Magnus: Here goes the battle against Zabuza, hope you enjoy it, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or anything you believe is being mentioned in this Fanfic, Reiko Zonbolt, Arashi Uzumaki and Yukina Hyuga belongs to Kage Bijuu, the Harvesters are co-owned by Kage Bijuu and me, the other OCs belong to me
Chapter 29
Wave Arc – Battle at the Bridge
During one week, teams 7 and 9 were training, knowing that a deadly battle was ahead, for one week, Haku took notes on the strengths and weakness, at first, he was thorn apart between looking both teams, but by the end of the first day, he stop watching team 9, and spend all his time with team 7, at the end of every day though, he always excused himself and went away to spend time on his home, and then returned early in the morning to keep watching, little by little, he was starting to fear the day of their confrontation, He didn't want to face Naruto and his weapon, Casull, those damn chakra bullets were too fast to catch them in time, he didn't wanted to face Hinata, who seemed to ignore the laws of time and space, more than once, he saw her teleport from one place to another while swinging her long blade, and more than one, Haku saw her defying gravity, almost moving without touching the ground, but over all, Lee scared him to the core, this one he wanted to face, but not because he thought he could defeat him, but because he couldn't dare to let this monster to destroy his beloved Zabuza, he was siply too strong and brute, and to see that Anko's weapons did nothing to his skin, was very unnerving
For one week, Haku kept Zabuza informed, and always returned to check on the genins, loathing himself, because he really wanted to be a true friend to them, for one week, Lee kept telling him that as long as he gives his everything in the upcoming battle, he'll be a friend, but on the final day, at the end of the week, Haku didn't returned to watch the genins, and the genins didn't trained, it was time to head to the bridge, and guard Tazuna and his workers, while Arashi and Yukina decided to stay with Tsunami and Inari
"Why aren't you working?!, where is everyone?!", Tazuna shouted to one of the very few workers at the bridge
"Boss... please!, understand that most of us are very scared!, I, as well as a few here had the bravery of coming, just to ask you to stop, WE DON'T WANT TO DIE!", the man shouted back, not angry, but scared and ashamed
"Cowards", Naruto deadpanned
"Shut up kid!, what do you know?!, I have a family waiting for me!", the man shouted to Naruto
"And by not fighting for a better tomorrow, you are condemning your family to a life of suffering... not the best curse of action that a man should take, perhaps a parasyte, but not a man", Lee shot back, if only his brothers could look at him now, using smart remarks, instead of only smashing his way around...
Meanwhile, Zabuza and Haku were watching them, ready to strike, ready to use the information gathered to it's full extent, and yet, Haku was trembling, panic menacing with take control of him at any given moment
"Haku, that's why I told you to not befriend them... stay here while I kill them", Zabuza said, but it hadn't the desired effect
"I'm afraid that's impossible", Haku replied a little too fast
"Very well, tell you what, we'll focus on killing the target, and then we'll leave them all unconscious, how is that?, feeling better for battle?", Zabuza asked, his voice betraying the mocking of his offering, yet Haku silently nodded, had he been without his mask, Zabuza would have seen his crying eyes, of sheer terror
'I only pray for us making out of this alive... perhaps they won't kill us, only maul us until they get bored... if we put a decent fight, that's it, well, that we can do, well, perhaps I'll be able to do it... maybe if I kill the Uchiha I'll be seen as worthy!, yeah!, that will work!', Haku thought, while following Zabuza to the battlefield
Meanwhile, at Tazuna's home...
