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Chapter 5: Back to Back C ranks.

Team 7 jumped through the forest of Hi no Kuni in relative silence saying nothing to each other as most were excited to have left the walls of Konoha on their first mission. Naruto nervously fidgeted with his gear.

Kakashi held up his hand as they approached a clearing as the team came to a halt the genin breathed a little harder than normal but otherwise were in good shape as kakashi gave them the signal to circle up.

"Alright guys I need to fully explain the mission to you guys. We have orders to not capture the Bandits but to kill them. These will be your first kills however that's the life of a ninja. I understand this will be difficult and if you can't do it I understand." Kakashi said as the genin looked between each other as if having a conversation through looks.

"We understand Kakashi-sensei… however we're ready at least as ready as we can be." Naruto said with a frown as kakashi nodded.

"I'll protect all of you no matter what I have all of your backs." Kakashi said with an eye smile as the team took off once more Temari and Naruto next to each other.

"Are you sure about this Naru-Kun?" She asked Naruto with concern in both her eyes and voice as she looked at her future husband.

"I don't like the idea of killing but if I'm going to become the super awesome shinobi I want to be there's really no choice. I will kill to protect the people I love which includes you." He said with a smile which reassured Temari who returned the smile.

"Are you going to be fine with this Temari-chan?" Naruto asked with the same amount of concern that temari had shown to him.

"Yeah I've already steeled myself that as a ninja I will have to kill to protect the ones I love." She said as Shikamaru appeared next to the two.

"Are you going to be ok with this Shikamaru?" Naruto asked as Shikamaru frowned but shrugged nonetheless.

"Yeah it's troublesome but I figured this would happen one day." He said as kakashi hopped behind them smiling under his mask as his students talked amongst themselves.

Seeing the village in the distance the team speed up as the arrived at the outskirts villagers spotting the ninja and began talking to themselves happy that they had arrived. It didn't take long for them to walk to the center of the village as a village elder ran out to meet them.

"Shinobi-san thank you for coming to quickly!" He called out as he bowed to the team of genin which they returned raising up the village elder motioned for them to follow him into his office.

"So what can you tell us about the bandits?" Kakashi asked once they entered the office as the village elder offered some snacks and drinks to the team which the genin gratefully accepted.

"Well so far we know there's about 50 of them most of the time they'll just attack our supplies however they've gotten bolder and have elected to attack the outskirts of the village. We think their encamped down the river as that's where most of the attacks come from." The village elder explained as Kakashi took mental notes of the information.

"Do you know if there's any hostages?" Kakashi asked which made the elder frown and nod.

"Mostly woman and the occasional child and a few of our fighting age men." The elder told him as kakashi nodded.

"Ok We'll scout out the camp today and attack tonight we should return in the morning." Kakashi told the villager elder who thanked them as they left.

"Alright try not to be seen or attack anyone at all costs we're just seeing what's there." Kakashi told his genin who nodded as they once again took to the trees heading south down the river. Halting near a clearing they could hear the bustle of a camp nodding to each other the ninja fanned out getting an eye on the camp.

Naruto frowned he counted roughly 75 bandits but he didn't see any fighting age men he did however see woman being dragged around by their hair most had rags while some of the women didn't have anything. Almost all of them were dirty and roughed up. Holding down his rage he reached out with his chakra while most of them didn't have chakra he did feel a few Ex shinobi from what it felt like. Looking over to kakashi he could see that the man was thinking the same thing.

'We weren't given the full story it seems.' Everyone thought as they observed the camp looking for chockpoints, areas of most resistance, where prisoners might be kept etc.

Once Kakashi saw everything he needed and he was sure the genin had done the same he gave the signal to regroup the Genin left their spots returning to a small clearing to the north of the camp.

"Alright it looks like there was more to the story than we've been let on. Naruto I'm sure you felt the 3 large chakra signatures as well right? They felt to be around chunin level so I am officially upgrading this mission to a B rank." He said lightly shocking the young genin but they nodded nonetheless.

Grabbing a stick and making a patch of dirt Kakashi began to draw the camp layout with X's on the entrances and exits of the camp. He also circled key tents of interest where he believed prisoners were being kept.

"Ok here's the plan Naruto you're a good all around Ninja and as such you and I will be sneaking into the camp after dusk. I'll search this tent and you search this one." He said pointing to the two largest tents which naruto nodded to.

