Chapter 4
Age of a new Ninja
XX Academy XX
Today was the final day of the academy. For five years he sent his Shadow Clones to the insufferable class. The Academy curriculum, while important, was repetitive. There was little Naruto had learnt over the years. With his parents forcing him to study from the age of four, he had gone through most of the curriculum. The worst thing about it, was they made knowledge part of the academy a priority and put battle skills away for last. Out of his class, only three people had enough batlle knowledge to prepare them for missions above C rank. The first being himself, as he knew he was about average Chunin level with his seals on. Second was Hinata Hyuuga, she was a shy girl with no will to hurt friends and family. Although she seemed weak, she was miles ahead in battle skills compared to the other females in her class. As much as he hated to say it, the last one would be Sasuke. Sasuke had been trained by both Itachi and Shisui, who were both elite Jounin. At least this was the final day.
Arriving at his normal time, he noticed that everyone was there before him. He usually was the first one there. The air the the room was full of excitement. The only one who was anything other than rambunctious was Hinata. As his normal spot was taken, he saw that there was an open one by Hinata.
Sitting down beside her, her cheeks blushed red, he fell asleep.
"SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP" yelled out Iruka, startling naruto awake.
"Today, as you know, is the final day of the academy. Today will be split into four portions. The first portion will be a written test followed by a kunai and shuriken accuracy test. After that you will go into a Taijutsu test. Finally you will be tested on the three academy jutsu" with that being said, Iruka began handing out the tests.
XX Outside the academy XX
With the written test completed, the class made it's way outside. Alphabetically, the class took turns throwing the kunai and shuriken. The civilian portion were pathetic. The highest scored five out of ten with the kunai, and six out of ten with the shuriken and that was from Sakura. The clan heirs did well. With them ranging from seven to nine on both tests. Only two got ten out of ten on both tests, namely, Naruto and Sasuke.
Next they had the Taijutsu test. They had to fight Mizuki and last for two minutes. As easy as Mizuki was going, some of the civilian females failed. All of the clan heirs passed without any troubles. Again, Naruto and Sasuke, were miles ahead of their class, and forced Mizuki to tap out.
XX Back inside XX
"Naruto Senju" Iruka called out from the other room
"Zzzzzzzzz" snored out
"Naruto Senju" He called out even louder
"ZZZZZZZ" The snoring got even louder
"NARUTO SENJU" Iruka screamed out.
"Huh? My turn already?
XX The final test XX
"You know what to do, Naruto" Iruka lazily said
"First, please do the Transformation Jutsu"
Naruto the proceeded to transform, without the use of hand seals, into a perfect replica of Hashirama Senju.
"Next use the Substitution Jutsu"
With that said, Naruto replaced himself with a log.
"And finally please do the Clone Jutsu"
Ten clones of naruto shimmered into existence beside Naruto.
"Congratulations on becoming a ninja, Naruto" Iruka then tossed a headband towards naruto. Naruto caught it and left without saying a single word.
XX Later that night, at Training ground Forty Four XX
Naruto was on the ground panting, as tonight was his last full night of training without being interfered by his duties as a ninja, he went overboard, adding another two hundred to each Water Release, Earth Release, and Wood Release. The backlash due to six hundred extra clones did its toll. On the tip of unconsciousness, he began to meditate.
Sorting through the extra six hundred memories, his migraine dissipated. Sensing an incoming chakra signature Naruto then readied himself. No one has been to the forest of death in over two years. The only reason people went there was because of the Chunin exams, saying that, this time it would be Konoha's turn to host them again.
The man landed in the clearing, gasping for air. With a massive scroll on his back, and other chakra signatures being sporadic throughout the village, he must of been running away from them. The chakra of the man was familiar with his stature and chakra signature. It was Mizuki.
"Come out, I know you're there" Yelled out Mizuki.
Naruto walked out from behind the tree line.
"Why are you out here Mizuki?" Naruto questioned
"That's none of your business, brat" Mizuki angrily said. First he was caught running with the forbidden scroll by Iruka, second he had been running for an hour just trying to evade those after him.
"Seems to me that you stole that scroll. Must be very important for most of the village to be looking for you" Naruto lazily said.
"How would you know Senju?" Mizuki's anger rising with every word.
"Considering hundreds of ninjas are running throughout the village, and you going into the forest of death says something"
"So you know then. This is the forbidden scroll of sealing. Within this scroll, the most important village jutsus and secrets live. Now you know what it is, you must die"
"So it's full of powerful jutsus, huh? Finally, something to improve my collection of jutsu" Naruto cheered with a crazed look on his face
"Like you could take this away from me, brat! I'm a Chunin for a reason! After I give this scroll to Orochimaru-sama, I will become his left hand man" Mizuki angrily charged at Naruto. He yanked out a kunai and began to slash at Naruto. Unable to slash Naruto, he threw the Kunai at him. Naruto being too close to dodge was forced to use Wood Style: Wood Locking Wall. The kunai impacted the wall and dug in an inch. The wall retracted and Naruto leapt out and tackled Mizuki to the ground, pinning his arms with his legs and began to whale on him.
Beaten to a bloody pulp, Mizuki was unrecognizable. His face a black, had two swollen eyes, and was missing a few teeth. Naruto got up and laughed.
"How Pathetic, I'm only a fresh Genin, yet you still got your ass beat" He said chuckling the whole time.
