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A.N, I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does. But I do own this Dr. Pepper I'm drinking.

Just to let you guys know yes Haku is a girl in this fic, and NO her and Naruto will not hook up.

'What happened?' Thought Kakashi with a groan, as he awoke in a strange house.

"I see you're awake Sensei." Said a voice to Kakashi's right.

Kakashi turned his head toward the voice, and saw his three students all looking at him. It was then he remembered what happened, he had been about to kill Zabuza when a hunter nin had beat him to the punch. The hunter nin after exchanging a few words with him and his team, had left with Zabuza's body to dispose of it.

Kakashi figured he must have passed out from over using his Sharingan. Suddenly a thought hit Kakashi with all the force of a hurricane. 'Wait a minute, Why would that hunter nin take Zabuza's body? I thought hunter nins always destroy the bodies on the...'

"SHIT!" Kakashi cursed out loud, Scaring his team.

"What is it Sensei? Are you okay?" Asked Sakura, Who had been the one who spoke earlier.

"Zabuza's alive." Said Kakashi stunning all three genin plus his client.

"What do you mean Kakashi Sensei? You checked Zabuza's heart beat yourself, how can he still be alive?" Asked Sakura thinking her Sensei was losing it.

"Sakura hunter nins dispose of a missing nins body on the spot, but this one didn't. Plus and I can't believe I didn't notice this when it happened. The fake hunter nin used senbon to take down Zabuza, and while senbon can be deadly, you would have to hit someone in just the right spot, and those spots aren't where Zabuza was hit. No Sakura what we saw was just a death like state, that you can put someone in by hitting the right pressure points. I think its safe to say we were duped." Said Kakashi

Kakashi looked at the reactions of his genin. Sasuke looked pensive and thoughtful, Sakura looked frightened but determined, But Naruto, he just looked excited.

'He probably just wants another shot at Zabuza.' Thought Kakashi

"So what are we going to do Sensei."Asked Sakura.

"My guess is we got about a week and a half to two weeks before Zabuza is ready to attack again, more the likly two, given that Rasengan Naruto hit him with. Naruto I want at least five or ten clones guarding this house." Said Kakashi.

"Already on it Sensei." Said Naruto.

"Good job. Alright when you're not guarding Tazuna, I want you training. It will be a day or two before I'm up and running, until then Naruto you're in charge-" Before Kakashi could finish he was interrupted.

"Sensei why Naruto? Why not put Sasuke in charge?" Asked Sakura. 'Cha! Sasuke would be a way better leader then Naruto!' Thought inner Sakura.

A month ago Sasuke would have wanted to know the same thing, but ever since the genin exams he had noticed that there was a lot of things they didn't know about Naruto. Like who his parents had been for one, and Sasuke suspected there was something else Naruto was not telling them. So Sasuke decided to see what Kakashi said before he got mad about it.

"Naruto would you go get me a glass of water? I'm quite thirsty." Asked Kakashi looking at Naruto.

Naruto knew that Kakashi just wanted him out of the room, but acquiesced anyway. Once Naruto was out of the room Kakashi turned to look at Sakura with a hardened look in his eye.

"Sakura you need to let go of any preconceived notions you have about Naruto, The Naruto you thought you knew in the academy does not exist. You might find this hard to believe but in some ways Naruto is even more powerful then me.-" Kakashi was once again interrupted.

"Here is your water Sensei." Said Naruto walking back into the room.

"Thank you Naruto. As I was saying Naruto is in charge while I'm stuck in bed. Judging from the fact that I saw you standing on water, I take it you know how to tree walk Naruto?" Said Kakashi, making Sasuke and Sakura wonder what tree walking is.

"Yes Sensei, I know how to tree walk." Answered Naruto.

"Good, I would like you to teach it to the others Naruto. Also while we are all here I would like you to...WHAT'S THAT!" Exclaimed Kakashi, pointing behind his genin. Causing the three of them to turn around with kunai drawn.

"What is it?" Asked Naruto.

"I don't see anything." Said Sakura.

"Rgrr." Growled Sasuke.

"Oh sorry must just be seeing things." Said Kakashi innocently.

Turning back around they saw Kakashi's glass was empty, and Tazuna's daughter Tsunami, (who had walked in to see what the commotion was.) Had hearts in her eye's.

All three genin wanted to face palm, They had all wanted to know what their Sensei looked like under that mask.

"Okay Naruto you know what to do, so I'm going back to sleep wake me if anything changes." Said Kakashi laying back down.

"Yes Sensei." Said Naruto, Secretly thinking his Sensei was just being lazy making him do it.

"Alright you guys heard the Sensei lets go." Said Naruto to his teammates.

"I don't know why you people are trying so hard, you're just going to die." Said a voice belonging to a little boy.

"Inari! Don't be rude these Ninja are here to protect your grandfather." Said Tsunami to her son.

"But don't you see mom? They'll die if they go against Gato, just like him." Said the boy as he left the room.

"Inari where are you going?" Asked Tsunami.

"To stare out at the ocean, I just want to be alone!" Said Inari as he ran out of the room.

A little while later saw Naruto and his teammates in the woods.

"Alright, Tree walking involves focusing your chakra to the souls of your feet. Now the souls of the feet are one of the hardest places to focus your chakr-" Sakura interrupted before Naruto could finish.

"I still don't see why Kakashi Sensei left you in charge Naruto. I mean I can see that you've changed but there is still noway you're better then Sasuke." Said Sakura in full blown fan-girl mode.

Naruto sighed he should have known this was coming. Looking from Sakura to Sasuke, he could tell the Uchiha wasn't really happy to be taking orders from him as well. Though oddly enough Sasuke didn't seem angry just confused, as if he couldn't figure out something. Though what Sasuke was trying to figure out was a mystery to Naruto.

Sasuke was confused, what was it about the dobe that made him change so much in such a short amount of time? Was it finding out who his parents were, Or is there something else that Naruto was not telling them? What made this situation worse, was the fact that Sasuke was sure that Naruto was not faking being the dead last in the academy, add that to Sasuke's wounded pride over not being chosen as team leader, and you get a really confused Sasuke.

Naruto thought that he needed to get this under control quickly. Coming up with a plan Naruto Spoke.

"Alright I'll tell you what, How about the two of you attack me at the same time? and if one of you is able to land a hit on me, Then my first official act as team leader will be to relinquish command to Sasuke. But if you can not beat me then you two have to follow my orders. Sound fair to you?" Naruto asked his team.

"Sounds good to me." Said Sakura. "Cha! We'll pound Naruto into Oblivion then Sasuke will fall in love with us for sure!" Thought Inner Sakura.

"Hn!" Said Sasuke with a smirk, He thought this would be a good way to test his strength against Naruto.

"Alright lets go wild!" Said Naruto as he got into a taijutsu stance. While at the same time releasing half the weight on his seals.

