Eureka and Renton forever: ...Thank you...for complimenting my evil(ing?)ness!

Reign of Sorrow: Well your name is also awesome sir! Literally I get all the people with the awesome names, I'm so lucky. Anyways...don't judge me. Errr...what was I going to say again? OH YEAH! Yes, I'm going through the entire story, and for Sasuke...you'll find out soon, I've actually already been hinting at it. Naruto, I may have done a bad job at showing it with my hints, but most of you have guessed it, will have a darker persona in my story, but the reason why hasn't happened yet. Also, I have yet to read your stories as SOME PEOPLE, my mom, said I couldn't bring my laptop to Disneyland meaning I barely had time to work on them...meanie. Just kidding! But I literally couldn't bring my laptop. I'll get started on your stories as soon as possible, I just got back yesterday.

Chewie Cookies: Your very smart...and good at knowing my plot before I reveal it...are you me!?

I'M BAAAAAAACK! AND ALIVE! AND DISNEYLAND...was not as good as I thought it would be...

Hesitation! A Fight of A-Rank!

Naruto and Sasuke both stood on shaky legs once again. They were covered in senbon and were bleeding, albeit slightly as senbon weren't weapons to make you bleed. Naruto growled and looked around, seeing only blurs on the mirrors of ice as Haku moved to fast for them to see. Sasuke kept trying to track Haku, but it was obvious even his eyes couldn't keep up with the male. Another barrage, from the right. Naruto whipped out a kunai before he began to deflect as many senbon as he could, as did Sasuke. However, despite how fast the boys were some senbon slipped through their guard and impaled them.

XxX

Sakura watched as Naruto and Sasuke were being pushed back, worry all over her face. Tazuna looked on too, afraid for the boys.

"Hey, girly, will they make it through," Tazuna asked.

Sakura wanted to say yes, she so badly wanted to, but the fact was she knew that if it kept up at this rate…NO! She refused to think about that. It was impossible. Naruto and Sasuke couldn't die…could they?

"Kakashi-sensei! Naruto and Sasuke-kun are in trouble!" she shouted, a look of fear on her face. Tazuna saw this look.

'Come on brats,' he thought.

XxX

Kakashi managed to hear Sakura's scream but was to preoccupied with Zabuza to be able to look at what the girl was referring to. Another blade came at him, this time from the right side. He drew two kunai, holding each in reverse grip, before slamming them against Zabuza's blade, barely blocking the strike, although he did skid backwards quite a bit. The Kubikiribocho disappeared into the mist before it reappeared above Kakashi, intent on bisecting him. Kakashi blocked the blade, but came face-to-face with Zabuza.

"You're little brats are going to die," he said. "Haku is the perfect weapon, I've raised him since he was a kid, there's no way they could possibly defeat him, like you stand no chance of defeating me. We're weapons, as shinobi should be. We're just means to an end, tools. Shinobi don't need emotions, like you and you're pathetic Konoha preach."

Zabuza shot backwards before coming at Kakashi, a furious slash taking place. Kakashi channeled chakra into his arms and blocked the strike before ramming into Zabuza with his shoulder, causing a red tint to come to the bandages below Zabuza's nose.

"Even shinobi can't live without emotions. A man like you should know this more than anyone, Zabuza."

Zabuza growled. So he knew.

(-Flashback-)

A shadowy figure dodged another kunai before slashing them down with their blade. They frowned before jumping, avoiding the hands the popped out of the ground before crushing their head.

"There he is, get him!" shouted three shadowy figures, all running towards him with swords drawn.

The figure narrowed its eyes before sprinting away, channeling chakra into its legs.

"Wait, stop! You are under arrest for going against the Sandaime Mizukage, treason!"

The figure glared at the people chasing it over its back. "He's bloody mad! He doesn't understand that kekkei genkai aren't a disease!" The figure sped through handseals, moving so fast that the hands looked like they had been behind him before they just materialized in the hare seal.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)!"

(-Flashback-)

Kakashi took the moment Zabuza used to recollect his past to glance at his students. He frowned. It was hard to see through the mist but from the look of things the Haku kid had a kekkei genkai involving ice, and Naruto and Sasuke were stuck. Without Sasuke's dojutsu, which the teen had yet to activate, or Naruto coming up with some brilliant plan, they were going to die.

"Did I mention Haku also had a kekkei genkai? I didn't. His kekkei genkai is so strong that even I can't break it, using all the strength I could muster. Those brats are dead, Kakashi," Zabuza said with a smirk.

