Chapter 8: The Curse of Love
Early morning*-* Tazuna's home (7th Day)
"Today's the day Gatou will most likely attack with that Jonin. Right?" asked Tazuna sitting at the table eating breakfast alongside Tsunami, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto
"Yes. We can't take any chances today, Tsunami whatever you do, don't open the door to anyone until dinner." informed Kakashi as he then ate a sunny side up egg from his breakfast
"Understood." nodded Tsunami taking a bite from the white rice "I wish I could tell Inari about this but, he would worry too much about all of you. Knowing that your lives are in danger."
"Sorry about that..." apologized Kakashi taking a bit from the grilled sausage "We know already the risks, when we put on that leaf headband. Failure is not an option when we take on a mission. Our actions reflect on the Hidden Leaf Village."
"Then... I want to make a mission for all of you." requested Tsunami looking at Team7 "Don't die... The payment for this mission is all of the meals that I made for you."
"Wow, Tsunami you're giving us an S rank mission right there." joked Kakashi a little eating the last grain of rice to then turn to look at his Genin "We can't fail now, can we now?"
"When you put it like that, no." nodded Sasuke smirking a little finishing his sunny side up egg
"To eat such amazing food from you without repaying would be a crime." agreed Sakura finishing the rest of her breakfast
"I guess this also counts for, you teaching me how to cook. We won't fail you!" promised Naruto putting the chopsticks down on the plate.
"He, I know all of you will win." cheered Tsunami standing up to grab the dishes "Don't keep Inari waiting. He will want to see all of you in dinner again."
"Will try not to." chuckled Kakashi standing up from the table with Team7 and Tazuna following suit. Before they left through the door they stopped to hear someone speak
"All of you, thank you for staying here to help us." thanked Tazuna lightly bowing at Team 7 who turned around to see him. "I know this may not mean much, one day I promise to repay you in full."
"Thank us later when we finish this mission." sighed Sasuke "We don't have much time to waste."
"It's a little funny how you thought we wouldn't suffice as Ninja back then." recalled Sakura smiling a little remembering their first encounter in the Hokage Mansion
"Ah geez gramps, I still haven't fulfilled my promise to you!" reminded Naruto scratching the back of his head as he grinned
"Tazuna-san thank us alongside your men." mentioned Kakashi waving at Tazuna to lead the way to the bridge
Early Morning*-* Bridge
A small wooden boat floated underneath the bridge where two people stood there looking up the bridge. It was Haku and Zabuza, they were currently planning to attack the 5 men that came to the bridge. A radio was on the boat with voice speaking "Is the ambush ready for, Hiroshi Sato , Jun Ishii, Kenzou Nakano , Riki Saito and Takaya Ono?" asked Gatou from the radio talking from somewhere waiting for Zabuza to respond "HEY ZABUZA!! ARE YOU LISTENING? HEY?!!"
"Shall we go Haku?" prepared Zabuza clearly ignoring Gatou's orders
"Before we go Zabuza-san... May I ask why you want that blond boy dead?" asked Haku looking at Zabuza who gave him a questioning look
"Sigh as much as it pains me to say it. That boy is dangerous. He has a power that not even I comprehend." answered Zabuza looking back at that odd force that hurt him back then
"Sorry, Zabuza-San for questioning you." apologized Haku as he put on his hunter-nin mask preparing to attack
"You are acting odd. pointed out Zabuza "You never care about who I target. Perhaps you talked to the blond boy during your off time?"
There was a pause as all the two of them could just hear the waves moving the boat "...Yes sir." admitted Haku "Zabuza-san I didn't give him any valuable information."
"So, that's why you came a little late this week." recalled Zabuza how Haku took a while to come back"...Haku sit this one out."
"No Zabuza-san. I already made up my mind to fight for you along time ago." stated Haku shaking his head which caused Zabuza to close his eyes and take a deep breath
"Haku listen well. If you hesitate in this fight, you will end up dying." advised Zabuza opening his eyes to then jump off from the boat and begin to run up the bridge
"Understood." noted Haku following right behind Zabuza
10 minutes later*
Tazuna was leading the group to the bridge as Team 7 watched his back to protect him from any sudden attack. Until he stopped walking to see something in the bridge, blood on the floor along with his 4 workers laying motionless, with clear stab wound around them. However there was one that was struggling to get up from the floor. "Riki?!" gasped Tazuna beginning to run to his worker who was near death "What happened?!"
"It happened so quick.." uttered Riki as Tazuna lifted his head gently trying to help Riki get back up "A monster... attacked us.."
"Damn it I didn't expect them to attack this early...Those wounds they appear to come from Kunai...He is here..." analyzed Kakashi looking at the worker "But they left one alive... Why?"
"Kakashi Sensei!" called Sakura "It's that mist jutsu again!"
"Everyone surround Tazuna!!" ordered Kakashi as everyone but Kakashi took out a kunai in their hands to cover Tazuna. All of them prepared themselves for the worst. Kakashi was making a hand seal with his right hand "I was correct..."
"Kakashi Sensei do you know where they are?!" asked Naruto looking around trying to look for any sudden attacks. Meanwhile Sasuke was shaking as they were now fully engulfed in the mist
"It's been such a long time hasn't it, Kakashi?" spoke Zabuza from the mist as everyone looked around to see where his voice was coming from.While Sasuke began to shake even more after hearing Zabuza's voice " I see you're still with those brats... He's shaking again... poor kid..."mocked Zabuza from the mist as suddenly 8 Zabuzas appeared from the mist. Surrounding them as they hold their giant sword preparing to attack them
Morning*-* Tazuna's home
Inari had ate breakfast alone but, got the urge to go to the restroom while his mother was picking up the dishes from the table. "Inari, Help me with the dishes!!" called Tsunami from the kitchen while Inari was washing his hand.
"Okaay, but I'm in the bathroom right now!" answered Inari from the restroom now drying his hand before grabbing Naruto's red scarf that barely fit in his tiny pockets and wrapping it around his neck "Wouldn't want to get this scarf dirty. I do have to give this scarf back to Naruto. " remembered Inari leaving to the restroom now walking down the hallway to then hear
Break!
It was the sound of wood breaking it seemed to come from kitchen. Inari started to run straight to the kitchen as he soon stopped to peek by the corner. He saw a two men carrying Katanas by their waists coming in from the outside from the wall they had broken. One was wearing a beanie and jacket while the other one had an eyepatch and tattoo on his left arm. "Are you Tazuna's daughter?" asked the Samurai wearing the beanie walking closer to the terrified Tsunami who was picking up the dishes from the table" Looks like we got our target Waraji."
"I don't know Zouri, why don't we check." suggested Waraji taking out the Katana from his scabbard causing Tsunami to move backwards near a wall. As Waraji lifted his Katana upwards to cut the table
Crack Break Shatter
Every dish that was on the table fell down broke along with the table. Tsunami could just look in fear at how crazy the eyepatched Samurai behaved. "I don't think I need to tell you, what will happen to you if you don't listen to us." warned Zouri walking closer to the clearly terrified Tsunami who was now sitting on the floor next to the wall. Inari was paralyzed in fear not knowing what to "Mom!!" called out Inari catching the attention of the two Samurai's who turned to see him peeking in the corner
"What, kid?" coughed Waraji pointing his katana at Inari who started shake in fear
"Don't come!! Run Away!!" ordered Tsunami at Inari who could just look at her
"Should we take him too?" asked Waraji to Zouri
"We only need one hostage so, do whatever you want with him." answered Zouri to the delight of Waraji and to the horror of Tsunami
"Hostage?!" took in Inari getting the urge to run away
"Hehe.. Finally I get something to cut!" chuckled Waraji beginning to walk closer to Inari who was about to cry
"Wait!!" shouted Tsunami stopping Waraji from walking any closer to Inari "If you touch that child... I will bite my tongue and kill myself. You want a hostage, right?
"Heh..Thank your mom, Kid." snickered Zouri seeing Inari crying "Now run away before I change my mind."
"Damn...I wanted to cut something." complained Waraji putting his katana back into his scabbard
"Give it a rest..You just cut up a bunch of stuff." sighed Zouri taking out a rope from his jacket" I don't get why you are complaining right now, it's not like we aren't going to kill someone today."
"Ah that's right, I forgot about the other families." recalled Waraji while Zouri began to wrap Tsunami hands around her waist. Preventing her from fighting back "Ahhh... I can't wait to join the others.."
"Whatever you say." sighed Zouri once again as he pulled Tsunami from the rope "Hurry up! Or I let him cut parts off of you!"
"I-I'm sorry mom... I can't do anything... I'm a weak kid... So weak that I can't protect anything..." reflected Inari crying even more as they took away Tsunami away. With his tears fell on Naruto's scarf
Morning*-* Bridge
"I'm shaking from excitement!!" answered a smirking Sasuke with confidence. Surprising the Zabuza clones that were near him
"Do it Sasuke." nodded Kakashi feeling proud of Sasuke. Just as Kakashi spoke the Zabuza clones started to swing at Sasuke
Slash Slash Slice
It took Naruto, Sakura, and Tazuna. A moment to realize that Sasuke hadn't been hurt but instead he had cut all of the water clones down. "You can't fool me! I don't need aim to kill, all I needed to do was cut a small part for the clones to dissapear so easily.." looked back Sasuke at the time when Zabuza defeated the Naruto clones so easily
"He took them so easily!" took in Tazuna seeing the confidence in Sasuke eyes as he got back in the circle position to protect him "That training really improved him!"
"That's Sasuke-kun for you!" praised Sakura at how easily Sasuke beat the water clone
"Whatever, I could've done better!" coughed Naruto feeling a little jealous "I could barely see how fast he moved..."
"Hmm..He saw through the water clones. That brat has grown." commented Zabuza from the other side of the bridge. Haku was standing by his side just looking at Team 7 "So Haku...Who are you going to go for?"
"I will end that blond one just as you wish..." responded Haku coldly as they looked at from a far at the cautious group just as Kakashi spotted them
"It looks like I was right, not only are you here but, you are also working with that Hunter-nin." pointed out Kakashi getting the attention of everyone as they looked at where Kakashi was staring at.
"Is that masked jerk, from before!!" called Naruto pointing at Haku. Sasuke and Sakura noticed that the masked boy was looking directly at one person "Why don't you take off that mask and face us!!"
"Naruto be careful." instructed Kakashi also noticing the masked boy just staring at Naruto "He isn't someone you should take lightly."
"I'm not, Kakashi-sensei!" assured Naruto walking ahead preparing to fight the masked boy "I never said I was going to fight alone!"
"Hmph, I knew you were going to bring that up." smirked Sasuke walking right beside Naruto preparing to fight as well "And besides, I was going to step in, even if you said no."
"Well then... It's up to you two then!" nodded Kakashi feeling proud of both Sasuke and Naruto "Back then those two wouldn't have worked together. You two have come a long way."
"Naruto!" called Sakura catching the attention of Naruto who nodded his head "Keep up with Sasuke."
"Ha! I don't need to worry about that." chuckled Naruto feeling more confident to fight
"Zabuza-san it seems as though this won't be an easy fight..." spoke Haku preparing to go ahead to fight "Do I have permission to attack already?"
"Yes show me your resolve..." responded Zabuza watching Haku vanish in an instant. And appearing right in front of Naruto holding a Senbon with his right hand aiming for his heart
Clang
Sasuke blocked the sudden attack with the Kunai he was holding earlier protecting Naruto who barely noticed the sudden attack "W-What?! He moved so fast! I didn't even have time to react!"
"Sakura!! Step in front of Tazuna-san and don't leave my side." ordered Kakashi picking up Riki and moving him away from the fight "We'll leave it to Sasuke and Naruto!"
"Yeah!!" noted Sakura standing in front of Tazuna putting her Kunai right in front of herself
"Idiot! Don't let your guard down again!" coughed Sasuke being in a stand still with Haku. As Naruto tried to take in what just happened
"You protected him... Is he really someone that you value enough to protect ?" asked Haku continuing to be in the stand still
"Tch. I'm just itching to fight you, that's all that matters to me." answered Sasuke staring down the Haku "Then again that fool will just do something stupid again."
"I see...But you two won't be able to keep up with my speed the next time." warned Haku stepping away from Sasuke as he once again vanished
"He's going for Naruto again..." looked back Sasuke beginning to turn to see Naruto gone from where he was standing
Clang
Sasuke heard the metal clash right behind him. He looked right behind him to see Naruto holding Haku in a stand still with his Kunai "Does the great Sasuke need help again?" joked Naruto holding Haku back from attacking Sasuke's neck with his Senbon
"You as well..." uttered Haku seeing the smirking Naruto protecting Sasuke "It's just like in his story..."
"Yeah! So long as I'm here I won't let you hurt anyone!" stated Naruto seeing Haku do something with his left hand "Huh?"
"Then let's see if your statement is true..." responded Haku making hand seals with one hand to the unaware Naruto "*Special-Jutsu- Flying-Wate-"
Pow
Stopped Haku the moment that he realized that someone had kicked his left hand. It was Sasuke, who came from his left ide. He kicked Haku's hand upward stopping his jutsu "Don't forget that you are fighting two opponents." reminded Sasuke as he his brought his right foot back down and prepared to stab Haku with his Kunai. Haku dodged the attack and quickly moved away from both Sasuke and Naruto.
"He's getting cocky...He could've ended me with that Kunai..." felt Haku looking at Sasuke holding his Kunai as he and Naruto prepared Themselves to continue fighting "There's no point in me delaying using this..."
