Lord Pain: Alright, hello once more reader's and reviewers. I bring news from beyond the land of fire. Today were gonna get to know some of the Character's in this story. First off, Team Six, The Kunoichi Three!
(Lord Pain, holding a Mic, walks over to the first of the Kunoichi Three.)
Lord Pain: Alright, you know the drill, Name, Likes, Dislikes, Hobbies, Dream, and then tell us a little about yourself!
(The girl nod's and bows to the audience briefly.)
Kisara: Hello, my name is Kisara Hatake, daughter of Kakashi Hatake. My likes are making friend's, training, and my dad. My dislikes are when my dad reads porn in front of me, when he ignores my progress as a Kunoichi, and jerks who pick on someone weaker than them. My hobbies are training, watching my dad to learn his jutsu, and some cooking... My Dream is to some day show my dad that I'm not just his daughter, but also a strong Kunoichi who is worthy of being his heir. Anything else... Ummm... Well...
(Kisara looks thoughtful for a second then snaps her finger's.)
Kisara: I was the Kunoichi of the year in the Academy, but they put my team together so we'd be more officiant as a Merc Style Group who could handle most situations un-aided. I'm friend's with Naruto and his group, however they still keep some thing's from me, and my own group, The Kunoichi Three have been friend's since we entered into the Shinobi Academy.
Lord Pain: Interesting, When did you first meet Naruto if I may ask?
Kisara: Well... My dad took Naruto in for a few week's, after his first apartment was burned down this one time and he needed a place to stay. I first meet him back when he was always smiling and happy, nowadays it seems a bit more strained...
Lord Pain(Looks around and snicker's.): Yes well, now to the next of the Kunoichi Three, Kairi!
Kairi(Waves to audience): Hello.
Lord Pain: Please do like Kisara, Kairi.
Kairi: Alright. My name is Kairi Inuzuka, the daughter of Axel Inuzuka and cousin to Kiba and Hana Inuzuka. My likes are animal's of all different kinds, my dad, and hanging out with my friend's. My dislikes are when my dad, Kisara's Dad, Crow-kun, and that old white haired guy go out all night and dad comes back half drunk and all giggly... Oh and Kiba hitting on me even when were Cousins...
(Lord Pain Covers his mouth snickering as Kisara groan's.)
Kairi: My hobbies are practicing with my sword, and helping Hana with her Veterinarian work. My Dream is to some day be a good Kunoichi and Vet like Hana! Something else... Well... I think Crow-Kun is cute, Naruto is also in a feral sort of way, and that my other friend's act odd sometimes...
(The other member's of the Kunoichi Three glare at their red haired friend...)
Lord Pain: Right... Anyway now to the last of the Kunoichi Three, Arissa your up!
Arissa(Arms crossed with a scowl on her face...): Shut up Pain boy... My name is Arissa Kurama of the Kurama Clan, who specialize is Genjutsu and are all but extinct at this point in Konoha. My likes are my very limited friend's, and my dad. My dislikes are Perverts, anyone who's not my friend, and that rat fink of an Uchiha whose always hitting on me...
(At this Arissa growls and the three with her back away slowly...)
Arissa: My hobbies are practicing Genjutsu, and beating the hell out of pervs. My dream is to someday bring my clan the respect they deserve... And I don't feel like going into the rest of my life so back off pain boy...
(Arissa then looks off to the side and Lord Pain sweat drops...)
Lord Pain: ... Okay... Well could you girls do the Disclaimer for me again?
(Kisara Shrugs, Kairi nods happily, and Arissa grumbles out an okay...)
Kisara: Lord Pain doesn't own anything that appeared in the original series of Naruto or any other shows...
Kairi: However, he does own his OC's like Crow-Kun, and any original Jutsu not featured in the anime slash manga!
Arissa: So trying to sue this bum would actually be more trouble than anything, he doesn't have a penny to his name...
Lord Pain: Thanks girls. Next week we get to talk to the Biggest Perverts in Konoha, Crow Kanji, Kakashi Hatake, Axel Inuzuka, and Jaraiya the Legendary Toad Sannin himself!
Crow: But until then, let's get on with the show...
Extra Note: To Leafnin, I'd be happy to put the Jutsu in Japanese, but that would sound awkward with some of the Jutsu I've made myself being in English. If I had those translated to Japanese then yes I'd have the Japanese name's for the rest of the Jutsu.
Naruto Ultimate...
Chapter 5:
The ultimate Ninja Battle: Land of Waves, finale!
"All who seek power from other's... Seek that which is unattainable... Only those who find the strength inside of themselves can ever gain true power..."
... 26LordPain...
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Talking "Yo"
Thinking 'Stupid Fox'
Demon/Madness Jutsu Talking "Grrrr..."
Demon/Madness Jutsu Thinking 'Stupid Kit...'
Inner Self Talking "CHAA!!!"
Jutsu "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu"
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(Forest around Tazuna's Village...Day five of training...)
Naruto was still trying to get the 'Air Hyke', however it was proving more difficult than he could stand. He'd done everything he could think of, however it just seemed that he was unable to figure out the technique. Sasuke was still running up his tree, still not having made it to the top but was slowly improving, and Crow was sitting in front of a tree reading his smut while giggling perversely. Sakura had gone with Tazuna to the village for some supplies leaving the three boy's to their own devices.
Naruto looked to his feet breathing a little laboredly before letting out a long sigh. 'Alright... I think I've got something... What I've been doing is releasing Chakra into a Platform then trying to find the currents. Maybe if I find the Air Currents first and then make the Platform over the moving Chakra it will hold better and I can finally practice the actual skill itself...' Naruto inwardly grumbled to himself. With that Naruto crouched prepared to try his new idea when...
"Hey, Dobe..." Sasuke said as Naruto jumped causing the Genin to fall back to the ground and groan.
"What the hell!? Why'd you break my concentration jerk?!" Naruto Demanded and the Uchiha looked to his side.
"I was wondering... Do you have any pointer's for this Tree Walking thing?" Saskue asked though Naruto could tell it was hard for him to do it. The Blond blinked once, then twice and raised a brow. 'Okay... When does HE ask for my help...?' Naruto wondered to himself then inwardly frowned as he figured the Uchiha just wanted him to explain it so he wouldn't have to do so much work... That prick...
"Figure it out yourself Sasuke... I've got my own Training I need to do..." Naruto said and flipped back to his feet.
"What is that anyway...?" Sasuke questioned while thinking to himself. 'That Jutsu would be very useful. I could stay in the air much longer and surprise my enemies with it. Besides, if the Dobe can use it it must be pretty simple...'
"It's a technique Crow made... It's like a harder version of Tree Walking only with the air. He calls it an 'Air Hyke' for some reason but it is useful..." Naruto said not telling him what he really wanted to know. As such Sasuke turned away from Naruto and walked towards Crow. 'Oi... He's a real piece of work alright... Niisan's already got to deal with his Fan girl's, now Sasuke will want training from his to use his most Powerful Jutsu... Maybe even sword practice... Yeah Crow would do that, about the time Hell froze over at least...' Naruto thought to himself then went back to his own training.
Crow had been peacefully reading his porn when a Shadow came over him and he looked up to see Sasuke Uchiha glaring at him... "Yo..." Crow said with his eye's in a pair of upside down U's.
"Teach me how to use that Jutsu Naruto's doing." Sasuke ordered and Crow inwardly sighed.
"Sorry, unless you know Tree and Water Walking you can't begin to comprehend the technique to use the Air Hyke..." Crow said and looked back to his book.
"Listen, I need to get stronger, your strong, strong enough to take on a Jounin while your barely older than me, how?" Sasuke questioned and Crow nearly groaned, why couldn't duck head leave him to his book?
"Because I'm just that cool..." Crow said happily and Sasuke's eye twitched.
"I'm serious..." Sasuke stated and Crow groaned in annoyance.
"Sorry... But how I got my power is a personal thing..." Crow said and looked to his book. Sasuke scowled and grunted.
"So you'll teach the Dobe special Jutsu, but you won't teach someone who needs that power?" Sasuke questioned angrily and Crow stiffened for a second then told the Uchiha simply, but with a slight edge to his tone.
"No one needs power... And wanting it is worse, it consumes, devours, and ultimately destroys everything you hold dear... The want of Power is nothing more than a weak man's excuse to become a monster..." The Uchiha glared at Crow before he then stormed away angrily and Crow inwardly shook his head. 'That kid takes life WAY too seriously...' He thought to himself as he happily continued to read his porn. Sasuke going back to his tree walking determined to figure it out.
'If that dobe can do this, so can I, I won't be weaker than him or anyone, I need power to defeat HIM and this Crow Guy has a lot of Power... I'll get him to train me even if I have to beat the Dobe to do it...' Sasuke thought to himself and ran up the tree marking a higher spot than last time before flipping off the Tree...
Later on when they had all returned to Tazuna's house Naruto and Sasuke were eating like crazy while Crow was somehow eating with his mask on... 'I wonder... How'd he learn how to do that...' Kakashi thought to himself while Sakura gaped at the seemingly useless ability to eat threw a mask when they'd already seen his face. "More Please!" Came the voice of both Naruto and Sasuke before they glared at one another. The two then threw up and Sakura wondered why they kept doing that.
"WOULD YOU TWO STOP THAT ALREDY! THARES NO POINT IN EATING IF YOUR JUST GONNA HURL IT BACK UP!!" Sakura shouted and Crow was glad his Goggles doubled as ear muff's. Sakura was mad at both of them for two reason's, one, they were acting like idiot's and even her fan girlish blindside had it's limit's. And two, they were wasting what little food Tazuna and his family when it could feed other's... Like the starving children she saw in the village today...
"... No I wanna eat!" Sasuke said wiping his mouth off and glaring at the blond haired idiot nearby. Naruto stayed silent, not backing down from the silent challenge that Sasuke seemed to have sent him. 'Must still be pretty pissed that Niisan won't give him special training...' Naruto thought to himself while Kakashi was trying to figure out why Sasuke was making himself a liar, by eating you did get more strength, but by throwing up they were defeating the purpose of eating... He'd never understand those two at this rate.
Soon Dinner was finished and Sakura was looking at a Picture hanging on the wall. "Umm... Why is this Picture torn?" She asked still looking at the photo as Tazuna and his family all stiffened. Crow and Kakashi both noted this in a mental file as Tsunami was washing dishes in the back.
"... It was a picture of Inari's father." Tsunami said softly and Crow flinched slightly.
"... Once upon a time, if you will... Our entire village called him a hero..." Tazuna said solemnly and Inari quickly left his seat and walked off.
