Hiraishin and Shunshin
"Speech"
"Thought"
"Demon speech"
"Demon thought"
Chapter 4 Wave
Training. That's what team seven did after the bell test. Well, besides the unworthy-to-do D-rank missions. Seriously, why would a ninja do chores like painting a fence? And the worst part was the demon spawn, Tora. The three of them ended up in the hospital after completing the mission.
But today, they will be 'asking' the Hokage to give them a C-rank. Team seven and Kakashi came to the Hokage's office. Naruto broke through the door.
"Jiji!" he shouted.
"What is it Naruto? I'm busy. And you broke the door!" he said while pointing at the piece of wood lying in the floor.
"I want a C-rank mission!" he shouted again.
"But you're still a genin Naruto! And you have to complete at least fifty D-ranks before you do a C-rank!" shouted Iruka that was talking with the Hokage before Naruto came.
Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura sweatdropped. "What a nice family they made." they thought.
Kakashi decided to step in. "Iruka, you don't need to worry about them. They've done some trainings with me. Sakura mastered the tree walking until it was a second nature. Naruto and Sasuke reached the top of the tree. I also did some reflex trainings for them. And taijutsu too." he said.
"He called that training? That wasn't training. That was torture." Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura thought with a fake grin.
The Hokage thought about it for a moment. "Alright. I'll give you a C-rank. Tazuna! Come in!" he shouted to someone outside.
An old looking man wearing a straw hat and drinking a sake entered the room. "'s th's what I ghet? A bunch of kids? *hic*" he said pointing the three. "And that short one looks more like a clown than a ninja."
Naruto looked to Sasuke and Sakura, then he realized that he was the shortest. "Oh really? Want me to show you how strong am I?" Naruto said while cracking his fist.
This seemed to work. "No, no, no. I was just joking. Come on, I'm just unsure if three kids could be enough." he said while bringing his hands up in a defending manner.
Team seven noticed that he was going to say another word, but he didn't. "Something's up." they thought. Kakashi glanced at the Hokage. The Hokage nodded slightly, confirming his suspicions.
"'Kay, meet me at the gate an hour later." Tazuna said. He went out from the office to who knows where.
Team seven decided to pack or seal their items. Then they had some meals before they went to the gate. They found Kakashi leaning on a wall. They weren't surprised. Iruka said he won't be late for missions.
"Kakashi-sensei!" shouted Naruto.
"Yo."
"Sensei, I had a feeling that this mission won't be a normal C-rank." said Naruto again. The other two nodded.
Kakashi sighed. "Yes. He's hiding something from us. We'll figure it out eventually. After that, we'll decide whether to continue or not."
Then they saw Tazuna walking towards them. "Speak of the devil." said Sasuke.
"I'm ready. Let's go." he said.
They travelled to the Wave country. They found a puddle in the middle of the road.
Team seven casted suspicious glances towards the puddle. "They noticed it. A puddle in the middle of a summer. There will be a fight coming soon. I want to see how they handle the enemy." thought Kakashi.
When they walked through the puddle, a chain with blades in it wrapped around Kakashi, shredding him apart. Team seven watched in horror as their sensei died. But they ignored him for the moment. They had two enemies to take down.
They seemed to be a missing nin from kirigakure. They wore kirigakure hitai-ate with horns on it and they wore a giant metal gauntlet on one of their hands. The gauntlet was attached to a chain blade.
Naruto had formed a plan. "Sasuke! Sakura! Do the Shunshin and Explode tactic!" he shouted.
Naruto made two kage bunshins. Sakura casted a genjutsu to the enemies. Then Sasuke grabbed the shoulders of Naruto's bunshin, made a seal, transported one to an enemy, then transport the other to the other enemy, and shunshined back to the group. The bunshins hug their opponents. "Nighty night. Bunshin daibakuha!" the bunshins said.
The explosion wasn't too big. It's not enough to kill them. It was just to knock them back. Sasuke shunshined again to the enemy and transported both of them to the group. After that, Naruto and Sakura tied them to a tree.
