an:/ oh la, A lot of you want Zabuza and Haku to die because it happened in the anime. Don't you want to see something different? Just kidding, I'm cool with it. Anyways, the polls are in. Although, I believe I calculated correctly, there may have been an error somewhere. But the winner is so clear, it overshadows any of the mistakes. The majority is in, and you'll just have to read to find out the results ^.^

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"Humor me, Zabuza."

"How so, Inari-boy"

"Why is it, that you're doing this? I mean, it's rather obvious, but I'd like to hear it from the man himself."

"The fun."

"I'm sorry? I don't quite understand. No money?"

"The fun of my opponents, realizing it's useless to fight. Their hopes crushed. Their motivation drained. The money is on the side. "

"I hate to disappoint you, Zabuza, but you won't be getting that reaction from me."

"We'll see about that. Now, Inari-boy, entertain me."

Zabuza slipped into a stance with his blade ready. Naruto flicked his blade and crouched to his own stance, the bell on his blade ringing through the fog. The fog got even thicker and the sight of Zabuza slipped from Naruto's vision. Naruto's eyes narrowed at where Zabuza previously resided, but the voice of his student brought him out of focus.

"N-naruto-sensei. We can't see anything. Where is the enemy?"

"Sakura! Take you and the others out of the fog. Keep your eyes peeled, his accomplice could be anywhere."

"Anywhere, he could be, indeed, Inari-boy. Do tell how you figured I have an accomplice?"

"The hunter nin didn't follow standard procedure."

"Tsk, I'll have to teach him how to pretend more. Though, normally people wouldn't notice that kind of detail unless they were a hunter nin themselves."

"I had my share of bounties to kill."

"You sure talk from experience. You talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?"

Naruto barely had time to duck as the cleaver swung horizontally at him, aimed for his midsection. Naruto felt his hair get trimmed as he crouched low into one of his stances. As the blade drew back, Naruto sprang forward in the direction of the blade and jabbed forward. He felt his sword pierce something and as the fog cleared a bit from his face, he made eye contact with Zabuza. Naruto jumped back just as a blade swiped through Zabuza which distorted into water and splashed to the floor. When Naruto landed, he jumped back up when he felt the water on the floor start to move from under him.

"Keeping me on my feet, are we, Zabuza?"

"The fox is more agile than I thought. Most would have failed the first two moves. I guess I have to switch tactics"

Naruto's eyes darted around as he landed on dry grounds. The fog started to get heavier and his vision was practically deemed useless. Naruto closed his eyes and focused on his surroundings. Naruto raised his sword up to deflect a blow, creating sparks where the two blades met.

"That's quite a sword, Inari-boy. Most would have snapped at the sheer weight of mine."

"Forged in the Lands of Iron and enforced by my chakra, it's only natural that it's one of a kind."

"Let's quit the chit chat shall we? I feel like we're just stalling here"

"I feel...the same."

Naruto unleashed a wave of chakra, pushing back the fog, revealing Zabuza, posed to strike. Naruto opened his eyes just in time to block the blade. As the two blades locked, Zabuza stared at Naruto's iced blue eyes. The stood there for a split second before Naruto flicked his wrist up, sending a pulse of chakra with it, launching Zabuza's sword up. Naruto went for the opening and gave a horizontal strike to Zabuza's chest. Zabuza once again turned into water and fell to the ground. Naruto's eyebrows furrowed.

"Is that really all the great Zabuza has? A set of sword skills and fog with a bit of water clones? I say this is child's play really. Why don't you show what you're really capable of, Momochi Zabuza."

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The three genin didn't have time to watch and listen to the fight of their sensei. As soon as they exited the fog, a new voice came from behind them.

"While my master is fighting, why don't we have our own fight? I'd hate to have my master's fight interrupted."

A boy, no older than them stood a few meters away. He wore a Kiri hunter nin mask like he did a week ago. His clothes were brown grey and green but it was all a blur as the three genin suddenly had to quickly dodge the volley of senbon coming at them.

Douton- Doryuuheki

Sakura slammed her hands on the floor and a wall protruded in front of the three genin. The three genin huffed a bit. Sakura looked up to her other two teammates

"We gotta work something out, see his strengths, weaknesses."