"Our first priority is to find any Prisoners and protect them. Once they've been found one of us will fire the signal in the air which will be a Koton technique." He said as the genin nodded turning to Temari and Shikamaru he continued.

"Temari You'll wait on the edge of the camp and wait to provide support if need be you'll also be tasked with blocking the exits once the time comes to attack. Shikamaru you'll be with temari once the Signal has been given you'll rush to support me and Naruto. Temari is with Naruto and Shikamaru you're with me." He said looking at his team to see if there were any doubts seeing none he gave an eye smile.

"You guys will do fine I won't let any of you die." He said as the genin went off to get some rest and prepare for the night to of the genin checked and then double checked their kunai and shuriken supplies. Naruto checked his scrolls to make sure his extra weapons were ready to be called upon. Temari checked her fan for any signs of damage or holes in the material satisfied there was none she double checked the fan again. Shikamaru… Shikamaru took a nap.

"Alright team it's time… I have faith in all of you." He said as the shinobi took to the trees quickly arriving at the camp. It was still alive with activity as the bandits milled around at the edge of the camp Kakashi and Naruto split off as Naruto blended into the shadows.

Sneaking around the camp naruto stopped behind some boxes as he listened in on some bandits.

"Do you really think the boss is going to accept this deal with orochimaru? Make all of us stronger?" One of the bandits asked.

"Why wouldn't he? It's orochimaru one of the strongest people alive!" The bandit said as naruto moved on after a patrol passed him by.

'Say Jiji wasn't Orochimaru one of your students' Naruto asked as he crept around the camp.

'Yes sadly he was Naruto-kun but the boy was always troubled looking for power. However I noticed it far to late I wish I had helped him more.' Hiruzen said with sadness and regret in his voice.

'We can discuss this more later Naruto-kun however right now is not the time' Hiruzen said cutting the connection as Naruto arrived outside his tent. A guard stood outside the tent unmoving Naruto frowned as he pulled out a tri pronged kunai throwing it quickly into the neck of the man who let out a wet gurgle as blood filled his neck and mouth. Hurrying over Naruto placed the man behind some boxes washing the blood away with a suiton jutsu. Satisfied that the evidence was hidden Naruto peaked into the tent as he saw no one he fully entered the tent and what he saw scared him for life.

The area was filled with dead bodies which had been torn apart it seemed and dissected barely containing the bile filling his throat naruto quickly left the tent bumping into somebody. Looking up in horror was one of the larger chakra signatures he had felt.

It was a female who looked to be about 18 she had long black hair and had on a simple purple flowing robes. Around her waist was a large purple rope tying together the robes which had nothing else on underneath.

"Hmm who's this? A little fox in the wrong area." She said sweetly as a kunai appeared in her hand ready to pierce naruto if hadn't unsheathed his katana intime a clang sounding out through the area as sparks flew away from the blades that had just clashed together.

A fireball erupted into the air as fighting broke out within the camp between the rest of the genin team and the bandits.

"Hm what's this the fox has friends huh?" She said kicking Naruto in the stomach and into a tent where two bandits were just waking up.

"Oh look what we have here a boy playing ninja." The older of the bandits said as he pulled out what had the form of a sword however the steel was so bent and destroyed it was hard to distinguish it as a sword.

"Let's teach him a lesson shall we." Said the other bandit with a butcher knife out. The female ninja elected to simply watch as naruto parried an attack from the odd looking sword with his own jumping away from the butcher knife which tried to take his head off.

"Naru-kun!" Shouted temari as she fended out a few bandits using her fan to crush their skulls as one of the other signatures appeared before her. This man looked to be 25 with spiky brown hair as he wore a purple suit with the same rope tied around his waist.

"Ah ah ah Orochimaru-sama is interested in that one." He said kicking her away from naruto who stabbed the bandit with the butcher knife through the heart.

"You… you bastard!" Shouted the man as he went for a wild swing only for naruto to knock away the sword throwing a shuriken straight into his through killing the man where he stood.

"You fight well fox-san but is it good enough?" She asked forming some hand seal as she fired a large fireball at naruto. Naruto stabbed his sword into the ground quickly forming hand seals of his own as his chest puffed up spitting out a wall of water.

