AN: Alright people the conclusion to the Nami no Kuni arc. Oh and just to let you know one of the questions you guys have been asking me will be answered in this chapter.
Chapter 9: Conclusion on the Bridge
"What?!" Sasuke said as Haku shunshined right in front of him.
The fake Hunter-nin had a senbon in hand. Haku struck, Sasuke used a kunai to block the needle before it could do any damage.
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"Sakura watch over Tazuna." Kakashi ordered.
"So how are we going to take this guy down?" Rin asked in a low whisper.
"Well you see…" Kakashi paused and gulped nervously.
"Not gonna happen, you're not telling me to stay out this Kakashi-kun. And besides I'm pretty sure you don't want to have to deal with the consequences." Rin said threateningly.
Kakashi once more made another nervous gulp and had a sweat drop come down the side of his head. "I wouldn't dream of it Rin-chan." Kakashi said with a nervous eye-smile as he remembered the last time he had upset Rin and as Kakashi would put it "couldn't enjoy certain pleasures of a man and woman relationship."
"Hahaha!!" Zabuza was laughing hard, he looked like he was about to fall over.
"What's so funny?" Kakashi asked while frowning behind his own mask.
"You gotta be kidding me! The great Copy Ninja Kakashi, son of the legendary Konoha no Shiroi Kiba is completely whipped!" Zabuza said out loud.
Kakashi had a vein pop out the side of his head and his right eye was twitching. "Okay can we get off the subject of my relationship status?" Kakashi said rather dejectedly.
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"I don't want to have to kill you, but you won't stand down will you?" Haku asked Sasuke.
"Don't be foolish." Sasuke smirked while still holding his kunai in place.
"I see, well you won't be able to keep up with my speed this time. Also you've given me two advantages." Haku said calmly.
"Two?" Sasuke asked.
"First is the water on the ground, second is your occupied arm."
"What the hell?!" Sasuke said as he saw Haku go through a series of seals one-handed.
"Sensatsu Suishou!" (Death by a Thousand Flying Water Needles)
The water that was accumulated on the ground suddenly shot into the air. The water quickly took the shape of small spikes. In a flash the spikes flew forward as Haku leaped out of the way.
BOOM!
There was an explosion of water resulting from the attack. As Haku backed away she realized that Sasuke wasn't there anymore.
"Where did he…." Haku was cut off, a set of shuriken were thrown at her from above.
"Looks like those advantages didn't serve you very well." Sasuke said as he appeared behind Haku.
Sasuke swung his ninjato at Haku; the fake Hunter-nin brought up her senbon. The steel blade cut through the needle like paper. Haku barely stepped back in time to receive a small cut rather than losing an arm. Sasuke rushed forward and kicked Haku sending her flying back. Haku landed in a crouching position on her feet near Zabuza.
"This little brat was able to keep with Haku at that speed!" Zabuza thought surprised.
"Whew, it looks Sasuke completely mastered the Shunshin. And his attacks with the ninjato are pretty strong. It looks like that training was a success and to think it was only a week of training." Kakashi thought relieved.
"Zabuza you really shouldn't underestimate my team anymore. Sasuke is the villages Number One rookie, Sakura is the brightest in the village, and Naruto is the village's Number One hyperactive unpredictable knuckleheaded ninja." Kakashi smiled underneath his mask thinking about his team.
"Hehehehe…" Zabuza chuckled for a moment, the sight made some people a little unnerved.
"Haku do you realize at this rate we'll be driven back, I guess it's time for a little bit of "divide and conquer." Zabuza said out loud.
"Yes, that sounds good." Haku said calmly as she started to build up chakra and began forming seals.
The water on the ground started to accumulate once more. Only this time the sheer amount was higher. The water shot into the air, this time it forming into rectangular shapes instead of needles. The objects looked like mirrors.
"Makyou Hyoushou." (Demonic Ice Crystal Mirrors)
Haku slowly stepped into the mirror; she suddenly appeared in one of the mirrors facing Sasuke.
"Damn it!" Kakashi said as he charged forward wanting to help Sasuke, Zabuza quickly jumped in front of the jounin.
"Hey your opponent is me." Zabuza said in a deadly tone.
