Naruto the Alternate story

by Morpher

A lab accident causes a person with an extensive knowledge of the Naruto anime to be transported to his world before the anime actually starts and this is how he manipulates the story. Similar to Naruto meaning some M scenes I think

10. Chapter 8: The Battle on the Bridge

A/N: Sorry for this taking so long to get updated. I've been busy with other stuff and to make matters worse just when I was about finished with the chapter my computer crashes and I lost most of the chapter. That's what I get for not saving it in multiple areas. The one think I do know is that this is one of the longest chapters I've ever written. Hope y'all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh, or anything else that I might mention that someone else owns

Chapter 8: The battle on the Bridge

Many days pass in which Sasuke continues to train, Naruto and Hinata protect Tazuna on the bridge, Hurley continues to train with Kyuubi, and Kakashi continues to recuperate. They also find out more about Inari's father and what Gato has done to them. It is now the seventh day since they had started training and Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Kakashi are about to leave Tazuna's house.

"Aren't you going to be coming with us?" Hinata asks Hurley

"There's something I need to take care of" Hurley says "but don't worry, I'll catch up with you after I'm done here. Now just go and protect Tazuna"

Hinata still looks slightly worried and Kakashi puts his hand on her shoulder and says "From what I've seen Hurley can take care of himself" and says to Hurley "We'll go ahead and head out now. Just make certain that you catch up as soon as you can"

"Of course" Hurley says and Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, and Tazuna start walking to the bridge.

Upon arriving at the bridge thy all see the workers knocked out and Tazuna asks "What is this? What happened?" and says "Someone was here. Someone did this to them"

"Could it be?" Kakashi thinks

(Tazuna's House)

Inari's mother, Tsunami calls for Inari to help out as Gato's guards start coming to the door and prepare to bring out their swords

(Bridge)

Mist suddenly comes out of nowhere and Kakashi says "Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata get ready" and they all form a circle around Tazuna and grab a kunai, preparing for battle.

"I knew he was still alive" Kakashi says "He just couldn't wait for round 2"

Sasuke's heart starts beating faster and Zabuza's voice comes out of the mist saying "Sorry to keep you waiting Kakashi. I see that you still have those brats with you"

Sasuke starts trembling and Zabuza notices this and says "That one's still trembling, how pitiful" and many Zabuza clones appear around them.

Sasuke smirks and says "I'm trembling with excitement"

"They're all yours Sasuke" Kakashi says and Sasuke cuts all the clones with a kunai, causing them to turn into water.

"So you could see that they were water clones" Zabuza says "You may be improving but not nearly enough" and says to Haku "It looks like you have a rival"

"So it seems" Haku merely says

"It looks like I was right" Kakashi says "Everything was just an act, with a fake mask"

"Apparently everything about you being a tracker ninja was bologna" Tazuna says

"They most certainly look chummy to me" Kakashi says "I wouldn't be surprised if they traveled many places and used scams like this"

"No matter what I will take you out" Sasuke says

"He was impressive" Haku says "Even though the water clones were only 1/10 the strength of a normal one he did still manage to take all of them out"

"That move still gave us the first advantage" Zabuza says "Now use it"

"Right" Haku says and spins towards Sasuke.

(Tazuna's House)

Gato's body guards slice a hole in the wall that leads into the kitchen causing Tsunami to turn around.

"So your Tazuna's daughter huh" Guard 1 says "That's too bad. You'll have to come with us now"

Inari, while washing his hands in the bathroom, hears him mom scream and something break and quickly moves into to the kitchen and when he gets there and sees what's happening he says "Mother"

"Quickly Inari run away" Tsunami says

"Don't move" Guard 2 says and then adds "Should we take this one as well"

"No" Guard 1 says "Gato just asked for one hostage" and Inari flinches at the word hostage.

Guard 2 grabs his sheath and as he is about to pull out his sword he says "Then let's kill him" and Inari tries to hide around the corner.

"Wait" Tsunami yells as Guard 2 slowly pulls out his sword "I will do anything as long as you don't hurt my boy"

Guard 2 sheathes his sword and Guard 1 says "Looks like your mom came through for you" and Inari collapses to the ground and starts crying.

"What a waste" Guard 2 says "I was in the mood to cut something"

"Give it a rest" Guard 1 says "You already drew blood earlier today. Let's get her out of here" and they pick Tsunami up and tie her hands behind her back then start leading her out of the house.

"I'm so sorry" Inari says, crying "What can I do? I'm too weak to protect you"

Just as Gato's guards are about to exit the house Inari says, crying "I'm scared. I don't want to die" and starts remembering what Naruto yelled at him and what Kakashi told him then looks at his open hands and remembers what his father told him and wipes away the tears from his eyes and remembers all that's been going on recently and asks "Can I be that strong too?" and stands up with a determined look in his eyes.

(Outside Tazuna's house)

Gato's guards walk Tsunami across the wooden bridge from Tazuna's house to land and stop for a second. At this time Guard 2 starts laughing and says "Don't worry. We'll take good care of you"

Guard 1 pulls on the rope and says "Come on, keep moving"

"Stop" Inari yells as he comes out of the house

Gato's guards turn around and Guard 2 says "Well if it isn't the tough guy"

"No Inari stay away" Tsunami says

"How cute" Guard 2 says "You've come to save your mummy"

"Get away from my mom" Inari yells and runs at the two of them.

"How stupid can he be?" Guard 2 says

"Let's kill him" Guard 1 says

"If you do anything to him I swear I'll" Tsunami starts to say but Guard 1 hits her in the back of her neck, knocking her out before she can finish and says "Shut up and take a nap" then both grab their swords and strike at Inari.

(Bridge)

Haku had tried to strike Sasuke with a senbon, a throwing needle, but Sasuke just blocked it with a kunai.

"He can keep up with Haku's speed huh" Zabuza thinks

"Naruto, Hinata" Kakashi says "Stay close to Tazuna and let Sasuke handle this"

"Yes Kakashi sensei" Hinata says

"But Kakashi sensei" Naruto whines "I wanted to take this guy down"

"We'll make a deal" Kakashi says "If Sasuke needs help taking him down then you can join in, but not before" thinking "Sasuke can handle this guy no problem"

"Fine" Naruto says slightly pouting.

Haku keeps trying to get past Sasuke, but Sasuke blocks each time and then Haku stops for a second after striking at Sasuke but not succeeding and says "We only want the bridge builder. If you back down then I won't have to kill you"

"Forget it" Sasuke says

"You're making a mistake" Haku says "You won't be able to keep up with my speed. I've gained two key advantages"

"Do tell" Sasuke says

"First, we're surrounded by water" Haku says "And second, I've blocked one of your hands, leaving you with just one hand to defend" and starts making hand signs with just one hand and when finished says "Secret Jutsu: A thousand needles of death" and kicks up water which changes into many ice senbon which fly at Sasuke, but Sasuke just closes his eyes and starts focusing his chakra.

(Outside Tazuna's House)

Gato's guards try to strike Inari by instead get blocked by a pair of people in armor with swords.

"What's going on here?" Guard 1 asks

Hurley steps out from a tree nearby and says "You didn't think that we'd leave them unprotected did you? As you attacked I activated a trap called Ultimate Offering which allowed me to summon my Marauding Captain, whose effect allowed me to summon a second Marauding Captain and while they both remain on the field they protect any human ally"

When they see that they might be in trouble they go to grab Tsunami and run away but she's vanished.

"Where's the woman?" Guard 1 asks

"I moved her out our dimension for a time through the use of a spell card known as Dimension Hole. Now you won't be able to take her and run off" Hurley says "Now I summon Queens Knight and activate Double Summon to summon Kings Knight who special summons Jacks Knight from my deck" and the three knights appear around Gato's guards

"You called boss" Kings Knight says

"Could you take these guys out quickly?" Hurley asks "I need to get this done quickly and get to the bridge"

"Sure thing" They all say and knock them out with flat of their swords.

"Now one of you Marauding Captain get a rope to tie up these guys please" Hurley says

"Sure thing" a Marauding Captain says and runs off to get a rope.

Hurley starts searching the two men to find anything that they could use to escape there bondage and says "When Marauding Captain gets back I'm going to tie up these guys and are going to have to dismiss you for now"

"Not a problem" the remaining Marauding Captain says

"We are here to serve you" Kings Knight says

"We understand that you feel too weak physically to do anything and therefore use us, but someday you will learn that you don't necessarily need physical strength to protect those that you care about. Until that point we will be here if you need us" Queens Knight says

Hurley only finds the two swords they have and tosses them into the water and asks "No piece of wisdom from you Jacks Knight?"

