-1An Eye For An Eye
Chapter 7
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"Character talking"
'Character thinking'
"Kyuubi Talking"
Commentary
Jutsu
-With Someone/ Someplace-
'What is Naruto doing!?' Kakashi screamed, in his head, still looking at the three figures standing before him. Sasuke then slowly stepped up, while looking directly at Naruto,
"Naruto! What the hell are you doing!? You think you can just betray us, and it would be fine!? Well you're wrong! Now get your ass back over here before I have to drag you myself!" Naruto just chuckled softly, and looked back at Sasuke, but Naruto didn't have his usual unemotional face on. No, he was smirking with an almost insane look on his features.
"W-Why…are y-you doing this…N-Naruto?" Sakura asked, just barely above a whisper. Tears were sliding down her face, and collecting in little puddles at her feet.
Naruto laughed, "Why? Well the main reason would be, because Zabuza promised me some things, and they seemed to work out to benefit me. So, why wouldn't I take the offer?"
-Flashback-
"A purpose in life?" Haku just nodded, "Then…fine I'll join you guys." Haku smiled softly,
"Then come with me. Zabuza-san will be most pleased that you have accepted our invitation." With that they took off into the darkness.
About ten minutes later, however, Naruto was having second thoughts about what he had done. He then decided he would find some more things out to determine if he was actually going to stay, with Zabuza and Haku or not. Naruto decided that now was a reasonable time to ask the questions, so he just stopped jumping from tree to tree, suddenly.
Haku quickly stopped, and jumped back,
"Is something wrong Naruto-san?" Naruto just glanced over at Haku,
"I was wondering…can Zabuza and you give me more than just a purpose in life…or is that the only reason I would be going with you guys?" Haku thought for a second,
"Well…I guess Zabuza-san could teach you some jutsu, and train you some, but as far as me I don't have anything to give you. The only jutsu I ever use is my Kekkei Genkai, but of course you cant learn that." Naruto's eyes visibly widened, and Haku caught it,
"You ok Naruto-san?" Naruto shook his head to get himself out of shock, and smiled,
'Man, this is turning out a lot better then I planned…not only would I get some of Zabuza's jutsu, but I'm also getting a Kekkei Genkai along with it!'
"I was wondering Haku…do you think you could show me your Kekkei Genkai?" Haku thought for a bit, and then frowned for a second, but then smiled soon after,
"Well, right now I cant, because of the simple fact that it takes a lot out of me, but when we fight your old team, then you'll be able to see it, because I plan on using it on someone." Naruto sighed, but nodded his head,
"Yeah I guess that's fine with me." Haku raised an eyebrow,
"Why do you want to see it so badly?" Naruto thought for about half a second, and then answered,
"Well I like seeing them. I know its weird, but they interest me a lot." Haku just smiled softly, and nodded,
"You do you still plan to stay with us then?" Naruto smirked in response,
"Yeah. I could gain some stuff from being with you two."
-End Flashback-
Sasuke was getting more pissed off by the second,
"You wouldn't take the offer, because you're a Konaha ninja, and your job is to work for Konaha! You're not supposed to betray it!" Naruto sighed,
"Why should I care about Konaha? It never did anything for me. So what's the point of being loyal to something that has done absolutely nothing for you?" Kakashi sighed, and stepped up,
"The point of being loyal, is so that you can protect all of the people that belong to the village, and make it prosper. You're also loyal to your village, because it is your home, and a place you should care greatly for." Naruto just laughed,
"Yeah! As if any of that would matter to me! I hate the villagers, and my life growing up was hell. So I don't give a damn about Konaha or its people! Now…I've had enough of this useless chatter…lets fight!" With those words Naruto made his favorite seal, and about fifty clones came to existence. Sasuke was glaring angrily at Naruto now,
"Naruto! There's no way you can win this fight! So just give up, and come back to our side!" Naruto started laughing hysterically in return,
"No way I can win? Yeah, as if! Zabuza almost beat Kakashi last fight, and then that would leave you, and Sakura. By myself I can beat both of you, and that would leave Haku to help with Kakashi…so…no, you cant win this fight." Sasuke clenched his teeth in anger,
"That's bullshit! I've gotten stronger Naruto! You've seen it yourself! I bet I could kick your ass now!" Naruto once again broke into a fit of laughter,
"Sasuke…I learned all the things that you know, when I was six. So sorry to tell you but I'm six years ahead of you, and well…you cant beat me, not now, not ever, so just get used to it, and go back to your pathetic attempt at becoming a great ninja." Then…Sasuke snapped, he charged at Naruto with two kunai, one in each hand, with the full intention of killing the blond. Naruto just smirked, and turned to Haku,
"Haku…go ahead." Haku stepped up, and made a seal. Instantly what looked like mirrors made of ice came up, and surrounded Haku, and Sasuke. Naruto's eyes widened. He wanted to know how the Kekkei Genkai worked, but he was also busy with something else. Naruto didn't know where the jutsu had come from, so he just pushed chakra out of everything he could think of, and when he started to feel slightly fatigued he stopped. Kakashi, and Zabuza noticed the rise in chakra, well Haku did to, but he was busy at the moment.