Rin charged in taking advantage of the momentary distraction to try and get past Zabuza. However Zabuza wasn't going to let the medic-nin get past him. Zabuza went through a set of hand signs.
"Suiton: Mizurappa!!" (Water Release: Violent Water Wave)
Zabuza expelled a strong torrent of water; the jet stream collided with Rin and shot her back. Before Kakashi could yell out Rin's name, Zabuza drew his zanbato and swung at Kakashi.
"Shit!" Kakashi said as he barely brought up his tanto to block the zanbato. Kakashi was pushing back, the two nins held their positions, blades held in stalemate.
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"Now I can show you my real speed." Haku said while inside the mirror.
Before Sasuke could bring up his ninjato or even blink, a senbon flew by. Sasuke found his left arm sleeve was cut and a gash was opening underneath.
"Ahh!!" Sasuke screamed out, in one fleeting moment Sauske was hit with a barrage of senbons from all directions.
Sasuke fell flat on his stomach. He was cut all over and his blood was flowing out from his wounds.
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"Sasuke!!" Everyone had yelled out at the same time.
"You two aren't getting past me." Zabuza said brandishing his zanbato while standing in Kakashi and Rin's path.
"Damn, it looks like we'll have to take Zabuza down first, huh Rin-chan?" Kakashi said as he pulled his hitai-ate up, revealing his Sharingan eye.
"It looks like it." Rin said while dropping into her fighting stance.
"Don't think you'll when with two against one Kakashi." Zabuza said as the surrounding mist became increasingly thicker, even thicker than the last time Zabuza used the jutsu.
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"Great so much for learning how to use a damn sword, it isn't much use if I'm dealing with ranged attacks, if you can call them that." Sasuke thought as he struggled to get back on his feet and tightened the grip on his ninjato.
"Now that I showed you my real speed it's time to end this." Haku said as she readied another set of senbons to finish off Sasuke.
The needles were launched and it was too soon for Sasuke to be able to move fast enough to defend himself.
"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" A familiar voice screamed out as a mass of clones appeared out of nowhere.
The bunshins acted as barriers blocking the barrage of senbons coming in. The small amount of senbons that did make it through was swatted aside by a black staff.
"Hey teme, I'm gone for a few moments and you get your ass kicked, what am I gonna do with you?" Naruto said as he gave Sasuke an eye-smile.
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"It looks like Sasuke's back-up has arrived." Kakashi said as he and Rin were back to back waiting Zabuza to make his move.
"Doesn't matter, both them are as good as dead." Zabuza said as he launched a set of shuriken at Kakashi and Rin
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"Shut up dobe, I'm only in this position because I had no choice but to learn from you, and look at how helpful it's been." Sasuke said sarcastically.
Naruto took a quick glance at Sasuke's wounds; it appeared to be that very few if any vital areas at all were struck by the senbons. "Haku-chan must be holding back." Naruto thought.
"I see that we must fight each other in the end, huh Naruto-kun?" Haku asked, barely letting a tiny bit of sadness slip through.
"I guess so." Naruto responded.
"Dobe do you know this person?" Sasuke asked surprised by the quick little conversation.
"Yeah I do know Haku, sorta." Naruto said.
"Yes…and you should remember that I will do what I have to, to serve my precious person. I don't want to have to kill you two, nor do I want to be killed. But for Zabuza-sama I will do whatever it takes." Haku said carefully masking her grief at the idea of having to kill Naruto.
"Sorry Haku, but the only people who are going to die on this bridge are the ones who deserve it." Naruto said with content.
Sasuke took the moment to pull out any senbons that were hindering his movements. Once he was done the Uchiha was back on his feet with his ninjato ready.
"So teme, you ready to go?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah I am and before you do anything stupid. We won't be able to fight this nin at close range. We're at a disadvantage already." Sasuke informed Naruto.
"That's right, fighting any further will only result in a faster death." Haku said before she unleashed more senbons.
Naruto and Sasuke quickly used their respective weapons to knock the senbons away. With the two genin back to back covering each other, Naruto and Sasuke were coming out of the attack mostly unharmed.
"If we can't fight Haku using close range attacks then we'll have to break those mirrors won't we?" Naruto asked.