"Inari! ... Ware are you going?" Tsunami questioned of her son as he walked off, slamming a door behind him as he headed back to his room. "Inari! Father! I've told you time and again not to mention that in front of my son!" Tsunami yelled at Tsunami before running after Inarai slamming the door behind her.
"So... You're talking about the reason Inari acts so strangely...?" Sakura questioned as Tazuna looked down to the table.
"It sounds like there's a story here..." Kakashi muttered and Tazuna nodded his head.
"The man in the picture was not Inari's birth father... But they were as loving and close as any biological father and son could be. Inari was such a happy laughing child back then..." Tazuna explained not seeing Crow flinch when he talked about Inari's father. Tazuna was soon shaking, tear's collecting in his eye's as the memories seemed to still be fresh in his mind. "... But Inari Changed... After what happened to his father..." Tazuna said softly the tear's falling from his left eye. "Our entire village and especially little Inari- Were robbed of the very meaning of courage... Because of what happened THAT day." Tazuna explained and peaked the interest's of everyone in the room.
"'What happened'? What was it? What could have changed Inari so much?" Kakashi questioned of Tazuna who slowly removed his glasses and rubbed his eye's with one hand.
"Let me start at the beginning... And tell you about the man that our entire village called a champion and a hero." Tazuna said and Naruto blinked when the man said 'A Champion and a Hero'...
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Naruto laid out in the middle of the forest. He'd trained all night after hearing about Inari's father Kaiza and what he did for the village. 'So you gave up hope Inari... Can't say I blame you... Without Crow I'd be all alone also... And I don't know what I'd do without him...' Naruto thought to himself as he slept. He couldn't really move much at the moment. No, he'd trained so long that he had to rest and didn't even care that bird's were currently sitting on him. 'I can't believe I finally managed to get it... That 'Air Hyke' May have taken me all of six day's to get but It'll be worth it when I finally learn Niisan's 'Shunpo/Flash Step' whenever he finally teaches it to me...' Naruto thought to himself as he laid sprawled out on the ground.
Naruto was so out of it and lost in thought that he didn't even notice that a chakra signature was nearing him. The Chakra belonged to Haku, who had her hair down, a black choker on, and a pink Kimono, her large wooden sandals the only thing she still had on. She herself was somewhat lost in thought about her former master 'Lord Iyoku' being in the area. She truly didn't have anything against him, but he was somewhat more dangerous than she would tell Zabuza. After all, if he knew he'd want to fight him himself and leave her with Kakashi. Truthfully while she didn't want Zabuza dead, she didn't want to have to kill Lord Iyoku either...
That's when she saw the orange clad Genin sleeping in a nearby clearing and walked over to him. She then noticed the leaf headband and recognized the blond being one of the member's of the group she and Zabuza were supposed to defeat to get to Tazuna. She reached down, briefly contemplating choking him but instead she shook him awake... It didn't hurt to get some info on your opponent after all... And she REALY hated the thought of having to kill someone...
"You'll catch your death of cold, sleeping on the ground." She said sweetly as Naruto opened his eye's to see her blurry face. He then sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eye's with a little yawn.
"Who are you?" He questioned eye's still half closed and Haku smiled.
"That's not important. But..." She then looked down at the basket she had been carrying and looked back at him. "Would you like to help me collect some herbs?" She questioned and Naruto blinked then nodded his head and Haku helped the orange clad boy up.
"What kind of herbs are we looking for miss?" He asked politely, this was normal considering the lesson's that Crow taught him. Always being nice and courteous to a woman being the one beaten into his head the hardest... That was cause Crow knew by doing that, more girl's would think he was an excellent role model or something... Or maybe he wanted Naruto to have a fan club so girl's would chase him like they did Sasuke...
"Just some grasses that grow nearby." Haku said and Naruto shrugged but inwardly looked to the "Grasses" That Haku was walking to and inwardly frowned. 'Those are to help regain chakra and mobility after a person's been in-active for a long period of time... She must be "Haku" and if so...' Naruto thought so decided to drop his Dobe attitude with her.
"So how much are you going to need?" Naruto questioned curiously and Haku took a thoughtful look.
"Not to much. Just enough to fill my basket..." She said and Naruto nodded slightly and began to pick the herbs. 'Crow said she helped him when he was little, that he tried to give her a chance to go out and be free... But that Zabuza guy made her into his tool... I'll make sure he pays for that...' Naruto thought to himself and finished pulling the herbs.
"Is this enough?" He questioned and Haku smiled and nodded placing some of her own into the basket and Naruto's also.
"So... What were you doing out here anyway?" Haku questioned and Naruto smiled.
"I was trying to master a technique, that Crow niisan taught me." Naruto told her and noticed the nearly imperceptible flinch in her eye.
"Really. So, judging by that headband your wearing, you're some sort of ninja. Right?" Haku questioned and Naruto nodded his head calmly. "Then... Why do you were so much orange?" She then asked with a smirk and Naruto sighed.
"Alright, seeing as no one has ever bothered to ask, I'll tell you. My Niisan said that I should ware bright clothes to train in stealth." Naruto said and Haku tilted her head to the side sightly thoroughly confused.
"Wouldn't bright color's be easy to spot in the dark though?" She questioned and Naruto grinned.
"That's the beauty of it! Niisan said that if I could sneak around in bright orange, I'd be nearly invisible in the darker color's!" Naruto said proudly and Haku took a thoughtful look contemplating his answer. That was true... By being able to hide yourself while wearing such ghastly clothes that normally anyone could normally see. He'd basically been trained better in stealth than most Ninja were... Clever..
"Hmmm... Your Niisan is brilliant Ninja-san." She said and Naruto smiled and nodded his head in complete agreement. "And is he a precious person to you?" Haku asked and Naruto smiled and nodded.
"Yeah... Niisan took me in when I was little, he's protected me and trained me like I was his real brother... Even if he is a perv, a lech, and a womanizer, he's still my brother..." Naruto said and Haku blinked... Her former master was a pervert... She'd have to fix that next time she saw him... A few senbon to the groin should do the trick nicely...
"Hmm... Then your going to become very strong Ninja-san." She said while getting up and Naruto nodded his head. "Also, I feel we'll meet again soon Ninja-san..." Haku said turning her back to Naruto who chuckled lightly and Haku heard his voice become a bit deeper more mature sounding...
"Well then Haku-chan, I can't wait to see you and Zabuza-san again..." With that Haku turned around only for Naruto to have vanished. Haku stood looking at the spot he had previously occupied and smiled to herself. 'Lord Iyoku... You always were an amazing young man... Now your also an amazing teacher...' She thought to herself while walking back to Zabuza's hideout. 'However that won't save you for being a lecher...' She mentally thought with a small frown her hand twitching wishing she had a Senbon...
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Naruto and Sasuke had met up later that night, both exhausted from training but Sasuke had finally got to the top of his tree. When he questioned Naruto about his "Air Hyke" Naruto just told him that he was too tired to talk about that. So instead the two helped one another reach Tazuna's house and entered the floor creaking beneath them. "So your finally back... And you both look like something the cat dragged in..." Tazuna said with a smile as the two entered Crow giggling pervertedly as he continued to have his nose shoved deep inside his book.
"Heh, both of us?" Naruto questioned with a grin and Sasuke frowned. 'I told him if he didn't take a break he'd wear himself out... Dobe...' Sasuke thought to himself then glared at Crow.
"I've reached the top of the tree..." The Uchiha stated and Crow looked to Kakashi and both of them eye smiled.
"Good. Naruto Sasuke, starting tomorrow you will both help Sakura protect Mister Tazuna." Kakashi stated and Naruto and Sasuke both nodded then limped to take a seat at the table Naruto laying his head down on the table.
"Whew... Well I'm dirty, sweaty, and real worn out from all of the work on the bridge today... But construction is almost complete." Tazuna said with a large grin to the ninja.
"Father, you and Naruto are two of a kind. Please don't work yourselves to death." Tsnami pleaded and Tazuna grinned to himself agreeing with his wife. Inari simply glared at Naruto seeing him was reminding him of his father Kaiza... Naruto blinked seeing Tears traveling down Inari's face and raised a brow.
"Hey, whats wrong?" He asked and Inari blew up on him...
"WHY DO YOU WEAR YOURSELF OUT TRYING? NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRAIN, YOU'LL NEVER BE A MATCH FOR GATO'S THUGS! YOU ACT ALL COOL, AND YOU TALK TOUGH... BUT BIG STRONG GUYS LIKE THAT ARE ALWAYS TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE WEAKER THAN THEY ARE. THEY'LL DESTROY YOU!!!" With that everyone seemed to Notice that when Naruo opened one of his eye's there was an icy chill in the air.
"Shut up kid... Unlike you I'm no coward and I'm not afraid to fight..." Naruto said with a soft yet angry tone.
"JUST WATCHING YOU TICKS ME OFF! YOU GO RUNNING YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW A THING! THIS ISN'T YOUR TOWN! AND YOU DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT ME! YOU'RE ALWAY'S CLOWNING AROUND AND HAVING FUN. YOU DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT SUFFERING OR LONLINESS OR WHAT MY LIFE IS LIKE!!" Inari shouted at Naruto tear's still flowing down his face when suddenly Crow slammed one hand onto the table shaking with barely suppressed rage his nail's/claws digging into the wood of the table like a knife threw hot butter.
"So... You figure it's noble to star in some melodrama and treat everyone around you like guests at your pity party?" Naruto questioned then glared at Inari angrily. "It takes a really big man to sit around and cry... You brat!" He growled trembling with his own rage. "You big baby!" He stated as he got up but Crow wanted to say his own peace.
"You say your life is full of suffering and loneliness... You don't know the meaning of the word's child..." Crow's voice was so chilled at the moment Kakashi was sure the icy wind from Tora, would look warm in comparison... But it was the anger in his snake like eye's that truly frightened him. "What you have had to go threw is nothing... There are people out there who lost their family's, other's never had them... And you, someone who still has there mother and grandfather to care for you, have the gall to say your lonely?! Kid, that's a load of bull, and quite frankly... I can't deal with it tonight..." With that both Crow and Naruto got up and both exited the room Sakura shouting at them about going to far on the boy. Kakashi meanwhile watched as Inari lowered his head and sobbed to himself as the two boy's left and resolved to speak with him later...
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Crow sat, his finger's laced while looking out at a boat house ware Inari was sitting with his knee's to his chin. He saw Kakashi join him and knew that he was going to explain to Inari why they yelled at him... "Master..." Came a voice and Crow looked out of the corner of one eye to see his servant Sable.
"We are..." Came a feminine voice and Crow looked to the other side to see Luna.
