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AN: 156 reviews, 128 favorites and 184 alerts. Thanks again for all of the support. And according to my messed up mind, Wednesday is Monday. Sorry this is a few days late but when you have younger siblings who like to hog the computer, you're not gonna get anything done. Wave ends here and then we move on to my original arc.

And I don't believe in writing word for word things we already seen in canon, so most of this is Lee vs. Riku. Naruto and Sasuke vs. Haku and Kakashi vs. Zabuza is the exact same, no need to change it.

The fight probably isn't as good as I can make it but I know you want to move on, I do too and I have hiccups and a stomach problem, which is slowing down my thinking process right now so this is really short for my tastes.

Enjoy.

Chapter 11- The Land of Waves Part 6

Sasuke's eyes looked past the mist and towards the three figures that stood a little ways from them in the middle of the bridge. Like Kakashi had said, Zabuza had returned with Riku and now with the hunter-nin that had lied to them. Sasuke hated being lied too. He already had enough of that from Itachi; he didn't need it from other people that he didn't even know.

He watched his opponent from last time stare at him, seemingly wanting to have a rematch with him. Sasuke would love to have a chance to go at it with Riku again, but he also wanted to test his strength on the hunter-nin over there. It was times like this that Sasuke could fight against two people at once. He wasn't stupid to believe that he could take both of them on at once. He would get killed. He needed to pick one. The question was who?

He heard Zabuza chuckle at his team, "I don't recognize that one there in green. Picking up reinforcements, Kakashi?" So Zabuza noticed the new addition to their team.

Kakashi narrowed his eye at him. "I don't see how that'll matter to you. You're not living to see the end of this day." The gruff tone of Kakashi's voice made Sasuke glad that he was on their side. He turned his head to the three genin, "Listen carefully. Sasuke, you go up against that hunter-nin. We don't know what he's capable of. Lee, you go against Riku. Guy never shuts up about how strong you are, I'll feel good knowing that you're fighting someone that two of my team had to fight together to take down. And Sakura, stay and guard Tazuna. We need someone in case they manage to slip on by."

Sasuke and Lee faced their respective opponents and they faced them, both waiting for the other to make the first move.

"Lee," Sasuke's voice called to him. "He specializes in water jutsu. Try and stay away from the water and you'll be good to go." Sasuke warned him of Riku's jutsu, something that Lee was appreciative for.

Lee nodded thanks to him and watched Riku walk slowly up the bridge, his arms dangling at his sides. Lee made sure to watch his hands for any form of handseals. Riku stopped in the middle space between both parties, his lips forming into a smirk. Lee was confused, as was everyone else, on why Riku had stopped. They got their answer when a stream of water exited his mouth and landed on the pavement below him, puddles being formed all around him.

There goes Sasuke's idea of staying away from the water.

Lee used his great speed to avoid the water bullets that were now flying out and aiming at him, Kakashi having to dissipate the ones that were aiming towards the other members of the team. It seemed like these three didn't want to do three one-on-one fights and just wanted to go for a free for all. The team from Konoha knew that their chances were kinda better if they each fought them one-on-one, but the Mist team over there didn't seem to think the same way.

Riku stopped firing after he clearly saw that Kakashi was just gonna keep stopping his attack. Haku and Zabuza were gonna move to attack in a few seconds and Riku was supposed to use that diversion to kill the bridge builder. None of them counted on Kakashi's team getting a new recruit and that blonde kid wasn't around for the moment. Things got slightly more complicated for them.

He looked to Zabuza and saw that the man was nudging his head back, telling Riku silently to take the green jumpsuit wearing brat and to take the fight elsewhere. Riku nodded at him and started mad dashing towards the end of where the bridge was incomplete.

Lee wasn't about to rush on after him with the hunter-nin and Zabuza standing right there. They might attack and kill him when he's running. His idea changed when the two remaining mist nin bypassed him and headed for Sasuke and Kakashi respectively. He had his opening to go after Riku and he took it without hesitation.

Meeting up with said boy, Lee found him sitting on the edge of where the bridge stopped; his head looking out towards the sea below him.

"I have nothing against you," he spoke when he felt Lee's presence. "You and I are here for business. I'm here to kill and you're here to protect. It's unfortunate that we have to fight like this but that's the life we live."

