S: Hey guys, welcome back to another chapter.
S: Naruto Mangekyou will be like ( Mangekyou- Time dilation, Eternal Mangekyou- Time stop)
S: And now for the author section.
S: (mahouka9) Thanks man and I will try to play the game if I have time that is xD
S: (Djberneman) That's a very good suggestion but that's all gonna depends on the poll
S: (RebelDragonWolf) Well…. I will see how it goes and not to mention even if I open the poll for her now I don't think that there will be many people voting for her right? xD
S: (Last Pagan Emperor) Well… the truth is I already had my friend help me beta read before every chapter was being published so…
S: (CoffeeHandShaky) Thanks for pointing out man, maybe you can help me beta read? Since I also want to prevent errors, how about it? xD Just pm me if you want to help me, thanks~
S: And one more thing, this chapter won't have any lemon cause I can't find a way to add a lemon into the battle so.. sorry
S: And that's all for me~ Let's begin the story shall we?
Let's begin
Zabuza's hideout
(One day later)
"Pham!"
"I didn't pay you for sitting here like a fool you fool!"
A short fat man yelled angrily, the man had shaggy brown hair, a pair of small, circular black glasses which didn't quite fit his face as it only made him look even chubbier. He wears a black suit with a purple tie and closed-toed shoes, glaring angrily at the injured demon of the mist like he almost can pierce through the head of Zabuza while has his group of bodyguards standing just behind him.
"My brother's hideout has been totally wiped out! And now you fools still decide to sit and wait here doing nothing?-"
"Hey, shut up fat man or else we will let you to deal with the red death and copy ninja yourself"
Raiga retorted rather impatiently while he kept polishing his Kiba blades without giving a care to the thug leader. If it not because of the civil war that Mizu is currently facing, he would kill the said fat man before him within one sec.
"You dare..-"
"We will and we can, let me remind you one thing Gato, the red death is one of the most skilful sword master that the world can offered, not even thousands of your thugs can take her down"
The demon of mist replied dryly like Raiga while laying on the couch as he also didn't give a crap about what the fat man requested.
"Tch.. I will give more time if you agree to give me the little girl you have and I will make decision-"
Gato threatened as his brain began to think about how much he will be able to gain if he got the black hair girl, for addition a beauty like her with unique bloodline will surely bring a large amount of fortune to him.
"Swing!" "Clank!"
"Touch her, you die"
With just simple words of Zabuza, almost every thug and Gato himself has their sweats streaming down their forehead.
As the giant sword that a minute ago was still laying besides Zabuza was now being implant not too far away from Gato's head. The large amount of K.I that fill the room has caused the fat business man to fall backward as now in front of them, they saw not only an injured man but a demon who is about to eat them.
"Three days.. three days! I will give you three.. days or.. get lost!"
Gato yelled furiously before signalling his thugs to carry him as he can't stop himself from sweating and his legs to stop trembling.
Lakeside
(Day before the final battle)
"Naruto-kun.. I won't be able to meet you tomorrow"
Haku whispered sullenly as she wasn't able to meet Naruto's gaze and stared into the beautiful lake with a frown on her face.
"What's wrong Haku-chan? Did you have something bothering you?"
Despite Naruto having only met the black hair girl for only two short weeks, the blonde is still able to read the girl like an open book as Haku is just a truly innocent girl who will never lie so he could tell that she was really upset about something.
"No.. there's nothing.."
"Please tell me Haku-chan I am really worry about you"
The blonde pleads as he gently grabs onto Haku's hand.
"Naruto-kun.. I was just glad that after this mission you will able to return to Konoha.. and have a better life-"
"Haku-chan, I know you are lying, please tell me what happened?"
The blonde asked once more but this time he was truly worried but the girl still has her face facing the opposite direction and tries to get free from Naruto's hold.
It was then Haku slapped Naruto's hand away and moved further away before deciding to turn around and face Naruto.
For that moment the blonde immediately knew something bad must have happened as Haku's shoulders begin to shake and he can hear a soft sob leave her lips even if she tries her best not to.
"I.. I don't want you to go tomorrow.."
Finally speaking out her mind also in that moment, Haku can't control her tears anymore and has her tears to stream down and leave a tear mark on her beautiful face.
"Haku.."
The blonde said as he wished to move toward Haku but was being stopped by her when she raised up her hand and signalled him not to come closer.
