Naruto: An Uprising Shinobi

by Jamesco1292002

What if things were different? What if Team 7 was a four-man team? What if Sakura wasn't on the Team. What if there were more Jutsu? What if Naruto was more serious and smarter too? What if there was someone who was always by his side, ready to defend and encourage him? What if there was a new bloodline limit? What if all these questions were answered? AU, some OCs introduced.

4. Chapter 4

"Talking"

"SHOUTING/SCREAMING/YELLING"

'Thoughts'

"Jutsu"

"Tailed Beast Talking"

'Tailed Beast Thinking'

Sound Effects

Date & Time

|Location|

[Flashback]

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A/N: I have successfully gone through all three previous chapters, re-correcting any grammatical errors found.

[Statistics of this fic]

P = Population

A = Area (sq km)

DA = Dominant Affinity of its Shinobi

Msr = Military strength ratings

Esr = Economic strength ratings

SP = Shinobi Population (x% of P, x: number)

1. Land Of Fire:

P = 2,172,000

A = 1,276,790

Hidden Village: Konohagakure

P = 102,000

SP = 64,260 (63%)

Msr = 4/5

Esr = 5/5

DA = Fire

2. Land Of Lightning:

P = 1,766,000

A = 1,259,087

Hidden Village: Kumogakure

P = 89,000

SP = 65,860 (74%)

Msr = 5/5

Esr = 4/5

DA = Lightning

3. Land Of Earth:

P = 1,517,000

A = 1,772,832

Hidden Village: Iwagakure

P = 94,000

SP = 68,620 (73%)

Msr = 4/5

Esr = 4/5

DA = Earth

4. Land Of Water:

P = 781,000

A = 449,147

Hidden Village: Kirigakure

P = 79,000

SP = 51,350 (65%)

Msr = 3/5

Esr = 3/5

DA = Water

5. Land Of Wind:

P = 702,000

A = 2,408,684

Hidden Village: Sunagakure

P = 68,000

SP = 49,640 (73%)

Msr = 2.5/5

Esr = 2.5/5

DA = Wind

6. Land Of Elements:

P = 538,000

A = 324,935

Hidden Village: Arashigakure

P = 57,000

SP = 37,620 (66%)

Msr = 2/5

Esr = 2.5/5

DA = All Five

7. Other Lands:

P = 125,000 – 950,000

A = N/A

Minor Villages:

P = 10,000 – 50,000

SP = 7,500 – 30, 000

Msr = 0.5 – 2/5

Esr = 0.5 – 2/5

DA = N/A

* According to the canon it is stated that in terms of military strength Konoha has quality over quantity while Iwa and Kumo have the opposite.

* Arashigakure has exceeded the requirements for the Status of a Minor Village but hasn't met the requirements for a Major Village, so it the village is currently in the Intermediate Stage.

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Chapter 4: Demon of the mist.

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|Secret hideout|

"YOU FAILED!" a rather short man shouted in a secret base far away. "You are supposed to be a very strong missing nin!" Getting pissed off at the little man's yelling the ninja swung his sword, stopping just before it cut into the man's neck.

"Stop your screeching Gato! This time I will go and kill them myself" the masked ninja said.

"Heh, are you sure? It seems as if the enemy has hired some skilled ninja." the short man now identified as Gato said. "And with the failure of the Demon Brothers, they are aware of us now."

"Who do you think I am?" the masked ninja said with irritation. "Do you honestly think a group of ninja can stop me? I'm the Demon of the Hidden Mist, 'Zabuza Momochi'. No one can stop me!"

"Hmph, I hope so or I won't be paying you." Gato added befor turning around and leaving along with his two bodyguards.

Once he was gone an individual withdrew from the shadows, "Why are we working for a man like him again?"

"Because we need money." Zabuza answered with a wearily sigh.

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May 10

|Wave outskirts|

A three more days of traveling passed and the group of six came to the edge of the sea where a ferry was waiting to take them from the Land of Fire to the Land of Waves.

Atsushi noticed that they were hiding in the mist and the motor wasn't running which he brought up to Tazuna.

"To prevent Gato's goons from spotting us." The builder answered.

"Who is Gato?" Naruto soon asked.

