Naruto Fanfiction

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Author' Note: Warning… Lots of blood here… Pass with care…

Bleakness was the world, conniving as life could make it to be. Enmity filled the dust that circled around him, everywhere he came, whether sanctioned or not. He would make existence a melancholic pile of distortion rather sooner than later.

I burn for a thrust…

His own pain reminded him of happiness gained on missions. He wondered if this mission would give him a similar satisfaction…

To think a fraction of endeavour
Reveals the lie that is my face
I thought it would hold forever
Within the spirit of tracks I trace
Imagine a scar of hope across
An expression too good to be true
The wastes of emotions a loss
Of torrents flickering before you

"Let's make this quick."

The Clashing
- Chapter 1: Nature Beckons

Kakashi and Naruto were walking in the front, Sakura behind them along with Tazuna and Sasuke trailing from behind. Naruto had his arms folded, Kakashi and Sasuke had their hands in their pockets and Sakura was keeping her arms everywhere while walking. The trip so far had been very uneventful. There wasn't a lot of speech. Naruto didn't like to speak too much and Kakashi and Sasuke only spoke when it was really needed. Sakura and Tazuna were the only ones talking on the trip. But they too, were quiet after a long while of walking.

"Accompanying some trash to some unknown dump…" Naruto muttered. "This isn't what I was hoping for at all." Naruto's expression told everyone he was annoyed.

Kakashi was thankful Tazuna didn't hear him and replied. "Something's suspicious, though." Something had been nagging at him since the start of the mission. And Kakashi was known as a genius, who could analyze people best.

Naruto nodded his head. "A small speck of hope is wondering what hell it's doing around me… Perhaps it's because I smell two rats…" He ended with a smirk.

Kakashi narrowed his eye in front of him. "Where?" He whispered. Kakashi looked behind him to see Sakura, Sasuke and Tazuna following them. 'So someone's following us? Or waiting for us?'

Naruto frowned shortly at Kakashi. "I smelled them first, they're mine." He said with a tone that was dead serious.

Kakashi frowned right back. "Are they dangerous?"

"Chuunin Level probably." Naruto answered before he looked at Kakashi. "I thought you could use your nose more advanced than the average Shinobi, Hatake. I'm taken aback by this sudden revelation… My nose is better than yours."

Kakashi ignored the remark and analyzed the surroundings. 'A duo of Chuunins? Might be a good test for Sasuke, but Sakura won't be ready for it.'

Suddenly, he saw Naruto threw something away. Kakashi looked at the strange thing as it fell in a puddle. His eye widened. 'Oh n…' Before he could do anything, the place was in total chaos. A huge explosion sent everyone flying.

Kakashi had grabbed Tazuna and Sakura, while Sasuke landed on his back some ten meters back. Naruto was just standing there, watching the smoke and the fire. 'Now let's see how strong these two are…'

Kakashi glared at the grin on Naruto's face. 'What was that he threw? That was no ordinary explosive. Way too small for an explosion tag.'

Naruto noticed Kakashi's curious gaze. "In case you're wondering… I put some of my 'special' Chakra on a 'Signed' seal of yours truly. No explosion will… 'boom'… as hard as this one." Naruto suddenly informed Kakashi. "One of them is dead… literally ripped apart, actually. The other survived, but lost half of his right arm…" Naruto annoyingly said. "I'm kind of disappointed. I expected both of them to survive it…"

Kakashi walked up to Naruto, visibly enraged. "Don't do something like that ever again; you almost hurt one of us!" He half-yelled as he stood behind Naruto.

Naruto turned and immediately glared Kakashi back a meter. "I don't care. I must finish this mission as quick as I can; casualties are tolerated… remember?" Naruto commented, knowing a little of Kakashi's past.

Kakashi glared right back as he seemed unaffected. "So you don't care about your teammates?" He said, anger slowly building up inside of him.

Naruto held up a hand as he threw a Kunai straight into one of the opponents' chest. "If they're useless, no." Naruto turned away. "I suppose you want to question him." He said as he pointed at the only survivor of his explosion. "It seems he is one of the Demon Brothers… How pathetic." Naruto spat as he walked over to him and grabbed him by the neck, holding him up.

"Talk or I will let you live forever with a giant gash in your neck that will never stop bleeding." Naruto said with a grin as he put his claw in his neck. Blood was very slowly pouring out, over Naruto's nails and over the Demon Brother's neck.

"Enough, Naruto." Kakashi warned, finally having enough of Naruto's attitude.

