Sleepless D: Here's a new updated chapter, I hope you all are enjoying the story now. Peace out.
It is the sixth morning of the training and Naruto is laying on the ground, sleeping like a drunk baby, or at least like one since Sasuke only managed to knock him out by a blow to his throat, causing him to pass out. The two fought each other on more than one occasion, the blond haired boy didn't realise that there is someone else nearby that took notice of him. The person walks towards him with a hand extends towards him.
Xxxxx
At Tazuna's home, Hinata was rubbing her eyes to remove the sleep in them. "Good morning Hinata, did you sleep well?" Kakashi asks while smiling with his strange eye smile.
"Y-Yes Kakashi sensei." She smiles back, a little nervous. 'It would have been nicer if Naruto-Kun was there holding me again.' She says to herself, blushing at the thought.
"Did Naruto not come back last night?" Tazuna asks, looking at Sasuke, seeing a black eye and a large bump on his head with a bandage on it.
"No, he's been training harder than before when he heard you story...or Sasuke and Naruto fought again...considering that Sasuke passed out when he got here, had to mend that little head of his." Kakashi says with another smile. "But knowing them, he must either be still training or passed out from the exhaustion of training and fighting Sasuke."
"I hope he's alright, a child all alone in the forest all night." Tsunami says worryingly.
"Oh don't worry, he may not look it, but he's more than capable to fend for himself, awake or not." Kakashi informs her.
"I don't know...it wouldn't surprise me...if I killed him...dumbass." Sasuke says in annoyance while rubbing the bump.
"No, Naruto's stronger then you think!" Hinata yells, surprising everyone that she yellsed when she has never raised her voice more than a whisper, and not stutter once.
Hinata blushes in embarrassment and tries to hide in her jacket while everyone else either smiles at her or was confused by her outburst.
Xxxxx
Back to Naruto, the person's hand was near Naruto's neck, but Naruto's eyes shot open and raises his knees and digs his heals into the ground and pushes himself away from the person. However, Naruto didn't know his own leg strength and ends up sliding into a tree behind him. "Ow!" Naruto yells as he quickly stumbles up to look at the opponent.
He is slightly confused, the person looks like a normal person in pink, and the person had an amused face on. "Are you ok?" The person asks. (I assume you know who it is)
Naruto rubs his bumped head, looking at the tree and knowing that he did more damage to the tree than himself. "Yeah...who are you, and why are you here?" Naruto asks the person.
"Oh, I'm here to get some plants that are known to help healing." He smiles.
"Oh...do you need help?" Naruto asks, remembering the Hokage telling him to help anyone that he comes across.
"That would be much appreciated." He smiles again.
A few minutes pass with them picking plants, Naruto brakes the silence. "You sure are working early." He states, looking at the older boy.
"And you seem to be, tell me, what are you doing in the forest so early in the morning?" Haku asks.
"I'm just training." Naruto says, soon having a glare under his eyes. 'Damn Sasuke! Lucky hit!'
Haku looks up. "So, by the headband, I take it you're a ninja." Haku says.
"Yep!" Naruto smiles at him, getting rid of the glare under his eyes.
"So why are you training?" Haku asks him.
"To become stronger..." Naruto states, his mind drifting.
"Really? You look pretty strong already." Haku states, seeing the tree and knew his head was harder than most things, remembering Kaiju.
"Yeah, but I have to become stronger!" Naruto yells, getting excited.
Haku pauses for a second. "Why is that?" He asks him.
"So that way, I can become the best Ninja, and to become someone I respect." Naruto says, thinking of the Hokage.
"So you have someone important to you." Haku smiles.
"Important?" Naruto asks in confusion.
"Yes, someone important to you, someone that you wish to protect and that inspires you to become stronger, strong enough to protect anyone you care about." Haku tells him.
Naruto smiles as he thinks about all those that are nice to him, especially Hinata. "Yeah, I guess I do." He smiles.
Haku gets up and takes the basket of herbs, he then starts walking away. "You will become stronger, we should meet again sometime."
"Ok then." Naruto smiles and waves at him.
Sasuke then walks in the opposite direction that Haku is leaving and he looks back at him, he turns to Naruto, seeing that he's alright now. "Who was that girl?" He asks Naruto.
"Girl? That was a guy." Naruto informs him, getting a little confused.
Sasuke looks a little confused now. "How do you know?" He asks him, looking back to see the person gone.
"Well...I have a sensitive nose and if you remove the perfume, flowery smells and the sweet aroma, then you can smell a guy." (XD couldn't resist) Naruto says, making Sasuke look even more confused.
