka replied as she unleashed several powerful slashes at Naruto who blocked most of them while dodging the rest. After the attack the two slid back, appraising each other.

"It appears that we are too strong to be holding back." Naruto noted.

"So it would." Aka nodded "What is your name boy, and who has taught you such an unusual style?"

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and my sensei was Himura Kenshin, Hitokiri Battosai, practitioner of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu." Naruto replied.

"Uzumaki..." Aka muttered "Why does that name haunt me..."

"You seem troubled, want a timeout?" Naruto asked.

"We do not have the time for such a thing." Aka replied as she struck, her blade flashing as Naruto used his to block.

"Alright. But if you collapse later then it is your own fault." he noted as the clashed.

Kakashi and Kurenai were having difficulty dealing with Zabuza, since he had unleashed his mist technique again, blocking them off from the rest of their comrades.

"You are too weak. I should have fought against that brat again. At least he would have been entertaining." Zabuza laughed.

"Kurenai, if you could make contact with him, how quickly could you cast a genjutsu?"

"Ten seconds. And it might hold him for about a minute tops."

"Alright. We have to take that chance. Next time he comes for me I'll hold him for a moment while you cast the genjutsu." Kakashi nodded as they went back to back, waiting for Zabuza to strike again.

"So you are thinking that by working together you can beat me. Keep dreaming! I have defeated dozens of people who thought that by working together and eliminating blind spots that they could defeat me. And each and every one of them was wrong!" he laughed as he struck again, forcing the two to separate from each other while Zabuza swung Kubikiri Hocho at Kakashi, who leapt over the blade, grabbing Zabuza's shoulders and flipping him to the ground. As soon as he hit Kurenai made eye contact with him before disappearing like mist, as did Kakashi.

"What the hell?" he exclaimed as he looked around trying to figure out what had happened. Kakashi had now moved his headband up revealing his Sharingan as he started using his most powerful, and original technique, the Raikiri. Zabuza soon realized what it was and broke out as Kakashi charged at him. Zabuza saw the attack coming and using a Mizu Bushin, blocked the worst of the attack, though still getting electrocuted. Flying back Zabuza realized that his nervous system had been short circuited.

"Damn it all to hell!" he roared.

The Oni brothers thought that they were doing a great job of fighting the three genin until they were led into the trap.

"Doton: Sutōn keimusho(Stone Prison)!" Shino exclaimed as the earth rose up, grabbing the two nin and holding them for a while as Kiba and Akamaru attacked one while Sakura used chakra to enhance a blow to the other.

"Gatsuga!" Kiba roared as he hit the one brother, knocking him senseless.

"HOSHA!" Sakura shouted as she smashed the other brother into the ground, knocking him unconscious.

"We win." Shino noted as the other two smiled and cheered.

Sasuke and Hinata were having a very tough time. Haku had unleashed a devastating technique that she called Makyō Hyōshō(Demonic Ice Crystal Mirrors) and was now trying to turn the two of them into pincushions. The only thing that had been saving them was Hinata's byakugan.

"LEFT!" She shouted as Sasuke dodged while Hinata deflected another one.

"This is impossible." Sasuke panted.

"No kidding." Hinata agreed "Even if we keep dodging these attacks if we can't hit her we won't be able to win."

"And that is the point." Haku remarked "While you are doing better then all others who I have trapped in these mirrors, there is no escape and no way of destroying them."

"We will see about that." Hinata growled as she used a rotation to block a massive strike from all sides "But you can't keep this up forever. You will start to run out of chakra eventually and that is when we will strike."

"Then it is a race to see which one of us will last longer." She grinned as she continued the barrage on the two genin.

Naruto and Aka were both panting from exhaustion. Neither had expected their opponent to be so strong, or so fast and were now reaching the end of their ropes.

"Looks like this is the end for our little duel." Naruto noted.

"So it seems." Aka nodded "You have been my favorite opponent. I hope that you will find peace in the afterlife."

