Tormint: Hey guys! Welcome to another chapter! This is a longer chapter due to the fights with Zabuza, but I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto series, or the characters
This was honestly one of the most boring days in Naruto's lives. The day had been filled with a bunch of D-ranked missions which consist of picking up litter, painting fences, and get this…finding someone's lost cat.
Turns out, though, the cat didn't get lost accidentally. It ran away from its owner because she smothered the damn thing, poor cat. The mission wasn't hard though, as soon as they found it, Sasuke just put it under a genjutsu and they were on their way.
Naruto's eyes gleamed at the sound of another C-rank mission, but his excitement was short lived after he heard that C-ranks didn't really involve much action. This time they had to escort some bridge builder from the Land of Waves, so he can build a bridge connecting it to… Naruto was never really good in geography
They were traveling for about 10 hours until it got dark and started to set up camp. Naruto and Sakura got the water, while Kakashi and Sasuke got the wood for the fire. You could hear Kakashi's chidori as it struck the wood.
"So, Naruto, any progress on awakening your sharingan?" Sakura sat on a log and began to unseal the tents.
"Not really. My dad says that I've improved and it's only a matter of time from here, but…" Naruto hung his head. "But…I don't think I'll ever awaken it. I'm just not good enough. Sasuke awakened his and Itachi awakened his at 5. I'm just a pitiful excuse of an Uchiha."
Sakura pulled him into a tight reassuring hug. "You are not a pitiful excuse for an Uchiha. You are one of the of our graduation class. You finished 3rd in our class and that's with Neji and Sasuke. A sharingan doesn't define you. You're an amazing shinobi with, or without your sharingan. I believe in you, Naruto, 100 percent!" A tear slowly crept down Naruto's face.
"Thank you, Sakura. That means a lot." Sakura broke the hug and looked at Naruto. "If you ever need anything or need someone to talk to, I'm here." Sakura said and Naruto nodded.
"Now, let's hurry up and get this tent pitched before Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei come back." They both started to pitch the tent. A little while after, Kakashi and Sasuke came back. The had dinner then went to bed.
"We've been traveling for hours how long is it going to take?" Naruto slouched and complained. Sakura put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.
"Calm down, Naruto, we're almost there we should be approaching the meeting spot right about…" Kakashi held the -ou in the word until he saw Tazuna, the bridge builder they were supposed to be escorting, waiting for them. The team approached him, and he kindly waved.
"Hello, you all, my name is Tazuna." He held out his hand to Kakashi who gladly accepted it.
"He Tazuna-san, I'm Kakashi, and these three are Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura." The three smiled and shook his hand.
"Well Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke it is good to meet you all. My house isn't that far from here so how about we go there, and you can all rest up. I'm sure you're tired from traveling." They nodded and followed him to his house. They ate and then rested for the rest of the day.
Naruto and the others woke up, ate breakfast, then were heading towards the build site. They were all laughing and talking until a kunai came flying towards Tazuna's head. Kakashi blocked it and then threw a kunai at the culprit who blocked it. Kakashi and Naruto then dashed at him.
Naruto crossed his fingers. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Another Naruto appeared and charged forward, while the original stayed back and thought of a plan with Sasuke and Sakura.
Kakashi and the shadow clone was in a heated taijutsu battle. Every kick and punch that either tried to land was deflected. Naruto told the clone to switch spots with Sasuke and told it what the plan was. The clone nodded and put his hands onto Naruto's back.
Sasuke got into the action and activated his sharingan. He told Kakashi all he need was for him to land one kick that turned the enemy towards him. Kakashi nodded and got back to battling the enemy. The jōnin dodged three punches toward his face and then used a substitution jutsu to appear behind the enemy. He then held the enemy in place.
"Whatever you're going to do, Sasuke, I suggest you do it now because I don't know how long I can hold him." Sasuke nodded.
Sasuke looked the man in the eye and then yelled, "Genjutsu!" The man's eyes widened. "Kakashi get out of the way!" Kakashi moved. "Now, Naruto!" Naruto nodded.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" The fireball flew at the man and then burnt him to a crisp. Sasuke deactivated his sharingan and Kakashi started panting.
"Tazuna, what is the meaning of this. That was a high ranking chuunin. If it weren't for my students being amazing, we would've been toast." Kakashi approached Tazuna. Tazuna then told them that a guy named Gatō has started a trade monopoly in the village that Tazuna is from and it impoverished everyone in the village. He said that the bridge is supposed to connect his village to the mainland to stop the monopoly, but Gatō obviously doesn't want that. He said that he put the ranking of the mission as a C-rank because anything higher was too expensive.
Kakashi turned to his students. "Be on your guard. Who knows what else we could get into." The three genin nodded and began walk.
A few hours have passed since there first encounter with the chuunin and nothing has gone on. No sign of enemies in a while.
"Do you think we're safe, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked, genuinely shaken up after that encounter.
