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This is the last part of the Land of Waves Arc. There is some action thrown into it, not that you were not expecting it, right?

Well, anyways, on with the chapter...

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War and Peace

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Chapter: 08: Land of Waves: Part 03

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Land of Waves

Next Day

Golden-pupilless eyes fluttered open.

Naruto woke up with a yawn. Body totally healed after a good night's sleep.

'What's the time? It's my duty first on the bridge with sensei today(yawn). Ah well, I will just get pre-' Naruto's thoughts were stopped when he heard a feminine shriek.

'That was Tsunami-san.' Thought Naruto and blitzed towards the source of the scream.

Naruto saw two thugs with swords, holding Tsunami captive. Inari was clinging to the wall in fear but stood up to do something to save his mother.

Seeing Naruto, Inari stopped and looked at him with hope.

"What do you think you are doing?" Asked Naruto in a calm voice.

Both of them looked at him, "So there is one more? Tch, who cares, just kill him Zori, it is getting annoying." Said one of them.

"You don't have to tell me, Waraji." Replied Zori.

Zori sped towards Naruto swinging his blade at him.

Naruto caught the blade with his hand and shattered it to pieces. Naruto seemingly disappeared from the thug's view and the thug felt a grip around his neck.

Naruto, floating in the air, was holding Zori by his neck who was struggling to breath.

"Don't get cocky, you pathetic worm!" Said Naruto, eyes darkening and a certain edge in his voice.

Naruto crushed Zori's neck, who died instantly, and went towards the next thug.

Waraji was trembling with fear, the killing intent Naruto directed towards him rendered him paralyzed out of fear.

"Harming a mother in front of her own child when she has done nothing, you will pay for it." Declared Naruto.

With a punch Naruto shattered every bone in the man's ribcage. Naruto gripped the man's skull and put enough force to crush it and the thug died a quick but rather painful death.

All the tension dissipated and Naruto looked towards Tsunami, "I will be going to catch up with my teammates but I will leave a clone in case other thugs come and try to trouble you."

Tsunami nodded, not able to find words after the display of power.

Naruto looked towards Inari, "You did great, kid, standing up for your mother." Praised Naruto.

Inari looked in awe and respect towards Naruto as his new hero disappeared from his view.

Tsunami went and hugged Inari. Happy that both of them were safe.

With Naruto

Naruto activated his Byakugan while he was on his way to the bridge but couldn't see much due to fog covering it. The fog was laced with chakra.

It meant only one thing, Zabuza was here. It hadn't been a week but they should have expected it.

Naruto raced with even faster speed and was in front of the bridge in seconds.

The sight didn't please him in the least. Not at all.

There laid Satsuki, dead. He had his Byakugan activated, he could confirm it. She was dead.

The hunter nin, who turned out to be Haku, the boy his clone had seen with Natsumi the other day, was laying unconcious in front of Natsumi. Zabuza stood there with Kakashi's dogs restraining him.

'N-no.' Thoughts finally started coming to Naruto's brain. 'No, no. No, no, no, no! This was not supposed to happen. Why did she have to die? Why didn't they wake me up. It was my turn to be on patrol today. W-why?' Naruto fell to his knees.

'I should have killed the hunter-nin before he took Zabuza with him. It's all my fault. I knew he was our enemy. She died because I didn't kill the enemy. It's all my fault. I should have never let an enemy go, I should have killed both of them. IT'S ALL MY FAULT.' Tears started pouring out of his eyes. For a moment, his eyes rippled and gained reddish tint to them with several tomoes spiraling, but regained the normal, golden-pupilless state.

Natsumi was in a daze, her comrade had died. Tears pouring out of her eyes. She went towards her and craddled her hace in her lap and cried her soul out.

Kakashi, in rage at losing his student was going to finish Zabuza, 'Not again! No! How many fucking times will it happen?! I promised to protect my team but I couldn't, again! I am sorry, Satsuki.'

But suddenly five ninjas with white masks dropped at the scene. One went on to attack Kakashi.

Kakashi had to halt his attack on Zabuza to dodge the masked man's attack.

"Zabuza Momochi and Kakashi Hatake, surrender now or else we will have to use force. Your contract is over with Gato, Zabuza. He is dead. It will do you good if you come peacefully with us." Said the Leader of the Kiri ANBUs while showing the dead body of Gato.

