A/n: I do not own anything except my OC Nelrim.

I'd like to say, thank you all who are watching this story.

I have to give thanks to Godo for giving me a sight to refer to for translations. Now don't fret, I'll make it so you people who aren't jap savy can understand them. For the people who are, can you catch me translations if they're off, and then PM me what I translated wrong? That would be a great help if you could. Thanks in advanced.

Basically, from this point forward, all the jutsus and skills are going to be in jap, but there is going to be an english translation afterwords. Something like this.

"KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!" (Shadow clone jutsu)

Of course, since you guys already know that one, I don't need to translate it... right?

Now on with the show:

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Chapter 8: Rematch

'I wonder who that could be at the door.' Tsunami wondered as she approached the door. Right when she was at the door, it was banged down. She screamed out in fright.

"Well, looky here." said one of two men. Both men were holding their katanas out in the open. (Not gonna describe them. They're just your typical bandits, use your imagination.)

"Gato said take the pretty women to the bridge, right?" Said the other swordsman.

"Yea, those were his orders."

The other man grew a lecherous grin. "He didn't say in what condition though, only alive."

The two men chuckled darkly as they approached her.

"Get away from my mom you baka!" shrieked a kid's voice.

The two men turn to see a small kid. "Oh, looky here. A little hero." Said one of the men. "Well, we know what happens to heroes." He took his sword, and pointed it at the kid.

"Stop!" Tsunami called out. "I'll go quietly, just don't hurt my son."

"Oh, yea? What's to stop us from killing the kid?"

"I'll bite my tongue off. You need a live prisoner, right?" She said quietly.

One of the crooks turned to the kid. "Well, kid. Looks like ya got lucky. Your mom bailed ya out."

Inari looked down, and headed into the kitchen.

"Smart kid." Said the other crook. "Welp, let's get this lady to the bridge." He smirked. "Maybe we can have some fun on the way."

"Hehe, yea, I look forward to it." Said the other.

As they were heading out the door, they heard a battle scream come from behind them. "LET GO OF MY MOM YOU MONSTERS!" And he ran at them with a fork.

Before he could even make it to them, the mobsters fell to the ground, their throats slit by claws. "Huh?" Inari called out. "What just happened?"

"That would be my doing." Said a boy with silver hair, a silver tail, and fox ears to match. He was standing behind Tsunami. She turned around to see his claws blood red.

"Nice going kid. You proved to be a great distraction." Naruto said. "But seriously. A fork? C'mon, there are knives in the kitchen. You could have used one of those. What were you gonna say, 'I'll fork ya a nice one?'" Naruto laughed. "Well, anyways, I'm proud of you kid."

"Huh?"

"You wanted to protect your mother, instead of just letting it happen. You decided to try to fight on your own, even in the worst situations. You could be a great person someday." Naruto did a nice guy pose. 'I hope Anko doesn't kill me for that.'

–

Somewhere in Konoha. A women with a brown trench coat, and fishnet liner across her body with purple hair was sitting and eating her favorite food. Dangos. She suddenly stopped, and looked in the direction of Wave country.

"Somewhere, Somehow. Naruto did something that would piss me off." She sat on that for a second. "I'll pummel him when he gets back." She laughed evilly, and the people nearby scooted away from her in fear. "I just figured something fun to use on him."

–

A shiver went up Naruto's spine. 'Shit, she's gonna kill me. Or worse, torture me.'

He looked back at the kid who watch Naruto suddenly get down and shiver once.

"You okay, Naruto?" Tsunami asks.

"Yea, yea. I just had a strange premonition about something horrible that will happen to me."

Cue sweat drops. "Well, anyways, the group set off in the direction of the bridge. Saying thing like, 'The signal went off.' I think."

Naruto's eyes widened. "Tsunami, do you have a place you can go for safety?"

"Yes, the sweat room downstairs, below the kitchen table"

"Okay, don't come out unless we knock the table two times, then three, then once. 23 is number 1."(1)

"Got it." Tsunami said.

"Kid," Inari looks up at Naruto. "Protect your mom till one of us gets back."

