A/N: Hello sorry about the long update wait. Please go back and read chapter 5 if you have not seen the new edit to it. If you don't this chapter will not make sense. As I said it will get in to some humor eventually, some action, some romance, and some general good stuff. Please Review
Chapter 6 What it means to be a Ninja
Both Naruto and Kakashi left Naruto's apartment and made their way through the crowds. Villagers stared at Naruto in anger. Naruto just sighed. To the villagers the relationship between Kakashi and Naruto was odd, it was known that Kakashi was Naruto's sensei and yet Kakashi seemed to bend to Naruto's will. The villagers passed it off to the Kyuubi controlling Kakashi.
"You realize the villagers are going to think the Kyuubi is controlling you right?" Naruto whispered from his place on Kakashi's back.
"Yeah, but you and I know that you are a bastard and guilt tripped me into this." Kakashi mumbled
"Hey, all I said was you weren't there for me all my life, and yet I saved your life many times. You didn't have to carry me."
"You complained about your feet hurting you!" Kakashi yelled
"Hey I'm old now!" Naruto replied
"You're 14. That is not old!"
"I have the mentality of an 18 year old."
"Still young." Kakashi replied as they neared the gate. When they were near, Sasuke leaned forward from his tree and walked forward to the pair. Hinata stood from the floor.
"Alright team we have three genin in a critical situation. We will move to their location quickly. I will not hear a single complaint to slow down from any of you. We have comrades who's lives are on the line. Move out!" Kakashi yelled and the team took off running towards wave.
Two hours later- Tazuna's house-
Team 8 had just come back from training and where just about to sit down for lunch when a knock came to their door.
"I wonder who that could be?" Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter said.
"It should be our reinforcements." Kurenai said
Tsunami opened the door, and to the shock of Team 8, Team 7 stood there.
"Kakashi!" Kurenai yelled
"Hello Kurenai." Kakashi said entering the house with a bow to Tsunami.
"They sent you guys? Oh man talk about lame." Kiba said
"Shut up Kiba!" Sakura yelled as she ran to her crush.
Kiba and Shino just sighed seeing the way Sakura acted. Kurenai, too, sighed realizing that all the progress Sakura had made, had just gone out the window. Naruto and Hinata just laughed seeing the way Sakura acted.
"I'm so sorry for you two." Naruto said sitting next to Kiba. Hinata sat on a chair next to the fireplace, which was not lit.
"She's not so bad." Shino said
"Yeah she's not to bad as long as you don't mention Sasuke around her." Kiba said
"Kurenai. I believe its time you told us the full story of what we are dealing with." Kakashi said already knowing the answer.
So Kurenai began her story. She told of Kiba and Shino's quick thinking upon noticing the genjutsu. She told of Sakura taking a punch from Zabuza so that Kiba could free her. A light blush dusted Kurenai's face when Kakashi jumped forward and asked if she was ok when she told about Zabuza punching her several times in the gut. She told of her hypothesis that Zabuza was still alive. No one, but Kakashi saw Naruto smile when she told of the hunter-nin. Naruto suddenly stood realizing that they had 2 days till Zabuza would be back. That meant that Haku would be entering the clearing the next morning. He knew he had to speak to Haku before the fight.
"What is it Naruto?" Kurenai asked
"I have these papers." Naruto said pulling out Zabuza's and Haku's clearance papers.
"Are those-" Kurenai began
"Yes. The Hokage wishes to recruit both Zabuza and his fake hunter-nin."
"What? That man nearly killed us and now we're supposed to allow him in Konoha?" Kiba yelled
"Kiba. This is the life of a ninja. An enemy one day may be an ally the next. I myself have nearly killed a man only to later on be fighting side by side with him. If there was anyone I'd want on my side it would be one of the seven swordsmen."
"But he tried to the kill his kage!" Kiba yelled.
"You should not make assumptions about him, because of that. You don't know the story. He rebelled against the bloodline murder. He attacked to save his people." Kakashi said
"Still!" Kiba yelled.
"Kiba drop it. Kakashi is right." Shino said
The rest of the day passed uneventfully. Inari had yelled at the two teams, and once again Naruto blew his top.
"Shut up. You know nothing of pain." Inari yelled
"I know nothing of pain! Pain is what I've lived everyday of my life. The pain of visions of things that may come. The pain of beatings to numerous to count. So much pain. You know nothing." Naruto said and walked out the door.
"Psh, Naruto. Trying to sound cool." Sakura said
Kakashi stood up and looked straight at Sakura.
"Sakura. You have no idea what he's gone through. Naruto allowed me into his mind one time. There I saw his past. I saw him burning alive. I saw people cutting open his stomach. I saw death. My death in a vision of his. I saw what he is assaulted by everyday and I nearly went mad. He has every right to be insane, and yet he is not. While you dote on Sasuke, who is screwed up in his own right, it is Naruto who needs help. He knows little of what it means to be loved. While Sasuke had a mother's and a father's love for however brief. Naruto never did."
