15th chapter is here!
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Chapter 15: Naruto vs. Zabuza; Arthas vs. Illidan
A figure could be seen walking through the forest, a girl teenager. She wore a pink kimono with sakura petals adorning it (somehow, that is the only design I could think of). She had long black hair, reaching just past her shoulders. On her hand was a basket full of different kinds of plants. She was looking around for another herb when she saw the blond-haired boy that had fought Zabuza and managed to beat him laying there, sleeping.
What is he doing there, knowing that anyone might attack him? She thought. She walked towards him. She dropped the basket, knelt, and shook him. He didn't budge. She shook him again. He shifted, a little. She tried a third time. He shifted, again. Getting impatient and irritated, she leaned a bit closer to him, and used both hands to shake him. He reacted, alright. He swung an arm and trapped her in it, and made her suddenly lay down on the ground.
She blushed at the action. Even if he's still asleep, he could be quite straightforward. She tried to squirm out of his hug, but Naruto just tightened his hug. In fact, he just pulled her closer to him. She blushed even more. Slowly, both their faces inched towards each other.
"...and that, Naruto, is how you please a woman while making love." Minato finished as he smiled at his blushing son. The last lesson that Minato taught him was, as he had said earlier, how to please a woman while making love. Kushina lightly bonked him on the head.
"Told you that he is too young for that kind of stuff, Minato." Kushina scolded him. Minato pouted as he rubbed the lump.
"Yeah, but he is bound to learn about it sooner or later. Besides," He noticed something outside of Naruto's mindscape that nobody didn't and grinned, "with the way that our son is going right now, he is going to learn it a bit sooner than expected."
Everyone raised an eyebrow.
And what do you mean by that, Minato? Arthas asked. Minato just grinned more.
"Simple, our son's hitting on that lady trying to wake him up, while he sleeps." He said, as Naruto and Kushina panicked (Naruto because he was worried that the lady might shout 'pervert' thus causing everyone in Wave to go to him and do Kami-knows-what. Kushina because she did not want Naruto to lose his innocence that fast.), Arthas and Alexandros to raise their eyebrows (They were merely surprised by Naruto's straightforwardness), and Kyuubi to just giggle (she knew it was the hunter-nin before).
"HE WHAT?" Kushina shouted as Naruto backed away from the fuming redhead.
Minato laughed. "Yeah, apparently, a black-haired woman, wearing a pink kimono with sakura petals, tried to wake him up and Naruto managed to swing an arm around her and pin her down, and he is pulling her closer to him."
Kushina growled and rushed over to Naruto and shouted, "You WILL wake up, this instant, do you hear me, young man? I will not have you losing your innocence this early!"
Naruto quickly nodded and disappeared.
Naruto opened his eyes and suddenly rushed to a tree root and shouted, "I'm sorry!" over and over again. It finally ended when Naruto said, "I tend to move around in my sleep."
The girl sat up and straightened herself and said, "No problem. Just wake up when you are being made to, alright?"
Naruto calmed down, stood up and walked to her. "Alright, anyway, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Nice to meet you, miss..." Naruto held out his hand.
The girl took it and replied, "Haku." The moment the girl, now known as Haku, touched his palm, she felt a jolt of electricity trace from somewhere on her shoulder. She winced.
Naruto noticed this. "Hey, are you alright?"
Haku tried to shake him off, but he didn't budge. "I'm fine." She said, hoping that he would let go, but he didn't.
"Nice try, Haku. I know if someone is fine or not. And you winced, showing a sign of pain. Now, tell me. Where's the pain coming from?" Naruto told her.
Haku knew that it was useless to resist, since he saw the wince. So, she tried to tell him about the pain when another jolt of electricity stopped her. Naruto raised an eyebrow. Haku tried to feint. Haku moved to pick up her basker, which was on her left, so Haku swung her head along with her hand, showing Naruto a seal on her right shoulder. Minato recognized it as...
"...a slavery seal?" Minato wondered.
Everyone looked at him.
A what seal? Arthas asked.
"A slavery seal. It acts as a signaling device for the sealer, in case if the target defies any kind of order their master gives them. One order, however, is required for every slave. That is to not tell anyone about the seal. The other orders were given by the master."
Kushina, not liking this aspect, asked him, "Well, can you remove it?"
Minato grinned. "Are you kidding me, Kushi-chan? I handled harder seals before." Then, he frowned. "However, due to the nature of the seal, we have to forcefully pin her down before we can remove the seal because it also prevents any kind of willing action towards any possible opponent."
Everyone nodded. Minato told Naruto, "Let me control you for a while. Don't worry, I won't hurt her, just pin her."
Naruto nodded and let Minato control him.
Naruto closed his eyes and when it opened, it changed from a carefree blue to a serious blue.
"Forgive me for the forcefulness, my dear, but, judging from your reaction, you hate it, too." Then, he disappeared and reappeared behind her, tied up her hands and feet, and forced her down. She resisted the capture, albeit lazily, and stopped when she was on the ground.
