Battle royal, going home
Zabuza hid at the base of the pylons and waited for the workers to arrive. And he waited and waited. Finally a group walked on to the bridge. He leapt up ready to strike down helpless villagers. Instead he found himself twelve feet up, gasping for air.
"So, you are the Youthful opponent that has injured my eternal rival. I, Might Guy, the Great Green Beast, shall defeat you and prove that my Youth out shines his."
"Tell me," Zabuza was buying time, "why didn't the workers show up? They were supposed to be here two hours ago."
"We gave them the day off."
"Neji! Don't tell him that!"
"Yes, I agree with Naruto, you should not have told him that."
"Thank you, Lee, now duck."
As the four boys hit the deck, Kubikiri Hōchō flew overhead.
Zabuza found himself on the other end of bridge, trying to force Guy out into the path of his blade. At the same time Guy stuck in close, where Zabuza couldn't effectively fight. Zabuza pushed off giving himself room to call his mist. The two were soon lost to sight.
Naruto sniffed around. "Haku, I know you're there, I can smell you."
"Hello, Naruto, I'm sorry that we have to fight like this."
A dome of ice rose up around them. As the boys fell into a defensive pose, senbon began to pelt the group. Neji quickly locked onto Haku giving his comrades her position. Sasuke then used fire balls to chase her into Lee's range. As Lee's fist came down she sprang from the ice, right into Naruto's blade. The sharp steel tore down her front, exposing her "assets". Neji and Lee went down with grins and nosebleeds. Sasuke was uninfected. Naruto turned his head to give her some privacy. "I told you she was a girl." He stated to no-one in particular. "So, why did you lie to me?"
"Do you know how hard it is for a girl to survive on the streets?"
"No, tell me."
With that she began to tell the two about her time on the streets. About the near rapes, hiding out in trash cans to avoid Hunter Nin, knowing that death was one slipup away.
Zabuza had seen her as a weapon, not an abomination that needed to be destroyed. So she had given him her life.
"But now, let's end this." She threw senbon a Naruto's throat. Sasuke moved in front of the blow.
"Why? Why did you save me?" Naruto couldn't believe it.
"I don't know, my body moved on its own."
Naruto's head shot up. "You killed my friend." of course Naruto would think that.
As the life left Sasuke's eyes, a red six pointed star appeared in the center.
Naruto found his anger overwhelming his mind. Blood crept into his vision. Power flooded his veins. He charged the wall of ice, pushing chakra into his blade. He cut through the ice, bringing the dome down. Haku was driven out into open as Zabuza flew over head. The landed next to each other.
"We yield." At her surprised look, he decided to explain. "I know when I'm beat. Besides that last blow killed me. Ah and he has your sword. Use it well my daughter." The Demons eyes closed for the last time, pointed teeth locked into a smile.
"Owe, gentle Lee. Naruto, good news, Sasuke is alive, the needles cut off his air supply. He can't move, but he'll be fine."
"Ha" Gatō locked across the bay. "Now that that dammed assassin is dead I don't have to pay him." Turning to his secretary, a slave, he asked, "is that dammed Tazuna dead yet."
"No there was a second force guarding him. All those men fell to a cripple and three women."
"To bad, well now I don't have to pay them."
"The cripple also captured the man you sent to observe the fight."
"But I sent you." The fear was palatable.
The sound of chirping birds filled the office. Kakashi left though the window.
Three days after the battle the Leaf ninja were ready to leave. Rin was going to stay in Wave, for a time. And Haku, wearing her adoptive Fathers sword, would come with them. As the group disappeared the locals named the Great Bridge of Hope.
Yes I renamed the bridge. Get over it.
As for Guy vs. Zabuza; why not, it makes sense to me and I've never seen it done before. If some one did think of it first, then I salute you.