"Here to..." Sable said and both kneeled down to one knee at his side's.
"Serve you." They said at the same time and Crow nodded his head.
"Are we ready?" Crow questioned quickly and Sable answered.
"Yes Master, I have placed a forced sleep Jutsu onto Uzumaki san... He will not wake in time to got to the bridge with the rest of your party, instead he will be here for the men that Gato will undoubtedly send to kidnap Tazuna's family as bargaining chips..." Sable explained and Crow then looked to Luna also.
"Master, I am ready to infiltrate Gato's hideout as soon as he leaves... I will then remove his wealth from him and transfer it to your own account..." Luna said but Crow raised a hand.
"No... Transfer three quarter's of the money to this land... They need it more than I... Besides Gato's the richest man in the world, a quarter of his asset's is more than enough to keep me occupied for a good long while..." He said and Luna nodded her head to her master. "Very well you two, tomorrow will be the day of reckoning. And as much as it pain's me to say this, were going to need Zabuza alive, Sable..." Naruto stated and Sable nodded his head to the young teen.
"Then what shall we do master? How will we protect Uzumaki-san and Zabuza?" Luna questioned and Crow was silent.
"I will think of something Luna... After you retrieve Gato's money I want you to go on reconnaissance to asses Gato's men..." Crow stated and Luna nodded to him. "Good... Then go and wait for the time to strike..." Crow stated and his two vassal's both nodded before vanishing into the darkness around them. "Hmph... Tomorrow the real fun finally begins..." Crow said to himself then got up and walked back to his temporary living accommodations...
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Crow stood next to Kakashi, Tora leaned across his shoulder's, and Suzaku sealed away for the moment, as they arrived at Tazuna's bridge. Sakura found all of the worker's were either dead or unconscious before a thick mist started to surround the group. "So he's already moving..." Crow muttered to himself and quickly sat down. He pulled off his sandals and wrist protector's before then smearing blood on the Restriction Seal's thare. He then pulled his mask down below his neck ware another of the snake like seal's were and did the same there. "Restriction Seal! KAI!" He shouted and the snake's all began to move. They became a large tattoo on his right arm shaped like four snake's wrapped around on another, all of which were spiraling around a mark shaped like a winged serpent biting it's tail... "Alright, now the real fun begins..." Crow said to himself pulling his mask back up and replacing his wrist protector's and sandals.
"They're coming!" Kakashi shouted and Crow rolled his eye's. 'No duh... Problem is we don't know from ware there going to strike...' Crow thought to himself while channeling chakra into Tora to have it shift into it's attack mode. When that was done the eye of the sword looked around while Crow closed one of his own and used his chakra to see threw it like it was his own, allowing him to look behind himself as well as in front...
"Master Kakashi, Is this... That man we met... Is this his 'Kirigakure Jutsu'?" Sakura questioned and Kakashi was silent while Crow listened and looked for Zabuza.
"Been a while... Eh Kakashi..." Came Zabuza's voice from the mist as Crow quickly activated his Blood Cross eye's first level, to make sure he didn't miss him. "And I see you got those kid's tagging along, just like the last time. And the little boy is trembling again, poor thing..." Zabuza taunted while several Zabuza's appeared around them while wearing the Seven Shinobi Swordsman Battle Uniform.
"I'm shaking alright... I'm shaking with Eagerness for a rematch!" Sasuke stated as a smirk came to his lip's.
"Go ahead... Sasuke..." Kakashi said with a thumb's up and an eye smile to the boy who spun his Kunai and cut the water clone's in front of him. Crow didn't even seem to move as the water Clone's near him fell to the ground with a splatter. With that Crow looked towards Zabuza at the same time as Sasuke and his eye's hardened.
"Well! My Water Clones were obviously no match for you! It seems the brats have matured quite a bit... Into worthy Rivals... Eh, Haku?" Zabuza said then questioned and Haku, who was dressed as a hunter nin again, answered to the affirmative.
"Hello Haku... It's been a while... Eh..." Crow said to Haku and the masked Girl merely nodded her head in response. "Sasuke you fight Haku, Kakashi I'll assist with Zabuza... Is that okay with everyone?" Crow said then questioned and Kakashi shrugged.
"I was going to say for nearly the same thing... Are you sure your not trying to be the sensei here?" Kakashi questioned and Crow growled.
"Joke time is for later Kakashi... Right now we must beat Zabuza and protect Tazuna..." Crow stated and crouched down his sword ready to be swung.
"Oh alright then... What could it hurt I suppose..." Kakashi said as Zabuza chuckled.
"Haku... You know what to do..." Zabuza said and Haku nodded.
"Yes, Zabuza Sama..." With that the girl spun and vanished into a swirl of leaves reappearing in front of Sasuke swinging a Senbon at the boy who blocked with a Kunai...
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(Tazuna's home...)
Bleary eye's woke up and a blond boy yawned. He licked his lip's as he got up then looked outside and his eye's widened when he saw how high the sun was. 'Shit! I slept in! I never sleep in dammit!' Naruto thought to himself then jumped up pulling on his clothes. 'I have to hurry and get dressed, then I need to put my 'Illusion Shell Jutsu' up before I go to the bridge!' Naruto thought to himself while pulling his clothes on before he heard a crash and someone scream. 'Tsunami!' His mind told him recognizing the woman's voice and he carefully walked out of his room his clothes barely on and his sandals hanging from his mouth.
He walked down the hall stealthilly and found a simi open door. He cracked it open and looked only to see two men with sword in front of Tsunami in the kitchen. 'This is bad... Really bad... I need to hurry and get these on right then kick those boozoo's asses, to hell with secret looks!' Naruto inwardly yelled to himself and quickly put his sandals on and straightened out his clothes.
"MAMA!!" Came a shout and Naruto's eye's widened as he looked back into the room to see the young boy was standing in the door way as the men were in front of his mother.
"What do you want Brat?!" The shorter of the men, Zouri, demanded and Tsunami cut the man off.
"Run Inari! Don't come in!" She shouted to her sun and the big man, Waraji, smirked.
"Should we grab him too?" He questioned and Zouri frowned.
"We only need ONE hostage." He told him and Waraji grinned looking at the little boy with a psychotic glint in his eye's.
"Heh-heh... Too bad... For him at least..." Waraji said as he slowly unsheathed his sword.
"... If you dare touch my child... I'll bite threw my tongue and drown in my own blood. Then what will you do for a live hostage?" Tsunami warned and Zouri gave a look to Waraji. The big man pouted as he was forced to sheath his blade once more and Zouri smirked.
"Be grateful to your ma, kiddo..." He told the boy then walked over to Tsunami, his partner muttering about not getting to cut anything. "Relax. You gave your blade a pretty good work out before we even got here. So get over it, and lets go." Zouri ordered Inari sobbing at the door way.
"Heh-heh... Such beautiful skin. So smooth and lovely. It's a shame not to be able to cut it..." Waraji said with a sick grin while looking at Tsunami while Zouri wondered what was wrong with his partner if THAT was all he wanted to do to her... Naruto frowned inwardly cursing as he followed the staying in threw the shadow's wishing he had a distraction to take the two out by surprise...
"WAIT!!" Came a shout from Inari and Naruto saw his distraction and moved into action before anyone could react he and a quickly made Clone both punched the two from bellow. They then jumped up and planted their feet into their face's landing on the ground placing all of their weight on the men's head's and knocking them both out. The two Naruto's then nodded to one another and both searched for some rope and soon the clone tied the two up while Naruto turned to Tsunami.
"Are you alright?" He questioned softly as Tsunami blinked seeing the changed boy. Unfortunately besides being surprised Tsunami also couldn't help start to simply stare at the young man her eye's unwilling to move even though he was obviously a fare few year's younger than herself...
"I'm fine... But... W-who are you?" She questioned half cautious, half dazed... Naruto looked off to the side his clone finishing tying the two up and then disappeared in a plume of smoke. Before Naruto could say a thing Inari noticed the jacket the boy had on and his mouth promptly dropped open.
"N-NARUTO!!" He stated more than questioned and the now revealed boy smirked seeing Tsunami gape at him also. This calm and collected and undeniably handsome young man, was none other than the little loud mouth Naruto?!? The boy only smirked at the accusation and walked over to Inari to stand next to him and place a hand on his head.
"You're a big strong boy Inari..." He told Inari with a smirk and tear's started to pool in the young boy's eye's. Inari started to wipe them away when Naruto patted his head again. "It's okay Inari... Theres nothing wrong with crying... When your happy." Naruto said then walked away before jumping off into the forest and sprinting for the bridge leaving Inari and Tsunami behind as he rushed to his team performing hand seal's as he went. "Illusion Shell Jutsu!" He shouted and in the place of his new form the normal Blond haired boy appeared...
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Kakashi had already ordered Sakura to watch Tazuna, Haku had then used One handed seal's to attack using a special Jutsu call. "Sensatsu Suishou!!" Sasuke but the boy jumped high into the air and threw some Shurrikan at her. Haku easily flipped out of the way of each of the shurrikan, only for Sasuke to appear behind her. The raven haired boy then tried to stab Haku but the girl caught Sasuke's arm and blocked the attack but then quickly ducked as Sasuke tried to hit her with the Kunai in hand. Haku was surprised as a kick came at her head and knocked her skidding back to Zabuza only to flip to her hand's and feet before stopping.
'What... Haku... Is actually losing a battle of speed!' Zabuza thought to himself amazed. "Your fast, I'm Faster..." The Uchiha said with a smirk and Crow inwardly groaned. 'This kid is worse than I thought, Haku was holding back her real power's you idiot, even now in battle she hates to kill...' Crow thought to himself annoyed with the Uchiha.
"You had that Coming... For underestimating my team... And for name calling. He may not look like much... But Sasuke is the top rated rookie in all of Konohagakure village. Sakura is our sharpest mind." "Thats for sure! OH YEAH!!!" Inner Sakura said to her sensei's words. "And last but certainly not least... Lets not forget the number one most surprising ninja, The Maverick Show stopper, the one the only Naruto Uzumaki." Kakashi said with a half lazy tone and Crow inwardly groaned. 'Stupid... Your not supposed to give away the strength of your team Kakashi even if only vaguely! Now their gonna pull out all the stop's to fight Sasuke and Naruto too! How the hell have you made it this far as a ninja?!' Crow inwardly demanded of the one eyed copy-cat nin as Zabuza chuckled darkly.
"Haku... Do you understand, that if this goes on, that you could end up dying at the hands of the very person you sought to spare?" Zabuza questioned and Crow gripped Tora tighter and crouched knowing that soon his and Kakashi's own fight was going to begin.