'What the hell is Naruto doing?' Kakashi thought to himself, while Zabuza was thinking along the same lines as the Copy Ninja.
Naruto then stretched, and took off towards Tazuna, and Sakura. Sakura's red, puffy, eyes went wide when she saw Naruto charging at her. Then Naruto vanished from right in front of her. Sakura started looking from left to right to try, and find Naruto, but froze when she heard a faint breathing from behind her. Sakura slowly turned around, and saw Naruto only for a second before he hit her in the neck, and her body went limp. Naruto quickly jumped back to find Zabuza was engaged in a battle with Kakashi, and Haku was tearing Sasuke to pieces.
Naruto sighed as he made his way over to Haku, and Sasuke. When Naruto walked up he saw that Sasuke had a senbon needle sticking out of nearly every inch of his body. Naruto smirked, and calmly walked into the middle of the dome made of ice mirrors. Sasuke looked up at Naruto with disgust,
"What the hell are you doing here?" Naruto grinned, when he saw the Sharingan occupying both of Sasuke's eyes.
'Seems that I'm right again, but whatever.' Naruto slowly walked right up to Sasuke, who was confused by his actions,
"What the hell are you doing Naruto!? If you're with them, then I don't want you over here!" Naruto just ignored Sasuke, and turned to Haku,
"Yo Haku! Can you come down here for a minute!? I want you to help me kill the Uchiha off!" Haku nodded, and appeared next to Naruto, and Sasuke,
"Ok Naruto-san what do you want me to-" Haku was cut off by a fist to the face courtesy of Naruto. Naruto stepped up smirking as the ice mirrors collapsed, and shattered all over the ground. Haku slowly stood up, you couldn't see Haku's eyes, but Naruto could tell they were wide with shock.
"Naruto-san!?" Naruto just casually walked up, so he was right beside Sasuke,
"Yeah, as if I would leave my team to join a pair of Nukenin! That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! Sorry to tell you this Haku, but you and Zabuza…are going to die!" Naruto then charged at Haku, with Sasuke close behind him. Haku threw his mask off, and jumped back. He then made the same seal from before, and once again a dome of ice mirrors surrounded Sasuke, but this time Naruto was with him.
Naruto looked over, and noticed Sasuke's head was downcast.
"Sasuke what's wrong?" Sasuke looked up suddenly,
"Well two things actually, one…well I'm still sort of getting over the shock of you actually tricking the enemy into thinking you sided with them, and two well…this jutsu is impossible to escape. That person is way to fast for us to do anything against, and now that we're in here we wont be able to get out either." Naruto sighed,
"Sasuke you forgot one little detail." Sasuke looked over at Naruto,
"Huh?" Naruto just smirked,
"When I first got here I made some clones." With those final words, all of the clones charged, and within a couple of seconds the dome was down again, and Naruto still had about six clones to spare. Haku was now standing across from Naruto and Sasuke,
"I'm disappointed in you Naruto-san, but I guess this just proves that you do have a good heart."
"What the hell are you talking about? Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Sasuke you ready to take this guy down?" Sasuke just nodded, and they both charged at Haku.
-With Zabuza and Kakashi-
Kakashi, and Zabuza were both breathing heavily, and were currently running low on chakra. Kakashi once again had his Sharingan eye revealed, and Zabuza had Kubikiri Houcho out in front of him.
"I cant believe that bastard betrayed me!" Kakashi just chuckled,
"I knew there was no way Naruto would just ditch us, and join the enemy. He might dislike Konaha, but I know he would never betray Sandaime either." Zabuza grunted, and took a stance,
"Well it doesn't matter, if Haku can get his jutsu up again then there's no way even hat gaki can win." Kakashi just chuckled lightly once again,
"I think you're underestimating my students Zabuza." Zabuza just, once again, grunted, and charged at Kakashi, Kubikiri Houcho (Head Cleaving Sword) above his head.
-With Haku, Sasuke, and Naruto-
Sasuke and Naruto were having a hard time with Haku, even though Sasuke had his Sharingan active. The boy was simply, to fast for them to see. Naruto let out a very deep sigh, he really didn't want Sasuke to know he had the Sharingan, and he sure as hell didn't want to show his true power, even if it was only that, but as time went on Naruto was getting more, and more desperate. Naruto then decided, that in order for him to survive, and save those precious to him he would have to reveal the Sharingan. He sighed once more as he pumped some of the Kyuubi's chakra into his eyes, and they instantly turned red, with three tomoe in each eye.
Haku was going from mirror to mirror, and drew another senbon to throw. He drew back, and launched it at Naruto who had his back turned at the moment, but Haku froze as Naruto caught it.
Sasuke had noticed that the rapid pain stopped coming, and slowly opened his eyes. He looked over at Naruto, and his eyes widened, almost instantly. He couldn't believe it, Naruto was holding one of the senbon needles, and the boy, who had previously been bombarding them with needles, was frozen in place. Sasuke slowly made his way over to Naruto,
"Naruto…how did you-!? How the hell-!?…Naruto! How did you do that!?" Naruto, without looking at Sasuke just replied,
"It doesn't matter…he's going to die, and that's the only important thing." Naruto then took off, and was instantly in front of Haku, which cause Haku's eyes to widen even more when he saw the Sharingan in Naruto's eyes.
