"Naruto, it's good that you are releasing the poison but anymore and you'll die from lack of blood." I told him. He started shaking.
"No! That's bad! I can't die from something like this!" He shouted at us. I walked up to him and bent down to his level.
"Let me see your hand." He gave me his hand, still freaking out.
"Naruto, are you a masochist? What are you thinking?" Sakura asked him from behind me. When I looked at the cut it was already healing.
"Hey am I going to be okay?" he asked me scared and I began to wrap his hand.
"You'll be fine." I told him. With that we all walked ahead.
"What a thick mist, I can't see ahead." Sakura said as we sailed towards the Wave Country.
"The Wave Country is at the base of the bridge. We should see the bridge soon." Our driver told us. Sure enough an outline of the bridge was soon seen though the fog.
"WOW! IT'S HUGE!" Naruto shouted out at the large bridge.
"Hey! Be quite! Why do you think we are hiding in this mist and not using the engine? We'll be in deep trouble if Gatou finds us." Our driver told Naruto who quickly slammed his hands over his mouth and silence quickly followed. It gave me time to think about what had happened earlier.
Flashback
"Sensei... Miss... I... want to talk to you." Tazuna stopped us before we had gone farther on the road.. "It's about this mission. You're right this job is most likely outside of your duties. It turns out that a super dangerous man is after my life."
"Super dangerous man? Who?" I asked him.
"You've probably heard his name at least once before. The shipping magnate, a man named Gatou."
"Huh?! Gatou. From that Gatou Company? He's said to be one of the worlds few extremely wealthy people." Kakashi wanted him to confirm.
"Yes, officially he runs a large shipping company. But, secretly he sells drugs and other illegal items using ninjas and gang members to take over businesses and countries. He's a very nasty man. It was about a year ago when he set his eyes on the Wave Country. Through money and violence, he quickly took control of the country's shipping industry. Gatou now has a monopoly on all business traffic in the country. The only thing he has to fear now is the completion of the bridge." Tazuna explained to us.
"I see, since you're building the bridge you're in the way." Sakura concluded.
"So, those ninjas were hired by Gatou?" Sasuke asked making sure he understood the conversation while Naruto remained quite. Silence came between us as we all processed our thoughts.
"But, what I don't understand is, if you know ninjas could be after you why did you hire that fact when you hired us?" I asked him.
"The Wave Country is super poor. Even the Feudal Lord has no money. Of course, we don't have much money either, not expensive B-Rank mission. Well, if you quit the mission now I will definitely be killed. But, don't worry about it! If I die, my cute 10-year-old grandson will just cry for a few days! Oh yeah, and my daughter will live a sad life hating leaf village ninjas forever. But it won't be your fault. Not at all!" Tazuna manipulated. He was good at this, that was sure. The kids would never let us live it down. Plus I wouldn't want another family to be broken apart.
"Well, I guess we have no choice. We will protect you at least until you get back to your country." I told him.
"We'll be there soon" Our driver told us. "Tazuna, it looks like we've avoided detection so far, but, just in case, we'll take the route that has vegetation. It will make the enemies harder to spot us."
"Thanks." Tazuna said as we went under the bridge.
"Wow." Naruto commented on the beauty of the small area that was hiding us. A short time later we arrived at a dock and got out of the boat.
"This is for me. Goodbye and good luck." Our driver told Tazuna.
"Yeah. Thank you so much." Tazuna told him before he turned on the motor and left the area as we did the same.
"Ok! Get me home safely." Tazuna ordered us.
"yes... yes..." Kakashi told him as we walked into the forest. I could only for see one issue so far. The next attack would be some one high in the chain. Anbu or Jounin, most likely the later. After a short while of walking Naruto jumped out and and looked around as though he heard something we hadn't. He then threw a shuriken into a bush and waited before standing up.
"Heh... Just a rat..." he told us trying to sound cool.
"Stop trying to act cool! There was nothing there!" I shouted at him.
"Hey...Please stop using shuriken... it's seriously dangerous..." Kakashi told him. That's when I sensed is, someone had seen us. I looked in the direction I had felt the energy and Naruto threw another shuriken in the same direction.
"THERE!"
"THEY SAID STOP!" Sakura said hitting Naruto on the head.
"OWW! Somebody is after us! I swear!" Naruto insisted. Kakashi walked over to where Naruto had thrown the shuriken and moved the bushes aside to see a white rabbit. Naruto and Sakura moved to stand next to him, hiding the rabbit from view.
"NARUTO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" Sakura shouted as Naruto held the white rabbit.
"Oh... Just a rabbit." Tazuna said watching them.
"That's a snow rabbit, yet it's spring." I pointed out to Kakashi. "What's with the color then?" I asked as he glanced around us.
"The snow rabbit changes color based on the amount of sunlight. White is the color for winter." he pointed out to me.
"This is a rabbit that's been kept in a cage for the purpose of body switching. So, they're here already." I said glancing around us as well. A few moments passed before I felt the presence again, the air shifted as someone was coming towards us.
"EVERYONE GET DOWN!" Kakashi called out and we all ducked in time for a sword to pass over our heads. The sword then embedded itself into a tree. I looked up in time a see a man land on the handle of the blade and look down on us with his back to us. This guy is...
"Well... Well... If it isn't the Hidden Mist's Missing-Nin Zabuza Momochi." I said as we all righted ourselves and stared at him. Naruto then tried to attack but Kakashi stopped him. "Everybody, get back. This one is on a whole other level." I told them glaring at Zabuza.
"It will be a little tough, unless I do this..." Kakashi told us lifting his forehead protector.