Chapter 7: Bloody Swords Of The Mist

The trip to wave was in, as few words as possible...

Loud... and boring, but what can you expect from a screecher, with her constant ranting over her 'Sasuke-kun', said persons constant grunting, and a emotionless twerp who, in his own personal way, contributed so that the blond didn't go on a rampage because of boredom. Well, if you call constant comments about males lower regions (you know what I mean boys and girls).

This in turn caused the miss in Naruto's mindscape to laugh her lungs, adding another headache to his problems, a small problem, but a problem non the less.

Of course a certain person in the group with one eye just chuckled at all of the remarks and always went back to read his book.

But throughout the trip Naruto had noticed that Tazuna, their client, was constantly wary, adding to Naruto's suspicion that he had been lying on the difficulty of the mission. Kakashi seemed to have noticed it as well, making Anbu-hand signs, which of course the blond had learned from Kakashi, confirmed his suspicion, but missed any details or proof to confront him. Naruto noticed that Sai, being a quiet and reserved one, except when giving 'lower body' remarks, seemed to look at Naruto as they were speaking with hand signs 'I might be of, but it would seem he knows Anbu hand signs, maybe he's from Danzos departments, would explain why he's here'.

As they walked the blond noticed something on the road ahead. 'A puddle, but it hasn't rained for weeks' he thought as he got closer to it, making hand signs 'Kakashi, puddle ahead, possible nins, orders?' he signed. 'No actions, leave to find out their purpose' he responded. The blond just nodded, as the group passed. He saw that only Sai noticed the puddle, or even gave it a glance. Sakura was still clinging on Sasuke, who just tried to get away, while Kakashi and Naruto passed a few seconds later, prepared for the ambush.

As they passed a head flowed out of the puddle, followed by the heads body, that followed by another person, both having breathing masks and a tattered robe's, with a scratched Mist hi-ate on their foreheads, both connected by a long razer-chain-wire, by vicious metal claws. As both had stepped out of the puddle, they darted for their first targets, Kakashi and Naruto, twinning the wire several loops around them. "Jabai" was their only response as both mist-nins pulled the chain as it ripped the two shinobi's to shreds.

"Sensei!!" came from a scared Sakura, a grunt from the Uchiha, and... well I don't know what Sai did, he just stood their watching the clouds, I guess.

"Two down" was all that the mist nins said, then charged towards Sai, but when they got close, the chain suddenly stopped. The Uchiha had lodged a shuriken and a kunai into the nearby tree, pinning the chain on the tree, just as he appeared between the nins, kicking them apart, just as they both detached the chain, rushing towards separate targets, one towards Tazuna with Sakura standing in front of, and the other towards the still unmoving Sai.

But just as they were about to slash at them a heavy wind blew, as one nin suddenly found himself in a vice grips around the neck and the other with blades against his throat, by none other than...

"Sensei, Naruto, but you were both killed. I saw with my own eyes as you..." Sakura had started to stutter, but Naruto just raised a hand, and pointed towards their 'dead bodies', to show that it was just a pile of shredded wood. 'Kawarimi' the group thought. Sakura was in aw, Sasuke was brooding, Sai... was looking at the clouds, without caring what happened, as he knew from the beginning. Kakashi tied his captive a nearby tree, as Naruto knocked out and tied his at the side of the other.

"Good work all of you" Kakashi spoke as he turned at them. "Sasuke, you did good, Sakura you also" he said as he walked towards them. "Sai, you could have done better" he started but Naruto interrupted"Actually Kakashi, Sai was the only one that noticed the nins, and also saw that we did kawarimi. I believe he didn't want to fight a unnecessary fight, as he believed we would stop the fight if it got out of hand, am I right Sai-san" he analyzed, earing a glance from everyone there. "Yes, that is correct, Uzumaki-san" the 'artist' deadpanned.

"Tazuna-san, may we have an explanation for the complications that have occurred, cause they don't belong in a C-ranked mission. These guys are the demon brothers, C-ranked nuke nins from kiri, subordinates of Momochi Zabuza" Naruto now turned to the old man, as he started to sweat. "well I can explain." he stuttered, clearly afraid of what they would do to him now.

Later after a lengthy explanation, consisting of the country's state, Gato, and some sobs...

"alright, well we can't continue this mission if everyone isn't up for it. Rather live and grow strong than fight to die weak, one doesn't gain power through combat alone" Naruto said as he stood up, while glancing at the Uchiha, who was brooding even more. 'And Sakura... well she does what Sasuke does, so its up to him and Sai probably accepts the terms' he thought as he looked at the group.

"Well I wont back down now, so I say we continue" Sasuke announced as he crossed his arms and looked like, he was almighty. Sai only nodded, and Sakura... well the same as usual.

