Ch 12

1 Fem. Kyuubi- (Kyoshi)

2 Anko

3 Kurenai

4 Yuugao

5 Hana

6 Tsunami

7 Shizune

8 Samui

9 Yugito

10 Nibi (She will get a name later on)

11 Temari

12 Hinata

13 Mei. T

14 Mikoto

15 Fem-Haku

16 Tsunade

Alright then everyone Tsunade is staying but the others are still out. I like Tsunade and I'm gonna write this story how I want and stop paying too much attention to everyone else's ideas and write how I want it, mainly because some one said it was pissing other people off and I agree so I'm gonna just go my own way from now on.

"Kyuubi talking"

'Kyuubi Thinking'

"Regular Talking"

'Regular Thinking'

I Do Not Own Naruto


Back on the bridge the two opposing forces are just looking at each other. Naruto has his katana drawn and ready, Anko has two kunai in her reverse grip. Kiba has Akamaru already transformed and ready, with Sai holding his scroll and paintbrush in his hands.

Kiba and Sai started out rushing at Haku and did a simple gatsuga, while Sai drew some lions out of his scroll and they charged at the two.

Zabuza saw this and created some water clones, 'all according to plan.' He thought with a grin but his grin dropped as Naruto practically appeared in front of him with a quick slash with his katana, which Zabuza avoided by jumping back.

"You should keep your eyes on your opponent Zabuza, I wouldn't have thought an elite jonin from Kiri would be so careless." Naruto said to his with a smirk.

"You need more than that to beat me kid, now lets get to the good stuff." Zabuza said as he charged at Naruto pulling out his massive sword from behind him. "I'm gonna get you for embarrassing me last time kid."

The gatsuga attack followed by Sai's lions had easily beaten the water clones from Zabuza but the clones also stopped Kiba's attack and beat some of Sai's lions. "You can't win this, I have the upper hand." Haku says to them calmly.

"O, and how do you think that?" Sai asks just as calmly.

"Well, that's easy, were surrounded by the puddles that you just created. I can now finish you off easily." Haku said back confidently. Going through some hand signs, Haku calls out, "Sensatsu Suisho" (A thousand flying water needles of death) as thousands of needles formed from the rising water above the two boys, making them gape.

Moving quickly Sai draws a couple of bird pictures in his scroll and uses them to cover himself and Kiba along with Akamaru. "It will take more than that to beat us in this fight." Sai says calmly.

"Thanks for the save there Sai, I don't know what I could have done to avoid all those needles." Kiba says with a relieved expression on his face as Akamaru just barks happily at the other boy.

"So, its going to take more than that then huh, well then, I guess you leave me no choice." Haku says to them while going through more hand signs and then calling out, "Makyo Hyosho" (Demonic Mirroring ice crystals). As the water rises again but it starts to freeze and form mirrors around both Sai and Kiba.

After they all formed Kiba and Sai were getting a little worried about this new jutsu that they have never seen before. Haku then enters into one of the mirrors and appears on all of the other mirrors.

"Well, whatever these ice mirrors are I'm sure me and Akamaru can break them, lets go Akamaru." Kiba says as his dog agrees with him, "Gatsuga" Kiba calls out with Akamaru following him as they hit one of the mirrors and just bounce off. "Damn, these mirrors are as hard as steel." He says while holding his head and checking on Akamaru.

"This is gonna be harder than it looks." Sai says grimly.


Back with Naruto, Zabuza is still charging at him angrily, while also smirking at the fun he's going to have. He swings his massive sword at Naruto who channels chakra to his feet and arms to brace himself.

The massive sword hits his katana and he could swear he heard the bones in his arm creaking in protest to the massive amount of force they just sustained. 'Holy shit, this guys is strong, but all I have to do is stay calm and add more chakra next time I decide to block.' He thinks to himself, as he skids on the bridge a little bit and stops the blade.

"Well, I was right, your pretty strong kid. I put a lot of force into that swing and you stopped it with only a little trouble, not bad." Zabuza says to him.

"Thanks, but I could still improve my kenjutsu some more, my sensei has taught me really well, I just need the experience in battle and I think your a perfect person to challenge." Naruto says back with a grin.

Naruto then jumps back as Zabuza pushes off of his blade and they face off against each other, waiting for a good time to strike, while Anko is in the background watching and waiting near Tazuna and Naruto's three shadow clones.

"They then make a mad dash at each other with Zabuza going with an over head slash to try and cut Naruto in half vertically. Naruto jumps to the left to avoid the blow and makes a slash at Zabuza's right leg, hitting it and wounding him a little as he was able to move it at the last second.

"that hurt you bastard, will you stay in one place so I can cut you in half already." Zabuza said angrily while moving away from the blond again.

"Hmmm, let me think about that for a second." Naruto says to him sarcastically, making him more angry.

'Damn this brat, alright I just have to calm down a bit, he's good but he's not that good. Time to switch tactics, I'll go on the defense and see if I can spot any holes in his attacks.' Zabuza though to himself.