That's when Naruto threw his Kunai at Haku who stepped aside. Haku saw it now Naruto rushing at him with his fist it looked like he was aiming to hit his mask "Dodge this!!" warned Naruto making the attack more obvious to the worry of everyone around him
"Such an obvious attack...But then again I can't attack him without risking getting one of my arms locked..." looked back Haku at how Naruto was somehow protected by some force against the Kubikiribōchō. Haku threw his Senbon at Naruto which caused Naruto to slide down closer to Haku "Now's my chance to get in th-"
Grab
Stopped Haku now realizing that Naruto had grabbed both of his legs preventing him moving "Hehe..." chuckled Naruto holding unto Haku's legs "Now Sasuke!!"
"Didn't think you would do that. But it's does help!" mentioned Sasuke jumping up in the air as he put the Kunai in his Kunai holster and quickly grabbed Shurikens to throw at Haku
"He's not letting go! If I attack Naruto, it will most likely be for nothing! Then that other boy will not let give me a chance to prepare..." analyzed Haku his situation watching as the Shuriken where coming at him
"This should end it..." hoped Sakura looking as the Shuriken were about to hit Haku
Morning*-* Tazuna's home
"You just wasted your time crying all day..."
"Inari, Naruto doesn't want you to make the same mistakes that he did in the past."
"I called you a coward, because a coward knows another coward."
"When you really care about the people that matter to you. It gives you the strength to fight on, even against all odds."
"You must protect what's precious with these two arms.."
"They are so brave...So amazing...So strong..." looked back Inari at everyone else efforts to protect what they care about. He wiped his tears with his left arm and gripped his both of his hands feeling determined"Will I...Will I also be able to become strong... like them Dad?!!"
"Come on Zouri...Let me cut a part off of her." requested Waraji looking at Tsunami's skin as they moved by the dock
"Are you the one who is going to carry her to the hideout?" asked an annoyed Zouri glaring at Waraji
"Damn it you always gotta be such a buzz kill." complained Waraji settling down a little still feeling agitated " Walk faster!"
"Wait!" shouted Inari coming out from the house. This caught the attention of both Zouri and Waraji. And to the horror of Tsunami looking at Inari
"It's that kid..." spoke Zouri looking at Inari
"Inari!!" shouted Tsunami looking at her son who was shaking in fear... But was determined to save her "Inari!! Stay there until grandpa returns!!"
"I'm sorry mom but, I have to disobey you..." regretted Inari seeing her terrified face "Get... Get away from my mom!!!" shouted Inari beginning to charge to them
"Well it looks like you finally get something to cut..." sighed Zouri at the inconvenience turning to see an excited Waraji putting his hand on his holster
"Finally.." rejoiced Waraji looking at Inari rushing at him
"Inari!!" screamed Tsunami in terror looking at Inari rushing closer to Waraji who finally took out his Katana and aimed to cut Inari.
Slash
Tsunami and Zouri looked at Inari shocked at what had happened. Waraji had slashed at Inari but... He didn't cut him at all instead Waraji's Katana had been broken in two "W-What?!" blurted Waraji looking at his broken Katanain his hand however he didn't have time to react as he felt something grab him by his throat and stared to lift him up in the air.
"What's going on?!" asked Zouri looking at the levitating Waraji in the air trying to comprehend what's going on. Tsunami also looked at what was going on confused as to what was going.
Inari was able to see something that scared him but, was clearly protecting him. Two large muscular blue arms that came from Naruto's scarf, were grabbing Waraji with their hands that had sharp dark blue nails by his throat. "What is this?!" wondered Inari looking as the blue hands brought down the confused and scared Waraji head to the wooden dock.
Smash!!
Waraji had been knocked out as his face with a broken nose laid face down by the broken dock that had be broken by the impact of Waraji face. Zouri stopped looking at Waraji and stepped back from Tsunami. As he prepared to pull out Katana, as fast as he could from the scabbard. But, it was pointless as he couldn't pull the scabbard out. Then he felt something impact him by his face.
Pow! Break!!
A loud punch could be heard from where Tsunami turning around to see Zouri face on the stuck on wall of the house." What just happened...?" asked Tsunami to herself trying to comprehend how two of Gatou's men had been taken out by some force." That was... that Hinata ghost right?
Snap
The rope that bound Tsunami had been snapped by Hinata she soon felt something jump on her. It was Inari hugging her "You're safe!!" exclaimed Inari hugging Tsunami tight as she looked down to see her child smiling at her glad to see her alright "She beat them up to save you and me!"
"Inari, never do that again..." whispered Tsunami as tears fell down from her eyes landing on Inari and Naruto's scarf "You could've died.."
"I'm sorry mom... But I can't do that now!" spoke Inari surprising Tsunami "Hinata is here with me she's going to help me protect everyone!"
"What do you mean?" stopped Tsunami crying seeing Inari take off the scarf that Naruto always has tied near him.
"She's here in this scarf!" explained Inari to the confused Tsunami as she put her hand on the scarf she could then see it as well a blue finger with sharp dark blue nails moving her finger up and down.
"So you're Hinata?" asked Tsunami looking at the blue finger she then heard something coming from the scarf
"Yes I am Hinata..." answered Hinata with her voice sounding distorted to both Inari and Tsunami
"Thank you!" thanked Tsunami no longer surprised at the possibilities of a spirit talking to them "Thank you so much for saving us!!"
"Thank you...For helping Naruto..." replied Hinata to the surprise of Tsunami trying to remember how she helped Naruto. Then she remembered that it was the cooking lessons she had with Naruto. "Please let me...Repay you...By protecting you..."
"See mom I wasn't lying! She's here to help us." responded Inari feeling hope now "She is a hero just like my Dad and Naruto! I have the help so, that I can protect what is precious to me! You, Grandpa, and this village" Stated Inari beginning to run away into the village
"Kaiza..." uttered Tsunami seeing Inari's back looking just like her husband for a split second "He's following in your footsteps... "
5 minutes later*
"So you are Naruto's friend right?! I heard you were very strong from what Naruto told me!" asked Inari running as he could now see two of Gatou's men carrying weapons. They looked as though they were preparing to break inside the house "Can you tell me how you are able to be with Naruto?"
"I can't say..." responded Hinata to the dissapointment of Inari who just sighed a little hearing that his question was not answered. But he soon remembered that this wasn't the right time.
"Well Hinata, help me take them out." whispered Inari looking down on the red scarf that was on his neck.
"Sure...then can you...Please take me...Back to Naruto..." agreed Hinata as Inari rushed to Gatou's men catching there attention as they soon felt something hit there stomachs.
Bridge*
Thump Thump Break
The shurikens that Sasuke had landed right in front of Haku...But there was something that stopped it Ice. "What's that Jutsu?" analyzed Kakash looking as Haku held a hand seal right in front of himself where a glass of ice laid in front of him. " Shit that's a Kekkei Genkai." realized Kakashi rushing towards Haku but was Interrupted as Zabuza appeared right in front of him blocking his way
"Don't tell me you forgot about me?" coughed Zabuza looking at Kakashi who glared at him "Be my guest go ahead save them. But, don't forget that you have deadweight right behind you."
"Damn it so this was his plan?" looked back Kakashi at Tazuna, and Riki. " He left one alive so that we wouldn't be able leave without leaving him to die. Tazuna wouldn't abandon Riki without feeling guilty... I can't ask Sakura to take him, that would leave Tazuna wide open."
"So what will it be Kakashi? Your precious Genin or your client?" questioned Zabuza "They lost the moment that he brought out his Kekkei Genkai in my mist!"
"What?! noticed Naruto seeing Haku go inside that ice mirror with both of his hands now grabbing nothing. Then he saw Haku jump off from that mirror and
Fwoosh Pow!
Naruto turned around to see that Haku had landed a kick on Sasuke's stomach. "Gagh!" let out Sasuke as he felt the air leave his system from the speed and force from that kick. Haku got back on his feet and took out a pair of Ice Senbon from thin air. Sasuke got on his knees trying to regain his air as he looked up to see Haku preparing to attack.
"Sasuke!" shouted Sakura from a far seeing Naruto rushing at Haku in such a fast speed but, he didn't notice that the mirror that Haku had shattered into small shards.
"Get away from him!" ordered Naruto preparing to stab Haku's back with kunai. Haku just looked down at Sasuke with his Ice Senbon still on his hand
Stab Drip
Blood dripped down from Naruto's back as he felt something had pierced his back...However this didn't stop him as he just kept going for the attack that caused Haku to jump away "So... even with all of those Senbon on your back... You still are willing to fight to protect him...Even if it kills you?" spoke Haku moving far from where Naruto and Sasuke were as he held a hand seal right infront of him
"Of course I am you idiot...! I will not let you kill him right in front of me!" stated Naruto trying to stay up on his feet. He soon felt a surge of a chakra pouring from his back causing the senbon to fall from his back to the surprise of everyone who looked at him
"Bah. Stop trying to sound cool, it's not like I was going to let him kill me." mentioned Sasuke standing up to stand beside Naruto as they both looked at Haku who was preparing something by doing hand seals "Naruto he has a field advantage with that ice Kekkei Genkai of his."
"What should we looked out for?" asked Naruto looking at Haku preparing multiple handseals
"Everywhere Naruto. This mist contains water particles. Meaning that he has full control of where he can attack with that below, above or our sides." explained Sasuke to the shock of Naruto who began to look around not know where the attack was going to come from
"That's bad!" gulped Naruto seeing as he remembered one thing he didn't have his scarf with him "I can't transform into Hinata! If I do I won't have her Byakugan.Then I can't protect Sasuke with Hinata hands. She can only protect me with that chakra that comes out of me."
"But don't worry." assured Sasuke nodding at Naruto who was taken back hearing Sasuke calming him down for the first time "Just remember our training but, this time don't stick your feet."
"Stick your feet?" wondered Naruto trying to see what Sasuke was getting at then he understood. Sasuke put a handseal right in front of his face. With Naruto following his action "Don't stick our feet...Pour chakra on them!"
"It's done. Naruto can't defend himself with that force if he doesn't react in time." remembered Haku at how Zabuza was able to damage Naruto. "*Special-Jutsu-Akuma-No-Kōri-No- Haka*!" (Demonic Ice Tomb)
AOR for scenery, Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle:LR SSJ Goku and Vegeta Morale Boost OST (Extended) 10:25
"Now Naruto!" ordered Sasuke as he moved fast able to react to the ice spears that appeared from below trying to plunge into him and Naruto
"Like I wasn't thinking of that." answered Naruto moving at a fast pace as he soon saw ice forming around the the mist taking shape into multiple spears aiming for his chest. He was able to react in time by sliding down then he noticed the ice that was forming below him "Crap I won't get up in time!"
pow!
Naruto had kicked been by Sasuke with his right leg in his left shoulder that helped him move away from the ice spears that were forming from below "You didn't have to kick me that hard!" argued Naruto trying to quickly get up to see ice spears aiming for him from above as he rushed away
"Then don't fall again you moron!" advised Sasuke dodging the spears that were trying to stab his torso. He quickly set his eyes on Haku noticing how he was having a hard time to predict his movements "He moved extremely fast when he was on that ice mirror. But it does take him a while to create these ice spears... Meaning we have time to attack!" prepared Sasuke rushing fast to Haku as he aimed to kicked his liver
Pow!
Haku blocked it with his right shoulder protecting himself"They both have gotten even faster than me... All I need to do is slow them down and it's over..." planned Haku as has he now went for a punch with his left directly at Sasuke's leg aiming to slow him down
Pow Pow!
Haku managed to block the other kick that Sasuke had planned with his other foot but, the same couldn't be said with Naruto coming to his side and going for a punch at Haku's ribs." Don't forget that you are fighting two people!" reminded Naruto seeing Haku jumping away after taking that punch
Haku jumped away seeing saw Sasuke regaining his footing vanishing in a blink with Naruto doing the same thing. Haku had taken damage but not the point where it stopped him "*Akuma-No-Kōri-No-Haka* isn't active anymore the moment they interrupted my hands. But thanks to Zabuza-san jutsu I didn't use so much chakra... Meaning all I have to do is make sure they don't move too much for me to hit them with that jutsu..."
"He, it looks like we are starting to overwhelm him!" noticed Sasuke seeing Haku landing on his feet and beginning to do handseals "We aren't giving letting you pull any jutsus in front of us anymore." prepared Sasuke as he sweeped Haku leg's from below with his right feet catching Haku off guard
Pow Pow
Sasuke tripped Haku down while he was doing the hand seals however this wasn't all he did the moment Haku was falling down. Sasuke put his hand on the floor quickly spun his body more and went for another sweep again with his right foot. He hit Haku's left ear but, that wasn't all another person took advantage of this situation Naruto who had appeared behind Haku to attack with both of his feet by doing a drop kick. He jumped with his entire body weight on his legs hoping that he would damage Haku. It did damage Haku, along with Sasukes double sweep. "How's that?!" asked Naruto jumping off from Haku preparing to attack once again but was stopped... By something on the floor..."Ice?!?" tried to comprehend Naruto looking at his feet that had ice shackles on his feet with the ice chains that were stuck on the floor
AOR for scenery, stop playing the ost
"Since when did he get the time to another ice jutsu?" looked back Sasuke at how they interrupted Haku's jutsu when he was performing the handseals
"*Special-Jutsu-Akuma-No-Kōri-No-Kusari*... (Demonic Ice Chains) " let out Haku getting up regaining his composure after taking damage from both Naruto and Sasuke. While holding a hand seal with his left hand "...I expected for you two to interrupt my jutsu again so, I just released a little of my special chakra around the mist that surrounded my body...All I had to do now was just wait for you to attack and, then it was just a matter of me controlling the part of my chakra that you touched..."
