Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto if I did then Tayuya, Jiraiya and Yugito would still be alive and Kyuubi would be female. I do own the story plot, original jutsu and oc's.

Chapter 10

Birth of a New Blade

Haku had awoken early this morning in order to pick the herbs he needed to make a anti-septic lotion for Zabuza's wound, He guessed that he would be able to fight by tomorrow if Zabuza didn't do anything to agitate his wound any further. He made it to a small clearing where he saw an abundance of herbs growing but that wasn't the only thing there.

'That boy...he's the same boy that fought Zabuza-sama! What is he doing out here all by himself?'

Haku slowly approached the sleeping form of the boy who was leaning against a tree with multiple slash marks rising up its trunk. Haku silently reached towards his neck but stopped a few inches away from his target once he noticed the boy had his hand in his weapon pouch. He examined the boy to see when he had awoken but was shocked to see that he was still sound asleep, Haku then pulled back his hand and saw the boy's hand slowly come out of his pouch, Haku reached toward his neck once more to only see his hand go back into his pouch.

'Amazing!..He's able to sense danger even when he's sleeping! Sheer instinct...astounding!'

Haku once again reached out to the sleeping boy but instead of reaching for his neck, he grabbed his shoulder and shook him lightly. The boy began to mumble under his breath but Haku couldn't hear a thing he was saying.

"Excuse me, you shouldn't sleep out here. You might get sick."

"mmhmm...Fuck off teme."

Haku stood up with fury clearly written on his face. He couldn't believe that this little punk said that to him..let alone while he was trying to help him!

"mmhmm...I told you...I aint...telling you..shit..mmhmm."

Haku then realized that the boy was dreaming and didn't even now that he was trying to wake him up let alone standing right in front of him. He quickly reached out towards the boy and shook him with a bit more force.

"Excuse me! Please wake up!"

"It wasn't me...huh? Who are you?"

"My name is Haku and you are...?"

"Oh,sorry..my name's Naruto, say...what are you doing out here so early in the morning?"

"Well I can ask you the very samething, now can I?"

"Oh well I was training and I guess I must of fell asleep...now its your turn."

"I'm here for some herbs."

"Well maybe I can help?"

"I would appreciate that greatly."

Naruto began to help Haku pick the herbs he required and they both continued their little conversation.

"So why were you out here training?"

"Well I was training in order to become stronger!"

"Why? You already look pretty strong to me."

"Well I need to be stronger so I can achieve my dream!"

"That does seem to be a good reason to become stronger...personally I think that a person can only truly be strong is when they protect those who are precious to them. Do you have someone who's precious to you?"

"Well my sensei is definitely precious to me thats for sure."

"Is there anyone else you can think of?"

"Well..there is this girl that I like...but she likes this other guy who is a complete jackass and treats people like dirt."

"Well he doesn't sound like a very pleasant person."

"Well he's not as bad as I make him out to be but he is a jackass!...Hey Haku...your a girl so could you maybe give me some advice on how I could get the girl I like to notice me?!"

"Hehehehehe"

"What's so funny?"

"I'm not a girl hehehe...I'm a guy."

"NANI?!...I'm so sorry I didn't mean-"

"Thats quite alright..I take after my mother more than I do my father."

"Well then your mom is a total babe!...Wait I mean...I didn't...that totally came out wrong!"

"That it did, hehehe...that it did."

Haku stood up with a good amount of herbs in his pouch, thanked Naruto for helping him and walked off until he disappeared from sight into the thick growth of the woods. Naruto sat on the ground and stared up the tree he was climbing up all night,lost in his own little dream world. His body was extremely sore from the combination of the weights on his wrists and ankles and with them constantly getting heavier every time he channeled to much chakra to any part of his body.

"Naruto! Where are you?!"

Kakashi became nervous when Naruto hadn't come back after his little 'talk' with Inari last night and decided to make sure nothing bad had happened to him. Kakashi asked around the village to see if any of the villagers had seen Naruto last night and after asking a few hundred people (obviously he was exaggerating) he finally found someone who saw him go into the woods. With that information Kakashi could only assume that he had gone to the woods to train more but that was dangerous! Naruto hadn't given his body enough time to heal itself and though it didn't look like it, Naruto was having a difficult time at dinner last night but due to him no longer channeling chakra throughout his extremities his mind didn't notice that his body was still working under the extra weight.

"Naruto! Where the Hell are you?!"

"Quit shouting...I'm over here."

Kakashi looked over to the same clearing that his team was using for training yesterday and there at the base of a slashed tree was Naruto who was laying against the trunk. Kakashi quickly ran towards the boy to check his vital signs.

"If I was just talking to you...why would I be dead?"

