I'm so so so sorry that I haven't updated this fic in a while, the thing is that I forgot what was going to happen, so it was impossible for me to write anything for this fic, also, I've been so busy this week, I had no time to go and write anything for my fics, which made me so sad. But then I got time today, so I though I'd try and make it up to you by writing the longest the chapter I have ever written for this fic, reaching near five thousand words, not including the blabbing I'm doing at the moment, sorry about that...

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...

Enjoy...

"Well, well... it seems that Gatou has finally figured out that he needs us to get his work done. All the others that he sent have all failed miserably in getting that old bridge builder killed. Looks like we're in for some fun" Zabuza said proudly to his two 'tools', who were listening intently to him. The two 'tools' were now dressed in their combat attire. Naruto wore a pair of black cargo pants which were extremely baggy, which had two black belts holding them up; a black fitted t-shirt which showed the features of his chest, showing off his well built form; a pair of black fingerless-gloves which had silver spikes on the knuckles; a black trench-coat which reached his knees and had a large hood which was used to his Naruto's sun-kissed blond hair; and a pair of black shinobi sandals. Also, he wore a black cloth mask on his face (imagine Kakashi's), which covered the whole of his face, with the exception of two holes for his azure eyes. Haku wore; a long dark green kimono which reached her ankles, but it had a slit on either side which went up to the top of her thighs and it was sleeveless, showing off her nicely formed body; she then had a pair of light green under-shorts on; a pair of black shinobi sandals; bandaging covering the whole of her arms and she also had a mask, except this one was like that of a hunter-nin, and it had a dark green arrow coming from the top to the bottom. Her hair was up in a tight bun, supported by a number of senbon needles, along with an emerald green ribbon tied around it. She also had a bang of hair hanging down on either side of her face, framing it. Zabuza wore a dark blue tank top, along with a pair of black cargo pants, a pair of blue shinobi sandals, his hitai-ite on his forehead, with the scratch mark going through the waves country symbol. He had bandaging around his face which stopped just after his nose and he had his legendry sword strapped to his back. The three of them were ready for their 'mission'.

"Zabuza-san, please, no unnecessary killing, only the bridge builder, and maybe his guards if need be, but no more." Naruto pleaded. Truth be told, he only killed when it was necessary, he didn't like to take away the lives of the innocent or take hostages of any sort. He believed in fair fights.

Zabuza gave a small smile before saying, "Naruto, sometimes I think that you're too soft…" Naruto then looked up at his hero, his eyes pleading to Zabuza. This had become routine for the tow everytime they got a job and it always had the same results.

"Fine…" Zabuza said, giving in to the blond, shaking his head in defeat. The three of them then started their way towards the bridge, early that morning.

At Tsunami's house…

"Ok then, we'll be heading to the bridge now." Kakashi said as Tazuna was on his way out, accompanied by Sakura and Sasuke.

"What about Kasa?" Tsunami questioned.

"He's still in bed, resting. So would you mind checking up on his whilst we're gone?"

"I'd be glad to, though I hope he get's better."

"Yeah, me too… So, we're off." And with that, the four headed towards the bridge.

At the bridge…

"What the? What's happened here?" Tazuna shouted as he saw the sight in front of him; all of the workers were lying motionless on the ground and there was an eerie silence present, which was giving the old man the creeps.

"Looks like Gatou has sent some more men to get his goal." Kakashi offered.

"Very observant, aren't we Hatake Kakashi, or should I say, Sharingan Kakashi." Everyone looked towards where they had heard the voice coming from.

"Momochi Zabuza; The devil of the mist, I'm assuming Gatou sent you." Kakashi retorted.

"I'm so honored that you know my name." Just then, Sasuke was about to leap forward to strike, but a hand stopped him.

"No, Sasuke, this man is too strong. He is a high-classed missing-nin, listed in many of the bingo books. But I'm not sure who the two kids are."

Zabuza had heard what was said, and he smiled. "You know kid, it would do you good to listen to your sensei. Though I'm shocked that he hasn't heard of 'the devil's demons.'"

Kakashi's one visible eye went wide at hearing this. He had indeed heard of them, but he didn't think that they would be so you, he would have thought that they would at least be in their late teens, but these two were no older then his team. He had heard many stories about them, all of them saying that the two were cold-hearted and relentless. "But, they're so young. How could you make them into… into such ruthless weapons. That's… that's cruel, even for you."

Zabuza shook his head from side to side whilst looking down at the ground with his hands on his hips. "There's nothing cruel about it, not compared with what they have been through before I found them. And besides, they still act like kids their age, if not younger, when they're not doing a job. They keep their two lives separate. Also, the boy is soft, he didn't want to kill the workers."