"You.. don't understand.. Naruto-kun.. I serve Zabuza-sama and… I don't wish to fight you.."
Haku mumbled out as she tried her best not to cry out but her voice began to shake while she tried her best not to let her emotion take over.
"Haku.."
The blonde replied without giving any chances for the girl to stop him, he took a big step forward and pulled the girl into his embrace.
Without stopping himself Naruto's arms found their ways wrapping around Haku's slim and soft form, in that moment Haku began to break down and had her face buried in his neck and her arms wrapped around him as well.
"Please…"
The girl uttered out.
"Don't leave me… I don't want you to die… I already lost my loved one… I can't afford to lose you as well!"
But even the girl pleads, Naruto knows well that he can't do that not only for the sake of his team but for the people of Wave too.
"So am I.. Haku"
The blonde whispered gently.
"I also don't want to fight you either... and I also don't want you to die but I can't betray my team now.. not when the whole Wave country is dependent on us now…"
After Haku heard the answer, she suddenly pulled away from him just enough that she was looking at him.
"That's your answer.. huh?.. Very well then Naruto-kun…"
Haku said and the next thing she did was shock Naruto as Haku suddenly moved toward and captured his lips in a hard desperate way.
"Good luck… Naruto-san…"
Haku said before she pushed Naruto away and turned around, leaving the blonde alone. For one part of her heart, she did feel proud for Naruto's kindness and honesty, it was the right thing to do after all, to protect those in need. However, another part of her felt sad and jealous as he turned down her suggestion but she didn't blame him. She and her master are just tools, the tools that serve under the big villain.
"Haku-cha-"
"Don't… don't come forward! I.. I Hate You!"
Haku yelled desperately but the truth is- she can't control her emotion anymore and couldn't stop her tears streaming down her face.
The word may hurt the blonde for a while but for her.. it feels like her heart is bleeding.. It feels like it is being stabbed by thousands of swords.
"Haku!"
Naruto yelled, trying his best to catch up to Haku but the girl couldn't meet the blonde in her current state or she would betray the trust of her saviour. She has lost her parents, she refuses to lose another one she loves, it hurts, it really hurts.
"Life is cruel isn't it, Naruto-kun" Haku asked, like a whisper which surprised the blonde as he was stunned in his place.
"Stay safe.. Naruto-kun, I.. love.. you"
The girl whispers, her words being carried by the cold wind and echo between Naruto and her as she turns her head around with a smile.. a heartbroken smile as her smile was being decorated with the tear marks on her face.
After giving her final message, Haku decided to Shunshin away, leaving the blonde alone in the forest.
"Haku!"
Naruto yelled loudly, his voice shook the birds that nest on the nearby tree, scaring them all as they fled away from their nest while carrying the desperate cries of Naruto into the deeper part of the forest.
Naruto and Kushina's room
(That night)
"What happened Naru-chan? You haven't said a word since you came back this morning"
Kushina asked with worry as she took a seat beside her son who had been looking outside the window for about half an hour with thoughts swimming in his mind.
"Kaa-sama.. is that really no way to save Wave and also not kill Zabuza?"
Naruto asked as he has been thinking about the best way to save both Wave and Haku but the only result he can think of is that he can only choose either one side to save.
"I am afraid no.. Naru-chan"
The crimson hair mother comforts as she gently pats on her son's head and whispers.
"They are our enemy and moreover missing nin like them didn't have any forgiveness or kindness in their heart, it is their own choice to be a cold blood killing machine that only fights for money.."
The mother replied as she knows the exact reason why Naruto was being in trouble, after all Naruto had already told her about the mysterious girl he met in the forest.
"But Haku-chan isn't a cold blooded killer. I have seen her helping the kids many times…"
"Maybe, just maybe Naru-chan but it was her own choice to follow the demon of the mist and we can't do anything about it.."
Kushina replied, seeing that Naruto still has his gaze locked on the view outside the house.
"… Sigh" "Naru-chan I know it is hard to convince you to let go of a thing after you have set your mind on it but please remember that she is our enemy and it is the only way to save Tazuna-jiji family and this whole country…"
"Down stay up till too late, Naru-chan I love you"
Kushina said seeing Naruto figure was the perfect replica of Minato once possessed, just like his father. Both men are stubborn when they make up their mind to protect something that they cherish very much.
