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I hope you enjoy this chapter. Yes there will be some Sasuke bashing and even more Kakashi bashing and a secret will be revealed. Well on to the story.
Chapter 18 – The fight at the bridge…
Sasuke looked really annoyed. "Again with the Uzu ordering us around, I am Sasuke… mmph…" Sasuke said until his mouth was covered by Kikiyo.
"Sasuke, you want to give away your secrets to the enemy?" Kikiyo said as she glared at Sasuke. "Your identity can be a weapon against an enemy if you are not well known or it can cause your enemy to overestimate you and destroy you quickly. As for Hinata giving orders, I have no problem with it as long as she is doing the right thing. She is my medic and needs to be protected." Kikiyo whispered the last point.
Ino, Sakura and Hinata gathered the injured workers and pulled them father back on the bridge out of any fighting area.
"Sasuke, Keiko you guard Tazuna unless we tell you otherwise." Kakashi ordered.
Suddenly five Zabuza appeared around the group. "I see you came prepared with a medic and everything. Maybe she will be able to patch you up when we get done with you. We have no qualms with you. Well, maybe with Kakashi Hatake, but not with anybody else. I see your student is quivering with fear." Zabuza said laughingly.
"I am not quivering with fear, I am shaking in anticipation. I want to fight." Sasuke replied with an actual smile.
"Do it Sasuke." Kakashi ordered.
Sasuke disappeared and reappeared back in the same spot with an arrogant smile on his face. Suddenly all the Zabuzas fell away as large globs of water.
"Haku, it looks like you have a rival." Zabuza said as he smiled behind his bandages.
"It would appear so Zabuza-sama. Can I deal with him? I am sure Shin would like to take the female jonin, he likes that sort of thing. I will Leave Kakashi to you." Haku replied.
"Yes! I get the woman! I am going to so mess you up!" Shin yelled exuberantly.
"Haku, Akemi told me to tell you that she knows Gato is going to cheat you guys out and try to kill us all after we fight each other and wear ourselves down." Kikiyo yelled while looking angrily at Shin.
"I see. Why is Akemi-chan not here?" Haku asked.
"Akemi was protecting the bridge builder's family. Akemi stopped a couple of samurai from taking them hostage. Akemi also sent word that she will be here soon. Have you talked to Zabuza about what Akemi told you?" Kikiyo asked hoping that Zabuza would not attack.
"I have, he has not informed me of his decision." Haku replied and looked at Zabuza.
"I haven't decided yet. I am interested in the offer though. Let's play for a little bit and I will make up my mind." Zabuza said as he pulled his massive sword off his back.
"Enough of this!" Sasuke said as he ran towards the three missing nin. Sasuke threw three shuriken, one for each nin.
Haku pulled out a senbon and blocked all three. "If you are so eager to die then we can accommodate you." Haku angrily said as he started to spin and move towards Sasuke.
"Can I gut her? Please?" Shin pleaded.
"Are you sure you can handle her?" Zabuza said as he watched Sasuke pull out a kunai and try to make a swipe at Haku. Haku blocked the swing with his senbon. "I am going to enjoy this. Have fun, and try to not get yourself killed Shin."
Shin ran past Sasuke and Haku and threw a couple of kunai at Kikiyo. Kikiyo easily blocked with her own kunai. "Are you trying to insult me? A genin can throw better than that." Kikiyo taunted.
Haku and Sasuke battled for position while their weapons were engaged. "You are good but are at a disadvantage." Haku stated.
"How so? We both have weapons engaged so we can't do much else." Sasuke replied almost taunting.
Haku put his off hand up and made several hand signs. "Ninja art: A thousand Ice Needles." Suddenly a thousand ice needles were formed from water puddles around them. All the needles suddenly headed towards Sasuke.
'One handed jutsu? How can this be?' Sasuke thought as he jumped out of the way of the ice senbon flying at him.
"You have good evasion and your speed is excellent." Haku mentioned as if a teacher rolling off a list of things that Sasuke was to perform for a test.
"I have not hit my full speed just yet. There is a little bit more." Sasuke replied arrogantly.