"We played right into to his trap!" realized Sasuke seeing Haku beginning to do hand seals once again as he could just look up at him as his feet where chained on the floor "But it's not over yet...!"
"Hehe...So he's finally going to end things." chuckled Zabuza glancing a little at the specific seals that Haku was doing
"I can't leave Tazuna...This is the least I can do for now!" thought Sakura as she grabbed a kunai from her holster and aimed at Haku. She prayed that she would be able to interrupt him. Kakashi and Tazuna both saw the Kunai heading towards Haku. She could only watch as Haku turned around to grab the Kunai with his left hand as he continued to do handseals with his right hand
"It's pointless to try and delay the inevitable-" stopped Haku hearing something from below
"*Goukayuu-no-Jutsu!*" beckoned Sasuke shooting a fire ball at Haku while he was on the floor. Haku was soon engulfed by Sasuke's fire ball. Everyone just watched as they could see the fire fade away to reveal...Nothing
"They did it they won!!" Celebrated Tazuna from a far as everyone just looked at how Haku could be turned into nothing from such a simple jutsu
"Don't celebrate to early Tazuna-San. Something isn't right..." looked on Kakashi at the site while still keeping his focus on Zabuza who was in front of him
"Hahaha..." laughed Zabuza. Disturbing everyone at his sudden laughter "Kakashi, you said that you can see the future right? Well then you should now what's next for your precious Genin."
"Watch out you two, from above!" shouted Sakura as she caught the attention of both Sasuke and Naruto who looked above them as they could look at the ice mirror containing Haku
"*Special-Jutsu-Akuma-No-Hyou-No-Kagami*..." called Haku as multiple Ice mirrors began to surround Naruto and Sasuke who couldn't break away from the ice chains... They were soon now trapped inside a dome full of ice mirrors that had a Haku on each Mirror.
"Shit..." muttered Sasuke throwing Naruto off since he had never heard Sasuke swear not even to his shenanigans "He's now way more faster...Just like how he kicked me for the first time... But now there are multiple mirrors meaning he could just bounce off with that speed...I don't think we can win..."
"So you understand your situation now right..?" asked Haku from one of the mirrors "You are chained about on the floor unable to move and now I have regained the speed advantage."
"So what?!!" responded Naruto shouting now beginning to perform a handseal with both of his hands "We still haven't lost, *Kage-Bunshin-No-Jutsu*!"
"It's pointless Naruto he can-" tried to warn Sasuke looking as the area was engulfed by smoke then multiple *Kage-Bunshins* appeared as the smoke began to clear. They were charging at the mirrors planning to break them with their fists
"Such a waste of Chakra..." sighed Haku seeing the clones charging at his mirror
Pow...
Nothing not a single crack made on the mirror the *Kage-Bushin* had been for nothing."Well then, allow me to demonstrate my true speed..." stated Haku as he leapt out from the Ice mirror to seemingly bounce off from each Mirror. Naruto and Sasuke couldn't follow Haku speed not anymore as they could just watch as all of the *Kage Bushins* dissapeared into thin air what followed next was a barrage of senbon just cutting into them...
"AHH!" screamed both Sasuke and Naruto as they felt something slicing their flesh. They were starting to bleed from all of those cuts as they were helplessly stuck on the floor with those Ice chains. They started to look around the Ice mirrors trying to follow where Haku was attacking but, all that looked back at them was reflections of Haku
"It's no use for you to try and follow me with your eyes, it is impossible for you to follow a reflection..." advised Haku seeing both Naruto and Sasuke now trying their best to break away from those Ice chains "Looks like you two don't understand that you have lost."
"Not yet I won't die... I can't die not when I have to... No I need to make my dream and hers... Come true." stated Naruto trying to talk through the injures as he wiped away the blood from the cuts from his face
"His and her dream...Why am I hesitating now...Zabuza wants him dead...He's stuck on the floor...All I have to do is hit him in his vital organs...I known him for a week... So why?" wondered Haku looking at Naruto to see a reflection of his younger self...
???*-*Night
A grown shinobi wearing a Chunin vest, with bandages wrapped on his mouth, looked down at a child that looked to be 8 years old wearing rags. This 8 year old had managed to steal a bread from this Shinobi. The small boy was shaking from the cold as he took a bite from the bread "Do you not fear that I will kill you?" asked the Shinobi as the boy just looked at the Shinobi with his cold eyes
"No...There's no one waiting for me anymore..." answered the boy as he continued to eat his bread "If you kill me, I wouldn't lose anything..."
"Ha... So a child like you has nothing left to lose right?" laughed coldly Zabuza looking at the boy just nodding his head while he ate "It's no surprise, this world hates everyone equally... There's no one in this world who will ever go without any type of loss...This is the biggest lesson you will ever learn."
The small boy just looked up at the Shinobi and smiled at him "This happened to you too right?" asked the small boy getting this feeling as though this Shinobi had felt just like him as he soon passed out on the snow...
Bridge
"You know... becoming a true Shinobi is difficult for me...I really don't want to have to kill you both... Nor want you to kill me... But I have to break this kind heart and turn those shards into a weapon that kills anyone without hesitation... So that I, may become a true Shinobi...This bridge is where people have already died. Trying to build their dreams into reality..." stated Haku as everyone just listened at this horrifying realization of what was about to occur " I will build my dream but, the same can be said about you as well. Please don't hate me for what is about to happen."
"Sasuke-Kun!!! Naruto!! Don't lose to that guy!!" cheered Sakura still being closed to Tazuna and an unconscious Riki from outside the Ice mirrors
"Sakura don't..." spoke quietly Kakashi looking at ice dome containing his Genin
"Huh? Why?" asked Sakura confused as too why she shouldn't motivate her teammates
"Even if they win they could somehow defeat that techinque they cannot beat that boy." explained Kakashi
"I don't understand." replied Sakura trying to piece how Naruto and Sasuke aren't strong. Zabuza hearing Sakura confusing made at what Kakashi meant. Began to chuckle knowing the answer
"Hehehehe, because they are what you people call shinobi in your village. Your so called shinobi don't have the strength...to destroy their pitiful hearts and kill another person" explained Zabuza to Sakura who just looked in fear at the ice mirrors that surrounded her teammates "That young man knows already the true weight that comes when choosing to be a real Shinobi. A real shinobi is born when they are willing to kill their targets without hesitation. Unlike your young Shinobi, that are trained to do such simple missions like painting wood. Hahaha, it's an insult when you think about the many shinobi back then that killed their targets at a younger age than you.
"Kakashi how can I help! Is there anything I-I can do!" stuttered Sakura nervously as she had been strucked by fear at the possibility of them dying
"Sorry but... I'm going to finish this instantly." stated Kakashi preparing to lift his headband
"Again with that Sharingan of yours. Is that the only thing that you can do?" spat Zabuza preparing to attack
"Naruto! You should take out that scarf of yours already!" suggested Sasuke looking at the Ice chain that held him down from moving then at a sweating Naruto who looked shocked hearing this "Wait you don't have it with you..."
"No...I don't if I did I could wrapped around my le-" stopped Naruto remembering something from one night "Wait can't I just pour so much chakra on my feet that it might break the ice..." looked back Naruto at how he was able to snap a tree in half with his red scarf. He closed his eyes and began to pour a lot of chakra on his feet"It's still not as strong like before but, it is all that there is left. I have to keep pouring more chakra!!"
"This is the end for you..." said Haku grabbing Senbon preparing to finally kill Naruto "Forgive me Naruto but, I have to fufill my wish...I pray that you find Hinata in the after life..." apologized Haku throwing senbon at the chained Naruto
Break Stab Drip
Sasuke looked at Naruto break off from his ice chains but was unable to fully get away from the Senbon that got stucked on the backside of Naruto as he started to bleed even more. That's not all that happened Naruto ran up to where Sasuke was and kicked at the chains that were holding him. He soon stopped and it looked as though he was going to fall on his knees but Sasuke just picked him up before he fell. "Gasp... Come on Sasuke Gasp...let's keep going..." uttered Naruto breathing heavily as he got up and moved away from Sasuke as he began to feel lightheaded due to all of the blood he has lost or the amount of chakra he poured on his legs
"Don't say that when you can barely stand on your feet!" answered Sasuke looking at the exhausted Naruto trying his best to stand up "He's already tired and that Hunter-nin still has us inside his ice dome...We can't give up...No I can't give up not when this idiot is still trying!"
"The amount of Chakra that Naruto must've poured to break free on my Akuma-No-Kōri-No-Kusari. Was too much for him to handle but, that is expect due to how much concentration it's for me to make such dense Ice. That it would take a Jonin-level attack for them to break or melt let alone Chakra." imagined Haku looking at Naruto just staring at the Ice Mirror waiting for an attack "You look exhausted... maybe it's best if you just stay there and let me finish you off..." advised Haku throwing senbon directly at Naruto from multiple directions
Push Thud
Sasuke pushed Naruto out of the way as multiple senbon landed where now stuck on his flesh. He managed to push Naruto on the floor as he tried to stand up as Naruto turned to look at his eyes.. That were now red "Sharingan..?" thought Naruto looking at Sasuke's eyes but they looked different from Kakashi. Sasuke had one tomoe on his left eye and two tomoe on his right eye.
"He reacted in time to save him! That's not possible!" thought a stunned Haku at how Sasuke could react to his speed. He then noticed his eyes as he was standing up again"That boy has a Sharingan?!! This is bad!!" Panicked Haku realizing how dangerous Sasuke had become "I see... You also have a Kekkei Genkai just like me..."
Sasuke didn't respond the only thing he did was look around as everything felt as though he could read Haku's movement "I can read him just a little but... It's more than enough if I am able to delay him."
"That Kekkei Genkai is able to copy many things but, It can't copy a Kekkei Genkai.There's no such Kekkei Genkai in this world. However it's able to read my movements... If I were to give you enough time you would be able to read my moves better...My jutsu uses a lot of chakra in order to maintain both my speed and Ice. That is the limit that any jutsu has..." talked Haku looking at Sasuke keeping his Sharingan focused on him "Then it will be better for me to finish this before you gain the advantage again!"
"He's just throwing Senbon at us from the ice mirrors." looked back Sasuke at how he was able to see how Haku bounced off from each Mirror to throw Senbon at them "All I have to do now, is just wait for him to bounce off from the mirrors so that he can throw Senbon at us. Then I just moved Naruto away and try to delay this as much as I can."
"That boy is set on protecting Naruto but, I have to use this to my advantage. He can protect himself now but, would he be willing to sacrifice his life?" planned Haku putting multiple Senbon on his hands preparing to attack head on "It's over!!"
"What? He's not bouncing off this time to the other mirror?! Looked Sasuke watching as Haku went directly for Naruto with his senbon in hand "Come on!! I have to make it!!"
Stab...
Village Hidden in the Mist*
A few minutes ago*
Inari looked at the unconscious bodies that were on the dirt due to how badly Hinata had punched them "Wow, that's like 12 people you have knocked out today Hinata!" commented Inari at how many of Gatou's men she had taken out. He was now knocking outside the door where Gichi stayed at "Gichi! It's me Inari!"
...Nothing silence not a single response "Come on!! Gichi I know that you are in there!! I need for you to come with me to the bridge! If we can just gather everyone we can defeat Gatou's men!" suggested Inari remembering how no one decided to follow him even when Hinata beat their would be killers right in front of them
"I'm sorry Inari...We don't want to fight anymore..." admitted Gichi from the other side of the door "Gatou has taken so much from us...Even your father... Our hero couldn't do anything about Gatou...If we fight, Gatou will kill everything that we hold dear...Nobody here in this village wants to go through that again."
"...Even if we didn't try those we love would still die by Gatou... The difference would be that it would be slower... That's why we have to fight to protect those that we love! " stated Inari looking at the door waiting for a reply nothing he turned away preparing to head back home "...I love my Mom, my Grandpa, you Gichi-San...And everyone in this village...There are people here that are still fighting to change this village...Now I know... That nothing will change if you don't try to change something!"
Two minutes later*
Inari was walking through the village not seeing any of Gatou's men anymore here. But there was also no one else with him other than Hinata "Well Hinata, I'm sorry that was for nothing but. Thank you for helping us!" thanked Inari looking at the red scarf as he remembered that he had to do something" Oh that's right I forgot about taking you back to Naruto it might take a while bu-" stopped Inari as something happened that he would not expect
"Inari you have to take me to Naruto!!" shouted Hinata from the scarf. Inari felt as though the scarf was pulling him to the bridge
"Hinata what's going on?!" worried Inari looking as the scarf the kept tugging at him to go to the bridge "Naruto is strong isn't he?!
"He isn't, I have to be there Now!! Now!! Now!! Now!! Now!! Now!!! Now!!! Now!!! Now!!! Now!!!" repeated Hinata from the scarf sounding even more louder than before Inari was beginning to worry even more and getting scared of Hinata but she soon stopped as Inari looked down at the red scarf to see it...burning
"What?!" gasped Inari looking at the red scarf being engulfed in flames. The fires didn't burn him at all...but the red scarf was soon burnt into ashes that vanished into thin air. Inari heard one last thing
"Good luck...Inari it's up to you now..." uttered Hinata her voice sounding normal for a moment
Bridge*
Naruto looked up at what had happened... Sasuke had taken multiple senbon pierced around his neck some from where he could see blood coming out from his neck... Naruto was taken a back trying to process what had just happened "Hey...You forgot to ask the great Sasuke for help...Cough!!" uttered Sasuke coughing violently with a a lot of blood coming out from his mouth. Then Naruto eyes widen in shock now fully understanding the situation Sasuke looked at the ice mirror to see Naruto's face "What's with that look...?"