"What do you have in mind?" Sasuke asked.
"I can only assume these mirrors are made of ice." Naruto gave Sasuke an eye smile.
"Good point, in that case…" Sasuke said as he sheathed his ninjato and started to go through a set of seals. Naruto did the same and readied up his own jutsu.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"
"Katon: Dai Endan!"
In an instant a massive blaze of fire consumed the mirrors. The fire engulfed all the surrounding mirrors. The fire was bright enough for even the others nearby to see light through the thick mist. Naruto and Sasuke both smirked at the sight of the inferno…for a few moments…the smirks turned into full blown frowns.
When the fire dissipated, the mirrors showed some sign of melting. But the ice merely reformed and once more the mirrors surrounded Naruto and Sasuke.
"You're not going to be able to melt the ice with that level of fire." Haku said.
"Crap…" Naruto said before he and Sasuke were hit with another set of senbon.
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Kakashi stared at Zabuza while holding his tanto. The jounin had just taken an attack from Zabuza right across the chest, receiving a wound very similar to what Naruto and Sasuke had gotten last time. Rin was beside him ready to defend Kakashi at any moment.
"Give it up Kakashi; you and your girlfriend don't have a chance. You're nothing without the help of your Sharingan." Zabuza taunted.
"Trust me; I can beat you without it. And since Rin-chan is here things are going to be a little easier for me." Kakashi said confidently.
"Don't get cocky with me Kakashi. You two are as good as dead and you're little brat genins are going to die by Haku's hands." Zabuza said threateningly.
"Didn't I already tell you not to underestimate my genin? Sasuke can't die and neither can Naruto. Sasuke is the last of his clan, he is an Uchiha."
"So he's an offspring of that tragic clan." Zabuza said partly amused and at the same time expressing some pity towards Sasuke.
"And Naruto is the Legacy of our villages greatest Shinobi." Kakashi said being careful not to say son rather than legacy.
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Naruto and Sasuke were panting; there bodies were covered in cuts. And a number of senbons were stuck in their bodies. Even though Sasuke had managed to awaken his Sharingan, his stamina and chakra was depleting.
"This isn't good. I wish I was fighting Zabuza right now. My kodachis are useless if I can't get near Haku. And my ranged jutsus are enough to break the mirrors and the teme doesn't have anything either. It looks I'm going to have to use it."
"Are you sure about that son?"
"Dad I know you have concerns about me using it. And Kami knows you had your objections to me learning it when we found out my elemental affinities…"
Flashback
…three months ago…
"Alright here goes nothing." Naruto said as he held the paper in his hand and concentrated.
For a long moment nothing happened. After a few more seconds the paper started too spilt down the middle slowly.
"Well it looks like your element is wind…?" Kakashi ended his sentence as a question when the paper stopped. The paper was only slightly cut down the middle, it wasn't even halfway down.
"Okay…this is strange…" Naruto said, suddenly one of the corners of the paper fizzed a little and the corner began to burn.
"I guess the kit has the same affinity as me…or maybe not." Kyuubi said as the burning stopped.
Naruto and Kakashi both stared the paper disappointedly. The paper was barely cut and it was barely burned. It looked like Naruto didn't have any full affinities.
"Well I guess it might have been a bit too soon for the affinity training, I guess we'll…" Before Kakashi could finish his sentence, a loud static like crackle was heard. Tiny bolts of electricity suddenly jumped off the paper. And before Naruto and Kakashi knew it, the paper violently crumbled into a ball. (I don't know if a piece of paper can be violently crumble into a ball.) A few more sparks of electricity shot out as Naruto and Kakashi stared slack jawed. Minato wasn't any better.
"So much for my son having the same affinities as me…" Minato said both in a disappointed and surprised tone.
"Hm, interesting you have minor affinities for wind and fire, given enough time and training you can develop them. But it seems you have a very strong affinity for lighting. Which is a rarity in these parts; I wonder how you got it." Kakashi said curiously.
"I can only think of one reason why you have that affinity son." Minato said nervously.
"And that would be?"
"Let's just say that it seems your mother has had other influences on you besides your personality."
"You mean?"