"suiton: Suijinheki(Water release: Water wall technique)!" She shouted as the two jutsu collided forming a cloud of steam surrounding the two as naruto searched for his opponents signature which had vanished only to reappear right next to him.

"Very good fox-san but it's not enough." She said into his ear before kicking him in the side and away from his sword. Grunting Naruto held his side as he slid to a halt feeling a few cracked ribs which the fox was already healing.

Speeding through some hand seals Naruto's chest puffed out as he blew a large blast of air which was close to the force of a hurricane.

"Fūton: Daitoppa(Wind Release: Great breakthrough)!" He shouted blowing away the steam and attempting to blow away the lady the winds blasting into a few of the bandits who were milling around in the area killing them.
"My my my what a powerful attack." She said as she stood in the same spot next to his sword only her hair being messed up however she looked fine otherwise.

"Just who the hell are you!" Naruto shouted as he unsealed his Tantō charging once more towards the girl going for a swing to the head which the girl blocked calmly with a kunai as naruto used the force of the blades to go for a roundhouse kick which the girl blocked as well.

Jumping back naruto formed two platoons of clones one platoon dispersing throughout the camp to help his squad while the other platoon charged the lady who blocked and killed clones left and right.

Three Naruto's jumped up with rasengans formed in their hands descending upon the lady who pushed the two outer ones away and kicked the last one in the face all three dispersing. However she let out a grunt as a rasengan dug into her back sending her flying through some tents.

Panting slightly Naruto grinned however it turned to a look of terror as she stood up from the tents cracking her neck.

"This is getting interesting Fox-san but can you keep it up?" She asked.

(With Temari)

Temari panted as she blocked another kick from the man with her fan attempting to knock him away only for him to duck under the giant fan going in for a punch causing Temari to jump back once more.

"This is just annoying!" She shouted opening the fan she swung it mutltiple times sending blades of wind towards the man.

"Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu(Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique)!" She shouted as the man brought his arms up which gained slices from the wind cutting into them let them drop to the side once she was done Temari frowned as the man charged once more towards her.

"Your really think such a weak jutsu would kill me?" He asked as he launched a barrage of kicks sending temari flying into a stack of crates destroying most of them. The man went to attack her once more however he was stopped by a squad of Naruto clones. Two of the clans punched the man in the stomach doubling him over One of the clones kicked him in the chin sending him flying up into the air while the last two clones kicked him in the face sending him flying into a ten collapsing it down on top of him.

"The boss sends his regards Temari-chan." Said the leader of the clones as temari slowly got up leaning on her fan.

"Thank you Naru-kun I would have been a goner if you guys haven't arrived." She said with a smile however her happiness was short lived as one of the clones was literally torn in half at the waist dispersing in a puff of smoke.

"You annoying brat! I'll kill you for that!" He shouted as blood rolled down his face from a gash in his forehead with cuts in his clothes. He smashed through most of the clones however two of them escaped his wrath jumping next to temari.

The two remaining clones formed rasengans one appearing on both sides as they shoved the balls of chakra grinding into the man's sides however they were both dispersed in a puff of smoke as the man's fist caved through their heads however he hollowed in pain from the holes in his side.

"I'm going to kill that brat!" He shouted only to be blown away by temari with a swing of her fan as he skidded along the ground slowly getting up as black marks started to cover his body.

"I can't believe some snot nosed brats are making me use this." He growled as he moved with speed no man should posses as he punched Temari in the side sending her sprawling out. The man stood over her ready to cave in her chest only to pause with obvious restraint.

"Sorry we're late temari-chan." Came the voice of kakashi as electricity raced up his arm a sharingan flaring in his left eye.

"Hurry up kakashi-sensei! I can't hold him much longer!" Shouted Shikamaru.

(10 minutes earlier with Kakashi)

Kakashi moved stealthily through the camp sticking from cover to cover, staying within the shadows as he made his way to his tent. Along the way he heard mention of Orchimaru from some of the bandits.

Frowning Kakashi made a mental note to inform Minato of this development as soon as they got back to konoha Finally arriving at his tent he sweatdrop seeing the guard was taking a nap quitely slitting the man's throat he pulled him behind some boxes and moved inside seeing some hostages he motioned for them to keep quiet as he moved outside to send the signal however he was greeted with what looked like an ex Konoha shinobi with about 20 bandits surrounding him.