"Hatake, you may be my Jounin Instructor… and you're definitely more powerful than me…" Naruto began as he still held the singe Demon Brother by the neck. "But what makes you think I will ever listen to you?"

Kakashi narrowed his eye. 'He's a definite liability. But powerful as can be…' Kakashi sighed. 'Extending this conflict will lead to nothing…' Kakashi turned away. "Question him, then. I'll check on Tazuna and the others."

Naruto grinned as he turned back to the Demon Brother. "Now, then… Let's see how high your pain tolerance is…"

A half hour later, Naruto was as quiet as can be. The high tension was definitely there, between Kakashi and Naruto. Sakura and Sasuke didn't know what to do and Tazuna feared the blonde Shinobi who was leading the way.

"Say… who's the leader of those two?" Tazuna asked Sakura and Sasuke. The two Genins were visibly shaken, but it was nothing compared to the frightened Tazuna.

Sasuke didn't respond, knowing Sakura would. "Kakashi-sensei is our leader, but… Naruto is… he's just really… difficult." She ended with a shake. Tazuna saw the goose bumps on her arm.

"He's scarier than Gatou…" Tazuna said. "He really creeps me out."

Sakura nodded. "He killed two people on this mission already…" She whispered. "He's not like us at all…" She ended with a whisper as she closed her eyes. 'He's so… so… dangerous… He seemed to enjoy killing them.'

Sasuke nodded his agreement. "He's certainly… interesting." He said. 'He reminds me of…'

When they were at the right distance away from the others, Kakashi started. "Naruto-kun. We need to be able to work together. You've had it rough, but we've all had it rough."

Naruto shrugged. "I don't care who's had it rough. This is just the way I do my missions." He replied coldly. "I'm not changing my way of doing missions."

Kakashi grabbed Naruto by the shoulder, making both of them stop moving. "This is not one of your solo-missions, Naruto. You have to work, together, with your team"

"I know that, Hatake…" Naruto sighed. "But this is turning into a better mission than I expected. This might actually be worthwhile."

Kakashi looked Naruto straight in the eye. "This is no time to have fun. We have two new Genins on our team and a defenceless man. You are also JUST a Genin."

Naruto chuckled. "True, but I'm not as weak as one…"

Kakashi nodded. "Because of your attitude in the previous years you weren't allowed to go on a team. Try to hold back your anger some more, Naruto."

Naruto's gaze darkened a bit. He had gone on a major killing spree on the first mission he was given as a Genin. No innocents were killed, but he traumatized his former teammates with his kills. Even his Jounin Instructor at that time wouldn't work for a few months.

Naruto sighed. "Fine." He gave in. "But if I'm annoyed I will not hold back on it. Also, I'll let you handle the fights then. If I will, I'm sure I will kill everyone again."

Kakashi nodded his head. "One last request."

Naruto waved his hand as he continued his walk. "Forget it. I won't ever get along with those two weaklings…"

The rest of the trip was spent in silence, until both Naruto and Kakashi stopped the others and scanned the area. Both of them looked around, as if they were looking for something.

"Can you smell it?" Kakashi whispered.

"Mist, I smell the awkward smell of mist…" Naruto whispered as he sat down on one knee and touched the ground. He then looked ahead. "Two peculiar smells, to be precise…"

Kakashi nodded his head as he steadied himself. 'Definitely more skilled than the Chuunins we've faced before.' Kakashi slightly turned his head to look at Sasuke, Tazuna and Sakura. "You two, guard Tazuna! Naruto, watch my back!"

Naruto studied Kakashi for a while, before finally giving in. "At least make this fight enjoyable…"

Both of them suddenly looked to their right to see a gigantic sword flying towards them. Naruto moved his head a bit to the right and Kakashi moved his body to the left a bit as the sword went by them. The sword got stuck in a tree and seconds later a Shinobi landed on the sword.

"Aah, Sharingan Kakashi, right?" The man said as he observed Kakashi. 'No wonder the Demon Brother failed their mission…'

Naruto glared at the man before he glanced sideways at Kakashi. 'A Jounin… This will be very interesting.' He thought. 'I wonder how long Kakashi needs to beat this one…'

Kakashi nodded his head to Naruto, ensuring he wouldn't interfere, before he turned to the intruder. "Momochi Zabuza, right?" He said, before the two started some small talk.

Naruto rolled his eyes at all the speech, but grinned as Kakashi revealed his Sharingan. And then, the battle began as mist thickened around them. 'Finally some serious fighting. That Zabuza doesn't seem all that strong… Not fast anyway.'