"I am sorry to hear that, as I have much greater speed. I propose you stand down until Akemi arrives." Haku said almost pleadingly.
"Why should we wait for that bitch? She is not what she seems anyways." Sasuke said as if he knew something and wanted to tell it. .
"That maybe, but the art of the shinobi is deception." Haku replied.
"I will defeat you and show you my strength." Sasuke said as he charged Haku.
Sasuke and Haku continued to trade blows as neither made a hit.
Shin screamed and fell to the ground. "That was too easy." Kikiyo gloated.
"Genjutsu? Shin was always terrible with Genjutsu." Zabuza said as he disappeared.
Kakashi uncovered his left eye and revealed his Sharingan again. "Looks like I am going to kill you sooner rather than later Zabuza." Kakashi stated.
The fog around the bridge thickened. "Kakashi… I found the Sharingan's weakness. And I know you cannot predict the future with it either. So I have a prediction for you…" Zabuza's voice echoed around the bridge.
"And what would that be?" Kakashi inquired.
"I am going to kill you today, because you will not be able to stop me. I am the master of the silent kill. The only thing that could save you is that girl from Uzu. I will either join their village or have the girls join my group." Zabuza replied. "Haku seems to have become attached to her for some reason. Nina Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu." The fog thickened to almost be impenetrable.
Kikiyo knew that this was one of the weaknesses of the Sharingan. "So is the Copy-Cat ninja going to lose today? I know Takashi would love to have Zabuza come to Uzu. So Zabuza?" Kikiyo asked coyly.
"Yes… How may I help you?" Zabuza replied as he swung his sword which Kakashi blocked with his kunai.
"Have you made a decision on Uzu or not, we would love to have you join the village." Kikiyo stated.
"How can you want a cold-blooded killer like him to join your village?" Sakura asked as she tried to listen to Sasuke's fight.
"I would rather have him as an ally then an enemy." Keiko responded. "And Haku has a nice voice."
"How can you think about that monster while poor Sasuke-kun is fighting for his life?" Sakura asked almost pleading.
"How can you like that pampered brat?" Keiko retorted.
"He is not pampered… He is brooding." Ino responded forcefully.
"Shut it you pink hair banshee and do your job!" Hinata yelled at Sakura as she did a foot sweep sending a ninja right at Sakura.
Sakura jumped back and slapped the flying ninja to the ground with a resounding thump. Keiko immediately grabbed the shinobi's hands and put a small seed near the restrained hands. Keiko pushed a little of her chakra into the seed which immediately grew into a pair of shackles and bound the man. "You might actually become a decent shinobi with some training." Keiko jested.
"Shut it brown haired… plant girl." Sakura said in a vain attempt at insulting Keiko.
The sound of weapons hitting each other resounded off the bridge.
"Hey Kakashi, let's watch your student fight my student for a little bit." Zabuza said panting.
"That sounds fair." Kakashi replied also panting as the mist cleared.
To everyone's surprise Hinata was surrounded by six shinobi who were unconscious. Keiko had two bound at her feet and Sakura had one. Sasuke and Haku continued to trade blows.
"Enough I will end this. Ninja art: Demonic Ice Mirror Dome." Haku called out as the puddles of water that surrounded them started to form mirrors of ice. "Your speed is formidable but it cannot match mine. Especially with this jutsu, you will not win."
"I can take you." Sasuke replied arrogantly.
The ice mirrors formed a dome that encased Sasuke. "You should surrender now and save yourself from the embarrassment of losing to me." Haku commented as Hinata walked close to the dome to look inside. Haku entered a mirror. Haku jumped between the ice mirrors. Haku appeared to be in more than one mirror a time. "Surrender now leaf ninja you cannot win. Whirlpool shinobi please step away from the mirrors as this is this boy's and my fight." Haku requested and Hinata complied as she backed away from the mirrors.
'I have a few tricks up my sleeves until my Sharingan becomes active.' Sasuke thought.
"Now we begin." Haku commented as senbon came from every direction.
Sasuke used a substitution with Hinata to get himself out of harm's way. With this Hinata screamed and became a pin cushion. Hinata looked angrily at Sasuke and then sympathetically at Haku.
