Author: nothing really
disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
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While the wave rises ( Part 1)
" It has something to do with the team member you replaced..."
Naruto listened to Kakashi as he explained everything about there original third team member. His name was Liger Zack, he used to be the oldest member ( beside's Kakashi)and would be around the age of 17 if nothing had happened to him. Zack was apparentlycame up to Naruto's shoulderst and had wavy fiery red hair, along brown eyes. He was a warm person thatkind to everyone, including enemies, outside of battle. Zack's family were not originally from konoah, no they moved there when Zack turned four, they had originated from theanother country. His parents died when he was ten, leaving him all alone with his brother
Zack was one of the konoah's proclaimed Guujin-Buki brothers, him and his little brother, Liger Irvine. While Zack was a specialist in seal's and weapons, no one knows what item he uses or how Irvine fights . People aren't sure that even his team knows what he dose in a fight. Naruto was shocked to hear who his team members were Hanabi and Okami, who were ( along with Irvine ) a year younger than he was. Naruto's aunt ,Shizune , was the jounin instructor, but that's going off the main topic.
Incidently, something happened during the firstchuunin exams that they went through andit hadcaused the death of Zack. Both Sakura and Sasuke made it through without a scratch. Of course ,only those two know what happened to Zack, but they kept their mouths shut about it ever since. Even when his little brother came to them, wanting to know what happened. Poor kid hadn't been the same since...
Naruto though over the information that he had just received, before he got up with a "Good night." and went to the second floor to rest. The next morning Sasuke came back and pack his things, while the rest had breakfast. Everyone was silent as they ate their breakfast and pack their stuff. When everyone was outside, Naruto reversed the jutsu, having the house disappear without a trace.
In the next few hours, the mood had seemed to lighten a bit, since Sakura and Kakashi were discussing the politics that were happening within Konoha and some of it's neighboring villages. Tazuna and Naruto also talked while they walked the hardened path in the forest. Sasuke just stayed in the back, as he kept silent the entire time.
"...and then he burned down half the house with it!" Tazuna said, as he bursted into laughter. Naruto wondered what in that kids right mind made him try an advance fire jutsu right next to the house.
" You should have seen his face after he stopped shouting at how he did it, and heard his mother scream in rage. Inari wasn't seen for three weeks after that." Tazuna said, as Naruto though about it for a moment.
" Hey Tazuna, how would you know what his face looked like after he had just stopped shouting and ran for his life?" Naruto asked, as Tazuna looked shocked at the answer.
" I was errr... passing by when it happened, on my way back from the market." Tazuna stated, as Naruto just stared at him.
" You and I know that your daughter grows what she cooks." Naruto stated dryly, as Tazuna started to sweat.
" Well...you se-."
" You egged him on to do it, didn't you?" Naruto stated, cutting Tazuna off. There was a awkward silence between the two, Before Tazuna dropped to his knees with his hands in a parer position.
" Pleaasssseee don't tell her!" Tazuna begged, as Naruto stared at him and wondered how stupid could one man get. Naruto heard something, as he looked at the other's who were staring at him and Tazuna.
" Get DOWN." Naruto said, as Kakashi pulled Sakura to the ground while Sasuke was able to reach Tazuna in time, as a HUGE ass sword flew over them. Naruto remand standing, as the Blade caught closer to him. Just as it was about to hit him, Naruto grabbed the handle, spun around in the air a couple of time's and placed it behind his back ( Like how Zabuza wear's his sword, speaking of the devil.)
" All I need is the music, and this would be perfect." " You know Zabuza-kun, your aim suck's." Naruto said., as he looked over at a man who was leaning backwards against a tree, his eye's were closed and the man deep in though. Zabuza, as Naruto referred to him as, wore black pant's and nothing on the top except for two large belts that crossed his chest, he also wore sandles. He wore bandages around his mouth and a hidden mist fore head protector with a slash through it. He was 6'2 and had short black hair. Naruto raised the sword, and with the same speed and power, threw it over to Zabuza. He easily caught it, as his eye's shot open.
" Well Naruto-kun, you've grown quite a bit." He stated, as he place the sword on his back, while he looked over the group. " Hello Kakashi-kun, how's life?" Kakashi looked up from his book, which he pulled out from his bag after seeing who attacked them.
" Still getting lost." Kakashi replied, as he turned the page in his book. Zabuza just chucked.
" You'll never change." Zabuza replied, while Sakura , Sasuke, and Tazuna looked at the other two like they were crazy.
