Well this is the chapter you all have been waiting for. The end of he wave arc and you get to see what happens with Haku and Zabuza and there respective fights. I will let you read the story now. I want to say one thing though. Thank you all for the great reviews and I would highly advise for you to read the end author notes because they are important. This is continued from the last chapter…
On with the story…
Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto
Fight of the Elites, To Begin Anew
While the genin were fighting the Jounin were fighting as well. Naruto and Haku had just stopped talking to each other and they both got ready to start again.
Naruto looked at her sadly. "If you won't listen to reason and believe me, than I have no choose but to fight you Haku-san."
She just looked at him with renewed vigor. "Then let us fight."
She took out some Senbon needles and threw them at Naruto. Naruto jumped to the side and ran forward to fight hand to hand. Dodging left and right as the needles flew by him, he managed to get up close and not get hit once.
Seeing the needles missing she decided to go to taijutsu also. Naruto went to punch her but she caught it and pulled him in. Naruto brought his knee up to hit her, but she side stepped him and elbowed his knee down.
This made Naruto loose his balance some and stumble forward some. Haku took the opening and pushed the same arm that hit his knee into his jaw with enough force to make him rise off the ground a few feet.
Naruto took the hit and brought up his leg to hit Haku in her own chin. The hit connected. Naruto's foot hit Haku's chin and both parties feel backwards. They both flipped back and landed on their feet and charged at each other again.
Naruto took out a kunai and swung at her midsection only for her to lean back some and swing at him with a senbon needle. He dodged to the side and tossed one kunai at her while turning around.
She saw the kunai and let one of her senbon intersect it mid way. They collided with each other canceling each other out. Naruto swung his remaining kunai in his right hand at Haku and she parried with her own senbon. Haku went to knee Naruto when he put his left hand down to stop it.
With her right hand she started to make some one handed seals.
Naruto's eyes widened. 'One handed seals! Impossible!' He thought as he tried to push off her.
"Sensatsu Suisho." (Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death)
The water around them rose up and formed into a thousand senbon needles that flouted there and then flew at Naruto with amazing speed.
Naruto's eyes widened more and he put some chakra into his left arm, holding her knee and pushed down on it. The extra strength from the chakra allowed Naruto to push her back and then he focused chakra into his feet and jumped into the air backwards to avoid becoming a pin cushion.
While in the air he made some hand seals and put his hands to his mouth.
"Katon: Karyudan." (Fire Dragon Missile) Out of his mouth a huge dragon roared and flew at the stunned Haku. She went through her own seals and put up a hasty defense.
"Suiton; Suijinheki." (Water Encampment Wall) Water surrounded her and blocked the fire from killing her. The two attacks collided and made some super heated steam form around them. They both jumped back to get away from being burned.
Naruto saw the super heated mist and had an idea. Forming some quick seals he whispered the jutsu.
"Katon: Kasumi Enbu no jutsu." (Covering Mist) He drew in a big breath and blew it out. A mist like fire came out and collided with the super heated mist making it even stronger.
On the other side of the mist Haku was waiting for the super heated mist to clear when she saw it start to come her way, her eyes nearly came out of their sockets.
Thinking fast she made some hand seals. An ice like rectangle formed in front of her. It started at the ground and made its way up until it was a rectangular ice shield. It was only about a half inch thick but it was three feet wide, and six feet tall.
Haku stood behind the mirror and put her hands on it. She waited for the mist of fire to come and she didn't have to wait long. When it hit, it shook the ice shield a little but it held strong. She stood there and could see the mist and the heat all around her going around the mirror. When it stopped she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding and sighed.
Naruto watched as the mist of fire went at her and waited patiently for it to clear up. When he did he was surprised to see a mirror of some sort where Haku was suppose to be. The ground all around it was scorched and burnt but the mirror looked fine.
Then Haku came from around it and looked him straight in the eye before she spoke. "Impressive jutsu their Naruto-san. Good thing I have my own jutsu though."
Naruto looked at her and then at the mirror questionably. "I've never heard of an attack that creates mirrors, let alone one that is that strong."
Haku looked down slightly and when she looked up again she had a sad face. "That's because this is my bloodline limit. You can't defeat it. Give up."
Naruto was startled and it showed in his face. "Bloodline… I see…. How did you escape?"
"W-what…?' Haku was startled by that statement.
"How did you escape the blood raids of the mist?"
Haku was equally startled and wondered if she should even tell him. After a few seconds of looking at him she saw no reason not to and submitted.
"I didn't." She started. "My mom did though and she hid her bloodline from the world until I accidentally used it and my father saw. He came and killed my mom and tried to kill me, but I was scared and my bloodline saved me by accident. After that I wandered the streets as a beggar until Zabuza found me. I've been with him ever since." Her voice was very solemn and sad.
While she was telling him this, she was having an inner battle. 'Why am I telling him this? It is none of his business; I should just kill him and get it over with.'
Then another part of her spoke. 'But he just wants to help me out; I should accept his offer to go to Konoha.' She thought.
Then she shook her head clearing it of all those thought. 'No, I must stick with Zabuza and fight with him!'
Naruto was watching the emotions go through her facial features. He saw first sadness, then fright, then hope, then more sadness, and finally resolve when she looked back at him.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun." 'Kun…where did that come from.' They both thought at the same time. "I can't abandon Zabuza. It's time to finish this fight." With that she did some weird hand seals and said her attack.
"Makyo Hyo Sho." (Demonic Ice Mirrors) The mirror beside her thickened and then Naruto heard some ice forming behind him. He swirled around and saw the same mirror of ice in front of him form there. The mirror in front of him was about seven feet away; the one behind him was another seven feet away. Naruto looked forward again and saw Haku back up into the mirror.
'She just went into that mirror! What the hell!' Was his thought at that moment.