Sakura was the first to charge him, She had her fist cocked back, about to hit him with a hay-maker punch, wanting to end it quickly. Dodging to the side, Naruto hit her with two fingers in the vagus nerve, Dropping her like a sack of bricks.

"And that is what happens when you underestimate your opponent. Pretty pathetic if you ask me. I hope you don't make the same mistake." Said Naruto as he looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke growled under his breath.

"Don't put me in the same category as that fan girl." Said Sasuke, as he activated his Sharingan.

"Ah the Sharingan, But I see that you only have two tomoe in each eye. That means that while you can track my movements, you can not predict them." Said Naruto as he blocked a high kick from Sasuke.

"How do you know so much about the Sharingan? And for that matter how have you become so strong in just over a month! I know you were not faking being the dead last! You went from being short, weak, and foolish, to being smart, strong, and taller then me in just a few days! WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?!" Yelled Sasuke as he twisted in the air to try to land a kick on Naruto's thigh, only to have Naruto catch his leg and throw him to the side.

"My secrets are my own, Uchiha, And I feel no compunction to share them with you. If you wish to know my secrets, Then I need to be able to trust you, not just as a teammate, but as a friend!" Said Naruto as he ran at Sasuke.

Sasuke put up his guard, only to have Naruto drop to the ground in a slide going under Sasuke's guard to plant a kick to his chin, in a move that Naruto had witnessed a boy dressed in a hideous green out fit use.

Naruto's kick sent Sasuke flying into the air, Only to have Naruto appear above him delivering a hard kick to the head, that sent him hurdling back to the ground and into unconsciousness.

A little while later Sasuke and Sakura awoke to find themselves tied to a tree.

"Ah good its about time the two of you woke up." Said Naruto looking at his teammates.

"NARUTO UNTIE US RIGHT THIS MINUTE!" Screeched Sakura.

"Um let me think about that for a second...No I don't think I will untie you, at least not until you listen to me for a minute. " Said Naruto glaring at Sakura and releasing a bit of blood lust aimed at said girl.

Sakura fell silent and started to sweat, it felt like she was being suffocated.

"Sakura you have seen repeated examples of how much I've changed in the last month, and yet you still thought a blind punch would be enough to take me down. You don't really train on your off time, You don't try to improve yourself, Hell you're twelve years old and on a diet." At this point Naruto was right next to Sakura's head, whispering so only she would hear.

"I know you want Sasuke to notice you Sakura, But why don't you try the one thing you haven't tried yet, Getting stronger." Whispered Naruto making Sakura's eyes go wide. Next Naruto was speaking to Sasuke.

"And you Sasuke, ask me to trust you with my secrets, but you do nothing th gain that trust. I have offered after every mission to go get lunch as a team, I even offered to pay, and yet not once have either of you accepted, I shared with you who my parents were in the hope of building some trust. Have you returned that trust? No! you haven't. You said when we were introducing ourselves to Kakashi, that your ambition is to "Kill a certain man." But you haven't shared who he is, or why you want to kill him. Has it ever occurred to you that the rest of the team might help you if you would just open up to us?" Said Naruto to Sasuke making Sasuke bow his head.

In truth it had not occurred to him, Killing his brother had always seemed like something he had to do on his own, but why? Why not ask for help? Sasuke knew the answer to that before he even thought about it, because his pride wouldn't let him.

"Alright I'm going to untie you now, Remember our deal, I won so you two follow my orders." Said Naruto cutting the other two lose.

After that Sakura and Sasuke set out to try and climb the tree. Sakura it would seem had great chakra control as she made it up the tree in no time at all, So Naruto had her walking up and down the tree repeatedly to increase her chakra reserves.

Sasuke on the other hand was having a lot more trouble controlling his chakra.

"Graa! Why can't I do this?" Said Sasuke, frustrated that he was having trouble with something that both Sakura and Naruto could do easily.

The Naruto clone watching them (The real Naruto having left to guard Tazuna.) Sighed. Feeling a little sorry for Sasuke decided to help him.

"Hey Sasuke come here for a second." Said the clone.

Sasuke grumbled but complied with his team leaders command.

"What?" Sasuke snapped.

"Easy I'm just going to show you a short cut." Said the clone.

"What kind of short cut?" Asked Sasuke, Looking at the clone.

"Okay first thing thought, need to calm down. If you relax you will find this easier. The second thing turn on your Sharingan." Said the clone.

"What does my Sharingan have to do with anything." Asked Sasuke not catching on.

"While not on the same level as the Byakugan, The Sharingan allows the user to see Chakra. So all you have to do is look at Sakura, see how much Chakra she is using, adjust the amount to fit your size and weight, and that's half the battle over with. Then all you have to do is work on it, Till you can hold it without losing your concentration." Said the clone.

Sasuke smirked, that might actually work, after doing what the clone said Sasuke made another run up the tree. This time making it over half way up before losing his hold on the tree.

"See you're already halfway there, If you ain't mastered it by tonight, you'll have it by tomorrow for sure." Said the clone.

Mean while the Real Naruto was at the bridge with Tazuna. Naruto was keeping an eye out for trouble when he saw a worker approach Tazuna.

"Hey Tazuna, Can I speak to you for a moment?" Asked the worker.

"Go ahead Giichi, What is it?" Asked Tazuna. The man Giichi looked down almost like he was ashamed of something.

"Tazuna you and I have been friends a long time, But I uh, I don't think I can continue working on this bridge, We have been pushing our luck as it is. If we keep going Gato will send his thugs, then will all be killed." Said Giichi.

"So thats it? You're just going to quit on me now? After we've come so far?" Asked Tazuna heatedly.

"Tazuna try to understand, I only stayed this long because of our friend ship. But I got to think about my wife, who would look after Agari if I die? I'm Sorry Tazuna." Said Giichi

"No I'm sorry Giichi, Sorry that you can't see how important this bridge is, Our country is poor, and it will stay that way unless this bridge is finished. Commerce, trade, and hope that's what we're building here." Said Tazuna passionately, Trying to make his friend understand.

"Tazuna there ain't going to be much hope if we're all dead." Said Giichi.

Naruto had noticed that a lot of the workers were listening in on the conversation between the two men, And that Giichi wanting to quit was having in effect on the groups morale.

'I've got to do something or Tazuna going to be building this bridge himself!' Thought Naruto.

"Tazuna's right, this bridge is your country's only hope, If you quit Gato will win! You can't let someone scare you. If you don't make a stand its not just you that will suffer, Your kids, and your grandkids, will all suffer the consequences of your cowardice!" Said Naruto loudly so everyone would hear him.

"And what would you know kid? You aren't even from here." Said Giichi.

"I know that if you run from a bully, You will keep having to run. Look I'm a Shinobi if Gato or his men show up I'll make sure none of you get hurt." Said Naruto at the man Giichi.

"And how are you going to do that? You're just one kid and Gato will bring an army." Said Giichi.

Naruto started to laugh, this man had just given him a great idea.

"Yeah will the thing about me is, anyone who fights me, will always fight an army!" Said Naruto, Making a cross seal with his hands.

" Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Called out Naruto, making a hundred clones of himself.

Tazuna and his workers stared wide eyed at the huge number of Naruto's now on the bridge.

"Would you look at that there has got to be at least a hundred of them." Said a worker.

"With that many to guard us there's noway Gato could get to us." Said another.

Tazuna started to chuckle, which soon turned into full blown laughter. After calming down he looked at his friend.

"Well what do you think now Giichi? Is it still so hopeless?" Asked Tazuna.

"W-Well I-I-" Stuttered Giichi, Shaking his head to clear it, he tried again.

"Alright Tazuna I'll stay on." Said Giichi.

"I hope you know what you're doing kid are lives are now dependent on you." Said Giichi as he looked at Naruto.

"Oh don't worry about that Giichi, I saw this kid fight first hand, He's really that good." Said Tazuna.

Naruto turned to his clones and began to give them orders.

"Alright I want ten of you to guard the perimeter, the rest of you go to Tazuna and see were he wants you." Said Naruto to a resounding chorus of "Yes Sir boss." from his clones.

"Alright Tazuna, here's you some free laborers for the day, Just tell them what to do." Said Naruto to Tazuna once again shocking the man.

'Is this kid for real? Not only is he going to guard me, but my whole work force as well, and he is also willing to help build this bridge.' Thought Tazuna, Now truly regretting what he had said about Naruto back in Konoha, and not just because the kid scared the shit out of him.

A few hours later saw Naruto and Tazuna walking through the village on the way to the market, Naruto was appalled at the state of the village and its people. It was like Gato was sucking the life right out this place. As they walked into the food market

Naruto noticed there was hardly any food in the place, turning to Tazuna he asked the man.

"Hey Tazuna are all the markets like this?" Asked Naruto.

"Sadly yes, Ever since Gato took over all the trade routes, He charges the shop keepers more than they can afford for produce and wears, and since they can not afford to get much, they don't make a lot of money, so the next time they go to get supplies they can afford even less then the last time." Said Tazuna with anger in his voice.

As they were leaving the shop Naruto felt a tug on his jacket turning around, what he saw broke his heart.

It was a boy no older then six with his hands out in a pleading manner, He was begging for something to eat Naruto realized. Reaching into his pocket Naruto pull out the only thing edible he had on him, a box of Pocky, and handed it to the boy.

The boy gave Naruto such a sad heartfelt smile, that Naruto knew he couldn't stand back and watch this country starve. As the boy ran off Naruto turned to Tazuna with a look in his eyes that made Tazuna take a step back.

"That's it, That is it. Mr. Tazuna round up every able body man you can find and meet me in that clearing in the woods about a half mile away, Do you know which one I'm talking about?" Asked Naruto.

"Yeah I know the clearing your talking about, But what is this about kid?" Asked Tazuna wondering what was going on in Naruto's head.

"Don't worry about it just please find as many men who are willing to come, I'm going to leave a clone to guard you while I'm gone." Said Naruto as a clone puffed into existence beside him. Naruto body flickered to the clearing.

Naruto looked around the clearing it was big enough for what he had planed, and hopefully by doing this here, he wouldn't draw notice of Gato's thugs. He didn't want the town people to pay for what he was about to do.

Naruto took a deep breath he had never used this Jutsu on such a large scale before, Naruto knew he was going to need a little help. So closing his eyes Naruto decided to pay a visit to an old friend.

When Naruto opened his eyes he was in a sewer like room.

"Hey Kurama! Wake up!" Yelled Naruto to get the fox's attention.

"What is it kit? I was having a really good dream!" Said Kurama annoyed.

"I need some of your chakra, I'm about to use that jutsu." Said Naruto to the fox.

"What are you making this time? More kunai?" Asked Kurama.

"No, nothing quite so trivial, The village we're in, is in some bad need for food." Said Naruto

"Alright I'll help you this time, but next time you wake me from a dream, your life better be in danger, or it will be." Said the fox grumpily.

"I know, I know." Said Naruto placating manner, before exiting his subconscious.

Naruto felt Kurama's chakra running through him, splitting the chakra into its yin and yang form, He activated his Rinnegan. Naruto knew by using this Jutsu he was really showing his hand, but he couldn't just stand back and do nothing.

'Creation of All Things' is a Jutsu that makes imagination real. So Naruto imagined the clearing full of crates, And in the crates was food of all kinds, rice, pork, beef, fish, vegetables, fruits, and bread. Holding that vision in his head, Naruto used Kurama's Yin chakra to give form to his vision, Then using Kurama's Yang chakra he gave life to it.

Opening his eye's Naruto saw that it had worked, all in the clearing were box upon box of food. Deactivating his Rinnegan, Naruto let out a sigh, that jutsu really took it out of you. It was about that time Naruto heard Tazuna enter the clearing.

"Holy crap! Look at all this." Said Tazuna.

Turning around Naruto saw Tazuna and what looked like twenty men, All staring at him like he had grown a second head. Cheeking to make sure he hadn't. ( With that jutsu, you can never be to sure. One slip of the imagination and you're doomed.) Thankful when all he saw was his shoulders, he spoke to the stunned crowd.

"Alright everyone, What I need you guys to do is start passing out this food to families. Families with children get first debs, but there should be enough for everyone. Alright lets feed this Island." Said Naruto.

"I can't believe it look at all this food." Said a villager.

"How do you think he got it?" Asked another.

"Who cares how he got it. there's enough food here to feed everyone on the island for a week!" Said Giichi, who Naruto just now noticed.

"You heard the man! Start getting people to this food! And for Kami's sake try to keep it quit, we don't want Gato getting wind of this." Said Tazuna, taking charge. And so begain an all night operation to feed the people of wave. The more food they passed out the more men joined to pass out the rest.

Naruto was unaware that by time he would fall asleep that night. His name would be mentioned in houses all over Wave. Indeed it would seem that Wave was getting another hero to believe in.

Later that night around the dinner table, Tsunami and Tazuna seemed in high spirits. Naruto guessed it had been awhile since they had a full fridge. Naruto had some how gotten into a eating contest with Sasuke, and now both of them were paying the price, as both were now green in the face.

Sakura however was deep in thought. She had been soundly humiliated today when Naruto had taken her out with a simple tap to the side of her neck, and his words to her afterwards had been like salt in a open wound. But as much as she wish she could deny them, every word Naruto had spoken to her had been true.

But it had been something Sasuke had said later, as they were making their way back to the house that had struck her the most.

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Sakura and Sasuke were walking back to Tazuna's house, The Naruto clone having already dispelled itself. Sasuke had a smirk on his face, Having mastered the tree walking exercise.

Sakura seeing how happy her crush seemed, and how Naruto was nowhere to be found, thought it might be a good time to ask him out.

"Hey Sasuke I was thinking when we get back to Konoha, We might can go on a date maybe?" Asked Sakura hopefully. Looking at Sasuke she saw his smirk turn into a scowl, dashing her hopes before he even said anything.

