Sage of the Elements

by BackwardsHazard

Naruto is attacked by a mob as a child, the end results end with him obtaining an affinity to all the major elements, how will this affect him? there's going to be plenty of humor and a harem, M for language, and suggestive themes

11. Chapter 11

Ok peeps, next chapter up.

Now for what you've all been waiting for, the meeting of Naruto and girl numba tres, Haku. Hopefully I can make this original _.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto dammit, quit asking!

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"speech"

'Thoughts'

"Kyubi speech"

'Kyubi thoughts'

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Chapter 11: Chance meetings.

It had been two days since Naruto's little blow up. It was nighttime as we find our blonde hero sitting in a shallow crater surrounded by several mauled trees. To say he had been 'creative' in their destruction would have been an understatement, as even in a rage Naruto used the time to test new abilities. He looked around for a moment taking in the site of the destroyed clearing, there were several trees that had holes bored through them with scorched edges from a rather interesting combination of lightning and wind natured chakra. He'd read about storm release which worked mostly the same way but that was a water/lightning kekkei genkai. This was something different as the piercing power of lightning mixed with the cutting power of wind. It was odd watching the wind chakra spiral around the lightning chakra and it created something pretty fucking dangerous. He tilted his head to the side slightly to get a better look at the tree behind the one full of holes, sure enough the tree behind that had a matching set, and the tree behind that...and the tree behind that...to continue off out of sight.

Thinking he might have overdone that jutsu a bit he looked down to his poor singed tail which was free of his pants as he had wanted to see if his clones training with the thing had paid off. To an extent would be a good description. He had found that by channeling a jutsu through his tail he could call forth skills through said appendage, for instance, going through seals and smacking the ground with his tail to throw up an earth wall, or smacking a tree with a tazer infused tail. All in all it was a productive blow up if he did say so himself...as he passed out from exhaustion.

-Morning-

Haku was humming a nice tune as she walked through the forest, it was one of the few places that she could just relax, it was quiet, peaceful even. But like all things, peace being one of them, it was simply a temporary thing. She had come to find herbs to help Zabuza recover from the paralysis she had placed him under, it was her lot in life to serve the man, after all he had saved her, raised her as his own and taught her everything she needed to know to be an effective tool for him, to be used...and abused at his whim. Thankfully the very few abuses had been near death experiences due to her career choice, and not from anything more sinister. Walking for a few more minutes she found herself in the clearing that had some of the best herbs she needed...only to find half of it was destroyed. She gasped when she noticed a familiar blonde boy in the middle of a small crater near the center of the clearing.

'It's him...' She thought, her heart beginning to race at the possibilities, if this boy had Hyōton, could he really be...family? The thought seemed foreign to her, she approached him slowly, careful to make sure he wasn't tricking her. 'What should I do, he could be family, but he's also Zabuza's enemy.' before she realized it she had reached her hand out towards the boy, whether to strangle him or wake him she didn't know. She made to pull back but the boy had apparently sensed the mixed intent in her actions and a hand shot from the side and grabbed her arm. The boy shot up at his subconscious action and glared around bleary eyed as sunlight filled his vision.

Haku meanwhile nearly jumped out of her skin as she had barely registered the hang grabbing hold of her or the boy moving for that matter. 'Such speed?' She flinched visibly at the contact.

Naruto only now coming to his senses noticed the girl in front of him, or more specifically the hand that was grabbing the girl's wrist. With a quick apology he released her and backed away a bit.

Haku quickly lowered in a small bow "I'm sorry if I startled you, I was just checking to see if you were alright. It's not good to sleep out in the open like that."

Naruto on the other hand was shocked at how pretty the girl in front of him was, sure she wasn't Anko...not many people were that crazy after all... but she had her own beauty to her. Shaking his head to clear his thoughts as her words caught up to him. "Uhh, no problem. Sorry if I hurt you or anything, I usually don't react like that when I sleep." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

She smiled "Don't worry, I may not look like much but I can protect myself just fine."

'Wow she's got such a nice smile, weird though, why does she seem so familiar?' he took in a deep breath of morning air, what looked like a yawn was secretly him testing the scents around him. 'Seriously why does she put me on edge?'

"Maybe it's because shes that damn Hunter-nin you met the other day?" Kyuubi growled inside his head.

Naruto's eyes bugged comically but he quickly calmed himself realizing if this girl knew who he was then she could easily kill him if he wasn't expecting it. Hell maybe that was why his hand acted the way it did, she might have tried to choke him in his sleep.

