A new team, different sensei Chapter 9, a naruto fanfic

I don't own anything from the manga/anime Naruto. It is Masashi Kishimoto that owns Naruto. This is a fan fiction based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime: Naruto.

"Ordinary conversation"

'thought'

"Wolf/Kyuubi speech"

'Wolf/Kyuubi thought'

Authors note: a comment from me about the story.

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In a cone shaped house in the middle of the forest, a girl sat next to her master, who was currently resting. The girl had a pretty face, dark brown eyes, dark hair that was tied up in a bun on top of her head, except two bangs hanging down and framing her face. She wore a green shirt with brown pants and a long, brown belt.

"Another four days, and you'll be back to normal Zabuza-san." The girl said.

The next day, the same girl stood up and walked over to the window. Releasing the bun, her hair fell down to just under her shoulder blades.

Ten minutes later, the girl was walking into the forest. Now she wore a pink kimono with red cherry blossoms on. She carried a basket and was humming slightly to herself.

After an hour of walking, she came upon what she had searched for. Kneeling down, she started to pick medical herbs. Soon her basket was almost full. A bird landed on her shoulder, and she smiled at it. Cooing slightly at it before returning to her task. She was startled when the bird suddenly flew off. Feeling slightly down, she followed it with her gaze. She saw the bird land next to a boy. A boy with blonde, spiky hair. And a Konoha forehead protector. The girl got up and walked towards him. The bird flew off, as if thinking that the girl was going to kill the boy. Instead she shook him awake.

"Hey, you'll catch a cold sleeping here." she said kindly. Naruto opened his eyes and looked up at the pretty girl. Sitting up, he rubbed his eyes before turning to her.

"Hello nesan, what are you doing here?" he asked

The girl smiled and gestured to her basket.

"I'm picking medical herbs." She said with a smile on her face.

A little later, Naruto was helping the girl.

"So, what were you doing out here?" the girl asked and Naruto grinned

"Training!" he said proudly.

"So, you are a ninja. Why would you be training? You look very strong already." The girl said.

"I want to be even stronger so that I can become the Hokage. And I want to make Sakura-chan and Ino-chan proud of me." Naruto said seriously but still cheerfully.

"So, you train because of your precious people?" the girl said.

"Huh?" Naruto replied

"When you have people precious to you, you become stronger when you fight for them." the girl explained. Naruto thought for a bit and remembered all the people he held precious. Iruka, Sandaime, the ramen man and his daughter, Tenshi, Rin, Sakura, Ino, and if he was completely honest with himself; Kyuubi. Naruto realised why he wanted to learn the Rasengan so much. He wanted to use it to protect those he cared about.

"Yeah, I understand what you mean." He said and the girl smiled. She stood up from where she had crouched down and took her basket.

"You will become strong then." She said and walked away.

The girl walked for a bit until she heard a voice behind her.

"Thank you. That was the motivation he needed." The girl whirled around to see who talked to her. She saw Tenshi step out from behind a tree.

"Oh, you scared me. But it was no big deal." The girl said and smiled at Tenshi, who she recognised as the ninja who had almost killed Zabuza.

"Even if it wasn't a big deal, Naruto will use what you said, and help him in his training. Thank you again…mist hunter nin!" Tenshi said with a smile, although his eyes were his cold steel. The girl shuddered a little and tried to deny it.

"What are you…"

"I smell you. I recognise your smell from the hunter nin that saved Zabuza. But don't worry. I won't attack you. I just wanted to thank you, but the next time we meet, we will have to fight." Tenshi said and vanished in a blur. The girl stood there for a bit before composing herself and running back to Zabuza.

After the girl left, Naruto began his training again.

'I have to do this. For my precious people.' He thought. The newfound determination he had helped him double the time he could control the Rasengan, but it still wasn't complete.

"What am I missing?" he asked loudly.

"Try without the balloon." Tenshi said, appearing behind Naruto.

"Huh? Okay, if you say so." He replied and held out his hand. Making a sphere appear, he looked at it. Something was amiss. Suddenly a perfect Rasengan came into his vision. Tenshi had made one and held it out to compare it with Naruto's.

"Look at these two and tell me the difference." He said and Naruto stared at the two spinning balls of chakra. Then it hit him.

"Mine is less…filled than yours." Naruto said.

"Right. Mine has more chakra mass, and is better moulded. Why don't you try sticking to a tree with chakra while doing the first and second step? That will increase your control and help you a lot." Tenshi said and Naruto did as he was told. All the night and the next day, Naruto stood under a tree branch, bursting balloons filled with water, or rubber balls.

Three days after the encounter with the girl, Naruto stood in front of Tenshi again, looked a lot worse for wear.

"Are you sure you should be training so hard?" Tenshi asked, concerned for his student.

"Shut up. Now, is it good enough?" Naruto asked and made a near perfect Rasengan in his hand. Tenshi stared for a bit before he smiled and laughed.

"Almost, but very close though. Yet if you try to attack with it, it won't hold. The layer that holds the chakra inside must be stronger. That tree climbing really helped though." Tenshi said proudly. Naruto beamed before concentrating and continuing the training. Tenshi smiled and shook his head before sitting down and observing the boy.

Late the evening the day after Tenshi's hint on the Rasengan, Naruto got it. He grinned widely while staring at the complete form of the jutsu Yondaime Hokage had developed. Rushing towards one of the only unharmed trees in the clearing he was training in, he pushed the ball into the tree trunk. Like with Tenshi, Naruto's Rasengan ate itself into the tree, forming a perfectly round hole. Clapping sounded behind Naruto. Turning around, he saw a smiling Tenshi and a beaming Rin.

"Very good Naruto, you got it. You mastered Rasengan much faster than I did. Incredible." Tenshi praised.

"When we get back to Konoha, I'll make you a celebration dinner. Just for you." Rin said and despite being very tired, Naruto jumped around in happiness. First he yelled: "Yes! Rin-ne-san is making me dinner!" then he landed, and smiled even brighter before running around and yelling: "Now I can protect my precious people with an amazing jutsu."

Tenshi and Rin looked a little surprised before smiling with the boy. Who suddenly collapsed.

"Huh?" he said. Tenshi sighed and picked him up.

"You're exhausted. Come on, no reason to stay here now that you have mastered the jutsu." Tenshi said and carried Naruto towards Tazuna's house. Not even two minutes later, Naruto was asleep.

Sakura and Ino sat in their room, looking awkwardly at each other. They had both thought about how they felt after the Genjutsu training, more importantly on the part involving them.

'Was it just the Genjutsu, or…'

'Did I really enjoy it?' they thought. Sakura had a slight blush on her face, while Ino suddenly looked determined.

"Sakura, we have to know." She said. Sakura slowly nodded. Ino smiled slightly, before becoming serious. Standing up and looking very much like a heroine doing a great deed, she walked over to Sakura and kissed her. it only lasted for a few seconds, but just like when they kissed Naruto, they felt what resembled small electric trails on their lips, and both liked it. Smiling again, both shyly, although Ino looked a little less shy, they kissed again. This time it lasted for fifteen seconds. When they broke, Ino sat down next to Sakura.

"So…" Ino began

"I…I…liked it. Almost as much as with Naruto-kun." Sakura said slowly.

"Me too. And hey, we are together also." Ino said while nodding. Sakura looked at her with confusion in her face.

"Huh?" she asked

"Well, since both you and I are together with Naruto-kun, and Naruto-kun is together with us, that makes us together as well. A real triangle of love." Ino said happily.

"Yeah, you're right, although I think we should move a little slowly and perhaps not so very public." Sakura said and Ino nodded.

"Yeah, you're right. But you know, I always meant you were beautiful. Now we know why." Ino said happily and Sakura smiled.

"I think you are beautiful also Ino. So, want another one?" she said, a bit red in the face. Ino grinned and the two kissed again. Just then, Inari walked by the open door and saw what they were doing. He promptly passed out from blood loss.

Tenshi and Rin walked up to the room that the three Genin were staying in. And were meet with a rather odd sight.