Minato (I'll call Naruto any of the person that controlled him, temporarily) took out an ink and pen. He said, "Excuse me," to Haku before removing a portion of her kimono. Minato began writing on her skin. Haku resisted the urge to laugh due to tickling.
A few seconds later, it was done. "Alright, this might hurt a little, Haku-san." Then, Minato prodded two fingers on the seal and said, "Fuuin, Kai! (Seal, Release!)" Haku clenched her teeth when the pain came.
When the pain subsided, Minato returned control to Naruto. Haku was sweating due to the pain. Naruto leaned over and put a hand on her. "Hey, are you alright?" He asked.
Haku weakly looked at him and immediately regained her energy and glomped him. "Thank you!" She repeated for almost a hundred times before she stopped hugging him and blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry."
Naruto blushed due to the closeness and scratched the back of his head. "It's alright. Anyway, why do you even have such a seal?"
Haku suddenly became sad. "To tell that, I have to start to how I became here. You see, I was born in the place and time where Kekkei Genkai is absolutely shunned. I discovered it and told my mother about it. My mother became afraid. She told me to not use it under any circumstances. However, my curiosity got the best of me. I got curious about my ability and tried tricks with it. Unfortunately, my father happen to come home and saw me playing with my bloodline. Now, my father knew of me and my mother's secret. My father grew afraid. Afraid of what would happen to him if he comes home and we kill him while his back was turned."
"How'd you know that?" Naruto asked.
Haku replied, "When I asked Zabuza, he said it. Speaking of him, my father was desperate to find someone that could kill them, so he looked for ninjas. But he claimed that 'mere ninjas can't deal with them.' So, he searched for the stronger: the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, however, they were disbanded due to the assassination. However, he got lucky when he found Zabuza walking just a few meters away from our house. He explained the situation to him. In the end, Zabuza was ecstatic. He gave my father one condition, that he gets me as a tool. My father said he didn't care as long as he gets rid of us. So, Zabuza entered the house, killed my mother, and put the slavery seal on me. And, I've been with him, ever since."
Naruto frowned. "Well, since you are free now, what do you want to do?"
Haku shrugged. "Well, first, I want to kill that bastard for doing this to me. Next...I don't know. Wander the world, I guess."
Naruto grabbed her shoulders and said, "Hey, maybe you could come with me to Konoha."
Haku looked at him. "Huh? To Konoha?" She thought about it. "It could be possible since no one has heard of me yet...though, what about Zabuza?"
Naruto thought about it then he found the solution. "I have a solution, Haku...though, you're gonna have to trust me."
"What are you talking about?"
"I need you to act the same until tomorrow."
Haku's eyes widened. "You mean, go back to the man who killed my mother and made me his damn tool! I'd sooner kill the man!"
Naruto sighed. "It's either that or Zabuza will go freaky and hunt you down and possibly do things unimaginable. And I can't stand to see that happen to anyone. So, please, do this..." He pleaded her.
Haku looked at his eyes. His eyes held great concern for her. Her mind thought it over. If she had refused Naruto's suggestion, Zabuza might get impatient and look for her and possibly torture her for information and all that whatnot. If she agreed, however, she might be tempted to kill him...then, again, when has she never been? She nodded. "Alright, tell me what I need to do."
Naruto smiled and hugged her. "Thanks." She blushed from the action. When he pulled back, he said, "Alright, what I need you to do is to act the same as before, you know, as if you hate the guy for putting the seal on you, hesitant when treating his wound, you know, stuff like that, to avoid him arousing suspicion."
Haku nodded. "Alright. But, when will we-"
"Tomorrow, at the bridge. You can kill him, if you want...wait...can I kill him instead?. I'm going to do something with him. To do that, I need you to incapacitate Uchiha Sasuke, so that he won't demand things from me, or demand the council to demand things from me. He's the boy with black hair, that looks like a duck's butt. He's wearing a blue t-shirt with some sort of fan on the back."
Haku raised an eyebrow but nodded. "Alright. Just wish me luck."
Naruto grinned. "Oh? Just 'wish?' Heh, maybe this will be good enough." He leaned forward and kissed her cheek. "Good luck, Haku-chan!" He exclaimed.
Haku blushed as she touched her cheek. She nodded, took the basket and left.
Naruto grinned when she blushed. Oh, yeah. I'm good!
Then, Kakashi walked to the area. "Well, here you are, Naruto. We were worried about you. Come on. It's time for lunch." Naruto complied.
Haku returned to the hideout and went to Zabuza's bed. Zabuza was sitting on it, holding an apple.
"What took you so long, Haku?" He gruffly asked.
Haku lightly glared at him. Calm down. He'll have his time. "Some herbs are harder to find than others plus there are some Konoha-nin that are wandering around." She said.
Zabuza chuckled. "Well, good thing that I'm more than ready for them, now." He crushed the apple in his hand.
"Tomorrow..." He said. (The time may be off but this is my fic, no arguments!)
"Tomorrow..." Various ninjas in Tazuna's home said as they trained continuously.
Next day
Naruto shot up. "Dammit! I overslept!"
That's what you gotta expect, Naruto, since you have trained all day, yesterday. Minato told him. Naruto bolted off the room and went down and found Tsunami and Inari at the dining room, cleaning the dishes.