Lee wasn't exactly sure why Riku was telling him this; possibly because he wanted Lee to know that he didn't have anything against him for what he was about to do. Riku was right. They were both here for business and it just sucked that they have to end up fighting each other here. That was shinobi life and they both accepted it. It didn't mean they had to like what came with it.

Riku jumped down into the water below, Lee slapping himself for being so careless in allowing him to get the advantage. Nothing to do now other than suck it up and hope for the best. Lee ran and jumped down as well, landing graciously on the water below to find that Riku wasn't anywhere to be seen.

'Probably under the water.' Lee thought to himself. He got his answer when he felt the lake shake beneath him and a giant water dragon appearing a few feet in front of him. If this was any other time, Lee would probably go on about how youthful and powerful that dragon was, but right now wasn't the best time as that dragon was trying to kill him.

Lee dodged the impact of the beast, the water shaking and it appearing to be raining from how hard it slammed into the water and exploded. Lee wished that he actually fulfilled Sasuke's idea on staying away from the water.

Ducking, he spun his leg around so his foot connected with Riku's jaw as the boy tried to attack him from under the water. Riku spun in the air, his hands hitting the water and using that as leverage to adjust his spinning position; his body now hunched over and his feet skitting his body across the lake.

Lee quickly followed up on his attack and ran forward. He jumped when Riku spat out a water bullet and extended his leg, using his teacher's signature move.

"Dynamic Entry!" he yelled, his foot hitting Riku in the chest; the ex-mist nin coughing from the hard kick and falling so his back landed on the water, which felt like a hard cement floor when you landed on it with lots of momentum.

Riku rolled up, his hand still clutching his chest. "That was an impressive kick. Very powerful."

"Thank you," Lee nodded. "You're very strong too. I am honored to be fighting someone as strong as you."

"Likewise," Riku agreed. "But I can't be wasting too much time here. I need to get back up and complete my mission."

"Same with me. My friends need my help with your friends and I need to be there." The sound of a smoke bomb going off halted the conversation they were having. They didn't do it, so it had to be coming from the top of the bridge where the rest of the teams were. Lee knew who it was the moment he heard the voice.

"Naruto Uzumaki is here to kick some ass!"

"Only Naruto," Lee laughed. "Only he would do and say that."

"Naruto…?" Riku tested the name on his lips. "Is that the blonde boy?" Lee nodded, which made Riku nod. "Yes, I remember him. He is very strong for a newly grad genin. Your friends might have a slightly better chance, but my team is still gonna win."

"The winner of this fight will see for themselves," Lee said, Riku nodded.

"Let's continue."

"Yes."

Riku placed his hands on the water and soon afterward, water whips started to form; surrounding Riku and making him appear to be an octopus. He swung one of the whips at Lee, the jumpsuit clad ninja jumping and avoiding the water whip as it hit the water below him. Lee took out a few shuriken and tossed them at his opponent, the water rising and forming a small shield to protect him and absorb the shuriken.

Lee landed back on the water and looked over Riku's position. Guy-sensei always told him that every jutsu has a weakness and all he had to do was find it. Riku was still keeping his hands on the same position in which he started the move and was only moving his head as he followed Lee.

Maybe he needed to keep his hands on the water to do the jutsu?

It was worth a try.

Lee ran with his insane speed, dodging water bullets and water whips as he ran for Riku. He jumped and started to spin around, his leg extended all the way.

"Leaf Hurricane!" he hit Riku's elbow and caused the hand to let go of the position it was in, the water whips shaking slightly and almost dissipating. Lee assumed it would once he hit the other arm. Balling his fist, he did just that and hit his other arm; it falling short and the whips disappearing.

Riku rolled over to avoid Lee stomping on his chest, most likely trying to pin him down to finish him.

"You really are good," Riku complimented once again. "Much stronger than any of them up there from what I've seen."

Lee smirked, "They're stronger than what you've seen, but thank you for the compliment. You are one of the strongest opponents I've faced."

Another explosion rang out, but this time Lee and Riku could feel that something wasn't right. The energy that they were feeling was awful, evil, and almost beastly. Something wasn't right.