"But they are still dead."

"Ha! Look again, they are just in a death-like state, courtesy of the girl. But the same can't be said for you" Suddenly, Naruto's head jerked to the side, like he had sensed something. Zabuza noticed this and he cocked his head to the side in a questioning manner.

"I'll be back." And Naruto was gone in a instance.

"Where's he off to? I bet he's scared." Sasuke said smugly.

"He's not scared, something's just caught his interest. No matter, Haku and I can handle you."

Haku… Haku… Where have I heard that name before… It sounds so familiar… Sakura thought to herself. She's the girl we met in the forest! Sasuke had also been thinking the same thing and had come to the same conclusion.

Meanwhile, with Naruto…

Naruto had felt something, not sure what it was but he was sure enough that he didn't like it, so he was out to pursue it. His senses were on high and he was following his instincts as he was nearing a house which was on the outskirts of the town.

A couple minutes before in the house…

There was an explosion which ended with a large gaping whole in the wall by the kitchen. Two samurai had entered to collect what they had been sent to collect; the daughter of the bridge builder, who was to be used as leverage.

The woman screamed as she dropped the plate she was drying, which shattered when it came into contact with the floor. The two samurai made their way towards her, with menacing grins on their faces as they had their swords held tightly in their hands.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you… much." The shorter of the two said.

"Get away from my mummy!" A little boy shouted. He had brown hair and was about eight years old.

"The boss didn't say anything about the kid, so that means we can have our fun."

"If you touch him, then I'll bite my tongue and bleed to death and leave you without what you came for." The larger of the two samurai walked over to the woman and pinched a certain area on her neck, leaving her unconscious on the floor. Now, they both made their way over to the kid, who was now covering in the corner of the room, his eyes beginning to water, but before the two samurai could get any closer, they were stopped by a blond kid.

"Stay away from them." The kid demanded.

The two samurai just laughed at the demand, but quickly stopped. "What are you going to do if we don't?"

"I'll do whatever I can to protect these two, even if it costs me my life. It is my mission to protect them."

"My, my, don't you sound heroic. So you'll end up like one and die."

Back with Naruto…

As he neared the house, he saw the huge gaping hole in the wall and upped his pace, stopping when he reached the hole, only to see a young woman lying unconscious on the floor, a little boy crying in the corner, two a samurai, but the thing that got him riled up was that in the middle of it all, was a boy his age, falling down to his knees as a sword from one of the samurai, had been stabbed straight through the boys heart, killing him within seconds.

"KASA!" Shouted the little crying boy. That did it. Gatou's men had come to take hostages, which was one of the lowest things you could do, but here, they were threatening a little kid 'and' they had just killed someone who had obviously been injured. Naruto didn't care who they were, he just cared about their actions, and their actions made his blood boil. He wouldn't stand for this.

"What the fuck do you two think you're doing?!" Naruto shouted at the two samurai, who turned around so fast that you would have thought that their heads would have snapped off.

"Oh, it's only you. Come to help us with the hostage?"

"No, I came to help them with YOU!" The two samurai looked at each other with shocked and confused expressions plastered on their faces. But before they could do anything, they were being dragged out of the building by the ear, literally.

"So, you're betraying Gatou? No matter, he wasn't going to pay you anyway. In fact, he was going to have us kill you, so we might as well do it now, seeing as you now know."

Naruto just narrowed his eyes at the two, before letting out a little chuckle. "It seems that the odds aren't looking to well."

"Don't worry, we'll go easy on you."

"Why would you do that? That would only make you're chances of survival even lower then they already are for you. Instead, I shall fight you with my hands behind my back, to make it a bit more evenly matched, though not much more."

"Don't get so cocky kid. I bet you're just all talk and…" But before he could finish what he was saying, he had been hit in the stomach by fast kick which came from Naruto, sending him flying a couple meters behind and landing with a loud thud, as he was quite big. "Lucky… kick…"

"Is that so, then I must be extremely lucky." Naruto mocked.

"You'll pay for that!"

"I don't think so." Naruto then disappeared, only to reappear right in front of the smaller samurai, jumping up to send a kick to the face, which hit and left a bloody trail from the now broken nose, "Another lucky kick?" Naruto then turned around as he heard a groan from behind and found that the first samurai was getting up off the ground.