"Only because you generously gifted me of this scroll I'll let you leave alive. Run away with your life and pity this moment" Naruto said evilly
With that Naruto vanished with a Body Flicker
XX Senju Compound XX
Plopping down the scroll on his table, he began to unravel the scroll. Various jutsus he already knew were on the scroll like the Shadow Clone. But there was ones he didn't know, like the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style. Nearing the end of the scroll, there were seals. Said seals were labeled; Hashirama, Shodaime, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime. Curiosity peaking, he unsealed the seal that was labeled Hashirama. A violent burst of smoke filled up the room. The scent of wood rung throughout the room, and a wooden podium was on top of the scroll of sealing. Carefully walking up to the podium, he noticed a journal. The book itself held an ominous presence, as if it had chakra or even made of chakra. As Naruto's hand touched the book, it began to absorb his chakra. After a couple of seconds the drain on his chakra ended and the book flew open. His eyes glued to the page it opened to, he began to read.
To open up this journal you must either be a direct descendant of I, which is unlikely, or you have awakened the lost Senju Kekkei Genkai. My name is Hashirama Senju, and the second person to awaken the infamous Wood Release. Now unlike other Kekkei Genkais, there are ways to improve the element, like if it was a basic nature. and make the Senju name proud.
Finally he would progress with his Wood Release
XX Introductions XX
Naruto woke up with a crazed grin. Finally he progress with his Wood Release. Though he would have to wait to proceed further due to team assignments. Dressing up, he began to head to the academy. Arriving first like always, he took his seat. He put his head down, and fell asleep.
"NARUTO, FOR THE FINAL TIME WAKE UP" Iruka yelled, glad that he no longer had to put up with Naruto
"Today you will be getting your Jounin Senseis. You will be split up into groups of three…"
Iruka began to call out the teams. Naruto zoned out Iruka so he could relax
"Team Seven will consist of; Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno"
Forcefully interrupting Iruka, Sakura began to cheer while the other fan-girls began to yell how unfair it was.
"SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP, if you have a problem with the teams go talk to Hokage-sama about it!" Iruka yelled out. After a couple of seconds he began to talk again. "The final member of team seven is Naruto Senju. Your Sensei is Kakashi Hatake" A small growl came from Naruto.
"Team eight will consist of; Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuuga. Your sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi. Team nine is still in circulation so team ten will consist of; Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Your sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi. Your senseis will come to pick you up shortly" Iruka then left the class and the first sensei came in and grabbed team three, a team full of civilian born children. That continued on until there was only one team left.
Team Seven
XX Three Hours Later XX
"Hmm, you three are team seven? I'm not impressed. Meet me on the roof" A tall silver haired man lazily said.
Both Naruto and Sasuke Body Flickered to the roof. The males waited a couple of minutes before Kakashi got up and opened the door. The pink haired girl was standing there startled from Kakashi opening the door as she got to it.
"Ahh oh sorry, I didn't think you would whip open the door so fast" She said.
"I heard you coming 3 floors down" Kakashi said as he smiled under his mask..
"Okay now that you are all here let's start off with introductions, I'm Kakashi Hatake, I'm your sensei. I want to hear your name, likes, dislikes, and your goals" Kakashi said as he pointed to Naruto.
"I'm Naruto, I like training, I dislike the Uchiha, my goal is to kill the bastard who slaughtered my clan" Naruto said venomously.
"Err okay, now what about you" Kakashi said as he pointed at Sakura.
"Umm my name is Sakura Haruno! My likes err who I like… ahhh sorry um I don't really have many dislikes, and my goal is or who my goal is… ahhhhh" She said blushing while looking at Sasuke.
"Umm heh alright nice to meet you, well now you" Kakashi said pointing at Sasuke.
"I'm Sasuke… Uchiha" He said as he looked right at Naruto.
"My likes are spending time with My brother Itachi and my friend Shisui, Dislikes I have many, and my goal is to kill the man who killed Naori" He said as he opened his eyes and had both Mangekyo Sharingan and Ketsuryugan.
His eyes shocked both Kakashi and Sakura, Even Naruto was impressed to see Sasuke's eyes.
"What's that right eye? That doesn't look like a Sharingan?" Kakashi asked.
"It's a Ketsuryugan" Sasuke said as his eyes went back to normal.
"Huh? A Ketsuryugan, what does it do? Kakashi asked interested.
"I can use a very strong Genjutsu with it and I can control high iron water and the blood in someone" Sasuke answered.
"Wow that's pretty interesting!" Kakashi said impressed.
"Are your Sharingan skills so pathetic that you changed it out for something better?" Naruto said laughing.
"No, My eye was ripped out so I choose to have this implanted so I would have my vision restored" Sasuke said as if he didn't know Naruto was making fun of him.
"Sounds like you have little skill and needed a power boost. Why not just try to copy every jutsu you see like the rest of your clan?" Naruto spat
"Did you not listen to what I said?." Sasuke questioned
"You and your clan must kill their best friend to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan. You disgust me. You don't even know what true lose is" Naruto said threateningly as he stood up.
"I...I watched my Girlfriend Naori killed before my eyes that's how I awakened my…" Sasuke was saying before being Interrupted again.
"Naori must of been weak, just like the rest of the Uchiha, She deserved to die" Naruto provokingly said .
"You… bastard...I-I'll kill you" Sasuke said under his breath.