"I'm not checking to see if your dead! I'm checking to see if your body is destroyed or not."

"I feel fine!"

"Yeah well your pulse says otherwise...its extremely weak so I want you to rest for today. Understand?!"

"But I feel-"

"Don't fight me on this...now I don't know who your sensei was but they clearly took advantage of your body's healing abilities when training you but I'm your sensei now so you will do as I tell you, Got it?"

Naruto stared at the one-eyed Jonin with new found respect in his eyes. It wasn't as if Naruto had never had any respect for the man but he never saw Kakashi as his sensei but rather as a fellow shinobi, though now he saw the man as his sensei and was planned to learn everything he could from him.

"Hai sensei."

"Good...now do you want to walk or do I need to help you?"

(Tazuna's house)

Naruto was lying in his bed with an extreme feeling of boredom growing in the pit of his stomach as he watched the ceiling fan slowly rotate above him. Kakashi had instructed him to take it easy for today,sorta like a break from training but Naruto didn't want to take a break, he had almost gotten past Sasuke's mark and wanted to reach the top before he did. Kakashi had deactivated his weights,causing them to slowly drift downward to the floor like they were absolutely nothing,which by the way had deeply disturbed Naruto for some reason.

"Here you go Naruto..I brought you some breakfast!"

"Thanks Sakura-chan."

Sakura placed a bowl with a pair of chopsticks in them next to his bed and sat down next to him. He lifted the bowl into his hands and slowly started to eat the contents inside of it.

"So where did you go last night?"

"Training."

"Training?!..You went training after what you said to that boy!"

"Training helps me relax...sorta. Besides that kid needed to hear that last night!"

"Naruto don't you think thats a little harsh?"

"Probable but it had to be said! He can't go around acting like a poor little victim his whole life! If he wants this place to change than he has to do something about it, not just bitch and moan about it!"

Unknown to both Sakura and Naruto, a small figure could be seen just around the door way of Naruto's room.

"He needs to learn that he isn't the only person out there who has lost something precious! If he loves this place so much than he needs to fight for it...even at the cost of his own life."

'He sounds just like he did...what father always told me.'

(Flashback)

It was a dark day as the clouds above swirled in a storm like manner. All the villagers were gathered around a chain-link fence where inside was their hero,Kaiza, who was bloodied and beaten while tied to a wooden post. A small rat like man appeared from the side of the man with a sword held in his hand.

"People of the wave! Look at your hero now! Beaten and worthless. This is what happens to those who oppose me...they die!"

"Gato...you...slimy...rat...you may kill me but...my spirit will live on in the hearts...of the people!"

"Shut the fuck up! Even now knowing that your about to die you still try to fill these idiots heads with your garbage! Now...any last words?"

"Inari...no matter what...if something is precious to you...I want you ...to protect it with both arms...and never let go...even if you die!...Just...like...I am."

"NO FATHER,DON'T LEAVE ME!!"

"Good-bye...son."

"DADDY!!"

Gato raised his blade over his head allowing the few rays of light that shown through to reflect off the sword and swung down with all his might,allowing him to end Kaiza's life for good.

(End Flashback)

"Still...don't you think that you might of overdone it a bit?"

"I don't know...maybe a little."

"Well gimme your bowl I'll take it down stairs, I need to meet Tazuna-san at the bridge today."

Naruto handed his empty bowl to Sakura who stood up and walked out of the room to leave Naruto to his own devices. He stared at the ceiling fan again quickly becoming bored but this time he wasn't worried about it because his body was so sore that he could barely move his arms or legs. He laid on the floor listening to the inhabitance in the house go about their busy day. Suddenly he heard the sound of someone trying to enter the room and stop right at the door way.

"I-I'm sorry...about last night...I didn't know."

"Of course you didn't know I would be a little worried if you did."

"I just wanted to say that I was sorry."

"About what?"

"You know...about what I said and-"

"I don't care about what you said! I don't care about anything you will ever say to or about me! What I said last night was the truth plain and simple, you need to fight for what you believe in and if you die then you die trying! You can say whatever you want about me but I know for a fact that as long as I fight for what I believe in I will always be better than you."

Naruto heard a set of footsteps slowly walk away and decided to get some sleep.

(Sasuke)

"Very good Sasuke...your doing much better."

Kakashi watched Sasuke climb near the top of the tree and descend downwards to the ground. Sasuke stared at his progress on his tree and was happy to see that he almost made it to the top but when he glanced over at Naruto's tree he became furious. He saw that Naruto had reached just about where he was yesterday.

"Kakashi-sensei why does the Dobe get special training? What does he have that I don't?"

"Sasuke its not a matter of him having something you don't...its just that he was already trained and there is only so much I can do for him."