Just after hearing that someone appears behind them. "Kakashi Hatake. I thought I'd never see you again." The man was huge with bandages over his mouth and some on his arm. He also carried a huge sword.
Kakashi's eyes widened. "Zabuza Momochi. I thought you were dead."
"Well I was, but then my little assistant helped me out, goes by the name of Haku."
"Kakashi-sensei, who is this guy?" Naruto asked.
"This is Zabuza Momochi. Also known as the Demon of the Mist. Last time I saw him, he was a high ranking jōnin, he also has a huge bounty on his head." Kakashi started to be on guard. "What do you want, Zabuza?"
"I'm here to assassinate him." He pointed at Tazuna. "But I guess now I'll be able to get some training in. Fight me, Kakashi."
Kakashi revealed his sharingan, obviously not taking chances with him. Sasuke did the same. Sensing another sharingan, Kakashi turned to Sasuke.
"No, Sasuke. You, Naruto, and Sakura stay back and guard Tazuna." He then turned his direction towards Zabuza. "I'll deal with him."
Naruto then made two shadow clones to help him out in the battle which he gladly accepted since he was going to need a little help.
Zabuza made the first move, dashing towards Kakashi. Kakashi takes out a kunai, and dashes forward also. The battle was fierce, nothing more than just a blur to Naruto and Sakura, but Sasuke could see everything due to his sharingan.
Kakashi jumped back into the water. Suddenly, the air got a thick fog. Next thing Kakashi knew he was in a water prison jutsu with Zabuza at his side. Sasuke took out a fuma shuriken and threw it at Zabuza who easily dodged. He chuckled at the sorry attempt for an attack. Sasuke just smirked because his plan worked perfectly. The shuriken blew into a puff of smoke revealing Naruto.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" Naruto inwardly yelled as the fireball flew towards Zabuza and hit him in the back, knocking his arm from out of the water prison, ultimately releasing Kakashi. Zabuza then body flickered to a nearby tree.
"This isn't the last time you've seen me." He then vanished in a puff of smoke.
"That was easy. Are you okay, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto helped him up from off of the water.
"Yeah, I'm fine, but he definitely held back. He's not done with us. We need to hurry up and get this bridge done before he comes back." Everyone nodded and made their way towards the bridge.
It's been a week since they made it to the bridge. It was almost finished just a few more days and they'll be able to go back knowing that they helped a village out of poverty. Tazuna was about to get started with another day of work before this happened.
"I'm back…I even brought a friend." The three genin and Kakashi jumped in front of Tazuna after they heard Zabuza's voice.
"Go away Zabuza, just let this bridge happen." Naruto yelled to Zabuza while taking out a kunai.
"Shut up, brat. Let's get right to the action, Haku, you deal with them. I'll deal with Kakashi." Haku nodded and charged at Naruto and Sasuke.
With Naruto, Sasuke, and Haku
The fight was fierce, but one-sided. Haku was really good. He landed multiple hits on Naruto and Sasuke who even had his sharingan activated. The fight was actually going on for a pretty long time and Zabuza was getting impatient. He yelled to Haku to hurry up use the jutsu.
"Secret jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors!" Haku yelled as ice mirrors appeared with Haku in all of them. Naruto tried to melt them with a fire style jutsu, but it didn't work.
"You can't destroy them, nor can you keep up with my speed in them." Just then, Haku threw sinbons through the mirrors, slicing Naruto and Sasuke.
They were scraped and cut everywhere, just after one attach with sinbon. The sinbon attack went on for another 3 minutes until both Naruto and Sasuke were on their last legs of life.
"Just give up already, you'll never win." Haku said while readying another sinbon attack.
Naruto struggled to get up but managed to somehow. "We'll never give up, there's always a way to win."
"Well, I guess I'll just have to end those chances." Haku threw the sinbons, but before Naruto could react, Sasuke jumped in front of him and took the whole attack.
Naruto watched as each sinbon hit his body until he fell backwards. Sasuke looked at him. "Don't screw this up, loser. Just know that…I love you." With that Sasuke's eyes closed.
Tears flowed from Naruto's eyes. His brother was dead, really dead. How could he, this…bastard. He killed his brother. He killed his brother. HE KILLED HIS BROTHER!
Naruto turned towards the mirrors and looked at Haku. "YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!"
Haku tried to jump from another mirror, but Naruto caught him and started punching him.
"HOW…DARE…YOU…TOUCH…MY…. BROTHER!" Naruto said each word every time he landed a new punch. Haku's face started to turn red with blood. On his last punch, Haku went unconscious.
With Sakura
"I'm sorry for all of this. It's all my fault." Tazuna looked down.
"Don't be sorry, Tazuna-san. This is our job." Sakura reassured him. At that moment, Naruto came up.
"How's Kakashi-sensei doing?" He looked at Sakura.
