Suddenly, there was this huge gust of wind and I felt new strength. My eyes snapped open and everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. I stood up as quickly as I normally would and ran towards Zabuza and Naruto using my Lightning Speed. I turned to the side and shouldered Zabuza away from Naruto and everything returned to normal speed.

Zabuza and I fell to the side and I rolled a few times before regaining control over my body.

"Why you..." Zabuza growled and sat up in a crouch, holding up his sword. "I'll destroy you!"

He swung his sword towards me but I rolled to the side, got up in a crouch like a tiger and jumped up into the air, making super fast hand-signs. Tatsu, Mi, Saru, Ne, Tora, U, I, Hitsuji!

"Ha, what Jutsu is that?" Zabuza laughed.

I blinked and I saw the expression on Zabuza's face as he gazed into my new colored eyes. They were still blue, but the whites of my eyes were blood red with black lines like lightning. "This is the end!" I hissed.

"So this is how things turn out, hey Zabuza?"

I turned my head and a spear flew passed my face, scratching my cheek, though not deeply.

I landed on the ground in a crouch position and stared at the newcomers, stopping my Jutsu and my eyes returned to normal.

"Gato?" Zabuza said. "What are you doing here?"

Gato? I thought. So that's him.....

I looked over at a short man with gray hair, dark glasses, a bandage over his left arm and hand and a walking stick.

Kakashi got up and he walked over to Naruto.

"Things were taking too long so I came to see how it was going," Gato replied. "Oh and by the way, Zabuza, you're fired."

"What?"

"You cost too much to keep, so I'm getting rid of you."

Zabuza looked at me and I looked back at him. He nodded to me. "That's it then. It appears the Bridge Builder is safe. We have no quarrel."

I nodded back. "It seems so."

It was only then did I take in all the people behind Gato. I looked at the large group of rogues, none of them were ninja, I couldn't feel any Chakra, they were all just bandits. "What are they here for?" I growled.

"Oh? These people?" Gato smiled and looked over his shoulder, then back at me. "They're here to finish the job, and kill Zabuza and the rest of you at the same time."

I growled and stood up properly, clenching my fists and glaring defiance at Gato. "I don't think so."

Gato ignored me and walked forward, stopping when he reached Haku's body. He looked down at Haku. "Oh, you. You little punk, you nearly broke my arm. I should repay you for that." He kicked Haku's head.

"Hey!" I snarled. "Get away from him, you rat!"

"Shut up, kid," Zabuza said. "Haku's dead, what does it matter?"

I turned to Zabuza. "WHAT!? You mean you can just stand there and watch Haku get treated like a dog!?" I still hated Haku for killing Sasuke, job or not, but when people didn't care that someone had died to protect them, that's when I get really mad. "He told me that he had been with you for years! He did so much for you, he died for you! Don't you even care!?"

"Calm down, Kaya," Kakashi said. "He's not the enemy anymore-"

"I don't care!" I growled. "Don't you feel upset that Haku is gone because of you? He died for you because you were important to him, he wanted to protect you. Don't tell me you wouldn't have done the same for him!?"

Zabuza growled a little bit. That made me more angry.

"You're just a rat, you know that!?" I growled. "Do you even know the meaning of friendship? Do you know what emotions are except for anger?"

"You're just a kid, you don't know what it means to be a Shinobi," Zabuza growled at me. "Have you ever heard of the Rules of Shinobi Conduct?"

"Of course I have," I growled back. "And if you're referring to the 25th principle, I know it. I've read it over and over."

"Well then, recite it," Zabuza said to me.

I rolled my eyes. "A ninja must never show their feelings, no matter what, no matter how much they're hurting inside. Feelings are a weakness that cloud one's mind and weakens a sense of duty. You're not allowed to shed a tear, not one single tear."

"Now, how do you know I'm not upset?" Zabuza asked.

I shrugged. "But you just stand there, saying you don't care! Just because a Shinobi isn't allowed to shed a tear doesn't mean they're not allowed to say that they're sad that one of their comrades died to save them!" My blood was boiling. "Because you know something?"

"What?" Zabuza looked at me.

"I'm really upset that Sasuke is dead," I growled. "Because he died to save me!"

Zabuza blinked at me, understanding my reason for being mad.

"If you didn't care about Haku, why did you have him by your side for all those years the two of you were together!? Haku wanted to protect you no matter what, and he died to prove that. He was your comrade, and he threw his life away just to save your own! He felt a strong friendship towards you, but I'm not so sure you felt the same. Because you're just a rat!"

"Shut up." I was surprised when I saw Zabuza's face, tears running down from his eyes. "Your words cut deep. Deeper than any blade. Yes, Haku was important to me, and I will never forget what he has done for me."

I was silent after that, I knew how he felt, I wasn't going to make it harder for him.

Zabuza growled. "Gato. Seeing as I no longer work for you, it's time to end this."

"What are you talking about?" Gato said with a smile.

Zabuza picked up his blade. "You're dead!"

