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Chapter 6:

Battle of the Bridge

Two weeks passed in the Wave Country, with nothing out of the ordinary happening to anyone. As a matter of fact, thanks to Naruto's shadow clones and Sasuke's fire clones, the bridge was almost completed, when it had been supposed to be done in two months. Unfortunately, the ninjas didn't feel like being away from home that long, so they sped up the work with said clones. The only eventful thing between the Konoha ninja was a spar between the genin and Kakashi (which Kakashi prevailed in) and a talk between Hinata and Naruto.

Flashback

"Naruto, I never got to have that talk with you." Hinata called out to him. The two were on guard duty today. Sasuke had gone with Tsunami and Inari shopping, whilst Kakashi had the day off. It was a rotation; two people guard, one stay with the family, and one rest. It just so happened that they drew their jobs like that today.

"Fine…" Naruto said before sitting on the railing. Hinata hopped up and sat next to him. "What is it that you want?" he asked.

"I heard some…interesting…things happened between that fake hunter ninja and you." she stated whilst leveling Naruto an irate glare. He gulped.

"You don't know what happened…" he tried to defend himself.

"Oh? Would you be kind enough to share?" she asked in a dangerously calmed voice. He gulped again before explaining the whole situation.

"…and then it just seemed like that by looking into her eyes we were drawn together. After that, the fight began." he said. Hinata nodded.

"I understand." she said. He sighed happily.

"However, that doesn't mean I like it." she said. He instantly froze, and that was all Hinata needed.

Three hours later, when Sasuke returned to the home, he saw an unmoving Naruto being tended to by Kakashi while Hinata happily ate a cinnamon bun.

Flashback end

Anyways, so that had been everything exciting to the team. Now, it was the day when the bridge would be completed. The four ninja stood in front of the house, waiting for Tazuna to come out. The old man had discovered that he hadn't his precious 'Sake-chan,' as he called it, and ran off to get it.

"Tomorrow should be our last day in Wave, if the bridge is finished on schedule." Kakashi said.

"That means we can predict an attack, can't we?" Hinata asked.

"Yes, I expect you all to be on guard." Kakashi added. "And now that all of you know how to walk on water, I expect there to be no problems in combat, right?"

"Hai, Kakashi sensei!" all three aspiring ninjas added. It was at this time that the bridge builder came out, and the five set off to the project.

When they arrived, a thick mist hung around and over the bridge. Itwas completely silent, besides the other five that had arrived.

"What's happened here? Where is everybody?" Tazuna asked.

"Hinata!" Kakashi commanded, knowing she would know what he meant.

"Yes, sensei!" she said while activating her Byakugan. She scouted the area.

"The mist is filled with chakra. All of the workers…they're all scattered around the bridge. They aren't dead, but they are unconscious." she said.

"Is anyone else here?" Sasuke whispered. To answer, a large ice dragon appeared through the mist. It roared once as Naruto did a few hand signs.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet," Naruto said, using a jutsu that, even with 500 clones, took him seven days to master. The flames turned into a dragon that split into three parts. The part that split to the left almost hit a ninja that jumped away from his position. The one on the right made two ninjas jump away. The middle one hit the ice dragon, canceling it out. The three ninja meet in the puddle that remained from the melted ice.

"Hello, Kakashi…nice to see you again." Zabuza greeted. All four ninja tensed at seeing the third man.

"Who is that?" Sasuke asked while drawing a kunai knife to protect himself.

"My name is Hidan, and Lord Jashin thinks that you will make a good meal for him!" Hidan said.

"Naruto, you take Haku. Sasuke, you can have the monk freak. Hinata, stay back and defend Tazuna. I'll get Zabuza." Kakashi said. The genin nodded and dispersed, as did their adversaries. Only Kakashi and Zabuza remained.

"They won't be able to take my companions on. Haku's at least a jonin and Hidan…well, lets say he's special." Zabuza said. Kakashi smirked underneath his mask as he unsealed his tanto that he had used all those years ago. He had broken it, but it had been recently repaired.