Sasuke was still angry though at what he didn't know but he did make a silent promise to himself at that moment.

"I will become stronger...no matter what!"

(Haku)

"How do you feel Zabuza-sama?"

"Much better my leg feels good as new thanks to you Haku."

"Well I wouldn't be much of a tool if I didn't help you Zabuza-sama."

Zabuza was sitting on a couch in the tree house with an apple in his hands. He squeezed the fruit in his hand until it suddenly burst in his palm.

"We attack at dawn!"

(Team 7)

Everyone had awoken the next morning but Kakashi decided to let Naruto sleep a bit longer for today. They had escorted Tazuna to the bridge with hope that today would finally be the day that it would be finished. They continued their way through the village until they had reached their destination...thats when Kakashi felt it.

"Hold on...somethings not right here."

Everyone looked around to see that no one else was present on the bridge. Sakura began to feel something growing in the pit of her stomach and decided to ask Kakashi something.

"Kakashi-sensei...where is everybody?"

"Hahahaha!"

A thick fog suddenly rolled onto the bridge that was all to familiar for comfort and quickly everyone raised a kunai in a defensive position.

"I was wondering when you would come crawling back for another round Zabuza."

"Only one fight and it seems as if you already know me better than myself! But somethings not right with this picture."

Both the figures of Zabuza and his masked accomplice materalised out of thin air in front of them all.

"It looks as though your missing one..oh well after I'm done with you I'll go after the blond child."

With a flick of his hand 5 Zabuza clones appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the genin squad. Sasuke watched this happen and began to quiver in his place.

"Well it seems as though the others aren't that impressive, look that one is shaking with fear!"

"I'm not shaking with fear...I'm shaking with excitement!"

Before any of them knew what happened, all the Zabuza clones transformed into nothing but a couple of puddles. Sakura was speechless as she witness this phenomenon and could only be astounded by Sasuke's progress.

"Well I guess I was wrong then! It seems as though you have some competition Haku."

"So it does. Even though they were 1/10 of your strength to defeat them all so quickly is quite the feat."

Suddenly Sasuke sped towards the masked figure with his kunai ready and the masked figure known as Haku reached into his robe to block the oncoming attack with a senbon needle. Both fighters began to attack each other with blinding speed and the sound of metal hitting metal could be heard all over the bridge. Kakashi gripped his kunai and tensed his leg muscles with ever intention of going in.

"Relax Kakashi cause your not going anywhere. You go after Haku then I'll go after the bridge builder and I don't think that little girl could stop me. Besides you wouldn't stand a chance against Haku, I trained him to be the perfect tool! He's so great that even I wouldn't last long against him...but thats your choice if you want to interrupt him,I won't stop you."

'Damnit! He's right...if I go after Sasuke then Tazuna's done for...but on the other hand if that boy is as strong as he's saying than Sasuke won't get out alive!!'

"Your quite good...but your at a disadvantage."

Sasuke and Haku were locked together, blocking each others weapons from striking a vital point.

"What are you talking about?! We're dead even!"

"First of all we're surrounded by water as you can plainly see."

Sasuke looked around to see that he was right, all the clones he destroyed had turned back to water and both of them were standing in the middle of a puddle.

"And second...I still have one free hand."

Haku began to form a couple of seals with only one hand astounding Kakashi at the same time. The water around them rose into the air and began to harden into thousands of long ice needles. Sasuke's eyes widened in horror as he watched the needles hover in mid-air as if time itself was frozen when suddenly they all rushed towards him with every intent to kill him.

Everyone saw all the needles converge to one spot then a cloud of dust erupted when they impacted on the bridge. As the dust cleared Sasuke was nowhere to be seen when Haku suddenly jumped back as several kunai embed themselves in front of him. Sasuke came down from the air too see Haku form more seals.

"Mayko Ho Sho" (Demonic Ice Mirrors)

Sasuke was standing in the middle of a dome of mirrors that showed his confused face in every single one of the mirrors. Haku fused himself with the mirrors causing his image to appear all around Sasuke.

"This is my ultimate attack, I didn't want to do this but I must in order to protect Zabuza-sama and his dream so I must kill you here."

Before Sasuke could do anything he felt a sharp object skin his arm followed by a volley of the same objects piercing his body in multiple places. Kakashi was ready to help Sasuke when Zabuza appeared in front of him a second time.

"Do I need to remind you again? You go after Haku I go after the bridge builder its that simple. That boy is dead no one has survived Haku's attack before, its part of his Kekkei Genkai which is why he will win!"

"Your too cocky Zabuza! Sasuke won't go down so easily for he has the blood of one of the most powerful clans of Konoha running through his veins!"

"You don't mean...I thought they were all wiped out?!"