Kakashi growled. "I'll have to finish this quickly then."

With that the two jonin charged again.

XxX

"Why do you not die already?" Haku asked as he threw another volley at them.

The senbon seemed to come from all directions, and as such Naruto and Sasuke were hit from all directions. They had long since given up on trying to deflect the senbon and were focusing more and protecting vital areas and finding Haku.

"Do you find your pain entrancing," Haku said as he appeared next to Sasuke, a senbon prepared to stab his neck. However, because he had left the ice his speed had slowed and Naruto was able to react in time, hurling a kunai at Haku. Haku dodged the kunai by jumping, but his eyes widened, not that you could see it, when Naruto appeared, a kunai to his neck. Naruto was preparing to slash, but hesitated for a brief moment. Haku took advantage of this and span in midair, kicking the side of Naruto's face before switching his momentum, kicking Naruto in the other side of his face. Naruto flew to the side, smashing against one of the ice mirrors.

"Naruto," Sasuke called as he drove off Haku.

Naruto groaned and stood, limping over to Sasuke. Sasuke growled at his friend hissing out a, "Why did you hesitate!?" Naruto frowned at Sasuke before looking at Haku who was waiting patiently for them. "I don't know." Naruto stared at Haku, who stared right back.

"You hesitated to kill me," Haku mumbled.

"And you didn't attack us while we were talking," Naruto responded.

"It seems that meeting has made both of us not wanting to kill the other," Haku said before he disappeared.

Naruto frowned, looking around before he was sent flying, a punch landing in his face. Sasuke's eyes widened before he charged Haku, only to miss and be kicked into the air. Sasuke growled and looked down, his eyes flashing red for a brief moment. Naruto stood and flew through handsigns, stopping on hare. "Suiton: Teppodama (Water Release: Gunshot)!"

Instead of the high-pressured bullet of water coming from Naruto's mouth it came from a puddle close to him before it was flung at Haku. Haku stared at the bullet before ducking; however she came face-to-face with a smirking Uchiha. Haku jumped backwards, into the ice before the Uchiha could do anything. Sasuke's eyes widened.

"I can't believe I didn't notice this before," he said, flowing through handsigns before ending on the tiger seal. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)."

Sasuke's exhaled the massive ball of fire onto the ice mirror Haku was on but as the steam dissipated it showed the mirror looking perfectly fine.

"What," Sasuke mumbled under his breath.

"Your pathetic excuse for a Katon jutsu cannot defeat me. Give up now," Haku said as he drew three senbon per hand, holding them between her pointer, middle, and ring fingers, along with his pinkie. Sasuke growled. 'Focus. Stay calm. Focus. Concentrate, see everything.' Even as multiple Haku's appeared on the mirrors Sasuke stayed focused on one of them, the one right in front of them. Haku threw the senbon, but Sasuke dodged them, weaving through the hail before grabbing Naruto and helping his friend escape.

"How did you do that, teme," Naruto asked, but found his answer in Sasuke's eyes. They were crimson, with two tomoi in his right and one in his left. He had finally activated his clan's dojutsu, the Sharingan.

However, Naruto wasn't the only person who noticed this. 'How did he dodge? He can see me?!' Haku thought as he looked at Sasuke seriously. He then noticed his enemies' eyes. 'Impossible…those eyes…it's the Sharingan. You're…'

'It's not complete…but I can see through his deceptions,' Sasuke thought.

'So he too has a kekkei genkai. Interesting, even though it's not perfected, to activate it in the midst of a lethal attack, an impressive feat. That takes away my advantage of speed. I won't be able to attack much longer. I have to end this.'

Naruto smirked. "Nice job, teme."

"Hn." Sasuke responded with before strapping an explosive tag to a kunai. He tossed it at the mirror before flowing through handsigns. He spat out another Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique), but even with the combined explosion, which he and Naruto had jumped to the edge of the prison to avoid yet still felt some of it's force and got singed, didn't damage Haku's ice.

"Impressive. That ice of yours…it's powerful, very powerful. To be able to withstand that is impressive," Naruto said.

Haku disappeared, moving from mirror to mirror, but frowned even though you couldn't see it. Even then, when moving at his top speed, Sasuke was tracking him, carefully picking out which mirror he was in the same time Haku appeared in it. Haku frowned. There was no way he could avoid the Uchiha, his eyes were too good. There was only one solution, attack the person who couldn't see him move.

