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Chapter 3:

Naruto sighed as he felt Zabuza's chakra again. He'd known it. The man was still alive. That was too easy of a death for someone so powerful. He looked at Sasuke, "He's here, Sasuke."

"So he was alive?"

"Yes, I knew there was something suspicious. You ready?"

Sasuke cracked his knuckles, "Born ready, Naruto."

"Good, this'll be a pain and I might be forced to reveal my special ability. If that happens, you will be joining me."

Kakashi looked between them, "You guessed it as well?"

"Yeah, we knew Zabuza had to still be alive. That hunter nin should have killed him straight out, not taken his body."

Kakashi nodded, "I thought the same thing."

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the little ninjas again. Nice to see you once more. I look forward to seeing you dead at my hands, Kakashi. Let's get started! Haku! The bridge builder!"

A female voice spoke, "Yes, Zabuza-sama. Right away."

Naruto's eyes narrowed, "Guard Tazuna. Sasuke, let's take down this fake hunter."

"Of course, Naruto."

"You won't be able to. You'll die. Ice style: Ice mirrors!"

Mirrors of ice formed around them and Naruto's eyes narrowed further, watching as the girl sped from mirror. She thought he couldn't follow her? Foolish. His eyes activated, "Let's destroy her quickly, Sasuke. Kakashi-sensei may need help."

"Right." Sasuke's eyes swirled into the Sharingan as well and Haku's eyes widened. 'How?! How do they both have fully evolved Sharingan?! How is this possible?! I heard there were only two Uchihas left and I've seen Itachi Uchiha! Neither one is that man! So how is this possible?! Shit! I won't be able to beat them! No! I have to try for Zabuza-sama's sake!'

The blonde pulled a katana out and watched her as she sped around. A small amused smile made its way onto his face, "I can see you, Haku. I can follow your movements. You think you can win? Foolish girl. Nothing escapes my eyes. I am the first wielder of the Sharingan, Indra Otsutsuki. Nothing is out of view for these eyes."

Her eyes widened in shock and horror. This was Indra Otsutsuki?! The eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths?! How?! She couldn't win against that man! Indra Otsutsuki was known as the fastest man alive when he wanted to! She gasped as a fireball hit the mirror she was in and sped to another one, "You're fire can't melt my mirrors! Nothing can!"

He pointed at where she'd been, "Really?"

She turned to see that wherever the fireball had splashed across the ice, it had melted it completely, "How?! How did you do that?! No chakra can melt these mirrors!"

"Ah, ah, ah, ahead of yourself, aren't you? I used Nature chakra, which I have gathered in my staff the entire time I've had it. There's quite a store there and Nature chakra is the most potent of them all. So potent, that if you do not control it, you turn to stone."

'Shit! I can't win! I can't win!' Another blast melts the mirror she was in and she barely dodged, gaining a few burns as she does so. She saw the black haired boy watching this with Sharingan active, not helping. Could Indra really take her on alone?! She had no doubt. He didn't have a scratch and four of her mirrors had been melted, as well as taking injuries.

She pulled out her senbon and started throwing them, just trying to keep moving so that he couldn't target her. All she needed was to gain time for Zabuza-sama until Kakashi and Tazuna were dead. The senbon were blocked and another fireball hurtled towards her. She dodged, barely missing again, as her mirrors are destroyed. She was down to half the original now and he still wasn't even scratched! She was so outclassed that she could feel her death getting closer each second. One of these times, he would catch her and she'd be a goner.

There was a crack and a cry of pain and Naruto's red eyes narrowed. That sounded like Kakashi! He would end this quickly. He started making hand seals and he looked at Sasuke, "Use Susanoo or this will hurt!"

Sasuke's eyes widened and he was immediately surrounded by a purple warrior that shielded him as Naruto finished his seals. He slammed his hands into the ground, "Fire style: Great Fire Wave of Annihilation!"

Fire spread around him in a huge tidal wave that destroyed the remaining mirrors and sent Haku flying away, smoking. Sasuke dropped his Susanoo so that all of his abilities wouldn't be revealed right away. The fire died down and he looked at Naruto in shock, "That was amazing!"

Naruto smiled, panting a little heavily from chakra drain, "Yeah, I know. Madara Uchiha invented it and since Indra's soul was in him, he learned it as well."

"That's great! Now let's help Kakashi-sensei!"