"Tch, you think you can take me back to Kiri?! I will show you!" Thundered Zabuza. "We are no longer enemies, Kakashi. My mission to kill the bridge builder is null and void."

"If that is the case then I will be taking my leave with my team." Said Kakashi.

"You will not be going anywhere but to Kirigakure with us, Hatake." Said the Leader.

"You know it will cause a war between Konoha and Kiri." Replied Kakashi.

"Your weak village can try, but in front of the might of our Mizukage, you all will perish." Said another ANBU.

Kakashi took a stance to battle the Kiri nins.

"Ha! Haha! Hahahahaha!" Came a laughter from behind.

"I will show you who is the weak one here, you pathetic inferior being!" Boomed Naruto's voice.

"Naruto! Leave this to me! You get out of here with Natsumi and Satsuki's body. I will take care of them." Shouted Kakashi.

Naruto didn't acknowledge Kakashi's words.

Kakashi's eyes widened when Naruto disappeared with such speed that even his Sharingan couldn't track.

Naruto appeared out of nowhere in front of one of the Kiri ANBU, eyes blazing fierce gold, Byakugan activated and puched the guy aimed towards the heart.

The punch destroyed one of ANBU's Chakra Gate. The ANBU died in seconds after the attack.

Other two seeing this, attacked Naruto, who easily deflected their strikes and caught their necks.

"All Killing Ash Bones!" And two bones came out of Naruto's palms and pierced both the ANBUs necks, turning them into ash in seconds.

The remaining two ANBUs didn't waste time to attack Naruto from behind but their swords just phased through Naruto's form and suddenly many rods came from behind and pinned them to the ground.

"This time, I won't make the mistake of not killing an enemy. You will die today. If you have any last words, I don't wanna hear them!" Said Naruto looking down at them and crushed there bodies with the wind.

Naruto turned towards Kakashi and Zabuza, his Byakugan deactivated, not that anybody knew he possessed the dojutsu.

"It's your turn, now." Said Naruto looking towards Zabua.

"It's over Naruto, he is not our enemy anymore." Said Kakashi.

"But-" started Naruto, now conflicted but was interrupted by Kakashi.

"No, Naruto. It will be meaningless. It was not personal, we were enemies due to diffrences in contracts. It's over now that Zabuza's client is dead. A shinobi must not engage in meaningless battles." Said Kakashi while ruffling Naruto's hairs with a sad look.

"H-hai, sensei!" Replied Naruto.

Zabuza had already left while carrying Haku.

"SATSUKI!" Came a cry from the direction of Natsumi.

Naruto and Kakashi looked towards her direction and couldn't believe what they saw.

'B-but I checked with my Byakugan!' Were Naruto's thoughts as he and Kakashi ran towards Natsumi.

"S-s-satsuki, you are alive?!" Screamed Natsumi with joy and hugged the Uchiha who was coughing.

"S-satsuki..." muttered Naruto and joined in on the hug while a tear slipped from his eyes.

Kakashi looked at his students with a fond smile of his own.

Few Days Later

The bridge was finally finished. After the fight, Inari and the villagers had come to help them but had been disappointed to see no enemy was left.

But had cheered for the heroes who saved them from Gato, anyways.

When the bridge was complete, there had been a huge debate on what name should be given to it. Ultimately it was decided to be called as 'The Great Leaf Bridge'.

And now the heroes were saying their goodbyes to the village.

After a few minutes

Team 7 has just crossed the bridge. They started running towards their village.

Finally! The mission was over and all of them were eager to reach their home.

In a few hours they reached Konoha, it didn't take them long since they were travelling with Shinobi standard speeds not civilian standard.

Kakashi checked himself with his team in at the gates.

"The three of you are dismissed. Go home, settle down, rest a bit and meet me at the training ground tomorrow at 10 in the morning. I will report the details of the mission to Hokage. You all will receive your payment for an A-rank mission by tomorrow. Understood?" Asked Kakashi.

"Hai Sensei!" Replied his cute little genins.

And with that all of them went their ways.

Hokage Tower

Kakashi entered the Hokage tower and met the Hokage's assistant, who was sitting at her desk.

"Is the Hokage free?" Asked Kakashi.

"Ah, Hatake-san. Sandaime-sama is free as of now, you can report to him if you want." She replied.

