What if Naruto had a hidden power that came to be when he fought Mizuki, a bloodline he never knew of? Then he would be known as the Kaze no Arashi, the Wind Storm!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Those rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Kaze no Arashi
Chapter 6:
The Boy Who Saved a Nation
Naruto was fast asleep, sleeping soundly like a baby, making Sakura giggle lightly as she peaked through the cracked door. Her pack was on as Sasuke was right beside her and Kakashi was talking to Tsunami while Tazuna was about to go outside.
"Keep watch over Naruto while we're gone," Kakashi said looking at his sleeping student. "He needs it."
"I will," Tsunami replied as Tazuna told them to get moving and went outside.
Kakashi eye-smiled at the lady and put his hand up, "See ya."
The four went off, leaving Naruto behind, not knowing that two men were approaching the house.
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Naruto was drooling in his sleep, muttering about ramen and Hokage. He awoke and looked very confused when Sasuke and Kakashi weren't in the room, sleeping as well. Naruto just thought they were doing something in the kitchen until he heard a women's scream and a plate crash onto the floor.
Naruto quickly put on a pair of his orange pants and one of his black Uzumaki spiral shirts, not bothering with his headband. Naruto looked outside the door and gasped at seeing two samurai approaching a frightened Tsunami as Inari also saw, looking through the path to the bathroom.
"Quiet down, lady! We need a hostage for Gato and I don't want to have to do anything to ya before ya go to the boss." Waraji, the darker skinned samurai, said as he touched Tsunami's face and chuckled when she gasped and slapped him. "Don't make me cut you women! We could just use that cowardly boy of yours as hostage and kill you!"
"Waraji, you stupid jackass! We won't get pay if we fail Gato now! We have to give him the women and then he'll probably destroy the bridge that annoying, ignorant bridge builder is trying to build! Then we'll be Gato's right hand men if that Haku and Zabuza fail at the bridge. After all, he'll have his hired help to defeat the two when the ninjas weaken them! It's the perfect plan!" The other samurai with white hair laughed as Waraji sweat-dropped at his laughing companion.
"You know you just told the kid and the women the whole plan, you dumbass, Zori!" Waraji yelled at the other samurai who glared and then chuckled.
"Like they can do anything about it," Zori chuckled darkly as he looked at the boy. "Since the woman isn't budging, then we'll just take her cowardly boy." He was approaching the frightened Inari.
"No!" Tsunami screamed at Zori who turned, grinning as he looked at the desperate women. "I'll be the hostage…"
"Then, we can dispose of the boy!" Waraji chuckled gleefully as Inari was frozen. "I'd love to see his face once I cleave this blade through his body!"
"If you even touch or kill my son, I'll kill myself by biting my tongue and letting it take my life by choking on it." Tsunami said dead seriously as Naruto felt overwhelmed by the tension.
Tsunami cares so much for Inari… Naruto thought, crying. This must be how a mother feels… Did my mother care about me so much that she sacrificed her life for mine? Naruto, then, grew serious as the samurai took the women out of the house and left the crying Inari.
Naruto was getting angry at the sobbing boy. Come on! You're just going to give up and lose one of the most precious people in your life? Grow up and be strong! Fight for her! Don't let her be sacrificed for your sake! Show the world how much she means to you. Other than the old man, she's all you got!
Inari just stood there, crying. Why… Why am I so weak? Why can't I be like… Faces came to his mind from his old man, to that weird one-eyed sensei of the ninja, that pink-haired girl, that depressed- looking boy, to his mother, to his dead father, Kaiza, and lastily, Naruto. …them? Why can't I be… cool?
Inari wiped his eyes and remember everything Kaiza and Naruto had said to him about being a hero and to quit mopping around. Can I be strong like them too… Naruto… father?
The little boy clenched his fists and ran toward the samurai and his captured mother as Naruto looked and smiled secretly at the boy. Good job, Inari… Naruto moved out the window in the room he occupied and smiled. Now, let me be the hero. After all, they come at the last minute. Naruto chuckled as he ran toward the start of the house, hearing Inari tell them to stop and give him his mom.