They rushed forward and saw Kakashi lying on the ground with a broken leg and a gash across his chest. Since there was blood, they knew it was a real body. Naruto went over to him and bent down, checking his pulse. Finding a steady one, he stood, "Hey Zabuza! You wanted a Copy Ninja! How about I give you two?!"

Zabuza's voice came from the mist, sounding slightly surprised, "Two?!"

Naruto smirked, "Let's go, Sasuke. First real enemy. Let's have fun."

Sasuke smirked as well and got ready, his Sharingan spinning, "Let's!"

"But first, let's clear away the mist shall we? Wind style: Wind scythe!"

He blew outwards and the mist all blew away in a big gust to reveal Zabuza standing on the water, looking at them in shock. Their heads lifted where he could see them and his eyes shrunk to pinpricks as he saw two fully evolved Sharingan users. His skin went sheet white and he gasped, "How?! I heard that there were only two Uchiha's left and I've seen Itachi Uchiha! You're not him!"

The blonde smirked, "Well, I might not be Itachi, but by the time I'm done with you, you'll wish I was, Zabuza Momichi. Let's dance!"

Somewhere in the afterlife, Madara sneezed, 'Hmm, someone must have used my favorite phrase. Wonder who?'

(Back to the fight)

Naruto held out his staff and twirled it. A ball of energy started forming in the middle in front of his hands and Zabuza's eyes widened as he felt pure chakra wash over him. The ball suddenly shot forward and smashed into his chest, sending him flying backwards to land in the water.

Naruto spun and, before the man could react, threw a kunai that pierced Zabuza's shoulder. Just then he heard a scream and he spun to see the bridge covered in thugs. One of them had just buried their blade in the helpless Haku's stomach and twisted. Naruto's eyes narrowed, that wasn't going to happen on his watch!

He sped forward and started ripping through the thugs,snapping necks, bisecting bodies, slitting throats, burning people alive. He reached Haku and grabbed her, before he jumped back. He started making hand seals and the water rose up behind him, coming from the river, "Water style: Tidal Wave!"

The wave crashed down and washed most of the thugs into the river, where they drowned, not knowing how to swim. Now, Naruto fell to one knee, panting. He had used two major jutsus today and his chakra was running low. He hadn't gained access to the fox's chakra yet, still having to speak to the demon about it.

He felt movement and he spun to see a blade coming down on him. His eyes widened and it slashed across his chest. He cried out and fell backwards, landing on the ground, still panting from the jutsus. His vision started growing dark and he saw a large form appear in front of him and start fighting the bandits, defending him.

Blackness encompassed him.

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Zabuza spun at the sound of Haku's scream and so did the man he was fighting. The man's eyes narrowed and he flashed down there and started cutting through the men to get to the injured kunoichi. "Holy shit! He doesn't act like a genin! A genin wouldn't kill so effortlessly and ruthlessly! Haku! I have to save Haku!'

The kunoichi girl was like a surrogate daughter to him. He treated her like a tool in case he ever needed to leave her, she would be able to survive. But now she was injured and his enemy, his enemy was rescuing her!

He saw the man grab Haku and move her before he started doing hand seals. Suddenly a giant tidal wave rose up around the bridge and smashed into the mob, killing many and sending many to their deaths of drowning. He saw the Sharingan user fall to one knee, supporting himself with only his hand as he panted.

His eyes widened as he saw a bandit approach the unsuspecting man. The man spun and his red eyes widened before the blade went across his chest and blood sprayed to the ground. He collapsed to his side, breathing raggedly, and Zabuza sped forward, pulling Kubikiribocho from his back.

He slashed his sword across the enemy nin's chest and he saw the Sharingan user close his eyes and fall limp, breathing weakly. He started cutting through the enemy and then the second boy that had been with the blonde nin rushed in and started helping him, cutting through them quickly. When all that was left was Gato, Zabuza sped forward and bisected him, before he went back to see the black haired kid picking the other one off the ground gently.

He checked for a pulse and then sighed in relief, obviously finding one, before he looked up, "Why did you help Naruto?"

"Haku is like my daughter and he defended her even if she was his enemy."

The black haired kid eyed him a moment, before his eyes darkened to black and he gently stood, trying to avoid jostling the injured man in his arms. He walked over to Kakashi and found the man awake, wrapping his leg in bandages. Kakashi froze as soon as he saw the unmoving form in Sasuke's arms, "Naruto! Sasuke, what happened?!"

