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Kakashi had predicted that Zabuza would be ready for a fight this day. Yamato agreed with his assessment given all the pertinent facts. Yamato left some clones with the family incase Gato decided to go after them. Then as a group the 8 shinobi escorted the bridge builder to his work sight all of them with an eerie sense of foreboding. As the approached the incomplete bridge they noticed a thick fog was rolling into the area. Hinata reported that the fog had chakra in it and because of that she could not see through it with her byakugan.

"So this is your back up; another jonin with some more gakis. I can't say that I am surprised with how far Konoha has fallen from the position it once held if all they can send is genin teams against me. Well at least my Kumo friends will get a nice work out today," laughed Zabuza. The mist thinned enough to show Zabuza on one end of the bridge. Next to him was the fake hunter-nin; a short distance from that pair were three men with slashed Kumo hiait-ite. Two of them looked like twins with red hair and dark eyes. They both wore urban camouflage pants and jacket but each one wielded a different weapon. One had a long spear and the other had twin tantos. The last man was just as big as Zabuza and dressed similar to the other two from Kumo but he wielded an over sized mallet in one hand.

"Shit. Yamato will take the Denkou Hanma (lightning hammer). Kiba, Shino, Sasuke and Hinata will take the Chi no Souseiji (bloody twins), watch out they are almost jounin working alone but together they are much stronger. Naruto you will take the hunter-nin, hopefully she didn't earn it. Sakura guard the client, but back up the others with kunai and shiriken," said Kakashi upon seeing the opponents as he charged Zabuza with a kunai.

Naruto went to face his opponent. He had known this was a plausible scenario when he made his offer towards her. He stared at the hunter mask before he spoke.

"Please take off the mask. I cannot stand the fact you believe it deceives me."

"I'll leave it on until one of us wins. Zabuza-sama has told me that if I am defeated by you that he will look into coming with you but only if you beat me," spoke Haku. She suddenly launched a handful of sebon at him which he dodged with some difficulty. "If those were hard to dodge than this match is over."

Haku continued the assault with water jutsu and needles trying to test Naruto and bait him into revealing his trump card early. Naruto continued to dodge and block albeit slower than Haku thought he would with how he looked to be built for speed. Finely Naruto stood straight and cracked his neck.

"That was fun but how about you use what you are hiding and I'll reveal some of my secrets," stated Naruto.

"Fine, prepare to die."

With that a large dome of ice mirrors surrounded Naruto and Haku. Haku quickly leapt into one of the mirrors and her image appeared on all of them. She then proceeded to throw even more needles at Naruto.

"This is a very good jutsu Haku. But I have several that are better," Naruto stated as he ran through an impressive amount of hand seals.

"Gaiyou no Fuyu (general winter)," he called out as a shell of ice formed around him as protection. He continued on with more hand seals.

"Gaiyou no Fuyu: Kyoukou Susumu (general winter: forced march)." Spikes grew out of the shell and proceeded to stab every mirror and when Haku went to abandon them the spikes chased her. She tried most of her methods of escape but the ice followed.

"Gaiyou no Fuyu: Hisame (general winter: ice storm)." The recently grown spikes of ice split and danced around Haku herding her back towards the shell Naruto was still in.

"Gaiyou no Fuyu: Fuyu no Guntai (general winter: winter army)." The shards of ice form giant humanoid shapes and approached the tired and petrified Haku.

"Gaiyou no Fuyu: Younin (general winter: embrace)." The ice giants reached for Haku and upon catching her surrounded her in a similar shell of ice that Naruto was in. Haku immediately realized that her chakra was slowly being leached from he and into the shell.

Naruto emerged from his own shell and stumbled his way to Haku. Upon placing his hand on the shell he withdrew the stored up chakra and started to get some color back and seemed a bit healthier.

"Those were exhausting techniques. But I have defeated you and so I will now discuss it with your current employer," said a tired Naruto as he popped a soldier pill to further replenish his chakra. As he got up to help the other he heard a shrill cry that sounded like hundreds of birds. The mist suddenly thinned allowing him and Haku to see Kakashi Hatake with his hand in Zabuza's chest. Zabuza himself was held by some wood that had formed around him. Yamato could be seen kneeling over the corpse of his opponent panting heavily. The twins had been bloodied and tied up by the other four who looked like they had been cut up very bad but they were mainly minor wounds except for the gash going down Sasuke's arm that Hinata was bandaging until Sakura shoved her away and did it herself.

Claps were heard from the other end of the bridge as a short man in a suit approached them. He was surrounded by a few hundred thugs that normally would be no problem for the shinobi but were now that they were injured or exhausted.

"I cannot believe you did it. You actually killed him and made it so that I did not have to pay him. Well how about we end it now," the man smiled sickly.