"Excuse me, Tsunami-san, where are the others?" Naruto asked. Tsunami turned to him.
"Oh, they're at the bridge, Naruto-san." She replied.
Naruto thanked her and left in a rush.
Team 7 and 8, along with Tazuna, arrived at the bridge to see a lot of people on the ground. Tazuna rushed to one of them. "What happened?" He asked him.
"Tazuna..." He replied. "Demon..."
Everyone's eyes widened. Zabuza. Then, mist surrounded the place and a lot of Mizu Bunshin of Zabuza surrounded them.
"Ah, you're here, good...wait...where's that blond that almost kicked my ass?"
"He...er...overslept." Kakashi replied.
"Whatever. You're all going to die anyway." He said.
Kurenai replied, "Such arrogance."
Kakashi turned to Sasuke, who was trembling, his bangs overshadowing his eyes. "Sasuke?"
Zabuza smirked at him. "See, Kakashi? Your student is trembling."
Then, Sasuke looked up and smirked. "I'm trembling...from excitement." Then, he blurred out and into focus as the Mizu Bunshins fell, all at once.
Zabuza raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Well, well, well, what do you know? We found you a rival in speed, Haku." He said to the masked nin beside him.
Haku looked impassive as she stared at the team. Just a little more...just a little more... She kept thinking.
Kakashi turned to the team. "Sasuke, Kiba, Shino, take on the nin beside Zabuza; Sakura, Hinata, Setsuna, protect Tazuna. Me and Kurenai will handle Zabuza."
Zabuza smirked as Haku charged at the three males and as he removed the giant cleaver off his back. "I'm going to enjoy this!" He disappeared into the mist
Naruto knelt down at the figure in front of him, a pretty torn-up boar. Who could have done this? Naruto thought. He looked around and widened his eyes when he saw a bunch of slash marks around the place. He looked to the ground and saw footprints leading up too... "Damn, not there!" He tore off towards...Tazuna's house.
Tsunami and Inari just finished cleaning the house when the door suddenly burst open and in came two dudes carrying swords. "We've come for the woman. Stand aside, kid, or we'll kill you!" One of them said.
"Like hell I will!" Inari shouted.
The other thug smirked. "Good, it's look like we won't have to let the kid live, after all."
The other responded. "Hey, don't push it. The boss just wants the woman." The first dude walked forward and dealt with Inari. He dodged an attempt to damage him and grabbed him by the throat. "Come on, man! Just one attack. No one has to know."
The second just sighed in frustration as he shrugged. "Whatever. Just hurry it up."
"NO!" A female voice shouted. All three occupants turned to the source of the voice: Tsunami. "I'll go with you. Just let him go."
"K-Kaa-san..." Inari choked out.
The second dude smirked. "Glad to see you're seeing it our way...now..." He turned to the first dude. "Let him go."
"Hmph, no fun at all." He let go of Inari. "Come on."
Tsunami began to walk to them. Inari looked on. Then, he remembered Naruto's words. Recovering quickly, he ran towards the door (remember, the thugs and Tsunami walked only). When he reached it, he opened his arms wide and shouted, "I won't let you take my mother!"
"Get out of the way, kid." The first threatened.
Inari didn't listen and charged. Then, he stopped as a hand found itself on his shoulder.
"I'm proud of you, Inari. You took to heart my advice." A voice said from behind him. Everyone turned to see Naruto with Frostmourne on his right hand and his left hand on Inari's shoulder. "Now," he glared at the figures, "what are two uninvited people doing here?"
The thugs glared at him back. "We're here for the woman, boy! Now, get out of the way!" Both thugs took out their weapons.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "First, she's not going anywhere. Second," he stabbed Frostmourne to the ground, "like hell I will get out of the way. Furostmorno Higi: Seikon Kyuushuu." The usual blue glow covered the blade and the runes and worked it's way towards the two thugs.
The thugs smirked. "And what will that-" They slumped to the floor as the blue glow reached them.
Naruto removed the sword from the ground. "That." He walked towards the bodies. Tsunami rushed to her son, hugging him to death, figuratively. Naruto told them. "Close your eyes." They complied. Once, Naruto saw that their eyes are closed, Naruto created the necessary handseals and said, "Katon: Shintai Kogasu." The bodies burned before his eyes, not that he cared, again. Once the bodies were ashes, he used his Honoo no Zangai bloodline to store the ashes to a container. "Okay, you can look." They opened their eyes and saw that the thugs weren't there.
"Wh-where are the-" Tsunami asked.
Naruto smiled. "That is a secret, Tsunami-san." Then, he patted Inari on the head, "Good job, protecting your mother, Inari. Your father would be proud." He smiled again. "Now, I will have to go. But, for now," he made a cross-shaped seal, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Once the clones appeared, Naruto had them protect them. Then, Naruto left.
Kakashi cursed as he looked around. He had his Sharingan out and yet he can't see anything.
"Heh, what's wrong, Kakashi?" Zabuza's voice carried from the mist. "Can't find me? Too bad."