"All but him...He is Uchiha,Sasuke! The rightful heir of the Sharingan!"

Zabuza turned to watch the boy try to dodge the senbon needles as best as he could but he was still being struck by the senbon which were sticking out of his body turning him into a human pin-cushion.

'If that boy is the last one than this could get complicated but the chances of anything happening now is slim to none...nice try Kakashi but nothing can save you or the bridge builder now!'

(Naruto)

Naruto was still asleep when he heard the sound of dishes falling to the floor breaking on impact. He jumped out of the bed to only feel a little stiffness in his muscles that quickly went away. Naruto could hear both Tsunami's and Inari's voices and what also sounded like the voices of 2 other men who sounded like nothing but a couple of thugs if they're voices were anything to go by.

"Come on bitch your coming with us."

"You leave my mom alone!"

"Shut up kid or I swear I'll cut that tongue of yours out of your head!"

"NO!! Leave my son alone or I'll bite MY tongue off and die!!"

"Leave the kid alone, Gato said to get the bridge builders daughter and thats all!"

"Fine...but I get first dibs!"

"Would you stop it with that shit."

Naruto had heard enough of the conversation and decided to get this over with. He strapped on his scroll while pulling out the scroll from his belt loop and jumped out of the window from his room then hid in the shadow of the house. He saw both men shoving Tsunami across the dock but what really got him angry was the one with the eye patch was whispering things in her ear that was clearly making her uncomfortable. Naruto was trying to think of a way to get her out of their hands without them harming her but the only thing he could think of was to come up with a distraction of some kind.

"NO! I won't let you take my mother not now, not ever!"

'Jackpot!!'

"Kid your really starting to piss us off."

Inari began to run towards both men wielding only his fists in a blind charge. Both men had knocked out Tsunami due to her screaming in protest to Inari for him to stop. Both men had drawn their swords as Inari began to draw closer and closer until both men had slashed him in half with perfect synchronization. Both men sheathed the swords at the same time with similar smirks on their faces when suddenly the boy's tiny body turned into nothing but pieces of cut log.

"What the hell just happened?!"

"You got logged mother fuckers!"

Both men turned to see a spiky blonde head followed by a flash of steel before a kattana skewered both of them through their temples, thus turning them into a thug kabob. Naruto quickly slid his blade out of the men's skulls and watched them slump to the ground, oozing blood from their wounds. He flicked his kattana in order to get the mixture of blood and brain off it then turned his attention to Inari and Tasunami.

"Thanks for your help kid, If it wasn't for that distraction of yours then I probably wouldn't of gotten your mother away from those dirt bags!"

"R-Really?! I helped you save my mother?"

"Damn straight you did! I knew you would come through eventually,just needed the proper motivation thats all! Now if you excuse me I believe I may be needed at the bridge."

Naruto began running towards the bridge leaving Inari and his mother behind. Inari stared at the dwindling figure and began to form a plan in his head.

"Its time to show Gato that he won't get away with this anymore. Its time to fight back!"

(Team 7)

Kakashi could only watch as Sasuke tried to deflect all of the incoming senbon with one he pulled from his shoulder but there were always a few that managed to hit him in a non-fatal area. Sasuke was breathing heavily as his body was constantly moving and losing a lot of blood at the same time but he was still trying to formulate a plan in order for him to escape though knew it didn't seem likely. An image of Haku raised another needle and aimed at Sasuke.

"I'm going to end this little game of ours and kill you this time, there's nothing anyone can do to save you now."

Just as Haku was ready to throw his senbon a small tremor went through the ground causing the earth to shake for a moment.

"What the..what was that?!"

It suddenly felt like an earthquake was happening and everyone was trying their best to stay balanced. The fallen senbon began to rattle violently on the ground when Sasuke turned to see the cause of the problem. A giant saw blade was coming out from beneath the ground and traveling towards the dome at an extremely high speed. The blade suddenly dipped below the ground when it hit the bridge but the shaking kept coming and grew more violent until a figure suddenly burst out of the ground in front of Sasuke and continued its way as it rose towards Haku.

"Ninpo: Gyou Ken Shou" (Ninja art: Seek and Destroy)

Haku pulled his head back into the mirror but the spike that the sword had for a tip scratched his mask just before he was totally submerged into the mirror. There figure fell down to earth and there stood one Uzumaki Naruto with his personal foxy grin plastered on his face.

"Never fear! Naruto is here!"

Everyone stared in disbelief that the blond child had literally popped out of the ground into a trap...out of all the places he could of popped out of...into a trap. Sasuke couldn't believe it and was going to tell Naruto exactly how he felt about it.

"Are you stupid or something?!"

"Oh thats really nice especially since I'm trying to save your ass!"