"He's a business tycoon known across the nations. He came to our country, promising to improve our economy. However, after a few years it was clear that he was only taking over our economy for his own gain. He quickly took control of our shipping companies the major source of our income. Later on, he took over the all the sectors of the economy using his secret drug trade and some ninjas he employed. The people of Wave had been sucked dry that's why I need to complete the bridge, to bring hope to our economy. The one thing Gato fears is the completion of the bridge." Tazuna answered.

"So that's why those ninja were after you." Hinata whispered loud enough for him to hear.

"Then why did you hide the fact that ninjas were after you?" Sasuke questioned, now coming into the conversation.

"Because of Gato, the Wave Country is poor. Even it's Daimyo has little to no money because of him. We can't afford an expensive A-rank mission right now in our current condition." Tazuna explained before the boat touched land.

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|Wave|

The group got off the boat, but Kakashi had an uneasy feeling. He knew that if they attacked again, it would be by Jonin level ninja this time and backup wouldn't arrive for about a day or two. Suddenly, Naruto heard something off in the bushes and tossed a few shuriken, just barely missing a poor rabbit.

'Hmm, that rabbit is white, yet we're in the wrong season for that kind of fur,' Kakashi thought as he observed the animal with a lazy eye. 'That means that this rabbit was kept indoors, only to be used for one purpose... Kawarimi! (Substitution!)'

Suddenly, a whizzing sound came to his ears, causing the Jonin's eye to widen.

"EVERYONE GET DOWN." He yelled.

All the Genin reacted immediately with the Jonin tackling Tazuna to the ground just as a sword fell over their heads impaling a tree. The one-eyed Jonin looked up at the man who stood on the hilt of the sword.

He was a tall muscular man with short spiky black hair. He had bandages wrapped around his face in the same manner as Kakashi's mask. He was shirtless, save for a belt that looked like where he would hold his sword, and camouflage designed arm warmers. He had blue, baggy pants that were covered by leg warmers of the same design. On his head in a sideways manner was a Forehead protector that had the slashed insignia for Kirigakure showing that he is a missing nin.

"Ah, the Demon of the Mist: Zabuza Momochi." Kakashi identified, recalling him from the Bingo book.

"So you know my name, well now I will state my mission." Zabuza drew his sword from the tree. "I am after the old geezer," He said pointing his sword at Tazuna who was sweating bullets, "Hand him over and nobody gets to die."

Naruto and the others all jumped in front of Tazuna forming a defensive wall, Hinata activating her Byakugan as the boys drew their kunai.

"You will have to get past my team and I first." Kakashi said lifting his headband to reveal the Sharingan.

"Ah no wonder the Demon Brothers were defeated, you're Kakashi of the Sharingan, copier of a thousand jutsus. It's an honor to fight you." The Swordsman said with a tone showing respect for Kakashi's achievements.

Various thoughts went through the minds of members of Team 7.

'How in the world does he have a Sharingan?' Sasuke.

'I thought the Sharingan was the dojutsu of the Uchiha clan... looks like I was wrong.' Atsushi.

'A thousand jutsus?' Hinata.

'Maybe I can get him to teach me some of those jutsu.' Naruto.

"I'm flattered but are we going to fight or not?" Kakashi asked impatiently.

"Hehe… you can't fight what you can't see." Zabuza laughed before making some hand seals.

"He is concentrating a lot of chakra." Hinata informed the others.

"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Zabuza called as he faded into the surrounding mist which became thicker by the second.

"Stay in bokuku (box) formation around the client, Zabuza is a master of silent killing." Kakashi ordered before a massive amount of killer intent was felt by everyone.

"Eight points…" A hidden voice whispered loud enough for everyone to hear, "Larynx, Spine, Lung, Jugular vein, Collarbone, Kidney and the Heart. Now which one will be my attack point?" The killing intent then doubled, Sasuke drew his kunai to his neck, Naruto puked, Atsushi stumbled and Hinata was on the verge of passing out.

"Fear not guys, I wouldn't let anyone of my students be harmed." Kakashi assured.

"Naruto-kun duck!" Naruto displaying an enormous amount of trust in his teammate did as commanded and narrowly missed being beheaded by the Zabuza's sword. Naruto then slashed at Zabuza's gut using his kunai only for the rogue nin to turn into water.

"Kakashi-sensei to your right!" Hinata warned, the mentioned tossed a kunai in the said direction, a popping sound was here then a splash. 'A water clone?' the cyclops thought.