Ino were scolding a blushing Inari for peeking, while Sakura was busy cleaning up some blood from the floor.

Tenshi and Rin looked at each other and sighed.

"Won't ask."

Tenshi walked into the room and lay Naruto down on his bed.

"Let him rest for now." Tenshi said and walked out, Rin following close behind.

Tenshi and Rin sat on the roof, hand in hand, gazing at the moon.

"Tomorrow is going to be a bad day." Rin said and Tenshi nodded.

"Yeah. I know." He replied. Nothing else was said between the two for a while, until Tenshi turned and looked at Rin.

"What?" she asked, a faint blush on her face.

"Nothing, just admiring the view." Tenshi said and smiled at her.

"Cheesy, but nice." Rin said. The two of them laughed for a bit before leaning in and kissing each other.

The next day came way too early for Naruto. The sun shone right onto his eyes, and it took e few minutes for him to blink away the weariness. He turned and looked at the clock.

'Crap. I overslept.' He thought, jumped out of bed, ran to the bathroom, got washed, ran back, got dressed and just as he was strapping his katana onto his back, he heard a yell downstairs.

"If you touch that child, I'll bite my tongue off and kill myself."

'that was Tsunami-san. What the?' Naruto thought before he felt two unfamiliar chakras.

Deciding to help, he snuck out the window, and clung to the wall with chakra. Making his way to the door, which was sliced to pieces, he peered in and saw two gruffy looking samurai holding Tsunami hostage and leaving a crying Inari. Quickly hiding, Naruto watched as the two samurai walked out, leading a tied up Tsunami. Jumping and landing in front of them, Naruto stopped them while drawing his katana.

"Release her." Naruto commanded.

"huh? One of those ninja kids Tazuna hired." One of the samurai said.

"Let's kill him." The other said. They looked at Tsunami.

"If you move, then we will kill your little brat." They said and rushed at Naruto. Inari, who saw all this, ran to his mother as fast and silently as he could.

"Mom. I'll save you." He said and untied her.

"Inari…" Tsunami said and hugged the boy.

Naruto grinned as the samurai rushed at him.

"Idiots." He said and began his technique with a kage bunshin. Both Naruto and the clone began running towards the samurai.

"Mikazuki no mai!" they yelled out and to the samurai it looked like they divided into four. But just as they struck the rushing Genin with a sword slash each, they were surprised when their swords passed right trough. They managed to half turn and see Naruto and the kage bunshin descend upon them from the sky before they were cut from the right shoulder to the left hip. The kage bunshin puffed away and Naruto nearly threw up. He had made his first kill.

'Damn, so this is how it feels to kill. To end someone's life. I think I'm going to be sick.' Naruto thought and before he could really control himself he threw up.

Inari and Tsunami, who had been watching, ran over to him, being careful not to step in the blood pool from the two dead samurai.

"Naruto-kun! Are you alright?" Tsunami asked the still retching boy. He shook his eyes and looked at the two bodies before closing his eyes.

"I heard that the first kill was bad, but this…damn!" Naruto said and sat down. Looking at his shaky hand his voice almost broke.

"This hand ended someone's life. I…I…now I know why Rin-nee-san said Tenshi-sensei had to remove his emotions. He must have been so sad."

Tsunami and Inari looked at each other. They whirled back when Naruto stood up and shook his head.

"I can't sit here and feel sorry for myself. If they attacked here, maybe they'll attack the bridge. I'll just clean this up a bit." Naruto said and made some kage bunshin. Tsunami noted that Naruto's hands still shook slightly. The clones picked up the two bodies and carried them out on the water. Naruto followed and made some hand seals.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu" he called out and the fire ball incinerated the bodies. When he was done, he walked back to the two. He noticed Inari looking slightly afraid.

"Don't worry Inari, I won't hurt you." Naruto reassured and Inari smiled at him. Naruto turned in the direction of the bridge.

"I'll have to go now. Be careful, okay?" he said but didn't give Inari or Tsunami a chance to respond.

"What…what is this?" Tazuna yelled. He, Tenshi, Rin, Sakura and Ino had arrived at the bridge and were meet with the sight of the workers laying there, either unconscious or killed.

"This is…" Ino said

"Form the ring." Tenshi commanded. The ninjas formed a protective ring around Tazuna, each pulling out a kunai while getting ready.

Then a thick mist came rolling in.

"Kirigakure no jutsu." Zabuza's voice came throughout the mist.

"I hate this jutsu." Ino growled.

"Oh, the little Genin has some spunk." Zabuza said and suddenly ten Mizu bunshin of Zabuza appeared around them.

"Go Ino!" Tenshi said. She smirked, did a hand seal and vanished, leaving her weights behind. When she reappeared, the Mizu bunshin got sever slashes on their bodies and fell down into puddles of water.

"Oh, she has grown." Zabuza said and the mist cleared a bit and there stood the real Zabuza with the hunter nin next to him.

"I taught them how to release their weights in a second. Really useful." Rin said.

"It looks like you have a rival for speed, Haku." Zabuza said and Haku, the hunter nin, nodded.

"Indeed." Haku said. Tenshi then noticed someone else behind Zabuza. Zabuza noticed Tenshi looking at the person and chuckled.

"Ah, so you have spotted the addition to my team? This is Catos. Catos, why don't you say hello?" Zabuza said. Catos stepped forward. He was a small kid, brown hair and eyes, wearing pure black clothes and a black mask. He's face was completely devoid of emotion. Rin gasped when she saw that.

"He looks like Tenshi when we were younger." She said and Tenshi nodded.

"Except for the eyes." He replied.

Catos looked at Tenshi, before vanishing. He reappeared in front of Tenshi, hitting him in the stomach. Tenshi didn't have time to guard and was thrown slightly back.

"Just as fast as Kakashi" Rin said. Tenshi coughed and stood up.

"Catos is completely devoted to me, and he is stronger than me as well." Zabuza said proudly. Catos didn't show any emotion while getting praised. Instead he threw another punch towards Tenshi, but this time he caught it. Tenshi growled and started to crush Catos's fist.

"You might be fast, but I have the advantage pure strength wise." Tenshi said and Catos tried to get away. A cracking sound started to come before Catos managed to pull his hand away and jump back to Zabuza.

"Oh? You got Catos to retreat. That is really something. But tell me, why do your eyes glow like that?" Zabuza asked, referring to Tenshi's blue glow. But Tenshi didn't answer. He, like Catos, didn't show any emotion any more. Rin shuddered slightly before regaining her composure.

"Ino, you fight Haku. Rin, you fight Catos while I fight Zabuza. Sakura, you guard Tazuna." Tenshi commanded. Ino, Rin and Sakura nodded.

"Oh and Rin…be careful." Tenshi said, a speck of concern in his voice before returning to his cold self.

"Well, it seems you really want to fight? Very well. You know your opponents." Zabuza said to his two companions, who nodded.

The first to move was Haku. She rushed at Ino with a senbon (long needle). Ino blocked with her kunai and tried to kick Haku, who blocked with her own foot.

"Looks like we are at a stalemate." Ino said but Haku shook her head.

"No, I have two advantages. First I have occupied one of your hands, then there is the water around us." She said and started forming one handed seals. Rin gasped when she saw it.

"One handed? I have never seen that before." She said.

"I haven't hear about it before either." Sakura replied.

"Hijutsu: sensatsu suishou."(secret technique: flying water needles) Haku called and the water around her rose up and turned to ice needles. The needles flew towards Ino, and just before they hit, Haku jumped away. Ino focused chakra into her legs and at the same moment Haku jumped, Ino jumped as well, effectively dodging the needles. Ino appeared behind and threw her kunai towards Haku. Haku blocked the kunai, but couldn't block the kick. Haku was sent sprawling to the ground. Ino smirked but became serious when Haku vanished and almost stabbed Ino from the back. Ino allowed herself to fall forward and while in the motion, she drew her two wakizashi. Spinning while staying crouched, Ino slashed at Haku, who managed to jump away from the slash. Haku spun and tried to appear like a tornado. She had several senbon in her hands, making her spin motion very dangerous. Ino jumped away and bit her thumb. Forming seals, she slammed her hand into the ground and yelled: "Kuchiyose no jutsu". After the customary cloud passed, a large wolf with black fur stood there.

