Naruto: The New Story
Chapter 10
Crap! Crap! We gotta hurry, we gotta hurry! I can't let Tsunami die, or Inari! That'll be on my conscience for life!
"They're at Tazuna's house!" I told Naruto, speeding up. "We need to hurry!"
"Right!" Naruto nodded, tightening his headband.
After about a minute, we were there. And as I expected, two bandits with swords were holding Tsunami hostage. Inari was charging at them, tears running down his face.
"Oh, no..." I gasped in horror, the two bandits unsheathing their sword. They're planning on killing Inari! And Tsunami could be dead for all we know, since she was lying face-first on the ground.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!" Inari, run the other way! Not towards them!
Naruto sprang into action fast. He ran over to the commotion, doing hand seals as he did so. He grabbed Inari, pushing him out the way while the guards slashed him instead.
I pushed backed the urge to scream and ran, sending Chakra to my feet to boost my speed, grabbing the unmoving Tsunami.
"Wha?!" The bandits gasped, either at me taking Tsunami away from them, or at the log that they cut up. Wait... Log! Naruto used the Body Replacement Technique, replacing with a log, so he could save Inari without getting himself killed! Awesome, Naruto!
"Sorry for being late." Naruto apologized. "But heroes are supposed to come late."
"Naruto!" Inari gasped. "And Jalen!"
"Inari, well done!" Inari gave him a confused look while I put Tsunami on the ground, gently. "Jalen was able to save your mom because you got their attention!" Oh? I didn't think about it like that.
"How did you find out that the Samurai were here?" Inari asked. Wait... Samurai? I could have sworn they were bandits...
"Huh?" Naruto looked up. "We saw a wild boar that was sliced by a katana in the forest." Naruto explained. "We also saw katana marks on the trees. The traces led to your house, so we got worried."
"I see..."
"You're just the incompetent Ninja that Tazuna hired." Excuse me?
"Let's kill them." The other one said.
"Roger." The one with no shirt agreed. They unsheathed their swords.
"They're coming!" Inari yelled as they charged at us. I sighed, stretching a little.
"Let me do this, okay, Naruto?" I smirked, throwing 5 shuriken at the Samurai. They just blocked them with their sword, but I did a few hand seals while they were doing that. "Clone Technique!" There were 4 of me now. We all threw 5 shuriken at the Samurai, resulting in 20 shuriken being hurdled at the two men.
"That won't work on us!" They exclaimed, stopping to block the attack.
"Oh, really?" Oh yeah... All of the shuriken I threw had paper bombs stuck to them... The clones had regular shuriken... So...
"AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!" They screamed, the shuriken blowing up as soon as it touched their katana. The explosion was kinda big, so when the smoke cleared, it wasn't surprising to see them on the ground unconscious.
"Wow..." Inari gasped.
"Perfect, Jalen, ya know!" Naruto laughed, patting my back.
"Hehehe, it was nothing." I laughed, dispersing my clones.
Inari laughed. "Jalen, you're like a Ninja!"
"I am a Ninja!" I exclaimed, fist pumping.
Everyone laughed, including me. We laughed, even though those two men were probably dead... We laughed, even though Tsunami was on the ground unconscious. We laughed... Why are we laughing?!
"A-A-Achoo!" Naruto sneezed. I was now tying up the probably dead men. I hope they're alive... I don't want blood on my hands, ya know...
"Do you have a cold?" Inari asked.
"I'm OK, ya know..." Naruto replied. "Anyway, Inari, I'm sorry about yesterday..."
"I am, too." I apologized as I finished tying them up. They shouldn't get out of that, right?
"What?" Don't act confused, Inari. We just apologized to you.
Naruto snickered. "I called you a crybaby. I take that back, ya know."
"It took a lot of courage to run up to those men. Even when you knew they had katana, you still ran. I don't think I would have been able to myself, if I was in your situation." I'm not lying. I don't know what I would have done. I would have probably followed them in the woods, waited till they put their guard down, and lashed out with a knife. A knife I got from my kitchen, of course. "You're really brave, Inari."
"G-gheh..." Huh? Inari... Don't cry. Well, I would have cried... "Damn it, I chose not to cry anymore..." He wiped away his tears. "Now you're going to make fun of me and call me a crybaby again..."