The charge again and this time Zabuza just held his massive blade in front of him as Naruto threw a fairly powerful slash into his blade, pushing Zabuza back only a little bit. Naruto then throws a kick to Zabuza's head and Zabuza reaches out with his left hand to block the kick.

Seeing this Naruto quickly moves his kick above Zabuza's head and uses his momentum to punch Zabuza in the face with his left hand, sending Zabuza stumbling a bit. now that his defense is down a bit, Naruto lands in front of him and throws another punch into Zabuza's ribs and hears them crack under the pressure while Zabuza grunts in pain.

'Damn, this kid is quick and pretty strong. I don't think I could have found a better opponent out of all the people here.' Zabuza thinks with a grin as he swings his sword at Naruto with a horizontal slash. Naruto then ducks under the slash and moves to stab Zabuza but he spins his body and avoids the stab and elbows Naruto in the face sending him flying with a cry in pain.

"Shit, Naruto are you alright?" Anko asks as she rushes up to him but is stopped when Zabuza steps in her path to the boy.

"Ahh ahh ahh." Zabuza says while wagging his finger like he's talking to a little kid. "If you go for the brat, I'll go for his clones and kill the bridge builder, this is our fight so stay out of it." He says angrily as Anko just grits her teeth and stops.

'You better beat this bastard Naruto, because if you die I will never forgive you.' She thinks to herself as she heads back to the clones of Naruto and starts thinking of what to do. 'I wonder how everything is going back at the house, I hope there are no problems for Naruto's kage bunshins.'


One of the Naruto clones was rushing as fast as he could manage in order to reach Inari and Tsunami before anything bad would happen. The blond clone closed the distance between him and Tsunami's home. He knew that his team were currently at the bridge that Tazuna was building and he knew that Zabuza was in the area with his accomplice. He had to get to their house quickly before things got even more hectic.

'Damn it! I hope I make it in time!' He thinks worriedly.


Back at the house Tsunami is in the kitchen doing the dishes while Inari is sitting at the table thinking to himself but he looks to his mother and decides to start a conversation. "Hey mom, what do you think of Naruto?" He questions innocently.

Tsunami blushes very lightly and replies, "I think he is a great person, he is very respectful and nice. He is also very strong, both is body and mind from what we heard of his life. I think he is a very good person, why do you ask Inari-kun?"

"I was just wondering, he kind of gives me a good feeling. Its kind of like when dad was here, I just feel safe with him and I think he is strong too. I hope I can be that strong when I grow up too." Inari says loudly with a cheerful smile on his face.

"That's very good Inari, I feel similar to that too. I also like it when he's around and helping me with some chores and things." She says with an increasing blush on her beautiful face.

But that all stopped when the front door slammed open and two samurai were there staring at her with scary smirks on their faces.

Waraji is of tall stature, wears an eye-patch over his right eye and has brown hair which he parts in three, finishing in an elaborate topknot. He has an intricate tattoo that seemingly stretches across his entire left side as well as a stitched scar on the left side of his forehead, and the left side of his mouth. He wears what seems to be a loose-fitting kimono, albeit not in the traditional manner as the top half of the outfit falls around his waist leaving his upper body exposed. He also wears bandages wrapped around his waist, simple sandals and carries a fairly long sword.

Zori is a light-skinned man with bluish-white hair and black eyes. Lined markings are tattooed under his eyes. He commonly wears a dark purple hat on this head. He also wears a blue jacket with multiple pockets and tied to his waist is his blue handled katana

"Were going to need you to come with us woman, now no fighting and come on." Zori said to her.

"Wh-what? Please no, get out of here." Tsunami says scared and shaking a bit.

"No can do beautiful, if you don't come with us I'm gonna cut your little son in half."

"No, don't touch my son. I'll come with you just don't touch him." Tsunami says to them while tearing up a bit.

"Mom, don't go with them please." Inari pleads to her.

"Just go to your room Inari I'll be alright." She says to him calmly while walking with them outside.

As Naruto cleared the forest, he spotted the two samurai holding Tsunami hostage and Inari was shouting at them to release his mother.

Naruto was slightly surprised by this, he had fought with Inari before when he said they were going to all just die. Naruto got really pissed at him for saying that but he could also understand. He never thought that the young boy would gather the courage to stand and fight as he was doing now though.

He then started to charge at the two samurai holding his mother while yelling at them. Naruto knew that he only had one chance to get this right as the two men began to attack as he rushed in.

"Inari!" Tsunami screamed out as she tried to stop the two rogue samurai from killing her son. Inari was feeling great fear, but held on as he charged at the men. The samurai were eager to end the brat's life…but to their shock, they found that they only succeeded in cutting a log into three pieces.

"What the hell?!" Waraji said in confusion.

"A replacement jutsu?!" Zori said with just as much confusion.

The two then turned as they spotted Naruto who had been able to rescue Tsunami and Inari in them as the blond ninja spoke in his usual tone. "I made it…sorry about the delay…but heroes always seem to show up late."

Inari looked up and saw to his surprise Naruto, who had been able to use a replacement jutsu to take Inari's place while he and three other clones that he had made were able to sneak into the area and free Tsunami at the last minute.

