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Last time
Naruto left out a cry that would bring a fly to is knees
"What is it?" asked Tsunami running up the stairs
"I'm in unimaginable pain, that's what you, dolt" said Naruto as he felt pain thrust threw his chest.
Suddenly he fell lip his eyes glazed over staring unseeing at the ceiling he no longer felt any pain everything was nothing but a memory now.
***
Kakashi had led his team deep into the forest that was close to the village that they had left.
He then turned to the two Genin
"Well even if Naruto isn't here you two can still do this exorcise, you'll be walking up a tree without using your hands" said Kakashi.
"Uh but Sensei that's impossible" said Kiba Akamaru barked from atop his head in agreement.
"Oh really" said Kakashi turning to the closest tree beside him he then walked calmly towards it then after applying chakra to his feet up it.
He came to a halt at an out stretched branch
"The idea of this exorcise is chakra control, if you master this training you'll be able to do any Jutsu without fail theoretically" said Kakashi.
Hinata and Kiba stared at their Sensei in amazement; he then threw two kunai at them each landing at their feet.
"Use these to mark how high you get up the tree before you fall" said Kakashi
They both nodded in agreement then began to apply chakra to their feet each taking a running start up the tree.
Neither one stopped until they reached the top
'Incredible they both have superb chakra control at such a young age, I wonder how Naruto would do?' he thought as he stared at the two Genin with pride.
"Great job you two now I want you to do that a couple more times then try walking up the tree" said Kakashi.
They looked down to him and nodded then each using their chakra ran down their trees, when they hit bottom Kakashi had vanished.
"I wonder how Naruto's doing" said Hinata with a worried tone in her voice
"He'll be fine ain't no spider gonna stop him, especially if a S-Class Jounin level rouge ninja couldn't do it" said Kiba.
Hinata nodded though she didn't feel too reassured by this something was wrong with Naruto she could feel it.
***
Kakashi was on his way to the house when he heard an earsplitting cry coming from the house that he'd left Naruto. He raced to the house using his chakra to give him an added boost when he got in the house he ran up the stairs to find.
Tsunami placing a cover over Naruto's face Kakashi fell to his knees at the sight that lay before him.
A single tear rolled down from his one visible eye into his mask, Tsunami turned to see Kakashi kneeling onto the floor.
She place a comforting hand on his shoulder
"I'm sorry" she said in a whisper like tone then walked down the stairs leaving Kakashi to stare at the dead boy.
***
Hinata and Kiba walked through the door of the house completely exhausted around lunch time all though the scene they came upon wasn't what they were expecting.
They saw Kakashi, Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari looked solemnly at one another
"Hey why does everyone look like someone died" asked Kiba jokingly.
"Because someone did die" said Inari in a monotone voice
"Who?" asked Hinata all though she was sure she knew who he was going to say she just prayed she was wrong.
"It was…" Kakashi couldn't bring himself to say the boy's name
"Naruto" Tazuna finished.
Kiba and Hinata stared in disbelief the boy that had single handedly beat not only Zabuza but Kakashi sensei as well had succumb to poisoning by spider venom.
Hinata fell to her knees tears streamed from her eyes as she cried like she hadn't cried in years not since her mother passed anyway.
"No, it can't be true" she shouted
"For what its worth I'm sorry" said Tazuna
Kiba knelt down beside Hinata and braced her in a hug allowing her to cry into his shoulder wile a small stream of tears flowed down his own cheeks.
"If you want to see him and say your goodbyes you can I've placed an ice Jutsu on the room to help preserve his body" said Kakashi in a monotone voice.
They both nodded and walked up the stairs to the room were they had left Naruto suddenly a cold shiver ran down their spines that had nothing to do with the Jutsu.
This was the last time they would see Naruto they opened the door to see his body with the cover draped over it.
The room felt like they had walked into a freezer Kiba walked over to Naruto's bedside to see the covers had a thick frost glazed over them.
He pulled the stiff material back it crunched slightly as he did then he saw the chalk white face of what appeared to be a sleeping Naruto.
"Well good bye Naruto" said Kiba he then walked away leaving Hinata alone she stood at the doorway staring at the corpse that she had a crush on.
Tears ran hot down her face threatened to freeze on her cheeks
"Naruto, I'm sorry I never got the chance to tell you" she said as she repositioned his cover then walked out the door closing it.
Hinata came down stairs to find Kakashi awaiting her
"You wanna go for a walk?" he asked her, she nodded.
As she left she noticed that Kiba had already gone somewhere to be alone, she and Kakashi walked out the door and headed to the coast.
"Why Kakashi sensei why did he have to die?" asked Hinata after several minutes of silence.
