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Naruto couldn't sleep not that he needed to with his almost unlimited stamina so he had decided to learn more of the jutsus in the scrolls Asuma gave him. Right now he was trying to get the wind sword technique down he was close but hadn't gotten it yet trying one more time Naruto yelled "wind style: wind sword" and watched as the blade of wind impacted the training post and cut it horizontally in half. 'yeah finally got it now to start on water' Naruto thought and started practicing the water techniques. After hours of practice Naruto had managed the water techniques and so he walked back in side the compound and looked at one of the clocks and realized it was almost time for him to meet with his team so he quickly went to a shed outside Tsume let him use for his weapon making and looked at his unfinished project and thought 'should be finished soon' it was a sword he'd been making it was made from the same metal as the kunai he'd made Anko and all he needed to do now was add the seals to it.
Once Naruto arrived at the training ground he saw Kakashi and Asuma already there and Kiba arrived shortly after him. Naruto notice Asuma grinning and couldn't decide if that was good or bad but after Shika and Shino arrived he got his answer "team we are going to request a C-Rank mission today because I don't feel like wasting your time with worthless D-Ranks" Asuma said Kiba smiled and said "what do you think about that Akamaru" and the little dog just barked in agreement while Shikamaru sighed Shino just remained as stoic as ever and Naruto was grinning like mad "well what are we waiting for" he asked. Once they arrived at the Hokage mansion and got to the mission room Asuma requested for a C-Rank and Iruka almost went insane but the old Hokage stopped him and said" if you think your team is capable Asuma but I would like Kakashi's opinion also" "I think our team could handle a C-Rank if what I've seen is any indication" the masked jonin replied "very well here is a C-Rank escort mission you are to escort the client to wave and stay with him until he finishes building his bridge, Iruka please bring in the client" the Hokage said and soon everyone watched as an man walked in holding a bottle of sake and said "eh they'll have to do I can't afford to stay here any longer, by the way names Tazuna" "alright everyone get packed and meet at the gates in an hour pack for a weeks journey" Kakashi said.
Naruto walked into his room and grabbed a few storage scrolls and sealed clothes in one food and medical equipment in another and his ninja gear in the last before putting them in his coat he then strapped on his kunai and shuriken pouches. Grabbing his unfinished sword Naruto put it in a sheath he bought thanks to kyuubi's help he would say he had around low chunin level kinjutsu right now. Once Naruto came out of the shed he saw Kiba, Akamaru, and Hataru waiting for him and so he quickly picked up his nin-kin and ran with Kiba towards the gate when they arrived they saw Shino, Asuma, And Tazuna already there after a little waitKakashi and Shikamaru showed up. "everyone ready" kakashi asked and got nods in response "alright then lets go". After a little bit of walking the team noticed a water puddle in the middle of the road but they all knew it hadn't rained in a while and that something was up but kept walking anyway. "hey do you think we should continue with the plan I mean there are two jonin said one of the brothers "of course were still going to go through with the plan moron" the other replied. Naruto heard a rattling sound and turned around two see the two brothers charging them but unluckily for the demon brothers the rest of the team turned around when Naruto did. Kiba had already finishedhis hand signs and yelled out "FIRE STYLE : PHEONIX FLOWER JUTSU" and spit out a barrage of fire balls at the demon brothers forcing them to dodge but one of the demon brothers couldn't move after he landed and Shikamaru said "Shadow Possession complete" the other demon brother was easily caught by Shino's bugs since he couldn't escape due to the chain hat was attached to him and his brother andwas quickly sucked dry. Naruto walked up to the brother in the shadow possession and was about to finish him but Kakashi said "hold on for a second Naruto" before walking up to the surviving brother and asked who sent him at first the brother didn't respond but after a few lightning grips from Kakashi he finally told them it was Gato "alright Naruto now you can finish him" Naruto ended the enemy shinobi's life and then turned back to Kakashi who was now talking to Tazuna after a little while he turned back to his team and said "alright its up to you guys whether we continue or not this has already escalated to a B-Rank and has the chance of even turning into a A-Rank if we continue we are to protect Tazuna until he finishes his bridge so what do you four want to do" Naruto and the rest of the team looked at each other before nodding and said "we will stay with Tazuna until his bridge is complete" Kakashi gave one of his eye smiles to this and Asuma said "alright then lets continue". After the team had been walking for a while longer Naruto threw a kunai into a bush which put everyone on high alert but when Kiba went to investigate he said it was only a rabbit and held the scared animal up to show them everyone grew tense but Kiba didn't know why then all of a sudden Naruto yelled "Duck" and they all hit the ground just in time for a huge sword to fly harmlessly over them. once they stood up a man with bandages covering his nose and mouth and no shirt appeared ontop of the swords handle "the demon of the mist Zabuza Momochi" Kakashi said glaring at the man "Sharingan Kakashi" Zabuza replied grabbing the hilt of his blade and pulling it from the tree.
