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A/N: I know, I know. I've taken too damn long to get this chapter out. But I was having problems not counting the dentist appointments that I myself and my daughters have been going to while trying to work on this as well. Both of my daughters were scheduled for surgery to fix things on their mouths and so far only one of them has gotten surgery. One more to go and I have been having some work done on mine as well. Stressing out so much since it is the end of the school year is another part too since the oldest is in High School she has EOG's to finish up. Oh yeah, I'm so dedicated to doing this story I'm still writing on it while sick. LOL, I've had a cold for the past five days and it seems like it's staying for good. Owell anyway thanks to my reviewers:
TigrezzTail: Yeah, well you will notice he is not caring one bit at being more girly anymore. Well, I put Kakashi as the big brother protector type in this story so I did make it where he was trying to protect him.
Solitare1: Here's another one for you. Yeah they did get caught and if they hadn't they probably would have continued or at least Sasuke would have.
PrincessAnime08: I'm so sorry about the way the first output was. The site was giving everyone a problem on that since they updated the new uploading system. I'm glad you guys let me know since I was able to fix it and make it where you guys could tell where the breaks in paragraphs and everything are.
Darkhuntressxir: I always get that reaction about Sakura. Unfortunately, I believe the same about the girl so I think the same. Girls are really jealous hogs when they believe that the boys will only go for them. Then if they fall for someone that they would never think they would they freak out and play jealous games.
Anonymous: I figured it would be better to put a different insight to the way the story has happened. And I found a good portion of writers have actually put some of these scenes in their stories just not the same depth as I did because it calls for more writing than most fanfics do have. Sorry, but I have been told I am long winded and can talk a person out of every situation or about any situation they are going through so that they can resolve it. It's just me.
Clio1111: I would hope he came a little bit around the time he stopped them because that would be kind of wrong otherwise. But this is Kakashi we are talking about. He walks around with a porn book stitched to his hip or hand 24/7 so yeah who knows exactly what kind a perv he is.
JChan2845: Yeah, you will kind of see what Kakashi did to Sasuke as punishment. Granted in this chapter it reveals differently on how Sakura doesn't really have a problem with Naruto being basically a girl.
Guest: Glad you think this is awesome.
Eskimo-cones: Okay, granted I would actually probably bite someone's head off for actually reviewing this, I do not have the energy to do so right now so count yourself lucky that I am sick and letting you off scot free. Just think of it this way, when you won't read the story again don't just let the author know and tell them it is a good story and keep it at that. Anyway, I done it this way because a good portion of people are not putting any context from the anime or the manga in their story so I figured I would. Sorry, if the story isn't to your liking and thanks for the compliment.
Apollymi28: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and yeah Kakashi is mostly mad at Sasuke because of what he was doing and the fact that Naruto isn't really willing to go through with it. Sakura has noticed more and more that Naruto isn't exactly a boy. Again, I am sorry for the way the chapter was put out considering the uploader was giving people problems.
Dark blue princess: Wow, I'm a perv huh? LOL, anyway yeah I know you love this story and always keep tabs on what I'm doing on the progress of this story. I know you are impatient but you have to realize that I cannot snap my fingers and pop the story out that much quicker. Anyway, I know you will probably be one of the few who are going to read this one first so enjoy.
Kristenannis987: Here's the next chapter and Sasuke trying to cover up his perverseness.
AiMila: Nope Kakashi is P.O'd and Sasuke will take the brunt of his wrath. Oh, and no the one's I have to cook for are more critical than having my mother (who is never there) eat my cooking. If you think the mother is that bad wait till you have to cook for your mother-in-law. She's the most that will be griping at you about your cooking.
Bloodred321: Thanks and here is the next update.
Hina714: I agree there is a good bit of humor in Kakashi catching them. I think I made Sasuke more caring in this than he is in the anime. Anyway, enjoy this new update.
