Chapter 8:

Frozen Hearts Melt

and

Stone Hearts Crumble.

part 3 of 4

alright, now here is the 3rd installement of the four parter wave arch. now i am gonna answer questions now.

Kaiju Rinnegan - i am sorry if the meeting between naruto and haku seemed short but remember, it was orignally short in the series, both times actually, plus i'm also writing another fanfic, dont know if you are reading that one, i will updated that one soon. sorry about that, i usually get good ideas for story writing at work and write them down but the day i wrote that i forgot the note pad i use... yes i still use the stone-age paper notepad to jot down notes. also i am pressed for time since mostly all my time is either working form 330 or 400 am to 1700 or 1800 pm, and thats six days a week. plus my social life. so i due try to get my two stories updated, and trying to work out the writers block for my other three stories that have been put on the back burner.

Fanfic Meister - i got pissed at trying to write the unisex style for haku and quite frankly i prefer to write haku as a girl. not an it or speak of her in the 3rd person or some such style that doesnt show what sex they are. as for sakura for the next while she will be toren between our halfblooded hero and the King of Emoness. until i dicide if i want her in the harem or not. also the story for her is her childhood memories of naruto coming back to her. since it will be a plot point to the story that i have seen that has been used a few times. (Captain XZero that part is for you.)

Seeker of TAFF - i am not writing down your whole name. i hope the PMs i sent help alot. also i enjoy the idea pitched. thanks.

Kmon13 - you my good Sir/Madam(would like clarification on that), have been one of the best reviews i have had since i started writting, i would also like to thank you for your idea and thoughts on the manner that is of my story, and i would also like your thoughts on my other stories as well. and please continue the reviews.

Guest - I am not good at writting the lemons in my stories also it is fluff if anything else.

others - there are too many to list, so i would like to say thank you for the reviews and support.

summary of this ch, it has been close to 4 days since the last chapter. and the Iwa-Kunoichi Kurotsuchi will be showing up in this chapter kinda like how haku did in the last one but, things will get rough. NEW ATTACKS IN AND AT THE END OF CHAPTER!

Naruto laid asleep at peace in his slumber as he had the same dream again but this time things where somewhat pleasent.

-flashback dream-

naruto found himself standing on top a high pillar of stone, standing across from him on a simular stone pillar was the red skinned demon. his wings wrapped around his body like a leather cape, that showed the night sky and sparkling stars.

the demon took a step off the edge of the plate stone plate form only for stone pillars to arise beneithe his feet with each step, until he stood infront of naruto, who shackenly stood his grond infront of the 7 1/2 foot demon, he easily durfed Tchang by a full foot. the complete red eyes looking down to azura blue, was unnerving for naruto.

"you do not flee, good. it would be a shame if you did." said the being in a heafty and deep voice, while it sounded older and wiser, the cockiness of a young man was still evadent.

"Who or what are you?" asked naruto, his voice a bit shacken.

"I am that

IS, that WAS, and what HAS YET TO BE. I am the OMEGA, I am the END. and you shall know my name... when you AWAKEN!" was the thunderous roar as the demon's nightsky wings unfolded to its full length over shadowing all the sunlight until it only showed the night sky.

then naruto heard a voice behind him.

"i see you have yet to awaken, my love." was the sultry voice of a young woman, that he knew was not Haku or Bai Tza, but before he could answer, it was the demon before him that answer the reply.

"i will soon, My Angel of the Night." said the red skinned demon in a kind voice to which did not seem forgien to the being before him. but when naruto turned to look at the sorce of the woman, he only saw a glimce of red hair.

before...

-end flashback dream-

Naruto sat there looking out the window to see the full moon high in the sky, he felt somewhat at peace looking to the night sky, but for some reason he felt something missing in someway. getting tired of just laying in the bed, he dicided to go for a night walk, which lead him a little bit further out from the village, then he had before that night. in the distance he heard the sound of fighting, being who is was, he thought he might aswell go and see what it was all about.

after a few moment of searching he found the clearing where a battle was taking place. in the distance he could see four tall dark skinned men fighting a dark haired woman with pale skin. from what he could see on their headbands, the men had the mark of kumo and the girl had iwa.

seeing the men use lightning base attacks against the girls earth and lava style was not what he called fair.