Haku noted Naruto's expression curiously "Something wrong?" she asked one of her hands tensing in anticipation.

"No." He said quickly, "I just realized that I've been out here for two days. My sensei is probably gonna kick my ass when I get back" He chuckled nervously.

"Sensei? Are you a ninja?" Her hand relaxed a little bit.

Naruto chuckled "Yep, the names Naruto Uzumaki, and do you think a normal person could have done all this?" He made a small motion with one of his hands indicating the destroyed clearing.

"I suppose not...What are you doing out here anyway?" She asked, 'Besides destroying a perfectly nice clearing.' Mentally rolling her eyes.

"Well...heh heh...I guess I was training. I kinda blew up on the clients kid and walked off so I wouldn't kill someone, I guess I took it out on the trees...at least they died for a good cause." He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment and laughed when he noticed that the girl had that look on her face that meant it was a bullshit excuse. "Hey just why are you out here miss...?"

"Haku. My name is Haku, and speaking of the forest, I came out here to gather herbs for a friend of mine, this clearing had several of the herbs I needed." She raised an eyebrow at Naruto accusingly.

"Uhh...sorry?" He apologized sheepishly. "If you want I could have this place fixed up in a sec."

"Oh? And just how do you plan to do that?" She placed her hands on her hips as if waiting for him.

"You might need to move a little bit so you don't get caught up in this." As she backed off from the clearing Naruto used a simple earth jutsu to fill in the holes in the clearing, then running through several elaborate sets of seals he slammed his palms together "Wood Release: Restoration!" The air around Naruto started to buzz as the trees and plant life started to grow, the trees full of holes from Naruto's earlier experiments filled in leaving no trace from their abuse. After a minute or so the clearing was even more vibrant than before, with many lush fruit bearing trees and herb plants dotting the edges.

Haku stood back and watched the transformation with wide eyes 'Mokuton as well? Just who...or better yet WHAT the hell is he?' She was shaken from her amazement by the boy in question waving a hand in front of her face.

"Haku, helloooo?"

"What?" She started.

"You were spacing out there. Anything wrong?" There was a genuine concern in his voice, despite the two being enemies, Haku was starting to grow on him. She was nice if a bit too polite.

"N-no. Nothings wrong."

"Good" He flashed one of his large smiles which made Haku blush slightly...wait blush?

Haku was having the weirdest reaction to the boy, she felt a bit hot, steamy even. It started at her toes and worked its way up, she felt comfortable around him, even more so than with Zabuza himself! "W-Well I better pick the herbs I need for my friend, I've been out here longer than I should have."

"Ok, I'll help you" He threw her a thumbs up and the two went to work gathering the herbs she needed, every once in awhile Naruto would ask about a certain plant and its uses to which Haku answered the best she could, all in all it was a pleasant experience for the both of them.

Standing up to wipe the sweat from her brow, Haku sighed "That should be enough" The small basket in her hands was filled to the brim with herbs. She turned and smiled to Naruto "Thank you for helping me, it was fun while it lasted."

"Oh, it was no big deal." Naruto grinned back. "It would be a crime not to help a pretty girl like you"

Haku couldn't hold it anymore as she let out a laugh. It wasn't a loud laugh but it held an honest humor to it, like she was pushing aside all her troubles and just enjoying the moment. "I had fun today, I wish I could stay but my friend needs these herbs soon, I'll be seeing you." She turned and walked away but almost as an afterthought she stopped, "Oh, and by the way, I'm a guy." before continuing on her way.

"An obvious lie" Kyuubi mentally snorted, "You can practically FEEL her attraction for you, she's just making shit up so she doesn't have to face you." Naruto raised an eyebrow at the retreating girl " If she's attracted to you, go work your heroic mojo on her hehehehe" Naruto flashed a little grin at that, if this lady had the hots for him maybe they wouldn't have to fight Zabuza after all. Naruto snuck up on the retreating girl a crazy plan forming in his mind.

Naruto slipped his arms around the girl and felt her stiffen in shock.

"Naruto-san w-what are you do-"

"You think a lie like that can fool me Haku-chan? Or should I call you Hunter-chan instead?"

'Oh Kami, he knows' Haku shook a little bit in the boy's grasp, he had his arms around hers so even if she put up a fight she couldn't make use of her arms if he tightened his grip.