"SASUKE! NARUTO! STOP RIGHT NOW!" Kakashi yelled out.
"I'll show you who's the weak one" Sasuke said as his Ketsuryugan and Mangekyo opened.
Kakashi tackled Sasuke to the ground holding him down.
"Sasuke! Thats enough! Kakashi shouted.
"Someone has some anger issues" Naruto said smugly.
"Sasuke are you done?" Kakashi asked.
"Only If he doesn't say shit he shouldn't say" Sasuke said angrily.
"Both of you better stop or else" Kakashi said as he released Sasuke.
"He's the one getting mad for some reason" Naruto said grinning.
"NARUTO SHUT UP" Sakura shouted.
"Huh? What's your problem?" Naruto asked.
"Stop trying to start fights with Sasuke we are here to be a team let's work like one" Sakura said boldly.
"Tomorrow, we will meet at training ground seven at six in the morning, this will be a test that only sixty six percent will pass. I suggest that you not eat as you will most likely throw up" as soon as Kakashi finished, he vanished in a Body Flicker. Naruto followed leaving Sasuke and Sakura left on the roof
"Uhm Sasuke… would you like to go out on a date?" Sakura said while blushing up a storm.
"No" Sasuke said and immediately Body Flickered away. Leaving Sakura with tears in her eyes.
XX The Next Day XX
"Now if you guys can work together as a Team now without fighting each other, I want you to grab the bells on my waist" Kakashi said as he placed two bells on his waist.
"This will be easy watch" Naruto said as he walked towards Kakashi to grab the bells.
Kakashi back handed Naruto which tossed him to the ground.
"Agh what the hell" Naruto said as he got up.
"Like I said you will need to work together to complete this" Kakashi said smiling.
Sasuke ran towards Kakashi completely ignoring what he said.
Sasuke threw a kunai at Kakashi as a distraction.
Earth Style: Mud Wall Kakashi said as a wall of mud appeared in front of Sasuke causing him to run into it.
"Agh damn it" Sasuke said under his breath.
"We need to work as a team you idiots" Sakura yelled out.
"Naruto… as much as I want to kill you right now Sakura is right" Sasuke said reluctantly.
"Mhm, guess she is" Naruto said slowly.
"Well what's the plan then" Naruto asked.
"I'll distract, Naruto can you perform a lot of clones?" Sasuke asked.
"Can I perform clones, Pfft Watch" Naruto said laughing.
As fifty Shadow Clones appeared around them.
"What?! How?" Sasuke thought.
"Now what's your plan?" Naruto asked.
"Okay I'll distract with attacks, you surround him with clones, then Sakura sneak up behind him and grab the bells" Sasuke whispered.
"Wow that's not a bad plan. For a Uchiha" Naruto thought.
"Okay let's go!" Sakura said.
As the three charged towards Kakashi, Naruto's shadow clones moved around Kakashi.
Sasuke jumped up a started throwing, Throwing Stars at and around Kakashi with great speed. Sakura with all the commotion started to sneak behind Kakashi using Naruto's clones as cover. Kakashi dodged and countered the attacks from Naruto and his many clones, Sakura was in position to grab the bells. As Sakura moved towards Kakashi quietly Kakashi grabbed a Clone and threw him into Sakura.
"Agh, Dammit" Sakura cursed out.
Sasuke ran towards Kakashi in an attempt to grab the bells.
Water Style: Water Formation Wall As a wall of water surrounded Kakashi the water forced away six Clones and Sasuke all being thrown back ten feet away.
"Here's my chance" Sasuke thought as his Ketsuryugan glowed.
Sasuke slashed his hand open shocking Sakura and confusing Naruto.
Sasuke splashed his blood into the water wall.
Blood Dragon As Sasuke jumped back the wall of water began to turn red and splash to the ground.
"Oh?" Kakashi said impressed.
The water turned into a blood red and made the formation of a dragon.
Kakashi looked at the dragon as Naruto began to sneak towards Kakashi to grab the bells.
Kakashi turned around grabbing Naruto, then three clones came running towards Kakashi two grabbed his legs as one went for the bells.
Kakashi then burst into a shock of electricity zapping Naruto and killing his clones.
"Aghh what? A lightning clone?" Naruto said standing up.
"Yes it was" Kakashi said standing behind them.
"What?!" Sasuke yelled out.
"Yep, you guys should look closer at a defensive Jutsu and see if there are other reasons for the opponent to use it" Kakashi stated.
Naruto made another Fifty clones and started charging towards Kakashi.
Sasuke's dragon moved towards Kakashi as well.
Gate of Opening as Kakashi body surged he jumped over Naruto's clone and Kicked right through Sasuke's Blood Dragon.
Earth Style: Multiple Mud Wall while inside the dragon Mud entered stopping the Dragon and killing it.
"What?! How?" Sasuke thought.
Kakashi muscles then relaxed and went back to normal causing pain to run ramped through him.
Naruto then charged toward a tired Kakashi and surrounded him with Clones.
Lightning Style: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang as Kakashi sent a wolf like creature attacking and killing Twenty Clones.
Naruto then ran up to Kakashi grabbing the bells as ten of his clones distracted and pinned Kakashi down.
"Done" Naruto said smiling.
"Good Job guy's" Kakashi said as Naruto's clone got off of him and helped him up.
