Authors Note: Okay so I have a few things to address before this chapter starts. When I made this story, I told myself I would balance a few things out. Mainly, Naruto's strength and the bashing. About his strength, I didn't want him to just completely obliterate every opponent he fought. That would get boring to read, really quick. I want to like slowly build him up, starting Naruto off moderately strong and slowly work his way up. You might notice that he will seem a little stronger staring now on also and will certainly progress.
Okay enough of that, now about the bashing. That's pretty much up to you guys. I'm just a humble author who wants to give the community what they want. So next time to review, tell me if you want bashing or not. And tell me if you want Haku to die or be added to Naruto's harem. Haku is in fact a female, well in this story she is. If you guys (or gals) have any other suggestions or things you'd like to see in the story, don't be scared to tell me in a review or PM me. I just might make your wish happen haha. Alright that's enough of me…so without further ado here's chapter 5. Enjoy.
Extended Author's Note: Yes this is in fact an edited chapter. After weeks on hard thinking and a few dissatisfied reviews and messages, I decided to lengthen the Wave chapter instead of splitting in in two like I originally planned. Forgive me for the long hiatus, school's been a bitch. Anyways on with the chapter.
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto
After the brief battle with Zabuza, Team Seven and Tazuna had made it to his small cabin for a nicely deserved rest. Once they entered the building, they were greeted by the sight of a young age woman cleaning the kitchen.
"Dad you're back!" She cried running and hugging Tazuna.
"I told you I'd be back with help Tsunami." The old man said patting her head softly.
"Who are they?" She asked pulling away from the embrace of her father and motioning to the group of shinobi standing next to him.
"These are shinobi from Konoha I hired to help with the building of the bridge. Shinobi, this is my daughter Tsunami." Tazuna introduced.
"Thank you so much for protecting my father, I was so worried something would happen to him." Tsunami said bowing slightly at the ninja.
"No need to thank us, it's our duty after all." Kakashi said putting his hands in his pocket. Sakura's stomach growled loudly causing her to blush severely and hold her head down.
"You five must be hungry, please sit down." Tsunami said turning back to the kitchen. "I was just about to start on lunch anyway."
At that moment, a young boy walked into the kitchen and eyed the Team 7.
"Oh hello there, Inari. Your grandpa Tazuna got help from the leaf village." Tsunami explained.
"Why do you guys bother to try so hard? No matter how hard you train, you're still no match for Gatō's men! No matter what glorious claims you make or how hard you work, the weak will only end up getting killed!" Inari cried with a glare.
"Brat, this Gato sounds like nothing more than a weak man with a bunch of slightly less weak thugs to back him up. He's no match for me." Naruto stated calmly.
"You come from a strong village with no problems, you don't know how hard life really is!" Inari accused. "You don't know what it's like to struggle!"
Naruto was quiet for a few moment s staring at Inari. Suddenly everyone in the cabin excluding Naruto felt a very large killing intent in the air. It was suffocating Tazuna, Tsunami, Sakura, and Sasuke while Kakashi was affected by it but not as severely as the others. Naruto glared at Inari, balling his fist and gritting his teeth.
"Child don't you dare tell me I know nothing of hardship. I could tell you things that would give you nightmares for days and you wouldn't believe the things I've gone through. Trust me when I say you've had it easy kid." The blond said before turning and exiting the house, slamming the door behind him.
"So who wants dumplings?" Tsunami asked after a few moments of silence.
-Somewhere In a Forest-
"Stupid child!" Naruto shouted swinging his sword sending a large arc of energy at a group of trees tearing through them very easily. He turned around and swung his sword again, sending another torrent of destructive power, demolishing another part of the forest. Holding up his hand, a small orb began forming in his palm. Within seconds, it was a shifting pink ball of controlled energy. Firing it into a group of trees, it exploded and the trees slowly started disintegrating into nothing. Turning his head slightly he growled.