"You're an Uchiha!?" Haku screamed, which caused Sasuke's eyes to widen again,
'What could Naruto have done that would make that boy think he's an Uchiha? Unless he was talking to me, but that doesn't seem likely.' Sasuke was the snapped out of his own thoughts by Naruto's laughter,
"Who said I was an Uchiha?" Haku just got a confused look on his face,
"Then how would you obtain the Sharingan?" Naruto growled, very frustrated now. That was the last thing he wanted Haku to say out loud. Naruto then let out a deep sigh as he heard the footsteps of who he guessed was Sasuke running towards him. Naruto's thoughts were confirmed as he heard Sasuke's surprised voice,
"Naruto…? You have the Sharingan?" Naruto slowly turned around, and came face to face , with a, now, stunned Sasuke.
"…But, how…do you…-" Sasuke stopped mid-sentence as he was tackled by Naruto. When they both came to a stop after rolling a couple of feet across the hard ground Sasuke stood up furious,
"What the hell was that about Naruto!? Huh!?" Naruto didn't answer as he was now looking straight at Haku, who was sitting in the mirror across from their current position.
"Naruto answer me dammit!" All Naruto did was point to somewhere, and Sasuke's focus went from Naruto, to where his finger was pointing. Then Sasuke stood stunned. He saw about twenty senbon imbedded into the ground where they had previously been,
'Naruto was able to see it coming, and get us both out of the way that fast!?' Sasuke then, once again, looked over at Naruto, but this time noticed something that he hadn't the first time. Naruto had three tomoe in each of his eyes!
'How!? It takes at least two years to achieve three tomoe for the Sharingan! Wait…that means that Naruto has had it for awhile now…but I still don't understand how Naruto got the Sharingan, but then again I don't understand how Kakashi got it either. Kakashi's however, looks like it was implanted, and the fact that he only has one, supports my theory. I'll just ask Naruto once this is all over.'
The mist suddenly became unbelievably thick, as Sasuke couldn't see around him anymore,
'Dammit Zabuza!' Sasuke screamed to himself, frustrated that he couldn't see anyone anymore. Sasuke then heard a slight grunt of pain, and followed the sound, in hope of finding Naruto, and the boy who was known as Haku.
To Sasuke's satisfaction he ran right to where Naruto and Haku were. Sasuke was still inside the ice dome when the mist had rolled in, but even in that enclosed area he didn't have the slightest clue where anyone was, it was simply to thick. Sasuke didn't dare make a move in fear that he would ruin the plan that Sasuke assumed Naruto had. He did flinch slightly however when Haku jumped back, and into the mirrors surrounding Sasuke and Naruto, once again.
Naruto however didn't waste any time as he ran at Sasuke, and kicked him in the back, which resulted in Sasuke stumbling forward, and actually slamming into one of the ice mirrors. Sasuke turned around prepared to yell at Naruto, but quieted up when he saw all of the senbon in his previous spot.
"Sasuke!" Sasuke jerked his head, and caught sight of a slightly panting Naruto, who was apparently having a rough time keeping his stamina up, while avoiding attacks with such high speeds involved. Naruto knew that he couldn't keep this up all that much longer, because protecting himself and Sasuke, against this assault was very tiring, and it was costing him dearly, as he could actually feel himself slowing down bit by bit.
"You need to pay more attention to the enemy! I know that you can see Haku's movements now! It might not be much, but it should be enough to defend yourself!" Sasuke nodded to confirm his understanding, and looked back at Haku. The boy was currently trying to think of what to do. He knew that with both, Sasuke and Naruto owning the Sharingan, that he couldn't use speed against them anymore, because the Sharingan can trace movements, but that's also where Haku's whole problem came into play. Haku was only as great as he was, because he made himself so fast, and without his speed…he was pretty much nothing. Haku had thought through a couple of options. One of them had been to try to use speed anyway. Yes, the Sharingan can track movement, but since Sasuke's was in the earliest stage it wouldn't be a big concern, but then Haku remembered Naruto. Yes, he would have been able to attack Sasuke using pure speed still, and Sasuke may have deflected all of the long range attacks, but he knew that he would have been able to get the Uchiha with close ranged assaults. Still however, Naruto was in an advanced stage of the Sharingan, and that meant that speed wouldn't work at all against him. So Haku had ruled that option out. The second choice was to try, and trick them. Haku thought that he could surrender, and when they came over to tie him up or whatever they would do, he could attack them, but Haku knew that would be cheap, and Haku didn't like unfair fighting. Haku sighed lightly, and decided he would go with his third choice of action. Haku made a seal, and five clones popped into existence. Haku ran straight for Naruto, and Sasuke with one clone on each side. Two more of the clones simply vanished from site as the last one jumped up above Naruto, and Sasuke. Sasuke kept an eye on the clone above them, while Naruto concentrated on the three running straight at them.
Naruto engaged the three Haku's that were running at him, while Sasuke leaped into the air to greet that clone. Naruto within a matter of seconds had dispersed the two clones that were with Haku, and knocked the original back. Sasuke had kicked the clone he was after in the face, and it poofed out of existence with a pile of water an instant later. Sasuke started falling with a smirk on his face, he was proud of his and Naruto's teamwork. He was thinking about the future, until two Haku clones appeared behind him, with senbon needles at ready.
