A Bond by a Legacy
I don't own Naruto
Mission to Nami
Team 7 met at 5' am at the north gate.
Well, one person and their client were missing.
Tenzo muttered something about late bastard senpeis and the genins played 'Go Fish' with the guards. Kotetsu and Izumo, the eternal gate – guard duo, were happy to do something, even if it was only a card game.
"Yamato-sensei, Kaka-sensei is never on time. I would worry if he is…" Naruto pouted and asked Kotetsu.
"Go fish." The chunin said and the blond sighed.
"Any three?" Sasuke asked the blond Mokuton wielder.
"Why you!" Naruto muttered and gave Sasuke the cards.
"Stupid teme."
Sasuke smirked and took the cards. Normally Naruto was the lucky one in every game they played. Now it was his time to shine in a game.
Kakashi interrupted the game when he arrived with Tazuna. The copy-nin smiled at his genins and got a frown from Tenzo who was not pleased with the tardiness.
"Before we leave I would like to see what you packed." Kakashi said and he got three sealing scrolls. The jonin wondered who made them and Sasuke said they were Naruto's work.
"I study sealing in my free time. It comes easy when you are a half-blood Uzumaki." Naruto explained.
'You aren't as obsessed as Mito her time with this sealing-thingy but you are damm near.' Hashirama commented with a sigh. Sometimes he thought he was the only entertaining person in the boy's mind since neither the great kitsune nor Ashura talked as much to the boy as him.
'She was an in-Uzushiogakure-studied-fuinjutsu-master! Compared to her, I am a rookie.' Naruto complained about Hashirama's complains. The first hokage snorted in amusement
"Nice work. Fuinjutsu really hard to study and I know Konoha has only one who can come near an Uzumaki in fuinjutsu and he is always out on duty." Kakashi said and ruffled the blond hair of his student.
"Stop that." Naruto grumbled and pushed Kakashis hand away. The jonin gave them his traditional eye-smile and asked if they were ready.
"Sasuke, do you have a formation-plan?" Tenzo asked the raven haired boy who nodded.
"We should go in a diamond formation. Kakashi-sensei takes the top, Yamato-sensei the end. Naruto stays in the right-middle so he can sense any trouble on the way. Sakura goes with Tazuna in the middle and I'll take the left middle." Sasuke explained his plan and everybody nodded.
"Sounds good to me. Then let's head out. Kotetsu sign Team 7 out!" Kakashi commanded and leaded the team out on the street.
The genins and jonins took their positions and a certain blond focused on his senses. He sent out chakra pulses to increase his reach dramatically from half a mile to borderline 2 miles.
Damm, sometimes it was good to be a jinchuuriki.
They walked half a day without complications and Sakura asked Tazuna why they didn't have their own nins. Tazuna shrugged and said that their village was too young to build their own shinobi schools and they had no shinobis settled there to teach their kids the basics.
"Another reason for wave not to have shinobis is that before wave was named wave, the country's name was Uzu no Kuni not Nami no Kuni. Their city was a blooming place for artists and people with a knack for fuinjutsu. The ruling clan in Uzushiogakure was the Uzumaki clan. They were treated like royalty in their old days. Uzumakis were known as the clan of long lasting lives and the mastery of fuinjutsu. Also the Uzumaki clan had a strong bond with their cousins the Senju which is the reason why jonin and chunin carries the Uzumaki swirl on their vests. But then the second shinobi war destroyed Uzushiogakure.
Iwagakure and Kumogakure feared the bond of the Senju and Uzumaki and attacked the mostly neutral city. Konohas help came too late and most of the Uzumakis, their treasures and jutsus were lost into the fire after their held their own over 14 days against two armies!
The only survivor we know where an Uzumaki girl, who later became Naruto's mom." Tenzo told the genins. Sasuke and Sakura where stunned but Naruto nodded. He already knew the story of the Uzumaki's fall.
"Wave was founded after the war. They rebuilt a village without shinobis to respect their forefather's death and the later generations forgot on which lands their village was built." The older wood user ended.
"I didn't know the story of my village until now. I came here with my wife ten years after the second war. We should build a memento or something like that." Tazuna mumbled. Old geezers never told the true stories before he 'took over' as Namis leader.
They became silent and then Sakura asked: "So the baka is a royal?"
Sasuke snickered and Naruto sighed.
