Chapter 6: The Great Naruto Bridge

Kakashi awoke with a start glancing around in confusion on the unfamiliar room he calmed down when he spotted Itachi sitting in the corner seamingly asleep. Trying to sit up kakashi bit down a groan of pain as his stomach felt as if it was on fire.

"I wouldn't do that Kakashi-Taicho you took quite a beating a beating from Zabuza." Itachi said without opening his eyes as Kakashi laid back down.

"You know he's still alive right Itachi-kun?" Kakashi asked as he moved his head to look at Itachi who simply nodded.

"And where are the genin?" Kakashi asked as Itachi finally decided to open his eyes.

"Izumi-chan is currently training them Tazuna said it could take upwards of a month for the bridge to be completed so it's for the best we start training them. It should probably take Zabuza the same time to recover as well." Itachi said as kakashi nodded finally forcing himself up as Itachi handed him some crutches.

"Thank you Itachi-kun let's go see me cute little genin." Kakashi said with an eye smile as they exited the room and entered the living room.

"Oh Ninja-san I'm glad to see you awake I'm Tsunami." Tsunami said with a small bow which Kakashi tried his best to return.

"Please call me Kakashi it's a pleasure to meet you." Kakashi said as he leaned up right Tsunami doing the same as she smiled.

"We'll get out of your hair now Tsunami-san." Itachi said as they walked out of the woods and into the clearing.

"Has Minato-sensei been alerted to everything that's happened here?" Kakashi asked as Itachi nodded.

"Yes I sent a crow to konoha with information about our mission here and how it has changed however I haven't heard anything back yet… I wonder if Kushina-sama found out." Itachi finished with a snicker which Kakashi shared at his sensei's possible misfortune.

Finally arriving where their teams were training Itachi and sasuke were greeted by Naruto and sasuke fighting while neither of them could gain the upperhand in the bout of taijutsu.

"It's good to see you up and moving Kakashi-san." Izumi said with a sweet smile which Kakashi returned as an eye smile.

"Thank you Izumi-san." He said as he returned to watching Naruto and Sasuke spar. "How long have they been at it?" He asked curious how long the two self preclaimed

rivals could fight.

"Hmm I want to say about half an hour." She said as if she was talking about the

weather.

"Half an hour! Of pure taijutsu? How can they keep this up?" Kakashi asked in confusion as Itachi and Izumi gave each other a look.

"I think their longest spar was two hours I'm not sure why but when it's them fighting they can find stamina from nowhere." Izumi said with a sigh while Itachi simply shook his head and Kakashi's eye began to twitch.

"Guess I have some training to increase." He said with a sweet voice Temari looked over at Izumi and smiled excitedly when she saw kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei! Your up!" She shouted causing Shikamaru to look over at kakashi and Naruto to do the same only to be sent sprawling courtesy of a punch by Sasuke. However Naruto recovered quickly as he launched himself into Kakashi nearly taking the masked man out.

"Whoa Otuto I know your happy to see me but you don't have to take me out." He ruffled naruto's hair affectionately as he pushed the young boy away.

"Sorry Kakashi-nii you had us worried is all." Naruto said with a large smile happy to see Kakashi back up and moving.

"So what's this I hear about you having unlimited stamina to fight Sasuke?" Kakashi asked with a predatory smirk under his mask as Naruto's face morphed into sheer horror.

"Please no Kakashi you already train me so hard I can't take any more!" He shouted dropping to his knees begging for mercy. However Kakashi was ready to show none as he simply shook his head.

"Sorry Naruto already made my mind so you can start by running up that tree over there hmm let's start off with 100 times." Kakashi said nonchalantly as Naruto shook his head only for Kakashi to lean in and whisper something to kakashi. Kakashi gasped and looked at kakashi in horror questioning if he would actually do it. Nodding it naruto was instantly moving up and down the tree.

"What did you threaten him with?" Itachi asked Kakashi who leaned over whispering in his ear as itachi gave him a questioning look.

"Really?" Itachi asked which Kakashi nodded to. "You're telling me Naruto-" Kakashi quickly covered Itachi's mouth look deeply into his eyes. Seeing Itachi nod in understanding kakashi stepped or rather hobbled away.

"Never would have thought." Itachi said as he watched Naruto rushing up and down the tree as if his life depended on it which it did.

"What are you guys waiting for get to it I want 50 laps from the both of you." Kakashi said looking at Temari and Shikamaru who sighed as they joined their blonde teammate in running up and down their own tree.

"Same goes for you guys." Itachi said looking at his own team who wasted no time in joining the other genin in running up and down the trees. Seeing that the genin would be busy for a while Kakashi pulled out his orange book which infuriated Izumi.

"Are you really reading that right in front of me?" She asked as she rolled up her sleeve attempting to hit Kakashi who lazily dodged the attack.

"Now now Izumi-chan we don't want to hurt kakashi anymore than he already is, do we?" he asked his fiance not wanting his old Anbu captain to get injured.

"Hmph fine I would hurt the pervert." She said with a huff as kakashi thought about something.

