Ack! Hey ya'll, guess what this update actually took me 13 PAGES TO WRITE ... that's a lot of pages!
Late that Sakura and I volunteered to go shopping for food with the Bridge Builder while Naruto and Sasuke Kept trying to train by climbing up trees with only their feet. The three of were walking down the street, Sakura and I staring blankly at the homeless children and grown-ups sitting in front of walls or begging for money. "Um, were are we going?" Sakura asked.
"You want to eat tonight? I gotta pick up some things for dinner." The bridge Builder replied. We kept walking, while still looking at the people on the side of the street and hiding from shade. Every once in a while we would see people holding up signs that said 'Will work for money'. "Here we are." He said, referring to a small store across from us. We all entered, there was barely any food left on the shelves.
I stared in disbelieve at the lack of nourishment, there was only about a few carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and potatoes in sight. This is a store? There's nothing here. "You pervert!" I herd Sakura scream. I turned around and saw a man lying face down on the floor.
"What happened?" I asked her.
"That man tried to touch me! That's what happened!" She said, still fuming. I walked over to her and grabbed her shoulders and turned her around.
"I think it would just be better if we went outside." I told the Bridge Builder. I pushed Sakura out the door and just when I got her to clam down about the man the Bridge Builder walked out of the store.
"Let's go." We all started going back to his home in silence. "You gave me a fright back there, girls around here don't usually fight like that."
"Well they should! Something's seriously wrong here!"
I felt a tug on the back of my shirt. "Huh?" I turned around to see a young boy, probably no older then six standing in front of me. "Yes?" I asked him. He held out both his hands.
"Spare some change?"
"Oh," I looked into the bag I had over my shoulders and pulled out some candy I had, had before and put it in his hands. "It's not money but I hope it will do, okay?"
He nodded "Thank you!" and ran away with a smile on his face and into the crowd.
"Chi, what are you doing back there?" I herd the Bridge Builder yell, he and Sakura were about twenty feet ahead of me.
"Oh, yeah ... sorry!" I ran back up to them.
"What were you doing back there Chi?" Sakura asked.
"A little boy came up to me and asked for money, I gave him some candy I had."
"It's been like that ever since Gatou got here." The Bridge Builder started. "The children suffer, and the adults are too scared to stand up to him. They've lost all hope, that's why we need to build the bridge, it will bring comers and trade. But most importantly it is a symbol of courage, we must restore the spirit of are people. When it is finished people will start to believe again, they'll believe they can live with dignity. We can't let Gatou stop us."
We all kept walking home in silence.
-Later at the Bridge Builders house.
It was dark out and we were sitting down in the kitchen eating supper. I shoved a fork full of rice I my mouth and started chewing it. I swallowed it down at once and stared over at Naruto and Sasuke, who were eating non-stop. "Guys, slow down or your going to get sick!" I told them.
They both rose from their seats and razed their bowls. "I want some more!" they both said in unison. They immediately sat back down in their chairs, bent over and threw up on the floor.
"Don't eat so much if you're gonna puke it up!" Sakura yelled at them both.
"I have to eat ..." Sasuke said.
"And I have to eat more then him, it's the only possible way I can get stronger." Naruto said.
"That's true ..." Kakashi Sensei said "But puking won't help you."
"And plus, you just wasted a lot of food ..." I said. "And you just made me not hungry any more ..." I stood up and walked over to the sink were Inari's mother, Tsunami, was. "I'll help clean up." I said to her.
When I was done clearing off the table (And Tsunami was done cleaning up after Naruto and Sasuke) I sat back down.
"Excuse me," said Sakura standing in front of a torn picture. "This picture is torn, is there some reason for that?" The picture had Inari, the Bridge Builder, Tsunami, and another person who wasn't there anymore was in it. "Inari, you kept glancing at it all though dinner, it looks like someone was there." All three of them looked upset.
"It's my husband." Tsunami said.
"They used to call him a hero in this land." The Bridge Builder said. Inari got out of his seat and walked out the room.