"You underestimate my students, Zabuza." Kakashi said before blurring out of sight. The next thing Zabuza knew, Kakashi's blade was at his neck. "And you underestimate me." he finished. Zabuza also grinned before he turned into water, as did Kakashi.

Naruto and Haku stared each other down.

"Please stand down…I don't want to hurt you, Naruto." Haku said.

"I can't stand down…but I wish you would. What you're doing is wrong, and I need to stop you." Naruto said.

"I'll stop when I draw breath no more." Haku said, drawing three senbon needles.

"So be it." Naruto replied, drawing a kunai. A lone tear slid down both ninja's faces before they charged each other in an insane burst of speed.

Sasuke looked at Hidan, who didn't even seem remotely interested in him.

"Look, kid, just move, and I might-" Hidan began. He stopped, however, as Sasuke plunged a knife into his heart. The genin jumped back with a smirk, thinking it to be too easy. Of course, that was why the strange monk just had to be unaffected by such a lethal blow.

"Ow! That hurt, you little squirt! Come here!" he said as he threw the scythe. Sasuke hopped over it while doing hand signs.

"Lightning Style: Lightning Beast Running Technique," Sasuke said as he landed. A hound made up of blue electricity charged at the vulnerable Hidan. Unfortunately for Sasuke, the scythe came back, cutting through the jutsu on the way. Hidan grabbed it with ease and charged Sasuke, who drew two kunai.

Hidan went to slice Sasuke in half, straight down the middle. Sasuke rolled to the left and got up. Hidan spun and kicked at Sasuke, who evaded the attack. Sasuke, who was behind Hidan, tried to stab him in the back. It was blocked by Hidan's scythe.

Hidan twisted so that he was facing Sasuke. Sasuke was pushing against the deadlock he was in with all his strength. However, he was slowly being knocked back by Hidan's strength. Hidan grinned as Sasuke was pushed onto one knee. He finally powered through Sasuke's guard, but the Uchiha had managed to jump back.

"Fire Style: Burning Ash," he said. The cloud of ash covered Hidan. Before he could ignite it however, Hidan jumped above the cloud and launched three shuriken at him. Sasuke rolled forward to avoid getting hit by the projectiles. The two then enganged once more in a blade between the blades.

Kakashi jumped as Zabuza's blade went to his legs. He front flipped in hopes of getting an axe kick on him, but his foot was deflected by Zabuza. As he spun, he brought his tanto up in a defensive position. He did so just in time, as he came face to face with Zabuza's sword. The two blades clashed in a shower of sparks. Kakashi grunted at the strain he was putting to maintain the deadlock.

"Come on, Kakashi, tell me you have got more than that!" he said. Kakashi responded by channeling his lightning chakra through the sword. To his relief, he started to cut through the great sword. However, Zabuza noted the damage being caused and jumped away. Kakashi used the time to make hand signs for a jutsu, as did Zabuza.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu," they both said as two identical dragons appeared from the water underneath them. The dragons each roared once before colliding into one another. As they met, it caused a rainfall. Under the rainfall, the two ninjas met once more.

Kakashi dodged Zabuza's initial swing, but couldn't dodge the next attack as the assassin brought his leg around. He blocked the attack with his forearm, but it still sent him flying through the air. He flipped so he could land on his feet before doing more handsigns.

"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu," he said as the fireball came forth from his face. The great mass of flames flew over the water and quickly descended upon Kakashi's adversary. Unfortunately, Zabuza had decided to cut the chakra flow to his feet, which instantly sent him underwater. It provided both an easy, quick way to dodge and a way to attack.

Though he heard nothing from underneath him, he stood on guard, expecting an assault. He was correct, as a great explosion occured behind him. He quickly spun to see five sharks sailing at him with great speed.

"Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu," Zabuza said while riding upon the one farthest from Kakashi.