"Okay, so we will continue, but from now on, you take orders from me, Yes even you Sasuke-chan, is that understood" Naruto added as Sasuke was about to start complaining, but just frowned, snorted and snapped his head away, as they continued their trek

Skipping forward to the fight, or beginning of it.

"Hey Naruto, what's the big idea of scaring a poor animal like that" was the only thing that Sakura said as she saw the white rabbit scared to death by the three kunias that lodged themselves around the animal, after Naruto had thrown them at the bushes.

"Sakura, its summer, and its got winter fur, isn't that something very odd, or what" the blond exclaimed, though he already knew what it meant, as he felt a chakra signature that didn't come from the group. That was when he heard it.

"GET DOWN" was all that was heard, as everyone threw themselves to the ground, except for Naruto, cause he just sidestepped the gigantic zanbatou, and catching it on the handle as it passed him, using its momentum to spin it over his head, turning it downwards and slamming it, halfway in the ground. A few seconds later, a large crash was heard from a nearby tree.

"What the hell kid, you ruined my entry" the nin screamed as he jumped out of the bushes he had landed in. He had bandages over his mouth, a scratched Mist hi-ate on a angel over his head. Over his torso he only had a set of X crossed straps for his gigantic sword, and a pair of baggy blue pants. He had a very 'serious face, the 'im going to kill you for making me look like a fool' one. You know gritting teeth, eyes like slits on the side, and a lot of steam coming from his ears.

"Momochi Zabuza,A-ranked missing nin of Kirigakure no sato, in the bingo book. Earned title 'demon of the mist' for his academy years, accused of coup de-tat, and assassination of the Mizukage. No none Bloodline, Family unknown. Specialty, Silent killing and Suiton jutsus. Also to note, former member of the '7 swordsmen of mist', original 5 rank. Did I miss anything or is it good enough" Naruto asked dramatic, causing team 7 to stare at him and then Zabuza.

"I see that I am known by some of the younger generations, but that doesn't matter cause..." Zabuza started but was interrupted, as Kakashi interrupted. "Zabuza, what is your business here" he asked as he frowned at his 'enemy'.

"Well my mission was to kill the old man you got there" he said as he pointed at Tazuna, who started to shake even more than before, but was calmed down by a very calm blond.

"Tazuna-san, we wont let you die here, you still got a bridge to build, so if he attacks, we will subdue him, do you understand" the blond asked. Tazuna replied with a nod, as the blond turned towards Zabuza. His teammates were impressed at how calm he was in such a heated situation.

"Zabuza I will let you go if you stand down, you have no sword and no backup, except the hunter-nin over there" he said as he pointed at the forest, causing Zabuza to flinch in fear. 'How, how did he sense Haku. He shouldn't be able to do that' he thought as 'Haku' thought in sort of the same lines. Of course everyone else looked around, trying to find the person that they were talking about, but they couldn't find anyone.

"We wont attack you if you just go, but its your choice" he finished as he now had his hands in his pockets, looking at Zabuza with emotionless face. Zabuza only scowled.

"I don't care about what you say, give me back my sword so I can cut your head of, you insolent brat" he yelled, fuming over what a mere boy had said to him, the 'demon of the mist'. He was knocked out of his thoughts as his sword suddenly landed next to him.

"Very well but you have two choices." he said cryptically, as he stared at the nuke-nin, while pulling out his right hand out of his pocket and holding it at chest level, as if he had something in it. "Which will you chose, die here, or live to see another day" the blond unemotionally said as he stood there. "cause I feel that your friend doesn't want you to die today, by the way his heart is beating" he finished, gaining looks from everyone, even Kakashi.

'Did he just give a nuke-nin the opportunity to walk away, even if hes aware that he could be endanger the mission by doing that' he thought while he contemplated about breaking Naruto's orders, and attacking the nin. Sadly, a certain 'Emo-king' just had to show of, and try to get him self killed.

Suddenly the Uchiha decided to break the rules and act on his own whim. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)", launching a huge fireball at the nin. He of course countered."Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)", putting the fireball down. "Well looks like your teammates don't listen to orders. Well that means..." he started, but finished with another Jutsu. "Kirikagure no Jutsu" (Hidden Mist), disappearing in a thick mist. Everyone got very scared, as Naruto's description had increased the tension for this nin.

"Dont worry, neither Kakashi or I will let anyone die here, you understand" was the only thing that was heard in the mist.

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Well after a lengthy battle, were Kakashi force to reveal his Sharingan, battled with the Nin, was captured by Zabuza in a Water prison, Naruto working with Sasuke, (even if he didn't need to), and almost killing the Nin, it ended with another Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu, condolences from Kakashi, making the missing nin crash into a tree, after which he was saved by his 'brother-in-arm', well not literally.