Kakashi nodded and went to report to the Hokage. He opened the door and entered.

"Ah, Kakashi, I see you are back. How did the mission go?" Asked Hiruzen.

"The mission turned out to be A-rank. Zabuza Momochi was hired to kill the Bridge builder then Kiri ANBUs ambushed us. Zabuza escaped while the Kiri ANBUs were killed by Naruto. It was a rough mission, considering that it was the first time my students went out of the village, but nothing we couldn't handle." Replied Kakashi.

"Hmm. Naruto-kun was able to fight and take down the entire squad of Kiri ANBUs?" Asked Sarutobi, quite shocked. You don't see a genin taking out several ANBUs frequently.

"I won't say that It was a fight, rather a massacre. They fell like flies in front of him. But what concerns me is that the boy awakened a Kekkei Genkai, quite a rare one." Said Kakashi.

Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, urging Kakashi to continue.

"It looked like the Dead Bone Pulse of the Kaguya clan but it turned the targets into ash on contact, he called it All Killing Ash Bones. I asked him to do it again on a tree while I observed it with my Sharingan. The Jutsu disintegrated the tree in seconds at a molecular level. If the projectile touches the target, it is a certain kill. The Jutsu doesn't seem to work on non-living things and takes a lot of chakra. He used another Jutsu too, it seemed like a variation of his Kekkei Genkai, the projectiles were made of metal and he used them to restrain the targets. They induces his chakra into the target's, rendering them immobile."

To say Sarutobi was shocked was an understatement. He hadn't heard of such Kekkei Genkai in his life and that was saying something. He was known as the Professor due to his vast amount of knowledge on Ninja Arts.

"It is quite a dangerous technique. If it is a certain kill technique, then it is on par with Hashirama-sensei's Wood Release, no, even greater. I think it will be best to regard it as an S-rank Kinjutsu. It shall not be used on any Konoha resident or any target to be taken as a hostage. Relay the message to your student." Ordered Hiruzen.

"Hai, Hokage-sama. Also, he has a natural affinity towards all the five elements, all equally strong." Said Kakashi.

Sarutobi looked at Kakashi for a second then spoke, "Are you sure? That is something I will have a hard time believing in." He had trained for more than a decade and half to master all five elements and to think that someone has a natural affinity towards all five elements, it made him a little bitter. But that faded soon, it meant that Konoha will have formidable shinobi in future and that pleased him a lot.

"I made sure to check multiple times, every try yielded same result." Replied Kakashi.

"Hmm, I see. Make sure to guide him on to the right path. I don't want another Madara or Itachi roaming the world. What about Natsumi and Satsuki?" Asked Hiruzen.

"Satsuki awakened her Sharingan and has affinity for two elements. Natsumi used the Kyuubi's Chakra for the first time when she thought that Satsuki was dead. She has affinity towards three elements." Said Kakashi.

"Hmm, is Natsumi okay? Did something change after using the Kyuubi's chakra?" Asked Hiruzen, seemingly concerned.

"No, nothing changed, she still annoys the hell out of me." Said Kakashi with a small smile behind his mask.

"That's good. It is also nice that Satsuki awakened the Sharingan. The council has been on my back to know about her progress." Sighed Hiruzen.

"The Wave has already paid the extra amount of money. All other details will be in my report." Said Kakashi.

"That will do. Also, the Chunin Exams are coming in a month. I hope to see your students in the exams." Said Hiruzen.

"Hai Hokage-sama." Said Kakashi and disappeared in swirl of leaves.

1 Month Later

The month had gone by in a flash. Team 7 had been training like no tomorrow for the upcoming exams.

Naruto had finally moved into an appartment in the Shinobi District, the building was adjacent to the building Natsumi was living in.

They had also completed three B-rank and one B-turned-A-rank mission. The experiences have been very useful for the genins.

Currently they were waiting for their sensei on the top of a bridge.

Kakashi appeared with a swirl of leaves and looked at his students.

"So, how are my cute little genins?" Asked Kakashi with an eye-smile.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Screamed Natsumi.

"Ah, sorry, you wouldn't believe the traffic." Said Kakashi in a not very-convincing-tone.

All three of them face faulted.

"Well, I summoned you all to tell that I registered all of you for the Chunin Exam but it depends on you individually if you want to take the exam." Said Kakashi.