"I'm sorry Hinata I don't have the answer to that question" said Kakashi
"You're a Jounin couldn't you've done some Healing Jutsu or something to help him or to remove the poison" shouted Hinata she then had a stunned look on her face.
'Where did that come from?' she thought
"I wish I could've done something to help him Hinata, but I'm not a medical ninja nor do I know anything above basic first aid" said Kakashi.
"So what will we do now that he's gone?" asked Hinata
"We move on, we still have a mission and Naruto would've killed us for not completing it" said Kakashi.
"Yeah he'd kill us for a lot of things" came Kiba's voice ahead of them
They both looked up to see him sitting in the sand Akamaru laying beside him
"You know as much as he threatened us I think it was all ruse" said Kiba choking back tears.
"I too believe that, it was as he said to Iruka the night he stole the scroll a mask" said Hinata.
"No, Hinata you're wrong the happy Naruto you saw, was the mask the Naruto we knew now was the true Naruto, I guess after what he went through as a kid he finally snapped" said Kakashi.
"What do you mean?" asked Hinata
"Contrary to what you might know or think you know about Naruto he never had a happy childhood, his idea of a good day was finding a piece of good bread out of a garbage cane and not having the villagers beat him nearly to death" said Kakashi.
"So that's why he acted the way he did" said Kiba
"That is my theory" said Kakashi
Hinata started to cry upon hearing this
"No, your wrong sensei" said Hinata.
"Oh how's so?" asked Kakashi
"That day we took our bell test I upset Naruto and he channeled some of that red chakra of his into my arm, when he was done I had a memory that was not my own flash through my mind.
Naruto went mad because he had to watch his only friend at the time die in front of him ever since then is my guess as to when he started.
To like killing people because maybe in some way it eased his pain" said Hinata
"That's horrible" said Kiba
"That was Naruto's life Kiba it was always like that and that is what made him the Naruto we knew today" said Kakashi.
"Gosh I wish we'd met him before he went mad" said Kiba
"Yes, that would've been nice" said Hinata trying to imagine what Naruto would've been like had he never seen his friend die before him.
As they sat there the sun began to set before them
"Come along now, Tazuna say's he's going to start work on the bridge tomorrow and we'll need a goodnights rest" said Kakashi leading his team back to the house
***
Hinata awoke the next morning to have the suns ray's caress her pretty face he pupiless eyes stared that the ceiling for several minutes.
Tears ran hot down her face as she kept seeing Naruto on the ceiling she remembered when they had first entered the academy.
Flashback
This must've been before his friend's death because Naruto had a huge grin on his face as he, and Hinata entered the academy together. Naruto was excited and Hinata was nervous as always Naruto turned to her
"Hey don't sweat it Hinata you'll do fine!" he said loud enough for everyone to hear him.
Hinata merely nodded as they walked into the classroom to meet their teacher Iruka sensei.
End Flashback
Hinata's face was now glazed over with drying tears her hair was soaked she didn't care she just wanted to see Naruto smile. But now that was impossible his face would never crack a smile again all she had was that one memory.
After laying on her bed fore a few more minutes she got up and dressed then walked down stairs to see that Kiba, and Kakashi sensei were up and ready to go.
***
They made their way to the bridge that Tazuna was in charge of building in order to be able to trade with the main land rather than by what they needed at higher prices.
Team Kakashi stared vigilantly around the area for any sign of an enemy attack
"Kakashi sensei if Zabuza is dead why do we still have to hang around?" asked Kiba.
"Because Zabuza isn't dead, if you recall that hunter ninja that attacked him hit him with Senbon Needles they are used mainly for stunning prepossess. Also if that ninja was hunter ninja he would've burned the body on sight not taken it away" said Kakashi.
Hinata and Kiba had stunned looks on their faces that were soon replaced with worry as a thick fog bank rolled in.
Kakashi took a fighting stance and lifted his headband revealing his Sharingan eye
"Kiba, find Tazuna and stay with him, Hinata be on your guard as well" said Kakashi.
***
Tsunami and Inari had just left the house to deliver Tazuna his lunch when they were stopped by a band of men one was carrying a large club on his back the other had a katana sheathed at his side.
"What do you want" asked Tsunami forcibly
"You and the brat dead" said the one carrying the club he was wearing a pair of pants with a pair of heavy boots he was a black man with a bald shaven head.
The other was wearing a set of purple robes he was past white his hair was dusty gray Tsunami tried her best to shield her son from the men.
"Please just take me leave Inari out of this" said Tsunami with tears in her eyes as she covered her sons body as best she could.
"Sorry Missy but we have our orders" said the man dressed in the purple robes a maniacal grin appeared on his face.
As he drew his sword the man beside him grabbed his club from off his back they made their way to the two.
The gap between them was now only inches the one dressed in purple raised his sword to attack when he was blasted backwards by an invisible force.