Then Kakashi came, clapping his hands. Team seven widened their eyes.
"Good job. Like I said, you're like a well oiled machine." said Kakashi.
"B-but you .. y-you were dead!" said Sakura, pointing to a ripped log.
"I used a kawarimi." said Kakashi simply.
Whack!
"Damn you! You got us worried right there!" shouted Naruto after bumping his head.
"Sorry." said Kakashi while rubbing his head. "And we have someone to ask."
He turned to Tazuna, who was cowering in fear when the battle began. "Explain. Why are there ninjas attacking us?" asked Kakashi.
Tazuna tried to make up some lie, but he couldn't. He sighed. "Well, the Wave was dominated by Gato."
"You mean Gato? The Gato Shipping?"
"Yeah. They isolated the Wave so we couldn't export goods. They turned the Wave into a sorrowful country. We tried to fight, but he killed everyone that stands in his way. So now, we tried to build a bridge that would ruin his control over Wave. But we need you to protect us while we build the bridge." he explained.
"So, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura. What do you think?" asked Kakashi
"Of course we'll continue the mission." Naruto said. Sakura and Sasuke nodded their head in agreement.
"Thank you." said Tazuna.
"And, uh, what should we do to them?" asked Sakura, pointing to the missing nins.
"Just leave them there. The chuunin patrols will capture them and bring them into custody." said Kakashi.
They continued to travel. They used a boat to get to the wave. They could see the bridge from the boat.
"Woah... it's beautiful." said Naruto with admiration
"Of course. After all, it was built by the super bridge builder." said Tazuna.
They got on their feet again. The wave was not far away. Naruto heard a noise in the bushes. He threw a kunai to the noise. It was just a white rabbit.
"You killed a cute little white rabbit!" screamed Sakura.
"Wait... white rabbit?"
"Hey, white rabbits are pets, right? What is it doing in a forest?" asked Naruto suspiciously.
"Not just pets. They are also used for kawarimi..." added Sasuke.
Then they widened their eyes.
"Get down!" shouted Kakashi.
Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke ducked, while Sakura tackled Tazuna. A giant cleaver flew over their heads, smashing into a tree. They looked up and saw..
A man in camouflage shirt, bandaged mask, holding a big cleaver
"This mission keeps going worse." thought Kakashi.
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura. Get back. He's not your level. Guard Tazuna." ordered Kakashi.
"Who is he, Kakashi-sensei?" asked Naruto.
"Zabuza Momochi. A-rank. Nickname: Demon of The Mist." Kakashi said talking to both Naruto and Zabuza.
"I'm honored that Kakashi of the Sharingan knows me." said Zabuza.
"Kakashi of the Sharingan? He'll have to explain later." thought Sasuke.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura immediately got back to guard Tazuna, kunai drawn.
"Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Zabuza brought his hand to a seal.
Thick mist enveloped the field. No one could see a thing, even when Kakashi pulled his hitai-ate and showed his sharingan.
With Kakashi
My gut told me to duck again. I saw the cleaver fly past my head. I counterattacked by kicking him in the balls. But he turned into water. Mizu bunshin. Figures. I figured I can't do much with this thick mist. So I decided to use a jutsu I copied with my sharingan. "Futon: Daitoppa!" I shouted. A gust of wind flew from my masked mouth, clearing the mist.
I saw Zabuza standing on what looked like a lake. "I'm at a disadvantage here." I thought. So I waited for him to charge at me. He fired a Suiryudan/Water Dragon to me and charged with his sword. I made a Suijinheki/Water Encampment Wall to block it. Then I blocked a slash with a kunai. He slashed at me again and again, never giving me the chance to counter attack or run. Shit, he kept pushing me to the lake. No... a mizu bunshin of him trapped me in a Suiro/Water Prison.