"W-Why me?" asked Naruto not understanding what would cause Sasuke to save him
"He...Are you really asking that?" chuckled Sasuke feeling that his body was going to give out on him any second.
"Yes! Don't I annoy you all of the time! Don't I mess with you, so why?!" continued to ask Naruto
"So...?" replied Sasuke falling down on the floor. Naruto got the energy to stand up to grab Sasuke before he hit the ground "Honestly I hate that about you but, you are someone that everyone can rely on when things go bad... Even with your stupid actions... It's weird that the dead last would be one of the few people that I ever respected...I want to know, why are you so kind to everyone... even me..?"
"I-I don't know my body just acts on it's own..." answered Naruto looking down at Sasuke Sharingan turning back in to his regular black eyes that looked as though they looked less black than usual and more lifeless
"Ha...That same excuse from before...But then again maybe I understand that feeling when I protected you..." responded Sasuke looking at Naruto's eyes that looked as though they were going to cry at any second "It sucks getting hurt... But if you had died when I could've done something to prevent then it would've also hurt more... Hey Naruto..."
"Yes Sasuke..." uttered Naruto looking at Sasuke shedding a tear
"That man...My brother... He took everything I ever cared about... I told myself I wouldn't die until I killed him... So Naruto don't die for Hinata's sake...and mine..." requested Sasuke closing his eyes as he took his last breath. Naruto just looked at Sasuke's lifeless body as he kept holding on to him
"He landed a blow on me without hesitation...He died protecting you...He knew that I was going for you the entire time yet he kept protecting you even if it was a trap. He is a Shinobi that truly deserves respect." commented Haku taking a knee for Sasuke as he looked at a mirror seen Naruto's reaction...Nothing... He just stared at Sasuke's lifeless body. "You sure are taking his death well than others... If that's the case, then you understand the common rule of being a shinobi. To not show any emotions."
Haku just looked at Naruto as he began to look at Sasuke's body he then finally heard something come out from Naruto" Ha..Ha.. Ha.. Sasuke great idea! Playing dead that's a great idea...Why didn't I think of it sooner..." laughed Naruto sounding as though he was trying to convince himself. But his body was trembling the whole time he was saying this"But Sasuke this is a little... Too realistic I think you even fooled me... Your body it's..It's..It's... getting colder..But if you are actually dead then..." went on Naruto now starting to cry as tears dropped down on Sasuke's face. Then something ringed in his mind
"If this was a real mission you would get yourself killed or worse others killed."
"I asked for this mission right...?" remembered Naruto that he was the one who asked for this mission
If this was a real mission you would get yourself killed or worse others killed."
"I was dragging Sasuke down during the fight righ...?" looked back Naruto at the countless time Sasuke saved him
"If this was a real mission you would get yourself killed or worse others killed."
"I'm the reason why Sasuke is dead right...?" asked Naruto to himself holding Sasuke's corpse
"You kill others..."
"I...I...It's all...my fault right?" questioned Naruto as everything around him was soon engulfed by darkness. He still held on Sasuke body as everything else changed. He saw the ice mirrors turning into paintings. He looked around confused as too where he was now. Then he looked at the paintings. It was the painting of the Hidden Leaf Village that hadn't been colored. Then there was a painting of Team 7 where Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi where posing on the camera. Sakura was on the middle blushing as she glanced at Sasuke. Sasuke left just looked away from the camera not caring about the picture. Kakashi who was behind them just put his hand on top of both Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto looked happy to be there. This painting had been colored...but the part where Sasuke was now stained with blood. Naruto looked around more to see paintings of Hiruzen, Iruka, and Konohamaru there. But there was one painting that stood out. Hinata she was smiling in the painting in her black kimono. The thing that caught Naruto's attention was how everything above her smile had been torn off.
Clap Clap Clap
Naruto turned his head around to see someone walking from that darkness.. himself he was walking to him but, his eyes black while his pupils where red. "Wow you managed to repeat everything again." smirked the Naruto walking now right in front of him his voice sounded like his own but, it sounded more malevolent
"Who are you and, what do you mean repeat?" asked a confused Naruto not knowing where he and see something that looked liked himself
"Oh don't act like you don't know. I am you Naruto. And this isn't the first time you have killed someone." reminded Dark Naruto smiling at Naruto as he began to shake hearing this
"I-I don't know what you mean." stuttered Naruto in fear shaking at the possibility of him killing someone
"You still want to play stupid? Well then let me ask you this. Why did you want to be a hero? If you don't answer, then I will." pressed Dark Naruto Staring into Naruto eyes but it felt as though he staring into his soul
"I wanted to save this village, Inari, and these people, they already went through a lot. I'm just doing what's right!" answered Naruto sweating a little giving Dark Naruto an honest answer
"Pfft..Hahahaha!!" laughed Dark Naruto at Naruto's answer. Naruto hearing shook hearing how twisted this laughter sounded "You really think that you can hide anything from me? I know the reason why you are so kind to others. It's because you want them to love you. You only wanted to be hero because everyone loves a hero. And you decided to play hero and look where it got you. Sasuke dead in your arms just like before."
Naruto just looked at Dark Naruto as he felt that any second he was going to vomit. Everything that he had just said wasn't a lie "Your body is acting as if knows this feeling again. Right?" continued to ask Dark Naruto "It's amazing how you managed to live such a life without remembering how Hinata died."
"Didn't... Didn't... Hinata die because she...she was executed?" stammered Naruto but getting this feeling from his body as though he was lying.
"Didn't your body felt odd sometimes as though it remembered something. " pointed out Dark Naruto as a memory came back to him
"If this was a real mission you would get yourself killed or worse others killed for being selfish..." Finished Kakashi criticizing now staring at Naruto who was sweating and looked as though he was going to vomit
"That's right and when you started to remember your mind suddenly cut if off. As though the question didn't happen. But your body always remembered." explained Dark Naruto grinning at Naruto who was starting to sweat even more "So look again at what you are holding in your hands."
"It's Sasu-" stopped Naruto as he looked down on his hands to see... Hinata in her black kimono as he could see her face distorted like before. Now her smile wasn't there just blood coming out from her mouth... He was holding her lifeless body "...Wh-Why...Why am I holding he-her body?"
"So, You want to continue to deny the disgusting truth. Well it doesn't matter, you can't run anymore I have finally caught up to you." revealed Dark Naruto as he grabbed his face with both of his hands and he began to tear off his face...
Tear Drip Drip
Dark Naruto's face wasn't there anymore all there was just utter darkness that dripped down from what was his face. He started getting closer to with what used to be his face. Naruto was about to move away but, Hinata's body was to heavy for him to move. That's when Dark Naruto put his hands in his face and moved that darkness closer to Naruto. Naruto could only watch as the darkness dripped down on him an soon he was engulfed in that darkness.
6 years ago*-*Morning*-*Naruto's Apartment
Creak..
Hiruzen looked at Naruto who came out from the door wearing an orange t shirt while wearing black pants . Hiruzen then looked at Naruto's eyes...His eyes looked tired...His blue eyes that where once bright as the sky...Where now dark as the ocean...It seemed as though he hadn't shower this week... His once bright smile was no longer there anymore...He looked down as though he didn't care anymore about anything... "Naruto...I...umm...brought you you'r favorite food..." responded Hiruzen with all of his might even though he felt as he shouldn't had said anything "Come on before the noodles...Get too soggy..."
Naruto just nodded his head as he walked to the kitchen where Hiruzen opened the bowls of ramen he looked to see if Naruto got excited...no he just sat down and grabbed the ramen not looking excited or happy for the food "Hey... Naruto have you been eating well?" asked Hiruzen carefully, now taking a seat and breaking the chopsticks apart
"...No...I didn't eat at all this week..." answered Naruto grabbing the chasu with the chopsticks taking a bite. Hiruzen just looked at him eating it looked like he was struggling just to eat the ramen.
"But his body doesn't look any different from before...How is that possible?" wondered Hiruzen looking at how Naruto continued to eat the ramen "...One last question Naruto why were there a lot of twisted knives on the floor...?" hesitated asking Hiruzen looking back at how many knives he found bended or twisted in his rooms
There was a small silence as Naruto slurped down the noodles to look up at Hiruzen with his disconnected eyes. "I understand know...why everyone in this village... Hates me..."answered Naruto still eating the ramen. Hiruzen stopped surprised at what he had just heard.
"Listen Naruto... Finish your ramen and then we can talk about this..." responded Hiruzen not wanting to eat anymore after hearing this" Did he figure it out...? "
"I...Blechh !" vomited Naruto all of the ramen that he had just ate on the floor. Hiruzen stood up to get closer to Naruto. Who put his hands on his eyes that had tears clearly running down "Hinata she's...dead...I-Im the reason why she's dead...! It's all my fault...I...ruin everyone's lives...I...I should just dissapear!" cried Naruto shaking as he started to cry even more
Naruto just looked up in the outer darkness that was above him running down him as it now turned into blood. As Dark Naruto got of him and put back his face and just smiled at Naruto "What type of sick person does that to someone who loves them! Poor Hinata she could've lived a longer life had she not met the boy that would cause her to die!" jeered Dark Naruto seeing tears coming out from Naruto once again "It was so much easier for you to think that Hinata had been executed! Rather than knowing full well that she had died thanks to you! Her one and only friend. If she wasn't stuck with you.You would've cut Hinata off your mind. So that you could've lived a more normal life. But you were also always trying to replace that void that she had left in you by looking for anyone else. And yet you still want her to love you? Hahaha, what a disgusting person! You make me sick just looking at you."
Naruto looked at the painting of Hinata one more time as the parts that were torn down were now beginning to bleed down on the painting. As he looked down at he's knees at the two people that he had killed... Sasuke and Hinata ." You're just a boy desperate to be loved by anyone. You just take people's lives and there dreams with them. So go ahead maelstrom, keep playing the hero. You will just bring everyone close to you and swallow them!" continued to mock Dark Naruto looking at a hunched Naruto "You never fully used Hinata because you never wanted to hurt anyone. But you already taken the lives of people that cared about you! You aren't a good person. You're a terrible person! And a terrible person knows what to do right?!
"...Yes..." answered a disconnected Naruto everything went back to how it was back inside Haku's ice dome.
"He's being like that for a while." looked on Haku watching Naruto holding on to Sasuke that's when he saw Naruto moving again. Naruto let go of Sasuke and stood up to turn to Haku. What Haku saw scared him a little"Are those eyes Naruto's?!" freaked out Haku seeing Naruto eyes with dried tears looking at him not with anger or sadness. Eyes that don't care anymore.
Naruto put his hands right arm where he had gotten a cut from Haku's senbon attack. And grabbed the cut and just pulled hard then something cameout...Naruto's red scarf covered in blood. Haku just looked surprised at the red scarf coming out from such a small wound. He soon saw Naruto wrapping the red scarf on his own neck then he heard Naruto say something "...Hinata hurt him..." uttered an uncaring Naruto setting his eyes on Haku
Kakashi upper chest had been sliced by Zabuza sword. When he had saved Sakura and Tazuna from dying. However it didn't fatally injure him as he was a holding a scroll preparing to attack Zabuza who was hiding in the mist. He then felt and heard something he feared "GYAAAAAA!!!!" roared a girl voice that sounded not of this world coming from the bridge
"Is that Hinata voice?! Oh no he brought her out! " Imagined Kakashi in fear remembering that this was the worst case scenario he imagined "Her chakra it feels like the Nine Tails but, it feels more obsessive than purely evil... No I have to finish this before anything bad happens!
Zabuza had also heard this girl's voice roaring in distance where Haku had trapped both of the boys in his Ice jutsu. Along with a chakra he had never felt in his life "What's this chakra.. Is it coming from that blonde brat?! Damn it Haku you were too soft..." realized Zabuza
5 seconds before the roar*
AOR for scenery, Master of Shadows-Persona 3 (Extended-1 Hour) 1:01:07
Sakura and Tazuna just looked at the Ice dome where they felt something being unleashed then they saw something come out.
Smash!! Break!!
Haku looked up at what had broken one of his ice mirror. big long muscular red arm with sharp red black nail, breaking out of the Ice mirror. Then it's head broke one the Ice mirror from above... But the head looked more like a red shell that resembled a brain. This thing had no eyes but, it did have a large wide mouth, that contained sharp thin white teeth.There was on thing that stood out from this abomination. It was this green x mark that was on its forehead. upper body that resembles a muscular male figure but, you could also see it's rib cage pattern from the way it's skin was stuck on its bones. Then behind it there were these red six beetle like wings that were spread open. Where it had this one tendril that extended from its head (the occipital) to its back. It had no lower half, all it had was a red spine that extended below it. This thing soon extended its arms it's arm out and then "GYAAAAAA!!!!" roared this thing sounded like a distorted girl's voice as the mist cleared around it for a moment
Tazuna just held on Riki unconscious body as he just looked at this thing that had come out from the top part of the ice dome. Bewildered at this sight something so horrifying and powerful had appeared with it swirling a red chakra. He then broke out of from looking at this thing and turned to look at Sakura. She was shaking and sweating in fear as she held her kunai. "Are you ok..?" asked Tazuna trying to take his and her attention off from that thing
"This..This.. Chakra it's he-hers I felt it before." revealed an afraid Sakura feeling that her scar was on fire.
Haku looked at this thing that had comeout from Naruto's scarf. As he looked at Naruto scarf that looked more like a red noose that wrapped around the top part where the red spine was connected. All of the senbons that were on his back soon were soon shot off from this red chakra. His pupils where now red with his eye lids that looked like a demonic beast. He then looked again at this horrifying he had never seen anything like it in it's life. Then the thing looked down without its eyes at Haku.
