Welcome back, here is the revised version of chapter 7.

I don't own Naruto.

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Naruto sat beside the fire on his watch shift. He had his clones stationed all around the camp so he didn't have to actively watch. As he sat there watching the fire he thought I'm sorry I had to bail Ino-chan. I hope you will forgive me. I love you Ino-chan.

Soon Itachi came out and took Naruto's place as Naruto went to rest.

The next morning they woke up and ate a quick breakfast and were on their way again. After a few minutes of running, Kakashi held up his hand and told everyone to stop. They all squatted on the side of the road looking for any sign of danger when suddenly 2 men bound together by a spiked chain rose out of a puddle of water. "The demon brothers. To what do we owe the honor?" Said Kakashi.

"We are here to keep you away from the bridge builder. Turn back now and you will be spared." Said Gozu.

"Protecting the bridge builder is our mission; we will kill you if we have to in order to complete it." Kakashi said in a bored tone.

"Fine then, we'll do this the hard way!" Shouted Meizu as the 2 leapt towards Sasuke, who was the nearest to them. They didn't make it far before Meizu's right arm was blown off his body, revealing Naruto standing behind him with a Lightning Release Rasengan in hand. Meizu screamed in pain, before launching several kunai towards Naruto. Naruto dodged them with no problem before doing some hand seals. "Fire Release: Fireball jutsu!" he called out before blowing a medium sized ball of fire toward Meizu.

Meizu narrowly avoided the fireball before moving to launch himself back towards Naruto, but didn't make it 2 steps before he heard the sound of 1000 birds chirping behind him. Before he could even react, Naruto's hand was stuck through what used to be his chest.

"Chidori!" Naruto said as what was left of Meizu fell to the ground dead.

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While Naruto fought Meizu, Gozu rushed towards Sasuke with his clawed gauntlet ready to attack. Sasuke dodged the attack and jumped up and spun around, smashing his foot in to Gozu's face and sending him into the ground hard.

Kakashi and Itachi simply sat back and watched the fight boredly; after all it was 2 chunin level missing-nin against 2 jonin level shinobi, no problems there.

Gozu quickly climbed out of the crater his body had made and detached the chain from his gauntlet before throwing himself at Sasuke once again. Sasuke simply ducked under the swipe of the man's clawed hand before launching an uppercut into his stomach, knocking him up into the air. Just as Gozu reached his peak and began to fall again, Sasuke appeared above him and dropped an axe kick onto his face, shooting him back to the ground and knocking him unconscious.

"Well done you two." Kakashi said as he walked over and hefted Gozu onto his shoulder before walking over and tying him to a tree. Itachi then walked up and punched him in the face to wake him up. Once he woke up he spit at Itachi and said "What the fuck do you want? I won't tell you shit!"

"Perhaps this will change your mind." Itachi said as he turned on his Mangekyo Sharingan and looked the man in the eyes as his body went limp.

Gozu suddenly found himself in a world of black and white, with a strange red moon hovering in the sky. He was bound to a cross by barb-wire, looking down at Itachi. "My name is Itachi Uchiha. In this world I control everything, space, matter, even time. 3 days in here is only 1 second in the real world. If you do not tell me what I wish to know then I will torture you for 3 days and 3 nights." As a sword appeared in his hand and he walked up and stabbed Gozu in his leg. He screamed out in pain and said "Fuck off I won't say anything!"

"Fine then, have it your way." Said Itachi as he cut the man's limbs off one at a time before finally cutting his head off. Gozu's body then became whole again and he was screaming in terror and pain.

"Have you decided to talk yet?"

"Never!" Said Gozu through gritted teeth.

"As you wish." Said Itachi as the sword changed into a kunai and he began to peel Gozu's skin off starting at his ankles and working his way up. Once he made it to the thigh he put the kunai to Gozu's balls and said "Last chance to talk, or I will skin your balls over and over again for 2 days and 20 hours."

"Fuck you!" Gozu whimpered as Itachi started cutting his balls up a little at a time. Gozu screamed in pain as Itachi continued. Once he finished he stabbed the kunai in Gozu's eye, starting the whole cycle again.

"Please God no more what do you want to know?" Gozu said.

"Who sent you here?" Said Itachi.

"A business man named Gato. He says that this bridge will hurt his business interests in wave country so he wants the bridge builder dead." Said the now crying Gozu.

"Where can I find this Gato?"

"He has a base just west of town. Heavily guarded by mercenaries. The only other ninja he has are Zabuza Momoichi and a girl named Haku, an ice style kekkai genkai user."

"Very well then." Said Itachi as the world around him disappeared and he was back in the real world. "We have all we need. Sasuke, kill him." Said Itachi as Sasuke stabbed Gozu in the eye with a kunai and killed him.

"So Itachi, what did you figure out?" Said Kakashi.

"He was hired by a man named Gato, who has a base a couple miles west of Wave country. Gato has also hired Zabuza Momoichi, and an ice style user named Haku."

"Zabuza, the demon of the mist? Sounds like a good test for our students doesn't it Itachi?" Said Kakashi as he gave an eye smile.

"Indeed it does. Let's move out again before our client winds up dead. Naruto did you get the head of your kill?"

"No why would I take his head?"

"In order to claim the bounty you must return proof that you killed the ninja. Seal this one's head and some of the ashes of the other into a scroll and let's move."

"Yes sir."

Naruto proceeded to cut off the head of the demon brother tied to the tree and gather the head of the one he disintegrated and sealed them into a scroll which he put in his pocket. When he was done they started moving towards the Wave country again.