"By almost beheading me and popping right into a trap?!"

"Oops"

Haku stared at both children with concern in his eyes. He didn't want to kill anyone and he never wanted to but for the sake of Zabuza's dream, he was willing to do anything. He aimed at the young blond child and let loose a volley of senbon at the boy, hitting him in the back.

"AAUGG! What the fuck?! Where is he?!"

"I don't know...Its almost as if he can attack from all angles at once!"

Naruto reached for his blade but notice that the area was too small for him to swing it without killing either him or Sasuke. He lifted his blade then implanted it into the ground and grabbed one of the senbon scattered on the ground. Kakashi had enough of doing nothing and decided to do something about this fight. He ran straight towards the dome to only see Zabuza disappear from sight, Kakashi then changed his course towards Tazuna and intercepted Zabuza with his kunai.

"Well I see your finally ready to fight me."

"I didn't want to seem too desperate."

Kakashi grabbed another kunai as Zabuza charged at him and managed to block an incoming slash to the midsection. Kakashi then jabbed Zabuza in the side who tried to kick him in the head but missed as Kakashi grabbed his leg and pushed upwards causing Zabuza to flip backwards. Zabuza landed on his feet and swung at Kakashi yet again for him to duck it but when he did he received an uppercut to the jaw but managed to slash Zabuza's leg warmer leaving a shallow cut on his leg. Zabuza kicked Kakashi with the same leg to which Kakashi returned it with a sidekick to his stomach, pushing both men back.

"I must say I haven't had this much fun in a long time!"

"Well I'm glad one of us is having a good time."

(Dome)

"Fuck!"

Naruto and Sasuke were fending off a countless amount of senbon that seemed to rain down upon them in the thousands but no matter how many they blocked some had always hit them. Sasuke was trying to think of a plan but it was proving to be difficult. Naruto was becoming pissed as he found that the man seemed invincible when he was in the mirrors.

"Hey teme can you think a little faster I would really appreciate it!!"

"I don't see you trying to coming up with anything yourself!"

"Wait I got it!! A plan so smart that my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about."

"DOBE THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR JOKES!!"

"He's right you know."

You shut up. You think of something."

Sasuke continued to think of something while defending at the same time. Naruto also continued to defend himself and awaited Sasuke's plan of action, the only reason why he wasn't trying to think of a plan was because he couldn't, just as Kisame, he too was a doer, not a thinker. Haku continued his frenzy on the two boys and was just hoping that he could get this over with as soon as possible. Both Sasuke and Naruto fell down on the ground panting allowing Haku a momentary cease-fire.

"Sasuke...have you...thought of something...yet?"

"I..think so...listen...closely."

Naruto listened closely to Sasuke as he told him the plan and he had to admit...it was a good plan. Sasuke stood in a defensive stance in the middle of the dome while Naruto created a cross-like seal with his hands. Haku tilted his head slightly wondering what they were planning on doing next.

"Kage Bushin no jutsu" (Shadow clone Technique)

Dozens of clones suddenly poof into existence and charged towards every single mirror. Almost immediately they were destroyed by another volley of needles which struck both ninja. Naruto turned to Sasuke who only shook his head, so he created another batch of clones to repeat the process over. Sasuke watched the clones as best as he could, trying to determine which mirror Haku was hiding in. He watched Naruto create another set of clones after pulling a few needles out of his arm and tried to figure out where he was hiding.

Sasuke continued to dodge and find at the same time(which was more difficult than you think) when he kicked up a small puddle and saw the water move in mid air. He suddenly got another idea and kicked the whole puddle in the air observing it very closely.

'I can see him! The movement in the water...its like hes suddenly slowing down for some reason.'

Naruto was covered with his own blood and needles which stuck out of his body but continued forward with the plan. He sent another wave of clones only for the same thing to happen again, he turned to Sasuke and saw him nod in his direction telling him that he just needed to create one more wave of clones. Sasuke looked into his reflection on a puddle of water and saw that his eyes had turned red with one black camma in each eye.

'The Sharingan! I finally unlocked it!'

Sasuke observed the mirrors closely to see Haku emerging out of one of them. He quickly performed a few hand signs and blew a fireball at him only to clip his robe.

'He managed to hit me! Thats never happened before...I must finish this now.'

Haku began to throw as many senbon as he could and as fast as he could. Both Naruto and Sasuke couldn't keep up with the storm of needles and fell to their knees panting, waiting for the frenzy to subside. Naruto could barely stand up let alone defend himself. He looked into the mirror in front of him and saw that it was the only one with an image of Haku.

"I truly am sorry about this but for the sake of Zabuza-sama's dream I must kill you...please forgive me."