Kushina knew she had no way to convince her Naru-chan to let go of his thoughts on saving the girl and the country. Kushina can only go to sleep first and leaves the blonde teenager sitting alone beside the window while in deep thoughts, thinking of a way to save both.
(Next morning)
"Damn it! Why can't I just find a way?!'
Having to stay up for the whole night, thinking and searching for the best solution to save Haku and Wave but all fail, as this makes the blonde to be very frustrated.
The blonde thought as he looked at the papers on the table which had recorded the plans he managed to think.
'If only I can destroy the cause for all of this..'
The frustrated blonde yelled in mind but suddenly it all clicked, yes that's it, he just needed to kill the reason for all this and the man that was responsible for the suffering of Wave- Gato then Haku wouldn't have a reason to fight anymore!
After the blonde made up his mind, he quickly packed up his things and left the house without waking up his mother or other people as it was still quite earlier in the morning.
(An hour later)
After he sends his shadow clones to look for thugs who may know Gato's hideout in Wave but they all return with failure. After half an hour has passed he still hasn't found any thugs that knew about Gato's hideout no matter how he interrogates them.
"Where could the hideout be?.."
The blonde mumble, sitting on the tree while thinking of the possible locations and trying to search for the thugs that may know about Gato's hideout but it looks like the thugs Gato left in Wave didn't know anything about his hideout.
But suddenly the memory of a clone which Naruto sent to search the west side of the forest found some thugs running toward the west like they were in a hurry.
"Boss Gato gonna kill us if we didn't make it back at time"
"Tch" "It's all your fault for sleeping late! If we miss the big attack, Boss will definitely kill us"
"Hey! Look who's talking, you also have a nice 'exercise' in that brown hair woman bed right…"
Were the conversation between the thugs as they kept running toward the west.
'Big attack?..'
Was the keyword that caused the blonde to be alert, that could mean that Gato is ready to attack Wave today! And the time left for him isn't much, he must go now!
"Shit!"
The blonde cursed as he quickly summoned out three more clones and began jumping through trees toward the last position that the thugs were being spotted.
"I must hurry, you three help me guard my surroundings. I can't slow down now, and you quickly go and warn kaa-sama and Kakashi-" "Got it!" "No problem boss!"
All three clones reply with them raise up their thumbs and quickly begin their mission with the real Naruto rushing toward the west side of the forest at the fastest speed his legs can carry him.
"I must hurry!"
(Meanwhile)
Tazuna's house
'Where did you go, Naru-chan?'
Kushina woke up about half an hour ago and found out that her son is not with her. Quickly calming down and telling Team Kakashi to guard Tazuna to the bridge first, she began to read on the notes that her Naru-chan left in the room while thinking of the possible direction that her Naru-chan had gone.
"Kaa-sama!"
Yelled a voice behind Kushina as the crimson Uzumaki quickly turned around only to find out a Naruto's clone jumped in from the window.
"Naru-" "Kaa-sama, Gato is planning to attack the bridge!"
The blonde stated urgently and caused Kushina to raise her eyebrow.
"What do you mean Gato is planning to attack the bridge and how did you get on this information-"
"Pham!"
A loud sound of the front door being forcefully breaking open alerted everyone in the house and especially caught the attention of a certain crimson hair Uzumaki.
'No one should be able to break through the barrier I set outside the house without being electrified'
Was the thought of Kushina as she quickly picks up her armour and summons out her sword before she rushes toward the front door.
"Slap!" "Stop struggling bitch!" "Let go of Kaa-chan!"
Young Inari yelled as he tried to free her mom from the holds of several of several thugs but how can a young boy defeat a full grown man?
"Get lost kid!"
Feeling annoyed by the boy's action the thug who holds tightly on Tsunami plans to deliver a power kick aim toward Inari head-
"Slash!" "Close your eyes Inari-chan"
The crimson hair Uzumaki ordered as she has her clone to take the young boy away in the last seconds and replace it with her sword.
"Argh! My leg-"
The thug yelled in pain and just when all thugs were still stunned about the situation in front of them and tried to call for more help but- when they did so, they were surprised to find out that yelling or pulling out their weapon options is unavailable. As they soon found out that- they could see their body, which was standing still while their face could feel the roughness of the ground surface.
"Are you okay Kushina-" "Tsunami, take care of Inari and no matter who knock on the door, do not open it"
Kushina ordered as she summoned out another clone before she rushed out the house and the one who was responsible for breaking the seal array was already standing outside with several thugs surrounding him.