"What is it Ino-sama?" the wolf asked.

"Help me fight that girl." Ino yelled and the wolf nodded. The wolf the charged at Haku, who dodged to the right, but she hadn't seen Ino follow the wolf and she was rewarded with a slash to the head. Fortunately for Haku, her reflexes let her only get a deep cut in her mask, but not deep enough to cut trough. Jumping away, Haku formed a lot of seals.

"Tajuu sensatsu suishou."(mass flying water needles) she said and a lot more water rose up into the air and formed needles. But Haku didn't aim for Ino. She aimed for the wolf. The sheer number of needles was too much for the wolf to dodge, and it was forced to go back to the dimension it was summoned from.

"Now it is just you and me." Haku said. Ino frowned.

"Damn, I wasted all that chakra just to nick her mask?" Ino asked herself.

"You didn't waste it. I don't want to kill you and it isn't anything personal, but you showed me that I can't hold back. This is the end." Haku said and formed some weird seals.

"Hijutsu: Makyou Hyoushou." (secret technique: demonic ice mirrors) Haku called and the water around Ino rose up and formed mirrors of ice. Several mirrors of ice, arranged into a sphere around Ino. Haku walked up to one of the mirrors and 'melted' into it.

"What is that?" Rin asked.

"Haku…she has a bloodline limit?" Tenshi asked and Zabuza nodded.

"That is Haku's ultimate jutsu. Your little blonde won't be able to survive it. No one has beaten it, ever." Zabuza bragged.

"Nothing is as boring as bragging. Let's go!" Tenshi said. Zabuza chuckled and the mist thickened around them.

"You may be the White Wolf, but I am the superior when it comes to killing without sight." Zabuza said. Tenshi sighed and blocked three shuriken that Zabuza threw.

"Oh, good. To be able to deflect those shuriken. As expected." Zabuza's voice boomed. A few moments of silence followed before Tenshi hurled himself to the ground, just missing a slash from Zabuza. But when Tenshi whirled around to slash with his kunai, Zabuza was gone. He reappeared behind Tenshi and slashed with a kunai. Tenshi managed to catch the slash with his hand, but was awarded with a deep cut. Again before he could counter, Zabuza vanished.

'Annoying.' Tenshi thought before closing his eyes.

Rin looked at her opponent, who hadn't moved a muscle for a long while. But when the mist started to thicken, he disappeared.

"Shit" Rin cursed and formed a seal.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu" she called and several clones surrounded her. Catos didn't even flinch and just started ripping the clones apart.

'He's fast, and strong.' Rin though and blocked a punch. Catos flipped and threw a kick towards Rin's face. She dodged and tried to counter, but Catos was too fast. He vanished deeper into the mist.

'Damn, he knows taijutsu is what I'm worst at.' Rin thought and looked around, but she couldn't see her little opponent.

Ino looked around inside the dome of ice mirrors. In every mirror, there was an image of Haku holding several needles.

"What…bunshin?" Ino wondered out loud. She was answered by a shower of needles, all cutting her. Ino's scream of pain was heard by everyone on the bridge. She had no way to guard. The needles came from every direction, seemingly at the same time. Ino tried to see when Haku threw the needles, but the mist nin moved too fast. All Ino could see was a blur in front of the mirrors and she felt a new cut. Ino started to get desperate. She wiped some blood from one of her cuts and started making seals.

"Kuchiyose no jutsu." she called but before she could finish the seals, needles stood out of her arms and the pain made it so that she couldn't move them.

'Damn, what now?' Ino thought.

"Sorry, but I can't allow you to escape this." Haku said and prepared to launch more needles. But before she could, shuriken came flying towards her. The shuriken pierced the mask of all the mirror images, including the real Haku. Ino blinked as Naruto appeared beside her. He smiled at her and started pulling out the needles.

"Heh, a hero arrives late, right?" Naruto asked with a big grin. Ino resisted the urge to hit him. Instead she sighed and looked at Haku.

She had landed on the ground in front of one of the mirrors, and all the images were gone. Haku looked up and her mask fell in pieces. Naruto gasped when he saw who it was.

"You…you are…the girl from the forest." Naruto said and Haku nodded. The only injury the shuriken had given her was a small cut in the forehead, her mask saving her life.

"When I meet you there, you didn't recognise me, but now you do. I am Haku, and I am going to finish you here." Haku said and melted into the mirror behind her. The mirror images came back, and before Naruto or Ino knew anything, they were hit with dozens of needles.

Their screams were terrifying.

Tenshi closed his eyes and concentrated on the sounds and smells around him. He couldn't hear Zabuza anywhere. Ino's screams weren't helping either. Tenshi's ears perked when he heard the sound of shuriken flying and hitting something in the area of the mirror dome.

"Heh, a hero arrives late, right?" Naruto's voice came.

"Good, now Ino has a much better chance of survival." Tenshi mumbled to himself.

"What does it matter if another of your brats shows up? They can't win. Not even Konoha's precious copy ninja Kakashi could win against Haku's jutsu." Zabuza bragged. Tenshi didn't answer.

"Ever since Haku was a kid, I taught her all of my fighting skills. All of my jutsus I passed down to her, and she surpassed even me. The terrifying ability of an advanced bloodline. The scrap that follows you around, won't even put a dent in Haku's jutsu." Zabuza bragged. They heard a grunt from Rin as she got hit with a strong punch.

"And Catos is even stronger. That bitch won't last long against him. He surpassed me long before Haku did. A living weapon, no thoughts or feelings other than those that I have. Why don't we just sit back and listen to the screams from your students?" Zabuza asked. The answer was a hail of shuriken.

"Doesn't look like you want to kick back and relax. Oh well. I'll kill you then." Zabuza said confidently.

Catos appeared in front of Rin and punched her hard in the stomach. She grunted and stepped backwards, but Catos followed up with several punches. How he could see her and hit her, Rin had no idea of, but Catos did, even in the mist.

'At this rate, I won't last long.' Rin thought before she caught a glance of her opponent.

'There he is.' Rin thought and her hands were surrounded by a blue glow. Rin rushed forwards and hit Catos in the arm. No grunt of pain came, but Rin knew she had severed some muscles.

'This is the best I can do. These chakra enjintou (scalpel) won't do much damage, but it is all I can do for now.' Rin thought. Catos hit her in the chest, trying to break a rib or two, but Rin quickly cut as many muscles and tendons in his arm as she could. Catos didn't give any indication that he was injured, other than his now limp arms. He jumped back into the mist.

'If only I could find him, then I could win. But I have to see him before I can attack. Argh, I hate this mist.' Rin thought while looking around for Catos.

Naruto and Ino were on their knees, panting with a lot of needles sticking out of their bodies.

"Um, Ino-chan? How do we get out of this?" Naruto asked.

"If I knew that I wouldn't be in this mess, would I?" Ino yelled back. Naruto tried to scratch his head, but his hand wouldn't move right.

"What have you tried then?" Naruto asked.

"Summoning didn't work. Using shuriken or kunai won't work and we can't get close enough to use our blades. She is too fast for me to see, so I can target her with my family jutsus. I haven't tried the wind bullet though. Perhaps if we can break one of the mirrors, then we could get out. Can you protect me while I do the seals?" Ino asked. Naruto grinned and nodded.

"Sure thing." He said and Ino smiled before starting her seals sequence. Haku saw it and tired to hit Ino with needles, but Naruto made several kage bunshin and made a dome of clones around Ino, blocking her from Haku. When Haku destroyed one clone, a new one took its place.

"Naruto, get away!" Ino yelled. Naruto and his clones jumped away just as Ino drew her breath and shot out three transparent balls of wind and chakra.

"Futon: Tei tama" Ino called. Naruto smiled at the display his girlfriend showed, but the smile faded when the jutsu broke easily on the mirrors.