"Ah Kakashi Hatake I'm surprised they sent you to deal with me." Said the man white shoulder-length hair with a slight hint of blue to it and green eyes. He wore the standard attire of the Konoha-nin before his defection, which included flak jacket and forehead protector that he wore like a bandanna. The symbol for konoha however was crossed off.

"You look familiar wait… Mizuki? You used to be an academy however you defected a year ago." Kakashi said with a small frown under his mask.

"My reputation precedes me I'm happy." He said with a small smirk kakashi speed through some hand seals as he brough his hand up to his face breathing out a large fireball.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu(Fire release: Great Fireball Technique)!" He shouted as he formed two kage bunshin alongside him the bandits charging past Mizuki.

"What a loser he didn't even aim at us!" Shouted a bandit with a laugh only for it to die in his throat as a kunai made its way into his throat the man dropping dead as Shikamaru appeared next to Kakashi his hands shaking lightly.

"This is troublesome Kakashi-sensei." He said as kakashi's clones charged into the bandits hacking and slashing the men with kunai and throwing shuriken into others when they had the chance.

"I know Shikamaru however this is not the time to dwell on your first kill." He told Shikamaruo who nodded as the two joined the fray Shikamaru slamming a Kunai through someone's chin killing him instantly while kakashi finished off the remaining bandits leaving only Mizuki.

"I see those bandits were only someone such as Sharingan no Kakashi however I am no bandit." Said mizuki as he pulled a large shuriken off his back spinning it in his hand as he sent it flying towards kakashi how blocked his with a kunai sending it flying off course as Mizuki appeared in front of the man their kunai clashing against each other.

Shikamaru charged towards mizuki's side only swinging at his stomach which Mizuki barely dodged as he kicked the nara away a cut appearing in his shirt as kakashi went to slice his neck. Mizuki leaned back behind it dropping onto his hands he kicked his legs up hitting kakashi in the chin sending him into the air before kicking him in the stomach.

Kakashi slid to a halt with a grunt as he held his stomach as a clone punched mizuki sending him sprawling to the ground as he growled in anger. Jumping up he sent a barrage of kunai into the two clones which dispersed in a cloud of smoke.

"Your better then I thought you would be after training a team of brats kakashi." Mizuki said spitting out some blood.

"I'll take that as a complement." Kakashi said as the two men charged once more throwing their kunai against each other clangs echoing throughout their section of the camp. Neither man could gain an advantage till a naruto appeared kicking Mizuki in the head as the rest of the squad appeared giving kakashi a mock salute.

"Kakashi-sensei Squad two first platoon reporting for combat." came the leader of the squad as kakashi simply rolled his eye.

"Well well well if it isn't the kyuubi brat." Mizuki said as Shikamaru gained a look of confusion and Kakashi gained a look of fear as he quickly charged the man to silence him.

"Seems I've struck a nerve Kakashi." He said with a smirk as he and kakashi fought once more however he was forced to duck as a clone was thrown at him kakashi kneeing the man in the face as a crack was heard.

"You son of a bitch you broke my nose!" He yelled in anger as he took a calm breath only to block a kunai swipe from shikamaru.

"Do you brats ever learn." He said trying to kick Shikamaru again only for a naruto to grab the kick as spun in a circle sending the man flying however a kunai was sent into its chest courtesy of Mizuki. Slamming into the walls of the camp forming a crater in it Mizuki let out a groan as he got out of the wall.

"I can't believe you've forced me to this point." Mizuki said as black marks formed around his body as Kakashi gained a look of horror.

"Shikamaru Narutos be careful his power just increased tenfold." Kakashi said as he lifted up his Hitai-ate showing his sharingan to the world.

"Wow I'm honored to see such an eye." Mizuki said his voice slightly deeper.

"Nobody has ever lived to see it twice." Kakashi said as Mizuki disappeared slamming his elbow into kakashi's chest as kakashi grabbed it slicing into Mizukis bicep making him howl in pain as kakashi coughed up some spittle and blood.

The two engaged each other in a fierce battle of taijutsu Mizuki landing a cut of kakashi's arm as the two jumped away from each other as kakashi pulled out a scroll wiping some of his blood on it as he slammed it on the ground.

"Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no Jutsu(Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique)!" He shouted as mizuki cried in pain when a pack of dogs bit into Mizuki however the man moved forward slowly and painful.