"When information is given that is not necessarily wisdom" Jacks Knight says "Once a person has understood something that has been said does it become wisdom. He who acts like a know it all and yet understands little is worse than a person who knows little and yet understands a lot"

"I guess I figured out who got my cryptic side" Hurley says and the other Marauding Captain comes up with the rope and says "Here you are"

"Thanks" Hurley says and starts tying them up.

"I couldn't help overhearing some of what you said" the Marauding Captain says "And it seems that you forgot something" and looks at Inari.

At that moment Tsunami appears and Hurley finishes tying up the men and says "Good job Inari. You've really become strong"

Inari just stares at Hurley in disbelief.

"I'm serious" Hurley says "You've learned the meaning of someone or something being precious to you and how to stand up and fight for it. Keep in mind that you won't necessarily succeed every time, but you should always fight to protect them. Now it's time for me to go" and runs off into the woods towards the bridge and as he is running takes out the deck he was using and puts in a specialized deck he made for this battle.

(Bridge)

Ice senbon are flying at Sasuke and just before they hit he opens his eyes and jumps above them and because of the cloud of shattering ice appears to disappear and from above starts throwing shuriken at Haku. Haku looks up in time to notice them and jumps backward, avoiding them but Sasuke gets behind him and says "You're not as fast as you think. From here on you'll be defending against my attacks" and tries to slice Haku with a kunai, but Haku manages to turn around in time to block Sasuke's attack but doesn't notice the kunai in Sasuke's other hand which he flicks his wrist to throw at Haku's head. Haku manages to duck in time only to get kicked by Sasuke, knocking him back towards Zabuza.

"It's not possible" Zabuza thinks "No one's faster than Haku"

"You thought that you were faster" Sasuke says "Now let's see what else you're wrong about"

"You made a big mistake in insulting these ninja and calling them brats" Kakashi says "That's just guaranteed to bring out Sasuke's attitude. He's the best young fighter of Konoha. Naruto here is our #1 Hyperactive Knucklehead ninja. Then Hinata is our sharpest mind" and thinks "But I suspect she had a little help from our little spirit friend"

Zabuza laughs and says "If we keep this up Haku we'll be the victims. Get on with it"

"Right" Haku says and starts glowing blue "I'm sorry it's come to this" and the air around Sasuke starts getting cold and makes a hand sign causing mirrors to start forming around Sasuke in a house shape and when finished says "Secret Jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors" and moves into the closest mirror and images of Haku then appear in every mirror.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

Kakashi suddenly starts running towards Sasuke but Zabuza moves in front of him and says "If you enter this fight then you fight me. Your boy has no chance against that jutsu. He's finished"

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

"Now we'll begin" Haku says "And I'll show you what speed really means" then starts throwing senbon at Sasuke, just slicing across the skin enough to draw blood. The barrage of senbon jeeps up and eventually a senbon hits the kunai Sasuke is holding, knocking it out of the ice mirror house.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

Kakashi considers going to help Sasuke out but Zabuza says "Don't even think about it. If you go to help out the kid then I'll kill the other three"

"Sasuke needs help" Naruto thinks and runs towards the ice mirror house and grabs the kunai that was knocked out and throws it to Sasuke but it doesn't reach him because Haku catches it and Naruto uses the distraction to get into the ice mirror house.

"Hey" Naruto says "I've come to help"

"You idiot" Sasuke yells "You're a shinobi, think before you move"

"What are you talking about" Naruto yells "You should thank me for coming in here to help you"

"Think about it if we're both in here" Sasuke says but stops and adds "Forget it. I've had it with your mistakes"

"And I'm tired of dealing with your attitude" Naruto yells "Believe it"

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

"Naruto is building a reputation for being the most clueless ninja in history" Kakashi thinks "The most he tries to help out the worse things become" and then asks "Why didn't you stop Naruto Zabuza?"

"It doesn't matter whether Haku faces one or both of them he'll still take them out" Zabuza says

"If that's the case then I need to help Sasuke out" Kakashi thinks

"Don't even think about it Kakashi" Zabuza says "You know what the score is. If you go after Haku I go after the bridge builder"

"He's right" Kakashi thinks "There's no way that I can help Sasuke and protect Tazuna at the same time. No matter how much stronger Hinata has become she's still no match for Zabuza"

"Relax Kakashi" Zabuza says "Sit back and watch the show. Let's see how well they do"

(Under the Bridge)

Hurley arrives at the bridge and thinks "About this time Naruto should be fighting with Sasuke" and activates the duel disk, draws 5 cards, and waits for his signal to show up.

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

Haku reenters the ice mirror he came out of and appears in front of Sasuke and Naruto.

"There he is" Naruto yells "Let's get him" and as he prepares to run at Haku, Haku says "I'm behind you"

Taking a second look Sasuke and Naruto realize Haku is now behind them "How did he do that?" Sasuke thinks and an image of Haku appears in each mirror and throws senbon at them.

When Haku stops throwing senbon at them for a little bit Sasuke tries to figure out how Haku's ice mirror jutsu works, but all he can figure out is that the mirrors are important to it and decides to make some hand signs and launches the Uchiha's fireball jutsu at the mirrors but they don't even drip.

"You'll need much more heat than that to melt this ice" Haku says and launches senbon at them, knocking them back.

"Where is he?" Naruto asks "Where's the attack coming from? We have to find the real one"

"Look in the mirrors as hard as you want" Haku says "You'll never figure out the secret"

"Oh yeah" Naruto says and makes a hand sign "Shadow Clone Jutsu"

"No, don't" Sasuke says as many Naruto clones appear in a puff of smoke and launch themselves at each mirror.

Haku moves from mirror to mirror attacking each Naruto along the way causing all the clones to disappear and the original to be knocked back and says "These mirrors reflect my image allowing me to move at light speed. Through my eyes you appear to be moving in slow motion"

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

"I knew it" Kakashi says "He's using a Kekkei Genkai, a bloodline trait"

"What does that mean?" Hinata asks "Is Naruto in trouble?"

"If they can't figure out a way to counter it then they are both in trouble" Kakashi says

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

"I couldn't break through" Naruto says "So what. He's not going to stop me. I'm not going to give up and I'm not going to lose here. The reason is that I have a dream that no one is going to take from me. Someday I'll be the greatest Hokage and people will respect me"

The talk of dreams causes Haku to remember the day he met Zabuza and he says "It was not my desire to become a shinobi, it's painful. I don't want to kill you, but if you advance I will have no choice. I will kill the kindness in my heart and fully embrace the shinobi way. There will be no mercy, no turning back. This bridge will be the place where our dreams collide. Now I must fight for my dream just as you fight for yours. Please don't blame me. I fight for someone who's precious to me, I live for him and I face death for him so that his dream may become a reality. That is my dream and for the sake of it I will act like a shinobi and take your lives if necessary"

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

"Take him out Naruto" Hinata yells "I know you can do it"

"Don't push him Hinata" Kakashi says

"Why not?" Hinata asks

"Even if they found some way to overcome that jutsu they still can't beat him" Kakashi replies

"What makes you say that?" Hinata asks "I know Naruto can do anything if he sets his mind to it"

"They have the desire to win but not the instinct to kill" Kakashi says "The boy is another level of shinobi. He lives for pain, thrives for it"

"Exactly" Zabuza says "Your village has forgotten to teach your ninja the most basic lesson, to kill the feelings in their own hearts, to destroy your opponent without any emotion or regret"

"We have to help Naruto Kakashi sensei" Hinata says "Please tell me what to do"

Kakashi goes through the scenarios possible and decides that there is only one course of action and brings his left hand to his headband to reveal his sharingan.

Zabuza laughs and says "Sharingan. You're no fun Kakashi, using the same old trick" and runs at Kakashi, pulling a kunai out to stab Kakashi's sharingan eye.

Kakashi blocks the attack with his right hand by taking the strike and says "If it's an old trick then why did you stop me?"

Zabuza laughs and says "Let your opponent see your jutsu too many time and they will find a way to use it against you"

"Then count yourself lucky" Kakashi says "You're the only man alive to see my sharingan twice and there won't be a third time"

Zabuza laughs and says "Even if you do defeat me there's no way you'll beat Haku. When I found him he was just a street urchin but I trained him in the most advanced ninja techniques. I taught him everything that I know and he had special abilities that he refined on his own. He developed quickly. Soon he could face the most powerful enemies, outnumbered, in total darkness, it didn't matter. He could strike with perfect accuracy and cared nothing for his own life or the lives of others. He'd become a unique fighting machine, a shinobi. In the end his powers surpassed even my own. His Kekkei Genkai can't be beaten by anyone. I've created a toll that can defeat anyone that stands in my way, unlike the useless punks that follow you around" and pulls the kunai out of Kakashi's hand.

