The situation had escalated. Way worse than Naruto had thought. The man who attacked them was one of the legendary Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. The man named Zabuza was also known as the Demon of the Hidden Mist. Kakashi even used his Sharingan against him but he was tricked and now trapped. Trapped in the Jutsu called Water Style: Water Prison. Zabuza's right hand was stuck keeping the water prison up. Kakashi couldn't do anything to get out of it. With the left hand, Zabuza made hand signs and created a Water Clone.

'Crap! I need to get Kakashi out of there.' thought Naruto. He looked at Sasuke but he was still influenced by the Killer Intent Zabuza was letting out.

Zabuza was insulting the Genin. Telling them that they weren't Ninja's, not until they were on his Bingo Book. Naruto took that personally. Zabuza's Clone used the Mist Jutsu while hiding himself. It was useless. During this time Naruto's sensing abilities had improved by a great amount. Naruto knew which direction Zabuza was coming. Zabuza was about to kick Naruto to the stomach but Naruto ducked down as he quickly went through hand signs. Naruto took a deep breath and then spun while exhaling, compressing the air into a solitary blade of wind, slashing Zabuza's Clone multiple times.

"Damn brat" cursed Zabuza as he prepared another Water Clone.

"Sasuke! Take this Kunai and throw it at the Original when I tell you to," ordered Naruto. Sasuke didn't like taking orders but it seemed like Naruto a plan. Naruto made 10 Shadow Clones to help Sasuke while he himself stood still concentrating.

After a few moments, Zabuza's clone had already dispelled all of Naruto's clones and was attacking Sasuke head-on. "Anytime now, Naruto" yelled Sasuke.

"wait..." said Naruto quietly while still concentrating. After a few more moments Naruto yelled, "Now!"

Sasuke smirked. "Took you long enough," said Sasuke as he threw the Kunai at the direction of Zabuza. Sasuke was still confused as to what that was going to accomplish.

Zabuza started laughing. "What are you trying to do...? A Kunai?" said Zabuza after simply dodging it letting the Kunai go past his body.

Naruto also smirks as he teleported to the Kunai Zabuza just dodged. "This Kunai will be your downfall." said Naruto as he quickly went through hand signs at a great speed and said, "Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere"

A large sphere of compressed wind chakra came out of Naruto's mouth going in Zabuza's direction. Zabuza was beyond shocked and was barely able to dodge it. He dodged it at the cost of letting the Jutsu that was holding Kakashi go. A small price to pay for not getting hit by that. Who knows what would've happened if he was directly hit by that Jutsu

"Naruto... Great job. You've all done a great job. Now leave this to me" said Kakashi praising Naruto.

'How did he get behind me?!' thought Zabuza.

Kakashi went against Zabuza in an intense battle of Ninjutsu. A great number of hand signs and that at a greater speed than Naruto had ever seen. Kakashi was able to copy every Jutsu Zabuza was unleashing and using it against him at the same time. But in the end, the inevitable happened. Kakashi used a Jutsu Zabuza was about to use. It seemed like he could see the future. 'That damn Sharaingan' thought Zabuza as he was hit by the same Jutsu he was about to use.

"Bastard... Can you see the future?" asked Zabuza as he was hit by a few Kunai by Kakashi.

"Yes... And I see your death," said Kakashi. As soon as he said that Zabuza was hit by Senbon needles on the neck seemingly killing him.

Team 7 and Tazuna then looked at the direction the Senbon came from. It looked like a Mist Anbu."Thank you very much. I have been looking for a chance to kill Zabuza and you gave me that chance," the female-looking Mist Anbu said.

Both Naruto and Kakashi went to where Zabuza's body was and checked for a pulse. Nothing. Zabuza was dead but Naruto just was feeling something off about this. 'He looks the same age as me too...' thought Naruto.

Naruto couldn't help but feel useless. Even though he had sensing abilities, they were proven useless three times now. The demon brothers shouldn't even have had the chance to attack. Same with Zabuza. 'If only I was stronger' was the only thought that went through Naruto's mind. He was frustrated. All that training but it all seemed for nothing. Naruto clenched his fist in desperation.