Haku shot from the mirror, senbon aimed for a lethal blow at Naruto. Sasuke's eyes widened and he shot forward, appearing in front of Naruto, blocking Haku's senbon. Haku growled as he pushed against Sasuke's kunai, but it was futile, the Uchiha was stronger than he was.

"So I'm the liability in this fight, eh, Sasuke," Naruto said as he appeared next to Haku, hand already in a seal. "Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Release: Wild Water Wave)!" Naruto forced massive amounts of chakra into the jutsu, sending of a high-powered stream of water from his mouth like a waterfall that slammed Haku into his ice mirror. Haku looked up painfully, his mask falling from his face, cracked and broken from the power of the water.

"Do you know what it's like, Naruto-kun? To lose someone precious to you?"

Naruto looked at him strangely. "Allow me to tell you then."

(-Flashback-)

"Mama, look what I can do." A young Haku asked, showing his mother the strange object made of ice. Haku began to move the object around, smiling all the while.

What Haku didn't expect was for his mother to slap him, a furious look on her face, although anyone, but a young four year old like Haku, could tell she was just worried for him. "Don't ever do that again!" his mother said, a frown ruining her attractive features.

Haku felt the tears strolling down his face but nodded before running off to his room.

XxX

"Heathen!" Haku heard as he walked down the steps of his house to come face-to-face with a horrible sight. There was a mob outside, led by his father, and they were hurting his mother. They were poking and prodding at her with swords, spears, and dagger, while cursing her.

"Die monster!"

"Daddy, what are you doing to mama," Haku cried out, tears on his face.

His father looked up, a burning hatred and fear in his eyes. "You! You're a little monster too. I'll kill you too, just like I killed your whore of a mother!"

Haku froze as his father said that. "But, Tou-san-"

"DON'T TOU-SAN ME YOU FREAK!" his father roared, charging at him, blade prepared to kill. Haku screamed as the blade cut into his skin.

"Die!" the man screamed, bringing down his blade again. However, a wall of ice came up and stopped the sword. The man fell on his bottom before scrambling backwards, afraid of the boy who now stood, surrounded by ice, a confused look on his face before he registered the mob that were still defiling his mother and his scum of a father.

"Die!" Haku roared, launching ice-projectiles at them.

XxX

Haku looked up at the tall man dressed in a ninja's uniform. "Who are you mister," Haku asked, afraid.

The man smiled, bandages covering the lower half of his face. "Names Zabuza…you're on orphan because of the civil war aren't you?"

Haku tilted his head, confused "Civil…war?"

Zabuza chuckled sadly. "You must have had it rough kid. Come with me, I'll help you," Zabuza said, extending a hand.

Haku looked at the hand before looking at Zabuza, then back at the hand. He slowly, hesitantly, put his hand on top of Zabuza's.

(-Flashback-)

"That's what happened" Haku said, finishing his tale.

Naruto's eyes were soft as he heard that, as were Sasuke's. "I'm sorry Haku…but I've never experienced that. I am sorry you had to endure it, but I've never gone through that," Naruto said, his eyes looking at the ground.

"So you don't know the pain…yet you have precious people," Haku said.

Naruto looked up at Haku. "Yeah, but why does that matter? You don't have to endure pain to have precious people."

"Because, you don't know how to protect them," Haku said disappearing.

Naruto's eyes widened before fifteen senbon struck him, all in different points of his body. Naruto coughed up blood as he landed on the ground. Sasuke rushed over picking up his friend's body before looking around. His eyes locked onto Haku's.

"I'll kill you," Sasuke said. "I'LL KILL YOU!"

He wove through handseals, but Haku appeared before him before he could finish.

'Shit, even if my eyes can track him my body can't keep up!'

Sasuke flipped over, landing on the ground with a thud. He stood quickly, checking the surrounding area for Haku. He spotted the boy with a senbon to Naruto's neck.

"Game over," Haku said.

Sasuke growled. "Naruto, fight her! I need your help to win!"

However Naruto couldn't hear him, he could only think of all the people he had back at home, the people he cared for…the people he lived for. Kakashi, Hiruzen, Teuchi, Ayame, Sakura, Sasuke, Anko, Hinata, Hanabi, Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, Lee, Tenten, and Stijn, all of them, he couldn't let them down by dying here. If he died here more and more people would die…Zabuza would lead Haku and go on a rampage. He had to defeat him now…he had to stop him now!