"Say who's looking over Tazuna at the bridge right now?" Kakashi asked curious about who was protecting their client.

"I have a Kage Bushin protecting him at the moment however we should start rotating in our genin." Itachi said as Kakashi nodded going back to his orange book giggling lightly as he read.

(One Hour later)

After an hour of running the genin were finally done as they laid on the ground huffing and puffing as sweat seemed to cover the ground in a puddle around them. Looking up from his book kakashi smiled under his mask.

"Good seems you guys are done that's good go ahead and get some lunch after that you're free to do some specialization training of whatever you choose. Yes that includes fuinjutsu Naruto." He said not even looking up from his book as he followed his genin into the house Itachi and Izumi already having left to the bridge to protect the builder.

"Oh finally done training huh?" Tsunami asked with a smile as she laid out some lunch for the young ninja in her house who instantly went to work on the available food.

"Their done with their physical training however their not quite done with their training for today." Kakashi said with an eye smile as he ate his own meal. Everyone paused even Tsunami to watch Kakashi as he brought some noodles up to his mask however it seemed to go right through.

"Dammit! He's using a genjutsu that's so not fair!" Naruto shouted as the others face planted at kakashi's actions.

"After all this time it's always the same thing it's so troublesome." The resident Nara said as he tried to understand the logic behind the man's actions however he could find any.

"I-I just don't get it even after living with the uzumaki I've never met a trait that seems to perplex me so much!" Temari shouted in rage as she pulled at her pigtails in rage as the members of team 8 tried to understand why team 7 was so angry. Kakashi on the other hand didn't seem to notice as he plucked some food from Naruto's plate.

"If you're not going to eat it, I will." Kakashi said with an eye smile as the genin looked between themselves before they went back to work demolishing the meal that Tsunami had made. Once each genin had their fill they separated to do their own thing. Temari and Sasuke went outside to work on some ninjutsu. Ino and Shikamaru went off to play a game of shogi while Naruto pulled out a book and a scroll working on some seals while Yakumo worked on some paintings.

"What level sealmaster are you now? Naruto." Kakashi asked as Naruto didn't even look up from his seal.

"Level three which mom says good for someone my age most Uzumaki genin would only be reaching level two by now unless they were part of the royal line like I am." He said as he copied a seal matrix along the scroll over and over again.

"Level three? That's mostly combat seals right? Or atleast seals that are more aligned with combat." Kakashi asked while he dabbled with self made storage seals he didn't use it for much more.

"Yeah it's explosive seals, different types of paralysis seals and even some chakra restrain seals." Naruto said as he clicked his tongue as he messed up on a matrix.

"Keep on the good work otuto I'm going to check on everyone else." He said as he ruffled Naruto's hair once more much to Naruto's displeasure as it messed up the seal again. Kakashi hobbled outside to watch as temari and Sasuke destroyed their own tree with Temari using her fan and Sasuke using fire Jutsu.

"Hmm Temari it must take a good amount of chakra to use your fan like that right?" Kakashi asked as temari stopped what she was doing as she huffed and puffed once she regained her composure and thought about it for a moment she finally spoke.

"I suppose it depends on what Jutsu I use but it takes quite a bit of chakra after a while." She said with a frown as she wondered why kakashi asked such a thing.

"I see I know from your academy scores you're no slouch in Taijutsu and I've seen you use the fan as a weapon. I think we should train on what to do when your getting low on chakra." He said with an eye smile.

(Two weeks later)

Team 7 and team 8 had been rather busy the last two weeks with both teams on a rotation. One day team 7 would be at the bridge with team 8 training and by extension protecting tsunami and her son Inari. Inari has spiky black hair and dark-coloured eyes. He wore a green jumpsuit with a yellow shirt and a simple pair of sandals. He also wore a blue and white striped hat. Both teams of genin had come to despise the kid as he would constantly spout off about how they were all going to die to gato.

Each of the teams had seen nami by now as well and it all made them sick even Kakashi and Itachi to see everyone there in such despair it was unbelievable. It had however strengthened everyone resolve to free the nation of gato no matter the cost. Each member of the team had also begun to train harder as a result.

Currently Naruto and sasuke were laying on the ground panting hard after a fierce taijutsu bought between the two both hated to admit it but neither could really gain the upperhand between the two. Naruto had speed behind him while sasuke had power behind his strikes. While Naruto could pepper Sasuke with hit after hit he could never put the Uchiha down while sasuke could land one good hit on Naruto and it would push him back.

"God dammit Naruto what number is that?" Sasuke said as he covered his eyes with his arms trying to catch his breath.

"55? With a draw." Naruto said as he slowly pushed himself up only to fall back into the earth with a soft groan.

"It's so comfortable in this grass I think I'll stay here forever." Naruto said dreamily as Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"What if I said dinner was ready?" Kakashi said as he poked his foot into the side of Naruto who barely budged.

"I would only move for ramen right now." He said from the grass as kakashi rolled his eyes kicking Naruto a little harder.