'Shit,' Kakashi thought as the first came upon him. With a single vertical slice upwards, the shark had been cleanly taken care of. The second, however, smacked Kakash. He went flying painfully as the third and fourth each crashed against him everytime he hit the water again. The fifth finally smashed Kakashi, sending him airborne once more.

To Kakashi's surprise, Zabuza had launched himself in the air before the shark had hit him. He watched as the master swordsman came down with the great blade positioned underneath him, ready to cut Kakashi in half. Zabuza quickly came upon Kakashi. With one fluent motion, Kakashi had been sliced cleanly down the middle. Zabuza landed gracefully, experiencing the blood rain upon him... until he realized it was water, not blood.

Zabuza turned to see Kakashi's Sharingan staring at him. He smirked instead.

"Really, Kakashi? Do you seriously think that that eye will help you?" he asked. Then he quickly blurred through his favorite set of hand signs.

"Ninja Art: Hidden-" Zabuza began. Kakashi, however, was much faster in his hand seals. With a huge breath of air, Kakashi said-

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" The gust of wind that came from his mouth was strong enough to send Zabuza flying through the air, until he crashed into the side of the bridge with. Before he could slide down, however, Kakashi was upon him, with his sword at Zabuza's throat.

"Give it up, Zabuza." he demanded of the missing ninja. Instead, the man in question just smirked before turning into water. Kakashi cursed and quickly jumped away as another water dragon slammed into the position he was just at.

Naruto and Haku whirled towards each other, both swinging a fist at the other. The two fist met midair, leaving the two ninjas with only one hand.

"I suppose now I should tell you I can perform jutsu with one hand…Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death," she performed as several hundred water needles appeared in the air from the surrounding water. With a mental command, they impaled the son of the Fourth Hokage. Haku watched as he fell over…and burst into smoke.

"A clone…" she murmured before she felt a fist at the side of her face. Naruto's blow knocked her a little way back, but three clones quickly kept with her.

As Haku stumbled, one gave her a swift uppercut, knocking her into the air. The second jumped off of the first's back and grabbed her by the clothing she wore, throwing her even higher into the air. The third one used chakra to jump up to her level, and kicked her in her mask. She felt it start to shatter as she flew back down to earth. She then crashed into the bridge, face first.

Haku quickly jumped up, drawing Hyorinmaru along the way. She saw Naruto grimace and she herself grinned. She knew that the battle would start to turn into her favor.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu," Naruto said, using Itachi's own jutsu. A flaming dragon erupted behind Naruto. It roared once before charging Haku, who simply swung Hyorinmaru.

"Ice Style: Ice Dragon Jutsu," she said. An ice dragon came from the slash and quickly moved to intercept the flaming one. They clashed with a thunderous bang. The two jutsu canceled each other out. Haku made a thrusting motion at Naruto, signaling her next attack.

"Ice Style: Gale Force Winds," she said, watching as the familiar icy winds blew at Naruto. He quickly formed some hand signs.

"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu," he said as he spat out the fire ball. It crashed into the ice winds, and watched in fascination as it froze over in midair before dropping to the ground, nothing more than a giant ice ball.

"Ice Style: Ice Dragon Jutsu," Naruto said, pressing the attack. Just like Haku's attack, the blue ice dragon appeared; ready to ram its master's adversary. It gave a battle cry of sorts before flying at Haku, aiming to destroy her. Haku yawned and stuck out her blade. Naruto could only stare as his attack was absorbed, and- with a flick of Haku's wrist- reflected back at him. As it neared, he seemed to snap out of it. He jumped away from the area of impact, as the dragon smashed into the bridge, leaving it covered in ice. He landed, doing the familiar cross hand sign.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu," he said as 100 clones appeared all around Haku. They all drew and threw two kunai at her before commencing a set of three hand seals.

"Shadow Kunai Clone Jutsu," they all said, watching in satisfaction as 200 blades became 2,000. Haku looked on in awe before she swung her blade around her in a circular motion. When she did one complete turn, she called out the name of the move.

