The red chakra formed a fox's head, showing it was the chakra of the demon fox. The needles that had pierced Naruto's body started falling out, as if being repelled. His cuts were healing until it looked like he had never even been fighting, let alone close to being killed.
"What… What is that." Chocho asked, she tried hiding being her two teammates but even they looked startled by what they were seeing.
As the blonde's wounds healed, his fingernails, that were once short and dull, grew longer and sharper. At this point, anyone who didn't know him would think he was an animal who had a human form. The chakra fox started a rampage. The head shook and growled. The ice mirrors began melting, but only a little. The red chakra, fox and all dissipated but Naruto was hunched over, his eyes still red. He made sounds like an angry animal before he charged, running on all four.
Those watching couldn't say anything. They all knew about the Seventh being a jinchuriki, they have all seen him using the powers at least once in their lives, like at the Chunin Exams that were a little more than a month ago, but not like this. They were used to the warm, gentle orange chakra that surrounded the Hokage. Not this red, burning evil chakra that had just poured out of him. '
He was fast. Haku attacked but it didn't land, Naruto's chakra repled it. Just as Naruto was about to hit the mirror, Haku vanished, stopping the raging blond in his tract. He looked around. A moment later Haku took up all the mirrors and attacked again, this one landed. Naruto was pierced with a lot a needle, some in bad spots. Naruto released a burst of chakra and attacked the mirror Haku was in, it shattered but Haku had moved. Haku jumped out of a piece, trying to stab Naruto from above. Naruto jumped out of the way, spinning in the air, landing on all four. Haku tried moving to another mirror but Naruto grabbed the masked boy's arm, stopping him from going anywhere. A scream came from the blonde, followed by another burst of chakra. The mirrors started cracking, one by one. Naruto clenched a fist with his free hand, energy build behind it from the chakra. His fist slammed into the assassin's face, well mask, and the boy went flying. He went through one of his mirrors, shattering it and rolled a few meters away, his masked cracked. The rest of the mirrors cracked and shattered, the jutsu was broken.
Haku stood, pieces of his mask fell to the ground. Naruto charged, ready to land a final blow. Naruto jumped as the final pieces of Haku's mask fell, showing the boy's face. He had accepted death at that very moment. He waited for the punch that would most likely break his neck and kill him. The most of the eight closed their eyes, not wanting to see this murder.
The sound of plastic hitting the ground was heard, not a body being ragdolled. Those who had closed their eyes opened them. What they saw was completely opposite from mere seconds ago. Naruto was stopped mid action, by himself. Frozen with his arm up with a ready punch. He was shaking. His eyes were blue, his whiskers thin, teeth and nails dull once again. He was Naruto again.
"You… From that time…" The blonde mumbled.
"Why stop?" Haku asked, shocking Naruto a bit. "Even though I killed your dear friend, you can't kill me?"
Naruto grunted, looked conflicted and landed the punch on Haku's face. Haku stumbled then fell, spitting blood out of his mouth as he stood. The ready to die assassin asked about what had happen to the force from moments before. He tried goading Naruto into using it again, even if he didn't fully now what it was, he was ready to be killed.
"Why?" Metal asked. "Why is he pushing the Seventh to attack him."
"He ready to die." Mitsuki said. "He had accepted death only a moment before and it didn't happen, he wants to die because he feel like he failed Zabuza."
"Why did the Seventh suddenly become calm again?" Sarada asked. "And what was with that red Chakra, why was rampaging I thought the Seventh could control it?"
Haku fully stood up.
"Many people misunderstand." He said. "They pity and don't finish off the enemy they ought to finish. They let them survive. To me, that isn't compassion or anything."
"What is he talking about?" Inojin asked, the eight were still recovering from the intense almost murder they saw.
"Do you know?" Haku asked the blonde. "How it feels to not be needed by anyone? To live day to day without a dream. The pain of it all."
"What are you saying?" Naruto questioned.
"Zabuza has no use for a weak ninja." Haku said with a smile. "You took away my reason for existing."
"Why?" Naruto demanded. "Why do you have to server a guy like that? He gets money from thugs to do bad things! Is that No-Brow the only special person to you?"