"Your mother had two affinities, where she was from everyone had the affinity for water. But in her case, your mother's main element was lighting."
"Okay so I got lighting from mom and wind from you, what about the fire?"
"I can only assume it came from the furball. After all it was his chakra influence that gives you some of the physical traits you have now. Funny it's almost like your mother came back in spirit to beat me and leave her mark…" Minato said. "Well even in death your mother had to beat me somehow, she always did have to come out on top." Minato fought back the urge to say "in more ways than one." As he remembered how Kushina's need to be ahead of Minato wasn't just limited sparring but also more in the "bedside manner."
"So Yondy, are you saying that your wife was on top of things in the marriage?" Kyuubi said with a perverted grin and giggle.
BAM!!
Kyuubi's grin was met with an elbow to the face. "Shut up you damn fox, I wasn't implying that damn you." Minato said with a slight blush.
"Well Naruto-kun, it seems to be you have a rather strong affinity for lighting judging by how that paper reacted. I have a very powerful jutsu in mind to teach you." Kakashi said with a smile.
Naruto grinned. "You're gonna teach me a powerful jutsu?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"Yes I am it's my original jutsu. But I think your father may have a problem with it though." Kakashi said
"The hell I'll have a problem that better not be the jutsu I it is." Minato said in anger through Naruto.
End of Flashback
"Right now dad, I have to use it. With the furballs chakra concentrated to my eyes I should be able to negate some of the tunnel vision I'm about to get. Besides Kakashi-sensei taught me to use this as a blade to protect my comrades, I think right now would be the situation to use it." Naruto said to Minato.
"Well there's no point in arguing, but I thought you said you had no intention of killing Haku?"
"And I don't dad, just trust me and watch." Naruto said reassuringly.
Naruto started to channel the chakra that was released to his eyes. The blondes blue eyes became red with slits instead of irises. Sasuke didn't notice the change in eye color but he did feel the sudden spike of chakra.
"Hey teme, I got something planned. I'm going to force Haku out those mirrors. With your Sharingan, you better be ready to attack." Naruto said, before Sasuke could question what Naruto had planned. The blonde went through a set of seals.
When Naruto finished the blonde held his right arm. Suddenly a ball of pure white electricity materialized in Naruto's hand. The energy being generated in Naruto's hand was so intense that his glove was torn to shreds and the palm of his hand showed signs of being burned. The electricity crackled and a distinct noise was heard, it sounded like many birds chirping all at once.
"What the hell is that?! And how does the dobe know it?" Sasuke thought.
"It's time to end this Haku." Naruto said as he got ready.
"Whatever that jutsu is, it looks strong enough to break my mirrors. I've already used too much chakra to maintain this jutsu; if they break I'm in trouble. Sorry Naruto-kun, but I'm going to have to stop you." Haku was about to launch her attack. Before she could get even halfway near Naruto, the blonde disappeared.
"Chidori!!"(Thousand Birds) Naruto screamed out.
Suddenly one of the ice mirrors shattered, in place of the mirror was Naruto with his right hand thrust forward. Both Haku and Sasuke were surprised at the sight before them. Haku and Sasuke were surprised to see the sheer speed of Naruto's attack. Before Haku could do anything, Naruto in the blink of an eye ran in a circle with his Chidori. The attack destroyed all the lower mirrors. Naruto then leaped into the air and in a flash the remaining mirrors shattered one after another. With each mirror destroyed Haku was forced to jump into the next one, when the last set was destroyed Haku had jump out.
"I guess this is what he meant…" Sasuke thought as he locked onto Haku using his Sharingan. When Haku was forced to jump into her last mirror, Sasuke attacked. He affectively struck down Haku. Making a thud sound, Haku landed on her back, she tried to get back on her feet but found a blade pointed at her.
"It's over…" Sasuke said as he readied his ninjato, he moved his blade back ready to deliver the deathblow. Until suddenly a hand grabbed a hold of Sasuke's wrist preventing the Uchiha from executing his opponent.
"Dobe what the hell are you doing?" Sasuke asked with a puzzled and pissed off tone.