Inari puffed his chest out. "I got it, boss."

Naruto nodded, and ran off.

–

'This is bad.' Kakashi thought. 'Really bad.'

They essentially had him in a tight place. He couldn't really attack, nor could he keep on defending.

Flashback

Tazuna and Kakashi got to the bridge that morning with no problems. When they got there the morning mist was really heavy.

"Man, this mist is bad, even for the mornings." Tazuna said. "I wonder where everyone is."

Kakashi got a bad feeling, and used a small wind jutsu to push away the mist. What they saw was horrifying. The workers, all of them, were knocked out, but that wasn't the scary part. What was scary was that Zabuza was standing right there, with his blade on Kakashi's neck.

"Well, well. Welcome to round 2. I hope the fight goes smoothly." Zabuza called out. "And would you give a warm welcome to my partner in crime?"

The hunter-nin from last time came out of nowhere and was holding a needle to the man's neck.

Instantly, the two men turned into water, and Zabuza and the hunter-nin were left empty handed.

Kakashi appeared behind them carrying Tazuna on his shoulder. He put Tazuna down. "Sorry about that."

Tazuna was a little shaken up. "No... no problem. That was a super job." Kakashi picked an object out of his bag. He put it on the ground, then pulled a wire.

"Cover your ears." Tazuna did just that. A second later, a loud screeched was heard, and a flare was sent into the sky. Two seconds later, a loud bang was heard.

"Good, you warned the others right?" Tazuna sighed, almost relieved.

"It's not over yet." Kakashi pulled up his headband to reveal the sharingan. "The fight's just getting warmed-up."

Zabuza chuckled. "You got that right." He made two half ram symbols, and the mist got suddenly thicker.

"I know how your eye works now, Kakashi. You have to see me to be able to work your magic trick on me. And further more, you have to be able to make eye contact to put me in the genjutsu of yours." Zabuza called out.

'Dammit, he's right.' Kakashi thought.

And after that Kakashi had to deflect several shots at him.

End flashback

Kakashi was getting shot down. Little by little, he became slower from dogging both the big man's attack, and the hunter-nins needles.

"Kakashi-san!" A female voice called out.

Kakashi turned around, and sighed in relief. It was the rest of the group minus Naruto.

"Are you okay?" Kurenai said.

"Yea, I'm a little tired." Kakashi said.

"Sakura, Hinata, Kiba. I want you three to guard Tzauna. Sasuke, Shino. Take on the hunter-nin. Kakashi and I will handle big blade boy."

The gennin nodded in understanding, and went into action. Shino looked to Sasuke. "I found her. Follow me."

'Her?' the rest of the group thought.

Sasuke nodded, and followed close behind.

Hinata went into a defensive stance, and activated her byakugan. She couldn't see very, being that the mist was filled with chakra, but she still had 20 meters of good view around her, and another 10 meters beyond that which was foggy. "Sakrua, get on the other side of Tazuna and watch from that direction. I'll give you a heads up for any incomings." Hinata was in battle mode now, and she never stuttered when she was like this. "Kiba, Keep sniffing the air, you might detecting them before me."

Sakura nodded her head, and kept a look out from the other side. Kiba did as well, and Akamaru and he were sniffing the air.

–

With Shino and Sasuke

The two ran in a direction till Shino called out. "3 o'clock high boogies."

Sasuke looked and blocked several needles coming at him.

"Impressive." a voice called out. "You two are working well together. Are you two team mates?"

"No." Shino said impassively. "Launch, 12 o'clock."

Sasuke through his kunai in a direction, and a metal cling was heard. Shino then through several of his own, and more clings were heard.

"How are you detecting me?" She asked aloud.

Sasuke smirked. "Well, you'll just have to find out."

Several hunter-nins came at them at once. Sasuke took out another kunai, and moved to quickly dispatch the clones. The all turned into water, except one. This one stopped the kunai from hitting her with a senbon. Another clone went to attack Shino. Shino was losing badly, due to not being a close range type.

"I have the advantage now." The hunter-nin said.

"Yea, how so?" Sasuke asked, keeping the pressure on her Senbon.

