-1Chapter 4: The Sky Is Green, Grass is Blue

Haku paused in the tree. He felt like he was being watched. His head wizzed around looking for followers. No one. But this didn't ease his feeling. So Haku began to move again. Hoping that who ever was following would leave, or be shown.


Kakashi watched Haku leave. Instead of pursuing, he decided to see what the boy was looking at. 'Why would he be watching Sakura?' He knew he had to report this to the Hokage. Kakashi lept throught he trees, hoping the boy wouldn't try anything.
"Hey!" a citizan yelled as Naruto brushed past them. Nearly nocking them over. As soon as he got into his appartment, he reached for his bag and hurried out again. The last thing he needed was Sakura getting mad at him again.

"Shit!" Waswhat came out as his foot slipped on the steps. He bounced down the steps. Lucky he had his butt to land on. "No more getting hurt today, please." He whined to no one in particular.

The streets were getting busy since it was close to the afternoon. Naruto decided it was faster if he went by rooftop. His feet moved as fast as ever.

Then, something sped past his fast. nearly catching his nose. His feet slid to a stop. On the side of the roof, a needle was stuck in the tiles. Before he could think twice a storm of needles came at him.


Sakura was getting impatient. 'Where are you Naruto?'

Then a noise came from behind. She turned around, her hand on a kunai. Sakura sighed with relief at the sight of her sensei. "Kakashi-sensei, your back."

"Where's Naruto?"

Sakura was confused, her senei's voice sounded a bit worried. "He went back to get the lunch for us. Why?" But before her question was answered, Kakashi was off and running on rooftops.

'I better find out what's wrong!' Sakura wrote a note real quick, incase she wasn't back in time to meet the kids. Then she was chasing after her sensei.


Naruto moved quickly as the needles rained down on him. One had gotten him in his right arm. It stung, more than it should. Then he saw some kind of liquid. The needle was had a light coat of it on. "Poison!"

"Close," came a voice from across the roof. Naruto thought the voice was familiar. When he looked up, the pain in his arm seemed to be shadowed by the fear he was feeling.

"Haku! How? Your..? Alive?" Haku smiled at his opponets confusion. The smile turned into a face of stone and hate. Haku lunged forward, throwing as many needles as he saw fit.

Naruto needed to bring this fight away from public and out of the village. He moved with great speed, dodging what needles he could. Without Haku realizing it, they were moving closer and closer to the edge of the city.

'I'll have the advantage in the woods, he doesn't know this place like I do.'

Naruto increased his speed, but not so much that Haku lost sight of him. Naruto was still confused and questions raced through his mind. He had to keep focus. He had to clear his mind.


Kakashi saw naruto in the distance. He was running, but from what. He didn't see any one following Naruto.

'It's a trap!' Kakashi realized that Naruto thought Haku was trailing him. "Naruto! Naruto! Stop it's a trap!"

Naruto turned back to see his sensei, but no haku. But instead of stopping, naruto's feet kept going. It was too late for Naruto to do anything. he was already out of Konoha.

He stood in a clearing. It was nice at this time of year, with the pastel greens and golden sun. The clearing was beautiful. But it would soon be stained with blood. Naruto knew he couldn't stand still for too long.

Before he could start up again, he heard a justsu being performed. Then mirrors. Mirrors surround him. His heartbeat quickened. Naruto knew what would come next.

An eery silence stood for what seemed like eternity. A cold sweat went rolled down naruto's face, and the rest of his body tightened. When nothing happened his body relaxed a little.

A pain was shot through him as needles rained down upon him. "Ahhhhhhhh!" he screamed in pain. Needles stuck out from his arms and legs. Naruto fell to the ground and cried out again as his arms stopped him from falling all the way.

The pain was intense. Something was different about these needles. That's when Naruto saw the liquid again.

"This...poison... it's differnt somehow. From.. others." Naruto exclaimed between breaths and surges of pain. A laugh came from the shadows. Then Haku's image appeared in the mirrors.

"It's not poison. But it's close. It's a secret type of poison, I guess you can say. It's expose to attack the nerves and evoke pain. Now you will feel, feel how I felt when I found Zabuza's grave beside me. Why?"

Naruto was even more confused, why was he after him. If he wanted revenge then he should have been after Gato's gang. "Why what?" Haku's face turned dark and threatening.

"Why kill Zabuza? Why? Why did he have to die? I gave my life for him! Now I'm alive? Why not him?" Tears rolled down his face. Haku didn't hold them back. "Why?" he whispered.

Memories of losing Sasuke to Orochimaru flooded Naruto's mind. He remebered how he had felt, how he does feel. How he would have done anything to get Sasuke back. Pity and understanding filled his heart. Naruto couldn't help but cry, feeling the pain he had felt back then. Realizing Haku was alone now.


Kakashi ran into the woods. He hoped he wasn't too late. A scream of pain came crashing through the woods. It was a scream he would never forget. It tore through his heart. The feeling it had left behind was horrible. His stomach felt funny, his heart seemed heavy and yet light at the same time.

Knowing he had to hurry, and the scream was his only clue, he headed in that direction.


Sakura was following her sensei from far behind. Whenshe heard a scream from within the trees. Something about the scream made her stop. Frozen with fear and a sudden weight on her chest. A feeling that she was alone, and cold. Chills ran up her spine. She had to continue to track Naruto. She had to. Now a feeling, something she never felt before, was driving her forward.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Naruto's pain had gotten worse. But it wasn't just physical pain, it was emotional pain. The pain he had felt when he was alone, afraid, and falling. He felt like the world would crash in around him and he would fall into an endless pit of fear and darkness.

Haku stared at him. Now he was more confused than Naruto. 'Why is he screaming? I haven't hit him with another barage, the pain is constant not in waves. So why?' He was asking the same question as he had asked Naruto before. Now Haku was scared. 'Is this really what I want? Do I really want to kill him? Yes! No! I don't know!'

Haku grabbed his head in confusion. After all he didn't know all the facts. He wasn't meant to be a killer. HE didn't want to be a killer. But that doesn't matter, does it? Yes, it doesn't matter what he wants as long as he finishes his mission. No! that wasn't it. But he's a shinobi. Shinobi are killing tools. 'We're here so others don't go mad, don't go mad from all the killing.'

All of a sudden a pain went through his right shoulder. The mirrors shattered, just like Haku's heart had when he saw Zabuza's grave.

A kunai was sticking out of hsi right shoulder from the back. Kakahsi was standing behind him. Haku realized the danger and left. Not knowing what to do next. His mind a whirlwind of confusion.

Kakashi let the boy go. He knew he would gain nothing by following him. Kakashi walked over to Naruto, who was still bent over in pain. The ground was soggy from the the ice mirrors melting.

Naruto was a bit shooken up. He was trembling from the pain. Kakashi gentley picked out each needle. He put one away, wanting to examine what liquid was used. When he went to pick up Naruto he mumbled something.

"The sky is green, the grass is blue. The dead are alive."


Hope you liked this chapter. I found it helps if you listen to a sad song while reading.

Read on...

Not as violent as I was going to make it. Next chapter lots of action though!