Another week (or so), another chapter. Sometimes I hate you guys for inspiring me to do this. To be honest I'd rather laze about reading other people's fanfics, but you guys are relentless. X3

The bloodline limit that Naruto has is... (Insert dramatic music here)

NOTHING! AHAHAHA!

I'm kidding. :D

However, you're going to have to read this chapter to find out, 'cause I'm not saying anything here. So there. :P

Reviewer's Corner!

Dragon Noir & Dragon Man 180: I agree with that; Kakashi originally wasn't going to be his confidant. However, Naruto has only a few adults he can trust who has an amount of respect or power and knew his father on a personal level (I'd say nearly all of the village should be erased by now). Even with the blatant favourism, Naruto is aware that he doesn't have many options and the other people he would have chosen doesn't even know him. Besides, he'll need all the help he can get and he's already told the Sandaime. I hope that'll answer your question.

New Son: Pairings have already been decided (That being Naru/Hina, Sasu/Saku, Neji/Ten and Shika/Ino). However, much of the actual 'mushyness' as I'll call it shall be after the three year jump. I feel that twelve is a bit.. too young for full-on romance. Also, I agree with the god part. There are some that make him too godly. I don't mind powerful fics, just ones that make him WAY too powerful that he is pretty much untouchable.

New Moon Werewolf: I admit, I sped it up. I don't like writing that part and to be honest I'd rewrite that chapter if I had the time. I'll put that prank idea somewhere... I'm starting to almost feel sorry for Kakashi now... Almost.

Now, with that out of the way, on with the show!

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I wouldn't need to spend my time writing fanfics - Everything I wrote would be canon; why would I need to write a freakin' fanfic, anyway?

Chapter 12

The atmosphere was tense. Even Kakashi, Rin and Zabuza stopped their fight to see this mysterious bloodline limit of Naruto. Time seemed to have frozen; everyone seemed to be transfixed at the revelation. With a cocky grin Naruto cracked his knuckles.

"Heh. I haven't done this in a long time."

A few minutes passed. An odd draft blew, tumbleweeds blew, and crickets chirped.

Finally, the blond slapped his palms together. Haku immediately grew alert and prepared to defend himself. Sasuke slapped his forehead. What was that idiot doing...

"Not that this does anything, but..."

With that Naruto rapidly shifted his hands into hand seals. Sasuke, realising what Naruto was going to do, did the same seals.

"Katon: Karyu Endan no jutsu!" (1)

The result was a gigantic flame in the shape of a dragon heading towards the mirror dome. Though the mirrors did not shatter, the two knew that Haku was getting very marginally tired through the strain of holding it with his chakra.

"Impressive. So you two already know that level of technique.. I suppose I'll have to stop holding back now.."

Though he didn't want to do kill his opponents, Haku knew that he could no longer afford to hold back. Suddenly, a rumbling noise was heard. A large torrent of water was heading towards pretty much everyone on the bridge. Odd.. That was an original attack by Zabuza, but it seemed that the other ninja was using it. The next thing he knew, he saw his mentor trapped.

"Zabuza-sama!"

Finally aware that he was in a battle, Kakashi snapped out of his daze to renew his fight with Zabuza. He needed to capture the missing nin without killing him, but at the moment it seemed to be quite difficult.

Then, inspiration struck him. He was surprised that this didn't come sooner, but then again he really was feeling slow today. First he signalled Rin to stand down on the fight. Then he used his Sharingan on Zabuza. Step one of his plan was complete.

He waited for his opponent to attack. As he expected, Zabuza shifted his hands into seals that looked almost like a blur.

He copied the attack and did the same thing.

Both ended in the seal of the bird.

"Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!(2)"

Two enormous water dragons rose and colliding with each other. No sooner had this stalemate happened were the two colliding kunai and huge sword against each other. The mist-nin backed off and decided to use that jutsu.

He shifted again into a different seal. However, he was surprised to see his opponent doing the same thing at the same time. His calm demeanor almost broke as he tried to assess the situation.

'What the! It's almost as if he's-'

"Completely reading them," Kakashi finished off for him. Zabuza's eye widened, but continued to form seals.

'The hell! That bastard's-'

"Freaky eye is pissing me off, right?"

Freaked out at the copy-nin's apparently hidden technique to read minds, the Zabuza failed to notice that he stopped forming seals and watched in horror to see his opponent finishing off his seals.

"Suiton: Daibakufu no jutsu!" (3)

Rin had to take Hinata and the bridge builder out of the way to dodge a massive amount of water heading towards their way. Zabuza, however, was not so lucky.

Getting acquainted with a nearby strong crate, he was pinned there with kunai. Half-dead, the ex mist-nin ignored Haku's cry of panic and gazed at his foe.

"Gonna... kill me, then?" he asked, with a small smirk on his face. Kakashi merely smiled tiredly.

"Nope. You were hired by that Gatou guy, right? Isn't that your employer over there?" He gestured to the short, smartly-dressed man backed by an army of bandits in the distance.

Gatou felt that today was the luckiest day of his life. Here he was, backed by his superior army of bandits against a party of tired ninjas. Except the two females he noticed was unharmed, but he did not care. After all, they were women. What were they going to do, defend themselves with flowers? Fans? Dolls? (4)

With glee he saw that the one that threatened him earlier was pinned to a crate with kunai. If he was by himself, he would have been nervous by that kid in the mask. But since he was with these money-hungry idiots, he never felt more sure of himself than ever.

