7: Battle on the Bridge!

Suiren Uzumaki: The disclaimer: I do not own Naruto cause if I did then Sakura wouldn't be a useless fan girl in pre-shippuden and Naruto would have his Father's smarts while keeping his Mother's personality and knows about seals and how to use to them. I do, however, own Akito Senju. Remember to Read and Review to let me know what you think. Also if you don't like any twist that I might make then stop reading and find something else to read plus don't leave a review that's a flame or I will find a way to block you. Ja ne!

...My Line...

The next day, Hinata sat on the edge of the partly completed bridge before letting out a yawn.

"Are you always this lazy?" Tazuna asked. "Where's that weird blond kid and the one with the attitude?"

"Their training," the blunette answered. "Climbing trees."

"What?" Tazuna asked shocked. "To tough for you?"

"No," the Hyuuga replied back. "I completed it and so Sensei assigned me to watch over you."

"Your joking?" Tazuna asked.

As Hinata was about to say something else a worker walk up to them looking glumly.

"Tazuna," he called. "I need to talk to you."

Tazuna turned to look at the worker.

"What about?" he asked.

"Uh...the thing is I've been thinking about the bridge and I've decided I've pushed my luck far enough. I want out."

"YOU GOING TO QUITE ON ME JUST LIKE THAT!" Tazuna shouted. "YOUR KIDDING!?"

"No," the worker answered calmly. "I stayed on because of your friendship, but I'm putting my like on the line everyday I stay here." He looked down. "Gato and his thugs well show up eventually. When they do they'll kill you and the bridge won't get finished anyways. It's a lost cause Tazuna. Why don't we stop now well we can still get out of this alive?"

"No chance," Tazuna answered.

"Huh?'

"This is out bridge," Tazuna went on. "Our island is poor and it's going to stay that way until the bridge connect use to the main land. Commoners, traders, and hope that's what we're building here."

"There's not going to be mush hope if we're all dead," the worker told him.

"It's already noon let's break for lunch," Tazuna told him as he walked past.

"Tazuna, let's not end like this?" the man asked.

"Save you breath," Tazuna told him. " And oh Giiche don't bother coming back after lunch."

...My Line...

The two lovers laid on the floor of the Uchiha's Kamui dimension without any clothes on and panting. Akito's ear laid over Obito's heart listening to it beat seeing as even though it has been 6 years since he learned that the Uchiha was alive, he still had a hard time believing it. Listening to the other's heartbeat helped him in remembering that this wasn't a dream and that the dark hair former Leaf Chunin was laying with him and that the only thing missing from the picture was Rin Nohara. The Senju let out a sigh as he moved to sit up though he flinched a bit as Obito had been a bit rough with him.

"You have to go?" the rogue Shinobi asked.

The Clan Head looked back at him with soft eyes and a small smile.

"Yes," he answered softly. "I can't have my students asking questions about my were abouts."

"Right," the Uchiha sighed as he also sat up.

His sole eye watched his lover get to his feet and go about getting his clothes though it was soon drawn to the evidence of their time together slowly rolling down the Senju's thighs. A smirk came to his scared face as he then got to his own feet and walked over to wrap his arms around the smaller male.

"Obito?" was the soft question.

"Once you are at my side once again you will never be able to walk without a limb," the rogue whispered into the younger male's ear and smirked even more when he felt the shiver that ran down the other's spin. "I'll always be sure to stake my claim, so that everyone knows that your mine."

The Senju hummed as the taller male pepper his neck with kisses.

"I look forward to it, Obito-koi," he sighed happily before moving away and threw the Uchiha a glanced over his shoulder. "Of course, you already do that."

"That's true," he hummed in agreement as they got redressed before the former Leaf Chunin once again wrapped the Jonin in his arms once the silver hair male had the crutches in hand. "Let's get you back to your Genins...huh, Aki-kun."

Akito turned around in the other male's arms and gave him a chaste kiss on his lips.

"Right."

Obito activated his Mangekyou and used Kamui to get them out of the Kamui dimension that they were in.

