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"Normal speech"
"Toughs and flashbacks"
"Kyuubi"
"Inner Sakura" or something remarkable
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(AN): authors note
AN: aright I'm going to have to seriously tweak, twist and bend the mist nins story in order to make it fit into mine.
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CHAPTER 8: aftermath
Currently the odd group was returning to the house after the success of the mission while being cheered by the population of wave for getting rid of gato, while Kakashi was eyeing the demon of the mist, he wanted to know the reason that make him stay after all he suspected it had something to do with the sudden change in naruto.
"So what was again the reason you're staying" asked the copy Nin "I didn't told you but you must be really lucky to get to train him" "who, Sasuke not really I'm the only one that was able to train him" at this Zabuza only smirked at the comment " so the old man didn't told you" "told me what?" "I'm not going to tell you that, but know this, the brat is more than you can imagine" "what the hell is that supposed to mean".
Then seeing the book that Kakashi was reading he asked " hey did you have another of those" the leaf nin replied by handing another orange book, soon after Zabuza started reading he let out a perverted giggle.
Watching her mentor read the book that Kakashi give to Zabuza Haku did the only thing she was able to, she sighed and shook her head in disapproval "are all men perverts?" then she moved her glance towards The unconscious blonde in the shoulders of her mentor, to her even unconscious he was looking good as ever, sure he went berserk in the battle with her but he didn't kill her when he had the chance but he didn't, that also troubles her, what type of power was that? Also is that ability so dangerous to the user as well, she didn't know but she was determined to know the blonde better.
Sakura watched how the new girl looked at Naruto and she was for the lack of a better word angry, not only with Haku for nearly killing Sasuke, but with herself because after all the things that happened she couldn't even be helpful in the least she had to be saved twice and she didn't even really know her teammates, Sasuke was more than meets the eye and Naruto was no idiot, he proved that today, right now she was having a conversation with her inner self, the topic: the blonde.
"Even if you're right I can't believe how strong he is" "well believe it, besides you should apologize to him" "why" "because he just saved your life besides he already prove that you really don't know him" "but he probably doesn't want to see me" "because the way you treated him in the past but lucky for you naruto is the type of person that forgives nearly everything, specially when it comes to girls so just go there and apologize sincerely" "then what?" "Then you can have a clean start with him, you can actually get to know him for a change " "I guess you're right" in that moment Sakura took a decision, she was determined to know her teammate, really know him.
Uchiha Sasuke was angry… forget it he was pissed, the dobe defeated the girl that was making him look like an amateur, also naruto develop a sudden burst of speed and power in the middle of the battle, and finally he was obviously holding back, why he was holding back he didn't know but he intended to find out one way or the other.
After they reached the house Kakashi asked both mist-nins "how did you ended up in here"
"Why did you want to know that" "I have my reasons" "maybe I can figure out the reason you are staying" Zabuza shrugged but agreed "fine, but there is something you should know" and with that he called Haku who was currently watching the unconscious genin.
"Now maybe you should introduce yourself properly Haku" said Zabuza with a smirk that was hidden by his mask made of bandages "Zabuza-san are you sure" the shinobi nodded "okay then my name is Momochi Haku is nice to meet you" and bowed respectfully.
The leaf nins along with Naruto who woke up just in time to hear the last part were deadpanned and they say the only thing they could think of "WHAT?" regaining control Sakura asked "so you're his daughter" Zabuza answered before she could reply " no she's my niece" at this Kakashi added his opinion "but the only other Momochi in kiri is" then his eye widen in realization "so you guessed it, she is the daughter of Momochi Shin my big brother and the current mizukage"
"But if she's the mizukage´s daughter shouldn't she supposed to be in kiri or at least with who knows with how many bodyguards" the demon of the mist eyed the pink haired girl before replying "have you ever heard of the civil war that broke in kiri years ago, no? It doesn't surprise me, in that war many clan fought as a result the bloodlines and clan's abilities were used as a result the people both civilian and shinobi alike despised these clans and tried to exterminate them and they nearly accomplished it, except for a few survivors one of them was Haku's mother, then she met my brother and after she fell in love with him she told him her secret, to my brother however it didn't mattered, to him it mattered that he loved her so they got married and soon after that he became the mizukage and I took his post in the seven swordsman of the mist, after my brother took the seat as the leader of the village he started changing little by little the barbaric traditions that gave us the name of bloody mist and one way to force the council to do it was having a powerful village as an ally" then Kakashi interrupted "the peace treaty with konoha" "so you're catching on, yes, the treaty was originally though to keep our enemies at bay during the time we need to recover but another more secret part of that agreement was made to gain the alliance of one, if not the most powerful clan in konoha to our own clan, this to force the council to agree to change the training methods in the village, sure the agreement was set it will take some time before its fulfilled" at this Sasuke said " you're lying I never heard of any agreement with an outside clan" "you give your clan to much credit, but don't worry is not the hyuugas either, my brother hates stuck up bastards, this clan was supposedly wiped out in the attack of the kyuubi" in this part Naruto lowered his head and clutched his knees, no one noticed except Haku, while Zabuza continued narrating the story "this clan was really powerful they were masters of lighting and sealing and their speed was nothing short of godly" then he turned to see Kakashi "you should know you were trained by his last official member".
