Chapter 11: Final Battle in the Land of Waves

A/N: 9 pages. 9 PAGES of typing made harder through writer's block. Which sucks! It was also hard since I'm in a family trip to Florida right now and the fact that I didn't have the chance to stay in my room for more than about thirty minutes because I needed to change my clothes from my nightgown to something I could wear in public isn't helping. And when I FINALLY got a break from park hopping Disney World I felt like I needed to BARF! It sucks. Oh well. Enough of my complaining. ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

Disclaimer: No I don't own Inuyasha or Naruto. If I did, then I would've crossed them over a long time ago.

Warning: A lot of scene changes

0o..Previously..o0

"That was some workout. I didn't know I would get this tired after training with their weapons all at once." She said to no one in particular. She turned to the sun and noticed it just started to set. She looked at her surroundings and sweat-dropped at the damage she caused to the place. She sighed and walked towards the home to a nice dinner.

0o..Now..o0

0o..Tazuna's House..o0

Dinner was fairly quiet, if you don't count all of the loud open mouth chewing and the clanging of utensils to plate. Naruto and Sasuke were gulping down huge amounts of food as everyone stared at them. Kagome was near to burst out laughing at the look of her precious people's faces as the quantities were being swallowed, while the rest were looking at them with hidden disgust. Kagome, after a few more minutes of the show, couldn't hold it in and just started cracking up.

"Guys you really need to stop gulping down all that food unless you want to—" She was cut off from her little light-hearted reprimand when she heard food being brought back up from the bottomless pits the boys called stomachs "—barf."

Sakura shouted in disgust. "Guys! Stop eating so much! You're up-chucking your food everywhere!" She shouted, referring more to Naruto than to Sasuke.

"I told you so..." Kagome added quietly in a sing-song voice.

"But, I need to eat more and beat Sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I just want to beat the dobe." Sasuke stated. Kagome sighed and picked up her finished plate to bring to the sink. As she walked out of the kitchen, she headed to the door. She turned and said, "I'm going to go train if that's alright with you Sensei." Kakashi nodded and she was gone.

0o..Kagome's P.O.V..o0

I came back to the field I was just at earlier and formed my brother's favorite jutsu.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I exclaimed. As the smoke cleared, there in front of me stood an exact replica of myself.

"Alright," I told my clone. "You know what to do." We both got into our fighting stance. I formed my poison-filled whip and started to attack my clone. She flipped to dodge the whip and ran toward me.

"Let's do taijutsu first." She stated. I nodded at my clone and got back into my fighting stance as she ran towards me. A flurry of kicks and punches were thrown and yet none of them hit until my clone got me right in the face. I grunted as I was thrown back into a tree. I regained my footing and wiped my cheek, smirking.

"You cheated." I stated. My clone scoffed.

"You just left an opportunity for me and I took it." She returned my smirk. "It's not my fault you don't know how to fight." That little taunt made more punches come flying her way, even faster than before. A kick connected to my clone's stomach which sent it flying back all the way to a tree as well.

"We are one." I stated as I stood straight. "If you say I can't fight, then neither could you."

"Keh." The clone said as it disappeared in a puff of smoke. I sighed and turned my head to a nearby river. I walked and kneeled at the edge of the river. I picked up a handful of water and brought it to my face. I shivered at the coldness of the water. I stared at the river and gained a look of contemplation. I stood up and formed a tiger seal and concentrated my chakra to my feet. As soon as I had it steady, I slowly took a step on the water. One foot steady, I sighed thinking I had it and took my other foot and placed it beside the first. I smiled, feeling proud, but it was short lived as I started to sink into the water.

I panicked as I flailed my arms everywhere. I lost balance and landed in the water making a loud splash. I brought my head to the surface gasping for breath.

'That was embarrassing.' I thought. I heard a rustle in the forest and my nose twitched at the scent that blew by with the wind.

"What is it Sasuke?" I asked as said person stepped out of the trees. I looked at him and noticed a smirk on his face. I frowned at that. "What are you smirking at?"

"Oh, nothing." He stated, amusement dancing in his eyes. "It's just that you fell in the water in a very interesting way, and besides I just happened to stumble on this little scene when I came to find out what you were up to. I'm surprised that your actually swimming instead of training."

"Hey," I stated, getting out of the water and poking a wet finger on Sasuke's chest. "For your information, I am training. It's not as easy as you think, applying a steady flow of chakra to your feet! It's not like the tree climbing thing." I said to him. I then smirked. "With that look on your face, I'm sure you think it's easy."