"Naruto Shikamaru hold him down!" Kakashi ordered as Shikamaru dropped onto a knee holding his hands in a rat seal his shadow extending to mizuki as the remaining clones jumped onto the man some being dispersed.

"Kagemane no Jutsu(Shadow Imitation Technique) Success!" Shouted as mizuki was completely frozen in his place as kakashi held his arm a surge of electricity surrounding it.

"You were a good opponent Mizuki." Kakashi said as a look of fear came from mizuki as he struggled even more trying to escape as Kakashi charged the man his hand pulling back before stretching forward as shikamaru released the shadow his hand diving through mizuki's chest and heart.

"Raikiri(Lightning cutter)!" He shouted as blood spurted on kakashi's hand and out of mizuki's chest as he withdrew his hand the life slowly fading from mizuki's eyes before he fell dead the ninken pack dispersing as their job was done.

"Come on, let's go help temari." Kakashi said as Shikamaru nodded the clones dispersing to deal with the bandits.

(Back to the present.)

Kakashi charged forward once more as he drove his hand through the man's chest killing him instantly with another shout of the jutsu's name. Once the man slid off his arm kakashi began to pant as he recovered his sharingan.

Holding his hand out Temari grabbed it as she was pulled to her feet offering the two a smile as they turned to watch Naruto's fight Temari and Shikamaru looked ready to charge in however kakashi held them back.

"Wait let Naruto handle this we'll help if he needs it." Kakashi said as they watched Naruto and the lady trade steel back and forth naruto was covered in cuts and sweat as his clothes were trashed. The lady also had quite a few cuts cover her as naruto jumped away from the lady as he blazed through some hand seals.

"Suiton: Daiteppōdama(Water Release: Great gunshot)!" He shouted as his cheeks puffed up sending a large torrent of water at the lady tearing up the grass as she simply placed her kunai infront of her deflecting the water in two directions away from her.

"Hm it seems my allies are all dead Fox-san Orochimaru will not be happy however he'll be pleased with how strong you are… goodbye." She said blowing a kiss at Naruto before disappearing as if she was never there. Dropping to the ground Naruto panted as his team appeared next to him.

"Good job Naruto-otouto the camps been cleared out so lets return to the village." Kakashi said as he picked up Naruto in a piggy back ride leaving a clone behind who destroyed the camp in a wave of fire leaving no evidence it was there.

Once they made it back to the village, they were greeted by a large crowd including the hostages who thanked them profusely.

"Ninja-san please is there anything we can do for you?" Asked the village elder as kakashi set naruto back on his feet.

"Yes we could use somewhere to stay and rest for tonight." Kakashi said as the

Village elder was more than happy to provide each with their own room kakashi passed out as soon as he hit his own bed as the genin washed themselves of the blood.

Naruto stepped outside looking at the full moon that covered the area that night. Sighing as he felt as if the blood was still there he felt temari's chakra walk up behind him as she hugged him closely from behind.

"Are you ok Naru-kun?" She asked concerned for her Future husband as naruto nodded.

"Yeah nothing the fox can't heal… what about you are you holding up alright?" He asked avoiding what he had seen.

"I'll be fine, I'm just a little shook up from my fight and killing a couple of the men." She said softly as naruto turned around holding her tightly as he placed his head gently on her own.

"I know what you mean." He said softly as the two stayed like this for a while before they returned to naruto's room turning in for the night they held each other closer that night as if they were afraid one of them might disappear.

"Time to wake up love birds." Kakashi said in the morning from behind their door as the two groaned waking up and getting dressed meeting the rest of their team out in front of the town as they were waved goodbye.

"How are all of you holding up?" Kakashi asked as they set off back towards konoha.

"We're both fine I'm just shaken up a little is all." Naruto said as temari nodded shikamaru simply frowned.

"It was troublesome but I think we'll get through it." Shikamaru said as he subtly glanced at naruto wondering what mizuki meant by fox brat however he elected not to ask about it. The team had made it half way back before a courier

"Team 7! Urgent message from Hokage-sama!" Shouted the courier exhausted as the team came to a stop. Handing the scroll to kakashi who read it over the man waited for a response.

"Inform Minato-sensei we will immediately redirect towards Nami no Kuni." He told the man who saluted taking off towards Konoha.

"What's up kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked confused.