I looked at my genins. We've got close at each other. We're like a family. We're all orphans, except Sakura. But it doesn't matter. I cared for them. So I told them to run. Can't stand to watch another precious people die. Obito, Rin, Minato-sensei, and Dad was enough. Damn, I'm running out of oxygen. I can hear Naruto refused to back away. I can only hope that they'll win. Or at least free me so I can help them.
With Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
"Damn it! Eveything went wrong. We can't fight an A-rank jounin by ourselves. We need to free Kakashi-sensei first." thought Naruto.
"Sakura, guard Tazuna. Sasuke, here's the plan." Naruto said while gestured for Sasuke to get closer. Then he explained the plan. Sasuke nodded.
Naruto summoned thirty kage bunshins. They all attacked the real Zabuza and his mizu bunshins. While they were fighting, Sasuke Shunshined to the mizu bunshin holding the Suiro. He positioned himself so when he appears he would be in a kicking position. He appeared and kicked the bunshin. The bunshin melted, and the Suiro fell. Kakashi gasped for air. Sasuke transported Kakashi back with shunshin.
When they came back Naruto exploded all the clones to make an opening for Kakashi.
Boom!
Kakashi immediately charged through the smoke from the explosion. He found himself standing above the lake, looking at Zabuza in front of him. Zabuza started to make handseals for Suiryudan. But Kakashi followed him. His sharingan is working. "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!" they both shouted in unison. The water dragons collided, resulting in a splash of water.
"You.. you can see the future? No.. you're just copying my moves." said Zabuza.
"I can see the future. And I see death as your future." replied Kakashi.
Zabuza ignored him and started to make seals. He decided to test if Kakashi can really see the future. He stopped making handseals to check if Kakashi followed him or not. To his horror, Kakashi continued the seals at fast speed. "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" shouted Kakashi.
A giant vortex of water appeared from Kakashi's mouth. The vortex smashed into Zabuza, making him drown. He lost the match. Zabuza smashed into a tree when the vortex stopped. Kakashi came and prepared to stab him. "See? Your future is death." he said. But before he can stab him, three senbons flew to Zabuza's neck, killing him.
He looked upwards to see a hunter-nin land down.
"I've been hunting him for three years. Thank you for helping me kill him." The hunter-nin said.
She picked up Zabuza's body and shunshined.
"Hunter-nins should've destroyed the body when they found them. Ah, that girl was Zabuza's friend. She used senbon to make it look like he's dead. I have to tell my cute little genins. But I feel dizzy. Should go to sleep." thought Kakashi.
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke watched suspiciously as the hunter nin shunshined. They saw Kakashi approach them, but he fell flat on the mud created by the vortex of water. The three of them laughed hard. Tazuna approached them.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Don't know. Maybe he's exhausted." said Sasuke.
Naruto made a kage bunshin to carry Kakashi all the way to Tazuna's house. The bunshin pouted, saying that Kakashi is heavy.
Wave country
Knock knock
Tazuna knocked the door of his house.
"Tsunami! It's me. I'm home." he said.
Just after he said that a black haired women opened the door and hugged him.
"Thank god you're still alive. Oh, and who are these, dad?" The woman asked.
"These are the ninjas that protected me. This is Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, this is Tsunami, my daughter."
Tsunami gave them a warm smile before she noticed Kakashi.
"What happened to him?" Tsunami asked with concern.
"He's just exhausted. Just let him rest, and he'll be back to normal."
"Oh. Come in then." she said, gesturing them to come in.
When they entered, they noticed that the house wasn't in good condition. There are cracks everywhere, the color was fading. And they noticed a kid around 6 years old sitting in the dining room with a sorrowful and desperate look on his face.
"There's a bed upstairs. You can put him there." Tsunami said.
The Naruto bunshin brought Kakashi upstairs. Every once a while the stairs would creak under the bunshin's and Kakashi's weight. The bunshin dispelled after throwing Kakashi's body to the bed.
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Tazuna, and Tsunami chatted while eating their meals in the dining room.
"Forty percent of the bridge has been done. We'll continue building it. The people of the wave believed that you would protect us while we're working."
"And I can give more help with my bunshins." said Naruto.
