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Chapter 7

After some explanations from Tazuna why he lied about the mission and the story of the wave and the real reason why the bridge is built, the group of four continued their mission. After a few more hours, Kakashi decided to spend the night in the forest.

"Alright, Yugito I want you to take care of the tents. Naruto, you will go and bring us something to eat. Meanwhile, I will prepare the fire and set up some traps around the area," Kakashi ordered and the three Ninjas went to do their jobs. When Naruto disappeared into the forest, Tazuna walked over to Yugito.

"Mind if I ask a question?" Tazuna asked the blond, who nodded. "Um... I was wondering what happened with the other kid earlier. I mean he killed a guy and he looked like he didn't care about it! besides in an instant his eyes and voice went to cold and emotionless," He asked, making Yugito sigh.

"What you saw in the battle was the second Naruto-kun," She answered.

"What do you mean with 'second Naruto'?" Asked a confused Tazuna.

"What I mean is that Naruto-kun is goofy, kind and caring, but there is another side of him which we both call 'Ninja Naruto'. He only goes into the state while fighting an enemy who intends to kill. When he is in the state he becomes cold and emotionless. he 'created' the second him to help himself with concentrating on the battle and to bear with killing," Yugito said making Tazuna nod.

The rest of the evening went uneventful, but everyone was still on high alert. On the next morning after they ate breakfast and packed, they continued their way to the Land of Waves. Several hours of travel later, they arrived at a shore at which a boat was waiting. Team seven together with Tazuna and a person who was steering the small boat, swim towards the land of Waves. After another two boring and uneventful hours, they docked at land. The escort team continued on their way towards their destination until they walked into the forest, where a dense mist was surrounding the area.

"Say, Tazuna is mist always this thick in this area?" Kakashi asked while his single eye was looking everywhere around his team to find any signs of the enemy.

"Hmm, well we often have mist around but not this dense. Why do you ask?" The bridge builder answered while Kakashi looked over to his two students seeing if they caught on.

'Of course, they would' He said to himself after seeing that both Naruto and Yugito looked at him and nodded slightly. Suddenly a rustling was heard in a bush on their left. Reacting on instincts, Yugito pulled out two Shuriken and threw them with deathly accuracy to where the group heard something. When Kakashi heard that his student's weapon cut into something, he took out a Kunai and slowly walked over to the bush and uncovered it, revealing a, now, killed a white-furred rabbit. Everyone was having different thoughts about what just occurred.

'AH! Stupid Yugito! I just got scared by a rabbit and then I killed it!' The blond thought embarrassed.

'Yugito-chan reacted so fast, while I wasn't even close to taking out my Kunai. Damn, my reflexes are getting slow without my and Yugito-chan's sparring sessions' Naruto berated himself while gripping the handle of his Katana tightly with his left hand.

'Calm down, calm down. That's just a rabbit, not an assassin. That's just a rabbit, not an assassin' Tazuna reassured himself while taking deep breaths.

'Hmm... a white-furred rabbit at this time of year? WAIT!' Kakashi thought and his single visible eye widened as he heard a cutting sound behind his team.

"EVERYBODY DOWN!" He shouted. Without any question, Yugito and Naruto followed his orders and fall to the ground, while Kakashi pulled Tazuna down with himself. A moment later a gigantic sword flew above all of their heads and impaled into a distant tree. A moment later a tall man landed on the blade and looked over his shoulder on team seven and Tazuna.

"Wel, well, well. If this isn't Kakashi of the Sharingan. How exciting. Now, we are both busy men, Kakashi, so hand over bridge builder and none of you will have to die," Said the man while the silver-haired man glared at the newcomer.

"Momochi Zabuza, Demon of the mist. An A-Ranked missing-nin from Kiri. Naruto, Yugito protect Tazuna! This guy is in another league than the other two. I will take care of him myself," The Konoha Jonin said as he lifted his forehead protector up, revealing a fully matured Sharingan.

"Oh? So I have the chance to see the Sharingan so soon? I feel honored, Kakashi," Zabuza said as he took his sword and jumped over to the nearby lake. When he landed he placed his left hand in a one-handed ram sign in front of his chest and his right did the same seal but was placed over his head.

"Hidden Mist Jutsu!"

Suddenly the mist got even thicker, making it impossible to see further than two meters in front of you. At the moment the mist condensed, Naruto and Yugito jumped in a defensive position, Naruto being in front of Tazuna and Yugito behind the bridge builder. Both Genin unsheathed their weapons and took a defensive stance while looking around to find their attacker. Suddenly the area was flooded with a Killer Intend coming from Zabuza but to his shock, only Tazuna was affected as he started to shake in fear.

'They may be better than I thought,' The missing ninja said to himself as he prepared for his next move which would end this battle in an instant.