"Naruto! It's you." Tsunami said to him quietly while crying relieved tears the she was saved by the blond she admires and has a little crush on.

"Who the hell are you?!" Waraji yelled at the young blond if front of them.

"The name's Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha to you one eye. And I'm going to deal with you right now for trying to kidnap a beautiful lady like Tsunami and trying to kill her son."

Naruto spared a glance at Inari and smiled to him as Inari and Tsunami looked on in awe at what he had been able to do at the last minute. "You did great Inari, when you charged those two, they forgot about you're mother and that allowed me to get her out of the way and use a replacement jutsu to save both her and you, I owe you big for that." He said as his clones cut Tsunami free and smiled as she hugged her son tightly while wiping her tears away.

Inari hugged his mother back who was alive and safe and he felt like crying.

Naruto then faced the two mercenary samurai who were getting even more annoyed as they reached for their swords once more

"It's one of those ninja brats Tazuna hired." Zori said to his partner Waraji.

"Let's deal with him then." Waraji said back.

Inari and Tsunami gasped as the two charged at them as they were all still looking at them. "Naruto-kun, they're coming!" Tsunami blushing at the kun suffix she added to his name and the fact that it felt natural for her to call him that.

Naruto calmly focused and took out a pair of shuriken from his pouch and fired them at the two samurai, both men then took out their swords and blocked the attacks.

"You'll have to do something else than that brat!" Zori said to him to taunt him.

Naruto merely grinned, making them even angrier as he replied. "I already have."

Before the samurai could do anything, two other clones that Naruto had made before had been able to get the drop on the two samurai and with powerful kicks to the back of their heads, the two samurai were knocked out like lights.

Inari and Tsunami were both stunned at the whole thing and looked at Naruto with wide eyes filled with admiration.

"That was so cool Naruto, thanks to you my mom and I are both safe." Inari said gratefully while Tsunami just smiled as she let them interact. The two shared a great laugh and after wards, the two tied up the still unconscious samurai brothers with several coils of rope.

He placed his hand on Inari's head and replied with his usual smile. "You were really brave today, I have no doubt you're step father and you're mother are really proud of you Inari."

Inari felt overwhelmed and once more began to cry and he was not happy with that as he thought Naruto was going to make fun of him and call him a baby, like those bullies had done in the past. But Naruto was not that kind of person and assured him that it was all right.

"Alright then, I'm gonna go back on patrol while the real me deals with the problem on the bridge. The Naruto clone said, then grabbed the two unconscious samurai and left the scene.


Back with Kiba and Sai in the ice dome, things were not going so good for the two boys. Haku was throwing tons of senbon needles at both of them and there was nothing they could do to void all of them.

Sai had kept making more lions to attack the mirrors and Kiba kept using gatsuga on them but they wouldn't budge or break at all.

"You don't have to fight us you know." Kiba calls out while grimacing as he pulls out some needles in his arms and sides, along with some from Akamaru. "My taicho can get you guys spots in our village and you wouldn't have to be on the run anymore, I don't see why we have to fight."

"I agree, Naruto-taicho won't lose to Zabuza so you might as well just stop this nonsense and give up." Sai says to the hunter-nin.

"I'm sorry, but I was told by my master Zabuza to fight you two, I cant ignore him." Haku says back sadly.

"If that's how it has to be, then I guess we have to fight you seriously then and just beat you." Kiba said to the masked hunter nin as he then gave another pill to his dog and watched as it turned red and then transformed into a clone of him. He then went through some hand signs and called out his jutsu, "Jinju Konbi Henge: Sotoro" (Human Beast Combination Transformation: Double-Headed Wolf) Then in a large puff of smoke a large two headed white wolf appeared in the ice dome leaving very little space for Sai.

Sai then saw that Haku had her eyes all on the massive wolf and made his way quickly to the out side of the dome and was relieved when he made it out of the ice mirror death trap. "Hey Kiba, I got out so I'm going to try and assist you from the outside while you crush these mirrors from the inside." He called out to his partner who nodded and head towards the first set of ice mirrors and slashed out with his massive paws putting a fairly big gash in the mirrors.

'Shit, he scratched my mirror the other one got outside, I should have paid more attention to him. Also, I didn't think even in this new combination form he would be able to even mark my mirrors. I have no idea if I can actually beat this one as I can't freely move from mirror to mirror now.' Haku thought while trying to stay calm in this situation. 'Well, losing won't be that bad, I'll be aloud to live I'm sure. Naruto probably warned them not to kill.'

"I'm impressed that you were able to scratch my mirror but it will take a bit more power than that to break my mirrors." Haku said to the beast who seemed to smirk at her.

"Ok, that was just a test swing anyway, so lets get started then." Kiba yells while Sai is getting ready and looking for openings to attack.


Chapter end

Alright I got chapter 12 done for you guys. I haven't been working on it too much but I will probably get a good couple chapters done this weekend so hopefully I wont get too busy or anything.

I hope you guys like the story because I'm gonna write it however I want from now on.

Caesar out