"One, we're surrounded by water. Two, one of your hands is used up, so you can't perform any ninjutsu."

"So, you can't either."

"Can't I?" She held up one hand, and began forming signs.

'One handed symbols?!'

When she reached her final sign, she called out. "Sensatsu Suishō"(Thousand flying needles of death.) She stomped her foot on the ground, and water droplets were created. Those little droplets then turned into needles, and focused their targets on Sasuke.

'Shit!' Sasuke thought, and did his best to dodge and get out of there. He saw Shino getting his butt handed to him by a clone, and Sasuke rushed up to it, and killed the clone.

"Thank you." Shino said, gasping for breath.

"Keep a lookout for her, Shino. She could be anywhere." Sasuke said calmly. They were both surrounded by water and mist

Shino turned to look in a direction, and Sasuke followed his gaze. Standing out in the open was the hunter-nin. She was doing handsigns, but before either of them could do anything, she finished her handsigns and called out "Makyō: Hyōshō"(Demonic Ice: Crystal Mirrors)

Several mirrors formed up out of the ground around Shino and Sasuke. She stepped up to one of the mirrors, and said, "Now, you shall see my true potential." and stepped right into the mirror. A 'reflection' of her showed up on one of them.

'This is bad. We're surrounded by a strange technique, and it seems to be a kekkei genkai.' Shino thought. 'Further more, we don't know what she can do.'

"This is my bloodline ability, the ice mirrors." She said. 'I have to finish this fast. This technique drains a lot out of me.' She put her hand up, and several ice shaped senbon formed in her hand. "Now, let's see if you can keep up. I'll show you true speed."

Within several seconds, Shino gained several piercings on his body. He fell to his knees stunned at the sudden pain. His insect were going into overdrive to stabilize his body, but they couldn't keep up, and Shino passed out.

Sasuke was the luckier of the two. His quicker reflexes saved him from getting hit in vital points, but he was not much better, as several needles were protruding from his body.

–

Kakashi and Kurenai weren't doing any better. They couldn't predict where Zabuza would strike, and Kakashi was worse for wear from having to defend himself and Tazuna. Kurenai was not an offensive type, and couldn't really predict much either.

"Kakashi." Kakashi looked to his left to see Kurenai behind him. "If you could hold him off for a bit, I think I can get him out with a genjutsu."

"But how? Don't you need eye contact, or be able to see him?"

"Not with the version I'm going to do. It's a massive area version as well. When I tell you then, you need to use a wind jutsu to blow away the fog."

Kakshi studied her for a second. "Got it."

Kurenai nodded, and started performing hand signs at a rapid pace.

Kakashi pulled out a second kunai. 'Time to play defensive again.'

"Whatever you're up to, you can't use it on me. This mist protects me very well." Zabuza called out. "Now, where to strike next?"

Kakashi suddenly moved in front of Kurenai, who was focusing on her technique. She reached 30 hand signs, and then called out while holding sheep, "Kakashi now."

Kakashi nodded, and performed a quick wind jutsu. "Fūton: Daitoppa"(Wind style: Great breakthrough)

The air suddenly shifted a lot, and most of the mist cleared away, leaving evening able to see clearly for a few seconds. Before it came back too much though, Kurenai called out. "Ninpou: choushu ahou"(Ninja art: Fooled hearing) She stared at Zabuza.

"Kai!" Zabuza called out, and the mist went away. "Hehe, you used that chance, and you got nothing. I've released the genjutsu before it could do anything to me. I knew it was coming."

Kurenai smirked. "Kakashi, it's okay to talk now."

"What? Did you hear him? He's already released it."

"I know, but he only released on layer. I actually put three on him. Hence why it took a while to perform."

"So, um, what's going to happen?"

"Let's just say, you should raise your kunai and strike down twenty degrees west."

Kakashi did just that, right before it hit concrete, Zabuza got in the way. Kakashi smiled. "You fooled his hearing, didn't you?" Zabuza looked confused, but then backed away.

"Yes, and this one is much harder to break, even simple pain won't work."

"Can you have him stand still for a moment?"

