Summary- Shall be known as the plot continues

Disclaimer- I don't own naruto that is all

-note- Hello everyone, well I do believe that someone asked if I was going to add zabuza into this, well here is my answer. I said before also that he was one of my favorite characters too! Why wouldn't I want to add him in this fic. Now on with the story…enjoy!

Chapter 19: The bridge builder

A couple days had passed since Naruto had just started his time as a genin, and he was so bored he couldn't stop shaking from such…'excitement.' His team had already gained quite a name for itself, well mostly Naruto that is in D rank missions.

Naruto had usually spent his time training as he now just sent one kage buushin to do all his work for him. He had trouble maintaining the chakra for such a long distance, but he was much more successful at it from help from his large chakra capacity. By this day, Naruto and his group had completed 38 D rank missions and not too many C ranked since people were flocking for him to do their D rank missions.

Naruto was getting pretty pissed off now as this time when he sent his Kage buushin, he told it to give the Hokage a piece of his mind, and give him some C ranks finally.

"Comon! Give us some c rank mission at least! We already beat the other genins D rank record by 31 missions by far because of my massive chakra capacity plus my Kage Buushin, but this is getting far too boring." Naruto yelled.

"Yeah! All we have been doing is training and training as Naruto got the missions because they were too simple like planting crops and finding dogs." Tenten said.

"ano…Please give us a higher ranked mission please Hokage-sama…" Hinata said.

"Let me see here…" Sarutobi said.

"IF YOU DON'T GIVE US ONE, I'M GOING ON DENIAL OF D RANKED MISSIONS!" Naruto yelled.

"Just do as he says…once he says it, he definitely means it." Kurenai sighed.

"Hmmm…here it is, we have a c ranked mission borderline b ranked but we negotiated for a c ranked payment." Sarutobi said.

"REALLY! SUGOI! Let's go kick some butt!" Naruto said.

"Yeah, it's been a while since we all got to test out our abilities to the fullest!" Tenten said.

"It's true, you all have been training so much, I don't know how strong you are anymore." Kurenai said.

"Ano…what is the mission about" Hinata said actually paying attention to the mission objectives.

"Ok, in this mission you are to protect a man names Tazuna. He is currently working on a bridge which will link to trade in his country which is in its dark ages currently. I want you to protect him and his men until they have completed their bridge, once completed come back to Konoha immediately. This is the one you must protect." Sarutobi said as he pointed to the door.

"I'm going to be protected by brats…great" Tazuna said.

"We will surprise you more then you think we will if you continue to always think like that." Naruto said.

"We will just have to wait and find out." Tazuna said. "Ok, meet me at the north gate in 10 minutes as you ninjas better do a good job protecting me on my way back to wave country."

"Wave country…hidden mist village." Naruto muttered

"What you say?" Tazuna said.

"Nothing…" Naruto said.

Tazuna then walked to the north gate as to wait for the ninjas a they prepared for their mission to go outside of konoha.

-10 minutes later—

"Ok, we are ready to go, I am their jounin instructor Kurenai as I will be only watching as my genin do the work. I will only come in if they are going against someone who they really cannot beat." Kurenai said.

"Whatever, they just better do a good job." Tazuna said.

"As I said before to you Tazuna, we will amaze you more then you think we will." Naruto said." Just watch Hinata-chan and Tenten-chan, they are much more efficient then I am at these type of things. I just like going one on one."

Tenten and Hinata then blushed at this comment as they were finally off to the wave country, Tazuna was in front leading. He was then followed by Naruto, Tenten, then Hinata. The last person was Kurenai who was keeping watch from the back.

As they were walking in the hot sunny day, Naruto spoted a little puddle of water that was just out of the day.

"Hmmm…I wonder, do puddles usually form that never evaporate usually here in this scorching hot weather?" Naruto said wiping his forehead teasing the ninjas hidden in the puddles. Hinata, Tenten, and Kurenai caught this as well and joined the act as well.

"Ano…Naruto-kun do you need a handkerchief? It's quite hot here, how about we wash you off with some of that puddle water over there." Hinata said.