Naruto then ran over to him and pretended to send a kick directed at his 'personal area', but right at the last minute, he stopped and slid through his legs and jumped up from behind, only to kick the samurai hard at the back of his knees, officially breaking them. An ear breaking scream came from the man but was stopped abruptly by Naruto as his leg came heading down towards the mans head fast, hitting him straight in the scalp with Naruto's heel, killing him there and then. Naruto stood up and cocked his head to the side, releasing a cracking sound, before walking over to the last samurai, who was still on the ground, holding both of his hands up by his nose, trying to prevent anymore blood from flowing from his nose.

"Any last words?" There came a squeak from the once 'brave' samurai, making Naruto laugh silently to himself. He then walked over to him and bent down so that his face was only inches away from the other, where he whispered, "This is what you get for picking on helpless and defenseless people. You should have stopped whilst you were ahead." Naruto then drew a pair of kunai, and threw them at the samurai, though the two weren't far from each other, and they dug through the neck on the guy, killing him instantly.

Naruto waited for a few seconds, before returning to the house, walking in through the gaping hole. He saw that the woman was still lying on the ground unconscious, the boy who had been stabbed was lying on the floor motionless, with the younger by crying ever flowing tears, sitting in between the two bodies. So, Naruto waited a minute before he walked over to the young boy, crouching down as he neared, finally stopping when he was in reaching distance. He placed two fingers to the motionless boys neck, trying to find a pulse or any sign of life, but he found none. The boy didn't deserve to die, especially not like that… He then did the same to the woman, but thankfully found a pulse in this one. He then finally turned to the boy.

"Its okay kid. Now you have to protect your mummy whilst I'm gone. I have work to do now, alright?" The crying boy looked up and eventually nodded.

"Wh-who are y-you?"

"A friend." Naruto replied. He didn't quite want to tell the kid the truth, and felt that his reply would be the best. He stood up abruptly and began his way towards the bridge.

At the bridge…

Zabuza was fighting against Kakashi, Sasuke was against Haku and Sakura was standing guard for Tazuna. They had been fighting for quiet a while now and all of them were getting tired now, especially Sasuke, as he had just gotten his Sharingan and it was taking up a lot of his energy to keep it, which he needed when fighting an opponent like Haku, who had made a dome made of ice mirrors, surrounding the Uchiha. Haku had been using her bloodline, and her skill with senbon needles during her fight with Sasuke, but he had been able to dodge nearly every single needle, with the exception of a handful.

Haku would be able to beat the Uchiha, but truth be told, she didn't want to kill him and she wasn't able to hit any of the points which would make him go into a death like state, which would have been perfect.

However, things weren't going that well for Zabuza, as, after a fight which had basically been even between them, Kakashi had summoned his nin-dogs which now had Zabuza, holding him with their jaws, making it impossible for him to even move an inch. Kakashi then performed a couple hand seals before his right hand began to emit a light, which eventually turned into a bright source, emitting strands of lightning and giving off a the sound of a thousand birds, yes, this was Kakashi's own jutsu; the Chidori. Said Chidori was about to be thrust right through Zabuza's heart, but it was stopped, right before it had a chance to even break through the clothing, however, it was not the Kakashi who had stopped it, but the hand of a boy clad in black.

"Where did you run off to kid?."

"Ramen." The two jounins sweatdropped at the answer. Did he really just go off to go and eat some ramen.

"Really?"

"Uh huh… It was half price…"

"You've got to be joking."

"Actually, I was… I didn't go to get some ramen, I just said that to get you two to stop fighting for a second."

"Why would you do that?"

!Because there us no point in fighting against each other anymore, we're not enemies. Gatou sent two of his men to take hostages and you know how I feel about people taking hostages, especially ones who can't defend themselves. Also, Gatou was never gonna pay us anyway, he was going to have us killed, though he wouldn't have succeeded in doing that."

Kakashi then released his Chidori as well as his nin-dogs. Zabuza then dropped down to one knee, but kept his eye contact with Kakashi.

"I'm assuming that the woman and the kid are somehow related to Tazuna, but I'm not sure how exactly. They're completely fine, so there is no need to worry about them, Kakashi. As for Gatou's two men, let's just say… actually, I don't know what to say, they're just dead." Naruto then ran over to the ice dome and shouted,

"Haku-chan, stop fighting! Come down here." Said girl complied and released the mirrors and went over to Naruto, who then filled her in with what he had just told Zabuza and Kakashi before. He then noticed that the Uchiha was panting hard, whilst sitting on the floor. The raven haired boy then stood up and drew a pair of kunai, ready to charge.

"It's pointless to attack people who aren't threatening you, you know." Naruto said bluntly. "We're not enemies." Sasuke squinted his eyes at the blond, thinking that it was some sort of trick to lure him into some sort or trap, but he finally managed to see that it wasn't a trap, so he placed the two kunai back into their pouch.