"Listen Sakura, I don't want to hurt you but you need to hear this, I'm not really looking for a girlfriend right now. And even if I was, It wouldn't be a fan-girl who can't even come up with her own opinion about things. You always agree with me no matter what, and I know you think that's attractive, but its really not, it makes you seem like you don't have a brain of your own." Said Sasuke not even looking at Sakura,

If he had he would have seen the tears starting to form in her eyes. Sasuke continued to speak unaware of just how much his words were hurting the girl he was speaking to.

"I don't know if you know this or not Sakura, but I'm going to have to rebuild my clan one day, The girl I choose to be with has to be strong, and quite frankly Sakura you're weak, You're the weakest member of this team. You need to stop focusing on me and start focusing on your training, or you're going to get yourself raped or killed one day maybe even both." Finished Sasuke as he walked away.

He really didn't want to hurt her, but he was afraid the she would get herself killed one day, and Sasuke had seen enough people he cared for die. As he left Sakura stood where she had stood daring Sasuke's whole speech.

After what seemed like hours but in truth was only about thirty minutes Sakura pulled herself together and head back to the house.

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'Am I really that weak?' Thought Sakura to herself.

But she already knew the answer to that. In the hope of escaping her thoughts Sakura decided to ask about something she had noticed.

"Excuse me, But I couldn't help noticing that there is a conner of this picture missing. Inari you kept looking at it all through dinner, it looks like someone used to be in it." Said Sakura not noticing the family tense at her words.

"Its my Husband." Said Tsunami softly after a minute of silence.

"They used to call him a hero, in this land." Said Tazuna.

Inari got up and ran from the room.

"Inari where are you going?" Asked Tsunami as she went after her son.

"Father you can't talk about him like that in front of Inari, you know that." Said Tsunami as she left the room.

"Inari's so- I mean what happened to him?" Asked Sakura Shocked by the reaction her question had gotten.

"Hm is there a story behind this?" Asked Kakashi.

Naruto looked toward Tazuna and was shocked to see tears in the mans eyes.

Tazuna then told them the story of Inari's step-father Kaiza, A man who had saved Inari from drowning, how Inari had looked to him as a father figure. How later he would become Inari's step-father.

How the man had saved the village from a flood, and was looked at as a hero of Wave from that moment on. Tazuna told them of the tragic fate of Kaiza, How when Gato first came Kaiza stood up to him, And payed the ultimate price for it.

Daring the story Naruto was lost in thought, it saddened him that he had a Reincarnation Jutsu, but could not use it to bring back Kaiza. Saṃsara of Heavenly Life would kill the user, if the person or persons you were trying to bring back, had been dead for longer then a few days.

While Naruto had thought of a way around that fact, He had yet to work on it. You see Naruto figured that if a Shadow clone were to use Saṃsāra of Heavenly Life, instead of him then he would be alright.

The problem with that is that a Shadow clone would not have the Chakra to use the Jutsu, only having half of Naruto's chakra, and Naruto at this point had not figured out how to give his Shadow clones more Chakra without overloading the Jutsu, and causing it to fail just like his regular clones back in the academy.

'But its not like its impossible to do, I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. Well not like I ever let something like that stop me before.' Thought Naruto as he got up from the table.

"Naruto where are you going?" Asked Sakura.

"To go train, I'm going to show Inari, That our hero's never truly die!" Said Naruto, as he left the house.

"What do you think, that is about Sensei." Asked Sakura.

"Knowing Naruto, There's no telling." Said Kakashi, in his trademark lazy voice.

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Haku was out gathering herbs, to make some medicine for Zabuza, When She came upon a strange sight. It was a boy no older then herself, he had blond hair, and was wearing black pants, a black jacket with yellow and red strips running along the sleeves, and a mesh body armor undershirt.

Haku recognized him as the boy who had fought Zabuza. Haku's thought was to kill the boy while he slept. The problem with that is, Haku was never that cold. So instead she decided to wake him up and see if she could learn anything useful from him.

Slowly reaching for the boy she was about to shake him when she found herself pinned to the ground with a Kunai at her neck.

"Easy I mean you no harm." Said Haku gently hoping to placate the boy.

"Sorry but you shouldn't sneak up on a Ninja, even a sleeping one." Said Naruto as he let Haku go.

"My Name is Naruto." Said Naruto, as he helped Haku up.

"It's nice to meet you Naruto, I'm Haku. If you don't mind me asking what are you doing sleeping in the woods?" Asked Haku.

"Yeah I must have passed out from training too hard, Really not my brightest moment." Said Naruto scratching the back of his head.

Haku laughed, she thought his boy was funny.

"Why are you training so hard you seem plenty strong to me," Asked Haku, which was not a lie. she remembered well how this boy had taken down Zabuza.

"Few reasons really. I guess its mostly to protect the ones I care about, you see my life growing up was a hard one. My mother and father died when I was young, and the villagers blamed me for their deaths, So I grew up alone and out casted. The only one who was ever really kind to me to me, was the leader of our village the Hokage, So I decided to be a Shinobi just like him. As time went on a found a few more people who cared about me, like Iruka Sensei, my best friend Hinata, and the people who run the Ichiraku Ramen stand." Said Naruto.

Haku was shocked that his childhood had been almost as bad as her own, But was happy that like her, He too had found someone to care for him. She listened as Naruto continued speaking.

"I guess their the reasons I want to become stronger, So I can protect them and keep them safe. That and I made a promise to someone, and I never go back on my word, That's my nindo, My Ninja Way!, I honestly don't know why I'm even telling you all this, except there is something about you... that tells me you above all others would understand." Finished Naruto.

"You're right I do understand, I have always believed that when a person has something important they want to protect… that's when they can become truly strong." Said Haku, Smiling.

Naurto got up and stretched hear a few joints pop.

"Well it was nice meeting you miss." Said Naruto.

"You too...Oh by the way, I'm a boy." Said Haku, Hoping to throw Naruto off.

"Nice try, but you can't fool the nose, boys don't ovulate." Said Naruto tapping his nose. Haku blushed bright red.

"Don't worry I'm not a pervert, I just have a really good nose. Oh yeah, tell Zabuza I said hi." Said Naruto, right before he Hiraishin'd back to Tazuna's house. Three senbon needles hit the spot we're he was standing a few seconds to late.