'Is that Zabuza or Haku?' Riku asked.

'Is that Sasuke, Kakashi, Sakura, or Naruto?' Lee wondered.

Both opponents looked to one another, both in fear over what energy this was. If it went unchecked, it might come back and attack them later. Both nodded a silent agreement to put the fight on hold to check and they would come back later to continue.

…

What they weren't expecting to see was an angry Naruto about to kill Haku.

Lee watched his friend with red eyes and fangs go after the hunter-nin that Sasuke had been fighting. He looked so angry; so pissed off at him for some reason. Lee didn't see Sasuke anywhere, but saw that ice was slowly shattering in the distance.

And that was when he saw the limped form of someone on the bridge.

No Sasuke plus a pissed Naruto equaled that that body was most likely Sasuke.

Now Lee understood why he was angry.

Naruto had his fist fully extended and ready to finish off the masked ninja with a hit that would most likely take his head off. Lee rushed on ahead to grab Naruto to try and stop him, knowing that once he regained some sense that he would go into a guilt trip over killing someone.

"Naruto, I know you're mad about Sasuke but if you do this, you won't forgive yourself for it."

All he got was a growl and an elbow in the gut. The Kyuubified Naruto stopped his attempt to run when he saw Riku and Haku off to where Zabuza and Kakashi were. Naruto growled again and went after them, Lee about to go on after him when his trained ears picked up the slight sound of breathing behind him.

Turning his head, he could faintly see the chest of Sasuke Uchiha rising up and down.

He was alive!

Maybe seeing Sasuke up would halt Naruto from his attempts of murder.

…

And from there, Team 7 met Gato after Haku had sacrificed himself to save Zabuza from Kakashi's Lightning Blade. Riku had been shocked and the sight of the short man made the vengeful Naruto stop his running to look around. He saw Haku was dead and that the man who hired him for this job was right there. A new target found its way into the irises of Naruto's eyes.

But before he could start running, he heard the gasp of a familiar feminine voice. Turning his head, he visibly calmed down when he saw that Sakura was looking at him in shock. Now that he wasn't running and was thinking, he realized exactly he must've looked all angry and vengeful that he was.

His whiskers and eyes returned to the way they were supposed to be while his fangs resided back to their normal size. Naruto blinked as he looked around and saw the way that Sakura was looking at him, Riku, Kakashi, and Zabuza going after Gato and his army to end this as Riku and Zabuza was no longer the enemy.

"N-Naruto…?"

Sakura's mind was racing at a million miles a minute to try and accept the fact that she just saw Naruto with red eyes, fangs, and an expression that spelt out death to those who got in his way. It was unlike him. So unlike the loving dad that she's been seeing for the past week. The red-eyed Naruto was a monster compared to the blue-eyed one she came to call a friend.

"Sakura-chan… I…"

"Sasuke's alive!" Lee's voice called from the other side of the bridge. Both Naruto and Sakura looked to see him helping Sasuke along the bridge.

Naruto's eyes widened, relief coursing through him at seeing his friend breathing and alive again; scared that he was actually dead. He was glad now that he didn't have to break the news to Sakura that her crush was dead.

From there on out, Inari gathered the town to chase Gato off, arriving after Lee brought Sasuke over, Zabuza killed Gato; but was wounded in the process and Kakashi brought him over so he could see Haku before dying. Riku was left to watch, not really sure where to go now. After talking it over with Kakashi, Riku decided to head on out into the world instead of joining Konoha after Naruto suggested it, not wanting to cause trouble. He promised that they'll meet again and that he's sorry for everything that's happened.

The mission was complete and the next morning, Team 7 headed on back home; Naruto and Sakura feeling really excited at seeing Naomi once again.

And from the moment they step into Konoha, things will get a lot more challenging.

Starting with five rogue shinobi who have their sights on causing mayhem.

End of Chapter 11 of The Fox's Cub

Anticlimactic but I promise that the future chapters will all make up for this shitty chapter.

Be ready for Jealous!Sakura and a lot of Daddy!Naruto and Mommy!Sakura

My original arc starts next. Time for Naruto, Sasuke, and Lee to shine in epic fights.

Next Time: A Father's Rage