However Haku sighed and got up from the ground and Crow frowned seeing an icy aura around her like Tora. "Yes I do..." She said softly then made a hand seal. "What a pity..." She said as ice started to rise around Sasuke and Crow's eye's widened in surprise as he'd never seen this before. "Secret art: Makyou Hyoushou!" Haku shouted and a dome of ice mirrors appeared around Sasuke. Haku then entered into one of the mirror's and appeared on all of them at the same time confusing Sasuke as he saw them. Kakashi quickly ran to try and aid Sasuke but Zabuza appeared in front of him while Crow went over Haku's technique's in his head thanks to his Blood Cross Eye analyzing them bothy down to their base element's...
"Now now Kakashi, Let's not forget... I'm your enemy. Our children can play together while my girl kills your brat..." Zabuza said with a smirk under his bandaged up face. Kakashi then looked worriedly towards Sasuke's location.
"There, now that its all in place..." Haku said as the copies of her in the mirror's all stared at the Uchiha. 'Whats she planning to do with these mirrors?' Sasuke wondered to himself when Haku answered in mental Question. "... Let me show you some real speed!" With that all of the Haku's in the mirror's, took hold of a Senbon and began to pelt the young boy with them quickly cutting the young Uchiha up.
"Sasuke!" Kakashi called as Zabuza blocked his path to the Uchiha and Crow was scanning the technique's Haku was using for a weakness of some kind and smirked to himself soon after. 'Hnnn... Her Kekkei-Genkai is impressive, but unlike my Blood Cross Eye, it uses massive amounts of Chakra to work. While I do need Chakra to activate my eye's, after that they take only about half a percent of Chakra to work, to use the second or third stage takes more chakra however it's still MUCH less than what Haku needs in order to use her own. In fact it would seem that like Naruto, Haku has an unusual amount of Stamina and amazing Chakra reserves...' Crow thought to himself then saw Sakura run to try and help Sasuke by throwing a Kunai at Haku. However the other girl easily caught the weapon without any problems.
However a Shurrikan came at Haku from behind and the girl didn't have time to dodge. The girl was knocked out of her mirror's and her mask had a slash along it as the thrower of the Shurrikan appeared in a large plume of smoke. 'So he finally makes it I see... Bout time...' Crow thought to himself as the smoke cleared to show our favorite blue eyed hero. "Naruto Uzumaki! At your service!!" Naruto said as he then pointed at Sasuke and Haku. "Hey again Haku-Chan, didn't think I'd see you again so soon!" Naruto shouted and every one but Haku blinked in confusion.
'Since when does Naruto know her?' Sakura wondered her mouth open and gapping.
'Why is the Dobe being so friendly with the enemy?' Sasuke wondered annoyed from his point on the ground.
'I'm still trying to figure out if that kid isn't playing with a full deck or not...' Tazuna thought to himself uncertainly.
'Awww, My former Vassal and Otouto like one another... How cute.' Crow inwardly thought and then had a more perverted thought run threw his mind. 'Hmmm... First Kisara, now Haku... Your working up your own Harem Otouto... HELL YEAH!! YOU GO OTOUTO!!!' The perverted teen inwardly cheered.
'Okay... I'm sick of all these surprises from him. As soon as we get back to Konoha I'm going to the Hokage and getting some answer's from him...' Kakashi thought with a tick on his forehead as he looked at Naruto.
'He's acting too chummy with Haku...' Zabuza thought with a parental spark of anger towards the boy. He wouldn't admit it but he thought of Haku as more of his daughter than as his tool... But he was just too damn proud to admit that she wasn't a tool to her...
'Naruto... Your a strange one...' Came a thought from Haku herself with a soft smile. Before she could think any further Zabuza suddenly flung several Shurikan at Naruto, and faster than any of them could see Crow was blocking the Shurrikan with his large Sword.
"Hey Naruto." Crow said cheerfully and Naruto blinked then frowned seeing him.
"Niisan, why haven't you gone to help Sasuke yet?" Naruto questioned and Sakura blinked then growled as she realized that Naruto was right. Kakashi also blinked then frowned looking to the masked boy for his answer. Said boy simply chuckled nervously to himself before he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Uhhh... Really... If you must know... I don't like to hit pretty girls..." He said and Naruto and the rest of team seven all blanched. 'What kind of stupid reason is that!?!' They all thought to themselves at the same time while Haku blinked then rolled her eye's. 'So Chivalry is not dead after all... Sort of.' She thought to herself in a dead pan...
"Errr! Niisan quit with the stupid Chivalry! You hit ton's of girl's when your training them! And besides ninja can't pick his opponent's remember!" Naruto shouted at his older brother and the dark haired boy chuckled.
"But I'm not a ninja remember... I can fight whomever I want... And I don't want to fight Haku." He said and Naruto huffed at this. "And besides I want Momo's ass kicked, not Haku's Otouto. She's a friend of mine so I wouldn't be able to go all out on her anyways..." Crow said then walked towards Zabuza and Naruto rolled his eye's and ran towards the mirror's as Haku jumped back into them.
"What are you doing Dobe!?" Sasuke demanded as Naruto jumped into the mirror dome and landed beside him.
"Helping you of course." Naruto said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, inwardly he was cursing his dobe self to hell. 'Niisan! When I FINALLY get to be myself I am burning this damn orange jacket and wearing all black just so I don't have to look in the mirror and see that dobe I pretend to be!'
"Helping!? You idiot what the hell can you do now that your trapped inside here with me?!" Sasuke demanded as he had planned for Naruto to stay out of the dome so he could attack from outside while Sasuke did from inside.
"Hey stop yelling at me! I was only trying to help you Teme! And this is the thanks I get!!" Naruto shouted and Haku appeared in front of them. Sasuke prepared to use a jutsu but Haku then appeared behind the boy and cut his cheek with a senbon. 'So fast...' Sasuke thought with amazement in his dark orbs.
"Whoa... She's really fast..." Naruto said and Sasuke frowned. The dark haired boy then got a sudden idea. 'These Mirror's... They have something to do with her speed... And sense they're all just ice...' Sasuke thought to himself then started to perform hand seal's.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" He shouted his flame's jetting from his mouth towards the ice user who remained inside of a mirror. The flame's stopped at the mirror's but to the surprise of the Uchiha the ice didn't melt. 'W-what the! How the hell is that ice not melting a bit?!' Sasuke wondered to himself as Haku stood in the mirror before them.
"That pitiful flame will barely touch my ice mirrors..." She said calmly and Sasuke growled. Crow was however analyzing the battle while waiting for either Kakashi or Zabuza to finally make a move. He saw that while Haku was technically right, the only reason the ice of her mirror's wasn't melting was because she was using her Kekkei-Genkai to force it to stay solid, thus wasting even more of her Chakra. However when the flame went out a gleam of light temporarily blinded the two within the dome and Haku went to work throwing her needle's at the two slowly cutting them up with superficial wounds.
"Damn it... Which one of you is real!" Naruto demanded of the numerous Haku's in the mirrors. The girl chuckled softly to herself as he demanded this then told him.
"Your eye's will never see the truth. I can't be caught." Haku said and Naruto frowned.
"Will see about that..." He ground making a familiar hand seal and Sasuke's eye's widened.
"No! STOP!" The raven haired boy shouted as Naruto ignored him.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" With that and numerous plume's of smoke over a dozen Naruto's appeared and each jumped at a mirror. However before any of them could make it to a mirror Haku jumped out at incredible speed's and destroyed every clone before knocking Naruto to the ground.
"The Technique I'm using is part of the art of teleportation, and the only thing I need to perform it is the mirrors that hold my image." Haku said with a monotone. "I move so quickly, the pair of you would be standing still..." She told them and Naruto narrowed his eye's on her a growl coming from his throat.
Kakashi's eye's widened as he heard Haku and wondered how a boy as young as Haku could have managed to master such a technique. However Crow chuckling was the end of that before the masked boy then started to laugh his head off. "So Haku figured out a Teleportation ability... That's nice and all but let's face it..." Crow said comically before taking a much more serious tone. "That abilities is useful, however, Haku is waisting a finominal amount of Chakra using it. Even with her store's of Chakra surpassing Chunin maybe even Jounin level she's unable to keep that Jutsu going for more than twenty minute's or less before Chakra Exhaustion hit's her..." Crow said then shook his head. "Add to this that she has to constantly repair those Ice mirror's because of the fact that they melt..." Crow then lifted his goggles showing his blaring Kekkei-Genkai to Zabuza. "She doesn't have the time to win this Fight Momo... Not without help at least..." Crow stated and Zabuza growled.
"So you figured out Haku's weakness... I'll be sure to train her more thoroughly in Chakra Control in the future..." Zabuza said angrily and Crow chuckled to himself. Naruto meanwhile was panting when her heard Crow and couldn't help but smile to himself. 'They don't know it but that helps us out a lot, it means we just have to try and out last Haku rather than fight her. Those Teleportations and repairs are draining her Chakra store's much more quickly than our own Jutsu...' Naruto thought to himself and turned a glare on Haku who flinched.
"I... Find it difficult to embrace the full Shinobi Philosophy..." Haku said softly as she looked at Naruto and Sasuke. "I can't help but prefer the two of you, not force me to kill you. However if you two come at me..." Haku said lowering her head not looking at the two boys. "Then I shall kill my own heart with my blade... Just as the word Shinobi was originally derived from the word's "Heart" and "Blade"... I shall act as a True Shinobi would..." She said with determination in her voice and Naruto frowned. "This Bridge is the nexus point of our destinies, and all of our dreams and futures are balanced on the edge of a knife..." With that Haku clenched her fist's and glared at the two boy's from behind her mask.
"I have my own dreams... Just as you have your own... Please try not to resent me, but I am willing to do whatever it takes... To protect the one I care about most... To fight, kill, or die to fulfill that person's dreams... Doing so is my own dream." Haku explained then her tone turned dark as shadow's covered her mask slightly. "To that end I shall become a true Shinobi... And I shall kill you both." Haku told the two and both Naruto and Sasuke smirked at her words. 'This aught a be interesting...' The two thought at the same time.
"SASUKE! NARUTO! DON'T YOU DARE LOSE TO A PERSON LIKE HER!!!" Sakura shouted to her Team mate's and Kakashi frowned.
"Stop encouraging them, Sakura!!!" Her sensei said to her and she blinked and looked at him confused. "Even if we knew of a way to counter her technique, your team mates still wouldn't be up to the task of beating that girl..." Kakashi tells the pink haired Kunoichi with a dark tone.
"Wh-what do you mean Kakashi Sensei?" Sakura questioned making Zabuza chuckle and Crow frown inwardly.