"Thanks, but I'm not going there just yet." Naruto grinned as the two prepared for one last clash.

"Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Ryukansen Arashi(Wind Dragon Rising Slash Storm)!" Naruto roared as he took off, spinning vertically.

"Aku-ryu Buradi Oni Sutoraiku(Bloody Demon Strike)!" Aka shouted as she unleashed a powerful slash on Naruto, meant to cut clean through his sword and him. The two strikes collided with a boom, creating a powerful burst of wind that caused everyone to pause. Soon the strikes ended and the two stood, backs facing each other. Then Naruto fell to his knees, coughing up blood.

"NARUTO!" Hinata shouted. Before anyone could run over to the blonde Aka fell to the ground, a large slash appearing on the back of her armor, blood seeping out.

"The match goes to you, Naruto." Aka grinned.

"Barely." He grinned as he wiped up the blood.

"Well isn't this touching!" a voice laughed at the unfinished end of the bridge. Everyone turned to see Gato standing there with an army of thugs "You can't even beat a bunch of worthless shinobi Zabuza. You really are pathetic. All right men, destroy them, and bring those women back alive, they could be rather entertaining later."

The thugs started cheering as they moved forward. Naruto rose slowly, his body still in pain from the last attack Aka had used.

"Hey Kyubi. I need power and quick."

"Already on it Kit. Just be careful, you'll be releasing a lot of my power."

"It'll be worth it."

Grinning Naruto moved in front of the massive group, sheathing his katana.

"You shall all perish here." Naruto said, red chakra starting to swirl around him.

"He's bluffing!" one shouted.

"GET HIM!" they shouted as they charged. Naruto only grinned as the red chakra started taking the form of a fox around him in a sinister aura as he lashed out, unleashing Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu upon the men, cutting down five with each swing of his sword.

"Good Kami." Haku whispered as she ended her jutsu to watch.

"This is ridiculous." Zabuza muttered as he watched the blond cutting through the men like they were nothing "No way am I letting him have all the fun!" Grabbing his massive sword Zabuza charged into the fight, swinging his massive blade around taking down many opponent's.

"They are just nuts." Sakura shuddered as the bodies began piling up "And why are we letting Naruto murder those people?"

"It's not murder." Haku replied "It's self defense. They were about to kill and/or rape us. He's just making sure that they will never do such things again."

"This is still cruel."

"We are shinobi for a reason pinkie." Haku snorted "We kill, it's what we do."

Kakashi and Kurenai watched as the blonde genin went through the ranks of bandits and was cutting them down like they were wheat for the harvest.

"Well, this feels wrong." Kurenai sighed "I feel like I should be stopping him."

"Don't. It's best if these men are dealt with. Besides we now can see how good he is with that sword of his." Kakashi replied as he looked at the woman who was now standing up, her eyes looking over at the blond emanating red chakra.

"Naruto..." she stammered "NARUTO!" Leaping into the air she had her sword drawn, chakra flowing into it "AKU-RYU Chi no Arashi Kurasshu(Crashing Blood Storm)!" Aka flew down to the ground, smashing into the middle of a massive group of bandits that were trying to get close to Naruto, sending them flying. The three kenjutsuists continued slicing through the group while Gato was slowly backing away.

"Where do you think you're going?" Naruto asked as he sped out of the crowd.

"AH! Don't kill me!" he screeched.

"Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu Ryushosen(Dragon Rising Flash)!" he roared as he used his left hand to boost the blade up into Gato's throat, decapitating him while leaping into the air. Once he landed he turned to see that most of the bandits were dead and the remaining were now fleeing for their lives.

"NARUTO!" Aka shouted as she ran over, hugging him.

"Ummm, hi?" he asked confused "You just fought me maybe ten minutes ago."

"You don't know who I am do you?" she asked.

"Aka." he stated bluntly.

"Who?" she asked "NO! It's me, Kushina. You're mother." This led to a moment of stunned silence as the blonde stared at the red head like she had grown a second head.