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

"I didn't get to him" Naruto says "Then I'll try it again as many times as it takes" and makes a hand sign "Shadow Clone Jutsu"

"Naruto don't" Sasuke says as more clones appear in a puff of smoke to have a second chance at getting to Haku, but Haku takes them out again and starts attacking Sasuke, not realizing that Sasuke could just barely see him.

"How is he doing that?" Naruto asks

"One more time" Naruto says "Shadow clone jutsu" and more clones appear to go round 3 with Haku.

As the clones head towards the mirrors Sasuke kicks up some water into the air and Haku says "Can't you see that it's useless" and as he comes out of the mirrors to attack Naruto and Sasuke he repels the water causing Sasuke to see him even better and after he attacks them Sasuke comes up with a plan.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

"Do you really think that those two genin working together can beat Haku?" Zabuza asks "He's the ultimate battle tool of destruction"

"Are you done bragging?" Kakashi asks "You're starting to put me to sleep. Let's finish this now" and pulls up the headband revealing the sharingan.

"There's one more thing you should know" Zabuza says "A little more bragging as you say"

"I'm listening" Kakashi says

"Did you really think our last battle was just about winning or losing?" Zabuza asks "That I took your attacks like some new genin? Haku was there hiding, watching your every move, and studying your sharingan. Haku has an ability that allows him to see a jutsu only once and devise a deadly counterattack against it. I've been waiting to see the look on your face when you realize that your sharingan is useless. You once said that the same jutsu wouldn't work twice against you and now I'm telling you the same thing"

"What?" Kakashi says

"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu" Zabuza says as he makes a hand sign and the mist gets so thick that Zabuza appears to disappear.

"This is it" Kakashi thinks

"What's going on?" Tazuna thinks "The mist is so thick that visibility is near zero"

"Kakashi sensei" Hinata says

"Stay with Tazuna Hinata" Kakashi says

"I have to be strong and believe in Naruto" Hinata thinks and says "I have my own job to do" and gets in a defensive stance in front of Tazuna.

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

"I know that you need me Zabuza" Haku thinks "I'll finish them off quickly"

Naruto runs towards Haku and yells "Shadow Clone Jutsu" creating more clones for a fourth attack at Haku.

"He just won't give up" Haku thinks and as he comes out of the mirror to attack Naruto, Sasuke does a series of hand signs and launches a fireball at Haku who dodges it but ends up slowing down because of it.

"It shouldn't be taking this long to defeat them" Haku thinks as he attacks Naruto's clones and as he goes for the final clone Sasuke launches another fireball at Haku, this time grazing the bottom of Haku's pants.

"I'm starting to get the timing down" Sasuke thinks with a smile.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

Kakashi looks around and thinks "This may be the Hidden Mist Jutsu but this mist is too thick for even Zabuza. How can he fight in it?" and hears something coming towards him and grabs a kunai then turns and blocks four shuriken coming at him.

"Very skillful" Zabuza says from somewhere in the mist "I would expect nothing less from Kakashi the Sharingan Warrior" and appears behind Kakashi, who turns around and see that Zabuza's eyes are closed.

"The next time you see me" Zabuza says "Will be the last time that you see anything. Without your sharingan you are nothing" and Zabuza disappears back into the mist.

"What?" Kakashi says

"You wanted me to believe that you could see through anything, including time" Zabuza says "But you're a fraud. Your sharingan is nothing but a trick and I figured out a way to counter it"

"This may be brilliant for countering my sharingan" Kakashi says "but you've forgotten one thing. With your eyes closed you are fighting blind"

"Have you forgotten who I am?" Zabuza asks "I'm the demon of the Hidden Mist Village, master of the silent kill. I can take you out by sound alone"

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

"He read my movements" Haku thinks "But that's not possible"

"I was so close" Naruto says "But I couldn't quite get to him"

"Naruto" Sasuke says "Can you do it again?"

"Of course I can, believe it" Naruto replies

"He doesn't want to show it" Sasuke thinks "But he's exhausted. The Shadow Clone Jutsu uses a lot of chakra but thanks to him I figured it out. I know how to break through"

"The human eyes can't track my movements" Haku thinks "It must have been a coincidence"

Haku prepares to attack and Sasuke makes a series of hand signs and says "Naruto run for it. Get out of here and attack from the outside"

"You got it" Naruto says and starts running for the nearest exit.

"You can't escape" Haku says and knocks Naruto back, who just gets up and starts running again then says "You think you can keep me here, forget it"

Haku leaves the mirror to attack Naruto and when Sasuke sees this he fires a fireball at Haku, who dodges it and throws a senbon into Sasuke's shoulder then gets in front of Naruto and kicks him back to where Sasuke is.

"I couldn't get past him" Naruto says

"That was good Naruto" Sasuke says and pulls the senbon out of his shoulder "One more time?"

"Yeah let's do it" Naruto says

"There must be a limit to his chakra as well" Sasuke thinks "I can feel him slowing down as well"

Naruto runs one direction, Sasuke runs another direct and Haku thinks "No more games. I need to stop this now" and says as he throws a senbon into Sasuke's leg "This time you stay down" then throws more into Sasuke's body and when Naruto turns to look at Sasuke Haku sends senbon into Naruto's back.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

"An enemy that you can't see or hear" Kakashi thinks "It's been a long time since I faced someone this tough and I don't know if Sasuke can hang on" and closes his eyes thinking "Stay calm. Think about where he will strike" then opens his eyes and says "The bridge builder"

Zabuza appears behind Hinata and Tazuna and runs at them not leaving enough time for them to turn around and block then as Zabuza is about to slice the bridge builder Kakashi shows up to protect them but Zabuza slices down and Hinata screams.

(Under the bridge)

Hurley's heart starts beating faster when he hears Hinata's scream and thinks "Keep calm. Hinata is not in any trouble. From what I remember it was Kakashi that got hit and not too badly at that. It would be safer to move up to the edge of the bridge just to be sure though" and as he puts his hand into a deck case he thinks "It's a good thing that I got the Infinite Cards spell from the beginning, otherwise I would have had to discard about 1/3 of my deck" and proceed to move up a pillar to the edge of the bridge.

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

"Hinata's in trouble" Naruto says as he tries to get off the ground "Must help her"

"Where's Kakashi sensei?" Sasuke thinks and seeing Naruto's condition thinks "We've got to break through"

As if reading Sasuke's mind Naruto says "I'll bust us out of here" and slowly picks himself up

"Naruto" Sasuke thinks

Naruto stands up and says "I'll fake him out"

"You've exhausted my patience" Haku says and Naruto makes a hand sign and charges chakra to his feet then starts running for the nearest exit. Haku appears in the mirror in front of Naruto and Naruto does a back flip then starts running around the ice mirror house to try and outrun Haku, but Haku just keeps pace with Naruto.

"Naruto, behind you" Sasuke yells and as Naruto turns around to face Haku he gets hit with senbon to the front.

"Naruto" Sasuke yells

"Your chance of escaping my house of mirrors is zero" Haku says "That is absolute"

Sasuke runs to Naruto and asks "Are you able to get up Naruto?" and he tries to get up when Sasuke says "Try not to use any more chakra. That's only going to help him now"

"I know Sasuke" Naruto says and collapses to the ground.

"We can't go on like this" Sasuke thinks "He's blocking our every move. I've got to find a way to outmaneuver him" and says "My eyes have adjusted to his movements"

Haku appears in front of Sasuke and says "Looking for a counterattack. I'll save you the trouble" and acts like he's going to attack but moves to the next mirror in order to catch Sasuke off guard and throws the senbon.

Sasuke reaches down grabbing one of the loose senbon and starts blocking every attack Haku makes.

"What?" Haku says as Sasuke kneels to the ground and says "Get up loser. We've got to team up" and Naruto tries to pick himself off the ground.

"I'm aiming at his vital spots" Haku thinks "But I can't get a direct hit"

Naruto rolls over managing to push himself up and says "I know what we need to do. Believe it"

Haku images start appearing in all the mirrors and try to hit Sasuke and Naruto but Sasuke just keeps blocking them.

"It's not just luck" Haku thinks "He's fighting to protect his friend. That's why he's so determined, but he can't possibly see the needles coming" and sends a barrage at Naruto, who Sasuke knocks out of the way and jumps above them and when he lands winces at the pain.

"My movements are beyond human speed" Haku thinks "and yet he's tracking them somehow. Whatever he's doing I've got to stop him now" and appears to disappear.

"Where'd he go?" Sasuke asks while looking around and adds "Naruto, you'd better not pass out again. I can't keep protecting you like this"

"Well then don't" Naruto says "I never asked for your help" and passes out.

"You can't revive him" Haku says from above "He's reached his limits" and laughs.