'How did he know?...I need to get back to Zabuza.' Thought Haku as she disappeared in a whirl of snow.

```````````````````````````Eight Days Later````````````````````````````

Naruto came stumbling in right at supper time looking like death warmed over, but he had a triumphic smile on his face.

"I've done it!" Said Naruto, before falling flat on his face.

Sasuke and Sakura got up to help Naruto to the table.

"What have you done Naruto?" Asked Sakura as she sat back down at the table. In her hand was a book titled 'So You Want To Be A Medic Nin. by Tsunade Senju'.

Naruto had given it to her when she had swallowed her pride and asked for his help.

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"Hey Naruto can I ask you something?" Asked Sakura, as she, Naruto, and Sasuke were guarding Tazuna.

"Sure Sakura what is it?" Answered Naruto shocked, Sakura hadn't spoken to him much since the fight for who was going to be team leader.

"Well you see I um I just wanted to ask you...HowdoIbecomestronger?!" Blurted out Sakura in a rush to fast for Naruto to catch.

"Whoa! Slow down Sakura, I didn't catch that." Said Naruto with both hands up waving.

" I-I said how do I become Stronger? You were right when you said that I wasn't' even trying to improve myself." Said Sakura with her head down.

Naruto was almost at a loss for words, That couldn't have been easy for Sakura to admit.

"Its just I really do want to be a useful member of this team," Said Sakura. She had come to the decision that Naruto and Sasuke had been right, She really did need to get her head out of the clouds, and start taking her training serious.

"Well... Have you ever thought about becoming a medic?" Asked Naruto.

"No. Why?" Asked Sakura.

"Well you want to be useful right? You have the Chakra control needed to be a Medic-Nin, Plus between Sensei, Sasuke, and myself, we have enough fighters. So what we really need is someone to patch us up when things don't go right." Said Naruto.

"Well that makes sense Naruto, but I want to be a fighter, Medic-nins aren't know for their fighting capabilities." Said Sakura.

"Oh I see. You're still hoping to get Sasuke to notice you." Laughed Naruto. Making Sakura blush, she was about to deny it when Naruto continued.

"But you're wrong Sakura, their are medics out there that are feared on the battlefield. Haven't you ever heard of Tsunade the Slug Sannin?" Asked Naruto.

"Of course I have all kunoichi have." Said Sakura.

"Well there you go, you can be a Medic and still be powerful." Said Naruto as he unsealed a book from a scroll.

"I bought this in the hope of learning how to do it myself, But I'm afraid medical-ninjutsu is not one of my talents." Said Naruto as he gave her the book and walked off.

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"I managed to modify a jutsu that I've been working on." Said Naruto.

"Oh and what Jutsu is that?" Asked Kakashi.

"The Shadow Clone Jutsu." Said Naruto as he started to eat.

"But why would you need to modify the Shadow Clone Jutsu?" Asked Sakura as she turned a page in the book she was reading.

"Wel-I-an't-eally-ell-ou." Said Naruto with his mouth full.

"Eww gross! Swallow before you speak moron!" yelled Sakura grossed out. Naruto swallowed his food and spoke again.

"Sorry, I said I can't really tell you, It's a surprise for when we leave." Said Naruto bashfully after swallowing.

"Why?" Whispered Inari, with tears in his eyes.

"What was that kid?" Asked Naruto.

"Why do you keep trying? Its not going to mean a thing when Gato shows up, he'll bring an army and beat you down! No matter what you do, The strong always win and the weak always lose!" Cried Inari.

"Well then Its a good thing I'm not weak." Said Naruto starting to get really fed up with this kid.

"Oh what do you Know?! You're just an outsider here, just looking at you makes me sick! You don't know what its like to suffer and be treated like dirt!" Yelled Inari getting to his feet.

"You ask me what do I know? I'll tell you what I know." Said Naruto looking harshly into Inari's eyes.

"I know that crying and complaining solve nothing. I know what happened to your dad brat, and it was tragic, but what you fail to understand is your dad didn't fail this village! This village failed your DAD! The people of the land outnumber Gato and his men twenty to one, If you all had rallied up behind your father there is noway Gato would have stood a chance!" Yelled Naruto, making everyone at the table go wide eyed.

"But everyone here was too afraid! And your dad payed the price for everyones cowardice! But you are right about one thing kid. I don't know what its like to suffer and be treated like dirt, That would be an improvement to how I'm treated back home." Finished Naruto as he left the room.

The room was dead silent, Inari stood frozen to the spot he was standing. Finally Tsunami was the first to speak.

"Kakashi what did Naruto mean when he said That would be an improvement?" She asked.

Kakashi sighed wondering how much to tell them, He didn't want to make the village look bad, But how could he not if he told them how Naruto was treated back in Konoha.

Deciding to be honest, he told them all about Naruto's childhood, about how he was ignored to point of wondering at times if he even existed, How when people did look at him it was with cold dead eyes. How parents wouldn't allow their kids to play with him, How the kids sensing their parents hatred of Naruto soon started treating him the same way, he told them every thing that wasn't an S-Class secret.

To say everyone was shocked was an understatement. Inari ran out of the house so he could be alone and think. Tsunami had tears in her eye's at the thought of how lonely Naruto must have been growing up. Tazuna was wishing he had a cold drink.

Sasuke had always thought he had it worse then Naruto, have had a family and losing it had to be worse then not having a family at all right? Now he wasn't so sure, at least he had got to know his parents. And Sasuke had always been treated well by the villagers, to the point that he sometimes wonder if they were trying to make up for something.

Sakura though felt the worse. Knowing that she had been one of the kids who had helped make Naruto's life miserable, and her sins against Naruto were perhaps worse then most. You see Sakura's parents didn't really hate Naruto, in fact her dad had even expressed pity towards Naruto. Saying it was sad for a kid to have to grow up without parents.

No Sakura's parents weren't what made Sakura treat Naruto so bad, She treated Naruto the way she did, to try to fit in with everyone else. A side effect of having low self esteem, was that Sakura would have done just about anything to be one of the in crowd. Now she realized just how wrong she was in doing so.

Sakura swore to herself that she would do her best to be a better friend. Even if it was the uncool thing to do.

With those thoughts in their heads everyone made their was to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a big day. Just how big though no one yet realized.

Naruto awoke the next morning, to the realization that he had been left behind. Not even bothering with his normal morning hygiene, Naruto began to throw on his clothes and gear. Naruto had just strapped Zanpakuto to his back, when he hard a commotion coming from out on the dock.

"YOU LET MY MOM GO!" Yelled Inari.

Naruto looked out his window just in time to see Tsunami get knock out by two thugs with Katanas, Inari was charing the two men while they were about to draw their swords.

Thanking Kami, that he had the foresight to put a Hiraishin seal on the family of three while they weren't paying attention. Naruto used the Hiraishin to quickly grab Inari and his mom, before the thugs could kill Inari.