Kakashi noticed that. He knew what was going through Naruto's mind and knew that he shouldn't feel that way. He was plenty of help. "Naruto, don't worry about it... You still did a very good job" said Kakashi.

The Mist Anbu grabbed Zabuza and thanked Team 7 before disappearing with a Shunshin.

Team 7 was quiet until Tazuna broke the silence. "Alright, you guys can rest at my home," he said.

"Alright... Our mission isn't over yet so let's go you guys," said Kakashi.

As they started heading their way, Kakashi finally felt it. The after-effect of using the Sharingan. As soon as he felt it, he fell down unconscious. All but Naruto looked at Kakashi shocked and worried. Naruto knew what it was so he grabbed Kakashi with the help of a Shadow Clone and headed for Tazuna's house.

A week passed since Kakashi fell unconscious. And after one full week, he had finally woken up. During this week Naruto had gone through acceptable growth. Seeing as Sasuke and Sakura trained together, Naruto made 50 Clones of himself. Dividing the Clones in half and having one group train on the Hiraishin and the other on Chakra Control and Sensing Technique. Naruto already had really good Chakra Control but he still wanted to train and take it to even higher levels and that would help with his next goal. The Hiraishin and be able to Sense unconsciously. While the Clones did that, the original used, more than he could handle, Chakra Weights and helped Tsunami around the house. She was Tazuna's daughter. He did learn quite a lot about cooking during the time with her and he was quite fond of her. Unlike his son, Inari. Naruto didn't have the chance to talk with him but it was obvious he didn't like them too.

The moment Kakashi woke up he started thinking about what happened the last time he was conscious. Connecting the dots Kakashi realized that Zabuza is probably still alive. And after he explained that to the rest of Team 7, they were all shocked. Naruto too, since he personally checked his pulse. Naruto cursed himself yet again for not realizing himself. Being on his first missions, the stress, the murderous intent he got from Zabuza, those all just watered down his thinking.

"Anyways... to prepare for what's probably to come, I'll have you all go through some training," said Kakashi while laughing a little.

Naruto was excited. He's going to get trained by a legendary Ninja. But oh the disappointment when he showed them what he was going to train them on. "Tree walking? Seriously? We all know that already," said Naruto looking disappointed at his Sensei.

Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto confused. "We? You mean to tell us that you can walk up to a tree as Kakashi-sensei did?" asked Sakura.

A moment of silence came from Naruto as he realized that these two cant even do simple tree walking. Naruto then walked up to a tree and went to a branch standing upside down.

Sasuke and Sakura were shocked. Even Kakashi but then he remembered that he walked on water too.

'How is he doing that? That bastard, one time he's just an average dude and the other he's just able to teleport and walk on trees," thought Sasuke.

"Impressive," said Kakashi as he went on to explain how they can do that and telling them that he expects them to do the same. Kakashi then was wondering what to do with Naruto and how to train him but then Naruto called him. 'why is he...' "Why do you walk so strange like that?" asked Kakashi.

"Oh, so you noticed... It's because of the Chakra Weights. It's a bit too much but I have to do my best to improve as much as I can. Anyways, I need you to overlook my training for a little, please," said Naruto.

Kakashi was shocked but also impressed. 'He's pushing his body to his limits... If he didn't have the regeneration of the Kyuubi his body would've broken down,' thought Kakashi giving Naruto a nod and following him.

Before Kakashi were fifty Clones of Naruto. All training hard. He noticed that some were training on the Hiraishin, some on Chakra Control, and the others on Sensing Abilities. "How long have you been training like this?" asked Kakashi.

"Well, for the whole week," answered Naruto chuckling a little.

'He just continues to impress me' thought Kakashi. "I imagine you know quite a lot about me since you asked me to help you in that particular Jutsu," said Kakashi.

Naruto nodded.

"Well, there is not much I could help you really. I can't use it if that's what you're wondering. But I can still give you some tips since I've witnessed it with my own eyes countless of times" continued Kakashi. Naruto was sparkling with joy. He might finally make better progress.

After, Kakashi gave Naruto some tips he went off to do his own thing.