Sasuke throws the senbon he'd been using at Haku but it just deflects off the ice and Haku says, while Sasuke is looking around "Impressive, you have excellent moves. Your attacks are very skillful" and throws some senbon at Sasuke who dodges out of the way and Haku adds, appearing in front of Sasuke "But you've reached your limits as well" and starts moving from mirror to mirror seeming like he's going to attack at any time while saying "Motor functions, reflexes, judgment. Your abilities are weakening slowly yet surely. Now you're finished"

"Here he comes" Sasuke thinks "Stay calm, focus, concentrate, and see everything" then when Haku throws the senbon Sasuke picks up Naruto and jumps above the senbon.

"He saw every move" Haku thinks "But there's no way he can do that" and when Sasuke sets down Naruto and looks at Haku, Haku can see that Sasuke's eyes have changed into sharingan eyes.

"Impossible" Haku thinks "You're"

"It's not complete" Sasuke thinks "But I can see through his deceptions"

"So he too has a Kekkei Genkai" Haku thinks, while moving are the mirror house "Interesting. Even though it's not complete to uncover this power in the midst of a lethal attack is an amazing feat and because of this I won't be able to fight much longer. My jutsu uses a tremendous amount of chakra and his swift movements also take energy. There's no doubt that the longer we fight the more he will use the sharingan to perceive my moves. Even now his eyes are tracking me. I can't target him directly; he'll just block a frontal attack. This means that I'll need to throw him off guard by attacking his partner. That will destroy him" and Haku goes flying towards Naruto.

"What?" Sasuke says and thinks "I've got to stop him" and runs to intercept Haku using chakra to increase his speed.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

Kakashi manages to step in but took a shallow slice by Zabuza's blade to his chest.

"Kakashi sensei" Hinata says

"You were late Kakashi" Zabuza says "You let your concern for those little punks' safety cloud your mind adding further to the fog that clouds your sharingan. Your eyes are sharp Kakashi but not sharp enough to read my moves, not anymore" and starts laughing "Come on Kakashi. I want this to be fun. I want to enjoy myself as I exact my revenge. As for those brats, don't worry. They are at Haku's mercy. No they're breathing their last breaths about now" Zabuza swing his sword back and says "You'll have plenty of time to apologize for failing them when you see them in the next life" and laughs manically as he disappears into the fog.

Hinata looks towards the ice mirror house and says "He said that Naruto would die" and put her hands in a prayer and says "Please come back to me alive Naruto"

"I'm certain they'll be just fine" Kakashi says "If Sasuke has anything to say about it he won't let Naruto die, being the heir to the greatest clan of Konoha and all that"

Zabuza opens his eyes in surprise and says "You mean"

"Yes" Kakashi says "His full name is Sasuke Uchiha. The Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha is his birthright"

"I heard that one small ninja survived the Uchiha Massacre" Zabuza says "No wonder he advances so quickly" and Zabuza grabs his blade then says "But so does Haku. No one can match him. No one has ever stopped his secret jutsu. Even the most skilled Jounin fall before him" and vanishes into the mist "Just as you will fall before me right now"

"Hinata stay with Tazuna" Kakashi says

"Understood" Hinata says and Kakashi goes running into the mist.

"He's right" Kakashi thinks "It's time to end this but he is the one who will fall"

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

Naruto wakes up and see what looks like Sasuke having defeated Haku.

"You always get in the way Naruto" Sasuke says "It never fails"

"You beat him Sasuke" Naruto yells and then sees that Sasuke looks like a porcupine with all the senbon that are sticking out of him.

Sasuke turns his face towards Naruto and says "You should see the look on your face. You look like a total loser"

"Why did you save me?" Naruto asks

"I don't know why" Sasuke says "I just did" and Sasuke starts remembering everything that had happened between them then says "I hated you"

"Then why?" Naruto asks standing up "It doesn't make any sense. Why did you protect me?" and yells "I didn't ask for you to save me"

"I don't know" Sasuke says "My body just moved. There was no time to think" and as Sasuke collapses he says "Loser" and Naruto catches him saying "Sasuke" and Sasuke says "He's still out there, my brother. I promised myself I'd stay alive until I killed him" and reaches towards Naruto then says "Don't let your dream die Naruto" and his arms hang limp like a ragdoll and suddenly stops breathing.

Naruto hugs Sasuke as Haku gets up thinking "He found strength that he didn't know he had. Why? Because of a certain person that was precious to him. To save this person he rushed in knowing that it was a trap. He was a true ninja worthy of honor" and turns to Naruto asking "Is this the first time you saw a friend die in battle? This is part of what it means to be a ninja" and enters the closest mirror.

"Shut up" Naruto says and sets Sasuke on the ground "I hated you too Sasuke and yet" steams suddenly starts gathering around Naruto.

"You'll pay for this" Naruto says the steam changing into swirling red chakra and Naruto looks up and says "I'm going to kill you" Naruto's whiskers now stand out more and his eyes have changed from blue to red with slits.

"What is this chakra?" Haku thinks "Chakra can't be seen and yet it is obviously visible. It's something ghastly. I can feel the wrath, the bloodlust, like evil itself.

Kyuubi's face appears in the chakra and the senbon in Naruto's body starts coming out, all his scratches start healing, and his hands start changing to become more like claws.

"Who is this boy?" Haku thinks as Naruto glares at him.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

Kakashi and Zabuza suddenly feel an immense chakra coming from somewhere and Kakashi thinks "Is Zabuza doing this?" and then realizing what is really is thinks "There's no way"

"What is this energy?" Zabuza thinks "It's foul. Is it Kakashi? No it's too powerful, even for him. Where's it coming from?"

"Naruto" Kakashi thinks "This puts everyone in danger. Now of all times the seal breaks. I have to stop it"

(Edge of the bridge)

Hurley sees a red glow and thinks "It's just about time" and climbs over the edge to get on top of the bridge then uses the spell card Ancient Rules to special summon the Millennium Shield in defense mode and equips the spell Horn of light to boost its defense. "Now get ready to protect Haku. Just wait until after he is send flying by Naruto" and the Millennium Shield moves slowly into position. "I guess I shouldn't have expected much on the side of speed" Hurley thinks

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

The Kyuubi's face starts to disappear as the chakra enters Naruto's body and causes his body to become even more feral.

Haku prepares to put a defense and Naruto starts running at Haku.

"The bloodlust in his eyes" Haku thinks "This is no longer a child" and throws senbon at Naruto but Naruto just roars which deflects the senbon and Haku moves to another mirror and thinks while Naruto is looking for him "His chakra is growing stronger every second. I must strike now" and images of Haku appear in each mirror and throw senbon at Naruto which stick into his back until Naruto releases a burst of chakra from his body sending out the senbon and stunning Haku for a second.

Taking that second Naruto runs at Haku in the mirrors and punches it smashing the mirror then Haku comes out of it to strike Naruto but Naruto dodges out of the way.

"Impossible" Haku thinks as Naruto grabs his arm and Haku sees the look in Naruto's eyes.

(Outside Ice Mirror House)

"Could it really be that the seal has broken" Kakashi thinks and after a second of evaluation thinks "No, it's only been loosened and a glimmer of the Kyuubi's chakra has slipped through, but the seal still holds" and pulls a scroll out of his Jounin vest and throws it into the air while thinking "Good then maybe we still have a chance" and wipes his thumb across the wound Zabuza gave him, catches the scroll, opens it, and slides the blood across it thinking "Just maybe" and says, while spinning the scroll around himself "I don't mean to spoil your fun Zabuza, I know you how you like to stretch these things out, but how about we finish these things now" and roll up the scroll and makes a hand sign with the scroll on top of it and says "What do you say? We're both busy people"

"Tempting" Zabuza says somewhere in the fog "I'm curious to see how you intend to back up those brave words. Show me Kakashi"

(Inside Ice Mirror House)

Naruto is holding onto Haku's arm and chakra is surging out of him cracking the ice mirrors while Haku tries to maintain the jutsu but just can't because of the chakra that Naruto is releasing. Naruto then brings his hand back and forms a fist and punches Haku in the face sending him flying out of the ice mirror house and as Haku picks himself off the ground mask falling off and Naruto running towards him the Millennium Shield appears in front of Haku and once Naruto reaches it he starts slashing and punching the shield trying to break it in order to get to Haku. At first the shield has no problems withstanding Naruto attacks but after the first few Hurley starts feeling the shield slowly breaking chakra starts being released as the shield slowly is being destroyed.