The two hired thugs didn't know what happened, one second they were about to kill the brat, and the next their swords passed through nothing but air. Looking around them they saw the boy and his mother were behind them being held by a tall blond boy dressed in all black.

"Hey its one of them ninja Tazuna hired." Said Waraji to his partner.

"Sorry I'm a little late, but hey heroes always show up at last minute." Said Naruto.

"Naruto its you!" Said Inari in awe.

"And who else would it be Sasuke? Uchiha's don't know how to make a grand entrance." Said Naruto with a smile on his face.

"I have to say Inari, that was a very brave thing you just did, charging these two by yourself. Your dad would be proud of you I think, but next time just come wake me up." Finished Naruto, Making Inari blush at the fact that he had forgotten that Naruto was upstairs sleeping.

"Bla,bla,bla. Let's get this punk." Said Zori as he and Waraji charged at Naruto.

"Like I'm scared of a couple of wanna be samurai. Here let me show you something Tobirama Sensei taught me" Said Naruto, As he grabbed Zampakuto's handle.

"Hiraishingiri" Said Naruto as he disappeared and reappeared behind the two men, with Zampakuto now fully extended in his hands.

Zori and Waraji turned an ashy gray as they fell lifelessly to the ground.

"I hope Lord Shinigami enjoys the meal I just sent him." Said Naruto, confusing Inari as to what Naruto was talking about.

"W-What happened?" Asked Tsunami as she started to come to.

"You were knocked out, are you feeling okay?" Asked Naruto as bent down to check on the woman.

"Yeah I feel-" Tsunami trailed off as she noticed the two dead men.

Naruto seeing what she was looking at, spoke softly.

"Don't feel sorry for them. Their hands were covered in the blood of innocent people. They deserved their fate." Said Naruto.

"I don't feel sorry for them! Those were the two men who killed my husband." Said Tsunami.

Naruto just nodded in understanding.

"Listen I need to get to my team, do the two of you have somewhere to go where you can be safe?" Asked Naruto.

"Yes we can go to my friends house." Said Tsunami.

"Good, Listen if you need me just throw this and I'll be there in an instant." Said Naruto as he handed her a tri-pronged kunai. Standing to his feet Naruto focused on the Hiraishin Kunai he had given Sasuke and disappeared.

Tsunami looked with wide eyes as the boy who had been staying in her house just disappeared. Shaking her head she looked at her son, who like wise was in total awe.

"I will never get use to the things ninjas can do." Muttered Tsunami, as she and her son made their way to her friends house.

Naruto appeared in a dome of mirrors, just in time to see Sasuke fall to the ground looking for all intents and purposes like he was dead. Rushing to his teammate hoping against hope that he had not failed his promise to Mikoto, Naruto check his friends pulse,

Haku looked at the boy she had met in the woods. She really didn't want to fight him, but she would do whatever Zabuza asked of her. If that meant killing her heart then that is what she would do. Looking at Naruto she spoke.

"Is this the first friend you lost Naruto-kun?" Asked Haku.

"First I didn't lose him. His pulse is weak but still there and second, I wouldn't really call us friends, more like rivals who have a mutual respect for each other." Said Naruto.

"My guess is, you've had plenty of chances to kill him, but you haven't. My theory is your heart isn't in this fight." Finished Naruto as he stood up and faced Haku.

"It's true that if possible, I don't want to have to kill you… nor do I want you to have to kill me… However, if you come at me… I will kill my heart with a blade and become a true shinobi." Said Haku as she went in to her mirrors.

"I feel the same as you, But I won't let you or Zabuza kill an innocent man." Said Naruto glaring at the girl he wished he could call friend.

"It can't be helped Naruto-kun. My dream is to see Zabuza's dream come to pass, and Zabuza's dream requires money. No one will hire Missing-Nin unless it's for missions like this." Said Haku.

"Then you should get a new dream! Or at least find a better way to achieve the one you have." Yelled Naruto getting upset.

"I am sorry Naruto, I wish we had met under better circumstances. I truly believe we would have become friends." Said Haku sadly as she prepared to attack.

"Me to Haku, Me to." Said Naruto, at that moment senbon needles started to rain down on him from all sides.

With in minutes Naruto was looking like a pincushion, Naruto had even had to activate his Rinnegan, to Haku's credit she didn't show any surprise other then to say.

"So you have a Bloodline too?" Said Haku, as she went from mirror to mirror,

"Yes though you are only the second person to see it in combat." Said Naruto as he dodged more senbon.

Naruto had to give Haku this, her Jutsu was formidable. Naruto was having to spend all his time dodging instead of coming up with an offense. The fact that he was also trying to protect the unconscious Sasuke didn't help.

Naruto couldn't get close enough to the mirrors to use his Rasengan. Man Naruto would love to use Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push.) But Sasuke could get blasted away as well, Not to mention the damage it would do to the bridge.

And that was when he remembered something his dad had told him. The best offense is a good defense.

'Of course! Why didn't I think of that sooner.' Thought Naruto.

"Hey Haku let me know what you think of my ultimate defense Susanoo!" Yelled Naruto. As he and the unconscious Sasuke were encased in an red-orange ethereal skeleton, The Skeleton soon was soon covered in skin and armor.

The Shear power of Susanoo could be felt all over the bridge. Kakashi and Zabuza paused in the middle of their fight.

'What is this power I'm feeling? It isn't the kyuubi.' Thought Kakashi.

"What is this?" Asked Zabuza.

"If I had to take a guess, I would say its Naruto." Said Kakashi.

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Haku was trying desperately to get through Naruto's ultimate defense, jumping from mirror to mirror as fast as she could to try to find a weak spot but it was no good. Susanoo really was the ultimate defense.

Naruto had been using his Rinnegan to track Haku's movements time it just right, Naruto had one of Susanoo's arms smash through the mirror Haku had just appeared in.

Haku was sent flying away from Naruto, as the mirrors all shattered without her to sustain them.

Naruto releasing Sasanoo and his Rinnegan, started walking toward where Haku had fallen.

"Hey Sakura, Sasuke needs some medical attention." Called out Naruto.

Hearing what Naruto had said, her and Tazuna ran to where Sasuke lay, Sakura immediately went to removing the senbon out of Sasuke's body.

Naruto made it to where Haku was laying.

"You've won Naruto-kun, Now you must kill me." Said Haku as she rose to her knees, her mask in pieces.

"Why would I kill you Haku?" Asked Naruto confused.

"Because I am a broken tool, I'm am no longer any use to Zabuza. the only thing left for me now is death." Said Haku with her head bowed.

"That's BULL SHIT! What is it about that man that makes you willing to sacrifice so much for him?" Asked a pissed off Naruto.

"Do you remember when you told me about your childhood? Well mine was like that, only worse!" Said Haku as she told Naruto about her life and how Zabuza was the one to save her from that loneliness.

Naruto didn't know what to say, It was hard to imagine a life worse then his growing up, but Haku's surely was. No wonder the girl all but worshiped Zabuza.

"Now that you understand will you kill me? Without Zabuza my life is meaningless, you would be doing me a favor by ending it." Said Haku.