'Dammit! How did me, and Naruto forget about these two!?' Sasuke tried to twist around to hit the clones, but he couldn't manage it, but just as Sasuke was about to get stabbed six Naruto's jumped in front of him, and two of them took the blow causing them to vanish. Sasuke took this chance to strike the two clones down, and landed safely, but the clones that had helped him didn't have a similar result. It seemed the fall was to great, and all the remaining clones left existence.
Sasuke turned around, and saw Naruto engaging Haku in a fierce Taijutsu battle. Haku had his usual senbon out, and was fighting with it, while Naruto was using a kunai. Sasuke decided he would help Naruto out even if he didn't need it, and took off towards the two. He quickly jumped up into the air, and started making hand signs.
"Naruto watch out!" Sasuke screamed, which resulted in Naruto nodding slightly and jumping back, and with prefect timing Sasuke finished the last seal, and inhaled deeply,
"Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as a giant fireball escape his mouth, and headed towards Haku. Haku's eyes widened as he went to dodge, but stopped instantly when he saw Naruto take a deep breath then he heard,
"Kaze no Yaiba! (Wind Blade)" Haku had got out of the range of the fireball, but the jutsu Naruto had done didn't help in Haku case. Haku tried to avoid it but was blown back, and covered in deep cuts. When the wind had died down Haku slowly stood up, but his eyes grew to amazing sizes as he felt a very intense heat radiating from behind him. He turned and saw that not only had he been cut up by Naruto's last jutsu, but he was blown right in front of Sasuke's jutsu. Haku then noticed one more thing, the fireball was dramatically larger than it had been before Naruto's jutsu then it came to Haku,
'So Naruto used a wind jutsu not only to move me into position, and cut me up, but he also used it to fuel Sasuke's jutsu, and make it much larger since fire feeds off of the wind.' Haku sighed, and fell to his knees. He knew there was absolutely no way he could avoid this. Haku used a great deal of his strength, and made a couple of hand seals.
Naruto slowly walked over to Sasuke who was now panting heavily, and gave him a slight smirk. Sasuke smirked back, and they both sat down, and looked over to the location Haku had been when he had gotten hit by Sasuke's jutsu. Naruto let out a sigh of relief, he knew that there was no way someone could have survived that blast, and was just glad that the fight was over. Naruto had been well aware of what was going on with Sasuke the whole battle, because as he had told himself before, he had an awesome team, and he wasn't going to let anything ruin it. Naruto saw Sasuke's smirk grow wider, and instantly got a confused look on his face.
"You know…I never knew we were such a great team, but I guess I know now." Sasuke said more to himself than to Naruto and chuckled slightly, and Naruto just nodded to show he agreed with Sasuke statement. Naruto slowly got up, and made his way over to the giant cloud of smoke that was almost gone now, and Sasuke was close by. Naruto started walking through, and gasped,
'H-He…He survived! B-But how is that possible!' Naruto thought to himself stunned. Naruto was currently staring at Haku, who was laying, burnt, on the ground breathing slightly, but breathing nonetheless. Naruto took out a kunai, and bent towards Haku's throat. Naruto was about to end the boy's life when suddenly his hand shot up, and grabbed Naruto's wrist.
"What the hell!? How are you still able to move!?" Haku opened his eyes, and looked straight at Naruto,
"I guess you should have ask more about my Kekkei Genkai, Naruto. You see my Kekkei Genkai isn't only that one jutsu. Nope, that jutsu is actually just something I can do, because of my Kekkei Genkai. My actually Kekkei Genkai is the ability to form ice." This caused Naruto's eyes to open a bit wider.
"You see, ice can not be formed, and used for jutsu. Trust me Zabuza has tried, and that's why its unique only to me, and my clan. I'm the only member of my clan still breathing however so its unique, and only I can use it." Naruto busted out laughing, which Haku raised an eyebrow to.
"What's so funny Uzumaki?" After a couple of minutes Naruto calmed down, and looked straight at Haku,
"Oh it's nothing, but I was wondering…could you tell me how to form ice?" Haku just shrugged,
"Well it's not like I'm going to come out of this alive so…what the hell, I don't see why not." Haku walked over to Naruto, still on his guard, but not caring very much. He knew he was going to die, and there was nothing that could change that.
"Naruto what the hell are you doing?" Sasuke called from behind them both. Naruto just turned around, and waved him off, which to Sasuke just nodded, and sat down, with a kunai in his clenched fist.
"Ok Naruto pay attention if you want to know…ok well to form ice you need to get water, and mix it with wind then you make ice, but before you can get any of the jutsu down you have to be able to control ice without even thinking about it. So it pretty much has to become second nature." Naruto just raised his eyebrow,
"Yeah…how do I get just water, and wind?" Haku just sighed,
'I thought Naruto was smart to'
"Well you see lake over there?" Naruto just nodded,
"Well that's your water source, and the breeze…that's your wind…its not that complicated." Naruto sighed, he felt like an idiot for even asking that question now, but whatever he got the answers he was looking for.
