Battle at the Bridge
The next day Kakashi Sasuke and Sakura went to the bridge leaving me at the house to protect Tsunami and Inari.
"I can't believe I got stuck guarding this house while everyone else protects Tazuna," I said as I was using my tail to hang on a tree again.
This was what I do when I have nothing else to do.
Two samurais were on coming in.
I saw them and decided to investigate.
At the bridge the builders were all severely injured.
A thick mist rolled onto the bridge.
Kakashi Sasuke and Sakura went into formation.
"It been a long time Kakashi, I still see you brought those kids. One of them is still shaking," Zabuza said as Sasuke was shaking.
Water Clones appeared around them.
"I'm shaking with excitement," Sasuke said.
"Do it Sasuke," Kakashi said.
Sasuke moved as he took down all the water clones with just a kunai.
Zabuza and Haku stood at the bridge to face them.
"He saw through my clones, that kid has grown," Zabuza said, "It looks like you have a rival Haku."
"As it seems," Haku agreed.
"It seems that mask boy was with Zabuza from the start," Kakashi said.
"I'll fight him," Sasuke said.
Haku disappeared for an attack.
Sasuke manage to block his attack in time.
Meanwhile the samurais broke into the house.
"You're Tazuna's daughter right?" one said, "You're coming with us."
Inari heard noises and found Tsunami on the ground with the samurais trying to get her.
"Mom," Inari shouted.
"Inari run away," Tsunami shouted.
The samurais were set to kill him since they only need one hostages.
"I'll go with you if you just leave Inari alone," Tsunami said.
The samurais were about to leave with her.
I was watching as Inari headed out to face them.
"Get away from my mom," Inari shouted.
The two samurais where about to attack when I made my move.
I summoned two of my tails and got both Inari and Tsunami out of the way.
"How?" they responded.
"The one thing I hate the most, is when human tries take the lives of others," I said taking out my most favorite scroll, "Inari keep a good distance away from me for a bit, its about to get a little shaky."
"Well if it isn't the demon wannabe Tazuna hired. It'll be fun killing you," the second one said as they went for an attack.
I bit down on my scroll and made the handsign.
"Demon Fox Transformation Jutsu," I shouted.
I transformed into my true form with all 9 tails presence.
"What is that thing?" the first one said.
I whip one of my tails and slam into the first one into the second one forcing them way.
I transformed back to normal once they were knock out.
"You did a great job trying to protect your mother Inari," I told Inari, "And sorry about yesterday, its just the story of what happen between you and your dad reminds me a lot of what happen to me and a friend of mine. And I just didn't want you to keep living without believing in others."
Inari started crying.
"I said I wouldn't cry anymore," Inari said.
"If you trust in me I'll trust in you," I remember Takashi said, "Hand shake is like the name of this painting, it's a symbol of trust."
I stuck my hand out.
"Most likely my teammates need me at the bridge to protect your grandfather, so can I trust you to take care of your mother?" I asked.
Inari smiled remembering what Kakashi told him.
"You can trust me Naruto," Inari said taking my hand as we shake on it.
I took out my scroll piece and place it on my forehead.
"Bat Transformation Jutsu," I shouted as I transformed into a bat and flew off to the bridge.
Meanwhile Sasuke and Haku were still at it.
Sasuke blocked another of Haku's attempts.
"Sakura stay in front of Tazuna, we'll leave that guy to Sasuke," Kakashi said.
"You maybe able to keep up with my speed, but you're at a disadvantage," Haku said, "One is we're surrounded by water, and the other is I still have one hand free."
Haku made some hand signs with only one hand.
"Ninja Art: Flying water needle jutsu," Haku shouted.
He step on a puddle and splashes flew up and formed needles around them.
Sasuke just focus his chakra to his feet for the attack.
The needles came down as Haku dodge them.
Sasuke disappeared from the attack.
Shurikens flew down at Haku who manage to dodge them.
"You're pretty slow," Sasuke said as he came from behind, "Even now you're only able to dodge."