"HEY! leave the girl alone!" yelled naruto jumping down from the tree he perched himself in.

"You Idiot! You could have used a sneak attack!" yelled the dark haired girl with a growing tick mark.

"ummm, oops?" said the embarrassed blonde scratching the back of his head.

"is he retarted?" asked one of the cloud nins to his comrads, causing a tick mark to grow on naruto.

"he is really short." said the other, the tick mark was accompanied with a twitch of the eye.

"so a retarded midget?" asked the last member of the cloud team.

"Oh, you are soo dead." said naruto in a dark tone, while his hair covered his eyes.

"really, you get bent out of shape for your mentality and height?" asked that dark hair girl.

"hey shut up! i dont talk about how flate your chest is do i?" retorted naruto casting the girl a look only to see the murderous rage in her eyes. "well at lest what you lack at the top you make up at having at the bottom."

he said looking at the girl's well toned ass, which caused the girls face to go red, with both anger and embarrassment.

"m-my ASS!?" yelled the girl.

"well yeah, i mean if you have an ass that nice, i bet you could make a daimond if i put a peice of coal between those outragously well toned cheeks. like damn!" said naruto while taking notice of the cloud nins dropping their guard, which he took adventage of as he dove toward the ground and disappeared into the shadows, which caused the cloud nin to panic looking at the ground believing it was an earth jutsu he had used, waiting for him to come up. "up here assholes!"

Naruto appeared in the sky only to disappear once again and appeared behind the cloud nin that was in the back, stabbing him through the chest with a shadow sword. then disappearing into the shadows once again.

"what the fuck!? how can that brat move like that?" asked the the first cloud nin while he was now back to back with the second one.

"I do not know, but what ever this guy is, he is no fresh genin." said the second nin.

"actually, i just graduated the academy nine weeks ago." came naruto's voice that rung through out the area with an embarrassed tone.

"WHAT, YOU'RE A NEWLY MINT GENIN!?" was the shout from the last two cloud nin, and the iwa girl.

"well yeah, my brothers trained me for two months." said naruto as they could feel the dread of what ever hell he went through.

this time the two cloud nins both seen naruto coming that them.

"I got him." said the first.

"Nah, I got him." said the second.

since naruto was using shadow portals jumping through them to different areas around the them.

"what the fuck is going on here?!" yelled the first cloud nin.

"i dont know!" yelled back the second only to see naruto coming forth from the shadows.

"lets go wild!" yelled naruto as he began to ran in circles around the two nins.

the girl form Iwa could only watch in awe as boy only a year or so younger then herself, a genin no less was making a mockery of two high chunin rank cloud nins. this would have been hilarious if it was not so frightning as she saw the boy run into the shadow like portals with his shadow swords in his hands, slicing the two Chinin to ribbons like no they were nothing, no matter which dirceation he ran he never seem to slow down, only picking up speed. until all she could truly see was the blur of black and blue. not a moment later both of the cloud chunin fell to the ground, from the several dozen cuts or bloodloss, it was anyone's guess.

when naruto finally stopped he looked over to the iwa girl, for the first time he truly took notice of her. he found that she had lovely short raven hair, and rose color eyes, and she did had a decent bust of a large B-cup, but like he said before, she did have an amazingly toned ass.

holding out his hand to help the girl up to her feet, to which she brushed it away getting up by herself, giving him a glare.

"had them where i wanted them, I did not need your help. Leaf scum." she said with a nasty glare.

"really? from the way i saw it, they had you at a disadventage and out numbered." said naruto looking at the girl how could only blush at the blonde in embarrassment.

as the sun slowly rose over the horizen she could see how golden his hair was alone with the azure blue eyes, but what had caught her attention the most was the six whisker marks on his face that gave him a hansome feral look which caused her to blush. the beating of her heart soared high when he gave her his fox like smile. it took her a while to realise that he was talking to her.

"...ame?" confusing her since her attention was drawn else where at the time, resulted in the most intellengent reply she could muster.