"I'm sorry I have to do this Naruto-san, but you have left me no choose." With that she disappeared from the mirror in front of him and Naruto barely saw a blur of movement and the next thing he knew he was stabbed in the leg with a senbon.
'Shit! She moved so fast!' He looked around for her and then looked behind him and saw her in that ice mirror. He started to make some seals when he was suddenly hit again, this time it felt like a fist hit him in the chest. He felt the hit but couldn't see it. He flew backward about three feet until he regained his balance and came to a stop.
Doing some hand seals as fast as he could he managed to do them before he was hit again. Getting up and putting his hand in front of his mouth at the same time he looked at the mirror with Haku still in it.
"Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu." (Grand Fireball) He blew out a giant fire ball that was at least eight feet wide at the mirror. It was a direct hit. Naruto stopped the fire and looked at his work.
He was shocked to see the mirror unaffected what so ever.
Haku looked at him sadly. "You see, you can't win. Just give up. These mirrors can't be destroyed by weak jutsu like that."
"I can't, besides I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." With that he got in a defense stance and waited. He didn't have to wait long as he was hit in the ribs and then from behind, and then stabbed with a few needles in the shoulders.
He was on the ground by the time the attacks stopped with multiple scratches and was bleeding quite a bit. He stood on shaky legs and looked at Haku in the mirror with determination.
"I won't give up!" She was taken aback by this but leveled a glare after she recovered.
"Just stay down already! I could have killed you many times by now! Why do you keep fighting?!" She was aggravated at him and her voice said it all.
Naruto smiled a foxy grin at her that made her advert her gaze slightly blushing. "I never give up. That's my nindo. My ninja way!" With that he closed his eyes and when he opened them again there was pure resolve in them.
She narrowed her eyes at him. "I don't know what you're planning to do, but it won't work. I'm going to finish this now."
Naruto responded with only one word. "Come." With such resolve it frightened her slightly. She shook it off though.
She disappeared again. The second she was gone Naruto hardened his gaze and took a step forward and disappeared just as quick. He reappeared right in front of the mirror and took a kunai out, and stabbed it into the mirror. It sadly just bounced off harmlessly.
Haku was in the other mirror and was shocked at what she just was. One second he was in front of her, and she was going to stab him, the next he was gone.
"Impossible! No one can move that fast! I see things in slow motion in here, and yet you're able to move faster than that!"
Naruto just grinned at her. "How'd you like my first, one hundred percent original move? I call it Shunpo. (Flash Step)"
"You didn't even have to make any hand seals though."
Naruto's grin just got bigger. "Yep! It's great isn't it?"
"Indeed." She tried again and this time Naruto turned to the side and stepped forward pointing to the left. He disappeared and reappeared five feet to the left with his left foot forward. He disappeared again and Haku looked around again.
'Were did he go!' She thought franticly looking around. She heard some swishing sounds to her right and saw some shuriken coming her way in the mirror. She paid no heed to them, but to where they came from. She stared intently in that direction. Big mistake.
Then out of the corner of her eye, she saw Naruto coming at her from behind with a hand that held some fire. She had heard from Zabuza that this attack was S-rank and she quickly jumped to her other mirror just before the hand of fire broke right through her mirror like it was nothing.
"Kaizuki." (Fire Blade) She heard him say in the other mirror.
'I have to stop him before he gets to this mirror.' She thought franticly. She threw some senbon needles at him which hit his arm. It stopped the attack but he took another step forward and disappeared.
He reappeared a foot in front of her mirror. Her eyes widened and he went through some seals as fast as he could.
"Katon: Karyu Endan." (Fire Dragon Flame Missile) He breathed out a fire that hit point blank and shattered the mirror in a split second.
Just before the fire hit though, Haku jumped out of the mirror in the nick of time. She didn't get out free though. Her right leg caught on fire.
Naruto saw a blur of movement leave the mirror and swirled around to see Haku on the ground trying to get her pant leg to stop burning while trying to remove them.
Naruto saw his chance to attack her and took it. 'I don't want to kill her.' He thought while making some seals and keeping that thought in mind he used a water jutsu.
"Suiton: Daibaku no jutsu." (Huge Explosion) Haku looked up hearing a soft jutsu name murmured and saw the water from the side of the bridge rise up and form a spiral vortex in front of Naruto and come at her.
Her eyes widened in fear recognizing the attack and didn't have time to form the right seals for a proper defense. The blast hit her head on and she was taken away by the attack. She never noticed the water put out her leg or the fact that it wasn't as big as it normally was.
At the same time that Naruto and Haku started there fight, Kakashi and Zabuza did like wise.
'Come on Kakashi, you've faced harder opponents than this before.' Indeed he has but he's having trouble keeping up.
'Damn it! Did not being on active duty in Anbu really dull my skills this much?' He thought as he ducked under the head cleaver and tried to stab Zabuza in the face only for him to disappear again into the mist.
"Hahahaha…your weak Hatake." Zabuza taunted again through the mist.
Said person snorted and looked over towards were he could hear battles going on in the distance.
"Worried about your brats Hatake?" Zabuza said from right behind him. Kakashi swirled around and managed to slash him across the gut only for him to turn into water. Another Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi and chopped him in half.
He also disappeared into water. Zabuza growled. "Copying again Hatake. Why don't we try something new this time?"
He started to make some hand seals.
"Suiton: Koka Suijin." (Concentrated Water Spikes) Water around Zabuza started to form spikes of water and shoot them off into the distant mist. He heard some jumping around and dodging and went to help the clone out some.
Kakashi heard the water coming and jumped backwards avoiding the water spikes. He did this three more times until he started to make some seals while still in the air.
"Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu." (Grand Fireball) The fire came out of his mouth and hit the water in the area around himself. It stopped the attack right away. He landed on the ground and had to once again dodge to the side to avoid the head clever sword from doing its name sake.