"Ok... You're messing with me right? Just trying to get inside my head and figure out what I know about kenjutsu? Or has the blood loss gotten to you?"

"Blood loss?" she asked as she felt her back, and the wound "HOLY SHIT!" Aka then proceeded to rip off her armor, causing Kurenai to cover Kiba's eyes while the rest of the men turned away while she bandaged herself up "How the hell did that happen?"

"I did that to you, during our little duel a few minutes before. Now why the hell do you keep saying you're my mother?"

"Naruto it's really me!"

"And why would I believe that? I've never ever seen you before today!" he shouted. Kushina lowered her head at this. She knew he had every right to be mad, but she hadn't expected this.

"Kushina-chan?" Kakashi asked walking over "You'll have to excuse him. He's had a bit of a rough time."

"A BIT?" he roared.

"Ok. A very hard time." Kakashi remedied.

"Alright. Let's say I believe that she is my mother, which I don't! What the hell happened to her? Where the hell has she been for my entire life?" Naruto shouted.

"Look, this isn't exactly the best place for this conversation." Kakashi noted "So let's save this for when we get back to Tazuna's and she can tell you everything she remembers there."

"Fine..." Naruto growled.

"And what to do with you four..." Kurenai said looking at Zabuza, Haku and the Oni brothers.

"We have no further business with you." Zabuza replied "We were hired to do a job, and since he bailed on us, well we are free to do as we please."

"Then why don't you stay for a bit, find Gato's money, take what is owed to you and then leave once you are ready?" Hinata asked. Zabuza face planted at that, having never thought of taking the payment that they were owed. So with a nod and a quick Suiton jutsu to clean the dead bodies off of the bridge they returned to Tazuna's house where Naruto, Kushina and Kakashi headed off into the woods to talk about what had happened to Kushina.

"Well?" Naruto asked, leaning against a tree as he stared Kushina.

"It all started on the day of the Kyubi attack. I had just given birth to you the night before, and your father"

"My father?" Naruto asked "WHO is my father?"

"Minato Namikaze of course, hasn't Oji talked to you about it?" Kushina asked looking at the blond confused.

"NO!" he exclaimed his KI flaring.

"Um Kushina, you know it was decided that Naruto would have to be sixteen in order for that information to be disclosed." Kakashi reminded her.

"Yes, so?"

"Naruto's only thirteen at the moment."

"WHAT?" she exclaimed "He looks like he is sixteen!"

"Well as much as I love hearing I look older, I would like an explanation about why Jiji knows about my parents and hasn't said a damn word about it!"

"Because of your father's enemies during the third great shinobi war it was decided that you would take my last name until you reached the age of sixteen. Then you would be informed of your lineage and offered to take his last name." Kushina sighed "Minato and I didn't like this but it was for your own safety, in case something happened to us."

"Ok..." he paused taking a deep breath "I'll accept that just because it actually makes some Kami damned sense. Now please finish explaining your story."

"Anyway, your father had just come in, and he was absolutely ecstatic about you. It was then that the Kyubi started to attack. At first Minato tried to find a way to drive off the Kyubi, but he found that the only solution would be for him to seal it inside a newborn baby, and unfortunately you were the only one that had been born, and he very well couldn't afford to wait for another to be born. So your father took you, and I tried to follow after him, but in the chaos of the attack I was separated from you and your father. I somehow managed to beat your father there, probably because he had to stop and prepare the seals on you and himself."

"Himself?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, the seal he used destroyed him along with the Kyubi's body, and so he sent a portion of his soul into you to watch over you and protect you in case something goes wrong with the seal." Kushina nodded "Anyway, I arrived first, and tried to save as many people as I could, but the Kyubi was blasting away at the ground and sent me flying after I stabbed it's foot trying to save some people that were about to be crushed. After that it all becomes blurry, nothing set but I remember wandering around, becoming a mercenary, and while most of my skills remained ingrained from years of training I lost all of my memories relating to before the Kyubi attack."