...My Line...

Tazuna and Hinata were walking through the village as the female Genin looked around seeing young kids setting up against walls of the builds and some adults carrying signs saying that they will any kind of work.

"Where are we going?" the Hyuuga finally asked.

"You want to eat tonight don't cha?" Tazuna asked. "I have to pick up some things for dinner."

"THIEF!"

A young kid running through the crowd making the Heiress' heart clenched up at the sight.

'These poor people,' the female Genin thought as she looked around.

The blunette hardly paid attention as they walked up to a store.

"Here we are," Tazuna told them before they walked inside.

"Welcome."

'This is a store,' Hinata thought. 'There's nothing here.' It was then that she felt some one touch her ass making her to spin around and kick the guy in the face. "You Pervert!"

"No I was just..."

After getting they needed they walked out of the store while Tazuna walked out, but Hinata stormed out of it making the clone to sweat drop at her real self's student's temper.

'I thought I had a temper,' she thought. 'Well I was wrong.'

"Wow," Tazuna said impressed. "You really surprised me back there. Girls around here don't fight like that."

"They should," the blunette told him. "Something is seriously wrong here." The Hyuuga's eye twitched as some one once again touched her ass. 'Again.' She spun around. "Hey, buster..."

Hinata stopped talking when she saw a young child standing there with a surprised look before a smile appeared and the child held out her hands.

"Please?" the child asked.

Hinata looked inside her bags for food to give the child and was only able to come up with candy.

"Here," the Hyuuga said as she handed the child the candy.

"Ah," the child laughed as she took the candy. "Thank you."

The Kunoichi nodded as tears came to her eyes while she watched the child run off happy to get at least some kind of food.

"This is how it's been since Gato came here," Tazuna told them. "The children suffer, the adults are afraid to stand up to him. They lost all hope that's why we need to finish they bridge. It well bring commoners and trade, but more importantly it's a symbol of courage. We must restore the spirit of our people. When the bridge is finished people well start to believe again. They'll be able to live their lives with dignity. We can't let Gato stop us."

'Sasuke, Naruto,' the blunette thought as she ignores him. 'We have to help them.'

...My Line...

All of Squad 7 were setting at the table eating with Tazuna and his family though Sasuke and Naruto where eating like it won't be there if they took their time making the Senju to look at them with disgust.

"This is great," Tazuna said with a laugh. "It's been ages since we've had so many people at our table."

It was at that moment that Sasuke and Naruto stood up at the same time.

"I want' some more!" they said at the same time.

Akito and Hinata looked back and forth between the two of them before they turned slightly purple and turned to puke making the Senju to push away his food with a scowl on his face.

"Don't eat so mush if your going to puke it up!" Hinata scolded.

"I have to eat," Sasuke told her as he came back up.

"And I have to eat more then him," Naruto stated. "It's the possible way I can get strong enough to beat him."

"That's true, but puking won't help you," the silver hair Jonin said.

...My Line...

The Senju sat at the table trapped inside his thoughts as he sip his tea quietly while going through a set of notes on a seal that he was creating though he almost jumped when Hinata's voice sounded from over by the sink.

"Excuse me?" she asked. "This picture is torn. Is there a reason for that?" The Hyuuga then looked over at the table. "Inari, you kept glancing at it all through dinner. Looks some one else was in the picture, but they were torn out. It's kinds strange isn't it?"

Akito looked at the blunette with disappoint when he felt the tension in the room.

"It's my husband," Tsunami answered.

"They use to call him a hero in this land," Tazuna stated.

Inari then got up making everyone to look at him.

"Inari, where are you going?" she asked as he walked out making her to follow, but at the door she looked back at Tazuna. "Father, you can't talk about him in front of Inari. You know that."

The Jonin let out a sigh as he looked at the Client.

"Inari's so…" the Hyuuga trailed off. "I mean, what happened to him?"

"Hmm," the Clan Head hummed. "Is there a story behind this?"

