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"Here I come Haku!" said Naruto, he charged Haku unsheathing his sword which he was carrying on his back, he attacked twice in quick succession breaking both of Haku's ice needles, then he charged and punched Haku in his face breaking his mask
"It's time to get serious Ice release: certain kill ice spears" said Haku creating massive ice spikes trying to impale Naruto in one of them but Naruto thanks to his improve mobility with the biju cloak, he could evade them all
"That won't work Haku, but good try, now's my turn" said Naruto climbing one of the ice spikes and jumping from it towards Haku "Kage bunshin no jutsu" said Naruto creating 10 clones all of them had a sword and all them were moving towards Haku
"Ice release: Ice rock dome of magnificent nothingness" said Haku freezing all the mist and air around him creating a dome to cover himself, all Naruto clones stopped in front of the dome "Ice release: Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death" said Haku creating ice needles outside the dome that went in all directions dispelling all the clones
Naruto threw multiple explosive tags towards the dome dealing no damage to the dome "This thing is impressive, but are you just going to stay inside that?" said Naruto
As soon as Naruto finished talking Haku jumped outside of the dome with multiple ice needles in hand "I'll defeat you Naruto-san and demonstrate my abilities as a weapon" said Haku throwing the ice needles then with one hand he did some hand signs "Certain kill ice spears" said Haku
Naruto was one again forced to dodge the needles but at the same time the ice spikes "This is getting boring" said Naruto running towards Haku cutting the small needles coming his way with his sword them he punched Haku with all his strength in the face sending him flying towards the edge of the bridge
"I won't give up until I'm death Naruto-san" said Haku standing up
"I know so I'll just knock you out" said Naruto that was behind Haku thanks to his enhanced speed before hitting Haku on the back of the neck knocking him out
Right then his biju cloak ran out "12 minutes pretty close" said Naruto noticing how close he was to being consumed by the kyuubi's chakra "Now to stop I only need to tell Zabuza about Gato's betrayal and hope he believes me" said Naruto heading towards the mist
Inside the mist Zabuza, Kurenai and Asuma were still fighting
Asuma and Zabuza were now trading blows, Kurenai was just watching waiting for a chance to get involve
"This has been an impressive fight, after I kill you and the bridge builder, i'll make sure to bury you in a appropriate way" said Zabuza showing that he respected Asuma as an opponent
"After I defeat you I'll be the one burying you" said Asuma, showing the same respect, Asuma jumped back and made some hand signs "Fire release: gaint fire ball jutsu" said Asuma creating a huge fireball
Zabuza counter with a jutsu of his own "water release: water dragon jutsu" the dragon and the fireball collided creating a big cloud of steam "This just helps me" said Zabuza hiding in the steam that had combined with the mist
"You should stop helping him Asuma" said Kurenai slightly annoyed since she had not been of much help "Yeah, Now stay close he might attack either of us" said Asuma
Zabuza's sword appeared to cut Kurenai, Asuma jumped in front of her and blocked the slash with his knives but the blow was strong enough to make him drop his knives, now he was disarmed
At that moment Naruto entered the fight and saw Zabuza attacking again so he got close and blocked with his sword which was sent flying by the impact of the blow
"What is a kid doing her? didn't Haku killed you?" Asked Zabuza from the mist
"I defeated Haku, but that's not what matters your contract doesn't exist anymore Gato is on his way with an army of mercenaries to kill the winner of this fight" said Naruto
"Is that true Naruto?" asked Asuma picking his knives back up in the moment that Naruto had created "Yeah, Shino captured some Gato thugs and they told us about Gato's plan to kill whoever had win the fight" said Naruto
"And why should I believe you?" asked Zabuza from the mist when his blade came again to slash Naruto but Asuma blocked it and hold Zabuza there
"Naruto doesn't lie, I know him" said Asuma "This battle is pointless stop it now Zabuza"
"I still haven't seen proof about what he says" said Zabuza separating from Asuma and slashing again only to be blocked and counter by Asuma getting a punch in the gut
"And why do you follow Gato anyways?" asked Naruto who moved to pick up his sword
"Why should I tell you?" said Zabuza moving again to slash Asuma, they kept trading blows again
"Probably he needs the money to plan an attack against the mizukage, the last report said he tried to kill Yagura actual kage of kirigakure" said Kurenai
"Why try to kill a kage?" asked Naruto confused by Zabuza's actions
"Yagura started the blood purges killing everyone who had a kekkei genkai, this started an civil war inside kirigakure, the ones that follow yagura and hate the kekkei genkai users and the resistance" said Kurenai
"Why hasn't Konoha done anything to help?" asked Naruto
"Well this is a political matter if konoha helps, other countries might intervene creating another shinobi war" said Kurenai
"Nice story lesson but, I'm going to kill you now" said Zabuza clashing his sword with Asuma's knives and then pushing Asuma out of the way heading towards Naruto
Naruto got ready and moved around Zabuza's blade and slashing Zabuza on the arm "A Uzumaki style user, it's been a while since I saw one" said Zabuza
"Zabuza if its money that you need you can take Gato's vault after we capture him" said Naruto getting ready for another attack, he could not see Zabuza's LV thanks to the mist but he could see that his portrait was red if he had to fight him he would probably lose
Zabuza thought about Naruto's offer for a while it was a good plan, all he needed was money then he could go back to kirigakure and try to be accepted by the rebels, Gato's money would be a huge help, but he didn't knew where Gato's vault was and he still didn't knew if the kid was telling the truth about Gato
It didn't matter anyways he was going to kill Gato after he got his money but if he could save himself the problem of fighting the konoha shinobi he should take the offer
"Who do I know you're not going to capture me after we defeat the mercenary army of Gato" said Zabuza prepare to take the offer
"You see I'm the Uzumaki clan heir and I read in a law book that if I give a Ninja outside of the village my trust then anything that ninja does becomes my responsibility until he becomes an official ninja of Konoha, this also applies to missing nins and mercenary nins" said Naruto starting his explanation
"So if I give you my approval, your officially no longer a missing-nin in the eyes of anyone of the konoha shinobis around here, so you'll be safe, and if you betray us, I'll take the responsibility and be charged with treason back when we get back to konoha" said Naruto
"You'll take that responsibility?" asked Zabuza surprised by the trust this boy was putting in him
"I met Haku yesterday in a field, he was gathering herbs for you I suppose, but I saw that he was not a bad person that seeks death, after fighting with him today, I learn that he would follow any order you gave him, so if he follows you I suppose you're not a bad person yourself" said Naruto
"You trust to easy boy, ok I'll accept your offer after defeating the mercenaries and capturing Gato, I'll get all the money in his vault and then I will leave" said Zabuza putting his sword away
"As long as you leave enough money for the citizens in the village then I'm good" said Naruto
"Naruto are you sure about this? If Zabuza does something funny you'll probably go to jail or worse" said Asuma worried by the decision of his student
"Yeah Asuma sensei as I said, if Haku trust him, I'll do as well" said Naruto sounding confident about himself
"Ok then, we have to prepare for the attack of the mercenaries" said Asuma putting his knives away
Decided to end it there tell me what you thought about this chapter
Next chapter the fight with the mercenaries
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Left 4 dead 2 (multiple platform)
Left 4 dead is a game about a team of 4 persons trying to get to the safe zone in the end of the level or to survive as long as you want against zombies and especial zombies, but you cannot survive alone this game is about cooperation with your teammates for that reason I think this game is best played with friend