As the fight began, Naruto narrowed his eyes at his surroundings and the skills being displayed. Zabuza had placed himself between Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna. 'He's faster than I thought…' But he also saw Kakashi counter his move, only to be countered again. Eventually, Zabuza countered again and kicked Kakashi into the water.

Naruto looked mildly annoyed to see Kakashi trapped in a Water Prison Jutsu seconds later. "You two…" Naruto said as he looked at Sasuke and Sakura for a second. "Protect that snivelling old man." Naruto grinned wickedly as he stared at the approaching Zabuza Water Clone. "I'll free Hatake…"

Zabuza chuckled as he approached Naruto. "You are just idiots, pretending to be Shinobis! You know nothing of the real life of a Shinobi! I… I was known as the Devil, the Demon of the Mist?"

Naruto looked on intrigued. "Demon?"

Zabuza chuckled shortly before he began his little story of how he had murdered the entire population of the Ninja School when he was younger.

Naruto sighed and shook his head after the story. "THAT's why they call you a Demon? How pathetic."

Zabuza narrowed his eyes at the blonde boy. "You don't seem to be afraid, like your two teammates." He darkly said. 'Hmm, this one is a bit interesting…'

Naruto didn't even bother turning around. He knew Sasuke and Sakura were shaken by Zabuza's story. Naruto dashed forward, easily slicing the Water Clone in half with a single Kunai. Naruto slowly walked towards the real Zabuza, who was holding Kakashi inside the Water Prison.

The real Zabuza's eyes widened at how his Water Clone was so easily defeated. He immediately created some more and made all of them attack Naruto. His mouth dropped open as Red Chakra easily destroyed any approaching Water Clone. 'The kid has an absolute defense… A very dangerous one…'

Naruto's grin grew as he expanded his Red Chakra and turned it into a huge claw, making it soar towards Zabuza.

'What! He can reform his own Chakra and actually make it attack! A Bloodline Limit?' Zabuza thought as he quickly jumped away from the huge Red Chakra Claw. Kakashi was freed.

Naruto went back to observing as the fighting between Kakashi and Zabuza recommenced. It was an interesting show of what the Sharingan can do, but nothing Naruto didn't already know. In the end, Kakashi copied a huge Water Jutsu and defeated Zabuza with his own Jutsu.

Naruto remembered that he sensed a second presence before the battle had started and found it appearing in the form of a Mist Hunter-nin. 'Ah, the Hunter-nin has just appeared…A Mist Hunter-nin…'

Before Kakashi could give Zabuza the final blow, Zabuza was hit in the neck by several needles, coming from the Hunter-nin. Naruto thought nothing of it as the Hunter-nin took Zabuza away. A little later, Kakashi passed out due to Chakra exhaustion.

Sasuke occasionally looked at Naruto, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded, observing Kakashi. Sasuke and Sakura were seated by Kakashi's bed. 'Naruto… he radiates terror. And he kills so easily. But his eyes… His eyes are the same as mine.'

Sakura had decided that pissing Naruto off was not a good idea. She knew Naruto could easily kill her and she knew he was stronger than Sasuke as well. From now on, she would socialize with Naruto as little as possible. Not that she didn't already.

Sasuke had come to the same terms, but was curious to see how he would end up when fighting him. Naruto hadn't shown any of his speed yet, only his absolute defense..

"Look at me any longer and I will kill you." Naruto suddenly said as he glared Sasuke's gaze away. He sent some of his Killer Intent to deliver that he was quite serious.

Sasuke swallowed deeply as he snapped back to attention and looked at Kakashi. 'Why can he frighten me so easily?'

As Kakashi woke up, he was met with all the faces he expected. There was one he didn't. Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter. She introduced herself shortly before she and Tazuna left to let the team speak with each other.

"Kakashi-sensei! How are you?" Sakura asked.

Kakashi took on a sitting position and stared at his own hands. "I'm fine. Only Chakra exhaustion is my injury." He lazily let out, as if he didn't really care that much..

"You need to re-learn your own limits." Naruto suddenly said. "Also, it was stupid of me not to register it at that time, but the missing-nin just left WITH the body, instead of" Naruto stopped with a grin as he saw the shock on Kakashi's face.

Kakashi's eye was widened as he remembered the scene from before. The hunter-nin took Zabuza's body and left. A Hunter-nin should have just gotten rid of the body on the spot. "So he got away."