Sasuke went for an attack but Haku manage to block the kunai.
Only that Sasuke kicked him away.
"I lost in speed," Haku responded.
"Sasuke is this year's rookie of the year, Sakura is the brightest of the village," Kakashi explained, "And Naruto is the leafs most determine ninja who is willing to learn to trust others. And fight for what he believes in."
Zabuza started laughing about something.
"Haku at this rate we'll be force back. We can't have that," Zabuza said.
"Yeah," Haku said emitting chakra and made the hand sign.
The air cooled as water started floating around Sasuke.
The water froze in rectangular shape ice in form of mirrors.
"Ice mirror prison jutsu," Haku shouted.
Haku walked into one of the mirrors as if he fused with it.
Then images of Haku appeared in all the mirrors.
Kakashi tried to go in there to help Sasuke but Zabuza jumped in front of him.
"Your opponent is me," Zabuza said.
"Now I'll show you my true power," Haku said.
Just then sinbols flew everyone cutting Sasuke.
"Sasuke," Kakashi shouted.
"If you get past me I'll kill the other two," Zabuza said.
"Tazuna sorry but I have to leave you for a bit," Sakura said.
"Go for it," Tazuna said.
Sakura ran and threw a kunai inside the mirrors.
Haku stopped his attacks and grabbed the kunai knife sticking his head and hand out.
I came in and use my tail to knock Haku out of the mirror from the neck at the side.
"Naruto," Sakura shouted.
"The leaf's most determine ninja," Zabuza said.
I landed and transformed back to normal.
"The Nine-Tail Fox's son has arrived," I greeted.
"Something must of happen to make Naruto come here," Kakashi thought.
Haku remembered about me from the forest.
Zabuza threw Shurikans at me.
Haku however use sinbols to cancel out the shurikens.
"Zabuza let me deal with this one," Haku said.
"Soft as always," Zabuza responded.
I noticed Sasuke was inside the prison and decided to sneak in.
"Hey Sasuke, you could of got out while he was distracted," I said when I made it in.
"Naruto what are you doing in here?" Sasuke responded.
"I thought I help you get out of here," Naruto responded.
"Naruto you could of just help without going into the prison," Kakashi thought.
Haku stepped into the mirror to attack, however he moved to the other end.
"Wait I heard him move," I responded.
Sasuke made some hand signs.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu," Sasuke blew a giant fire ball at the mirror but the ice didn't melt.
"You can't melt this ice with that level of fire," Haku said.
He started throwing sinbols and they flew all over the place.
Sasuke and I were being hit by them but at the same time I could hear Haku's movements.
"Ah forget this," I said taking out a scroll biting down on it.
"Naruto what are you doing?" Sasuke responded as I made the handsigns.
"Fox Demon Clone Jutsu," I shouted.
Multiple fox clones of myself appeared and came at them.
Haku took each of them down even though they only has a small percentage of my power.
"These mirrors transport me, from my point of view you're moving to slow," Haku said.
"I understand now, an advance bloodline," Kakashi said, "Its like my sharingan, its passed down generation to generation."
I got up despite the attack.
I heard everything Kakashi said.
"So what you have a bloodline," I said, "I'm a tail beast demon. I must fight."
Haku remember when Zabuza saved him from his loneliness.
"I don't want to kill you but I don't want you to kill me, so I must kill my kindness to kill you," Haku said, "My dream is to protect someone precious to me. To fight for him, to fight with him, and to make his dream come true."
"Sasuke Naruto don't lose to that guy," Sakura shouted.
"Don't nag them on Sakura, right now the only one who has the power to defeat that boy is Naruto and that's only if he has the time to release his true form," Kakashi said.
"But that demon was raised by humans in a peaceful village right? So he's not as ruthless as his father once was," Zabuza said.
Kakashi took his headband ready to reveal the Sharingan eye.
"Is that the only thing you can do," Zabuza said.
He went to attack with one of his kunais but Kakashi blocked it with his free hand.