"Sensei! Behind you!" The Hyuga yelled. Another Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi and sliced him in half with his blade, shocking the Genins persent.

"Ha! You never should have expected it to be that easy Kakashi!" Zabuza gloated. However, Kakashi fell into water as well and the real Konoha Jonin appeared behind the rogue nin with a kunai to the throat.

"You should follow your own advice," Kakashi said. The Genin were relieved that their sensei was still alive.

Zabuza snorted. "So you were able to copy my Water Clone Jutsu within the mist while you made your little speech Impressive!"

"This fight is over, you've lost," Kakashi declared as he put the kunai closer to Zabuza's neck. But to his surprise, Zabuza began to chuckle darkly, putting everyone on edge.

"You really think you've won?" Zabuza asked, "You actually think that I'll be defeated by a mere copycat like you?"

"Well think again," another Zabuza said as he appeared behind Kakashi. The Jonin cut the first Zabuza's throat to reveal that he was another clone.

The Zabuza behind then kicked Kakashi through the air, hard, and sending him into the lake. Zabuza then moved his sword to his back before running after him on top of the water.

'Why is this water so heavy?' Kakashi asked himself as he struggled to get free. Zabuza flickered into existence behind him and made several hand seals, Hinata saw this but was too late to warn her sensei.

"Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu!" A large sphere of water formed around Kakashi trapping him inside.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled.

"If you are trying to escape forget it, the water is so dense that you can't move hehe." Zabuza chuckled before turning his attention to Team 7 which Kakashi noticed.

"Take Tazuna and get out of here. Run! Our mission is to protect Tazuna-san! Did you forget?" The Jonin yelled to his students.

The Genin of Team 7 turned their heads back at Tazuna, wanting his input on the matter.

"Don't worry, I caused all of this in the first place, I won't say that I want to survive no matter what. Now, go! Save your sensei!" Tazuna exclaimed.

"Ready dobe?" Sasuke asked eagerly.

"You better believe it teme." Naruto replied just as eager.

"Look at you, wearing headband and pretending to be ninja. How pathetic! When I was your age, my hands were already soaked with blood…. Hahaha!" Zabuza laughed.

"What are you talking about?" Atsushi questioned.

"A long time ago, In Kirigakure there was a test that one had to pass in order to become a ninja." Kakashi stated.

"Oh, and you also know of the final test?" Zabuza asked, slightly interested that a Konoha Shinobi would know.

"F-Final test?" Hinata repeated with a stutter, fearing the worst of the so called final test.

"Unlike your graduation exam, mine included killing the other students." Zabuza answered.

Naruto and the other boys froze up on the spot while Hinata lifted a hand to her mouth out of horror. 'Committing manslaughter just to graduate?!' 'What the hell was wrong with Kirigakure?!' were the thoughts circulating within their minds.

"Friends, who have eaten together, trained together, are then separated into groups of two and forced to fight each other! It was kill or be killed, don't stop until the opposing enemies are isn't breathing! Friends that helped each other, share dreams, and completed together, all leading up to one slaughter fest of blood." Zabuza explained.

"How awful…" Hinata whispered, shaking violently in her place as tears began to surface in her eyes.

She couldn't imagine having to fight her any of her ex-classmates to the death, especially Naruto…

"Fifteen years ago, Kirigakure debated changing the practice because in the previous year, a monster appeared and went overboard. That monster was a small boy who wasn't even a ninja, killed more than 100 of the candidates that year and without hesitation too." Kakashi explained.

"And it was fun too, now time to finish you brats!" Hearing the command a water clone that was concealed within the mist headed towards the Genin.

Sasuke and Atsushi charged towards the clone, the latter unable to use a lightning jutsu (since they were all standing with water up to their ankles) grabbed a handful of shuriken from his pouch and tossed them, aiming for the head. The clone using his sword batted them away but couldn't bat away the giant fireball which followed.

"Hmhp," Zabuza said as his clone was evaporated, "I was going easy on you guys, now try stopping this. Water Clone Jutsu!" Three more clones formed from the water below and charged meanwhile Naruto came up with an idea.

"Sushi retreat, I have an idea but it requires Sasuke to work." The Kishida paused and stared at the blond for a full second before obeying. Naruto and Sasuke charged toward, the prior forming 5 Shadow clones to engage Zabuza's clones while the original and Sasuke went for the real Zabuza.