Haku raised his arm and Naruto shut his eyes waiting for the inevitable...but it never came! Instead of Naruto being struck, Sasuke had jumped in front of the needles then fell to the ground. Naruto crawled over to his fallen comrade with utter disbelief.

"Why?!"

"I don't know why...I hated you...still do but...my body just moved on its own...Naruto I'm sorry...I shouldn't of asked you...about your sensei...I was just angry...you make it look so easy but I...know it isn't."

Naruto continued to listen to his comrades final words and still couldn't believe what he had done for him.

"My only regret is...I never got to kill him...my brother got away with it...I still have to fight him..."

Sasuke suddenly became limp and cold on the ground with Naruto still hanging over him. Haku listened to the whole thing and couldn't help to feel guilty.

"Is this the first time you watched a comrade fall in battle? I'm sorry but I warned him that I would have to kill him if he stood in the way of Zabuza-sama's dream and I would gladly die for Zabuza-sama to achieve his dream."

Haku continued to lecture Naruto but he hadn't heard a thing of it. Instead all he could hear were the last words that Sasuke had spoken to him and he suddenly felt something he never felt before rising in the pit of his stomach. It felt as though something had been sleeping inside of him his entire life but now it was awake and wanted to get out. He could feel his body burning like it was on fire. A sudden wave filled his entire being with hate,rage,and malcontent for the man.

'Yeeessss...Realese me Naruto-kun and I promise you that all this power and more will be yours!'

Haku had stopped his one-sided conversation with the boy as he saw steam rising from his body. His back was facing him but he saw that his hair had a more feral-look to it now, kinda like the raised hackles on a wild animal. His posture had changed as it now looked like he was on all-fours just like a wild animal that was ready to pounce on its unsuspecting prey. Haku raised his arm in self-defense becoming nervous when the boy stood up slowly from his spot.

"You killed Sasuke...you killed one of my comrades all in the name of Zabuza's dream?!"

His voice had become twisted and demonic but still sounded like his own. The only way Haku could explain it was as if two people were speaking at the exact same time in perfect harmony. Haku stood stock still afraid to even move an inch without invoking his wrath. The boy slowly turned to face Haku who was completely shocked by what he saw.

The boy's eyes were blood red with a black slitted iris and he seemed too radiate the very essence of hate and fury deep within his gaze. The whisker-like birthmarks that he bore on his face had become darker and more pronounced then before. His canines had grown in length that they jutted past his lower lip ever so slightly. Finally his fingernails had grown to what could only be explained as claws and the same could be seen with his toenails.

"What about my comrade? He had a dream too but now its gone because of YOU! I don't give a fuck about Zabuza and his dream...because now I'm going to Fucking Kill You!"

A cloud of crimson chakra surrounded the boy which lashed out at anything in its reach. Some of the chakra dug itself into the concrete shaping seals into the bridge in multiple circle around the boy. Suddenly the Chakra rose itself into the air shaping itself into the head of a fox which let out a bestial roar then dove on to Naruto's blade causing the seal to glow and transform into the one on his stomach.

Haku quickly resolved himself and let his image appear on all of the mirrors once more. He charged at the boy with every belief he wouldn't be caught due to his speed, he flew straight towards his chest with a senbon ready in his hand. He had just about reached him while it seemed that the boy wasn't even aware of his presence just yet when he suddenly disappeared from sight but before Haku could even raise an eyebrow he felt a hand grab the back of his skull then smashed his face to the ground causing a small crater to form on the impact site. With the hand still on the back of his head another hand gripped his leg then lifted him in the air which he then felt himself starting to spin in a complete circle several times at G-force speed and let go, smashing into one of his mirrors almost completely shattering it.

He lifted his body to see the boy running straight towards him with fury written all over his face. Naruto grabbed his arm and pulled him forcing him to stand up right, pulled back his fist and let loose sending Haku flying through the air completely destroying one of his mirrors. Naruto turned his attention to his blade and saw that the chakra had completely transformed his sword, causing a evil smile to appear on his face.

(The Bridge)

The fight between Kakashi and Zabuza was good as finished, Zabuza was pinned by several ninken and was about to witness one of Kakashi's original jutsu when both Jonin felt a malevonet chakra appear out of nowhere.

"Kakashi! Is this one of your tricks?!"

'Zabuza you have no idea!'

Kakashi quickly looked towards the dome where Sasuke and Naruto were fighting only to see what looked like a giant rotating fireball that was barely contained within its confines. Kakashi was proven right when the red chakra burst, completely obliterating the dome. Kakashi dodged a white hot metal object that screamed by his face and the ninken that held Zabuza had let go of their 'chew toy' cringing,whining,and with their tails in between their legs allowing Kakashi to dismiss them. Kakashi stared in horror at what he saw. There laid Sasuke on the floor not moving and there Stood Naruto crouching with his mouth slightly open and staring out with a pair of demonic red eyes but that not what scared Kakashi the most.

