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Bold is for attacks

Kale's POV

"Ugh." Naruto and Sasuke both groaned walking inside the house.

"You two imbacils look like crap." I smiled.

"We…made it…to the top." Naruto panted.

"Good." Sensei nodded slowly "Starting tomorrow the two of you are going to help protect Tazuna."

"Right!"

"Don't worry the bridge is almost done." Tazuna said "It'll only be a few more days."

"What?" Naruto said looking at Inari.

The boy grumbled and bit his lip "Why are you even trying?! No matter how hard you try Gato is too strong and you'll get killed! When facing the strong the weak will always fail!"

We all just sighed, nothing to say to him.

"Whatever, I'm not some kid like you." Naruto shrugged.

"I don't wanna be anything like you!" Inari yelled "Always clowning around, you don't know anything about us!"

"Oh, so you just get to sit around and cry about your problems." Naruto growled "Fine, sit there and keep crying all day you weakling."

"Naruto!" Sakura scolded him "That was rude."

Inari whimpered to himself and ran off outside.

"I'm going for a walk." Sensei said leaving not five minutes later.

Later

When the next morning came we all headed to the bridge early, except for Naruto who had passed out and Kakashi told us to leave behind. When we got to the bridge though we saw a poor sight, the remaining workers had all been beaten to a pulp by what they described as "a monster".

Before we could even say anything the surrounding area was filled with a dense mist.

"They're coming!" Sensei said as me all readied for an attack.

"The Hidden Mist Jutsu." I observed.

"Long time no see." A familiar voice said "I see you're still dragging those kids around, look the one's shaking like he's gonna piss himself."

I looked over at Sasuke who was trembling slightly. In a blink dozens of Zabuza clones appeared and had us surrounded.

"Hmph." Sasuke smirked "I'm shaking with excitement."

"Do it." Sensei nodded.

Sasuke spun in place before dashing around and slicing the clones to bits. The path was now clear and we were able to see Zabuza and the masked person from earlier.

"He's improved, an interesting rival eh, Haku?"

"It would seem so." The masked person responded.

I can't tell…the voice is soft as is the body but this masked person doesn't seem totally feminine…is it a boy or a girl.

"We were right on the mark." Kakashi-Sensei nodded "That masked boy is working with him."

Boy it is.

"It's rude to hide under masks." I smiled "How about I bust you so bad I can take it off."

"I'll fight him." Sasuke said "Tricking us with that dumb act…I hate people like that."

"You're so cool Sasuke." Sakura swooned.

"We're gonna kill that old man." Zabuza said "Now go!"

"Yes!"

The boy vanished before appearing right before Sasuke, Sasuke avoided his attack and flipped to block. Sasuke had his dagger ready and was blocking each of Haku's strikes, the two of them were a blur of speed and the bridge was resounding with the noise of their attacks.

"Wex, Wex, Wex!" I moved my hands and made three small purple fires appear "Invoke!"

"Sasuke move!" I said clapping my hands and making a small static ball appear on the ground.

"What?" Haku looked at it as Sasuke jumped back.

"EMP!"

The ball exploded in a ring of electricity, Sasuke was clear but Haku got caught.

"YAAAAAAA!" he yelled as his body spasmed from the shock, when the attack stopped he stepped back and grabbed his chest "My…chakra…"

"My EMP not only zaps the body but disrupts chakra flow too." I smirked "unfortunately it has to charge up and chances are I won't catch you with it a second time."

"Sakura you watch Tazuna, leave the other one to the boys."

"Yes."

"I don't want to kill you." Haku said "But I have a feeling you will not stand down."

"Not a chance." Sasuke smirked.

"I will not be caught the next time." The boy said to Sasuke "You will be left in the dust, I already have two advantages to make this so. First the water, and second is that out of the two of you there are only three arms to use. Not to mention your partner's Jutsu almost all work on a delay, making the easy for someone as fast as me to escape."

Haku's free hand flashed a series of hand seals.

So fast, even faster than my simple signs for my instances.

"Water Needles!"

The puddles burst up and surrounded up with hundreds of water spikes.

"You see an opening?" I asked.

"Up." was all Sasuke said.

Of course.

I put a steady chakra flow to my feel and jumped straight up into the air. the needles all shot forward and perforated the area we had been standing at.

Good thing we got out of there.

"Back him up!" I told Sasuke.

"Hmm…" he pulled out a set of shurikens and started throwing them at Haku.

I summoned three orange fires "Invoke: Sunstrike!"

I lined up the shot and let the burning beam crash in the area Sasuke was leading Haku.