"Those two haven't yet developed the Psychological strength... To turn their hearts to ice and take a human life. While Haku has lived with the type of emotional anguish that prepares her to be a true Shinobi. No true Shinobi could be born from a place like your village, a place of weakness... Of peace. You don't live with death, or grow up needing to kill to ensure your own survival. In you those skills... And the mindset they require... Are stillborn!" Zabuza said then turned to look at Crow. "Right Iyoku?" He questioned and Crow's eye twitched.
"Momo... Are you trying to force the old me out?" Crow questioned with a deathly tone. Zabuza chuckled to himself as he heard this, his lip's curled into a smirk behind the wrapping's around his face.
"You'll have to forgive me Zabuza... But I feel I should put an end to this..." Kakashi said reaching up to take hold of his Hittai Ate.
"Heh heh...Going to use the Sharingan...?" Zabuza questioned. "What a vulgar maneuver. So obvious, so lacking in Finesse!" Zabuza stated and Kakashi frowned. Before Kakashi could even think of pulling his Hittai Ate up however Zabuza rushed towards him. As he got close Zabuza pulled out a strangely shaped Kunai and attempted to stab the jounin with it. There was the sound of a blade piercing flesh briefly as blood dripped down from Kakashi's wounded hand.
"You can sneer all you want about my "Lack of Finesse", Zabuza... It doesn't change the fact your afraid of the Sharingan and me..." Kakashi said and then looked out of the corner of his eye to see Crow had his own locked on them but wasn't moving. 'Judging from the speed he moved at to protect Naruto, I'm sure he could have intercepted that attack easily... So why is he just standing there?' Kakashi questioned looking at the boy strangely.
"Heh heh heh... A ninja's secret weapon... Should be employed judiciously, not displayed at random to every foe you face!" Zabuza growled and Kakashi glared at the missing nin angrily temporarily forgetting about Crow.
"Hey you!" Sakura shouted to Crow who looked at her from the corner of his eye. "What are you doing! Your strong enough to fight Zabuza alone so why aren't you helping Kakashi sensei!?" She demanded and Crow was silent for a few seconds.
"Fine..." With that Crow embedded his sword into the ground and made a hand seal that he always used to awaken his Kekkei-Genkai. "Blood Cross Eye, Second Release, Deconstruction..." He said as his eye changed to their second form, red chakra surrounding his arm's and then he smirked. "Blood Cross Eye, Third Release, Reformation..." He said and his eye's changed once more from there last state.
The cross seemed to change as the split end's of his cross like iris split into three point's, at the end of each eye the two curving inward were left alone as a sharp one pointed now outward. A small white orb appeared in the center of the eye also making it seem he had a white pupil now. Besides that his arm's were suddenly surrounded by silver chakra that sparked, electricity seeming to arch around his arm's until they reached his shoulder's.
"Now then..." Crow said more to himself then smirked behind his mask and clapped his hand's together. He then placed them on the ground and the water there began to glow. "Sensatsu Suishou!!" He shouted and the water all around the area froze and shot towards Zabuza and Kakashi. Both the older Ninjas eye's widened as the attack headed for them before they jumped away from one another and the ice needle's all hit the ground in front of them. Kakashi looked to Crow surprised while Zabuza's eye's were totally bugging out at this point.
'That's impossible! No one besides Haku can use that move!!' He thought to himself and then saw Crow rise up from the ground and grab his sword.
"You should feel honored Momo... This is the first time I've had to use the third level of my Blood Cross Eye, against an enemy..." He stated before swinging his sword making it lay along his shoulder's.
"So then... Your just like Haku... Your eye's and mind were fine tuned like the Onizuka before you... To the point ware your eye's can disiefer the amount of chakra, the skill, the control, everything about a jutsu just by watching. This whole time you were just standing there... YOU DECIEFERED ALL OF HAKU'S JUTSU TO THEIR MOST MINNUTE BASE ELELMENT!" Zabuza roared angrily glaring at Crow who's eye's continued to watch him. "And now... Your analyzing not me... But my body and movement's... You have the same cursed eye's as the rest of your retchid clan... The Bloody Eye was capable of reading anything and breaking it down to it's base element's. They were the most feared Ninja in the Bloody Mist because they could figure out a person's next move without even having to try! They never needed to because their eye's knew what they were going to do before hand!" Zabuza shouted at Crow who chuckled to himself.
"That's correct Zabuza... However you are mistaken, my eye's can see threw Genjutsu also because they can analyze the illusion and thus know it's not real. They can Annalise a Jutsu and find it's weaknesses, then I can improve those Jutsu to rid them of such thing's... My eye's also allow me other abilities, thanks to my mother having the "Tenchu" Kekkei-Genkai. I can also breakdown anything I touch to it's base element's, but by using Healing Chakra I can reassemble them or change them into anything I want..." Crow said and then glared at Zabuza. "In short Zabuza, my eye's have you caught... And my web has you trapped..." With that Crow raised his left hand to show he had a red comb in it. (AN: I think Tenchu means Divine Punishment in case anyone's wondering.)
"What is..." Before Zabuza could question any further he was lifted from the ground by his neck. "Wh-what the hell is this?!" He demanded dangling from above and Crow looked to Kakashi who was now wide eyed.
"Kakashi-san... I would release your Sharingan now before he breaks free of my web..." Crow said with a monotone and Kakashi blinked before doing so and his eye's widened. With the sharingan out he could now see the chakra and that the comb Crow had also had several hair's flying out of it from a large hairball that he had at his waist. Kakashi then looked all around and his eye's bulged as there was nothing but hair covering the area in a giant web like pattern, some of it holding Zabuza up by the neck.
"What is this?!" Kakashi demanded looking around both amazed and confused.
"My ancestor, Yura Oniuzuka... She created this Jutsu and just like the rest of my clan she didn't need seal's to use it. This Hair around us is the hair I've cut off my head from the past fourteen year's of my life, gathered together to make a long rope, or in this case a web. And then infused with my excess chakra over the year's to give it a life of it's own..." Crow said as he then jumped up and landed on the hair at an intersection as Kakashi could barely believe his eye's. "The hair of my former enemies also makes up this web and contains their own chakra also increasing my jutsu's effectiveness... This is the jutsu that Yura used and garnered her the name, 'Yura of The Demon Hair'..." Crow explained and Kakashi's eye's widened as he realized just how powerful the Onizuka must have been with a technique like that at their disposal... Just as Kakashi began to ponder this Zabuza used his Kunai to cut the "Hair" holding him up and fell to the ground his eye's wide.
"So you were holding back this invisible attack last time?!" Zabuza demanded and Kakashi's eye's widened as he then realized Zabuza was unable to SEE the hair much less would he be able to fight it if it attacked him...
"K-kakashi sensei! How is he flying!?" Sakura questioned with wide eye's and Kakashi simply looked towards her and gulped.
"He's created an enormous web of hair around us Sakura. It seems that the hair is invisible to the naked eye however and shielded by chakra. The only reason I can even see it is because of my Sharingan eye... At the moment Crow is standing on the hair which would, to you, give the illusion of him flying..." Kakashi told her and she gaped. Zabuza was glaring at Crow waiting for the answer to his own question so Crow gave it to him.
"No I wasn't holding this back Momo. Like I told you some of my power was sealed, and while in the Madness State I was unable to think clearly. Also the sheer power of this Jutsu would have been dangerous for me to use in my madness state... For in that state there is a high probability that the hair would control me, rather than I controlling the hair... You see as I added Chakra of my own to the hair, it slowly became a living thing. However, this means if my will or concentration falters while using this Jutsu, the hair will take control of me..." Crow said and chuckled. "In other word's Momo, I didn't feel like becoming the pawn of my own jutsu is why I didn't use it..." Crow stated then watched as Zabuza quickly made a familiar seal.
"Kirirgakure No Jutsu!" The missing nin called out vanishing into the mist as it covered them and Crow shook his head from side to side. Kakashi was looking around then said out loud to his pink haired student.
"Sakura, I'm trusting you to guard Tazuna." Kakshi tells the girl and Zabuza starts to tell Kakashi about his own abilities trying to syke the copy-cat nin out. However Crow had his own thought's when Zabuza mentioned only needing sound to find him when Crow has his own trick's for silent killing. 'Another attribute to this my ancestor's duly named, 'Demon Hair Jutsu', is that if you touch the hair, you will be warning the one controlling it of your location and since Momo is probably pissed, he'll come at...' Before Crow could finish that thought, one of the hair's closest to Sakura moved and his eye's widened.
He quickly turned to ware Sakura was, Zabuza was standing behind her and Tazuna. Kakashi must have also realized this as he rushed to assist the two. Just as he reached them Zabuza grabbed and swung his large Zanbato while exclaiming loudly. "TOO LATE!!" As the blade hit Kakashi, Sakura let out a loud scream into the mist...
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'That's Sakura's voice!!! What happened?!?' Sasuke questioned upon hearing the scream from his female teammate. He and Naruto both had multiple needle's strewn throughout their body's making them look like a pair of human pincushion's. 'If this keeps up, we'll all be in serious trouble... I've got to do something!' Sasuke thought while pushing himself back to his feet. 'My eye's, are beginning to adjust to the environment...' Sasuke thought while getting shakingly to his feet. Naruto on the other hand was kneeling with a scowl on his face, as he tried to watch Haku's movement's.
'This guy's speed is on another level entirely... The only thing I've seen that's even remotely close to this is Crow's, Shunpo/Flash Step... The only bright side is that my Chakra Shell, doubles as light armor and has been keeping the Senbons from sinking to deep into my body to hit anything of real importance...' Naruto thought to himself and narrowed his eye's. 'Crow said that molding chakra into your eye's helps you increase your eyesight. I need to try that in order for me to follow Haku's movement's so I'll be able to attack her...' Naruto thought to himself and got up slowly with a grunt of pain.
'Incredible... I've been targeting for mortal wound's, but they both are able to dodge me with such presisian that I can't harm them... They are also able to use one another's own position to their individual advantage by using one another as leverage to dodge my more heavy attacks...' Haku thought to herself impressed with the two. 'Also, they seem to be slowly speeding up and yet it seems as though the blond puts more force in his movement's than the other one... Almost like somethings holding him back...' Haku thought to herself as the two boy's glared at her.
"You both move well..." Haku said and the two just continued to glare at her. "But this next assault will take you down." She said and Naruto fell to one knee and blinked. 'Damnit! I forgot to take my Restriction seal off! How the fuck did I forget about it?!' Naruto inwardly demanded and then reached down to put some blood on his finger's. Before he could remove the seal however Haku tossed several Senbon Needle's at the two boys. Before they could hit Sasuke knocked him to the side and both boy's landed hard on their side's making Naruto wince in pain.