Silvermane1: Yeah, I think they both were embarrassed but now Sasuke is kind of on the scared side.
iloveYaoi1: Yup, here is the next chapter. And sorry if there is a little bit of a misunderstanding. Koi means love in Japanese so most often than not that is what they are calling someone when they say that to them.
CHAPTER SIX
The sixth morning of training-
Naruto is passed out after finishing the training that Kakashi is having him do. Sasuke was to be running errands until afternoon so that he couldn't be alone with Naruto. Birds are inspecting Naruto for any threat as he snoozed. Haku approached the snoozing boy as a bird pecked his nose softly. His eyes then turn serious when he saw the Genjutsu veil over the boy. Haku kneels over and his hand was about to wrap around the unsuspecting boys neck until he saw a wave going through the veil showing Naruto's true form for a split second. He put a hand on the boys shoulder and shook him gently.
"You'll catch a cold sleeping in a place like this." He says as Naruto's eyes opened.
"Hn?" He saw a young girl looking at him from above. "Huh?" He sat up rubbing his eyes. "Who are you?"
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"Is this the plant you want?" He asked as he searched through tons of greenery that is growing on the forest floor. "This plant is medicine?"
"Thanks for helping out." Haku says to the teen.
"You sure are working early, lady." Naruto says as his Hitae-ite loosens.
"You too. What are you doing here at this time of the morning?" She asks as the Hitae-ite fell. Naruto's eyes widen as his Genjutsu falls.
"Training!" He says as he scrabbles for the metal plate. Haku's eyes widen.
"You…That head protector…Could you be a Kunoichi?" Naruto panics. "Don't worry. I might look like this but I'm not all that I seem either."
"You notice?! Yeah, I'm a Kunoichi! Though I'm going through all this as a Ninja!" She grins.
"Wow, you are incredible." Haku says.
"Hehehe." Naruto laughs.
"Why are you hiding your true self?" Haku asked.
"Because I want to become stronger! People would see me as a weak freak like this." She grins at him.
"Hmm…But you already look plenty strong." The older boy says as he picked more herbs.
"No, no! I want to become even stronger!" She shouts out. 'I don't want the looks to continue. I'm no monster nor a freak!' Haku stares at the delicate features of the girl besides him.
"Why…Is that?" He asks carefully.
"So I can become the best ninja in my village! I'm going to make everyone acknowledge my strength!" Naruto winks at Haku. "And right now I also need to prove something to someone." Haku stares at her.
"Is that for someone else? Or for yourself?" He asks while continuing to pick herbs.
"Ha?" Naruto asks with confusion painted strongly on her cherub face. Haku giggles quietly at the girl. Naruto has a pout formed on her face. "What's so funny?"
"Do you…Have someone who is important to you?" He asks the girl. Naruto looks at him with confusion on her face until Sasuke's face appears in her mind.
'What?' Naruto wonders about Haku's expression as he sat there.
"When a person has someone important to protect…" He looks into the bright blue eyes. "That's when they can truly become strong." The shock from realizing her thoughts rooted around the people who care about her.
"Yeah!" She shouts out with a huge grin on her face. "I understand that very well." Haku smiles at her as he stood up to leave.
"You will become strong." Haku said as he bit his lip, facing away from Naruto. "Let's meet again somewhere."
"Sure!" Naruto smiles at the boy.
"Oh…" His long hair flowed down his back. "And…" He pauses dramatically. "I'm a boy." Naruto's feminine features held shock.
'No way! But you're cuter than Sakura-chan!' Naruto's jaw dropped as Haku passed.
"Don't hide yourself. People will not care since it is your true self." As Haku walks away he passes Sasuke. Sasuke turns to glare at him a little.
'This is a weird world…' She ponders as she remains sitting and Sasuke approaches her.
"Who was that, Naruto?" Sasuke asks.
"I don't know his name. But he's smart and kind." Naruto stops smiling when Sasuke's face explodes in anger. He pushes Naruto down and straddles her.