"Anyone that can help, please do so. Yamato and I can only take some of these guys before we are over whelmed," whispered Kakashi to the genin.

Naruto stepped forward and whispered back "Keep him talking I have a jutsu that can take quite a few out but I haven't been able to practice it much." Naruto began some slow hand seals as Kakashi tried to delay the impending fight.

"So, you're Gato. Thought you would be taller."

"…."

"Whoever brings me that idiots head gets paid double," said Gato as he walked his thugs charge. Naruto finished his hand seals a second later and placed his hand on the ground and pushed his remaining chakra into the jutsu.

"Ki no Dansu: Bou nono Dansu (dance of wood: dance of the stake)." Wooden spike sprouted from the ground and impaled many of the charging men. Most were horrified and the scene of their friends being lifted into the air after being impaled. Most of the men that had been hit by the jutsu had not died yet and their screams filled the air with their death wails. Naruto collapsed from exhaustion after completing the jutsu.

Kakashi and Yamato quickly began to kill the survivors who were still too stunned to respond fast enough. Finally the few stragglers began to flee only to run into some armed civilians from Nami. Gato had been captured by them and the quickly went off to execute him. The shinobi gathered up the wounded, dead and captured and took them back to Tazuna's house.

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AN: sorry about the short chapter and the delay.

I know that I have not update his appearance but I will do that here.

He is of average height for his age and still thin (just not deathly so). He has visible muscles but they are thinner and look to be built for speed before strength. He is not as pale but it is still noticeable. His outfit is some dark pants and a dark shirt with a mesh shirt over that. He where's typical sandals and has his head band on his blue and white sash at around his waist.

Naruto ranks in jutsu proficiency:

Mastery-silent and one to no hand seals.

Near mastery-few hand seals and whispered name.

High skill: Less hand seals and vocal. Combat proffered.

Intermediate: Reduced hand seals by some and still vocal. Combat ready.

Workable: Faster hand seals and less vocal. Combat ready if pushed.

Beginner: All the hand seals and at a somewhat slower pace, vocal.

Jutsu I made in the series so far:

Mokuton: Ki Baku Satsu (wood style: tree binding death)-this jutsu looks like the genjutsu of the same name. It grows a tree around the target that the user comes out of. Middle B-rank. Naruto's ability with it: Mastery.

Mokuton: naimenteki ki roujou (wood style: inner tree confinement)-like the headhunter jutsu it pulls the victim into an object, a tree in this case. D-rank. Naruto's ability with it: Mastery.

Hyōton: koori no engeki no jimen (ice style: ice play ground)-a dome of ice forms around the target and user as ice spikes out toward the target. On the call "Koware me (Break)" the dome shatters and rains ice shards on everyone inside. High A-rank kinjutsu because of chakra use and danger to user; used so much of his reserves because of the area covered and his anger impacted his control. Naruto's ability with it: Beginner.

Gaiyou no Fuyu (general winter)-a defensive technique that surround the user in a shell of chakra laced ice. Middle B-rank- not as thick as an earth wall but covers the user entirely. Naruto's ability with it: Intermediate.

Gaiyou no Fuyu: Kyoukou Susumu (general winter: forced march)-Spikes come out of the previously defensive technique and try to impale the target; used mainly to force the target away from user for a moment. Middle B-rank to lowA-rank. Naruto's ability with it: Intermediate.

Gaiyou no Fuyu: Hisame (general winter: ice storm)-Using the previous ice spikes, it splits them up into tiny shards used to cut the opponent. Can reflect light to blind opponent also; used mainly to herd opponent towards enclosed area of trap. Middle B-rank skill but high B-rank chakra. Naruto's ability with it: Intermediate.

Gaiyou no Fuyu: Fuyu no Guntai (general winter: winter army)-Ice shards condense into large humanoid shapes. These shapes act on the will of the user to attack target. Middle B-rank. Naruto's ability with it: Intermediate.

Gaiyou no Fuyu: Younin (general winter: embrace)-Uses the humanoid army to latch onto an opponent and freeze a prison around them. Causes chakra to be drained from the target to maintain itself. Low A-rank because of difficulty in draining the chakra and not killing the opponent with the cold. Naruto's ability with it: Workable.

Gaiyou no Fuyu series-using all the current Gaiyou no Fuyu quickly after another gets results that exceed what most would believe it would; together they are low S-rank. They use a large amount of chakra and require high control, which Naruto compensates for with more chakra, thus draining him faster until he gets better at control. Naruto's ability with it: Workable for short periods.

Ki no Dansu: Bou nono Dansu (dance of wood: dance of the stake)-Causes wooden stakes to pop out of the ground impaling the opponent; used against crowds or to herd an opponent. High B-rank. Naruto's ability with it: Workable. First of several Dances.