"I am reday for anything, dattebayo!" Exclaimed Natsumi.

"Hn." Grunted Satsuki.

"I will be there, sensei." Said Naruto.

"That's good. The exam will take place day after tomorrow. Train and rest properly. If you need help, just ask me." Said Kakashi.

All three of them nodded and Kakashi disappeared in a swirl.

"I am going to my appartment, I have a seal that I am working on. What will you two be doing?" Asked Naruto.

"We both are going to spar for some time at the training ground." Replied Satsuki.

"And don't forget that there is a Rookie meeting at 6 in the evening at Yakiniku Q." Reminded Natsumi.

And they seprated.

Evening

Yakiniku Q

All the Rookie Genin of Konoha were sitting around a table, well, except for Naruto, who has yet to show up.

"Where is that bastard?! We have been wai-" Yelled Kiba but was interrupted.

"Sorry, I'm late." It was none other than Naruto.

"It seems like sensei's tardiness is infectious." Commented Satsuki.

Naruto sat down and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and said, "I lost the track of time while working on the seal."

"So, why are we all here?" Asked Shikamaru.

"To discuss about the Chunin Exams obviously." Replied Ino.

"What is there to discuss about, I am just going to kick everyone's ass." Boasted Kiba.

"Like you can! I can kick your ass anytime of the day, dattebayo!" Exclaimed Natsumi.

"Kicking ass won't win the exam. Killing is allowed in the exam, so we might have to kill someone. None of us have the experience of killing someone yet, that's why we must not get carried away." Said Shikamaru. Shino nodded at Shikamaru's words.

"Well, I have killed before." Said Naruto.

Team 8 and Team 10 looked shocked.

"You have? How many?" Asked Ino.

"Seven." Replied Naruto.

"How did it feel? They say, your body just stops working on your first kill, did that happen to you?" Asked Chouji.

"No, nothing like that happened to me. I don't think I felt anything for them. They were going to take us to Kiri and do god-knows-what to us. They were enemies, they deserved it." Said Naruto.

There was a silence for a moment.

"Moving on from that, how many missions did you all do? I heard that more the number of missions you have completed, more the chance of becoming Chunin." Said Ino.

"Ha! We have completed 21 D-Rank missions and 4 C-Rank missions. Isn't that right Hinata?" Boasted Kiba.

"Y-yes, Kiba-kun." Stuttered Hinata.

"Well, we have only done 24 D-Rank missions and 2 C-Rank missions." Said Chouji.

"We could have done more if Shikamaru wasn't lazing around and you weren't eating like a pig." Stated Ino, clearly displeased.

"You know how many we have completed? 35 D-Rank missions, 6 C-Rank missions, 3 B-Rank missions and 2 A-Rank missions. Hahaha, we are far ahead of you, dattebayo!" Excalimed Natsumi in joy.

And the rest of the gathering went just like that, they argued, laughed and had a good time together.

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A/N: Thanks for reading the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review guys, whenever I get a review it makes me work more enthusiastically. Even if it is negative and presents a valid point, I will try to improve it. So, please review. Structured criticism is appreciated. Please tell me if I can improve my writing style, I would love some suggestions. If there are inconsistencies in the fic please review, I would try to solve them.

So, in the chapter, there was action and I am not good at writing those, at least I think so. If you need better action scenes, then please review and tell where I can improve, I will try my best.

About Kakashi stating to Hiruzen that the Chakra Rods are a variation of All Killing Ash Bones, it's WRONG! But Kakashi doesn't know about this, he only speculated and Naruto didn't tell him anything either. So he just assumed that it was a variation of Naruto's Kekkei Genkai. It is not.

Further, team 7 has completed many missions. In canon, I don't know how many they did nor do I care, this is my story. Most of the missions were inside the village only and yes there are missions that are ranked C and higher inside the village. Eg. Taking very important scrolls from Point A to B will be a C rank maybe even higher if the information is very sensitive.

Naruto will be joining ANBU soon. I was thinking of dedicating a 2 chapter Arc on his time inside ANBU.

Tell me what you all think about it in reviews, but I will probably do it anyways.

From the next chapter the Chunin Exam arc will start and it will probably take 2 chapters including Konoha Crush. After that the story will divert from canon quite a lot.

Thanks for reading! And have a nice day!

Ja~Ne~