"That's great! Thank you again for helping us." said Tazuna with a smile.
"You're welcome. Gato is goin' down!" shouted Naruto with a grin.
Sasuke and Sakura just shook their heads at the loudness of their blond teammate.
"No. Gato is invincible. You can't touch him. He'll kill you if you fight. Why do you fight if you know that you'll die?" asked the little kid.
It ruined the mood in the dining room.
"Inari, you shouldn't say that. They protected your grandpa." Tsunami said.
"I don't care. They'll die if they keep fighting. It's pointless."
"Oh, really? Wanna bet, coward?" challenged Naruto.
"Don't you listen? You're going to die. You don't know about our suffering! You're a stranger. You don't know anything!" snapped Inari.
"I don't know about suffering?" said Naruto in a low voice. His eyes were hidden by the shades of his hair.
"Yes!" shouted Inari. He gasped for air after their emotional war.
"You're the one who don't know about suffering!" said Naruto in a dark, heavy voice. Red, slitted eyes looked at the little boy.
"You still have a mother and a grandfather who cared for you. You weren't hated by anyone. Me? I had no one from the beginning. The villagers of konoha hated me. They even tortured me. See this?" Naruto exposed his upper part of body. You could see there was a kanji for fox in red between his tits. "They used a branding iron on me."
Naruto couldn't take it anymore. He marched out of the house, into the forest. Explosions could be heard in the forest.
"Was that true?" Tsunami couldn't help but ask.
"Unfortunately, yes." answered Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, do you know why he was treated like that?" asked Sakura.
"I know. But, I don't know if I can tell you. It's Naruto's secret. I'm not the one to ask if you want to know."
Sasuke decided to explain to Inari why Naruto did that. So it was only Sakura, Tazuna, and Tsunami in the room. Then someone came from upstairs.
"Wow, it looked like a mess. What happened here?" asked a voice from the stairs.
"You should've woken up earlier, sensei." said Sakura.
With Naruto
Damn it. That kid was getting on my nerves. It's a good thing I didn't stay there. Otherwise I would have blown him apart. Instead I'll just blow the forest. And then training. Yes, training would be good. It'll help me to forget it.
So I trained until I got exhausted. I improved my kage bunshin and bunshin daibakuha tactics. I can't stay awake anymore, so I let the darkness took me.
I found myself woken up by a little girl. Gods, my head hurts like hell after the training. I looked at the girl. She was pretty, I think. Even prettier than Sakura.
"What are you doing here in a forest alone?" asked the little girl after I dealt with the headache.
"I was training and I got exhausted, so I decided to sleep." I answered.
"What are you doing here?" I asked her.
"I'm collecting herbs for my friend. He was hurt badly." she said.
"Can I help?" I asked. I felt like I've seen her before.
"Thanks. I'll appreciate it."
"Oh, you haven't told me your name. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm going to be the greatest Hokage ever!" I shouted with a stupid grin on my face while we were picking herbs.
"I'm Haku. So you're a ninja? That's a konoha hitai-ate, right?" she asked, while still smiling.
"Of course."
"Why do you want to be a ninja?" she asked.
I was silent. I don't know why I even wanted to be a ninja. May be so everyone would acknowledege me.
"So everyone would acknowledge me."
"Is that it?" she asked.
"Huh?"
"Well, I think you won't be strong if you don't have a precious people. Do you have one?"
"Yeah. Even though I'm an orphan, I got friends that are so precious to me. They're like a family to me." I answered.
"Then protect them. That's what make people strong." she said.
"How did she know about this? Was she a ninja? Is she still a ninja? Wait... I've seen her before. That's right! That body. She's the hunter nin that killed Zabuza."
"Well, thanks for the advice, hunter-chan." I said, I expected her to get aggressive.
She did. She threw several senbons at me, but I made a bunshin and kawarimied with it.
"Hey! What's my fault?" I asked.
"You knew that Zabuza is still alive." she said with narrowed eyes.