"Come out before I make you come out." He said.
A robed female walked from behind the few trees that hadn't been destroyed in Naruto's wrath. Naruto turned to look at her and narrowed his eyes. She wore a basic kimono, had long black hair, and wore a kind expression.
"Is something bothering you?" She asked.
"Oh no, nothing is wrong." Naruto answered a look of annoyance on his face.
"How about you stop being sarcastic and tell me?" The female questioned.
"It doesn't matter, associate of Zabuza." Naruto stated. At this, the young lady reached for her pockets to retrieve some Senbon but was stopped by Naruto's sword at her neck.
"You move that sword really fast considering its size." She said, beads of sweat rolling down her forehead.
"If I wanted to, I could have easily killed you." Naruto said. "But I didn't."
Zabuza's apprentice was shocked when he removed his sword from her neck and stabbed it into the ground.
"What's your name?" He asked.
"My name is Haku." She answered. "What is yours?"
"Uzumaki Naruto." The swordsman responded.
"So Naruto, if you know I'm an accomplice of Zabuza then why have you not killed me?" Haku asked.
"Because, I don't have anything to gain from it personally." He answered.
"But I am endangering your mission to protect Tazuna, correct?" She asked, not understanding.
"Believe me when I say that I don't have Konoha's best interest in mind. In fact, my goal is to make that village suffer for what it has done to me." Naruto said, narrowing his eyes.
"You're just one person Naruto-san." Haku pointed out. "What can you expect to do up against the strongest shinobi village?"
"I have the power of a God, Haku." Naruto said holding his hand palm upwards. Haku watched as something strange began happening. She watched the space in his palm start to ripple and distort until something started forming. That "something" slowly grew into a small glowing cube. Naruto then grabbed the cube with his other hand and stretched it out until it became sword-like.
"Is that what I think it is?" Haku asked.
"Yes." Naruto said holding it up to the light. "A blade crafted from the fabric of space itself."
"You're a strange one Naruto-san." Haku mused.
"How am I strange?" He asked.
"You're revealing your techniques to an enemy." She stated. "Either you don't care about me knowing your abilities or you know for sure me and Zabuza-sama are no match for you."
"Both are correct." He said with a shrug. "We don't have to be enemies Haku-san. You and Zabuza-san could be very useful on my side."
"I'll ask him what he thinks of your proposal." Haku said. Naruto nodded before grabbing his sword and then breaking down into pixels, and in a few seconds was gone.
-Tazuna's House-
Naruto reappeared in front of the small house and put his sword onto his back. Walking into the house, he only saw Tsunami at the table eating soup. She noticed him and he raised an eyebrow.
"You're friends went to go train. Kakashi-san told me to tell you to just train on your own." She said.
'There's nothing he could teach me that would be useful anyway.' The blond thought angrily. He turned and went straight back outside. Letting out a huff, Naruto headed the forest to start some training of his own.
Once he got to a part of the forest he deemed secluded, he made three clones of himself. These weren't normal clones however, these clones blinked into existence without Naruto performing a hand sign. His Mugengan was activated, two stars on the pupil.
"Training time." Naruto simply said before quickly drawing his sword and swinging it at the clone closest to him. Clone 1(clone that was attacked by Naruto) ducked to the ground to avoid the attack before performing a sweep kick. Jumping back to avoid the kick, Naruto then raised his sword to block a swing from Clone 2. Pushing the clone back Naruto then pumped lighting chakra into his sword, coating the blade in electricity. Clone 2 threw his hand out causing Naruto to fly back several feet before he could swing. Clone 3 rushed towards the original preparing to strike with its sword.