Suddenly to Kakashi everything made sense, the physical resemblance, the fighting style he used, the chakra weapon that belonged to his master and only he could use, and the raiton jutsus, all the pieces to the puzzle started to come together and he was having a mixture of feelings, first was hope but it turned quickly into anger, towards the hokage for not telling him, towards the village for treat him that way and towards himself for treating him like that, but maybe now he will be able to set things right.
Zabuza then continued his story "of course the council won't back down without a fight and even tried to kill Kiko (AN: Haku's mother, I don't know her name, so bear with it okay?) While she was expecting Haku, after she was born they found out that the fourth was death but they wanted to make an example of my brother, but nobody was dumb enough to try and kill a kage so the went for the next best thing, his seven year old daughter and his wife, they sent assassins to kill both, killing only my brother's wife, Haku only saved herself because a sudden burst of power from her bloodline but the damage was done after realizing that the council won't stop Shin and I decided that it was better for her to leave and we will only go back when things got settled" and as if cue the demon brothers entered the house followed by tow jounin from mist, one of them spoke up "Momochi Zabuza and company the mizukage send us to deliver these" and he pulled a special scroll from his vest and unsealing it he revealed a wooden box "the delivery is completed now we are leaving" and with that they disappeared.
Then Zabuza opened the crate and widened his eyes at the content, inside the box were four new mist forehead bands, turning to Haku he said "looks like were going home" at this the girl didn't know how to feel for one she wanted to go back to mist and see her father again, and on the other hand she wanted to know Naruto better and like Zabuza was reading her mind he spoke up "but don't worry were staying here for a while" "also Kakashi I need to speak with you, now all of you go to bed" said the demon of the mist in a tone that left no room for arguments.
Once the genins go Zabuza spoke "don't tell anyone about him" "why not" "because if the word gets to rock his life will be in danger, that's why his father ordered that if something happened to him his son was to be named Uzumaki" "I guess you're right" "also there is another thing"…
The next morning the four genin reunited in front of Kakashi and Zabuza, the first spoke up "okay since were going to be in wave for another two weeks and Zabuza here agreed to help train you" after these words the group went to the woods where team seven practiced the last time "now we are going to split the teams Sasuke and Sakura with me and Naruto and Haku with Zabuza" at this Sakura squealed of joy while Sasuke groaned exasperated.
With Kakashi:
"Aright Sakura here take this and channel chakra into it" he handed a piece of paper to Sakura "sensei what for?" "To now the elemental nature of your chakra, that way I'll know what to teach you" after a couple of seconds the paper was soaked "so the nature of your chakra is water I have some suiton jutsus I can teach you but you don't have enough chakra so I recommend you to run up and down that tree over there for a while, also we need to improve your stamina so we'll be sparring to improve your taijutsu, now get going" then he turned to his other student "now Sasuke you're a special case because your sharingan is not normal" "what's that supposed to mean" "when a Uchiha awakens it there is only one tomoe in both eyes, but in your case Sasuke you have one in your left eye and two in your right eye, you are basically between the first and the second level, this means that you can now copy jutsus but it won't be so easy to master them" then he turned and walked towards a stump and signaled Sasuke to come closer "now I want you to activate your sharingan and focus on the hand-seals, this jutsu is specially deadly in the hands of any Uchiha " Sasuke did as told and signaled his sensei to start as he watched Kakashi make seals he was repeating them until it hit him "snake, dragon, hare, tiger, wait how did Kakashi knows this, it must be a mistake" then he heard his sensei shout the name of the jutsu and knew it wasn't some mistake Katon: ryuuka no jutsu(fire release: dragon fire technique) then he saw a wall of flames erupt from Kakashi's mouth and a wide fire beam come out of the flames and strike the stump leaving it black and scorched, then he realized two things, one that jutsu in particular was really powerful and he must master it, two, that his sensei must have pulled down his mask in order to use that technique! He quickly turned around, he was about to find out one of the most guarded secrets in leaf, only to find that his sensei has already put his mask on, "how the hell he did that it didn't took me more than just an instant to turn, well it doesn't matter I will see it eventually" (AN: yeah right).