Then, Kakashi threw out his right arm to get Kurenai out of the way of Zabuza's cleaver as he parried it with his kunai in his left hand.
"Impressive, Sharingan no Kakashi, however, some people tend to get lucky." He disappeared again.
"Damn." Kakashi cursed. "I can't find him."
"Where will he strike next?" Kurenai wondered.
Kakashi wondered as well. Dammit, if this keeps up, we'll have no energy before he shows himself. Where the hell is he hiding? Wait...shit! Suddenly, he ran off.
Kurenai shouted, "Kakashi!"
Kakashi shouted back, "I know where Zabuza will hit next!"
Kurenai's eyes widened when she knew the way where Kakashi was going. She ran as well.
Hinata, Sakura, and Setsuna stood in a triangle position with Tazuna in the middle.
Hinata had her Byakugan active as she studied the area, while in her Jyuuken stance.
Sakura was shaking like hell. She kept on looking around, nervously, while had her kunai out.
Setsuna was in her kenjutsu stance, holding her sword in a backhand fashion, and was looking around, suspiciously.
Then, from the mist came Zabuza, with his cleaver aimed for the kill. All three girls reacted instantly. Sakura screamed and fainted. Setsuna went to his front and blocked it. Hinata followed, using her clan's taijutsu to disable his tenketsu. Zabuza, however, jumped back and melded with the mists again. Just in time, Kakashi and Kurenai came into view.
"Where's Zabuza?" Kakashi asked.
Setsuna and Hinata went back to their positions. "Somewhere in the mist." They said simultaneously. Kakashi and Kurenai looked at each other.
"Well, at least they have teamwork." Kakashi said.
Kurenai nodded and joined Kakashi as he and her took defensive positions.
Then, a voice said, "It's time..."
Inside the ice dome
Sasuke and Kiba cursed up a storm as another plan of theirs failed. They covered Shino as he kept on looking for possible openings to use.
"Is that all you've got, Konoha-nin?" Haku asked.
Sasuke glared at her along with Kiba. "Hey, Shino, you found something yet?" Sasuke asked the Aburame.
Shino shook his head. "The hunter-nin is careful not to let any kind of openings show up."
Sasuke growled. I can't catch up to Itachi if I die here! I can't let it end like this!
Haku prepared to throw her senbon needles. "Time to end this. You first." She said to Sasuke. She threw it at him.
Sasuke began to think of how to get out of the senbon. Then, he thought of it. He Kawarimi'd with Kiba.
"What the-" Kiba, Shino and Haku said as the senbon hit Kiba and knocked him unconscious. Sasuke smirked.
"Worked like a charm." He said. Shino and Haku glared at him as they released KI.
"Must you be so desperate to live that you would switch with a comrade?" Shino asked.
Sasuke smirked again. "If you are the last of the clan, you tend to do everything to ensure your survival."
Haku growled behind her mask. Alright, enough holding back on the boy! I better disable his arms first before being able to...incapacitate him. She threw her senbon needles at Shino. Shino tried to avoid them but didn't notice a senbon needle going straight for his legs. It hit him and he buckled to the floor. That's done. Now...time for you...Uchiha Sasuke. She threw the senbon needles at him. Sasuke dodged some of them using his newly-acquired Sharingan (he activated it during the earlier battle) but still got incapacitated by two senbon needles going to his legs, one per leg.
"Gah!" Sasuke screamed. Haku threw another set of senbon at him. One by one, they pierced him. One managed to hit a pressure point in his neck and knocked him out.
Haku looked at the downed Shino. "Don't worry. I sense that you are trustworthy. I am Haku." She disabled her technique as she showed herself to Shino.
Shino looked at her before replying. "Aburame Shino. Why aren't you trying to kill me?"
Haku slowly removed the senbon needles as she helped Shino regain control of his legs. "I am working with Naruto-kun against Zabuza."
Shino slowly stood up as he brushed off some dust off his jacket. "Naruto? Well, if he trusts you, then, I have no need to ask for any kind of sign of trust."
Haku nodded.
Then, they heard a voice. "It's time..."
Both had the same thought. Naruto.
Naruto walked along the bridge.
"It's time..."
Then, a shadowy figure of Zabuza appeared. "It's you. Well, it's time for a rematch." Then, Zabuza removed the Kubikiri Houcho from his back.
Naruto smirked. With this mist, no one can find out about Frostmourne. Perfect. Naruto's hand immediately moved to Frostmourne and slashed at an arc to counter the attempt to cleave him in half, vertically, by Zabuza. "Yes, I believe it is." He dodged another attempt to cleave him in half as he swung the runeblade at the point of origin. Zabuza jumped back to avoid being hit. Naruto disappeared from his front and reappeared at his back. "Nice try." Naruto stabbed Zabuza in the stomach. "Hm?" Then, Zabuza turned to water. "Heh, Mizu Bunshin? Impressive." Naruto returned to his original stance. "However..." he turned around and slashed at the area behind him. A scream broke the area as Frostmourne drew blood. "...I can sense you perfectly."