"I didn't think that Naruto would be this strong" Hurley thinks and runs to Tazuna

"Hinata sees Hurley coming and says "Hi Hurley. I'm glad to see that you're all right"

"No time" Hurley says "Naruto gone out of control and I won't be able to calm him down. Only you possibly have a chance"

"What about Tazuna?" Hinata asks "Kakashi told me to stay with him"

"I'll take over for you" Hurley says "Now hurry or else Haku will die"

"Now I'm confused" Hinata says "I thought Haku was our enemy"

"All life is precious" Hurley says "If we can protect someone from dying we should. Just trust me"

"Ok" Hinata says and at that moment Hurley feels a jolt of pain and the Millennium Shield card that was on the duel disk gets sent to the graveyard.

Seeing the look of pain Hinata asks "What's wrong?"

"Haku's no longer protected" Hurley says "I need to get you there quickly. I play Speed Warrior" and tosses the Speed Warrior card on the duel disk causing it to appear next to them "Speed Warrior get Hinata there as fast as you can"

"Right" Speed Warrior says and picks Hinata up and runs towards where Naruto and Haku are.

(With Haku and Naruto)

As soon as Naruto destroys the Millennium Shield "Haku thinks "I'm sorry Zabuza but I was too weak to defeat this boy" and as Naruto is about to deal the killing blow Speed Warrior comes in and drops Hinata and then throws himself in between Naruto and Haku sacrificing himself to protect Haku which causes Hurley to bend to one knee and breath hard.

"Hinata senses this and turns back for a second to see Hurley and Hurley yells "I'm fine. Help out Naruto and Haku"

"Naruto is about to swing again to kill Haku but Hinata jumps and embraces Naruto then says in a kind voice "Please stop Naruto. There's no need to do this. Please go back to the way you were" but Naruto still keeps trying to claw Haku and Haku thinks "There's no way I can handle him if he stays like that, but if he calms down then perhaps I can redeem myself"

(With Kakashi and Zabuza)

Kakashi makes some more hand signs with the scroll in his hand then slams in on the ground and says "Ninja Art Summoning, Earth Style: Fanged Pursuit Jutsu"

"I don't know why you bother" Zabuza says "What use is your jutsu if you can't even find me but I can find you? Blindly falling into my trap, I'm disappointed Kakashi. I think that you're right it is time to finish this" and then hears a sound coming from underground and manages to jump above a dog who tried to bite him as the dog comes from underground then more dogs appear from underground and pile onto Zabuza, biting him so that he remains alive, but can't move, all the time growling.

(With Hurley and Tazuna)

"What's that dreadful noise?" Tazuna asks

"Kakashi just pinned down Zabuza with his ninja hounds" Hurley says "There's nothing to worry about"

(With Kakashi and Zabuza)

"I knew that I couldn't see you" Kakashi say "Which mean that I would have to find you by sniffing you out. That was a summoning jutsu, calling forth my ninja hounds. They can track a scent anywhere. When you attack me I let you get past my guard. I wanted you to cut me. The smell of my blood on your blade led them right to you. Are you surprised? It looks like I wasn't the only one who was blind. Falling into my trap, you disappoint me Zabuza" and the mist starts clearing up the Kakashi says "I see you something, your death Zabuza"

"All you do is talk, talk, talk" Zabuza says "Do you plan on talking me to death?"

"In a way yes" Kakashi says "Right now my hounds are playing with you, but one word from me and they'll tear you apart. Poor Zabuza, you see where your ambitions got you. You were always pushing things too far. It was the failed Mizukage assassination and your attempted coup-de-tat. You were forced to flee with what few followers you had your country's tracker ninja hot on your heels. You became a rouge ninja whose name became quickly known, even in Konoha. Now you're crazy enough to go back and try again, but for that you needed money and you were desperate enough to get it by being the hired thug of a swine like Gato. All right Zabuza enough talk. Time to finish it, but it won't be with sharingan, imitations of others jutsu. It's about time I introduced you to my own jutsu" and Kakashi makes some hand signs and then holds his palm open gathering lightning into his palm and then moves his hand down and says "Lightning Blade"

(With Naruto, Hinata, and Haku)

Hinata was trying to calm Naruto down but not having much success and then everyone hears Kakashi yelling out the name of his jutsu and that snaps Naruto out of it. He's suddenly back to normal and Haku thinks "Now's my chance" and makes some hand signs and uses the mist to make many ice senbon and launch them at Naruto. Hinata sees this and pushes Naruto out of the way in order to protect him but she can't get away.

(With Hurley and Tazuna)

Hurley see what's going on and forgetting what he says starts running towards Hinata yelling "No, Hinata" and then thinks I've got to protect her and plays Kuriboh with the spell Multiply and Kuriboh materializes and starts to multiply but not fast enough. Hinata gets hit with the senbon and collapses to the ground.

Hurley reaches Hinata and holds her asking while crying "Why did you do that?"

Hinata looks up at Hurley and says "You already know the answer to that. I'm just glad that I was able to protect Naruto" and goes out with a smile on her face.

Checking her pulse Hurley says, more to his own self "She's dead" and starts crying greatly and all the Kuriboh gather around looking sad and try to comfort Hurley

(With Kakashi and Zabuza)

"Chakra so strong that it's visible" Zabuza thinks "He holds it in his hands"

"I won't allow you to kill Tazuna" Kakashi says "He's a brave man with a noble dream. The bridge that he's building is the hope of this land ad all its people. You're like a disease by attacking one you infect all and you don't care. That is not the way of the shinobi"

"You're right" Zabuza says "I don't care. Why should these useless little people and their petty little dreams matter to me? I have a dream of my own"

Kakashi's lightning blade glows brighter and Kakashi's says "To have a dream you need a future, but you don't. Your future's all used up Zabuza"

(With Naruto, Hurley, and Haku)

"There's no way that you can beat me now" Haku says "It's time to finish you off"

"You you can't just leave us alone long enough for me to grieve of the one person I considered myself to be close to" Hurley says "Just stop" and screams "Everyone just stop" and a light shines from the duel disk and blinds everyone for a second.

(Outside town)

Inari is running to town to try and find someone to go to the bridge and help fight saying "Hurley and the others are fighting and risking their lives while the rest of us do nothing. We must fight as well"

Upon arriving at a House Inari starts knocking on the door saying "Uncle Giichi, Uncle Giichi hurry and come to the bridge with me. We don't have to hide any longer. If we all fight together I know that we can take Gato down" and Inari goes to open the door but someone locks it on the other side and Giichi says "No Inari. I've given up fighting. Fighting is for heroes, like your father. Did you see what good it did him? Isn't one dead hero good enough?"

Inari looks down, disappointed, as Giichi continues to say "What will more fighting bring us but more fallen heroes and more regrets. No Inari, my heart is already full of enough regrets to last a lifetime"

Inari clenches a fist and says "Well I don't want to live a life of regrets either and that's why we've got to fight. I know you care about everyone in the village and so do I which is why we have to fight. All my life I've been a coward, but now I know that crying and hiding from things that we're afraid of doesn't make them go away" then Inari runs back into town and heads for the next house saying the same thing to others.

"Our little Inari's become a man" Giichi's wife says "Are you really going to send him off alone?"

Inari keeps running around town saying to come to bridge in order to find those that will help out, but everyone just ignores Inari and Inari asks "What do I do now?" and thinks "If no one else will help" and runs off somewhere.

(At the Bridge with Naruto, Hurley, and Haku)

The light slowly dissipates and Hurley is there holding Hinata but there's a deep blue aura around him and a light is coming from the duel disk.

"What was that?" Haku thinks but decides it was nothing and says "It's time to finish you" and starts to make some hand sign but a couple Kuriboh notice this action and launch themselves at Haku and when the hit they explode, disrupting his hand signs.

A third Kuriboh touches Hurley on the cheek to try and get Hurley's attention and Hurley looks up for a second and notices the glow coming from his duel disk and thinks "Why is my deck glowing" and draws a card from it and just stares at it. "What is this card doing here?" Hurley thinks "This card doesn't even exist"

Tazuna is watching everything and notices that the fog is starting to clear then sees that two figures are facing each other and one suddenly moves to attack the other.

"I activate the spell card Steel Cage of Sadness" Hurley says and everywhere around the bridge dome steel cages surround everyone and Kakashi hits the edge of the cage knocking him back and disrupting his Lightning Blade Jutsu.