"You're afraid of the Sharingan eye aren't you?" Kakashi asked, "You should be honor, you're the first to see my Sharingan eye twice."
"Even if you beat me you can't beat Haku," Zabuza said, "I taught him everything I know. His jutsus even surpass mine."
Kakashi revealed his Sharingan ready.
"It won't work on me like last time. Last time I had Haku watch the whole fight and saw through your jutsus," Zabuza said making the handsign, "Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu."
The field surrounded in a thick mist.
Zabuza seemed to disappeared into the mist.
"Sakura protect Tazuna," Kakashi ordered.
Sakura did so knowing the risk.
Kakashi knew that the mist was to thick for even Zabuza to be able to see through it.
That didn't seem to stop Zabuza as he had thrown Shurikans on target.
Kakashi manage to block each one.
"Impressive, that you manage to block my shurikans," Zabuza said from behind.
Kakashi look behind him and saw Zabuza had his eyes closed.
The mist grew as Zabuza disappeared again.
"I know that you're Sharingan has the ability to hypnotize the opponent in Genjutsu as well as copy opponent's jutsus," Zabuza said, "You copy my movements to confuse me, then hypnotize me to perform the jutsus you wanted me to use. All I have to do was make your eye useless and keep my eyes close protecting me from both abilities. Simple for me to attack since I'm an expert in silent killing."
Kakashi tried to focus his mind in thinking where he'll strike next.
Then he knew as Zabuza moved from behind Tazuna.
Zabuza went for the strike with his blade but Kakashi manage to get there in time but not fast enough to block it.
Sakura screamed loudly.
Sasuke and I were stuck in our situation when we heard Sakura.
Haku saw that we were fallowing his movement.
"Sasuke I need time to transform," I said.
"Don't worry I'm starting to see his movements," Sasuke said, "I can tell you slowly been able to hear his."
"Yeah, my sense of hearing and your vision, we can get out of this," I responded.
Haku went for an attack, but we manage to dodge him.
I pulled out my scroll.
"How can they see that," Haku thought.
Sasuke got up revealing that his Sharingan eyes were developed.
I made the handsign after biting down.
"Demon Fox Transformation Jutsu," I shouted.
I transformed into my true form with all 9 of my tails whipping around.
"So that must be the boy's true form," Haku thought, "And that boy must have the bloodline for the Sharingan. However that's not enough."
Haku went for the attack at me.
I whipped my tails at Haku throwing him to the ground.
"That was stronger than before," Haku said.
"All that training must of pulled off," Sasuke said.
I nodded as my tails continue to whip around.
Meanwhile Kakashi was holding his wound on his chest.
"You were to slow, your desire to protect these kids has clouded your judgment," Zabuza said, "Don't worry about the two kids, Haku surely had killed them by now. You can meet them in the next world and apologize."
"That's not true, Naruto and Sasuke won't loose to that guy," Sakura said.
"That's right, Naruto is the only son of the nine-tail fox, the strongest of the tail beast to ever lived," Kakashi said, "And Sasuke is heir of the leaf's Uchiha Clan. The Uchiha bloodline runs through his veins."
"That maybe true but no one has ever survived Haku," Zabuza said.
The mist grew thick again as Zabuza disappeared.
"You think I survive because only of the Sharingan, then its time to show you my own techniques," Kakashi said as he gather the blood from the cut on his chest, and grabbed the scroll.
He could sense my power grown for a while.
"Naruto must of finally transformed," Kakashi thought.
He opened the scroll and swipe blood in it.
He rolled it back up and made the handsigns while holding the scroll.
In the prison Sasuke and I were set for our next move.
"I'll cover you," Sasuke said.
"Alright," I responded.
I came out to break out.
Haku tried sinbols but Sasuke blocked them with his Kunai.
Then Haku came at me.
Sasuke pushed him out of the way.
Haku tried to go to the next mirror but I slam him with my tail.
Then I grab him with my tail as Sasuke punched him.
I threw him at the mirror it shattered as he fell.
The remaining mirrors shattered as Sasuke and I stepped out.