"Okay Sasuke practice it until you get it right ill go and help Sakura, I'll be back when you finish" and with that he made a shadow clone and "poofed" to where Sakura was.
Sakura was panting in the ground exhausted and she just ran the tree five times, in that moment she realized that she really needed help if not she just be hindrance again, and as if signaled Kakashi appeared " you still have along way to go and we haven't even started, here eat this" and he handed her a soldier pill "now lets spar come with everything you got Sakura" and the girl charged at his sensei.
With Zabuza:
The demon of the mist took the kids entrusted to him to the area where Naruto tried his suiton jutsu, when they arrived the turned to see naruto "aright kid turn them on" at this the blonde give him a quizzical look "turn on what?" Zabuza looked at him deadpanned "your chakra weights, just pump chakra into your clothes all of them, and you'll se the difference" naruto did as told and a second later he hit the ground with aloud "thud" "now you and Haku will run 50 laps while jumping on the trees if any of you fall I'll add 15 extra laps, now put this on and pour chakra into them Haku" he said while pulling a vest from a sealed scroll, Haku did as told and she felt being pulled to the ground " now get going, there is still a lot to do when you come back" Naruto stand up while muttering under his breath the words sadist, bloody murder and slave driver, at this Zabuza only smirked "flattery won't get you anywhere, now go " and with that said the pair went into the trees and took off.
Naruto was really struggling to keep up with Haku as the weights proved to be a little too much, sure when he trained with lee and gai he also wore weights but never to this extent and he stopped using them when the old man gave him his new outfit and told him he won't be needing weights as a direct result he wasn't used to have weights and if he release them he ran into the risk that Kyuubi started ranting again about needing a suitable vessel.
Haku was just a little ahead of the blond struggling with the extra weight as well while taking glances to her new found crush, but not because she was the type of girl that looks the boy she likes from a fair distance, no, she was beyond that, she did this because if she misses one step she runs the risk of breaking her neck, Kyuubi of course noticed this.
The mentioned fox was talking to his vessel "nice going kit, first that girl from the academy and now her, not bad, not bad at all" "what the hell are talking about fuzz ball" "so you're still as dense as ever, I can't believe you're still alive, but don't worry you'll see soon enough" "stupid fox".
Back to Kakashi:
"Just as I suspected you're going to need seriously training before I can teach you anything beyond genjutsu, get up now I'm going to teach you something" he said to a nearly passed-out Sakura " now I'm going to show you a low level genjutsu Magen: Narakumi no jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Vision of Hell)" then he did the most stupid thing he could ever do, he let Sakura practice genjutsu on him and because he thought she wouldn't be able of using it so soon he didn't bother to reveal his sharingan, as a result he took the full effect of the attack and was assaulted of images of his team burning all his icha-icha paradise books while laughing at his despair, so the next thing Sakura saw was his sensei in fetal position weeping, then Kakashi decided that he saw enough left a shadow clone with her to practice and went to look for Sasuke.
