Disclaimer: I don't Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, if I did, I would be living on a nice beach.
Chapter 21
"Zabuza is closer to being on his feet than we originally thought." Naruto said as they gathered around the table in Tazuna's home.
He explained meeting Haku and the herbs gathered.
"And you let the hunter nin go?" Kakashi asked with surprise.
"Not all encounters need to be a fight Hatake. I gave them an option to leave before we got down to business." Naruto said accepting the plate of food from Tsunami.
"Anything new Hana?" he asked the Inuzuka.
"Gato has been seen with the mercenaries, he visited the building where we believe the ninja are, he came out in less than ten minutes not looking happy."
Naruto nodded in thought. "He's going to betray them after they complete their jobs for him."
"How do you know that dobe?" Sasuke sneered, Naruto ignored him as he looked at the map. "They'll strike when we're at the bridge." He pointed at several places. It's cut off with nowhere for us to run to, and ideal for Zabuza as he is a mist nin, and Haku is probably a suiton user as well."
"So how do we do this?" Anko asked.
"Remember our mission to the isle of winds?" Naruto asked. Both Anko and Hana shared a look but their grins were feral. "We can use the same tactic here and since Hatake is nearly healed, we'll use him and his Genin as the main foci for the bridge."
"What do you mean by that?" Kakashi asked.
"You and the client will be bait." Naruto said.
"What about my family?" Tazuna asked cutting into the planning as Naruto was laying out where everyone would be.
"I've got that covered already. The house and those in it have protections I set up once I got here."
He shot Kakashi a look, "Can your Genin keep the client safe, or will I need to take matters into my own hands?"
Kakashi looked at his team then back at Naruto. "They'll be fine."
"They better be Hatake. I won't have time to baby sit once this starts."
After several moments of planning, the Uchiha raised a fuss again, but Anko cut him off before he could begin.
"If you're going to act like a little brat, you can stay here in your room until we go back to Konoha."
Sasuke glared and Naruto looked at Kakashi. "There can be no error here Hatake. You and the client will be exposed."
"My team can handle this. Just make sure you and your team get there in time to rescue us."
"Alright everyone, go to bed early and rest. Tomorrow is it." The blond said. He waited until Team 7 was out of the room before he walked out the backdoor followed by Anko and Hana.
"Al, where are you?" he said in a low voice.
"Here brother." Came the metallic voice, and they watched as section of the wall melted.
"Neat trick." Hana said to the steel golem.
"Thanks. I got the idea from Konohamaru-kun while playing ninja with him." The metal giant said.
"Al, I've got a gut feeling again. When we leave tomorrow morning, make several more armors and guard the house and family."
Alphonse listened to what the blond had planned. "Are you sure this will work?" Al asked when he was done.
"Of course it will." Naruto assured him. "I came up with it after all."
"Brother, your plans never work out the way you plan them. Your so much like Ed when it comes to things like this…"
"What does that mean?" Naruto asked developing an eye twitch as he looked up at the taller armor.
While Al held up his metal hands, Anko and Hana backed up waiting for the explosion that always seemed to happen around the blond, the fox and the metal golem.
Realizing something Anko looked around. "Speaking of Ed, where is the little fur rag?"
"MY PLANS ALWAYS WORK!"
KA-BOOM!
Both women sighed seeing the alchemic created cannon.
"Its going to be a long night." Hana muttered trying to resist itching from the poison ivy.
XX
Later that night…
Naruto was laying on the roof of Tazuna's house. Ed crept up and laid down next to him.
"I still don't want you using that arm." The two tailed fox started.
"I need to learn how to use it Ed. I've left it alone all this time because your memories. But we are getting more and more dangerous assignments. I need to know what I can do fully."
"Use what I, Al and the others know, but leave that arm alone. Its nothing but trouble." The fox said. "Scar used it as a very destructive weapon. But its more than that, and…"
"I'm not you Ed. It took me three months to master Mustang's fire abilities." Naruto said looking at the stars overhead.
"Don't use it." Ed said standing up and looking down at the blond who was laying on his back.
The staring contest lasted for a bit before Naruto finally sighed. "Fine. It feels weird anyways. But we will train with it more after this mission."
The two tailed Kyuubi looked at him for a bit more than turned and curled up against the blonds side.
"Found what was making the mist around the island." Ed said after nearly ten minutes of silence.
Naruto who had started to doze off snapped awake and sat up, removing the body heat from next to the fox who growled in annoyance.
"WHAT?! Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Naruto demanded.
"Its fine. It's a linked series of runes and an array, over five hundred years old." Ed said with a wide jaw cracking yawn. "Nothing for us to worry about. I'll show it to you when all the drama is done."
Naruto was tempted to bonk the fox on his head, but decided to save it for another time.
"Al's right, you are an idiot."
That got a reaction as the fox leapt to his feet. "WHAT? When did Al say that? That's it, he's going to be scrap. When I get my teeth into him…"
Naruto sighed as Ed went onto a long rant about his brother. Decision made, Naruto rolled from the roof and landed on the ground below. He had to set some traps around the bridge. I just hope they do the right thing. He thought as he slipped away from the house, not noticing two figures watching from a window.
XX
(Morning)
Team 7 as a whole escorted Tazuna to the bridge, they got there to see the workers missing and the bridge shrouded in fog. "Sakura, Sai, Sasuke defense pattern G-6." Kakashi said, his eye looking around.