Xxxxx
Near the end of the day, at Gato's base, a Mist ninja known as the medic is working with a group on a giant lump known as Kaiju, they all step away from Kaiju. "Well, we're pretty much done." The Medic says aloud.
"Yeah, just a few extra pieces are left over." One of the others says with a chuckle.
"Well, that always how it is, especially when it's 'do it yourself' work." Another says, holding several wires and a circuit board.
"Are you alright to move, Kaiju?" The medic asks the giant.
"...Yeah...It'll...do." Kaiju tells him, breathing heavily and looking carefully at the base.
"Keep calm Kaiju, we've got work to do." The medic tells him.
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The next day, Hinata and Kakashi had stop where they believe Naruto and Sasuke were training at. "Where's Naruto? He left again by himself last night." Kakashi says, remembering two black eyes from fighting Sasuke, but Sasuke ended up with a sandal up his arse, thanks to Naruto.
"I-I hope Naruto-kun's a-alright." Hinata says in a worried tone.
All of a sudden, a Kunai drops and lands on the ground in front of them, they look up and see Naruto lying on the branch with a large grin on his face. "Is this high enough for you?" Naruto calls to them.
Hinata becomes overjoyed to see Naruto accomplish the tree walking technique. "N-Naruto-Kun, c-congratulation!" She yells, only just heard by Naruto.
"It's thanks to you Hinata!" He smiles while rubbing his bloody nose.
"Where's Sasuke?" Kakashi calls up.
"Right here." A voice says from above Naruto, he looks up and spots Sasuke standing upside down from Naruto.
"Show-off." Naruto says.
Xxxxx
It is now night time and Naruto and Sasuke are at the very top of the tree Kakashi assigned them. "Time to go back." Sasuke says.
Naruto nods. "Sure...which way's Tazuna's house again?" He asks, now rocking the top of the tree backwards and forwards.
Sasuke has a confused look on his face. "That way." He says and points.
"Great..." Naruto smirks and rocks the tip of the tree harder. "I bet I can get there before you."
Sasuke raises an eyebrow then smirks. "You think you can run in that state?" Sasuke asks.
"I don't even need to run to beat you!" Naruto declares, now rocking the tree hard enough that if he lets go, he'll either drop to the ground very hard or be flung like a rock.
"You're on." Sasuke smirks. "On the count of three, one." He says and Naruto was rocking even harder. "Two." Sasuke say and Naruto was shaking the tree that he bent it a third of the way down to the ground. 'What is that dumbass doing?' He asks himself. "Three!" Sasuke yells and starts running down the tree, Naruto just moves so that he standing on the side of the tree as in shot upwards, he was thrown like a rock in a catapult.
Sasuke looks dumbstruck as he hears Naruto sing 'I believe I can fly' towards Tazuna's home.
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Kakashi, Hinata and Tazuna were waiting at the dinner table. "Dinner will be ready in a minute." Tsunami calls to them.
Kakashi is about to do some small talk, but his sensitive ears starts hearing a very quick song of 'I believe I can fly' before a large bang that made the house shake. "What was that!" Tazuna yells, catching a jar from falling.
Kakashi looks up. "Well...judging by the Naruto shaped dent on your roof...I'm guessing that he's home." Kakashi informs him, making Hinata and Tazuna look up in surprise and concern and literally seeing a Naruto shaped dent.
A few seconds later, a very sweaty and tired Sasuke came running through the door. "Did...I...beat...Naruto?" He asks between breaths.
"Technically...no." Kakashi smiles and points at the roof. "Though...I think he may need help." He says as he gets up to get Naruto. After a minute, Kakashi comes in, carrying a very dirty looking Naruto.
"Naruto, are you awake?" Tazuna asks, gaining a painful nod from him.
"Good, then both you and Sasuke are going to help protect Tazuna." Kakashi tells them as he puts Naruto on a chair, Sasuke nods while Naruto does a thumbs up while his head lay on the table.
"Well...the bridge should be done in a day or so." Tazuna smiles, glad that it's so close to the end.
Inari looks at Naruto, be kept on being reminded about his father and was getting angry and upset. "Why?" Inari whispers, only just managing to be heard by Naruto.
"What?" Naruto asks, looking up at Inari.
"Why do you guys even bother, trying so hard? No matter how hard you train, you'll never beat Gato's men! You'll never be strong enough to beat him!" Inari yells.
"Don't underestimate me." Naruto mumbles.