"Raiga" "Yo, Uzumaki-san I hope I didn't disturb you beautiful morning"
The thunder of the mist greeted politely with a bow, as it was he who used his Kiba blades to cut open the barrier and had his blades to absorb the lightning element that was being applied on the barrier.
"Catch her!"
A rather muscular build thug ordered, who looks like the leader of the small group of the thugs and with all of them rush toward Kushina with the said Uzumaki calmly holding on to her sword.
"Slash" "Sword art-"
But when they almost reached the Uzumaki, they suddenly felt that they couldn't move anymore forward as their legs didn't listen to their command.
"Dancing whirlpool"
With that said, all seven of the thugs' have their heads being cut off resulting in a quick death without any of them yelling in pain or struggling.
And next thing happens is the Uzumaki suddenly appear in front of the missing nin, clashing her blades with the thunder blade wielder who grins excitedly.
"As expected from a Uzumaki"
Raiga exclaimed excitedly with his blades suddenly cover in lightning-
"Thunder gate!"
The sword man exclaimed as thunder descended from the sky and forced the Uzumaki to do a backflip to dodge the attack.
"Follow me Uzumaki"
Raiga said with a grin before starting heading toward the direction of the bridge.
"You are not getting away!"
Not going to let the missing nin get away, the crimson Uzumaki woman quickly follows after the missing nin.
(Back to Naruto)
'Damm it! Where is it?!'
The blonde curses in rage, he has been searching for the entrance toward Gato's hideout for half an hour already at the end of the forest but in front of him is once again ten or even twenties more abandoned mine caves.
He even sent out his clones to search for the entrance but most of the caves were long and deep with many small caves inside the big one, some even had some dangerous traps or giant pits.
'I am out of time!-'
The blonde cursed once more as he keeps receive the memory of his clones being dispel because of the danger environment in the cave but suddenly-
'If you are looking for Gato, he is not at here'
Said a voice which isn't too far away from the blonde and this shocked the blonde as he quickly sprang into action by pulling out his kunai and looked toward that direction with his Mangekyou active.
'Gato has left his hideout this morning, it seems he is planning to take over Wave'
Naruto looked toward the source of the voice but was surprised to find out that the source of the sound did not belong to a man, the said 'thing' was simply standing on the tree branch, enjoying the cold breeze in the forest while having his eyes inspecting on Naruto.
"Who are you?"
Asked the blonde caution and what troubled him more was that the 'thing' Chakra signature was not similar to human even normal civilians will still have a little bit Chakra but this 'thing' Chakra is unique.
'Who I am is not important but what is important is- if you not hurry the one you are trying to save will die'
The thing said calmly before it stood up from its position, without even using Chakra the 'thing' jumps off the tree branch and lands in front of the blonde gracefully.
The mysterious 'thing' that is currently standing before Naruto can be now identified as an animal that has whitish to grey fur with black spots on its head and neck, with larger rosettes on the back, flanks and bushy tail. Its eyes are grey in colour, its muzzle is short and its forehead domed. It was a snow leopard! (Ta-da! The summon beast I choose for Naruto xD)
With the snow leopard now distance in front Naruto's several metres away, the leopard calmly raises up its head to inspect Naruto for several seconds before he turns it toward a tree that is on the left side of those mine caves.
'There lies Gato's hideout it was a military base set by Mizu during the third world war so it wasn't easy to be spotted'
The leopard said and caused the blonde to have doubt but still turned to the direction the leopard pointed.
"Save the one you cherish and I shall meet you again, Namikaze"
With that said the leopard then turns around and leaves, but this alerts the blonde as the name Namikaze truly surprises him, how does this man know about his potential true father?! But when he turned his head back to the animal, the leopard was gone, leaving Naruto alone in the forest.
"What?..."
Shock and surprise were all Naruto could say as he now looks like a fish gasping for water and can't even close up his mouth.
"Fu.." "No time to lose I have to find that bastard"
But with years of Shinobi training the blonde quickly gains back his focus as he quickly rushes toward the direction of the mysterious leopard pointed and there, he sees a large wooden door that uses the same colour or material to disguise itself within the giant tree. Anyone would probably miss this door if they didn't inspect it closely.
Closely and silently creep toward the door the blonde carefully pushes open the door-
"Hm? Is someone there?"