Naruto had in his hands a 7ft blade but none like Kakashi had ever laid eyes on. It was covered in a mass of pink flesh that pulsated like it had a heartbeat, on its side it had 7 fang-like appendages which were yellow with age and cavities were present in them. Each one of the fangs were 2ft in length and at the tip was another fang which was sparkling white and curved upwards slightly, with a blue vein running from the hilt all the way to the tip fang. Kakashi knew that he had to end this as soon as possible and began to go through a sequence of signs. A ball of crackling lightning formed in his hand and he thrust forward towards Zabuza who was still a little woozy from all the blood he lost from the ninken.

"Raikari" (Lightning Blade)

Kakashi pierced the chest of a man but not the intended one. Haku had thrown himself in front of Zabuza and had taken the blow. Kakashi's eyes widened and Zabuza was once again clear-headed.

"For...you...Zabuza...sama."

Kakashi pulled his hand out of the boys chest letting the body fall to the ground. Zabuza stared at the body with a neutral look on his face for a while when a small chuckle escaped from his lips.

"Hahaha...good work Haku! Thats exactly what I wanted to hear! You truly are the greatest weapon I have ever created!"

"You Son Of A Bitch!"

Zabuza quickly turned around only to be hit by an incoming fist right in the face. Zabuza flew back a few feet but quickly got up on his feet and raised his blade to block a powerful slash that almost knocked the blade out of his hands. He walked backwards barely able to keep up with the boy's new found speed. Neither of them noticed Sakura running past them towards Sasuke who began to stir from his supposed 'death'.

"Sasuke-kun your alive!"

Sasuke pushed himself on his elbows and rubbed his head to clear away the grogginess. He stared up at Sakura with his eyes squinted like he just woke up from a really deep sleep.

"Sakura?...Wheres Naruto?"

Sakura stared at him with fear in her eyes and pointed out further towards the bridge. Sasuke saw Naruto and couldn't believe it! There was Naruto fighting Zabuza again but it was different this time, Naruto was attacking Zabuza in a totally different style then before instead of it being fast,precise,and powerful swings he was now attacking at him like some wild animal bearing its fangs and lashing out. His blade was different now instead of a 7ft saw blade with numerous metal teeth and a spike tip, it was now a pulsating sac of pale flesh that looked like it was wrapped around a 7ft stick with 7 fangs protruding out of the flesh which were yellowed and riddled with cavities and one white fang that was curved upwards at the tip of the blade.

"Sakura what happened to him?!"

"I don't know...he came out like that once the dome exploded!"

"You Bastard! He cared for you."

"Haku was a tool and nothing more thats the way of the shinobi!"

Naruto sprung at Zabuza swinging his blade at him, knocking his blade from Zabuza's hands and jabbed his hilt into Zabuza's stomach causing him to double over in pain. As Zabuza fell on his knees he felt a stabbing pain shoot in between his clavicle bone and saw that Naruto had pierced Zabuza's shoulder with one of the fangs on his blade which he then jumped over Zabuza bringing his blade up and over his kneeling form which twisted Zabuza's arm 180 degree's and then Naruto kicked him square in the back,tearing his arm off completely. Zabuza screamed in pain but it didn't end there, Naruto turned his blade to the side and swung stabbing him in the shoulder straight through his arm bone which he ran around him in a half circle like when someone uses a crowbar to open a crate at its side until his bone finally broke out of his skin to which Naruto repeated the same process of kicking him right in the chest, tearing off his other arm.

"He died for you and this is how you repay him?! By saying that he was nothing to you!"

"S-Shut up!"

Naruto stopped his onssualt on the fallen shinobi and witnessed tears running down his face.

"Your words cut me boy...deeper than anything you or any other person could do to me. Yes I too loved Haku like he was my own son and ashamed that I couldn't give him a better life. He was always a pure spirit and now he is at a better place where I I will definitely never see him again."

Everyone listened to Zabuza's tale with sympathy for the man but the moment was ruined when the sound of laughter could be heard across the bridge. A small man that was in a cast could be seen at the end of the bridge with a small army behind him.

"So you couldn't even kill a old man or a bunch of kids? Look at you you've been turned into an armless freak!"

The men behind the man laughed as though he had said the most hilarious thing ever heard while Zabuza growled in anger at the rat-man. The man turned his attention to the still body of Haku.

"Well it looks as though someone's already helped me with getting that little bastard back!"

"Hey Zabuza."

Zabuza turned to Naruto who had an evil smirk on his face.