"You showed teamwork which is what this test was all about, congrats you all passed" Kakashi said smiling.
"Tomorrow we have a mission so meet me here tomorrow" Kakashi said as he walked away.
XX Learning A New Jutsu XX
As Sasuke walked over to Shisui moving stiffly Shisui noticed him and walked over.
"Yo Sasuke what's up" Shisui said waving his hand.
"Nothing just that Naruto kid in my Team was able to make like Fifty clones during our bell test" Sasuke said looking down.
"What's wrong with that?" Shisui asked.
"I can't do anything close to that I think I can make fifteen clones at most" Sasuke said as he looked up.
"Well what's so bad about that? You are a Uchiha so fire release is more your speed" Shisui said smiling.
"Okay shisui can I ask you something?" Sasuke asked.
"Sure what's on your mind" Shisui said.
"Can you please teach me the Afterimage Clones?" Sasuke asked putting his hands together as if he were begging.
"Well now, I don't know" Shisui said softly.
"Please your Shisui of the Body Flicker! Please teach me" Sasuke begged.
"Okay guess you're right, I'll teach you" Shisui smiling at Sasuke.
"Thank you Shisui" Sasuke said as he stood up happily.
"Now Tiger, Dog, Rat to use AfterImage Clones" Shisui added.
"Now I have five targets set up, use the afterimage clones and jump between them using your speed to attack from multiple areas" Shisui instructed.
AfterImage Clones were formed as Sasuke flickered around.
Sasuke appeared to attack the five targets at once as if his clones were attacking them.
"There ya go Sasuke" Shisui said cheerily.
Sasuke stopped flickering around and his clones disappeared.
"Was that good?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah you're a natural at this" Shisui said happily.
"Now can we go get some food i'm getting hungry?" Sasuke asked.
"Sure thing I'm getting quite hungry too" Shisui added as they began to walk back into Konoha.
XX First Mission XX
As Naruto walked up the stairs not even interested in the team's first official mission for all he knew it would be a simple D-rank mission which wasn't even a test of his skills.
Sasuke on the other hand was interested when he found out it was a C-rank mission or so he was told after being the first to the meeting place.
Kakashi was told it was a C-rank mission a simple bodyguard mission to protect and escort someone known as Tazuna which should be easy for Team 7.
….
"Now we just need to wait for Sakura and we can start this mission" Kakashi said as he looked at the door.
"Sorry I'm late Sensei!" Sakura shouted as she came up the stairs and opened the door.
"There we go, now your first mission it's quite simple, we're going to escort and be bodyguards for Tazuna we are escorting him to the Land of Waves" Kakashi said standing up and adjusting his mask.
"Really a C-rank mission? Aren't most teams first missions D-rank? Naruto questioned.
"Well yes, usually but Hokage has told me that you guys will easily do this" Kakashi stated.
"Now enough waiting let's get going" Kakashi said as he started walking away.
"Well guess the Hokage thinks we can handle a more serious mission" Sakura said joyfully.
As the team walked to the meeting area Sasuke was hoping he could use his new Jutsu's.
Finally they met up with Tazuna and made introductions then proceeded to walk to the Land of Waves.
After a hour and a half of walking Sasuke stopped and scanned the area.
"What's wrong Sasuke?" Sakura asked.
"Wait…" Kakashi said as he scanned with Sasuke.
"Drop NOW!" Kakashi shouted as two metal gauntlets came flying at them.
Kakashi was then stabbed by both gauntlets and fell to the ground.
"KAKASHI!" Sakura cried out.
Fire Style: Fireball Sasuke shot out a ball of fire at their attackers.
"Gozu watch out!" One of them shouted warning the other.
Gozu jumped back avoiding the Fireball then went to grab Tazuna.
Naruto ran over to Tazuna's aid dropkicking Gozu to the ground.
Two Shadow Clone appeared beside Naruto and they all started forming a Rasengan. As Naruto and a Clone charged towards Gozu and smashed the Rasengan into
Gozu's chest.
Gozu then turned into a pool of water and vanished before appearing behind Naruto, Gozu threw his gauntlet into Naruto's hand stabbing almost completely through his hand.
"Aghh Dammit" Naruto cursed out.
Sasuke pulled out his sword and broke the chain that was keeping the two attackers together.
Naruto turned around and though being weak with Wood Release proceeded to do the hand seals for a wood technique.
Wood Style: Cutting Technique Naruto made a spear like object come out his hand and started attacking Gozu with it bashing him over the head before stabbing his cutting his arm.
"Naruto knows Wood Release?" Sasuke thought as he looked at Naruto before attacking again.
Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire As Sasuke shot five small dragon balls of fire came towards his attacker.
"Meizu look out!" Gozu yelled.
Meizu jumped back attempting to avoid the attack. Meizu managed to avoid four of the five fireballs but was hit in the leg by the fifth one.
"Aghh" Meizu cried out.
"That's it! Brother let's finish this" Gozu shouted.
"Right let's kill him now!" Meizu replied as the two reconnected their gauntlets.
The two began to charge at Tazuna until Kakashi appeared and hit both of them with a lariat knocking them out and sending them to the ground.
"KAKASHI!" Sakura shouted in joy.
"What? How?" Sasuke asked.
"A substitution technique I'm guessing" Naruto added.
"That's right. I saw them coming from the puddle since they hid in it so I planned ahead for this" Kakashi said.