Inari ran toward the samurai, who just smirked at the boy, "You just made your death sentence kid." They both pulled out their blades and ran toward the boy!
"Inari, no," Tsunami cried out as the samurai sliced, only to look in shock when it was a giant log.
"What?" The samurai yelled, angry that the boy wasn't there.
"Looks like the hero appeared just in time, eh, Inari," Naruto grinned as Inari was by his side and a surprisingly blushing Tsunami was in his arms, bridal style. He set the women down, scratching the back of his head and blushing himself. "Sorry about that, miss."
Tsunami giggled and gave Naruto a kiss on his cheek as Naruto blushed at the action. "It's alright, my hero." This made Naruto's face even darker red and he chuckled.
"Hey, that's one of Tazuna's hired ninja! Let's get that idiot now!" The samurai charged while Naruto chuckled at the duo.
"That's ironic since look behind you." The two looked back only to see two Naruto clones knock them out with a single blow.
Inari looked at Naruto, amazed at what he had done. "That was awesome, Naruto!"
Naruto chuckled and he looked at Tsunami. "The others are at the bridge, right?"
Tsunami merely smiled and nodded which made Naruto grin. "Alright, a hero's job is never done, right?" He ran forward only to stop. "Inari?"
"Yeah, Naruto?" Inari asked, wiping the happy tears from his face. "Dang it, I'm crying!"
Naruto looked back, his hands behind his back and smiled at the boy. "It's alright to cry if you're happy! You're getting strong, Inari. I'm sorry, but I've got to go. See ya, you two!"
Inari grinned and waved as Naruto took to the bridge, "Yeah, see you, Naruto!"
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Sasuke was exhausted, huffing his breath as he looked at the crystal mirrors before him. Damn it; I can't break or even burn these ice mirrors!
Sasuke's body was a voodoo doll, needles sticking out of his body in all sorts of places. He looked fiercely at Haku and made a series of handsigns. Fire Release: Dragon Flame Technique!
Sasuke breathed in and unleashed a fury of flames that actually slightly melted the ice more than his earlier fireball, but it still barely seemed to faze the Demonic Ice Mirrors. He cursed at himself, angry at not being able to defeat this ninja.
"It seems that this is all you're capable of," Haku said as he pulled out some more needles and threw them at the Uchiha. "Now, die!"
Right as the needles approached Sasuke, he moved swiftly past them, his eyes now crimson red with two comma marks around the pupil in each eye. His face held a look of shock at what he was able to do. I must have gained it! Sasuke smirked at his luck as his eyes pulsated. I have the Sharingan!
How does he hold the Sharingan! Haku gasped internally before he widened his eyes in realization. He is a part of the Uchiha Clan and he holds the Sharingan. But how is this boy alive when that man that was named Itachi was heard to have slaughter the whole clan. It was genocide, a holocaust!
"Now, you'll face the true power of the Uchiha!" Sasuke said, smirking at what he accomplished.
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"I wonder," Zabuza said out loud in the mist with his eyes closed, "where is that loud blonde brat that ranted on how he would be the next Hokage?"
Kakashi merely stood there at ease, planning on using his ninja dogs to track down Zabuza since his blood was on the blade. He put the scroll on the ground and eye-smiled. "He'll be here soon enough, knowing him. He'll probably laugh and say something like, 'The hero comes in at the last moment!'" Kakashi chuckled and then glared in the direction of where he heard Zabuza, his Sharingan eye rotating like an extremely fast Ferris wheel. "Too bad he won't see me kill your arrogant ass! I have more than just Sharingan up my sleeve!"
Zabuza chuckled, "Then, let's see it, Hatake!"
"I'll show you gladly!" Kakashi said fiercely as a group of dogs were summoned, traveling under the ground of the bridge. Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique!
"I don't see anything Kakashi!" Zabuza laughed darkly. "Now you die along with that Uchiha you have as a student!"