Kakashi lifted his headband to reveal his sharingan "oh the sharingan already I feel honored" Zabuza taunted and flew threw formed a single hand seal and an eerie mist started to fill the area but Naruto flew through hand seals before thrusting out one of his hands and yelling "FUITON: DAITOPPA" sending a huge gust of wind from his hands dispelling the mist "well that was unexpected and quite annoying " Zabuza said but started to flash threw hand seals with Kakashi doing the exact same but Zabuza didn't call out the jutsu fast enough and thus got swept away by Kakashi using his own jutsu against him. Zabuza hit a tree and couldn't get up but before Kakashi finished him two senbon needles hit him in the neck anda hunter nin appeared thanking them for weakening Zabuza before shushining off , Kakashi collapsed soon after from chakra exhaustion and Asuma picked him up before turning to Tazuna and asking" are we almost there he needs rest" Tazuna replied by nodding his head and told them to follow him soon they arrived at a dock and rid on a boat across the water to another piece of land where they got off and Tazuna nocked on the door of one of the houses and a woman with long black hair appeared in the door way before saying "Tou-san your alright" "yes I am thanks to these young men" he said pointing behind him the woman looked up and said "hi my names Tsunami and you must be shinobi" she said before she saw Kakashi "oh we have a room upstairs for your friend" she finished and Asuma thanked her before going upstairs and laying Kakashi in the bed. once he came down stairs he said "alright I want two outside for guard duty this has officially turned into an A-Rank".
Asuma walked up to Naruto who was reading the lightning scroll that he had gave him and said "Naruto I was wondering if you would mind helping me in searching for Zabuza's hideout" "not at all sensei just let me get my stuff" Naruto said before he stood up and walked to the room he was using later coming out with black shinobi pants and fishnet shirt with a black coat over it with a silver dog design on the back with Hataru walking beside him "alright sensei lets go". Naruto and Asuma had been walking for a while when the hunter-nin from before appeared but this time she wasn't wearing her mask "If you do not leave I will be forced to kill you" she said in a cold tone "Naruto I want you to fight her by yourself ,I want to figure out just exactly how strong you are" Asuma said "alright sensei" Naruto said and dropped into his stance "since you decide not to leave I have to kill you" the female said before making an ice senbon and charged at Naruto at surprising speed, Naruto barely dodged the senbon from hitting him in the neck and quickly dropped his weights to 120 from 240 since he didn't want to drop all the weight and pulled out a kunai before flashing through hand seals and saying "LIGHTNING STYLE: LIGHTNING GRIP" and charging his kunai with lightning chakra and charged the hunter-nin surprising her with his speed. 'how is he faster than me when that tiny bit ago he barely dodged me' the hunter thought "uh miss I know this seems weird since we're fighting but could I get your name" Naruto asked "my name is Haku" she replied "alright Haku I just want to let you know that you can't win but if you surrender we could take you back to Konoha and after talking to the Hokage I might be able to get you a job as a leaf shinobi" Naruto said "thanks for the offer but I pass" Haku said and charged Naruto again but was surprised when Naruto ducked under her strike like it was nothing and felt the kunai stab her in her arm before an electric sock went through her making her loose feeling in her left arm. Knowing she was going to loose Haku flew through one handed seals and yelled" A THOUSAND NEEDLES OF DEATH" and formed the ice needles and sent them at Naruto but Asuma jumped infront of naruto and yelled "FIRE STYLE: BURNING ASH" melting the ice needles but when the smoke dissipated Haku was gone. "alright Naruto lets return" Asuma said before he and Naruto left back to Tazuna's house.