"Already down, what are you going t-" She stopped when she saw him make two hand sings, then grab his arm.

"Chidori!" He called out, and his hand startled to shine with lightning. "Where is he?"

She closed her eyes for a second. "Directly west." She said. And he ran off in that direction with his arm in tow.

–

'This is bad. Real bad.' Sasuke thought. He could see her move between mirrors, and he had singed her clothing, but he had run out of chakra. Something was eating up his chakra more then he was used to. The world also seemed to move slower, but he couldn't really tell all that well.

"Time to finish this." The hunter-nin said in a monotone. She raised up her arms to release the last barrage of needles, and through them. Just as they reached Sasuke, a kunai came out and blocked them.

"Never fear, Naruto's here." Naruto called out. Sasuke opened his eyes to see Naruto up and ready to battle, his kunai out, and Kina on the ground growling at the girl in the mirror.

"Nice to see you again, Haku." Naruto noticed Shino on the ground. "You.. you didn't kill him, did you?" Naruto asked.

"No, he's still alive, just passed out." She said calmly.

"Phew, glad that's over with. Now, onto real business." Naruto turned around. "Haku, I saw a large group of men gathering at the edge of the bridge. I listened on to a conversation between Gato and his men. They're going to betray you."

Haku didn't look surprised. 'This might be a trick for a diversion.'

"Wait, Naruto, how do you know her name. And further more, why should we care that Gato betrays them?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto turned around, and saw Sasuke's face for the first time. "Um, Sasuke."

"Yea?"

"Why do you eyes look like Kakashi's left eye?"

Sasuke jerked up. "Tell me, how many marks in each eye?"

"One in you left eye, and two in your right eye." Naruto said.

Kina looked up as well to see them. 'Oh hell no. Just when we were breaking through Sasuke's arrogance, his bloodline had to...' she thought.

Sasuke laughed. "FINALLY! My sharingan has awakened."

Haku shifted uncomfortably. "So, you have that as well?" She started to appear in multiple mirrors. "Naruto, sorry. But I cannot go against my precious one's words. I have to kill you if I deem you threats."

"Wait!" Naruto tried to yell again, but couldn't. The words fell on deaf ears as well. All he images threw senbons at once.

Naruto and Sasuke worked back to back to stop them from getting killed by the needles.

'Naruto, deactivate your gravity seal. Use my yokou!' Kina yelled in her head, creating a red yokou shield in front of her to stop the needles.

Naruto followed her commands, and used a ram sign when he could. "KAI!" The gravity seal lifted off, and he could move faster. He started blocking more quickly now. He searched his body for her yokou. When he got to the usual place, he noticed something else. He moved to another burning feeling in his body. It felt warmer and a more welcome sensation then Kina's yokou. Without a second thought, he tapped into it.

His body was overrun by the power.

'Naruto, what did you just do!? Oh, shit. You shouldn't have touched that!' Kina yelled in her mind. Her voice got slower and slower as she thought.

The needles came at him slower, and slower, until the needles seemed to have stopped in mid air. Naruto looked around him, he saw Kina at his feet looking worried. She was frozen. Sasuke, behind him, was frozen in mid swing, deflecting an ice needle. Another three were heading right for his stomach. Naruto moved, and grabbed all three, and threw them aside.

"What the hell just happened to me? I can grab these things out of mid air." Naruto looked up, and moving very slowly was the hunter-nin. He aimed his kunai at her feet, and threw several of them. They hit, and created a big gash in them. He threw one more, and it hit her stomach. He missed vitals on purpose.

After he did so, Haku started to move faster, and faster. Naruto got back into a defensive position. 'Whatever this is, it's wearing off.' he knocked several of the ice needles from the area, and then looked to the mirror that Haku was just going into.

The sensation stopped, and Naruto collapsed onto his knees. He wasn't just exhausted, but his entire body felt on fire. He yelled out in pain.

"What just happened, dobe?" Sasuke asked, suddenly very aware of the fact that the ice needles just seemed to disappear.