"Ok…well can you explain how you made the ice mirror dome?" Haku just rolled his eyes,
"Ok, well once you get the whole ice thing down you have to make sheets of ice. Which are the mirrors, then after making about twenty of them you just hold them up in the air with chakra, simple enough?" Naruto nodded,
"How did you go into the mirrors though?" Haku thought for a second before looking back at Naruto,
"Well…I guess it's just part of my Kekkei Genkai, because I don't really need to do anything…I can just go into them for some reason." Naruto smirked, and walked back over to Sasuke. He sat down, and turned back to face Haku. Naruto was just staring at Haku for a good while just to make sure he didn't run for it, until Haku's eyes widened, and Naruto heard him whisper to himself,
"Zabuza-san…" Then in an instant Haku was gone.
-With Kakashi And Zabuza-
Kakashi, and Zabuza had been engaged in a fierce battle ever since their last slight conversation, but that wasn't the only talking that had happened. Nope, Kakashi was slowly eating away at Zabuza, and he knew it. Zabuza was bit by bit losing his nerve, and his fighting was getting worse as a result. At the very beginning Kakashi, and Zabuza would just block everything they threw at each other, but after awhile, and some taunting courtesy of Kakashi, Zabuza was getting stabbed or cut every now and then, while all of his attacks were still getting deflected by the Sharingan user.
"Face it Zabuza! You cant beat me! You would be better just to lay down your weapon, and let me kill you rather than fighting against me!" Zabuza's eyes caught fire as he was engulfed with rage,
"Dammit! You cant beat me Kakashi! I'm going to tear you apar-" And that's when it happened. Zabuza's left arm was disabled. Kakashi had sliced a tendon, and made it so Zabuza was now a one handed fighter,
"You think that's going to stop me!? You're wrong Kakashi! I cant, and wont die!" Zabuza charged at Kakashi only to get punched in the face, and Kakashi barely put any effort into it.
"You're pathetic Zabuza…I'm going to end your misery now!" Kakashi then went into a number of seals, and slammed his hand onto the cement below. A seal formed, and shot out in all directions then their was a cloud of smoke that erupted. Kakashi laughed, and when the smoke cleared he was standing with seven ninja dogs. Kakashi smirked behind his mask as all of his dogs vanished from site.
Zabuza was frantically looking around,
"Where the hell did they go!?" He screamed, and then in an instant he was pinned to the ground by the dogs he had just been looking for. Zabuza tried to break free, but it was to no avail. Zabuza was pinned, and he could do nothing about it. He looked down at all of the dogs with their fangs dug into his flesh, and his blooding running down various parts of his body.
"See Zabuza…you cant beat me. Well Demon of the Hidden Mist…it looks like this is a perfect time…for you to die!" Kakashi screamed as he grabbed his right wrist with his left hand and held his right arm right in front of him facing down, open palmed.
Zabuza's eyes widened as chakra began to form in Kakashi's hand, and it was accompanied by a sort of chirping sound,
"Well Zabuza, I may be known as Copy Ninja Kakashi, but this is my own original technique, and you get the honor of me using it on you."
Kakashi stuck his hand back, and charged at Zabuza. He was running at incredible speeds, and then thrust his hand forward at Zabuza's chest,
"Raikiri! (Lightning Blade)"
-With Haku-
Haku was charging towards Zabuza at speeds that would even be difficult for the highest level of the Sharingan to catch, and this speed was only achieved, because of one thing, and one thing alone…dedication. Haku was using all of his strength, and speed to get over to Zabuza as fast as he could. Haku had felt something, and he knew that his purpose in life was on the verge of death, and if he had anything to do with it, that purpose was going to live on, no matter what it took.
Haku just kept running until what he had been hoping to see for a good while now came into view. Zabuza was now in Haku's line of site, and he had been right…Zabuza was about to die. Haku decided it would be the best, and only, choice to use the Shushin, and save Zabuza. Haku sighed to himself as he closed his eyes, and braced for impact, and in an instant he was standing in front of Kakashi, and his jutsu, which was coming straight at him.
-With Kakashi And Zabuza-
Kakashi was about five feet away from Zabuza now, and both knew it was all over. Zabuza had a slight smirk as Kakashi's hand neared his chest. Then the unthinkable happened…Haku appeared right in front of Zabuza as he was about to get struck, and Kakashi's and Zabuza's eyes both went wide. Kakashi tried desperately to pull his hand back but it was no use. With the speed he was currently going at there was little to no chance he could stop, and that wasn't a great enough chance for Kakashi. Kakashi closed his eyes as he was about to strike down the young boy. The impact came, and Kakashi slowly opened his eyes as he inwardly sighed,
'Looks like I took another innocent life…dammit Zabuza, why couldn't you have gotten some a bit older, and that had more experience with life…I curse y-' Kakashi stopped thinking altogether as he opened his eyes. The boy wasn't in front of his hand anymore, and it wasn't his blood that was all over his face…no it was Zabuza's. Kakashi had no idea what had happened within the milliseconds that his eyes were closed, but what had happened seemed impossible in that amount of time.
Zabuza's eyes were currently as wide as dinner plates, and his mind was trying to comprehend what had just occurred. One second Zabuza had been about to die by Kakashi's hand, and then the next he was safe, because his tool was blocking the path, but now it wasn't Haku's body who's Kakashi's arms was thrust through…no it was his own.