Haku appeared next to Hinata. "I am sorry, I did not intend for you to be hurt by this attack. He appears to be both of our enemies. You are a friend of Akemi?" Haku asked and Hinata nodded.
"Sasuke did this to me." Hinata said looking off into the distance down the bridge.
"I did not hit anything vital so you will live. You will pass out in a couple minutes." Haku reassured Hinata.
"She may live but you will not!" Sasuke said as he finished a string of hand signs.
"SASUKE NO!!" Kikiyo and Kakashi yelled as one.
"Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as he blew a fireball at Haku and Hinata.
As the fireball moved towards the two, a killing intent was felt further back on the bridge. A blinding red ball intercepted the fireball right in front of Haku and Hinata. Smoke rolled off of Akemi her shirt was burned off. Naruto thought for a second and looked at Haku and then transformed back to Naruto. Naruto's hair looked very wild and blond. His canines were elongated he had claws. On his stomach was a seal. Naruto was surrounded by red chakra.
"Teme! You hurt Hinata-chan. I will not forgive you. Haku was only trying to disable you not kill you. If you had screwed up the swap Hinata-chan might have been really hurt. You use an ally to remove yourself from harm? You are a traitor and do not deserve to were that headband. You think only of yourself!" Naruto yelled at Sasuke. Naruto then noticed a change in Sasuke's eyes. He now had the undeveloped Sharingan. A single tomoe in his left eye and two in his right.
"Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as he sent another fireball at the three of them.
Naruto screamed a roar and blasted the fireball to nothing. Sasuke angered at this, as he did not realize Naruto was really pissed and was going to take it out on Sasuke.
"Naruto, don't! The council will not like it if you hurt Sasuke!" Kakashi yelled as he moved to try to stop the impending fight.
Zabuza intercepted Kakashi as he swung his zanbatu. Kakashi blocked it with his kunai. "Did you forget you still had me to deal with Kakashi?" Zabuza asked.
Haku started to pull the senbon from Hinata. Hinata nodded her appreciation as the wounds healed quickly. "Naruto, please calm down. You should not be so angry with him." Hinata stated which caused everyone other than Kakashi and Zabuza to look at her in surprise. He involved me in a fight. You are the better person and that is why I love you." Hinata smiled at Naruto. Hinata then looked at Sasuke her eyes had lavender slits for pupils, her nails had become claws and her hair looked messy.
"Sasuke Uchiha, you are a disreputable slime. You wanted me as your betrothed, yet you would use me as a sacrificial lamb for your own gain. You may have activated your Sharingan, but it will never make you anything other than a traitor. You used an ally to protect yourself. That is deplorable. As Naruto already said 'I will never forgive you.' When the Third Hokage and the council hear about this little stunt they will forever destroy any contract your father tricked mine into signing. That is if I let you survive today."
"What do you think you can do about it bitch?" Sasuke asked.
Hinata looked around at everyone. "You have all seen how he treats an ally during a battle." Everyone including Sakura and Ino nodded. "Who would like to have him as an ally or teammate?"
"He is strong…" Sakura quietly commented.
"Strength comes from protecting those you care about. He would just as soon turn you over to an enemy to protect himself rather than protect an ally and work with them to defeat a superior foe. What did your parents teach you? How to betray an ally?" Hinata asked angrily.
"Calm down Hinata-san you are injured and will not be able to fight with Sasuke." Haku stated as he pulled the last senbon from Hinata's leg. "There I am done. The fight was between Sasuke and I. I am sorry you were involved."
"So it is true?" Zabuza asked.
"Yes, it is true. He is the heir to the most powerful bloodline in Konoha, the Sharingan. His name is Sasuke Uchiha. That is why your student will lose, now that his Sharingan has now activated." Kakashi stated boldly.
"Well then let's finish our little game. Ninja art: Hidden Mist Jutsu." Zabuza said as he faded into the mist. "I am the master of the silent kill and will kill you Kakashi." Zabuza boasted.
"Not if you can't deliver a killing blow." Kakashi replied.