Sasuke and Sakura both frowned. "What do you mean; he got away, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Hunter-nins always get rid of the bodies directly, at the spot where they found him or her. This one however, took the body with him."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. 'What a low way of escape.'

Kakashi rose up from his bed and grabbed some crutches. "Well, this means they'll come back again. We'll need to train."

"You go train these two weaklings, Hatake. I always train alone." He said, pointing out there was to be no discussion about this. He left the room with some of his Killer Intent still lingering in the room.

Sasuke felt deeply insulted every time Naruto called him a weakling, but Sakura didn't even dare to think anything bad about Naruto, afraid that he might find out.

Kakashi sweat dropped. "Well… Sasuke, Sakura, follow me."

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he was trying to sense several Chakra signatures in the Forest he was training in. 'Kakashi and those two insects are training tree walking. There are a few villagers in the forest but there's one other… who's hiding his or her Chakra Signature.'

Naruto slowly got up from his seated position, as he was seated against a tree. 'Another Shinobi here? Seems very unlikely since there aren't supposed to be any Shinobis in this particular part of the Country.' He thought as he vanished from view. 'Let's find out who it is…'

What met him as he approached the Shinobi was what he thought a female. "I can sense you." She immediately said as soon as he was close.

"You were supposed to, I wasn't hiding." He snarled as he jumped out of a tree and landed in front of the female without so much as a sound. "What are you, a Shinobi, doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question." The girl said as she was taking some flowers from the ground.

"I'm on a mission and I'm from the Leaf. Your time to answer, woman." Naruto said as he folded his arms, meaning he would not go away before he got an answer.

"My name is Haku… I am mixing plants to create medicine for a friend of mine. His health is in danger. Also, I am not a girl…"

Naruto narrowed his eyes, ignoring his own confusion. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto."

"Nice to meet you." Haku smiled on the outside, but from the inside he was a little angry. 'This boy helped in defeating Zabuza.'

"You seem familiar…" Naruto started. "But I don't care… Perhaps we will meet again." He said as he turned and jumped away.

Haku frowned as he just left like that. 'His Chakra never rose during our 'conversation'…. He seemed rather cold, unlike his teammates.'

As Kakashi left Sasuke to his tree-walking and told Sakura to come back with him, Naruto suddenly appeared before him. "There's something I need to ask you, Hatake…" He glanced at Sakura. "Without this little… one." He stopped himself before he insulted her. They were so easy to insult.

Kakashi sighed. "Sakura, if you would."

Sakura gazed at Naruto with fear in her eyes before she continued walking in a rather fast pace.

As soon as Sakura was well out of hearing sight, Naruto showed Kakashi a scroll he summoned. "As you may have noticed, my skill of contacting my… second character, as one might put it… is very high."

Kakashi nodded, understanding Naruto was talking about the Kyuubi inside of him, and motioned for him to continue..

"I have already smelled you have a summoning scroll in one of your pockets, this scroll in my hands is also a summoning scroll." Naruto said.

Kakashi nodded. "Yes, I noticed. Odd that a Genin possesses one of his own. And a scroll that is so big, too… What do you summon?"

Naruto opened the scroll on the ground to show Kakashi that this was no ordinary scroll. "It is only signed by me as you can see. It's a freshly new scroll and I can already summon, it was required of me during my solo-missions. But this scroll is an expansion to this scroll…" Naruto said as he grabbed a smaller scroll out one of his pockets. "This smaller scroll allows me to summon tracking… foxes. In total there are twelve tracking foxes I can summon."

Kakashi nodded, knowing Naruto was still hiding something. "I assume you were able to create this summon thanks to your pennant?"

Naruto nodded and continued. "This bigger scroll, however… is meant for bigger foxes. Very large foxes."

Kakashi narrowed his eye. 'Summoning the Kyuubi is impossible, as he is trapped within him.'

Naruto chuckled darkly. "No need to worry about me summoning Kyuubi… I'm able to summon eight Foxes in total with this bigger scroll. I need to learn how to summon from this Scroll, as it requires different handseals…"

Kakashi nodded. "Ah, I have some use as a teacher for you, after all, then." Kakashi paused. "What skills do you already know, Naruto?"

Naruto grinned. "You know a thousand Jutsus, Hatake… I couldn't possibly rival with you… yet."

Kakashi noticed the tone in Naruto's voice and classified it as joking and serious at the same time.

"I know a lot of them… Jounin Level Jutsus are not uncommon in my arsenal." Naruto said. "I learned how to summon from the small scroll from a special Jounin. You might know her, Mitarashi Anko."