"I guess I'll have to tell kushi-." Kakashi was cut off as Naruto shot up running into the house as sasuke looked at kakashi confused. However he slowly pushed himself up dusting off his clothes.

"You always seem to move him with the same threat… I want to learn it." Sasuke said with a dark chuckle thinking of the blackmail he could use again Naruto.

"No can do it's a secret between brothers." Kakashi said shaking his head as Sasuke sighed knowing kakashi was unlikely to give up the information easily. Walking into the house Sasuke was greeted by an aroma that could entice anyone into eating.

Naruto grinned as he began to dig in it was amazing that the young boy wasn't fat from the amount he ate constantly however everyone chalked it up to uzumaki genes. Everyone was rather lively as they told jokes and laughed amongst themselves.

"So you're telling me." Naruto paused to gulp down some food. "Tazuna's dream was to be a school teacher." Naruto asked Tsunami who smiled and nodded. "Who would let his drunken ass teach?" Naruto asked as everyone even Tazuna laughed.

"The same people who let someone like you become a ninja." Tazuna shot back which again elicited a laugh from everyone in the room. Inari simply sat sulking in his own little world ignoring the banter and happy atmosphere within the room. Sulking and barely picking at his food if that, he decided to speak up.

"You know you guys are all going to get killed right?" He said barely above a whisper but everyone heard it. "So why do you try so hard to get stronger? It makes no sense." He said with a frown as he set down his food.

Naruto slowly set down his own food as he stared at it for a moment Temari reached out and wrapped her hand around her own but the message was clear.

"Because none of us have had the easiest life so far. Sasuke Itachi and Izumi almost lost their entire clan in one night. Temari was forced to move away from her home away from her family. Kakashi's father killed himself when he was only 7. Yakumo is the last of her clans main branch. Sure they could all sulk around and cry about their problems but they don't." Naruto said taking a deep calming breath and Inari's frown grew larger.

"Yeah so what you're excuse? You've probably had the easiest light amongst everyone here." Inari said which shattered the Naruto's calming efforts as he shout up grabbing Inari by his collar pulling him close.

"Sure I have my family but you know what I nearly lost them the day I was born if it wasn't for the efforts of a kind old man. And since that day half of the village hated me for something I had no control over. I never really had friends growing up either because most people avoided me either for my status as the hokage's son or something else. I've had it easy but it's never come without hardships!" He shouted as he dropped inari on his ass who scurried up the stairs crying. Turning on his heel Naruto walked out to the door.

"Where are you going otuto?" Kakashi asked as Naruto didn't even look back as he opened the door.

"To train." He said simply before slamming the door shut behind him shaking the whole house.

"I'm sorry for his actions… He's never really liked talking about his childhood. Temari said bowing to Tsunami who waved her hand.

"It's fine really I'm sorry for the way Inari acted tonight." Tsunami returned the bow. "However I must ask is everything that Naruto-kun said true?" She asked they both straightened up.

"Sadly yes my otuto never had the easiest life and I shudder to think what would have happened if Kushina-sama and Minato-sensei had died that day." Kakashi cut in as he nodded to Temari. Both had witnessed the cruel acts towards young Naruto which only made them love the young man more.

"But he's always so cheery you'd never guess he had a rough childhood from the way he acted." Tazuna said with a frown as he looked towards the door which Naruto had left through.

"Naruto's really resilient I've never really seen him sad or cry really. I think he's steeled himself to what he's gone through better than anyone could ever do." Temari said with a frown as the family returned to eating the dinner however this time they were subdued no one really talked.

(Next morning)

"Naruto-kun… Naru-kun." Temari said as she gently shook the young boy trying to wake him up. However she let out a small "Eep" as Naruto suddenly reached up and pulled her close to him.

"Good morning tem-chan." He said into her ear which made the young teen shiver slightly.

"Someone's a little clingy this morning." Temari joked as the two leaned in for a short kiss. Pulling back the two sat there happy to just be in each other's arms.

"Yeah Inari really got into my head last night I don't even know why." He said with a frown as he finally opened his eyes only for temari to once again move in for a kiss as the two began to make out this time as temari pushed the young teenage boy to the ground.

"Forget about it, or do you need me to make you forget about it?" Temari asked as she leaned in and whispered into her ear.

"Oh please make me forget about it." Naruto said with a small grin as the two began to kiss once more.

Lime warning

The two let their hands wonder as Naruto's made his way to her ass which he gave a light squeeze while Temaris went underneath Naruto's shirt as she rubbed her hands upon his abs. Moving his hands up Naruto moved to remove Temari's shirt which she happily helped him in doing so. Casting a couple of hand seals a privacy barrier was placed around them.

Naruto's hands move to underneath Temari's bra as he played with and squeezed Temari's breasts eliciting a small gasp and moan from the girl. Temari quickly moved to remove Naruto's own shirt which he helped her do as well.

Slowly kissing her way down from Naruto's chin Temari quickly reached naruto's pants which she lowered them allowing narutos dick to spring out as she slowly started to stroke it as she licked and sucked on the moaned as he softly put a hand on the back of Temari's head.