"He wasn't his real Father," Tazuna answered. "He came into the family later and he brought so much happiness. He and Inari were very close. In those days, Inari use to laugh all the time, but then…" They all looked at him in wonder. "All that ended. He never laughs or smiles anymore. Ever since that day that everything changed. The word courage was stolen from this island. We were left powerless, hopeless, and Inari surfers the most. Ever since that day. Ever since it happened."

Akito let out a sigh as he already saw where this was going before standing up.

"Why don't you explain everything to the three Genin about what happened to Inari?" he asked. "I can already see where it's going, so I'm going to get some rest."

They all watched the Jonin leave the room to head to the guest room that the Squad 7 where staying in.

...My Line...

The silver hair Jonin sat at the table with Sasuke, Inari, and Tazuna eating when Hinata came walking in yawning as she did so.

"Good morning everyone," she greeted them before sitting down.

Tsunami walked up and sat a place down in front of her.

"Here."

"Oh, thank you."

Akito put his chop sticks down, got up, walked over to where Tsunami was, and placed the plate in the sink before sitting back down again.

"Naruto's not here?" Tazuna asked. "Looks like he was out all night again."

"It is a worrying," the Hyuuga agreed as she looked around.

"Well, I currently hope he's ok," Tsunami said to break the silence. "A child spending the night in the woods alone."

"There's nothing to worry about," Akito insured Tsunami. "Naruto's a goofy kid and acts to much like some one I once knew, but he's also a full-fledged Ninja. He can handle himself."

"Naruto's such a loser that he's properly lying out there dead somewhere," Sasuke stated.

Sasuke then stood up making the others look at him as he walked towards the door.

"Sasuke?" Hinata asked confused.

"I'm going for a walk," he told them.

"But, we started eating," the blunette stated as she looked down at his already empty plate. "Huh?" She raised an eyebrow. "Well, that was fast."

The silver hair Jonin cackled at that for a bit.

'God, this team is reminding me of Team Minato every day and all that's missing is their own version of me,' he thought amused and a little sad. 'I just hope this team doesn't go through what Team Minato did.'

...My Line...

Hinata and Akito walked into view when all of a sudden a kunai was thrown in front of them making all three to look at the tree where it came from to see Naruto lying on a branch with a big ass smile.

"Naruto can climb that high now using his Chakra," Hinata said astounded. "Wow. That's amazing."

"What do you think?" Naruto called down to them. "High enough for you two? It's a long ways down."

Naruto shot up on the tree branch and what happened next had the Hyuuga freaked and the Senju staring wide eyed.

"Naruto!"

"Uh-oh."

Naruto used the Chakra in his feet to hang upside from the tree branch before he laughed at the two on the ground.

"Just kidding," Naruto called to them. "You guys really fall for it."

"We were really worried about you, Naruto," Hinata scold him lightly.

"Why do I think that this is going to end badly?" the Jonin asked just as Naruto lost control of his Chakra.

Both the silver hair male and the blunette's eyes widen in fear, shock, and worry.

"NARUTO!" the Hyuuga Heiress yelled.

Sasuke caught Naruto around his ankle.

"You really are a total loser, Naruto," Sasuke told him.

"Sasuke?" Naruto asked.

"Oh, thank god," Hinata sighed with relief.

"If I'm still sane by the time I finish their training it'll be a miracle," the Senju stated in a deadpan tone. 'I wish that the Chunin Exams come soon cause the sooner my death is faked the sooner I can get away with some of my sanity in tacked.' He then quietly let out a snort. 'Yeah, right. I lost that when Rin died.'

...My Line...

The Senju sat the table in Tazuna's home waiting for Sasuke and Naruto to come back from where ever they were as Tsunami laid the table with food.

"Now their both late," Hinata pointed out. "That's not normal for them both..."

They looked towards the door when they heard it open to see Sasuke walking in supporting a tried looking Naruto.

"What are you up to?" Tazuna asked. "You look like something the cat dragged in."

The silver hair adult sweat dropped, but he knew that it was true.

"We both made it," Naruto told his honorary Brother. "We climbed all the way to the top."