"I'm not underestimating you! I've estimated you! And you won't win! You'll just end up like the other 'hero's' and die!" Inari yells.
"Do you even know what a hero is?" Naruto asks, gaining a confused look from Inari. "A hero is either a person who does something great and succeeds, or dies doing it or tries to at least." He says, making Inari look sad. "And I'm going to be a hero while you cry forever." He says while wobbling away from the table, but falling down and hitting the ground, gaining sighs.
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It is morning, almost everyone is awake and is amused by the sight of Naruto and Hinata, this time, Naruto was sleeping on his side while Hinata was holding onto him. "Hinata..." Kakashi calls lightly, she slowly wakes up and realises that she was holding a sleeping Naruto.
There is a quiet scream since Kakashi covers her mouth, so Naruto doesn't wake up and Hinata quickly got ready, looking like a tomato. "Aren't you going to wake up Naruto?" Tsunami asks.
"No, he pushed his body to the limit yesterday...Or a better term will be Naruto pushed himself hard enough to make that dent...so he won't be able to move today." Kakashi tells her with a chuckle.
"We'll be going now." Tazuna says and the group soon follows.
Awhile later, Naruto wakes up and yells. "Where the hell is everyone?"
Tsunami looks surprised and see's Naruto run around the house. "Naruto...you're awake? Your sensei said that you should rest..." She begins saying but Naruto ran back to his room.
"I knew it! They left me behind!" Naruto yells as he put his clothes on and runs out the door faster than anyone could see, or better said, ran through the door and leaving a Naruto shaped hole in the door. "I'm off!" He yells as he runs.
"He really wants to destroy my house...or maybe he likes making my house filled with his shapes...2 Tsunami says in confusion.
Naruto starts running to the bridge, cursing them for not wakening him up, after a minute he stops and starts sniffing. 'Blood?' He says to himself and goes to investigate.
Xxxxx
"What happened here?!" Tazuna yells as he sees all his workers on the ground unconscious, he runs up to one of the workers that is only just awake. "What happened?" He asks him.
"A-A monster..." He says before passing out.
All of a sudden, a thick mist starts to descend upon them. "They're here!" Kakashi yells and they all went back to back with weapons drawn, feeling the ground shake.
"K-Kakashi s-sensei...t-this is the H-Hidden Mist J-Jutsu right?" Hinata asks, fearing on seeing Zabuza and the giant again, knowing that the shakes were the giant.
"Correct Hinata." Kakashi tells her, feeling the ground shake and knows that they're close. "Don't activate your Byakugan unless you have to, he may attack if you do." Kakashi whispers to her.
Sasuke begins to shake and a voice came from the mist. "Long time, no see Kakashi, I see you're still with those damn brat's, and he's shaking the poor thing." Zabuza laughs and five Zabuza's appear, one in front of each of them and one behind the lot of them.
"I'm shaking with excitement." Sasuke smiles, making Zabuza chuckle.
"When you're ready Sasuke." Kakashi smiles.
With that, Sasuke disappear and with a few seconds, all the Zabuza's turn into water. "Hmm...It appears the brat has grown...it looks like you have a rival Haku." Zabuza says to his companion next to him. "Kaiju, crush them!" He then yells.
The ground shakes even more, making the Leaf ninja tense and wait to see the giant, but nothing happens, waiting until a dark shadow comes above them. They quickly move, taking Tazuna as the ground they were at before explode, showing Kaiju standing there and looking carefully around, seeing the Leaf ninja.
"Kaiju looks like he wants revenge for the damage they did last time." Haku says, gaining a nod from Zabuza, becoming visible to the Leaf ninja.
Kakashi spots them and becomes confused, seeing Zabuza and the shorter 'Hunter ninja'. "I nearly forgot about him working with Zabuza the whole time...Where's the other one?" Kakashi wonders as he didn't sense anyone else nearby.
"The one you're referring to is doing something important." Zabuza chuckles as he looks at the team he wishes to kill, seeing Kaiju getting ready to kill.
"I'll take this giant bastard down." Sasuke says, making Hinata feel nervous about the soon to be battle.
'I wish Naruto-Kun was here.' She says to herself.
"Show them how good we are Sasuke!" Kakashi tells him while standing near Tazuna, protecting him from any harm.
Sasuke nods and walks toward Kaiju, glaring at him. "Bring it on you overgrown ogre." Sasuke says in a dark tone.