Kina spoke into her mind and almost literally yell at him. 'I told you, MY YOUKOU! And what you just did is not tap into my yokou. You tapped something unknown!' Naruto did another cry out in pain. 'Shit. Nelrim, I hope you have that remedy ready.'

Sasuke, though was focusing on something else. Haku had flown right out of her mirrors, and in her feet and stomach were kunais. "How.. How did you just do that dobe?" Sasuke asked, clearly out of it.

Naruto got himself under control enough to see his handy work. His body still felt on fire, but at least he could somewhat control the pain. Haku was on the ground. She had landed awkwardly due to her feet being of no use. She pushed a hand to her stomach. "What... what was that, Naruto?" Haku asked.

Naruto tried to speak up, but all that came out was a gasp of pain. Suddenly the air cleared around them. They could see everything clearly. Kakashi, and Kurenai had several cuts on them, and Zabuza looked a little winded. Kurenai called something out, and Zabuza did a counter.

The mist came back in just as strong. A sudden cry of pain came from Zabuza.

"Zabuza-sama." She tried to get up, but couldn't. The pain in her feet were too intense. She pulled the kunai out of her feet and stomach, and forced herself to ignore the pain. She ran towards the cry.

A bird like screech started to sound out throughout the area. A light flashed, and the mist cleared up again. Naruto saw the after math, still not able to get up.

Zabuza had Kakashi's had in his chest. Punctured straight through, but not through the heart. To Zabuza's side was Haku, she looked like she was pushed out of the way.

"Now," Zabuza coughed up some blood. "Didn't I tell you that it's not nice to interrupt my battles." He coughed up more blood. Kakashi pulled his hand out of Zabuza.

A clapping sound was heard, and that stopped everyone. As the mist cleared, Gato and him men could be seen quite clearly.

"Well, well, well. The great demon of the mist beaten by some brats and their baby-sitters." Gato said, shaking his head.

Zabuza coughed a little more. "What are you doing here?" Zabuza asked, already knowing the answer.

"I came for a stroll with my men, hoping to see a dead bridge builder. And what do I see? You beaten around like a little kid, by little kids." Gato then smiled. "Ah, oh well. I wasn't going to pay you anyways."

"So, you're betraying us." Haku said.

"Bright girl." Gato said. "Although, you can't be too bright, as you hurt my arm before you came here."

Zabuza chuckled hoarsely.

"These men will all work for me lower then the price it would have costed me to pay you, and you already wore down Tazuna's guard. I get a two in one payment. A very lucky deal." Gato looked over them all. "Now, I'm going to kill you all, but my men will leave the women alive. I like to have a little fun with them before I kill them."

'Uh, oh.' Kurenai thought. She looked over to Naruto who had red eyes, but was holding his chest like he was in pain. He looked over to Kina, and then looked back at them.

'Kina, you have my permission to use 5 tails.' Naruto thought. 'Kill them all, but Gato.'

Kina nodded. 'Okay, just sit tight, Naruto. I just sent my message to Nelrim, He'll be here shortly.'

Naruto nodded, with red still in his eyes. He looked back at Gato and his men, set off some ki, and said something loud enough for all of them to hear. "Don't you ever dare threaten my friends."

Kina's tail suddenly split in half, making two tails. She grew a little larger. Her tails split once more, making four tails, she grew larger still, she was about the size of a pony at this point. One of her tails to the middle split once more, creating five tails. She became the size of a full blown horse. The air suddenly grew dark, until no one could see. Two red eyes shined out of the darkness looking straight at the men.

The eyes disappeared, and then cries were heard. Bodies being pulled apart could be sounded out. A man gargled on his own blood somewhere. The darkness lifted to show that Kina had moved to the other side of the bridge, her tails wagging swiftly behind her. Before her, a mass of men were on laid all over the ground in a nice blood mess. Body parts were left in several places, and several more were burned, and clawed to pieces. Gato was the only one left standing.

He turned around, to see her looked him straight in the eyes

Kina opened her mouth covered in blood. "My master said to leave you alive." A deep voice came out of her mouth. "Consider yourself lucky. I would have enjoyed killing a man like you. You are a disgrace to all creatures." She closed her mouth, and disappeared. She appeared near Naruto, still with five tails, and picked Naruto up with one of her tails.