'Going for the real me, how foolish.' Zabuza smiled but that expression didn't last as Naruto made another five clones each wielding a kunai.

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(With Hinata and Atsushi)

On the other side, Atsushi and Hinata were engaging the remaining two clones of the Mist Jonin. Apparently the Narutos only succeeded in defeating one of Zabuza's clones before they were dispelled.

Atsushi's iris changed shape as he activated the first phase of his Nisankugan granting him affinity for water and earth Jutsu.

"Water Style: Water Whip!" Atsushi called as a water whip formed in his hands, he lashed out at one of the clones with his right whip which the clone blocked using his sword. Unfortunately the clone didn't notice that the left whip had wrapped around his right leg before it was pulled. The clone was suddenly lifted up into the air before the Kishida used his right whip to lash it back into the water dispelling it.

Hinata's battle was a little bit difficult since she had to be in close range to attack. She launched a barrage of Jyuken strikes which the clone either dodged or blocked with its executioner's blade before sending her sideways with the flat of said blade. She landed safely on her feet and plotted her next more, "Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm!" She sent some chakra to her right palm before thrusting the said palm forward firing a vacuum shell of compressed chakra at the clone, the attack although not yet fully mastered was powerful enough in dispelling the clone.

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(With Naruto and Sasuke)

Zabuza swung his blade beheading all the Narutos, "Too easy." He smirked.

"Demon Windmill Shuriken: Windmill of Shadows!" Sasuke launched himself into the air and swiped a giant shuriken right out of his hands, its target flying towards Zabuza.

Zabuza caught the shuriken with his free, but noticed another in its path. Since both hand were occupied, he jumped over the second shuriken which whizzed away. "So that all you got?"

Sasuke just smirked before the shuriken puffed back into Naruto Uzumaki, who had kunai in hand. The sudden appearance shocked everyone excluding Sasuke who knew this was going to happen.

"THIS IS!" Naruto shouted as he threw the kunai aiming for the back of Zabuza's neck. Zabuza this time jumped higher to avoid the kunai unknowingly removing his hand from the water sphere hence releasing Kakashi.

"Good work team." The now freed Kakashi said with an eye smile directed towards his students. "Naruto, your plan was very impressive, using some Shadow Clones as a diversion to hide the fact that you had transformed yourself into a Demon Windmill Shuriken. Sasuke, good job on acting quickly in a tough situation, Atsushi and Hinata, great job on defending the client and getting rid of those Water Clones, You all performed excellently."

"Hmph! I lost myself temporarily and cancelled the Water Prison Jutsu." Zabuza said, he couldn't believe that he was outsmarted by a mere Genin. That was extremely embarrassing.

"No, you didn't cancel the technique, you were forced to!" Kakashi retorted, causing Zabuza to growl in response. "Take Tazuna to dry land, things are about to get seriously wet." The Konoha Jonin said to his Genin who did as they were told.

Both Jonins jumped away from each other and began to weaving hand seals like crazy.

Kakashi with his Sharingan eye copied the hand seals Zabuza made until he caught up to him. He then began to imitate Zabuza's every movement. Both Jonins finished their hand seals at the same time as the water they were standing on began to churn.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" They both called.

The two dragons erupted out of the water with glowing yellow eyes of killing intent, all of it aiming towards each other. The faces of the dragons collided, and their bodies turned into a giant wave of water.

The wave was so strong that the water managed to reach the land Hinata, Sasuke, Atsushi, Naruto and Tazuna were standing on, causing them to pump chakra to their feet to avoid being swept away by the water, Naruto and Hinata grabbing onto Tazuna since he couldn't do that.

'This guy... how did he do that?! The Sharingan allows you to copy an opponent's Jutsu, but he copied and executed the moves at the same time!' Zabuza thought to himself as he walked to his right in a semi-circle fashion, prompting Kakashi to go in the same direction from his view, making the exact same steps at the same time.

Zabuza grunted as he lifted his left hand up, while bringing his right hand to his face with his pointer and middle finger pointing to the sky.

Kakashi executed the same movements in perfect synchronization.

"How are you…?" Zabuza began.

"…Copying your every move?" Kakashi finished.

Zabuza growled, "All you're going is copying me like a damn monkey!" He then began to make some hand seals when he saw a shadow behind Kakashi. Zabuza froze when the mist cleared up, revealing an image of himself behind the Konoha Jonin.