"Ino-chan, protect me." Naruto called while gathering the remaining kage bunshin around him. He then started making seals.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu" Naruto called and a powerful fireball blasted from his mouth and hit the mirrors, but it didn't do much more than Ino's wind jutsu.

"You can't melt this with that low level jutsu." Haku said and sent a shower of needles towards Naruto, but his kage bunshins blocked them, popping away into clouds of smoke. The smoke made it difficult to see, both for Naruto and Ino, but also for Haku.

"Naruto, now. Didn't you learn some Raiton jutsus from Kakashi-sensei?" Ino asked and Naruto nodded while performing seals.

"Raiton: Raikyuu no jutsu." Naruto called and a ball of electricity formed in his hands. he threw it at one of the mirrors, but it didn't do anything.

"Damn, that didn't work either. Any ideas Ino-chan?" Naruto asked but Ino shook her head.

"Why can't you see that it is useless?" Haku asked. Naruto and Ino looked at each other before snorting.

"We never give up." Ino said confidently.

"I have a dream, to become Hokage and protect my precious people. I can't die here." Naruto said, mirroring Ino's confidence.

"I see, so you fight for your dream as well. Well, I fight for mine too. My dream of being important to my precious person. For that I will destroy my heart and kill you." Haku said and held up a needle.

"Destroy your heart?" Ino asked, and Naruto looked down on the ground.

"Wolf, why don't you go and help your trash students. They can never defeat Haku. They can't destroy their hearts." Zabuza bragged.

"…" was the only reply Tenshi gave as he ran in a rectangular pattern, placing tags on the ground. He then jumped into the middle of the rectangle.

"I don't know what it was you just did, but it is useless." Zabuza said and moved towards Tenshi.

Just as he went past the invisible border between the tags, chakra suddenly engulfed him and held him in place.

"Die!" Tenshi calmly said before plunging a kunai into Zabuza's head.

"Yes, to be able to kill for the first time, one must destroy ones heart. To take another's life is the way of the ninja." Haku said and Ino noticed Naruto's downtrodden look.

"Naruto, what is it?" Ino asked.

"I…I…have destroyed my heart? I am nothing but a murderer?" Naruto said, still not looking up.

"What are you…?" Ino asked.

"I killed them. Two samurai that was going to kidnap Tsunami-san. I killed them in cold blood." Naruto said and looked up at Haku.

"And if that is to be a ninja, then so be it. You threatened Ino-chan's life. For that I will kill you." Naruto said, his eyes became red with slits.

"Nar…uto" Ino stuttered when she saw his eyes.

"Kit! Stop it! You are drawing on my chakra. You really want to kill that girl that much?" Kyuubi asked.

"Yes!" Naruto answered out loud and directed Kyuubi's chakra into his legs. Holding his hand out, Naruto started forming the Rasengan. For some reason, Haku didn't attack. Naruto didn't notice, but he gave off a huge killing intent, startling everyone on the bridge, except two living weapons.

Tenshi's kunai plunged into Zabuza's head, spraying forth…water.

'Mizu bunshin' Tenshi thought.

"You didn't really think I would be defeated that easily? Fool." Zabuza said and prepared to attack Tenshi again when Naruto's killing intent and the feel of Kyuubi's chakra swept over the bridge.

'What the? What is that? Tenshi? No, it has a completely different feel to it.' Zabuza thought, looking around to see what it was.

'Naruto…Kyuubi…' Tenshi thought before focusing on Zabuza, who had accidentally let some of the mist evaporate.

'I have to end this now.' Tenshi thought while doing seals and biting his thumb. Pulling out a scroll, he unrolled it and smeared some blood on it before slamming it into the ground.

"Doton: Tsuiga no jutsu. (earth tracking fang) Tenshi mumbled and several odd lines went out of the scroll and into the ground. Tenshi panted a little from using an element he didn't have an affinity with.

Zabuza still was trying to sense what was happening when suddenly the bridge under him exploded and several wolves of varying sizes erupted from the ground and bit onto him. Zabuza couldn't move an inch.

"If sight and hearing doesn't work, use smell. My wolves went after the smell of my blood on your weapons. Now you won't be able to escape." Tenshi said and a blue ball formed in his hand. Rasengan.

"Zabuza, you are pretty famous. You tried to take over the hidden mist, but when you failed, you escaped. You began working for scum like Gatou to get away from the hunter nins. The man you are trying to kill, Tazuna-san, is important to this whole country. Your ambition sacrifices too many people. Also, you have done something I really hate." Tenshi said, his tone cold and hard.

"Oh? Can you even feel anything?" Zabuza asked, the mist clearing even more, so both could see each other.

"You have turned two children into what I am. Living weapons. Children shouldn't be made to suffer that. That is something I can't forgive. Haku and Catos. Being forced to destroy their emotions, it isn't something anyone should do, not even a shinobi." Tenshi said.

"I don't care. As long as I can accomplish my goal, I'm happy." Zabuza replied.

"Wrong, you are going to die here." Tenshi said coldly and started running towards Zabuza. Rasengan ready to tear into the man.

Rin felt Naruto's killer intent and Kyuubi's chakra, and shivered.

"Has the seal broken? No, but…Naruto is pulling chakra from Kyuubi. Why?" Rin asked herself. Catos looked towards the dome of mirrors before turning back to Rin.

"It seems I have to end this now." Rin said and started forming seals.

"Futon: Kamaitachi no jutsu.(slashing wind technique)" Rin called and waved her hand towards Catos. A strong wind picked up and slashed towards Catos, who dodged out of the way and ran towards Rin, who countered with five air bullets. None of which that hit.

'Damn, this kid is too much.' Rin thought and blocked a kick.

The Rasengan was complete, and Naruto rushed towards Haku. He used Kyuubi's chakra to push him self up to insane speeds, and seemingly in the blink of an eye, Naruto smashed his Rasengan into the mirror. The Ice mirror shattered, but Haku had managed to get away. She tried to impale Naruto with a bundle of needles, but Naruto flipped away. Haku tried desperately to get away from the enraged Genin, but Naruto caught her wrist. He dragged Haku towards him and was about to kill her when Ino shouted:

"Stop it Naruto-kun! Don't do it! This isn't you!"

Naruto froze and his Rasengan dissipated. Haku let out a relived sigh before Naruto punched her so hard that she flew out of the dome of mirrors. After she, rather forcibly, left the dome, all of the mirrors started to break up. Naruto walked over to Ino, his eyes returning to their usual blue colour.

"I'm sorry I scared you Ino-chan." Naruto said and Ino smiled weakly at him.

"It's okay, that was just so…intense. I don't want you to become the monster Konoha thinks you are. You are Naruto, not a demon who kills without feeling anything." Ino said and Naruto helped her up. They walked towards Haku, who had just managed to get herself on her feet again.

"You know you called sensei a demon now, right?" Naruto asked while walking and Ino gasped.

"oops, don't tell him, okay?" Ino said and Naruto nodded. They reached Haku, who looked sad.

"Why didn't you kill me?" Haku asked and Naruto thought for a bit.

"I…don't know. Ino-chan made me realise that I wasn't myself, and that if I killed you, I would regret it for the rest of my life. Even though I beat you, you still have much to live for." Naruto said. Haku sighed and looked down on the ground.

"Some people do that. Don't kill their enemies out of pity. You are wrong though, I don't have a purpose anymore." Haku said silently.

"What do you mean?" Ino asked.

"I have a bloodline limit. Back where I come from, we with special powers were hated. My mother, who also carried the same bloodline I have, lived with my father hoping that he would never learn what she had. But one day he did learn that I and my mother carried what was cursed in that land. So he killed my mother and tried to kill me. When I woke, father was dead, killed by me. I was all alone, no one wanted me. But then Zabuza-san and Catos-kun came, and Zabuza-san took me in. He wanted me for my power, wanted me to be a weapon, a tool for him. I was finally wanted in the world. But Zabuza-san has no use for a weak tool. I don't have a purpose anymore. Now that you have beaten me, please…finish me. Kill me now." Haku said in a sad but even tone. Naruto and Ino stared in disbelief at her words.