"And I would like to add Naruto and Sasuke you showed a lot of bravery attacking them, Sakura you should have done more instead of letting them do all the work" Kakashi added.
"I-I'm sorry Sensei" Sakura said sulking.
"Naruto let me see your hand" Kakashi said observantly.
"Umm o-kay" Naruto said confused.
"Their gauntlets have poison on them we you need to take it out" Kakashi said looking at him.
"Here let me help" Sasuke said as his Ketsuryugan opened.
"Hell no" Naruto said abruptly.
"Huh?" Sasuke questioned.
"I'm not letting you put whatever that eye can do in me" Naruto said grabbing his hand covering the wound.
"Naruto the poison will kill you if you don't get it out and we are too far from the village to fix it. You're gonna need to trust Sasuke here" Kakashi said softly
"Err… fine" Naruto said slowly.
"Okay stay still while I do this" Sasuke said as he cut his hand to put his blood into Naruto.
"Okay now I'm going to pull the poison into my blood cells then make my blood come out of you" Sasuke said calmly.
"O-kay" Naruto said slowly again.
"Okay I think I have it all get ready" Sasuke said before blood spurted out of Naruto's hand.
"Alright now this may burn a bit" Sasuke informend Naruto as both of their hands began to heal.
"Wow Sasuke can perform some sort of medical jutsu with his eye powers" Sakura thought.
"Okay is that it?" Naruto questioned.
"Yep you should be good now" Sasuke said smirking.
"Uh Thanks Sasuke" Naruto said softly.
"No problem we're on the same team so we should look out for each other at least" Sasuke said as he smiled.
"Now one thing I need to ask before we continue" Kakashi said turning around to Tazuna.
"Hmm?" Tazuna muffled.
"Tazuna this isn't a C-rank mission clearly. What is this and why are people trying to kill us" Kakashi asked grabbing Tazuna's shirt.
"Okay calm down please, I'll explain what this is" Tazuna said as he was scared of Kakashi.
" There is a extremely wealthy businessman called Gatō and he is responsible for my country's struggles, and I couldn't afford any high ranked missions, I-I'm sorry" Tazuna explained.
"Okay, well Naruto do you want to continue?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, this is great for training" Naruto said proudly.
"Alright, what about you two" Kakashi asked pointing to Sasuke and Sakura.
"Yea, I have some Jutsu's I still want to try out on a strong opponent" Sasuke said as he tensed up.
"I want to so I can prove I can fight" Sakura said cracking her knuckles.
"Okay well Tazuna looks like you're in luck we're gonna continue" Kakashi said pushing Tazuna shoulder.
XX Zabuza XX
The team had been walking for two hours with little action as it started to get late the Team were being surrounded in a thick mist.
"Well how great I can't see three feet in front of me" Sasuke said stressfully.
"Look out!" Kakashi said pushing Naruto and Tazuna down to the ground hitting Sakura down to the ground, as Sasuke and Kakashi hit the ground a sword spun over their heads nearly taking Tazuna's head clean off.
"My name is Zabuza Momochi, I demand you hand Tazuna over to me and I'll let you live" Zabuza said boldly.
"I'm afraid we can't do that Zabuza, I suggest you go back to where you came" Kakashi said as he stood up.
"Well then" Zabuza said grinning.
"I warned you" Zabuza said as he charged towards the them four.
"Protect Tazuna" Kakashi said as he pulled a kunai out.
Kakashi and Tazuna engaged in battle both using Kunai and Taijutsu.
"Naruto, sakura protect Tazuna I'm going to help Kakashi!" Sasuke said as he jumped up.
"Sasuke wait" Naruto said before Sasuke cut him off.
Body Flicker as Sasuke began to flicker in and out of sight he ran towards Zabuza pulling out his sword.
Sasuke slashed through Zabuza, as Zabuza fell his body turned into water showing it was a water clone.
"Huh? Water Release?" Sasuke thought scanning the area as the mist began to dissipate.
Zabuza then appeared ten feet from Sasuke in clear sight of everyone.
"Body Flicker, with Kenjutsu? Impressive kid but it won't help you against my sword" Zabuza said cocky holding the Executioner's blade.
"Damn one hit from that and I'm done for" Sasuke thought.
"...Then I'll have to use this after all" Sasuke continued.
Sasuke then ran around Zabuza leaving Afterimage Clones around him completely circled five times.
"What? is this a Shadow Clone Jutsu?" Zabuza asked.
"Something like that" Sasuke said back fiercely.
"Well then, I'll take out every clone till I kill you" Zabuza said as he went to slash one of Sasuke's Afterimage.
As Zabuza's blade came to Sasuke's clone it went through as if nothing was there.
"What the?" Zabuza said confused.
Sasuke then switched to the Image clone Zabuza just tried to kill, and kicked him in the chest knocking him down to the ground.
"Agh what is this?" Zabuza thought.
Sasuke grabbed his sword jumping forward to slash at Zabuza.
Zabuza pulled up his Sword blocking the attack and knocking Sasuke back before jumping back to switching clones.
"Oh okay, I know how this works now" Zabuza smirked thinking he figured out Sasuke's Jutsu.
Sasuke jumped up throwing a Kunai from one image then attacked from another slashing at Zabuza's shoulder cutting him open.
"Here's my chance" Sasuke Thought as he opened his Ketsuryugan.