"No, I only knew that you were the hunter who killed him. Now that you said it..." I gave it a thought for a moment.
I pointed at her accusingly. "You're a friend of Zabuza, right?!" I shouted.
I could see her face coming to a realization. Then she banged her head to a nearby tree, realizing how stupid she was, giving vital information to the enemy.
"So, Zabuza's still alive, huh?" I said. She looked frustrated. She pulled her hairs, facepalmed, and do other things.
"It's ok. I won't fight you here. You're a nice person. I... can only hope that we won't meet again as enemies." I said. Haku nodded.
"I hope so. By the way, I'm a boy." She said.
"Oh really? No boy has tits that big. Can I check your tits?" I said.
"No! You perv!" her cheeks turned red.
"See? You're a girl. You won't have a problem if I want to check your tits if you are a boy." I said.
"I have to go. My friends would be looking for me if don't." I said before I turned and walked back to Tazuna's house. She didn't strike me from the back. She's nice even if she is supposed to be an enemy.
Tazuna's house
Naruto arrived at the house. He could see Sasuke crossing his arms, waiting for him.
"Where were you?" he asked.
"Blowing up trees and training." Naruto replied.
"Come in. Kakashi has something to tell you." he said.
"Zabuza is still alive right?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke widened his eyes. "How did you know?"
"Met the hunter nin that took Zabuza's body."
"Did she do something to you?" Sasuke asked with concern.
Naruto shook his head. "Actually, she's quite nice." Naruto said while looking up, imagining Haku's smile in the sky.
Sasuke grinned mischievously. "So someone is in love here." he said while giggling. "What are you going to do to her? Fuck her? How many kids do you want to have? What kind of life do you want to live with her?" Sasuke asked numerous questions.
"Sasuke! We're only ten! It's not the time for us to think about that." Naruto shouted.
"Whatever. Come in." he said, dissapointed that Naruto didn't like his perverted way of thinking.
Kakashi was standing in the room. He looked ready to explain. But Naruto cut him off. He explained what happened to him.
"I think Zabuza won't be attacking us for another week. He had to recover from the fake death. We'll use the time to train." said Kakashi.
So they spent the week training. Naruto and Sasuke mastered the tree walking. Sakura learned water walking to the point it was second nature to her. Naruto can make a total of one thousand kage bunshins before he collapsed by both chakra exhaustion and memory flood. Sasuke learned Sealless Shunshin. He mastered it in the fifth day. Then he decided to learn Lightning Shunshin. Sakura, feeling that she is ready to control chakra, faced her Inner Self. She carefully leaked the chakra from her Inner Self, allowing her Inner Self to form outside her. She could send trees flying by just one punch.
Then came the seventh day. Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi was ready to face Zabuza. Naruto... well, Naruto was still sleeping. He exhausted himself the day before. So Team Seven decided to leave him in the house. They left at 8 a.m.
Then Naruto woke up at 10 a.m. He groggily woke up. Then he felt the headache again before he heard Inari scream. It alarmed him. Naruto launched himself from the bed and head downstairs.
He found Inari charging at two bandits on a wooden bridge. He could also see Tsunami being tied and gagged. The bandits drew their swords, ready to cut Inari. Naruto made a bunshin. The bunshin kawarimied with Inari just as the blades slashed. The bunshin grinned.
"Bunshin Daibakuha!" The bunshin exploded, sending the bandits flying to the water below the bridge. Luckily, Tsunami wasn't caught in the blast. Naruto made two bunshins two tie the bandits. He cut the ropes that tied Tsunami.
"Thank god you came." she said.
"You're welcome. And Inari, that was brave. Your father would be proud of you." said Naruto.
Inari cried at his words.
"Now, now. Men do not cry. And I have to go. Stay with your mother ok?"
Inari nodded. "Thanks Naruto-niisan."
Naruto grinned as he headed to the uncompleted bridge.
With Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Tazuna
They met Zabuza and Haku at the bridge. Zabuza wore the same outfit. Haku didn't wear her mask, showing her pretty, disappointed face that Naruto didn't came.