"Master is very hurt at the moment, Kuernai-sama." Kina said. "I must take him somewhere else for the moment. He'll be back at the wave woman's house in 3 days time." A cat with a siamese fur design appeared on top of Kina, and they all disappeared.

Sasuke could only say one thing. "What the fuck?"

"You're telling me." Kakashi said. He turned and looked at Gato, but Gato wasn't looking at where Naruto and Kina just were. Nor was he looking at the rest of them. He was backing away from Hinata.

Something was different about Hinata. Her hands had become claws. Her posture very unlike a Hyuugas. She hissed at him, and lunged at the poor man.

Kurenai snapped to attention.

"SHIT! Not one, but both of them go off?" Kurenai moved, and grabbed Hinata just as she was about to take out the man's second eye.

The group could see Hinata's eyes now. Her eyes had changed as well. They had faint dark blue slits in them. Her hands were a bloody mess now.

"What's going on?" Kakashi said, as he ran up to her.

"Well, let's just say... There's more to Hinata then meets the eye."

Hinata struggled against Kurenai's holding, trying to get at the man who was torn to pieces.

"Shhh, it's okay now, Hinata." Hinata calmed down somewhat. Kurenai held Hinata against her chest, hugging her tightly. "Calm down, little one."

Hinata closed her eyes somewhat, and then drifted off into lala land.

Sakura ran off and grabbed Shino. At this point, she didn't care anymore. If they wanted to tell her, then they would tell her.

Kiba? Dude, he shit his pants when he saw the fox become a giant, and then pissed himself when he saw Hinata literally tear a man to pieces. Akarmaru? He was hiding in Kiba's shirt. For a while, neither of them would move.

–

Hinata woke up in a strange place. It was her family's dojo. 'That's weird.' She thought as she was getting up. 'Did I just dream that?' She thought back to it.

Flashback

"These men will all work for me lower then the price it would have costed me to pay you, and you already wore down Tazuna's guard. I get a two in one payment. A very lucky deal." Gato looked over them all. "Now, I'm going to kill you all, but my men will leave the women alive. I like to have a little fun with them before I kill them."

A blueish hue wept over her eyes.

The area grew dark, and she heard several men being slaughtered. The light came back, but less clear. Men were strewed all over the bridge in a funny fashion. She saw the man quivering, and looking straight into the giant foxes eyes. The giant fox said something at that moment.

Her eyes became less clear, and soon all she could think about was killing the man. Her body was moving all on it's own, and approached them. The world, at that point, grew dark.

End flashback

She looked around, and saw that a door was open. She walked out of the door, and into one of the main hallways. She walked around slowly, before she came to her mother's garden. In the center, was a giant blue cat with two tails.

The cat sat patiently, waiting for Hinata to take her in. When she felt it was enough time, she spoke up. "Hello, kitten." The cat said.

"W-who are yo-you?" Hinata asked. "An-and where are we?"

"Me? I'm the two-tailed cat, Nibi no Bakeneko." She said politely. "And as for where we are. We're in your mind, kitten."

"Wait, THE Nibi no Bakeneko. The demon?" Hinata asked. "Why... why are you in my mind?"

"I placed myself in you, kitten."

"Why?"

She chuckled. "To follow my master's orders."

"You mean the Shinigami?"

"Very good, Kitten. The Shinigami is my master, but I have another that I follow on this plain of existence."

"Wh-who?" Hinata thought.

"Why, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, of course." She said, as if it was everyday knowledge.

"Bu-but, I thought the kyuubi was killed by the yondaime."

Nibi chuckled. "You think that my master could be killed?" She laughed some more. "No, she can't be. She was sealed inside a certain person."

"Wa-wait, she?" Hinata started gathering her thoughts.

'That's right, kitten. Just a little more.' "Yes, she. You think the most powerful being on this planet would be a male?" She laughed harder. "No, that kind of power cannot be entrusted to any male."

"Wh-who is she sealed inside."