"That eye!" Zabuza said under his breath.
Veil of Mist as a thick cloud of mist blocked Sasuke from focusing on attacking Zabuza with his Ketsuryugan.
Trying to scan for Zabuza, Sasuke saw a shadowy figure running towards Naruto, Sakura and Tazuna.
"Naruto! Left side!" Sasuke yelled trying to warn Naruto.
Wood Style: World of Trees Wall Naruto seven roots come up from the ground blocking Zabuza from attacking.
Sasuke ran over to help Naruto as he got close he began weaving hand seals.
Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique as Sasuke shot a single dragon fireball out he saw Naruto was also doing a Jutsu
Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere Naruto's Vacuum Sphere and Sasuke's Dragon Fireball collided in mid air turning the flames into a bright red and white and increasing in size.
"What they mixed together?" Sasuke thought in shock.
The combination hit Zabuza causing him to burst into water and quickly evaporate.
"It was a clone? Dammit" Naruto said angrily.
"He evaporated? Why didn't he just burst into water if he was a clone? Was it the Jutsu combining? What if I can combine these two together I could have such a powerful attack" Sasuke thought as he blanked out from what he saw trying to figure it out.
Zabuza started to charge behind a defenceless Sasuke.
"Sasuke! Behind you" Naruto shouted.
"Huh?" Sasuke said coming back to reality.
Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation as Sasuke quickly summoned three shuriken and threw them towards Zabuza forcing him to stop charging and move out of the way.
Kakashi knew he only had one way to defeat Zabuza as he moved his headband up exposing a Sharingan he had.
"A non Uchiha with a Sharingan?" Hmph that won't help you" Zabuza said as he weived hand seals.
Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique as Zabuza made a Dragon appear Kakashi aswell made a Dragon appear using the Sharingan to copy Zabuza's moves.
"What? He has Water Release?" Zabuza thought as the two dragon's collided and fought with each other.
"That doesn't matter I'll defeat him with this" Zabuza thought smirking
Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique again Kakashi copied Zabuza as two Great waterfall's collided.
"Dammit! The Sharingan, he's copying my moves" Zabuza said irritated.
Before Kakashi could kill a distracted Zabuza a hunter-nin jumped over and killed him with a Ice shard.
"What?!" Naruto shouted.
"Sorry for any confusion but I need to take this Zabuza to my contractor confirming my kill" The Hunter-nin said.
"What why did you kill him we had it" Naruto said angrily.
"Like I said I'm truly sorry but I need to provide for my family and I was paid to kill him" The Hunter-nin said.
"Well thanks for the assist" Kakashi said smiling.
"Your welcome" The Hunter-nin said as he lifted a lifeless Zabuza onto his shoulder and ran off.
"Dammit what was that a ten year old?! And he killed him with a piece of Ice without a problem?! Naruto cursed out frustrated.
"How did he form the Ice like that?" Sasuke asked.
"He was part of the Yuki clan they are known for having Kekkei Genkai, Ice Release" Kakashi answered.
"Kekkei Genkai, hmm okay" Sasuke said to himself.
"Well let's find a place to rest for the night" Kakashi said as everyone started walking again.
"Fire and Wind? Could I use both and have a Kekkei Genkai ability" Sasuke thought.
XX Attempts XX
As the Team went to Tazuna's house finishing the mission, Tazuna offered to let them rest up.
It was ten at night and Sasuke decided to sneak out while everyone was sleeping to attempt to mix Fire and Wind Release.
Sasuke was weak in Wind Release he only knew a few moves most being very simple his idea was to use a Fire Release then follow up with a Wind Technique to remake the insane fire that evaporated Zabuza's water clone.
Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique Sasuke then followed up the Dragon Fireball with Wind Style: Great Breakthrough this caused the Fireball to increase in size and like before the fire started to go from a orange flame to having a bright red surround it but before it hit a patch of dead trees the fire started to die down and go back to its original form.
"Dammit" Sasuke thought.
"The fire overpowered the wind, so I'll just use a weaker fire release and that should work" Sasuke said to himself
Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique Sasuke repeated what he did before following the fire with Wind Style: Great Breakthrough this time the fire began to glow bright red and surrounding the orange flame.
The fire still wasn't as strong as the one him and Naruto made due to being weak in Wind Release.
The flame was strong enough to evaporate the grass on the ground turning it black as it hit the patch of dead tree he was aiming at.
"Yes! I'm getting closer to remaking that jutsu" Sasuke said excited.
"What Jutsu?" Kakashi said walking up behind Sasuke startling him.
"Uhh umm noth-nothing just practicing uhh Fire jutsu's" Sasuke said studdering.
"What were you doing Sasuke? Tell me now" Kakashi said sternly.
"I-I I'm trying to remake the Fire and Wind combination Jutsu that me and Naruto made" Sasuke explained in a Scared tone.
"Fire and Wind? Hmm it made a Scorch Release Kekkei Genkai" Kakashi said Informedly.
"Yeah but I'm not good with Wind so I'm struggling to make it" Sasuke said sulking.
"Well tomorrow we will train a bit I have a feeling that Hunter-Nin didn't kill Zabuza and was his friend so we're going to train for his return" Kakashi said irritated.
"But on another not you should practice Wind Release maybe even ask Naruto for some help since he is very good at it" Kakashi said smiling
"Oh okay that sounds good" Sasuke said happily.