"Kakashi-sensei, any orders?" Asked Naruto as he has already his Sharingan active, scanning the surrounding. Kakashi was quiet for a moment until he looked over his shoulder to his two Genin with an eye-smile.

"Don't worry, I will take care of this. I won't let my comrades die," The silver-haired Jonin said, causing Naruto and Yugito to smile slightly while Tazuna looked relieved. All of this vanished when they heard a voice.

"I wouldn't be so sure!" Zabuza roared as he suddenly appeared next to Tazuna with his sword already in a diagonal swing. Thanks to his Sharingan, Naruto was able to see that Zabuza used Flash Step to get there. His Dojutsu also enabled Naruto to react in time as he used Flash Step himself and appeared in front of Tazuna, both of his hands on the hilt of his sword, which blocked the giant blade of the ex-Kiri Ninja.

Using the same technique as the other two, Kakashi suddenly materialized behind Zabuza with a Kunai in hir right hand in a reverse grip. The silver-haired Jonin placed the weapon against the missing-nin's throat.

"It's over," He said and cut the throat but to his shock, Zabuza turned into water. "Water Clone!" He realized just in time to be cut in half by another Zabuza who was behind him. But to Zabuza's shock, Kakashi turned into the water like he himself a moment ago, while the real one-eyed Ninja appeared once more behind Zabuza with his Kunai once again pointed at the brown-haired man's throat.

"I see, so even in the mist you were able to copy my Jutsu and use it against me. But there is one problem, Kakashi, I expected this!" Zabuza showed and turned into the water while another one appeared to Kakashi's right with his blade in a horizontal slash. Using the power of the Uchiha, the Silver-haired Jonin was able to predict the attack and ducked under it, but he wasn't fast enough to react in time when Zabuza's foot kicked him in the chin and sent him into the nearby lake. Not wanting to lose his advantage, Zabuza rushed over to the water and at the same moment Kakashi swim out of the water, Zabuza made several hand seals and extended his left hand with an open palm.

"Suiton: Water Prison Jutsu!"

Suddenly a ball of dense water surrounded Kakashi, entrapping him in the prison made of water enhanced with Chakra, causing the water to be harder than steel. The ball of water was connected to Zabuza's left palm. Kakashi looked with wide eyes as Zabuza created a Water Clone of himself and ordered it to deal with his two Genin and to kill the bridge builder.

"Run! Run away! Save the bridge builder!" Kakashi shouted as loud as he could but his voice was muffled by the water. Before the remaining members of team seven could do anything, Zabuza's clone appeared in front of them, kicking stunned Naruto into the chest and trying to punch Yugito, who was able to side-step and jump back to Naruto and Tazuna.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu"

The Uchiha created four clones who encircled the bridge builder and draw their Katana. Naruto nodded to Yugito and made several hand signs which they both learned to speak without alarming their enemies or giving them their tactic. The blond-haired girl nodded and sheathed her Ninjato and made several hand seals.

"Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

She exhaled a large orb of fire which flew towards the clone who jumped to his right to avoid getting burned, but thanks to his Dojutsu, Naruto was able to predict his movement and used Flash Step to get near the clone and made a horizontal slash to the Clones torso. The Zabuza used his large sword to block the attack but the moment he moved his sword, his left side was unguarded and Yugito used it to attack as she appeared on Zabuza's left and thrust her sword at his left lung.

Yugito was a millimeter to destroy the clone, but Zabuza being an experienced swordsman, jumped back to avoid getting dispelled. The same moment he landed he saw that Naruto has impaled his Katana in the ground and made several hand seals.

"Raiton: Thunder Bullet Jutsu!"

The last loyal Uchiha positioned his opened palm towards the ex-Kiri ninja and released the collected Chakra from his palm. A yellow, sparking missile flew towards the Clone of Zabuza who was unable to defend himself and the attack struck him right in the chest, dispelling him. After seeing his clone defeated by two Genin, Zabuza grunted.

"Hmph! Don't get cocky because you defeated my clone!" The missing-nin shouted and prepared to make another clone but was stopped when he heard Yugito call her next Jutsu and saw Naruto starting to make hand seals.

"Suiton: Water Colliding Wave Jutsu!"

Suddenly a large wave erupted from the lake that Zabuza was standing and was heading towards the missing-nin, but then everybody heard another voice.

"Raiton: Thunder Bullet Jutsu!"

Another yellow ball of concentrated Chakra flew out of Naruto's hand but this time it mixed with the wave, which was few meters away from Zabuza and Kakashi, who was still trapped in the missing-nin's attack. When Zabuza saw the large wave, he was shocked, but after seeing how the electricity was flowing in the water attack, he got worried.

'If this will hit me, it will be over!' He thought and made the only thing he could in this situation. He released the hold on the water orb, which entrapped Kakashi and used Shunshin to get away, as did Kakashi, who soon appeared next to his two Genin in crouching position.