I don't know what happened, I don't know what kind of spirit possessed me, but I hit Naruto. I hit Naruto straight in the head.
"Ow!" Naruto held his head. "What was that for?!"
"You've scarred the boy!" I exclaimed, waving my arms around. "I'm pretty sure deep down inside he hates us! Give him good advice and make him like us!"
"R-right!" Naruto stuttered, seeming to shrink down. "Inari..." Serious, Naruto! Serious! "It's OK to cry when you're happy." Naruto grinned.
Inari stared at Naruto wide-eyed. I feel like he likes him more than me...
"It's OK to cry when you're happy!" Naruto repeated.
"Naruto..." Inari cried more, the tears practically running down like a running faucet. Hey... That was nice.
"Now, I can leave this place to you, right?" Naruto asked, turning around.
"Yes!"
"I'll be heading to the bridge, then..." Hey... Are they... Forgetting about me? He's... Running off without me... "Heroes are busy, busy, ya know!"
"Ya know!" Inari echoed, smiling.
Moment of silence...
"You're still here, Jalen?" Inari asked, turning around.
"Damn it, Naruto!" I shouting, running after him. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
~Line Skip~
We finally made it to the bridge, (which was difficult considering we never went there before) but it was covered with mist. The Mist Concealment Technique...
And the worst part is... I sense Zabuza, with an unknown person. I guess that's Haku.
"What's going on?" Naruto asked.
"Zabuza! And some other person!" I exclaimed. We heard Sasuke scream. "And he's hurting Sasuke!"
Naruto didn't respond. He just sped off towards everyone. I followed, of course, but I was doing hand seals. I was doing them for the Body Replacement Technique, of course...
Naruto jumped up, throwing a shuriken at the dome of ice around Sasuke. On closer inspection, he was throwing it at Haku, who was just about to come out of the ice to kill Sasuke.
And... It hit! It hit Haku straight in the face and would have cut him if not for the mask.
Everyone gasped as realization hit them that Haku just got attacked by some unknown person. Haku fell out the ice onto the ground, right outside his dome of ice. Get out, Sasuke! You have the chance!
Well, he probably can't move, since his clothes are tattered everywhere, and blood is dripping from his head. But other than that, he's perfectly fine!
Naruto appeared beside the dome in a puff of smoke, me right beside him holding up a peace sign.
"The noisy Ninja that's number one in surprising people..." Haku started. "And the weird, yet helpful Ninja that's surprisingly cute when he sleeps..."
"...What?"
"Uzumaki Naruto and Uzumaki Jalen is here!" Naruto exclaimed.
...
Wait... Back up... What did Haku just say?
"Now that we're here, everything's going to be just fine, ya know." Naruto announced.
Tazuna gasped.
"Naruto! Jalen!" Sakura exclaimed in happiness.
"The main characters of a story usually appears like this and defeats the enemy in a flash!" Naruto told everyone, doing a pose. I sweatdropped, not really wanting that much attention.
"Hmph. It's that kid." Zabuza glanced at us.
"And me! Don't forget about me!" I waved my hands around in frustration. What?! Is it forget Jalen day!
"All right! Let's do this!" Naruto smirked at Haku.
I took out a kunai. "Right..." I slashed at Naruto, him hardly avoiding the attack.
"Gah! What are you doing, Jalen, ya know?!" Naruto asked.
"We could have used this chance to form a surprise attack, ya know!" I scolded. "Think before you act sometimes!"
Everyone sweatdropped. I guess they weren't expecting that...
"Yeah, yeah... Sorry, sorry..."
Zabuza suddenly threw shuriken at us. Does he think I can't block them? I have a kunai in my hand, ya know!
"Dodge it, you two!" Kakashi-sensei yelled. Dodge it? Do I have to? Can't I just block them? Will something happen if I do? Augh! Now I'm scared to block them, and it's too late for me to dodge..!
Suddenly, senbon (needles) were thrown at the shuriken, blocking them for us. Naruto and I gasped... Slowly looking towards Haku; the one who saved us.
"They were saved..." Are you sad, Sakura?!
