Sailor Mint: WHHHAAAAAAAA

Ai: This is what you get for stopping the story I've been stuck in this position for months.

Sasuke: ….

Sailor Mint: Mina-san sorry Life has been hard and I haven't had anytime to continue writing this story… but all of that should change as soon as school work slows down… (not going to happen) But I'm in third term now so I only have one more term after that and then it's summer vacation and then my first year of High School… (When I get into high school I'll have more time to work on school work because schedules are different there.)

Well anyway Mr. Bridge Builder take it away!!!

Tazuna: Sailor Mint does not own anything from Naruto

Sailor Mint: Let the story continue!!!

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As we return to were we left off in the misty area were Kakashi and Zabuza were fighting. Sasuke was freaking out. Zabuza tried to kill the kids and the bridge builder but failed but it turned out to be a water clone. Zabuza then cut Kakashi in half but that turned out to be a water clone to… And ah here we are Kakashi holding the kunai to Zabuza's neck.

The Determination Vowed to the Pain

They stood there Kakashi holding the Kunai to Zabuza's throat. Every one was scattered around them the Genins watched in amazement well Sakura looked like she was in shock and Ai seemed completely unfazed. "This is the end." Kakashi stated.

Naruto then yelled. "Wow!" Sakura seemed to snap out of her trance. But Zabuza began to laugh.

"Is this the end?" Zabuza started. "You don't understand. You can't defeat me with just your indiscriminate imitations. I can assure you that." Kakashi 'tched' him and Zabuza began laughing at him. "But you're pretty good. I see you've copied my water clone technique when you said," Flashback to what Kakashi said a few moments earlier "I won't let anyone on my team die." Zabuza continued "By making you clone speak as if it was the real one, you diverted my attention to the clone… while the real one used the Mist Concealment technique to hide and observe my movements. However…" Kakashi's eyes widened as another Zabuza appeared behind him. "I'm not that easy to defeat." The clone then turned back into water.

Naruto yelled in shock. "That one's a fake, too!" Kakashi turned around as Zabuza swung his sword at Kakashi. Kakashi ducked just in time the sword then got stuck in the ground and Zabuza switched hands and spun his leg and kicked Kakashi and Kakashi went flying. 'Now' Zabuza thought as he grabbed his sword free from the ground and charged at Kakashi. He then realized 'Caltrops…' And he was forced to stop. "How idiotic." He then turned and jumped and Kakashi fell into the water.

"Sensei!" Naruto yelled.

Sakura was slightly shaking 'The Kakashi-sensei was… kicked away?'

Sasuke was also slightly shocked. "His hand-to-hand combat skill is superb, too."

Ai was just staring at the fight. 'Well this won't be ending anytime soon.'

Kakashi slowly then came to the surface of the water. 'What's with this water? It's heavy for some reason.' Zabuza then repapered behind Kakashi and did some hand seals.

"Baka." Kakashi eyes widened and Zabuza finished his seals. "The Hydro-Prison technique." Kakashi then turned around.

"Shoot." Kakashi was then stuck in a water ball…'I thought I could use the water as cover, but it turned out to be a mistake on my part.' (Interruption it appears that Kakashi forgot that Zabuza was a water Ninja -.-) Zabuza was laughing (He does that a lot) "You fell for it. This is a special prison that you can't escape from. You give me a hard time when you're moving. Now then, Kakashi… I'm going to finish you off later. First, I'm going to get rid of them." Zabuza then turned forward with his hand still in the water and made a hand seal. "The water clone technique."

Kakashi lifted his head. "I didn't think he was this strong…" A water clone then surfaced from the water. Zabuza laughed some more. "The four of you have forehead protectors on as if you think you're ninja. But ninja refers to someone who has gone through numerous life and death situations. In other words, you can call yourself a ninja when you appear in my bingo book." His clone made another hand seal "You four aren't ninja."

Naruto was shaking uncontrollably 'He disappeared again.' Naruto was then kicked back by Zabuza his forehead protector flew off his head and onto the ground and Zabuza stepped on it.

"You're just kids." Everyone turned to what happened in shock.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled.

Kakashi then yelled to everyone. "Everyone! Get Tazuna-san and run! You can't win against him!" Naruto was shaking on the ground. "He can't move as long as he has me trapped in this hydro-prison." Sakura wasn't shaking as much. "He won't be able to use his water clone once you get away from him!" Tazuna was sweating "Run now!"