'It worked!' Both Naruto and Yugito thought with smiles. After appearing next to his team, Kakashi straightened and sighed. He turned around and gave his team an eye-smile.

"Good Grief, having to be saved by my own Genin on our first real mission... I will be laughing stock if someone hears about that," He told to himself. "Good job you two, you did great. Let me take it from here on," He said and they all hear Zabuza appearing once again on the water. Soon Kakashi followed suit and both of them were standing on the lake about 10 meters away from each other.

"I hate to say it, but your two brats aren't half bad, Kakashi," Zabuza said as he glanced quickly to the shore to see the two Genin standing again in front of Tazuna instead of the four clones.

"Well, of course, they are great. After all, I am their teacher, ne?" The silver-haired Jonin said with another eye-smile.

"But sadly they will have to die after I kill you, but maybe I will keep this boy as my tool, he has a lot of potentials," Zabuza said with a smirk.

"Oh? You have no idea how right you are. Actually, both of them have bigger potential than even myself. I wouldn't be surprised if they would surpass me one day," Kakashi stated, shocking Zabuza about how much faith the one-eyed Shinobi had in the two pre-teens.

"Enough with the talk!" Zabuza roared and started a long chain of hand seals, which to his shock, Kakashi started doing at the same speed. On the shore, Naruto watched with his Sharingan active and started to follow the hand sees himself. Suddenly all of them stopped and shouted the next Jutsu.

"Suiton: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

When Zabuza saw that Kakashi was able to copy the Jutsu, he was surprised, but when he heard the voice from one of the Genin, he couldn't believe it. A moment after they called their Jutsu, three large dragons made of water with yellow eyes came to life. The ones created by Kakashi and Zabuza were fighting in a stalemate until the third came to help the one created by Kakashi. the two Dragons overwhelmed Zabuza's and attacked the ex-Kiri Jonin, who had no time to either jump away or substitute himself. As the two Dragons neared, Zabuza crossed his arms in front of himself to reduce the damage.

When the two water Dragons hit Zabuza, he was sent flying through several trees and he stopped on the fifth tree. Getting hit by two large Dragons made from Chakra enhanced water was not something that you could simply just ignore. Zabuza was a perfect testimony for that as he could barely move. The pain in his body was extreme, he felt as if every bone in his body was broken. Suddenly Kakashi appeared on a branch above Zabuza with a Kunai in his hand as he glared at the missing-nin.

"C-can your e-eye see the future?" The strained voice of Zabuza ringed through the area. Kakashi simply redid the Kunai to attack.

"Yes, and your future is death!" He shouted and was about to end his enemy until he heard the sound of something flying through the air. He scanned the surrounding for a moment until he saw two Senbon flying towards Zabuza and hitting him in the base of his neck. Zabuza's wide eyes looked on Kakashi, who was searching for the person who killed Zabuza.

In a swirl of leaves, a person not older than Naruto and Yugito appeared next to Zabuza. The person was wearing a Kirigakure Hunter-nin clothes and a mask, which hid the person's face. The newcomer looked at Kakashi and bowed.

"Greetings and thank you for giving me the possibility to kill Zabuza. I was after him for years but I had no real chance to kill him. I shall take him now and destroy the body," The person said in a soft voice, closer to a female. The person took hold of Zabuza and turned once more to Kakashi to see that both Naruto and Yugito were there already with him. "Thank you once again. Farewell," The person said and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Naruto," Kakashi said, turning to one of his students, who had his Katana already sheathed.

"What is it Sensei?" The dark-haired boy asked, a bit concerned when he heard how tired his Sensei sounded.

"Catch me," The silver-haired Shinobi said and started falling forward, just in time for Naruto to extend his arm and catch him. Naruto made a hand seal and created four clones who started to carry the one-eyed Jonin.

"I guess we should return to Tazuna," Yugito said and the original nodded. They walked over to Tazuna who was left guarded by two Clones of Yugito, who after seeing that the real one was back, dispelled.

"Alright, Tazuna-san. How far is it to your home?" Asked Naruto. Tazuna thought for a moment.

"Hmm... It will be about fifteen minutes at the pace we walked since we left Konoha," the old bridge builder answered. Naruto nodded.

"Alright, let's go," Naruto stated and the group started to walk towards Tazuna's house.

Alright! next chapter is done!

I have decided that Haku will live and is female. She will also be added to the little Harem we have with Yugito and Temari. I am still thinking about what to do with Zabuza, if I should kill him, let him join Konoha or let him go back to Kiri. If you have any suggestion write in the reviews.

I also will give Naruto the powers of Zanpakuto to his Katana, but this will be for later.

Well, I hope you liked the Chapter, next will be soon!

Ja Ne!