Listening to Naruto's words, Inari just stared at Naruto blankly, with tears that hadn't been wiped off his face.
"Naruto, didn't you leave with Kakashi-san? Why are you still here?"
Naruto helped untie the binds of Tsunami and reply;
"I'm just a clone, left by the main body to protect you."
"Naruto is reliable! Thank you, Naruto!"
Tsunami said with a sigh of relief.
Her father was right, Naruto was the most considerate compared to his Teacher Kakashi.
"Okay, I guess Gato's men won't come again, I want to send a message to the main body, so I'm leaving first."
"Besides, there's a kid over there who needs your comfort."
Naruto said, releasing the clone.
"Inari..."
"Mom! I'm sorry!"
...
At the bridge, the dense fog suddenly rose.
In front of Kakashi and his group, several workers who came to build the bridge were already lying down.
"This fog... Kakashi-sensei!"
"That's right, that guy's hidden Mist Technique."
Kakashi said with a headache.
"It's been a while, Kakashi."
"And…you nasty brat, where's my sword?!"
Zabuza's voice came out from the white mist, but when he mentioned Naruto, his tone became gnashing of teeth.
"Didn't you say you threw it away?"
"I didn't find it in the sea at all... Cough, anyway, kid, return my sword! Maybe I'll consider giving you a painless death!!"
Although he was kicked unconscious by Naruto last time, Zabuza thought that Naruto's sneak attack was what made him fail.
But this time, with Haku on the side assisting, he believed they could be dealt with!
"So it was you who was at sea these few days?"
Naruto suddenly realized that the faint heartbeat he could always hear on the surface of the sea these days, was Zabuza looking for his sword.
Thinking of his expression looking for his weapon… Naruto wants to laugh.
"Hmph! I hope you can still laugh later!"
Three identical figures suddenly appeared around them.
They were water clones!
"Oh, that brat didn't change. He is still trembling with fear."
Zabuza looked at Sasuke with a sneer.
"Fear… No. It's called excitement!"
Sasuke raised his head sharply, "Leave those clones to me!"
brush!
Sasuke moved instantly.
Naruto heard Sasuke's words and didn't move, so did Kakashi, he believed in Sasuke.
"Humph. Not bad. To be able to defeat my clone."
Zabuza walked out, followed by the masked boy.
"Haku, it seems that you have met your opponent."
"It seems so."
...
"Haku... is here"
Naruto looked at Haku and smiled slightly.
"It seems that I guessed correctly, the guy wearing the mask was Zabuza's subordinate."
Kakashi said.
"Leave that mask guy to me. Naruto, don't you dare interfere!"
Sasuke pulled out a Kunai and looked at Haku seriously.
"Sasuke is so handsome!" Sakura's eyes glowed with love.
"Sasuke, be careful." Kakashi instructed.
"If you can't win, remember to ask for help." Naruto also nodded, letting Sasuke fight Haku.
"Stop joking! I can defeat him!"
...
"Haku, be careful, that brat is not easy."
"Although the water clones were only one-tenth of the strength of the main body, he defeated them too easily."
"I understand."
Haku nodded, his body turned for a while, and he blocked Sasuke who rushed up.
"Can he keep up with Haku's speed?"
Zabuza looked at Sasuke who was still trembling under his murderous aura last time in surprise, he didn't expect that after a few days, the improvement would be so great.
"Konoha really has a lot of talents."
No matter how much he thought about it, Kirigakure never had the same amount of talent as Konoha.
"Naruto, Tazuna will be handed over to you and Sakura, and you should also keep an eye on Sasuke, don't let him get into trouble."
Kakashi arranged the task.
"Okay, Kakashi-sensei!"
"I know."
Even if Kakashi didn't say anything, Naruto would still watch over Sasuke's fight, not worrying about Sasuke, but about Haku.
But before doing it, he would let Sasuke have a good experience.
"I don't want to kill you, but you won't give up easily."
Haku blocked Sasuke's Kunai with one hand, and said softly.
"What!"
"Not bad, but can you keep up with my speed? And I still have two advantages."
"Two advantages?" Sasuke frowned.
"One is the water around, and the other is... I blocked you with one hand."
While Haku was talking, his empty left hand suddenly moved.
"What? He was able to use one hand to make seals..." Sasuke was shocked.
"That guy can actually form seals with one hand? What an amazing kid..." Kakashi in the distance also looked at Haku in disbelief.
"Secret Art—Thousand needles!"
With the end of the Haku one handed seal, the surrounding water that fell on the ground seemed to come alive, and all rose up, turning into sharp needles, aimed at Sasuke in the center, and would stab him at any time.
"Sasuke!"
Sakura yelled in panic.
However, Sasuke, who was in danger, was extremely calm.
He thought of what Naruto had said.
"Make your mind calm like water..."
Sasuke closed his eyes, raised his fingers, and silently gathered Chakra, all at his feet.
The moment all the needles struck, Sasuke disappeared in place.
"Disappeared?" Haku asked in surprise.
"Slower than I thought... Now, try to focus on your defense!"
Sasuke's voice came from behind Haku.
Boom!
The offense and defense were switched, and Haku fell into the defense.
"That brat is faster than Haku?"
Zabuza was shocked.
"You call them brats. You underestimate them too much."
"Anyway, Sasuke is also Konoha's No. 1 rookie... the No. 1 in the overall score."
Kakashi said unnaturally, after all, Sasuke was lower than Naruto in terms of actual combat performance.
"And Sakura was the smartest in the academy in the village, a very smart girl."
"There is one more, Naruto with the most potential that even I can't judge the full strength of."
Kakashi looked at Naruto with his hands in his pockets and said slowly.
"Humph~ Haku, you heard it too, if this continues, you may be the one who dies."
"Yeah, what a pity."
Haku retreated from Sasuke's attack.
Suddenly there were bursts of cold air all over the ground.
"What are you doing?"
Sasuke looked at Haku warily.
"Secret Art: Demonic Ice Mirror Crystal!"
Around Sasuke, the water splashes on the ground and suddenly turns into pieces of transparent ice mirrors, locking Sasuke in.
With a flash of his body, Haku jumped into one of the ice mirrors.
Immediately, Haku appeared in all the mirrors.
"What?! What ninjutsu is this!"
Kakashi was startled and went towards Sasuke.
"Kakashi, your opponent is me!"
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