A guard that was guarding the door immediately heard the movement of the heavy wooden door and decided to pull open the door to inspect but he never expected that he would look directly into the deadly eyes of the Mangekyou and next thing he knew was his head had been quickly cut off silently.
After discarding the guard, Naruto quickly performs a transformation Jutsu and turns himself into the guard before he walks into the hideout.
And surprisingly or just like the mysterious leopard said, Gato is planning for a big attack so there aren't any guards in the first hall.
Sending out his clones he managed to locate Gato's office that is at the top and only has several guards guarding at there.
Wasting no time, the blonde quickly rushes toward the upper floor.
"Hey! What are you doing here?!"
Several alerted guards yelled but as soon as they pull out their swords, smoke bombs were being throw into that area and soon the whole floor was being cover in the smoke.
"We are under-"
One of the guards yelled but he couldn't finish his sentence as his throat was being sliced open and several Naruto's clones quickly rushed toward the office.
With the help of his bloodline the blonde can spotted his enemies clearly in the smoke but those who can't see-
"Arghh! Ahhh!"
Were all being killed rather quickly.
"Please! Please don't kill me!"
Pleads a skinny man with formal working attire and has a pair of black glasses who doesn't hold a weapon, as he tries to hide under Gato's table.
"Where is Gato?"
A voice asked just beside the man as he turned toward the direction, he almost had his heart stop pounding as he saw a pair of crimson eyes of demon staring right just into his soul.
"Gato.. Gato-sama had left already.. already! He planned to kill Zabuza and his team after they battle with those Konoha nins! And.. and after that he will capture the black hair.. black hair girl of Zabuza and sells her! That's all I know! I swear!"
The skinny man plead desperately as he even grabs onto Naruto's legs and start kissing his feet with the blonde staring at the man for a second before raise up his kunai-
"Ahhhh! Please! Spare me!-"
And knock out the man with the back of his kunai before taking out a sealing scroll and lock the man into the scroll.
'I must quickly get to the bridge before it all too late'
With that the blond quickly rushed out from the hideout and headed toward the bridge.
At the bridge
(Meanwhile)
The battle at the bridge had been intense. At first everything was fine until the bridge was suddenly covered up by mist and all the workers were either being hit hard and fell unconscious or just being frozen into an ice statue.
Acting quick, the copy nin immediately ordered his team to stay guard and protect Tazuna and just in the last second, he manages to dodge the giant blade sent by the demon of the hidden mist.
Not long after Zabuza made his appearance the other sword man also arrived with a very pissed off Uzumaki follow behind him.
Just like before the demon and the thunder of the mist threaten both team leaders to hand out the bridge builder to exchange for their freedom and just like last time both leaders refuse before both of them went into their respective battle stance with Kushina fought Raiga, Kakashi handle Zabuza, Uchiha Sasuke and Inuzuka Kiba the both so call elites fight Haku herself and left the best Konoichi of the year whose best usage is to be cute on the battlefield to guard the bridge builder.
For Kushina, it wasn't too hard to handle Raiga as she was more skilful in sword art and her wind style can cancel Raiga's lightning element attacks as for Kakashi his battle with Zabuza can be called a fair duel.
For Sakura, she can surely be a cheerleader captain if it was in high school but for Sasuke and Kiba-
"Stop moving around you fool!"
Kiba yelled furiously as now he was trapped in some kind of ice dome along with his rival- Sasuke and no matter how many affords they tries or how many Shuriken or Jutsu they throw toward their attacker, it was all invalid and not even one of the attack can manage to hurt the ice user.
"Fire release: Fire jutsu!"
Sasuke exclaimed trying to melt the ice but found out that the result even he himself can't believe, the ice mirror didn't even melt or being burned it just looks like nothing has attacked it.
"Yield and I will not hurt you"
Was all Haku said behind her mask?
'At least Naruto-kun isn't here… Naruto-kun I wish you a happy life after this…'
(With Kushina)
"Clank! Clank!"
With the fire spark and the sound of metal crashing together echoing through the whole battle, the battle between Kushina and Raiga was intense but it was also within her expectation. Raiga, being one of the swordsmen of the mist, was quite skilled in sword art. Even with the skill he possesses she was certain that she could have finished him already if not because of the damm lightning element which acts as the shield of Raiga.
From where Kushina was she could see Zabuza and Kakashi fighting while she could also hear Sasuke and Kiba fighting the girl that Naruto told her before. She had heard Zabuza ordered the girl to quickly finish off both boys and attack the bridge builder but from what she heard from Naruto she believed that the girl couldn't perform a kill so now both team members of team 7 are still safe.