"What's going on?" Kakashi thinks and then sees that the steel cages are made from the spiritual energy Hurley has and asks "Why did you stop? I was just about to take out Zabuza"

"Excuse me for wanting to take some time to grieve over the fact that Hinata's dead without anyone fighting" Hurley says still crying

"Hinata's dead?" Naruto says in disbelief

"Yes" Hurley says "She died wanting to protect you. The one thing I want to know is why you killed Hinata. There was no danger to you whatsoever"

"The danger was from Naruto if he had gone crazy again" Haku says "She just got in the way. Anyways if I could not destroy you than I would be useless to Zabuza, nothing but a broken weapon"

"That's your excuse" Hurley yells the aura starting to turn red "Any weapon can be fixed and improved upon. There was absolutely no reason. Now Haku you will feel the pain that I feel" and dispels the two cages around himself and Haku "Now let's fight"

"This will be your undoing" Haku says "You can't defeat me"

"And you can't beat me if you can't move" Hurley says "Now I equip my Paralyzing Potion spell to you Haku" and a potion appears above Haku and spills over him then soaks into the skin and Haku stops moving.

"What have you done to me?" Haku asks

"It is called a paralyzing potion for a reason" Hurley says "Now that you have been soaked you can no longer move. Now I will draw 2 cards thanks to my dispelling two cages and then is surprised to look at the cards he has drawn. "What's going on here? I would really like to know" Hurley thinks and says "I'll use a second Ancient Rules from my hand to Special Summon the Dark Magician" and Dark Magician appears and says "You rang?"

"Yeah" Hurley says "I don't understand what's going on here and was hoping you could help me understand. There's no way that these cards could exist and yet they are in my deck"

Dark Magician looks at the cards and says "If I were to make a guess I would say that the deck could sense your extreme feelings and had an idea of what you wanted and then made the changes to it"

"You mean a literal Heart of the Cards" Hurley says "It sensed my emotion through my chakra and modified the cards based upon that"

"That would be my guess" Dark Magician says "and from the looks of it once your deck stops glowing the cards will go back to what they were before. Then again just as you have very little understanding of the laws of this world so do it. It could just very well be an unexplainable phenomenon that can only be applied to you since you're not originally from this world"

"Thanks for that" Hurley says "Simply put don't question it, just go with the flow"

"You could say that" Dark Magician says.

"Here we go" Hurley says "I use my monster's special ability and get rid of the 100 multiplied Kuriboh to special summon Konoha Ninja: The Spirit" and a glow surrounds Hurley and when it dissipates Hurley is standing there in what looks like medieval armor but it is more skintight and yet lighter and looks to be made of better metal and the duel disk is gone replaced by a sword with the deck holder on hilt and slots along the sword for the cards and are imbedded into the sword when played and the graveyard is on the opposite side of the hilt from the deck holder. The sword is glowing a white light like the deck was before

"This is surprisingly comfortable" Hurley says

"Why would you be wearing anything uncomfortable?" Dark Magician says

"When I think of a suit of armor comfortable is not the first thought in my head" Hurley says "Anyways back to where I was before I got distracted. My ability was that my attack is equal to the attack of all the monsters I sacrificed to special summon myself combined which means that I have an attack power of 30,000" and now I activate the spell card Lover's Call. By selecting one monster on my side of the field I can declare the name of the top card of my deck and if it is correct I get to play it if not then the monster gets destroyed. I select myself as the monster to be put at risk" and a grim reaper appears next to Hurley in order to take him away if he guesses wrong.

"Being a duel monster right now I'm at the same risk as the others" Hurley thinks and kneels down into a praying position and whispers "Please just let me talk to Hinata one more time to tell her that I'm sorry. If not then at least let me be with her for the rest of eternity in the afterlife" and then picks himself up and says "I declare that my top card is the monster card Konoha Ninja: Hyuuga Moon Lily" After the declaration the reaper prepares his scythe and then Hurley draws the cards and starts crying.

"What's wrong? Did you not guess correctly?" Haku asks

"Actually just the opposite" Hurley says and reveals the cards "The top card was Konoha Ninja: Hyuuga Moon Lilly" and the reaper disappears allowing Hurley to play the card.

In a flash of light Hinata stands there in a pure white kimono looking as if she had never been dead"

"What's going on here?" Hinata asks "And what are both of us wearing?"

"Hinata" Hurley says trying to remain calm "You died trying to protect Naruto and the emotions I felt at that time modified the deck I was using so that I could personally join the fight and also allow me to call your spirit here to tell how sorry I am"

"Sorry about what?" Hinata says "I'm the one that made the decision"

"Yes" Hurley says "But I should have seen it coming, I should have set up precautions, I should have been faster and protected you better. It's very much my fault that you died" Hurley says and then sets down the sword and puts his foot on it that that chakra can continue to flow into it and embraces Hinata tightly and starts crying into her shoulder.

"How sweet" Haku says "Now can we get on with it"

"You be quiet" Hinata says glaring at Haku "With the way you are now I could torture with my gentle fist as much as I want" and turns her face back to Hurley and says softly "None of this is your fault. There's no way that you could have known how things would turn out. People make their own decisions and I chose to protect the one that I l… looked up to" and blushes slightly at the fact she had almost confessed her true feelings.

Hurley tacks his face off her shoulder still crying slightly and says "Thank you Hinata. Now let's get back to where we were"

"It's about time" Haku says

"I wouldn't be talking if I were you" Hurley says "For what you did Hinata you will pay"

"What you going to do, kill me?" Haku says

"Death would be too simple" Hurley says "As I said before you will feel the pain that I feel" and grins evilly.

Kakashi just looks on and yells "Why is Hurley going this far?"

"No clue" Naruto yells and in front of their faces clips start playing from Hurley's past showing a child that would but on an act around other people and only when he is truly alone done he even show his real feelings of sadness and loneliness. In all that there were only two people that truly made Hurley happy. One was Hinata and the other was some male that none of them would know.

"Wow" Naruto says "He's grown up a lot like me and acts very similar half the time and the other half I don't know"

Then both Kakashi and Naruto look back to see what's going on.

By this time Hurley had used a few cards from his hand 3 Pot of Greed and 3 Graceful Charity, sending 6 cards to the graveyard. "Now" Hurley says "I activate the continuous spell card Field Reinforcement which allows me to have up to 10 monsters and 10 Spell and trap cards for this turn at the end of the turn I must remove from the field any extra monsters and spell or traps I control. Now I summon Junk Synchron who allows me to special summon a lv 2 or lower monster from my graveyard and I choose Hero Kid who summons all other Hero Kids from my deck when special summoned" and a Junk Synchron and 3 Hero kids appear on the field.

"Now I tune my Junk Synchron with 1 Hero Kid to synchro summon Junk Warrior" and Junk Synchron and a Hero Kid disappear and are replaced by a Junk Warrior.

"Now it's time for a little fusion action by fusing my 3 Blue Eyes White Dragon together to create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and then tribute him to special summon my Blue Eyes Shining Dragon" and a three headed Blue Eyes appears just to be replaced by a metallic Blue Eyes.

"To Continue on I activate the spell card planning ahead which allows me automatically activate any trap card in my hand. I activate Call of the Haunted bringing out my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon then Activate Premature Burial to summon my Blue Eyes White Dagon" and a three headed Blue Eyes appears along with a Blue Eyes.

Even playing all these cards Hurley still has 10 cards in his hand and 10 cards in his deck.

I activate Knights Title and tribute my Dark Magician to get Dark Magician Knight whose effect forces me to select a monster to destroy so I target Blue Eyes Shining Dragon whose effect negates the effect." And Dark Magician gets replaced by Dark Magician knight who fires a beam from his sword at the metallic Blue Eyes who fires a beam of light out of its mouth canceling out the knight's beam.

"I activate Black Magic Ritual to ritual summon my Magician of Black Chaos by sending my 2 remaining Hero Kids and a Vorse Raider to the Graveyard" and a Magician of Black Chaos appears on the field.

"Now I use 2 Monster Reborn cards to get Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl from my graveyard and to make certain that you don't die I equip you with the Mist Body spell cards" which leave Hurley with army of duel monsters: Dark Magician, Dark Magician Knight, Dark Magician Girl, Magician of Black Chaos, Blue Eyes White, Blue Eyes Ultimate, Blue Eyes Shining, Junk Warrior, Hinata, and himself.

"Now" Hurley says "Everyone attack Haku" and the all start attacking in groups. The magicians attack first by launching magic energy at Haku. Next the Dragons attack with energy blasts. After that Junk Warrior punches Haku in the face. Haku's body phases slightly with each attack, but can feel the pain from each attack and just screams. "Now it's my turn" Hurley says "Normally a monster can only attack you once but through a second ability I have by sacrificing a monster and a card from the top of my deck I can attack you again. I sacrifice every monster except Hinata and myself and send 8 cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard to attack you 9 times" and runs up to Haku and slashes at Haku with his sword two times across the chest in an x, one time across the legs, once each on the arms, across the back in an x. By this time Haku is screaming so much from the pain that Hurley knocks Haku out with the flat of his blade and runs him through in the chest.

