Chapter 3

The Great and Beautifully Womanly Haku-Sempai!

After chatting with the fox for a while, Naruto finally felt a pull at the back of his head. "Time to go brat" the Kyuubi pointed out.

"See you late-... whenever I see you again" Naruto sweat-dropped when he realized that he still didn't know how to go into his mindscape anytime he wanted. The last thing he saw before he faded away was the amused smirk of the great tailed beast.

-Outside-

"I swear you're too kind, Haku" came a male voice.

Naruto groaned and opened his eyes a little "It's too early, keep it down" he groaned out. When he finally took notice of who was in the room he saw a slightly muscular man with pale skin in his early to mid-twenties, he had short spikey brown hair and baggy pants. He wore bandages like a mask and had a giant sword strapped to his back.

He started panicking and started looking for an escape "Just my luck! I'm in a room with the Demon of the Hidden Mist and a Mist... ANBU? Shouldn't the ANBU be trying to capture him and not sit there being scolded by him!?" noticing his confused look, the Demon of the Mist –Zabuza Momochi- looked at the ANBU.

"Take the mask off Haku" he ordered to which the ANBU- now named Haku- complied. As he took it off, it was revealed to be the girl who was on the clearing he passed out in.

"You're pretty" Naruto blurted out suddenly. His eyes widened as his hands went to cover his mouth.

Haku grew a tick mark "I AM A MALE!" he shouted as Zabuza roared with laughter and Naruto paled.

Said Uzumaki started hyperventilating "I'm not gay, I'm not gay…" He repeated over and over, causing Zabuza to laugh even harder, and even Haku smiled at that.

After Zabuza's laughter died down, he grew serious again "So what brings you to this town? From what Haku told me, you were exhausted and dropped when you arrived" he said ignoring Haku's angry mutter of "and squashing the poor flowers I was going to pick".

Naruto looked at Zabuza "I was escaping from one of Orochimaru's bases" Haku's eyes widened.

"Orochimaru, as in the snake sannin Orochimaru?" he asked.

Naruto nodded "Yep, pale skin, creepy look, that's the one".

Zabuza snorted "Yeah right kid, every rogue ninja worth his bounty knows that anyone that isn't Orochimaru or one of his ninja, enter but don't leave any of his bases, It's one of the dark secrets one gets from listening at bars, It's said that all five of the great villages had tried to infiltrate it numerous times none of which was successful... Now tell me" he grabbed his blade and lowered it at Naruto "Why are you here?" He asked as he let out a tinge of killing intent.

However being exposed to it so often in his life, Naruto barely noticed it as he glared at Zabuza "I am not lying" he growled "one of his experiments went crazy and caused enough commotion for me to escape" Naruto conveniently chose not to mention that it was partly his fault that Jugo went nuts.

Zabuza stared at the kid, inwardly he was impressed but outwardly he showed indifference 'kid's got guts' he admitted "Even so, what were you doing there in the first place? How do I know you didn't just hear that from a passing villager?" he asked. Whatever excuse he expected the blond kid to make up, he wasn't expecting the one Naruto told him.

"I know because, I was one of the experiments". This shocked both Zabuza and Haku, this kid, even younger than Haku, was an experiment of Orochimaru!? Unbelievable. But there was something in the way he said it, the way that neither of them could detect even a single trace of a lie. That was what finally convinced them that he was telling the truth.

After a moment of staring, Zabuza finally relented and dropped his sword "Fine I believe you, not many have the fire you have, especially not after what Orochimaru is said to have put them through" Naruto sighed "Also" Zabuza continued, "I have decided to train you" he said.

This time, both Naruto and Haku's eyes widened "WHAT?!" They shouted at the same time.

Zabuza smiled behind his bandages "You are a diamond in the rough kid, not many have the potential you have" And just like that, Naruto was to be trained by the Demon of the Mist himself.

Haku suddenly had an evil grin 'time for payback' he thought "Naruto…" he called in a sickly sweet voice "since you are also training under Zabuza… you must call me the great and manly Haku-sempai!" he announced.

'He's really enjoying this' Zabuza thought with a sweat-drop.

Naruto gave him a deadpan look "OK great and..." Haku's smile widened "beautifully womanly Haku-sempai" and just like that, Haku's smile turned from one of triumph into one that promised torture.

Zabuza couldn't hold it back anymore as he let out another round of laughter when he saw Haku starting to chase Naruto and throwing ice-senbon – which Naruto showed an incredible agility in dodging despite Haku's accuracy and speed. 'Things are bound to get a lot more interesting with that kid around' he thought.

AN : here's chap 3, sorry I couldn't post it earlier, I had a busy week and only got home around 9 till today.

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Novier: Yes ZVoltrin is my co-author. As for the fight scenes… yeah I'm not very good with them and that was technically my first fight scene (the one-shots were just a part of a fight, not the full fight). Good example though! As for the Kurama scene… oops, I was trying to get him to come off as being dramatic during the first encounter (pretty much like a drama queen). As for being a creature of hatred…I believe after 9 years of being stuck in a cage would change it to be a creature of boredom and in desperate need of some form of entertainment. And I believe that Naruto argued that the tailed beasts were more than just primal beings and were capable of feeling other emotions.

spiritwolf35: I'll try but this is just my first real story so just bear with me.

Vaara1 : I'm trying, hope this is a bit better