Naruto knew he wouldn't be able to kill this girl, she might hate him later, but he wouldn't kill her. So Naruto took out a kunai intent on Knocking her out, but it also made Haku believe that Naruto was going to do as she asked, And that was when they heard Kakashi.

"I told you Zabuza your future is DEATH!" Said Kakashi.

Naruto and Haku looked only to see Zabuza's pinned by a bunch of dogs, as Kakashi was about to run him through with a lightning Jutsu. Haku's eye's widened as she saw her master about to die.

"I'm sorry Naruto it seems I still have one use after all." Said Haku right before she disappeared. Reappearing right in the way of Kakashi.

Naruto seeing what she intended to do quickly reactivated his Rinnegan, While at the same time throwing a Hiraishin Kunai pushed by Naruto's wind element to make it fly faster. Naruto knew he would only get one shot at this, It he failed he died.

Kakashi saw the girl appear right in front of Zabuza but it was too late for him to stop. Saying a silent apology to the girl, Kakashi prepared himself for the inevitable. Only for things to get worse.

Naruto using the Hiraishin appeared in front of Haku blocking Kakashi's way. Using the Preta Path's 'Blocking Technique Absorption Seal' Naruto formed a chakra absorbing barrier around himself, and braced for impact. While the barrier would absorb Kakashi's Jutsu, Kakashi was still moving really fast, so this was going to be a hell of a hit.

Kakashi was damn near panicking, another teammate was about to die by his hand, just like Rin.

'Naruto what the hell are you thinking!' Thought Kakashi. But then something strange happened, right as he got close to Naruto. The Raikiri in his hand fizzled out of existence, Not only that by Kakashi could feel the chakra be sucked out of him.

Before he could think on this his hand hit Naruto, sending Naruto into Haku, and Haku into Zabuza, And Zabuza into side rail of the bridge, braking both his arms.

Naruto groaned, he had been right, that hurt like hell. Naruto felt like his head was on a really soft pillow, in fact, it was so soft that Naruto was tempted just to lay there, and pretend to be knocked out, to just let Kakashi Sensei handle the rest.

But Naruto knew he had to get up and let his Sensei know that he was okay. So opening his eyes, Naruto was about to call out to Kakashi, when he realized what it was that was so soft. Apparently when him and Haku had landed, his head had some how landed on Haku's chest!

Tilting his head just a little, Naruto saw Haku wide eyed and staring at him. All at once matching blushes crept up their faces , as they both scooted away from each other like the other one was on fire.

"S-Sorry!" Said Naruto quickly.

"I-It's fine." Said Haku just as quickly. Before either could say anything further the were interrupted.

"Haku what the HELL were you thinking!" Yelled out Zabuza, shocking everyone on the bridge.

"Never ever try to take an attack that is meant for me! Don't you get it, training you was the only thing I ever did right, you more then anything else are my legacy Haku." Said Zabuza limping over to where Haku was, both of his arms hanging limply at his side.

"But Zabuza your dream to-" Haku was cut off before she could finish.

"My dream was for you Haku! So you could grow up without the fear of being hunted down just because of your blood. So you see without you my dream would be empty! You're the closest thing I have to a daughter Haku." Said Zabuza.

"B-But you... I thought I was your tool." Said Haku tears forming in her eyes.

"Wrong! I said that we as Shinobi are tools, But we're not just Shinobi Haku, we're people too." Said Zabuza falling to his knees beside Haku.

'Well it seems even the great Demon of the Mist has a heart.' Thought Kakashi,

At that moment everyone heard clapping,

"Well,well,well. Looks like you were just a baby demon after all, huh? Zabuza." Said Gato in a mocking tone.

"Gato! Whats the meaning of this?" Growled Zabuza.

"Oh I was never going to pay you anyways. You missing-nins are too expensive, I can pay thirty men for what you were going to charge me. Though I was hoping these Konoha Ninja would kill you and save me the trouble. Then I was going to have my men kill them while they were still weak." Said Gato as the army of thugs he brought with him all laughed.

"Alright boys kill everyone but the girls, I want the one who broke my arm for later, you guys can have the pink haired one." Said Gato, making Sakura shiver and Haku want to vomit at the thought.

As the thugs were about to charge a massive blood lust filled the bridge.

"Gato! You have caused enough suffering! Now it time to pay!" Said Naruto his eyes red as blood, looking every bit the monster his village always feared. Shocking everyone who saw him.

'There's no doubt that's the kyuubi's chakra!" Thought Kakashi.

'Is that really Naruto?' Thought Sakura.

'I haven't felt power like this since I fought Yagura! Could this kid be a...' Thought Zabuza.

'What happening to you Naruto-kun, Is this why your village hated you?' Thought Haku.

Gato was scared of the child, there was no doubt about that. Sneaking behind his men,he yelled out.

"KILL'EM, KILL'EM QUICK!" Gato yelled, as his men rushed the boy

Naruto pulled out Zanpakuto, leveling the blade with the ground Naruto whispered.

"Extend Zanpakuto." Zanpakuto's blade grew to about three and a half feet long.

Naruto summoning wind chakra to his feet began to spin around, Looking like a bladed tornado.

"Uzumaki Sword Art: Spinning Death Top!" Yelled out Naruto.

The twister that was Uzumaki Naruto slammed into the rushing army of thugs, cutting through them like a hot knife through butter, or more accurately butter in a blender. Those who weren't luck enough to die quickly by Naruto's sword, where thrown off the bridge just to be tore apart by sharks.

By the time Naruto stopped spinning, body parts were everywhere. and that spot on the bridge covered in blood. Gato was staring in horror at what happened to his men. Right as he was about to turn and run the demon boy appeared in front of him, Punching him squire in the face.

Gato was sent flying back, as he got back on his hands and knees, he saw the boy was stalking toward him like a predator on the hunt.

"P-P-Please s-spear me! I'll give you anything you want. You want money you can have, Just don't kill me!" begged Gato pissing himself.

"Hm, Thats not a bad Idea." Said Naruto.

Gato thought he had talked his way out of it until he saw Naruto's eyes turn into the Rinnegan. Naruto placed his hand on Gato and using The Human Path's ability to read minds, pulled all the information about Gato's bank accounts and at the same time pulled out Gato's soul killing him.

Turning off his Rinnegan Naruto turned around, about to go back to the others when a large group of people showed up brandishing all sorts of weapons, with Inari right in the middle.

"Brother Naruto! We made it" Yelled Inari happily, That is until he and the others came upon the sight of all the gore, with Naruto cover head to toe in blood.

"Kami what happed here?" Asked a villager, Some where wondering the same thing, while other had to turn around and vomit.

Naruto seeing the reaction of the villagers summoned a spout of water from the ocean to wash the bridge and himself off. After he was done, Naruto started to feel faint and began to sway on his feet The last thing he remembered before everything went black was someone Yelling his Name.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Break~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Naruto awoke feeling like his head was splitting.

"Uhg What happened?" Muttered Naruto.

"You channeled more power then your body is used to." Said a voice.

"Kakashi Sensei is that you?" Asked Naruto opening his eyes, the light making him groan.

"Yep It's me." Said Kakashi with an eye smile.