Kakashi smirked when he heard distant barking and Zabuza sounding surprised. Kakashi looked forward to see Zabuza, stuck where he was because of a hoard of dogs held him there. "I used my blood on your blade to track you underground with my summoning technique, And the mist is clearing up, so I think it's time to say this again. Your future is death!"
"Stop, you hokey fortune teller," Zabuza yelled in rage. "Your predictions will never come true!"
Kakashi glared at Zabuza, "I'll make sure you die by this, my own creation!" The Sharingan shinobi made handsigns before lightning starting to crackle on his palm. Lightning Blade!
Zabuza's eyes widened at the technique, Holy crap, the chakra's visible!
"Like I've said, Zabuza," Kakashi said, before rushing toward him, "your future is no more!"
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Sasuke was no longer smirking as he looked fiercely at his opponent before falling to his knee. Damn it, it can't end here!
"It ends here," Haku said as he threw the needles right at the wounded Uchiha.
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Kakashi was still rushing at Zabuza, his hand full of lightning, pulled back and about to be pushed forward.
I will not die here, damn it! Zabuza cursed in his mind as he saw the copy ninja approach, sending all his hate at him through glaring, sewer-water eyes.
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Sasuke had his eyes closed but never felt the needle reach him. Instead, he felt someone in front of him. He opened his eyes and looked slightly down to see his blonde haired teammate, grinning while Haku had his own needles stabbed into his hand.
"Very skiled, you are, Naruto," Haku said behind his mask.
"Naruto," Sasuke asked as he saw his teammate's trademark grin.
"The hero, Kaze no Arashi, has arrived!" Naruto said cheerfully, looking at Haku.
Sasuke smirked at him, "So, you got up, dope?"
"Shut up, teme!" Naruto smiled at Sasuke when he said this as Sasuke did the same back. Naruto looked at Haku. "Let's end this guy, so we can help Kakashi-sensei with Zabuza!"
"What do you have in mind," Sasuke whispered as Naruto merely smiled.
"Just use a Fire Release jutsu on me…"
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Sakura could see something as the fog was clearing up. Either Kakashi or Zabuza was running at the other with a very powerful ninjutsu. I hope Sasuke is alright and I wonder if Naruto is here yet… I just want them all to be safe…
Sakura heard a loud cry and her eyes widened… What happened…
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"Dope, have you lost your mind? How long were you asleep!" Sasuke yelled at him.
Naruto turned serious, his arm extended as he did a handsign with one hand. "Just do it, Sasuke…"
Sasuke made the handsigns and blew his Dragon Flame Technique right on Naruto's arm. The fire was sucked into a whirlwind, a vortex of wind as Sasuke remembered this from the bell test.
Wind Fire Release Hybrid: Inferno of Hell Technique! Naruto released the jutsu at a completely shocked Haku as it burned the mirrors into water.
"We did it, dope!" Sasuke said as Naruto dashed with his wind and reeled back his fist with wind surrounding it. Naruto hit Haku, causing him to fall back to the railing of the bridge, his mask broken into shards. "We did it…" Sasuke's eyes widened in horror as the water on the ground turned into a bunch of Haku clones that surprised even Naruto. "Move it, dope!" But it was too late for his teammate, who had thousands of needles, stabbed onto his body.
Sasuke was frozen; eyes were wide in pure shock as he chuckled in denial of what his eyes were showing him, even if he had his Sharingan active at the moment. He could hear his heart rate increase for the first time in what felt like forever. It felt unnatural and horrific as he saw his teammate's body fall to the ground in slow motion.
"You're not dead, right, dope?" he continued to chuckle madly in denial.
No answer…
"Stop with the pranks, Naruto! If you do, I'll buy you a life supply of ramen! I mean a life supply."
Still, no reply…
Sasuke's eyes changed to his coal eyes, still filled with sadness and verged on spilling a flood of tears. He saw the life of Naruto flow out of his shell in a sad crimson color. This made Sasuke shake in fear and madness.