"Did you hurt Naruto!!? Did you make Naruto cry!!?" demanded to know this thing with a distorted girl's while her head had a vein popping out from rage "If you did, I will never forgive you!! Never!! Never!! Never!! Never!!
"He did Hinata..." responded Naruto with his uncaring voice causing Haku to tremble in fear as the thing that was Hinata came at him from above as she swinged down her long arms.
Smash!!
Haku had gotten away as he went inside one the ice mirrors. However he could feel and see the damage as it felt as though the bridge was going to fall down to the water. And he looked at the damage that he was going to take as he saw the big crater that was left by Hinata attack. "She's powerful!! If I hadn't gotten back inside the mirror, I would died!" looked back Haku as he didn't have time look anymore at the damage. Soon seeing Hinata coming at him again this time with her long arms as she punched the ice mirror where Haku was in.
Break!!
Hinata easily broke the Ice mirror to Haku's horror. Looking from another Ice mirror as he had barely managed to dodge Hinata's fist.
"These mirrors are so annoying!!" complained Hinata beginning to swing around the Ice mirrors that were around her.
"If she breaks all of them then I won't have my speed anymore! And I can barely maintain my jutsu! But I can still use the Ice shards from the broken Ice mirrors!" prepared Haku as he started to do handseals from the other side of the dome "Special-Jutsu-Akuma-No Kōri-No-Kakera!(Demonic Ice Shards)" casted Haku as all of the ice shards that laid broken on the floor started to fire on Hinata muscular chest
The ice shards just broke on impact at Hinata as she turned around to look at Haku having heard his voice "That itches!!" admitted an enraged Hinata looking more upset as another vein popped out from her head
"That did nothing?!" gasped Haku seeing Hinata now rushing at him again. He now just had 6 ice mirrors left after Hinata had broke most of his ice mirrors.
Break!!
Hinata swiped horizontally at the ice mirrors where Haku was at. She didn't hit him at all she had broken 4 off Haku's ice mirrors. She then turned around to where Haku could've gone off to. He wasn't there at all she then turned around to see Haku in the two mirrors left. "There you are!!" realized Hinata as she brought down both of her hands down again. She broke one of the mirrors as she grabbed something trying to escape with her left hand. She finally caught Haku who was trying get off from her hand "You're mine now!!"
*Skip this if you can't handle any graphic details*
Haku saw Hinata grabbing his left arm with her right hand as she was now beginning to h beginning to pull his . Haku felt his left arm being dislocated as Hinata kept pulling hard. He couldn't do anything as much as he tried to get away. Then...
Chomp...
Hinata bit down on his left arm with her sharp thin teeth. He then saw her pulling back at his flesh with her mouth tearing his arm off. Blood and bits of his torn of flesh fell on the bridge as Hinata soon spat his arm to the side. She wasn't done with him, she grabbed Haku now by his legs
Slam!! Shatter!!
She had slammed him on the bridge like a ragdoll as he landed on his mask that broke on impact. Haku face laid flat on the floor as he felt as though any second he was going to fall unconscious as all he did now was grabbing on his arm feeling his bone with his flesh as the blood kept coming out.
*Graphic scene over*
AOR for scenery, Stop playing the ost.
Naruto just looked at what he done...He didn't care at all about what Hinata had just done. Hinata soon came towards Naruto smiling at him with her lips that extended beyond her blood stained teeth. Holding Haku's arm that she had torn off from him "I did just as you told me Naruto! Do you love me even more now?!" asked Hinata wanting to know Naruto's answer as she held the arm to Naruto. She soon swallowed Haku's left arm
"Yes Hinata I love you..." answered Naruto looking down on the floor not really meaning it
"Hehehe!" giggled Hinata as she floated near a mirror and looked at herself "I'm still so pretty, even when I'm red!"
"...But you know what will make me love you even more?" added Naruto turning to see Haku trying to stand back as he held his amputated left arm.
"What?!!" hurried Hinata getting right in front of Naruto."You have to tell me!! Tell me!! Tell me!!
Tell me!! Tell me!! Tell me!!
"If you finish him off..." stated Naruto seeing Hinata turn around to see Haku on his knees looking down
"Ok!!" answered happily Hinata now starting to go to where Haku was still struggling to stand on his feet
"Hinata, Sasuke...I'm sorry that I got you two killed... But now I know, this is the only thing that I can ever do right... Ruin people's lives... You two should've never met me... I shouldn't have existed." regretted Naruto looking as Hinata started floating towards the Hunter-nin as he lifted his face to where Naruto could see a defeated Haku accepting his death "Tha-that's...Ha-Ha...Haku...?
*Skip this if you can't handle any graphic details*
"I understand now Zabuza-san... He broke me...So I paid the prize ... I'm truly unfit to be a Shinobi..." looked back Haku at the many chances he hesitated to kill Naruto. He saw Hinata rushing towards him "This is it for me then... I'm sorry, I failed you Zabuza-san..." prepared Haku to meet his end when he saw Hinata stopping then he could turn to see Naruto grabbing his red scarf and struggling to pull it off from his neck.
"I don't want to hurt anyone precious...! To me anymore!" shouted Naruto trying to pull off his red scarf that felt as though it was attached to his skin. "Even if it hurts me! Raaahhh!!!" roared Naruto feeling the scarf tearing his neck apart. He did one more hard tug
Rip!! Tear!!
Naruto took off his red scarf along with some of his flesh and some veins as he felt blood begin to come out now. Hinata was soon sucked back into the red scarf that Naruto held it in his right hand. Before anymore more blood would come gushing out he felt Hinata's hands wrapping around his neck then she began to heal him along with all of the injuries he had sustained.
*Graphic scene over*
Haku looked at Naruto's eyes that returned back to normal no longer red and uncaring. As he dropped his red scarf on the floor and started to walking to Haku who was bleeding from his mouth. "Why did you stop..I killed your precious friend yet you can't kill me?" wondered Haku looking at Naruto who bit his lip hearing this
"Because I-I don't want to kill the people that I care about anymore!" admitted Naruto looking at Haku then turning to see Sasuke's body
"What do you mean want to kill anyone anymore...?" asked Haku seeing Naruto looking at Sasuke's body
"If I hadn't been born then Sasuke... Wouldn't have gotten this mission and, he would still be alive...I'm the reason why Hinata is dead as well..." cried Naruto again as the guilt kept eating at him. Turning to look at Haku's missing left arm "And now... I'm the reason why you lost an arm..."
Haku just looked at Naruto's eyes that were filled with pure regret "Do you really think that?" asked Haku looking at Naruto
"Yes! I can't do anything right but, just hurt those I care about! I'm a horrible person!" admitted Naruto shaking looking at his trembling hands
"...From what I've seen all you done is help those around you." revealed Haku getting Naruto's attention as he looked at him "You stood up against Zabuza-san even when your sensei got captured. You didn't abandon him when you could've done that. You protected your friend as well when we were fighting. You only used that power to avenge your friend. You have always sacrificed your well being for others."
"B-But I only did that because I want to be loved! And that power isn't mine but Hinata's that I just use!" confessed Naruto not seeing Haku's expression change at all
"Does that undo all of the good you have done?" asked Haku surprising Naruto with this question "Many people with that power of your's would have done more harm to others than you have. I understand how you feel...when you have something that you feel doesn't belong to you."
"Your Kekkei Genkai right?" noted Naruto wiping his tears away as Haku just nodded his head
"This Kekkei Genkai of mine always felt like a curse to me... It costed me my mother and father but, Zabuza-San helped me use this Kekkei Genkai to help him whenever the need arised..I found my Kekkei Genkai to be a blessing whenever I helped him." mentioned Haku smiling as he remembered the past times where he helped Zabuza
"I can't use my power like yours, to protect others. Hinata always does everything she can so that I can live no matter what." revealed Naruto getting Haku's attention as he just looked bewildered hearing this "Whenever I don't eat she feeds me by absorbing food, the same goes with water. She shields me when it looks like I'm going to get hurt. She hurts others badly when they try hurting me.And I just learned that she heals me whenever, I'm badly hurt.
"...I'm jealous." admitted Haku surprising Naruto having heard someone being jealous of his power "If I could learn how to become like Hinata, then I wouldn't hesitate to do this for Zabuza-san... I would've been the perfect weapon that he deserved."
"Maybe for you this sounds like a good thing...But she doesn't act the same as she did before I caused her to die...I would trade all of this power just to have her back the way she was before..." wished Naruto feeling guilty again tightening his fists
" Do you still think that you are the reason why Hinata died?" asked Haku seeing Naruto nod as he bit his lips "...Naruto if you really killed Hinata then why does she always protect you...? Wouldn't she want you to live."
"I did try to live...For her but, I didn't deserve to live...She should've been the one alive not me... "croaked Naruto once again feeling that guilt
"She would've felt the same way Naruto if you were the one to die." mentioned Haku catching Naruto off guard" From the stories that you told me about you and Hinata. She seemed care for you as well. Would you have liked it if Hinata was the one who hated herself if you had died?"
"No But, I-I am the one who kill-" tried to say Naruto trying to refute what Haku had just say
"Naruto...There that's all you need to know." advised Haku while Naruto was trying to talk" She is able to still love you in the after life... This is her one last blessing to you the person who... She loved the most in the world.."
"Dammit...Why Haku? Why are you still my friend when I hurt you badly?" wept Naruto feeling that guilt still remain with him
"Because you were my first ever friend as well..." smiled Haku feeling lightheaded already from all the blood he lost. Then feeling something else... Zabuza-san was in danger."...We weren't so different Naruto... Do me a favor Naruto..."
"What is it Haku...?" asked Naruto acknowledging Haku feelings. Noticing Haku doing a hand seal with his right hand
"Turn your curse into a blessing...Just like I did... So don't hate yourself Naruto..."waved Haku smiling at Naruto who didn't get what was going on "And thank you for your stories!"
Poof...
Naruto just looked at Haku vanishing in the smoke understading too late at what Haku just did...He was going to die..."Where did he go?! I have to do something!!" worried Naruto running to look where Haku was. The mist became a little more clearer as he was running to where he could see both Sakura and Tazuna looking at something
Bridge*-* 2 minutes before Haku vanished
Kakashi caught Zabuza with a summoning scroll where he summoned dogs with it on the floor. Those dogs were able to track Zabuza with their noses. That wasn't all they did they also had bit down on Zabuza making him unable to move. It wasn't over as Kakashi had one of his own original techinque *Lightning Edge*. A jutsu were one is able to create and hold lightning in their hands to the point were chakra is visible. "Zabuza you went to far...Your ambition was too great. You abandoned the country of mist and became a missing-nin your story reaches even the Hidden Leaf Village. Your attempted coup'de tat and your attempt to assassination the Mizukage both failed." criticized Kakashi seeing no reaction on the trapped Zabuza who just looked at his *Lightning edge*" You needed money for revenge, and you needed to avoid the Hunter-nins. That's probably when you attached yourself to scum like Gatou. You are too dangerous. Tazuna-San, who you're trying to kill is this country's 'Courage'. The bridge he seeks to build is this country's 'Hope'. Your ambition sacrificed many innocent lives. That's not what a shinobi does!"
"I don't give a damn... I fight for what I believe in... And that shall continue!!!" spat Zabuza causing Kakashi to close his eyes and take a deep breath. As he opened his eyes
"This is your last chance...Surrender! Or you will die in what you believe in!" warned Kakashi seeing for any change in Zabuza nothing
"You sealed your own future then."
Sakura and Tazuna, who moved away where they felt they saw Hinata fighting, looked from at a distance at the mist where they saw some light moving "That figure that's holding that light is running towards the one that's standing still." pointed out Tazuna looking from the mist. "This mist is still to thick to see anything.
"Huh?!" noticed Sakura seeing that something appeared right in front of the figure. Then she noticed someone running close to them. It was Naruto who just looked straight at the 3 figures. "Oh thank goodness... He made it out alive...He has some blood on his neck collar... But other than that he and Sasuke should be fine... So why is he worried?" wondered Sakura seeing Naruto eyes widen in fear. She turned to see what was he looking at as well... She put her hands close to her mouth when she saw it as well...
20 seconds before Sakura sees Naruto*
Haku summoned an Ice mirror right before Kakashi pierced Zabuza with a lightning based jutsu. He threw senbon at the summoning scroll that dispelled the dogs away. As Kakashi noticed that someone had appeared out nowhere and took his attack
Stab... Splat...
Haku had taken the killing blow for Zabuza...Kakashi, Zabuza, Tazuna, Sakura, and Naruto saw Haku's blood splatter all over the bridge.
"He is missing his arm...And His ribs... They were broken..." realized Kakashi at the amount of pain the boy had felt and yet took the boy. As he felt one more thing the boy grabbing the arm that was pierced his body with his only arm. Kakashi looked at the boys eyes determined through the pain to protect Zabuza
"Gagh..."let out Haku as blood came out from his mouth the moment he tried to speak..."I have...Him Zabuza-san..." uttered Haku trying to. talk through the blood as he thought about one more thing...
AOR for scenery, Chainsaw man- Episode 3 OST Power and Meowy/ First trailer-Emotional Music, 4:46
"Naruto...You understand what it feels like to not be loved by the world...But when you finally gain something that you love...You fear losing it more than anything...Because you don't want to be alone again...So you know how precious it's to be loved...I wonder how you felt like...when Hinata died...What it felt like to go back to the same places again knowing that you lost everything...The thing you loved the most...I also knew that Zabuza-san was going to die from doing these types of jobs... I as well didn't want him to die first and leave me...To that cold and empty place..." looked back Haku one last time at why he saw some part of himself and Zabuza in Naruto "I'm Zabuza-san's weapon but, I know I shouldn't feel like this but...I wished that I got to know more about you and Hinata...