"What was that?" asked the one carrying the club he turned to his partner to see he'd been sliced clean in half.
He then looked down at his chest because he felt something wet running down it he saw that it was his own blood then his head fell off his shoulders.
Tsunami looked up to see a figure standing between her and the two dead men
"You" she said with fear on her face.
***
Kakashi was having a fierce battle with Zabuza his Sharingan was rendered useless because of the thick fog.
"What's the matter Kakashi can't seem to predict my movements?" asked Zabuza appearing behind Kakashi then disappearing again.
***
Kiba and Hinata were stuck with the Hunter Ninja that had 'attacked' Zabuza before only to discover he was helping him.
"What do we do Kiba?" asked Hinata
"You stay with Tazuna and I'll do what I can against him" said Kiba he then crouched to the ground Akamaru then jumped on his back and changed into an exact copy of Kiba.
Then they both started to spin at very high speeds towards the Hunter Ninja who created two mirrors of ice.
Both Kiba and Akamaru were sent flying backwards as they bounced off of the mirrors, Hinata who had her Byakugan activated could.
See that the mirrors were infused with high levels of chakra much like the fog that surrounded them.
She watched as Kiba and Akamaru were knocked out cold upon hitting the ground
'Oh no Kiba, what should I do I'm no match for this guy' thought Hinata.
The Hunter Ninja drew closer to her his Senbon's poised to strike at a moments notice Hinata pulled out a kunai from her pouch to defend herself and Tazuna.
As best she could once the Hunter Ninja was about five feet away he threw the Senbon Needles with deadly accuracy.
Hinata braced herself for the attack that never came she looked to see someone standing in front of her blocking the barrage of needles.
"Its…it's…"
***
Kakashi was breathing heavily the battle was taking a toll on his body
"Hey Kakashi where's the blond brat I wouldn't have minded going another round with him" said Zabuza somewhere in the fog.
"He's not here" said Kakashi the memory of having lost another teammate hit him hard
"Oh so the spider got him did it?" asked Zabuza.
"You mean"
"Yes, I had Haku put the spider on your friends back just before he knocked me unconscious" said Zabuza.
Kakashi's mind went completely blank then it was filled with an emotion that he rarely had rage.
"Zabuza I'm going to kill you" said Kakashi he started to do a set of hand signs
"Wind Style: Vortex Vacuum Jutsu" shouted Kakashi.
As a small vortex appeared in the area
"You missed Kakashi" said Zabuza as the fog became a little less dense.
Kakashi did another set of and signs then grabbed a scroll from within one of his pouches sliced his finger on a kunai then streaked the blood across it.
"Summoning Jutsu" shouted Kakashi he was surrounded by a puff of smoke then a small army of ninja hounds appeared before him.
"Ha, ha, you fool the not even the nose of a ninja hound can track me" said Zabuza who had come into view.
"What?" he shouted looking around
"That first Jutsu I used wasn't meant to hit you Zabuza, I would have been surprised if it had, no that just was used to suck up this mist" said Kakashi.
He then ordered his dogs to attack Zabuza they then disappeared then reappeared biting down on every limb he had.
"So what are you going to do now Kakashi" asked Zabuza as plainly as if he were chatting about the weather.
"I already told you Zabuza I'm going to kill you but not with a copied Jutsu, you're going to see one of my own original Jutsu" said Kakashi.
Doing a set of hand signs then he braced his right wrist with his left hand as an electrical chakra appeared in the palm of his hand.
"What is that the power from the chakra is so strong that its actually visible" said Zabuza trying to fight the dogs that were clamping him in place.
"This is my own technique Lightning Blade!" shouted Kakashi as he ran towards Zabuza then hit him square in the heart.
'That was weird' thought Kakashi his normal eye widened as the man that he'd run his most powerful attack threw turned into a puddle of water.
"A water clone but how was I not able to see it" said Kakashi as a demonic laughter was heard echoing threw the area.
"Didn't figure it out yet Kakashi this mist effectively eliminates the Sharingan's ability to tell the difference between the real deal and clones" said Zabuza.
'No,' thought Kakashi as he felt a sword go slice his back he tuck and rolled to avoid anymore attacks.
"What's the matter Kakashi getting tired?" asked Zabuza.
Kakashi was breathing heavily his chakra was nearly spent he had to pull down his headband to cover his left eye so not to drain it all.
***
Hinata stared in awe at her savior his hair was bright blond he was wearing a black t-shirt with a pair of black pants and sandals.
He turned to Hinata his face had three whisker marks on each cheek his blue eyes looked at her with concern.
"You alright?" he asked
She merely nodded unable to speak Naruto then turned his attention to Kiba who was out cold he walked over to him.
"Alright dog breath on your feet" he said as a red glow emanated from his hand healing Kiba's wounds.