Kaiju roars and smashes his fist into the area Sasuke is, leaving nothing but smoke, he waits and feels a sudden blunt force smashes the side of his face. Kaiju takes a step to the side that he is hit, looking to see Sasuke and he roars again, angry that he is hit by a Genin, swinging at the Genin in midair, but he moves his body and narrowly dodges the swing. Sasuke lands on the ground, seeing Kaiju quickly swinging his foot to kick him, but Sasuke rolls away, knowing that that he'll be able to dodge easily enough, but knocking out a giant is hard enough.
The giant smashes the ground that Sasuke roles across, but Sasuke keeps moving until he sees the ground crack rapidly with each hit. Sasuke smirks as he continues to roll around, going around counter clockwise, dodging the blows, Kaiju roars in rage and starts hitting harder.
"This could be continuous..." Zabuza says in a bored tone.
"Understood..." Haku says before vanishing.
Sasuke continues to roll, seeing that the ground is slowly starting to sink and knew that a few more hits would cause it to collapse. Sasuke sees movement to his right, looking and spots Haku smashing his foot against him, causing him to stop, coughing in pain as Haku slides back, doing a hand sign. Sasuke didn't recognise it, but the water below them moves and smashes into Sasuke, making him fly into the sky. Kaiju roars in anger, swinging a powerful fist at Sasuke, making him curse as it collides and hits the ground, sliding down the wet ground and Kakashi quickly stops him.
"Are you alright Sasuke?" Kakashi asks, seeing Sasuke cough, getting back up and pushing him away.
"I'm fine..." Sasuke says in a toneless voice, he looks up and a trail of blood comes from his head, leaking from his hair and running down his eye. "Naruto hits harder than you!" Sasuke yells.
Sasuke shoots forward, focusing his chakra into his feet and legs, making him move faster and smash into Haku, causing him to skid backwards in pain. 'He's as fast as me...' Haku says in surprise.
Sasuke yells as he kicks Kaiju in the leg, damaging it and making him yell in pain, Sasuke moves back and does a few hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke yells, exhaling a large amount of air, covering Kaiju in flames, soon hearing him yell in shock since he didn't block.
Sasuke starts hitting the ground, causing more cracks to appear, making Kakashi look carefully and knew what Sasuke's doing. Sasuke smashes a final blow to the ground, causing the ground to collapse and the flaming Kaiju falls through a hole, making Kaiju fall and scream in shock and pain before hitting the sea. Sasuke breathes deeply, looking at the sea, seeing that Kaiju isn't getting back up and looks at Zabuza and Haku, smirking as he took out the giant.
"Impressive..." Zabzua states, looking carefully at Sasuke and seeing the water flow out through the hole and sighs. "Best try and keep our advantage." Zabuza says and takes out a scroll and drops it, having it unravel and a symbol shows on it, he does a hand sign and slams his foot into the symbol, causing a large amount of water to pour out. "Now...Haku, finish off this brat once and for all!" He orders Haku.
Haku nods and vanishes, reappearing behind Sasuke with a needle, but Sasuke counters with a kunai, the two watching each other carefully.
Xxxxx
Meanwhile, at Tazuna's house, Gato's bodyguards were walking outside with a tied up Tsunami. "That really is nice skin you have, I really want to cut it." Waraji says. (It's the same as the one you watch/read, I didn't want to bore you)
"You've got a bad habit." Zori tells him when they were halfway around the corner.
"Stop!" Someone yells, they turn around and saw Inari.
"It's the kid." Waraji says.
"Get away from my mum!" Inari yells as he runs at them.
"Cut him?" Waraji asks.
"Sure." Zori smirks as he knocks out the struggling Tsunami, when Inari was a few feet away from them they both drew their swords and cut him.
A log then drops where Inari was, making them both confused. "That was close." Someone says behind them, they turn to see Naruto with Inari and his mother.
"Well, if it isn't one of the ninja Tazuna hired...think we should kill them all?" Zori smirks.
"Do ya have to ask?" Waraji smirks as they both charge.
Naruto smirks and vanishes, making them look in shock, but soon feeling pain and they yell, hitting the ground while Naruto stands between them. "Wow...I only tapped you guys." Naruto says in confusion.
Naruto ties up the guards and went to Inari and smiles. "Good work Inari; you've got what it takes to be a hero now." He smiles. "You're strong."
Inari then started crying. "I told myself that I wasn't going to cry anymore."
Naruto chuckles at this. "Can I count on you to take care of thing here with I go to the bridge?" Naruto asks.
"Y-Yes!" Inari cries even more.
Naruto smiles and vanishes, making his way to the bridge.
Sleepless D: Hope you like the story; I've got some good ideas for the next part, please review. Peace out.