???*-*???
Three kids were playing in the snow on a morning winter. A girl, that had lavender eyes, with a maroon jacket and a red scarf. Laughed as she hit the blonde boy with the orange and white jacket on the face with the snowball. Soon the girl that laughed stopped as she was hit by a snow ball in the nose by this kid. Wearing a teal jacket, with long black hair that had black eyes smiled glad to be with them playing. As the blonde boy and the girl teamed up on him. And threw snow balls at him which hit him on the chest. He laughed as the snow balls landed on him. So he returned the favor and hit them in the face with more snowballs. They all laughed as their hearts warmed the snow around them...
"Yes...such a beautiful dream...I'm glad I got to know about you two..." thought Haku
AOR for scenery, Stop playing the ost.
"This boy is already dead..." realized Kakashi as he looked at the boy's face he was smiling even as one his arm still held him back from moving away
"It's that the masked boy that...they fought?" wondered Tazuna seeing Haku holding Kakashi-sensei arm with all of that blood coming out from him. Sakura just gasped as she saw the boy still protecting Zabuza. Naruto just looked at Haku getting what he wished for doing something special for the one who he cared... He started to shed tears at the sight of another one of his friends dying
"Hehe, you did a great job Haku..." laughed coldly Zabuza grabbing his sword causing Naruto to stop crying." I sure picked up something useful!!! Giving me this chance to kill you,Kakashi!!!"
Naruto gritted his teeth in rage "How could you say?!!" detested Naruto hearing this. Zabuza was about slice through both Haku and Kakashi. But Kakashi managed to pull his hand off Haku's chest. And jump back holding Haku's body as he laid Haku down on the floor.
"Tch I missed my opportunity to end you." coughed Zabuza "But, now you can move without carrying him."
"Do you not care about how he died for?!!" started loathe Naruto shaking in pure anger as he was ready to jump in to attack Zabuza
"Naruto..Stay there." ordered Kakashi looking at Haku's body as he closed Haku's eyes with his right hand. Then he glared at Zabuza "This is my fight."
Naruto Hesitated to listen to this order...But then a voice spoke behind him "Naruto!! You managed to make him run away!! You and Sasuke must've been too much for him to handle!!" Celebrated Sakura thinking that they won.
Naruto started to shake now in fear..."How do I tell her...?" worried Naruto at what Sakura might say hearing Sasuke is dead.
"Huh? Shouldn't Sasuke be with you?" realized Sakura noticing how Sasuke wasn't around Naruto
"So how are you going to tell her that he sacrificed his life to save your's?! Oh I cant wait to see her reaction!" snickered Dark Naruto in Naruto mind as he felt guilty again being reminded about this... "Sakura... Sasuke...I...I caus-...He... Sacrificed..Himself for...me..." uttered Naruto trying to respond. He turned to look at Sakura's face...Disbelief as she started to sweat hearing this
"He did...What?" asked Sakura once again thinking that she heard wrong
"...He's over there Sakura..." pointed Naruto afraid to repeat it again "I'm sorry..."
Sakura turned around to where Naruto and Sauke fought. She started to shake in fear... But Tazuna grabbed her shoulder causing her to look at him" I'll go with you, then you won't breaking your sensei order." comforted Tazuna seeing Sakura nod her head as she rushed over there with Tazuna following him
"She hates you right now! You took her precious Sasuke away from her! And now you will lose two of your teammates in one day!" jeered Dark Naruto as Naruto just turned around and set his eyes on the fight. Where Kakashi had kicked Zabuza stomach staggering him back.
Other side of the bridge*
Sakura got on her knees as she got closer to touch Sasuke face..."He's cold...This isn't an illusion.." whispered Sakura at Tazuna understanding how she felt
"It's ok to let it out now...Than holding it in..." suggested Tazuna looking at Sakura shaking as she touched Sasuke's face
"You know...Kakashi told me about one emotion that all shinobi fear in the battlefield... Love...He told that this emotion is also called the 'Curse Of Love' by shinobi." began Sakura with Tazuna just listening
"Love can make a shinobi strong when they have the desire to protect those they care...But that also makes them act irrational when they make decisions that could do more harm than good...That's not all Love is tied to many emotions as well like Pain, Regret, Hatred, Loneliness, and the worst of then all Grief..." explained Sakura starting to tear up on Sasuke's face..."Sasuke-Kun...UWAAH!!!" cried Sakura as she hugged Sasuke's body as Tazuna just felt bad for her
Sakura's cries could be heard where Naruto was as he watched the battle.. He shook hearing her cry." You still feel like the hero?! All you do is cause pain around those that love you!" Taunted Dark Naruto in Naruto's mind as he tried to ignore what he was saying...But the guilt returned once again "You can ignore me all you want again! But I will always come back to you, wether you want to or not!
Fwoosh
Kakashi dodge another horizontal swing from Zabuza as he stab Zabuza with a kunai on his right muscle. Disabling his right arm as Zabuza now grabbed his sword with his left hand.
"Damn you Kakashi!" cursed Zabuza as he swung his sword again horizontally. Kakashi vanished into smoke. Zabuza felt someone put his right hand on the back side of his neck.
"You can't beat me in your current state." spoke Kakashi behind Zabuza
"What?!" let out Zabuza
"Those injuries that you sustained are more than enough to give me an advantage." explained Kakashi as he pulled out a Kunai with his left hand "It's over devil!" stated Kakashi now plunging the kunai on Zabuza left muscle. As Zabuza tried to to cut down Kakashi in vain.
Clang
Zabuza's sword fell down on the concrete bridge. As both of his arms were now running down with his own blood, he had been disabled from battle. Kakashi kneeling down on the floor exhuasted from this fight "Now you can't do any Ninjutsu." commented Kakashi seeing Zabuza struggling to stand. As the thick mist started to clear to the point where everything seemed cleared still but, there was some still remaining.
"Why am I not surprised that you got your ass beaten again?" mocked a voice from the mist where the part of the bridge was being constructed. Kakashi, Zabuza, and Naruto turned to look to see who it was. A short man in a black suit, with a cane wearing and a cast on his left arm, with many mercenaries behind him.
"Gatou...Why are you...? And what's with all these men!?" asked Zabuza glaring at the short man. Kakashi and Naruto looked at Gatou the man who caused so much damage to this village
"Hehehe, the plan has changed..." chuckled Gatou from a far "Well actually, I planned to do this either way. Zabuza I'm going to have you killed here."
"What?" coughed Zabuza still glaring at Gatou who didn't fear him at all in his condition
"I never planned on paying you any money. Hiring a normal ninja from the village is expensive and they may betray me... So I get you Missing-nins who are easy to take care of afterwards. I have the ninjas battle each other and once they're weakened I kill them off with numbers... It's much more beneficial for me, I not only get the missing nin value bounty, but also any Ninjas that have a bounty on the other villages. Only problem in the plan was you...Zabuza you were the most troublesome bitch I ever had the displeasure of working with." Spat Gatou as the men behind him laughed at this "The devil of the hidden mist my ass! You were never able to do shit even when I hired you! All you were was just a cute little baby devil ninja! These men right here are more than capable of killing you!
"What do I...Do I use Hinata to harm them...?" contemplated Naruto but soon he remembered how he left his scarf where Sasuke was.."No maybe this is for the best... I should just use my *Kage-Bunshins*... I do my chakra back..."
"Kakashi I'm sorry...This fight is over. Now that I have no reason to to after Tazuna. I have no reason to fight you." admitted Zabuza defeat as they could hear Gatou's men laughing.
"Huh?" let out Naruto confused even more at this decision "Just like that?! Does that mean Haku died for nothing...In this battle...?"
"Ah... You're right." agreed Kakashi seeing Gatou walking closer to them with his cane
"Oh yeah... How could I forget about you..." Mentioned Gatou walking towards...Haku's dead body "So you lost an arm... Hahahaha, serves you right! How dare you break my arm! You piece of shit!" laughed Gatou as he kicked Haku's amputated arm. Gatou's men laughed with him as Gatou just kept kicking at Haku's arm. Then one last kick at his face.
"STOP MESSING WITH HIS BODY!!!" shouted an enraged Naruto running towards Haku's body. However Kakashi grabbed his jacket
"Naruto calm down their are so many of them! We can't do anything I'm a tired and you won't be able to beat them on your own!" explained Kakashi looking at Naruto who turned to look at him.
"Please...Kakashi let me at least get his body...He is...my friend..." begged Naruto holding back tears as Zabuza and Kakashi just looked at him
"...I'm sorry Naruto but, that's a no." apologized Kakashi as much it pained him to say this
"I knew you were going to say..." let out Naruto as he unzipped his jacket and poured all of his chakra on his entire body to get away from Kakashi's grasp.
"Stop Naruto!" ordered Kakashi wanting to stand up but he was to exhuasted from all of the chakra he used. He and Zabuza could only see Naruto running. Then walking towards where Haku and Gatou were at
"So he's that one kid with that force..." recalled Gatou looking at Naruto getting on his knees and starting to pick up Haku's body..." Does this little shit think that I'm not here!" thought Gatou as he lifted his cane
Wham!
Gatou hit Naruto with his wooden cane on his temple. Naruto started to bleed from the bruise that he got from Gatou's cane. He just lifted Haku's body and started to walk to where Kakashi and Zabuza where at. "It must be all a bluff! He should've been able to block it! If he had that force I heard so much about!" Imagined Gatou at how this kid just pretended as though he didn't get hurt "You must really value that piece of sh-"
"Call him that one more time... And I swear on Sasuke, Hinata and Haku... That I will pull out every bone from your body!!" warned Naruto turning his head around to glaring at him at him with his cold blue eyes as the blood run through his eye. There was silence for a moment from everyone as he put down Haku close to Zabuza. "And don't you have anything to say to him?!"
The pure silence was worse than any answer Naruto could expect. "Shut up brat. Haku is already dead there is nothing for me to say." spoke Zabuza to the horror of Naruto who now preferred the silence
"Ho-How... How could you say that?!!" screamed Naruto at Zabuza who just turned his eyes away from Naruto "Don't you at least feel anything for him?!! He..He really wanted to fufill his duty.To you even when he was badly hurt!!"
"And so he did. That's the life any shinobi has to to understand. As I was used by Gatou I used Haku. That's all it was... In the world of the shinobi there are only those who use, and those who are used. We shinobi are simply tools..What I wanted was just his blood not him.. I have no regrets." explained Zabuza causing Naruto to start shaking hearing this "If you have a problem with me, then just use that power of your's to kill me."
"...I get what you mean... He sounds like an awesome person doesn't he?" asked Naruto seeing the cold from Haku's eyes leave him
"He truly is." agreed Haku smiling back at Naruto who smiled back at him "Anytime that he would see me fail he would help me correct my mistakes. Whenever he saw that I was hungry he would feed me so, that I would get stronger. "
"I wish to meet him one day." said Naruto wishing to meet the man who took care of Haku
"Dammit...From everything Haku told me about you...He made you sound like an angel to him... I wanted to really meet the man who gave Haku's life any meaning..." confessed Naruto shaking in sadness and rage "But it's true you really are a demon...Is that what you want me to say you demon!!"
"This someone else must really be an amazing person for you to value that scarf." Noticed Haku the red scarf that Naruto held as though it was the most precious thing to him
"Yeah! Do you also have someone who's important to you as well?" asked Naruto now looking at Haku waiting for his answer
"Yes... I as well have some that I value like you do that scarf. He's very dear to me he helped me during the darkest times of my life." answered Haku looking down at the grass then at Naruto who had eyes that understood him as well
"If I cut off my emotions... Like you did to Haku will... I really be what you call a Shinobi...?" cried Naruto tears running down on his "cheeks " Will I just use the people that I love...without ever regretting anything?!
"...I'm jealous." admitted Haku surprising Naruto having heard someone being jealous of his power "If I could learn how to become like Hinata, then I wouldn't hesitate to do this for Zabuza-san... I would've been the perfect weapon that he deserved."
"Even when he was dying there was one thing that he wanted to do... And that's to live up to you as tool for you the person who gave him a life!" wept Naruto wiping the tears that wouldn't stop coming out from him "That's the only purpose that he believed he had to you... Was he never a person to you... If so then I don't ever want to become a shinobi like you... That would be too much for me to handle... I still want to be a human, you de-"
AOR for scenery, Persona 5- Regret [Extended] 16:47
"Kid..." spoke Zabuza stopping Naruto from saying anymore as he turned look at Zabuza shedding tears "...You don't need to say anything else...Kid...I told Haku not to fight... But he still wanted to fight for me...It must've pained him to fight you more than anything that hurt him in that fight...He was too kind to be a Shinobi from where I grew up...But, he would've been a perfect Shinobi for your village...I'm glad I got to face you guys in the end...
"So you di-" uttered Naruto trying to speak seeing Zabuza bitting of the bandages of his face.
"Yeah...Kid... You are correct... A shinobi can't cut off his emotions not matter how hard they try to... And that may be for the best if we want to remain human...I've lost" admitted Zabuza as Kakashi and Naruto just listened to Zabuza's last words"Kid..Let me borrow your Kunai!
"I get it then...Thank you for giving Haku's life meaning again..." thanked Naruto grabbing a kunai from his Kunai holster. And throwing it at Zabuza who catched it with his mouth
"Thank you too kid...I never could tell Haku how I cared about him...But, now I know that's what I meant to him... I tried to run away from that feeling..." looked back Zabuza rushing towards Gatou who started run inside his men in fear. "But that emotion that I even feared...Finally caught up to me..."