Just before Naruto was stuck by the attack he teleported into the air above Clone 3. Surprised by this, the clone was then cut through by Naruto's lighting covered sword. The original looked up to see both the clones quickly teleporting towards him. Naruto raised his arm to block a punch from Clone 1 and turned intangible to avoid a sword jab from Clone 2. He then teleported several feet away from them and slashed the air with his hand. Hundreds and glowing needles appeared in front of him before flying towards the clones. Clone 2 was torn apart by the attack while Clone 1 evaded it. The last clone quickly went through a string of hand signs before firing a ball of high pressurized wind from its mouth. Naruto quickly held out his hand causing a barely visible, clear shield to appear in front of him. The furious winds went around the original causing him to smirk.
"It's time to end this." Naruto stated. He held out his hand and balled it into a fist. "Spatial Crushing." The clone had a panicked look on its face as the area around it started folding up. Clone 1 was thrown to the ground by an invisible force and faded from existence. Giving a satisfied nod, the blond teleported back to Tazuna's house. Once he got there, he raised an eyebrow at the strange noises he was hearing within. Preparing himself, Naruto stepped inside.
Inside, Naruto saw Tsunami being held captive by two thugs with katanas. They noticed the closing of the front door and turned to see nothing. Thug 1 (Can't remember his name) licked his lips, eyeing Tsunami up and down. Going for her pants, he suddenly felt a presence very close to him. Turning his head slightly, he saw Naruto's Mugengan promising death. Thug 2 let out a surprised cry at the sudden appearance of the blond before he was blown backwards by an invisible force. Thug 1 turned around to slice through Naruto with his sword but his eyes widened when the weapon straight through him as if he wasn't there.
"W-What are you?" Thug 1 stammered trying to attack Naruto again only for it to fail.
"Portal Fury." Naruto mumbled a portal opening behind Thug 1. A quick flurry of punches and kicks were delivered to the man and he was beaten to the ground. Naruto heard a battle cry and turned to see Thug 2 running at him with his sword raised. Naruto waved his hand in the air creating an invisible shied that blocked the attack.
"And you have the nerve to call yourself a swordsman." The blond said before he quickly drew his sword and shoved it through the chest of the thug. Flinging the body off the sword, Naruto stabbed it into the ground, to be precise into the body of the other thug. Tsunami looked at him, slightly afraid of what he might do to her.
"Where are the others?" Naruto asked.
"At the b-bridge." She answered.
"Stay here." Naruto said before turning and teleporting to his "team".
-Bridge-
Sasuke wasn't the best of times right now. He was fighting the masked shinobi from earlier who had trapped him inside a large ice prism. Not only that but he kept going in and out of the mirrors and that made it very difficult to fight back. Especially when he was throwing volleys of Senbon at Sasuke. On the plus side, Sasuke had finally unlocked his Sharingan but that didn't do much help. The masked ninja appeared again and sent a hail of Senbon; the Uchiha closed his eyes and waited for the pain. When he felt nothing after a few moments, he opened his eyes and looked up to see Naruto holding out his hand and the Senbon floating in the air.
"Great job Sasuke." Naruto said sarcastically before letting the Senbon fall to the ground.
"S-Shut up loser." Sasuke scoffed, spitting out a glob of blood. Naruto held out his hand towards Haku.
"Come here." He mumbled. Haku was about to throw more Senbon when he suddenly was teleported in front of the blond shinobi.
"W-what just happened?" She asked startled.
"I teleported you towards me but that's irrelevant." Naruto explained. "Have you considered my offer?"
"Yes." Haku answered. "Zabuza-sama and I will join you in your quest."
"Alright now let's just-"Naruto started before he was cut off.
"Zabuza-sama is in danger!" Haku cried before she disappeared. The ice prism around Sasuke and Naruto began to fell apart at the lack of Haku within. Naruto quickly teleported after her, leaving Sasuke there.
Zabuza had definitely seen better days. After having two of his henchmen killed, he then found himself held in place by several ninja hounds and Hatake Kakashi about to end his life. Just as Kakashi was about to strike him with his Raikiri, Haku appeared in front of her master, ready to take the blow. However, Naruto then appeared in front of Haku, grabbing Kakashi's wrist and held it into the air.