"uh?"... i stand corrected... rock for brains... (-_-)#

"I asked, what is your name?" asked naruto again, earning another glare form the Iwa Kunoichi.

"Why should i tell you?" she asked giving naruto another once over while she admired his looks, it was the fact he was a konoha shinobi wat was actually earning the glare.

"how about i start first, that way you will not feel like we are enemies?" he asked the girl before him, while she thought it over for a few moments before giving naruto a slight nod. "ok, I am Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze."

it was in that instant that she went on the offencive.

"Lava style: Lava Dragoon!" she yelled as she sent a serpentine dragon toward Naruto.

"HOLY SHI-" was all he could say as he sank into the shadows.

after the jutsu ran it's corse, narutos voice echoed across the field.

"is this the kind of shit you put everyone through just so they can know your name?!"

"I see how it is Namikaze, Playing the innocent good samaritan, just so you can kill the granddaughter of the Tsuchikage!" she yelled out in anger.

"...Da'hell..." was the echoed reply, until naruto rose up infront of her. "HOW THE HELL WOULD I KNOW WHO YOU ARE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR NAME FOR KAMI'S SAKE!"

taking a step back, she noticed the few dozen shadows rising up around the edge of the clearing.

"Besides, you know my name... but who the fuck are you?" said naruto this time crossing his arms, while a clear crystal wall came up between them acting as a shield to protect him from the girls lava style.

"Kurotsuchi." was the simple reply from the now name Kurotsuchi, while still glaring at naruto, but she could see the shadows in the forest move in ways that said it was unnatural.

naruto saw her gaze turn from him to the tree line, letting out a sigh he raised his hand and did a lazy 'come here' motion to the shadows. no later as he did this 20 shadowkhan appeared before naruto all in a kneeling position.

"Nanashi, what brings you here?" naruto asked on of the shadowkhan.

'master, we and the others are mearly doing our duty to our lord and master." said the samurai shadowkhan while keeping his head low.

"-sigh-, well i can handle myself. so i will not need a shadow gaurd. please just report back to the house and keep it gaurded, that is our main objective, with my safety is second. understand?" asked naruto in a tone that is suited to that of a parent scorlding a child.

"understood, master."

was the massive reply from all shadowkhan before the sank back into the shadows.

"Sorry, Kuro-chan. but I must be leaving, take care." he said as he soon began to sink into the shadows until only his head was left above ground. "by the way... the panda bear is cute."

confused by what he ment for the first moment until a gust of wind came up from behind that she felt the chilling air run through her pants. turning to see that the ass part of her jeans have been burnt off, only her white panties with a panda bear displayed in the middle was shown. with her feeling embarrassed about the fact some guy she had just ment saw her underwear, she could only curse about cute blondes from the leaf.

now it was her time to leave, rushing back to Iwa to report to her grandfather about the son of the yellow flash being alive, while somewhere secretly hoping to see the blonde once again. only to await a surpise that her grandfather will have for her.

-time skip, mid after noon-

we find ourselves with naruto and sakura back at the shore side once again, with naruto's attemps of training Sakura in the art of waterwalking. which only caused confusion with the two teens, naruto for he did not know what to feel for sakura, while he still liked her, it did not feel like the feelings he had for Bai Tza, haku, or even the girl form his dreams... speaking of which he felt like he had known the girl for a long time, not just from his dreams but from his childhood until still what he felt for sakura was still unclear to him.

as for sakura; she could only felt the conflict between her feelings for naruto and the Uchiha heir. while she thought she loved the uchiha, it was the feelings of something from her past the drew her more to naruto, now that he stopped asking to go out with him on dates, to which she actually kind of missed, also when her failed attemps to ask the uchiha out on dates, that lead her to some depression, before when it happend in the academy naruto was always there to cheer her up or help maker her feel better about herself. she could not deny that after two months after last seeing him in the academy changed him for the better, he was now more built then the skinny uchiha, and now seeing naruto topless practicing his Katas for the water element while standing in the middle of the lake was something that was now occupying her dreams the past few days after training with him. that fact he may not have been the samurai in shining armour, or how he said 'a Samurai in shining armor, is a Samurai that has not tested his mettel or skill.' after he said that, Sakura could see that it was true, looking over the past few years, Naruto always seemed to work harder then any one, while Sasuke seemed to get things hand to him. but did it say his skills were better then naruto's or was naruto better then sasuke? while trapped between her thoughts and the sight of naruto's overly toned body covered in both sweat and water was a anygirls fantasy.