"But how?"

"I'm working on it, Konohamaru."

The hunter nin jumped over the wall and landed among the three genin.

"I can't let you three have breaks, can I?"

The boy unleashed a wheel kick, hitting Sasuke and Konohamaru in the process as Sakura quickly jumped back to avoid the kick. All three genin landed on their feet and crouched into a stance not too different from Naruto's. Konohamaru launched several kunai and shuriken at the offender. The boy launched senbon to counter each, all hitting Konohamaru's projectiles and knocking them to the floor. Sasuke jumped forward to engage the boy in a match of taijutsu. Sasuke punched the masked boy only to be blocked as raised his arm to block the offending punch. The boy wrapped his hand around Sasuke's wrist and pulled. As Sasuke moved forward, he flipped over and thrusted his foot towards the stomach. The boy raised his leg and blocked with his leg. The boy flipped over in the direction he was sending Sasuke, launching the Uchiha several feet away as he landed back on his feet. The boy quickly ducked as Sakura sent more projectiles towards the boy.

The boy can dodge. He is extremely nimble and accurate. His taijutsu is really good. How on earth are we going to beat him? Sakura kept thinking as the boy slowly got up from his ducked position. Sasuke grunted and stood up as well, recovering from the throw. The boy quickly shot up as a fireball grazed his back.

Katon- Goukakyuu no Jutsu

Konohamaru then shot two more, one after the other as he followed his aim where the boy was. His last ball was interrupted as the boy mumbled a jutsu that created a wall of water in front of him. The steam of the two jutsu's colliding allowed the boy to get away from the onslaught of fireballs that Konohamaru quickly created after his last one dissipated.

"Shit, he got away. Sakura, any ideas?"

"None so far. He's got elemental jutsus that he's not using. He's not even going full out and we're having trouble keeping up. If this keeps up, we'll run out of energy before he even starts getting serious."

Sasuke frowned. He went back to fight the boy in a taijutsu match, this time trying a new stance. As the boy dodged a few shuriken that Sasuke threw, his chest came in full contact with Sasuke's leg. But Sasuke didn't stop there as he jumped up and delivered another kick in the same spot. He went for another kick but the boy grabbed it with one hand. With the other, he started to form hand seals.

One handed seals? I've never seen that before. Sakura's eyes narrowed as she watched the boy continue his hand seals while one hand was occupied with Sasuke's foot.

Sensatsu Suishou

Thousands of water senbons formed around Sasuke and Haku. The senbons were launched at Sasuke, all hitting their target. Sasuke grunted in a pain as the small senbon hit him, none near his vitals though. Haku pushed off of him and started a new set of hand seals while still in mid air.

Makyou Houshou

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"That's some jutsu your accomplice has. Kekkei Genkai?"

Naruto was able to sense the release of chakra near his genins. It was a mix between water and wind affinity manipulation.

"Correct. Ice manipulation. It's too bad for your genins."

"Why is that, Zabuza."

"No one has gotten out of this jutsu alive before. I highly doubt your little genin's could do much."

"You severely underestimate them."

"You severely underestimate me, then, if you think you could stall time just by talking."

Naruto was starting to breathe a bit hard because of how cold the bridge got. The ice manipulation the accomplice had was starting to change the temperature drastically. Naruto's rest was cut short when he heard Zabuza.

Suiton- Daibakufu no jutsu

Naruto's eyes widened as the fog cleared up to reveal a mass of water shooting towards Naruto.

Katon- Jigoku no Keimusho mon no ban'nin no jutsu

Naruto summoned a large temple gate in front of him with two large temple guardians. Both shot out fire from their mouths and burned out the water jutsu. Naruto whispered his next jutsu which rang out through the fog.

Inari no Inori

Jingles were heard as the sound of bells resonated through the bridge. The genin and the accomplice paused at the sound of the bell. The fog cleared out in one gust of wind, revealing the fight of the genin and Zabuza alone.

"Where are you, Inari-boy! Get out and face me, you coward!"

Another gust of wind blew through the open bridge. Naruto's voice rang out.

"Now, let me show you why my name is really Shinobi no Inari"

Suiton- Nanatsu Suiko no jutsu

Seven large foxes formed from the water puddles.

