A/N: Well I back every one, sorry for the wait I wanted to give every one the chance to vote for who they want paired with Naru. The other reason I took so long is... well I suck at battle scenes and that is what this chapter is all about so sorry if it sucks (bows at the waist), also, make sure to read the A/N at the end to find out who the lucky winner is and will be paired with Naru.
Summary: What if Naruto was a girl and she was blinded by the villagers when she was six and thrown out into the woods and left to die. Only to find the one person who will help her on her path to becoming the greatest ninja the world has ever seen. My first story so please tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto no matter how much I want to.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Kyuubi talking"
'Kyuubi thinking'
"Blaze talking"
'Blaze thinking'
Jutsu
Chapter Nine: battle on the bridge.
Team seven has been in the land of waves for about a week now and was now on their guard for Zabuza and his partner to make their appearance. During the week Naru has spent most her time training both Sasuke and Sakura while Kakashi went to the bridge to guard Tazuna. She was currently sleeping in her bed because of the last minute training she did last night that lasted until after twelve.
Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura were heading down to the bridge with Tazuna now that the week was over and Zabuza could appear any time so they made sure to stay together from here on out.
"Tazuna-san, is it always this foggy in the morning?" Sakura asked as she wrapped her arms around her in an attempt to keep warm.
"No, the worst time is early in the morning and even then it's not this bad," he answered her with a puzzled look on his face.
Hearing that piece of news put Kakashi on his guard along with Sasuke and Sakura as they heard laughter coming from the fog. "How good it is to see you again Copy Ninja Kakashi Hatake. Where is your other student?" Zabuza inquired as the fog began to lighten.
"That is none of your concern Zabuza. You should be worried about the here and now, not the who and where," Kakashi retorted as he and his team moved in front of Tazuna.
"Worry about the here and now? Now why would I do that, no I'm not worried at all, I only ask that so I could have a friendly little chat with her, it's not every day I meet a genin that could make me go all out in a Kenjutsu battle let alone win and live to tell about it" Zabuza chuckled out.
"Oh? And what pray tell did you want to chat about with Naru if I may so ask?" Kakashi retorted not believing him and to try and stall for time for Naru to get there to tip the oncoming battle in their favor.
"Well if you must know I was just going to ask her a few questions like who taught her Kenjutsu, how the HELL did she beat me when she's BLIND!! And one more thing that I will only say when she is present," Zabuza said scowling at the fact that he lost.
"Hahahaha! If I were you, I would leave the part about her beating you even though she's blind out, unless of course you have a death wish, trust me on that one not even the Kyuubi no Kitsune wants to fight her after making that insult, hahaha." Kakashi barked out through his laughter trying hard not to fall on his ass along with his team.
"Really? And here I'm under the impression that the Kyuubi no Kitsune was killed at the hands of your Yondaime Hokage. Do you take me for a fool Kakashi Hatake?" Zabuza asked gingerly and noticed team seven flinch when he said that. "Wait he didn't kill him did he? Oh, this is just too rich are you telling me that the Yondaime Hokage didn't in fact kill the Kyuubi but sealed him? Well I guess that dose clear up the mystery of how a human could kill the strongest of the bijuu; it also clears up the fact why I lost to a Genin."
"...no you did lose to a genin. Naru-chan may have Kyuubi sealed in her, but unlike other jinchuuriki she does not rely on his power instead opting to use her own. You see Naru-chan has this funny thing about not using what she has not earned by herself, as so she will not use Kyuubi's power unless it's absolutely necessary. So to put it simply you lost to a genin that should in all sense of the word be a Jounin" Kakashi said after finally getting his laughter under control.
"Well then if that so I think I take her up on that offer of hers. Anyone who will not take what they don't earn them self is a true shinobi as far as I'm concerned" Zabuza said as the last of the mist disappeared and showed one other person standing by him and all of the workers unconscious. "Haku get over here it's time to fight.
"Right master let's finish this mission before Gato arrives." Haku replied as he charged at Sasuke who tried to block the punch but got knocked back two feet.
Back at Tazuna's house Naru just woke up to Tsunami screaming from opening up the front door to find two of Gato's men standing there. "Get out of the way you little brat, we have a mission and there is no time to mess with you." One of Gato's men said as he swung at Naru who caught his hand.
"Sorry but I'm not a brat. I am a ninja from the hidden leaf village." Naru said as she pulled out her sword and had fire surround it. "Now get out of here before I have to kill you."
"We are not afraid of a little girl like you." The other man scoffed before they both got third degrees burns from Naru hitting them only once. "Fine we get the point; we will not get to them unless we go through you first."
"Sorry Tsunami I need to go and help my team out." Naru apologized as she took one step forward and both of the guys went running for the hills. "Inari, if you want to protect something don't hold back because if you do you will never be able to protect that thing." Naru jumped out of the house and went for the bridge.