While the Shadow Clones' trained, Naruto kept doing laps and doing physical training while increasing the weight as much as he could. After doing countless lapses Naruto ended up to where Sasuke was but he couldn't move anymore. He fell down breathing heavily. He looked at Sasuke as he started laughing.

Sasuke was pissed, "What are you laughing at?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing, nothing. It's just that the fact that Sakura finished before the legendary Uchiha is hilarious to me. The Uchiha don't seem that great to me now..." said Naruto trying to taunt him. And it was working.

"What was that, you asshole?" replied Sasuke furious at the comments Naruto made.

Naruto couldn't move an inch so having an Uchiha attack him wasn't something he was looking for. "Chill, dumbass. I can help you with your training if you want," offered Naruto.

"Hmph, like I'd need help from someone like you," replied Sasuke.

"Wow, you really are a dumbass. I'm seriously offering you help over here. Listen, I know you are all about revenge and stuff but I'm telling you, you need to forget about that stuff for now. If you want revenge then you need to have 100% of your attention on training. Don't think about anything else but that. Just get off your high horse and fully focus on your training," said Naruto.

Sasuke then looked at him and said, "Thank you," in a low and embarrassing voice and then quickly looked away.

Naruto noticed that his stamina is back so he went away to run. Still increasing the weights and having Kurama heal him. "Thank you, Kurama," said Naruto getting no response. He had tried to contact him but Kurama seemed to ignore him for some reason so Naruto left him alone for now.

Six days have passed. Six days of hard and torturous training. He had trained so hard and non-stop. He went out earlier than everyone and came later than everyone else. He ate alone every time but Naruto had gotten used to it so he didn't mind.

He had greatly increased his sensing abilities and his body had also improved way more than he had first imagined because of Kurama. He was still stuck on the Hiraishin. He just couldn't use it fast enough as the fourth did. 'Guess, I've still got ways to go' thought Naruto as he laid down from exhaustion. His stamina was completely gone so he could barely move but his sensing was still up. "Don't move," said Naruto in a commanding voice while holding his Kunai.

It was a girl, or that's what he looked like but Naruto knew damn well that wasn't a girl and that this was the Mist Anbu that took Zabuza away. 'I can't move' thought Naruto as he cursed himself. He could've taken him out and then only have Zabuza to deal with.

"W-what?" the guy said in a worried voice.

'It would be bad if I told him that I knew who he was since I can't defend myself. I'll play along' thought Naruto. He put down his Kunai and said, "Ah, sorry sorry. I thought you were going to attack me or something,' said Naruto while giggling.

"Oh. You do look like a ninja too. It must be tiresome to live in constant danger," said the boy while smiling.

"Not really. I'm used to it," replied Naruto. 'Just a little longer and I'll take you down' thought Naruto as he gripped the Kunai tighter.

The boy noticed that and was worried if Naruto had noticed. 'I should probably go now. He might've noticed me' he thought.

"How nice. I've picked up the herbs I needed so I'll go now. Good luck on your training," he said.

'Crap, he noticed. Come one body, come one!' thought Naruto but it was too late. At the time Naruto regained his stamina, he was already gone. He rushed in the direction he had gone but there were no signs of him. 'This damn... nothing is going my way and I hate this," thought Naruto.

Naruto then released all the Clones and the Chakra Weights. He made 100 Clones to only focus on the Hiraishin training while he himself got used to his new body. The next evening Naruto thought that it's a good idea for him to rest since He's probably going to fight in the next few days. He didn't want to be useless like he did in the past fights. He went to Tazuna's home earlier than in the past few days and he was all beat up. He practiced Taijutsu against his Clones and was all dirty and tired.

"Oh, Naruto. Earlier than usual huh?" said Kakashi.

"Yea," said a tired Naruto as he sat on the diner table. Sasuke came a little later. He had been able to walk to the top of the tree a few days ago but he came all beat up because he was doing his own Taijutsu training.

Before Naruto sat Inari. Tazuna's grandson. Naruto had noticed before Inari looking at him train but didn't say anything.