"N-Naruto, what are you doing?" Kakashi asked, his voice holding a tone of anger.
"There is no need to kill him; we're better off taking them as prisoners." Naruto stated simply.
"As your superior, Naruto I order you to mov-"Kakashi was cut off by Naruto glaring at him, Mugengan activated.
"Don't ever call yourself my superior Hatake, no one commands me." Naruto growled out, barely containing his anger. His grip on Kakashi's wrist tightened to the point that it hurt causing the Jonin to snatch his arm away. The Raikiri fizzed out as Kakashi reluctantly nodded and Naruto turned his attention to their former enemies. Just as the blond was about to say something he heard slow clapping of in the distance. Everyone turned towards the noise and saw a short, fat man wearing an expensive suit surrounded by dozens of bandits. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the short man, realizing who he was.
"Zabuza, I gave you one easy job to do and you couldn't even get that done. So I came up with a really good idea, kill you and the bridge builder with my bandits I hired, and then keep that bitch of yours for myself." Gato said with an evil sneer. Zabuza glared at the businessman from his position, fighting the urge to pass out.
"Zabuza, up for a little bet?" Naruto asked as he removed his sword from his back and stabbed it into the ground. The blond gave Zabuza an Energy Replenishing Pill who pulled down his bandages to chew it. The former Mist-Swordsman picked up his sword and Naruto did the same. Kakashi, catching on to what the two were doing, reluctantly armed himself with two kunai.
"Let's see who kills the most." Naruto challenged, a bloodthirsty grin spreading across his face.
"Whoever brings me Zabuza's head will get the biggest reward!" Gato called out causing the bandits to let out a battle cry before charging forward. Naruto brandished his blade and ran ahead, followed by Zabuza and Kakashi. Naruto channeled fire chakra to his sword, the surface of the blade being covered in flames. He swung the sword and cleaved through several men at once, blood splattering against his armor. He made a mental note to limit his power so not to show anything to Kakashi that the Jonin didn't already know. Naruto would be a fool if he revealed all his techniques to the enemy.
Zabuza mentally counted how many he had killed as he evaded several weapons being thrown at him, swinging his sword around and decapitating all the enemies around him. Kakashi on the other hand stayed behind, watching Naruto and hoping someone would kill him. Ducking under the sword slash of a bandit, he sprang up and slit the man's throat. Kakashi looked over his shoulder to see Sakura watching after a wounded Sasuke. Haku on the other hand had decided to take part in the "competition". A blood covered Naruto and Zabuza stood before an extremely scared, cowering Gato. The short tyrant held up his arms in defense as he slowly backed up.
"N-N-Now hold on there, fellas, I'm s-sure we can talk this out." Gato stuttered.
"Do you want him or shall I?" Naruto asked as he stared at the man in front of them.
"You can get top and I'll get bottom." Zabuza said as he grinned behind the bandages covering his mouth. Hearing his words, Gato turned and attempted to run away. However it was of no use as in one swift movement, Naruto had removed Gato's head and Zabuza had cleaved his body in two. The dismembered corpse of Gato fell to the ground, the blood quickly staining the ground. Without another glance, Naruto turned from the pieces and began walking back towards his sensei, with Haku and Zabuza quickly joining him.
The bridge was quickly built with the help of Naruto's dozens of shadow clones, construction not taking long at all. Tazuna smiled as he looked at the bridge.
"Gato and his goons are dead, the village is safe, mission accomplished." Naruto said in a monotone voice. "We shall be taking Zabuza and Haku back to Konoha as prisoners."
Kakashi opened his mouth to argue but decided there was no point as much as he hated to admit it, the jinchuriki was right. He looked over Sasuke who had woken back up and let out a sigh of relief.
"Alright then, let's head on home." Kakashi said causing Naruto to scoff at the word. They bid farewell to the very grateful Tazuna and began the trek back to Konoha.