Sasuke was shaking slightly 'Run? You've got to be kidding. When you got caught, that was no longer an option. Even if we run, Zabuza will get us sooner or later since we won't have you we'll be annihilated." His eyes narrowed "Even if we re-form the swastika formation, it's impossible to block his attacks.' Sasuke remembered from before he then looked over to Naruto. 'So in the end, we don't have much of a choice." He looked over to Sakura and Ai unlike every one else she didn't seem faced by anything. 'In order for us to survive, we have to save you!' "We have to do it." Ai looked over to Sasuke with a blank expression. And then he charged at Zabuza.

Zabuza reached for his sword. Sasuke threw many shriken at him. They all spun towards Zabuza and with one swipe Zabuza blocked all of them. Sasuke then jumped after that. Zabuza then looked up at Sasuke coming in on him. "This is the spot1" Sasuke yelled.

"Too easy." Zabuza stated as Sasuke came at him. Zabuza then caught him by the neck and threw him.

"You baka!" Ai yelled as she went and caught him just in time but then skidded across the ground as well.

Sakura turned back to them with her fists in front of her mouth "Ai! Sasuke!" She yelled.

Naruto looked back at what happened "Sasuke got…" He then looked back at Zabuza and started shaking even more. 'This is a Jounin… a real ninja. I have to run. At this rate… we'll… we'll be killed for sure!" He turned around but a pain hit him from his hand. "Ouch!" He then looked at his hand and remembered what he did.

He stabbed the kunai into his hand "I vow by the pain in my left hand." Drip "I'm never going to do something" drip "that will require someone to help me." Drip "I'm never going to be frightened and try to back out of things."

Sasuke then appeared "Are you hurt..." He then turned back to Naruto "Mr. Scaredy Cat?"

"I'm not going to lose to Sasuke."

Naruto looked at Zabuza's foot were his forehead protector was.

And another Flash Back Naruto and Iruka were sitting at the Ramen stand "Sensei, can I put on that Konoha forehead protector?" Naruto asked Iruka.

Iruka put his hand on his forehead protector "Oh, this? No. This is proof that you graduated school and that you're a real ninja."

We go to one other flash back were Iruka was against a tree injured. "Naruto, come here for a second. I want to give you something." Naruto was then wearing Iruka's headband "Congratulations. You graduate."

We then see Kakashi in the next flash back "it's because the four of you are just kids who don't even deserve to be ninja's" In the next one was when he was on top of Sasuke and he put his kunai away and got off of him. "In every mission, you put your life on the line." He then walked away. And in the next flashback of him he says "You pass!"

Now lets flash back to one or two chapters ago "But I'm not the kid who used to pull pranks anymore!"

And one that was before that "I'm going to surpass the title of Hokage. And make everyone in the village recognize my existence."

Yay were back to the plot Naruto is getting up from the ground 'That's right… I became a ninja.' Naruto stood up all the way. 'And I vowed that I wouldn't run away anymore!' His grip tightened 'I won't run anymore!' Naruto then charged at Zabuza.

"Baka! Stop!" Kakashi yelled.

"No he's gona get himself hurt!" Sakura said with her hands griped together. Ai who was standing between her and Sasuke was completely confused by these people.

Zabuza humped "Baka." He simply stated as Naruto charged at him. Blood flew into the air and Naruto went flying back towards the others.

Sakura was afraid for Naruto's safety "You shouldn't try doing that on your own. Genins like ourselves have no way of defeating him no matter what we try!" But she stopped talking as soon as Naruto started standing up again. He was having a hard time getting up but he was holding his headband in his hand. 'He went for the forehead protector?' Now everybody just stares at him.

Naruto then finally stood up all the way. "Hey…the no-brow there… Put this in your bingo book… The man that will become the Hokage of the Hidden Village of Konoha one day…" Naruto took a deep breath and put his headband on. Zabuza was twitching with anger. "The Konoha-style ninja…" He tightened his headband. "Uzumaki Naruto!"

Kakashi who was still floating in the wonder ball… I mean water ball 'Naruto…'

Tazuna was impressed 'He looked so unreliable when I first saw him, but…'

"Sasuke, lend me your ear for a second." Naruto said to him.

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked.

"I have a plan." Naruto stated

'He came up with a plan in this situation…?' He hmped "I can't believe you want to work as a team."

"Wow a plan I love plans don't you Sakura-chan?" Ai asked smiling at her.

'How… can she stay so calm?' Sakura asked herself staring at the blond girl.

Naruto the rubbed the blood from his mouth off "Let's go wild now!" Now it's a stare off!

And there goes Zabuza laughing evilly… again! "You seem to be quite confident, but do you even have a chance for victory?"