Sasuke smirked. "Well I don't think it looks that hard." I hid my own smirk and stated,

"Well if you think it's so easy then you try it."

"Fine I will." Sasuke replied as he walked to the edge of the river.

'This is going to be very interesting, and maybe even funny' I thought.

He concentrated his chakra to his feet as well. He, just as carefully as I, stepped on the water. As soon as he felt comfortable, he brought his other foot to join the first and the result came fast. The flow didn't stay constant and he ended up in the water like I did, which sent me spiraling into a hysteria of laughter saying I told you so in between breaths.

'Yep, it was definitely funny.'

The thing was, I was standing a little too close to the river, in the reach of Sasuke. Noticing this opportunity, he sank underwater and crept toward where I was standing. I didn't notice. When he was close enough, he quickly reached and grabbed my ankle, dragging my back into the slightly cold river. I had enough time before my head plunged into the water to scream in surprise as I felt the water surround my previously dried body. I gasped for breath and glared at Sasuke.

A splashing contest started and lasted for a few minutes until the water became too cold to bear. We dragged each other out of the water and headed back to the house. We came in with me having a sheepish look while Sasuke had one of indifference as if he wasn't, at the moment, soaking wet. We saw everyone scattered in the room. The first thing we noticed though was the screaming of the pinkie as she ran to Sasuke.

"Sasuke, you're alright!" She exclaimed as she latched on to his arm. "I thought that Higurashi girl did something to you!" I twitched a bit at the little comment.

"Get off of me Sakura." Sasuke said, but to no avail. The girl just held on to him like a child to her mother. Sasuke had a hard time but he was able to get the girl off of him and followed me inside. Kakashi was leaning against the wall reading his book as Suzuki was cleaning the kitchen and Tazuna was most likely upstairs. One person was missing in the little homey scene though.

"Kakashi-sensei, where's Naruto?" I asked him seeing that my lovable little brother was missing.

"He said that he wanted to go train as well, a few minutes after you left. We haven't heard from him since." I nodded.

"I'm going to go search for him." I said as I went for the door. Sasuke walked up to me and grabbed my arm. I looked back at him.

"We can search for him tomorrow. Besides, I don't think you would want to go out there wet." He stated. I looked at myself as if I just noticed that I was soaked. Kakashi walked up to them.

"Oh yeah, I was meaning to ask you, why exactly are you wet?" His response was me laughing nervously as I rubbed the back of my neck and Sasuke just standing there silent.

0o..That Morning..o0

0o..Naruto's P.O.V..o0

"Hey, are you alright?" A voice said. I slowly opened my eyes and saw someone sitting above me.

"Kagome?" I said thinking that it was my sister. She had almost the same tint of hair but her eyes were a deep brown than Kagome's sapphire blue, so that thought changed fast. I sat up from the ground and looked around. I noticed that I was still in the forest.

'So I passed out during my training…' I thought. I heard her chuckle and it brought me out of my train of thought.

"No. I'm not this Kagome. I was just passing by with my herbs when I found you on the ground." She said. "Why are you out here anyway?"

I grinned. "I was out here training! I will become stronger than Sasuke-teme and be Hokage! Believe it!" She chuckled.

"Interesting. Is that your dream?" She asked. I nodded enthusiastically. She smiled at me.

0o..Elsewhere in the Forest..o0

0o..Author's P.O.V..o0

"Naruto!" Kagome called as she and Sasuke searched for her brother in the forest they trained in the day before. They called his name over and over as they walked through the greenery.

"Naruto!" She shouted yet again. She sighed in exasperation. Sasuke looked to her.

"Why can't you sniff him out?" He asked her.

"The scent of Naruto, no matter how strong, is overpowered by the scents of the animals who go here." She shivered as she took a deep breath through her nose. *Didn't see that coming did you? Lol*

"Oh," Sasuke replied. He turned back to the space in front of him and started to search again as did Kagome. Her ear twitched as she caught voices nearby.

"Wait, Sasuke, I think I hear Naruto." Sasuke froze in his steps as he waited for Kagome to point to the direction her dobe of a brother went. She turned to the east and jumped. Thanks to his excellent reflexes, he was able to jump with her without warning. They finally came to the area Naruto was, but they didn't expect him to have company.

Apparently they just finished their little conversation because they saw the person whisper something in Naruto's ear and left. It seemed that what the person whispered was disturbing because of the look on Naruto's face.