"How lucky! The enemy's attacks collided with each other!" Tazuna exclaimed. Don't be dumb, idiot.
"Hey, what are you two doing?!" Sakura yelled at us.
"I got confused, alright!" I'm not going to explain to them. Too much work... We're in a fight. All that fun stuff...
"What kind of idiot attacks their teammate right in front of the enemy?" Don't be mean to me, Sensei... "But he was right, Naruto! You should have took the opportunity to surprise attack the enemy! You two need to get it together!"
"Awww..." Naruto and I whined... He's being so mean...
"The way you two acted made you only target practice!" Kakashi-sensei finished.
"Gah! Oh no..!" Naruto clutched his head. "We came here to help, though..."
"Haku. What was the meaning of that?" Zabuza demanded an answer to having his attack blocked.
"Zabuza, leave them to me." Haku answered. "Please let me fight them my way."
"What did you say?" Naruto made a fist.
Haku just stared at us, not bothering to respond to Naruto.
"That mask... So creepy..." I clutched my kunai harder.
"Heh, so you don't want me to interfere, Haku..." Zabuza... You're creepy, too. "As usual, you're too easy on the enemy."
"Then... I'm going to beat you first!" Naruto pointed at Haku. Hey, don't add fire to the flame!
"Hey, don't think of anything weird now, Kakashi." Zabuza warned. "If you move, you know what's going to happen to that geezer, right?" You'll kill him. We know. "Let's observe how the young ones will fight, shall we?" Hunger Games, much?
"That mask... So you were one of Zabuza's men." Naruto glared. "How dare you trick us!" Wait... Sasuke is inside the dome. Haku isn't. If he sneaks out, that whole Mirror of Ice Crystals thing won't happen, and we'll have a better chance of winning...
I can't just call out to Sasuke, because then Haku would just go back and destroy him. But, he can't move anyway... Sadly... I think he can't move.
"I'm sorry." Haku apologized, surprising Naruto. "But, your teacher said this, too... You must find an opportunity to surprise the enemy. Please don't take it personally..." Damn... If only Sasuke could mo- WHAT THE HECK?! If you have the strength to hold up a kunai to throw at Haku, then try to get out of there first, Sasuke! God! Think!
Sasuke ignored my mental rant and threw the kunai straight at Haku's face. I cheered, mentally of course, but frowned when Haku just moved his head back, the kunai missing by inches.
We all gasped, Naruto looking at Sasuke in confusion. Did he forget Sasuke was in there?
"I didn't forget about you." Haku monotoned. "I would have liked for you to just lie there quietly, but I guess I can't expect that. Very well, I will finish the match with you first." Haku began to walk towards the dome, completely disregarding Naruto and I.
"H-hey, ya know!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Not so fast!" I yelled, taking out my last explosive kunai and throwing it at the rectangle of ice Haku was about to enter. Well, that was my only explosive kunai. I used all of my explosive shuriken during that last fight... Argh!
Haku jumped out the way at the last moment, the kunai exploding as it touched the ice. I forgot Haku was fast, and I guess I'm about to experience that because he was now charging at me.
"I shouldn't have forgotten about you." Haku took out a senbon, slicing at me. I backed up to avoid the attack then dashed back up to Haku, kunai and senbon colliding. Haku pushed harder, making me loosen my grip on my kunai as he kicked me in the stomach.
"Gah!" I coughed out some spit, sliding across the hard, cold ground. Man, that hurt...
"Now you're finished." Haku said as he charged at me again, doing... One-hand hand seals... Uh-oh...
I painfully got up, blocking his senbon.
"Sorry, but I need to end you here. Please don't hate me..." How could I hate someone who's trying to kill me? I'm not evil! He finished doing hand seals. "Flying Water of a Thousand Kills."
Haku stomped his feet, making the water on the ground somehow jump up and float in the air. Oh, God... Isn't this..?
I need to hurry! I know what to do, but I need to hurry! Send Chakra to my hand... And mold it!
The water got higher up above our heads...
I sent the Chakra to my arm, then to my hand. Now... I don't know if this will work, but...
The water turned into spikes. Spikes of ice. So it's what I feared...