'I can't give up…I've got to keep fighting. It's not over…I just gotta keep fighting. I WON'T give up…it's not over…keep fighting!'

Naruto slowly reached into his kunai pouch, trying to grab one without alerting Haku. However, Sasuke noticed this.

"KEEP FIGHTING!" Naruto roared.

Naruto slashed out with the kunai, surprising Haku and breaking free in the process. Haku was still stunned by Naruto's sudden burst of willpower. The boy had gone slack in his arms earlier, as if he had given up all hope of winning the fight. Naruto shot forward, slamming a fist in his gut before grabbing his arm and flinging him over to Sasuke.

"Teme!"

Sasuke slammed his knee into Haku's face, causing all the momentum Haku had to be transferred into pain. His nose was broken and twisted and he was bleeding from both nostrils. Naruto and Sasuke appeared right in front of Haku both firing a fist straight into the boys face. Haku stumbled backwards, but Naruto was upon him again.

"You were right Haku; precious people do give you strength!"

Naruto slammed another punch in, and another before he fought like a madman, slamming fists into the boys body without any care in the world.

"So I can't die!"

He continued to pummel Haku as the ice mirrors began to crack some shattering altogether, losing the chakra source that kept them strong. Naruto finished off his combination with a knee to the forehead.

"Cause I've got people to protect!"

Haku flew backwards, slamming into the last mirror that wasn't cracked. However, upon impact the mirror cracked badly, barely staying strong. Haku frowned, his face becoming angry, something that rarely happened.

"I have people I too have to protect. So…forgive me Naruto-san, but fall! Hissatsu Hyōsō (Certain-Kill Ice Spears)!"

The mirrors in the air broke down, forming four giant spikes of ice that flew towards Naruto and Sasuke, yet the duo avoided them, only being hit with small scrapes in their worries.

"Die!" Haku roared, but Naruto appeared in front of him, handseals already completed.

"Forgive me Haku, but my precious people are counting on me! Live and form more bonds. You are strong Haku…I believe in you. Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Release: Wild Water Wave)!"

Naruto expelled the pressurized water into Haku sending the boy flying backwards and over the railing of the bridge, plummeting into the water below.

'Shit,' Naruto thought. "Haku!"

Naruto was about to dive in after the teen, but Sasuke grabbed his shoulder, preventing him from doing so.

"Why are you stopping me," Naruto demanded.

Sasuke shook his head. "We have more important things to deal with now, I'm sorry Naruto."

Naruto glared daggers at Sasuke but was interrupted when Sakura and Tazuna were at their side, Sakura looking at their wounds.

"I'm so glad you two are safe," she said, smiling at them. Sasuke smirked and let out his familiar, "Hn," but Naruto was far to preoccupied in looking out over the railing, trying to find Haku.

"He's a lost cause kid," Tazuna said. "If he somehow gets to shore I'll tell him where to find you."

Naruto nodded but frowned. He really wanted to make sure Haku was safe.

Sakura then started looking at their wounds more intensely, applying what little medical knowledge she knew. 'Damn it,' she thought. 'I was a liability this entire mission. Even now I can't really help them. I need to get stronger, to stand on my own to feet…I refuse to be the lonely little girl that watches from the background!' she roared in her mind.

XxX

Zabuza's eyes widened as he saw Haku falling off the bridge. "Haku lost," he mumbled. Kakashi smirked and appeared behind Zabuza, kunai raised for a lethal blow. "I knew my genin would win."

He lashed out with the kunai, but the Zabuza in front of him dispersed into water.

'Mizu Bunshin (Water Clone)!' Kakashi swore, before turning around, blocking the blade that nearly ended his life.

"You're strong," Kakashi said, his arm shaking. Zabuza laughed before jumping backwards, slashing forwards in the meantime. Kakashi ducked under the blade before looking upwards, frowning when he saw nothing. He then cursed as he felt a slash impact with his back. He turned, one of his hands clutching his back, examining the wound. Luckily it was just a flesh wound. Kakashi then turned jumping away from the spinning buzz saw of death that the Kubikiribocho was. Zabuza then appeared in front of him, blade raised to strike.

"Die!"

The blade flew downwards, but Kakashi sidestepped it, avoiding it but also causing a crater to form in the metal of the bridge. Kakashi frowned slamming his foot into Zabuza's side and sending him skidding away.