"No, 'cause after a promotion I am going to take my father's name. But I'll represent both of my parent's clans until I die 'ttbayo!" Naruto exclaimed and got thumbs up from Kakashi and his inner guest Hashirama, and a respecting nod from Sasuke. One of their steps to achieve their dreams was to become clan heads. Since Uzumaki and Namikaze fused with his parent's marriage, he would become clan head of both clans but only get one vote. Politic was complicated.
Suddenly something caught Naruto's attention. He quickly signaled his teammates and they got ready for the ambush. To untrained eyes the team simply walked on their way but every shinobi could see the tension. Sasuke activated his sharingan covered under a small genjutsu, Sakura clenched her fists and Naruto pushed more and more chakra into the ground to locate the possible threat. The blond grabbed the hilt of his katana and observed his group and the path.
"Naruto?" Kakashi asked to get a status report.
"Two chakra signatures. High chunin to low jonin. Should I send a clone in a henge?" Naruto informed and their team leader shook his head.
"No, I need to know something." Kakashi said and ordered his team to close the lose formation.
The grey haired man knew something was fishy about their mission. The old hokage warned him but he said Nami could help them in future and even without a shinobi village an alliance was always welcomed. But trained shinobis as enemies in a C-Rank was overkill. His sweet little genins might be good and they had a fresh-out ANBU in their group, but they didn't know what came after the two hidden shinobis.
"Right side, 54 yards. Is this a puddle?" Naruto whispered. Only his team could hear him.
"Tazuna-san, we might have something to discuss later." Kakashi informed the man who blanched and become as pale as an Uchiha.
Suddenly everything broke lose. Two guys jumped out of the puddle and attacked team 7's leader. A moment their genins were shocked when they saw Kakashi were ripped in two pieces by the infamous demon brothers of the mist, but realized rather quickly that Kakashi used kawarimi no jutsu to escape the claws of the brothers.
"One down. 4 to go." One bragged.
Naruto draw his katana and parried a slash only to push the man back and stab him. Sasuke did the same thing with a kunai. Both boys looked at their victims.
Naruto trembled in fear. He never killed before. It wasn't the same to watch Hashiramas memories who had killed to protect his clan and later his village. He knew it was a ninja's duty to kill. But everything was too fast for the teen who starred at the dead man to his feet.
Naruto winced at Kakashis suddenly touch.
"You did your duty, Naruto. You protected the client without fear. Don't let fear consume you." The scarecrow tried to help his sensei's son. Naruto looked up to the man and gulped hard. His body wouldn't react and he trembled even more.
'Naruto, your sensei is right. You did what you had to do. It makes you a human to regret. You regret to kill this man, that's good. Otherwise I would fear might be a worse monster than our furry friend.' Hashirama said and patted the mental-image of his young 'seedling'.
Naruto slowly nodded and looked to Sasuke who still talked to Yamato. Then he looked to Sakura and Tazuna. The bridge builder trembled on his own and caught Narutos gaze and smiled uncertainly.
The young jinchuuriki sighed and thanked Kakashi with his own uncertain smile. The boy sheeted his katana, not bothering that there was still blood on the blade, and walked back to Sakura. The pinkenette didn't try to help her comrades because Kakashi advised her not to. Everything they needed was a safe place and some time to get over their first kill.
"Tazuna-san. Now is time to talk. This mission isn't a C-Rank anymore. We expected maybe some bandits but not trained shinobi. That's too high for genins!" Kakashi snorted and the old man seemed to shrink in the jonin's hard words.
"I… I am sorry! Nami is poor, dammit! Everything we had was enough for this mission. Please! Gato bankrupted everyone and most of the…"
"Stop right there. I never said I'll cancel the mission. I say it's up to my students to decide. They are risking their lives and every shinobi has the right to accept or decline a mission." Kakashi interrupted and Tazuna nodded and pleaded that the kids would go on with their mission.
But all three of them didn't know what to do. Naruto wanted to help the country so much but the kill he made was a real shocker. He saw that his teammates were about to decline the mission and go home but he stopped them.
"Wave needs our help. I think it would be great to be a country's hero, dattebayo?!" Naruto said and his bright blue-green eyes sparked. Sasuke nodded and Sakura followed their lead.