Getting the idea temari focused on just using her mouth as she fully took Naruto's dick in her mouth. Naruto moaned as temari began to bob her head up and down bringing Naruto closer and closer to the edge.

"Oh shit Temari I'm cumming ah I'm cumming." Naruto moaned out as he came in Temari's mouth as she greedily licked it up with a moan.

"Yo always taste so good." She said as Naruto panted trying come down from high orgasm high.

"Thanks." He said with a grin before his head rolled over looking at a spot in the forest however he quickly moved passed it. Sitting up and pushing down temari he snaked his hands into her pants slowly rubbing and teasing her lower lips. Leaning in close and kissing her ear he whispered into it.

"We have someone watching us… it's the same hunter-nin from before." He said as one hand came up to play with her breasts.

"Oh you don't say?" Temari said before moaning at Naruto's actions.

"Mhm so why don't we finish and let them make their presence known?" Naruto asked as Temari nodded faking an orgasm as the two sat back from each other panting.

Lime End

Getting dressed once more Naruto dropped the privacy seal and it was at this time the fake hunter nin made her presence known. Walking out of the bush carrying a basket she stopped and smiled.

"Oh ninja-san I wasn't expecting to see someone like you here." She said as Temari and Naruto got a good look at her. She long black hair, pale skin and large, dark-brown eyes, and a slender frame. She had a pink, sleeveless kimono, with pale red edges and decorated with small plum-coloured swirls, that went to her ankles. Around her waist was a simple white obi tied in a bow, and he wore a pair of light brown sandals with dark straps. She also wore a dark-coloured choker around her neck.

'Damn she's cute.' They both thought as they turned wondering their partner had the same idea.

"What are you doing out here mrs?" Naruto asked, curious as to what their potential opponent was named.

"Is it not polite to introduce one's self first?" She asked with a smile while temari rolled her eyes.

"I'm Temari and this is haku." She said which the girl returned.

"My name is Haku." The now named Haku said as she raised from her bow.

"What are you doing out here haku-san? It's quite dangerous I'm sure with Gato's goons running around." Naruto said with a frown.

"Well you see a precious person of mine was injured recently so I'm out picking herbs to help them get better." Haku said with a smile.

"Maybe we could help you Haku-san." Temari said with a fake smile which Haku returned.

"Of course I'm picking herbs over in this clearing over here." Haku said leading the couple over to a small clearing which was filled with plants similar to the ones in Haku's basket already. As the 3 teens sat in the cleering they picked in a rather comfortable silence.

"Do you have any precious people? Naruto-kun?" Haku asked as Naruto nodded with a smile while Temari glared at Haku for adding the kun suffix to naruto's name.

"Well yeah theres Tou-san and Kaa-san, Ero-sanin and Tsunade-obaachan. There's also Aiko-chan and Kaito-Otuto. Of course Temari-chan is on my list why do you ask haku-chan?" Naruto asked curious.

"I believe someone is truly strong when they have precious people to protect. I'm happy you have so many precious people in your life." She said with a smile as everyone returned to picking herbs in silence. Once Haku was sure she had enough herbs she slowly dusted herself and began to stand.

"Thank you for your help Temari-san Naruto-kun." She said with a thankful smile as the couple stood up dusting themselves off as well.

"Your welcome Haku-chan/san." Temari and Naruto said as they began to go their different ways however Haku paused.

"Just so you know I'm the guy." She said as Naruto and Temari paused and looked at each other in fear before Haku began to chuckle.

"Sorry I couldn't help myself I am a girl." She said with a soft smile as she waved.

"Tell Zabuza-san we say hi." Naruto said with a smile as Haku's face turned to horror before it steeled itself.

"So you knew huh? I'm sorry Temari-san Naruto-kun if we come to blows I will do what I must for Zabuza-sama." She said as she turned and left the couple leaving as well. Naruto and Temari walked in a comfortable silence as the two leaned into each other enjoying the sounds of the forest. Once they reached the house they seperated if only a little as they spotted Kakashi sitting on the porch.

"Oh the lovebirds are back finally? How was your stroll in the woods?" He asked with an eye smile as Naruto rolled his eyes at Kakashi.

"You should know better than to ask such things Nii-san however the training was

good I blew off a lot of steam." He said as kakashi nodded.

"I spoke with Inari last night I think what you said put some perspective in his life." Kakashi said as Naruto smiled.

"That's good I hope he gets better." Naruto told Kakashi who simply nodded opening up a little orange book.

"For now get some rest you too you've been out all night so don't work about training." He told the two who smiled gratefully running inside and up to their rooms for some well deserved rest.

(2 weeks later)

The second half of the mission had gone smoother than before Inari had become cheerful if only a little bit day by day. Both teams also grew stronger while they were no elite jounin or shinobi they were better than a fresh genin. Temari and Naruto had both met with Haku a few more times however they never talked about their respective teams.

However the three teens knew that the day of battle drew nearer and nearer as much as they didn't want to fight they knew that realistically they had no choice. As such they tried to enjoy their time together as much as they could each growing close to each other.