"GAHH!" he hissed as his ankle was caught in the blaze.

"You're slow." Sasuke said appearing behind him.

I pulled out a kunai of my own and stood in front of the masked man. The two of us each slashed at him but he avoided us and ducked under when Sasuke threw this dagger. I went for a straight stab but he snapped me at the wrist and made me drop the blade.

Damn…that hurt.

While Haku had my arm bent Sasuke came up and sent him flying with a strong kick.

"Seems like I have the speed advantage." Sasuke smirked.

"You may call them brats." Sensei said "But Sasuke is the villages best rookie ninja, Sakura and Kale are some of the smartest and Naruto…is the most hyperactive show off in the whole village."

He praised us…

"Hehehe…" Zabuza snickered "Haku at this rate we're going to get driven back."

"Yes it seems so." The masked person said "We can't have that can me."

The air suddenly got very cold as Haku raised his hands and crosses his fingers, he slapped his hands and looked up suddenly.

"Special Jutsu: Demonic Mirror Ice!"

Sasuke and I were suddenly surrounded by over a dozen ice mirrors. Instantly each mirror had an image of Haku in it.

"This is weird." I sighed.

"Are you ready to begin." Haku's voice resonated "I will now show you my true speed."

The image in the mirror suddenly pulled out one of those needles and threw them, the air was instantly filled with a rain of sharp icy needles that were impossible to dodge.

There's nowhere to run…

"GAHH!" Sasuke and I both hissed in pain as we were clipped by the needles.

I can't focus enough to Invoke another Sunstrike and melt the mirror.

"Sasuke!" Sakura yelled.

I looked over my shoulder and saw her throwing us a kunai.

She yelled for him…what am I chop liver?

The dagger soared towards us but Haku suddenly slid out of the mirror and grabbed the weapon.

Shit!

Suddenly though a shuriken came in the opposite direction and sliced Haku in the back of the head.

"Well that pulled us out of a jam." I sighed.

"Show off." Sasuke mumbled.

There was a cloud of smoke where the shuriken had been shot from.

"Naruto Uzumaki has arrived!" the boy said jumping out of the smoke "See I'm right on time for the main character to show up."

Does he think this is a joke? Yelling out his name and acting like it's a game…how is he a serious ninja?

Zabuza turned around and threw a few shurikens at Naruto but they were shot down by needles.

"Haku?" Zabuza glared "What are you doing."

"Please, leave these kids to me." The masked boy said with a serious tone.

"You're always too soft." Zabuza scoffed.

We've got him now, as long as Naruto is on the outside we can compete, Haku has avoided our vital spots with every attack.

"Hey I came to save you guys."

I blinked a few times to check that Naruto was right in front of me.

"Do you have some kind of brain damage?!" I yelled "Why would you come in here?!"

"I came to save you and all you do is yell at me." He grumbled.

Haku suddenly appeared in one of the mirrors as we turned to face him.

Is that the real one?

"Over here." The boy said.

Sasuke stood up and made a bunch of hand signs before placing his fingers at his mouth "Great Fireball!"

A breath of flame spewed out, making me break out in a sweat and caused the remaining mist to burn off, but none of the ice mirrors melted.

"You cannot melt my ice with fire like that." Haku told him flicking his wrist and hitting each of us with a needle.

"We can't even break the mirrors." I groaned in pain "How the hell are we gonna get out."

"You will not be able to follow me with your eyes." Haku said.

"Ha!" Naruto crossed his fingers "Shadow Clone Jutsu! If I crush them all I'll find the real one for sure!"

A bunch of Naruto's clones appeared and jumped at the mirrors only to all be struck down by Haku in the blink of an eye.

"GAH!" Naruto hissed hitting the ground.

"This Jutsu allows me to teleport with the reflection of the mirror." Haku explained "to me you might as well be moving in slow motion."

"Damn it!" Naruto punched the ground "I'm not gonna die here!"

"Becoming a Ninja is not so easy for me." Haku said staring at Naruto "I don't want to kill you but if I must I will steel my heart and cut you down without any remorse. We will fight on this bridge and defend our dreams, Me for mine, and you for yours. Please do not hate me for there is someone precious to me that I want to protect, that is my dream. For that dream, I will become a true ninja and kill you."

He speaks so seriously but doesn't raise his voice a single octave…he's terrifying.

"Come on!" Sakura yelled "Don't lose to that guy!"

This is where we have to make a stand, it's three on one, we can take this guy…

I looked at my hand.

Maybe I should try my new move? Would it even help in this tight space?

AN

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