Inari suddenly started crying. "Why? Why do you keep trying? No matter how much you train, you will never beat Gato," he said while tears flowing out of his eyes and then continued, "No matter how hard try, the weak will always lose to the strong,"

Naruto didn't say anything at first as he stared at Inari. "I'm not weak and I will definitely defeat Gato," said Naruto full of confidence

"Gato is too strong. All this pointless hope will lead you nowhere. Always being an optimist, always full of confidence, and always believing that you'll do it but you won't! You don't know real pain..." yelled Inari while tears still pouring down his face.

Naruto was infuriated. 'This brat...' thought Naruto. "You just keep crying and crying like a damn crybaby. Unlike you I won't sit still, I will keep trying until I can't anymore,"

"Naruto, that's too much," said Sakura.

Naruto looked at her and then stood up and got out. He was pissed off and at this time only training could help him clear his mind. He wanted to train his Taijutsu so he made a few Shadow Clones to fight against until his body can't take it anymore. He later realized that Kakashi had talked to Inari and as soon as he noticed that his body gave up and fell down unable to stand anymore. He made the Shadow Clones pick him up and take him to the bedroom and sleep.

The next morning Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna went to the bridge. Naruto had taken his body to its utmost limit and Kakashi let him sleep for today. When they arrived at the bridge they saw the bodies of the coworkers down. When they saw that, mist covered the bridge and they had finally realized what was happening.

Naruto had been woken up because he had sensed something in his sleep. He had trained long enough to keep the sensing up even in his sleep but it wasn't as good as it would be when he was woken up. When we woke up, a second later he heard a loud noise downstairs. Naruto realized it was someone with a sword and that he'd slashed the door open. He quickly rushed downstairs and saw Inari looking at the two men trying to kidnap his mother, Tsunami. Inari was about to rush the two to stop them but Naruto stopped him. Naruto rushed the two in blinding speed and rendered them both unconscious in a matter of seconds.

"Wow, so cool," said Inari.

"Hehe," said Naruto as he fist-bumped with Inari. "You too, Inari. You were about to attack them weren't you," said Naruto smiling.

Inari nodded. He was happy with the little improvement he just made.

Naruto then made sure everyone is alright and then made 10 Shadow Clones just in case. Naruto noticed that Inari was crying. "huh"

Inari kept trying to stop his tears from coming out and kept trying to wipe them but he couldn't. "I'm sorry even though... I chose not to cry... you'll call me a crybaby again," said Inari while still trying to wipe them.

"Idiot. It's okay to cry when you're happy," said Naruto while smiling. Naruto then realized something and said, "Inari, I'm sorry what I said yesterday. I take it back,"

"No, thank you," said Inari as he let the tears pour out.

Naruto smiled and then said, "Alright then, I have to go help my teammate," while he stood still concentrating on the Kunai Sasuke got from Naruto when they fought Zabuza before. Sasuke had kept it to try and find how Naruto had teleported before. It was still a mystery to him.

Sasuke was fighting the masked guy that had posed as a Mist Anbu. Naruto had already told them of his encounter with him so they already knew. Sasuke clashed with him but Sasuke was obviously faster. All he did, Sasuke easily dodged.

Sasuke sped up and went behind him, seemingly teleporting and kicked him away.

"Haku, if you continue like this you will lose," said Zabuza.

"Hai," said Haku as he did a hand sign. Suddenly ice started to form around Sasuke. The ice was turned into mirrors as it surrounded Sasuke like a dome. Sasuke was trapped inside. Haku went inside of one of the mirrors and started attacking Sasuke with Senbon. Sasuke covered his head with this hands protecting himself from the Senbon.

Kakashi wanted to go and help Sasuke but he was stopped by Zabuza.

Sasuke waited for the Senbon to hit him but it never did. He only heard a sound of a Kunai deflecting them. He raised his head to see what happened only to see his teammate, Naruto.

"Naruto?!" said Sasuke shocked. He wanted to ask him, how he came so fast but then remembered the Kunai he had from Naruto.

Naruto was holding two of the Special Kunai in his hands and on the ground surrounding them were Senbon that Naruto had stopped.

Another chapter is done! Thank you everyone for reading and please review and tell me your thoughts. I always love to read them and they motivate me to write and improve myself more. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and have a fun rest of your time!

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