"but…no…" Naruto began.

"You can find another purpose. You don't have to die here." Ino said but Haku shook her head.

"No one would want me, a living weapon and a killing machine with a cursed bloodline. Not now that I have been proven weak." Haku said.

"That's not true. Sensei…Tenshi-sensei…he is a living weapon as well. But he has a life now, he knows. He can take care of you, help you build a life again. You can't do this, throw your life away like this." Ino argued. She didn't know why she wanted the mist nin to live so badly, she just knew that trying to help was the right thing to do.

"But I tried to kill you. Why would you try to save my life?" Haku asked, confusion clear in her voice.

"It was your mission, right? If we meet outside of missions, we would become friends. I remember in the woods. You were so nice then, even knowing I was an enemy." Naruto said and Haku stared at him.

"True, it was my mission, but…" Haku began but Ino cut her off.

"No buts. If Zabuza don't want you anymore, just because you aren't a invincible tool, then you are better of without him." Ino said firmly.

"I…" Haku began, but then the mist lifted, and their attention turned to Tenshi and Zabuza, who were held in place by a lot of wolves.

"What the? Rasengan?" Naruto said when he saw Tenshi's jutsu. They gasped when Tenshi started running towards Zabuza.

"Zabuza-san!" Haku yelled and started to rush towards her master.

Catos was in the middle of a charge towards Rin when they heard the growls coming from the wolves that held Zabuza. The two of them looked around when the mist lifted, Rin slightly surprised that Catos managed to get within five feet of her before she knew it. When Catos saw Zabuza held by the wolves, and Tenshi rushing towards his target, Catos panicked. Completely ignoring Rin, Catos vanished.

Tenshi thrust his Rasengan forward, and hit something, but not Zabuza. He hit Catos, who had reappeared right in front of his master, taking the full blow. The Rasengan ate its way into Catos's chest, sending blood spewing forth. The last thing Catos did before dying, was to grab Tenshi's arm and say in a raspy voice: "Zabuza-san…"

'This kid…his hand won't let go' Tenshi thought. Just then, the wolves holding Zabuza popped away. Tenshi glanced back at his scroll. It was hit by several needles, thrown by Haku.

"I'm going to die? Wrong, you are! Ah, what a useful tool I have, presenting me this opportunity, even after dying. Die Wolf!" Zabuza yelled and swung his sword towards Tenshi. Who vanished and reappeared at a slight distance away, putting down Catos's body.

"Heh, with Catos dead, you can move. Too bad, I just have to kill you then." Zabuza said and charged Tenshi, who hit him in the face with a back hand.

Haku stared at the scene in front of her. Catos was dead, and Zabuza was locked in combat with Tenshi. Naruto and Ino ran past Haku and up to Sakura. Rin soon joined them.

"What happened?" Rin asked.

"That boy protected Zabuza." Sakura explained, not feeling well because of all the blood.

"Are you two alright?" Rin asked Naruto and Ino, both who nodded.

"Yeah, although Naruto-kun scared me with that killing intent." Ino said and Naruto blushed slightly before he fisted his hand and took a dramatic pose.

"Hah, I did something that Kakashi-sensei couldn't. I beat Haku and her best jutsu. I bet I could have beaten Zabuza also. Soon, I will be Hokage." Naruto said, his arrogance taking new heights.

"Um, Naruto-kun? Aren't you giving yourself a bit too much credit?" Ino asked, but Naruto just huffed.

"No…" he said.

Zabuza flipped and landed in a crouch, but Tenshi was already on him. Three kicks and a punch later, Zabuza was panting and retreating away from the attacking Jounin. Suddenly Tenshi blurred and a sick crack was heard. Zabuza groaned in pain and ripped his now useless arm out of Tenshi's grip. Tenshi had appeared next to Zabuza and broken his arm in three places.

"One arm down." Tenshi said and blurred again. This time Zabuza swung his sword behind him, trying to kill Tenshi, but Tenshi appeared in front of Zabuza, holding onto Zabuza's neck.

"Goodbye devil." Tenshi said and was about to stab two kunai into Zabuza's head when he saw Zabuza swing his sword towards him. Tenshi reacted by rolling to the side and plunging his kunai into Zabuza's arm, rendering it useless.

"Both." Tenshi said and prepared another kunai. Zabuza groaned and looked up. Suddenly Haku appeared in front of Zabuza.

"Stop. Don't hurt Zabuza-san anymore!" Haku yelled. Tenshi looked at her, almost looking curious.

"I won't allow you to hurt my precious person any more!" Haku yelled and for the first time during the fight, Tenshi's face softened up a bit. He was about to say something, when a cold laughter was heard.

"My oh my! You sure are getting beat up, aren't you Zabuza?" a short man in expensive clothes asked. Behind him were a literal army of thugs and rather rough looking men.

"Gatou? Why are you here?" Zabuza asked.

"Oh, just a little change in plans. You see, I never intended to pay you." Gatou said and laughed.

"What?" Zabuza asked

"Hiring normal ninjas is expensive, so I hire missing nins. Then I dispose of them when they are tired from battle. No one misses a missing nin. But you…what a joke. The demon of the hidden mist? You are just a little puppy demon." Gatou said and his thugs laughed at the poor joke.

"Haku, stand down. Tenshi, I am sorry, but this fight is over. I have no reason to fight you anymore." Zabuza said and Tenshi nodded.

"Sure." Tenshi replied.

"Hey Zabuza, should I beat them for you?" Naruto yelled. Zabuza, Haku and Tenshi looked at Naruto with empty stares.

"What?" he asked.

"Heh, the boy has spirit. But that doesn't matter. You will die here." Gatou said before his eyes fell in Catos.

"Huh? That bastard is dead? To bad. I wanted to see the life leave his eyes." Gatou said and Zabuza growled slightly before he removed the bandages around his mouth.

"Wolf, can I borrow a kunai?" Zabuza asked. Tenshi responded by pulling out a kunai and flipping it towards Zabuza. He caught the kunai in his mouth and ran towards the group of thugs. Gatou panicked and ran behind his thugs. Haku called after Zabuza but he didn't respond.

Cutting trough the group of thugs, Zabuza went after Gatou, who turned and just saw a flash and had a kunai imbedded in his stomach. Zabuza pushed the kunai deeper into Gatou, ignoring the pain he had from the multiple weapons stuck in his back from the thugs.

"I'm a puppy huh? Well, even a puppy demon can go to hell and become a real devil. You and me are going to hell together." Zabuza said and pulled out the kunai. He then spun around Gatou and severed his head.

As Gatou's body slumped to the ground, Zabuza glared at the thugs around him. They shivered and backed up. Zabuza began walking back towards Haku, when he lost his strength and fell down. Tenshi appeared next to him and grabbed him. They disappearing and reappearing next to Haku. Tenshi and Haku pulled out the weapons stuck in Zabuza's body. Gently laying Zabuza down, Tenshi stepped back a bit.

"Thanks Wolf." Zabuza said. Tenshi replied with a nod.

Haku took Zabuza's head and laid it in her lap. She was crying, knowing that he would die soon.

"Haku, I want you to promise me something." Zabuza said softly.

"What Zabuza-san?" Haku asked, sniffing slightly.

"Live. Be a happy girl and live. Find a new purpose, and new precious people. I don't want you to end up as me, or Catos, or Wolf. We are just empty shells of humans, and I don't want you to become like that." Zabuza said and Haku nodded.

"I will try Zabuza-san." She said. Zabuza smiled at her before turning his head and looking at Tenshi.

"Wolf, can I ask you something?" Zabuza said and coughed up some blood. Tenshi replied with a nod.

"Can…is it possible…for Haku to come to Konoha with you?" Zabuza asked. Tenshi's eyes widened before narrowing slightly.

"Why do you ask?" Tenshi asked, slightly suspicious.