"Hey, you fight is with me lady"
The thunder of the mist complains with a grin and before Kushina could finish her thoughts Raiga suddenly performs another lightning slash aim toward Kushina head.
"Clank!" "I know"
Kushina replied calmly without even turning her head to the Kiba blade.
"By the way where is the blonde brat is he too afraid to fight or-"
"Naruto didn't wish to fight you guys"
Was the replied of Kushina as this quite surprised Raiga and with just milliseconds of surprise his head was almost being cut off but now he is sure that Kushina's sword skill must be way above him. As their fight carried on Raiga was getting frustrated because he had stated to receive small scratches and cuts from Kushina. At first, he still can perform several lightning attacks but soon after decided to preserve his chakra because he knew that her Chakra reserve was a lot bigger than his.
After seeing that Kushina was staying on the defensive mostly he couldn't conclude that she was just playing with him or she was just trying to catch the best opportunity to defeat him in one move?
Watching that Kushina once again defect his blades calmly without even a bit of shock or surprise, Raiga soon begin to be nervous and lost his stance, when he once again tried to cut her head with a wide swing of his swords, Kushina dodged by crouching under it and swiftly appeared behind Raiga with her sword return to it hilt.
"Sword art: Half-moon slash"
Kushina exclaimed and in just a moment Raiga's back was being injured by Kushina's upward slash and if he didn't jump in the last second he is sure that he is now laying on the ground out cold.
"Cough" "Yield"
Kushina orders as she points her sword toward the thunder of the mist who is now one knee on the ground and has his mouth cough out blood together with his hands begin to shake while trying their best to hold onto the Kiba blades.
Everyone was startled when they heard lightning crackling loudly with an exclamation.
"Lightning blade!"
Kushina was very familiar with the Jutsu and saw Kakashi sprinting towards Zabuza to finish this fight.
(For Haku)
"Yield Uchiha, don't make me kill you"
Haku commended as she has successful put the dog user to sleep with her needle but she was also quite surprise that the Uchiha would awoke his bloodline, the Sharingan after he saw the dog user fell unconscious but even though the lack of experience has still cause the defeat of the Uchiha and has him on one knee.
"Go screw yourself! I am an elite, I will surely kill you!"
The Uchiha threaten although he is still able to break Haku's mask when he just awoke his Sharingan and deliver a solid hit on a surprise Haku.
But the sudden loud lightning crackling sound from the bridge startled everyone including Haku, from the corner of her eye Haku found out that the one eye ninja was charging a final attack toward Zabuza-sama.
"Zabuza-sama!"
Haku yelled in horror, as she quickly forms an ice mirror and teleports just in front of Zabuza planning to sacrifice herself to intercept the killing blow.
'Zabuza-sama.. Naruto-kun….'
(With Naruto)
'Faster! Faster!'
Naruto thought as he quickly run toward the bridge but as soon as he reaches the bridge, he was surprise to see that Kakashi is charging up a lightning blade and aim toward Zabuza but the suddenly intercept of Haku who appear just in front Zabuza almost cause his heart to stop pounding.
"NO! NO! NO!"
The blonde yelled as he quickly dashes toward the battlefield with the thought to save Haku fills up his mind.
It seems that fate has chosen to let Haku die and no matter what he does he can't stop the attack in time.
"Haku!"
Exclaimed the blonde but unknown to him his Mangekyou are active and suddenly everything around him begins to slow down like they are moving at an extremely slow speed.
"I wouldn't let you die!"
Was all in the thing he is going to do no matter the cost with the sudden time around him suddenly slowing down he can and he will be able to save Haku.
With him just inches away from Haku and the lightning blade, he quickly forms a blue spiral in his hand.
And just after he finish forming the spiral, the flow of time returns back to normal again-
(Third person P.O.V)
"Lightning blade" "Rasengan!"
Exclaimed both Shinobi at the same time and crashed their attack together as this shocked everyone on the bridge.
"Naruto-kun?!" "Naru-chan?!"
"Ah!"
Naruto exclaimed to a surprise Kakashi, as wind element is more powerful than lightning so Kakashi's lightning blade was being pushed back and soon after it created a small explosion with the result of Kakashi being blown backward.