'That's the spirit!' Hashirama yelled excitedly and fist-bumped with Ashura. They were relieved that the young Mokuton wielder didn't grieve anymore about the kill but they knew the nightmares might come later on.
"You are a lucky bastard that the kids are going to help you out." Tenzo growled. He wasn't happy because he knew Kakashi wouldn't send a letter for back-up to the hokage.
"Well, then let's go." The team leader announced and they got back on the road.
At the next day, they camped with nightshifts, the group met with a man on small landing stage at dawn. Sasuke and Naruto couldn't get any sleep at the night. Every time they closed their eyes, the blank-dead faces stared back. Kakashi said it would get better with time, but they would never forget.
The scarecrow knew that he have to train them to cut off their emotional feelings in a mission. It would kill his cute little genins when they got mad in a fight or worse, lost every faith in their fighting and comrades. He sighed.
The boatman brought the group to the island. The genins were in awe when they saw the unfinished bridge and Tazuna was proud about his 'baby'.
"Sorry man, you have to walk now. Gato's men are everywhere and my wife needs me." The man said and Tazuna nodded understanding.
"No problem. Thank you very much for doing this for me."
"My hope is that the asshole will go lost when the bridge is built. Good luck, old friend." The man mumbled and rowed away.
Kakashi leaded their team through the forest but again, something was fishy.
Naruto noticed a sudden movement in the bushes and threw a kunai in this direction. They heard the squeal of a small animal.
"Baka, that's a rabbit!" Sakura shouted but the male-teammates eyes narrowed. This small rabbit had white fur.
It was a normally caged pet.
"DOWN!" Kakashi shouted and slammed the old client to the ground. His genins followed his order and ducked under a massive blade which nearly cut off their heads.
'That blade…' Hashirama snorted.
"Yeah I know… why is he here?" Naruto asked himself.
A shinobi appeared on the hilt of his massive sword. He had short spikey brown hair and his face was covered in bandages. The man carried a dark tank-top and black trouser.
"Demon of the mist, Zabuza Momochi." Tenzo mumbled under his breath.
Then Naruto shocked them all. The blond genin jumped on his feet and smiled brightly.
"Oi, Zabu-nii! I thought you were back in Kiri?! Mei is going to kill you, ya know?" The blond yelled and winked at the tall man who raised an eyebrow.
"What are you doing here, brat?" The swordsman asked and the other people around them sweatdropped.
"Got a team and a mission. You?" the blond asked in a nearly bored tone.
"You know each other?!" Tenzo shouted what everybody thought.
"I traveled sometimes with him and Haku-chan. Thanks to him I am good with swords. Not good as the Kirigakure seven, but I can hold weaker swordsmen." Naruto bragged with his typical foxy-grin.
Zabuza jumped on the ground and took his Kubikiri-Bouchou out of the tree.
"That annoying brat had his katana back then when we first met and couldn't wield it. I pitied him and showed him some moves." Zabuza said in an amused tone.
"So, why did you attack us?" Sasuke asked.
"Your friend, the bridge builder. I should kill him but you know what, if I can a have a quick battle with the brat, I'll decide what I am doing with you."
Kakashi and Tenzo were about to protest but Naruto jumped out of their reach and nodded.
"Like always?" The blond asked and the nuke-nin nodded in agreement.
Both went into their ready-stances and with an unknown signal they jumped forward. It looked like they were about to fight an epic sword-fight but suddenly both dropped their blades and shouted: "YAN-KEN-PO!"
The others facepalmed and Naruto did a victory-dance. He won.
"Lucky bastard." Zabuza mumbled. "Haku you can come out now."
Out of nowhere Haku appeared and hugged the blond. Naruto blushed because of Sasukes wiggling eyebrows and the perverted smile. Kakashi made it worse and giggled like the perv he was.
"Haku-chan… AIR!" the jinchuuriki yelled high pitched.
The girl loosed her death-grip and smiled warmly.
"It's good to see you again, Otouto (little brother)" The girl said.
"So, what are you doing now, Zabuza-san?" Kakashi asked and Zabuza shrugged.
"Deceive the asshole Gato and go with the brat. I am not going to fight one of my students. And to answer your question, brat, Mei kicked my ass out of Kiri and said she couldn't reinstall someone who tried to kill her predecessor. I know she didn't mean it that way but she had to do it as a kage."