"We were fighting Zabuza and then a band of thugs came and stabbed the girl so Naruto rushed in to help her, but he used two energy draining jutsus today and he collapsed to his knee in chakra exhaustion. One of the thugs took this chance to wound him, but Zabuza stepped in and saved him, before killing Gato. Naruto is unconscious."

"Let's get that wound wrapped."

He heard a delicate voice speak, "Zabuza-sama, can I heal him?"

"Go ahead, Haku. He saved your life."

The girl nodded and staggered over, before she placed her hands over the wound. They glowed green and the wound started healing together, until it was finished and Haku smiled, "Done!"

Naruto groaned and opened his eyes part way, looking at them blearily. His eyes opened further and he blinked a few times, before focusing on Kakashi. Kakashi gasped as he saw the two red eyes looking at him. Naruto hadn't gotten a chance to deactivate the Sharingan before he'd passed out and he was too groggy to notice right now.

Sasuke looked at him and tapped right below his eye and Naruto's eyes widened, before they darkened to navy blue again. He clutched his chest and sat up with a small groan of pain, before he found Zabuza and cocked his head, "You helped me?"

"Yes, Haku is like a daughter to me and you saved her."

Both Haku and Naruto's eyes widened and then Naruto smiled, "I see, well thank you, Mr. Zabuza. What are you going to do now?"

"Don't you want to capture us?"

"You helped me. I helped you. You broke Kakashi-sensei's leg, so it's up to him. I know that I can't chase you. Sasuke would put up a good chase and probably win with you weakened like this, but I don't see why. Sure you tried to kill our client, but you're not anymore and are no longer considered a threat in my eyes."

Zabuza blinked a few times, "Hmm, I see. Well, is there any way to join a village?"

"Huh?"

"Well, even though we're your enemies, you helped us, and I want to live in a village with people like that. I'll become a nin if you want and fight for Konoha."

Naruto turned to his teacher, "Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi thought a minute and then sighed, "Yeah, we can try to get you as part of the village. Let's rest at Tazuna's until the bridge is complete and then we'll head home. We should be healed up by then if Haku helps."

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"Naruto, we need to talk."

Naruto sighed and turned, "Yes, Kakashi-sensei?"

"I think you know what. How do you have the Sharingan and even fully evolved? And I know they're natural because you can turn them off."

Naruto sighed again, "You're right. They're natural. Kakashi-sensei...you know how I died?"

"Yes, you told me."

"Well, I have the soul of Indra Otsutsuki in me. He brought me back and he gave me his Sharingan."

Kakashi's eyes widened, "Y-You have the first Sharingan in existence?!"

"Yes and all of Indra's memories. Please don't tell anyone. Only Sasuke knows."

Kakashi was silent a moment, "I will make that promise with one exception."

Naruto looked uneasy, "What is it?"

"You tell Hokage-sama. He needs to know."

Naruto sighed in relief, "I was already going to do that, Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi nodded, "Alright. I think that you should at least tell Sakura of your eyes because she's your teammate, but that's your decision."

"I'll think on it, Kakashi-sensei."

"Good. Thank you."

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Naruto sighed as he finally arrived home from that mission. They had stayed another week and a half until the bridge was done, but then they'd come home. Sarutobi had allowed Zabuza and Haku in and was testing them in a week to see what rank they would be. They had a week off, though of course training didn't count. Kakashi had given them one say, but that was it.

He opened his door and was immediately wary. He sensed someone else in his house and he didn't recognize the chakra. His house was also clean, completely spotless. He crept in and heard humming from the kitchen, as well as the sound of water and his eyes narrowed.

He suddenly flipped out and threw a kunai and he saw a blonde head of hair spin and then duck behind counter with a 'shit!'. Whoever it was stayed there and he spoke, "Who are you and why are you in my apartment?"

He heard a gasp and then a deep male voice, "I'm going to slide my weapons pouch and kunai holster out and then I'm going to stand. Please don't attack me. I can explain."

"Then do it."

He heard movement and then a weapons pouch slid out, along with a kunai holster. A headband with the leaf symbol came next and then a cloak that looked like the one the third had given him, except for the kanji for Fourth Hokage on it.