"Inari were are you going?" Asked Tsunami. She went after him and turned to the Bridge Builder "Father you can't talk like that about him around Inari! And you know that!" She left.
Everyone said nothing for the next few seconds.
"What happen to him?" I dared to ask.
"Yes. Is there a story behind this?" Kakashi Sensei asked.
"He wasn't my grandson's real father, he came into the family later ... and he brought so much happiness, he and Inari were very close. In those days Inari used to laugh all the time ... But then ..." His fist were clenched "All that changed he never laughs or smiles anymore." He started to cry a little now. "Ever since the day everything changed. The word 'courage' was stolen from are island, we were left powerless, hopeless ... and my grandson seemed to suffer the most."
"What happened to Inari?" Kakashi Sensei asked.
"First you need to know about the man, his father." He took off his glasses and wiped away a tear. "The man who taught us courage, who was a hero here." He put his glasses back on.
"A hero, really?" Naruto asked.
"You can decide that for yourself. He came here about three years ago." The Bridge Builder told us about how when Inari was younger a group of bullies took away his dog and how they threw the dog into the lake and then Inari. "Interesting enough at that very same moment the dog learned how to doggy pattle." Then how Inari almost drowned then his 'father' had saved him. "His name was Kaiza, (Kai: Is that his name? I'm not sure ...) a simple fisherman that came from another land. After that Kaiza and Inari were inseparable. He never had a real father so you can imagine what it felt like to have him around. My grandson followed in his footsteps like real father and son. Kaiza spent more and more time with us until he naturally became a member of are family. And when the town needed him he became something more."
Now he told us one time when the gates over flowed and if someone didn't do anything the whole town would flood. And how he saved the district by swimming threw the strong currents to the gates. "Inari was so proud to be his son. Not long after Gatou showed up, he terrorized the whole village. Only Kaiza would stand up to him ... Gatou couldn't have a local hero getting in his way. It took his whole gang to stop one man." He told us how Gatou had killed him in front of the entire village. "Since then Inari changed, so did Tsunami and all are people."
It was silent again.
Naruto got up from his chair and was about to walk out when he tripped, from focusing to much Chakra in his feet before.
"What are you doing down there Naruto?" Sakura asked him.
"You better take the day off, no more training." Kakashi Sensei told him. "You've used too much Chakra, if you push it any harder it could kill you."
"I'm gonna prove it ..." Naruto said, trying to get up.
I rolled my eyes "Prove what now?"
"What to kill yourself?" Sasuke added.
"I'll prove it, that in this world," He had gotten to his feet now. "There are real hero's!"
"Right," I said in a sarcastic tone "You do that." And he was off.
Naruto didn't turn up for breakfast the next morning, we searched around the home and he still wasn't found. "Were do you think he could have went?" Sakura asked.
"Knowing him he could be anywhere." I told her.
"I'll go look for him." Sasuke said.
"We'll all go look for him." Kakashi Sensei stated. "I'm sure the Bridge Builder, Tsunami, and Inari will be fine." We headed out into the forest. We all eventually found him found him training by climbing tree's again.
"Hey guys." Naruto greeted us. "Look how high I can get up without my hands!"
He threw a Kunai Knife up near the top of the tree and ran up it, about halfway up he lost his balance and fell off.
Sasuke caught him in time and set him back on the ground. "Come on, let's go. And don't think about trying to run off again and start training." He said like he was angry.
"Aww ... Sasuke worried about his team mate." I teased.
"Shut up!" They both said in unison.
When we got back we went into the kitchen, the Bridge Builder and Inari was sitting at the table. "Hey." Kakashi Sensei said cheerfully.
"Hello." He replied 'Listen, can I ask you something?"
"Yes, go ahead."
"Why did you stick around when I had lied to all of you about my project?"
"To abandon one's duty is not courageous, and below courageous, there is nothing." I looked over at Inari to see how he would react to this, seeing that it would remind him of Kaiza.