"I know Konoha is a good place to live. I want Haku to live as good as possible, and I know that you can take care of her, and teach her how to be a shinobi and a human with emotions." Zabuza said. Tenshi looked between Haku and Zabuza.

"Do you want to come to Konoha?" Tenshi asked. Haku slowly nodded.

"Alright. I can talk to Hokage-sama, and at least get her a citizenship." Tenshi said and Zabuza smiled.

"Thank you. Haku, I want you to…stay with Wolf, at least at first. He is a good man, when not in his cold mode, and it will do you good." Zabuza said, and Haku nodded before looking at Tenshi.

"If it is okay with him." She said and Tenshi nodded before turning and looking at the group of thugs.

"Thanks…Haku…for everything. Live well…" Zabuza said as his life left him. When she saw he was dead, Haku cried.

Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Rin and Tazuna looked and listened in on the conversation. Rin was happy that Tenshi allowed Haku to come with them, showing that he could show some humanity when in his weapon state.

"So, she will come with us?" Ino asked and Rin nodded.

"Sure, she only attacked us because of her mission. No personal feelings involved." Rin said and Naruto smiled.

"Good, but if she tries anything, I'll kick her butt." He said.

"Naruto, quit the arrogant superior style. It doesn't suit you." Sakura said harshly.

"Huh?" Naruto asked.

"What she means kid, is that even though you are super strong, you aren't the best, and you certainly aren't invincible." Tazuna said. Naruto didn't reply, instead he crossed his arms and huffed.

But their attention was dragged from the crying Haku to the thugs, when one of the thugs stepped forward.

"Damn ninja. You killed our meal ticket. Because of that, we have to kill you and take everything of value in that village." the thug said. The band of thugs started to run forward, when a arrow hit the ground in front of them.

Everyone turned and looked at the assembly of villagers. It looked like everyone was gathered there, Inari and Tsunami in front.

"If you take one more step towards this village, we will respond with hostility!" one of the villagers yelled.

"Everyone…" Tazuna said happily.

"Heh, a hero arrives late, right?" Inari asked and Naruto laughed.

"Well done Inari. You gathered everyone?" he asked and the little boy nodded.

"Well then, I'll help." Naruto said and made a lot of kage bunshin. Tenshi looked at his student before doing the same. Rin also formed some clones of her own.

The sight of the whole village and a lot of ninjas, scared the shit out of the thugs, which ran away as fast as they could.

"Yay, we won!" Inari yelled while jumping in the air. Everyone celebrated, except two people.

Tenshi's eyes stooped glowing and returned to their warm brown before he knelt next to Haku and Zabuza's body. Tenshi didn't say or do anything, but apparently his presence helped Haku, since gradually her tears stopped.

"We…have to bury him." Haku said, her voice thick and strained.

"I know." Tenshi replied and laid a hand on Haku's shoulder.

"For what it is worth, I'm sorry. I hope that in time, you and I can learn to trust each other, like Zabuza wanted. But…no pressure. Take your time." Tenshi said. He gave Haku a slight but sad smile, which she slowly and very shakily returned.

The next day, the funeral for Zabuza was held. Any injury the group had was healed by Rin. Team 7, Rin, Tazuna, Inari and Tsunami looked at the cross which signified Zabuza's grave. Behind the cross, Zabuza's sword stood. Haku was kneeling in front of the cross, wearing a black kimono. She had decided to stay in civilian clothing, and hadn't bothered to fix her ninja outfit.

"Zabuza-san, I will go to Konoha, and live my life as I wish there." Haku said and bowed to the grave.

"Sensei, is it true? Does shinobi have to kill their heart?" Sakura asked. Tenshi closed his eyes and sighed. He waited until Haku stood up and turned to face him before answering.

"Naruto should know now. Killing someone else is horrible. You feel disgusted, scared, angry, and so many other emotions when you have made your first kill. Of course it depends on the person, but generally the first kill is horrible. I am actually impressed with Naruto, he managed to shake off the feelings and focus on the task at hand. That shows much willpower. But Naruto shouldn't think he is a cold blooded murderer because of that. When you kill, but don't feel anything, then you are a cold murderer, and depending on how many you kill, a demon as well. Killing should be avoided and only be the last option.

Sakura, to answer your question, no. A shinobi doesn't have to destroy his or her heart, but what is necessary is to have enough willpower to be able to deal with the feelings that comes after killing. Only those that kill the most, should do anything close to destroying their feelings." Tenshi said seriously.

"Someone like you?" Ino asked and Tenshi nodded.

"Well, I am considered a weapon for a reason." He replied. Haku looked at him curiously after that.

A week passed after the attack. It was spent working on the bridge. All the workers came back, and helped. Team 7, Rin and Haku also spent the time getting to know each other. Tenshi was annoyed at Naruto's new arrogance, which he thankfully kept at least slightly subdued.

Haku was sad for most of the week, feeling like her only family was gone. But a conversation with Tenshi helped her start to accept Tenshi, Sakura, Ino, Naruto and Rin as her friends.

Flashback:

Haku was sitting on the roof of Tazuna's house, staring at the sunset. Tenshi came up behind her and sat down next to her.

"Do you hate me?" he asked. Haku looked shocked at him.

"Huh?" she asked. Tenshi looked up at the sky and sighed.

"I destroyed Zabuza's arms. If he had been able to use them, he wouldn't have been killed by those thugs." Tenshi said, his poorly disguised guilt not difficult for Haku to hear.

Haku looked down and sighed.

"True, but he chose to fight you, he chose to charge those thugs. I…don't hold a grudge against you. You don't hold a grudge against me for almost killing your students either." Haku said and Tenshi smiled.

"Thank you. I would hate it for you to hate me. We are actually quite similar, the two of us. Naruto and Ino told me about your past. How you were trained as a living weapon. I was trained from I was two years old, trained to be a weapon for Konoha. I know how it feels, and I think that is why Zabuza want you to come with me. He knew I have survived, and I can help you forget how it is to be a living weapon. My team…Rin…a lot of people in Konoha. If you allow us, we can help you. Make your existence not so empty or lonely." Tenshi said. Haku looked at him thoughtfully. She felt…understood by the man next to her. It felt good.

End flashback:

"Tenshi-san? When are we going to Konoha?" Haku asked, sitting next to Tenshi at the dinner table.

"When the bridge is finished, so about one or two days from now. You nervous?" Tenshi asked and Haku nodded slightly.

"Don't worry Haku-san, you'll love Konoha. It's great, as long as you don't have a fox in your stomach." Naruto said, the last bit with slight anger.

"Huh?" Haku asked, but Tenshi's coughing stopped any further response.

"Nothing, Naruto just wasn't treated very nice, or rather, very badly, for something he couldn't control. Like you Haku." Tenshi said, and Haku looked at Naruto. He looked down on his plate, but didn't say anything.

A uncomfortable silence followed.

"Um…this isn't funny." Tazuna said and Inari nodded in agreement.

The next day, the bridge was finished. Tenshi smiled when he looked at it.

'It will stand for a long time.' He thought. He then felt Rin behind him. She wrapped her hands around his waist.

"Finally we are finished. Now we can go back home. I miss Konoha." Rin said and Tenshi nodded before turning towards her.

"What I miss is seeing the sunset with you from the Hokage monument. I look forward to seeing that again." Tenshi said and kissed Rin.

"Heh, you big softie." Rin said teasingly. Tenshi chuckled at that.

"Would you like it if I changed?" he asked and Rin shook her head.

"Nope." She said. The pair laughed together while enjoying their time together.

"Thanks to you, this bridge was completed, but this…is super sad." Tazuna said. The whole village had shown up to say goodbye to the shinobi who made it possible for them to escape Gatou's influence. They were now at the completed bridge.

"Our mission is finished, so we have to return to Konoha." Tenshi said, although a bit sadly.

"Take care." Tsunami said

"We will." Rin answered.

"I am sorry for the inconvenience I have caused." Haku said but Tazuna waved her off.

"Don't worry Tazuna-san, we will visit some day." Naruto said confidently.