He saw Zabuza come out of the mist, the hunter nin was with him. I wonder if they will take Naruto's offer or will this be a fight to the finish? Kakashi wondered.
(Tazuna's House)
Al looked around as the samurai came out of the woods. Brother said to keep them from the house. Well, here goes.
He traced the pattern in the dirt and with a clap activated his traps. If he could grin, it would have split his skull as he watched the samurai become wrapped up and sunk up to their necks, the ground turning to concrete around them.
"Oh yeah. Beat that brother." Al was very satisfied, he turned to the house and was welcomed by Tsunami's scream and her flinging a frying pan at him.
XX
(The Woods)
"Kakashi and his brats are fighting Zabuza and the hunter." Anko reported lowering the binoculars.
"Damn." Naruto muttered.
The short range radio in his ear chirped to life as Hana's voice crackled in his ear. "Gato and the mercenaries are leaving the mansion. They're heading for the bridge."
"Double damn." Naruto sighed. "I hate being right." Tapping the transmit button he spoke. "Do you require aid Hana-hime?"
"Negative. Me and the Haimaru have this. You and Anko rescue Hatake and his brats."
"Copy." Naruto said and clicked off. "Well hime, shall we?"
Anko took his offered hand and the pair vanished in a leaf shushin.
XX
(The Bridge)
"Why are you doing this?" Hatake asked as he avoided the massive cleaver swipe from Zabuza.
"Because its fun." Kakashi used a kunai reinforced with chakra to block the sword and he was face to face with the Demon of the Bloody Mist.
Meanwhile Haku was beating the hell out of Sasuke who had cockily thought he was the better ninja. Better pincushion perhaps.
The battle was interrupted as Anko and Naruto appeared, Anko launching a fireball at Zabuza, giving Kakashi space to pull on his own ninjutsu, and Naruto took one look at Sasuke on the ground filled with senbon needles unmoving, then at Haku.
"Why didn't you leave?" the blond asked, his auto-mail hand clenching as he shifted his stance to the balls of his feet.
"Zabuza-sama will not leave until the target is dead." Haku said.
"Gato's on his way, or he was…but my other teammate is cutting his ranks down to size…"
XX
(Road Between Mansion & Bridge)
"QUADRUPLE FANG OVER FIST!!" the four drill like attacks cut through the mercenaries who walked right into the trap, not even using advance guards or scouts.
Hana paused and looked at the amount of damage she and her companions had caused. "Again." She ordered and the carved a path of destruction once more.
Gato fell back on his ass in shock, the ground under him darkening from his bowel release. Hana looked at him from her position and smirked. How do you like that asshole.
She heard the tale of Inari's father's death. She took a moment to watch the trio continue to spin, samurai and common thugs fell under their assault, the speed too much for them to compete with and they soon broke ranks and ran.
Hana looked to see Gato crabwalk backwards trying to get away from the path of destruction.
I wonder if I should save him for the villagers to finish off? She thought, not impressed with the crime lord who ruled over Wave through fear and strength of mercenaries.
Until he met the ninja of Konohagakure.
Making a decision, Hana walked towards Gato, determined to let the village deal with him.
Before she reached him, a figure in gray appeared and grabbed him and shushined away.
"DAMN!" Hana said as she sniffed, not able to find a trace.
XX
(Bridge)
Sakura and Sai watched as Anko and Kakashi drove Zabuza back, one defending the other attacking then switching.
They couldn't see Naruto, the hunter or Sasuke as they were surrounded by a dome of ice.
"We need to help." The rosette haired girl whined.
"We are to protect the client and get him out of danger no chest banshee."
In the dome Naruto easily blocked Haku's attacks. "You can still surrender Haku-chan. We don't have to do this. Take your master and walk away."
The masked nin shook her head. "I cannot. I am Zabuza-sama's tool."
"Then, I am afraid I will have to break you." The blond alchemist said as he focused his intentions and slapped his palms together then on the nearest mirror.
Haku gasped as she tried to enter one and bounced off.
"What have you done?" the mask turned towards the blond.
"I sped up the molecules, they are moving too fast for you to manipulate." He launched a series of punches and kicks, Haku cursing as this was her weak area, she'd managed to avoid straight up fights, but Naruto had cut off her escape route.
She back flipped out of the way and called on her bloodline to make ice needles and send them at Naruto.
They struck his right arm, but they shattered.
"Nice jutsu." The blond said. Haku gasped seeing the jacket was shredded from her attack. Under the remains of the sleeve wasn't an arm of flesh, it was metal.
"Try this." Naruto said snapping his fingers of his left hand.
XX
The bridge was rocked by an explosion. The three Jonin level ninja stopped and looked, Kakashi in shock, Zabuza impressed and surprised. Anko had a grin on her face and she licked her lips.
Sakura screamed for Sasuke and Sai itched to draw such magnificence of destruction.
Tazuna landed on his back being knocked from his feet.
The mushroom cloud raced into the sky, Anko actually laughed.
AN: Winding down the Wave arc. Someone stole Gato, and Naruto made a mini-nuke on the bridge. (think of the time Ed fought Mustang for a clue of the destructive force of the end explosion) I am going to say this once. Naruto will be with Anko and Hana in this fic, that is all. Please stop asking for more people. This isn't a harem, it's a ménage a trio.