"Inari-boy! You've already shown me this jutsu, it doesn't do much-"

Zabuza was cut short when the foxes began to materialize into real foxes. Their fur was white and their eyes were piercing blue. A gust of wind swirled around them, causing a wall of rotating wind. As the wind dissipated, it revealed a large white fox with seven tails sweeping behind it. Naruto walked out from behind it, now dawning his usual fox mask that was supposedly destroyed in his earlier match.

"I have? I don't really remember that."

"T-the white fox? That was you?"

"Oh, so you saw this jutsu before?"

"On the civil wars of Kiri. The white fox that took out entire platoons. One of the main reasons the rebels lost the war."

"You've done your homework, Zabuza. Gold star. Now, where was I?"

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The genin looked at the white fox at the center of the bridge. Though it was hard to see considering their view was blocked by a wall of ice mirrors.

"Makyou Houshou. It's my kekkei genkai. Sadly, since my master is having troubles with the white fox, I need to cut this match short."

"Don't kid with us! As if you could be us as fast as you think!"

"Konohamaru, don't be provoked!"

"Hn, loser. Keep sharp, there's something weird about these mirrors."

Sasuke's advice was responded by a mass of senbons that appeared behind him. The other two genin were also hit with senbons, all appearing from behind them.

"Urg- How is he hitting us from all behind when we are facing different directions?"

Konohamaru collapsed to his knees as another shower of senbon fell on him. Sakura dodged a few but was hit regardless. Sasuke's eyes darted around. He could see where the senbon were coming from. The boy was transporting mirrors at high speed. Though Sasuke could see each senbon, his body wouldn't move the speed his eyes could. Sasuke was hit as well as he saw the senbon coming straight at him.

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"It seems your little genin can't handle Haku."

"I don't think you should worry about Haku right now. I'll leave you to play with my friend over here. I won't be gone for long!"

Naruto flashed away as the fox charged at Zabuza. The claws of the fox sent sparks as it came in contact with Zabuza's blade.

"Damn that coward, running away to have me play with his pet."

"I am not a pet."

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Sasuke and Konohamaru struggled to stay standing. Sakura had already been knocked unconscious behind the wall she raised last minute for her teammates to take cover. The two other genin started to think of a plan as they deflected as many senbon as they could with a kunai.

"We don't have the speed to keep up."

"Hn. I can see them but I can't dodge them. It's frustrating."

Konohamaru noticed the sharingan in Sasuke's eyes.

"Sharingan? Lucky you."

"Uchiha remember?"

"Yeah, yeah. Urg- we need to focu-"

Konohamaru was attacked with several senbon, successfully taking him out as well. As Konohamaru dropped to the floor, covered in spikes, Sasuke was left standing in front of the mirror Haku currently resided in.

"You can't keep up with my speeds. Nothing can beat me in terms of speed."

"Oh really? How are you so sure about that?"

Sasuke was surprised as he found Naruto flashed in front of him.

"You don't look so good Sasuke. Go to the other two and see if they're alright. Now, Haku, you were saying something about superior speeds. I'd like to test that out."

"Shinobi no Inari"

"Speaking."

"I heard your speeds were legendary. Let's go, shall we?"

"That's what I'm here for."

"Quick question though, if you're here, does that mean Zabuza-sama is dead?"

"No. Not yet. He's with my friend right now."

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"Now that's an interesting trick. The fox can talk."

"I wouldn't go far as to call it a trick. We're quite intelligent creatures and I take that to offense."

"Let's get on with this fight shall we?"

"My very thoughts."

The fox pounced, baring its razor sharp teeth. Zabuza blocked with his blade but one of the fox's tail whipped him away, sending Zabuza several feet to the side.

"That sword. I remember fighting you, Human. You were part of the Kiri wars, weren't you"

"You have good memory too, for a beast."

"I take that to offense as well, Human. I let you live last time in hopes that your potential would grow. But I guess my mercy was for naught."

"I don't need your mercy."

"Why do you fight, human?"

"For fun"

"No. That is not your real answer, is it, human."

"What do you know, beast."

"It's for the other human."