Gato was scared as Zabuza ran at him, straight passed me. I watched in shock as Gato tried to run, but Zabuza cut him down with his massive blade. The blood rose up everywhere and I had to turn away.

"Get him!"

"Take him down!"

I turned back around to see the bandits throwing spears at Zabuza, but the rogue ninja didn't even try to dodge them. They dug into him and he fell, landing beside Haku. Another bandit threw a knife and it stabbed into Zabuza's shoulder.

"That's the end," Kakashi sighed. "Zabuza doesn't have the strength left to go on."

Zabuza gave one last look around him, his eyes meeting with mine. He looked at Haku and raised a hand, placing it upon the young boy's cheek. "Haku...." Zabuza said. "I'm sorry....." He gave one last breath and closed his eyes, he was dead, his hand still against Haku's cheek.

I raised my own hand and put it against my cheek, remembering that Sasuke's hand never reached it, and tears threatened to fall.

"Yoo hoo!" I looked up at the bandits. "Who's going to pay us now that Gato's gone?"

"I know, let's go check out the village and see what they've got!"

"Yeah, good idea!"

"Not good," Kakashi murmured.

I growled, I wasn't going to let these guys attack the village. I made hand-signs. Hitsuji, Mi, Tora! "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Fifteen more of me appeared. "Haruta style!"

The bandits were a little shaken and Naruto smiled. "There's no way I'm missing out!" He made the same hand-signs that I did. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Five more Naruto's appeared and the bandits were getting really edgy.

I smiled and my clones ran forward, punching the first few bandits and disappearing. The bandits weren't liking this, one more push and they'd be gone.

Suddenly, I managed to jump out of the way in time as a massive fireball flew passed me and hit some of the bandits. Wow, I didn't know that Kakashi could do a Fireball Jutsu, I thought. Cool.

"Still want a fight?" said a voice and my eyes flew wide, my body fixed to the spot. It couldn't be! No! How in the world could it be true!?

"No thanks!" some of the bandits yelled and they all ran back to their boat.

"That's what I thought," the voice had amusement in it and the person stood beside me, but my eyes were fixed to where the bandits were leaving.

"Kaya, are you okay?"

Tears formed in my eyes and ran down my face. "S-S-Sasuke.........."

A hand came on my shoulder. "It's okay, Kaya. It's over."

My body was released from whatever was holding it down and I spun around, throwing my arms over the person beside me and hugging them tightly, crying my eyes out. It couldn't be, it had to be impossible.

The person wrapped his arms around me and hugged me just as tightly. "It's okay."

"But I thought you were dead, Sasuke!" I cried out.

"Oh wow, Sasuke you're alive!" Naruto cheered.

"I would never leave you, Kaya," Sasuke murmured to me, hugging me a little tighter.

"But.... how?"

"............ I don't know," I looked up at him and he looked down at me. "But looks like you have to put up with me for a little bit longer."

Sasuke put a hand on my cheek and I smiled as he brushed away my tears with his thumb. His hand finally reached my cheek, but the memory of watching him fall and say those words to me before his 'death' would never leave my mind. But as long as Sasuke was still with us, I was happy.

"Ah!"

"Kakashi-sensei? What's wrong?" Sakura exclaimed.

Me and Sasuke separated and looked at Kakashi, he was on his knees, holding a hand to his chest, blood dripping from the wound made by Zabuza. "I'm afraid I've lost too much blood," Kakashi said. "I don't think I'm going to make it."

"Don't say that, Kakashi-sensei," I murmured and walked over to him, crouching in front of him. "Don't forget, I can help you."

Kakashi looked at me as I made a few hand-signs. Inu, Saru, U, Uma, Ne. "Healing Palms Jutsu."

My left hand glowed green and I held it up against Kakashi's chest where the injury was the worst. The green Chakra glow coming from my hand responded to the wound and it started healing rapidly, it came back together and not even a scar was left.

"That's amazing!" Tazuna exclaimed. "Why don't you do it on yourself?"

"Because it won't work on me," I replied. "If it did, I would have healed myself already. But now it's time for the rest of you. Who else it hurt?"

"I'm fine," Sakura said. "And me and Naruto kept Tazuna extra safe."

"Yeah, I'm fine too," Naruto added.

I nodded and stood up, walking over to Sasuke, my hand still glowing green.

"I'm okay, Kaya," Sasuke told me, but I wasn't convinced.

"Sasuke, you nearly died because your injuries were so bad," I argued. "Just let me heal you."

Sasuke sighed. "Alright."

I smiled at him from my easy win and I placed my left hand up against his chest. Sasuke watched my face as the Jutsu took effect. My Chakra was running low, and I only focused on fixing the worst of Sasuke's injuries.

My heart started racing as I forced more Chakra into healing the rest of Sasuke's body, and my hand was beginning to hurt.

Sasuke noticed my quickened breathing and gently grabbed my wrist, taking my hand away from his chest. It took me by surprise. "Sasuke?"