Zabuza grunted in defeat. He was sad that Mei had done this to him but the council was in every hidden village a bit bitchy with missing nins.
The genins of team 7 nodded and especially Naruto grinned like a madman, happy about having old friends around him.
At the late noon they finally reached Tazuna's house and a woman greeted them. She was happy to see her father again and in one piece. Smiling she greeted their new houseguests and told them where they could leave their backpacks.
Then Kakashi took the ninjas with him outside the house and want a report of the situation from each of his genin. He nodded proudly when they finished their reports and asked Zabuza what he knew about Gato's men.
"The only trained shinobis were Haku and I. The others are all bandits and thieves. But I know that some of my old comrades are near. He might contact one of them to challenge me but he has no information about you and the brats." The ex-Kiri-nin said and Haku agreed.
"Thank you. Now I can plan what we will do until the bridge is build and a plan B when someone attacks us. Better safe than sorry." Kakashi thanked and looked at his genins.
"Can I have the brat? I would like to evaluate how good his is with his toothpick." Zabuza smirked.
Naruto gulped and backed away from his old teacher. That smirk promised pain and a lot of fun… for Zabuza.
"Yamato, you'll train Sakura, I'll take Sasuke and train him." Kakashi said with his trademade eyesmile and Naruto died an inner death.
"And who will supervise the bridge?" Yamato asked.
"We'll do it in shifts. I'll start with Sasuke since he doesn't need that much training…"
Over Naruto's head a small raincloud formed and it started to thunder.
"Common brat. I need someone to practice." Zabuza said and dragged the depressed genin away.
"Was it wrong to give him to Zabuza?" Kakashi asked himself and the others deadpanned.
"Nah." The silver haired scarecrow said with an evil grin hidden behind his mask and shooed Tazuna and Sasuke to the bridge.
Zabuza glared at Naruto dangerously. The blond growled like a wild animal, not accepting defeat. His clothes were nearly completely destroyed, here and there strand of yellowish hair laid on the ground and blood dripped out of the wounds which didn't healed fast enough. Both panted and glared at each other.
Haku on the sidelines smiled, remembering the old times when Naruto traveled with them for a little over a year. They had watched a fight with Naruto's other sensei who had been annoyed with his behavior or rather Naruto had been annoyed by Itachi-san. They had parted after the fight, Naruto had yelled that he rather died out in the forest then being handled like a kid half his age.
Days later they had found Naruto muttering something about annoying partners and hungry as a horse. Zabuza had Kubikiri taken from his back and had pressed Kubikiri's dull side on the neck of the boy who had stiffed out of reflex.
Days later Zabuza had started Naruto's training in kenjutsu.
And now they stood face to face and breathed hard. It looked like Naruto kept training himself after they parted. But Naruto wasn't as good as a swordsman from the bloody mist, after all they were legends.
"That was a good fight brat. Next time I might sweat a bit." Zabuza mocked and Haku sighed. She knew, Zabuza would never admit that the blond was good and gave him a hard time. Her master and father figure wasn't as good as in his prime time because he hadn't any good enemies lately.
Naruto only grunted and collapsed on the ground, already asleep.
"The copy-cat will not be happy." Haku told her master who shrugged and picked the sleeping genin up.
"The kid might be my successor one day, Haku. He needs to train hard."
"I doubt that Naruto-kun will be your successor, Zabuza-tou-san." Haku said calmly and got a raised, nonexistent eyebrow. She sighed.
"Naruto-kun is not a swordsman like you. In a life threating battle he would fight with his nin- and taijutsu. His sword is only a fancy tool and his kenjutsu something he can show off. He is too hotheaded to remember his katana in the middle of a fight when it isn't necessary and unlike the Kiri-swordsmen he isn't trained to combine his nin- and taijutsu with his kenjutsu." Haku explained and Zabuza nodded, proud at his adoptive daughter.
The ex-mist nin dropped Naruto on the floor in Tazunas house. Kakashi and Tenzo sighed at this sight. The blond would sleep the rest of the day. His clothes were completely destroyed. The older wood-user glared at Zabuza who shrugged and sat down beside them. Tsunami was worried about the young genin but Kakashi told her that everything was fine.
The door swung open and Sasuke stumbled over his friend. He was annoyed. Why did the idiot sleep on the floor? "Hey, stupid." He greeted Naruto but got now yelling back. So Sasuke poked the young jinchuuriki who grunted and turned around.