Kakashi nodded, recognising the name. "I'll teach you how to summon from this big scroll tomorrow. In the meantime, I ask you to help Sasuke with his tree-climbing. He's having a bit of a problem with it, it seems."

Naruto glared. "Why should I help such a weakling? He is not worthy of my time."

"Well, if you don't, I think I won't teach you how to summon." Kakashi immediately replied, expecting Naruto to react like that. "Sakura has already mastered it, quite good, eh?"

Naruto snorted. "If you don't master that quickly, you should feel ashamed."

Kakashi dropped his head a bit. "Anyway, I'm going back with Sakura. Go help Sasuke and make him master it tonight. If he hasn't mastered it, I won't teach you how to summon tomorrow."

Naruto glared a bit. "Blackmail amongst Jounins… How pathetic." He spat before he turned around, heading for Sasuke.

Kakashi shrugged as he left.

Sasuke landed on his feet as he again failed to reach any further than he did before on the tree. Marks were on marks on the tree. Naruto appeared behind Sasuke, but Sasuke didn't notice.

"You're doing it wrong."

Sasuke snapped back to reality as he immediately turned around to glare at Naruto.

Naruto glared right back and walked towards Sasuke. Sasuke backed away as Naruto seemed enraged. Then again, Naruto always seemed enraged. "Concentrate more, you moron. Take your time instead of rushing to reach the top. You want to become stronger, right? How can you become stronger if you take such a long time in mastering this?"

Sasuke frowned, completely puzzled.

"Sometimes you need to take your time so you can move faster another time." Naruto spat, annoyed that he needed to learn something to someone. "Just hurry and master it already. You're wasting your time here."

Sasuke had learned not to speak back to Naruto. Even Kakashi tried not to. He got up from his crouched position and concentrated harderfor Chakra to assemble at his feet. As he ran, Naruto saw him reach three meters higher than his latest mark. As Sasuke landed again, he looked at Naruto with pride.

"Pathetic…" Naruto said, crashing Sasuke's pride.

Sasuke had mastered the tree-climbing thanks to Naruto that evening. Both of them ignored each other afterwards however. Kakashi, as promised, taught Naruto how to summon the next day.

It was after Naruto learned how to when he decided on something.

"Hatake, you should spend all of your time trying to make those two stronger. If they're stronger, maybe THEN I'll consider them to be worthy of actually working together with me." Naruto said. "Until then, you leave me to my own training and don't spend any time on me. I need to perfect my skills. I want to obliterate both Zabuza and that Hunter-nin."

Kakashi narrowed his eye. 'Just how strong is Naruto? In the bell test, he revealed very little… When he fought Zabuza's Water Clones, he easily dealt with them…'

"I'm off training. I suggest you tell those other two to do the same." Naruto said as he turned around.

Kakashi nodded and left the area they were in. 'Sasuke has mastered the tree-walking faster than I thought. He's actually training hard right now. Sakura is also training, but she's probably watching Sasuke.'

As Kakashi was jumping from tree branch to tree branch, he tried to analyze Naruto's fighting style. 'He usually stands still, as his absolute defense doesn't allow anyone or anything to come close. His absolute defense is also an offense so he can afford to stand still. He knows how to summon with both a big and a small scroll. He has plenty of Chakra to actually use the big scroll. So with the small scroll, he has plenty of Summon Jutsus. He knows Kage Bunshin and all of the normal Techniques… He's probably more skilled than the average Chuunin…'

Kakashi and his students were on their way to the Bridge Tazuna was building. Today they would help with the process only to find all the employees injured on the ground. Mist was also lightly lingering on the bridge.

"Brace yourselves! They're here, somewhere!" Kakashi said as he prepared himself. He turned to look at Naruto. "Naruto?" He asked.

Naruto used his nose. "They're approaching us from the front. As expected, two people."

Kakashi looked at his students. "Sakura, you guard Tazuna! Sasuke, Naruto, be my back-up!"

Sasuke and Naruto nodded. In the previous days, Sasuke had grown a lot and he was satisfied with his own growth. Naruto hadn't revealed anything, but Kakashi knew he had grown even more than Sasuke. Sakura had also grown, but not as much as the others. Kakashi revealed his Sharingan as soon as Zabuza and his hunter-nin came in sight.

"Ah, Sharingan no Kakashi and his little students… And so soon you reveal the Sharingan." Zabuza said as he stood in front of them. "Last offer… hand over the man and you won't have to fight."