"We all know the plan right?" Kakashi asked as each teams sat around the table the day they knew zabuza would attack them on.

"Me and Ino shall stay behind and protect the house with Izumi-sensei." Yakamo said as Kakashi nodded looking over at the other genin.

"Me and Sasuke will fight Zabuza's apprentice." Naruto said as Temari spoke up next.

"Me and Shikamaru will protect Tazuna on the bridge while you and Itachi-sensei fight Zabuza." Temari finished which caused Kakashi to give an eye smile to all of the genin assembled.

"Good Tazuna-san are you ready?" Kakashi asked as the older man nodded wearily knowing the danger that would be on that bridge.

"As ready as I'll ever be." He said with a tired sigh as Kakashi nodded.

"Alright team let's move out." Kakashi said as the different teams moved with their different partner or priotiery. Ino stopped as she turned to move to check over the house one more time.

"Um Naruto-kun?" She called out as Naruto paused and looked at temari who looked into her eyes. The two of them had a mental conversation however she finally relented and nodded.

"Yes Ino-chan?" He asked as she smiled and ran up to the young boy.

"Please be careful out there Naruto-kun don't die." She mumbled softly into his chest as he slowly wrapped his arms around her after recovering from the shock of the young girl suddenly hugging him.

"Of course Ino-chan I have precious people to protect." He said as he pulled back from the hug giving her a thumbs up before heading off towards the bridge as Ino watched his back.

"Ugh Ino if you could please stop obsessing over your crush we have a job to do." Yakamo's voice said from within Ino's ear snapping the girl out of her trance as she at least had the decency to blush.

"Sorry your right Yakamo." She said as the two got to work.

Meanwhile with the bridge crew it became harder and harder to see as the mist grew heavier and heavier before pretty soon they were relying on proximity and memory to tell where they were going. Naruto frowned as even his sensory abilities were hardly working due to the amount of chakra within the mist. They were given some reprieve as they got closer the mist began to unroll a little bit until the team reached the center of the bridge.

"So finally decided to show up Tazuna?" Zabuza's voice rang out from within the mist as it slowly rolled back to reveal Zabuza and Haku who had her mask on. The two stood a mere 50 feet from their enemy Zabuza was wearing a black tank top this time and he leaned upon his sword ready to strike.

"Zabuza-san it's good to see you again." Kakashi said with an eye smile as Zabuza let out a small huff of annoyance.

"Are all Konoha shinobi like you Kakashi-san?" He asked with Kakashi nodded.

"I wish that wasn't such a scary thought." He said as they thought of a village filled with masked shinobi like kakashi.

"Shall we get down to business?" Kakashi said as Zabuza rolled his eyes giving a gesture of his hand to haku who shot off towards the konoha shinobi only for Sasuke to appear before her sending her flying towards the edge of the nearly finished bridge. Naruto landed next to sasuke as the two nodded heading off towards her.

"Oh you think your genin can handle my apprentice I'm sorry but you'll be disappointed by the outcome of their battle." Zabuza taunted as he hefted his sword upon his shoulder giving a come hither motion to Kakashi who blasted off towards the masked man.

Kakashi's kunai clashed with Zabuza's blade as sparks flew off the clashing blades Kakashi's free hand reached up uncovering his sharingan.

"Be proud of yourself Zabuza no one has ever lived to see me use my sharingan twice." Kakashi said as a Grin formed on the man's face as he suddenly pulled his large blade back pulling Kakashi off balance as Zabuza went to cut of Kakashi's head.

Kakashi quickly brought up his kunai once more as he grunted a sharp pain ringing through his arm as he was slowly pushed back by Zabuza's blade. Grunting Kakashi pushed the blade back as he went for a stab at Zabuza's neck only for the man to bring his blade up to protect himself.

Kakashi jumped back as he ran through some hand seals quickly his cheeks puffing up before spitting out a large ball of fire. Zabuza sheathed his blade running through hand seals as well his own cheeks puffing out as a large glob of water was shot out.

"Suiton: Teppōdama(Water Release: Gunshot)/Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu(Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" They both shouted at the two jutsu clashed into each other sending a blast of steam at both men who rushed through the large cloud of steam as their two respective weapons clashed together once more. Both men tried to get an upperhand swinging at each other relentlessly.

"I must say I'm rather impressed Kakashi." Zabuza said as the two stood in a standstill once more as the two exploded in a clash of fury once again sparks illuminating the entire area as the clangs echoed in the mist.

"Your no slouch yourself." Kakashi said with another grunt as he felt another round of vibrations shooting up his arm as he hissed out in pain slightly. Pushing back the blade Kakashi slide his kunai up Zabuza's sword as he sliced at his chest as Zabuza shot backwards receiving a minor cut.

"Ouch that hurt." Zabuza mocked as he brought his sword up swinging at Kakashi's neck once again only for the man to drop onto his back as he kick the giant sword up as zabuza grunted losing his balance as he flipped back shooting backwards even farther only to block another kunai swipe from kakashi.