"So this is how the great 'Demon of the Mist' has turned out to be. Ha! I was right! You are nothing more than a baby! And you had the stupidity," he added, his smug smirk becoming increasingly wider, "To think that I would pay you. Ha! As if I'd pay for an incompetant ninja such as yourself!"

Feeling more elated than ever, Gatou decided to taunt his other enemies for a bit.

"As for you other ninjas, tsk, tsk. If you joined me, you might have been in a high position. Of course, it would be too hard for the women to keep up, but I'm sure they might be able to... please me in a different way."

The ninja's eyes (Haku and Zabuza included) twitched at his remark. Very badly. Sasuke closed his eyes and his massaged his temples, muttering "The image... That horrible, horrible image... Make it go away..." over and over again while Naruto looked livid, his eyes beginning to turn red through Kyuubi.

Yet even his fury did not match the two females in question. Their killing intent was so strong that it affected the bandits. Many of them even crouched into a fetal position and whispered for their mothers.

However, it seemed that killing intent did not affect people with lower IQ than a deckchair, as Gatou didn't even flinch. Had he more sense, he would have run, but his gigantic ego did not allow it.

"Too hard for us women to keep up...?" Hinata snarled; already using her Byakugan and looking even more intimidating.

"You, my idiotic friend," Rin said calmly, cracking her fingers loudly, "Are going to be the proud winner of a Darwin Award(5) for this one."

Both kunoichi charged at the midget in the blink of an eye. Rin closed her fist and punched him where he was thrown back about one hundred metres from where he stood. As slowly stood up, Hinata was waiting for him.

"Hakke Rokujuuyon Shou!(6)" The next thing Gatou knew, a series of two heavy strikes, followed by two more, followed by four, followed by eight, followed by sixteen, followed by thirty-two consecutive strikes were inflicted onto his body. Feeling as if a truck had struck him, the corrupt businessman had learnt a lesson as he fearfully eyed the two take out a kunai and grinning evilly.

Never, ever, insult kunoichi.

After Gatou's... punishment (Which shall not be mentioned here, as it is way too graphic and violent for a fic rated for teens), Hinata and Rin eyed the remaining bandits, who ran away in terror. Naruto, meanwhile, stared at Zabuza.

"So... Now what? Your employer's out of it, and he didn't seem to even want to pay you in the first place. What are you going to do?"

"I suppose... I dunno, kid. Haku and I are mercenaries; we'll get by, I guess," he replied, shrugging.

"Then... what if Konoha employs you? You'll be reinstated as a Konoha-nin and you'll be off our missing-nin list. 'Course, the Mist might not be too happy, but thanks to our alliance they're going to have to get over it, won't they?"

Zabuza gave a small smile.

"You know what, kid? You're an oddball. But I'll accept your offer. That is, of course if it would be alright with your leader?" He glanced at Kakashi, who grinned.

"Don't worry; we've had ninja like that. However, you will most likely be watched closely for a while to prove your loyalty. Agreed?"

Zabuza nodded and looked over to his subordinate. "Haku, you're going to come along as well, right?"

Haku took off his mask and smiled.

"I am, of course, your tool. I would like to live in a village as well."

Kakashi closed his eyes with glee. "Great! Now let's head back to rest for today; it's been a long day, right?" He glanced, and saw that everyone had already picked themselves up and were headed towards the village already.

"... I get no respect around here these days..." He sighed and trudged slowly along.

No one noticed that the Naruto who left with the group was a shadow clone. The real one stayed behind and quietly met with a small bird.

"So... they're gone now, right?" the small bird twittered, "Those other weird humans?"

"Yep. Now, you're going to be a bit like my eyes for me like we promised. Like a scout. That alright with you?"

"Sure. You saved my life and I'm repaying you. It'll be nice if you feed me treats or something. Preferably seeds or something," it replied.

"It's a deal, then. I'll feed you treats from time to time, and you'll scout for me. Sounds fair to me." The bird nodded, then flew off. Naruto watched it, then contemplated.

'How I managed to gain a bloodline limit like this I'll never know, but I'll find some uses... Like with pranking. Those idiots in Konoha are going to feel like they're in hell with this...' He laughed evilly, causing the village of Konoha to all involuntarily shudder for some odd reason.

... And finally is the Wave Arc completed!

Notes:

(1) Katon: Karyu Endan no jutsu - Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. Shoots an enormous ball of flame in the shape of a dragon from the user's mouth.

(2) Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu - Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique. A powerful attack that creates a huge current of water, usually in the form of a dragon, sent towards the target.

(3) Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu - Water Release: Water Explosion Technique. This technique is used to create a massive blast of water.

(4) ... Yes, I made Gatou sexist. So what? I don't like him. :P

(5) Darwin Award: An award given to honor given to people who purportedly improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it following an episode of questionable judgement. Darwin Awards are funny. I like funny things. So there. :D

(6) Hakke Rokujuuyon Shou - Divination Field: Sixty-four strikes. In a series of two heavy strikes, followed by two more, followed by four, followed by eight, followed by sixteen, followed by a dazzling thirty-two consecutive pinpoint-precision strikes, this jutsu closes 64 of the 361 tenketsu of the opponent completely. (And yes, I pretty much copied the description from Wikipedia to the fic. Shoot me.)

...And surprisingly, the talking to animals has won! Thanks for voting everyone. I've got a story mapped out now, so I marginally have an idea of what I'm going to do. That in itself is what I'd call a miracle.

So, 'til next time, goodbye, and goodnight (Or day)! Don't do drugs, sniff paint and all that razz.