Once they arrived to the border they found the man they were looking for waiting for them at a boat dock. He was an elderly man with glasses and a pointy straw hat and he smelled like alcohol. They walked up to him and he said "I thought I hired Ninja for this mission, not a bunch of kids! The black haired one looks like a damn emo and the blonde looks like a fucking hyperactive retard!" Causing both Naruto and Sasuke to growl in anger.

"Umm… I assure you Tazuna-san, we are the best team possible for this mission." Kakashi replied cooly, trying to diffuse the situation.

"Coulda fooled me." Mumbled Tazuna as the group got on a boat to travel to the island where Tazuna lived.

Once they arrived, he started leading them to his house to unpack. About halfway there, out of the blue Kakashi yelled "GET DOWN!" And everyone hit the deck, with Naruto tackling Tazuna as a large sword whizzed over their head and stuck into the wall of the bridge. A large man about 6'6 with no shirt and striped pants along with a mask over his face similar to Kakashi's landed on top of the sword and looked at the group.

"Zabuza Momoichi, The Demon of the Mist." Said Kakashi.

"I see you've heard of me then, Copy Ninja Kakashi. Ahh you've also got the Uchiha prodigy Itachi with you. Who are the brats?"

"That is none of your concern Zabuza. We are here to protect Tazuna and we will not fail." Said Itachi.

"So Zabuza, where is your partner at anyways?" Said Kakashi.

"She is around. That is all you need to know."

"Well I take it you won't give up and leave? Said Kakashi as he raised his head band to reveal his sharingan.

"You're smarter than you look Kakashi." Said Zabuza as he jumped to the ground and did a set of hand seals. "Hiding in the Mist technique." The last thing the group saw was Zabuza grab his sword and disappear into the mist.

"8 places on the human body that cause instant death. The larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidneys, and heart… Which will it be?" Came Zabuza's voice from seemingly everywhere within the mist.

"Everyone be alert, he is a master of the silent killing technique." Kakashi said as the group made a circle around Tazuna.

"How right you are Kakashi." Whispered a voice in Kakashi's ear from behind. Kakashi quickly spun around and buried a kunai into Zabuza's gut as the man let out a moan of pain, and then turned into a splash of water.

"Damn, a Water Clone." Kakashi thought as he continually scanned the area for Zabuza. Soon there was a sound of metal hitting metal to Kakashi's right and he turned to see Naruto parrying Zabuza's large sword with a kunai.

"Quite impressive. You are obviously no ordinary genin." Zabuza said as he broke the contact, leaping back into the mist with Naruto following after him.

"Naruto no!" Kakashi yelled to no avail.

Just as Naruto was about to disappear into the mist, Zabuza appeared behind him, swinging his zanbato in a sideways arc. Naruto never noticed him there before the sword sliced through him, cleaving him in two, before he disappeared in a poof of smoke.

"Shit!" Zabuza cursed as he heard a whistling sound from behind him. He quickly turned to dodge, but didn't get away completely as the attack brushed past his arm, causing several cuts to appear on the arm before blowing him several feet away.

"Futon: Rasengan!" Naruto said as the attack did what damage it could before he leapt back into formation with his team.

"Impressive Naruto you managed to land a blow on an A-Rank missing-nin." Kakashi complimented as Naruto returned.

"Thanks Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said as Zabuza made another appearance in front of them, this time with his left arm hanging numbly at his side.

"Well Zabuza you are in no shape to fight, I suggest you leave the bridge builder alone and leave."

"Not gonna happen." Zabuza said as he leapt at the group once more with Kubikiribochou poised to attack. He made it close and swung down trying to cleave Kakashi in half, only to be blocked by Itachi.

"You are quite a nuisance, Demon of the Mist. You had your opportunity to leave, it ends now." Itachi said before kicking Zabuza away and doing hand seals faster than the eye could follow. "Water release: Water Dragon Bullet." Itachi said as the mist in the air condensed into a massive water dragon and crashed into Zabuza, knocking him into a nearby tree, and into unconsciousness.

As the group walked towards Zabuza to finish the job, a Kiri Hunter Nin dropped from the trees next to Zabuza.

"Ahh, thank you for helping me capture this one, I've been after him for some time now." The hunter-nin said in a feminine voice.

"It's no problem Hunter-san, would you like for us to kill him and destroy the body now?" Kakashi replied, knowing that this 'hunter-nin' was Zabuza's partner.

"No thank you Konoha-san, I will dispose of him later." Replied the Hunter-nin, right before having to dodge a kunai. She wasn't fast enough, however, to deflect the one that embedded in Zabuza's chest.

Soon the sounds of 1000 birds chirping filled the air and Haku turned to see Kakashi speeding towards them, Chidori in hand. She moved as fast as she could to Zabuza and grabbed him before shunshinning away just as Kakashi passed through the spot they were in.

"Damn I wasn't quick enough." Kakashi said as he turned back to the group. "I'm sure you all know that Zabuza isn't dead. Judging by his injuries, he will be back to try again within a week." He said, earning 3 nods in the affirmative.

After the fight, the group remained with Tazuna on the bridge for the rest of the day, before returning to his house for the night. The next 4 days went without incident, Sasuke and Itachi watched Tazuna for the first half while Naruto and Kakashi trained, and then they swapped for the second half of the day.

On the fifth day when Itachi and Sasuke arrived at the bridge, they were shocked to see a thick mist blanketing the entire bridge, with all of the workers lying on the ground; seemingly dead. Itachi quickly created a shadow clone and sent it back towards Tazuna's house to retrieve Naruto and Kakashi while himself and Sasuke got into a defensive position around Tazuna.

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I know, it's a short chapter, but that's where it had to stop. I hope you all enjoyed.