"Your just getting annoying now Kakashi!" Zabuza shouted in rage as he swung his sword once more as his tipped scratched kakashi's chest forming a large slash across his flak jacket. Kakashi shot back checking the wound once he was satisfied he prepared to shoot forward only to glance over where Naruto and Sasuke were fighting to see a large doom of mirrors.

"Looks like your genin are finished for." Zabuza said with a dark chuckle as he charged forward once more forcing Kakashi to turn his attention back to Zabuza as Itachi appeared blocking the blade with a kunai of his own.

"Sorry to interrupt Kakashi-Taicho but I couldn't let him attack you while you were distracted." Itachi said as Kakashi appeared next to the uchiha kicking Zabuza in the stomach sending the man flying back.

"Thank you Itachi-kun but I'll take it from here." He said with an eye smile as Itachi nodded however everyone on the bridge stopped feeling a dark chakra coming from the mirrors.

"Oh shit Naruto!" Kakashi said as he turned back to zabuza as he slammed a scroll on the ground.

"Sorry Zabuza looks like I have to finish this early." Kakashi said concern filling his voice.

(5 minutes earlier with Naruto and Sasuke)

Haku Finally came to a halt a small crack on her mask as she watched Naruto and Sasuke appeared before her both boys had a kunai drawn.

"For what it's worth I'm sorry I have to kill you two." She said with sadness heavy in her voice Sasuke charged first going for a kunai swipe only for it to be blocked by a sebon as Haku flashed through some one handed seals

"Sensatsu Suishō(Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death)!"She shouted as the water around them suddenly turned into what looked like Senbon as it floated in the air before being sent forwards towards Sasuke who was dog piled by a wall of Naruto clones who took the brunt of the attack protecting Naruto. While Haku jumped back and away from her attack

"Thanks dobe." Sasuke said without sparing a glance at the blonde who appeared next to him.

"Your welcome teme. To bad we don't know any Doton Jutsu those could come in handy right about now." Naruto said with a frown as while they paired up nearly perfectly with each other neither of them had a Doton affinity and had bothered to learn any jutsu.

"Yeah but what we know will be more than enough." Sasuke said as Naruto nodded Haku simply stared at the two saying nothing.

Nodding to each other they both went through two different sets of hand seals as both their cheeks puffed out.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu(Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)/ Fūton: Daitoppa(Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)!" Naruto and Sasuke shouted as they breathed out a torrent of flames and wind the two attacks combined creating a large see of fire obscuring them from Haku. Waiting with hitched breaths the two frowned seeing a Mirror of Ice appear before them before an entire dome of ice surrounded the two.

"Makyō Hyōshō(Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals)." Came Haku's voice as she stepped into the mirrors her body appearing around the duo.

"I'm sorry but this is the end for you." She said softly as she threw sebon at the young genin piercing the two multiple as they could do nothing but take barrage after barrage.

"Damnit!" Shouted naruto as a clone appeared next to him trying to form a Resengan only for the clone to popped by sebon as haku changed mirrors once again.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu(Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" Sasuke shouted as he breathed a large stream of fire at the mirrors only for nothing to happen. Sasuke was rewarded with more sebon for his efforts as Naruto fell to a knee from the amount of sebon protruding from his body.

"We're-we're getting nowhere here sasuke!" Shouted Naruto as he breathed hard both teenagers were barely able to move as haku frowned under her mask a single tear falling from one of her eyes.

"I'm sorry Ninja-san I wish it could have been different." She said lightly as she jumped from her mirror straight towards Naruto as sasuke looked on in horror before he felt himself pushing his legs as hard as he could towards Naruto as he stood in front of his friend protecting him from the rain of sebon as Naruto looked on in horror.

"Sasuke!" He shouted as the aforementioned boy fell into his arms as Naruto clutched him close.

"You idiot why!" Naruto shouted in rage as sasuke coughed up some blood as he smirked up at the boy.

"To prove one last time your a dobe… please Naruto live to be a great ninja." He said as he closed his eyes as naruto sat staring at Sasuke as tears leaked from his eyes.

'Naruto-kun you can't let your rage boil over… naruto… naruto!' Shouted Hiruzen from within Naruto however the young teen blocked him out as Haku looked upon him in sadness.

"Is this your first time watching a comrade die Naruto-kun? I'm sorry." She said softly as something snapped within Naruto at that moment.

'Yes boy use my power prove your strength!' Came the booming voice of the Kyuubi as Naruto softly set down Sasuke down his eyes became red his whisker marks more pronounced and dark and his nails grew sharper.

"I'm going to kill you!" He shouted as tears of sadness and rage fell down his cheeks shocking Haku as the demonic chakra washed over her as she tried to retreat into her mirrors only for naruto to appear before her decking her through the very mirror as she was sent straight through it rolling along the bridge. Naruto was once again on her as he mask began to crack and fall to pieces. Naruto drew his arm back ready to kill her only to pause as he saw the tears falling from his eyes.