As they escaped Naruto went through how the battle had been. He had not released any restrictions on his suit, as it was unnecessary, as his opponent had underestimated him, he didn't use any weapons except a set of kunais, and a fuma-shuriken. He had used a few clones to distract Zabuza, to attack him in a way, that he would be able to release Kakashi from his 'wet' prison. But his mind suddenly stopped when he thought about how it all started, and grew, though not showing it, unbelievably angry, as he in a flash appeared next to the Uchiha, as he sent him to the ground with a downward cut with his fist, smashing him into the ground. The words he then said could have frozen hell, if it wasn't so damn hot down their.

"When did you gain authority to neglect a direct order, stating that you will not engage the enemy." he snarled, as he picked up the Uchiha at the collar. He was in a pretty bad shape by now "You violated the rules when you attacked without authorization from your superiors, placing the team and client in a possibly lethal situation" he roared, KI flooding the area, making the others winch in fear for what he would do to the Uchiha. The Uchiha just tried to act cool, but was fighting a uphill battle.

"I was allowing the team to take this mission, as it was a test to see if you could actually work as a team" he said as he tightened the grip on the collar. "Uchiha Sasuke, from the point that we return to Konoha, you will be stripped of your shinobi license for two months, which will take affect as soon as you enter through Konoha's gate's" he said as he grinned evilly at the face of complete anger and hate he was emanating.

"You have no right to do..." Sakura started but was held back by Kakashi, winded but fine. "Actually Sakura, he has that kind of authority, as he trains directly under the Hokage, he has been allowed to give out punishments to those who break the rules or try to hurt anyone that he wants to protect" he finished as he suddenly started to fall because of exhaustion, but was caught by Sai. "thanks" he mumbled, before he fainted, falling limp as Sai carried him on one shoulder, with the arm behind his neck.

Naruto had stared at Sasuke for a minute now, and finally he saw that the Uchiha had given up, not wanting to get the wrath of the Hokage as well. But in his mind he was plotting on how to 'get rid of the blond, and steal all his power for himself'. But he didn't finish that thought as Naruto simply threw him into Sakuras arms. "You can take care of him, I don't want to be to close to arrogant people who don't know strength when they see it with their own eyes" he snorted, as he turned and started to walk away, towards Wave.

Inside Rikka was scowling 'Naruto, why did you leave him alive. He will only mean trouble if he continues like this, and we both know that he won't change' she said as she drank a cup of tea, at the request of the blond, so that she would calm down, cause she had started to make a lot of ruckus inside his head, and steadily built up a headache. Well when you have a rampaging demon, especially a girl, then you must understand who hard it is to ignore.

'Rikka-chan, I am not allowed to kill him, and even if I did it, the council would have my head. Though I am allowed to scare the living daylight out of him'he snickered, and grinned evilly. Sighing in defeat, Rikka continued to drink her tea. 'You know Naruto, I think it's time we continue to evolve the skills you have, and also' she said, and Naruto noticed the change in tone, so he knew what was coming. 'I think its time to up the restraints.' she finished, as the suit started to move even slower than before. 'Aw man, it just gets better, doesn't it' he scowled to himself

As they arrived at the house Tazuna live in, as it was outside the town, close to the forest, they were met by a young woman, in her mid 20. she was very pretty, Naruto concluded.

"Hello, my names Tsunami" she smiled as she welcomed them inside. "Hey Tsunami, where is Inari" Tazuna asked after he had looked around the kitchen they had entered. "Hes outside, and I guess he will be back pretty soon" she just finished her sentence when the door opened again.

Everyone looked at the door to find a kid standing there, then walking up to Tazuna, "welcome home, grandpa" he said quietly, then turned towards the rest of the group.

"Ah, Inari, this is the group that will protect us from Gato" he said, waving his hand at the konoha nins. Inari just huffed.

"Yeah right, you'll just die anyway so why not just go home" he said emotionless. Naruto looked at him, then into his eyes. He noticed that he had eyes that told him he had lost precious people, but wasn't confident enough to fight back. The blond just smiled, pulled out a pair of redglassed circular metallic sunshades from his coat, where the arches to the ear were bent like a lightning bolt. (The same shades that Vash from Trigun has, disclaimer)

"Well if you have no faith in us, then I guess you have lost the one who had faith in you, isn't it so" he said as he corrected the shades with his index- and middle-finger, whiles looking Inari straight in the eyes. The boy looked like he was about to cry already.

"If you constantly blame everyone for your loss, and never work to improve where your standing, you will only drag everyone you care about, with you down into your grave" he said as he turned an walked towards the door, opening it but stopped in the doorway. Everyone looked at him now, feeling the tension between the two.