"You shouldn't be nice to any guy but me. You're mine!" He reaches under the chain mail shirt to grab a handful of a pink clad breast. "All of this is mine!" Naruto moans and Sasuke took this chance to smash their lips together. Naruto struggles to get Sasuke off of her. When she finally succeeds and Sasuke lands on his rear. She glares at his arousal that made itself known to the world.
"Is that all I am to you? Someone to fuck or pass on your clans genes?" Tears pour down her face and she stares at him. His black eyes held pain in them. "If so then you could probably do that with any girl. Not just me. Even though I love you dearly, it doesn't mean anything if the one I love only wants me to be his piece of meat!" Naruto sobs wrack her tiny body, but just as soon as Sasuke stood up to reach for her she smacks his hand away. "Don't touch me! I hate you, Sasuke!" Naruto runs off with her cries echoing through the forest.
"Naruto…" Sasuke collapses and tears run down his cheeks. "What is wrong with me?"
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Tazuna and Kakashi were walking back from the bridge with Sakura running ahead. They both heard the crying at the edge of the forest and Kakashi looked at Sakura to see her still running back towards Tazuna's house. She hasn't heard anything. They walk around a tree to find nothing. Their eyes widen and then Tazuna looks at Kakashi. He holds his finger to his lips in a silent message to keep quiet and the two men walked around the tree again until the roots spread to reveal Naruto curled up into a ball crying into her knees. Her arms wrapped around her knees.
"Naruto?" Kakashi says quietly as he kneels down slowly. Tazuna's eyes widen.
'I thought so. So this is what Naruto really looks like?' The old man stares at the girl who looked up to reveal her blue eyes that had tears flowing from them.
"Kakashi-sensei?" He nods at her and she jumps into his arms. "It hurts so much. I really do love him but it seems that all Sasuke wants me for is to carry on the Uchiha clan." The older men had furious expressions on their faces.
"Naruto, what happened?" Kakashi asked gently even though his face betrayed how he really felt.
"I met this nice boy in the woods. He looked more like a girl so I thought he was." She sniffles into Kakashi's vest and he held her tiny body closer to him as he stood up. Her feet dangling above the ground. "He told me that as long as I have someone to protect then I will get stronger. I thought about all the people who are close to me and the most precious one is Sasuke." She cries even more as Kakashi strokes her back. Tazuna puts a hand on her head. "But as he left he told me that he is a boy and then Sasuke comes asking who he was, then when Sasuke found out that he was a guy, he got really angry and told me I belong to him and him alone!" She cries harder and the men start walking towards the village. Before they reached the house Naruto cried herself to sleep. As Tazuna closed the door everyone's eyes fell onto them. Their eyes widened at the sight of the sleeping Naruto.
"Father, what happened?" Inari's mother asked.
"Dear, take Inari and Sakura to the market to find something for dinner." After he said this Inari and Sakura glared at Sasuke who was sitting on a window sill holding Naruto's Hitae-ite. They all reluctantly leave the house.
"Is she alright?" Sasuke asked as he walked over to them. Before he could reach them Tazuna punched him in the face splitting the boys lip.
"You young whelp, you need to learn how to treat a lady. She's upset because you aren't treating her like a person. Even still she loves you, you who use her as an item, a prize, or a breeding mare. You should be ashamed of yourself for making her cry or feel hurt or-"
"Enough, I know already. Your punching me isn't going to hurt me as much as her tears already have!" He said as his tear filled eyes looked up at the two men. "I hate myself enough as it is." Kakashi and Tazuna both look at each other.
"Sasuke, come help me with Naruto then we'll talk." Sasuke follows the man. As they put Naruto on a cot Sasuke noticed the tears that have dried on her face. He got a wet rag and gently wiped the smooth skin.