Kakashi, Kurenai, Hinata, Setsuna, and Tazuna were looking around for Zabuza when a scream reached their ears. A scream that sounded like Zabuza's.
"Whoa. Who-" Setsuna said.
"Naruto." Kakashi said, relieved. "He's battling Zabuza."
Everyone turned to him. "Then, doesn't he need help?" Kurenai asked.
Kakashi shrugged. "Possibly. However, in the midst of their battles, it would be better if we didn't interfere, for now. You wouldn't want to be caught in a blade sandwich now, would you?" He taunted the others, who shook their heads. He eye-smiled. "Good. Now, let's wait."
Haku and Shino started to walk to the others, carrying Sasuke and Kiba, when a scream filled the air.
Haku smirked. "Good, Naruto-kun's winning against Zabuza."
Shino nodded. "Yes, the tone and texture of the voice is like Zabuza's."
Zabuza clutched his chest wound. Damn brat. Good thing that the cut wasn't too deep or else it would've hit more than just skin and muscle tissue. Zabuza growled and grabbed his cleaver again. "Lucky shot, brat." Then, he melded with the mist again.
Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated on using his other senses to rat Zabuza out. He opened his eyes and slashed at the back to block an attempt to dice him. "I grow tired of you hiding. Show yourself!"
"For some reason, kid, I agree with you. I want a fight. This is no fight. This is a joke." Zabuza dispelled the mist as everyone saw Naruto and Zabuza, sword-to-sword. "That's more like it.
Naruto smirked. They separated. Naruto and Zabuza readied themselves. They charged. Naruto went for an uppercut. Zabuza dodged to the left. Naruto's left hand immediately moved to the hilt of Ashbringer and slashed at him. Zabuza dodged more to the left and slashed at him. Naruto substituted himself with a clone he made earlier and the clone dispelled as the blade hit it.
"Wha-" Zabuza said. Naruto suddenly appeared from the trees as he bolted from the forest to him.
He disappeared from view and reappeared behind him. "Is that all you've got, swordsman?" He taunted.
Zabuza smirked behind his mask as he swung leftward at him. "You're good." Naruto turned to the right and put up Frostmourne to block it. It clashed with a clang.
Naruto jumped over Zabuza and landed in front of him and tried to stab him with Ashbringer when he turned to water.
Naruto was wide-eyed. What the? Then, a figure jumped from the water.
"You're not the only one that can use a bunshin and kawarimi." Zabuza said as he landed on the bridge rail. He readied his stance.
Naruto turned to him. "Come on. You're not a challenge." He returned Ashbringer to his back, as he returned to his death knight stance.
Zabuza didn't reply and simply rushed to him. Naruto put up Frostmourne to block. Both swords clashed, however, Zabuza was stronger than Naruto, size and brute strength-wise, and the recoil caused Naruto to put his front leg back to avoid breaking his back as he arched it. He pushed back with all his strength as the blades separated. This time, Naruto charged.
Naruto made to stab him but Zabuza blocked with his cleaver. Frostmourne ricocheted off the blade to Naruto's left. Naruto aimed for a kick at his stomach region. He channeled chakra to his leg when it hit. When it hit, Zabuza was thrown to the side. Naruto redid his stance again. Zabuza immediately recovered and rushed to Naruto.
Zabuza went for his head. Naruto put up Frostmourne. Zabuza kicked him. Naruto got hit, causing him to fall down. He flipped backward and blocked a downward slash from Zabuza. Naruto forced Zabuza's blade downward as he twirled around Zabuza's side and managed to hit him on the side with Frostmourne. However, he wasn't finished. When Zabuza's hand moved to the wound, Naruto held out his hand, grabbed his throat and slammed him down on the ground. He held Frostmourne to his throat. Zabuza, in turn, grabbed Naruto's throat and managed to overpower him. Zabuza turned the tables as he twisted his body around and slammed Naruto to the bridge as he swung his cleaver at his neck.
"NARUTO!" The others shouted.
No one noticed the smirk on his face as the cleaver almost reached him. When the cleaver reached his neck, he said two word, "Bunshin Daibakuha." Zabuza heard it and widened his eyes. He jumped away hastily but still received damage from the explosion. Damn. How did a genin learn an A-Rank ninjutsu? It's bad enough that he learned the B-Rank bunshinjutsu (clone technique), Kage Bunshin, but this? I can't afford to hold back on this brat. If he can do that, he'll be a big obstacle to my mission to kill the old man. Zabuza looked at his burnt hands, legs, and chest. I can still move with little trouble. Good. I'll need it. He made several Mizu Bunshin and had them charge at the blond while he started to make handseals.
Naruto saw the Mizu Bunshin coming at him. Naruto made a handstand as he spread his legs and began spinning. After the third rotation, Naruto managed to open the container for ashes and said, "Honoo no Zangai: Haikara Juurensha (1)." The ashes fell from the container and rose to the rotating feet (centripetal force or whatever...besides, he's a ninja. He did something to make them go to his feet). When the ashes rotated for a third time, the ashes bolted from the rotating feet to the Mizu Bunshin.