"OI, Sakura, you still there?" asked naruto standing infornt of her, which scared her for the most part, mostly because of her daydreaming that blocked ablity to pay attention to her surroundings.

"uh? oh yeah is there something you need, Naruto-kun?" while not paying attention that she had add the '-kun' sufficts to his name, naruto continued his question.

"I was wondering..." he began, thought sakura felt her cheeks heat up hoping he was going to ask her out, while her wanted him to ask her out again like he use to, the other part of her was still conflicted with her feelings towards the blonde. "I was wondering how far are you in your water walking."

feeling disappointed because of getting her hopes up, but knowing that he was married was probly the reason for he feelings towards her. while it last for a quick moment she masked her depressions with a fake smile.

"I-i can now stand on the water for close to 20 minutes before falling." she said with a small smile.

"well, I guess we can start with combative skills now." he said while seeing Sakura's face pale, since she had seen naruto's combative ablities the past few days, she knew she was out matched. "but i will take it easy, we are just building up your chakra levels, so yeah."

walking out on to the lake with him the stood across from each other, with Sakura dropping in to the standard academy taijutsu stance, and naruto getting into a leaned back like stance with his hands brought up infront of him with open palms that faced down toward the water and his eyes closed, taking deep breaths. Sakura could seen the ripples around naruto increase and decrease in size with each breath he took, but with the ripples became small waves. the lake's surface became deathly still when naruto opened his eyes.

"begin." was all sakura need to know as she rushed forward throwing a basic punch, fallowed by a few kicks, and jabs. all of which naruto advoided with ease, will returning a simple punch to Sakura, who did not see it coming as it landed knocking the wind out of her, which he fallowed up by an Ax-Kick to her back sending her down to the water below. coming up for air, sakura knew that he was holding back a great deal when sparring with her. how strong he truly was unknown to her, offering her a hand. naruto gave her a small smile. "try harder Sakura."

giving a nod, she pulled her self up onto the waters surface, then gave naruto an uppercut which only nicked his chin, and an elbow to the gut, this drew a smile on both of their faces.

the smile on naruto's face was one he got when training with his brothers, sister, and Bai tza, so he enjoyed it. for sakura it was a smile knowing that naruto was giving her the help she so greatly needed.

-30 mins later-

"hey Sakura, lets call it a day." said naruto as he could see that sakura was struggling to stay on the water's surface, who could only nod.

but before she could reach the shore line. she felt to her knees since she used all her chakra both in the spar and to keep her from falling into the water.

"Whoa, easy does it." was naruto had to say as he picked her up in a bridal style carry. "here, i will carry you back to the house."

Sakura could not help but blush at the way he was now carrying her, the fantasy of him carrying her the same way as a newly married couple made her blush grow ten-fold, she could feel his muscels through the heavy black jacket he wore, the sense of safety was all she could feel in the blondes arms.

-at the house-

while naruto carried sakura into the house he spotted a sparkling object sitting on the window sill, after setting a sleeping sakura; who fell asleep on the way back, on a couch. he then took a closer look at the object, which turned out to be a rose made from ice.

with a warm smile on his face, naruto knew the choice that Haku and Zabuza had made.

-flashback to Haku and Zabuza before meeting naruto-

Gato was angery at the fact that his Hired hand failed in his mission, he had no qualms of voicing his opinions on the matter.

"I can not believe a Ninja like you, the Demon of the Hidden Mist himself, fail a simple mission to kill a bridge builder, and was beaten by some snot nose brats." said the dinimutive mobster.

"they had Kakashi of the Sharingan with them. and do not tell me how to do my job." said the infamous shinobi, in a threating tone. "if it wasnt for that funny ink jutsu i would have had that silver haired bastard."

this caused the virtically challenged crime lord to grow a tickmark, but with an ego like his that outshined his reasoning, took a threatining action towards Zabuza which resulted in a masked hunter nin to grip the mans wrist and giving a violet twist creating a loud snapping sound that echoed throughout the room.