"Like I said, the only ones who will die on this bridge are the ones who deserve it." Naruto said as he let go of Sasuke's hand. Sasuke grunted as he sheathed his sword, the Uchiha wasn't in the mood to argue with Naruto.
Sasuke ended up nearly collapsing onto the ground. His injuries and physical exhaustion, added with near chakra depletion kicked in. Naruto turned to face Haku as she got back on her feet and removed her mask. The blonde tensed a little, he knew Haku already drained a good amount of her own chakra, but it's not like that is ever an effective deterrent.
"Please…Naruto-kun, kill me…" Haku said sadly.
"What! Why?!" Naruto asked.
"I lost; I'm no longer of any use to Zabuza-sama. I can't do anything for him now…I'm a broken tool…why would he need me now?" Haku asked as tears streamed her face.
"NO!! You're not useless Haku…" Naruto screamed out.
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"It looks like it's over Zabuza." Kakashi said.
"Screw you…" Zabuza said.
The former Kiri nin was kneeling in front of Kakashi right now. His right thigh had a large gash from Kakashi's tanto. But it's not like he could feel much of the pain from the wound. The reason for that and Zabuza being immobile was because he took a direct hit from Rin's "Ranshinshou" (Chaotic Mental Collision). An attack that involves changing the chakra in one's hand into electricity so that the opponent when struck would have their nervous system overloaded. And for Zabuza's case, the man was now unable to move and was now barely able to keep balance.
"No point in insulting me any further. You're as good as paralyzed, you can't fight anymore. And now you won't be alive for any second longer." Kakashi said as he took a quick glance around to see that the mist was clearing up. In the clearing Kakashi saw that the mirrors created earlier were destroyed.
Kakashi smiled. "Looks like Minato-sensei didn't have a problem with Naruto using the Chidori. I suppose I should follow suit." Kakashi thought as he went through set of seals similar to what Naruto used earlier.
"As I said last time Zabuza, my prediction for your future…is death." Kakashi's left hand lit up in the same manner as Naruto's hand, with a concentrated ball of electricity crackling violently. Only in Kakashi's case the electric energy was blue rather then white.
"A little while back you were felt honored to see my Sharingan when we fought as well as seeing the fang of my father. Well now you get to see my original jutsu…" Kakashi gripped his left arm and readied his attack. "Raikiri!!"(Lighting Blade)
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While Naruto tried to reason with Haku, the mist began to clear up. Sakura and Tazuna arrived, the pink haired kunoichi administering medical attention to Sasuke. A moment ago much to Naruto's surprise also wanted to check up on Naruto's wounds. The blonde told her to go work on Sasuke. Once the mist had cleared up enough Naruto could see that Kakashi readied up his Raikiri for attack. Before Naruto could comment on it, Haku went through a set of seals.
"It looks like I may still be of use to Zabuza-sama after all." Haku said as she disappeared in an ice mirror.
"Shit! Dad I'm gonna need a lot of furballs chakra now!" Naruto screamed out his mind.
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"There's enough chakra in his hand to be visible!" Zabuza said as he saw Kakashi's original jutsu.
Kakashi ran forward in blinding speed. He thrust his hand forward; out of nowhere a blur appeared in front of Zabuza. There was a splash of blood, Kakashi's eyes went wide and Rin gasped in shock.
Haku had appeared in front of Zabuza; however Naruto using the Kyuubi's chakra appeared a split second after Haku and pushed her out of the way. Using the Kyuubi's chakra as a sort of shield kept the Raikiri from tearing right through Naruto. However that didn't mean damage wasn't done. Naruto was kneeling on one knee wall clutching his right shoulder.
"Naruto! That was reckless and stupid! What were you thinking?!" Minato shouted to his son.
"Naruto why?" Kakashi asked in shock while Rin ran to Naruto to check his wound.
"Naruto-kun why did you do that?" Haku was just as shocked.
To answer everyone who had asked the same question Naruto said. "I couldn't let her die and I couldn't let Zabuza die either. Or else Haku would be sad…" Naruto said while his face wretched in pain.
"Saved by the student of my enemy…and for what, the benefit of a defective tool?"
"Don't call her that…" Naruto said threateningly.
"Damn I could take advantage of all of this and attack them all…but my body is nearly disabled." Zabuza thought.