His eyes widened in shock as he saw the cloak and his eyes fastened on where the man would be rising, filled with hope. This...This had to be a dream. Hands rose up and then a blonde head and then the rest of a tall broad body that faced him. He gasped as he saw the familiar features and then activated his Sharingan to make sure this wasn't a henge or a genjutsu.

It wasn't. The Fourth Hokage stood in front of him, looking a bit worried at his lack of response so far.

His eyes filled with tears and the kunai in his hand dropped to the ground, "D-Dad?" The man's eyes widened and Naruto threw himself forward. He hit the man in the chest and grabbed him tightly, "Is that really you, dad? Please tell me this is real."

Arms wrapped around him, supporting him and holding him tightly, "This is real. Kami sent me back so that you could have your father. She answered your wish." The arms tightened and Naruto felt wetness hitting his head as the man in his arms started shaking and his voice lowered to a cracked whisper, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I wasn't here until now, Naruto. I wanted to be, oh God, I wanted to, but I couldn't. I'm so sorry for what's happened to you because of the fox."

Naruto just hugged him tighter, "It's okay. It's okay, dad. You're here now. I've wanted a father for so long. I always thought that you abandoned me and now I know you didn't. I'm so glad that you're back, so glad."

Minato gasped and then just held him tightly, letting him cry into his chest. He hadn't been there before. He sure as Hell would now, even if it cost him his life again. His son needed him. When he was done, he pulled away and wiped his eyes, "Sorry about that. I just...I haven't cried in years except about not having parents and to finally have my dad...it was too much."

"No, don't apologize. I should be apologizing, not you. You're never too old to express your feelings, never."

Naruto smiled weakly and his father smiled back. The younger blonde sniffled and then finally saw his dad's outfit and his eyes lit up in amusement, "Is that apron...pink?"

"Hey! It's light red! It's my favorite apron!"

Naruto chuckled, breaking the mood, "It's just...your one of the most feared shinobi in the world and you wear a pink apron."

Minato pouted and crossed his arms, "So mean to me."

Naruto smiled brightly, "Odd, just like me! I like it!"

Minato looked startled for a minute, before he chuckled, "Yeah, alright. Now, I've been here for about a week and a half and I've hidden that I was here, because I wanted to surprise you. Unfortunately, I can't cook, so how about you change into something...cleaner and we'll go get ramen from Ichiraku's."

Naruto's face lit up, his weariness immediately gone, "Yeah! Right back!" Then he was gone.

Minato chuckled and finished wiping the counters down, which is what he'd been doing when his son had gotten home. The state of his apartment was deplorable. Empty ramen cups, trash, dirty clothes, and dust had been everywhere. The hot water didn't work, there was graffiti on the walls, the windows looked to have been replaced multiple times, and his bed was in the worst condition Minato could imagine. He'd, of course, gotten these faults fixed and he planned on moving them both to Namikaze Cottage as soon as possible. His son wouldn't live like this while he was alive, that was for sure.

He took off his apron that he'd gotten from his cottage, and dried his hands, before he combed through his hair with his fingers to at least try and smooth it a little bit, but it, of course, didn't work. He grabbed the stuff he'd slipped out when Naruto had first gotten home and re-equipped himself with it, before he pulled the well-aimed kunai that had barely missed his head from the wall. He set it on the counter for Naruto when he came out and then slipped on his shoes and waited.

He didn't have to wait long. Soon, Naruto came back out with a clean version of what he'd just been wearing and Minato noticed that his eyes were still red, and not from crying. His Sharingan were still activated. "Your eyes are still active."

Naruto blushed and they turned navy blue again, "Sorry. It seems like they're not even activated because I don't notice the drain on my chakra and I don't go blind with them. I did the same thing during the mission. That was a pain to explain to Kakashi-sensei."

Minato chuckled as his son put his shoes on, "I see. Now, are we revealing me or waiting?"

Naruto froze for a minute, "Hmm, that's up to you, dad. Do you want to get mobbed?"

Minato's face paled, "Um, no. So, a henge then, at least for now. I want to spend some time with you at least for a while, before I have anything to do with the...people of this village. I'm not very happy with them right now. After seeing how they treated you, I'm actually quite disgusted."

Naruto chuckled, "A henge it is. Now, I'm hungry! Let's go!"

Minato smiled and put up a henge that changed his hair to the same length as Naruto's and completely black. His facial features altered slightly and his clothes changed to a regular chunin outfit. With this done, they left, heading towards Ichiraku's.