"B-But…h-how?! H-Haku was in f-front of m-me!" Zabuza used all of his remaining strength to turn his head to the left, and look at the blur, that had a slight blond tint, that he could make out with his peripherals. What Zabuza saw he couldn't believe. Naruto was standing next to Haku's body, which was currently lying on the ground.
"N-No…w-way!" Zabuza's brain still couldn't understand what had happened, because it just didn't seem possible. At the speed Kakashi was moving, and the distance they were from one another, there was just no way anyone could get someone out of the way in time, and not only avoid the attack themselves, but also keep the person they had taken, out of harms way also.
Kakashi was still looking at Zabuza, wide eyed, until he saw Zabuza's attention shift to the left. Kakashi slowly turned his head to his right, unaware of what he was going to see, and his eyes only grew wider, which they seemed to be doing a lot of this trip. Naruto was standing next to the boy, and they were both completely unharmed.
'H-How did Naruto do that!? Where did he acquire so much speed!?'
Kakashi was stunned, he didn't know what to do, he didn't know how to react, he didn't even know what to think. It was apparent that Naruto had somehow taken the boy out of harm's way without getting touched, even the slightest, by his Raikiri.
"N-Naruto…w-what happened!?" Kakashi asked still stunned. Naruto jumped slightly, like he wasn't even aware of what was going on around him, he quickly recovered however,
"What did you say Kakashi? I didn't hear you." Kakashi sighed slightly,
"I ask what happened exactly." Naruto's mouth just made an 'o', and he began to recall what exactly had happened,
-Flashback-
Naruto's eyes widened, from the shock of Haku vanishing from his site in not even a second, but he quickly got over it, and took off after Haku, leaving behind a very confused Sasuke.
Naruto was closing in on Haku, and was just about to catch him when Naruto suddenly froze up for a second, from what came into view.
Kakashi was holding his hand straight down, and a blue light from emitting from what looked like a ball of lightning , which was occupying his hand. He was standing straight across from Zabuza who was being held down by, what Naruto guessed was, Kakashi's nindogs.
Naruto was in such shock he didn't even think about his Sharingan, and copying the technique that Kakashi was in the process of using. Naruto then thought back to Haku. He knew that Zabuza deserved to die, and in his mind Haku didn't, but it was his job to finish the young boy off. The only thing getting to Naruto was the fact that it would be by Kakashi's hand, literally, that Haku had died. Not his own.
Naruto was still currently following very close behind Haku, and the boy didn't even seem to realize it. It was as if he was actually in some sort of trance.
'So he's really that dedicated huh?' Naruto pondered to himself as they the distance between Zabuza, and Haku grew close, and closer. Then, within an instant, Haku was in front of Zabuza about to take the blow for his 'reason in life.'
Naruto noticed the shocked expressions on Kakashi's, and Zabuza's faces, and smirked to himself. Naruto then saw how dangerously close Kakashi was to his target. Naruto gritted his teeth as he, within not even a second, appeared in the air right next to Haku's body, and landed a kick to the boy's face, which in turn knocked him out, and got him out of Kakashi's range.
-End Flashback-
Kakashi just nodded as he was getting over the shock of the amazing things Naruto did. Kakashi turned back to Naruto, however,
"Naruto…how exactly did you get to Haku in tim-" Kakashi cut himself off as he started to walk over to the objects he had missed throughout this whole shocking encounter. Kakashi got another surprise, though, when his right arm wasn't coming with him. Kakashi turned back around, and saw that his hand was still going through Zabuza's torso. Kakashi lowered his head as he pulled his arm out, with some force added. As soon as Kakashi's hand had left Zabuza's body, said body fell to the ground, and a small pool of blood formed around it. It was small, but getting bigger as the blood continued to flow from the massive hole in the mans chest.
Kakashi sighed, and got down on his right knee as he gently closed Zabuza's eyes. Kakashi stood back up, and turned back to what he had been trying to get to before he was halted. Kakashi made his was right up next to the items as he stopped, and chuckled to himself.
"…Weights…" Was the only word that escaped Kakashi's lips as Naruto walked up right beside him,
"Yeah…720 pounds in all, to be exact." Kakashi's eyes didn't widen at this remark. Instead he just closed his eyes, and, once again, chuckled to himself.
Naruto then, without a word, turned and started off towards Haku's unconscious body. He halted however when he heard Kakashi's call,
"Where you going Naruto?" Naruto just turned his head so that his right eye, and part of his mouth was visible,
"To finish my opponent off." Naruto stated as he began walking again, as he turned back around. Now this did cause Kakashi's eyes to widen as he whirled around,
"Naruto! Zabuza is dead! Haku doesn't need to die along with him!" Naruto stopped instantly, and though no one, but himself, could hear it, Naruto growled angrily. When Naruto turned back around, though he had a big smile on his face, and started rubbing the back of his head sheepishly,
"Yeah I guess you're right Kakashi. He doesn't need to die…I should probably go get Tazuna, and Sakura though." Naruto was about to take off, when the mist lifted almost instantly, and everyone came into view.
Sasuke was currently walking towards Kakashi, and Naruto. Tazuna was doing to same except he was carrying an unconscious Sakura in his arms.