Tsunami and Inari were watching with horror the ronins that Gato sent to get them, and while the ronins, and their idea of raping and then selling Tsnami while killing Inari was scary, what happened to the ronins short after they exposed their plans, was what kept son and mother frozen on the spot
"GHAAAAA!!!!", one of the the ronins shouted in agony, a delicate small hand was coming out of his chest, holding his heart
"That is what you deserve for threatening innocent people in front of us", Yukina stated, with a terrifying coldness
"ORA!!!", Arashi shouted, while cutting in two another ronin, both half burning to ashes due to the unholy flames of Arashi's sword
"You have came with the idea of taking advantage of defenseless people, now, I'll feed Valmeros with your flesh and souls!", Arashi shouted, truly enraged against the foul humans that tried to live without honor, and without any warning, he leaped against the other ronins outside, engulfed by his own flames, without consuming himself or his clothes, unleashing a brutal carnage against Gato's men
"Arashi-koi will be pretty lively tonight", Yukina muttered happily, while following her husband to join the carnage, leaving both Inari and his mother inside, now safe, but traumatized
"Those are true demons...", Inari muttered
"INARI!, whatever they are, they saved us, you can't...", Tsunami tried to reprimand her son, but got interrupted
"We can win...", Inari muttered again, and slowly, a wicked smile crossed his features
"Inari?", Tsunami asked with true worry on her face
"WE CAN WIN!!!", Inari screamed, and then ran outside, his mother close behind, whatever he was planning, couldn't be good
Back at the bridge...
"WATCH OUT!", Neji shouted, and everyone went into defensive stances, while the bridge started to be covered by a thick mist
"Neji, Hinata, Tenten, stand by Tazuna, quickly!", Anko ordered fast, the genins doing as told without hesitation, while Lee and Sasuke were far forward, trying to se their way into the mist, Naruto was just int the middle of both groups, smiling like an idiot
"Hey!, you just can't order my genins around!", Kakashi complained, he set his mind on giving some reports to the Hokage after this
"Shut up, Kakashi-hentai!, you lack the skill to...", Anko tried to shot back, but found herself interrupted by a creepy laughter
"Heart, lungs, liver, brain, throat." The creepy voice drifted from the mist startling the members of Team 9
"These are just some of the ways to kill a person in one move, the silent kill technique", Naruto's voice completed the sentence, earning a growl from the first voice
"So, do you know me, brat?", Zabuza asked, angry at the smile of the blond
"Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Mist...", Kakashi muttered, while recognizing the man, he was in the Bingo Book, which means that he is powerful
Meanwhile at the other side of the bridge...
"YES!, THE ENEMY FINALLY SHOWED UP!, TO WAR!!!", Lee shouted with singular joy
"Weirdo", Sasuke muttered, they were about to run to the battle, when their way was blocked by a polished wall of Ice
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you advance", Haku stated, with all the bravery he could muster in front of the overmuscled boy, he even showed up without his mask
"YOU!, I knew we had to dispose of you!", Sasuke shouted
"How so?", Lee asked with a slay look, that one he always showed whenever any of his brothers made a stupid affirmation
"Hey!, don't make me look like an idiot!", Sasuke muttered
"You don't need his help to do so, you make an excellent work alone", Haku interjected, giggling a little, this earned the rage of Sasuke, and a loud laugh from Lee
"As I was saying, I won't allow you to advance, I'll be your opponent", Haku stated, while rising a dome made of Ice mirrors around the two genins
"Interesting technique, what else can you do?", Lee asked, exited by the prospect of fighting someone that magical
"Stay out of this, I'll take care of this gay!", Sasuke shouted, while activating the sharingan, which he was hidding up to now, this was an unknown foe, and he wanted to finally copy some good techniques
"I'm not gay!, I like girls and that stuff!, is just that I'm not on the rude side of things... and I like to take care of my appearance...", Haku muttered, while entering on one of his mirrors, soon, all the mirrors showed his image
"Nice!, very well, I'll let you handle the first round!", Lee said while sitting on the ground cross legged
Back with Zabuza...
"What the hell?!", Zabuza almost shouted, for the intel gathered by Haku, he expected this genin to be inhumanly fast... not fast-enough-to-make-you-look-like-a-snail fast
"We can't allow you to touch the good Tazuna", Hinata replied with a cute smile, Masamune was being used to stop Zabuza's Great Sword, with not much effort, while Neji and Tenten were fighting water clones, Zabuza tried to hide in the mist again, but found that Hinata was able to track him down with unholy easiness
"How can you keep track of me?!, you don't have the Sharingan!", Zabuza shouted
"Who cares about a Kekke-genkai designed for lazy people?!, I have the Byakugan!, you can't hide!", Hinata replied, her cute eyes replaced by enraged orbs of fury, yet, Zabuza could tell, that she was playing, Like a cat plays with the mouse
"This is getting crazy!", Tazuna cried, he couldn't see beyond a few steps, yet the sound of the fight was frightening
"Sit down and relax, this won't last long", Naruto said to Tazuna, while smiling in a very disturbing way, he was sitting on his Bone Throne, giving his back to Haku's battle, and looking far past Zabuza's one
'Kit, you scare me', Kyuubi said with a very approving smile
'Is just for the style, besides, I feel a little hungry, and this Gato sounds like a rich and well fed person', Naruto replied, while showing mental images of his plan, earning demonic laughs from Kyuubi
Back with Haku...