'Is that... ME?! Is this a Genjutsu?' Zabuza thought as his mind tried to comprehend what was happening.

Meanwhile, Kakashi finished the same hand seals that Zabuza made and executed the jutsu he was about to perform.

"Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu!" Kakashi declared as the water began to swirl around him.

"What?! But I was just about to perform that jutsu!" Zabuza cried out in disbelief. He was then swept up in a giant vortex that thrashed him around like a rag doll. The water vortex then tore through the forest, tearing down trees as they stood in the water's path. The Nuke nin was then thrown against a tree, cracking the wood as he was pushed against it.

Several kunai flew through the air and imbedded themselves on various parts of Zabuza's upper body, just not hitting any vital spots. Zabuza cried out in agony as his flesh was pierced.

Hinata could feel the strain the Byakugan was putting on her eyes for keeping them activated for so long and deactivated them to rest her eyes. However, if she had left them active for another minute she would have seen the figure that appeared on the tree behind them.

"It's over." Kakashi said walking towards Zabuza.

"How? Can you see the future?" Zabuza asked slightly afraid.

"Yes... and your future is death," Kakashi declared as he rose up another kunai and prepared to strike it into the rogue nin's neck.

But before Kakashi could do anything, two senbon needles flew through the air and stabbed Zabuza in the neck. Zabuza's eyes went wide in shock before he slumped over in death.

Everyone gazed in the direction the two senbon came from to find who took their kill. On the branch of a tree stood the culprit.

The figure was wearing a standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit which stopped at the knees. Over this was a green haori with white trimmings, and around the waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped also around the waist. The figure wore light-brown platoon sandals along with nail polish covering the fingernails and toenails in matching blue green color. The hair was gathered in a white bun holder, while two locks fell loose framing the face, bound with metal hair cuffs at the ends.

Finally, the most noticeable detail about the figure's appearance, the figure wore a mask, which was white with thin, curved eye-holes and a red wavy design in place of the mouth, as well as the Kirigakure symbol etched in the top.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at the person, before averting his gaze down to the seemingly dead Zabuza.

The rest of the Genin, along with Tazuna, were shocked too. They had so much difficulty fighting Zabuza, yet this guy, who looks no taller than Atsushi, easily took him out with little or no difficulty.

Kakashi walked over to the body of Zabuza, checking his pulse to see if he was alive. He shifted his gaze over to the two senbon embedded in the side of his neck.

"He really is dead. And from such precise senbon throws…" To say Kakashi was amazed was an understatement. In his many years of being a Shinobi, he doesn't remember ever encountering someone who can use senbon this efficiently and skillfully.

The masked nin on the branch tilted his or her head forward, as if to take a polite bow to the group.

"Thank you very much. I was looking for a chance to kill Zabuza."

"That mask... if my memory serves me right, then you are a hunter-nin from Kirigakure." Kakashi stated as he looked at the symbol engrained on the mask.

"You are very well informed." The boy complimented as he stood up fully.

"H-Hunter-nins? T-The kind that assassinates exiled ninja who go against the village they originally aligned with?" Hinata widened her eyes as she quivered in her place.

'From his height and voice, he seems to be around the same as Naruto and the rest. Yet... he's a hunter-nin.' Kakashi thought to himself as the mere sight of the boy reminded him of his days in the Anbu.

Naruto took a quick look at Zabuza's corpse, and then at the hunter-nin, constantly switching his views of the two, before settling his eyes on the hunter-nin in front of him, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" Naruto bellowed out of anger, the volume of his voice surprising Tazuna, Hinata, Atsushi and Sasuke to some extent. Naruto took multiple breaths, inhaling and exhaling repeatedly. "Did you hear me?! Who the hell are you?!"

"Stand down, Naruto. He is not an enemy." Kakashi commanded his student, much to the boy's dismay as he snapped his face towards his sensei, the look of confusion and some other emotions on his face.

"I know that but Zabuza was so strong that he even managed to take you off guard! The five of us barely stood a chance, while this guy, this kid, who looks like he's no older than me, comes out of nowhere and kills him with one move! What does that make the four of us?! Weak?!" Naruto questioned his sensei, who began walking towards him slowly.