Naruto could feel her shaking and decided to mess with her a little bit. Grinning, he spoke flippantly. "I could smell you the entire time, so don't think you can fool my nose Haku-Chan you are definitely NOT a guy."

'Oh no, he knows I'm...Wait what?' She thought curiously 'He has me right where he want's me and he's making light of me telling him I'm a guy?' She stopped shaking for a moment 'Doesn't he want information from me. Use me as a hostage. Anything?' She turned slightly to look over her shoulder to see the blonde grinning from ear to ear. 'The hell? He looks like he just played a prank on someone.' The girl would have facepalmed if she could 'Of course, he tricked ME...but what is he playing at?'

Naruto let Haku sweat a little trying to figure out his little game but after a moment of brain wracking he could tell the girl had no idea what he wanted so instead of her asking something of him, he asked her. "So who are you really Haku-chan?" He poked the girl in the stomach a couple times to get her attention. "If you're strong enough to be a hunter nin at your age then you've definitely got something going for you."

Haku froze, clearly it was an innocent question but having lived as a missing nin for most of her life, it left her cautious. "W-what do you mean Naruto-san...?"

Naruto frowned at her hesitation, finally he sighed "Look Haku, despite what you may think, we aren't enemies." An eyebrow rose at that proclamation. "If I can find a way to keep us from fighting each other I'd gladly go down that path even if it's more difficult that just outright fighting you. Fighting is pointless unless you're doing it to protect."

Haku shivered despite herself, that was dangerously close to her way of thinking. She could have pushed away from him, could have fought back, could have done a bunch a things but something was making her trust him, just him holding her was making her feel hot, like he was just radiating warmth and kindness. Despite herself she started speaking shakily of her past, about how she had nearly been killed by her father after he killed their mother, Of her meeting Zabuza and of her ice power.

When she had spoken of her use of Hyōton, Naruto froze. 'The hell, I thought Hyōton was extinct. I should be the only person who can use it.'

Kyuubi cut in. "Did you forget that Kakashi said it was a bloodline of two clans? Since she's nothing like your mother or Mito and judging by her story she can only be of the other clan, the Yuki Clan...if that's the case that makes you...what? distant cousins? Huh, one of your first true enemies and its a family member...go figure."

Naruto frowned at that. "Haku...do you remember the name of your clan, did your mother ever speak of it?"

Haku looked up from her explanation to notice the frown on the boy's face. She felt uncomfortable under his scrutiny. "S-she spoke of it only once so that I would understand my past, it was one of the last things she did before she died."

"The name, Haku! What was the name?" He spoke a bit more forcefully.

"I-it was Yuki." she said fearfully at his tone, but relaxed when his face softened, though he still had an odd look on his face. "Is something wrong Naruto?"

Naruto relaxed his grip and spun the girl around in his arms, when they were face to face he enveloped her in a hug. "Aside from the fact that the two of us are family, no. Everything is just fine." You could hear a slight whimper in his voice.

Haku's eyes widened as she froze in his arms. "Wha...?"

"The Uzumaki clan and the Yuki clan are related, I-it's the reason why I can use Hyōton Haku. If I were to guess we'd be c-cousins." Naruto's voice hitched a couple times as he tried to grasp that he actually had some family left in this world.

Haku meanwhile just stood there with the shaking boy holding on to her for dear life, 'So I was right, we are related...and he feels so vulnerable right now' She tentively reached out her hands and returned the hug which made the boy stiffen a bit. Haku frowned at that 'That's an odd response to a hug, even if it wasn't expected, it's like he's not used to affection, or at least not from someone like me, and judging from the way he's acting towards me...he must have been an orphan as well...'

Naruto felt Haku's hands on his back and immediately tensed up, it wasn't like Anko hadn't hugged him like this over the years, it's just with so many emotions running through his head he hadn't expected her to return his affections quite so readily. A pat on the back? Sure. But to return his hug even if it was half hearted filled him with hope. Now more than ever he had made up his mind to avoid the fight with Zabuza...but how? "Haku-chan?" He asked slowly.

Haku looked up into the blondes eyes and saw a curious look in his eyes, it was a calculating look she had seen many times over the years. "You're trying to figure out a way for us to avoid fighting, right?" Naruto nodded. "Sigh...that is going to be difficult then. Zabuza has never been one to back down, especially if he's been beaten before by the one he's going up against." She sighed again "Not to mention Gatō has something that Zabuza needs more than just about anything else."