"Wind Style: Dragon's Barrier," she said as an intense wind dome , complete with a dragon's head at the top, surrounded her. The items were stopped by the winds, but held in place instead of thrown around crazily. This gave rise to a bad feeling in Naruto's gut, which was confirmed by the next move. She slashed at Naruto again, giving her next attack as well.

"Wind Style: Wind Dragon Jutsu," she said, commanding the coiled-up dragon to attack Naruto. It uncurled before roaring once and flying at Naruto, with all the kunai still within it.

The clones erected a wall in front of Naruto that took all of the weapons. The wind dragon itself, however, plowed straight through the crowd and whacked Naruto. He went sailing off the side of the bridge and into the water. Haku jumped over, not relenting on her enemy. When he resurfaced, however, his eyes were that of the Rinnegan.

Sasuke grunted yet again as Hidan attacked him relentlessly. He dodged an attack meant to lop his head off, but was met by Hidan's knee. He flew back off the side of the bridge, landing next to Naruto. When he resurfaced, his Sharingan was blazing. The two genin stood back to back, each with a kunai drawn, and their adversary ten feet before them.

"How're you doing with your opponent?" Naruto asked between breaths.

"Not too good… he won't die! Kawasaki tells me that he only needs one cut to kill me as well." Sasuke whispered.

"I'm not doing all too well, either; her ice attacks are just unbelievable, and that blade of hers is irritating." he responded.

"Want to switch?" Sasuke suggested.

"Sure." Naruto responded. They both spun on the spot, kicking up a lot of water purposely while doing so.

"Water Style: Gunshot," Naruto said, being enabled to use Water techniques thanks to the Rinnegan. When it was deactivated, however, he couldn't use it or Earth techniques.

Hidan was smacked by the orb of water, which exploded on impact. He was sent flying away from the battle. Naruto grinned; he had a feeling he would have an easier time with Hidan. After that, he flickered away, after his opponent.

"Ninja Art: Poison Fog," Sasuke said as he ejected poison from his mouth. The poisonous cloud appeared directly in front o Haku, who had charged her new opponent.

'Crap!' She thought as she launched herself up onto the bridge once more.

'Did I get her?' he wondered before jumping after his opponent.

Kakashi jumped back as the giant blade of Zabuza's cut across his chest. Even with his Sharingan, his opponent was still strong.

"Don't tell me that's all you've got, Hatake," Zabuza taunted. He responded by grunting.

"I think it's about time I ended this…" Kakashi said as his Sharingan eye mutilated.

"Is that the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Zabuza asked with a feeling of dread in his stomach. Instead of answering, he did his technique.

"Kamui!" he screamed as a rift in the time-space continuum was opened. Zabuza screamed as the rift opened right above his chest. He flung his sword away, knowing that he couldn't escape. He screamed once more before he was sucked into the rift, which imploded. The Demon of the Bloody Mist was no more.

Kakashi sighed in relief before heading off to check on Hinata and Tazuna.

Sasuke dodged yet another punch from Haku. The girl had taken to solely attacking in Taijutsu. Of course, this didn't bother Sasuke, but he didn't like it either. He dodged yet another left hook, caught a right hook, and responded with a knee to the gut. When she bent over, he tried to elbow her in the back of her head, but she had kicked him in the place where the sun don't shine.

"This is it, Uchiha," she said as she stood over a writhing Sasuke with Hyorinmaru. "You will die-burgh…" she said before stumbling over. She collapsed next to Sasuke, who managed to get up. Now he stood above Haku.

"What did you do to me?" she asked.

"I didn't do anything; it was you who inhaled the poison. That poison shuts down all muscle function, save the mouth so that they may speak and breathe." he said while panting and holding his crotch. Suddenly, a scream rang out over the bridge- one that Haku recognized all too well.

"ZABUZA!" she screamed out, trying to force her way over to the ninja. Her body, however, was uncooperative; it was too busy trying to rid her body of the poison to actually do anything else.