Kakashi eyes widened 'This isn't good…' "What are you doing?! I told you to run away!" He yelled "The outcome of this battle was decided when I got caught! Run! Our mission is to protect Tazuna-san. Did you forget that?!"

Naruto turned back to Tazuna. "Old man…"

Tazuna's hat covered his eyes "Don't worry, I caused all of this in the first place. I won't say that I want to survive no matter what." He looked up to all of them "Sorry, everyone. Fight as much as you want."

Sasuke hmped again and turned towards Zabuza "That's how it is."

"Are you ready?" Naruto asked and then ug Zabuza's laughing AGAIN!!!!

"You sure don't learn, do you?" Zabuza said half laughing his evil laugh.

"What?" Naruto yelled.

"Still pretending to be ninja? When I was your age, my hands were already soaked in blood." Everyone was in shock at this statement.

Kakashi turned towards him "The Demon Zabuza."

"O It looks like you've heard of me."

Kakashi began to tell the story "A long time ago, the Hidden Village of the Mist was known as the Village of the Bloody Mist… In that village, there was an obstacle that existed to become a ninja."

"Hm So you know about the final test there." Zabuza stated

"The final test?" Naruto asked. Zabuza chuckled "Hey, what is that "final test"?"

Zabuza still chuckled and Naruto glared at him. Then Zabuza finally answered "Students killing each other." Naruto's eyes widened in shock "Friends who have eaten from the same pot are separated into groups of two and forced to fight each other…Until one of them is killed. This is done with friends that have helped each other, shared their dreams, and competed together."

Sakura had her hand to her face "That's awful…"

Ai looked disgusted "That's just sick…"

Kakashi continued the story. "Ten years ago, the Hidden Village of Mist had to go through a reformation. Because in the previous year, a monster appeared that finally decided it."

Sakura stared "A reformation…? A reformation….? What did that monster do?" She asked.

"A small boy who had not even gained the right to become a ninja…Killed more than 100 of the candidates that year, and killed them all without hesitation."

Zabuza's eyes were shadowed until he looked up. "That was fun." He then looked at Sasuke and Naruto they both flinched. And in a instant Zabuza was attacking Sasuke. Zabuza knocked him onto the ground and then elbowed him in the gut causing him to cough up blood.

Zabuza then put his foot on Sasuke. Poor Sasuke was in pain as Zabuza beat him up. "Die."

"Damn it! Shadow replication technique."(My minds too boggley to spell the Japanese version) And then many Naruto's appeared.

Zabuza didn't seem fazed "Oh, the shadow replication technique? And you replicated into quite a few. The Narutos pulled out there kunais.

"Here I come!" They all yelled. Then they all piled on top of Zabuza. Not that that did anything as soon Zabuza flung them all off of him.

Tazuna yelled "It's impossible! You can't beat a guy like that!" As the Naruto clones went sliding back the poofed away.

Naruto then went through his bag 'I can only use this method to beat him now.' He then threw something in the air "Sasuke!"

Sasuke caught it and then spun around 'I see, I see what you want to do, Naruto. It's pretty good considering it came from you!' The shuriken then unfolded "The Fuuma Shuriken, the Shadow Windmill."

Zabuza looked at him. "A shuriken won't work on me." Sasuke then threw the shuriken into the air.

"Ai!" Ai then leaped into the air after the shuriken she grabbed it and then threw it as fast as she could at Zabuza. The shuriken looked like it was going at the water clone but it soon changed directions and went towards the real one.

"I see. So you're going after the real one this time." But he then grabbed the shuriken "But it's too easy for me!" But he then looked up see another shuriken coming at him. 'Another shuriken was in the shadow of the shuriken? That's the shadow shuriken technique.'

Sakura watched the seen 'A second shuriken was in his blind spot?' The shuriken came closer to Zabuza every second until he jumped over it.

"But it's still too easy for me…" Zabuza said as he was jumping over the shuriken.

Sakura was shocked once more 'He dodged it!' But then Sasuke smirked when Zabuza dodged it. But then the shuriken poofed into Naruto. Everyone was amazed Zabuza turned to see what happened.

Naruto yelled "This is the spot!" And threw his kunai at him.

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SM: Pop quiz what have we learned from this chapter?

Ayame: I know I know!

SM: Ayame go!

Ayame: We've learned Kakashi doesn't think things through, Naruto's a moron, Zabuza has a laughing disorder, Sakura states the obvious, and Sasuke's a bastard …. Oh yeah and Ai still doesn't realize where she is.

SM: HYAAAAAA Ayame-chan is so Cuuutteeeee. Mina-san please be patient I have projects to do sigh well see yah next time!