"I hate to admit this but…this damn job is over. I'm not going to be able to do anything else about it. Unless I can get my legs working again and a kunai in my mouth, I can't hurt a damn thing. I should be dead, but that damn gaki saved me…jeez that Kakashi wasn't joking when he said that damn brat was the most surprising nin from Konoha. Because of him, Haku and I are alive…even though this job has ended miserably…I do have to admit that I'm glad that Haku is alright…of course there is no fucking way in hell I'll say that out loud!" Zabuza thought.
As the mist finally and completely cleared everyone saw a short man in a black business suit wearing sunglasses. Surrounding him was an army of bandits and all of them looked like they were ready to kill.
"Well, well...looks like you're getting your ass kicked Zabuza." The man said amused.
"What the hell are you doing here Gatou?" Zabuza asked in an irritated tone and thought, "Like my day couldn't have gotten any worse."
"Look Zabuza theirs been a change a plans. I wasn't going to pay you originally and turn you over to the Hunter-nins. Then again I realized that killing you would be a bigger reward and as a side bonus I can turn over those pretty little ladies to my men." Gatou smiled lecherously. Almost on instinct Kakashi stood in front of Rin with his tanto ready. A part of Zabuza wanted to do the same thing but his body was still disabled.
"Damn…this…bastard…" Naruto said in between breaths while struggling to stay conscious.
"Don't worry about him son, I got a little bone to pick with a creep like him. You rest, I'll take over."
As Naruto's consciousness slipped, red chakra enveloped his body. Everyone was surprised to see what was going on. From a distance Sasuke could see the glowing red light before he lost consciousness, Sakura could feel the sudden spike in power but she was too busy attending to Sasuke's wounds to check up on what the power spike was.
"What the hell is the brat doing?" Zabuza asked surprised by the visible red chakra that was now taking shape.
"If I knew I'd tell you, this is the first time I've seen it myself." Kakashi said reluctantly.
The chakra took on a fox like form with a single tail. But then the shape began to drastically change. Naruto's physical features were same as they were the last time his body used a larger amount of the Kyuubi's chakra. His eyes were red with slits, his whisker marks were wider and more defined, and his nails and teeth grew into claws and fangs.
As the shape of the chakra continued to change a yellow aura began to appear around Naruto. Now Naruto stood inside of a humanoid shaped aura that was filled with a combination of red chakra and some sort of yellow light. Behind the humanoid shape was a pure red chakra tail. Kakashi and Rin immediately recognized the shape of the chakra.
"It's Minato-sensei…" Kakashi said shocked at what was happening and Rin was speechless.
Zabuza and Haku were just as shocked. Zabuza heard what Kakashi said and felt he had heard that name before. Zabuza then remembered who Kakashi's sensei was and who the name belonged to.
"Konoha's Yondaime Hokage, the damn Kiiro Senkou!" Zabuza shouted.
"So Kiri's bingo books included me too, I'm honored." Minato said casually through Naruto.
"Sensei what are you doing here?" Rin asked once she snapped out of her shock.
"Naruto wasn't going to able to stay conscious any longer. So I figured I'd say hi to a few people, shake some hands…" Minato said sarcastically. "Kill a criminal leader and free this country." Minato ended with a dead serious tone as he looked at Gatou. The crime lord flinched and swallowed nervously at Naruto/Minato.
"Y-you c-can't possibly hope t-to k-kill me brat!" Gatou said scared for his life.
"Trust me…in ten seconds you will be dead…" Minato/Naruto said.
"W-what!? A-all of y-you kill him!!" Gatou screamed in a panicked tone.
Gatou's men started to gather in front of their employer to try and block Mianto/Naruto. However they didn't move fast enough. Almost disappearing in the blink of an eye Minato/Naruto was now standing in the middle of the group.
"One…" Minato/Naruto said as he knocked aside a group of bandits that charged in.
"Two…" Drawing out his staff, more of the men were struck down.
"Three…" Unsheathing the twin kodachis, Minato/Naurto cut down multiple bandits.