"Now common let's go back to Tazuna's and rest up for tomorrow" Kakashi said as he patted Sasuke on the back.
XX The Forest of Chakra XX
Kakashi woke up to Tazuna putting rice and beef into 4 different bowls.
"Good Morning I thought since you and your team were so helpful that the least I can do is make you some food and have a place to rest for a bit" Tazuna said as he set the table.
Sakura and Naruto were already up, Sasuke was still sleeping most likely due to sneaking out the night before.
"Sasuke foods ready get up!" Sakura shouted.
"Ugh wha-" Sasuke groaned.
( Later )
"Sakura I want you to practice Taijutsu, Naruto and Sasuke practice whatever you want" Kakashi said as he nodded at Sasuke.
"Alright good" Naruto said as he walked away from Sasuke and the group.
"Hey-hey umm Naruto?" Sasuke said trying to get his attention.
"...What do you want?" Naruto said reluctantly as he kept walking.
"Do you think you can teach me how to perform Wind Release better?" Sasuke asked.
"Why should I?" Naruto asked as he kept walking forward.
"Well I mean we are a team. It would be beneficial to help each other out" Sasuke said trying to persuade Naruto.
"Fine" Naruto Said.
"Thanks Naruto" Sasuke said happily
"Okay we'll start" Naruto said as he stopped in a open area.
"Alright Wind Release is performed by making chakra as sharp and thin as possible and by generating air circulation, you can also take the air around and use it to help strengthen and form Jutsu's with it" Naruto said informedly.
"Okay I'll try that and see if it helps" Sasuke said as he started to weave hand seals.
Wind Style: Great Breakthrough as Sasuke shot a gust of wind it was almost ten times better than before.
"There see, now try taking even more of the air around us to strengthen it" Naruto said as he demonstrated.
Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Naruto seemed to absorb the air around him before releasing it with great force knocking over a few trees.
"See how I used the outside air to increase the strength and size, try doing that." Naruto said as he stepped back giving room for Sasuke.
Wind Style: Great Breakthrough this time Sasuke had enough force to knock down two trees.
"There ya go, Now all you need to do is practice that and with other Wind Release techniques and it should improve greatly within a month" Naruto explained.
"Thank you, Naruto I really appreciate this" Sasuke said smiling.
"Don't mention it" Naruto said with a slight smile.
XX Battle of the Bridge XX
As the team escorted Tazuna to the bridge, Zabuza appeared with the Hunter-Nin that "Killed him".
"I knew It" Kakashi thought.
"Well Kakashi I'm back and I brought someone to even the odds" Zabuza smirked.
"And who are you?" Kakashi asked.
"My name is Haku of the Ice Release" Haku spoke proudly.
"Well I would've liked to be taking in a different situation but it appears that won't be possible" Kakashi said grabbing his headband.
"Well that's enough talking" Zabuza said as he began to charge towards Kakashi.
"Naruto, Sasuke take on Haku I'll handle Zabuza, Sakura protect Tazuna" Kakashi said as he revealed his Sharingan.
As Kakashi and Zabuza engaged in Taijutsu, Naruto and Sasuke charged towards Haku.
Naruto took the lead and began to form a Rasengan, As Naruto threw his Rasengan Haku countered with Ice Style: Ice Rock Dome of Magnificent Nothingness.
"Dammit" Naruto thought as he pulled out a Kunai.
As Naruto went to engage Haku, She made a Knife like object out of Ice and blocked every attack Naruto Tried.
Haku then kicked Naruto back into Sasuke who was running to help Naruto.
Haku used his most powerful Jutsu Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals causing twenty-one floating mirrors made out of ice to surround Naruto and Sasuke.
"What the?" Sasuke said.
"Sasuke, focus we can get out of this there has to be a way" Naruto said shaking Sasuke's shoulders.
Haku appeared to surround them within the mirrors, as Naruto and Sasuke tried desperately to escape, Haku used Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death causing one thousand needles to fly towards Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto stood back to back with Sasuke.
"Sasuke! Use Wind Release and try to push those needles back" Naruto urged.
Naruto used Wind Style: Air Bullets with enough skill to match the needles mid air. Sasuke though still weak with Wind Release tried to remember what Naruto thought him using air around him used Wind Style: Great Breakthrough forcing the needles back into the mirrors damaging some of them.
Even with their efforts the needles seemed to come at them at a endless rate.
"Sasuke try to melt the Ice, I'll block them with clones" Naruto said as he surrounded Sasuke and himself with Shadow clones.
"Right I'll try that" Sasuke said quickly.
Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique as Sasuke shot a fireball towards the mirrors it did little damage and didn't even melt the Ice.
"Dammit" Sasuke thought.
"Sasuke try something hotter" Naruto shouted.
Naruto's clones appeared just as fast as they dissapeared from being hit with the needles.
Sasuke and Naruto started being hit with needles, it was only a matter of time before Naruto wouldn't be able to summon clones.
Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique as Sasuke began to shoot out the fire ball he followed it up with Wind Style: Great Breakthrough.
"Huh what is he doing?" Naruto thought.
As the Wind hit the Fireball it caused it to grow in size tremendously, the color of the fireball started to be surrounded in a bright red glow with a small white glow in the middle of it. As it hit the mirrors the Ice began to turn into water and evaporate as the water hit the flame. But it still wasn't enough as the fire began to lose it's size from the Ice water over powering it.