"Hey Naruto!" Kagome called to him. The look was wiped off of his face as he turned to the voice. He smiled as he saw his sister. It lessened when he saw Sasuke, but it was still there.

"Hi Kago-nee! What are you doing here?" He asked. Kagome smiled at him

"We were looking for you." She told him. "Who was that you were talking to?"

"Huh?" He said stupidly. He realized what she was talking about three seconds later and gained a curious look. "I don't know.." Was his smart answer. Sasuke looked at him incredulously.

"You talked to her and yet never bothered to ask her name?" Kagome laughed at that. Sasuke looked to her curiously. "What?" Kagome finished her fit of giggles and turned to him.

"I was wondering what he whispered in his ear." Naruto joined in the curious stares.

"Please don't talk like that. You lose me when you do." He told her. Kagome turned to her brother grinning.

"Am I right to say that when your companion whispered in your ear that they told you about their gender? Because when I smelled the air, I smelled two boys." She said. Naruto and Sasuke blushed at their little mistake. Kagome giggled.

0o..Later That Day..o0

"Ok. It's time to train again." Kakashi stated. He turned to Kagome and Sakura. "You two pretty much mastered the technique, you will be the first of us to go with Tazuna and help with the bridge." The two nodded and jumped off toward the house. Kakashi turned back to the remaining two students.

"If you two want to join the girls then you should work harder. Naruto," He pointed at said boy. "it seems that Sakura is more capable to achieve the Hokage status." Naruto angered at the idea of pinky being Hokage while Kakashi turned to Sasuke. "And it also seems that Kagome's family is able to beat the almighty Uchihas when it came to chakra control." Sasuke was bothered at this idea regardless of whether they were together or not. They looked at each other and stood up. Kakashi smiled as they got ready to climb.

'It seems their motivated.' Kakashi thought. 'I wonder how the other two are doing?'

0o..At the Bridge..o0

Sakura yawned as she sat at the edge of the finished part of the bridge. She looked at the scene before her. Men ranging from late teens to about early sixties worked all throughout the day bringing wood from one part of the bridge to the other. Others are sawing said wood into smaller more sizeable pieces. She yawned yet again when she felt the boredom took over. Her eyes snapped open as Tazuna approached.

"Are you always this lazy?" He asked. Sakura looked offended. "Where are the other two? The blonde and the one with the attitude? You and her are the only ones here." Sakura looked smug.

"I'm here 'cause I am the best and passed all the tests sensei gave me." Her ego blowing up after each word. Tazuna just scoffed. He pointed over to Kagome.

"Her, I can believe." He said and walked away. Sakura's ego deflated quickly. Her alter ego was screeching in protest. She glared angrily at Kagome's back as she helped to saw down the wood and used her whip in any way necessary.

"Stupid Kagome," She grumbled, crossing her arms. "Showing off in front of everyone." A mist started to form on the bridge. Sakura started to panic as she raced off to find Tazuna. She found him with Kagome already there to stand guard. She took a defensive position in front of Tazuna and waited for the enemy to come out of hiding.

Seconds later, she and Kagome heard the sound of the workers screaming and blood being spilled. The bloodlust in the air was intense. The screaming suddenly stopped and it became eerily silent. Kagome and Sakura searched the mist for a shadow to indicate the enemy's position. Kagome's ear twitched as she heard two pairs of footsteps moving closer to their position. She turned to that direction and Sakura followed suit. They gasped as they heard the voice of the man they thought was dead.

"Well well. Look what we have here Haku." Zabuza said as he turned to the masked boy beside him. The boy nodded in acknowledgement as Kagome and Sakura prepared to fight.

0o..With the Rest of Team 7..o0

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Kakashi and the boys snapped their heads in the direction of the scream.

"It's at the house." Kakashi stated. He turned to the boys. "Naruto, go check it out. If there's something wrong there then there is a chance something's going on at the bridge. Sasuke and I will check that out." Naruto and Sasuke nodded. Naruto jumped toward the house while Sasuke and Kakashi left for the bridge.

0o..With Naruto..o0

Jumping from tree to tree, Naruto rushes to the house to see what happened and hopes to be able to help. He spots the house and runs even faster. He makes it to the front and rushes into the house through the broken down door. He runs in and spots Suzuki cowering at a corner in the kitchen as two large and very intimidating men walked closer to her. They stalked closer and seems that they didn't notice the orange-clad ninja staring at them.