He broke down and started crying. "Why do you try so hard against Gatou! It's useless!"
All eyes were on him now.
"Shut up." Naruto told him.
Inari started to cry harder. "Naruto! Look what you just did!" Sakura said angrily at him. Me on the other hand, just placed my hand on my forehead and slid it down my face.
"How can you be so carefree and possibly know anything about me or this country!" Inari demanded.
"You're just playing the tragic character and a sissy like you should just keep crying." Naruto said to him again.
"Naruto!" Sakura and I both yelled at him.
Inari left the room and I resisted the temptation to go and follow him. I didn't even think of following Naruto when he left the room, I just simply went to my room and stayed there until supper, like many other people who was at the out burst.
I was sitting in my room when I herd a knock on the door. "Come in!" I yelled to them. The door slid open, Sasuke was standing in front of me. He walked in and closed the door. "Oh, hey."
"Hey ..." he said. "What's up?"
"Nothing much ..."
"Oh." He sat down next to me on my bed. "Uh ..." He was about to say something then he stopped.
"Yes?" I asked.
No reply.
I leaned my face in front of his, I had no intention of kissing him, I just wanted to see his face. "Well ..." He started. "You see we've know each other for a while now right?" I raised my eyebrow.
"Yes."
He blushed. Bushed. The famous Sasuke, the one who never showed emotion ... blushed. "I've just never ..." his voice trailed off in to a whisper. "I've never felt like this about someone before."
"Who?" I asked. He turned his face away from mine. It hit me, he was talking about me. "Me?" he nodded. He faced me and I felt my face get hot. Before I knew it he had his lips on top of mine. We had kissed.
The next morning Kakashi Sensei, the Bridge Builder, Sakura, Sasuke, and I left Naruto behind to let him rest while we headed over to the bridge. It was about a twenty walk but when we got there we saw several critically injured workers and possibly even some dead bodies too. We were greeted by some, but not many, of the workers who weren't harmed badly. "Who would do such a thing?" Sakura asked softly, staring at the people.
"Gatou?" I said.
"Chances are ..." Sasuke said.
Somewhat of a few minutes later the bridge and the air became thick with mist. "He's still alive, and he couldn't wait for his second round." Kakashi Sensei confirmed. (I'll be calling Momochi, Zabuza) "Sasuke! Sakura! Chi! Get in positions!" We all stood back to back leaving a space in between us all and the Bridge Builder. I stood ready with the Kunai knife in my hand.
"Kakashi Sensei, its Zabuza isn't it? This is his Hidden Mist Justu." Sakura said.
"Sorry I kept you waiting Kakashi, I see you still got those brats with you." I could hear Zabuza's voice but I couldn't see him. "And that one's still trembling." I soon realized he was talking about Sasuke.
Suddenly about seven of his water clones surrounded us. "I'm trembling, with excitement." Sasuke stated.
"There all yours Sasuke." Kakashi told him.
Immediately he had gotten rid of all the clones around us all. 'Oh, you could see they were water clones, huh?" I turned around to see Zabuza and the person with the mask that had gotten rid of his body next to him. "Looks like you've got a rival Haku." He said. We were not standing in position anymore, more of what looked like a messed up line.
"Well, well." Kakashi Sensei started. "It was all an act."
"So I guess all that about being a tracker ninja was just a load of bull?" The Bridge Builder asked.
"I'd say they'd be pulling stunts like that for a long time." Kakashi Sensei said.
"He's got some nerve facing us again." Sakura said.
"And hiding behind that mask, who does he think he is?" Kakashi said.
"You're the one to talk." I said.
"That's it, I'm taking them out." Sasuke said. "Who does he think he is hiding behind a mask like a clown?"
"Sasuke you're so cool!" Sakura said. I gave her a dull look Didn't Kakashi Sensei just say that exact same thing?
Haku, the masked person, started spinning around so fast it almost looked like he was inside a tornado. What is this? Haku came swiftly towards us.