"Let him be, Sasuke. Or better, bring him in his room." Kakashi said. "And then come and get something to eat."
-Time Skip 2 weeks-
The next two weeks passed and nothing happened. Naruto and the others helped Tazuna building the bridge in their shifts and said bridge was nearly finished.
An evening was not the same. Inari, Tazuna's grandson, had enough with that foolish ninja.
"Why bother with us when you'll die!" the young boy shouted and glared at the shinobis with teary eyes. Silence greeted the boy before Naruto grunted.
"Why bother? We will bring back hope to your lands, Inari. That's why. Did you visit your village in the last month? I think not. They lost nearly all hope. But the bridge can bring it back. With it, Gato has no more a force to let Wave bleed out." Kakashi explained to the young boy. He saw the tension build up.
"You'll die! Gato will order your death!" Inari yelled. Naruto jumped on his feet and glared dangerously. Yamato tensed, ready to hold Naruto back.
"You know nothing about a hard life Inari. Tazuna told us what happened with your father but that isn't a reason to be a crybaby. You don't know how it is to lose your complete clan. You didn't lose your whole family! Your mother and your grandfather are still there, caring for your wellbeing. You don't know how it is to never have any parents! Nobody glares at you or try to kill you for something you had no might over! So shut up you crybaby!" Naruto shouted and stormed out. Sasuke would follow his friend if Kakashi hadn't stopped him.
"Let him be." He said calmly
The young Uchiha watched Inari ran outside and Kakashi following him. "Wimp." He grunted and left to go to his bed.
Sakura sighed. Her teammates never talked that much about their past but she knew both hadn't the best childhood. Zabuza and Haku left to go to bed and followed their lead. Soon she was alone with Tazuna and Tsunami.
"You should go too, sweetie." Tsunami said and the young kunoichi nodded.
Naruto didn't come back. They had breakfast without him. Zabuza sent Haku to find him. An hour later she came back with a sleeping Naruto. He looked exhausted and Kakashi put his genin to bed.
"The clearing he trained in is completely destroyed." Haku said worried.
"Well, we should go to the bridge. But today we all go there and help to finish it." Yamato said and stressed the word 'today'. He had enough from the sea around this island and crying brats. The ex-ANBU sighed. He never dealt before so much with people. His own childhood was a complete disaster, starting with Orochimaru…
The others nodded and headed to the bridge.
Zabuza grunted when he saw the mist. Something was wrong. He could taste the chakra in the mist.
"Watch out. There is someone. It had to be someone from the seven." He snorted and Haku looked more worried.
Then the mist cleared itself and showed four people.
Two of them Kakashi and Yamato knew. Idate Morino and Aoi Rokusho, both Konoha-ex-nins.
Then there were two swordsman of Kirigakure. One known to others as the tailed beast without an tail Kisame Hoshigaki and Kushimaru Kuriarare with his Nuibari.
"Is his sword a fucking sewing needle?" Sasuke asked Zabuza who bit back a laugher.
You could say Kushimaru wasn't pleased.
"Kakashi, I need your help with Kisame. He is the strongest of us swordsmen. Yamato, you take Kushimaru." Zabuza ordered the Konoha jonin who nodded in agreement.
"Haku, Sasuke. Aoi was a jonin in Konoha. Idate should be easier to take down but be careful with Aoi. He has the Raijin no Ken, Nidaime's thunder sword." Kakashi warned his genins.
"And Sakura, I trust you with Tazuna. Stay outside and protect him."
Then everything broke lose. Kisame laughed like a maniac when Zabuza draw his Kubikiri against his Samehada.
"You were always weaker than me, Zabuza. What gave you the idea you could fight against me?" The shark-like man asked with a predator-grin.
"I am the second best, Kisame. Now I am challenging you for the first position." Zabuza said with gritted teeth and pushed against Kisame's power.
Haku created a dome out of ice and nearly destroyed Idate who yielded before he dropped unconscious. Idate shouted he had enough and everything he wanted was his brother and family back.
Meanwhile Sasuke engaged Aoi in a throwing attack. Kunai, shuriken, everything clashed against Aoi's own stock of throwing weapons. The jonin wasn't the smartest and didn't realize that Sasuke only needed time for Haku to finish her opponent.