"Did you know that I fell in love with Naruto when I first saw her on the play ground?" Kakashi sits down and watches Sasuke as he cleaned the sleeping girl. "Back then I thought she was a boy." His laugh woke up the blond even though she didn't move to let the other two know. "She was sitting on the swing crying as she watched the other kids playing. They kept calling her names and she runs off. I followed her to a forest clearing that was filled with flowers." His lips held a small smile. "She is sitting in the middle of the flowers trying to stop her tears when a white fox runs out to curl up around Naruto. As the day wore on I continued to watch her. Every expression on her face made me fall deeper in love with her." His face explodes in anger at his next thought. "Then the moment was ruined by this jerk of a Genin. He comes up and kicks Naruto. He starts beating on him. When I try to help my brother arrives." His eyes narrow. "This is when he was good. He took Naruto to the hospital while I took care of the fox."
"I know the fox. Shiro has been the bigger factor in Naruto's life so he's like a parent." Kakashi explained.
"From that time on, I have always been watching her. Even though most of the villagers have mistreated her she is pure hearted." He caresses her cheeks. "I really do love her. Even so, I still hurt her." Kakashi gets up to leave as Sasuke's tears well up.
"Just don't hurt her, Sasuke. If you break her heart I will have to kill you." Kakashi says before he shuts the door. Before Sasuke got up one of his tears drops onto Naruto's cheek. He walked over to the window to stare out at the blurry view. Naruto's hand wipes the tear from her face to look at it as tears pour down her cheeks. She balls her hand into a fist to hold it to her chest.
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The next day-
The seventh morning of training.
"Where is Naruto?" Sakura asked Kakashi as they stood in the middle of the forest.
"She left again by herself last night." He told her.
"She's missing breakfast. I can't believe Naruto is really a girl. Plus Sasuke goes off on a walk and doesn't come back…" She sighs. A Kunai is thrown down between them which shock them enough to look up. They saw Naruto laying face down on the tree branch at the top of the tree with one of her shapely legs dangling.
"Hehe…" She giggles down at them. She looks exhausted.
"She can already climb up that high?" Sakura looked up in awe. 'Wow.'
'Heh.' Kakashi looks up. 'Probably because she decided to stop using the Genjutsu to disguise herself.'
"What do you think?!" She shouts down at them. "Look at how high I can climb now!" The two look at the marks going up the tree. Naruto struggles to get to her feet. One of her feet slips on the branch.
"Whoa!" She starts falling. "Ah." Her eyes widen.
"Ahh! Idiot!" Sakura shouts out as she panics.
"Oh no! If you fall from that height…!" The silver headed Jounin's eyes widen.
"Aww!" Naruto cries out as she slowly falls.
"Kya!" Sakura shrieks.
'Damn! My body is still…' Kakashi staggers a little with his crutch.
"Just kidding!" Naruto giggles as she uses her chakra covered feet to grab the bottom of the branch. "Haha! You fell for it!" She continues to giggle as the other two glares up at her.
"You scared me, idiot!" She yells at Naruto. 'I'll kill you later!' Kakashi looks at her wavering chakra until it completely topped and Naruto started falling again.
"Ah!" Naruto squeaks out.
"Uh…Ah!" Kakashi starts panicking again.
"Aww!" Sakura's face explodes in anger. "Stupid Naruto! Stop showing off!" She shouts out.
"Ahh! Gyaah!" Naruto shrieks as she falls and Sasuke decides to let his presence be known just to save his girlfriend. He climbs the tree and hangs down quick enough to grab one of Naruto's slender ankles. "Ah?"
"You moron…" Sasuke says as he glares down at her.
"Sasuke!" Naruto growls at the furrowed eyes looking down at him. "I'm not talking to you." Naruto pouts and looks away from the boy. A frown appears on his face.
"Yay! Sasuke! You're the best!" Sakura cheers up at him but shuts up when Naruto's glare is directed at her.
'These guys are growing up well…' Kakashi thinks as he smiles up at the two.
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"Ahhhh!" A shriek rang out through the quiet house. "I over slept!" Naruto slams the sliding door open revealing the large shirt that engulfed her small frame. On top of her head is the cute panda hat that she wears to bed. Her long hair tucked into it. "Hey! Hey! Where's everyone?" She asks Inari and his mother.