It seemed that when I blinked I had missed a whole scene because when I shut them Haku was coming towards us, then when I opened them Sasuke and Haku were head on with their Senbon and knife together.
"Sakura, Chi, cover the Bridge Builder and stay close to me." Kakashi Sensei told us. Sakura instantly blocked the Bridge Builder's left side while I covered the right. "Let Sasuke handle this."
Sasuke and Haku kept switching positions of their weapons every few seconds. They both quickly backed away from each other and then went back at the other. Their weapons hit each other with force that made them spin around once. Sasuke's knife and Haku's Senbon hit again. "We want the Bridge Builder not you, if you back down now I won't have to kill you." I herd Haku say.
"Save it." Sasuke told him.
"You're making a mistake, you won't be able to keep up with my speed. And already I've gained two key advantages."
"Yeah, what are they."
"First, were surrounded by water. Second, I've already blocked one of your hands, therefore you only have one free hand to defend yourself." Haku started doing hand signs for a Justu ... with only one hand. "Secret Justu: A thousand needles of death!" The water that was surrounding them rose into the air and then turned into needles like the Senbon he was using. They all went at Sasuke in a flash.
"Remember the training!" I yelled out to him. When they were about an inch from hitting him he jumped back, sending both of them backwards. He appeared in the air above Haku and threw a few stars at him, which he dodged. He was behind him now.
"You're not as fast as you think you are. From this point on, you'll be the one defending my attacks." Sasuke said to him. They both jumped back. Sasuke tried to hit Haku with his fist but he blocked it with his arm. From behind Sasuke's back he threw a knife at Haku. He bent down and missed it once again. Sasuke nailed him in the face with his foot and she went to the ground quite for ahead. "Thought you were quick huh? What else are you wrong about?"
"You made a mistake calling these ninja brats." Kakashi said. "That's just guarantied to bring out Sasuke's attitude, and he's the best young fighter of the Hidden Village. And Sakura here is are sharpest mind, Chi is are most fearless. And last but not least, are most hyper-active knucklehead ninja." Zabuza laughed.
"Haku if we keep going like this, we'll be the victims instead of them." Haku stood up, a blue mist went around him.
"What's that?" I said.
"I'm sorry it came to this." Haku said "Secret Justu: Crystal ice mirrors." then made a hand sign and what looked like thin ice mirrors appeared. It looked like about twenty mirrors created a dome with both of them inside. I saw them glow a white-ish color for a moment and then I saw Haku merge into the nearest one and appear in all of them in a matter of seconds. Kakashi Sensei went to save Sasuke but Zabuza blocked him.
"If you want to get into this fight, you have to fight me. That kid has no chance against that Justu, he's finished."
"Now, we will begin." Haku said. "Now I will show you what speed ... really means." Two of the ice mirrors threw a Senbon at Both of Sasuke's arms. Soon countless of them hit him so fast he wasn't able to even defend himself at all. The knife in his hand came out of his grasp and Landed at Sakura's feet.
"Just try and save him and I'll kill the other three in a heartbeat." Zabuza said to Kakashi Sensei.
"I'm sorry but I can't stay with you." Sakura told me and the Bridge Builder.
"I understand, now go." The Bridge Builder told her.
"I'll stay here and stay on guard. Do what you have to do." I told her. She nodded my direction and picked up the knife that landed at her feet and ran towards the dome. She tried to throw it at Sasuke so he could catch it but one of the arms in Haku's ice mirrors caught it. The mirrors stopped throwing the needles at Sasuke and he collapsed. Something came out of nowhere and hit Haku, he came out of the mirror. "What?" I said. A big 'Boom' and a huge cloud of smoke appeared. I faintly saw the body in the smoke. "Naruto!" I called.
"Naruto Uzumaki is here, believe it!"
And then everybody died ... the end xD
Ah ha just kidding. BUT you still have to wait until part eight comes out, actually I'm going to start it on Sunday (Tomorrow)
-Kai