DAY OF THEBRIDGE BATTLE
Shino stayed at the house to protect Tsunami and Inari as the team accompanied Tazuna to the bridge but when they arrived no one was there but there was and eerie mist surrounding the bridge 'again' Naruto thought and sighed before going through the seals and yelling "FUITON:DAITOPPA" dispelling the fog. Once the fog was totally gone Naruto and the rest of the squad saw Zabuza and Haku standing in the middle in the bridge "alright Naruto, Kakashi, and I will deal with Zabuza Kiba you deal with his partner, Shikamaru protect Tazuna". After Haku and Kiba started their fight Kakashi started going through hand seals while Naruto pulled out his katana 'I know it's not finished yet but it will have to do' naruto thought channeling wind chakra to the sword and dropping his weights to zero from the 260 while Asuma pulled out his trench knives charging them with wind chakra also. Both rushed Zabuza Naruto reaching him first surprising both of them 'just how fast is this kid I heard from Haku but he was slower than this from her explanation' Zabuza thought just barely dodging the sword strike aimed at his throat. Naruto gave Zabuza the same choice he gave Haku and got a no in reply before Zabuza swung his guillotine sword at Naruto only for Naruto to block it with his sword 'what but how I know he charged wind chakra in to it but ohhhh' Zabuza thought seeing the durability seal and sharpening seal on the sword before having to jump back to avoid Asuma's trench knives from tearing him apart.
'damn this might be harder than I thought' Zabuza thought dodging Naruto's sword and Asumas trench knives before hearing a yell of "Asuma, Naruto get out of there" and seeing both ninja jump away and Kakashi running at him with his famed 'chidori' Zabuza barely dodged Kakashi in time but then looked over to where Haku was. Kiba saw a kunai about to kit Haku and didn't know why he did it but he ran and tackled Haku and used the 'Tsuga' with her in his hands so when they hit the ground Kiba cushioned the blow Haku's mask had fell off somewhere in the commotion and when Kiba saw her face only two words came to mind 'she's beautiful'. Haku blushed a little before standing up and holding a senbon to Kiba's throat "hey nice way to thank me for saving you" Kiba said "what" Haku said confused but then what surprised everybody was Zabuza said "it's true it seems Gato has betrayed us" Naruto then asked "so does that mean you'll stop fighting and come back to Konoha with us" "Hell why not I'm tired of living as a mercenary but first there is something to take care of" Zabuza said looking in the direction of Gato and his men before making a single hand and starting to form the mist again this time Naruto didn't stop it "thank you" Zabuza said and then there was a collection of screams and the mist disappeared to show Zabuza standing in front of a frightened Gato "you tried to kill Haku and then you were going to betray me for this you must die" Zabuza said before cutting off the mans head and putting his sword back on his back before he felt a sharp wave of pain on his side looking down he noticed a cut and said "damn kid you must have gotten me at some point during our fight" "alright Zabuza lay down lay down and we'll patch you up" Kakashi said and Zabuza did as requested and soon was bandaged up after standing up he asked "okay what now" "first we are to help Tazuna finish his bridge and then we will return to the village" Asuma said and Zabuza walked over to Tazuna and apologized for the trouble he and Haku had caused,the funny thing was when Shikamaru said "atleast I didn't have any real work".
A week later the bridge was finished with some help Naruto's clones and Zabuza had helped Naruto with his kenjutsu while Kiba had gotten Haku to go on a date with him and she had actually enjoyed it so now they were a couple so all and all a awesome turn out for the mission Konoha gains two more powerful shinobi. After the group had left to journey back towards konoha Tazuna had asked what they should name the bridge and they decided on 'the great leaf bridge'. 'this is going to be a pain in my ass' both sensei's thought wondering how they were going to explain this to the Hokage.
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