Naruto sat silently for several minutes until he looked her in the eye.

"Well your story checks out. The Kyubi remembers you, only because you actually managed to cut him with what he calls a butter knife. He smacked you halfway across Hi no Kuni apparently. So while I am still upset... I suppose I can forgive you." he sighed as Kushina wrapped him in a back breaking hug.

"Well at least everything has turned out for the best." Kakashi grinned.

"Well Kakashi-kun it is good to see you as well. I assume that you are taking good care of my son." she grinned.

"Even though I am not his direct sensei, I have always looked after Naruto, ever since he was asleep in his cradle." Kakashi grinned.

"Now that doesn't sound stalkerish." Naruto muttered as Kushina laughed.

"So Naruto, I want to hear about you. What have you done, who are your friends, do you have a girlfriend yet, have you been eating right, what have you learned..." she paused for breath and Naruto decided to interrupt her.

"Ok, I get it. You want to hear my life story. I suppose I should tell everyone." Naruto mused.

"Are you sure?" Kakashi asked.

"Well, at least my team." Naruto amended "No offense but your students are horrendous."

"Well I don't blame you. I can go get your team and Kurenai while I stay and keep an eye on our nuke nin guests." Kakashi sighed as he shunsuied off to get Team 8. So for several minutes the two sat there, Naruto with his headphones in bobbing his head to music while Kushina just watched him.

"What are you listening to?" she finally asked.

"It's called Bang Bang Bang Bang Have A Nice Dream." Naruto replied as he took out a headphone, offering it to her "Listen if you like." Shrugging the red headed woman took the headphone and listened to the music, starting to bob her head to the song with a smile on her lips.

"This is pretty good." she grinned.

"I know." he nodded as the song came to an end as his teammates arrived "Alright, formal introductions. Everyone this is my mother Kushina Uzumaki." Everyone nodded at the woman, Kurenai smiling at meeting one of the best kunochi in Konaha history "Mom, this my sensei Kurenai Yuuhi, and my two teammates Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga."

"Hyuga... Are you Honoka and Hiashi's daughter?" she asked.

"Yes..."

"Oh my goodness!" she squealed as she hugged the young girl "You look just like your mother! Oh how is she?"

"She... passed away. After my younger sister Hanabi was born..."

"Oh... I'm sorry." Kushina said "Here, take Naruto to make up for it." she smiled as she pushed the blond jinchuruki and the raven haired girl together getting an instant blush out of them both "I thought so. You are two are going to be so cute together."

"So Naruto, why did you ask all of us here?" Kurenai asked, deciding to save her two students the embarrassment, especially before Hinata fainted from the thoughts Kushina would be implanting into her head.

"To tell you all a story. The story of my life, something that all of you need to hear before anything else." Naruto sighed.

"We're listening Naruto." Kushina smiled.

"Well it's better to start at the beginning. On my birthday the Yodaime couldn't kill the Kyubi, and sealed it inside of me." he began as he saw both Shino and Hinata look at him surprised "This is the reason the village hates me. For the first five years of my life things were tough, but liveable. Once I turned five I was thrown out of the orphanage where I lived on the streets for about six months, from early fall until early spring. Eventually the Hokage found me and got me an apartment where I could live, along with what would be needed for me to survive, plus a monthly allowance, that would help pay for food and anything else I would need. So then for the next seven years I was given the usual beatings and attempted murders, despite Jiji's and the ANBU's best efforts. I was sabotaged by my instructors at the academy until Iruka became our sensei, and even then he couldn't cancel out the bad habits I had picked up. So after failing the genin exam Mizuki approached me with a deal, sneak into the Hokage Tower and steal the Yodaime's scroll of sealing, and then learn a single technique out of it. Well I managed to get the scroll and I did memorize a few techniques out of it. So when I found out that Mizuki had lied to me I tried to use the first one I memorized. It worked but it didn't do anything to Mizuki, or Iruka who had showed up searching for me. It took me from our world and took me to another where I met my kenjutsu teacher, Himura Kenshin and he taught me my kenjutsu, Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu. After that I was taken to a massive dojo where I was trained in Jujitsu, Mauy Thai, Chinese Kenpo, and Karate. Finally I was taken to a world where I met Shinigami and was trained by his son, two of his sons friends and one of their teachers. It's the reason why I'm so strong, because after that last world I returned here."