"Yes…I've always wanted to try my powerful Raiton skills" Tenten said knowing she did not know close to one part of those type of skills.

"I think I'm going to drop this chakra enhanced Kunai into this puddle as it plows extremely fast." Kurenai said.

"ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP!" said two people as they appeared from the water. "Nobody makes a fool out of the demon brother without paying dearly for it!"

"Apparently, you do know your weaker then genin and the poison on your hooks are dry?" Naruto said.

"Nani! Really!" The demon brothers said as they looked at their hook for a couple seconds seeing if the poison was actually dried up.

Tenten and Hinata saw their chance as they ran up to them and hit them down to the ground as they lay unconscious. They then tied them up and put a sign on their heads saying "I'm a bad man, please send me to a place were I can be tortured!"

"Damn, I must admit now, they did do a mighty fine job of those ninjas." Tazuna said.

"It looks like this mission just turned from a C to a B ranked mission in a matter of seconds" Kurenai said.

"Sorry…" Tazuna said.

"No problem, this is one of the best things that happened, time to finally practice on so… TAZUNA…DUCK!" Naruto said as he charged to Tazuna knocking him down as a huge blade just shaved off some hair.

"Hey! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Naruto yelled out.

"Fool…you cannot beat me…haven't you ever heard of the demon of the mist?" 'Demon of the mist' said.

"I guess we must fight you know, is it alright with you if I fight him alone to the death Hinata-chan, Tenten-chan, Kurenai-sensei?" Naruto said.

"We know your not going to die, don't kid yourself. Just have fun as your fighting." Kurenai said.

"Good luck Naruto-kun!" Hinata said.

"Kick his ass!" Tenten yelled.

"No problem, I would say that he should be at the level of a jounin. I probably can't defeat him without the help of you know who." Naruto said.

"Hah, you're a fool to fight me without your friends, I admire that, my name is Zabuza, yours?" Zabuza said.

"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto said. "Now lets get this battle started."

"Yes, but I am a Missing nin from mist, think you can take me on?" Zabuza said. "KIRIGAKURE NO JUTSU!"

A mist then started to form around them as it clouded their sense of sight as usual.

"Yawn…that's all? I think I should just dispel it." Naruto said. "Too bad I can't though, not enough control for my chakra."

"You won't be laughing for a while…I'm a master of silent killing" Zabuza said.

"Oh…really? Last master I fought beat me, but that master was calm all the way and thought everything through, can you do that?" Naruto said getting into his defensive stance.

Zabuza then appeared right behind Naruto as he was going to strike.

"ooo…A penny…" Naruto said ducking down dodging Zabuzas strink reaching down.

Zabuza was now getting pissed at Naruto's antics as he went for a vertical blow strait through Naruto

"Finally…close enough to hurt you…Kyuubi Style : Combo!" Naruto said as he dodged to the right and kicked his off to the side. He then ran and jumped and appeared right below him almost touching the ground as he slammed his legs up hitting him. He then finished it off with his back flip kick.

"Damn…how do you know where I am…" Zabuza said.

"Easily, I expertise somewhat in silent killing myself, but I don't really have a weapon now do I…" Naruto said as the other 4 just gazed on amazement as they saw little blurs through the mist.

"I see, you are truly formidable, I have no chance currently against you but by the time I get back you will not have the chance." Zabuza said before teleporting off with a poof.

Naruto then sensed a familiar presence. "Haku…?"

Haku then tried to get away like Zabuza did, but Naruto out of anxiety of seeing him again pulled him right out of the trees onto the ground to where the rest of the people were.

"Hello Naruto…" Haku said in a sad voice.

"What's wrong Haku?" Naruto said. "Why are you a missing nin as well in this place?"

"This was not how I had wanted us to meet up…maybe next time we may talk a little more, next time on the battlefield." Haku said as he used henge to become a leaf and floated away.

"What happened Haku…" Naruto muttered

"Naruto-kun…who was that pretty lady?" Hinata said.

"That person was actually a guy…saying that brought back good memories…" Naruto chuckled a little before frowning again. "He was one of my most best friends…."