"Say something, dope…"
Still nothing…
"Say something, damn it!"
"You should know that he is dead, Uchiha Sasuke…" Haku said as he looked at Naruto's body, his face now known as the one who told him in the forest if he had someone precious to him. "He was a great shinobi, trying to protect this nation, his precious people even when he was scorned from the place he called home… He died a death worthy of a shinobi."
Sasuke's fists clenched to reality and he scowled in anger at the ground. Tension filled the air around them as Haku couldn't hear Sasuke mutter angrily, "Shut up…"
"What did you say," Haku asked as all the air around him seemed to blow toward him in rage.
"Shut up! You don't even know or understand us!" Sasuke yelled in anger, tears still not spilling from his eyes. "You don't understand what he went through!" With those words, Sasuke charged on a rampage as Haku suddenly widened his eyes and made a handsign. Sorry, but there's something I must do… Sasuke…
Right as Sasuke was about to punch the daylights out of Haku, he disappeared.
Sasuke quickly established himself on the ground, not falling over, before turning and seeing Naruto's body. He slowly and sadly approached his teammate. When he was over his teammate, his tears finally fell little by little onto the blonde's face. He fell onto his knees, his body shaking uncontrollably like he was back at the Uchiha Estate, seeing Itachi kill his family again. This pain was the same pain he felt back then as he lifted his head into the air.
"ERAHHHHHH!" Sasuke yelled sadly and angrily into the open air, his emotions running wild as his tears flooded down his face. To him, it felt like rain was pouring onto his face…
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Kakashi was shocked when he felt his hand being grabbed and hearing an angry "Zabuza-sama..."
He saw Haku instead of Zabuza, causing Zabuza to chuckle madly. "Looks like your predictions are false after all, Kakashi."
Zabuza was about to swing but ended up only slicing Haku as Kakashi barely ducked out of the way. Kakashi quickly saw Zabuza coming and made another Lightning Blade, rushing at him, causing the swordsman to chuckle. "Face it, Kakashi! You're the one to die!"
Kakashi pushed his Lightning Blade with all his might as Zabuza blocked with his giant Kubikiribocho only to be shocked when Kakashi drove his jutsu through the blade, cutting it in two and piercing Zabuza a little. Zabuza backed away and sliced with his remaining blade as it slashed Kakashi; the blood having its iron being used to repair his blade.
Zabuza chucked when he saw Kakashi was shocked at the blade, "It's over now, Hatake!"
Kakashi took kunais and stabbed Zabuza before he could even swing his blade, causing both his arms to become inactive. "Damn it, Kakashi!"
"No, now it'll be over, Monochi Zabuza of the Seven Swordsman!" Right as Kakashi was about to finish him off, they both were shocked to hear clapping on the other end of the bridge.
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Sakura was worried, hearing a voice that sounded like Sasuke. She gasped as she thought. What if he's dead?
Sakura looked at Tazuna with a worried look as the bridge builder sighed. "We'll go together if you want to check it out. That way you're still technically okay since you're with me, guarding me."
Sakura smiled and thanked him, running toward her teammates, dragging Tazuna along for the ride.
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"I can't believe the Demon of the Hidden Mist had fallen so far down." Gato said, looking at Zabuza smugly. "To be defeated by mere ninja, I expected better of you." He kicked Haku's corpse and smirked. "That's what you get for being weak and injuring my arm that day! You really pissed me off!"
Gato then looked to see Zabuza glare and then smirked devilishly, "I've decided to not pay you at all, demon." He gestured at the many men behind him and grinned. "They'll take care of you and the leftover ninja!"