Hinata looks worried for Haku and Hurley see this and says "Don't worry. He should be just fine. Since I was unable to destroy him because of the Mist body spell card I was unable to kill him and each strike is merely a flesh wound, At worse he will probably be laid up for a few days" and then collapses to the ground

"What's wrong?" Hinata asks

"Apparently I used up a lot of chakra" Hurley says "If you remember in duel a person loses if they run out of cards to draw or their life gauge reaches zero. The dueling style follows the same rule. I just lost myself with wanting to hurt Haku for what he did to you, but I'll be fine since I do have ways to recharge my deck" and activates 3 Pot Avarice putting 15 monsters into the deck and drawing 6 cards making his deck count to 11 cards and says "That feels better" then gets up and says "if you guys want to finish fighting, fine" and the steel cages dispel around them "but I'm going to take Hinata and Haku out of here" then turns to Hinata's soul and asks "Would you mind carrying Haku while I carry your body?"

"Am I actually able to pick him up?" Hinata asks

"As long as the sword has chakra in it, it will be fine" and then sheathes the sword and releases a burst of chakra into the sword, the sheathe now glowing, and says "That should be enough reserve energy to allow us to carry them out" and picks up Hinata's body while Hinata's soul goes and picks up Haku and asks "Do you really think that they will keep fighting"

"As long as Zabuza is after Tazuna then Kakashi will fight until Zabuza is dead" Hurley says and once they get far enough away they set the two down and turns back to see what happens.

(Tazuna's House)

"Don't be ridiculous" Tsunami says as Inari is putting on battle gear "You're not going out to the bridge by yourself"

"I have to go to bridge myself because none of the others will come with me" Inari says "I have no choice"

"You shouldn't even be going at all" Tsunami says but Inari just picks up his crossbow and walks to the door.

"You're just a child" Tsunami says "What do you think that you can do?"

"You're right" Inari says "I am just a kid, but I'm a kid who knows how to stand and fight. I'm my father's kid"

Tsunami looks and sees Kaiza's, the person Inari considers his father, in Inari's determination and says "No, Inari wait" as Inari opens up the door to see many people waiting outside.

(The Bridge)

Kakashi brings his arm down again and says "Let's try this again. Lightning Blade" and starts gathering chakra into his palm again

"Well, Well" Gato says "So this is how it turns out. The boy taken down by a lowly Genin and Zabuza is about to be killed. I must say that I'm disappointed"

Everyone turns to see Gato with a bunch of mercenaries.

"What's all this about Gato" Zabuza asks "Why are you here and who are these thugs that you brought with you?"

"There's been a slight change in plans" Gato says "According to the new plan you die here on this bridge which means that since you are about to die I can use these thugs to kill everyone here"

"Apparently I'm no longer a part of Gato's team" Zabuza says "Which means that I no longer have a reason to go after the bridge builder. You might as well release me"

"Fine" Kakashi says dispelling his lightning blade and send the ninja hounds back to their home to rest "But if you cause trouble for us again I will kill you"

Gato walks up to Haku and says "I do need to repay you for breaking my arm" and kicks Haku then walks over to Hinata's body and says "And this is for you leaf ninja getting in my way" and kicks her.

Seeing this, a fiery orange aura surrounds Hurley and he yells "You leave Hinata alone. Can't you respect the dead?" and turns and looks at Zabuza "What about you Zabuza? Are you just going to let him disrespect Haku like that?"

"Be quiet you fool" Zabuza says "Haku is no longer of any use to me"

"Are you kidding me?" Hurley yells "You two were together for how long. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"

"You don't understand the way of the shinobi" Zabuza says "Just as Gato used me, I too used Haku. I feel absolutely nothing for the boy"

If you seriously mean that then you're a" Hurley says but stops short and says "I don't even want to speak those words. The point is that you're a person without a heart. Even after all that Haku did for you. He lived for you and was even willing to go as far as to die for you. You were the most precious person to him and he meant nothing to you, nothing at all. While he was sacrificing everything for you, you never felt anything at all for him. No matter how strong I become I refuse to act the way you do. You should acknowledge his willingness to sacrifice everything to help you obtain your dream. He never had a dream of his own but he didn't care, and all you do is toss him to the side. Treating him like a tool is so wrong"

"You really do talk too much" Zabuza says crying slightly "Your words have such meaning behind them. They speak such truth that I can't deny. While fighting all of you his heart was breaking. Haku was always too soft and too kind. He felt pain and sorrow and curse you now that I feel them too" and then grabs onto his sword "Now it's time to take him out"

"NO" Hurley says "Gato is the main reason Hinata died. Without him Hinata would have never died. I'm going to take him out" and roars sending the fiery aura out and draws his sword.

Gato gets fearful and runs to the back of the group saying "Get them"

"You think that you can hide Gato" Hurley says "You can't hide from me. I'll take you and your men down with one sweep" and the sword starts glowing brighter as Hurley says "I activate the spell card Lover's Light" and as soon as the card hits the sword a beam of light comes out of the tip of the sword and Hurley aims the tip to the far left and swings it left to right and as the beam hits the people they all disappear in a flash of light. When Hurley is done the only things left from the group are their weapons and Gato's cane.

"What happened to them?" Kakashi asks

"Based on the card's effect I would guess that I sent them to another dimension" Hurley says "Unfortunately this card can only work while the two cards Konoha Ninja: Spirit and Konoha Ninja Hyuuga Moon Lily are on my side of the field meaning that Hinata played an important part in this" then starts crying again and looks at Hinata and says "I wish I could follow you into the afterlife but I can't seeing as I don't have a body to be killed. Goodbye Hinata" and just runs off and jumps over the edge and lands on the water and runs into the forest.

At that moment the group from town arrives at the bridge and Inari asks "What happened here?"

Kakashi covers up his sharingan with his headband and says "You're a little late for the party. We managed to take care of everything before you showed up"

Zabuza walks over to Haku and picks him up then says "If you don't mind we'll get out of here" and goes over to the edge of the bridge and upon seeing the boat Gato used to get there decide to take it and heads out to sea.

"Well since we're all here" Tazuna says "Let's get back to building this bridge" and everyone agrees to it.

(In the forest)

As Hurley runs he cuts braches along the way to leave a trail in case someone wants to follow him and then upon reaching a heavily wooded area he just starts cutting up trees saying "I'm so useless. I can't do anything right. This is my entire fault. Had I never volunteered to be the test subject Hinata would still be alive" then puts away the sword and stops putting chakra into it causing him and the duel disk to change back to normal and leaves the puppet he had been using and looks at his arm and is slightly surprised that the duel disk is still attached to it after becoming a spirit and just takes it off and walks over to a tree and lies against it then sets the duel disk down next to him and opens up the deck holder on his waist and pulls a card out from it and as he looks at it he starts to hum a tune and the tune gets louder and sadder as he continues.

(The Bridge)

At the same time Hurley changed back Hinata also changes back to look like she normally does except for the fact that there is a chakra chain that connects her body and soul together.

"What does this mean?" Hinata asks

"What it means is that Zabuza was right" Kakashi says "Haku was too kind and only put your body in a temporary death state, but to Hurley it seemed like you were dead" and then everyone starts to hear a tune full of sorrow.

"Wow" Kakashi says "He must have cared a great deal about you if all this sadness is coming from the fact that he thinks that your dead"

Hearing the extreme sadness in the tune Hinata says "I'm sorry Kakashi-sensei but I have to go find him. Who knows what he'll so in this state" and goes to the edge and jumps off following the trail that Hurley left.

(The Forest)

While Hinata is following the trail he left Hurley actually starts singing the song pretty much in tune and yet it is an unexpected song that sounds like it is meant to provide happiness and not sadness.