Kiba opened his eyes to see
"Naruto am I dead?" he asked
"No, Kiba you're just fine my friend" said Naruto with a genuine smile on his face.
"Naruto did you just smile and call me your friend?" asked Kiba in amazement
"I wasn't truly dead I was however in a comatose like state I could hear everything that was going on around me but I couldn't do anything about it.
You three are the first people to ever truly accept me for who I am not for what I am" said Naruto he then turned to Haku.
"And just who the hell are you? A cross dresser?" asked Naruto causing Hinata and Kiba to snicker.
"I am Haku a tool of Zabuza of the seven ninja swordsmen of the mist" said Haku
"Naruto Uzumaki Genin ninja of Konoha and container of the..." No one heard the last part as an explosion of blue lightning shot threw the air.
"Kakashi sensei" said Kiba starting to take off
"Kiba what are your orders?" asked Naruto
"To protect the bridge builder" said Kiba
"Follow your orders" said Naruto sternly he then turned his attention back to Haku.
'What is this kid his chakra level is higher than even Zabuza's' thought Haku
Suddenly another grin appeared on his face it was the grin that Kiba and Hinata feared the most.
"Come then Haku lets see what you've got" said Naruto getting into a fighting stance
Haku started to do a set of hand sign's
"Kiba, Hinata make sure Tazuna doesn't get caught in the crossfire" said Naruto.
"Ice Style: Ice Prison Jutsu" shouted Haku (Sorry I couldn't remember its real name so I made one up).
Naruto suddenly found himself inside a dome of ice mirrors and Haku was inside each of these mirrors literally.
"Ice huh well try this on for size" said Naruto doing a set of hand signs
"Fire Style: Inferno Jutsu" shouted Naruto as he pointed his palm to one of the ice mirrors steam issued from the mirror once Naruto ended his Jutsu the ice hadn't even been damaged.
'Incredible unmeltable ice' thought Naruto
"I assume this is your Kekie Genkia" said Naruto
Haku nodded from within the mirrors then threw a shower of Senbon Needles at Naruto.
Each one hit him without fail as Naruto was unable to dodge his blood ran don his body like a second skin.
"Okay now I'm impressed" said Naruto doing another set of hand signs
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he shouted as the area was filled with ten Naruto's.
"Shadow Clones, I'd have never guessed that a boy your age would be able to perform such a Jutsu" said Haku as another wave of Senbon destroyed all of the clones leaving only the original Naruto.
***
"Hinata stay put" said Kiba as Hinata was making to run into the ice dome to help Naruto.
"But Kiba we've just got him back I don't want to lose him again" said Hinata
"Hinata no, if Naruto wanted our help he'd have told us to come with him" said Kiba.
"Kiba he's not the same as he was before" said Hinata
"What do you mean?" asked Kiba.
"He's lost his killer intent" said Hinata
"And that's a bad thing?" asked Kiba
"Yes, didn't you notice that Naruto usually just jumped at the guy with that red chakra of his" said Hinata.
"Maybe he's just staling to find out what the enemies weakness is" said Kiba, Hinata couldn't take it anymore she rushed into the ice dome before Kiba could stop her.
***
Naruto was smirking as he once again got to his feet the needles that had been thrown thus far were drilled deep into his body.
'What is this boy' thought Haku
They both turned their attention to the sound of foot steps as a girl appeared threw the ice
"Hinata RUN!" shouted Naruto.
Only to find it was too late she was hit with a barrage of needles that would've put even him to the ground Naruto raced over to her.
"Hinata why, why didn't you stay with Tazuna
"Because I wanted to be useful to you, you seamed to have changed I thought you might still be weakened" said Hinata as blood ran down from her lips.
Naruto wiped the blood away with his thumb tears fell from his face as he stared at her
"You just lay here and rest I'll be right back" said Naruto his face was stern as the tears fell uncheck from his eyes.
He then turned to Haku the air around him began to shimmer then steam rose from the ground as a red energy emanated from him.
His eyes were blood red with vertical slits for pupils a red fox One-tailed fox shroud covered his body his whisker marks where more defined.
His fingernails stretched into claws his canine teeth grew to fangs
"You hurt one of my precious people" said Naruto looking down at the ground hiding his eyes then a wave of energy burst threw him as a second tail formed on the shroud.
His claws became longer his whisker makers became even more defined his canine teeth grew to the point they were just poking out of his closed lips.
A black outline appeared round Naruto's eyes as the chakra emanating from him swirled around him then the image of the Nine-Tailed Fox's head appeared from the chakra.
"I'm gonna kill you" said Kyuubi-Naruto
A/N Naruto's got the power of the Kyuubi at his disposal now and he's stopped acting like Gaara towards his team but what does this mean for the rest of the village?