After a couple of hours Sasuke had manage to get the jutsu mastered in some level, he got the fire stream but he still wastes too much chakra but aside that fact he was glad, he could do a powerful jutsu now, he was one step closer to his goal. Not long after that his sensei reappeared in a cloud of smoke as the clone dispelled himself "now that you manage to get the jutsu down I'm teaching you the reason why its deadly in the hands of an Uchiha" then he pulled from his weapon pouch several shuriken that had mono-wire tied up in them and after uncovering his sharingan he tossed them towards the stump using the wire to control its movements and make them wrap around the stump then Kakashi pulled the strings in his hands tying an invisible foe to the stump then he make the seals for the jutsu that Sasuke was practicing moments ago and a large more concentrated streams of fire ran trough the wires and hit the stump, but the attack was more powerful this time, powerful enough to go trough the stump to the other side before turning to ash "sharingan Sofushasan no Tachi (sharingan Manipulating Windmill Triple Blades)" Kakashi simply said "the idea here besides using your eyes to manipulate the blades is make the wires wrap around every vital spot of your opponent's body to inflict maximum damage, as you noticed the jutsu I taught you early increases its power when used with this technique, now you try it"
With Zabuza:
"Alright even if it took you a long time you two are finally back, now you two attack me with everything you got" at this both genins charged.
Ten minutes later:
"Okay now I see the areas where you need improvement, first you Haku your techniques are as good as ever, but you need to come up with new ones also you seriously need more chakra, and you brat need to get faster, now I'll make a training regimen I want you to follow for both of you and if I ever hear a but from you you'll be sorry" then he told them what training they'll be doing aside from what Kakashi gave them of course Naruto tried to complain and true to his word Zabuza doubled his training.
During the time the first week that Haku and Naruto trained together they grew closer to each other, for the blonde he was happy to find a girl that doesn't see him as an idiot and someone to who he can be just Naruto, not the baka or the dobe, just him, as for Haku she was happy that she was right about him, he was a person that gave everything to help the ones he cared for, that he was reliable and trustworthy, and most of all he will never let anything happen to his precious people, the fact that he was good looking also helped.
Time skip:
The second week Naruto and Haku were training with Kakashi, the idea was teach both of them as much as possible, Kakashi seeing his new students for a moment decided what he will be teaching them, finally he spoke "okay now Haku come with me, Naruto meanwhile go and do Zabuza's routine"
Kakashi took the girl to the lake nearby "okay Haku this is one of Zabuza's techniques, I'm sure you can benefit from it thanks to your bloodline, besides I don't think he'll mind" the girl nodded eager to learn one if his uncle's jutsus.
"Good now watch carefully" and begun making seals, when he finished he said mizu bunshin (mist clone) and from the lake four clones appeared, Haku was amazed and exited, she always wanted a technique like that one. Kakashi proceeded to explain the theory behind these bunshin's chakra and showed her the necessary seals "okay Haku practice until you can make at least six or more" and with that he went to look for his student who just ended his routine.
"Aright Naruto these is a c-ranked jutsu and it can be useful to speed specialists" and he made seals and said while pulling down his mask Katon: housenka no jutsu (mythical phoenix flame technique) as soon as he finished saying the name he launched several fist-sized fireballs "the important thing about this jutsu is that the user can control the number of fireballs, their trajectory and the pattern depending the amount of control and chakra you put in the jutsu, now practice for a while" "sensei this is a great jutsu but why don't you teach me a kick ass jutsu" "because I need to see in what level you are now, start and later I'll teach you other jutsu" needless to say the blonde started practicing harder.
With Zabuza:
After some thought the mist-nin decided what to do with his temporary pupils "okay you there" turning towards Sakura "Kakashi told me about your stamina problem, so for starters I want you make 200 punches with each hand, 200 kicks with each leg, 300 push-ups and 300 squats, then you have a half-hour break then run 15 laps and if you even think of protesting I'll double your training, ask Naruto if you don't believe me" Sakura was about to protest but decided not to risk it.
Then he turned towards Sasuke "okay these technique should be useful for you, besides I'm not going to teach you my better jutsus" and he made some mizu bunshin and explained the theory behind them "now brat master these and I might teach you something different, fail and you will be doing chakra exercises for the rest of the week, and you over there start moving you're not even halfway there" said to nearly dead Sakura.