Kakashi landed again and looked over towards were he sensed a lot of chakra being used.
Zabuza himself was looking that way.
Kakashi was the first to say something. "It seems my genin were able to defeat your chunnin. Naruto himself seems to be fairing well also."
Zabuza appeared in front of him about fifteen feet away because he cleared some mist so they could see more. "Indeed, your genin have beaten my chunnin, but Haku will win no doubt in my mind."
Kakashi raised an eye brow. "Oh, care to tell why you think that way."
Zabuza chuckled some before answering him. "Because Hatake, Haku-chan was trained by me, and is at least a mid Jounin level to a high Jounin level ninja."
"And so is Naruto." Kakashi pointed out.
Zabuza chuckled some more. "Yes but that is when Haku isn't using her bloodline limit. When she does, she is even stronger than me and can take me down with ease."
Kakashi was slightly startled and worried for Naruto. 'If that's the case, I better finish this fast and go help Naruto.' He thought as he threw one shuriken at Zabuza.
Zabuza just stepped to the side until he saw Kakashi going through some hand seals.
"Kage Shuriken no jutsu." (Shadow Clone Shuriken) The one shuriken turned into fifty and Zabuza jumped to the side having one still nick him in the ribs.
The mist came back full force and Zabuza once again disappeared. Kakashi waited for another attack to come and after a few seconds it didn't.
'Where are you Zabuza? What are you planning?' He thought. Then realization came onto him and he rushed over to where Tazuna and Sakura were.
He got there just in time to see Sakura put up a fable defense to stop the giant sword of Zabuza who was right in front of her. Kakashi put on a burst of speed and was in front of her before the hit came.
To bad he didn't put up his own defense.
"To late Hatake!" Zabuza said as he swung his sword down and cut Kakashi across the chest. He jumped back into the mist and Kakashi grabbed his wounded chest.
"Kakashi-sensei, are you alright?" Sakura asked shaking a lot at what she just saw. Kakashi just rolled his eyes at her. If a person was just hit with a sword, a huge one no less, would you be alright?
"No Sakura I'm not, but I'll live." He told her while giving her a small smile and jumping back into the deadly mist away from them.
When he stopped running he could feel Naruto and Haku, which he was told was the hunter nin's name by Naruto himself. He felt both of there chakras start to rise. They were getting serious.
Sensing them get serious he did the same thing. He popped open one of the pouches on his vest and took out a scroll, and unraveled it while talking to Zabuza which he was sure was around him somewhere.
"We're both busy people Zabuza, so let's finish this in the next move." While he was talking he swiped his thumb across his wound on his chest getting blood on it. He smeared the bloody appendage onto the length of the scroll and it seemed to wrap itself back up once it reached a certain point.
"If you think you can beat me Hatake, then you are seriously mistaken." Zabuza taunted again through the mist.
Kakashi ignored him and went through some seals with his hands still holding the scroll while he did it. Then he finished and slammed the scroll onto the ground.
"Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no jutsu." (Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang) The ground underneath the scroll had lines of kanji spread out along the ground in a web like manor. As soon as it started though it was over and Kakashi stood up.
"I don't know what Jutsu you just used but it won't work if you can't find me." Zabuza taunted again only to eat his own words as the ground underneath him cracked.
He looked down just in time to see five dogs jump out of the ground and attack him. Two on each limb and one on his shoulder. He cried out in pain.
The scream was music to Kakashi's ears. "Now what were you saying about not being able to find you?" Kakashi asked turning to face Zabuza seeing the mist clear up a lot.
"Finally the mist is clearing up." He stated matter-of-factly.
Zabuza growled. "How did you find me?"
Kakashi looked over at him. "Did you really think I would let you hit me with your sword on purpose? No, I let you get me. I used my own blood on your sword to find you using my ninja dogs."
Zabuza had a look of understanding on his face. "So you're going to kill me now that I'm defenseless Kakashi?"
Said person just grinned. "Since you didn't accept Naruto's most generous and true offer, I have no chose. Any last words Zabuza?"
Said man had a solemn look on his face. "The offer was true then? You weren't going to betray us and turn us into the mist hunter Nin?"
Kakashi shook his head. "No Zabuza, Naruto is an honest person and doesn't go back on his words. It was one hundred percent true."
"I see."
They would have continued to talk if it wasn't for the sound of rushing water coming there way. By now almost the entire bridge was clear of mist. Enough were everyone could see each other. Most importantly though, was that Kakashi and Zabuza could see the incoming cyclone of water coming straight for them.
Kakashi's eyes widened and he jumped to the side, but Zabuza wasn't so lucky. He was held down by five dogs and couldn't move.
Zabuza himself was wide eyed. Not because of the attack coming straight for him. Well, maybe a little. But because the person inside of that attack was none other than Haku. His brain came up with the quick conclusion of what happened. 'Haku lost!'
Right after he thought that, he was hit directly with the full force of the water and one shinobi girl. The dogs poofed out of existence the second the attack hit, but Zabuza wasn't so lucky. He went fly with the attack and Haku for a good thirty feet before they stopped. Zabuza held onto Haku's body as they skidded across the surface of the bridge.
When Kakashi jumped out of the way he looked to were the attack came from and saw none other than Naruto himself that performed the attack.
When he landed, Naruto jogged up to him looking as exhausted as Kakashi was. They stood their looking at the fallen enemy.
"I see you won Naruto." Kakashi stated off handedly as he covered up his Sharingan eye with his head band.
"Hai, though I didn't kill her."
Kakashi raised an eye brow at him silently asking why. Naruto saw this and decided to elaborate.
"She didn't want to fight me, but Zabuza told her to. They go way back and I just couldn't do it."