"Oh! Naruto, you're already awake?" Inari's mother says as she pauses in her knitting. "Sensei said that you should rest…" She cuts herself off when the girl rushes down the hallway.
"I knew it! I knew it!" She growls as she tears her pajama's off. "They left me behind!" She hurriedly yanks her clothes on. "I'm off!" She says as she stomps out the door. "Damn! They should have woken me up!" Naruto growls out as she jumps from tree to tree. She hears a rustling in the bushes. "Huh?" She stares at the area that it came from. 'What the…?'
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Two thugs busted down the door of Tazuna's house scaring Inari's mother. "Are you Tazuna's daughter?" The skinny one asks with a gleam in his eyes. "Sorry but you are coming with us." Inari's in the bathroom washing his hands when he heard his mother scream.
"Kyaa!" His eyes widen and he rushes into the kitchen to see her sitting, leaning against the cabinets with a frightened look on her face.
"Mom!" He shouts as the thugs turn to look at him.
"What, kid?" Mr. Muscles asks the small boy.
"Don't come! Run away!" She shouts at him.
"Should we take him too?" Mr. Muscles asks.
"We only need one hostage." Skinny replies.
'Hostage?!' Inari starts shaking.
"Then…Hehe…" Mr. Muscles starts unsheathing his sword. "Should I kill him?" Inari starts crying.
"Wait!" Inari's mother shouts at the men. "If you touch that child…I will bite my tongue and kill myself." The tears continue to run down Inari's cheeks. "You want a hostage, right?" Inari looks at his mother in shock.
"Heh…Thank your mom, kid." Skinny says.
"Damn…I wanted to cut something." Mr. Muscles says with a smirk on his face.
"Give it a rest…You just cut up a bunch of stuff. Let's hurry and take her." Skinny says.
"Uu…U…" Inari cries. 'Mom…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…' He shakes with his tears. 'I'm a weak kid. I can't protect you…' His tears pour down quicker. 'And I don't want to die…I'm afraid…'
'You little sissy!' Naruto says in his head. Inari's eyes widen. He thought about what Naruto said to him. 'Crying like an actor in a tragedy.' Then Kakashi's face pops up.
"She's probably sick and tired of crying.' He thought back to Naruto.
'An idiot like you should just keep crying!' Her face held an angry glare. 'You little sissy!' Inari's face turns sad as he remembered what Kakashi said about Naruto.
'She knows what it means to truly be strong. Just like your dad.' He looks down at his hands as he thought of his mom and then what his dad said.
'If it's truly precious, even if you lose your life, you must protect it with these two hands.' He rubbed his tears off with his arms and thought of everyone.
'They're all so incredible…So cool…So strong…' He clenched his fists as he stood up. 'Will I…Will I also be able to become strong…Dad?!'
"Hehe…Looking at that pretty skin makes me want to cut it." Mr. Muscles says in Inari's mothers' ear.
"Walk faster." Skinny says.
"Wait!" Inari shouts to get their attention.
"Huh?" Mr. Muscles and Skinny turned to stare at the boy.
"Inari!" His mother shouts out.
"It's that kid…" Mr. Muscles says as they stare at the small figure.
'I can…!' He glares at them. "Get…" He grits his teeth. "Get away from my mom!" He puts his head down and starts charging the men. "Uaa!"
"Geez…Stupid kid…" Mr. Muscles says as they shuffled their feet a little.
"Cut him." Skinny tells him.
"Sure." The muscled freak wraps his fingers around the hilt of his sword.
"Inari!" His mother shouts as they slashed their swords through a log.
"Kawarimi no Jutsu?" They stared at the chunks of wood.
"Sorry for being late." Naruto said as she set them down behind the thugs. "But the hero usually shows up at the last second…"
"Naruto…" Inari stares at the girl.
"Great job, Inari!" Naruto says as she grins at the young boy.
"Well, well, if it isn't one of the loser Ninja's Tazuna hired." Mr. Muscles taunts Naruto while leering at her young body.