"Good," Akito said with a nod of his head. "Now we move on. Starting to tomorrow your both bodyguards for Tazuna."

Naruto smiled hugely before he thrust his fist into the air while yelling.

"Alright!"

This resulted in him knocked both him and Sasuke to the ground.

"Ah, your such a loser," Sasuke told him as the others laughed.

The Senju looked at the scene before him with boredom.

...My Line...

"In a few more day's the bridge will be finished and I have you to thank for that," Tazuna was telling them.

Akito let out a sigh as he laid his head on his arms thinking about being home in his own bed with Obito away from the pain in the asses AKA Sasuke, Naruto, and to a leaser extent Hinata.

"You all done great, but you really should be careful," Tsunami told them.

"I've been meaning to ask you this, but I didn't have a chance till now," Tazuna told them. "Why did you stay and protect me even though I lied to bring you here?"

"Those who stray from the path of justice have no courage, but only with a strong leader cowardice can not survive," the Senju answered.

"Huh?"

The blunette looked at the Jonin with a raised eyebrow.

"That was a quote from the First Hokage, right?" she asked.

"Yes," Akito answered her as he smiled.

"But, why?" a small voice asked.

Naruto looked up at Inari to see tears in his eyes.

"What you say?" Naruto asked.

"All this stupid training is a waste of time!" Inari yelled at them. "Gato's got a whole army and they'll beat you down and destroy you! All theses cool things you say...they don't mean anything! Now matter what you do the strong always wins and the weak always lose!"

"Speak for yourself," Naruto told him. "It won't be like that for me. You got that?"

"Why don't you just be quiet?!" Inari shouted at him. "Just looking at you makes me sick! You don't anything about this country! You're just butting in! Always laughing and playing around! You don't know what it's like to suffer and be treated like dirt!"

"Listen to yourself always whining and complaining like some sorry little victim!" Naruto shouted next. "You can whimper all day for all I care!" Naruto then lifted his head up that he had laid down. "Your nothing, but a coward!"

"Naruto, you went to far," Hinata told him, but he just walked away from them. "Naruto?"

The Senju sighed as he looked at their Client's younger Grandson.

"Look Inari," he spoke up softly making them all to look at him. "I know what it's like to lose some one close to you. I had been about 6 when I lost both of my parents and I never got to know my Grandparents on both sides. And if that wasn't enough when I had been 11 and 12, I lost two of my best friends all in a span of one year apart. Then two years later, when I was 14 almost 15, I lost my Jonin Sensei and his wife, who had taken me in and raised me as if I was their own, leaving their newborn son in my care." He gave the young boy a kind sad smile. "Plus, beside my Cousin on my Father's side, I am one of the last of my Clan, the Senjus. It's a chore to get up everyday and continue on like nothings wrong. So, Inari, your not the only one with a sad past, but there is a difference between us. Know why?" The kid shock his head. "It's because of that one person...my Sensei's child that get me through the really bad days." He then looked over at Tsunami and Tazuna. "You still have your Mother and you also have a Grandfather, both of whom you are taking for granted." He looked at the kid as she stood up from his seat. "Remember Inari that not everyone is lucky like you are."

With that said, Akito walked out of the house and into the woods leaving the others to look after him.

'Akito-Sensei,' the Hyuuga thought sadly as she shared a look with Sasuke.

...My Line...

Akito walked through the forest heading for the clearing that had come to the other night, but it wasn't long till he felt a Chakra presence that he knew all to well making him to run into the clearing. However, he ended up letting out a laugh when a pair of arms wrap around him and held the Senju firmly to a well tone chest.

"Obito-koi," he sighed with love clear in his voice.

"You shouldn't be out alone," the Uchiha whispered into his ear. "Cause something can happen to you."

This got snort from the younger male as he looked over his shoulder at his lover.

"I can take care of myself, you know," he stated blandly.

All that got from the older Ninja was a smirk before the silver hair 26-year-old was spun around a pair of lips meet his in a fierce kiss.

"I know," Obito agreed as he pulled away. "But, that doesn't mean that I don't worry. Cause I do."