Zabuza's eyes darted to Haku before quickly going back to the fox.

"I let you live before because your purpose was noble. Now look at you."

"What purpose!"

"To protect your loved ones."

"I don't love anybody."

"You care for the other, don't you."

"He is a mere killing tool that I picked up for personal gains. Nothing mor-"

"You say that now, but when his life was endangered during the war, you almost gave up your life to protect him. Don't think you can lie to me, human"

Zabuza's eyes narrowed.

"My master is on his way to kill your precious other. If you do not show defeat, you risk losing him. Which is it, human. Defeat or Death"

Zabuza held a pain expression.

"Don't take me so lightly!"

Zabuza charged. The fox's stare softened and stepped aside as Zabuza slipped by the fox and charged towards the ice dome.

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The ice mirrors started to shatter as Haku was on one knee huffing. Naruto held his blade at Haku's neck.

"So the Shinobi no Inari lives up to his name and his father's. Your technique is indeed faster than mine."

"Please, I don't want to hurt you more than I need to. Surrender now and we can finish this without death. You can even apply as a konoha nin."

"I'm afraid I cannot do that. I follow where Zabuza-sama goes. If he takes the road to the afterlife, then I shall too."

"Are you absolutely positive?"

"Please-"

Naruto quickly stepped aside and drew his blade back as the executioner's blade fell where he stood before. Naruto did a quick glance at his fox which stood patiently. Naruto did a quick nod and smiled before facing his opponents again.

"I'll give you this proposition again. I don't want to end this with bloodshed if I can help it. Come with us to Konoha and I won't have to kill you."

"Zabuza-sama-"

Zabuza stood there, sword posed. He thought hard as he continued to stare down Naruto.

"Please, Zabuza, Haku. I don't want this to end in bloodshed."

Naruto pointed towards his genin.

"Though my genin are already seriously injured, I can still take both of you on. Come back to Konoha with us and we can do this a more peaceful way. I can even pay you the compensation for your work with Gato. I was able to, uh, 'loot' him while I made the assassination."

"It was you who assassinated Gato?"

"Yes. And I'm sure we can pay you full pay for your actions if you stand down and surrender. You can ally yourselves with Konoha. Please. I know you don't take the new Mizukage's views that easily. It's understandable from your background. But don't send Haku into a world of hate like the one of your past."

"Heh, what do you know, anyways. Konoha are light on the genin unlike Kiri. It's because of the bloody mist that we were feared around the world! Thanks to the new Mizukage, we are weak."

"But the Yondaime Mizukage didn't do anything about the bloodline purge. The people feared all the bloodlines and started the purge. But the Yondaime did nothing to stop it. He's the reason why Haku is where he his now! Can't you see he's done more bad than good. Please, I know you want Haku and yourself to live well. Konohagakure no Sato can give that to you. Haku can live without being hunted down by bloodlines. The Hokage and the new Mizukage can make sure of that."

"Can't you see how weak that is! Relying on others for protection? That's how weak Kiri has become? Now let's say I do join Konoha, which is unlikely since I'm in a bingo book with thousands of Konoha nin's head on my bounty, what are we going to do? Become civilians? Go under house arrest with chakra suppressors for the rest of our lives? I don't think so"

"I can pull of few strings to get you into the Konoha nin program. As ANBU you can go incognito. Haku is less known. It's not weak to rely on others for things you can't do. Without you, Haku couldn't have survived. Without Haku, in a sense, you wouldn't be where you are now. You rely on each other. Is that weak? No. It isn't. And it sure as hell isn't weak to rely on more people. I rely on lots and I'm still stronger than you. I'm not weak."

Zabuza paused, looking at the ground in deep thought.

"Damn Yellow Flash's son. You have connections don't you. So this is kind of a once in a lifetime opportunity, isn't it. No other konoha nin can give it to me."

"Obviously since the choice here is accept or death. In death, there won't be another Konoha nin to give you this option. Consider yourself lucky."

"Inari-boy, you were more ruthless during the war. Now you're just acting like the damn fourth, always for peace over bloodshed even though he has the skill for violence."

Naruto chuckled a bit.

"Well, he is my father."

Zabuza lowered his blade a little, shifting out of his stance.

