Naruto and Hinata stood on guard as they were enveloped by a dome of ice mirrors with images of Haku appearing in each one. "You cannot win this fight. This is my ultimate jutsu; no one has ever seen this technique and lived to tell the tale. I would rather not kill you so why don't you just surrender?" Haku called out from seemingly everywhere within the dome.

"Well as much as I would prefer not to die, and I'd rather not kill you either, but we have a mission to accomplish." Naruto replied while staying on guard.

"It seems we can't come to an agreement then. Our interests conflict with each other. I fight for my precious people, to fulfill Zabuza-sama's dreams. What do you fight for?" Haku said from everywhere once again.

"I fight for my precious people as well. I fight to keep Hinata-chan safe, to ensure the safety of my entire village. What Gato has done for the people of this country is despicable, and you two are trying to destroy their only hope. That's what I fight for; to give these people a chance at a better life." Naruto replied with conviction in his voice.

"I see. That is a valiant reason to fight, but unfortunately it interferes with Zabuza-sama's goal and I cannot allow that. I'm sorry but I must kill you." Haku said before he pulled out several senbon and jumped out of the mirror towards the pair of genin.

Naruto didn't have his Rinnegan active so he was barely able to follow the speed of Haku as he flew by and threw the senbon at them. He quickly coated his hands with wind and moved to block the senbon. He managed to stop most but some of them made it through his defense and stabbed into both him and Hinata.

Both genin let out a yelp of pain as the needles stabbed them in various places. They looked around only to find Haku once again appearing in all the mirrors at once. "See, you cannot defeat me. I'm impressed that you were able to follow me and block my attack as much as you did." Haku said from the mirrors.

Naruto didn't reply, instead he blurred through a set of handseals and aimed for a random mirror before bringing his hand to his mouth in a 'C' shape. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" he said as a stream of flames erupted from his mouth and into the ice mirror. He kept the fire going for a moment before letting it fade away, revealing the mirror to be unharmed. "Just as I suspected, this chakra laced ice is indestructible." Naruto thought aloud

"Yes it is. Now can you see that you're outmatched and surrender so I don't have to kill you?" Haku replied as he pulled out another handful of senbon.

"Not gonna happen. Hinata-chan are you ready?" Naruto said earning a nod from Hinata. Haku shook his head in defeat before jumping out of the mirror once again, only this time Naruto activated his Rinnegan, allowing him to easily track the fake hunter-nin. He quickly moved to avoid the senbon and grabbed Haku by the arm, stopping any further attack.

"Impossible! He stopped my attack… Zabuza-sama, I'm sorry but I've failed you." Haku thought as Naruto whipped his body around to Hinata who stepped in and delivered several jyuken strikes to Haku, effectively disabling him from fighting anymore before Naruto chopped him the in the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.

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With Kakashi, Sasuke, and Zabuza

"Zabuza, if you don't mind I'm going to end this quickly. I have a mission to finish and that means you have to die." Kakashi said as he lifted his headband revealing his Sharingan, earning a chuckle from Zabuza.

"You see Kakashi, I don't think you can end it quickly. You know a shinobi isn't supposed to show their best technique repeatedly." Zabuza replied

"You should be honored, you're the only person to ever see this eye twice."

"I'm not so scared of you or that eye anymore. You should know that Haku is a bright lad, and he usually only has to see a technique once before he figures out how it works. He watched our last little skirmish and analyzed every move, and let me know how you work. I know now that your famous little eye can't actually see the future, you just played a trick on me with a bit of hypnosis and cheap genjutsu. So I came up with a solution to the problem." Zabuza said as the mist around them became so thick that no one could see at all.

"What does he expect to accomplish here? I can't see anything so I know he can't either." Kakashi thought as he looked around the mist, keeping his guard up.

"What's your plan here Zabuza? I know you can't see anything either." Kakashi said out into the mist, earning a chuckle in reply.

"Don't you know Kakashi, I'm a master of silent killing. I can find and kill you just by the sounds of you breathing." Zabuza said from directly behind Kakashi.