"Stop struggling; you're only making the poison more potent." Sasuke urged. Indeed, the more one tried to move, the greater chance it had to kill the infected.

'I have to thank both Tsunade-sensei and Orochimaru-sensei for this,' Sasuke thought. The two were the ones who had developed the poison.

In Konoha's General Hospital, one busty woman sneezed all over the patient she was having surgery on.

'…Crap…' she thought. It had to be the patient who needed a heart transplant. Of course, it also had to be when she had gotten the new one in, too.

Meanwhile, in the ANBU headquarters, at the Research and Development Department, another one of the Sannin sneezed. He shook it off and looked over his shoulder at the ANBU that just came in.

"Captain Orochimaru, we've discovered the cure to one Rock Lee's condition!" he exclaimed.

"Very good work, Kabuto! What was the problem, anyway?" Orochimaru asked while mixing two antidotes to see if it would create a certain poison he was looking for.

"His chakra coils were undeveloped, and several of his tenketsus were permanently closed, probably as a result of a birth deficiency." Kabuto responded.

"I see…did you use the wildflower- fox fur concoction?"

"No sir…it was a mix of crushed energy nuts, a hint of the soldier pill, and some horse blood." Kabuto replied.

"Understood…well, go inform Tsunade of this new development." he said.

"Yes, Lord Orochimaru!" Kabuto said before disappearing.

"…Hmm…" Orochimaru said as he turned back to a complex design of a human-bug-weapon mix. Oh, if only he had the power to create something like that!

Naruto jumped back, away from Hidan's scythe once more. He ran back up the side of the bridge, with Hidan following him. He jumped up to meet with his panting sensei, his best friend, his other best friend, the bridge builder, and a despondent, sobbing Haku. Hidan soon joined them, ready to rip into Naruto, until clapping was heard down the bridge. The mist cleared to reveal Gatou, surrounded by an army of at least three hundred thugs.

"Gatou…what are you doing here?" Hidan asked warily.

"Why, I've provided you with back up! Bring Haku to me!" he said. Hidan nodded, and in a burst of speed, caught Haku and dropped her in front of Gatou. Suddenly, two thugs grabbed and restrained Hidan, while Gatou himself picked up Haku.

"Hello there, my little ice slut!" he said while groping her. She was, however, so depressed over Zabuza's death that she made no motion to stop the fat midget from kneading her breasts. She didn't even change facial expressions to show a change in feelings. Due to this, Gatou thought that she was enjoying it and used his other hand to rub at her vagina. Again, there was no reaction.

Both Hinata and Naruto appeared to be very angered by his actions, so much so that Naruto launched himself into the air, glowing a bright white and a dark black at the same time, He made several angelic hand signs before saying, in an angelic tone:

"Angel Style: Fire Style: Raining Fire," he said as fire fell from the sky. It landed all in the army, killing many of the ninja. What was left was quickly taken care of by Hinata.

"Angel Style: Water Style: Holy Rain," Hinata performed as it started to rain over Gatou's army. The water actually burnt through their skin, causing them to have a slow and painful death.

At last, only Gatou remained. He was slowly and pitifully crawling away from the ninja. Naruto chose that time to move to Haku.

"Haku…right there is the man who betrayed you. Right there is the man who attempted to rape you. He is the man that used you. For your own sake, kill him!" Naruto suggested. Haku could only sob in response.

"But…Zabuza…he's gone…" she sniveled. She then felt two hands on her shoulders shake her back and forth a couple of times. She looked up to see Naruto staring at her. She couldn't help but notice the warmth and comfort in his cerulean eyes…his oh-so-beautiful cerulean blue eyes.

"Haku…" he said staring back at her and speaking with warmth that made Haku feel special. "You need to get over Zabuza. He's gone. He wasn't your life. You live your life, okay? You have other things in life." He said.