AOR for scenery, Stop playing the ost.
"Kill him!! Kill Him!! Wh-Who ever kills that man gets a bonus!!" ordered Gatou in fear as his man laughed watching at a injured Zabuza rushing towards them
"What an easy way to make extra money!" rejoiced one of Gatou's men seeing that badly injured Ninja running towards a whole army of them
"There's many of us here do you still think that you will be able to defeat all of us?!" Taunted one of Gatou's men as he noticed something behind Zabuza...The aura of the purple demon beginning to running towards them."A..A Demon!!
Zabuza stabbed one of Gatou's men by the throat as one of them stabbed him with their katana. Zabuza brushed it off as he continued to move forward killing the person that was right in front of him to get to Gatou. Two small scythe were now plunged on him but, he still continued to persist on moving forward as the blood kept flying around. Then another Katana. A spear. Another Katana. Nothing he still kept moving forward with his rampage to get to Gatou. He finally got to the end where Gatou could see him Zabuza The Devil Of The Hidden Mist. He tried run but there was no where to run the bridge hadn't been finished.
Stab!
Zabuza stabbed Gatou by the side of his neck with the Kunai he held in his mouth. "Die already..! You fucking roach...!!" choked Gatou on his own blood as three men plunged their spears on Zabuza's back...He didn't stop he still bit down on the Kunai "...If you want to go to the same place as your friend..go.."
"Do you really think that I'm joining him...I have killed far too many to even go that place you call Heaven..." spoke Zabuza
"Cough What?!" gasped Gatou looking at Zabuza pulling his Kunai away from his neck. As he moved down preparing to attack once again
"However you and I are going to the same place! Hell!" stated Zabuza scaring Gatou even more "You said I did anything... However my kill count will say otherwise...It may even make me into a real devil in hell... But you?! You are just a puny little man! Hahaha, What fun it will be to hunt you down all eternity!!"
*Skip if you can't handle any graphic details*
Zabuza moved forward with the Kunai as he plunged it one more time in Gatou's neck but this he hit Gatou's jugular tearing cutting it apart as blood gushed out from his throat. Zabuza wasn't done he swiped again this time at Gatou's wind pipe pulling out along with his Adam apple. Gatou tried to breath but, he bleed out as he fell on the floor dead.
*Graphic scene over*
Gatou's men looked in fear at the brutality being displayed by Zabuza. Soon Zabuza set his eyes on them. Causing all of them to shake in fear.."This is it for me...Goodbye Haku.. Thank you for everything...I'm sorry..." thought Zabuza as he fell down on the floor exhuasted unable to move anymore. Kakashi and Naruto looked at him. Naruto couldn't bear to see it anymore he tried to look away
"Don't look away.This is the end of a man who couldn't live a normal life." stated Kakashi as Naruto nodded his head listening to this statement
"Yeah..." nodded Naruto looking at Zabuza's body
Other side of the bridge*
Sakura was still crying on Sasuke's body as Tazuna just looked away seeing the other side of the bridge where Gatou's men had been stopped by something. "Sasuke...Sob..." wept Sakura feeling something moving...
"Sakura...Your heavy..." whispered Sasuke looking tired. But being able to notice how badly Sakura had been crying for him soon she jumped on him hugging him.
"Sasuke-Kun!!! Sasuke-Kun!!! You're alive!!!" rejoiced Sakura hugging Sasuke tightly afraid of his body being cold again...
"Oww..." moaned Sasuke in pain at the senbon that were still on his neck. But, he didn't mind the warmth coming back to his body."Sakura...That hurts.."
"Ah! S-Sorry..." apologized Sakura moving away from Sasuke who tried to get up
"What about...Naruto...? And that...Masked kid..?" wondered Sasuke putting his hand on the floor trying to push himself back up
"Don't move!! You still have those Senbon in your body!" worried Sakura trying to stop Sasuke from hurting himself "Naruto is fine! And that masked kid is dead..."
Sasuke's eyes widening hearing these news about "Dead...? Did Naruto kill him..?" asked Sasuke in disbelief
"N-No... He didn't kill him... But he managed to hurt him badly..." revealed Sakura shaking remembering Hinata's chakra " That kid died protecting Zabuza..."
"I see..." understood Sasuke looking at the crater that was left on the bridge by presumably Hinata. Then the broken hunter nin mask that was on the floor along with the red scarf that was near it.""So she's that powerful...I must've set Naruto in a fit of rage to use her in order to hurt him..."
"But...I had faith in you two." mentioned Sakura smiling at Sasuke " I knew you two wouldn't die from fighting him. I'm amazed that you managed to prevent him from hitting your critical areas!!"
"No..." whispered Sasuke to himself the moment Sakura turned around and stood up "He must've not wanted to kill...He had many chances..."
"NARUTO!!" called Sakura from the other side of the bridge. Naruto slowly turned around hearing her voice..."He's alright! Sasuke-kun is alive!!!"
The moment Naruto heard this he looked at where Sasuke was trying to stand up. He lifted is arm at Naruto and just did a thumbs up at him with his usual face. Naruto felt so relieved...Happy... And most of all thankful. He had tears coming out from pure happiness at this sight as he looked down where Haku was... "Ha...Too kind...I understand now tha-" stopped Naruto when he heard something cut his train of thought. He turned around to see what was that noise
Thump! Thump! Thump!
"Did you forget about us?!" shouted one of Gatou's men from the crowd of Gatou's remaining army " You guys aren't done yet!!"
"You really had to kill our only pay source!!" barked one of Gatou's men from the crowd
"We are going to kill you ninjas!!" growled another one of Gatou's men
"And once we are done we will pillage this village!!" yelled another
"This will be the best time of our lives!!" rejoiced a voice in the crowd
"Yeah!! Yeah!!" chanted some voices inside the crowd as they prepared to attack Naruto and Kakashi first
"Let's begin!!!" crowed a voice in the front now rushing towards them
"Damn...this is bad." revealed a tired Kakashi looking at the situation
"Kakashi Sensei, Don't you have a jutsu that can wipe them all out?" asked Naruto turning to face Kakashi
"I can't...After the lightning edge summoning and Sharingan, I used too much chakra!" explained Kakashi unable to fight with his exhaustion "Naruto... You could use her but...I think you know what would happen..."
"If I use Hinata, she will kill them all...No I can't do that when Tazuna, Sakura, Kakashi and Sakura are here..." hesitated Naruto imagining the blood bath that would occur...He grabbed the bruise that gatou inflicted on him and prepared to pull..."Please don't look at me any different than I am..."
Thump
Naruto stopped what he was about to do when he saw the arrow hitting the ground on the bridge that stopped the army. He and everyone else turned to look at who shot the arrow... Inari holding a makeshift arrow and the people from the village right behind him. Tazuna looked at someone who was there as well Gichi..
"If you come any further onto our island... The citizens of this country will stop you with everything we've got!!" warned Gichi holding a make shift spear made out of wood
"Inari...Gichi..everyone you..." uttered Tazuna holding back tears happy to see everything he ever cared about regaining hope once again. Naruto looked at Inari surprised at how he got everyone...
"Hey! Naruto I convinced everyone thanks to your advice Naruto about protecting those we love!" Thanked Inari running towards where Naruto was as he noticed Naruto's red scarf that was on the floor. He picked it up and started to walk to where Naruto was "You said for me to return this back to you remember?!
Naruto looked at the red scarf as he remembered something. The advise he gave to Inari...And Haku...
"Hinata does motivate me to get stronger but, that would be for nothing if I didn't put the effort to try."
"When you really care about the people that matter to you. It gives you the strength to fight on, even against all odds."
"B-But I only did that because I want to be loved!
"Does that undo all of the good you have done?" asked Haku
"That's right...I forgot about that..." looked back Naruto seeing everything that he did to help Inari and this village... He smiled at Inari as he started to walked towards him "You did an amazing job! Thank you Inari! And you too Haku..." smiled Naruto grabbing his red scarf and looking at it one more time then smiling at Haku's body
"Turn your curse into a blessing...Just like I did..."
"Yeah thats right Hinata was never a curse to me...But a blessing that I have learn to control!" realized Naruto turning to face the army of Gatou's men. He wrapped the scarf gently around his neck. Everyone looked at the scarf beginning to float as the end of the scarf turned into a red spine where a big red creature materialized. Everyone looked in horror at what had comeout something powerful. They could see the red chakra around this creature with red wings that where attached to one tendril. That was above the mist looking at Gatou's men who were in fear at this side
"So that's her..." looked Sasuke at the red creature not feeling afraid but safe. Sakura got closer to Sasuke due to seeing her again. The villagers didn't know whether to feel safe or in danger.
"This is Hinata fully materialized then... She is more powerful than I thought...Naruto have you finally accepted her...?" thought Kakashi looking at Naruto who just looked forward at the army
"Don't worry everyone! She isn't dangerous to us she is the hero that will protect us!" assured Inari turning at the villagers who still kept looking at Hinata not afraid of her
"Hey Inari come here." called Naruto waving at Inari who moved walked on Naruto's left side. To see his pupils red shaped that where shaped like a fox. He was smiling as he saw Inari getting closer to him then Naruto moved his hand to his leaf headband and removed it. And wrapped it around Inari's head "Inari you have come to age!"
"Really!?" asked Inari looking at Naruto's nodding his head as Inari noticed another thing in Naruto's face. A Green shaped x mark on his forehead
"Yeah! You did something amazing today now it's my turn!" mentioned Naruto looking at Hinata in the sky "Hinata come by my side."
Hinata got there fast as the was now beside Naruto side near him "What do you need Naruto?!" asked happily Hinata smiling as she got near him
"Hinata... Will you fight by my side?" asked Naruto smiling at her as she nodded her head. "Please lend me your strength...Like you always do!"
"Yes Naruto I have the perfect thing that will help you too!" nodded Hinata as something cameout from her bottom left wing that was covered in some slimy substance... Haku's mask. Not it was different the mist sign was now changed to that of Leaf sign. The mask was missing the lower half. Hinata grabbed it with her nails and held it to Naruto's face. He grabbed it and looked at it for a while
"This mask...I should give it a name...That's right a name fitting for him...Snow Angel..." decided Naruto putting the mask on his face he felt different feeling able to control something as he closed his left hand and put it right in front of him
"Everyone that thing must be a Genjutsu!!" put in one of Gatous men in fear trying to think of a reason to fight
"Yea-yeah you ninjas really think that we are dumbass!!" Agreed another one of Gatou's men as they started to charge at Naruto. Everyone looked on at the army charging towards Naruto
"*Special-Jutsu-Tenshi-No-Ibuki...(Angelic Breath)*" uttered Naruto opening his left hand palm and blowing on it. The entire army of Gatou's men soon saw a gust of frost approaching them as they all were now frozen in ice.
"It's amazing how you could use something like this Haku...So difficult to control..." commented Naruto feeling the mask breaking apart "I promise to never kill anyone with your Kekkei Genkai...Haku..." swore Naruto walking past all of the frozen people that where shaking in fear and freezing. He walked to where Zabuza was where he laid eyes on him
"So...He was somehow able to give you his Kekkei Genkai...? spoke Zabuza looking at Naruto wearing a mask similar to Haku's "Kid..Please let me see him for the last time..."
"Yes...I'm sure he would've wanted the same thing..." agreed Naruto not hesitating as Hinata came close to him and picked up Zabuza body. It started to snow as Naruto walked with Hinata carrying Zabuza's body...
"Did you cause this snow Naruto?" wondered Kakashi looking at Hinata putting Zabuza close to Haku body
"Thanks...kid..." thanked Zabuza looking at Naruto who nodded his head "Haku...You gave this boy your Kekkei Genkai because...He was like you right...?Haku...Thank you for always being by my side...I'd like to be by your side just like how you always have..." thought Zabuza putting his hand on Haku's face... "If I could... I'd like to go to the place... Where you came from..." wished Zabuza as his heart stopped beating and just looked at Haku for the last time in his life...
???-???
Zabuza looked around to where he had suddenly appeared to... The place it looked as though it was surrounded by chakra... A blue chakra that had stars that could be seeing from a far. "What is this place?" wondered Zabuza walking around to see a white hooded figure, that had black magatamas around the collar, walking closer to him "Is that the grim reaper?"
"No I'm not the grim reaper but, you are close though!" spoke the hooded figure in a care free manner
"Is this supposed hell...? If it's I sure feel like its..." commented Zabuza feeling annoyed at this figure
"Ha...Why do you gotta ruin the mood?" complained the hooded figure sitting down on the nothing floating on nothingness "Do you know who many people freak out whenever they see me?"
"Does it sound like I care? Just tell me where I am?" questioned Zabuza seeing the hooded figure shaking his head
"Ha...Well let me explain, I am what you call the Yang side of the Yin" began the hooded figure as Zabuza just stared at him trying to understand"...I'm the body which all chakra is connected to...Meaning that I am able to read your body... Or in other words your soul
"Ah...So you are going to condemn me to hell already?" guessed Zabuza looking at Ashura standing up again
"Well not really...Since you showed up here." revealed Ashura scratching his head to the confusion of Zabuza not knowing why
"So this is purgatory...? I wasn't even considered worthy enough to go to hell..." responded Zabuza thinking that Gatou got away
"...Zabuza Momochi, tell my why do you think that?" asked Ashura waving at Zabuza to take a sit which he declined "I would recommend you to be honest with me. I could read your soul but, I much rather you tell me."