Kakashi accepted this answer and looked at the approaching genin. Naruto did the same. He saw all his and Kakashi's genin looking worse for wear but none the less alive.
"It seems our genin won also." Kakashi stated again.
"Hai, though they all look ready to collapse." Kakashi could only smile at him and his genin team.
On the other side of the bridge Zabuza was lying on his back with Haku beside him a few feet away. He looked at her frightened.
'No… Haku, please be alive!' He thought frantically. He got up after a few seconds and walked over to Haku in a hurry. He bent down and checked her pulse.
"Thank Kami-sama you're alive Haku-chan. I would never forgive myself if you died." He said to himself quietly. Unfortunately for him, Haku woke up at that time and smiled kindly up at him.
She gurgled a little water before spiting it out and said quietly. "Thanks you Zabuza-sama."
Zabuza himself was surprised she was awake and smiled lightly at her. "No problem kid. And call me Zabuza-san or just Zabuza, please."
In an equally quite voice as before she replied, "Hai Zabuza."
That's when Zabuza heard foot steps behind him and looked behind himself to see Naruto and Kakashi walking over to them. Zabuza got up and picked up his sword and got into a defense stance.
Naruto and Kakashi stopped and Naruto held up his hands saying stop. "Whoa, Zabuza, I have no intention of finishing you off, unless you attack us first."
Zabuza looked him in the eye and still wouldn't get out of the defense stance until he felt some thing tug at his pant leg. He looked down and saw it was Haku.
She shook her head, saying no. "He could have killed me with that last attack Zabuza, but he didn't, he held back. Please stop fighting. I don't want to be a missing Nin any more, please." Her voice was sad and begging and her eyes were starting to water up.
Zabuza looked at her and his eyes softened. "Alright Haku-chan. We'll stop."
Her eyes looked more grateful then he had seen them in a very long time. He could only smile slightly at her.
Kakashi and Naruto themselves could only look on with there own smiles also.
That was until they heard the sound of a cane being taped on the ground.
Everyone present looked over to the source and saw a short man with a business suit on with a cane standing their with a small army of samurai, thugs, and bandits behind him.
"Well, well, well… look what we have here. The little demon got his butt kicked by a bunch of brats." The short man with the cane said way too smugly.
Zabuza narrowed his eyes at him. "What are you doing here Gato?! This wasn't part of the deal we made." He said in an angry voice.
The now identified Gato smirked. "Deal? If I remember right, our deal was for you to kill the old man. You have yet to do so Zabuza-kun."
Zabuza growled at him.
Seeing this just made Gato grin even more showing how evil he truly was. "Since you haven't kept your part of the deal, then I was forced to use some other methods to make sure the old man will die."
Taking a breath he continued. "You see Zabuza-kun," said man growled even more, "You are rather expensive and once done with you, it's hard to get ride of you. I can't just go around and kill ninja from villages because then they would be after my head. So I just hired an army of thugs and samurai to finish you off. They are loyal and do what I ask. They may be more expensive, but they are worth it to see you die."
By the end of his little speech, Zabuza was ready to go in and kill him. The only thing stopping him was Haku that still had a hold of his pant leg.
"Haku let me go. I'm going to kill that flee bag!" He said in an angry voice directed at Gato not Haku.
She still didn't let go. He would have yelled at her to let go if Naruto didn't step forward and start to talk.
"I suggest you leave now Gato. You won't be able to defeat three Jounin level ninja." He said in a calm but cold voice that sent a chill down the genin present and Gato's spine.
"O-oh and what is a little punk like you going to do about it."
"This." With that Naruto started to make seals at a fast rate only to stop as Gato snapped his fingers and one of the bandits stepped forward holding a tied up Tsunami that looked rather unharmed except for a small bruise on her cheek.
"If you try anything brat, I'll have this women killed." He said with glee seeing them all glare at him.
"Tsunami! What have you done to her?!" Tazuna yelled as he started to run at the group only to be grabbed by Kakashi and held in place. He struggled but to no avail.
"Let me go! I have to help her!" He yelled at the person restraining him.
"I can't do that Tazuna. If I let you go, you'll only get yourself and possibly your daughter killed also." Kakashi said in a calm manner never taking his eyes off the army of enemies.
That seemed to calm him down enough for him to stop struggling. Kakashi looked down at him and let him go. He stumbled at little before turning to the ninja present.
"Aren't you going to save her?! That's what I paid you for! Go and help her!" He yelled as he had tears coming from his eyes.
Before they could respond, they heard laughter coming from Gato. "Hahahaha… don't make me laugh so hard. You guys are weak! You will all die here today!" With that exclamation the army cheered of approval.
Now the genin were standing right beside the Jounin and looking at them for answers. "What are we going to do sensei?" Sakura asked truly worried for once.
He just shook his head. "I don't know. None of us are fast enough to travel that amount of distance before anyone of the bandits can kill her."
"Please you have to try!" Tazuna said in desperation.
"Naruto-kun… you can do it. I've never seen some one move as fast as you did when we fought." Everyone looked over to see that it was Haku that said it.
'Naruto-kun? Where did that come from? Again?' Were the thoughts of Kakashi, Zabuza, Naruto and Haku respectively.
Deciding to question her later about this new affection for the blonde, Zabuza turned his head to Naruto. "What's she talking about boy?"
Gritting his teeth slightly he addressed the question asked. "Stop calling me boy for one. Secondly, it's my new technique. It allows me to move at abnormally high speeds."
Kakashi looked startled slightly. "Do you mean…"
Naruto cut him off. "No it's not my bloodline; it's a technique I developed myself to look and act like my bloodline. The problem is I haven't mastered it yet."
The others looked dejected slightly. "Can you do it?" Kakashi asked anyways.