"You promise?" Inari asked, on the verge of crying, and Naruto nodded, he also looking very emotional.

"You're sad Inari? It's alright to cry you know." Sakura said.

"I won't cry!" Inari protested.

"Heh, if you want to, kid." Ino said, with a bright smile on her face.

"Well, we'll be seeing you later." Tenshi said and turned around. The six ninja walked away, leaving the cheering villagers.

"That boy changed Inari's heart, and Inari changed the villagers hearts. That boy gave us a bridge toward hope, called 'courage'." Tazuna said, talking about Naruto.

"Bridge…oh, yeah, we need to name this bridge." One of the villagers said.

Tazuna thought for a bit before grinning.

"I have a super perfect name. The great Naruto bridge." He said. Tsunami laughed slightly.

"That is a good name." she said.

"When we get back, I'll tell Iruka-sensei all about how much I have improved. I have to show him…" Naruto rambled. They had been travelling for several days, and was a little over a days walk away from Konoha. Naruto got more excited by the minute, but suddenly Tenshi, Rin and Haku sensed something. Rin clasped her hand over Naruto's mouth, muffling his voice.

"Shh, be quiet." Rin hissed. Naruto complied and all of them grew tense, searching the surroundings for any threat.

After a while, Naruto straightened from his ready pose.

"I don't sense…" he began but stopped when suddenly he smelled…blood.

Suddenly two figures appeared in front of them. One was a tall man with…shark like appearance, complete with razor sharp teeth and what looked like gills. He had a huge sword strapped to his back. The other was a smaller man, a little under Tenshi's height. He had red eyes with three black dots in and resembled Sasuke a lot, although older looking. Both wore black cloaks with red clouds on.

'Akatsuki!' Tenshi and Rin thought.

"We just want Naruto-kun. Hand him over, and we will leave you unharmed." The smaller man said.

"If not, we will have to…damage you a bit." the other man said.

"Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigake Kisame. S class missing nins." Tenshi said and sure enough, their forehead protectors had slashes over them, indicating that they were missing nins.

"So you know our names. Well, we know of you as well, Tengoku Tenshi. White wolf of Konoha. Give us the brat, and nothing will happen to you." Kisame said. Naruto snorted.

"I'll take care of these two myself!" he said, pulled out some of Kyuubi's chakra and rushed towards Kisame, creating a Rasengan on the way. Kisame grinned and suddenly had his sword in his hand. Naruto stooped, his Rasengan no longer in his hand.

"What the?" Naruto said.

"My sword, Samehada, can eat Chakra. You won't be able to do any jutsu, but to be sure you won't be making a fuss…" Kisame said sadistically. He then preceded to pound Naruto into the ground. Naruto spat blood and looked horrified as Kisame raised his sword to strike, but something blocked it. Naruto felt himself being lifted into the air and saw Rin carrying him back to his team while Tenshi blocked the big sword.

"Why did you do that? Stupid, you almost gave me a heart attack." Rin hissed. She lay Naruto down as gently as she could, before turning and looking at the two missing nins and her boyfriend. Tenshi had entered his weapon mode, and he and Kisame was exchanging blows. Sakura and Ino were tending to Naruto's injuries, while Haku looked on as Tenshi fought. She cursed her kimono, since she couldn't fight in it.

'Tenshi can't handle the two of them alone. I have to help him. He…is like me. He is nice, and wants me as his friend. I can't allow something to happen to him. Not when we can become friends.' Haku thought.

"Rin-nee-san, what is going on?" Naruto asked.

"They want you for the fox. We have to get back to Konoha." Rin explained and Naruto's eyes widened. As did Sakura and Ino's.

Tenshi wasn't having a good time. Kisame was faster than him, the only reason Tenshi hadn't been killed was his experience and good reactions. He jumped away from his opponent, blood dripping from several wounds.

'Damn, Naruto has to get away from here. But if they start to move now, Itachi will just try to catch them. It looks like I have no choice.' Tenshi thought before turning slightly to look at Rin.

"Rin-chan, I am sorry. I have to break my promise." Tenshi said. Rin looked puzzled at first before her face grew really worried.

"No…not that." She said but Tenshi didn't respond. Instead he turned back to Kisame, who's expression changed from arrogance, to curiosity to being horrified. The killing intent Tenshi emitted suddenly went sky-high, almost making Naruto, Sakura and Ino choke, even without being directed at them. Tenshi blurred away and reappeared about three feet behind Kisame, his back still towards the Konoha ninjas. Nothing happened at first, but suddenly Kisame coughed. Samehada fell from his hands, and numerous wounds appeared on Kisame's body. Blood flowed from Kisame's mouth. Naruto, Sakura and Ino gasped when they saw stab marks and a slash across Kisame's throat. The missing nin fell over, dead. Itachi, who had appeared to barely follow Tenshi's movements, didn't react to the fact that his partner was killed. Tenshi then turned to look at his friends. They froze at the sight of him.

His eyes glowed fiercer than normal, but the real change was the mask and his posture. A white mask was on Tenshi's face, looking disturbingly like a wolf's scull. The fangs were barred, looking really threatening. It was a frightening mask. Tenshi's posture was one of utmost confidence, as if he was filled with pure power, and Haku, being a much more experienced ninja than Naruto, Sakura and Ino, could literally feel his chakra on her skin.

'Wow, that is a lot.' She thought.

"You five. Get back to Konoha when you can. Don't worry about me." Tenshi commanded, his voice hard and powerful. Inside Naruto's navel, Kyuubi looked pleased.

'Good, with Wolf at his full power, Naruto has a much better chance of survival.' Kyuubi thought.

Itachi looked slightly unnerved looking between the body of Kisame and the full powered Tenshi.

"But sensei…" Naruto began.

"No, getting you away is top priority. If you hadn't charged off like that, I could have formed a plan. Now that isn't possible. Didn't I tell you that arrogance is dangerous? Follow Rin back to Konoha. That's and order." Tenshi commanded. Naruto looked down on the ground, guilt wrecking trough his body.

Tenshi didn't say anything else. Instead he looked at Itachi. The killing intent both gave of was so large, that nearby birds and animals died of fright. Suddenly Tenshi launched into seals.

"Katon: Karyuu Endan(Fire Dragon Flame missile)" he called, a huge dragon of fire erupted from his mouth, flying towards Itachi. The flame hit, but when the smoke dissipated, Itachi stood there unharmed, water lying around him.

"Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu (water dragon blast)" Tenshi called and a dragon of water flew towards Itachi, who simply dodged out of the way.

"Katon: Ryuuka no jutsu(Dragon fire)" Itachi called and a stream of fire shot towards Tenshi.

"Suiton: Sujinheki" Tenshi called and a wall of water rose up, protecting him. Before Itachi could respond, Tenshi launched another jutsu.

"Suiton: Suishouha.(Water wave)" Tenshi called and a huge wave of water materialised and hit Itachi. The water formed a square around Itachi. Tenshi quickly formed more seals before slamming his fists into the square.

"Suiton: Mizu Taiso (water requiem)" Tenshi called and shockwaves went trough the water, crushing Itachi, or rather the log he had used in his kawarimi.

"Katon: Housenka no jutsu" Itachi called out. Tenshi dodged the fireballs, letting none of them hit him.

"Katon: Inferuno bakufuu no jutsu (inferno blast technique)" Tenshi called out, a huge wave of fire flying from him towards Itachi. He didn't manage to dodge completely, his cloak caught fire and he had to get rid of it.

"Doton: Doryuudan.(earth dragon missile)" Itachi called and a dragon's head made out of mud emerged from the ground. It spat several missiles of mud towards Tenshi. Immediately Itachi followed up with: "Katon: Karyuudan. (fire dragon missile)" he spit a wave of fire and ignited the missiles and turned into burning missiles instead. Tenshi dodged and formed seals again.

"Suiton: Dekisui no jutsu (drowning technique)" Tenshi called. Itachi made gasping sounds before forming the cancel seal.