"becareful what you do and say to Zabuza-sama, for I will not hesitate to run you through." said the calm femine voice from behind the white mask.

"fucking bastard." cursed the short man as he craddled his now broken arm.

after the man has left the room leaving behind the two shinobi. to discuse things amoung themselves.

"Zabuza-sama, how are you feeling?" asked the hunter nin pulling a chair to sit beside the tall man who now laid back on the bed to rest.

"arrg, my best bet is that i would be out for atlest a week or so. my left arm is 30% strength, my legs is 60% full strength..." he said then turned his gaze to haku with a large sweat drop. "but thanks to those toxic senbon needles you stabbed into my neck, to which i think you could used them some where else. if not for the fact that i have been objected to those needles before, i would have said i would be down for a month."

causing haku to giggle a bit, as she covered the small grin she had with a sleaved hand.

"You are so sadistic you know that? i feel sorry for what ever man falls in love with you." was the stark remark from zabuza, only to get a chilling smile from haku.

"remember, Zabuza-sama. i am the one healing and feeding you." said Haku with a tone that was so sweet you could taste it in the air.

the feeling of dread was all Zabuza could feel since he knew haku could not cook, and she knew that fact.

"oh, by the way later i will be going out to find some herbs for the anti-toxin i would need to help you heal, and i also need to re-supply on some of the others." she said as she got up and left the room.

-time skip to after the first meeting between naruto and haku.-

as Haku entered the room, Zabuza took note of the cheerful look on her face, to which he could help but comment on it.

"So, what has you in such a cheerful mood?" he asked looking at her. "last time you were this happy was when you found Snowy."

this caused haku to blush lightly, as sat down and picked up the snow white rabbit and began petting it.

"i met somebody, who has a bloodline... multiple bloodlines." she said with a slightly dreamy look.

"his is with those ninja from Konoha?" he asked in a rough tone, which hid his worried one.

"i did not see a headband so he could have worn it as a belt." she said knowing that her master wanted to know if there are anymore threats.

"-sigh-, just becareful. i do not want a tool becoming useless." said Zabuza as he watched her put the rabbit down and started to work on the herbal paste need for his wounds.

"so this guy." taking a stab in the dark only to see the slightly rosed cheeks on her face darken. "what ablities did he have?"

"well from what he told me... he had the five basic elements, and three sub elements crystal, metal, and gravity." haku said as she finished making the paste.

"eight elements?! FUCK! if that kid is from konoha, this could change things." he cursed as haku applied the herbal paste, feeling the stinging of the herbs entering his wound.

-time skip to after the second meeting.-

haku came back to the hideout, but instead of being cheerful she had a depressed look on her face that zabuza could only guess at what it ment.

"he is from Konoha." he said it as a statement.

"yea... but also... he knows." she said, if she had been looking she would have sworn that zabuza broke his neck from the way he swung his head around to look at her.

"what do you mean 'he knows.'?" he asked with a slight glare.

"he knows about me and you, zabuza-sama. he knows that i was the hunter nin, also he is from konoha."

"well fuck. a bloodline power house, Kakashi of the sharingan, and three snot nose brats. whats next three actual demons in human flesh?!" said Zabuza as he slammed his head into table.

"but there is some good news." she said a little timid about how this might turn out.

"oh, let me guess. he gave an offer to join Konoha did he? saying that if we join him that we do not have to worry about hunter nins, and can actuall have a life? like that would ever happ..." he said sarcasticly until he took notice of her sheepish look. "oh, you have to be fucking kidding me."

"but it is not to join konoha." she said with a slightly wider smile.

"to join his clan?"

"kind of..."

"tell me haku." said the very irritated demon of the mist.

"he wants to not only to join his clan, but also join his families village."

"his families village? the hell, there has been No family ran shinobi village since the fall of Uzushio back at the begining of the second shinobi war." said zabuza like he was stating facts, only to stop and think for a moment. "what is this kids name anway?"

"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze." she said in a her dreamy state of mind.

(BANG - THUD)

Zabuza had fainted, then smacked his face on the table before the back of his head hit the floor.