"Ninja art: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as he sent yet another fireball at Naruto, Hinata, and Haku. "Looks like I got them." Sasuke boasted as he looked at the burnt area that the three had occupied.
"Sasuke! You bastard! Attacking your allies!" Keiko yelled angrily.
"Shut up bitch! You have no right to question me, I am Sasuke Uchiha…" Sasuke started to boast only to be interrupted by Keiko.
"The son of the bastard who had my mother kidnapped and forced me to never learn the way of the shinobi! I am Keiko Senju great-great-granddaughter of the Second Hokage! Naruto is my cousin and as such we out rank you in Konoha and especially in Uzu. You are the son of a clan of thieves and traitors! I don't expect you to figure this out but if I were you I would keep my eyes on your opponents not others." Keiko replied smiling as she pointed behind Sasuke.
Sasuke jumped and avoided several senbon. "How did you survive?" Sasuke asked as he landed a few feet away.
"Well you interrupted our discussion on who is going to beat some sense into your teme ass." Naruto snidely replied.
"Bring it blond idiot, I remember your scores from school. You were dead last. I became rookie of the year when I graduated." Sasuke boasted.
"Haku he is all yours." Naruto said as he walked over to Hinata and took her hand. "I would guess that killing him might be bad but I want him to learn from his mistake. He can't do it if he is dead." Naruto smiled a feral grin showing his elongated canines.
"You are a monster." Sasuke stated looking directly at Naruto.
"Ninja art: Demonic Ice Mirror Dome!" Haku yelled as Sasuke was again surrounded by ice mirrors. "Time for a true lesson in speed, Sasuke Uchiha." Haku commented as he appeared in all the mirrors at once.
"Got you!" Zabuza stated as he hit Kakashi making a bloody slash mark on Kakashi's chest.
"Time to end this!" Kakashi stated as he opened a pocket on his vest, a scroll fell out. Kakashi rubbed his thumb over his wound and then made several hand signs. He began to twirl the scroll as he wiped his thumb on the scroll closing it and then setting it on the ground. "Ninja art: Summoning: Earth style: Tracking Fang Jutsu!"
Suddenly several bulges in the surface of the bridge moved towards Zabuza. Zabuza screamed in pain and the mist cleared. Zabuza stood with several dogs hanging from his body and blood flowing from the where the dogs had latched onto Zabuza. "I see you finally got me Kakashi, how did you do it?"
"My ninja hounds hunted you by the scent of my blood on your sword. Now I am going to end you, but not with anything I copied for anyone else. This is one of my own creations. Ninja art: Chidori!" Kakashi explained as his hand glowed and electricity formed in the palm of his right hand.
"His chakra is visible." Zabuza commented in fear.
"Naruto?" Hinata asked as Naruto felt fear run down his spine, Hinata could feel this through their link. Naruto disappeared as Kakashi moved towards Zabuza.
"You bastard!" Naruto yelled as he appeared in front of Kakashi.
"Move or I will kill you!" Kakashi yelled as he drew his arm back. Naruto shook his head as red chakra leaked out form his body.
Haku had just knocked Sasuke with a senbon in pressure point. "Naruto-kun?"
Kakashi pushed his hand towards Naruto. "Well then it is good bye Kyuubi." Kakashi said as he smirked and pushed his hand the final distance to hit Naruto.
"Kakashi!" Kikiyo yelled as she ran towards Naruto, Zabuza and Kakashi. Haku appeared next to Zabuza and caught him as he fell to his knees.
"Thanks kid (cough), but you didn't stop him from getting me. (cough, cough) Haku, if he survives I want you to go with them and help them. I am sorry (cough) I did not tell you (cough) that you were like a (cough) son I never had." Zabuza said as he raised his hand up and touched Haku's cheek.
Kakashi pulled his hand out of Naruto's chest only to have the boy slump to the ground. "Stupid kid, that is not what I wanted but at least both the demons are gone."
Hinata was next to Naruto tears falling from her eyes as she looked at Kakashi with utter hatred. "This is the second time you used that jutsu on him. What makes you think it will work the second time you tried it?" Hinata asked as she showed the wound in Naruto closing. "I want to file a formal complaint again Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha from the Leaf for attacking members of an allied village without provocation with the intent of injuring whirlpool shinobi. What say you Hatake?" Hinata asked angrily.