On another place, back in Tazuna's house, Naruto woke up. He was irritated and stretched his senses to find the others. He could feel chakra clashing against foreign chakra and jumped up. His friends fought against someone! Why didn't they wake him up?
He ran outside, only saying goodbye to clueless Tsunami and Inari who were irritated by the young shinobi's behavior.
But suddenly something else got his attention. He landed in a clearing and saw cuts from swords. He knew, he didn't train here and the cuts were too small for the Kubikiri. The blond sensed two men in Tsunami's direction and the bigger threat in Tazuna's direction. "Moku Bunshin." He muttered and a wood clone formed itself out of wood. With a short cross seal a kage bunshin poofed in life and both waited for orders.
"Go back and protect Inari and Tsunami. Do everything necessary." He said and both saluted before they vanished in the forest. Naruto jumped into the woods and ran as fast as he could to reach his friends.
Haku dodged a slash from Aoi and pushed Sasuke out of his reach before she vanished back in one of her mirrors. The young Uchiha grunted in annoyance. Every time he used his trademark jutsu, Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu he drained himself and his chakra reserves were low. And Aoi only used that blasted sword to slash through every fireball he spat.
A sudden cry stopped their moves and Haku's eyes grew widen. The mirrors melted immediately and showed the bloody fight between the two swordsmen and the fact that Zabuza lost the battle. The demon of the mist lost an arm and Kubikiri was beyond his reach. Kisame grinned and he swung to the last slash against his former companion. Haku ran to take the stroke for her father but another sword clashed against Samehada's scaled blade.
"Naruto!" his team shouted and Zabuza could pull himself up.
"Sorry, I got lost on the road of life…" Naruto said and everybody sweatdropped.
"Good timing, brat. For a moment I thought I would die. Where is your useless sensei of a copy-cat?" Zabuza muttered. His vision blurred due his blood lose but Haku hurried to heal him as much as she could.
"Right here, Ninpō Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no Jutsu." Kakashi yelled and his Ninken appeared and caught Kisame.
Naruto looked for Sasuke and he jumped in action when he saw that Sasuke's opponent used his chance to kill the 'last' loyal Uchiha. The blond pushed the stunned raven haired boy out of the way and took the hit. Sasuke stared to his smiling friend when hundred volts hit the blond jinchuuriki and fell lifeless. The young Uchiha felt something snapping and he grabbed Naruto's sword. He knew that the weapon didn't choose him at its wielder but he couldn't care less and charged after the man who killed his best friend.
Madara saw everything and yelled enraged. It started again. The circle started again and the damm Senju got himself killed before they could break it. Now both of them had to wait centuries for their next chance. Unknown to the three Uchihas, something else settled itself into Sasukes mind and laughed. It laughed with a passion unknown to the world. Its plan could start now.
Sasuke took some clashes against Aoi. He pushed the murderer away from his friend and unknown to him his eyes shifted into their next level. Tears ran down his cheek and he slashed against the tired senior shinobi. Then the Raiton blade of the Raijin no Ken vanished and Aoi dropped to his knees.
"Kill me, Konoha scum like I killed your friend." The man shouted between hard breaths and Sasuke swung Naruto's blade and killed the missing nin.
Kisame was forced to watch his partners die. Tenzo killed Kushimaru with some wooden spikes and Sasuke killed Aoi. The shark-like man knew his fate was death as well but he had other plans. He freed himself and with the words "It isn't over!" he vanished in a wave out of suiton sharks.
Zabuza sighed and sat down so Haku could heal him as much as possible.
The swordsman didn't cry about his lost arm, he was a shinobi and as such it was always possible that something could cripple or kill him. He still could wield Kubikiri even if he had to train to wield it only with one arm.
Kakashi was dead tired.
Kisame sucked nearly every bit of his chakra and his summons also needed their share of his chakra. So he dismissed them after Kisame vanished and with Yamato's help he limped his way to his genin team. Sakura ran to Sasuke and Naruto when she saw that the fight was over.
The silent sobs irritated the clouded mind of the jonin but then it hit him like a brick. The silver haired scarecrow stumbled to them and saw Sasuke and Sakura crying over their pale and lifeless comrade. And the blond seemed to smile like he didn't care that he died on a battlefield.
He failed as a sensei…
He failed his sensei…
And he failed as a shinobi.