"I never knew…" Tenten said. "We should get going though…dwelling in the past is unhealthy you know?" Tenten had said to try and bring up his morale.

"Yeah…let's keep going to wave country…" Naruto said as they went on.

-at the bridge—

"This is the bridge we were currently working on, in order to cross though currently, we must pass by ferry." Tazuna said.

"Water…" Kurenai said in disgust.

"ano…Kurenai-sensei? Do you have hydrophobia?" Hinata asked.

"NO! of course I don't, why would a jounin such as I have some silly fear of water" Kurenai said stuttering a little as she said it.

"If you say so Kurenai-sensei, let's hop on then." Tenten said.

"Yes…lets…" Naruto said still thinking about what happened.

"Alright people, lets hop on then and go to my home country." Tazuna yelled as he started to paddle their way to wave country.

-wave country—

"I feel sorry for these people…" Hinata said as they walked by seeing many homeless people and ones who looked starved as they passed by.

"Yes, if only the bridge were to be built, maybe that would reenact as this places golden age." Kurenai said.

"I know what you're feeling currently, I've lived here all my life, and this is the worst shape it has ever been…" Tazuna said. "Well, this is my house here, let me have you meet my daughter Tsunami, and her son Inari."

"Heya! You're cute." Tenten said giggling a little.

"Why are people like you here, you know you will never stand a chance against Gatou and his men…" Inari said.

"ano…why do you say that?" Hinata said.

"No one could stand up to him…he has a huge army, plus he can hire his own ninjas if he ever so wished…" Inari said.

"Hey…kid…you ever heard of a saying called its quality, not quantity that decides the battle?" Naruto said.

"That saying means nothing, if it did, why didn't it save my dad…He was strong…but he died because he was overwhelmed." Inari said.

"That was because they too have some quality within them as well, can I ask you a question now…" Naruto said.

"I don't have time for this…but go ahead anyway…" Inari said.

"Now, if there was a huge amount of rocks next to you, and on the other side lay a couple ounces of diamond and gold, which one of those would you pick?" Naruto asked.

"Of course I would take the gold and diamonds, who would want some stupid huge amount of rocks when one surely costs more then th-" Inari said before getting his point.

"See what I mean, when one goes against others, sometimes quantity can do a lot, but when one's quality is great enough, it can go through a huge quantity and still be better then it by a lot." Naruto said.

"Thank you…I guess there are chances for us…" Inari said. "Who are you though…?"

"Oh yeah! I forgot to introduce the ninjas I hired, this is Kurenai-san, their jounin instructor. Her students are Hinata, Tenten, and Naruto." Tazuna said.

"Thanks you for helping out Inari here…ever since his father died and was publicly humiliated, he has been quite ever since." Tsunami said.

"Things like loss of family members can do that to a person…like someone from are academy, remember who?" Naruto said when looking to his team.

"UCHIHA SASUKE!" Tenten said.

"Right, but on our side, he didn't just go quiet, he became thirsty for power…" Naruto said. "I bet he currently stays in Konoha because he knows that Konoha is one of the most powerful villages currently. If he was given a chance of power to kill his brother…I bet he would gladly leave…"

"Hmmmm….I have never thought about that before." Kurenai said. "I believe I should give a talk to our Hokage-sama about this, your words have much logic within them."

"Wow Naruto-kun you're so smart…" Hinata said quietly.

"Well, since you are here currently, would anyone want to stay for dinner?" Tsunami said.

"I wouldn't mind that, how about you?" Kurenai said looking at her team.

"Sure" Naruto said.

"Ok…" Hinata whispered.

"Alright!" Tenten said.

Author notes- There is another chapter for you. I would have updated yesterday, but right before I was able to update my internet it had failed me so I had to wait until the next day in order to update. Naruto was quite a bit sad after meeting Haku as an enemy, that serves as a purpose to the reason why he is so sad and kind of not talking that much currently. Thanks for all the reviews everyone! I have reached 40,000 words now! I feel happy now haha. Thanks for reading and R and R.