With Kakashi:
After a couple of hours Kakashi checked on his students "okay Haku now that you seem to master it I need to think what to teach you next, right now go and do Zabuza's routine" Kakashi said seeing that the girl just created 10 clones she just nodded in response and do as ordered, then he went to see Naruto's advance and to his surprise he was already dominated the jutsu and nearly master it "okay Naruto that's enough now come her I'll show you an B-rank raiton jutsu" and he began making seals tiger, boar, snake, rat, ox, ram, ape then he extended his left hand while using his right hand to hold his left arm he said raiton: konkisen no jutsu(lighting release: energy beam) as soon as he finished the phrase a electric-blue beam slightly more large than his arm shot out of his hand while two yellow beams circle it, the attack hit a tree nearby and you could clearly see the electricity running in the tree "okay Naruto to do this jutsu concentrate your chakra in your arm and when it's a good amount release it, this jutsu doesn't need that much control, but it does need a lot of chakra" and left him to practice.
That night back at the house Naruto was in the roof thinking about his life and his not so new objective when Sakura came from behind and spoke "Naruto can I talk to you for a moment" after recovering from the surprise he answered "sure Sakura what is it" "I want to said I'm sorry for the way I treated you all these years, and I wish to know you" "well Sakura you already know me" "no really know you" "okay but don't worry about the apology its okay, but tell me how's training going" "sensei said I don't have enough chakra to even teach me a single jutsu, I hate being so weak and useless" "you're not useless and the weak part we can solve, now come" he said carrying Sakura bridal style and jumping of the roof oblivious of slight blush on her cheeks and went towards the lake he found inside the forest after reaching their destination "now I'm showing you a chakra exercise: water walking, also a suiton jutsu" after that he explained both the exercise and the jutsu "now do both until you master them, think of it as a first step towards getting stronger" "arigatou Naruto" "nah don't mention it".
Soon the rest of the week passed and it was time to leave.
(AN: I'm skipping the scene of the bridge because I don't remember it clearly)
reaching the point were the two groups will have to inevitably separate in order to get to their respective destinations Zabuza decided to speak "aright brats, it was nice and you're not half bad but you're still too weak and have a long way to go, all of you"
Haku then spoke up in a rather sad tone "I guess this is good bye then" she was about to turn around when the object of her crush spoke up "wait Haku-Chan" and got closer to her face slowly
"mmmm Naruto-kun what are you doing" said the female while blushing at Naruto's closeness and getting closer by the second, right now he was four inches away from her face.
"feh dobe what are you thinking" said Sasuke.
3 inches
"brat"
"Naruto" said Kakashi
2 inches
Sakura didn't said a word but inner Sakura was fuming "Naruto you idiot what the hell are you doing"
1 inch
then he suddenly stop and for a moment that seemed to last forever he stared at her eyes, suddenly he just gave her a grin and pulled the bun in her head letting her black hair falls down cascading in her back, "sorry Haku-Chan but you look better this way" and went back to his team.
"Naruto-kun do you like girls with long hair" asked the blushing and flustered Haku
"well yeah, and I told you look better this way" this caused that Haku blushed more.
In that moment the demon of the mist was thinking "now she'll never cut her hair" "aright if that's over we have to go"
After separating and going their ways for an hour Zabuza was eyeing his niece, who still had a little blush in her cheeks and decided to speak his mind "that brat get to you didn't he"
"he's special Zabuza-san"
"but do you like him Haku"
"yes I do, why Zabuza-san"
Zabuza decided it was time to let her know the why of the question "because my dear Haku it will be rather difficult to be with your future husband if you don't at least like him"
That was too much for Haku, with a loud "thud" she passed out and hit the floor while a laughing Zabuza watched his niece reaction.
And with that both groups parted away ignoring that soon they'll be seeing each other again
Soon enough.
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AN: another chapter made, first I'm sorry that took me so long but I had writer block second I know there is a filler chapter but it was needed, now many said good reasons so harem is officially part of the poll now for the rules:
1)there will be only 4 girls (the tree that have more votes) and I'll be picking randomly the 4°th
2)when vote for harem please also vote for the girl you want in it example: harem/Haku
3) no older women (Anko, Kurenai, Hana, etc.)
also for the guy that said that he was the last of the Uzumaki I have a surprise but if anyone is interested said it in your review or leave a message and I'll answer questions, now for the poll:
HINATA: 2
SASAME: 1
OC: 2
TEMARI: 6
HAKU: 23
INO: 6
TEN-TEN: 5
HAREM:4
Well that's it for now please review flames are not accepted but constructive criticism is.