I shut my eyes and tried desperately to send the Chakra to my kunai. Maybe it would have been better to jump away in time...
The spikes of ice charged at both of us, but before Haku could jump away, the kunai I had in my hand broke his senbon, surprising him and stopping him from jumping away. Haha! It worked! I used this opportunity to slash his chest, blood squirting out from it.
And after that, the spikes gorged us. Well, mostly me, since I surprised Haku into backing up and not getting stabbed as much. He only got stabbed in his foot and one of his legs. One spike stabbed me straight through the chest, the rest of them just stabbing me everywhere else.
Poof!
A metal beam. I replaced myself with a metal beam. Remember when I started the Body Replacement Technique at the beginning? Well, I decided to use it right then. Lucky too, aren't I? I'm kind of running low on Chakra, though... Not really, though... Just... Meh.
I was now a bit away from Haku, mostly beside the dome of ice.
Everyone gasped as they saw what awesome skill I showed. I can tell they're surprised... Because I'm surprised myself!
"Jalen..." Sakura couldn't say anything else. She just stared in amazement.
"He's good!" Tazuna gasped.
Kakashi-sensei just stared at me wide-eyed, Zabuza doing the same. Haku just kneeled, taking out the ice from her leg and foot. His blood was dripping on the ground... If I could see his face, I'm sure he would be looking shocked.
I wonder if Naruto and Sasuke saw... Why are they in that dome? I guess I'll have to hurry and get them out!
I ran inside the dome, looking at Naruto and Sasuke. They were arguing about something that I don't feel like knowing about.
"Naruto! Sasuke! Come on! That boy is injured, so we can escape!" I yelled, using hand movement to tell them to follow me.
Naruto just gasped as he looked behind me. Sasuke sucked his teeth... Oh no... Don't tell me...
I slowly turned around... And saw Haku inside the ice mirror. As soon as I saw him, more of him appeared in all the other ice mirrors.
Sasuke started doing hand seals. "Fire Element..!"
"Hey, what are you going to do, ya know?" Naruto asked.
"These are mirrors made of frozen water." Sasuke explained "Then... Blazing Fireball!" Sasuke blew out a ball of fire at the ice. When he was finished, we all gasped to see that nothing was happening to the ice... Or Haku!
The ice mirror was on fire, but the ice wasn't melting... Uh-oh... And now the fire is gone...
"It didn't work at all!" Naruto yelled.
"It won't melt with that kind of firepower." Haku told us... His monotone voice reverberating throughout the dome. Haku took out three senbon, well, all of the Haku took out three senbon... Oh, shit. We're dead...
The ice mirrors all turned white, making us unable to see. Apparently, it was raw power light... Or something like that... And it pushed us off our feet. Then, after that, needles were thrown at us, cutting us up.
"Aahhhh!" We all screamed.
After that attack was over, the light went away, and we all had cuts on our bodies. Naruto's cheeks were now bleeding... And one of my arms and leg were bleeding. This really hurts...
"Damn it, where is he attacking from? Are those replications?" Naruto yelled. Wait... Are they replications? "Where's the real one?"
"This is bad..." I muttered. If only I knew better techniques, or if it was a one-on-one fight! We would have a better chance of winning then!
"Shadow Replication Technique!"
"Stop it!" Sasuke yelled.
There was a puff of smoke, and over 10 Naruto's were charging at each of the mirrors. "Then I'll destroy all of the mirrors and see which one is real, ya know!" But, before the Naruto's could even touch the mirrors, the Haku in the mirrors all came out, jumping from mirror to mirror. It was making me dizzy... And scared...
When Haku finished, all of the Naruto's disappeared in a puff of Smoke. The real Naruto was blown back on the ground. He was trembling, cuts all over him.
"This is a traveling technique that utilizes mirror reflections that only reflect me." Haku informed. "From my speed, you three look like you're standing still."
"That must be a bloodline limit technique." Kakashi-sensei gasped. Zabuza chuckled in response.
"Bloodline limit?" Sakura repeated in confusion.
"It's the same thing as my Sharingan." Kakashi-sensei... Are you really about to explain something to Sakura with the enemy right in front of you? "They are techniques that are only passed down through deep blood relations and through the genealogy of those with superior body structures."