Nibi smirked. "He is someone close to you. You admire him everyday. He's followed around by a little fox that's smarter then she let's off."

Hinata's eyes widened. "Naruto!?"

"Yes, kitten." She purred out. "At least you fell in love with the right guy. I didn't even have to influence you."

"Then.. then is that little fox, The Kyuubi?" Hinata was putting two and two together.

"Very good, once more Kitten." Nibi said.

"So, is Kina her real name?"

Nibi looked shocked to it.

"I mean, Kyuubi is just a title really, meaning 'nine-tails.'" She stopped for a moment. "What's your real name?"

"I'm going to like you a lot, Kitten. Smart, but not yet very independent. Yet. But we can work on that with time." She purred. "My name is..."

–(2)

"Huh?" Inari said aloud. "Were we too late?"

The group looks up from Hinata. Hinata was in Kurenai arms, being cradled. They all see the villagers eying the destruction that occurred.

"Wh-what happened to the bridge?" Inari asks.

"You missed it kid." Kakashi said. "I'm glad you all came to help, but we already killed off the enemy."

"What about me?" Zabuza said, laying back in the ground. Haku was tending to his wounds.

Kakashi turned, "We'll deal with you two later. But right now, neither of you are deemed a threat. Your employer is dead."

Zabuza nodded, then leaned his head back. He was slightly annoyed by Haku's constant ministrations, but he endured it.

A man rushed up to Tazuna. "Are you okay, man?"

Taznua came out of his stupor. "Wha- yea, yea. I'm fine."

Kakashi walked up to Taznua. He grabbed the one needle still in the guys side. "I guess I didn't stop all of them. Hold on Tazuna, this will hurt for a second." And pulled it out fast.

Tazuna jerked, but didn't cry out.

Kakashi looked at the man.

"Being in front of the whole village makes one braver." He chuckled.

Kakashi chuckled as he wrapped the man's wound. "There, now you should just rest for the day."

"What about my men?"

"Sasuke, go check them out. See how they're doing." Kakashi called out.

Sasuke nodded, and moved to check them out. After a few minutes, Sasuke came back. "They're okay. A few will have a light concussion, but A okay otherwise."

Tazuna breathed out a sigh of relief.

Hinata squirmed in Kurenai's arms, but didn't awaken. She was letting off a strange blueish greenish aura.

"Will she be okay?" Tazuna asked.

Kurenai did not look up. "I hope so."

Kakashi spoke up. "Come on, everyone. We have to get the wounded back to the house, and get Kiba a new pair of underwear."

Sakura giggled, much to Kiba's embarrassment.

–

The group made it back to Tsunami's house. When they entered the kitchen, it was empty.

"Inari, where's your mother?" Kakashi asked. He placed Zabuza down on a couch. Haku was being carried by Sasuke and Sakura. They placed her down as well near Zabuza. Both of them were asleep.

Inari just walked over to the table, and balled his first on the ground. He tapped twice, paused, three times, paused and one final time, before an unlatching sound was heard.

Kakashi, already figuring out what was happening, moved over and helped them lift the door. Tsunami came out. "Oh, you're all here. Thank goodness." She tightly hugged her son. "Don't you dare ever scare me like that again." She saw her father. "Daddy, you're okay!" She ran over and hugged him. "Thank goodness you're alright." She hugged him tighter.

Kakashi decided to put his hand on her shoulder. "If you hug any tighter, then you're going to open his wounds." She gasped, but nodded in understanding and let the man breath.

She looked around once more. "Where's Naruto?"

Kakashi and Kurenai stiffened. "He," Kakashi started, "went to go deal with an issue." 'one that I'm not sure of.'

Tsunami took the lie, and went over to start a meal for them. 'I bet they're all hungry.'

Kurenai looked up from Hinata in the back. "I'm going to place her in bed."

They all nodded at her, and she went up the stairs.

"What's wrong with her?" Tsunami asked, being busy getting food and spices together for them.

"She's just a little tired, used up a lot of her energy." 'Killing a bastard who would have raped you.' Sakura said and inner-Sakura finished mentally.

"Okay." she said.

A few minutes of silence later, food was served.