"Kai" he called before looking around for Tenshi, who wasn't anywhere in sight.

Tenshi appeared behind Itachi and they engaged in a taijutsu match.

Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Haku were staring wide eyed at the battle. The jutsu exchange had happened over less than two minutes, showing how fast the combatants were. Rin however had seen this speed before and knew they had to leave now. But something held her back. She couldn't see Tenshi or Itachi, but knew from the shockwaves she felt that the battle was huge, and fast. Very fast. She also knew that there was no way she could get Naruto, Sakura, Ino or even Haku to move, even if she tried. The combined killing intent of Tenshi and Itachi was too great.

Suddenly Tenshi appeared in front of Sakura, stopping a kunai that Itachi had thrown. He used it to block another that had been sent towards Ino. A third almost hit Haku, but Tenshi caught that as well. He was unable to catch the one aimed for Rin, but she saw it early enough to duck.

Itachi appeared on the other side of the clearing that had been made by the jutsu battle. He didn't show any emotions, but closed his eyes , who had the active Sharingan, before opening them again.

"Oh no. Quickly, don't look into his eyes. If you do, then you'll fall into his jutsu." Tenshi called and the nins behind him diverted their looks from the Uchiha's eyes.

"Good call, however…I don't intend to use Tsukuyomi (god of the moon). However, I intend to use this." Itachi said and his normal Sharingan changed into a shuriken with three spikes.

"Amaterasu (god of the sun)" Itachi yelled. Tenshi growled right before Itachi yelled his jutsu, and quickly formed six seals before yelling out: "Tenhi (heaven light)"

From Itachi's eyes, a line of black flames, about as thick as a arm, flew towards Tenshi. They almost reached him when a beam of pure light erupted from Tenshi's eyes. The beam was about as large as Tenshi's eyes, but when it hit the black flames, the beam widened on impact and fully stopped the flames. The light began to move towards Itachi, who seemed worried for a while.

Naruto, Sakura and Ino once again were wide eyed and looking at the display of power. They knew that Tenhi was Tenshi's strongest jutsu, and something that it had trouble overpowering was sure to be powerful.

Haku felt the pure power radiating from the two attacks, and she knew that if Tenshi won, then Itachi would be dead. If Itachi won…she didn't want to finish that thought.

Rin remembered seeing that jutsu once before, and she knew that, in addition to all the high powered jutsus he had pulled of, and the taijutsu fight with Itachi and the fight with Kisame on top of that, Tenshi couldn't hold out long.

'Tenhi is so draining, he won't last. What shall I do? We have to run, but…Tenshi will die.' Rin thought and began to slightly panic.

Haku noticed.

"Rin-san, what is it?" Haku asked. Naruto, Sakura and Ino also noticed Rin's slightly shaking hands.

"He…he won't make it. He is almost out." Rin said. Haku suddenly looked horrified and turned to the fight again.

The light was not far from Itachi at all and he looked really worried now, but suddenly it stopped moving forward. And then the black fire gained ground, and Itachi smirked slightly, knowing and feeling that Tenshi was almost out of chakra. Tenshi tried to hold on, but the black fire gained more and more ground. Frowning in concentration, Tenshi managed to stop the fire about a foot from his face. He reached out with his senses, and knew that Itachi was at his limit as well.

"Isn't there something we can do to help?" Sakura asked her mother, who shook her head sadly.

"This is too much for us. That jutsu can burn trough anything. It would kill us, not even the Rasengan is a match for it." Rin said. Haku looked like she got an idea and pulled out several needles. She took aim and was about to throw them at Itachi when suddenly Tenshi's attack stopped.

Tenshi's eyes widened in horror as he couldn't push out enough chakra for the Tenhi anymore. The light stopped and the black fires hit Tenshi's face dead on. Tenshi roared in pain as the flames burned. Itachi smirked, but that feel as he felt his chakra give out and also he felt several needles hit him, disabling his arms. He stopped his jutsu and took one glance at the writing form that was Tenshi before vanishing in a blur.

Rin, Sakura, Naruto, Ino and Haku rushed over to Tenshi, trying to calm him down. He trashed, holding his hands to his face. The black flames were on his mask, which Rin ripped off. Naruto, Sakura and Ino gasped and looked away. Haku and Rin swallowed before beginning to help Tenshi, who had stopped trashing. Naruto walked over to the wolf mask and picked it up. Naruto felt the material. He wasn't sure if he could break it, even if he tried. The fire had burned the mask severely.

Rin suddenly straightened from treating Tenshi's face. She went a little away from them and performed some seals. Biting her thumb and slamming her fist into the ground, a puff later and two small slugs appeared. If Sakura noticed, she didn't say anything. She probably didn't, since she had started helping with Tenshi treatment.

Quickly writing something on two small scrolls, Rin gave a scroll to each of the slugs.

"Hurry back to Konoha, and bring that scroll to Hokage-sama." Rin said to one of the slugs. It…nodded and vanished in a poff.

"Get that scroll to Tsunade-sama, and tell her to please hurry back." Rin told the second slug, who also nodded and vanished.

Rin then hurried back to Tenshi, and tried to give him as much treatment she could, but she needed to be in a hospital.

"We have to get back to Konoha, now!" Rin said. Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Haku nodded. Naruto took Tenshi's backpack, while Sakura and Ino took Rin and Haku's. Rin and Haku managed to carry Tenshi and together they hurried towards Konoha.

The strange group arrived at the gates late in the evening. Sandaime Hokage was waiting for them with several medics.

Rin looked at the Genin and gave them one simple order.

"Go to our house. Stay there until further notice. And if you have to leave, don't speak about what just happened to anyone." Rin said to the four kids before she headed towards the hospital together with the medics and the Hokage.

Several hours later, Sakura sat in the living room of the Haruno residence, looking between her cup of tea and the door. Ino was fidgeting in her chair, trying to drink her tea. Naruto looked like he was about to throw up. The same phrase kept repeating in his head:

'It's all my fault. Tenshi-ossan is hurt because of me.'

Haku…she was asleep in her chair, not being nearly as close to Tenshi as the other three.

Then the door opened, and Rin and Sandaime walked in, Rin looking really tired, and also tears ran down her face.

"Mom?" Sakura asked. Haku snapped out of her sleep and sat up, her full attention on Rin immediately.

Rin swallowed before walking into the living room and sitting down on the couch. Sandaime closed the door behind them.

"Rin-nee-san?" Naruto asked hesitantly.

"How is sensei?" Ino asked.

"Is Tenshi-san alright?" Haku joined in. Rin gulped and wiped of a few tears before speaking:

"Tenshi…Tenshi is…he is…"

Yo, Kin-Ryu Chikara here. 9 chap finished. Hope you'll enjoy it. I am evil aren't I? leaving a cliffhanger like that. This was the chapter that has taken me the longest to write, I think.

The translation page I use for my original jutsus: www. freedict. com/ onldict/ jap. html (minus the spaces.)

After the last chapter, I got a question about why Tenshi used Suiton jutsus and not Rin. Well, Tenshi is Katon/Suiton while Rin is Doton/Futon. Hope that clears up some confusion.

Jutsu list: Jutsus that team 7 now knows (not counting the basics):

Naruto: preferred element: Katon/Raiton

Knows:

Rasengan (spiral ball)

Kage Bunshin

Kage Shuriken no jutsu

Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu

Doton: Doryuuheki

Raiton: Dageki Tesaki no jutsu (shock fingers)

Raiton: Raikyuu no jutsu (Lightning Ball)

Kuchiyose no jutsu

Mikazuki no mai (dance of the crescent moon)

Sakura: preferred element: Katon/Doton

Knows:

Kage Shuriken no jutsu

Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu

Doton: Doryuuheki

Kuchiyose no jutsu

Ino: preferred element: Futon/Suiton

Knows:

Kage Shuriken no jutsu

Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu

Doton: Doryuuheki

Futon: Tei tama (air bullet)

Suiton: Sujinheki (water barrier)

Shintenshin no jutsu

Shinranshin no jutsu

Kuchiyose no jutsu