"I'll make you a trade. You get to kill the rat bastard if I can have the rest...what do ya say?"

Zabuza chuckled to himself and managed to get up on his feet without his arms which he then unwrapped the bindings around his mouth revealing a set of sharp teeth.

"Kid, I like the way you think!"

Naruto reached into his pouch and tossed it to Zabuza who caught it in his mouth. Zabuza raced towards Gato who ran towards the back of the group. All the men tried to attack Zabuza but even in his crippled state he was still to much for them to handel. They had managed to stab him a few times in the back but even that wasn't enough to stop him. He finally managed to catch up with Gato and slit his throat and pushed him off the bridge which he then fell to the ground. The army was stunned at what happened but soon got over it and decided to raid the village only to stop when they were faced by the villagers themselves, all ready to fight them. In a frantic scramble everyone turned to run only to face a smiling red-eyed Naruto.

"Where do you think your going? I made a deal and I intend to collect!"

Naruto charged at the men with a battle-cry and began to hack and slash every single one of them. Everyone of the men fell at his blade as he continued to slaughter all of them and they never stood a chance. After several minutes only one man was left begging for his life as Naruto came closer and closer to him and somehow he didn't get a bit of blood on his clothes.

"P-Please! Have mercy!"

"How many people asked you for mercy before you killed them for no reason? How many women asked for mercy? Now tell me, how many did you show mercy to?"

"N-NO STAY BACK YOU FREAK!"

"Thats what I thought."

Naruto pulled back his blade and stabbed him in the sternum with the tip fang causing him to scream in pain. The man began to shrivel up as though he was aging at an extreme rate until his skin was sucked through the fang letting a skeleton fall to the ground. He laid the tip fang on the ground in a pool of blood which began to suck up all the blood from the fallen men causing the blue vein on it to turned crimson and the pale flesh began to gain some color. A red haze covered the sword bringing in the flesh and bones like a magnet. As soon as they reached the red haze, the bone began to grind itself down into a fine powder and started to fill the cavity holes in the fangs. The flesh was burned by the haze into ash which collected itself onto the fangs and started to whiten them. Luckily the mist was thick enough so no-one saw the massacre and the last rennets of it was gone forever.

Naruto began to feel woozy as his nails returned back to normal as everything eles did and the red haze around the sword had disappeared along with the flesh and fangs that surrounded it moments before, his sword was back to normal all except the seal which stayed the same. He turned to see the body of Zabuza and walked forward and lifted him, dragging him while he was on his shoulder. He had reached everyone else and laid Zabuza next to Haku on the ground.

"I'm sorry Haku...I guess I won't be seeing you anymore...not where I'm going."

As Zabuza laid dying it began to snow to everyone surprise and Team 7 saw Naruto bowing his head in respect while saying a small prayer.

(The Next Day)

The bridge was finally done and everyone in town had come to say their good-byes to all of them. Inari was jumping up and down in excitement about how Gato would no longer plague their lives and in respect, both Haku and Zabuza were buried next to each other on the hill over looking the village.

"Thank you all so much we'll never forget you!"

Team 7 simply waved good bye and headed back home.

"Wait we need to name the bridge!"

"Your right! Now let see...I got it! A name that inspires courage in all our hearts, we will name this bridge in honor of one of our greatest hero's, one who gave us hope when there was none to be found. We will call it 'The Great Naruto Bridge'!"

The whole crowd burst in cheer over the name of their new bridge and agreed that no matter what lies ahead they would never forget what that boy had taught them all.

(Later That Night)

It was pitch black where the only light came from the full moon. A hilltop with two graves was the only thing present at the moment. A tall,dark figure approached the grave sites and spoke a small prayer for both of them. The figure stared at one of the graves in silence for awhile until the figure began to chuckle lightly to himself.

"I told you one day that mouth of yours was gonna get you in trouble and I would be there to see it! I always knew that you would say the wrong thing to the wrong person sooner or later. Ironic that the Brat was that person!"

(Authors note)

PHEW! I'm finally done with this chapter..what a relief! Well the votes are in and it 5 for no pre-quel and 6 for a pre-quel so I'll get started on it when I get to it but don't worry I got the whole story in my head just need to write it. For Naruto's summon I've been getting the same answer and let me just tell you it's not a shark, ok? As for Naruto's sword it turned back to normal and its supposed to be like the Kyuubi's fangs and the flesh is the gums and no it does not make him invincible. The reson only 7 fangs is because its 7ft long it can't fit any more. This is the longest chapter so far! Over 8000 words of fictiony goodness, so enjoy.

As some of you might of noticed my grammer sucks so I'm looking for a Beta-reader who is good with grammer and I would really appreciate it.

Please review my Lord and Master commands it!!

"In Tobi We Trust"