Kakashi quickly spun around and blocked a slash from Zabuza's large sword with his kunai, sliding back several feet from the force of the strike. Sasuke took advantage of Zabuza's distraction and quickly did a set of hand seals. "Kaminari tatsumaki!" Sasuke called out as he extended his palm towards Zabuza, shooting a twisting stream of lightning from his hand towards Zabuza, causing him to jump back and disappear into the mist.

"Where did he go now… where will he attack next? Tazuna!" Kakashi thought before he disappeared from his spot and reappeared in front of Tazuna just in time to take a slash across his side. His flak jacket protected him for the most part but he still received a cut on his side from the attack.

"How can you possibly win Kakashi, you can't even see me." Zabuza said with a laugh as he disappeared back into the mist.

"There is more than one way to skin a cat Zabuza." Kakashi said as he pulled out a scroll and wiped some of the blood from his side onto it. "It's time to end this. Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga no Jutsu." He finished as he did a set of seals with the scroll in his hands. He threw the scroll onto the ground as a large puff of smoke came out of it.

Nothing happened for a moment before there was a sudden grunt of pain from somewhere within the mist followed by the noise of several dogs growling before the mist around them disappeared, revealing Zabuza standing with several ninken latched to different parts of his body restraining him.

"Zabuza your ambition was too great, you wanted to overthrow and kill the Mizukage but for that you needed money and to avoid the hunter-nin. It's for that reason that you attached yourself to a piece of shit like Gato, causing your path to cross mine. My mission is to protect this bridgebuilder, he is the courage of this country, this bridge he's building is their hope. A real shinobi wouldn't try destroy that." Kakashi said as he did a set of handseals, causing his right hand to be enveloped in lightning chakra. The chakra was wildly dancing around his hand and shooting to the ground all around him, giving off a noise that sounded like a thousand birds chirping at once.

"I don't give a damn about any of that, I fight for my own ideals and I'll keep on doing that!" Zabuza yelled out as he struggled to get free of the dogs.

"I'll give you one more chance to surrender." Kakashi said in a stern tone, earning a glare from Zabuza. "Then you leave me no choice, you're far too dangerous to let loose. Your future is death." He finished as he drew his arm back and started running towards Zabuza.

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With Naruto, Hinata, and Haku

Haku was awoken by a loud screeching noise as he looked around to regain his bearings. He saw Naruto standing guard over him with Hinata at his side. He looked a bit further to find Zabuza bound by several ninken, with Kakashi standing several feet away with lightning dancing around his hand. "Why did you not kill me?" He asked

"Because I know you have a good heart and were only trying to complete your mission. You were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time." Naruto replied.

"You should have killed me. I'm useless to Zabuza-sama now. I'm just a broken tool." Haku said as he hung his head low.

"That's not true. You are a talented shinobi, much more than just a tool. You need to see the bigger picture." Naruto replied.

Haku was about to reply when he noticed Kakashi start moving towards Zabuza. "Zabuza-sama!" Haku yelled as he jumped up and began racing towards them at insane speed.

"Bansho-tenin." Naruto said as he extended his right palm towards Haku, his Rinnegan eyes glowing brightly.

One second Haku was running towards Zabuza as fast as he could, intent on taking the attack and sparing Zabuza's life, and the next he was forcefully stopped in his tracks by some unknown force. "Nooo! Zabuza-sama!" He yelled out as he was being pulled back towards Naruto. Zabuza heard him yell and looked that way, showing Haku a look he had never seen before, a mixture between sorrow and pride.

Haku noted Zabuza's look and knew exactly what he was feeling. He felt proud of Haku for all that he had accomplished but sorry that he had taken his life away. Just a second after they made eye contact, Kakashi's lightning covered hand shot through Zabuza's chest, causing his eyes to roll back in his head. "Chidori." Kakashi said as he withdrew his arm, causing Zabuza's lifeless body to fall to the ground.

"Zabuza-sama… I'm sorry I was a useless tool, unable to help you in the end." Haku muttered in a broken tone looking upon his lifeless form.