Sakura sighed. "Not very good. He and…" Sakura stopped as she looked at Naruto's eyes. "N-Naruto, your eyes! You awakened your sharingan!"
Naruto picked up a piece of ice and looked at his eyes. They were red with two tomoe. Naruto jumped with joy. "I AWAKENED MY SHARINGAN!" Naruto then ran off to join Kakashi.
With Kakashi and Zabuza
Kakashi and Zabuza were in a heated battle. They were going back and forth with punches and kicks. For every kick Kakashi would land, Zabuza would land one punch and visa versa. Kakashi then jumped backwards.
"Chidori!" Kakashi yelled and charged at Zabuza. Right after Kakashi charged Naruto was behind him.
"Chidori!" Naruto yelled and charged with Kakashi. Kakashi missed, but Naruto's landed just barely.
"Naruto, how did you…" Kakashi looked over to Naruto and saw that he awakened his sharingan. 'When I look at him, all I see is Obito.' Kakashi thought with a chuckle.
"Well, well, I guess the Uchiha finally decided to be one." Zabuza laughed at his own remark, but his laugh was short lived because he was met with a second chidori from Naruto that cut his arm off.
"Shut up and fight, bastard." Naruto's tone was more serious.
Zabuza chuckled then charged at Naruto. Zabuza threw a punch but Naruto deflected it and threw two punches to his abdomen. Naruto kept the punches coming as his last punch knocked him back a few yards.
"Fire style: Burning Ash!" Naruto blew a pile of chakra-filled ash until Zabuza was engulfed in it, then he bit down and ignited the ash and it exploded in flames. Zabuza emerged with minor burns, but both his arms were gone.
"I guess you can never underestimate an Uchiha, no matter how young." Zabuza chuckled.
Kakashi summoned his dogs and they chomped down on Zabuza, restricting his movement.
"Well it seems like my neither my useless assistant, nor I could do anything." Zabuza said.
"SHUT UP. Don't call Haku useless." Naruto deactivated his sharingan. "I met Haku in the forest by accident and he told me his whole story."
Flashback
"I was orphaned as a kid. My clan was feared because of our kekkei genkai. I was alone on the street until Zabuza found me and gave me a home and safety. I would do anything for Zabuza, I would even die for him."
End Flashback
"If you believe that he's useless, then you really are a bastard. He is willing to lay down his life for you and you call him useless. You disgust me. I can't believe…" Zabuza cut him off.
"Enough kid." Zabuza tried to hide his tears.
Naruto wouldn't let up. "No, I won't stop. You need to…" Zabuza cut him off again.
"I SAID ENOUGH!" Zabuza was crying, literally crying. "I know I'm a horrible person, but I genuinely loved him. He was like the son I never had." Zabuza stopped crying. "You know what to do Kakashi."
Kakashi started a chidori. "Goodbye, Zabuza." He ran at Zabuza, but before it could hit him, Haku jumped in front of it and took the hit. It hit him right in the heart.
"Well, Zabuza, turns out you were useless in the long run." Gatō came from behind with a bunch of other people.
Zabuza looked back and narrowed his eyes. "You…I swear I'll kill you." He turned back to Kakashi. "Kakashi, call off your dogs. I have business to take care of." Kakashi's dogs disappeared in a puff of smoke. He took a kunai and put it between Zabuza's teeth.
Zabuza ran toward Gatō with a head of steam. The people around him started to stab him with things as he ran past them, but Zabuza carried on. He made it to Gatō and stabbed him in the heart, ending his life.
Zabuza then walked back to Haku's body and laid beside it. Shortly after, he died.
Five days have passed and Tazuna finished the bridge. It was great, everyone from the village was gathered around to witness the ribbon cutting to declare the bridge open.
"Thank you, Team 7 for everything you've done. Without you, we would never be where we are now, and we are eternally in your debt." Tazuna pointed to a plaque. "That is why we'll be naming this bridge the Great Naruto Bridge. Think of it as a gift for awakening your sharingan." Naruto thanked him.
Tazuna cut the rope and everyone celebrated. They celebrated for a few hours and then made their way back to Konoha.
In Konoha Hospital
Sasuke eventually awoke from his coma of two weeks. The first thing he saw was Naruto's eyes spinning with red.
"Look what I got!" Naruto pointed to his eyes.
"Good job, loser. Now you're finally an Uchiha." Naruto pouted, but then they both started laughing. "I'm proud of you, Naruto." Naruto hugged his brother upon hearing him say this. He loved his brother too.
Tormint: Wow, that was a doozy to write, but nonetheless it's done.
I hope you enjoyed, even though it was a longer chapter unless you like these kind of chapters. Let me know if you want them long like this, or shorter like my first chapter.
I made this chapter with all of the fights because the next 2 chapters are going to be building on Naruto and Sakura's relationship because someone suggested that I do a NaruSaku pairing which is one of my favorites.
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed, and get ready for the fluff!
Tormint out!