Everyone was silent at this. Kurenai knew all of this information, but hearing it out of the blonds mouth himself just made it even more mystifying. Kushina was shocked to say the least. Not only had she not been able to take care of her son, the village that Minato had told to look after his son had treated him like a monster. Not only that but he still chose to protect them, even by returning to this world instead of staying in one of the other worlds. Shino while surprised found that it wasn't that much of a problem, after all having the Kyubi inside of him was like having the kikaichū inside of him and his entire clan. Naruto looked over at Hinata to see her looking right back at him, a fire in her eyes that seemed to put Naruto at ease.

"That's what I wanted you all to know. Since you are all very close to me, or will be soon enough, you have a right to know this." Naruto nodded.

"Well this doesn't change anything." Kurenai replied "We are still a team." She smiled.

"Of course." Shino nodded.

"Y...Yes." Hinata blushed still looking at Naruto.

"And we are family." Kushina grinned as she hugged Naruto "Now enough of this, let's go back to the house and enjoy some down time before we have to go back to Konohagakure!" Laughing the genin followed after Kushina while Kurenai brought up the rear, shaking her head at the four running ahead.

It took a week for the bridge to finally be completed and the two teams were standing on the bridge with Kushina, Zabuza and his comrades.

"Well we thank you Konohagakure shinobi for helping us make this bridge possible." Tazuna smiled.

"It was nothing. And remember, you still owe Konohagakure money for the mission change." Kakashi grinned.

"Of course. We will have it sent over once it is ready." Tazuna nodded.

"Well we had better be going." Kurenai nodded as the the shinobi walked into the nearby woods.

"Hey, we still need a name!" Inari shouted.

"How about the Great Naruto Bridge!" Tazuna shouted, much to the peoples approval.

In the woods the two groups stopped and looked at each other for several seconds.

"So now what?" Kakashi asked Zabuza.

"We will be heading on our way. We still need to raise a lot more money." he shrugged.

"For what?" Naruto asked.

"To assassinate that damned Yodaime Mizukage." he growled "He's killing off people for having kekkei genkais. It was the reason I tried to kill him the first time. Now I'm trying to gather forces to try again, and this time take out that damned bastard."

"Hmmm. Hey Kakashi-sensei could we help him?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know. It would be up to the Hokage, but we normally don't interfere with foreign matters, although we do not currently have an alliance with Kirigakure." he mused.

"Hm. If you Hokage approves then we would gladly take the help. Some strong shinobi can turn the tide of most battles. Haku!"

"Yes Zabuza-sama?" Haku asked.

"Go with them, see what their Hokage has to say on the matter. If he agrees to help then you are to remain there and send word back to me. If he does not then you are to return immediately."

"Understood Zabuza-sama." Haku nodded as the bandaged nin turned to look at the jonin.

"I know we didn't exactly start out on the right foot and all, but you two are good shinobi, and if every jonin in your village is like you two, well Konohagakure is lucky." he grinned "And you gaki! Work on that form of yours. It doesn't look like you have mastered it yet."

"I haven't and neither did my sensei." Naruto replied calmly "One day if I find the need I will go back and master the rest, but until then I will stay where I'm at."

"It's your call. But know that I am going to request you join the attack force if you Hokage agrees." Zabuza grinned as he nodded to the rest of the genin and Kushina. Turning Zabuza and the Oni brothers walked off into the woods, heading north to try and find work.

"Well, lets go." Kakashi nodded as they started moving again, heading for home.