Everyone's eyes widened. The ash bullets hit the Mizu Bunshins and they turned back to their liquid form. Naruto stopped spinning and got back on his feet. "Wasn't much fun." Naruto groaned.
Zabuza finished his handseals and said, "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!" The water began to rise up above his head and turned to a dragon. The dragon turned its head to Naruto and charged towards him.
Naruto jumped a few feet back, stabbed Frostmourne to the ground, made some handseals, and said, "Fuuton: Issen Kaze Tsurugi!" He breathed out the blades of wind that slashed at the dragon. The dragon reformed and still reached Naruto. Naruto tried to avoid it, but got hit by the pressure of it. "Gah!" He was trapped inside the water dragon's inside.
Zabuza made more Mizu Bunshin and had them charge at him.
Naruto cursed mentally as he saw more Mizu Bunshin going towards him. He can't move his hands, because they were being spread and held by the water pressure. Then, he was thrown about by the water dragon around the bridge. Urgh...must get out before killed...Kyuu-chan? Can I borrow some of your chakra? Kyuubi nodded. Thanks. Naruto closed his eyes. Three seconds later, he snapped them open as they became red with slits.
Kakashi cursed as he was about to run to help Naruto along with the remaining conscious ninjas. When they were about to run, they felt a very large chakra spike...a demonic spike. Kakashi's eyes widened. Kyuubi? He can access it's chakra? It might be possible since he is the son of a seal master, he might have tweaked with it a bit. Possible but...now's not the time for that. He looked at the others. Yep. They felt it too. Shino seem to be wary while his bugs seem to be off. Setsuna looked at Naruto, suspiciously. Haku looked at Naruto, with the eyes that said 'Go, go, go!' Hinata was a bit shaken from the malicious chakra but still was wary. Kurenai was looking at Naruto, suspiciously, the same as Setsuna. Tazuna was shaking due to inexperience. The other three...were pretty unconscious at this point.
Kakashi returned to look at the battle before them. Well, I better hope that Kyuubi isn't taking over.
Zabuza's eyes widened when he felt the demonic presence. The kid...he has demonic chakra? This is a surprise. Well, it wouldn't hurt to match his chakra a bit. He also spiked his chakra to the point that a demonic head hovered above him.
Naruto shouted out, causing a dome of youki to surround him. It stretched out, diminishing the water dragon. When he landed on the floor, he disappeared from the view of the Mizu Bunshin. He reappeared behind them, holding Frostmourne. The Mizu Bunshin fell to the floor as they turned to water. Naruto stared at Zabuza and the demonic head hovering above him. Well, there is a reason why he was called the Kirigakure no Kijin. (he took Kirigakure lessons from Minato and Kushina and he received their copy of the Bingo Book). Now... He called on more of Kyuubi's chakra as a chakra cloak with one tail covered him and the chakra met above him and shifted to the form of Kyuubi's head. Both demonic heads seem to growl at each other as Zabuza grabbed his cleaver and Naruto fingered his Frostmourne, which was glowing red. Naruto noticed and looked at it. Huh? What the? The skull on Frostmournes cross-guard (or whatever they call the middle of the blade and hilt) changed from a horned monster to a fox with the ears as the sides of the cross-guard. At the tip of the hilt, there were nine ribbon-like things. He turned his stare to Zabuza. "Kirigakure no Kijin. Feel the wrath of a demon!" Naruto growled as he charged at him.
Zabuza smirked. "Oh, bring it, boy!" He charged as well.
Naruto swung his runeblade at him. Zabuza put up his cleaver to block it. When it connected, Zabuza felt as if he was being pushed to the side. Damn, he's more powerful than I thought. Zabuza aimed a fist at him, only to be blocked by Naruto's. Zabuza brought up a leg to kick him only to be blocked by Naruto's, as well. They jumped back a few feet away from each other only to connect blades, a second later.
Naruto went for an uppercut. Zabuza put down his cleaver to block it. Zabuza punched him, or tried to, if not for Naruto putting up his hand to grab his hand. He used his Kyuubi-enhanced strength to fling him from his front to somewhere behind him (with difficulty, of course). Naruto kicked the cleaver off of his runeblade and swung it down at him.
It stopped a centimeter from his face. Zabuza looked at him. "Checkmate, Kirigakure no Kijin. Furostmorno Higi: Seikon Kyuushuu." The red glow began to trail to his body. Zabuza felt pain shoot from his body (Kyuubi's chakra along with Frostmourne's suction powers can really hurt the target.). "Wh-what are y-you doing?" He asked Naruto.
Naruto looked at him. "Killing you." It was the last thing Zabuza heard as he fell to the ground. Naruto deactivated Kyuubi's chakra as he took out a sealing scroll. He sealed Zabuza's body to the scroll before moving onto the cleaver. He hefted it to his shoulder before walking to the others. "Hey, guys." He cheerfully said.
Kakashi blinked before eye-smiling. "Hey, Naruto." He said. "Are you alright? No damages or anything?"
Naruto smiled. "Nope." He looked at the other's suspicious faces. "Heh, what? Is there something on my face?"
Team 8 looked at him suspiciously as Haku went to him and hugged him.