"I say you are nothing more and a wet behind the ears genin. You know nothing of what it takes to become a shinobi." Kakashi answered. "If he lives I will bring him up on charges of helping a criminal. As for you Haku you will be taken as a missing-nin."
"I have never been a shinobi so I cannot be a missing-nin as you so aptly put it. You have killed Zabuza-sama and apparently nearly killed Naruto-kun or as I know him, Akemi, for this I will bear witness to both Konoha and Uzu of yours and Uchiha-sans dealings." Haku replied in a very annoyed voice.
"You will not be able to witness anything if you are dead." Kakashi threatened.
"You will kill my students and a bystander? Will you also kill Tazuna, and your other genin students Kakashi? As I remember the sentence for attacking to kill a Konoha civilian is either death or imprisonment." Kikiyo stated angrily to Kakashi. "Now stand down or you will have to deal with me!"
"Alright but this is not over Kikiyo…" Kakashi replied as he pushed his headband back over his sharingan eye. Kakashi knew if he was at full strength he could take Kikiyo, but using the chidori and the Sharingan had taken a lot out of him.
"So the great Demon of the mist is nothing when compared to a leaf shinobi. Well I will have this bridge destroyed no matter what you do. I do have to thank you for making sure I don't have to pay that psychopath Zabuza." Gato said from the end of the bridge surround by hundreds of thugs.
Haku angry threw several senbon at Gato as a couple men with lightning headbands blocked the senbon.
"Hey brother look we have a Hyuuga, think the Raikage will reward us for bringing her back? Even a little bit ruffed up or even defiled?" The man with blue hair asked the black haired one.
Hinata disappeared and reappeared behind both of them and touched the back of their heads. They acted like they had been hit by bats and fell forward dead before they hit the ground. "Threaten me and you die, I will not be subjected to the same thing that Naruto-kun was… Never!" Hinata yelled as she turned to Gato. "You dishonor your word. I shall leave you to the people of this town and Haku-kun." Hinata said with her Byakugan active.
Gato laughs as a senbon hits him in the throat taking him over the edge of the bridge. The thugs seem angered to see Gato fall off the bridge. A crossbow bolt, twenty Hinatas, twenty Kikiyos and twenty Narutos with a hole in his chest stopped them in their tracks. Haku and Keiko stood next to them and readied for battle. The thugs decided to run and not fight the town and the shinobi together.
The next week was spent with Kakashi training Sasuke. Haku, Hinata and Keiko spent the week watching over the injured Naruto. Naruto and Hinata explained what the problem between the Uzu and Konoha shinobi was. Haku agreed to join Uzu shinobi ranks even though Kakashi threatened him with imprisonment or death. Haku shrugged of the threats and told Kakashi to shove it. The final vote came from Tazuna who said that Kakashi was nearly breaking their contract. Kakashi told him that he had lied about the mission being a 'C' ranked and had become an 'A' ranked. Tazuna said he would pay Konoha when his town got back on its feet but he would also send a report back to the Hokage.
In the end the bridge was named the 'Great Naruto Bridge' because he had been able to bring the village together by his working with Inari, Haku and Zabuza. All the shinobi headed towards Konoha much to the annoyance of the Konoha shinobi.
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A/N: Kakashi did use a chidori on Naruto when he was younger, I will explain the Kakashi incident more in later chapters. And yes Kakashi is going to get in some trouble. The council will guard him from most of the damage but Uzu will not like him very much from this point on. Also him being a strong jonin will also give him a buffer. I am sorry for those of you that like Kakashi but he is a lackluster bad guy in this story. I may reform him later. Yes he knows about Naruto being his sensei's son, but he does not know how to deal with the fact that he at one time tried to kill him. There is a deeper truth but that is for later. Well I hope you enjoyed the fight scene. Sorry for jumping between the people fighting but they were all there.
Well until next chapter. And yes Sasuke is going to be in deep trouble when he returns, Mikoto will more than likely have a real heart to heart with her son.