"What could that scumbag have that Zabuza doesn't?" Naruto's voice was filled with disgust, but he said almost as an afterthought. "Money not withstanding of course"

"Information Naruto...kun" She thought on the suffix for a second before nodding to herself, -kun would do just fine for him. "I can understand your hatred for the man, I personally don't like him either, but he has information that can help Zabuza in his goals and I am his tool to help him achieve his goals"

Naruto frowned when he heard Haku call herself a tool, she had said it so matter of fact, like it was just the way things were. Well to hell with how things were, she was family dammit and like hell his family would be used by someone else. "Haku, we may not be enemies, but speak about yourself like that again and I just may have to kill the man who put those thoughts into your head" He held the girl tighter which shocked the ice mistress, the venom in his voice at such a simple thing made her shiver. "You are not a tool Haku...I don't care if you see yourself as one. I don't. And like hell I'm letting someone use my family and just discard them like one."

Again Haku felt the warm feeling spread through her body. Just what was it that made her feel like this?

The two of them sat down next to one of the trees Naruto had abused. Naruto had his arm around Haku's side, holding her close. "Haku, if the only thing Gatō has over your heads is information, why not just beat it out of him, from the description people gave me the guy is a shimp even by shimp standards, hell one of our second year academy students could probably kick his ass."

Haku frowned. "It's against Zabuza's policy, never harm the client unless they give you a reason. Most villages go by that standard."

Naruto thought about that for a moment before a devious smile crossed Naruto's face. "Then why not give Zabuza a reason."

Haku raised an eyebrow. "Just how would we do that?"

Naruto's smile grew wider which made the corners of his eyes crinkle a little. Haku could only shiver.

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Most people in the world viewed Gatō Shipping and Transport as a legitimite business, but underneath the clean exterior we see what it truly is, a corrupt and powerful corperation hell bent on making as much money as possible, regardless of who's life they have to ruin or what country they have to cripple. We find the corporation's namesake sitting behind his desk going over documents that would, in essence lay the final stone for his movement into the mainland, it was a grand scheme that would gain him even more power and influence in the elemental nations. However, before he could finalize any of it a frantic knock came to his door.

"Enter" he growled, angry at the disturbance.

A young thug rushed in breathing hard. "S-sir! All of our men in the city are missing!"

"WHAT!" Gatō jumped up from his chair, slamming his hand on the table in front of him, several of his important papers flying off.

"That's not all sir, many of the operations in the village are at a standstill, the brothels and the protection money offices are destroyed."

"Send out the men and comb the village! Find whoever did this and end them!" Gatō stood up and grabbed his cane. Throwing on his coat he walked passed the underling, his two samurai body guards Zōri and Waraji falling into step behind him.

"Sir where are you going." The underling asked.

He turned to look back at the little pissant "I'm going to see Zabuza, only a ninja could have pulled this cluster fuck off, and the only ninja I know of that are nearby are that team from Konoha and that asshole Zabuza. I'm just going to make sure which side he's on and to dangle a nice juicy carrot in front of his face if he isn't." before he walked out the door.

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Meanwhile two shadows watched the short mans departure. One a girl who was just staring at how easy this all was and the other was a boy who was grinning like a loon.

"That was simple enough." Haku deadpanned.

Naruto chuckled. "Oh that's nothing yet, I make breaking into ANBU headquarters and dumping itching powder into their uniforms an art form. Getting a stuck up selfish bastard like Gatō to second guess himself is childs play." He tilted his head in her direction "You know your part in this right Haku?" He flashed her one of his ear to ear grins which had that wonderful warming effect on her and made her knees turn to jelly. She nodded quickly and using a mist shunshin, making her way back to their hideout. She had a part to play and if she was going to spend time getting to know her family in the foreseeable future she needed to make it believable.

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"What took you so long Haku?" Zabuza growled, spread prone on the bed in the middle of the room, it was really the only piece of furniture aside from the couch and dresser in the large cocoon shaped hideout.

"I had a few errands to run Zabuza-sama." She bowed her head slightly to the man. "I picked the herbs needed to cure the temporary paralysis and-"

"Well well well." A snide voice echoed around the two missing nin. Haku's face turned to one of distaste since there was only one person she knew of that could be that pompous, even if she knew he was coming it didn't change the fact that she despised Gatō. She turned to take in the man's appearance, he was wearing his casual suit today, along with his cane he was as scummy looking as a crooked businessman could be. Any thoughts she had against double-crossing her client flew out the window in the face of the man's arrogance, he literally walked into the mist nin's hideout like he owned the place...well technically he did own the place but thats besides the point...