Naruto looked at the army and seemed to be judging something in his head. After a few seconds he turned his head to the others. "I think so, but it will be close. Let's hope they don't have good reaction speed."
Kakashi and Zabuza seemed to nod. The genin looked at each other and then at the Jounin. Shikamaru asked their group question. "What do you want us to do?"
The others looked startled for a second, seemingly forgotten about them. Kakashi turned to them fully. "You are to stay here and protect Tazuna."
Sasuke was about to protest when Kakashi budged in before he could. "I don't care what you think Sasuke! You guys are staying here. You are too exhausted and would only get in the way if you tried to help out now!" His voice had the tone of finality in it and no one seemed to be able to argue with him. He turned back towards the army.
"What are you fools arguing about over their!" Gato yelled at them.
"Any time Uzumaki." Zabuza said getting impatient.
"Their getting edgy." Kakashi said.
Naruto just nodded. "When I start to move, you guys follow immediately after me. After I do this technique from such a long range and in short bursts, I will have utterly exhausted my chakra to near nothing and need you guys there to help me out."
"Hai." They both said at the same time.
"Enough of your little conversation. Get ready guys!" Gato said to the group of bandits that cheered and drew their weapons.
"Atta-" Gato started only to be stopped as he saw the Jounin ninja each charge at him.
When Gato said 'get ready guys' Naruto started to gather the remnants of his chakra, the others around him could feel him gathering it because of the large amounts being gathered.
Then they just barely heard Naruto say it in a harsh whisper, "Shunpo!"
With that Naruto took a step forward using his right foot and when it hit the ground, Naruto seemed to disappear completely and reappear ten feet in front of them with the same foot on the ground.
He took another step; this time with his left foot, and was another ten feet ahead. By this time Kakashi and Zabuza were only taking their second step sixteen feet behind him.
Naruto took five more steps, making it right in front of the startled army and in front of the one holding Tsunami.
By the time Naruto had taken seven steps and covered seventy feet in less than two seconds, Kakashi and Zabuza were taking there seventh step and had there eyes bugging out of their sockets like everyone else.
They all shared one thought at that time. 'Holly shit that was fast!'
"-ck" Gato finished his statement just when Naruto was in front of the army.
Naruto appeared in front of them on his right foot and pushed off the ground, and kneed the person holding Tsunami in the head, pushing his nose into his brain killing him almost instantly. Naruto pushed off him and pushed his legs to the side kicking the two closest people away and leaving some very big bruises.
Before the startled Tsunami could hit the ground though, Naruto grabbed her by the waste and jumped backwards four times letting Kakashi and Zabuza shoot past them toward the army of bandits. Naruto landed by Tazuna and the other genin and put her down.
Then before anyone could say anything he fell to one of his knees and started to pant extremely hard.
Kakashi and Zabuza at this time were slicing away at the army of bandits. Gato was trying to run to the back to get away but before he could even get to the back Zabuza appeared in front of him.
"Were do you think you're going Gato!" Gato backed away from him and all he could see was a devil looking at him.
Before he got one foot he found his head missing and his body falling to the ground dead. Kakashi appeared beside him and they walked threw the crowd of people that separated for them. They walked over towards the others and turned around once there.
Zabuza grinned at them viciously. "Any one else want a piece of us?" They seemed to shake in fear until one of them spoke up.
"It's only two men! We can take them!" That settled there fears and they cheered until an arrow lodged itself into the ground in front of them.
They looked over and saw it was Inari who shot it. He looked slightly beat up with a bruised cheek and dirty clothes but none the less alive and standing. "If you're going to fight them you're going to have to fight us too!" The crowd of villagers armed to the bone with various makeshift weapons, cheered behind him.
The bandits did the smart thing and ran for their pathetic lives. The crowd cheered and Inari ran over to his mom and started to cry in her arms.
The others smiled at them until they saw the crowd moving towards Haku and Zabuza. Naruto stood on shaky legs and moved in front of them blocking their path.
"Move ninja! They are the enemy!" One of them shouted. Naruto didn't even flinch at all to the shout. He just shook his head no and said in a quiet voice.
"They are allies now. They helped kill Gato and his men. Leave them be." The crowd looked untrustworthy of his words.
"If Naruto-oniisan says their ok, then they're ok." Inari said, defending his big brother figure. The crowd of people accepted this and stood down but were still on guard.
Seeing this Zabuza picked up Haku bridal style and walked over to Naruto, who was resting against the side of the bridge. "We'll be seeing you soon kid. Take care."
Naruto looked up from were he was resting and saw Zabuza and Haku. "Were will you be going?"
Zabuza just shrugged. "Don't know, but were not welcome here right now. It would be better if we stayed clear of the bridge and town for now."
"I see, then take care of Haku-san for me, will ya?" He asked weakly.
Said girl started to blush. Zabuza saw this and grinned. "I'll keep your new girlfriend safe, don't worry."
Before Naruto could respond, Zabuza disappeared in a swirl of mist. Kakashi was standing near by and couldn't help but grin. "Sooooo… you got a girlfriend I hear…" He said innocently.
Naruto's face turned beat read before he looked away finding the other end of the bridge very interesting. "Shut up! I consider her just a friend!" He said in his defense haughtily.
Kakashi just grinned again. "Riiiiight. I wonder what the NFC (Naruto Fan Club) will think about this?" He said off handedly.
Naruto paled and turned his head so fast Kakashi wondered if he got whiplash. "You wouldn't dare! It took me forever to get them to stop stalking me all the time!"
"Hehehe… why shouldn't I?" Naruto got up and ran after the running away Kakashi seemingly forgetting about his injuries and exhaustion for the moment.
While running Naruto was yelling profanities at him. "If you do, I'll burn every one of your Icha Icha Paradise books!"
Kakashi looked horrified. "You wouldn't!"