"Good." Naruto and Haku then both walked back over to where Zabuza and Kakashi were standing, each of them stopping on either side of their father-like figure. "We are sorry for the trouble." Naruto said, with Zabuza rolling his eyes, Typical Naruto…

Kakashi somehow recognised the boy, though he couldn't quite place his finger on it, but he had a feeling that he was someone important.

"I think it is time that we go Haku and Naruto." Zabuza said, as the three were leaving.

Naruto… Naruto… Naruto! "Wait! You wouldn't happen to be Uzumaki Naruto by any chance, would you?" Kakashi asked quietly.

The blond turned around. "How do you know my name?"

Kakashi then placed his hand in one of his pockets and brought out a photo, which was crumbled slightly and looked like it had seen its fair share of rain. Kakashi then looked at it for a second before showing it to the blond, who also looked at it, his eyes widening when he saw who the photo was of; it was of him, Naruto.

"Wh-where d'you get that?" Naruto stammered.

"Seven years ago, when you went missing, the Third sent jounins and ANBU out, only ones he could trust though. He sent them to try and find you after he heard what had happened. I was one of the ones who had been sent to find you. We had heard from the villagers that you had been thrown down a canyon, and we found a bag along with a pile of pieces of rope on the ground near one of the canyons. We couldn't find any trails of anything else that would lead us to find you. We all thought that you were dead. This news devastated the Third, he couldn't believe that you were dead. He stopped the search parties, but he told us that if we were ever to come across you or any information; that we should report it to him and even try to bring you back. However, as the years passed, the hope began to die slightly, but we kept our eyes open if anything were to pop up." Naruto didn't know what to say, he was absolutely speechless.

"Come back Naruto…"

"NO, I'LL NEVER GO BACK TO THAT DAMN VILLAGE. They don't want me and I don't want them, beside, I already have a place to be. I've got Haku-chan and Zabuza-san and I'm not leaving them."

"…Naruto, I know how you were treated, and I understand, but…" Kakashi didn't get a chance to finish, as he was interrupted by Naruto.

"If you understand, then why do you want me to return?!" Haku had noticed that the tension had been rising and that Naruto had been tensing up for quite a while now. She hated seeing him like this so, she took his hand into her own and caressed it with her thumb. However, Naruto stayed tense as he carried on trying to make Kakashi understand that he didn't want to go back to Konoha. "There is no reason for me to be there anyway."

"Naruto, give Konoha another chance… There are people there who cared for you, and still do."

"I won't go back, and you can't make me." Naruto didn't care that he was beginning to sound like a little kid, the fact was; that he wouldn't go back and that was that.

Haku heard a whistling sound coming towards them and noticed that Naruto hadn't sensed it, as he was in a state of such rage. She turned her head and saw what it was. A kunai was heading their direction at immense speed, and there wouldn't be enough time for all of them to get out of the way so she did the only thing she could to, block it with her own body. The kunai hit her and was stuck in her arm as she faltered to the ground, holding her now injured arm tightly, trying to release the pain.

Naruto saw this and stopped what he was doing so that he could catch Haku as she fell, landing on the ground hard, with Haku in his arms. He then heard laughing and looked in the direction in which it was coming from. Zabuza cleared the mist so t hat they could see who it was, and there they saw them; Gatou, along with around one hundred of his samurai, and he was laughing. "In a couple of days, she will be dead from the poison in which the kunai had been dipped in. It is very rare and deadly, as it goes through the blood stream, destroying red blood cells and mutating the white blood cells. Very enjoyable to watch in my opinion."

"You! You shouldn't have done that!" Naruto then looked straight at Gatou, his eyes were now blood red with black slits instead of pupils. His hair had become unruly and you could see that his teeth were clenched tight shut, with a pair of sharp fangs in view. "You'll pay for what you did!" Naruto threatened, whilst he gently lay Haku down on the cold floor, standing up afterwards. He started walking slowly towards Gatou, whilst doing a number of hand seals, when he was finished he yelled, "Wind element: tornado slash." Naruto put his two hands behind his back, drawing two one meter long swords, before he started to spin, much like a small tornado, with his swords sticking out on either side, making him look like a fast rotating blade, making it's way towards Gatou's men.

Zabuza saw what Naruto was about to do, so he said, "Unless you want to be covered in blood, I suggest that you all get back." They all complied, though they weren't sure what was going to happen, but they could tell by the sound of Zabuza's voice that it wouldn't be pretty, and bloody.