"If you want to live, fight for it, if you want to die, give up. But believe me, if you chose to do neither, your already dead. That's why I still live, cause I chose to live, instead of being killed by my own village for something I didn't have control over." he said as he turned his head, leaning it down so they could see his left eye, while the hair hung over his face obscuring the rest of his face.

"You should fight with your two good hands, and never blame fate. One becomes what he choses to become, and make's himself. What I see is that you chose to give up, before you even started, so don't tell me if im going to die, when your already one of the dead, kid" the blond said as he spat out the last line, pulling his hand through his hair, causing the hair to stand up a bit like spikes, after which he left and closed the door. Everyone just stood stunned, well except Kakashi and Sai.

"Did, did he mean what he said. That his own village wanted him dead" came a close to a whisper question from Sakura. Kakashi only shook his head, putting away his book and looking at her.

"Actually Sakura, he was only telling the smallest part of the entire truth" causing widespread wideyed confusion. "What do you mean by 'the smallest part', being killed by his own village isn't a small thing" she asked confused at her teachers answer.

"Sakura, he has been shunned, called names, pushed, beaten, stabbed, and even hunted by almost 95 of the entire village" causing her to gasp and looking at the door. "He was undermining the truth about how bad he has been treated. He has, from his 8th birthday to this date, if I remembered, 521 attempted beatings, 372 attempted stabbings, 248 assassination attempts and more than plenty to tell you for the remainder of the day" he said as he sat down on one of the chair at the table. The face on everyone was hard to explain, but I guess its one of those you get when you don't know if hes lying or telling the truth, as lying would sound better. (If you think im exaggerating, then im sorry, but such is life.)

"That cant be, if its true than..." Sakura started, but Kakashi intervened. "Sigh, Sakura, I wish I was lying but im not, his life has been that bad, and I haven't even started on it. He has never had a parent, he has lived all alone his entire life. The only ones to even acknowledge that he exist is the Hokage, Iruka, Ichiracu's, and me, which is why I and the Hokage have train him, as no one else would or wanted" he said, lying not to get Sasuke jealous that he knew one of the sannin and trained under him.

Inari only stared at Kakashi, not believing what he had said, but quickly dismissing it, and walking up the stairs. Kakashi only sighed again, then turned towards his team.

"Well now I guess we should get started on training, because of Sasukes little attempt, Zabuza will surely attack us when he's recovered" he said as he glared at Sasuke, only getting a simple "Hmnp" from him. "Because of your actions you have placed the squad in danger. Normally that would count into court marshal, but we can't have one right now" he continued as he turned towards the other two of his squad. "So I will train you guys, so that we will survive this, okay, so lets go" he said while eye smiling, making his team smile a bit back, but Sasuke's was a maniacal one. (Oh and i wonder where mini-me is, maybe hes after the chocolate again) --'

Two hours later, team 7 was lying on the ground. Well actually only Sakura was on the group, because of chakra exhaustion, Sai was writing, Sasuke was still trying to walk up the tree, and Kakashi was reading his book. Sakura had made it to the top on her first try, as well as Sai, but Kakashi knew it was because he was a Root member, as Naruto had told him before the mission. Sasuke still hadn't made it halfway and was starting to get frustrated, causing Kakashi to chuckle.

"So hes not doing as good as he claims he can, doesn't he" someone whispered, causing Sakura to bolt up and look around. At first Kakashi was shocked but then only chuckled. "Well I don't know, but I have forbidden anyone to help him as a punishment for what he did, Naruto" he said reading his book. As he said this, Naruto appeared next to him standing against the nearby tree, scaring Sakura, as she was right in front of the same tree, lying at his feet.

"How the hell did you get here, and why didn't I notice you, and why are you here" she started to rant with her high-pitch voice. The blond pulled out the fingers that had, on reflex, clogged his ears shut.

"Well Sakura, first, stop shouting, im not deaf" he said making her frown "Second, how I got here is of no importance, third, you can't notice me, and fourth, I figured I should help you" he said as he corrected his shades, then reached out a hand to help her up from the ground. "Hey, why wont you help Sasuke then, he's far more superior in power than you" but she didn't notice until afterwards what she said, as his hand went back to his side, as he glared at her, sending chills down her spine, and gulping.

"Sakura, I was being nice, and this is how you respect that" he asked coldly. She looked scared now. "I am willing to let it slide this once, but you should understand that there will always be those who are stronger than him or me, and you are the weakest link in this team, so I want to eliminate that link" he said with a freaky smile, as she started to crawl away from him. 'Eliminate the weak link' wasn't a good line, as she now feared what he would do. But he only sighed.

"What I meant was I will make you stronger, not kill you. I don't want to be on a team that doesn't have any form of teamwork" he said as he walked up to her, reaching out a hand again.