-time skip after Zabuza wakes up.-

Zabuza just laid there, looking up at the ceiling with a spaced out look on his face. for haku this did not sit well with her.

"I cant believe it." said zabuza finally, but instead of tone of dread or that of anger. the way he said it was as if a promise was finally fulfilled after so long. "Finally, Kushina-sama. the Momochi clan can once again know the honor that is to serve your clan."

Haku could not help but wonder what her master ment by saying this. but she did know one thing, Zabuza had basicly agreed to join her Naruto-kun's village/clan.

"ku!" yelled Zabuza getting Haku's attention.

"uh? could you repeat that, Zabuza-sama?" she asked.

"I was asking did he have any weird summonings that came to him while you with this boy?" he asked looking at her, but the bloodlust that filled the room was intoxicating.

"weird summonings?" she asked tilting her to the side.

"yes! like human like or demonic looking like beings that would rise up form the shadows or disappear into shadows." he said eagerly.

"i have not seen any summonings like that." she said until she recalled what he had done on their last

get-together. "but..."

"But?"

"but i did see him disappear into a blackish purple like portal when he told me of this offer." she said looking at her master, whos eyes lite up a child's eyes on yule's day.

(AN: Dec. 21 is yule or the winter solstice, that predates Chirstianity's Chirstmas, by a thousand years or so. chirstmas only came about when the roman chirstians try to convert the Nordic people of the northern countries of europe. most of all chirstian holidays are from pagian belief and other religions.)

"haku, tell that boy i accept." he said in a way Haku did not like, but for whatever reason her master had atlest she could go with her naruto-kun.

-end flashbacks-

we come across naruto laying in his bed dreaming a dream.

-dream scape-

naruto found himself in a cave that seemed to familiar, one he had always visited growing up, where he hid when being chased by the mobs or on his birthdays.

but this time, there was something missing.

the statue at the end was gone.

"my lord, why do we have to treat this creature like she was one of us?" asked one of the armored gaurds, in an armor that naruto has never seen before. (a 13 century knight armor)

"McCloud. the

'creature' as you put it, has saved our kingdom. she deserves our respect. need i remind you, that it was she that saved your pregant wife and unborn child from raiders?" asked a man with golden brown hair and beard that wore a crown of gold and rare gems.

"i know my lord. but still she is like her name says... a demon." said the armored man with some shame. "but the reason, i ask is why are you letting her sleep the eternal sleep?"

"i am letting her sleep for she needs some peace, in her troubled life. she is as she has said the last of her kind." said the crowned man.

"but why not just do away with her?"

"I Will Not Kill Her, McCloud. she has more then just earned my respect. she has earned my friendship." he said as watched his men set a statue down on a pedastol.

the statue was of a woman with long spiked hair, who was in a kneeling position. she wore what looked like a should cloak and was gripping the edge of the opening near her neck.

the feel of the statue was that of loneliness and sorrow. one that naruto knew all to well just looking that the familiar statue.

"my lord, you said you will be transcribing something for her statue. what will it be?" asked McCloud.

"i've have been thinking on that. i should the Mason enscribe; 'To the woman that has saved all of scottland, May when she awakens form her slumber may she be held by her future lover.' ... yes, that would truly honor her bravery to our countrymen, and to I the king of Scottland." said the man with a small smile.

"yes it would, Lord MacBeth." said McCloud as he and his king left the cave, with only the King of Scottland who turned back.

"rest well, my friend." said MacBeth as he looked at the statue before leaving.

naruto could not believe those men would leave someone trapped in stone, in a cave for who knows how long.

but before the dream could end he could see on the statue a single tear fall form the eye.

-end of dream-

waking up this time, with the sense of sorrow and finally knowing he was not alone, with the rays of the rising sun shining through the window

"today is the day that will decide the fate of wave." he said as he looked out side. not with out saying the few words that felt so familiar to him. "sleep well, my angel of the night."

-end-

fallow, favorite, and review. i hope you enjoyed, also sorry for the lateness of this chapter, i have been working over time and trying to balance my free time with writting and my social life.

until next time.

this is Megatronus...

Out.