Thunder Claw03 – Thanks for the support and I'm planning on something like that.

Ryuujin96 – Naruto will be getting something along those lines, but not necessarily a kekkei genkai.

"Amaterasu" Was a whisper of a voice from Sasuke.

Though Haku didn't know much about the Uchiha clan, she just had a gut feeling, telling her to get the hell away from those flames. It may have had something to do with the fire being black.

Sasuke on the other hand had no clue on why he said that name or why the flames were black, but he did know he could not let the enemy get a chance to pull out anymore senbon. Sasuke ran forward hoping to catch the ninja off guard. But it was not to be, as Haku twisted her body in midair, while throwing three senbon at Sasuke. Sasuke, not expecting this, was caught off guard and was hit by all of them.

'Damn it,' Sasuke was mentally seething, no matter what he did the ice nin was always fast enough to either block or dodge it. 'How did I use that fire in the first place? What was it, Amati? No, Samatsu? No'

"Give up now," Haku requested "I don't wish to have to kill another."

"Then why did you become a ninja if your so against fighting?" Sasuke was a bit curious but, his real motive was to stall for time, at least until he came up with a plan.

"My father killed my mother for having a kekkei genkai and was going to kill me too, until I, through the pain of seeing my mother's death, sent out spikes of ice everywhere killing the mob my father gathered to kill us both"

"After that I ran away, I was living on the streets, with no one. I was dying and I didn't care. I had no purpose, my existence had no meaning. That is, until Zabuza found me in the street"

Flashback (I don't remember the conversation between Haku and Zabuza so I'm winging it)

"Your eyes," A small child, sitting in the mud leaning against a semi-destroyed building said, to a tall man, his face mouth rapped in bandages, and a huge sword resting on his shoulder "Their like mine." There was some humor in the young child's voice.

The man seemed a bit surprised at the small child's words.

"What's a gaki like you doing all the way out here?"

It was true Zabuza was in a small town a ways away from Kiri, he was on the run after the failed attempt at killing the deranged Mizukage.

"I could ask you the same thing, shinobi-san." The response was said in a humorous tone, the child even had a small smile on their face.

Zabuza narrowed his eyes, but he was far too tired to do anything more, from his long run from trying to escape the few hunter-nin sent after him that wasn't killed during his escape. Zabuza wasn't so naïve as to think that the hunter Nin would just stop chasing him after what he did.

"Whatever the reason is," Zabuza's tone showed his annoyance with the remark. "You should probably get home it could get ugly out here."

"I don't have a home, ninja-san"

The response was a chilling reminder to Zabuza's own fate for his near future. The life of a missing ninja isn't an easy one. While some missing Nin could form an alliance there was always that chance that your partner would stab you in your back to save his own skin or to make a quick Ryo.

"Then go beg somewhere else." Zabuza's tone was harsh, hoping the kid would get away before getting hit in the crossfire from the battle that was sure to come.

Before the child could even get up, Zabuza heard the familiar sound of shuriken flying through the air towards him.

'Shit,' Zabuza mentally cursed 'if I move out the way now the kids sure as dead.'

Zabuza's body started moving before he even finished his decision. Zabuza jumped closer to the child while simultaneously taking the giant cleaver off his back and covering himself and kid in front of him.

"That's quite a move," Zabuza's voice was sarcastic as he stared into the blank masks of the Kiri-Nin ANBU. "risking a child's life, all for the sake of attacking me."

"Momochi Zabuza, you are held responsible for the coup against the third Mizukage." An emotionless, somewhat feminine voice came from the ANBU who threw the shuriken. "Surrender now and your death shall be fast and painless."

"And if I don't surrender?"

"You shall be terminated where you stand." Said a second ANBU, using a shunshin to appear next to his fellow ANBU.

At that short response, both ANBU charged. Zabuza, not wanting to risk the child's safety, jumped over both ANBU and ran towards a not-so-thick foliage of trees. The hunter Nin immediately turned around and took pursuit. After chasing Zabuza for a while, the ANBU jumped out in a rather large clearing. Before they even had a chance to look around, an unnatural mist started to surround them.

"Looks like your times up." Zabuza's voice came from all around them.

"Enough talk, come out and face your death, traitor!" One of the ANBU yelled out in no particular direction.

"And why would I do that? When," Zabuza's voice was that of amusement "I can kill you right now."

With that, Zabuza's cleaver came out of the mist towards the ANBU. Jumping out of its way, the ANBU threw several kunai and shuriken in general direction the sword was thrown. What they didn't plan on was, Zabuza jumping out of the trees behind them and catching his sword and taking a swing at them while in mid-air. One of the ANBU jumped on the others shoulder, using him as a launch pad to get above Zabuza's swing while simultaneously pushing the other ANBU below the sword.

"That's quite the show of teamwork." Zabuza complemented and he was sincere, in Mist you can't really trust your comrades, for the simple fact that you're taught from a young that comradeship will make you weaker. While in Konoha it's the exact opposite, they believe that comradeship makes you stronger. "You guys must have been partners for a while. It's a shame you're going to have to watch each other die, but, what are you going to do."

The battle was amusing, if not boring. Zabuza hiding in his mist was easily able to dispose of one of the ANBU easily before, rushing towards the other ANBU and attacking him in a battle of taijutsu. Wearing the remaining ANBU down, Zabuza was able to catch the ANBU off guard with a Mizu Bunshin and cleanly chop the ANBU's head off.

"Man, I was hoping for a better battle then that." Zabuza complained, while wiping the blood off his sword, using the ANBU's clothes as the wipe. "Where should I go fro-?"

Zabuza was cut off mid-sentence, when a sword pierced through his right shoulder, making him drop his sword.

"Ahh!" Zabuza screamed when his unknown assailant kicked him hard enough to send him flying away from his sword.

Quickly getting to his feat Zabuza turned and saw a lone hunter-nin mask staring at him through a white mask, with the Mizu alliance symbol, and two red swirls coming from the bottom left side.

"So, you just let both your team-mates die, all for the sake of killing me?" Zabuza's voice was quiet and pained, but he still had a smirk implanted on his face. "I like your style."

"They were merely tools used to make you drop your guard. They are both easily expandable." The hunter-nin's tone held no regret in his comrade's death. "And now, it's your turn to die"

"Aisukaba no Jutsu (Ice covering Technique)"

The ANBU suddenly stopped moving. Looking down at his own feet the ANBU could only scream out as he slowly saw ice move up his legs, going towards his chest, and finally over his head.

"Kori no Jutsu (Ice Implosion Technique)"

The ice covered ANBU imploded in on himself. All that remained was cubes of ice on floor and his mask.

"Why'd you save me?" Zabuza asked the child

"I already told you," Haku said reaching down for the hunter-nins mask. Looking back up at Zabuza, Haku had a smile on his face. "Your eyes. Their like mine."

(Flash Back End)

"Zabuza gave me a purpose and I plan on keeping it. Or die trying"