"Does that mean..!" Sakura gasped.
"Yes. Even I cannot copy that technique." Well, it would be weird for you to do this, Kakashi-sensei. It just doesn't fit your appearance. "And there is no way to get past that technique."
"Damn it..." Naruto muttered, looking down. "So what..?" Uh-oh... Naruto's getting mad. "I can't die here... I still have a dream I need to achieve... The dream to make the villagers recognize me and become the Hokage!"
"Dream..?" The word seemed foreign to Haku as he just stared us down through that mask. That creepy, slenderman-like mask. "It is difficult for me to become a pure Ninja." What are you talking about? We were talking about dreams a while ago... "If it is possible, I do not want to kill you and I do not want to make you kill me. However, if you are going to fight me, I will kill my compassion with a blade and become a Ninja." Can't you just, like, leave us alone then? "This bridge is a battlefield that leads to the dreams of many people. I will fight for my dream." What is his dream again? I completely forgot... "And you will fight for your dream. Please do not hold any grudges." Grudges? We can't hold grudges if you kill us! "I want to protect an important person. I want to work for him, fight for him, and make his dream come true." Zabuza... What's his dream?! "That is my dream. In order to make it come true, I will become a Ninja." He held up a senbon. "I will kill you!"
Moment of silence...
"Sasuke! Naruto! Jalen! Don't lose to a guy like that!" Sakura yelled. Why don't you come in and help us, Sakura?
"Stop it, Sakura! Don't goad them." Kakashi-sensei ordered. For those who don't know, goad means to provoke someone, or to give heart or courage to.
"What?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"Even if there is a one-in-million chance to overcome that technique, they can't defeat that boy." What do you mean, Kakashi-sensei?! You don't believe in us!
"What? What do you mean?" Sakura asked. Zabuza chuckled.
"They still don't have the mental strength to suppress their emotions and kill someone." .
..True... There's no way I can kill Haku! Back in my world, we didn't kill for a living, ya know!
"That's correct." Zabuza nodded. God... So creepy. Stop talking! "A real Ninja is not trained in a peaceful village like yours. You can't experience the most important thing to a Ninja, the experience of killing."
"Then... Then what are we going to do, Sensei?" Sakura asked.
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to finish this quickly." Kakashi-sensei grsbbed his headband over his right eye. You finally want to fight, huh?
"The Sharingan?" Sakura gasped.
"The Sharingan, eh? How unoriginal..." Zabuza commented. He took out this weird kunai, running up and stabbing at Kakashi-sensei's Sharingan eye. Kakashi-sensei put his other hand up, the kunai stabbing his hand. Oh snap...
Wait... Why is Haku not doing anything to us? Is he thinking? Well, at least I can see this epic fight. I'll just wait Until Haku is ready, to be nice, ya know.
"As if!" I yelled, taking out three shuriken and throwing them at Haku. It's good to know where he is, too. That idiot forgot to reflect himself on the other mirrors!
This seemed to stir Haku out of his daydream and jump out the ice mirror just in time, slashing me in the face with his senbon.
"Augh!" I exclaimed, touching my now bleeding cheek.
"Jalen!" Naruto exclaimed in shock.
"That wasn't a smart move." Haku said as his body was reflecting in every mirror. He took out more senbon.
"Look out!" Sasuke warned as all the Haku threw senbon at us, cutting us up more than what was already done! It hurts so much, though, even though they're little scratches! They sting!
"Augh!" I yelled as Haku did it again, my body hurting all over.
"What the hell, ya know...!" Naruto exclaimed in frustration. "Shadow Replication Technique!"
All the Naruto's charged at the mirrors again. And for some reason, Sasuke kicked water in the air... What are you doing?! Do you think water is going to stop him?!
"You still don't understand that it's futile?" Haku... Shut up.
Haku struck again, leaving the ice mirrors to strike at Naruto, his clones, Sasuke, and me!
"Why me?! I didn't do anything! Ow!" I yelled after he brutally maimed me. I kneeled down, breathing hard.
"My chest." Haku answered. Oh yeah...