"Well... I killed everyone in my class when that graduation exam started. Then I hunted down any people that I was told to kill by the village. Soon I attempted to start a revolution against the Mizukage. Then I started to hunt down people who I was contracted to gain money to do another revolution. " explained Zabuza looking at Ashura putting his hand on his chin
"...I don't think you are still going to hell." spoke Ashura confusing Zabuza even more
"Isn't killing a considered one of the biggest sins a human could do? Why aren't I being punished for it?" questioned Zabuza as Ashura just shook his head again
"That is true for a person who has lived a normal life. But you weren't able to live a normal life, you were taught to kill at such a young age. So you grew up only being able to kill. That sin doesn't fall in you. You weren't raised as a human you were raised as a demon." Spoke Ashura holding his arm out and opening his hand to show a bright chakra " Your chakra hasn't been tainted by that which you call sin."
"So that's my soul..." Stared Zabuza at the pure chakra
"And that's not all there was a reason as to why you choose to do the revolution." continued Ashura closing his hand "...It was for him wasn't it?"
"...Yes" admitted Haku taking a sit looking at Ashura sitting beside him "I knew that Haku wanted to stay by my side, but I knew that at some point he might've become corrupted by me... So I choosed to perform the 'coup de taet' if I were to win and become Mizukage then...I could create a law where anyone who had a Kekkei Genkai in the country would never be harmed... Meaning that Haku could've lived a normal life and have a family..."
"Well...That's tragic if you ask me." commented Ashura standing up and walking with Zabuza following him "I know what punishment I have in mind already."
"Is it purgatory?" asked Zabuza looking at Ashura opening from the chakra.. Something came out...Haku a fully healed Haku in his pink kimono came out smiling at seeing Zabuza
"Zabuza-san!" exclaimed Haku walking towards Zabuza who looked at him in disbelief "You made it here! I just knew you would! I told my parents about how you were an amazing person! They really want to meet you!
Zabuza soon shed tears hearing all of this. He turned to face Ashura who took of his white hood to reveal a man with short brown, spiky hair and has two locks of hair that were bandaged. "This is too cruel..." croaked Zabuza causing Haku to worry about him
"Yes this is your punishment. You will be a human in the after life..." stated Ashura giving Zabuza a final smile as he vanished away leaving both Haku and Zabuza alone.
"Haku...I want you to do one more thing for me..."requested Zabuza seeing Haku paying attention to
"Yes? Zabuza-san I will do anything you request." nodded Haku seeing Zabuza still tearing up
"Stop being my weapon and... be my loyal comrade in the after life..." spoke Zabuza seeing Haku just smile and grab his right arm
"Come Zabuza-san! Let's go back to where I was born!" replied Haku pulling Zabuza to a snowy village where he saw two adults waiting for Haku...
"Yeah this must be heaven..." uttered Zabuza
Bridge*
"I'm sure you will be able to... Zabuza... You will be together..." spoke Kakashi looking at Haku and Zabuza
"Yeah...I think so too... Kakashi-sensei..." agreed Naruto taking off his scarf. The mask broke the moment he took off his red scarf. With Hinata returning back inside the scarf.
Woods*-*Early Morning*-*(2 weeks after the battle)
There were two graves on the wood as Team 7 was putting something on each wooden cross. Sakura was carrying to rings made out of flowers. Kakashi was aligning the Kubikiribōchō on the right grave. Sasuke put two plates of white mochi that Tsunami made on each grave as an offering. Naruto brought two offerings for the graves. A plate of rice porridge that he put on the left grave. And a string from his red scarf that he tied around each end of the graves. Connecting them to this red string.
"Why did you bring a red string?" asked Sakura curious as to why Naruto would bring such a gift
"Well I kinda choose this one because. I feel that it will tie them together in the after life." explained Naruto looking at the rice porridge that he made
"And I made sure to bring one of Haku's favorite food..."
"I see...But ...Kakashi Sensei..." continued Sakura getting Kakashi attention "Were these two correct about Ninja's?"
"A Shinobi Isn't supposed to pursue his own goals...Becoming the country's tool is most important...That's the same for the leaf village.."Answered Kakashi
"Is that what it really means to become a true Ninja...? Yeah I don't think I want to be a true Ninja then if it means giving up everything I believe in!" objected Naruto getting everyone's attention
"You also think that?" asked Sasuke looking at Naruto's face
"Well... Each and every Ninja has to live while dealing with that issue... Just like Zabuza and... Haku..." added Kakashi
"Ok, I decided what I'm going to do!! I will be a Ninja that protects everything he loves!!" stated Naruto blushing admitting this as everyone saw his face turning red
"What a moron..." uttered Sasuke walking away to with a smirk that no one could see
Sakura just looked at Naruto's red face and laughed" Hahaha...That's just like you Naruto.." giggled Sakura causing Naruto to blush even more. Kakashi sensei just smiled through the mask hearing this "Yeah...To protect everything you love..."
AOR for scenery, Sunset Bridge-Persona 5 OST [Extended] 2:00:53
Bridge*-* Morning
Tazuna, Inari, Gichi and Tsunami where at the bridge preparing to say goodbye to Team 7. As they had one gift wrapped for someone "Thanks to you we've completed the bridge, but this is still so sad..." Mentioned Tazuna putting his hand on top of Inari
"Well it's not like we don't have a parting gift!" mentioned Tsunami grabbing the gift from Gichi's hand as she walked to Naruto
"Eh?! For me?! " gasped Naruto looking at the gift "What is it?
"Well after we technically robbed the submarine where Gatou's men where in. We found a stash of money that we used on the village. But, I requested for one thing that everyone seemed to agree." explained Tsunami giving the gift to Naruto's hand it the gift weight a little. As he was curious to what it was " Don't open the gift in there it contains many recipes that you can use at your home."
"So this is a rice cooker!!" exclaimed Naruto waving the gift around "This is so useful!! Thank you a lot Ma'am!"
"Oh come on..You know that this is nothing compared to what you have done for us." commented Tsunami smiling at Naruto waving the present around "But...If I find out that you aren't eating well..."
"D-Don't worry. I-I will eat well!" responded Naruto as he stopped on his tracks in fear knowing that she wasn't kidding.
"A-Anyways thank you for everything." stuttered Kakashi in fear remembering Tsunami's presence
"Thank you as well Sensei." smiled Tsunami not closing her eyes but still scaring Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi
"Ah I forgot to apologize to you Inari..." remembered Naruto walking closer to Inari as he got on his knee and put the rice cooker aside "Sorry that you couldn't keep my Leaf Headband Protector. Kakashi said that I would get in trouble if I didn't return with it. But...you want to know something
"What is it Naruto?" wondered Inari trying not to crying in front of Naruto
"Inari you are stronger than me..." answered sticking his fist out to Inari "You will protect this village when I leave right?"
"Yeah...I will!!" assured Inari hitting Naruto fist. With tears escaping his eyes. Naruto just smiled at him as he stood up grabbed the rice cooker and started to walk away
"Take care!! Everyone I will visit you one day!!" promised Naruto waving his hand as Inari started to cry even harder. Tsunami and Tazuna just put their hands on Inari shoulder. Naruto looked one more time to see a determined Inari smiling back at him with the people he loves behind him
"So what do we call this bridge?" asked Gichi looking at Team 7 walking away
"Well I was thinking the Naruto bridge but he asked me to name this bridge something else..." responded Tazuna looking at Naruto still waving at them with his scarf on his right arm." The Hinata Bridge sounds more appropriate..."
"Why her?" wondered Gichi thinking of the possibilities
"She connected everyone...Naruto, Me, Tsunami, Inari and this village through the love she left in him. She gave him the power to still fight on even through death... This bridge will always be a reminder that even through death.. Those who we love will always be given us the power to fight." explained Tazuna seeing Naruto stop to look at them
"Inari you get it now... How important it's to have people who love you when you are sad..." looked back Naruto as he remembered one more thing
6 years ago*-*Morning*-*Naruto's Apartment
"I should just dissapear!" cried Naruto as Hiruzen walked closer to Naruto and hugged him...
"No Naruto... Hinata doesn't hate you...Ayame...Teuchi... and I don't hate you... " Stated Hiruzen softly causing Naruto to hug him back as he cried even more hearing this "We don't want to see you gone... We care about you..."
Bridge*
"That's when I remembered that I am already loved by people...The only person who didn't love me... Was myself..." recalled Naruto
So don't hate yourself Naruto..."waved Haku smiling at Naruto
"Yeah Haku...now I know..." realized Naruto turning around to see Hinata sitting by the rails looking at the sun rising up.
"Will you remember what happened?" asked Hinata turning her face at Naruto who still couldn't see her eyes...But could now see what was on her forehead a green x mark
"Yes...In that darkness I also found some light...I will remember how you died Hinata..." planned Naruto seeing Hinata smile as she soon vanished in the sun light.."I told Inari that a small step is a lot...Now it's my turn to continue walk!" smiled Naruto seeing Sakura, Sasuke and Kakashi waiting for him to go with them back to the Hidden Leaf Village
AOR for scenery, Persona PSP Opening Dream of Butterfly-with lyrics 2:08
A/N: Ok I know I said that I was going to take 3 weeks... But I did get sick on one week Had the flu so I couldn't write without risking getting exhuasted. As for why it took me another week it was because...Well shit my as well come clean I had to stay on a Hotel to go get checked physically...All I'm going to say is that it was the first time where a guy watched me piss and checked my anus in one day... Well that's all I have to say about the delay. Other than that I'm about to start on needed rework on Chapter 1 and 2 since I now regret that those are my most important chapters that I fucked up. Cause I had no clue what I was doing at the time(And still do). Well this is it the end for Arc 1 Time to go the songs
Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle:LR SSJ Goku and Vegeta Morale Boost OST I wanted a song that embodies speed and teamwork at the same time. Also because it sounds like two rivals are competing yet, work with each other(And this may or may not be the game that your bad author plays a lot in his off time)
Master of Shadows-Persona 3: This song was on my mind when I thought about Hinata's awakening.This Song was not meant to be Heroic at all it's supposed to be the inverse of one self. How this Hinata is more violent and dangerous. And Naruto is uncaring of hurting anyone with Hinata.
Chainsaw man- Episode 3 OST Power and Meowy/ First trailer-Emotional Music: Oh boy this song made tear up the most when I was writting the scene. Mostly because this song represents Haku's understanding of Naruto. And wishing that he got to more about Him and Hinata. This song was Heroic and Dream like perfectly representing one of my favorite characters
Regret Persona 5: It says it on the name. All I'm going to say is how it sounds like something is breaking down. Aka Zabuza's defense towards that emotion called love
Sunset Bridge Persona 5: A great song for an ending with Naruto getting a new resolve... To love himself more and to figure out a memory that he sealed away
Dream of Butterfly: This is the ending which perfectly shows how this Fan Fiction might've seem to you.(I hope) It sounds like it will be a happy time but, those happy times hide a painful past that broke Naruto. This time I won't tell you what the lyrics means since the lyrics are on the video.Also because there is some foreshadowing in the song of scenes to come... Or I'm just a lazy prick. Also you should probably stop playing the song if you haven't
So yeah I'm going to start a forum soon where you can ask me any questions.. About the story except for any spoilers like: How does Hinata die? Will he gain any Kekkei Genkai soon? Does Hinata ever comeback? Is the Author going to buy milk again? Will he fixed his shitty grammar mistakes?
Well Either way I'm still thankful that you are reading this story. So I will give you a bonus as thanks for reading even the Author Notes. See yall next time!
Bonus
Ichiraku's Ramen*-* Afternoon
Iruka was dragged by Naruto to go to Ichiraku's Ramen so that he can repay him the ramen he forced him to buy "So Iruka sensei! Guess who is
paying for Ramen to day!" bragged Naruto rubbing his nose as Iruka just looked at him with a deadpanned face
"Yeah I can't guess...Who..." answered Iruka sarcastically breaking Naruto's spirit as he called for Teuchi
"Teuchi-san can we have Three Large Deluxe Pork Ramen!" requested Naruto watching Iruka turning at him wondering how badly he is saving money
"Naruto don't you think that you are going over board on your pay check?" asked Iruka looking at Naruto shaking his head
"No! No! This is the only time I will pay you back like this!" answered Naruto to the dissapointment of Iruka. Knowing full well that he would be buying Naruto ramen again
"But still...I don't think you or me could finish two bowls of a large portion of ramen like that." pointed out Iruka looking at the ramen that were served up in the counter
"Yeah I know aready!" nodded Naruto grabbing both of the bowls of ramen as Iruka grabbed his. Iruka watched as Naruto took out a red scarf from his waist bag and put it around the other bowl of ramen "That's because that bowl of ramen isn't for me..."
"You don't mean her..." uttered Iruka knowing that Naruto was talking about Hinata
"Yeah...Hinata deserves this bowl of ramen as well..." smiled Naruto at the red scarf
"Naruto...That bowl is on the house..." spoke Teuchi looking at Naruto looking at him smiling still
"Really?! Doesn't a bowl like that cost a lot for your business?!" asked Iruka looking at Teuchi who nodded his head
"Yes that's true but, a bowl of ramen doesn't taste the same when one person is gone..." answered Teuchi as Ayame walked in hearing the conversation
"So...Naruto what makes you bring her name up again...?" wondered Ayame remembering that one time where he wouldn't visit after that 'day' "You never bring her name.. So we never brought her name up.. Since we knew that it would hurt you a lot just hearing her name..."
"Yeah... Thank you for that..." Thanked Naruto sounding grateful looking at them both " But, I think that it's time that I don't push her away from the things I love...Slurp... The ramen it's delicious..."