Kakashi's left eye twitched as a bit of Chakra was leaking out from Naruto. "Calm down, Naruto… I will start the first volley… We'll see what happens after that."

Naruto grumbled before his insane grin disappeared… "I wonder how long it'll take this time…"

Sasuke swallowed deeply, now knowing he was holding his own breath. Naruto's look seconds ago was really frightening. Even Zabuza and his Hunter-nin noticed, but considered it not very important. Behind Sasuke, Kakashi and Naruto, Sakura was paying full attention to them, but was still very nervous. "Stay calm, Tazuna-san. They will take care of them."

Suddenly, Kakashi, his students and Tazuna were surrounded by ten Water Clones from Zabuza. A second later, they were all beaten by Kunai slashes from Sasuke.

"Hooo… Impressive, seems your student has improved." Zabuza said. "Haku, seems like a rival…"

Naruto's eyes narrowed. 'Haku, eh?'

Naruto and Kakashi did nothing as Sasuke and Haku sped forward to commence a battle between them. After a few exchanging blows, Sasuke clearly had the upper hand and kicked Haku in the face, knocking him backwards. Naruto wasn't impressed at all. 'With fighting like that, I would have killed the hunter-nin in a second…'

"You do understand that at this rate, we'll be driven back, right, Haku?" Zabuza said with a grin.

"Yes, Zabuza-san." Haku whispered as he performed a few handseals. Soon, Sasuke and Haku were surrounded by Ice Mirrors. Sasuke looked up to see mirrors even above him.

"A Bloodline Limit…" Kakashi said. 'Damn, Sasuke's not ready for this!'

"The Uchiha has activated his Sharingan already…" Naruto suddenly said, reading Kakashi's doubt. "He should do fine, otherwise he's not worthy of the Sharingan."

Zabuza narrowed his eyes. "Uchiha? Sharingan? So that's why he's improved so fast…" Zabuza said as he grabbed his sword and got ready to attack Kakashi. "It doesn't matter… Unlike your students, Haku has no problem killing his opponents."

Naruto snorted before he looked at Kakashi. "Are you sure you can handle this guy alone?"

Kakashi nodded. "Go help Sasuke, Naruto. He will need your help."

Naruto closed his eyes and turned away from Kakashi. As he reopened them, the veins in his eyes could clearly be seen. Zabuza's eyes widened as Naruto gathered a lot of Chakra and Killer Intent was leaking out. 'This kid…' Naruto's attitude became even colder and it could be seen in his bloodred eyes…

"You say we… students… have problems... killing…" Naruto whispered deadly as Zabuza heard muscles seemingly being stretched out He took a look at Naruto's hands to see then changing in claws. "I have no problems killing at all. If necessary and I don't have any weapons, I'll rip the Uchiha apart and use his bones to pierce Haku with…" He ended with an evil grin as his Killer Intent kept rising. He chuckled darklyto reveal long, sharp fangs.

'How frightening…' Kakashi thought as he watched Naruto's back as he was slowly walking towards Zabuza. 'His Killer Intent is amazing. How powerful has he become?'

Zabuza backed away from the insane figure who was approaching him. Suddenly, Red Chakra was encircling him, Red Chakra with a mind of its own. 'What is he! Haku won't be ready for someone like him… I have to stop him!' Zabuza thought as he readied his sword and attacked Naruto. Zabuza's sword hit Naruto's left shoulder and pierced it deeply.

Naruto expected as much and turned to looked Zabuza in the eye, only to reveal that he was… on the verge of exploding.

Kakashi's eyes widened as Zabuza was blown backwards by the huge explosion. 'Damn, it was a Kage Bunshin! And still it radiated Killer Intent like that! He even made his own Kage Bunshin explode!' Kakashi thought. He then sensed the real Naruto behind him, still with his arms folded. Kakashi was amazed by his skill…

"What? As soon as my Shadow Clone walked by you with part of my Killer Intent, you couldn't even imagine it was a Shadow Clone. You forgot all about me, the real me, who was standing right behind you. Pathetic, actually." Naruto let out as he shook his head. "I'll go save the weak Uchiha. You go after Zabuza, Hatake."

For a moment, it seemed Naruto was the Instructor and Kakashi was the Genin, but Kakashi was moved from his daze as Naruto walked away again. "Naruto! The Hunter-nin, try not to kill him!"

But Naruto didn't hear him or had ignored him as he continued on his way. Kakashi cursed inwardly, before he jumped towards Zabuza.