Sasuke appeared before Kakashi, still shocked from Naruto's death, but knew he had to help his sensei and, then, he saw what he had feared was coming, his other teammate, Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun! You're alright!" Sakura was shocked and stood frozen when she saw Sasuke's eyes, still red from his tears. "What happened, Sasuke… What's wrong…"
"Naruto… What about Naru… to…" she stood silent and tears began to generate in her eyes as she saw Naruto's fallen body, looking like a voodoo doll, stabbed and dead. "You're pulling a prank, right, Naruto?" She started to shake in sadness when she looked at him. Tazuna even started to produce tears. "This is a joke, right, Naruto?" She started to laugh in denial while she fell to her knees, breaking down. "Naruto!" She cried out in pure sadness, landing on his chest after being cut on the edges of her face from the needles sticking out. "Speak, please Naruto!"
No answers were heard, but she thought she felt him move.
She gasped as she rose up and saw Naruto groaning, rising his head and chest, looking at the once crying Sakura and rubbed his head. "I didn't know you were that heavy, Sakura-chan."
Tears of happiness now flowed down her face as she rushed at Naruto, not caring about what he said and embraced him. "Naruto, you're alive! You're alive!"
Sasuke was surprised by the outburst but then he heard something that made him turn around instantly, "Sasuke-kun! Naruto's alive!" Sasuke's eyes widen upon hearing that turned around to see a sheepishly grinning Naruto that was up with needles all around his body.
Naruto noticed Sasuke's eyes were red from tears and grinned, "Hey, Sasuke! Were you worried about me?"
Sasuke turned red in embarrassment, causing both of his teammates to laugh. "Shut up, dope!" he turned away so no one would see him smile in relief that Naruto wasn't dead.
Naruto looked to see Gato kicking Haku and Zabuza not saying anything. He rushed toward Zabuza, surprising his sensei and yelled, "Why are you letting him do that?"
"Brat, Haku is dead."
"He was there for you. He is just a tool to you! He called you master and followed you. You were his precious person! And don't lie, Zabuza-teme, he's yours as well!" Naruto said with tears as Zabuza yelled, "Brat!"
Naruto looked to see the openly crying Zabuza, "Say no more and give me a kunai…"
Zabuza was taking his bandages off with his teeth and Naruto lightly smiled, tears still in his eyes as he tossed the kunai into the air toward his former enemy. "Sure…"
Zabuza took it fiercely in his mouth and rushed forward, scaring Gato to hid among his hired men.
"Attack him!" Gato yelled as his men charged forward to the demon.
Zabuza's strikes fiercely killed most of the hired men while they stabbed him with many weapons only for Zabuza to stab Gato in the heart, crimson life hitting Zabuza's chest. "See you in hell, Gato…" Zabuza smirked devilishly as he pushed Gato over the bridge into the rushing water, turning around and looked sadly at Haku. He moved slowly before collapsing in the middle of the bridge.
The hired men then ranted about flooding into the village which caused Naruto to make a series of hand signs. Wind Release: Kaze no Arashi!
All of a sudden, all of the wind tore through the crowd of hired thugs, signaling their cries of agony. Naruto merely looked in relief when they all were dead as he fell over, hearing his name being called. He closed his eyes, ready to rest.
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Naruto awoke and figured out that the bridge was built and that they would be leaving. Naruto smiled sadly; he was starting to grow attached to the people of Nami no Kuni. He would definitely visit again. He got a tearful goodbye from Inari, a proud thanks from all the villagers, a kiss from Tsunami, which shocked everyone, made Naruto blush and Sakura mad with unknown jealousy. The last to say goodbye was Tazuna, who surprised Naruto by telling him the name of the finished bridge, The Great Naruto Bridge and telling him of his already new project that he personally wanted to do, rebuild Uzushiogakure. He even handed Naruto a scroll he found, remembering Naruto was an Uzumaki, saying it was rightfully his.
Naruto put it up, cried happily, hugged the old man and waved goodbye as he and his team left Nami no Kuni, all smiling and prepared for what was next.
AN: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I will be getting to the Chunin Exam next! I am having school so the releases will be coming slower, but I will make sure that I have at least one or two chapters a week unless something unexpected happens.
Thank you for reading and supporting the story as it is my 1st! Review if you want and tell me your opinion!