"The fool doesn't deserve parents." Sakura said
"Sakura!" Kurenai yelled
"Kurenai please remove your student, before she becomes an unfortunate victim of friendly fire."
Kurenai grabbed Sakura and dragged her away. Sakura kicked to be free and be near Sasuke, but Kurenai did not let up. After a while a scream erupted from upstairs and Kurenai came down the stairs.
"What did you do?" Kakashi asked
"Nothing."
"Um Kakashi? What do you mean Naruto never did?" Kiba asked
"You don't know? Naruto's parents are dead. He's been alone since he was born. He wasn't ever adopted, and was never allowed in the orphanage. He lived on the street till the Hokage gave him a small apartment. He's been alone for years." Hinata answered
"Oh." Kiba said looking down at his food.
The next Day
Naruto had fallen asleep waiting in the clearing. He awoke to the sound of humming. He turned his head to see a girl wearing a pink kimono and long black hair.
"Hello." She said
"Hello. The names Naruto. Whats yours?"
"Haku." Naruto smiled
"And how is Zabuza?" Naruto asked
Haku visibly tensed
"Now, now. I'm here to offer you two asylum. Konoha has decided they would like you in Konoha. Join us."
"I-I'll have to discuss it with Zabuza."
"Well you better answer me tomorrow. I hope it's affirmative. That way you can protect him more without having to worry about hunter-nins." Naruto said and walked away. Naruto continued on his way to Tazuna's house. When he entered Kakashi turned to him.
"How'd it go?"
"I let them know. Now it's a matter of their decision."
Kurenai watched the interaction, with a sigh she realized that she would never be able to understand the two.
"You two are close." Kurenai mumbled
"As I said before Kurenai, he shared his secrets with me, and that allowed me to be so close to him. I wish to help his goal."
"Whats his goal?"
"I'll show you if you gain my trust." Naruto said
"hmph." Kurenai replied with a pout
"Now now Kurenai. This is a big secret. It's perhaps the biggest secret he has. Bigger then that." Kakashi said seriously, causing Kurenai's eye to widen.
"Only a few know." Naruto said
"Who?"
"The Hokage, Inoichi, Hiashi, and Kakashi." Naruto said.
The next day on the bridge (Shino stayed back)
The two teams arrived at the bridge to see two figures calmly sitting on one of the sides. One had sword that was nearly as big as him.
"Hello you two. Have you though about our offer?" Kakashi called.
"Yes." Zabuza said
"What do you think?" Naruto said
"I'm tired of running. If you can say I wont have to run away ever again, then I shall accept."
"You will not have to run. Unless a mission demands you too." Kakashi said with an eyesmile.
"Then you have a deal."
There was the sound of clicking on the bridge. Everyone turned to see a short man wearing a suit and sunglasses. He was holding a cane.
"See that is the problem with missing nin. They always go for the better deal." The man said
"Gato." Zabuza said
Several thugs began to appear behind him.
"Though it works out for me. Now I wont have to pay you, not that I was ever going to. Kill him." Gato yelled
The thugs charged. Zabuza grinned and pulled his blade from his back. Kakashi jumped forward pulling kunai out. The pair tore through the thugs. One managed to get by, by pure luck. He ran straight for Hinata who was poking at her fingers. He thought shed be an easy target. As he neared she flashed a grin and moved slightly. Several cuts appeared on the thugs body. The thug collapsed alive but barely. Naruto threw a kunai landing in the thugs head killing him. Looks of shock rang through all of the genin minus Naruto. It was one thing for Kakashi and Zabuza to kill, but for Naruto someone of their own age killing it shook them to the core.
"Y-Y-You killed him." Kiba said
"That is the life of a ninja. Kill or be killed. Hesitate and you die. Leave an enemy alive and you die." Zabuza said coming up.
Kakashi and him brought forward several unconscious thugs.
"The first kill is the hardest, but its best to get it out of the way." Kakashi said throwing kunai at the feet of the genin.
"You don't expect them to kill do you?" Kurenai asked
"Yes I do. They are ninjas know its time they learned what that meant." Kakashi said
"Kill these thugs, one each." Kakashi continued. The genin shook, understanding what this meant. The first to move was Hinata. She picked the kunai up and slit the thugs throat. The blood poured onto her. She looked down at her hands seeing the blood. Shudders wracked her body. Naruto went to her and engulfed her in a hug. Shino who had only recently returned from Tazuna's place stepped forward and killed his thug. Sasuke was next. Then Kiba. Sakura stood there shaking.
"Sakura." Kurenai whispered
"Sakura. Kill him." Kakashi said forcefully.
"Why? He's unconscious he cant do anything." Sakura yelled
"But if you leave him, he might go on to hurt others. It is best the life of this thug ends here." Kakashi said.
Sakura shakingly grabbed her kunai. With a shudder she stabbed her victim, but missed any vital areas. The pain caused the man to awaken and to scream. He shook causing Sakura's kunai to move in his body, slicing his gut open and spilling his innards onto her feet. Sakura screamed seeing the blood on her.
After awhile of letting their genin soak in what just happened the teams returned home with Haku and Zabuza beside them.