"How disappointing...", Haku said, while looking at the downed body of the Uchiha, granted, he never expected much from the sharingan user, but, just a few seconds?
"Not even worth killing...", Haku muttered again, he was about to relax, when he felt a heavy hand on his shoulder, and a shiver made it's way up his spine
"My turn", Lee happily said, Haku turned to face him with pleading eyes
"What about discussing this with a cup of tea?", Haku offered, not looking forward to a death match with the God of War, last time he saw him spar, was more than warning about how he was going to end
"Fine", Lee said, smiling cheerfully
"Really?!", Haku asked with so much hope on his eyes
"Of course, after this battle!", Lee replied, crushing all hopes of avoiding a painful beating, Haku immediately jumped into his mirrors, thing that Lee took as a form of accepting the challenge
With Zabuza...
On a sudden show of speed and precision, Zabuza managed to create enough water clones to surround the Hyuga princess, and then decided to finish this massive threat
"DIE!", Zabuza shouted while trying to behead Hinata, but had no chance, for a massive quantity of chains raised from the ground, trapping him, and destroying all the clones in only one move
"GOTCHA!", Anko cheerfully said
"It's not fair!, I was having a lot of fun!, let him go!", Hinata whined
"You were surrounded and about to be decapitated... Anko, let me go!", Kakashi demanded, he too was tied by Anko's chains
"Shut up, Kakashi-hentai!, it's your fault for trying to stab me again with your kunai!, as for you, little lady, Naruto wants the next scene ready, so this one needs to be disposed of!", Anko explained
"Ha!, it doesn't mater, by now, Haku should be done with your other kids!", Zabuza shouted, while trying to think in a escape plan, until the bridge got shaken, and a massive thunder illuminated the area
"What the hell was that?!", Tenten asked, while Neji activated his Byakugan to see what happened
"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!", Haku screamed as he went falling on their direction
"UGH!!!", Haku grunted as he landed like a potatoes sack, scorched, and unconscious, everyone went silent at the sight
"It seems that Lee used a little bit more force than needed, though I must say, this time it wasn't totally burnt!", Naruto said, and then laughed, all the pieces were in place, and the dinner was approaching
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CALP
The shinobies turned around to see the source of the clapping, just to find a rather short and fat man, dressed on a white business suit, that disgusted Naruto to the extreme, white was reserved for his dear father, not for filthy rodents
"I must say that I'm impressed, but this is a matter of business, so, I'll give you this chance only once, work for me, or die here", Gato stated, the mist decresed, and behind him, hundreds of tugs, ronins and bandits were waiting for his orders, Kakashi and his genins were about to say some smart ass speech, when a satanic laughter scared the crap out of nar everyone there
"hehe... hahahahahaha... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!", Naruto laughed, he was turning pitch black, his shadow extending below the feet of Gato and his men
"Do you think that I fear you, insignificant human?, do you think that I have any need of your money?, no, but I'll take something from you before I let go of you...", Naruto stated, up to now, none has seen the shadow, yet, everyone was trembling, this wasn't a killer intent, this was the cold aura of death itself
"W-What is it?!", Gato asked, thinking that with a heavy amount of money, he'll have a demon at his side
"YOUR FLESH AND SOULS!!!", Naruto shouted, and then from below their feet, massive fox heads raised, dozens of eyes placed on the heads, massive tusks on their deformed mouths, and then the most gruesome carnage took place
Magnus: Sorry for the cliff hanger, but I need the next part for the next chapter, see ya in next chapter!