Haku said he had other special people, his parents. Haku explained he was born in a small village, his family was poor but happy, he was happy to have loving parents.
A very touching scene some thought.
"But when I was old enough to understand things." Haku hesitated. "Something happened."
Naruto asked about it. Haku wiped the blood off his chin and looked at it.
"My blood."
"Blood?" Naruto questioned, to himself.
The eight suddenly didn't like were this was going. Naruto pressed on, asking Haku to tell him what happened.
"My father…" Haku said. "He killed my mother. And then tried to kill me."
A chill ran down everyone's back, how could a happy family like what Haku explained suddenly turn dark like that.
Haku explained that Kekkei Genkai were feared in the lands he grew up in because of a civil war were those who had the power were used as weapons. He explained those alive after the war, hid the powers, and told the blonde that his mother had the Kekkei Genkai that Haku possess. Haku finished is story, saying he had killed his father.
Haku said he knew the most painful thing.
"The most… Painful thing?" Naruto asked.
"That I… That my existence didn't matter to anyone else in the world.
Haku mentioned Naruto's dream of acceptance. He said that the first person who accepts you for becomes the most special person. He explained that even though Zabuza knew Haku was a Kekkei Genkai user, he took him in. The power that everyone hated, feared, Zabuza wanted, needed it.
"I was happy." Haku told him.
He whispered something to himself and started walking towards Naruto, who took a cautious step back.
"Naruto." Haku said, stopping a few steps away. "I want you to kill me."
Naruto wanted to know more about why Haku had just let himself be a tool.
"How can someone end up like that?" Inojin asked. "Willing to do everything for one person."
"I think a better question is how can someone lose everything, to the point they need to be needed by someone in order to live?"
"It's loneliness." Mirai said. "This can be one affect, the first person to show you that they want you in anyway leads to unwavering loyalty. The Seventh is an example from what we've seen."
They turn back to the scene, They missed a lot of the conversation. Haku said something that made Naruto's eyes go wide. He stopped trying to figure Haku out and looked down, eye closed and teeth clenched.
"If only we met under different circumstance, we could of been friends." Naruto said.
The blonde geared himself, angry determination filled his eyes as he ran forward, pulling a kunai out. Naruto drew closer. Everyone could only watch as Haku closed his eyes, a small smile on his face, ready to die. Boruto watched with scared curiosity. Did his dad really kill someone at his age? He thought but didn't speak. He was scared to find out the answer. Another question ran through his mind. Did his mom know?
Naruto ready the stab. What happened was not what expected. Haku suddenly opened his eye wide and with a gasp. He suddenly stopped Naruto from killing him. Haku gripped the blonde's arm. The assassin had determined look in his eyes.
"Forgive me, Naruto." Haku said. "I can not die yet."
Haku preformed one handed signs and disappeared.
The scene didn't fade, it shifted in a blur of grey, blue, and white. When the scene became focused again they say Kakashi and Zabuza.
In Kakashi's hand was lighting. Zabuza was covered in dogs for some reason probably Kakashi's doing. Kakashi was running forward, the lighting hand, ready to land a killing blow. The eight watched as Kakashi's had shot out. Aimed at Zabuza's heart and in the next moment blood was flying. Kakashi and Zabuza had shocked faces. Blood splattered onto Kakashi's face and the ground below the two men. The blood however didn't belong to either of the anbu level men. It was Haku's. The boy had jumped in front of Zabuza at the last moment, taking the lighting hand to the chest. The dogs that held onto Zabuza started disappearing. The lighten faded from Kakashi hand. Haku's eyes closed and his head slumped forward as he coughed up a waterfall of blood. The boy moved his hand to Kakashi's arm, gripping it hard. Someone threw up at the sight of so much blood and no one could blame them. It was a gruesome sight.
(Dear reader, feel free to asks some questions as well, whether through PMs or Reveiws, I'll try my best to answer them. Also sorry for the lack of dialogue i got really irritated at the fact Naruto and Haku talked for 3-4 episodes, that's a lot of talking and a lot of writing I was to lazy to do, I also figured that the eight would be too shocked to say anything as Naruto basically lost his mind and went on a rampage that is so unlike his calm older-self that their used too.)