"Please Naruto-kun kill me I am a worthless tool." She begged as Naruto slowly returned to normal.

'What are you doing boy!' Shouted the Kyuubi in rage.

'Be quite you furball.' Hiruzen cut in as the kyuubi growled in rage normally Naruto would have laughed at the aged hokage having called the fox such a thing but this was not the time for it as he cut himself off from the coming argument.

"I can't-." He paused as he felt hundreds of chakra signatures approaching as he frowned before his eyes widened in realization. Grabbing Haku with a shout of "no time to explain!" He appeared next to kakashi in a shushin as he prepared to summon his ninkin.

"Wait! We have bigger problems!" Naruto shouted startling Kakashi and Zabuza as he released Haku.

"What-Otuto are you ok! What do you mean?" Kakashi said in rapid succession looking over his little brother figure for any issues seeing nothing and seeing that Zabuza was waiting for an explanation. Motioning for Naruto to continue he nodded turning to zabuza.

"I think you've been betrayed by gato I feel hundreds of chakra signatures nearby ready to strike I didn't feel them till just now as the mist has weakened slightly." Naruto explained as Zabuza growled slightly at the thought of being betrayed.

"Looks like this is on hold for now kakashi I have an ex employer to kill." He grounded out as clapping could be heard down the bridge.

"Oh zabuza how the demon has fallen it seems and that bitch is still alive good I can't wait to use her." Came a voice in the mist which began to clear. What could only be assumed to be Gato stood in front of an army of mercenaries. Gato has shaggy brown hair and sports a pair of small, circular black glasses. He wears a black suit with a purple tie and closed-toed shoes.

"I'm going to kill you!" He shouted as he hefted his blade upon his shoulder once more turning to the Konoha shinobi.

"Feel free to join but Gato is mine." Zabuza said as the Shinobi on the bridge nodded as Itachi appeared next to Kakashi.

"Tazuna have moved over to Sasuke with Temari and Shikamaru they should be safe." He informed Kakashi who nodded.

"Kage Bushin no jutsu!(Shadow clone technique)" Naruto shouted as a platoon of clones appeared behind him.

"So many shadow clones I'm impressed kid." Zabuza said seeing the platoon as most of the mercenary's laughed.

"What are some clones of a snot nosed brat going to do with my men?" Gato asked with a dark chuckle as Kakashi made a familiar hand sign forming a squad of his own clones which dispersed into the platoon.

"If were all set, I think we have a tycoon to kill." Zabuza said as he charged forward as gato ran into the crowd of his men terrified watching Zabuza charge straight for him.

"Kill them all!" Gato yelled out as the first line was cut into by a swing of Zabuza's sword as Itachi appeared in the crowd slicing into as many men as possible before disappearing to a different pocket. The naruto squads dispersed led by a kakashi as they cut a path straight to gato who ran as far away as he could as Zabuza calmly walked towards the man.

"You tried to fuck me over Gato I won't stand for that!" He shouted, raising his blade as a mercenary was killed courtesy of Haku before they could stab him in the back. With a swing of his sword Gato's head left his body which was kicked into the sea as the rest of the mercenaries were either killed or sent packing once Inari and the town appeared.

"Naruto-Nii your ok!" Inari said rushing into Naruto's legs once the battle was over as the young teen was all hugged by Ino who stuck out her tongue at Temari.

"Yeah I am like I promised!" He said with a smile as he returned the two hugs. Stepping away, he walked over to Zabuza and Kakashi who were talking.

"I want to offer you a spot in Konoha with Haku Zabuza-san." He said with a small bow surprising both of the older men.

"We were just your enemy kid." Zabuza said in surprise as kakashi simply shook his head and gave an eye smile.

"Naruto has a way of seeing the best in people." He explained rubbing Naruto's head affectionately.

"Kakashi-nii! You know I don't like that." Naruto shouted with a pout as he shook his head.

"Now now naruto go check on sasuke I'll talk with Zabuza about returning to konoha." Kakashi told Naruto patting his shoulder as the boy nodded remembering the uchiha as he rushed over to were temari was checking over Sasuke.

"Ouch do you have to remove them so roughly!" Sasuke's voice rang out as Naruto smiled seeing Temari and Haku removing the sebon so he could at least move.

"Yes that's for having the bonehead decision to nearly cause naruto to go rampant!" Temari shouted with a glare as she continued to removed Sebon.

"I'm sorry Sasuke-san it hurts more to remove them slowly." Haku said with a bow as Shikamaru watched them motioning that they needed to talk, Naruto and Shikamaru walked over to a secluded part of the bridge.

"Naruto as your teammate I need to know… are you the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi?" He asked as Naruto frowned and nodded.

"How did you figure it out?" Naruto asked as Shikamaru shrugged.

"It's troublesome to explain but I've seen how some people treat you also the kyuubi attack was on your birthday. Finally the chakra you used today felt demonic it all kinda clicked over time." Shikamaru said lazily as he looked at his teammate.

"Do you hate me over it Shikamaru?" Naruto asked his voice for once was timid and meek.