"You don't have to, but I will help you as much as I can, I promise that much" he smiled as he took one side of the shades and leaned it down, showing her his eye's, making her smile and grab his hand as he pulled her on her feet.

"Well lets get started then. Tell me how much weight can you carry before you fall over" he asked innocently. "About 20 pounds, so why are you..." she didn't even finish as he tapped her on her forehead. Suddenly she fell to the ground because of the sudden weight she gained. "What did you do to me" she asked with a mix of confusion and anger.

"Made you 10 pounds heavier, isn't it obvious" he smiled "When you are able to stand again I want you to try and walk up the tree again" he said as he sat down on a nearby stone and started to read a scroll he pulled out. But while he was doing this a line of wire started to fly all over him in complicated and complex patterns. Everyone was looking at him right now, with their jaws on the ground. Well Kakashi wasn't surprised.

"he does this so that no one can disturb him from reading and finding out what he is reading" he said as he heard Sasuke just growl. "Yeah right like it that net could help him" he snorted as he threw a kunai at Naruto. He didn't even notice the kunai, but when it reached the wires, it was shredded. Jaws dropped once again, and Kakashi only chuckled.

"That is a technique that transforms simple ninja-wire to a perfect defense. Problem is, not even I can copy it, cause its a sort of bloodline limit that only Naruto has" he lied. He knew that the wires were created by 'Rikka', so the wire was like a sentient being, that acted on its free will, but could only reach about 5 feet from him alone, but if he controlled it, it was only the length of the wire than stopped him.

Of course the Uchiha was not happy, cause he just heard about a kekken-genkai that belonged to a 'weakling'.

(Warning, Uchiha Ranting, those who cant stand him, skip this) He was the almighty Uchiha Sasuke, the greatest Shinobi in the world. It should have been he who had such a power, because he had the Sharingan, the greatest of all Kekken-Genkai. He would steal everything from the pathetic blond and destroy him with his own power, cause everything belonged to the Uchiha-clan. Then he would kill his pathetic brother, claiming the throne as the greatest Uchiha. Besides, who was he to command the great Uchiha Sasuke. No worm should even dare to tell him what to do, or even accuse him for anything. He would get his revenge, as he was the great Uchiha Sasuke.

(Sigh, Good lord) --'

Kakashi of course saw how Sasuke acted, he only rolled his eyes. 'Idiotic Uchiha and their lust for power' he thought as he looked towards Sakura. She had gotten a long way by now. She had fallen on her butt the first time, as she didn't know how much Chakra to put into the technique. Of course she tired pretty early, but still went on until she stood on the side of the tree for about a minute. Naruto only smiled as he saw this. 'She has potential, just like me. Its just the path to unlocking it that is hard' he thought as he continued to read about... the Hirashin.

Skipping to the attack.

There are a few times in life that Naruto does hate. One is killing a person, second is to be killed, and thirdly... is to wake up, after everyone has left. Well the wakeup part at least. So he stood up, put his trench coat on, and walked down the stairs. But as he reached the middle of the stair, shouts were heard in the house. So he cloaked himself, walked down without making a noise, and saw what the commotion was about.

Tzunami had crawled up the other side of the kitchen, trying to get away from the samurai thugs. She then heard Inari shouts, and screamed to him to get out of there.

"Should we take him with us, or should I just kill him" one of the thugs smirked, as he held hand on his katana. "Nah, we just need one prisoner, so just kill the kid" the other one said as he stood next to him. Of course the thug smiled as he drew the katana. Inari took a defensive stance, ready to defend himself.

But as he did, a blade appeared on the thugs troth. As he looked at the other one, he had on against his as well. Standing between them was a spiky blond with red shades, in a black trench coat, with a smile on his face, with the blades coming from his sleeves on his coat.

"Well I cant have you kill my clients, so im sorry" he said as he sliced both of the thugs heads of in one fast motion backwards as he stepped forward. This of course scared both mother and son for how easy he killed them. As he stood there with the blades dripping blood on the floor, his head rose to look first at Tsunami, after which he turned towards Inari.

"Inari, I saw that you were willing to risk you life for your family, then can you do me a small favor" he said as he cleaned the blood of the blades with a towel, then letting the blades slide into the sleeves. "I want you to gather the town, cause Gato will surely appearer there. Thing is, we will fight against nuke-nins that work for Gato, but he will not pay them. So im guessing that he will kill everyone when we are weak." he said as he walked towards the door. "Kid, show them that your his son, and show them that you make your own way with your own hands" after which he disappeared.

At the bridge things could have been better. Kakashi was in a one-on-one with Zabuza in thick mist, Sasuke was fighting a hunter-nin in a dome of ice mirrors, Sai and Sakura were protection Tazuna, and everything seemed to go to hell. Lightly speaking.