"Full pay right? And work for Konoha, I still need some more cash."

Naruto smirked.

"Obviously. And from what I heard, ANBU in Konoha get higher pay than the ones in Kiri"

"Oh really? I'm listening"

"I can also probably get Haku into the genin program as well, to continue his ninja career."

Zabuza smirked. He held out his hand.

"I guess this is a deal, Inari-kid."

Naruto carefully approached, stretching out his hand as well. Zabuza grabbed his hands. Naruto flinched, expecting an attack. Zabuza laughed and shook Naruto's hands and let go.

"It's a deal, kiddo. Ain't gonna become a backstabbing bitch, calm the hell down."

Naruto let out a breath.

"I'm glad, none of us had to die. Now, will excuse me. I have some injured genin to attend to."

Naruto walked away, leaving Zabuza and Haku alone. Zabuza reached over and left his hand out to help Haku up.

"I guess life will be better for you, Haku."

"For the both of us, Zabuza-sama."

"Yeah. For the both of us"

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"WHAT THE HELL NARUTO-YARO! YOU MADE FRIENDS WITH OUR FUCKING ENEMY? ARE YOU INSANE?"

"Sarutobi, calm the hell down."

"ARE YOU CRAZY?"

Naruto flashed behind Konohamaru and chopped him in the head.

"Silence, twerp. Anyways, Let's finish this bridge and get a move on. It might take another week."

Tazuna stepped into the kitchen, which was now full of ninjas. Zabuza was leaning against the wall with his sword next to him. Haku stood next to him but close to the table, near Naruto. The other three genin sat in seats around Naruto. Inari sat next to Naruto, which he decided to call Naruto nii-san. Tsunami was at the sink busily cleaning dishes, indifferent towards the crowd. Tazuna coughed.

"Actually, Naruto, it won't be that long. Thanks to your vast amount of clones, our bridge is literally a day away from completing. Actually, you've done so much for this village, I'm not quite sure what I can do to repay you."

"That won't be necessary, Tazuna-san. It's our job as Konoha nin."

"No, I insist. I will find something to do in your honor. For now, you have my and the other villager's thanks."

Naruto scratched his head meekly. The three genin around him were pretty bummed out that they couldn't do anything during the fight. They needed to train more if one person could beat them.

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The next day, Naruto created hundreds of clones and helped the builders build the remaining part of the bridge. The villagers rejoiced when they heard Gato and his thugs were taken out. Naruto, Team 7, Zabuza and Haku left the village to return back to Konoha. After they all said their goodbyes, the villagers waved a last goodbye as the ninjas crossed the bridge and sprinted into the trees. When they were gone from sight, one of the villagers asked Tazuna

"Now what are we going to call the bridge?"

"Hmm. Now that's a good question. Why don't we name it after the very one who changed our lives?"

"Hm, that's sounds like an excellent idea, Tazuna-san!"

"The Great Naruto Bridge. It has a nice ring to it."

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an:/ So you all probably noticed that Naruto's bounty was way too low. I thought that was pretty bad so I updated the chapter along with upload this chapter. Anyways. Was the fight good enough? I figured the compromise part was a bit off. As you see, Option C won with a total of eleven votes. Option D only had seven votes, A had three, and B had two. Don't bother going to the reviews and saying "You counted wrong! Go back to Kindergarten!" because there are people who submitted their votes via PM. Personally I would have liked them both to die. It would've been easier to write since I was having trouble suddenly cutting the fight off so neither would die. But hey, I like a good challenge. Jutsu translations:

Doton- Doryuuheki (You know this one)
Katon- Goukakyuu no Jutsu (You know this one)
Sensatsu Suishou- Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death
Makyou Houshou- Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals
Suiton- Daibakufu no jutsu- Water style Great Waterfall Technique
Katon- Jigoku no Keimusho mon no ban'nin - Fire style fire prison gate guardians
Inari no Inori - Inari's prayer
Suiton- Nanatsu Suiko no jutsu (You know this one)

I didn't quite elaborate on the already known jutsu (like Haku's and Zabuza's) because they were used in the series so I figured you would know what they were and did.

No poll this time, please review though! Reviews are helpful and motivational!

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