"Yo Naruto! What happened!?" Came Sasuke's familiar voice as he came closer, and closer to the other two Sharingan users. Sasuke continued walking until he caught site of his Sensei's hand,
"Whoa…" Sasuke whispered, to no one in particular.
Kakashi saw Sasuke face change, and his eyes direct to his right arm. Kakashi laughed sheepishly to himself as he wiped all the blood off of his hand/arm, and onto his black Jonin pants.
Naruto smirked as he sat down, and waited until everyone was situated to begin doing anything. Tazuna had finally arrived, and gently set Sakura on the ground. Sasuke walked over, and sat down beside Naruto. Naruto smirked at Sasuke, and Sasuke looked back, but with a different expression. Sasuke's eyes were wide, and he seemed to be panicking. Naruto didn't understand what Sasuke was doing until it dawned on him,
'My Sharingan is still active!' Naruto quickly pumped some of the Kyuubi's chakra into his eyes, and the Sharingan vanished. Sasuke then did smirk back at Naruto, but Naruto didn't notice. He was to caught up with his own thoughts,
'Dammit! I hope Kakashi didn't see! That seems unlikely though, since I was talking to him, but maybe he didn't. Well even if he did at least Sakura wont know, but still having Kakashi know could be bad.' Naruto was cut out of his thoughts by what sounded like someone getting up, and Naruto wanted to kill himself for being so stupid. It was Haku.
Naruto turned his head, and saw that Kakashi, Sasuke, and Tazuna were already looking in Haku's direction. Naruto was expecting Haku to freak, but what he got was way over the top. Haku, without even saying a word, stood up, glanced at Zabuza, and instantly attacked Kakashi, but was cut off by Naruto. Haku didn't stop however, he just kept running, and didn't seem to be changing his mind. Naruto just took a defensive stance, and blocked Haku's senbon with a kunai he pulled out of his holster.
"Haku calm down for a second!" Kakashi screamed from a distance, Haku didn't answer he just attempted to get around Naruto by cutting the blonds leg. Haku's attack connected, but it didn't work as planned, because Naruto didn't move an inch.
Haku looked into Naruto's eyes, and it wasn't hard to see that he was very frustrated.
"Naruto get out of my way." Naruto didn't move or even react at all. Haku then took out a senbon, and tried to stab Naruto with that one, and just like last time he cut Naruto, but there was no reaction from him.
Haku once again tried to get around, but this time Naruto kicked him backwards, and Haku slid to a halt as he looked up at Naruto once again. He saw something he wasn't expecting however, Naruto was charging at him, and it wasn't hard to see he was pissed off.
Haku jumped out of the way as Naruto appeared where he had just been, and slashed with his claws. Naruto soon saw Haku, and took off again, but this time Haku wasn't so lucky as Naruto sliced his side wide open.
'He has to die!' Naruto screamed in his head, as he repeatedly assaulted Haku.
Sasuke, Kakashi, and Tazuna watched on in horror as Naruto, basically, tore Haku to pieces.
Naruto landed a final blow, and Haku was sent flying towards the ground, and then disappeared in a cloud of debris as he made impact. Naruto landed right next to where Haku had, and as soon as Naruto was on the ground again, Kakashi was right beside him, restraining him.
"Naruto he's done! Calm down!" Naruto was thrashing about, and kept doing so until the smoke cleared.
Haku was laying face first on the ground, and he had a decent sized puddle of blood forming beneath him.
Naruto broke away from Kakashi, and made his way back over to the rest of his companions.
'We need to work on his anger, big time.' Kakashi sighed to himself as he began following Naruto.
Naruto sat next to Sasuke again, but Sasuke scooted away from Naruto a little. Sasuke didn't like to admit it even to himself, but even after seeing how terrifying Naruto could be, what had just happened was a new high for him.
'Well at least Sakura didn't see Naruto do that.' Sasuke sighed to himself, and as if Sakura knew someone was talking about her, she slowly opened her eyes, and sat up.
Sakura looked around for a few seconds, and got her blurred vision back to normal. Sakura then saw Naruto, and nearly fainted.
"Naruto…kun?" Came Sakura's soft voice in barely above a whisper. Sasuke barely heard it, and was surprised that Naruto, who was about five feet further from Sakura then he was, had heard her also,
"Hey Sakura." Naruto responded nonchalantly, with a slight smile. Sakura was instantly weeping in the blond's arms,
"Oh Naruto-kun I thought you had betrayed us, and I would never get to see you again!" Naruto laughed slightly, while on the inside he let out an annoyed sigh,
"I would never ditch my team." Sakura just kept hugging him tightly as she calmed down.
After Sakura was back to her normal self everyone stood up, and stretched, and that's when Sakura noticed the bodies,
"W-What happened to them!?" Kakashi sighed, and was about to explain when Naruto cut in,
"Well it turned out that Haku was going to turn on Zabuza anyways so he joined our side, but when him and Zabuza went at it…the fight ended in a draw, and it cost them both their lives…as you can see." Kakashi just arched an eyebrow as Sasuke, and Tazuna smirked, because of Naruto's fast thinking. Sakura just got a sad look on her face,
"I wish they didn't have to die." Kakashi sighed, and stepped up beside Sakura,
"Sakura…death is part of being a ninja. People die on missions all the time. It's just something you have to get used to, and overcome if you ever want to become a great ninja." Sakura just nodded.