Haku's mask broke off his face revealing his real face.
I recognized it right away from the boy back in the forest.
"So that's why he seems so familiar," I said.
"Naruto you know him?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah we cross paths back at the forest," I said.
I transformed back to my human form.
"He's no threat now," I finished.
"Why did you stop?" Haku asked.
"You're no threat," Naruto said, "We shattered that jutsu of yours."
"That's right," Sasuke said.
"There are people who paid by letting their enemy go, letting them alone," Haku said, "Zabuza has no need for me, so I have no reason for living."
"What are you talking about, that's just plain stupid," I said, "I can get why he's precious to you but giving your life because you failed him is wrong."
"My parents died along time ago," Haku said.
"Huh?" Naruto and Sasuke responded.
"Where I use to live it snowed a lot, my parents were kind. But because of my Kekigenki, things change," Haku said.
"Cause of his Kekigenki?" Sasuke responded.
"How could a bloodline change something?" I asked.
"My father killed my mother and then try to kill me," Haku said, "In the land of mist, Kekigenkis had been hated, they were thought to be the cause of the wars."
"In our village Kekigenkis like the Byakugan is respected, and honored, but that's not the case in all villages," I remember Hiashi once told me when we met.
"You two must know what I mean," Haku said, "Being hated for your bloodline, and being the son of a demon that killed the lives of others."
I remember what I told Takashi and Kuroda about no one trusting me because of the stunts I pulled.
"My mother was from one of the clans, my father realize it when I found out I had it and at the end I killed him," Haku said, "At that time I had to realize what is my purpose in life."
I closed my eyes remembering everyone who had grew to trust me and became my friends.
"Zabuza took me in, and acknowledge me so he became precious to me," Haku said, "Naruto Sasuke please kill me."
"His soul purpose was to serve Zabuza," Sasuke said, "We should just do what he asked."
"Sasuke what will you do after finally killing a certain person but unable to revive your clan because something happened to you?" I asked.
Sasuke understood what I meant.
"Fine have it your way," Sasuke said.
Meanwhile Kakashi had finished his hand signs and slam both his hands and the scroll to the ground.
"Earth Tracking Fang Jutsu," Kakashi shouted.
Strange writing appeared from the scroll and dug under the bridge.
"It doesn't matter what you try you're trap in my jutsu," Zabuza said.
Just then the ground bellow Zabuza broke apart as several ninja dogs jumped out and bite down on him immobilizing him.
"IF your eyes and ears fail use your nose. I let you hit me so that your weapons will be covered in my blood so that my summoning hounds can hunt you down," Kakashi said.
The mist cleared as Kakashi could see Zabuza.
"You're ambition was the led of your down fall, you tried to kill the Mizukage, and then tried to kill Tazuna," Kakashi said.
He made some hand signs then formed lightning in his hand.
"Lightning Blade," Kakashi shouted, "Now is your death."
Haku sense trouble then and headed off.
"Where he go?" Sasuke asked.
I used my sense of smell.
Kakashi had moved at Zabuza with his jutsu but Haku jumped in front of him.
Kakashi ended up jabbing Haku with Lightning Blade.
The summoning jutsu was canceled out as Haku's blood surround both Kakashi and Zabuza.
I could smell his blood and ran to check it out.
I saw that Kakashi's hand was right through Haku.
"You're wrong again Kakashi," Zabuza said.
In town Inari was knocking on his uncle's door.
"Come on if we go together we can defeat Gatto's men," Inari shouted.
"Sorry Inari, we don't want to fight anymore," His uncle said at the other end, "Nobody wants to make sacrifices anymore."
"We have to fight, I love my mom, grandpa, you and everyone in this village that's why I'm willing to fight," Inari said and left.
At the end he was set to fight on his own but when he came out everyone came to help.
At the bridge Sasuke made it to where I was.
"Sasuke Naruto," Sakura shouted.
Kakashi was shocked by the boy's reaction to save Zabuza as he was dead now.
Zabuza went for an attack.