~Flashback~
The spikes of ice charged at both of us, but before Haku could jump away, the kunai I had in my hand broke his senbon, surprising him and stopping him from jumping away. I used this opportunity to slash his chest, blood squirting out from it.
~Flashback End~
Ah~. Good times... Good times.
"Aaaaahhhhh! Shadow Replication Technique!" Naruto yelled, charging at Haku as he did the hand seals. The clones all charging at the mirrors again.
"What a stubborn boy." Haku grabbed another senbon, charging at the clones again. Wait... Can't I just sense him? Why didn't I think of that?! Why didn't anyone think of that?! Well, I guess it wouldn't matter if I sense him or not... Because he would just keep moving faster and faster and faster and ugh!
Before Haku could kill the Naruto clones, however, Sasuke blew out some fire at Haku. Time seemed to stop as Haku gasped, narrowly avoiding the fire. Did Sasuke know? Did he unlock the Sharingan?!
Well, this still didn't stop Haku from continuing what he was doing and destroying the Naruto clones.
Haku was about to finish off the last one, when Sasuke blew out some more fire. This time, to my surprise, the fire hit Haku's pants leg. Yes! Now we can tell which one is the real Haku!
Haku hit down the real Naruto, bringing him to the ground, then going back inside the ice mirror.
I could sense him, and I could see the burn mark on his pants. Child's play.
"Naruto! Right there!" I pointed at the real Haku. "I sense him, and his pants are burned!"
Before Naruto could react, however, I guess Haku got worried and started another technique. The ice mirrors all turned white like in the beginning of this fight.
"Don't attack! Naruto, Jalen, run!" Sasuke yelled, doing hand seals. Huh? "Get out of here and attack from the outside!"
"O-okay!" Naruto and I nodded, but Naruto just had to add a "Ya know!" in there.
Naruto and I ran. I didn't know what Sasuke was going to do, or what Haku was going to do, but I still ran. We needed to escape!
"Will you be able to?" Naruto and I ignored Haku and just can't running. It was hard to run, since we were bleeding and sore and stuff... But we didn't care. We were desperate. So we kept running, even when the ice mirrors got brighter...
"Gah!" Naruto and I screamed, getting blasted back. What even is that?!
"I'm not going to lose!" Naruto exclaimed, grabbing me wrist and pulling me along with him as he ran again.
But, before I knew it, Haku was in front of us. I couldn't even grab a kunai, he just smacked us, making us fly back. He better not want us to leave! Isn't this kidnapping? Is he going to rape us soon?
"Damn it..." Naruto cursed. Sasuke had a needle stuck in his shoulder... What happened while I wasn't paying attention?!
"That was good." Sasuke took the needle out.
"What?! No that wasn't! You just got a needle to the shoulder, while we got smacked in the face!" I yelled. Man... I'm kinda tired...
"Let's do it again." No, Sasuke!
"Okay, ya know!" No, Naruto! "Yaaa!" Naruto's charged again, pulling me along with him... Why?!
And for some reason, Sasuke ran too. What kind of plan is this?! What's going on?!
"I won't let it happen the way you expect." Haku took out another senbon... Is that all he has?! "First, I'll stop you!" He threw the senbon at Sasuke's leg.
"Argh!" Sasuke stopped running, so Haku took this chance to throw more senbon at Sasuke. "Aaauuugh!"
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, stopping as well. I sense danger...
Haku threw senbon at Naruto as well, making him scream in pain. Wait... He didn't throw them at me!
I'm safe!
I'm alive!
But Naruto and Sasuke are dying... I need to do something! Haku is just waiting for my move... So annoying...
...
I don't want to do this... I really don't... I don't even think I have enough Chakra to do it, but... Haku is kinda giving me the chance...
Suddenly, and surprisingly, Sakura screamed. Way too loud. I even think the our village could hear that scream...
"Sakura..." Naruto tried to get up, but couldn't... Sasuke was up, thinking of a plan I think... How come Naruto is so beaten up and bloody, but Sasuke isn't! That makes no sense!
Ugh...
I don't know if I can do this... But I gotta try! I have to save Naruto!
"Naruto..." Ugh... How do I word this? Uh... "B-bite me..."
...
Yep. I think I've gone insane.