Said person was lying on his back while smoke was rising from his body. 'I can't believe I fell for that brat's trap… Such an advanced technique and such Killer Intent, he's no normal kid…' He rose to his feet a bit slowly. 'That explosion wasn't normal either… I've seen Kage Bunshins explode before, but not as hard as this one…' Zabuza wasn't easily injured, but small wounds were covering his arms and face and few rips could be seen on his clothes.

Zabuza got ripped away from his thoughts as Kakashi landed before him. "Zabuza… I'm afraid I must get rid of you. My students are in danger and I have no time to play with you like last time…" He said. His Sharingan was already revealed. "I'm sure you understand."

Zabuza chuckled. "Before we begin… Who is that horrible kid?"

Kakashi grinned. "Ah, I'm sure you mean the kid with the wild Red Chakra?"

Zabuza nodded his head. "He's not normal, is he? Those eyes of his, that insane smile with those deadly fangs… What is he?"

"You are the Demon from the Mist and he… has a Demon inside of him…" Kakashi started. "He is Uzumaki Naruto, vessel of the Youkai Kyuubi."

'The Kyuubi…' Zabuza swallowed nervously. "You're worried about your students when you have someone like him on your team! I should be worried about Haku!" Zabuza angrily said, but calmed himself down. 'But the kid is a lot younger than Haku is… Haku should be able to handle what I've seen so far from the kid…' Zabuza seemed to shrug as he stared Kakashi down. "Heh, I don't care what happens to Haku… As long as I finish this mission and kill you, everything will be fine…"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes as Zabuza disappeared and a lot of Mist suddenly appeared. "Kakashi… Let's see how useful your eye is, when you can't see anything!"

Naruto hesitated in helping Sasuke as the Mist suddenly thickened. 'The other weakling is guarding that old trashcan… The weak Uchiha is probably getting sliced apart a bit, but Kakashi is having the toughest battle. Which will be the best challenge?' Naruto thought as he observed the Demonic Ice Mirrors from outside. 'These Mirrors seem very breakable.' Naruto thought as he ignored Sasuke's screams. 'Stronger than normal mirrors, but still very breakable.'

"Sasuke-kun!" was heard from a distance…

As Sasuke screamed again, Naruto turned away from the Mirrors. 'Perhaps I should go help Kakashi… Zabuza is a much more interesting opponent.'

"Sasuke-kun!"

Naruto turned around again as what had to be sixth scream annoyed him. 'That weakling is very good at screaming…'

"Sasuke-kun!" Naruto's eyes widened and his annoyance grew even more. 'That other weakling only knows how to shout the Uchiha's name!'

Inside the area of the Demonic Ice Mirrors, Sasuke dropped to the ground as Ice Needles had hit him almost everywhere. 'Even my Sharingan is not good enough for this yet.' Sasuke thought as he coughed out some blood.

"Is this your limit, Uchiha Sasuke?" Haku said. They had exchanged names at the start of the fight. "I am terribly sorry, but I will have to end it here and now. Zabuza-san most probably might need my help…"

Sasuke coughed out some more blood until he sensed someone by his side.

"I will kill this one…" Naruto said. "You are too weak, you should have realized this at the start. Move and I will see you as an obstacle." Naruto said as he glared at Sasuke. "I get rid of obstacles before I get rid of my enemies…" Naruto warned as he turned away from Sasuke. "Like these Mirrors…" He began as Red Chakra poured out from his body and got a life of their own…

Haku's eyes widened behind his mask. 'That can't be Chakra… Chakra can't reform like that, can it?' Haku had no time to speak as a huge claw of Red Chakra was coming right at him as he was inside a Mirror. Haku moved to another Mirror and watched the previous one be smashed to pieces. 'The Chakra is solid and strong enough to break my Mirrors… I have to be quick.'

Haku moved through each one of his mirrors and threw dozens of Ice Needles at Naruto. He was amazed and at loss as all his Ice Needles were blown back by Red Chakra. 'The Chakra is protecting him as well…' Haku thought as he saw the Red Chakra constantly surrounding Naruto. 'The Chakra is always guarding him, but it can also attack…'

Then, time stopped as every Mirror broke. Naruto had expanded his Red Chakra into a huge Vortex. Naruto released his full Killer Intent as he saw that Sasuke passed out. Haku trembled in fear as he couldn't move because of the Killer Intent… The Hunter-nin took a look at the blonde Shinobi to see a very mind wrecking sight. Naruto's red eyes seemed to dominate a soul with just one glance. The Red Chakra around him seemed to howl for his death as Naruto slowly approached him. He was unable to move away because of Naruto's Killer Intent. 'Zabuza-san…' Haku fell to his knees next to all the shards of his Ice Mirrors. "I couldn't"

Haku wasn't allowed to finish his thoughts as Naruto's claw ripped through the mask, through his forehead...