"Ouch..." Naruto muttered and rolled up his right sleeve. Crow had always said that blood was needed on all of the restriction seal point's or it would only release a single part of the body from it's hold. As such Naruto was glad that his blood covered all but the one on his right wrist as he smeared the blood. "Restriction Seal! KAI!" Naruto shouted and felt relieved as a huge weight was lifted off his body as the seal's all broke forming into a long Tattoo on his right arm shaped like several braking chain's that spiraled down his arm.
Haku however was trying to figure out how Sasuke had managed to get past the illusion she had made to hit the two boys. Tuning out what Naruto said and watched as the raven haired boy turned to glare at her. 'His eye's are... It can't be! The Sharingan!' She thought to herself and felt she would need to end this fight quickly if she wanted to win. "... You're...! I see... You, too, share the legacy of a Kekkei-Genkai bloodline!" She said looking at the red eye's with the Tomoe mark's in them with wonder. 'He's an amazing boy... A prodigy still in the fledgling stages... To find that ability within himself and force it to awaken, untutored, in the heat of battle...! I can't let this fight go on! Lord Iyoku, was correct that my Kekkei-Genkai drains me of too much Chakra, and that I must limit myself...' Haku thought then quickly made a plan to stop Sasuke. 'It would be fool hardy to target the boy directly... But if I use Naruto...' With that Haku prepared four Senbon's in each hand and Sasuke could only watch... 'Forgive me Naruto-kun... For what I am about to do...' She thought to herself sadly before lunging out of her mirror at blinding speed's towards the blond.
"TIME TO END THIS!!" Haku shouted and Sasuke looked to ware the masked girl was heading and his eye's widened. 'What! She's going after Naruto! I've got to get there first!' He thought to himself in a mild panic and rushed towards his blond teammate. Naruto was letting his muscle's briefly get used to being relieved of the Restriction seal when he saw Haku heading for him and a dark object get in the way...
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Crow looked on amazed at Kakashi who was holding a large gash in his chest then glared at Zabuza. "Master Kakashi!" Sakura exclaimed seeing her Sensei bleeding badly behind her and panting softly.
'That Bastard, he knows my hair is around so he wants to get rid of Tazuna and get out of here as quickly as he can, before it catches him...' Crow thought to himself and flipped off the hair his left hand still holding his comb, the right had holding Tora onto his shoulder's. 'I can't use Tora's ice abilities here, Unlike Haku's Hyouton, it could easily freeze the entire bridge and make it collapse under us...' Crow thought to himself before running towards Zabuza and Kakashi. 'Alright Sable... I think it's time we end this...' Crow thought and then lifted Tora and spun it in one hand over his head and swung down at Zabuza who flipped out of the way, thus signaling his vassal.
"Okay Momo, I'm severely pissed off now... What's say we end this!" Crow growled and then swung his comb and some of the hair around the area moved and wrapped around Zabuza's wrist's and ankle's before pulling him into the dense fog Crow rushing forward into the fog a black blur running on his hair above them, unseen by Kakashi and Sakura.
"Well he be alright Sensei?" Sakura questioned of her Sensei who frowned.
"He should be Sakura. At the moment Crow has the advantage because of the web of hair all around us. And I don't want to draw attention to myself with the web so don't move..." Kakashi stated looking around and frowning. 'The hair around us is like a giant net or maybe a Spider's web. Any tiny vibration can be translated by his hand into an area around him that the 'Web' covers. However I don't think it would be wise to try and get threw all this hair until Crow pulls it all back to himself... He better hurry cause I'm sure Naruto and Sasuke need us...' Kakashi thought to himself looking all around the web of hair for an escape but found nothing.
Meanwhile deep in the mist Zabuza was dropped by the hair and Crow stood in front of him with a blank look on his face. "So you wanted a rematch huh kid?" Zabuza questioned and Crow rolled his eye's.
"Nothing of the sort Momo. I came because I want to make a deal with you..." Crow stated and Zabuza raised a none existent eye brow. "How would you like to be free from the Hunter Nin constantly chasing you and Haku?" He questioned and Zabuza narrowed his eye's on the young Onizuka boy.
"How so..." He inquired, intrigued despite himself.
"I will make it look like you will die, all you have to do is stay out of the way. Then tonight when Haku will, undoubtedly, try and kill herself. I want you to intervene and explain what is going on..." Crow stated and Zabuza blinked. "With everyone thinking your dead, you will be free to gather your forces to over through the Mizukage, without the constant threat of hunter nin finding you..." Crow told him and Zabuza actually considered...
"How exactly would you be able to do that, and what's in it for you?" Zabuza questioned and Crow smirked.
"The Second question is easy. What I get is Haku lives past today WITHOUT you making her into a tool only for killing... She's still human and that's what she deserves to be..." Crow stated and Zabuza was silent for a bit. Basically what Crow was offering was a Win-Win for him. Haku was more of a daughter to him than a tool now and he wanted her to be what she wanted... But he didn't know how to say this to her exactly. Also without those Hunter nin on his tail he could easily find work... However to do this he'd need to leave his sword behind... But then again he could always come back for it later after everyone thought he was dead...
"You haven't answered my first question." Zabuza stated and Crow smirked. Then beside of Crow Sable appeared and did several one handed seal's making Zabuza's eye's widen. 'Another person who can use one handed seal's!' He thought to himself as Sable vanished into a plume of smoke and suddenly an exact replica of Zabuza stood before the man.
"This is how. Sable, my Vassal. Will take your place in this battle. His body is designed to take damage that no normal human could ever hope to take so there's no way he'd die." Crow stated and Sable nodded his head making Zabuza frown.
"How do you know he'll be able to pull off playing as me?" Zabuza questioned and Crow chuckled.
"Easy. Sable has watched you threw everything in this fight. He's watched your movement's and action's. As well as everything else you have done while here. He can easily impersonate you Zabuza... You just have to agree to the terms..." Crow said and Zabuza made sure not to sound too eager when he then questioned.
"Kakashi's Sharingan will see threw that stupid Illusion though..." Crow laughed at this as Sable chuckled to himself.
"It's no Illusion Zabuza... At least not a normal one. This is the 'Optic Illusion Chakra Shell Jutsu!', That blond kid made it to hide himself from normal eye's or enhanced eye's. It's also called the 'Illusion Shell Jutsu', for short... Even the Byakugan is unable to pierce threw this illusion..." Sable said in a perfect copy of Zabuza's voice and tone making the Bandaged Nuke-nin grin inwardly. This might actually have a chance of working...
"Then how will you manage to look dead?" He questioned and Crow smirked.
"Death like Trance." Crow said simply and Zabuza laughed.
"Alright then. Just making sure you weren't blowing out hot air Iyoku. I'll agree to your term's, but remember... Haku is going to be going with you after this. I can't look after her for the rest of her life... Besides... I think she likes your blond friend..." Zabuza said with a smirk then frowned. "But... If he makes her cry Kami won't be able to protect him from my wrath..." Zabuza warned and Crow nodded his head inwardly smiling. 'I guess in the end Zabuza... Haku made you into a better human...' He thought to himself then Sable jumped over to Zabuza and held out his right hand. "By the way, Your right arm was strapped to your chest how is it moving now?" Zabuza questioned and Sable smirked.
"It isn't. The Illusion Shell is moving like my arm and is solid so it can take hold of your sword for me." Sable explained and Zabuza nodded.
"Before you go. Hand over the kunai with Kakashi's blood on it..." Crow then said and Zabuza raised a brow. "Kakashi is known for tracking by scent, if you have any of Kakashi's scent on you it could raise to many question's. I suggest that you jump into the water below us to wash away that scent before you come to keep an eye on thing's Zabuza..." Crow explained and Zabuza nodded tossing the Kunai to Sable who caught it with one finger then smeared the blood on himself to better make the scent of blood.
"Alright. I'll hide out and wait for tonight then... But if something unexpected arises don't blame me for intervening..." Zabuza said while 'sunshining' away to the water silently so he wouldn't be caught. Crow and Sable then looked at one another and both got into a fighting stance.
"Are you ready master?" Sable questioned and Crow nodded. The two lunged at one another and Sable swung the blunt part of Zabuza's sword sending the masked boy flying back only to drop his comb and in the hair jutsu as he skidded to a stop near Kakashi who's eye's widened.
"Looks like I'll have to show Zabuza what I learned in the Assassin Core... Without the use of my Sharingan... My own True art..." Kakashi said while pulling a scroll from his vest making Crow smirk to himself... 'All according to plan...'
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Naruto's eye's were wide open. Sasuke was standing in front of him and Haku had been knocked a way's from them both. But then Naruto noticed the multiple Senbon Needle's in the Uchiha's neck and his heart nearly stopped. "Sasuke..." Naruto uttered barely above a whisper as the other boy's lip's curved at the end's.
"Get that lame expression off your stupid face... You screw up..." Sasuke told the blond and multiple question's went threw the young Jinchuriki's mind while looking at Sasuke, the most common one being. 'Why did he protect me?! I mean... I know were allies but he...' With that thought in Naruto's head Sasuke coughed up some blood and grunted. "I... I used to HATE you, you know..." Sasuke said more to himself than anyone else.
"Why... Why did you...? Why... Why..." Naruto tried to question only for him to growl as Sasuke stood there in front of him... "WHY THE HELL DID YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE WAY!! YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST MINDED YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!!" Naruto shouted at the raven haired boy who chuckled lightly.
"... How should I know... My body just... Moved on its own... Fool...!" Sasuke told him simply then fell back Naruto catching him while minding the needle's still sticking out of his neck. "I swore I wouldn't die... Until I killed him... My older brother... I thought the oath would save me... But..." Saskue said to himself then looked at Naruto with one eye. "... But don't you dare die..." Sasuke said and with that his eye's closed and his breathing stopped. The blonde's eye's widened as he held his team mate in his arm's and tear's fell down his cheek's.
"He struck one blow at me... And without any sign of shirking... Sacrificed himself for you!! He was a Shinobi worthy of the utmost respect... Who in order to protect someone he cared about, threw himself headlong into what he knew full well was a trap." Haku said managing to get into a kneeling position before rising to her feet. "Is this the first time a comrade of yours has died...? Such is a ninjas path..." She said as she went back into her mirror's.
"Shut up..." Naruto growled looking down on his dead friend's body with angry eye's. The chakra molded into his eye's started to change as he felt everything around him almost glow as pure rage encased the young ninjas mind and body. "I'm never gonna forgive you for this!" He growled out angrily and as Haku looked at the boy her own eye's widened as he turned.