"Well it looks like Christmas came early this year. Now that Zabuza is dead I won't have to pay him, as if I ever was in the first place. At least he did his job in weakening you enough so I could finish this fight." Said a raspy voice from the end of the bridge. Everyone quickly turned to see Gato surrounded by an army of at least a hundred armed bandits.

"You bastard! You sent us on this mission knowing that Zabuza-sama would be killed? I'll kill you! Haku said as she once more took off running, only this time Naruto didn't stop her.

"Of course, all I needed was for him to weaken these shinobi enough so that I could kill them myself. Even if he survived I would've killed him, nuke-nin are so expensive." Gato replied with a chuckle. "Men, kill them all." He finished as his thugs stepped forward and withdrew their weapons. Several charged towards Haku expecting an easy kill since he was obviously injured.

Haku met the mercenaries and forced one of his injured arms to make some hand seals before several spikes of ice shot out of the ground and impaled all of them, killing everyone in the group that attacked her. She pressed forward and repeated the process with another group before the rest of the thugs began to retreat.

"Hold it right there! Gato we're tired of your tyranny. It's time we take back our country!" Yelled a man with a crossbow as he and several other citizens walked up and blocked Gato's escape. They all fired their weapons and took down several thugs as Haku ran into the fray, using his ice to take down several more. After a few minutes, only Haku and Gato remained on the bridge, though Haku had sustained pretty severe injuries.

Haku limped towards Gato with a dead expression on his face. Gato was too scared to even move. "You betrayed us and caused Zabuza-sama's death. For that you must die." Haku said quietly as he pulled out a single senbon.

"Please wait… I'll give you anything you want! Money, women, land!" Gato yelled out as he backed away from the angered shinobi.

"The only thing in this life that I want you have already taken from me. You disgust me you little son of a bitch!" Haku yelled out as he threw the senbon forward and into Gato's forehead. The senbon went into his forehead with ease, causing him to instantly fall backwards dead. Haku, with his vendetta complete, succumbed to his injuries and collapsed to the ground.

The members of Team 7 quickly gathered around Haku to assess the damage. As they looked over Haku's battered body they noticed several deep cuts loosing blood at an alarming rate. They could easily tell that the wounds would be fatal without a good medic right on hand, which they didn't have.

"Don't worry about me, this is for the best. Without Zabuza-sama I have no purpose. I'm but a tool with no purpose anymore. This way I'll be reunited with him in the afterlife." Haku said in a weak voice as he began to cough up blood.

"I'm sorry about all this Haku. I feel like, in a different life, we could've been friends. If only our paths hadn't conflicted. I hope you find peace in the afterlife." Naruto said in a sad tone as Haku smiled and coughed up blood one last time before closing his eyes for the last time.

"Well guys I suppose this means the mission is a success. We'll give these two a proper burial and then get this mess cleaned up." Kakashi said earning nods from the three genin.

They gathered up Zabuza and Haku's bodies and took them to a hill overlooking the bridge and buried them both in a grave marked by a small rock. After the small funeral the team went down to the bridge and cleaned up the mess that was left after the fight.

The next week went on without incident as Tazuna and his crew, aided by a couple hundred Naruto clones, finished the bridge.

Once the bridge was completed the team was gathered at the end ready to leave, with the whole village gathered around to wish them farewell. They said their goodbyes before departing back towards Konoha leaving the villagers to celebrate the new bridge and their hopeful recovery.

"Grandpaw what are we gonna call the bridge?" Inari asked as he looked up towards Tazuna.

"Hmm. What about the Super Great Awesome Super Tazuna Bridge?" Tazuna replied before being slapped in the back of the head by Tsunami.

"What about the Great Naruto Bridge? Since it was indirectly Naruto who inspired everyone to fight for our rights." Tsunami said.

"Yea that sounds awesome!" Inari cheered.

"Sounds like a plan then, this bridge is now known as The Great Naruto Bridge!" Tazuna yelled out as everyone began to cheer.

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Just to clarify, the Naruto-Inari moments happened here just like canon.