Chapter 8
Naruto's POV:
This is all my fault. Hikari is dead and now Sasuke is too. I shed a couple more tears and then will myself to stop. I yell at Haku again, my anger rises with each word I say. The next ting I know I'm covered in a red light. I scream loudly and fall to the ground as my finger nails and teeth start growing bigger. I let out a roar this time and the whole ice dome lights up with the red light. All the mirrors break and Haku is thrown to the ground. He gets up to defend himself but I'm to quick. I punch him several times. He gets up and tells me to go ahead and kill him. I start to run towards him but stop before I hit him. My anger dies down and the red light goes away. I can't do it. No matter how badly I want to I can't do it. I lower my hand and look up at him. He looks at me and the mask he's wearing starts to crumble and fall off his face. I gasp as the face of the girl, I mean boy, I saw in the forest a few days ago appears.
"YOU!!" I yell.
"Yes me. Now if you'll excuse me I realized that there is one more thing I can do for my master before I die. You don't need to kill me anymore." he says and poofs away.
I look around trying to figure out where he went when I see Kakashi sensei does this cool thing with lightning. He's about to kill Zabuza when suddenly Haku appears in front of him just in time to take the blow. I start running towards Kakashi sensei and see Haku's lifeless body fall to the ground. Kakashi catches him and lays him down gently. Zabuza's just standing there. He's not even shedding a tear for his lost comrad. I run up to him but Kakashi sensei stops me before I can hit him.
"You jerk!" I yell, "He was your partner and he just saved your life and all you're doing is standing there emotionless. Do you even care that he died! I saw him in the forest the other day and we started talking. He asked me if there was someone precious to me. I didn't know what he was talking about so he told me that someone was precious to him and he would do anything for that person. Even give up his life for them. I now know he was talking about you and now that he died for you all you can do is stand there!"
"Shut up. That kid meant nothing to me. He was only a pawn to me."
"How can you say that!" I yell.
"Hey Zabuza how hard is it to kill one stupid bridge builder?" some guy says.
I turn around and see a short and fat guy standing there with a huge group of thugs with weapons behind him. Who is this guy.
"Listen Gato just give me five more minutes." Zabuza says.
"No. Your bill is getting to high and I can't afford to pay you. These guys behind me cost less so they're going to kill you, but if you could kill a couple for me before you die that would be great."
"Hey, copy ninja, since I've been fired from this job you're not my enemy anymore so you don't need to worry about me attacking you."
"I understand. So what are you going to do now."
"I'm going to avenge Haku's death by killing Gato!" Zabuza yells and starts running towards the crowd with a kunai in his mouth.
I watch as he runs through them, killing people and getting stabbed with knives and spears as he goes. He runs straight for Gato and slashes him across the stomach, pushing him into the water, and killing him. All the thugs crowd around an almost dead Zabuza, yelling about how they want their money. Some guy in the group says they should go ransack the village and take everything. They start running towards the village and I get ready to step in and stop them when an arrow lands in front of the group of thugs.
"If you want to get to our village you'll have to go through us first!" Inari yells.
All the thugs look up and see all the villagers carrying weapons and make a run for it. Kakashi sensei and I go to Zabuza and see he's about to die. He asks to be taken to where Haku is so we carry him over as snow begins to fall from the heavens. Zabuza says that it must be Haku and he tells the dead Haku how much he loves him.
"I'm going to a different place than you are Haku. I wish I could see you smile just one more time." and Zabuza dies.
"Hey Naruto where are Sasuke and Hikari?" Sakura asks.
I look down and the ground and tears start to fall from my eyes. Sakura gasps and runs to Sasuke. Kakashi comes over to me and kneels down to look me in the eyes.
"Naruto, do you know what that red stuff around you was?" he asks.
"No." I say and I hear Sakura start to cry.