"No…I don't…" she said, still depressed. Before she knew it, Naruto's lips were softly pressed against her own. He withdrew to speak with her one more time.

"Haku, you have me." He said. Tears fell from her eyes again, but not from depression. They were tears of joy. She wiped them away and looked at Naruto with renewed determination and vigor.

"You're right…it's time for me to live my life. But first…" she said, turning to Gatou, who had reached the end of the bridge. With speed she never knew she had, she held Gatou over the end of the bridge by the leg.

"Please…spare me…" he said, trying to find a way out of it. "You can have anything you want…money…power…men…" he said. The last part disgusted Haku. She had a man!

Meanwhile, Hinata felt as if her quest for Naruto's love would be greatly complicated by the matter. Naruto himself felt as if life would be severely more complex because of his actions. And several other girls around the ninja world felt a pang of annoyance.

(A/N: Yes, this is a harem fic. Reason will be revealed soon enough.)

Anyway, Haku glared at the man in front of her before she made several one handed symbols.

"Ice Style: Ice Spears," she said as several ice spears formed over her. They all managed to impale Gatou on her command; two to the head, one through the heart, one through either lung, and one through the throat. With a mock farewell, she dropped the dead businessman into the waters. She turned to Team Seven, who was staring at her.

"…Um…yea, so I guess you'll be coming back with us to Konoha, no?" Kakashi asked.

"Yes…it's time I began my life." She said. She then sent a small glance at Naruto before looking away, blushing. This went unnoticed by all minus a violently twitching Hinata.

'Mustn't kill…mustn't kill…mustn't kill…' she chanted in her head.

The following day, the people of Wave Country were waving goodbye to the saviors of their country.

"Goodbye all!" Tazuna shouted.

"We'll miss you," another random villager shouted.

"We'll visit sometime soon, we promise," Naruto said to the crowd. They departed, waving goodbye to the people as they walked.

"Grandpa, we never named the bridge!" Inari said, waving at the people who had saved the Wave Country.

"Hmm...how about 'Super Tazuna's Super Bridge of Super Uber Awesomeness!'" he declared with his chest puffed out.

"Dad..." Tsunami said exasperated.

"Ma, ma..." he said while waving her off. "Fine. How about the Great Naruto Bridge?" he asked. A low rumble went through the crowd.

"No, no, no..." said Inari, thinking. "How about...the Bridge of Angels?" he suggested. A louder cheering went up for this name.

"You sure?" Tazuna asked.

"YEAH!" the people of Wave shouted.

"Dad...the work they did for us...we were blessed by angels." Tsunami said.

Oh, if only they knew how true the statement was.

A hand flew up from the water and grasped at the dirt. The figure pulled themself from beneath the water. Hidan stood painfully. The fire and water that had hit him had hurt like nothing he had ever felt before. In all the confusion, he had managed to jump off the side of the bridge and hit the water. Finally, three days later, he had gotten the strength back to climb up the shore.

"Hello there." A voice said before Hidan. He glanced at the new figure before him. Blacl robes, red clouds. Hidan heard of the organization before: Akatsuki. The man also wore an orange spiralling mask over his face, which he found strange. He looked into the lone eyehole to see a Sharingan eye slowly rotationg.

"Can I help you?" Hidan asked warily. Normally, the man would get either a "Fuck off" or a scythe through the chest, but he was weak and tired. The man before him was powerful; Hidan could tell just by looking at his Sharingan and even standing before him. The last he needed was to get attacked. There weren't many ways to kill Hidan; however, the Sharingan had several jutsus capable of finishing the job.

"Yes, you can help me. Come with me, and join Akatsuki. We could use your immortality. And before you ask, yes, you will have plenty of people to sacrifice Lord Jashin to." the man said. Hidan contemplated for one short second.

"I am at your command."

Done!

Alright guys, so this wraps up the Wave Arc, with some minor tweaks here and there.

This is my version of how Hidan gets into the Akatsuki. Don't like, don't care.

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