"Thanks to you distracting them, I was able to save your mom." Naruto grins. The thugs start to attack them.
"Are you going to be alright?" Inari asks the girl.
"Yeah." Naruto says taking out two Shuriken to throw at them.
"Heh, like that will work against us!" They say as they dodge the Shuriken.
"Idiot!" Naruto says as they transform into clones. They kick the thugs square in the face.
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You could see an ice dome off in the distance where Zabuza is blocking Kakashi from helping Sasuke who is inside of the dome. Sakura is standing guard in front of Tazuna to protect him.
"Guaa!" Sasuke screams from pain inside of the dome.
"If you get by me I'll kill those two." Zabuza taunts the silver haired Jounin.
"Damn." Kakashi grits out.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cries out from his painful yells. Sasuke has his head in his hands with his fingers threading through his hair as his head pounds from the strain his eyes are going through trying to see through Haku's attacks.
"Aww!" He cries out again.
"Tazuna-san…I'm sorry…I'm going to leave you for a moment." Sakura says quietly to the old man. He looks down at her with worry filled eyes.
"Yeah. Go!" He tells her. She runs off and pulls out a Kunai.
"Sasuke-kun!" She shouts out at him as she throws it through the ice mirrors that create the dome. Haku pops out of a mirror to catch the Kunai before it could reach him. Sakura's eyes widen. 'He blocked it!' A Shuriken spins towards Haku but before he could dodge it, it hits him right on his mask.
"Uh!" Haku hits the ground. Everyone is confused at where the Shuriken came from.
"Who?" Sakura wondered. A cloud of smoke covered a small portion of the bridge.
'That idiot…Show-off…' Sasuke smirked.
'Hyperactive, #1 loudest ninja…?!' Haku looks towards the smoke. 'More like Kunoichi…' The dust cleared and everyone's eyes widen as the blond Kunoichi is revealed.
"Uzumaki Naruto!" She grins widely. "Has finally arrived!" She took a small step forward. "Now that I'm here everything will be fine!" She points a finger at them. "The main character of a story usually shows up in these types of situations and instantly…" She pauses to smile at Kakashi. "…Kicks the enemies' ass!"
'Geez…That idiot!' Kakashi looks at the girl with irritation on his face. 'What kind of entrance is that? And she calls herself a ninja? Why isn't she using Genjutsu?' Tazuna has a smile on his face.
"Naruto!" Sakura shouts out with glee.
'You talk too much…' Sasuke thought as he holds a perturbed look on his face.
'Bah…That brat…But what happened to the Genjutsu she used…?' Zabuza wondered as he gazed at her with a heated look. Haku looked from Zabuza to Naruto.
'I see that she took my advice…And now she won't be holding back.' The young boy thought. Zabuza glares at the boy and Kakashi's eyes widen as Zabuza throws Shuriken.
"Damn!" Kakashi curses just as Haku throws some Senbon. Naruto readies herself.
'Here it comes!' Before the Shuriken could hit her the Senbon deflected them. Naruto looked confused when they all hit the ground. The others had a shocked expression.
"Haku, what is this?" Zabuza asks.
"Zabuza-san…These kids…" He bows his head. "Please let me fight them my way." Zabuza looks at the teen contemplating why he would take them on.
"So you don't want me to interfere, Haku?" He asked as he stood straight up. "You're as soft as always…"
'Soft? He's right. Attacking with needles, yet not aiming them at high damage areas. Is he trying not to kill me?' Sasuke wonders as he looked from his wounds to the mirrors surround him. 'But what is this jutsu? Having clones in the mirrors all throwing needles…No, it's too fast for that. I can't even see where they are coming from.' He looks at Haku. 'And if it was Bunshin no Jutsu, then why the mirrors? These mirrors serve some kind of purpose in this attack.' He grits his teeth. 'Well, with me on the inside, and Naruto attacking from the outside…'
"Hey! I came to save you!" Naruto says as she squats down in front of Sasuke. Sasuke's cheeks flush when he notices that Naruto forgot to put her black spandex shorts on. Her matching blue panties are revealed. Then Sasuke realizes that Naruto ruined his plans.