A soft smile came to the Senju's lips as his onyx eyes soften as well while their lips meet again which pulled a moan from the 26-year-old.

"We can't go to far, Obito," Akito sighed as the Uchiha nipped on his ear lop. "Tomorrow is when Zabuza will attack again and I need to be able to fight without a limp."

A sigh was heard from the 27-year-old as his forehead meet the Senju's while he looked into his eyes.

"I know, but I don't have to like it."

This got a laugh from the younger of the two.

"And you think that I do?" he asked as he leaned up. "However, if you wait a bit longer then I promise that it'll be worth your while once this mission is finish with."

Obito felt a pleasant shiver run down his spin at that promise before kissing his lover softly.

"I told Pein about you...will not you, you, as we're going to make it look like you were killed in the invasion that will take place soon, but about...Ookami," the Uchiha informed him when they pulled away. "And I told him that I was working on getting you to join the Akatsuki."

"Ookami, huh?" the Senju asked in thought before smirking. "Not a bad name and it works." This got a smug grin from the older one of the two lovers. "So, what did he say?"

"He'll like to meet you, but he is welling to wait," was the answer he got.

"Okay," Akito said with a nod before he let out a sigh as he looked up at the dark hair rogue through his lashes. "I plan to have Kakashi can take care of training Sasuke during the month break, Jiraiya-Sama can train Naruto during then as well, and as for Hinata...well, if she makes it then she'll be trained by her Clansmen." He leaned up to nip Obito under his jaw. "So I'll all yours."

"Not going to train Sasuke, yourself?" the rogue Ninja asked him in surprise though a shiver ran down his spin.

"No way in hell," was the quick answer he got. "The Elder Council will try to make me teach Minato-Sensei's and my Parental Grandfather's Hiraishin to a boy, who is a flight risk…" He then smirked before a cackle escaped him. "Of course, with me abandoning the village then I guess that they'll have two flight risks."

Obito also cackled at the irony, but of course, the Elder Council didn't know about the Honorable Grandson of the Nidaime Hokage's plans, and isn't that just irony in and of itself as well. The two of them soon laid on the ground and just held onto one another as they watched the stars before allowing the darkness of sleep to take hold of them.

...My Line...

Akito, Tazuna, and two of the three Genins stood outside of the house and in front of Tsunami with their gear.

"Alright I leave Naruto in your capable hands," the Senju told her. "He pushed his body to the limit over doing as usually. So he might not be able to move today at all."

"What about you?" Tsunami asked. "Your still recovering yourself."

"Why?" the Jonin asked. "Do I look wobbly? I'll be ok."

They all turned to walk off.

"Come on let's go," Tazuna told them.

...My Line...

"Hold on!" Tazuna shouted as the noticed the workers where on the ground out cold and injured. "What the hack is this?" The silver hair 26-year-old rolled his eyes well keeping a close eye on her surroundings. "Some one was here. Some one got to them."

'Could it be?' Akito thought before a mist started in, "this mist...Sasuke, Hinata get ready." Sasuke and Hinata moved to protect Tazuna. "I knew he was alive. He just couldn't wait for round 2."

"Akito-Sensei, it's Zabuza isn't?" the Hyuuga asked. "This is his Hidden Mist Jutsu."

"Sorry to keep you waiting Akito," Zabuza's voice sounded around them. "I see you still have those brats with you." The Senju could hear Sasuke trembling from behind him. "That one's still trembling. Pitiful."

At that moment they were all surrounded by Zabuza's Water Clones, but Sasuke smirked.

"I'm trembling with...excitement," Sasuke told him.

"Go on Sasuke," the silver hair Jonin approved.

Sasuke moved with quick reflexes and was able to destroy all of the clones before he landed back in place.

'I can see it,' he thought.

"Oh, so you could see they were Water Clones, uh?" Zabuza asked as he and his two goons came into view. "The brat's improving. Looks like you go a rival Haku."

"So it seems," Haku agreed.

Sasuke glared at Zabuza's goon as he ready his weapon.