Zabuza's eyes widened at the huge Killer Intent lingering in the atmosphere around them. 'That's not Kakashi… It's that kid… But.' Zabuza thought as the grip on his sword tightened. 'I can't sense Haku anymore…'

"It seems Naruto killed your apprentice." Kakashi's voice was heard through the Mist… Two wounds could be seen on Kakashi's body. "I'm going to end this, Zabuza."

Zabuza's body moved on his own as he ran for Kakashi. In an insane fit of rage Zabuza arrived at the spot Kakashi had been seconds before.

"You're too angry…" Kakashi's voice said. "I might not be able to see you, but you're too angry and it makes it possible for me to hear you."

Zabuza gritted his teeth in absolute anger until Dogs buried themselves out of the ground, ready to bite Zabuza apart. Zabuza would have nothing of it and jumped backwards, in the process slicing three dogs away with his gigantic Sword. 'Haku…'

"Kakashi! I will end this now!" Zabuza's enraged voice echoed through the Mist.

Kakashi braced himself, until Naruto appeared next to him, with his arms folded. "Having trouble with your opponent, Hatake?"

Kakashi glanced at Naruto. "You're using its Chakra, aren't you?"

Naruto, still with red eyes, large claws and little pointy ears grinned. "What makes you say that?"

Kakashi took a good look at Naruto and saw that he was totally unharmed. "You killed the boy, didn't you?"

Naruto almost seemed to shrug. "I hit him once… I think he died because of that one blow." Naruto said coldly. "You used a Summoning Jutsu?" He said, changing the subjectas he eyed the small Summoning Scroll in Kakashi's hands.

"Yes, but the Jutsu failed." Kakashi replied as he looked around, trying to sense Zabuza.

Naruto calmly grabbed his own small Summoning Scroll and but his thumb. He unwrapped the scroll and smeared his own blood over all the names on the Scroll. "Doton Makichirasu; Tsuiga no Jutsu." Naruto coldly spoke out and rammed both his hands into the ground.

Kakashi frowned. "You used your own blood, but you haven't been hit by Zabuza… You could've used my blood."

Naruto shrugged. "Not necessary, the dogs know which Shinobi to attack. It would be rather strange if I was standing next to my opponent and was talking to him."

Kakashi considered the logic and nodded his head. A little later, he heard that Zabuza was crazily running away. He was running away right in front of their eyes.

"My foxes aren't as weak as those dogs of yours I just smelled. They can actually use techniques, though not as advanced as Jutsus." Naruto said. "Zabuza's only option is to run away from twelve of my little foxes…"

Kakashi's eyes widened a bit as he saw just how 'little' these foxes are. 'He calls them little? They're almost as big as he is…' Kakashi turned to Naruto and was watching him do a few handseals. He was too late to be able to copy them.

"Ninpou, Nibakasareru!" Naruto said.

Kakashi frowned at the name of the technique.

"Usually I refrain from using these kinds of techniques… But we're facing a Jounin. This Jutsu combined with the Summoning Jutsu takes up almost all of my Chakra…" Naruto said as he actually started panting a bit…

Kakashi was curious what the Jutsu did and narrowed his eyes to see all around him.

In the distance, he heard slashing sounds…

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Kakashi and his team were on their way back to the Leaf. Kakashi was still a bit shaken from the scene that was presented to him the day before. Zabuza's body would never be found back, maybe only a little of his blood, but even that was doubtful…

Kakashi still didn't know what Naruto's Technique really did, but when he found Zabuza and saw twelve foxes feed on him, he didn't really wanted to know anymore...

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TBC

Warning for this dark story… It'll become a lot darker…

Jutsu Explanation:

Doton Makichirasu; Tsuiga no Jutsu.

This Jutsu is similar to Kakashi's Tracking Fang, only that Naruto's Foxes don't attack simultaneously, but from different spots at different times, with perfect timing. They track Zabuza under ground and follow him after the first Fox attacks him. This goes on until he has been captured. When the First Fox hasn't captured him in a deadly way, it goes back underground. This Jutsu takes up a lot of Chakra.

Ninpou, Nibakasareru

Deceit: This Jutsu will be explained in upcoming Chapters… Hehehe…

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