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Naruto woke up inside his mind. Kina was sitting on top of him, looking down at him angrily, but a worried look betrayed her eyes. "Do you realize how close to death you came?" she said.

Naruto looked around. It was the same as it always was. A thick forested area surrounded them both, and they sat in a small clearing.

"Well, I don't know what came over me. I felt for your power, but a warmer, much more comfortable one was right next to it."

Kina sighed. "And you went straight for it, not really noticing what you were doing, right?"

Naruto nodded.

"Naruto," she looked like she was trying to find a way to say something, "Oh hell with it. You awakened your kekkei genkai too early, and you're gonna pay for it in pain."

Naruto looked at her with discomfort. "Um, how is that?"

"Remember the pain you felt while you were on the bridge?"

"Yea, I felt like I was being burned alive."

"Yea, well, that's a small fire compared to the volcano of pain you're gonna go through."

Narut was about to ask her what, but then a sharp pain begin to build in his head, shoulders and hip. The pain spread out, and he grew unconscious once more.

–

Out in the real world, Kina and Nelrim were standing over Naruto in a cave. The cave was lined with several instruments for keeping a person alive in the worst scenarios. Anko was standing nearby, making sure the equipment is in order.

"So, is my little brother gonna make it?" She asked.

"He will, but it's going to be close." Nelrim said. He looked up at her. "I need you to do what I say, when I say it."

Anko grew determined, and nodded.

"It's going to be a long night." Kina said. Naruto suddenly screamed out.

"Okay, Anko. Get ready. His body is going to start changing soon, and it'll rip itself apart." Nelrim said.

Anko watched in hopes that Naruto will be okay.

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CLIFFHANGER NO JUTSU!

Sorry folks, but this chapter is 15 pages long, and my usual limit is 15 in one sitting.

Okay, so I lied. NEXT chapter is the ending of the Zabuza saga... mostly, and a return trip to Konoha, and explanations, and people groveling for forgiveness, and Sasuke getting ra-

enough of that...

I honestly need opinions about this one guys. I don't do fight scenes that well, or even at a mediocre degree. If you see anything that's wrong with any of the fight scenes, please tell me.

One: First person to guess where this came from gets a virtual cookie

Two: Don't cha hate me when I do that?

That's all for now folks. See ya.

Omake: Chapter 1 The final exam day...

Hinata had a hard morning. She couldn't sleep last night. The thought of being on Naruto's team just stayed on her mind. Over and over.

She got up tiredly, showered, dressed, and ate a small breakfast.

She moved out the door, and walked slowly, not really thinking on the way there. She made it to the classroom 10 minutes early, like always.

She sat down in the back, and waited for the final day to start.

Naruto came in later, and sat near Sasuke. She was kind of sad that he didn't sit next to her.

Two minutes later, the two banshees came running into the room. The two rambled on for a second, until one of them noticed Naruto. She yelled at him, he froze, looked at Sasuke next to him, and quickly moved out of the seat.

Hinata was mad at the pink haired one for yelling at Naruto. 'Wait, I'm... mad?'

She suddenly felt a presence near her. It was Naruto.

'OMG OMG OMG OMG! He's sitting next to me!' She yelled in her mind.

"Hello," He said.

"H-hello, N-n-Naruto." She blushed a bit more. 'Why can't I talk straight to him?'

The fox jumped off of Naruto's shoulder. Kina approached her slowly. 'Well hello there little fox-chan. Are you cute, or what?' She thought in her mind.

'She seems to like me.' Hinata petted her a little. 'Wait, if she likes me, then doesn't that mean that Naruto likes me? If a person's pet likes me, then that conveys their feelings? Wait, how do I know that. But more importantly, Naruto might like me? Naruto Might like me? Narutolikesme? Narutolikesme? Naruto!?'

She promptly fainted. In the back of her head, a blue cat was laughing her tails off. Kina walks off. 'I knew it.' Kina says in her mind to Naruto.

'What'd you do to her?' Naruto asks her.

'Nothing, but I was only proving my thoughts.'

'again.... huh?' Naruto wondered...