Haku thanked him for killing Zabuza, though, she felt sad that she couldn't kill him herself. "Oh, yeah...what was that outburst of chakra? I felt Zabuza's chakra flare before, but yours...it seems even more demonic than Zabuza's."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I'll tell you when we get back to Konoha." Then, he turned to the others who were staring at him, as if expecting some answers. "Oh, yeah, Kakashi-sensei, Kurenai-sensei, Hinata-chan, Setsuna-san, Shino-san, meet Haku." Hinata blushed at being called '-chan' but still welcomed her, nonetheless. Setsuna and Shino nodded in response. Kurenai responded with a greeting. Kakashi, on the other hand, checked her for any kind of deception. "Kakashi-sensei, I promise she's good. I mean, she has a slaver seal on her." Kakashi turned to him before nodding.
"Alright. After all, no one wants to have a slaver seal on her." Kakashi put a hand on her shoulder. "Now, then, I believe that Naruto asked you to join Konoha, right?" A nod was the answer. He eye-smiled. "Okay."
"Well, well, well, it seems Zabuza failed. Oh, well, I'm not going to pay him anyway." A voice from the starting end of the bridge said. They turned to see a pint-sized man in the front of a bunch of thugs. Naruto glared at them.
"I assume you must be Gato?" He asked.
"Oh? Someone knows of me?" Gato replied.
"Knows of your evil reign, yes."
"Well, we have a cheeky brat here. Kill the men and take the women, we'll have them in the slave ring. A bonus to the one who brings me the cheeky brat's head." The thugs cheered as they were going towards them. Naruto growled as he gave the cleaver to Haku. "Hold this. I've got me some thug-hunting." He took out Frostmourne and faced the thugs. He stabbed the runeblade to the ground. "Furostmorno Higi: Seikon Kyuushuu." The bluish glow of the runeblade went to the thugs as, one by one, they fell. He sheathed the blade as he began to walk towards the midget.
Gato began to walk backwards in fear.
Unknown to Naruto, Gato had a powerful being inside of him.
Naruto/Gato, let me deal with this trash. A voice said in both of their heads.
Huh? They both thought back.
I feel something in the boy/midget that seems familiar.
Alright, good luck.
Heh, I don't need luck, Naruto/Gato. Especially, for someone like him.
Naruto turned to look behind him, to measure the remaining people's trustworthiness. With the exception of Kiba, who would blabber about him, Sasuke, who would demand his power and all that, and Sakura, who would bitch about him giving his power to Sasuke, everyone seemed trustworthy enough. He returned his stare at Gato.
Naruto closed his eyes as he was covered with a cloud of frost.
Gato, on the other hand, was covered with a blackish cloud with green lightning.
When Naruto's cloud of frost cleared, it showed a man, wearing some sort of armor with fur coverings, holding Frostmourne. Kakashi's and Kurenai's eyes widened. "N-Naruto? Y-you're t-the so-called Lich King?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto, now who is Arthas, turned to them. Yes, now I would like it very much if you kept this a secret. All of you, even you, Tazuna-san. Everyone nodded before Arthas turned to Gato.
When the blackish cloud with green lightning vanished, Arthas' eyes widened as the others went pale.
In Gato's place was a purplish creature. He had two horns on his head, two large wings from his back, long ears, some sort of blindfold on his eyes, and held what seems to be arched blades, which, in the middle, had some sort of panda face. The lower half of his body were hooves.
When the purplish creature saw Arthas, his eyes widened before returning to normal size and speaking in a new language not known to the ninjas, "Well, well, well, Arthas Menethil. Who would have thought that we would meet again like this?"
"Illidan? Illidan Stormrage? How could you be alive? The last I have heard of you, you died fighting that night elf warden." Arthas asked.
The creature known as Illidan Stormrage chuckled. "Did you really think that the Skull of Gul'dan would only give me power? It gave me knowledge. Knowledge such as how to preserve one's consciousness in any kind of object. With the Kael'thas and his blood mages, Lady Vashj and her Naga mages and shamans, along with my demonic powers, I have not only preserved my consciousness, I also contained my power in it."
"...I have no care about the object you used but why would you choose the midget?"
"Honestly, I had no choice. Years have gone and passed, and no one has even took a glance at my hiding area. Then, someone shows up and seems to have that hunger for power as I had before, it was too impossible to refuse...besides, I can't spread my rule to the world inside an object, now, can I? And now, I am beginning to be thankful to fate for having to fight you again."
Kakashi decided to butt in a little. "Naruto...do you know this...this...whatever he is?"
Illidan turned to him and said to him, in perfect Japanese, whilst glaring, Don't interfere into affairs that doesn't concern you, boy!
"Who taught you the ninja's language?"
Illidan returned his stare to Arthas. "Why, through, Gato, his accomplices, and his victims, of course. The natives are so talkative much. Also, I have the night elf magic along with demonic energy to translate their words."
Arthas didn't respond as he gripped his blade. "I believe it is time for our rematch."
Illidan took his demon hunter stance and smirked. "Yes, it is."
Both warriors charged. "ARGH!" They both yelled.