Kakashi got him and Haku out of the way.
He removed his hand and let Haku's body down gently.
Kakashi closed Haku's eyes.
Zabuza went for another attack on Kakashi.
Kakashi kicked him away as Sasuke and I walked toward Sakura and Tazuna.
Kakashi and Zabuza continue fighting as Kakashi took advantage.
Kakashi manage to make both of Zabuza's arms useless.
"What's going on," someone said.
They turned to see Gatto and his men arrived.
"Gatto why are you here with all your men?" Zabuza asked.
"Change of plans, we're here to kill you so I don't have to pay you," Gatto said, "I do it all the time, I hire missing ninjas and had them fight another ninja till they're weak, then kill them with numbers."
"Good news Kakashi, now that I'm not being paid, I'm not after Tazuna," Zabuza said.
"Right," Kakashi said knowing that it meant that they don't need to fight.
I watch as Gatto started kicking Haku's body for some reason.
"Hey you Zabuza, why aren't you doing something about it?" I asked.
"He was just a weapon and he's dead," Zabuza said.
"So what? You were important to him, he put his trust and life on the line for you. And didn't you ever put your trust in him obey," I shouted.
"We're just tools that's the way of the shinobies," Zabuza responded.
"And yet he loved and trusted you like you are his family," Naruto shouted, "How can you feel nothing after all he done for you?"
"Kid, you say to much," Zabuza said as he was crying.
I was surprise to see him crying.
Zabuza removed the bandages around his mouth without his hands.
"Let me borrow your kunai," Zabuza said.
I threw him one of mine and he grabbed it with his mouth.
I understood then that no matter how cold a ninja tries to become, deep down they still could have emotions, just like any other human.
Zabuza ran toward Gatto who went to the safety of his men.
Zabuza fought his way through them with the kunai in his mouth.
No matter how many weapons hit him Zabuza fought his way to Gatto and cut his head off with the Kunai.
Zabuza collapsed from blood loss.
Just then the remaining men planned to attack.
Just then an arrow shot out of no where and stopped them.
We look to see Inari and the villagers arrived.
"We don't like it if someone kills an innocent for their own greed," Inari said.
"That's right," I said.
I pulled out a scroll and bit down on it and made the hand sign.
"Fox Clone Jutsu," I shouted.
Multiple Fox Clones appeared.
The henchmen ran to safety not willing to fight.
Kakashi walked over to Zabuza.
"I have a request," Zabuza said, "Take the weapons out and laid me next to Haku."
"Okay," Kakashi said covering his Sharingan eye.
He removed the weapons and moved Zabuza next to Haku.
It started snowing at that moment.
"Hey Naruto, didn't Haku said where he lived at it snowed a lot?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah," I answered.
Zabuza said his last good bye before he finally died.
The next day we made graves as Zabuza's Zampacto stood in front of his grave.
"Kakashi-sensei, why must ninjas be tools?" I asked.
"Because it's the shinobies way, to act as their village's tool," he answered.
"I don't like it, as of this day on, I create my own ninja way," I said, "The way that both demons and human ninjas will one day respect."
The next few days the bridge was complete and we headed home.
We said our good byes and left.
"Since Naruto brought courage to Inari and Inari brought courage to our country," Tazuna said, "As of today the bridge will be named the Great Naruto Bridge."
I heard them and smiled.
It was the second thing to ever happen that made me different from my father.
First one was to make a human friend, and the second one was help bringing courage to the land of waves, and having the bridge name after me cause of it.
A/N: That was interesting in my part. I didn't want to repeat what I did in Naruto's Different Life by saving Haku again. But I did make changes from the comic series at least. And I showed how much Naruto grown since the Pilot chapter in the comic series
Next up is the start of the Chuunin Exam. I think most of you couldn't wait to see Gaara and Naruto go at it in this story. I would with the Jinchuuriki of the Shukaku (Gaara) vs. the son of the nine-tail fox (Naruto).
Don't forget to rank from 1-10 about Naruto's POV for this chapter.