"You total moron! If you're a Shinobi then use your head! Why did you come inside the mirrors?! Damn it! I don't care anymore! You're an idiot!" As he shouts at the girl he closes her legs so that he couldn't see her panties.
"What did you say?! I come to save you and this is what I get?! And what are you doing?!" She wiggles her legs trying to shake his hands off.
"I can see your underwear, idiot!" He growls as his blush deepens.
'That's Naruto…She comes to help you yet makes things worse…' Kakashi stares at the two. 'If I go to them then Tazuna-san will be in danger…' He looks at Zabuza then quickly back to the pair. 'But I can't just leave them…' He looks at Zabuza again. 'If I use a Kage Bunshin, he'll just stop me with a water Bunshin. I'll just waste chakra.' Haku gets up and enters the mirror. The two younger teens were shocked.
'Ok, so there's the real one.' Sasuke's hand moves down to his weapon pouch on his thigh.
"Over here." Haku calls out surprising the boy.
'He moved?!' He wonders as he looks over his shoulder. His scratched and bloody face showing more emotions than he normally allows. 'Then I'll just bust these mirrors!' He starts doing a chain of seals.
"What's going on here?" Naruto asks.
"Fire technique…" 'If these mirrors are made of ice, then…' He takes a deep breath. "Grand Fireball no Jutsu!" The dome is suddenly filled with fire. Once it was cleared Sasuke saw that nothing has changed.
"It didn't do anything!" Naruto shouts at him.
"You cannot melt this ice with that level of fire." Haku informs the boy.
"Damn." Haku started attacking again. "Guaa!"
"Waa!" Naruto cries out from pain. They land on their asses. 'Attacking from everywhere! A Bunshin?!' Naruto grits her teeth. "Where's the real one?!"
"Trying to follow with your eyes is impossible. You will never be able to catch me." Haku taunts.
"Bah!" Naruto scoffs and starts doing hand signs. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
"Don't…" Sasuke says too late.
"Then I'll fight the real one by crushing them all!" Naruto thinks as her clones go after each of the mirrors. As soon as one gets close to Haku he disappears to another mirror. As he kept evading Naruto's attacks he steps in puddles, splashing water. He attacked the clones making them disappear with a poof. "Uwaa!"
"This jutsu uses the mirrors reflection to transport me." Haku's voice echoes inside of the dome. "From my point of view. You seem to be moving in slow-motion." Naruto gets up from being sprawled on her back. Sasuke blushes and presses Naruto's legs closed so her underwear is hidden. If they could see Haku's face they would be laughing. His face was blushing with widened eyes and a drool trail. Sasuke stared at his girlfriend as she straightened her skirt.
"Damn it!" She tugs her skirt down further over her legs. "So what!" She says to Haku. She closes one eye tightly, wincing from the pain. "I can't die here…" She says as she grits her teeth. "I have a dream I must fulfill…" She thought of becoming Hokage and mother to Sasuke's children.
"Becoming a true Shinobi is difficult for me…" Haku tells them. "If possible, I don't want to have to kill you." As he says this they glare at him. "Nor want you to have to kill me…" He pauses to stand up straight. "I can destroy my kind heart with a blade and become a true Shinobi." The cold air emanating from the mirrors forms ice crystals. "This bridge is the place where we fight…" The fog flows around everyone. "…To connect to our dreams." He looks directly at Naruto. "Me, for my dreams." Sweat pours down the couples faces. "And you for your dreams." Sakura listens to him. "Please don't hate me." Kakashi and Zabuza also watch and listen. "I want to protect someone precious to me. To work for that person. To fight for that person. To make that person's dreams come true." Kakashi looks at Zabuza knowing the boy is talking about him. "This is my dream." Under the mask Haku's face holds sadness. "For that, I can become a Shinobi." His face turns serious. "I can kill you." The two teens look at him and smile.
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