"To think, this is how far the Demon of the hidden mist has fallen? And they called you one of the best. Feh, praise wasted if you ask me." Gatō walked forward with that shit eating grin on his face. "You couldn't even take care of one team from Konoha. Hell most of em are snot nosed brats, makes me think you don't want the information I have Zabuza."

The Mist nin narrowed his eyes at the corrupt businessman. He needed that information if he was going to fulfill his promise, and nothing was going to stand in his way. "Just keep that info ready and waiting Gatō, I'll have that bridge builders head on a platter soon enough."

Gatō snorted in amuzement. "You'd better. One more slip up and you'll be out on your asses, I've gone to alot of effort keeping those hunter-nin away from here, prove to me that you're worth the trouble." He turned and walked away a satisfied grin on his face.

As the door to their hideout slammed closed Zabuza let out a growl and slammed a hand down on the bed "That arrogant bastard." A few minutes of silence passed as the mind of the Demon of the mist wandered.

"Zabuza-sama?" Haku cut into his musings. "Why don't we just torture Gatō for the information? It wouldn't be hard..." She looked at her mentor who stared back at her with a calculating scowl.

"I know how easy it would be, but you know my rules. Don't harm the client unless provoked...and besides we may need his help later on." Zabuza sighed "Just deal with it a little longer Haku we'll kill him eventually."

"Maybe sooner than you think" A voice called out from the shadows of the room.

"Who's there?" Zabua growled, though Haku already knew who it was.

"Oh, you know." Naruto laughed as he presented himself to the missing nin.

"Naruto Uzumaki...So thats where you were Haku...so...have you betrayed me? Is kakashi outside somewhere, ready to bust in here and take my head?" Zabuza actually looked hurt by asking those questions, which surprised Naruto a bit.

"Hardly." Haku admitted dryly, she turned to Naruto "Anything?"

"Ohohoho yeah" Naruto pulled a tape recorder from one of the pockets in his shirt, having kept the thing in a scroll before hand seeing as it was useful for keeping notes or gathing information. He clicked the play button on the device and Gatō's distinct voice was heard.

*...And get those fools I paid earlier*

*The mercs sir?* A voice asked, most likely one of Gatō's minions

*Yeah them, Zabuza is becoming more trouble than he's worth, and I'm getting tired of covering his ass.

*How are the mercs gonna kill him, he's a ninja.*

*Even ninja get tired fool, I'll just sic him on those Konoha shinobi. Best case scenario they'll kill each other and I don't have to lift a finger, but if worst comes to worst I can just flood those weakened fools with disposable mercenaries.*

*What about that info you we're baiting him with?* A curious voice asked.

*That report from Mizu? Hehehe, you know what, I think I'll tell him when I spit in the cocky bastards face as the light leaves his eyes.*

*Boss that's cold...*

*I don't pay you to sympathize, now get the fuck to work...* The tape recorder clicked to a stop, leaving the room in an uncomfortable silence.

Silence broken by the cracking of knuckles as Zabuza's hand clenched in fury. "That no good lying sonufa mother fucking bitch. Haku, change of plans, we're torturing that bastard and killing him NOW!" he turned a glare at Naruto. "As for you, what the hell do you want?"

Naruto smirked "To spend time with my cousin of course." Zabuza's eyes widened a fraction at that statement, he glanced at Haku who nodded.

"So you are related then?" he mused, anger mellowing out at the revelation.

"Yep." Naruto said happily. "The Yuki and Uzumaki are family, she may just be a cousin but all the Uzumaki are gone and she's the only blood family I have left."

"So what's with that recording?" Zabuza pointed to the device in question. "Why are you helping me? Couldn't you have just spirited her away with you?"

"Nah" Naruto waved him off. "I'd never do that to anyone, I'm not a bleeding heart romantic. I may be a gentleman but I don't go that far."

"That's not what I meant..." Zabuza sweatdropped.

An uncomfortable silence filled the room.

"Ok new topic, as for why I'm helping you...I'm killing two birds with one stone, figuratively speaking of course. I knew Gatō was a traitorous bastard, he just seemed like the chronic backstabbing kind of guy. Knowing him he would have done this anyway even if I didn't piss him off by killing all his cronies in town. And judging by the way he had a bunch of fodder ready and waiting I was right on the money."