"Four…" Gatou ran as far as his short legs could carry him, he was now at the end of the unfinished bridge. Behind him he heard a voice say, "Five…"
Minato/Naruto was now standing directly behind Gatou while a handful of bandits were on the ground bleeding and screaming pain. The rest of the thugs were too afraid to try anymore futile attempts on Minato/Naruto.
"W-wait, I-I can get you whatever y-you w-want! W-what do y-you want?! Money, women, n-name anything y-you want!" Gatou feverishly bargained for his life.
"Six…"
"Please I beg of you!!" Gatou screamed out.
"What do you know? I got a few seconds to spare…" Minato/Naruto started to gather chakra to his left hand since the other hand was already burned from using the Chidori. A blue spiraling sphere started to form in the palm of Minato/Naruto's hand. Suddenly a red glow appeared in the center of the sphere. The chakra soon became purple; the energy was just as intense and unstable as the Chidori.
"Rasengan!!"(Spiral Sphere)Minato/Naruto shouted. The attack plunged into Gatou's chest. The attack was so intense that Gatou's upper torso was torn to bloody shreds; the former crime lord's remains littered the ocean below.
Seven and eight…" Minato/Naruto said as he turned around and walked back to where Kakashi and the others were.
"Sensei you can use the Rasengan through Naruto?" Kakashi asked in a low and surprised voice.
"Yeah but Naruto's chakra control is still pretty horrendous. Just look at both his hands…" Minato/Naruto said as he held up both hands to show the extensive burns that were healing.
"Both hands suffered similar damage from using the Chidori and the Rasengan."
"I know I'm your enemy and all, but do you mind explaining why the gaki has that aura or how he was able to use a super-charged version of an A-rank jutsu that only a few elite nins know of how to use?" Zabuza asked.
"I'd like to explain…but I'm at my limit, looks like using "that" chakra shortened the amount of time I have control." Minato/Naruto said as the chakra and yellow aura receded. The blonde was about to fall flat until Haku caught him.
"Thanks Haku-chan…" Naruto said in a tired and worn out voice.
"No Naruto-kun thank you for what you did." Haku said with a smile.
"Oh you gotta be freaking kidding me…no damn wonder Haku lost, she's got a crush on the blonde gaki. Aghhh!! Don't tell me I gotta have that talk about men and women now…" Zabuza thought grimly.
The bandits were in a state of shock after they all saw the rather violent death of their boss. However there were a few bandits who were actually angry rather than scared.
"Hey! That was our meal ticket!" One of the bandits yelled out.
"Who's gonna pay us now?!" Another added, the crowd started to get riled up.
"It looks like well just have to take anything of value from the village!"
"We'll pillage and kill everyone!!" The mass of bandits charged forward, they were ready to kill.
"Oh great the beauty of mob mentality…" Minato said sarcastically.
"This is bad." Kakashi said.
"Any plans sensei?" Naruto asked as he got back on his feet, Haku beside him.
"Not really, Rin-chan and I have already exhausted ourselves fighting Zabuza. And Zabuza's taken quite a few wounds and his nervous system is still crashed. You, Haku, and Sasuke are in no condition to do anything either. Sakura can still fight but not with this many opponents." Kakashi said somewhat panicked.
As the crowd got closer something was shot into the air. It embedded into the concrete right in front of the mob of bandits, stopping them in place. It was an arrow that was shot from behind.
"If you come any further, the citizens of this country will stop you with everything we've got!!" Inari screamed out, he was wearing a helmet and had a crossbow in his hand. Behind the boy were villagers armed with their own makeshift weapons.
"Inari!!" Naruto shouted in excitement.
"The hero always comes through!" Inari said with a grin.
"Alright if Inari can provide back up so can I…" Naruto said as he formed the seals to his favorite jutsu.
"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" Naruto said as multiple copies of him self materialized the blonde lost balance fell to the ground. Obliviously even with a near endless supply of stamina, Naruto was still fazed.
"Well I suppose I can provide some kind of support, hopefully these guys won't call my bluff." Kakashi said as he went through his own seals. Multiple clones materialized around Kakashi.
"So you guys still wanna fight?" Kakashi and Naruto's bunshins all asked in unison.