A single tear escaped the silver haired jonin and dropped on Naruto's whiskered cheek. The smile on the blonds face faded and he seemed to frown. He opened one of his blue eyes and grumbled something. A cry of joy escaped Sakura and both of his teammates hugged him only to drop him again when Naruto screamed in pain.
"The slash…" Sasuke informed Kakashi and the jonin nodded. The jonin pushed one pressure point and knocked his blond student out to move him without more pain.
Today they wouldn't finish the bridge
-Time skip 2 weeks.
After more weeks the bridge was finally finished. The village of Nami was happy because after Kisame's attack, Yamato and Kakashi decided to raid Gato's camp like they did in their old ANBU days, and kill the pain in the neck before he could hire more shinobi.
Sasuke and Sakura were in top health after some sleep but both worried for Naruto who always declined help. The blond was in pain for the first two days after he got the wound but his healing was fast enough and at the end of the week it was closed enough that he could stretch his sore muscles.
"It will only leave a nasty scare." Haku informed the them after she examined the wound.
"See?! I'll kick ass soon enough." Naruto said with an idiotic grin. The blond didn't need any more scolding for reckless behavior. He had enough with Hashirama and to everyone's surprise, the Kyuubi.
"Yeah, brat will be good." Zabuza said sloppy. The swordsman's wound was healed but Zabuza wasn't happy either. His entire Ninjutsu would be useless and that nagged at him and got him moody.
"Stop that self-pitying." Naruto yelled in annoyance.
"Why should I? You didn't lose your fucking arm!" Zabuza growled angry. Both, Sasuke and Sakura, stepped away from the sword wielding nins and watched their disagreement. Haku soon joined them and sighed.
"They'll never change." She said and slapped both, the blond and the masked.
"Ow, Haku! Didn't you see that I was about to stomp him into the ground?" Zabuza grumped and the icy female just shrugged.
"Stop being an idiot tou-san. You know I can teach you one handed handseals." She sighed.
"Th…that's brilliant Haku!" Zabuza said with a wide grin hidden behind his mask and a stream of anime tears running down his face.
Naruto sweatdropped. Then he shrugged it off and went packing. It was their last day in Nami and the blond was somewhat happy to go home. He liked Wave but his true home always would be the village hidden behind the leaves.
"So Zabuza and Haku are coming with us?" Sakura asked and both ex-mist nins nodded.
"Kakashi already send a letter to the hokage and he gave us permission to enter Konoha." Haku said happy. She had enough from running and being hired by power-hungry fools.
"That's good! Can't wait to introduce you to the rest of the rookie!" Sakura chirped and got a giggle from Haku.
Tazuna wished the group farewell. Behind him was the entire village of Nami. They waved or whistled their goodbyes. Before Naruto could turn around and follow his group Inari grabbed one of his legs. "Don't go." Inari mumbled and gave them his best vision of the puppy eye no jutsu, the only jutsu besides the talking no jutsu even civilians could do.
"Inari, it's a shinobi's duty to return to their village." Kakashi said soft but the boy wouldn't let go off Naruto.
"Please Inari. We both have our duty, you know? My duty is to protect the people of Konoha and serve my village with everything I got. Your duty is to protect your mother and grandfather, Inari. Become strong to protect and help them in your own way." Naruto said and stroked Inari's brown hair. The boy had teary eyes but slowly went back to his grandfather. The blond smiled and gave him a thumb up.
"It is okay to cry when you are happy Inari. I'll visit you and your family and that is a promise and to keep my promise is my nindo, my ninja-way!" Naruto shouted and chased after the others who went on.
"The bridge has no name." One of Nami's villagers said out of the blue.
Tazuna nodded. A bridge as massive as his should have a name.
"How about the 'Great Naruto Bridge'? To honor the hero who brought back hope to my grandson and came in last second to rescue his teammate like a true hero would do?" Tazuna mumbled but like a wildfire it soon spread out and the bidge's name would be forever …
'The Great Naruto Bridge'
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Then I need to ask you something!
Who is going to be Naruto's girlfriend?
I think Hinata is not the right choice in this plot. I would prefer someone with a strong charakter but it shouldn't be someone who ist older than 5+ years to him. Remember, he is 14!
For Sasuke... I have other plans with him and it is NOT yaoi...