Naruto had an evil glint in his eyes. "Even if my sensei writes them, I'll still be happy to destroy them!"
"NOOOOO! You won't get your hands on my precious!" Kakashi yelled as he ran at his full ninja speed straight off the bridge.
Naruto stopped were he was seeing as he couldn't keep up right now. He along with everyone else had sweat dropped.
'My precious?' Was the common thought. 'Weird…'
Two weeks later the bridge was complete and everyone from town was standing in front of it with the ninja from Konoha in front of them.
"I still don't know were you went for two days Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled at him.
Said man just rubbed his neck while his other rubbed his pouch. "I got lost on the road of life." Everyone their sweat dropped.
"Liar!" Sakura yelled making some peoples ears ring.
"Can you please keep it down pinky; you might make some people death with that voice of yours." Sai said while he was rubbing his ears along with Kiba, Akamaru, and Naruto.
"I am not loud!" She yelled just as loud again.
"Before any of us go deaf, we should probably be leaving." Kakashi said, only to receive a death glare from Sakura.
Tazuna stepped forward. "Thank you so much again guys. You have no idea how much you helped us out here. There is no way we can ever repay you."
"Well, you could always pay for the A-rank mission when you get the money." Kakashi said half heartedly again.
The old man chuckled. "I suppose we could."
Then Inari moved to the front and looked at Naruto. "Naruto-oniisan, will you ever come visit?"
Naruto looked down at him and smiled. "You can count on it Inari!" He said giving him the thumbs up.
Inari started to tear up and tried to hide it. Naruto just smiled at him. "It's ok to cry when you're happy Inari."
"I'm not crying!" He said heatedly but you could tell he was. "I'll be strong like you are! I'll make my dad proud!"
Naruto just smiled at him. "I'm sure you will Inari."
With that they said their final partings, turned around and walked across the bridge waving good bye. They were the very first people to cross the new bridge.
Back with the villagers, Tazuna stopped waving. "We still haven't named the bridge yet!"
"Your right!" Some in the crowd said.
"What should we name it?" Another asked.
"How about the Super Tazuna Bridge!" Tazuna said only to get hit over the head by his daughter.
"Get over your self!" She said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Hehehe, sorry." He said rubbing his head.
Their was a few other names tossed around until Inari spoke up. "Why not call it the Great Naruto Bridge!"
There was silence for a few seconds until they all cheered in agreement. "Then the name of the bridge will be 'The Great Naruto Bridge' named after Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto for saving this country from Gato, saving Tsunami, and helping Inari grow strong!" There was another cheer for the name of the bridge after he said that.
With the others, it had been a couple of hours and they were nearing the border of water and fire when suddenly Zabuza and Haku appeared in front of them. The others stopped what they were talking about and got ready for anything.
Naruto stepped forward. "I see you two healed well."
"As did you Naruto." Zabuza said in return. After a few seconds of awkward silence he addressed the issue for their meeting. "Does that offer of yours still stand?"
"Hai, it does, are you planning to join Konoha as a leaf ninja Zabuza-san, Haku-san?" Naruto asked while raising his eyebrow.
"Hai." Was his short reply.
Naruto looked over at Haku. "And you Haku-san?"
"I will join also Naruto-k-san!" She said catching herself and blushing in embarrassment. Zabuza grinned at her as did Kakashi with Naruto.
Kakashi stepped forward then. "Well since we're all heading the same way, let's go."
Zabuza and Kakashi walked beside each other, while the genin stuck together, and Naruto and Haku talked to each other.
After a while Kakashi and Zabuza moved back and stepped beside Naruto and Haku, so that Kakashi was beside Naruto, and Zabuza beside Haku.
Kakashi started off. "So you two, what you talking about?"
Naruto looked at him weirdly and shrugged. "Nothing much, why?"
"Oh no reason, just wanted to know…" He trailed off here. Naruto and Haku looked at them questionably.
Then Zabuza spoke. "He wanted to know if you two were boyfriend and girlfriend yet?" He asked bluntly. He got the result he wanted. Naruto and Haku both turned red and turned to each other and it only made it worse.
Naruto spun on Kakashi. "You're books are mine!" He yelled as he pulled out a kunai. Kakashi's eyes widened so much that they looked like they would pop out.
He ran away screaming, "You'll never hurt my precious!"
Haku spun on Zabuza and smiled sweetly at him. "Zabuza…" Zabuza paled seeing that face. 'Shit! She only smiles like that when she wants to kill me in the most excruciating ways!' He thought as he started to sweat a little.
"Y-yes?"
"Can you hold still for a second?" She pulled out one of her senbon needles and stepped forward with that sweet smile of hers still on her face. All color in Zabuza's face was gone by now. He did the smart thing…
… He ran like a girl.
Haku ran after him saying things like it wouldn't hurt and she only wanted to see if he was ok.
"There suppose to be elite Jounin too." Choji said to the others seeing the looks on their faces.
The others in the group sweat dropped at this and ran after there sensei's and their two additional members back to Konoha.
A day later they arrived back at the village thanks to running full speed most of the way thanks to Kakashi and Zabuza running for their lives.
When they reached the gates they were stopped and asked for identification.
"Namikaze Naruto returning with my team from our mission." He stated nonchalantly.
Kakashi mirrored him. "Hatake Kakashi returning with my team from a C turned A-ranked mission." He also said in his usual tone of voice.
The two guards could only nod there heads at first. They were surprised that genin survived an A-ranked mission even if they had two of the best Jounins in Konoha with them. Then they noticed the other two people that weren't on the teams. They looked at them questionably before they asked who they were.
"And these two?" They pointed to Haku and Zabuza.
Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Oh my bad, well these two are Momochi Zabuza and this is Haku. They will be accompanying us to see the Hokage."