Naruto's spinning form was heading towards the samurai at great speeds, reaching them within seconds. The samurai who stood the closest smirked as they thought that they would easily take care of the kid, even though he had a fancy move or two, but boy, were they wrong.

Naruto carried on spinning and as soon as he reached the first samurai, who tried to stab Naruto with his sword, Naruto slashed him in half in the blink of an eye. Each and every other samurai came to the same fate as they died by being brutally cut in half, falling to the ground, piling up high. But it wasn't done here, as Naruto was still spinning and you could see the air around and above him begin to form a tornado. Then, said tornado began to grow red, as all of the blood of the dead samurai was being sucked up. It would have been considered beautiful, if it wasn't blood that is. As soon as all of the blood had been taken from the dead bodies, Naruto stopped spinning and stood still in dark way. The tornado carried on spinning around him for a few seconds before it stopped. The blood had reached the clouds and it now began to rain, but it wasn't water which was falling from the sky, but blood.

Gatou was still alive and he had witnessed the whole thing in horror. He had been purposely left out from the slaughter, though he had no idea as to why, though he would find out soon enough.

Team seven (Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi), along with Tazuna just stood there, watching the whole scene in front of them and thankful that Zabuza had told them to move further away, or they would be soaked in blood, like Naruto was at the moment, though you could tell that he didn't care, he had other things to think about.

Naruto then looked over to where Gatou was, glaring at him straight in the eye, sending waves of huge killer intent in his direction, immobilizing Gatou where he was standing. Naruto began walking over to Gatou, placing his swords back to their holsters (which were on his back in a diagonal cross shape) whilst doing one handed hand seals, a different one with each hand.

Kakashi saw this and asked Zabuza what was happening.

"You see, Naruto is rather bad at using genjutsu, so he figured a way around it. He's learnt to do two jutsus at once, making the two seals, one with each hand."

"But how is he able to do that, you would have to have a split personality or something."

"Well, you know that he has a tenant, Naruto has him to thank for his ability." Kakashi then nodded in understanding, but the genins and Tazuna were left very confused, but watched Naruto in awe anyway.

Naruto finished with the hand seals as soon as he reached Gatou, he's going to pay for what he did, and I know the perfect way for him to die… Now, Naruto wasn't the torturing type, as seen by his last jutsu, where everyone died instantly, but he had no problem with torturing Gatou, the man deserved it in his opinion. Naruto put out his hand, two of his gingers pointing directly at Gatou as they began to glow purple. When Naruto reached Gatou, he placed said fingers onto Gatou's forehead, and Gatou began to scream out in agony and in pain, his hands gripping and pulling at his hair and his whole body was shaking. Naruto just stood there motionless, and emotionless.

Gatou fell to the floor and was rolling around and shaking, his breathing was uneven, short and shallow. Naruto just watched the man, slowly dying inside out from the intense torture whish he was going through. This was the second time that Naruto had ever used this technique, and he surely didn't want to use it again, he didn't even want to use it the first, or even the second, but he wanted to make Gatou pay oh so badly, and this was the best way, the only way, to make him pay for everything that he has done, especially after what he did to Haku. After minutes, Gatou finally reached his death, and lay motionless on the cold wet ground of the incomplete bridge. Naruto turned away and ran towards Haku, who was still lying on the ground in the same position which Naruto had left her in.

When he reached her, he placed two fingers to her neck to check to see if there was a pulse, thankfully there was, a smiled, but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared. "We need to get her help!"

"Naruto, the medics at Konoha are some of the best. Bring her to Konoha, and she will be healed, you do not have to stay, but just come and see." Kakashi suggested. Naruto glared at him for a moment before realization hit him, the medics of the wave country weren't that good, but the ones in Konoha had a reputation for being some of the best, and that's what Haku needed, the best. So Naruto nodded, whilst placing Haku on his back in a piggy back position.

"Lead the way." Naruto said, and Kakashi complied as he began sprinting off in one direction, closely followed by Naruto with Haku. They were gone in the blink of an eye, leaving Zabuza with Sakura, Sasuke, Tazuna, and all of the dead bodies.

Zabuza looked around, feeling a bit awkward, when he remembered the workers who were in the death like state, so he decided to walk over to them, and remove the needles from their necks, bringing them back to their normal state, though they would be tired and exhausted, they were still alive which they should be thankful for.

Okay, that's it for this time, also, I'm sad to say that it'll be a while before I'll be updating anything for a while (unless I get some done within the next few days) as I'll be going away on holiday and stuff, but I'll bring my laptop and I'll try and do some writing whilst away... Hope that you enjoyed this chapter...