The once thin three whisker like mark's on his cheek's had thickened to look even more like whisker's. His kanine's and nail's had lengthened to make claw's and fang's, and she noticed that he seemed to be getting taller. His limb's were somehow stretching and growing more powerful muscle's from out of now ware. His face then lost it's baby fat, the young child like appearance vanishing and showing a handsome young man was now before her. But it was his eye's that frightened her the most as they didn't look like anything she had ever seen before save the Sharingan and even then it was different. The pupil of his eye had distorted into a three pointed star, the iris of his eye had turned silver, and three Tomoe were around the star pointing clockwise in his left eye, counter clockwise in his right. While the entire eye itself had slanted somehow the tomoe's and star's, spinning in the direction that they pointed in each eye... But then she heard his voice and felt the fear of god clutch at her chest...
"I'm GONNA KILL YOU!!!" He snarled smoke coming out of his mouth as he opened it to speak still holding Sasuke. As Haku looked at the new Naruto she couldn't help but feel this wasn't going to end well, and that feeling only increased when she saw the red chakra at his feet spiral around his body. 'Wh-what kind of Chakra is this!?' before Naruto's chakra exploded outward propelling her Senbon needle's outward also. Haku shook with fear as then a large red Fox's head seemed to manifest out of the chakra above the boy who stood up his head lowered to shadow his face to Haku. '... Im-Impossible... His Chakra is manifesting itself...! A-and an appalling Chakra it is..." Just as she thought that Haku noticed all the scratches and cut's on the boy's body were now healing themselves until not even a trace of them could be seen.
'... His hand... The wounds are healing themselves!' Haku thought as her body began to shiver and shake uncontrollably as a massive Killing Intent washed over her. 'Who-no WHAT on earth is He!?!' Haku questioned as then Naruto turned his head to look at the true Haku behind him with his strange looking eye's. Glowing cracks then appeared at his right eye and spread across the right side of his face stopping at his neck. These cracks also traveled up along the top of his head and hair before ending at the back of his neck another crack forming till it reached his neck. When the cracks came together they glew with a bright light before they broke off half his face showing rather than blond hair was blood colored hair, and his skin was pale...
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As this was happening Kakashi, Crow and "Zabuza" all felt the power coming from Naruto and all their eye's widened as only one thought came to mind. 'Oh shit...' With that thought Crow looked towards the Crystal Ice Dome and seriously didn't envy Haku for pissing him off... 'Is this Zabuza's doing?!' Kakashi inwardly wondered then felt that he recognized this... 'No... This Power... This Energy... Is... Foul... It's Evil. And... Familiar... But it can't be!' Kakashi thought to himself as Zabuza/Sable was now wide eyed but keeping his role of Zabuza up by pretending to be calm. 'NARUTO! Unbelievable. It can't be! After all this time... Has the Seal broken?!' Kakashi wondered then looked towards the ice mirror dome with a wide eyed Crow.
"I sense..." Kakashi said aloud then kept to his thought's. 'I sense were safe for now. IT hasn't broken through yet... Not completely. But the seal has slipped a little, or cracked. And the power of the Nine Tailed Demon Fox is bleeding through.' With that Kakashi made up his mind, he flipped the scroll in his hand and quickly placed blood on his thumb from the wound on his chest. He then caught the scroll in his right hand and unraveled it at the same time he smeared blood along the Kanji of the paper. 'If I act quickly there's still a chance...' Kakashi thought to himself. "Listen to me... Zabuza... I'm a busy man. You're a busy man. We've both got a lot on our plate's... And it goes against the grains to even suggest this..." Kakakshi said as he pulled inward on the scroll having it roll itself up as he finished. "But what do you say we stop screwing around..." With that the scroll flipped out of his hand fully rerolled and Kakashi caught it in his hand's now making the seal of the Tiger an catching the scroll on his thumb's. "And wrap this up right now? One big move, winner take all?" Kakashi questioned while he closed his normal eye.
Sable/Zabuza chuckled before tightening his grip on the Zabato in hand and taking a ready stance. "An intriguing notion... Whats left, Kakashi? Show me what you got!" Sable/Zabuza said as he glared at Kakashi who nodded once to the fake Nuke-nin...
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Naruto growled as he looked at a wide eyed Haku who was barely managing to maintain coherent thought at the savage blood lust coming from the boy. She was sure that any normal human or animal would have run away screaming by now, but she had to make sure she protected Zabuza, even if it was from this boy turned demon... The said Jinchhriki suddenly growled and crouched low to the ground. 'He's attacking!!!' Haku deduced preparing herself for the boy to attack her. Naruto quickly lunged forward towards Haku with amazing speed's. Haku quickly threw some Senbon Needle's at the boy wondering how the young man could have changed so much so quickly.
Naruto saw the Needle's head for him and growled before using his claw's to move around in a circle. Had a Hyuuga been nearby they would have seen Naruto use a red version of the Kaiten as the Needle's were flung away and the ground beneath him was torn apart. Haku took refuge in another nearby mirror, only this one was above him. Haku then dropped down towards the boy three Senbon in hand and Naruto saw her out of the corner of his eye. As she neared him he punched the ground and went spinning out of the way as Haku hit the ground with her needle's causing a mini-explosion. The boy skidded on all fours before coming to a stop and glaring at the masked nin angrily. As she moved quickly and tried to get to another mirror, Naruto moving just as quickly grabbed her right arm stopping the girl and her eye's widened even farther.
'He couldn't have...!' She thought to herself. Before she could think or even do anything Naruto roared once more pure power flowing off the boy and throwing loose debre and rock's flying all around some hitting Haku's mask. Soon even her mirror's started to crack and the girl shivered in fear. 'This is bad! I can't withstand his Chakra anymore!!!' She thought then gasped as she felt a strong pain on her arm. She looked to see Naruto holding it and it felt like he might also be trying to break it from the force he put on it. Naruto then pulled his fist back and promptly plowed it into Haku's face cracking her mask and sending the girl crashing threw one of her own mirror's and skidding along the ground for a spectacular distance.
Haku slowly managed to get back to her feet her knee's shaking as she did so. When Naruto saw that Haku had got up he didn't even pause to stop himself as a voice in his head told him what to do. He quickly put his hand's into a seal and then said with a demonic tone. "Demonic Ninja Art: Supreme Chakra Shrapnel Jutsu!" He shouted and cracks formed all along his body before firing the pieces off his body and towards Haku who rolled out of the way of the attack. However Haku didn't notice the Chakra dust form and Naruto grinned cruelly. "Now! Demonic Ninja Art: Ultimate Chakra Field Jutsu! KATON!" He shouted and the Chakra dust in the air all set on fire. Haku was quick to jump out of the field and into the air but Naruto was there waiting for her. He grinned as he then kicked her higher into the air then placed his feet down and finally used the 'Air Hyke'. The red platform appeared beneath Naruto as he then used it to jump high into the air above Haku only to pull his fist back once more and punch her in the mask, sending her spiraling down and into the bridge a crater forming beneath her.
Once Naruto landed he quickly ran forward. Haku managed to barely get to her feet but then fell to her knee's just as she did. As Naruto rushed towards her, Half of Haku's mask fell off revealing half her face and the blood dripping from her mouth. Then when the other half of Haku's mask fell Naruto grabbed her by the front of her robe's. He then lifted her up and spoke with a voice not his own. "Look into my eye's..." He ordered and Haku's dark eye's looked into the boy's strange spinning eye's. As he did Naruto saw Haku's whole life flash before his eye's and realized that Sasuke wasn't dead, Haku had put him into a death like state... "You are judged..." Naruto said darkly... Then released Haku and looked at her with a small frown forming on his face. "Not guilty..." He stated softly and Haku blinked wondering what had just happened.
Just then the rest of Naruto's body had glowing cracks on it that started at his right hand. The same hand that she remembered pile driving her into the ground. As the cracks traveled up his body Naruto continued to look at Haku emotionlessly. Then when the cracks had covered his entire body the all broke off of Naruto to reveal the true boy beneath the mask of his own, for the first time to the young girl...
His hair was longer now, in the back reaching to his shoulder's, while some of his bang's hung down into his face and on the side long strands of red hair reached to his neck from the sides. (AN: Think of the Yondaime's hair only with Blood Red Hair like Gaara or Tayuya...) All of his skin was pale but not to ware he looked unhealthy and he had a handsome face no baby fat present. His clothes were the same save that his pants and sandals were now pure black and his sandals were longer than most with thick leather band's around his leg's. (If you've seen Shippuden think of the Sandals he wears then.) The boy was also taller, about the same height if not taller than the Uchiha boy and his demonic feature's all faded save those strange looking eye's of his...
"What are you...?" Haku breathed and Naruto looked at her, the irises of his strange eye's stopping their spinning and staying still as he did so. Naruto then blinked and told her simply, his voice deeper, more mature sounding, but no longer demonic.
"I'm just me..." Naruto said then looked to the side with a frown on his face. "When you looked into my eye's... I... I saw your soul..." Naruto said and Haku stiffened as he said that half amazed half frightened by the power of his new eye's... "I see purity there... Innocence... And... Pain..." He said then looked at her out of the corner of one of his eye's softly. "I saw your whole life flashing before my eye's, Haku... You are Innocent..." Naruto told her then turned and began to walk away before stopping when he was half concealed by the mist. "If we must be enemies Haku, I will not hold back any of my power from here on out... But... If you must serve Zabuza, If you must be his tool, why must you die now?" Naruto questioned towards the only person besides Crow or his friend's to see his true form...
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Meanwhile Kakashi was quickly making Hand seals while balancing the scroll on his hand's. He then slammed the scroll and his hand's onto the ground while calling out. "Kuchiyose: Tsuiga no Jutsu!"
"This posturing will get you no ware, Kakashi... You can't even tell ware I truly am!!!" Sable/Zabuza called out yet Kakashi didn't move a muscle. "While I, on the other hand, know exactly where you are and exactly how to defeat you!!! You are completely enmeshed in my spell!" Sable/Zabuza called but then was grabbed from below by a pair of dog's on his ankle's. Then several more dog's came from the ground and bit into the disguised vassal holding him down.
"When your eyes and your ears have let you down... You can always follow your nose!" Kakashi said as the mist started to clear away and reveal Zabuza with eight dog's all holding him down. "It worked because you shut your eye's in the mist. The Summoning is specifically designed for tracking. It's why I went out of my way to bleed a bit during both of our earlier encounters. The smell of my blood is all over you and your weapons, it's so thick... My little Ninja pups couldn't miss it!" Kakashi said and you could hear the smirk in his voice... "Every dog has his nose... And they all know, YOU STINK. So... Who's enmeshed in who's spell now?" Kakashi questioned and Sable/Zabuza grunted in slight discomfort that he knew would have caused any normal man excruciating pain. "The fog is lifting... I can see your future..." Kakashi said while touching the side of his face. "Your future is DEATH!"