*CLANG!* The blades clashed. Arthas and Illidan glared at each other so much that you could see the lightning from their eyes clashing with each other. They separated. Arthas jumped and slammed down Frostmourne. Illidan jumped back. Illidan clasped both his blades and fired a beam towards Arthas. It hit him.
Arthas felt energy leaving him and himself being crushed by the beam as he swung his runeblade and threw a Death Coil at him. Illidan rolled to the side and fired another beam. Arthas strafed to avoid the beam. Arthas fired more Death Coils at him. Illidan kept on avoiding them.
Arthas stared at him. Both charged again. Arthas went for an uppercut, to which Illidan just jumped back. Illidan spun around to slice the man. Arthas inserted the runeblade to lock his blade with Illidan's. Arthas pushed him back as he charged again. Illidan, once he recovered, summoned green flames to cover his body. Illidan charged as well, as he crossed his blades. Ice cold blue runeblade met the fiery hot green arched blades. They separated blades as Illidan clapped his blades together and he covered himself in blackish smoke with green lightning. When it cleared, showed a completely dark and demonic version of Illidan, only without the blades.
"Come, Death Knight/Paladin. Show me the power of your runeblade against me!" Illidan, in his metamorph form, taunted.
Arthas gritted his teeth. Then, he came up with an idea. He raised his runeblade in the air as the bluish glow brightened. "I summon the spirits of the people who have died. Rise up and serve your master! (Like whatever, dude!)" Then, one by one, the thugs rose up. Their skin turned blood red as they charged towards the demon hunter.
Illidan smirked. "Is that all you've got, Arthas?"
"..." Arthas kept quiet as the bodies charged towards Illidan. He saw Illidan use his greenish weapons of doom to try to defeat the summoned zombies, key word: tried. Every time it hits, the zombies kept on reconfiguring itself and attack.
Kakashi squinted his eyes to make sure he isn't seeing things. "I must be in a genjutsu. I'm seeing that purple creature turn into a black one. I'm also seeing the dead people come back to life and manage to grow themselves back when hit."
Kurenai shook her head. "No, you're not in any kind of genjutsu. I tried to dispel it."
Kakashi looked at her before looking at the battle. "Remind me to not make him mad at me."
"Agreed."
Illidan wondered, What is his point in making these zombies when he knows that they are only...that's it!
Illidan charged up demonic energy as green flames and electricity covered him. He released it and the reddish zombies got flown back by the pressure.
"Nice plan, Arthas. However, I'm not as stupid as you think." Illidan smirked as he turned to look at Arthas, who didn't move an inch.
Arthas looked impassive as he readied his stance. "At least, I have 20 seconds left."
Illidan narrowed his (unseen) eyes. "Let's continue."
Illidan fired more greenish energy beams at him, to which Arthas just dodged as he ran towards him.
For a full 20 seconds, they kept on firing greenish beams at each other, when Illidan powered down. Then, they clashed blades again.
Finally, Arthas managed to find an opening in Illidan's attacks, when he faltered in his stance due to a corpse, and he manipulated it. He feinted attacking to the side and thrust it into his stomach. "Gotcha. Farewell, Illidan Stormrage." The bluish runes of the runeblade reached Illidan and his soul got sucked into it. Arthas retracted the runeblade and sheathed it as he returned control to Naruto. Illidan turned back to a frightened Gato.
Naruto opened his eyes to show his Uzugan, glaring at Gato. Gato tried to run away only to be sucked into some kind of whirlpool of stone from the bridge.
Gato turned to Naruto and pleaded, "Please! Let me go! I'll give you anything! Just let me go and I won't do it again!"
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Give me all of the accounts that you stole...every single one." He said, threatingly.
"O-okay." Gato didn't want to give away his money, but he had to do it so that he could live. After all, he could come back again. He took a pen and paper and wrote every detail of where he kept the loot.
Naruto took the paper pocketed it and used the Uzugan to get him out of the whirlpool. Gato bowed and turned to leave. Naruto smirked. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of Gato with Frostmourne in hand. "Don't think that I don't know how power-hungry fools think. They will flee when they are weakest and come back when they feel strong and repeat the cycle. Pathetic. Die, Gato." Naruto spat as he turned to look at the fallen body of Gato.
Sounds of footsteps attracted Naruto's attention. He turned around to see the populace of Nami no Kuni, with various weapons, looking at the battle, with Inari leading.
"Eh? It's done, already?" Inari complained.
Naruto grinned as he went over and patted him on the head. "You don't always get what you want, Inari. Just be thankful with what ya got, a'ight?" Inari nodded as the populace cheered to be out of Gato's control, finally.
Alright, seriously. Longest chapter YET!
8,000+! Whoa!
Anyway, thank you for your patience and all that!
To those who didn't like the fact that I killed off Zabuza, sorry, but I had to do it to get a starter with the Godaime Mizukage. After all, Zabuza is a Kiri missing-nin.
(1) Honoo no Zangai: Haikara Juurensha: Flame's Remnant: Ash Rapid Fire: Fires ashes at an alarmingly fast rate towards a target. Gets lost upon usage.
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