Tazuna grinned, and stepped up to the group that was known as Team 7,
"Well guys…I think we can call it a day. We can finish the bridge later, but for now…I think everyone deserves a good old rest." Everyone just nodded as they began to walk back towards Tazuna's house, and their current home. Everyone was growing close to the house when Inari rounded a corner, and ran right into Kakashi. He fell backwards, and onto the ground, but quickly bounced back, for he was to excited to stay down,
"Everyone! Gatoh was killed last night! Can you believe it!? All of our troubles are gone just like that!" Everyone's eyes widened in shock at the news, and Inari then jetting for Naruto, and stopped once in front of him,
"Naruto…I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I was wrong, and I realize it now." Inari got a response he was never expecting. Naruto grinned big, and patted him on the shoulder,
"It's ok Inari, but just remember…don't lose hope. Good things will come as things progress you just have to take action." Inari smiled and nodded, while everyone else just watched with a smile,
'So this is Naruto-kun's soft side huh? I knew he had one, it just takes certain circumstances to bring it out.' Sakura thought to herself as she continued to smile at the scene in front of her.
"Well guys I have to run! I'm off to tell everyone the great news!" Inari then ran past everyone, and down the road they had just came.
'I think I'm getting better at pulling of this 'nice' thing!' Naruto thought excitedly to himself.
Naruto then went back to the real world as everyone continued to walk back to Tazuna's house. It took another twenty minutes, but everyone finally arrived at their destination. When they walked into the house everyone was greeted by the smell of fresh food, and Tazuna received a hug from his daughter.
Everyone was busy with their meal when Inari walked into the house, the smile still plastered on his face,
"Hey everyone! I'm back!" Everyone smiled as he took a seat at the table.
"So does everyone know of Gatoh's death now?" Tsunami asked, and Inari just nodded happily,
"Yeah I told everyone, but there's just one thing I'm disappointed with." Sakura looked up at Inari with a questioning look,
"What is it Inari?" She asked gently.
"Well everyone wished that they knew who it was that had killed Gatoh so that we could thank them for their deeds." Naruto out of nowhere chocked on the roll he had been eating, and all eyes were then on him. After forcing the roll down his throat with some water, Naruto looked back at everyone,
"Well I know who you can thank for killing off that greedy bastard…but you cant really thank them, and receive a reply anymore." After those words left Naruto's mouth everyone who had been at the bridge that day froze, but Inari and Tsunami were left totally confused,
"N-No way!" Sasuke screamed, his eyes wide. Naruto just simply nodded,
"How do you know that Naruto?" Kakashi asked looking at Naruto, with his one visible eyebrow raised,
"Haku told me, when I was with them." Inari had enough of being left in the dark as he exploded,
"What is going on!? What are you guys talking about!?" Tazuna just sighed, and looked at Inari,
"The people who killed Gatoh…were S-Rank Criminals…" Inari's and Tsunami's eyes widened.
"W-What!?" Inari screeched out, and Kakashi just nodded,
"Yes it's true…we fought, them at the bridge, but they both died." Kakashi stated the last part as he looked at the ground. Inari thought to himself for a couple of seconds before looking at everyone once again,
"How about we give them a good funeral then?" Everyone smiled as they liked the idea, and nodded in agreement.
"Ok it's settled! Tonight we're going to have a funeral for those two ninja!" Inari screamed as he ran out of the house once again.
Naruto sighed, but smiled as he stood up, and walked out of the kitchen.
-At Zabuza's And Haku's Funeral-
Everyone in the village showed up to show their respect for the two dead ninja. Even if they were S-Rank Criminals they did save their village, and they were very grateful for that.
The funeral lasted for about three hours as everyone stepped up to the two graves, which were right beside one another. Zabuza's grave had Kubikiri Houcho sticking out of it, and Haku's had a cross sticking out. Both had numerous flowers on them, and the number increased with each passing minute.
After the funeral was over everyone went back to their homes, and so did Team 7, Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari. When everyone got home they quickly went to bed, so they could be ready for waking up early in the morning to help finish the bridge, and then they could head home.
They morning came as quickly as Naruto was expecting it to, and the day went like he planned it would. He got up, ate breakfast, went out and helped finish the bridge, and then went back to the house and packed up. Team 7 stood at the completed bridge with everyone that was in the village, and they all were giving a good farewell to their village's 'saviors.'
As Team 7 faded from view off into the distance, Tazuna thought to himself out loud,
"I still don't have a name for this bridge." Inari smiled as he walked up to his grandfather, and tugged on his shirt, causing the old man to look down,
"How about 'The Great Naruto Bridge?'" Tazuna just smiled as he nodded,
"Seems like a good name to me." He then turned to the crowd behind him,
"To the 'Great Naruto Bridge!'" Then a cheer erupted from the crowd of people.
Ok guys well the Wave Arc is done, and I really hope you enjoyed it! Well next chapter I'm trying to decide if I should just go straight to the Chuunin Exams or if I should add some more stuff, and if I'm missing something then please let me know, but until next time…
Peace!