One guard looked them over and then nodded. "Very well, Hokage-sama has been a bit confused as to the delays in your mission anyways."
Naruto and Kakashi nodded and turned to their own teams once inside the gates of Konoha.
"Alright guys." Naruto started, "Now that we have returned from an A-ranked mission, you will have some time off to recuperate. I will give you guys two days of free time. On the third day I want you to show up at training field nineteen at seven in the morning. If our late I will double all of your weights."
Each person of team ten had the same thought. 'Noooooooo! Not more weight!' Naruto just turned and walked away leaving his students in a vision of painful training. If one could see Naruto's face right now they would see an evil grin on his face and a devilish spark in his eyes.
Unfortunately Zabuza saw a side glance at it and unconsciously shivered. 'Note to self, never piss him of too much…that look is like Haku when she does that sweet smile.' This thought brought another shiver to him.
Kakashi just walked up to his team and looked down on them. "You have the next two days off to relax, be at training field seven at seven in the morning." With that Kakashi turned around and walked beside Naruto, Zabuza, and Haku as they made there way to the Hokage's tower.
Team ten finally got out of the horror induced by their sensei's threat and each went there own ways. Team seven also split up with Sakura following Sasuke like she normally would.
Sai he made a smart ass comment to Sakura as she walked away. "Hey pinky, why do you follow dickless if he doesn't even like you?"
When Sakura heard the nickname pinky she stopped in her tracks. Then when she heard her Sasuke-kun being called dickless she turned around with flames in her eyes.
"Sasuke-kun is not dickless!" She yelled at him as she hit him over the head sending him to the ground and leaving a dent there. She spun around to go follow Sasuke again when she noticed that he was no were in sight.
"No Sasuke-kun, wait up!" She yelled to the road as she ran down it to find her Sasuke-kun.
When all of this was going on, the Jounin of the group were long gone. They witness none of it. While they walked down the road people greeted them happily and sincerely. Haku and Zabuza were confused by this some what so they decided to ask as was their usual polite custom.
Yeah, right, Zabuza has about as much tact as a tack hammer…actually, he probably has less, so he just spit out the question on his mind. "What's with all the stares and greeting you two are getting, you two famous here or what?"
Kakashi looked at him and then looked at the front again before answering. "It's not me there greeting really. I just happen to be by the one they are."
"Oh and pray tell me who this is?" He asked in a very sarcastic tone.
Kakashi just eye smiled at him. "Nope."
Zabuza's vein on his head started to throb. "What the hell do you mean no!"
Kakashi just chuckled lightly. Just when Zabuza was about to nail him in the head Naruto spoke up. "They're looking at me, Zabuza."
Said man just arched an eyebrow at him. Seeing his look Naruto decided to explain. "I'm the son of the great forth Hokage, the man that saved the village from destruction. They treat me like this because of him and my mom. They treat me like royalty." Naruto's voice was very irritated.
Zabuza arched an eye brow again at the kid. "And this is a bad thing why?" Haku was equally confused.
Naruto debated to tell them or not and after a full minute of silence and walking he did. "How would you feel Zabuza if you were treated like royalty for something you had nothing to do with?"
"Myself, I'd go with it." He said nonchalantly.
Naruto shook his head. "You might but I don't want it. I want to be recognized for my own accomplishments not for what my father did. I want them to like me because of me not because of my family. Every one of these people knows virtually nothing about me, and yet they act like my friends. I just want to be treated normally like everyone else is."
The other just stayed silent after he said this. How could you really respond to something like that anyways? Before they knew it, they were at the Hokages tower waiting to be called into the office to speak to the Third.
After five minutes of waiting and seeing some one walk out of the office they were ushered in. They each stood in front of the desk of the third and Kakashi spoke first.
"Returning form a C-ranked turned A-ranked mission Hokage-sama." Kakashi said in an official voice.
The Hokage was slightly startled by this. "Is everyone ok Kakashi?"
"Hai Hokage-sama. We all returned mostly unharmed. The worst injuries were just some deep cuts."
The Hokage nodded his head. "I'm glad to hear that you and your teams are alright Kakashi. I assume that your team, Naruto, is alright also."
"Hai Hokage-same, like Kakashi my team came out with only minor wounds."
"Glad to hear it. Now, can you explain why you thought it wise to bring an A-class missing nin here?" Sarutobi gave them both a critical look that made the two stand up straighter than before under his gaze.
"These two are Momochi Zabuza and Haku. They wish to join Konoha as ninjas of our forces." Naruto said in a very stern voice.
The Hokage raised an eyebrow at Naruto before leaning back into his chair. "Haku I have no problem with but you Zabuza I can't let join our forces." Both Haku and Zabuza tensed getting ready to leave at a moments notice.
"But…" The two looked at the old man sitting in his chair. "If you tell me about your mission first I might be able to allow things to slide." Sarutobi then turned his look to Naruto and Kakashi. Naruto decided to step forward and tell the tale of there mission.
Twenty minutes later he was done telling him his report. Sarutobi leaned back in his chair again and took a puff of his tobacco pipe.
"I still stand on my verdict as before. Haku can stay because she has no alliances with any nation and Konoha would gladly invite her bloodline, but Zabuza was a ninja of mist. I can not just let him join our forces with out mist getting in our faces and then possibly starting a war." He said grimly.
Zabuza and Haku looked ready to jump out the window when the third continued. "Although, if for say, Kakashi killed you, lets say using his Raikiri and stabbed you threw the heart effectively killing you when you were being restrained by his Nin dogs, then we wouldn't have a problem would we?" The old man was smirking wildly.
The smirk seemed contagious because everyone in the room had one on there faces. "I like the way you think old timer." Zabuza said still smirking. His smirk turned to a rapid apology when he saw the look Sarutobi was giving him. "I-I mean Hokage-sama!"