Back at the bridge Zabuza and Kakashi just started to fight when Kakashi notice that Zabuza was holding back. "Zabuza don't go easy on me unless you want to live until Naru gets here." Kakashi cautioned as he went to throw a kunai but was stopped by Naru throwing her own kunai.
"So you finally have arrived. I would like to talk to you about you offer." Zabuza said as Naru landed with Blaze on her shoulder. "Let me grab Haku and then all three of us can talk." Haku saw Naru and he ran over to add Zabuza.
"So, have you thought about my offer Haku? If you tell me your answer now we can stop this battle from getting any worse." Naru said as the three of them took a seat so they could talk it out.
"Like I told you out in the forest I will not leave unless Zabuza is willing to go back with us." Haku replied as he looked at his sensei who was putting away his sword. "So, Zabuza, what is your answer. "
"I will go back to Konoha but I will most likely be arrested when I take one step into the village." Zabuza said as he notice that Naru was about to smile. "What's so funny gaki? I'm not joking about that."
"I know it's just that I can stop that from happening. All I need to do is talk to Sarutobi-jiji and he will let both of you to come into the village." Naru answered as she saw someone standing at the end of the bridge clapping his hands. 'This is not good Gato is here and more people are coming.'
"Well what a nice speech too bad I am going to have to kill both of them before they get the chance to leave this village." A man said as he could hear what he thought was his mob coming.
"Gato, you are wrong. We will kill you and let this village be free before you ever get the chance to kill us." Zabuza said as he looked at Naru who had a huge smile on her face. "I willing to bet there is good news."
"You're right Zabuza there is good news. Gato, your mob is not coming; they got killed by the villagers." Naru said as she saw that Inari was leading a group of 500 villagers coming to the bridge. "Hey, Tazuna your grandson is leading the group that is coming this way."
"What has gotten into his head? He will get killed if he is not careful." Tazuna frantically asked as saw that Gato turn around due to Inari trying to attack him. "Don't you dare hurt him!"
"Why? What will you do if I hurt him?" Gato questioned as he pulled a blade from his wooden cane. "No one move unless you want to see this boy die." At this moment Naru moved to the side of the bridge and made 30 Kage Bunshin and they all dived into the water.
"Just let the boy go we don't need an incident." Kakashi said as Sasuke came up beside him ready to attack Gato. "Calm down, Sasuke, we don't want to do anything that we would regret."
"He's right Sasuke; anyway I have this taken care of." Naru backed up Kakashi as Blaze flew off the uncompleted side of the bridge and grew so large that all of the Kage Bunshin where able to jump on. "Gato it's all over, just let the boy go unless you want to be killed." As Naru said that Blaze was slowly coming so that Naru's Kage Bunshin could attack.
"If I hold this boy here I will not be killed so there is no way I will let him go." Gato said as Blaze came up to the side of the bridge and Gato froze stiff.
"Alright then go ahead and get that boy to safety before you attack Gato." Naru told her clone as it grabbed Inari and got him away from the fight. "Now burn his ass." All of the clones used a fire ball jutsu and they all got a direct hit on Gato.
"Sasuke drag him off the bridge and finish him off." Kakashi said as Sasuke took a step towards Gato's body. "Alright I will do it."
"No let me do it. It's the last thing I can do before leaving this village." Zabuza said as he picked up Gato's and tossed him off the bridge. "Well let's get the bridge finished so we can go back to Konoha.
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After two more weeks in the Land of Waves Team seven, along with Zabuza and Haku, were getting ready to leave for Konoha. "Inari, remember to protect what is most precious to you with all you have and never let anyone tell you otherwise, okay?"
"Okay Nee-chan. Will you come back to visit us?" Inari asked as he gave Naru a huge goodbye.
"You bet!" Naru replied eagerly hugging him back before letting go and walking over to her team and, with Zabuza and Haku start to head back home to Konoha.
"Hey! We still need to name the bridge. So, any one got any suggestions?" Tazuna asked the gathered townspeople.
"How about The Wave Bridge or Fisher Bridge?" a couple of the Wave villagers contributed.
"How about we call the bridge the Great Naru Bridge?" Inari suggested and was met with a loud cheer of approval.
"The Great Naru Bridge it is then. The bridge is named after the one who brought hope and courage back to our town. May this Bridge stand tall as a beacon of hope for all time like the heroes of wave and may all who fought to save wave never be forgotten!" Tazuna shouted for all to here and was returned by an even louder roar of approval and applause.
A/N: Well that's it for chapter nine. Sorry it's short but I'm no good a fight sense I had to get help from a friend of mine to get this chapter done so I would like to thank Dac Uzumaki for helping me with that. Plz review and until next time Ja Ne.
And the luck winner is.... Haku by one vote with Shikamaru coming in second, Neji and Sasuke tied for third and coming in last is Gaara (though I think he should have got more votes because he kicks ass but that's just me)
The final count on the voting:
Shikamaru: 18
Haku: 19
Gaara: 8 (this is BS Gaara should have at least gotten 14 votes what's wrong with people Gaara kicks ass?)
Neji: 12
Sasuke: 12