"You're using up what little Chakra you have left and you're trying to force more power out," well Sasuke was always smart. "I'll be fine now."

"And the threats from Gato are over, which means the Bridge Builder can finish the bridge!" Naruto smiled. "And then we can go home!"

I smiled, but everything was going blurry, my head was starting to hurt and my body was swaying a bit. My hand stopped glowing green and I started to fall, but Sasuke caught me.

"You okay?" Sasuke asked.

"Not feeling too well," I replied.

"Let's get her back to my house," Tazuna said. "I'll finish the bridge tomorrow."

"Sasuke, I'll carry her," Naruto murmured. "I'm in better condition than you are at the moment."

Sasuke nodded. "Thanks, Naruto."

I was lifted off the ground and Naruto took me in his arms. We started going back to Tazuna's home.

"Where'd she get the sword?" I heard Sasuke mumble to Naruto.

"It came out of her necklace," Naruto replied in a mumble. "Apparently it's a very powerful sword that came from some place."

"My great grandfather made it," I murmured, taking my two friends by surprise. "It's called the Raiden, or the Sword of Lightning. My grandfather, Daisuke, used it to take down 50 ninja in one shot when he was only 17."

Naruto tensed up. "17!? You're kidding!?"

"Nope."

"I'm glad we're on your side then," Sasuke joked.

"Yeah," I opened my eyes and looked at them. "I don't think I'd be able to kill my best friends with my own sword."

The three of us laughed, but then my head was spinning again so I rested my head against Naruto's chest and fell asleep.

"Good bye! Take care now!"

"We will!" Naruto smiled.

I looked down at Inari, standing in front of me. "Take care of yourself, Inari," I murmured. "And take care of your mother and your grandfather."

"I will," Inari promised.

I smiled. "Youf father would be very proud of you."

"Thank you all for everything," Tazuna said to us. "Without you, the bridge would never have been built and we would have been doomed forever."

"Yes," Tsunami smiled. "We are forever in gratitude for what you have done for our country."

"It was nothing," Kakashi said.

"Yeah, we were just doing our job," Sasuke smiled. "Well, some of us anyway." Sasuke nudged me and I nudged him back, nearly pushing him over.

"We'll see you again some day," Sakura promised. "Good bye now."

We all turned and walked away, headed to the end of the bridge. I looked over my shoulder at Inari, standing strong. I nodded to him and he nodded back, then I turned and followed my comrades back in the direction of home.

"Say, Kaya?"

I looked at Sasuke walking beside me, his eyes shining.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you could teach me that Lightning Flame thing that you used the other day?" Sasuke whispered. "It was really cool!"

I nearly laughed. "Sorry, Sasuke. But that was a Kekkei Genkai, something that only I can do. It can't just be taught, it has to be in your blood, like the Sharingan."

"But Kakashi isn't part of the Uchiha Clan and he still has the Sharingan in his left eye," Sasuke whispered in a complaint.

"I don't know how he got it, but he did," I whispered back. "But you won't be able to learn it."

"Can you at least try to teach me? Please, Kaya!"

"Why do you want to learn it so much?"

"Because it's super cool and I want to be as strong as you!"

I sighed. "Alright, I'll try and teach you the Lightning Flame. But I warn you, it won't work."

"Lightning Flame?"

I looked over to Sakura with an expression that showed my guilt. "What kind of Jutsu is that?"

Kakashi looked at me. "Surely you can't perform that Jutsu. No one from the Haruta Clan could have shown it to you because of the dangers it has. And Yukio would have known better."

I shrugged and sighed, knowing I was caught. No one was supposed to know that I had the ability to use the Lightning Flame. But then an idea came into my head. "Of course I don't know how to use it. My mother forbade my father from teaching me any dangerous Jutsu's and no one else would have taught it to me. It was only when Sasuke and I were fighting Haku that I said I wished I was able to use it."

Kakashi sighed with relief. "Of course, every Haruta used to wish that, but not every one of them could use it."

I turned my head to look back at Sasuke and smiled with relief that I wasn't caught. When he gave me a confused expression, I gave him a small glare that pretty much told him to keep his mouth shut. He nodded in understanding.

"I can't wait until we get home," Naruto smiled. "Mum is probably going to treat me to some ramen for dinner or something."

"You and your ramen," I laughed.

"Well maybe we should keep going with easier missions," Sakura murmured. "That one was really hard."

I shrugged. "Fair enough. Let's just get home."

"You'd be nearly home by now if you were using your Lightning Speed," Sasuke said.

"Exactly," I mumbled. "Goes to show how slow you guys are."

"You'll meet your match one day, Kaya," Sakura said.

"No I wont," I smiled back. "No one in the world is as fast as me!"

"Don't get cocky, Kaya," Kakashi said. "You never know."

"Is that her?"

"Yeah, she's the one, that's definitely Yukio's kid. The last of the Haruta Clan."

"So she's the one we need, right?"

"Yep, and she will help us."

"What if she refuses?"

"She won't. She wouldn't dare."