"Well, it seems your team cant handle the pressure Kakashi, so what you're gonna do. Save your precious Uchiha, or the client" he mocked in the mist. "You don't have that other kid to save you this time, and besides, he wouldn't be able to defeat me anyway" he continued. Kakashi only growled as he tried to find a way out of the situation. But what happened, was relieving, as he heard a large crash in the mist, which was dissipating. As he looked for the source of the crash he saw Zabuza lying on the ground, with Naruto standing over him.

"Kakashi, tie him up, but don't injure him, understood" he asked as he looked at Kakashi, who only knew how to nod, as he was stunned beyond belief. Sure he had help train him, but he just knocked out a guy that he, Sharingan Kakashi, had difficulty to even find. After his nod, the blond disappeared again, towards the mirror dome.

When he reached the dome, he noticed that the Uchiha was lying on the ground, dead, or like he was dead. As he landed next to Sasuke, he looked at his face, just shaking his head. "tisch, tisch, tisch, so this is what the best of Uchihas had, im not surprised that you defeated him so easily Haku-chan" he said as he looked into the mirrors. As he did this he saw the hunter-nin from before, now taking of her mask. The said mask had small slits for eyes, with a large marking over the mouth, with a large cut over the eye, possibly from a shuriken that came close enough.

"Naruto-kun, why don't you care that I killed him, wasn't he a member of your team" she said as the entire mask was taken away. She was no short of a goddess among women. Beautiful raven hair, deep brown eyes, and a face that could make any guy fall over by shear beauty. He just shook his head, and started to chuckle.

"Well I guessed that you wouldn't kill him, and I can tell hes just in a near death state. So, what did you decide to do, Haku-hime" he teased, causing the young girl to blush. He called her that when he brought up the question in the forest a few days ago.

Flashback

As she was walking in the forest looking for the herbs she was going to use, she stumbled upon someone sleeping in the forest. He was leaned against a tree with his right foot on the ground, and his right arm hanging on his knee. Around his left arm she noticed a konoha hi-ate.

'He was the one that tried to talk Zabuza-sama out of killing the bridge builder, plus he noticed me, I have to be careful' she thought as she steadily and stealthily crept closer. As she raised her hand towards his trout to kill him, his left hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, scaring her whits out. But as she waited for him to look at her, or even say something, he just snored. She almost facefaulted at the guys antics, but was impressed at his reflexes.

"Excuse me, but could you please let go of my hand, it kind of hurts" she asked as she nudged him with her other hand, waking him up.

As he blinked trying adjust his eyesight a bit, he noticed that he had his hand around something. As he raised his head, he almost slammed his head against the tree in shock of the cute girl in front of him. As he looked at his left hand he saw he still had his hand around her wrist. Letting go, he just yawned, stretched and stood up, as she backed up a step.

"Well, what can I do for you hunter-san" he asked as he looked up the canopy of the woods, not caring for the stunned look on her face. "I know its you, cause you got the same chakra-signiture as the hunter, and you smell, like the hunter-nin did" he said as he cracked his neck to the sides, stretched some more, yawned, then looked at her. She was taking another step backwards now, preparing to fight him, but he just turned around and sat down on a large boulder. She was confused at his actions.

"Why aren't you fighting against me. Wasn't it so that you attack those who threaten the mission" she asked, still prepared to fight. "Hunter-san, I don't care if you think im an enemy. The only enemy is the ones that threaten my friends. I would have seen you and Zabuza as a sort of friend if he canceled the mission, but then the Uchiha had to do something completely idiotic" He said as he sat on the rock, on leg bent, with both arms around it. "I don't want to fight, so can't we be friends, cause your pretty cute. My names Naruto by the way, Naruto Kazama Uzumaki Namikaze" he said as he stood up and walk up to her. Of course she was blushing for his comment, but who wouldn't.

"Im...Im Haku" she said reluctant, not of fear, but of embarrassment. But he just smiled. "Oh so what are you doing out here, Haku-chan" he said as he smiled, as she started to blush even more. "I-i was picking herbs" she said as she looked away a bit more. "Medical herbs, what class, sort and reason" he asked. He got wide eyes at this, and turned to him. "I know a lot of medical-stuff, and of course herbs, so what kind of herbs do you want me to find, Haku-chan" he said as he smiled even more. She was stunned, but just smiled herself after that.

A while later, they had found all of the herbs. Some were against concussions, other were for burns, and some were for cuts and bruises. She was smiling, and laughing now, as she had steadily started to like the konoha-nin. They had talked all kinds of things as they picked the herbs, and he finally asked if they would still attack, she just nodded. Hanging his head, he just contemplated for what to do. Of course, he came up with a plan at that point.