" What the fuck? He tried to kill us a second ago and now your talking casually with him!" Sasuke yelled, as Naruto just put up his index finger .
" Shhhh...grown ups are talking." Naruto said, as he turned back towards Zabuza. " So what are you doing here anyway, last time I check, you were in cloud country." Naruto said, as Zabuza sighed while rubbing his temples with his index finger and thumb.
" We were, but Haku wanted to come to Wave to get some special herbs. I honestly have no clue what she's going to do with them." Zabuza answered, as Naruto just stared at him.
" That still doesn't explain why you just tried to cut are bodies in half." Naruto stated, as Zabuza looked over at Tazuna and gave a smile.
"Me and Haku were paid to kill that man, I mean we kinda need the money at the moment. Since we left all of are cash back home." Zabuza replied, as Naruto sighed.
" Who's paying you and how much?" Naruto asked, while he thought about might having to fight Zabuza. He sure as hell wanted to get this mission over with, he had something he needed to discuss with the Hokage...
" A man named Gatou, he's offering to pay 150,000 for the death of that man." Zabuza stated, as he pointed towards Tazuna, who looked a bit frightened. Naruto just looked at him with a bored expression.
" How about I pay you twice that to not cut are heads off." Naruto said, as Zabuza thought it over.
" You know I would take the offer, but ten to one, Haku's going to make me work for free...again."
Zabuza sighed, as he thought about all the time's he worked for free, because it was a 'noble cause.' Naruto put some thought into it as well.
" How about after we get Tazuna to his house, you, Haku and my team kill Gatou to stop him from trying to hurt Tazuna again and collect the money and then some that he owes you." Naruto mouthed to Zabuza, as the hidden mist swordsman smiled and walked over to Naruto.
" Deal." Zabuza said, as he and Naruto shook hands, Zabuza pulling his hand back a second later and walking into the forest. Sasuke and Sakura just stared at him in shock.
" Did he...just sell us out?"
" His team! when the hell did we become his team!"
Honestly if you can't tell who is thinking which, then you are sad strange little people.
Kakashi walked over to Naruto and watched what was visibly left of the swordsman vanish into the forest. Kakashi just continued to read his book as he stood next to Naruto. A nice breeze blew by them, as the tree's rustled a bit.
" It's been 2 years since the last time I saw him." Naruto stated, as Kakashi, continued to read his book lazily. It taking up ever detail in the book before turning the page and looking up at Naruto.
" You should be happy you get to see him at all." Kakashi said, as he also looked into the forest. " I mean he did take Anko's death pretty hard." He stated, as he began to read his book once again. Naruto looked over at Kakashi, then back towards the forest.
" I guess that's what happens when your sister dies." Naruto thought, as Kakashi walked towards Tazuna, while Sakura and Sasuke walked up to Naruto.
"Okay Naruto. We want some answers NOW!" Sakura said, as Naruto just held up his hand, his index, middle, and ring finger the only one's up. Both of them looked at him confusedly, as Naruto started to count down.
3...
2...
1...
Out of nowhere, something tackled Naruto to the ground, hard. It was a girl around the age of 15 and looked around 5'6. She had a forest green sweater and shorts in the same color and style. The girl wore a blue robe around the sweater and she also wore sandles. Her hair was put into a bun, while the bangs were put into to ponytails in the front. The girl seemed to be crushing Naruto, since the could hear some bone's cracking.
" Naruto-kun! How have you been!" The girl said, while she hugged Naruto tighter. His bone's could be heard snapping more clearly now, as Naruto looked down at the girl.
" Except for my bones being crushed on a daily basis now. I've been fine Haku." Naruto answered, as Haku blushed and let go of Naruto, who stood up and snapped his back into place.
" God that feels better." Naruto said, as he looked over at Haku, who was smiling at him." So what have you to been doing for the past two years?" He asked, as Haku thought it over.
" Well, we managed to find a place to stay in cloud country and receive jobs every once and a while. We've managed to get a reputation in the parts, so business was higher than normal and for the past couple of months, we've done nothing but except missions." Haku said, as Naruto raised an eyebrow.
" What are you doing here? I mean with that much business, you wouldn't have come here just to collect so herbs" Naruto said, as Haku sighed.
" Zabuza-kun was getting warn out with all the mission's we were doing, so I came up with an excuse to have him take a break for a while. Beside's, the herbs I'm collecting can be used to help us on future missions." Haku replied.
" Really?" Naruto said, as he looked over her to see if there was any sign that she was lying.
" Really." Haku said, as she looked over at Sakura and Sasuke. " Who are they?". Naruto glanced at Sakura and Sasuke, before he finally realized that they had been there the whole time. He smile sheepishly.