"Well, you're right, it might be difficult to understand. But it still happened, Naruto." He threw his hand upon Naruto's blonde hair, causing the boy to wince. "In this world, there are kids who are younger than you... and yet stronger than me. And from what I saw here you guys aren't weak."

Naruto calmed down but still fixed a glare at the hunter-nin.

Atsushi and Hinata didn't know how to feel, Zabuza was their opponent and they should be grateful that he was killed but they didn't.

"Kgh!" Sasuke grunted out of anger at the statement. The fact that he, Sasuke Uchiha, got his ass whooped by Kakashi during the bell test, and that there could be a boy younger than even him, a 13-year old, who is stronger than Kakashi and Zabuza?! He wouldn't believe it!

The hunter-nin lifted his hand as a gust of wind encircled him, and in a flash, he wasn't on the branch anymore. Then, he appeared right next to Zabuza's body.

He picked up the body, wrapping Zabuza's limo around his neck, carrying the body.

"Your battle ends here for now. Now, I must go and dispose of this corpse." The nin stated nonchalantly, "It is one filled with many secrets. Now, if you'll excuse me."

The ninja lifted up his hand, preparing to use the wind technique he had just used to move away, but right before he did, Hinata quickly reactivated her Byakugan and scanned Zabuza's body, and what she saw surprised her.

"Wait he is still alive! His Chakra is still r-running through his body." Hinata informed but was too late, the hunter-nin was already gone.

Kakashi's now only visible eye narrowed as he gave her statement some thought. "Hmm, come to think of it, hunter-nins are generally supposed to destroy the body immediately after killing them. Well then, it looks like they'll be back. Good work, Hinata."

Normally Hinata would have accepted the praise but she didn't feel it. She stared at the other gauging their reaction to the information.

Sasuke still had his emo face in place, Atsushi seemed to be in thought and Naruto… judging by his clenched fist, he was obviously angry.

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered out of concern for her crush. The blond heard it and flashed her one of his signature grins which said that 'everything was fine' but she didn't need her Byakugan to tell that it was fake.

"Well, let's think about that later. For now, let's go get Tazuna-san back to his…" Kakashi trailed off as he felt a wobble in his legs, they began to feel like jelly as he dropped down onto the ground.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto cried out in surprise, running over to the Jonin, prompting the other four to do the same.

"D-Don't worry... I'm fine…" Kakashi grunted as his visible eye winced. "The after effects of using the Sharingan for an extended amount of time…"

'I see... after all, he isn't an Uchiha by blood, his body doesn't have the strength to handle the strain of the Sharingan.' Sasuke concluded inwardly.

"My house isn't very far from here." Tazuna spoke up. The Genin nodded as Tazuna decided to pick up Kakashi's body, but was stopped by Naruto who made some shadow clones for the task.

"Let's go, before they come back."

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|Tazuna's House|

"Tsunami, I'm home!" Tazuna shouted as he opened the door to his house. A young woman with long dark hair appeared in the doorway and hugged Tazuna. She was wearing a pink shirt with red trimmings and a blue dress.

"Tou-san! You're home!" Tsunami exclaimed as she hugged her father. "Oh? Who are these people?" she asked when she saw the Konoha ninja behind Tazuna.

"These are the ninja that protected me on the way here," Tazuna said.

"Ma'am, can we please come inside? Our Sensei needs some medical attention," Hinata asked politely.

"Oh! Yes, please come in," Tsunami ushered everyone inside the house.

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Some hours later

"Urgh!"

"Are you okay, Kakashi-san?" The daughter of Tazuna, named Tsunami, asked the Jonin, who was now lying down on a sleeping mat due to exhaustion.

"Am I dead?"

"No, why would you think that?"

"Because I'm staring at the face of an angel."

Tsunami blushed slightly, "Umm… thank you, are you feeling any better?"

"No. I don't think I can move at maximum potential for a couple of days." Kakashi answered as he raised his head off of the pillow.

"If that's the case, then don't move around so much." Tsunami insisted.

"Alright," Kakashi obeyed as he put his head down, letting the blanket drape over practically all of his body. "So where am I?"

"My father's house, your students are-" The lady was cut by…

"Sensei's awake!" Naruto's voice came in an excited manner as he, Sasuke, Atsushi and Hinata entered the room along with Tazuna.

"H-How are you feeling, sensei?" Hinata asked quietly, walking up to his side and getting down onto her knees.