"Haku-chan, what if you come with us to konoha, you can get both a home and someplace were you don't have to worry about being hunted" he asked. "Naruto, I don't know, don't you think that they would shun us away if we came to Konoha" she asked reluctantly. She did want someplace to call home, but was afraid of what people would say, or do for that matter.

"Well Haku-chan, why don't you and Zabuza live with me then" he said, gaining wide eyes from Haku. "I mean, I have a gigantic house, a large place for my own, no one that isn't allowed doesn't even know it exist. Besides, I have a seat in the council, and im also a great friend of a number of clans and even the Hokage. If you would get in trouble, I would sort it out faster than quick." he grinned.

"Well, Naruto,that is up to Zabuza, he saved me, so I go were he goes" she said as she stood up, and started to walk away. But Naruto appeared next to her, holding her arm.

"Haku-hime..." he started, causing an even bigger blush on her face "...if I can I will do everything to help you" he said as he kissed her on the cheek. Of course 'someone inside' had to do some sort of cheerleader dance with miniskirts, and pompoms, jumping around like wild while screaming "Go Go Naruto", with a huge sign hanging on the front of the house, causing a large sweatdrop to appear on the backside of Naruto's head (oo') . Shaking it of he realized something an smiled evilly as he looked at her.

"If you ever fight him, can you kick some sense into the damn Uchiha, he will get everyone killed if he goes on like this" he said as he let go of her arm, and looking at a very red, and stunned girl. "S-sure, I guess I can do that, Naruto-kun" she stuttered but ended very seductive, giving him an soft smile, which he gave back in a foxy grin as he disappeared, and she walked back.

End of flashback

"So what has he decided to do" he asked. She just smiled, indication that it was something good, making him smile even bigger, but of course all good things come to an end. Or in this case a very loud scream. "Sasuke-kun" was the only thing Sakura said as she fell down next to him. "Hes dead, isn't he" she asked to no one particular. Shaking his head Naruto just stepped forward.

"Sakura, if hes dead, then why does everything about how he is indicate that hes just in a near-death state" he deadpanned, earning a confused look from her. "Normally, I would have used this to make you understand the seriousness about being a shinobi, but right now I got a headache so I cant stand your high pitch sobs. So im telling you right away that, he will live, so please stop crying for once" he said while clutching his head, as if he really had a headache, and turned around and started to walk away.

As he walked towards Zabuza he noticed that he was tied pretty good. "So Zabuza, what do you want to do" the blond asked. "Well normally" while a twitch formed "i would have teared your guts out and made you eat them yourself, but as Haku doesn't want to fight I guess I can agree on coming to konoha" he said.

"You did what" Kakashi practically yelled. "Kakashi, as a apprentice of the Hokage, I have the right to give out asylum to anyone I deem worthy of it, and by doing that I can help konoha gain some strength and some allies. I wish not to exploit these people, but to protect them, so its my decision not yours, understood" he asked with a sharp tone. Kakashi only hung his head in defeat, and just shook his head.

"Well, well it seems the great Demon was nothing more than a little whelp, its a good thing I never intended to pay you anything at all from the begining" as short man said a the end of the bridge, tapping his cane into the bridge. Behind him stood several hundreds of thugs, armed with swords and pikes. Zabuza scowled at the treacherous scumbag he call employer. As he was about to lift himself to fight, the blond just raised a hand to stop him.

"Do you mind if I handle this. He has betrayed so many, killed so many innocent, and robbed people of happiness for to long" he said as he turned his head around. "Hey haku, you mind holding my coat for a moment, I don't want blood on it" Haku just nodded, and as she did, the coat fell to the ground, as Naruto had disappeared without it, and now stood in the center of the bridge.

He now had the exact same trench coat, but red, and he also had it buttoned up all the way. The blond had taken of his shades already, and placed the visor over his eyes. "Gato, today your reign of terror ends" he stated as he reached for something on the backside of the belt, as he pulled two black guns. Kakashi, who only had seen them once, just had one thought in mind. Poor Gato.

As Naruto pulled them out he held them sloppy as he started to walk towards Gato and the thugs. Of course some of them thought he would be easy kill, rushing towards him. But just before they were about to cut him, larger holes appeared on their bodies as he fired the guns, still only looking at Gato. More thugs started to run up to him but heads exploded, bodies were torn to pieces, fistsize holes went through several thugs on row. And still he just looked at Gato as he walked the path towards a now scared to death Gato, trying to escape by getting to the other side of the crowd.

"So this is what you are Gato, your nothing more than pathetic trash" the blond said as he shot even more thugs, while reloading one gun while shooting with the other. "Wait, that would actually be a compliment to you, cause your nothing but a cockroach, a pathetic cockroach hiding behind trash" he mocked as he killed the rest of the thugs standing in the way.