I've gotta a feeling

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

I've gotta a feeling

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

I've gotta feeling woo-hoo

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

I've gotta feeling woo-hoo

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

I gotta feeling

Tonight's the night

Let's live it up

I've got my money

Let's spend it up

Go out and smash it

Like oh my gosh

Jump off the sofa

Let's kick it

Up

I know that we'll have a ball

If we get down and go out and just lose it all

I feel stressed and I want to let it go

Let's go way out, spaced out, losing all control

Chi Chi Chi Chill

Fill up my cup

Mozoltov

Look at her dancing

Just take it

Off

Let's paint the town

We'll shut it down

Let's burn the roof

And then we'll do it again

Let's do it

Let's do it

Let's do it

Let's do it

And do it

And do it

And live it up

And do it

And do it

And do it do it do it

Let's do it

Let's do it

Let's do it cause I got a feeling

Woo-hoo

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

A feeling

Woo-hoo

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

A feeling

Tonight's the night

Hey

Let's live it up

Let's live it up

I've got my money

I'm paid

Let's spend it up

Let's spend it up

Go out and smash it

Smash it

Like oh my gosh

Like oh my gosh

Jump off the sofa

Come on

Let's kick it

Up

Fill up my cup

Drink

Mozoltov

Behind

Look at her dancing

Move it move it

Just take it

Off

Let's paint the town

Paint the town

We'll shut it down

Shut it down

Let's burn the roof

And then we'll do it again

Let's do it

Let's do it

Let's do it

Let's do it

Let's do it

And do it

Do it

And do it

Do it

And live it up

And do it

Do it

And do it

Do it

And do it do it do it

Let's do it

Do it

Let's do it

Do it

Let's do it do it do it do it

Here we come

Here we go

We gotta rock

Rock rock rock rock

Easy come

Easy go

Now we on top

Top top top top

Feel the shot

Body rock

Rock it don't stop

Stop stop stop stop

Round and round

Up and down

Around the clock

Clock clock clock clock

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday and Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Saturday to Sunday

Get get get get get with us

We know what we say

Party every day

Pa pa pa pa party every day

And I'm feeling

Woo-hoo

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Got a feeling

Woo-hoo

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good night

That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Woo-hoo

Everyone to hear the song and the sorrow within it from the way that Hurley sang and Hinata manages to find Hurley about midway through the song but not wanting to interrupt him she wait on the other side of the tree Hurley is laying against.

Hurley brings his knees and holds them with his hands and puts his face to his knees and starts crying saying "To me that song is just a big joke. All throughout my life there has hardly ever been a good night. There may have been fun nights at fair and other times but that doesn't mean that they were good. Any fun night is just a way to distract me from my feelings. I've felt lonely for so long. Very few people would actually notice me. I was practically a living ghost. If not for the fact that I believe wholeheartedly that God had allowed this for a reason I probably would have killed myself a long time ago" and looks at the card and asks "David where are you? I miss you. I wish that I could see you and talk to you. I may have found a person in this world who I could talk to but now she's gone. The biggest thing that I regret is not telling her how I felt about her. To me she could have been more than a friend if circumstances were different. She's the only one that I ever really felt that I could have had a romantic relationship with if it wasn't for the fact that I'm just a spirit in this world and the fact that she loves someone else"

Hinata hears this and is slightly surprised thinking "He feels that way about me. I guess that would explain the way he's been acting around me" and then goes around the tree and puts a hand on Hurley' shoulder.

Hurley senses this and says "Go away. I want to just be left alone right now"

"The trail you left says otherwise" Hinata says

At hearing her voice Hurley's head snaps up at looks at Hinata's face and then moves slightly to hug her then starts crying into her shoulder saying "I'm so glad that you're still alive. I thought that you were dead" and moves back to look at her in the face and asks "You are still alive right?"

"In a matter of speaking" Hinata says "What you see before you is still my soul but I am still connected to my body and as long that connection lasts I am alive. The last I saw my body was still in the temporary death state that Haku put me in"

Hurley just hugs Hinata tightly and says "I'm just glad to know that you're alive"

Hinata looks at Hurley and see that he's starting to fade decides to do something about it.

Hurley feels strength flowing into him and asks "Hinata what are you doing?"

"I'm lending you some of my strength" Hinata says "You weren't noticing that you were starting to fade from existence and not knowing whether or not we could get back to my body in time I just did what was right"

"You really are a very caring person Hinata" Hurley says "That's why you're such a good friend to me"

"You can just stop there" Hinata says "I heard what you said about your feelings for me"

"Exactly how much did you hear?" Hurley asks

"I heard everything that you said after the song" Hinata says "Which reminds me. Why exactly is it that a song that sounds so joyous makes you sad like that?"

"The song has a deeper symbolic meaning to me" Hurley says "That was the last song that I heard before my friend David left me to move in order to help his brothers so I connect that song with loneliness. Most people don't understand that I'm a very symbolic person and that there a deeper meaning to anything I say or do. When I talk to most people I will say something but there will be a deeper meaning to it and so far there have only been two that have come closest. The first one is my friend from my world David Everingham and the second one is you Hinata. Both of you have also been able to past my tough act and see how I truly feel, which is why I feel so happy when I'm around either of you and yet so sad when I get left by either of you without the support of the other. Both of you are also very kindhearted and very selfless. Most importantly though is that we three could all understand each other. Many also which applies to me but I'm not exactly the best at finding another person's deeper meanings if there even are any"

"What about the card you are holding?" Hinata asks "What does that mean to you?"

Hurley looks at the Warrior Dai Grepher card and says "This is basically my friendship card from David. Back when he was being forced to move with his family, the first time he left me, we had given each other a card to remind the other that we would always be the best of friends. Originally it was a trap card known as Mirror Wall but with that being a very powerful trap card in the game it "disappeared" very quickly but I remembered that he did have a favorite warrior monster, the Warrior Dai Grepher, and therefore used that as my friendship card instead. Now about my feelings towards you"

"What about them?" Hinata asks "I think that it's very sweet"

"I don't want you to sacrifice your love for Naruto just because of my feelings for you" Hurley says "A serious relationship could never happen between us and I'm willing to step down so that you can be with Naruto. The only think I want is to remain a part of your life as your best friend. Actually I've had these feeling for a while, even in my own world and I must confess something else"

"What's that?" Hinata asks

"Since in my world you were a fictional character I used you as a symbol of what I was looking for in a romantic partner. To me you were the perfect girl for me and still are in my eyes" Hurley says "Also one day I would have liked to get married and have David Everingham be my best man, but that a little hard to do that as a spirit"

"I'm sure we'll find a way to get you back home" Hinata says "Or perhaps figure out a way to bring your body here" and Hinata's body starts fading

"What's happening?" Hurley asks

"I guess my body is starting to wake up from the temporary death state" Hinata says "I'll see you at the bridge"

"See you" Hurley says and Hinata fades completely

(The bridge)

Everyone is busy working on completing the bridge. Naruto Kakashi, and Sasuke, who woke up some time ago from his temporary death state some time ago, just sit watching and waiting for Hinata to wake up.

"What's taking so long?" Naruto asks "It didn't take Sasuke this long to wake up"

"Sasuke didn't have his soul separated from his body" Kakashi says "Now just be patient" and at the moment the chakra chain vanishes and Hinata starts stirring and upon opening her eyes she says "Mission accomplished. Hurley will be back very soon" and at that moment Hurley appears and says smiling "Did someone call my name?"

"What got you so cheerful all of the sudden?" Naruto asks

"Wouldn't you be cheerful if your best friend was brought back from the dead?" Hurley asks and Naruto looks at Sasuke and thinks that he did react the same way when he found out that Sasuke was still alive.

"Hurley about that song" Kakashi says "What exactly was that? I've never heard it before"

"Of course you wouldn't" Hurley says "That song is a song from my world titled I got a feeling and was made by a band called the Black eyed Peas"

"Well since we are all here we might as well go back to Tazuna's house and rest up" Kakashi says

Hurley goes over to Hinata and says "Here let me help you" and looks Hinata in the eyes with a look that says "I'll never let harm come to you again" and Hinata looks into Hurley's eyes that says "Never say never. There will be a time where you can't prevent me from getting hurt"

"Come on you two love birds" Kakashi says teasingly

"Come on Kakashi" Hurley says "Trying to tease someone when nothing's going on is pretty lame. You know nothing could ever really happen between me and Hinata"

"The way you were acting says otherwise" Kakashi says

(A few days later at the bridge)

Tazuna finally finishes the bridge and everyone is there to see team 7 off.

"We'll being seeing you then" Kakashi says and starts walking across the bridge.

As team 7 walks across the bridge Tsunami asks "Isn't it about time that we give this bridge a name?"

"It is" Tazuna says "And I have the perfect name for it"

"What's that?" Tsunami asks

"The Great Hurley Bridge" Tazuna says

"Why would you choose that name?" Tsunami asks

"Over the past few days I talked with the team and found out that Hurley comes from another world where he was hardly noticed" Tazuna says "Perhaps this way people will actually know his name and besides there's an inner strength that very few people ever see. Perhaps this will make our bridge strong"

Team 7 is walking across the bridge and yet Hurley seems overly paranoid and is acting as a bodyguard for Hinata.

"What's the matter?" Kakashi says "You worried that someone's going to attack your lover?"

"I've told you many times already that nothing is going on between Hinata and me" Hurley says and glances into Hinata's eyes to see a look that says "Chill out or I'm going to do it for you" and Hurley just backs away from Hinata.

"There's nothing wrong with a spirit wanting love" Kakashi says "Everyone needs a little love now and again"

"While I agree with that statement" Hurley says "It's near impossible for someone to love a spirit"

"You'd be surprised where love can show up" Kakashi says and they all just keep walking towards Konoha

(End Chapter 8)

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