Minato watched with thinly veiled disgust at the angry, accusing glares cast at his son. He knew that Naruto felt them, the boy was as stiff as a board, but he studiously ignored them and kept going forward. The next time he saw a glare, he released some killer intent and the villager paled and turned away quickly. He continued this the entire time they were walking and he saw Naruto loosen up a small amount and give him a smile of thanks.

They reached the ramen stand and Naruto smiled brightly, "Hey old man Teuchi! I've come for food!"

Teuchi turned and smiled, "My best customer! Hello, Naruto! How are you?! First mission a success?!"

"Yeah! It was so cool, but really dangerous. It was actually a B-ranked mission, but we finished it."

Teuchi gasped, "Already a B-ranked mission? My lord, boy! You sure attract a lot of attention. I bet it was that sunshine hair of yours that drew the assassins."

He said this with a joking smiled and Naruto pouted, "Not my fault! I like my hair though! I bet my dad's was the same!"

Teuchi chuckled and Minato saw a flash of sadness cross the old man's face. So this man knew of Naruto's parentage. The next words out of his mouth confirmed it, at least to Minato, "I bet he did, Naruto. I bet he did."

Minato smiled, "Hello, my name is Arashi. I met Naruto a while ago and he said this was the best place in town. It's nice to meet you."

Teuchi's eyes widened. He was one of the few that knew of Minato's old nickname during missions, due to him being a retired ANBU. He saw 'Arashi's' eyes narrow in recognition and then a quick wink confirmed his suspicions, before 'Arashi' spoke again, "I'll have miso. What kind do you want, Naruto?"

Naruto smiled brightly, "I want pork!"

Teuchi smiled, "Right up! You heard them Ayame."

"Yup, papa, sure did! Coming right up!"

Minato turned to Naruto and caught the boy's eyes, before he leaned down, "I know Teuchi from when he was an ANBU."

Naruto nodded as his confusion was cleared up, having caught the quick signals between his dad and the ramen cooker, "I thought it was something like that. Makes sense. Now, let's eat! Ooh! There's Sasuke!"

Minato turned to see the black haired Uchiha walking down the street. Naruto hopped up and forcefully dragged the boy over to the ramen stand, much to his indignant yelps, "Naruto! Put me down! What the Hell?!"

Naruto smiled, "I want you to come eat! I know that you can't cook worth crap! Besides, Old Man Teuchi just perfected his tomato ramen!"

Sasuke's eyes lit up at the thought of tomatoes and he allowed Naruto to drag him over. He was sat down on the other side of the young blonde and Naruto ordered some tomato ramen, before he turned to Minato, "Arashi, this is Sasuke. Sasuke, this is Arashi."

Sasuke looked at him with narrowed eyes but he held out his hand, "Hello, my name's Arashi. I met Naruto a while ago and I saw him wandering, so I brought him to get food."

Sasuke seemed to accept his excuse and shook his hand, "Sasuke Uchiha."

Minato narrowed his eyes in thought. He had done some exploring his old village for the past week and a half, with nothing else to do, and found some disturbing facts. One was the Uchiha Massacre. He knew that Itachi had been forced to kill his clan by Danzo. The man had given the older Uchiha an ultimatum. Either he kill his family and Sasuke would live or Danzo would kill his family and Sasuke would die with the others. He still had the file he'd stolen, disgusted in the man's acts.

He looked at Sasuke a moment, "Can you come to Naruto's apartment after this and we can talk?"

Sasuke looked confused, "Why?"

Naruto looked at his father in surprise, "You want to tell him?"

"That...and more."

Naruto nodded and turned to Sasuke, "Your eyes."

Sasuke activated his eyes and looked at Arashi and they widened in shock, "Y-Yonda-"

Naruto put a hand over his mouth quickly, "Yeah, but we don't want people to know yet." Sasuke nodded and pulled his hand away, staring at the dead Fourth Hokage in shock, able to see through the henge with his eyes. He looked between them and his eyes widened further as he saw the resemblance. Naruto nodded, "If you come over, we'll explain."

"Alright, I'll come over. I want answers."

Naruto nodded again, "And you'll get them. Now, here's our food!"

Their food was placed in front of them and Sasuke looked down, hiding his eyes and deactivating them. They all ate their food quickly and then they went to Naruto's apartment. Time for some secrets to be brought to light.

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