With team 7, Zabuza and Haku, they had only one thing in mind. Vomiting. Cause the scale of the carnage the blond was expressing was horrendous, i mean if you have watched Texas chainsaw massacre, then it is childsplay in comparison, so i wont describe it, its vomitus. Kakashi and Zabuza were no rookies but this kind of carnage was to much for even them. Haku and Sakura had thrown up at the very beginning and still were at it, but nothing came. Sasuke, who had woken up just before, was in pretty much the same seat. Sai, well he didn't fell his stomach, but he was sure that he wanted to throw up as well. Tazuna was the worst out, ha had gone into a vomiting frenzies at the sight, and developed a lot of fear for the blond now, and even some sympathy for Gato, but just some.

As the blond eradicated the last remnants of the group, he let the clips hit the bridge, loading new ones into them as he stood on the piles of dead humans. Turning his gaze on the little man in front of him he holstered his guns, walked up to him and picked him up at the collar, holding him over the edge of the bridge, while he was screaming things about how he shouldn't kill him and that he would get anything. But the blond just didnt hear anything of that.

"Gato, you have brought to much suffering to this land to be allowed to live" he said as he held his left arm other the right in a cross, flicking to push out the blade. "Rejoice, as your suffering is minimal, oh and say hello to the death god from me" he finished as he swung the blade, as he held it now backwards by the sheer force he put into the cut, effectively cutting his head of. As the head started to roll off he pushed the bodie away, over the edge, towards the water. Shaking his head, he pulled of the visors, put on his shades as he turned around and started to walk back, just as he heard a faint splash, just as the villagers arrived to 'save the day', with Inari in the front. But what they saw scared the living hell out of them.

The young blond was walking towards them, walking past the dead destroyed remains of what once was humans. He walked with his arm out downwards, with the blade dripping of blood. He looked like some kind of devil, with the blood red trench coat flapping in the wind to side, blade dripping and red eyes, thought it was the shades that made that part for now and his hair flowing with the wind, with stains of red visible in the sun-kissed blond hair, but also on his whiskered marked cheeks. Getting closer he just flicked his blade clean of blood, pulled it back, closed his eyes as he stopped in front of everyone, cracked his neck, opened his eyes again and...

"Eh, can we eat now, im starving" he said with a goofy grin while scratching his back head, causing a massive facefault, and a lot of strange faces. Zabuza's mouth just hanged as he saw that Kakashi wasn't affected. "Does he do this a lot" he asked the one eyed nin. "Nah, only after a fight, he says its good for the moral to spread some laughter after a big fight, and to relieve the tension a bit" he chuckled as he remembered the first few times he had been along Naruto after a fight. Zabuza only laugh, and Haku only giggled.

"He sure is one weird ninja, isn't he" Kakashi added, getting a few nods. "Well lets clean up and continue, after we have had something to eat, that is" Tazuna said, getting a large cheer from the crowd. Naruto just smiled, and walked up to Inari.

"I see you took things in your own hands, im proud of you, kid" he said, ruffing Inari's hair while smiling a foxy grin.

After the incident most of the village help out with the bridge, causing it to be completed in less than a week. Haku had been around Naruto for the entire time, either because she was interested in him or just because he felt safe around him, who knows, not even I do. Zabuza was on a drinking spree, or just reading his Icha Icha, just like Kakashi, but at least he did it in private. Sasuke was brooding, Sakura was a fangirl, and Sai was... an artist, well you can figure out the rest.

The day when they were going home had come, and they all stood on the bridge ready to go back to Konoha. Everyone was there to see them of, including Inari, who was on the verge of tears.

"Hey, Inari, you can cry now, happy tears are okay, its sad tears you should hold inside, 'kay" Naruto just said while smiling, getting a nod from the boy.

"Tazuna, im sorry that we tried to kill you" Zabuza said as he bowed his head a bit in Apology. "Nah, you don't have to Apologies, you just did what you were paid for, just as I was. Im just glad we both lived through this" he replied as the group of nins waved goodbye and started to walk away.

"Wait, we haven't named the bridge yet" Tsunami said suddenly. As she looked around she saw a lot of nods. "Well what should we call it" one asked. "Well why not The Great Naruto Bridge" Tazuna said after a while, getting mumbles, then nods, then a lot of cheers. "Then its settled, The great Naruto Bridge it is".

Next chapter will come soon, Believe it, Dattebayo
Well, chapter 7 is officially go, preparing for next chapter.
Possibly the chunnin exams, but I don't know.
Seems like Naruto fell for Haku, or was it the other way around, i don't now, whatever. -o
So please stay tuned for the next chapter

And please R & R