"How long have I been out." Asked Naruto.

"Five days." Said Kakashi, Making Naruto's eye's go comically large.

"FIVE DAYS?!"yelled Naruto.

"Yep the bridge will be done tomorrow, and our mission complete." Said Kakashi.

"But what about Haku and Zabuza?" Asked Naruto.

"I'm right over here Brat." Said Zabuza.

Naruto looked over Kakashi's shoulder to see Zabuza leaning against the wall both his arms in a cast.

"Haku's been helping Sakura look after you. They've actually become pretty goods friends since you've been out. Oh yeah I take it I've got you to thank for Sakura's sudden interest in medical-ninjutsu?" Said Kakashi.

"I just told her she would be good at it, Why?" Naruto asked.

"Nothing I think its great that she's found something she likes." Said Kakashi. About that time Naruto stomach growled making Naruto blush, and Kakashi and Zabuza laugh.

"Come on lunch is about ready." Said Kakashi walking to the door.

After lunch Naruto asked Haku, Zabuza, Kakashi, and Tazuna to follow him. Leading them to the spot Kaiza was buried, Naruto began to speak, First to Zabuza and Haku.

"Haku to you remember when I said that you should find a different way to achieve your dream?" Asked Naruto.

"Yes I do Naruto-kun, Why?" Said Haku.

"Because I think I found that way." Answered Naruto.

"What are you talking about brat?" Asked Zabuza.

"When I killed Gato I used a jutsu on him that allows me to pull information from someones mind. It turns out that Gato really was about the richest man alive- well before I killed him. Anyway I got all his account numbers, and I was thinking of giving a chunk of it back to the people of Wave minus of course the fee for one A-Rank mission. And the rest I was going to give to you. If you agree to use it to build a hidden village here in Wave." Said Naruto as he pulled something from his pocket, and tossed it to Zabuza.

Zabuza caught it and looked at it, it was a black Hitai-ate, with a line engraved in it forming three waves'

"Haha! While I admit the idea of starting my own village is tempting, the fact is Mist would send an army of hunter-nins before we even got an academy built." Said Zabuza, though he really did like the idea.

"Not if they believe you are dead." Said Naruto, with the look of a person about to pull the ultimate prank.

"What are you planing Naruto?" Asked Kakashi worried, it was never a good thing when Naruto got that look.

"Alright Zabuza and Tazuna please do not ever tell what you're about to see. Haku and Kakashi have already seen it, but if the wrong people find out about this things could get bad." Said Naruto as his eyes turned into the Rinnegan.

Zabuza actually gasp.

"The Rinnegan?" Asked Zabuza, shocking Naruto that he knew what his eyes were, not a lot of people did.

"How did you know?" Asked Naruto.

"My Sensei told me about it, when I was just a genin, but I always thought it was just a legend." Said Zabuza.

"Trust me its real." Said Naruto

Turning away from the group Naruto used 'Creation of All Things' to make a perfect copy of Zabuza.

"Wow that has got to be the freakiest thing I have ever seen, and I've seen allot!" Said Zabuza as he looked at himself laying dead on the ground, sword and all.

"Now am I right in assuming that Mist doesn't know about Haku?" Asked Naruto.

"That is correct Naruto-kun I was never a Shinobi of the mist." Said Haku.

"Good then all you have to do is send Haku disguised as a bounty hunter to the nearest bounty office to collect the bounty on your head, and by this time next week Mist will believe you are dead." Said Naruto to a stunned crowed.

"Th-That, that would actually work! I would have to change my name, and maybe grow a beard. But that would work." Said Zabuza in awe.

"Zabuza we could finally be free!" Said Haku.

"Alright kid you have a deal! Haku take that fake and go get that bounty, and try to be back by tomorrow." Said Zabuza. Haku nodded as she grabbed the dead Zabuza body and disappeared.

"Alright old Man do you know any kids who might like to become the first Shinobi of the Hidden Wave." Asked Zabuza.

"After seeing what you guys can do, I imagine there'll be lots of them." Said Tazuna shocked. Not only was his country going to get a good chunk of Gato's money but it was also getting its own Shinobi, that would mean they would never have to worry about another Gato showing up.

"Alright Zabuza I have one more condition, Before I give you that account number." Said Naruto.

"And what's that?" Asked Zabuza.

"When the Hidden Wave Village gets one its feet you sign an alliance with Konoha." Said Naruto.

"Deal." Said Zabuza, Shaking Naruto's hand. Naruto handed him the account number, and Zabuza set out to collect it.

Kakashi was very proud of his student. Not only had he thought of a way for Zabuza and Haku to live free, but he also was giving this country it own shinobi force, and Konoha a new ally. Yes Kakashi was very proud.

After Zabuza had left Naruto turned to Tazuna.

"Tazuna there is a reason I brought us to this spot." Said Naruto.

"And what reason is that kid?" Asked Tazuna wonder why they were at his son-in-laws grave.

"Do you know the legend of the Rinnegan?" Asked Naruto.

"Um... No" Said Tazuna, not having a clue what the blond boy was talking about

"They legend goes that the bearer of the Rinnegan has control over life and death. That he can send people to the afterlife... And that he can bring them back." Said Naruto.

"A-A-Are you s-saying that..." Said Tazuna to stunned to speak.

"Yep, we are going to give Inari his father back." Said Naruto dead serious.

And Cut!

Hiraishingiri(Flying Thunder God Slash)-A technique combining the use of kenjutsu and space–time ninjutsu where, with sword in hand, the user teleports to a target instantaneously so as to deliver a swift, devastating slash to their opponent.

Susanoo, also known as the Tempestuous God of Valour- is the third ability granted by the Mangekyō Sharingan to those who awaken the abilities Tsukuyomi — which symbolizes the "darkness of the spiritual world" and Amaterasu — which denotes the "light of the material world". It creates a gigantic, humanoid being that surrounds the user. As one of the strongest techniques granted to those that have acquired the Mangekyō Sharingan, it is the user's guardian deity.

Raikiri(Lightning Cutter)- is an enhanced and concentrated form of the Chidori with the same effects and drawbacks. According to Might Guy, it gained its name after Kakashi split a bolt of lightning with it.

Creation of All Things- was an ability possessed by the Sage of the Six Paths, which he used to create the nine tailed beasts. The process he used is explained to have initially involved the administration of imagination, and the spiritual energy which forms the basis of Yin chakra to create physical forms from nothingness. Then, through the application of vitality, and the physical energy which forms the basis of Yang chakra, he would breathe life into the resulting creations.

Outer Path: Saṃsāra of Heavenly Life Technique- By channelling their power through the King of Hell, the Rinnegan wielder can re-infuse new life force energy to the bodies of those who have died. With their rejuvenated bodies acting as an anchor, the individual souls are then able to leave even the crossroad between life and the afterlife, returning back to their physical vessels. The technique targets all the individuals killed, even those not necessarily killed by the user. This technique seemingly requires a massive amount of chakra, as Konan feared the worst for Nagato when he used it

A.N Well what do you guys think? If you have any questions just let me know and I will do my best to answer them. Just to let you guys know the Hidden Wave Village will play a part in the second half of the story, And does anyone know how you say wave in Japanese?.