Naruto was about to make his move when someone got in his way.

"Hey! Stay away from my mom!" Inari yelled at the men, effectively brining their attention away from his mother. Naruto saw his chance to attack. He snuck up to the men and knocked them out. He walked over to Suzuki and helped her to her feet. He then went to Inari and placed his hand on his shoulder and said,

"Great job Inari! If it wasn't for you and your bravery, I wouldn't have been able to help your mom!" Inari smiled at this statement and hugged Naruto around the waist. Naruto bent down to Inari's level and said, "Now I need you to do something…"

0o..At the fight..o0

Panting, Kagome's eyes search the person in front of her for any openings to take advantage of. She and Sasuke dodged another set of senbon sent their way. Sasuke formed the seals needed for a fire jutsu and tried to melt the mirrors as a way to escape.

"Try as much as you'd like. You would just be wasting your time and chakra." Haku stated as he sped to another mirror. He shot more senbons, which made contact to Sasuke's arm causing him to scream with pain. Kagome shot him a glare and activated her whip. She sent it flying towards Haku's mirror, aiming to melt him or the mirror. Whichever comes first.

Haku, with his intense speed, was able to dodge the whip and left the mirror for dead. But that doesn't mean that he would let the two waltz out of his trap. This time, he throws the senbons at an even faster rate, tiring the two down faster. Things seem to look up on his end of the fight, at least until a flash of orange passed his peripheral vision.

"No need to worry everyone! Your hero is here!" Naruto shouted as he regained his balance after his little surprise entrance. He may be grinning like the situation wasn't so grave but his comrades were thinking differently. Let's see what their thinking shall we?

'Could that dobe be any more stupid?' Sasuke thought while glaring incredulously at the blond. Meanwhile Kagome's thoughts were a little less harsh.

'Oh Naruto…. Why?' And maybe a little less informative….

Sasuke was the first to speak to Naruto.

"You idiot! Why did you do that!" Naruto glared back at him.

"What are you talking about? I came here to save your life and all you can do is yell at me?"

"Naruto, if you stayed outside then you would have been more help than coming in here!" Kagome stated. Naruto realized his little blunder and rubbed the back of his neck, completely ignoring the enemy he turned his back to.

His attention was drawn back when a sudden shock of pain was sent up his arm. He turned to Haku and saw him with his arm outstretched indicating that he was the one that threw the needles currently embedded in his arm. He growled at the boy as he created clones of himself and ran towards him. He didn't expect Haku to disappear from the mirror he was in and feel another stinging pain in his leg.

He grunted in pain as he looked down and saw three senbon inserted deeply in his skin.

"Be happy that I purposely missed your artery. If I didn't then you would bleed to death." In the background, someone growled. Kagome had a feral look in her eye.

"I will die before I let you kill him!" She snarled as she ran in front of Naruto, blocking Haku's view of him. Her eyes soft sapphire turned ice-cold as she stared at the boy.

"I don't want to kill you, but you are in the way of Zabuza's dream. His dream is mine and I won't have you ruin it." He pulled out another set of senbon. "I'm very sorry it has to come to this." He disappears.

0o..Meanwhile..o0

Zabuza cackles loudly as he swung his sword at Kakashi. Kakashi dodges and retaliates with his kunai. The fight keeps going. Kakashi looks towards the ice mirrors when he felt a new spark of chakra appeared.

"Don't get distracted Kakashi! Those kids will die soon anyway when Haku's done with them." Zabuza exclaimed as he tried to hit Kakashi again.

"Don't underestimate those kids. Sasuke is our number one rookie, Sakura is our sharpest mind, and Naruto is our very own hyper-active knuckle-head ninja." Kakashi told him. Zabuza quirked an eyebrow.

"What about the last one?" Kakashi smiled, which is kind of unlike him, at the enemy.

"Kagome. Kagome is something else. She is like the core of our team."

"Oh how sentimental." Kakashi gasped. He lost sight of Zabuza in the mist. He closed his eyes and tried to sense his chakra signature. A minute later, more clanging ringed through the bridge.

0o..Inside the Ice Mirrors..o0

"Kagome!"

She gasped as she saw the three senbon aimed for her heart. She couldn't move because of the shock and the needles sped even faster towards her. She closed her eyes and waited for the impact that would end her life slowly and painfully, but it never came. Although she did feel blood splatter on her. It wasn't hers.

She slowly opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw.

"Naruto….."

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