"Holy shit!" One of the bandits screamed out.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" Another said, soon all of the bandits took off. They jumped onto their nearby ships and quickly sailed off. Once they were gone Naruto and Kakashi's bunshins puffed out of existence. With that everyone cheered on in victory.
Time Skip
…two weeks…
In the time passed Tazuna with help from everyone had finally finished the bridge. During the two weeks Zabuza and Haku were left to their own activities, they were no longer considered a threat because their job was over. They had no point in trying to killing to Tazuna if they weren't going to get paid. That and Zabuza new that Naruto would protect Tazuna. For the former Kiri nin that meant Haku wouldn't fight Naruto and he also didn't want to exactly tempt fate after seeing the transformation that Naruto pulled off. Zabuza didn't like to get into a fight without knowing something critical about his opponent.
Now that the bridge was done it was time for Team 7 to head back to Konoha. On the finished bridge Tazuna, Inari, Tsunami, and the villagers all wanted to say their goodbyes to the Konoha nins.
"We can't thank you all enough for what you did for us." Tazuna said.
"It's so sad that you have to leave us now…"
"Don't worry, we'll visit!" Naruto said.
"You better!" Inari said on the verge of tears.
Naruto went up to Inari and ruffled his hair; Inari began to cry and started to hug Naruto. "You idiot, now you're starting to make me cry." Naruto said as a tear fell down the side of his face.
"Oh that's so touching…" Rin said as she as her eyes started to tear up.
"Now it's alright Rin-chan." Kakashi said as he put his arm around Rin's shoulder, the medic-nin ended up hugging and burying her face in Kakashi's chest.
"I'm so glad I came!" Rin said as she cried some more, Kakashi only smiled nervously.
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"That boy changed Inari's heart for the better and Inari changed the hearts of this village. Naruto gave us hope." Tazuna said.
"Oh yeah, what should we call this bridge, it needs a name after all." Tazuna said.
"I don't know. What should we call it?" One of the villages asked.
"I got a great one, how about "The Great Naruto Bridge?" Tazuna asked.
"That's a good name." Inari said with a smile.
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"Well our mission if finally over, oh boy it's going to be fun debriefing Hokage-sama…" Kakashi said.
"Oh the old man won't mind, you know that." Rin said reassuringly as she wrapped her arm around Kakashi's arm.
"Now isn't that sweet, I think I got a new title for you Kakashi…" Zabuza said as he and Haku appeared in front of Team 7.
"…Whipped Kakashi…" Zabuza said with a laugh.
Kakashi had a vein pop out. "Grr…what the hell do you want?" Kakashi asked slightly pissed off.
"Hey don't get mad at me for pointing out the facts." Zabuza said in a joking manner.
"Anyway I'm here because I was wondering if Haku and I can tag along." Zabuza said bluntly. Everyone looked confused at the two.
"Not to be rude but why?" Rin asked.
"Well I kinda figured since you guys didn't turn us into the Hunter-nins that things were kinda cool between us. Also I owe the blonde gaki over there…" Zabuza said as he pointed at Naruto who looked even more confused. "…He saved Haku and inadvertently saved me as well. I owe him; also Haku has a crush on the gaki." Zabuza said out loud.
"What?!" Naruto and Rin yelled out. Haku could only blush.
"Uh oh, looks like Hinata-chan has more competition…this isn't going to be good." Rin thought.
"Zabuza-sama…please do not say things that aren't true." Haku said embarrassed blushing even more.
"Haku what did I say about calling me that?" Zabuza said as he made an expression on his face that would have been eye brow cocking…if he had any.
"Hai, I understand Otou-san, not when we are off the job." Haku said.
"OTOU-SAN!!" Everyone said out loud, even Sasuke.
Zabuza frowned under his mask. "Yes that's what she calls me. What the fuck else did you guys think was between us?" Zabuza stared at them for a moment. "Fucking sick pedophile perverts and you guys thought I was crazy."
AN: I hope you guys liked it, though I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't do more for the bridge battle, but this part of the series was something I could never really umm, make into my own fight. Even with an extra character and weapon added I find myself having difficulty trying to expand the bridge battle. Jeez, look at me I can keep going on and on with making up excuses for myself. I just hope you guys aren't too disappointed with the, I guess you could call it the shortcoming of the fight.