"Naruto use a strong Wind Release into my Fire Release" Sasuke shouted.
As Sasuke used Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique Naruto followed it up with Wind Style: Vacuum Great Sphere the wind hit the flames combining and turning into a white ball surrounded with a bright red blaze with little orange to be seen. The flame collided with the previous fire burning over six of the mirrors.
"What?! How!" Haku said frustrated.
As the Ice broke Haku fell out of it landing on the ground, Sasuke fell down In exhaustion leaving Naruto to fight Haku by himself for a bit. Naruto charges towards Haku putting a Kunai to his throat.
( Meanwhile )
Kakashi was In a deadlock with Zabuza each matching their moves only minor cuts were inflicted on each other, Zabuza jumped back and used Hiding in Mist Technique to ready another attack on Kakashi. Kakashi was prepared for this and used a scroll for Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique on Zabuza in order to track him through the mist.
As Kakashi's Tracking Fang grabbed onto zabuza's arm immobilizing him Kakashi charged towards him with Lightning Cutter as he was about to connect with Zabuza, Haku appeared in front of Zabuza taking the entire force dealt by the attack.
Zabuza seeming unfazed from Haku's self sacrifice brings his blade up with his only other working arm attempting to attack Kakashi again.
Kakashi jumped back giving Naruto time to grab Zabuza's blade from him, Kakashi's Tracking Fang came up grabbing Zabuza's other arm immobilizing him again.
Gato then appeared with over twenty hired thugs.
"Zabuza got some bad news for you, You're fired" Gato said with a smug look.
"Wha- Son of a bitch…" Zabuza let out with a heavy breath.
"You know I planned to betray you from the beginning, well the useless Haku is dead guess we only need to deal with him,Now men! Kill him" Gato explained before instructing the thugs to kill zabuza as he kicked Haku's lifeless body over.
"Kakashi… Our fight is over" Zabuza said slowly.
"I agree, It is" Kakashi said stepping to the side.
"Let me see your Kunai" Zabuza instructs.
"What why?" Naruto said grabbing his kunai.
"Naruto, do as he asks" Kakashi instructs.
"Fine, here" Naruto said reluctantly throwing his kunai in the air.
Zabuza caught the kunai in his mouth and without warning began to charge towards Gato and his thugs.
As Zabuza made his way through the small army of thugs he is stabbed multiple times but kept charging towards Gato, Cutting his way through the thugs paying no attention to the fifteen plus weapons embedded in his back and chest, as well as being cut up several times Zabuza still proceeded to charge through to kill Gato. Zabuza came out the back of the line of thugs slashing one thugs gut open in the process before charging towards Gato.
"Ahhh! Stop him someone!" Gato screamed.
Zabuza's Killing Intent was so strong It left Gato paralyzed with fear. His chakra made the form of a demon shroud the could be seen visually as he charged towards Gato.
Zabuza slashed Gato's stomach open then came back around and cut his head almost clean off pushing him off the bridge and into the water. This act caused the remaining thugs to run away in fear.
As Zabuza staggered walking towards Kakashi and the rest of Team Seven, He had Nineteen totally weapons in his back and chest, Zabuza knew it was only a matter of time before his life would end. Zabuza fell on his knees continuing to crawl towards Kakashi before falling to the ground almost unable to move.
"Kakashi, Please lay me next to Haku" Zabuza said softly.
"Of course" Kakashi said lifting Zabuza up dragging him to Haku per his final request.
"Haku I wish I could go where you're going" Zabuza let out with a sigh.
"You will, I have faith you had a change of heart" Kakashi said with a smile on his face.
"Well, all I can do now is hope that is true" Zabuza said surprisingly moving his hand to Haku's face.
"Thank you, Kakashi you gave me a death I can accept" Zabuza said as his life left him.
Sakura tried not to cry but still burst into tears. Kakashi gave Sakura a hug.
"We should bury them together, It's the least we can do" Sasuke said standing up.
As the Kakashi pick Zabuza's lifeless body up, Sasuke did the same with Haku and started carrying them off the bridge. Naruto almost emotionless picked up Zabuza's sword and walked slowly behind them.
( Later )
After burying them Kakashi turned to Naruto.
"We really should put his sword here as a sign of respect" Kakashi said putting his hand out.
This frustrated Naruto as he wanted to keep the blade for himself. Thinking fast Naruto tried to persuade Kakashi to let him keep it.
"W-well we don't want this sword to fall into the wrong hands" Naruto said softly trying to sound sympathetic.
"Err, well, Guess that makes sense" Kakashi said feeling bad about his decision.
"I will take care of it, think of it as me carrying his legacy but for a good cause" Naruto said proudly.
"That is a good idea, plus it would be a great asset to us" Sasuke said patting Naruto on the back with a smile.
"Plus I can teach Naruto more on Kenjutsu, It's the least I can do since you taught me how to be Stronger with Wind Release" Sasuke added happily.
"You'd do that?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah we are a Team after all" Sasuke said putting his fist out for a fist bump.
"Thanks Sasuke, guess I was wrong about you" Naruto said fist bumping Sasuke with a smile.
AN: Sorry this chapter took so long to come out. With work and studying for finals, it has hampered our ability to consistently write. Thanks for understanding. PS, Chapter 5 is already being started ;) - Ninja