"It's time for round two, Kakashi." said Zabuza while drawing his Kubikiribocho. Haku seemed hesitant when drawing a handful of senbons, knowing that these three are Naruto's precious people.
Without too much talking, Zabuza brought his hands to a seal and casted the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
"Sasuke, take the hunter. Sakura, guard Tazuna. I'll face Zabuza." ordered Kakashi as he pulled up his hitai-ate.
The battle began. You can hear clangs of Kakashi's kunai and Zabuza's sword. It was a fierce taijutsu battle. Zabuza was stronger, but Kakashi was faster. Kakashi evaded every strike from Zabuza. He tried to counterattack, but he always found his kunai blocked by Zabuza's cleaver.
Zabuza decided to take it to another level. He made Mizu bunshins, and casted a Suiryudan to Kakashi. Kakashi made several Kage bunshins to fight the mizu bunshins. He himself charged at Zabuza, but was slashed in two when he got close, before he poofed. Another Kakashi launched from the ground below Zabuza, holding a kunai. Unfortunately, Zabuza's trained reflexes made him backflip to evade the strike.
Kakashi, running out of tricks, were engaged in a taijutsu battle again. And he was losing.
Haku engaged Sasuke in a ninjutsu battle. She used ice mirrors and ice senbons to teleport and strike Sasuke at vital points. Sasuke shunshined and counterattacked with Goukakyu/Great fireball and Hosenka/Phoenix flowers.
None of their jutsus hit. They were balanced. They excel in speed. They strike and move. Neither of them could predict where their opponent would appear next.
That was, until Haku decided to use her trump card. The Makyo Hyosho/Demonic Ice Mirrors. Ice mirrors formed a dome around them. The Ice mirrors blocked chakras too, preventing Sasuke from shunshining outside. Sasuke tried to melt the ice mirrors, but it didn't work. So he kept shunshining inside the dome to dodge the Ice barrages that Haku sent from various sides of the Ice dome. He took some damage from the senbons. A senbon hit a vital point in his left leg, slowing down his movement and making him an easier target for Haku. Soon he found himself a human porcupine.
Then their blond teammate came with a not so graceful entrance.
"Don't worry! The super powerful hokage of konoha came!" he shouted with a shining teeth.
Zabuza, Kakashi, Sasuke, Haku, Sakura, and Tazuna couldn't help but sweatdrop. "Seriously? What a beatiful entrance."
Naruto saw Sasuke with needles all over his body. So he ran inside the dome.
"Sasuke! What happened?" he asked.
"You idiot! Don't enter the dome! You can't get outside once you get inside." said Sasuke.
"He's right. Even Zabuza-sama can't get out from here." said a feminine voice.
"Haku!" shouted Naruto.
"I'm sorry, Naruto. But... we're enemies. I'm just a tool for Zabuza-sama. And he wants you to die." said Haku with a sad tone.
Haku continued her ice barrage. Naruto found himself a porcupine as well. He tried to explode the ice domes by having Sasuke shunshin his bunshin and explode them. But it didn't work. Naruto saw Sasuke's eyes morph into red eyes with a tomoe in each eyes.
Sasuke felt the effects of the sharingan. He could see Haku's pattern of teleporting. Maybe his eyes could keep up, but his body couldn't. He tried to fire a Goukakyu at where Haku would be next. The fireball burnt Haku's kimono, but it didn't do any damage. They were getting desperate. Sasuke's body is going down.
"No Sasuke! You can't die here!" shouted Naruto. His eyes were filled with tears. He could hear the faint scream of Sakura calling for Sasuke.
"Naruto. I trust in you. Please, solve Itachi for me. Kill him if you think he deserved it." Sasuke said.
"No! Sasuke, please don't die!"
"I'm sorry, Naruto. I want you to know that you are precious to me. You're the first to understand me." Sasuke said before his hands fell.
Naruto froze. Sasuke just died. Rage took over him as he charged at the person who killed his best friend.
End chapter 4
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