" Whoops...Haku-chan, this is Sakura-chan and Sasuke-kun." Naruto said, as Haku gave a short bow.
" It's nice to meet you." She said, as Sakura just stared at her hesitantly before she quickly did a short bow.
" It's nice to meet you too." Sakura replied, as Sasuke just looked at her for a moment before heading towards Kakashi and Tazuna. Sakura looked up from her bow and sighed, before standing straight up. Naruto watched Sasuke walk off and shrugged, before he looked at Haku.
" Zabuza-kun told you to come with us, didn't he?" Naruto asked, as Haku nodded.
" Yes, he may be kind towards you and Kakashi-kun, but he still makes sure he gets paid." Haku stated, as she looked over at the other group. " You might want to tell him now." Naruto looked at her and sighed, before he began to walk towards them, Sakura and Haku tailing behind. When he reached Kakashi, said man looked up from his book and was ready to hear whatever Naruto had to say.
Naruto took in a deep breath. " Kakashi-kun, do you mind if Haku-chan comes with us...?"
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It hadn't been a long walk to Tazuna's house, since everything went along smoothly. Now that Sakura had someone else to talk to, Sasuke was able to enjoy some piece and quite. Meaning that he would bitch less, which made Naruto somewhat happy. Tazuna talked about how great it was going to be for Naruto to see his daughter and Inari again and how he could give Inari some free lessons on how to be a shinobi. Either that, or face the wrath of a very pissed Tsunami, and as he learned from his sensei, never piss off a women.
They soon arrived at the house, which looked pretty nice for such a poor country. It was a two story house and was painted brown. A few windows here and there, and what looked like a garden full of edible plants ( use your imagination.). From what they could see, a small boy was in the front yard doing some basic exercises. He wore a pair of brown shorts and a stripped green and grey shirt. He also wore tennis shoes and a green hat on top of his short black hair. He looked around 9 and was about 4'8. When the boy looked over at the group the boy smiled from ear to ear.
" Naruto-kun!" the boy screamed, as he ran towards Naruto, passing by his grandfather, who had his arms open to receive a hug from his grandson. Kakashi walked up to Tazuna, who had frozen in that position.
" Well...don't you feel loved." Kakashi said in a lazy tone of voice, as he continued to read his book. While Tazuna just sunk to the ground. While this was happening, the boy had latched onto Naruto, who was looking down at the boy.
" Hello Inari-kun." Naruto said with a smile, one which Inari returned, before he let go of Naruto and turned his attention towards the house.
"Mom! Naruto-kun's here!" Inari screamed rather loudly, as a women walked out of the house. One word could be described for this women, beautiful. She wore a green skirt and a pink shirt, along with sandles. She was about 5'9 and had long black hair. She had black eye's as well, which seemed to be focus on Naruto at the moment. She walked up to Naruto, as her face turned from shock to a warm smile. She gave him a tight hug, while Naruto returned it. Kakashi silently cursed, as he pulled out a piece of paper.
" Another name to the list, I hope Jiraiya doesn't take this the wrong way." Kakashi thought, as he jotted something down and put the paper away, while the women pulled away from Naruto.
" It's nice to see you again Naruto-kun." stated the women, as she looked over the group of people. " And these are...?" Naruto looked over Kakashi, Haku, and the rest.
" Oh, sorry Tsunami. This is Sakura-chan, Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-kun, and Haku-chan." Naruto said, as he pointed towards each person. Tsunami greeted them with a smile.
" It's nice to meet you all, but lets talk after we get inside." Tsunami said, as she started to walk towards the house. Inari grabbed hold of Naruto's hand.
" Yah, and you can teach me how to be a shinobi!" Inari said, as Naruto froze before looking over at
Tsunami, who had frozen in her tracks as well. She turned to face Naruto with an interesting expression, one off which he was all to familiar with.
" Yes Naruto-kun, I think it would be beneficial to all of us if you instructed Inari properly." She said in a tone of voice that made Naruto step back.
" S-Sure Tsunami I-I'd love to." Naruto replied, as Tsunami smiled, happy with the answer she received. She then headed towards the house once more, as Naruto sighed in a manner knowing that he was screwed. He walked towards the house, as Inari walked beside him the entire time. Soon Haku, Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke had entered the house and were enjoying a dinner prepared by Tsunami, forgetting all about Tazuna, who was still outside...
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Author: Yes, Zack was thirteen when he died, Sakura and Sasuke were12 and Ivrine was 11.