"Nah it's too troublesome." He said with a small smile which naruto returned.

"Rally up everyone!" Shouted kakashi as they looked over to see the jounin were finished talking Temari and Haku helped Sasuke limp over once everyone was there he nodded.

"Alright the bridge will be finished in three days after which we'll set out to konoha… Zabuza and Haku will be joining us." He said with an eye smile as Naruto wooted in joy

"That's awesome!" He shouted as Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"I'm just happy I can get a rematch with Haku." He said with a smirk as Haku rolled her eyes.

(3 Days later)

Leaving Nami was a rather exciting affair the entire nation came to watch team 7 and team 8 with friends leave wishing them well and safe travels.

"Please come back soon shinobi-san!" Shouted some of the villagers as all of them cheered in excitement at being free once more. Naruto and inari stood off to the side sharing a moment.

"Please come back soon Naruto-Nii!" He shouted holding back tears as Naruto rubbed the top of inari's head.

"I will I promise Inari and don't hold back tears it's fine to cry." Naruto said with a smile as the two hugged once more as they headed back to the main group were Tsunami and Tazuna stood.

"Thank you again for protecting my father." She said with a bow which all of the shinobi returned.

"Please there's no need, thank you for your wonderful hospitality over this month." Kakashi said a tazuna grinned.

"Nami will always have a spot for each and everyone of you please arrive home safe." Tazuna said with a laugh as everyone waved heading down the bridge.

"What shall we name this bridge?" One the villagers asked which caused inari to grin.

"Why not the Great Naruto bridge!" Shouted inari as all of the villagers cheered.

"Hear that they think I'm awesome!" Naruto proclaimed as they finally reached the land of fire once more as he grinned Temari rolled her eyes as she walked next to him as Zabuza chuckled. Kakashi leaned in close to Naruto's whispering something into his ear which caused the poor boy to go pale once more.

"How can I learn this secret from you?" Temari asked as kakashi only shook his head.

"I'm sorry Temari however this is not something I can teach you can only find out for yourself." He said before slipping her a piece of paper. "However I can give you a hint." he said with an eye smile as Temari read it over nodding.

"Alright let's fully set off now!" Kakashi called out as they took to the trees traveling at full speed.

(2 days later)

Izumo and Kotetsu sat where they always sat in the gate house of konoha as they waited for people to come and go from konoha as they sat in bored silence.

"How is this so important again?" Kotetsu asked.

"Because we're the first line of defence dumbass." Izumo said rolling his eyes as he looked down the road.

"Oh look there's someone now!" He called out as the group grew larger and larger till team 7 and 8 were both visible.

"Hey kakashi and itachi! You guys are both returning at the same time huh? How were your missions? I didn't expect yours to be so long Kakashi." Kotetsu called out with a smile only to watch in disbelief as he spoted them walk by with Zabuza.

"Sorry guys gotta report to Minato-sensei I'll tell you later." He called out as the two chunin slumped down disappointed they were ignored.

"Told you gate duty sucked." Kotetsu said in sadness

"Yeah whatever." Izumo replied

It didn't take long for the two teams to reach Minato and give him the debrief on the events that had happened while the two teams were out on mission. To say the fourth hokage was shocked was an understatement.

"So let me get this straight you found bandits that have direct ties with Orochimaru and had three ninja connected to orochimaru with them? You saved an entire nation from one of the richest businessman in the world with the shinobi he hired and have brought them back to konoha?" Minato asked looking at the two teams who stood in front of him with Haku and Zabuza to their right.

"On top of that you." He said looking naruto. "Want them to join the village… you're too much like your mother for my own good." Minato said laying his head down on his desk in pain.

"Fine team 7 congrats on your success on both a B rank mission and an A rank mission. Team 8s congrats on your A rank mission Zabuza I'm sure you're more than worthy of jonin rank but we have to find where your loyalties lie. Go to the T&I department for an interview… where would you say Haku is?" He asked Zabuza thought for a moment before he shrugged.

"I'd say probably chunin." He said with a shrug as minato let out a long sigh.

"Haku-san you'll go for an interview as well and afterwards we'll test your skills but for not welcome to Konoha you can stay in the namikaze compound since Naruto here will take full responsibility for you two. Dismissed." Minato called out as the teams went their separate ways home to rest.

"I need a drink." Minato said as he pulled some sake out of his desk as he took a quick drink before returning to fighting his ultimate enemy. Paperwork.

Chapter 6 is done did you like it? Dislike it? Give me your opinions on this chapter. I'm sure it probably felt rushed at the end but I wanted to finish this arc to get into the chunin exams. There will be an intermission chapter and we'll be straight into it. Afterwards I have my own arc planned.

I'm trying to make my fighting scenes more fluid sounding I know that's not the easiest but I love the general fluidness of the anime and Naruto shippuden ending 14 because I love how smooth the fighting is in that.

Anyway's I'm finishing this chapter up at 2 in the morning and I'm super tired so for now please favorite follow and review this is Naruto Uzumaki-Namizake 101 out!