Kakashi and I slowly start to walk over to where Hikari and Sasuke's bodies are. Sakura starts to laugh and cry at the same time so I look up to see Sasuke getting up. So he wasn't dead he was just knocked out! I leave Kakashi sensei's side and run to Hikari. I drop to the ground and put her head in my lap and gently stroke her hair. I check her pulse again but there is none there, not even the faint trace of one.
Sasuke's POV:
I feel something wet running down my face and I slowly open my eyes. Sakura is on me……. crying.
"Hey Sakura, can you get off of me?" I ask.
Her head snaps up and her eyes widen in disbelief. She starts hugging me and laughing and crying at the same time. Kakashi sensei comes next and helps me up. I look around and see Zabuza and Haku laying on the ground a couple hundred feet away. Wait where's Hikari. Oh god. I turn around and start running towards Naruto, who is holding Hikari's head in his lap. He's crying again and I can feel tears in my eyes too. When I get there I also fall to my knees and pick up her wrist to find a pulse. There isn't one. My head drops and I look at her calm face. I hate to admit it, but I thought of her as a friend. She's the only girl who doesn't drool over me and she's always been nice to me even though I haven't been nice to her or Naruto. Sakura and Kakashi are standing next to me minutes later. Kakashi pushes past me and picks Hikari up. He looks over her and starts taking all the senbon needles out of her. I look down at myself, all covered in blood and needles, and do the same.
"I need to take her to the hospital. Naruto you and Sakura stay here with Tazuna. Sasuke you come with me, you need to get checked out as well."
I nod and look at Naruto. He's still on the ground so I walk over and hold out my hand. He takes it and I help him up.
"She'll be fine Naruto, I was only knocked out so maybe she is too." I say as kindly as I can.
Kakashi motions me over and we leave for the hospital.
Hikari's POV:
A beeping noise is the first thing I hear. I try to open my eyes but they just won't. I hear a door open and someone sits in the chair next to the bed. I can tell it's Naruto when he starts stroking my hair. He lays down and curls up next to me and I fall back asleep. I wake up again later and Naruto is still laying on the bed with me. I try to open my eyes again and this time it is a success. I look around and see a white hospital room. I look over at my brother, who is sleeping peacefully , and at someone sitting in a chair. It's night time so I can't see really well. I squint my eyes and notice Sasuke is there. Thank god Naruto and Sasuke are okay! Did anything happen to Sakura and Kakashi sensei. Or the bridge builder? Did we win?
"So you're awake." Sasuke says.
"Yea, how long have I been out?"
"Just a day."
"Did anyone else get hurt? Did we win? What happened to Zabuza and Haku? Did we win? Wait I asked that already."
"I'll tell you everything that I can but you'll have to ask Naruto for the rest."
"Why, what happened to you?"
"Same thing that happened to you."
"Are you okay now?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
Sasuke tells me everything that happened up to the point when he got knocked out and from when he woke up to what happened in the hospital. He also told me the bridge should be done tomorrow so we can go home when it's done.
"Where are Sakura and Kakashi sensei?"
"They're guarding the bridge builder just in case."
"Hi-Hikari. Is that you, are you awake?"
"Yes Naruto, I am."
"Thank god you're okay! I was so worried about you. I thought I lost you." Naruto says while hugging me.
"So what happened after Sasuke and I were knocked out?"
Naruto told me the rest of what happened and I had to give points to Zabuza for admitting he loved Haku. The door opens and Sakura and Kakashi sensei walk in.
"I see you're up Hikari. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine sensei. I was told everything that happened and I heard we can leave tomorrow."
"You heard correct." Sakura says, "I'm glad you're okay Hikari. You had me worried."
"Thanks Sakura."
The next morning:
"Goodbye everyone. See you later!" I yell.
"Don't cry Inari. We'll visit soon, believe it." Naruto says.
Tazuna finished the bridge and named it The Great Naruto Bridge. I think it's a pretty catchy name. The rest of us start walking as Naruto finishes talking with Inari. When he's done he catches up with us and we all head back to the village.