"Team 8 took a C-rank mission however itachi has bumped it up to a A-rank mission after running into the demon brother's we're to meet them at the house of their client as soon as possible." He said as he looked towards wave. "We're about a 2 day's journey so let's get moving!" He shouted as the ninja took off once more heading toward wave.

(Two days later)

Team 7 stood on the shore of Hi no Kuni panting heavily they had run for almost two days straight to rendezvous with Team 8 before they reached Nami no Kuni as there were very few ways onto the island.

"T-t-teme." Naruto panted out to sasuke who frowned.

"Your not looking to good there dobe." He said as Ino glomped onto naruto.

"Naruto-kun!" I'm so happy to see you!" She shouted as Naruto didn't have the will power to push her off.

"Please Ino-chan can't breath." He gasped out as ino released the man glaring daggers at temari who returned the glare. Naruto finally saw their client who didn't seem happy to see who their reinforcements client was a grey-haired, bespectacled man with a large beard and dark eyes. He wore a sleeveless v-neck shirt with an obi, pants and a pair of sandals. He also carried a towel around his neck and wore a pointed hat on his head.

"More brats to protect me?" He asked as Kakashi paused from speaking to Itachi and Izume.

"Trust me Tazuna was it? My team and Itachi-kun's team will be more than enough to handle whatever else is thrown our way." Kakashi said as Tazuna huffed but accepted it nonetheless.

Once the boat finally arrived they were ferried across the water the genin gasping at the size of the bridge.

"Keep it down we don't want to be caught." The driver said in a hushed town as he cut the engine as the teams drifted to shore. Once they reached the shore the two teams dismounted as they formed a protective formation around Tazuna with naruto and sasuke in the front. Shikamaru was on his left and Ino on his right. Temari and Yakumo brought up the rear. The 3 senseis formed a triangle around Tazuna with Itachi up at the front.

"How have you been Naruto-kun?" Itachi asked with a smile which Naruto returned.

"I've been good Itachi-Sensei how are you and Izume?" Naruto asked as itachi's smile softened.

"Well we've set a date I'm sure Kushina will receive the invite soon." He said as Naruto felt a chakra signature appear next to them glancing at Itachi he nodded feeling the signature as well. Swiftly he pulled out a kunai throwing it where he felt the chakra from. However a little bunny was all that came out from it.

"Wow Naruto-san what an amazing near kill you had there." Yakumo said from the rear however Naruto ignored her looking at the bunny it was snow white in the middle of summer. Something just didn't add up in his mind and then they heard something flying through the mist.

"Get down!" Shouted Kakashi as Ino and Temari pulled down Tazuna as everyone ducked under a massive sword flying over head.

"Wow what an entourage you've amassed Tazuna Itachi Uchiha, Izumi, Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake so that makes a total of what 5 sharingan protecting you?" The man said as he appeared on his sword Sasuke shot Itachi a look who returned him a look that said 'we'll talk about it later'.

"Zabuza Momochi I'm surprised to see you here." Kakashi said as the mist lowered a little bit revealing the now named Zabuza. Zabuza was a tall and noticeably muscular man with light grayish skin, short spiky black hair, dark brown eyes, and small eyebrows. He was normally seen wearing bandages like a mask over the bottom half of his face. He wore his forehead protector sideways on his head he was shirtless, with his chest only covered by a belt to which he attached his Kubikiribōchō, wearing baggy pants with the striped pattern typical of Kirigakure and mimetic wrist-warmers extending up to his elbows, with matching leg-warmers.

"Gato seems rather keen on killing this man so of course he would hire the best." Zabuza said as he flashed through some hand seals the mist thickened till it was impossible to see more that 2 feet.

"Kirigakure no Jutsu( Hiding in the mist technique)" He said lightly as he pulled his sword out of his of the tree.

"Larynx, Spine, Lungs, Liver, Juglar, Subclavian Artery, Kidneys, Heart Eight different points that can kill a man instantly where shall I strike?" Zabuza's voice came through the mist as if it was everywhere.

"Perhaps the heart?" Zabuza said with in the formation as every genin turned as Zabuza swung his sword in an attempt to decapitate however a kunai courtesy of Itachi stopped him as his sharingan flared to life. Izume appeared next to Itachi as she kicked Zabuza in the stomach sending him flying onto the lake

"I'll take care of this Itachi-kun Izumi-chan." Kakashi said with an eye smile as he reached up uncovering his sharingan.