"I'll be fine. Just give me a couple of days and I'll be able to move fully again." Kakashi replied. "However, the matter at hand should be about the fact that Zabuza is still alive, and he's out there, biding his time…"

Hinata shivered at the thought of fighting Zabuza again, Naruto noticed this and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Hinata immediately blushed at the contact. 'Thank you Naruto-kun.'

"We have to be ready for him." Atsushi said, Sasuke nodded agreeing with him.

"I'm going to put you through some training but I need to rest for a while." Kakashi responded lying back down.

"It's not going to help at all." The voice of a young boy could be heard now in the room. The group turned to the entrance to see a boy with black hair wearing a white hat with two blue stripes. He had a yellow shirt under a green jumpsuit with two grey buttons.

"And who are you?" Naruto asked suddenly not liking the boy.

"Inari! Where were you?" Tazuna asked the boy, Inari, who ran up to him, embracing him into a tight hug.

"I'm home, grandpa."

"Inari, say hello to them, these are ninja that escorted your grandfather." Tsunami scolded her son.

An uneasy atmosphere formed around the room for everyone to feel. Inari looked at the four Genin, particularly Naruto, with dark emotionless eyes. He let go of Tazuna and looked up his mother.

"Mom, they're going to die. There's no way anyone can win against Gato." Inari responded to his mother.

"What did you say, you brat?!" Naruto rose to feat, slightly ticked off, before grinning and jabbing a finger in Inari's direction. "Listen up, I'm a great ninja who's going to become known as Hokage, a hero! I don't care who Gato is, but he won't stand a chance against us!"

"A hero? How stupid. There's no such thing as a hero." Inari retorted in response. Naruto made a noise of anger as he began to charge at Inari, wanting to teach him a lesson, however, he froze in his tracks when he felt a soft skinned hand grab his arm.

He looked down to his left to see Hinata looking at him, her eyes saying 'Please don't'. Naruto read the expression and calmed down.

"If you don't want to die, you should just go home." Inari ran off with that statement, completely getting away with his rudeness.

"Where are you going, Inari?" Tazuna enquired as his grandson put his hands on the door, the boy responding with that he was going to watch the ocean.

"I'm sorry for my grandson's rudeness, he's gone through a lot." Tazuna apologized with the slight bow of his head.

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Omake (ABS)

|Konoha Hospital|

13 years ago

"DAIKI-KUN! WHERE IS DAIKI-KUN?" Sara yelled out, she was in the delivery room being to attended by a group of medical experts.

"Nurse please bring in her husband." The doctor ordered. A second later Daiki was brought into the room.

"DAIKI-KUN COME OVER HERE AND HOLD MY HAND." Sara ordered, Daiki was immediately by her side. His wife grabbed his hand and crushed it.

"Don't worry Sara-chan you are doing great." Daiki encouraged, the death grip on his hand was killing him.

"I see a head." A nurse notified the doctor present.

"OK Mrs. Kishida I need you to push on the count of three, ready?"

"I'm ready."

"One."

Sara calmed her mind.

"Two."

It's now or never.

"Three."

Sara released an ear shattering scream as she gave it all her strength. The screams soon die down being replaced by a new born baby.

"It's a boy." The nurse informed, handing over the child to its mother.

Sara stared at the child for a bit, "Looks like He has his father's hair and eyes."

"I told you my genes were more dominant than yours." Daiki playfully said before carrying his son, "But he does have the shape of your nose."

"So what should we name him?" Sara asked watching her husband as he played with their son's fingers.

"I was thinking about the name 'Ari', you?"

"Atsushi, the name of my grandfather." Sara replied, that was also the name of First Yosokage Ataxin.

"Hmm… Atsushi." Daiki said staring at his sleeping son. "It's perfect."

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Team 7 Stats

Genin:

Naruto: 156 cm, 45 kg, 13 yrs

Hinata: 157 cm, 43 kg, 13 yrs

Atsushi: 160 cm, 46 kg, 13 yrs

Sasuke: 159 cm, 47 kg, 13 yrs

Jonin:

Areku (Unofficial Assistant): 180 cm, 75 kg, 26 yrs

Kakashi (Main Jonin): 181 cm, 75 kg, 27 yrs

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A/N: Please review and follow.

24/9/20: Minor changes.

Total number of words: 5636 words

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