"You say my future is death...? I've had enough of your bluffs!" Sable/Zabuza growled at Kakashi who raised a brow.
"Who's bluffing now? There's no way out... Face it... Your going to die." Kakashi stated and Sable/Zabuza growled angrily at the Copy-nin. Kakashi then mentioned that Zabuza was trying to gain fund's in order to attempt a second coupe against the Mizukage, but at the moment he just tuned that out and waited for his master to make his move. That's when he saw it. And a brief memory flashed threw Sable's mind that caused him more pain than the dog's biting into him ever could...
'Hey no... Forget it... I'm... The only one... Who didn't... Give you a present... At your Jounin Celebration... Right... Kakashi... What would be good... I was thinking... And... Now... I've come up with it... What... Don't worry... It's not... Useless... Baggage... It's... This... Sharingan... Of mine...' The memory said as Sable saw a young man above him with Silver hair... '... The people in the village... What they must have been saying... That your a great Jounin...' He saw the memory of the boy's one eye widen as he spoke. 'That's... How I feel... Please Accept it...' Sable then saw a girl with brown hair and then his memory spoke once more. 'Rin... With your medical Jutsu... Please take out my Sharingan... And implant it... Into Kakashi's left eye...' He said and then heard the girl say something but couldn't quite make it out as the young Kakashi looked to him sadly. '... I'm already... Going to die... But... I can become your eye... And from now on I will see the future...'
And with that Sable/Zabuza shook his head in time to see a Chidori heading straight for him his mind going a mile a minute as he realized... 'I know who I am now...' He thought then saw Haku appear in front of him Senbon Needles flying towards the Summoning scroll and piercing it making the dog's bitting into Sable/Zabuza vanish. 'My name is...' He thought as Kakashi flung his hand forward... 'OBITO UCHIHA!!!' His mind shouted in triumph as Crow appeared next to Haku and then put his hand forward like he was going to catch the Chidori.
"Directional Chakra Shield Jutsu!" Crow shouted as a barrier of silver Chakra blocked off Kakashi's attack from connecting and Sable/Zabuza released a breath he didn't know he'd been holding in and smiled to himself... 'I will return to you Kakashi... My best friend...' He thought to himself as Kakashi gazed with wide eye's at Crow as the boy's shield held back the Copy-nin's only original and most powerful technique. When it was finally over Crow's shield de-activated and the masked boy was panting heavily. Haku then looked at him with wide eye's.
"Lord Iyoku..." She said softly as Crow then fell back passing out and Sable/Zabuza realized they still had work to do. 'But for now... I have to complete this mission... Not just for you master... But to see how far I've come since I last saw Kakashi... I need to know the limit's of my abilities!' Sable thought to himself and glared at Kakashi. Haku quickly kneeled down to check on her former lord, while Zabuza and Kakashi glared at one another...
"Heh-heh... You said my future was death... But you missed again Kakashi..." Sable/Zabuza said and Kakashi's mind was moving at a mile a minute... 'Crow saved Zabuza?! But he hates Zabuza... No wait, he was protecting the girl from my Chidori, not Zabuza... He really is an older brother at heart... Also... I need to learn that Jutsu myself... It's affective...' Kakashi thought to himself as Sable/Zabuza reached for the large sword on his back.
"MASTER KAKASHI!" Sakura cried as the mist cleared and they could see what was going on. Sable/Zabuza swung at the Copy-nin but he quickly flipped away from the vassal in disguise and landed on all fours away from Zabuza. Sable/Zabuza quickly ran after Kakashi and swung his sword but Kakashi used a Kunai and stabbed the Vassal in disguises left arm rendering it inoperable. Sable/Zabuza growled and swung once more at Kakashi with his remaining arm. Kakashi slid out of the way then appeared behind the disguised Nin who's eye's widened when he felt his presence there.
"Now theres no way you can beat me." Kakashi said and Sable/Zabuza frowned.
"WHAT!?" He demanded from the copy-nin.
"It's over. You just don't know it yet." Kakashi said then spun two Kunai in one hand. "This is goodbye... 'Demon'!" Kakashi yelled and ducked as Sable/Zabuza tried to hit him with the blunt side of his sword and the copy-nin stabbed threw his right arm... "Now you can't use either arm... No Jutsu... No Kata's... No Chakra..." Kakashi said as Sable/Zabuza felt he was telling the truth...
"Well, he's certainly made a fine mess of you! What a pity..." Came a voice and everyone present all looked to see Gato standing at the other end of the bridge with several armed guards. "Zabuza." The short man said pompously and Sable/Zabuza growled at the little man in his black suit. 'Guy's like him always sicken me...' Sable thought with a frown under his mask as he then questioned of the little man.
"What are you... Doing here? And... Why... Did you... Bring... All of THEM?!" He questioned threw panting breaths and Gato chuckled.
"There's been a slight change of plan, Zabuza. Or of your plan anyway. This is what I had in mind all along." Gato said still smirking and Sable/Zabuza growled angrily. "You're going to die, 'Demon'... Here and now." Gato said with a smirk as Sable/Zabuza growled angrily.
"WHAT!" He growled out and Gato continued on.
"You must have guessed. I never intended to pay you." Gato said simply to the disguised missing nin, not knowing the real Zabuza was fit to go another one or two rounds and was currently trying to restrain his own anger. "... It's such a bother hiring a skilled Shinobi affiliated with one of the top villages. It's expensive... And they tend to have friends who object when I betray and kill them. It's so much simpler to hire Nukenin/Renegades like yourself. No one cares what I do to your kind once the job is done. All of you ninja are so eager to fight each other. Once you've worn each other down, common thugs can finish off the rest. It's a great business plan, officiant and Inexpensive." Gato explained and everyone in the immediate area glared at him. "My only mistake was hiring you in the first place. Calling yourself the Demon of Kirigakure is just plain false advertising! heh-heh Your no demon... More like a BABY demon if that." Gato sneered and someone up above frowned upon him...
"Is that so?" Came a voice as the real Zabuza appeared behind Gato and before the man could act his head was cut off and flying to the side, courtesy of Zabuza's Kunai knife. "To hell with freedom, I'd rather see you dead..." Zabuza growled as the corpse fell to the ground. Zabuza then sunshined to Sable and picked up his sword. "Nice acting..." He said and Sable nodded as his body was covered with glowing cracks before they fell away to reveal a bloodied up Sable.
"I've had practice..." He said and then limped over to Crow and kneeled down. "Master shall be alright Haku. He is just tired. Could you please check my own wound's for me?" Sable said then questioned and Haku nodded slowly and check his own wounds.
"Well Crow sure has a lot of explaining to do when he wake's up..." Naruto said still in his true form and Kakashi turned and his eye's widened. 'What happened to him?!! And what's with those eye's? Is it a Kekkei-Genkai?' Kakashi wondered to himself as Naruto carried Sasuke over his shoulder and then dropped him next to Crow. Sakura was half gaping half drooling as she saw Naruto while Tazuna was confused about who it was until he saw the jacket and openly gapped at the revealed red-head. "Haku-chan. Could you please pull the senbon's out of his neck?" Naruto questioned and Haku looked to Zabuza.
"Go ahead. Were not enemies anymore..." Was all Zabuza said before he heard the thug's who Gato brought all started to shout.
"Hey! Aren't you sweetheart's forgetting something?!" One exclaimed angrily.
"You killed our meal ticket!"
"And now you're gonna die!!!"
"The only way we can break even now, is to overrun the city and loot every business and home!!" They all finished and Zabuza's eye twitched.
"LET'S GO!" They all shouted and Zabuza crouched with his sword while waiting for them. However an arrow landed in front of the bandit's making them all stop in their track's and Zabuza and those still conscious look behind themselves.
"STOP WHERE YOU ARE." Came a shout from the villager's as they all appeared and whatever they could use as weapon's.
"THIS ISLAND IS OUR HOME. ONE STEP FURTHER... YOU'LL DIE WHERE YOU STAND!" Shouted Inari from the group and Naruto smiled seeing the little boy gather such a force together. Zabuza chuckled to himself as he then turned to the bandit's and then created several water clone's next to him to make his own army.
"Now... Shall we?" Zabuza questioned smirking under the bandages on his face.
"NEVER MIND!! RUN AWAY!!!" They shouted and began to push and shove one another to get back to the boat and away from the large force of Zabuza clone's. Several of them all fell into the water and soon they were all gone completely. The villager's all cheered as the men left and Zabuza's clone's fell to the ground as a mass of puddle's.
"Heh... Coward's..." Zabuza muttered turning to see Haku had finished pulling the Needle's out of Sasuke's neck. "Now what?" He asked as Kakashi moved his Hittai Ate over his left eye and then looked to Sable briefly before turning to Naruto.
"Now, I'm going to have a little chat with Naruto about secrets and unknown Bloodline's activating..." Kakashi said in a deadpan to the red-head who grinned nervously a sweat drop going down the back of his head... Oh yeah... That's why he didn't reveal his true self to anyone anymore... That and he was afraid of the fan girls...
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TBC...
NEXT TIME ON NARUTO ULTIMATE!!!
Naruto: Were finally going home!
Haku: Please Calm down Naruto-kun. We must be calm and patient about this.
Naruto: Alright Haku-chan, whatever you say.
Crow: Why do I have the feeling something bads gonna happen...
Kakashi: Because it usually does...
Naruto: Grrrrrr. You two are too pessimistic! Look on the bright side for once!
Crow and Kakashi: ... You say something Naruto?
Next time on Naruto Ultimate!
Return to Konoha,
A Ninjas work is never done!
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Sakura Haruno: 0
Kisara Hatake: 4
Ayame(Ichiraku Shop owner's daughter): 0
Tenten: 2
Temari of the Sand: 1
Tsunade(I've got a way to make this one work): 4
Yugito Ni (Nibi Chick): 1
Haku: 2
Female Uchiha: 0
(Name will be kept confidential till her appearance/She will appear after Tsunade\)
Other: Anyone I forgot or you want (Name them in your review please): 0
Side Note: If the Harem wins the vote, then the girl's with the most vote's will be in it, I'll also extend the voting period till just before Naruto's Two-and a half- training trip if it wins. But I want to know if I should make this story a harem or not soon so I can plan it out.
Harem:
For: 3
Against?