"If you say so Kakashi-taicho." Itachi said as izumi nodded. Kakashi charged forward as he and zabuza clashed kunai against Kubikiribōchō as sparks flew off the two blades.

"You're pretty good Kakashi." Zabuza said as he kicked kakashi in the stomach sending the man flying into the water. Struggling to get up Kakashi began to wonder why the water felt so heavy however he realized too late

"Suirō no Jutsu(Water Prison Technique)!" Zabuza called out as a sphere of water surrounded kakashi trapping him 3 Zabuza clones forming out of the lake as they stood protectively of the real zabuza.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Shouted naruto as kakashi simply eye smiled sending a nod his way. Itachi and Naruto both stepped up Naruto with his sword out and Itachi with a kunai prepared.

"Follow my lead Naruto-kun." Itachi said as Naruto pulled out a tri-pronged kunai the two throwing them at the clones which they blocked effortlessly as both itachi and naruto appeared in front of a clone their respective weapons clashing against each other.

"Tri-pronged kunai… blonde hair? Blue eyes and red tips on his hair? A uzumaki sword." Zabuza said to himself before his eyes widened in realization. "You have to be shitting me your the brat of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki!" Zabuza shouted in realization as Naruto grinned.

"Your right!" Naruto said as he sliced through the clone with an overhead swing however he was forced to block another sword of the last clone however the clone was dispatched quickly by itachi who stabbed him in the side the two through more kunai as zabuza who was forced to dodge the kunai releasing Kakashi from the jutsu.

"Thank you Naruto-otuto Itachi-kun i'll take it from here!" Kakashi shouted as he and Zabuza started to flash through hand seals.

"What! Those are-" Zabuza began

"The exact same hand seals I'm making?" Kakashi finished

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu(Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)!" They both shouted as two dragons of water appeared circling around the shinobi before clashing against each other canceling both of them out.

"What the hell!" Zabuza called out as they both blazed through hand seals once more however kakashi was quicker.

"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu(Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique)!" Kakashi shouted as a large torrent of water crashed into Zabuza sending him into a group of trees as he sprawled out.

"Can… can you see the future?" Zabuza asked in pain staring at kakashi as he walked closer.

"Yes and I see your future is death." Kakashi said as he was about to strike only for 3 senbon driving into Zabuza's neck.

"Thank you konoha-san however I can take it from here." As a kiri hunter-nin appeared quickly throwing Zabuza over his shoulder and disappeared Kakashi Itachi and Izumi frowned as kakashi recovered his sharingan as he walked over to the rest of the shinobi.

"Alright Tanzua-san lets get to your house and actually… someone might have carried me." Kakashi said before flopping to the ground passed out.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Shouted all of team 7 as itachi rolled his eyes.

"Looks like Kakashi-taicho used his sharingan to much." He said as he and naruto picked up the man and made their way to tazuna's home were they were greeted by tazuna's daughter Tsunami. Tsunami has long blue-coloured hair. She wears a short-sleeved pink shirt with the end of the sleeves and the collar being red in colour. She also wears a long blue skirt.

"Thank you so much Ninja-san for protecting my father." She said with a bow which the ninja who weren't carrying kakashi returned.

"Thank you for hosting us during our stay here… however is there some place we can place kakashi-taicho?" Itachi asked as she nodded leading naruto and kakashi to the spare room.

Once kakashi was situated Naruto and Itachi returned to the main room once more.

"Alright get some rest guy's we're all going to need it." Izumi said as the genin split off to rest Team 7 was exhausted after nonstop moving for 3 days almost.

And we're out not a long chapter I know but there's some key events to happen next chapter and I don't want to drag out this chapter and have nothing in store for the rest of the arc.

What did you guys think of the fighting? I know it's not the best however I'm trying to improve it I'm also trying to not make naruto to strong from the get go however I do want him to be stronger than he is cannon seeing as he was raised by his parents and had stricter training in the academy to boot.

I know there's been a lack of Hiruzen and Kurama however I am going to rectify that soon I promise I'm honestly surprised how quickly I got this chapter out so i hope it doesn't feel rushed I just had a good plan and a lot of free time to just write so yeah.

I don't think there's anything else so Naruto Uzumaki-namikaze101 out!