Gaining back his conscious from the sudden appearance of the blonde, Zabuza quickly raise his sword once more and decided to cut the blonde in half but-
"Clank!" "Haku?!"
His blade was being blocked by a thick ice wall that his apprentice created.
"Zabuza-sama, I-" "Zabuza, Raiga please put down your weapon, Gato has decided to betray you all, that's no point to continue this fight anymore"
The blonde stated out and this caused both Shinobi from Konoha and the missing nins to be shocked.
"How can we trust you and how do you know that Gato has betrayed us?"
Zabuza asked with full of doubt, as he looked toward Haku who gave him a nod, requesting him to listen to the blonde first.
"I can't prove it to you but he can"
The blonde said as he pulled out a scroll and unseal the unconscious person laying in it.
"Gato's advisor…" "Speak"
Naruto commended as he use a water Jutsu to wake the man up, seeing that Zabuza is just beside him the man quickly yell out-
"Zabuza-sama, please help m-" "Tell them the truth or I will kill you"
Naruto threatens the skinny man and once again activates his Sharingan with his kunai pointed toward the frightened man.
"I… we…Gato-sama has decided to … kill Zabuza.. and Raiga.. after they kill the Konoha shinobi… and he plans to … capture the ice user… to sells her to the slave.. market"
Mumble out the man with a shaky voice.
"Move, kid"
Zabuza ordered without any emotion and Naruto can only let go of the man. As for the man, thinking that Zabuza may have saved him he quickly crawled toward his 'saviour' but only to be cut in half by Zabuza's giant blade.
"Gato that bastard!"
Zabuza roared in fury.
"Clap, clap" "Such an unexpected outbreak, do you agree Zabuza-san?"
As the mist dissipated, behind the clapping sound it reveals Gato and his large band of thugs behind him, proving him that there was indeed a double cross plan just like the advisor told.
"Seeing that the old bridge builder is still alive, I assume that you couldn't complete your mission? Demon of the mist and Thunder of the mist"
"So…the fat and ugly man finally grew a spine, eh?"
The injured Raiga mocked with a mirthless chuckle as he walked to Zabuza with shaky legs and Kushina also rushed toward her Naru-chan.
Gato gritted his teeth in rage and yelled out.
"You all traitors of your country should be dead by now if it is not because of me!"
The fat business man yelled but then he smirks.
"But as expected from you and your rotten whore ice user but don't worry we will still get what we want, in this moment"
"And now! Kill them all!"
Gato ordered and has all his thugs rush onto the bridge.
"We shall-" "No, boy you will stay here"
Raiga stated without giving any place to retort which shocked the blonde and Kushina.
"This is our fight, our final battle as a proud sword man"
Raiga stated and gave a nod to Zabuza.
"Let me accompany you then, Zabuza-sam-" "You will stay too, Yuki Haku"
Stated out the demon of the mist without turning his head and this shocked the girl.
"Why-" "Haku you have followed me for the whole ten years… "
Zabuza said as he turned to look at Haku.
"There comes a time when the bird will need to leave its nest and search for their own path.. Haku you have accompany me far enough, it time to you to crave your own path"
With a rarely seen smile toward the girl who immediately has her tears flowing down her eyes.
"Zabuza-sam-" "Naruto boy, take care of Haku if you dare hurt her, just simple remember I am a demon and I will come back and hunt you down even I am dead"
The demon warns sternly and has the said blonde replied with an assurance nod.
"Boy… " Said Raiga as he throws his blades to the blonde.
"Use these babies well, will you? I will no longer be needing them anymore"
Raiga said as he once saw the yellow flash appear in front of him, unlike last time where he still had his doubts but this time, he is sure.
"Take care, Haku/Namikaze brat"
Both Raiga and Zabuza stated before both swordsmen rushed into the wave of thugs, fighting elegantly, proudly just like their title, the demon that scares the enemy and the lightning that will crush anything.
To be continue…
1) Konan - 26
2) Sabaku Temari - 27
3) Kazahana Koyuki - 9
4) Sara - 8
5) Terumi Mei - 26
6) Uzumaki Tayuya - 23
7) Yugito - 12
8) Shizune - 6
9) Kurenai- 17
10) Anko - 14
11) Ino - 5
12) Sesame - 3
13) Fuu- 4
14) Tenten - 4
15) Shion - 3
16) Uzumaki Karin - 3
17) Fuuka - 3
18) Honoka - 3
19) Hinata - 5
Thanks for reading~