Zabuza growled before charging, lashing out with his blade. Kakashi jumped over the blade, before lashing out with a kunai, his Raiton element imbued in the kunai, allowing it to cut through Zabuza's blade.

"So you are a Raiton user. And you cut through my Executioners Blade. Impressive, but not good enough," Zabuza said, pricking himself on the finger. He allowed his blood to fall on the blade, and what Kakashi saw made his eyes widen. The blade was using the blood to reform itself, until it was back to perfect condition. Kakashi growled before he noticed Zabuza had already completed a string of handseals.

'Shit, I wasn't paying attention,' Kakashi thought.

"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu (Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique)!" Zabuza roared.

The jutsu activated as water from below the bridge rose and swirled in front of Zabuza. The water surged and rose dozens of meters high before shooting downwards as if it was a gigantic waterfall, or a massive wave, that struck Kakashi hard. Kakashi groaned as he was slammed against the railing of the bridge, several bones broken and his right arm bruised.

"Looks like I win, Kakashi," Zabuza said as he held his blade to Kakashi's neck.

"Die!"

Zabuza swung the blade, cleaving through Kakashi's head, and sending water all over the bridge.

"What!?" Zabuza roared before he coughed up blood, a hand emerging from his back.

"Raikiri (Lightning Cutter)." Kakashi named as he removed his blood-coated hand from Zabuza's back. Anyone who looks through it could see straight through Zabuza, along with the damaged lung that Kakashi had struck.

The blue, concentrated form of electrical, or Raiton, chakra in Kakashi's hand faded, although Zabuza smirked and coughed, more blood staining the inside of his mask before he ripped it off, revealing shark-like teeth.

"So, that's your famous Raikiri (Lightning Cutter) huh? Impressive." Zabuza said as he fell to his knees.

"Yeah…my ace in the whole," Kakashi said, looking at Zabuza.

Zabuza smirked. "Well…looks like I lose. If you ever see Haku again, can you do me a favor," Zabuza said, a sad look appearing in his eyes. "Tell him I said…happy birthday."

With that Zabuza Momochi…the Demon of the Hidden Mist fell dead.

'Even a man like you couldn't completely cast off your feelings. I'll do it, Zabuza,' Kakashi thought, before looking over at his team much easier as the mist was clearing, as Zabuza was dead. He walked over to them, a smile, not that you could see it, on his face.

"Good job, we won," Kakashi said.

"You beat that guy Kakashi-sensei," Sakura asked her eyes wide.

"Yup. He's gone. I saw you defeat his friend."

"Yeah," Naruto mumbled, although anyone could see he was sad.

"Naruto, he's not dead," Sasuke said. "He wouldn't die from something like that."

Naruto nodded. "Yeah, you're right."

Kakashi smirked before noticing Sasuke's eyes. "Oh, Sasuke, you activated the Sharingan."

"I did," Sasuke asked his eyes wide.

Naruto laughed. "Yeah, you're eyes are crimson and have tomoi in them."

Sasuke's eyes widened in realization. "So that's how I was able to track him earlier."

Kakashi nodded. "Yeah, the Sharingan's useful like that." Sasuke's eyes turned back to their normal black.

"The world seems different now…faster…what happened," Sasuke asked.

"They deactivated. You must not have control of them right now. I'll teach you that as we finish completing the bridge," Kakashi said.

"Thank you," Tazuna said.

The four looked at him. "For protecting me like this. You didn't have to."

Kakashi gave his classic eye-smile, while Sasuke gave his classic, "Hn." Sakura smiled and nodded.

"No problem jiji," Naruto said.

"Well isn't this cute," called a voice.

I'm already prepared for the anger of putting the battle of the bridge in one chapter so come at me. I've just never seen it done before. Sure I didn't do as much as I wanted...but I had things I had to focus on in the arc after this one and the middle section before that arc. Sorry. Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. I'm back from Disneyland and it wasn't nearly as good as I thought it would be. I'm also kind of hurt that I only got three person who wished me a happy birthday...you guys are mean...(insert sad-face here). Anyways, I hope you guys are happy with what I did to Haku. Yup, that's right, Haku is a maybe and Zabuza is dead. It had to happen for an idea I borrowed for Sasuke. If you guys read Kurai Kitsune...well you know what I'm going to do with Sasuke and Zabuza. I kind of just revealed it though. Also, Gato's here. This arc will be completed next chapter, so get prepared for that. Yeah, I don't have much to say. See you guys later, and avoid the Earl.