The third just smirked again and then waved it off. "Now that you two are going to be Konoha Nin we will have to see what rank you will get. Naruto, Kakashi, what do you thing there skills would put them at?"
Naruto and Kakashi looked at each other and then at the Hokage and at the same time said one word. "Jounin."
The third just nodded and pushed a button on his intercom. "Mai-san, can you get me two Konoha head bands and two Jounin jackets and bring them to my office please."
There was a second pause before she responded. "Hai Hokage-sama."
"Now those vests will be here in a few minutes. In the mean time we have to discuss a few other things. Since you did interfere in a mission against Konoha and attacked two Jounin of our village you will have to be punished. So for the next two weeks the both of you will to do D-ranked mission."
Zabuza looked ready to yell at the man when the door opened and in came the secretary with the two vest and the head bands. Haku and Zabuza look them of the desk after Sarutobi nodded to them to do so and put them on. Haku put her head band on and put it on her forehead and Zabuza did the same except his was slanted instead. They each put their Jounin vest on and left them unzipped for now.
There was a cough from in front of them and they all turned to see what Sarutobi wanted. "Now that I got your attention back, I will finish this meeting so I can get back to work." Here everyone in the room could have sworn they heard a whisper of 'evil' muttered but they shrugged it off as nothing.
"For the time being, you two will live in an apartment building until you can find a different place to stay at or stay there." He opened a drawer and pulled out a wad of cash. "This is for the two of you to share. I don't know if you will live in separate apartments or not, but that will be enough for the both of you to pay rent for two weeks either way."
"Thanks you Hokage-sama for all of this." Haku said with a truly thankful look on her face.
"Ya, we appreciate it." Zabuza said in a matter of fact way. He got hit in the ribs by Haku for being disrespectful. He glared down at her but she just looked away.
'Stupid brat.' He thought.
Sarutobi just smiled at them. "If there is nothing else you may leave. Naruto and Kakashi I expect a report on my desk in two days and don't forget to 'fix' some parts of it."
"Not a problem Hokage-sama." Kakashi replied as he poofed out of the office.
Naruto replied with a simple, "Hai Hokage-sama." He then turned to the other two in the room. "Come on you two, I'll show you around Konoha now."
With that they walked out of the office leaving the old man to his work.
The said man looked down at his desk and his eyes widened in surprise and fear. "How in the nine layers of hell did the paperwork grow?!" He half yelled, half cried.
Then he remembered something from fifteen minutes ago…
The door opened up and in walked a young woman of about twenty five years of age. "You asked for two Jounin vests and two Konoha head protectors, right Hokage-sama?" She asked as she carried in the said items.
She walked over to the desk and put them down with a stack of papers a foot and a half tall under them. While she bent down her breasts giggled and it caught Sarutobi's eyes. He watched them for a few seconds until she stood back up.
"Will that be all Hokage-sama?" She asked sweetly.
Shaking his head in a barely noticeable manor to clear his head he responded. "Yes, thanks Mai-san." She bowed once and then left the room.
Shaking his head he cleared his thoughts and came to the present…
'Noooooooo! I'm becoming more like Jiraiya! Damn you and you wonderful books.' He thought on the inside.
Then he looked at the stack of papers. "Your evil you know that. I hate you." Of course the papers just sat there innocently.
"Don't mock me!" With that he grabbed one and started to read through it.
Author Notes…
Well there's the chapter. I have lots to say, so here goes nothing.
I think I am making the third look a little crazy, but whatever, it is just so funny to mess with the guy and I can't help it.
I would like to make the Haku, Naruto fight clear also. Haku only created two mirrors at the end of the fight because she is smarter than in the manga and it would only waste chakra. She also had no ideas of playing around with the enemy. She took one play attack so Naruto could see her power before the end, even then it still hurt him and then went for the kill or knock out. She didn't play with her enemy like in the manga; she was being a real shinobi and acting like it. Two mirrors was enough to do that with.
Shunpo: It is NOT his bloodline limit. He made it to look like it and it is rather weak right now and will stay that way for some time. It is nothing more than the Shunpo in Bleach, but it is weaker. He can only get so far with it and he can only step forward with it. He can't use jutsu when using it either, other wise they malfunction and are way too weak and it is just a waste of chakra. Right now it wears him out tons, and he can only go a small distance of ten feet per step. It will get better and easier later on in the story, but I want this to be a super hard technique and it can't just be mastered like that. It also can't be copied by the Sharingan either.
Another thing I would like to say is thanks for all the reviews I have been getting. You know who you are.
Also I have added a LOT more to my profile and if you are interested go and read it. I talk about my interest in Naruto and every rant I have said. They are my opinions on how things are and how things should be in the manga of the Naruto series. It is also what I like and don't like. I also talk about my other stories I will eventually write if I ever get the time and the effort into them. I also tell about my own C2 that I just made and what is in it and how it works. I suggest you check that C2 out because there are over 400 stories on their and I'm sure you could find things you love. There is a story in their for every idea out there.
The last thing I want to say is about the Chunnin exams. I have read many stories and they often repeat themselves over and over again. My Chunnin exams will be different. I will show very little of the first exam, none but Naruto's team telling him about the second exam, and how they do in it. I will show the prelim fights and how they go. They will not be the fight in the manga. I promise you that. They will all almost be different. There will also be a surprise before the prelim fights happen that you will have to wait and see what happens. After the prelims, I will go to the month training, although I might make it two months for my plans to sound more real. I will show very little of the team training but I will focus more on Naruto during that time. There will also me some good getting to know Haku better during that time. Hehehehehehe…
Well that is all I really wanted to say. Like always REVIEW, and I will answer all questions that you have in a reply or PM, just let me know.
"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it."
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."
"It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing."
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