"That doesn't explain anything." Zabuza growled.

"I'm getting to that, keep your panties out of a knot." Naruto scowled. "Well, since you now know that Gatō is even more of a piece of shit than before, you're most likely not going after Tazuna's head, correct? I mean why kill the bridge builder when you're just gonna torture your client for the info anyway?"

Zabuza nodded once. Yeah after Gatō screwed the pooch on their deal, he reached the top of his shit list.

"Ok, well that guarantees the safety of my client while at the same time gaining a temporary ally in protecting my client, seeing as your client is my clients main threat. The enemy of my enemy and all that bullshit."

Zabuza frowned, something wasn't right, something like this just didn't fit the kids style, or what he knew of it, there was something more to this, he could feel it in his gut. "That doesn't explain why your doing this." He pointed out "Sure, protecting your client is an end and this could very well be the means but that just doesn't fit, you wouldn't have convinced Haku otherwise. Why are you really here?"

Naruto chuckled "As I said before, I'm here to spend time with my cousin, killing Gatō is just a bonus. And personally I don't want one of my family being hunted by hunter nin all her life. So I'm here to offer my protection to you and Haku. Since she's my family she can join my clan as per the laws of Konoha and seeing as she's your adopted daughter in a sense." He waved his hand back and forth in a wishy washy manner "The offer extends to you as well."

"So you're bribing us with a tasty carrot and expecting us to hop to your tune? You're as bad as Gatō." Zabuza grunted half heartedly.

"Maybe so" Naruto chuckled. "But I at least have noble intentions for you both, and I damn sure ain't gonna betray family."

"Family huh?" a far off look crossed Zabuza face for a moment, Naruto noticed a bit of pain on his face, clearly he was remembering something better left unasked. Zabuza shook his head to clear those thoughts. "Kid."

"Yeah?"

Zabuza sighed. "We were going to attack Tazuna while he was working on the bridge, bring your team and Tazuna there in 2 days time, you'll have my answer then...Now get the hell out, I need my beauty sleep."

Naruto nodded as he disappeared back in the darkness, a small chuckle escaping his lips.

-ooo-

"I'm back!" Naruto called out, walking in Tazuna's house, sweatdropping when he noticed the sliver of wood still lodged in the door from his blow up.

That was when Kakashi appeared out on nowhere nearly scaring the pants off the blonde genin. "We were worried Naruto, where were you?" There was concern in the mans eyes...err eye, as he shuffled over to him on crutches, apparently he wasn't at full strength yet. Looking around Naruto noticed everyone else was there as well.

Naruto was debating whether or not to tell them what he'd been doing all day but the prankster in him just couldn't resist seeing their reactions. "Well." he started, sitting down at the living room table, the others joining him, both Sakura and Sasuke looked exhausted. Sakura's hair was wet while Sasukes was frayed, so he guessed that Kakashi had put them through the ringer on their elements or something to prepare them for Zabuza's return, 'poor them, Zabuza's not the enemy anymore hehehe' a barely visible grin touched his face as he continued "After I blew up the other day I went out to the woods to blow off some steam and train."

"That's it? You've been training all this time?" Kakashi sounded disappointed for some reason, what else would he be doing normally?

"Well..." That barely there grin grew wide. " That, and I took out all of Gatō's men in the village, met up with and found out that the hunter nin Haku is my cousin, got Zabuza to betray Gatō and he and Haku are going to meet us on the bridge in two days to see about joining Konoha." His smile grew even wider making the corners of his eyes crinkle.

Now, some things in this world can be bought with money. Other things with prestige and power. This? This was something no amount of money could buy, nor any amount of power or prestige could pay. The sight of Kakashi bug-eyed and twitching, Sakura and Sasuke just deadpan as all hell and Tazuna, Tsunami and Inari all with their jaws on the floor was simply priceless...hehehe life was good.

-ooo-

And thats it for that chapter

And may I just say, for all those who read chapter 614...

Neji...

Fuck Man...I got drop kicked in the feels.

Wood Release: Restoration

C-Rank

Description: Jutsu used to restore destroyed plants and foliage. Good for covering up an escape or attack in the forest, Mainly used to repair damaged training grounds, though the lack of users has made the use of this jutsu rare.