We continued following the path and after a while Yamato threw a kunai at a mountain rabbit.
Naruto: Sensei, why did you kill the poor rabbit?
Yamato: Something is wrong here or have you ever seen a mountain rabbit in the forest?
The next moment a sword flew past Sensei Yamato's head, which he dodged at the last moment.
A ninja jumped onto the sword, which was now stuck in a tree.
Yamato: Be careful, this is Zabuza the demon from the hidden mist, he is a rogue ninja from the land of water and very dangerous, let me take him on and you all protect Tazuna!
Yamato ran towards Zabuza and shouted "Wood Release: Thorn Bush Jutsu".
His jutsu formed wooden thorns that quickly shot up the tree Zabuza was on.
Zabuza jumped from the tree with his sword, but was injured in the left arm by one of the thorns.
Zabuza: You've got something up your sleeve, but it won't do you much good against me "Water Style : Hidden Mist Jutsu".
A large cloud of fog enveloped the area and you could barely see 2 meters ahead.
Yamato rejoined our group to defend Tazuna.
Hinata activated her Byakugan and was able to see Zabuza and said he was 5 meters behind us.
I turned around and shouted:
"Wind Release: Cyclone Jutsu".
I created a whirlwind that quickly flew in Zabuza's direction, sucking up the mist behind it and easily catching Zabuza.
Zabuza now had cuts all over his body and was losing a lot of blood.
Yamato: Well done, you two.
The mist cleared and Zabuza was badly wounded.
Zabuza: You're good, I'll retire for now, but I'll come back and get your heads.
In the next moment Zabuza disappeared into the remaining fog.
Yamato: That was easier than I thought, our skills were able to counter him well, but he will return, after all he is one of the 7 sword ninjas.
Hinata: What are the seven sword ninja, sensei?
They are the strongest Jonin from Kirigakure, they are a very notorious unit of assassins.
Each of them has a sword with very special abilities.
Hinata: And what if more of these swordsmen attack us?
Yamato: That's unlikely Kirigakure is having a lot of internal conflict right now and Zabuza is a rogue ninja.
Naruto: Wow, we defeated a really strong ninja.
Sato: Actually, only the three of us defeated him and you stood there rooted to the spot.
Yamato: It doesn't matter that Naruto hasn't done anything, he'll definitely get the chance to prove himself.
Tazuna: Let's hope not, let's hope Gato is slowly running out of ninja.
The fact that he uses such weapons against me, just says that I'm doing the right thing and he's afraid of it.
Yamato: Now let's move on quickly before more uninvited guests come.
Sato: Sensei, I can still sense Zabuza, he is 600m west and a second person is with him.
Yamato: You can still locate him?
Sato: Yes, the other person has less chakra than him, I would say he is at a lower Chunin level.
I can let you know if he wants to come to us again.
Yamato: That's good, keep an eye on them and let's move on, after all there's a bridge to be built.
Sato: Got it Sensei.
We then continued walking and after an hour we reached Tazuna's house.
Mr. Tazuna opened the door and a young woman and a little boy stood in the house.
Tazuna: Tsunami, these are the brave ninja from Konoha who want to protect us until I have finished building the bridge.
Tsunami: Oh, I'm glad you got here unscathed, I was worried.
My name is Tsunami and I am Tazuna's daughter and this is my son Inari.
Inari greet our guests.
Inari: They don't change anything anyway, why doesn't Grandpa just give up?
Gato will kill us all, just like He did with dad.
Inari then ran out of the room and slammed his bedroom door.
Tsunami: I'm sorry, he's too young to understand all of this.
Yamato: It's okay, my name is Yamato and this is my Genin team consisting of Hinata Hyuga, Naruto Uzumaki and Sato Senju.
Tsunami: You're probably hungry from the trip?
I'll quickly make something to eat for you.
Sato: You don't need to bother.
I'll get the four of us something to eat.
We know your situation and that's why I insist.
Naruto: There are definitely a lot of fish in the water near here.
Sato is our fishing professional and will catch us some.
Tsunami: Thank you for your consideration.
Tazuna: If I start today the bridge will be finished in two weeks.
Yamato: Alright, you set up camp outside and I'll guard Mr. Tazuna.
We all called yes and got to work.
I conjured a tent from a scroll and camouflaged it with moss lying around. Naruto made a campfire and Hinata got sea water that we will distill and drink later.
I went out on the water to catch some fish.
At first I didn't discover any and then activated my all-seeing eye and discovered a huge tuna that was about 80 cm tall and weighed about 70 kg.
I killed him with a chakra thread and then pulled him out of the water.
Naruto: It's huge Sato, I've never seen a fish that big.
Sato: I bet there are even bigger fish here, after all this is the sea and not our little river in Konoha.
Hinata: Can we even eat this alone?
Sato: Did you really just ask that?
The people are afraid of our hunger and the fish here can even be eaten raw.
And I have a supply with me as well as a few spices and vegetables.
First take the fish and put it on the fire.
I'll get another one for Tsunami.
We spent the next few weeks taking turns guarding Tazuna.
Naruto and Hinata took over the daytime watch.
And me and Yamato at night.
Hinata was completely happy that she was allowed to sleep in a tent with Naruto.
Will Naruto ever realize that Hinata loves him?
At least she's not so shy anymore and has no problems talking around him.
Maybe I should have an adult conversation with Naruto.
No, I'd rather not, I'd feel like a freak.
2 weeks passed and today is the last day Zabuza can attack.
Yamato: Today the bridge will be finished, which means Zabuza will attack today.
Me and Hinata will go to the bridge and keep watch and you will watch Tazuna's family.
We then split up and Naruto argued with Inari which made him run away and Naruto chased after him.
Meanwhile I hid near the house and three people approached my position.
Mercenary 1: And this is where his family is supposed to live?
Mercenary 2: Yes, here it is, let's get the woman quickly, before a ninja shows up here.
They went to the house and kicked in the door.
Tsunami: What do you want from me?
Mercenary 1: We're supposed to kill you as a warning for the others, but first we want to play with you a bit.
At that moment, I appeared behind the three bandits and activated my Divine Court.
I then absorbed their souls and chakra and they simply fell dead on the floor.
Sato: Are you okay Tsunami?
Tsunami: Yes, but what about Inari?
Sato: Don't worry Naruto is by him and he's on his way here.
2 minutes later Inari entered the house and saw that his mother was still alive and apologized for doubting his grandfather.
Sato: Inari if you want to live in peace in the future, you should make sure that all the villagers come here now and fight together against Gato, only when you all stand up for each other will this land improve.
Inari then ran into the village and convinced the others to fight.
I was already on my way to the bridge.
When I arrived I saw that Zabuza was fighting with Yamato.
Haku had a fight with Naruto and Hinata.
Hinata was badly injured and Naruto couldn't do much against Haku with his "Fireball Jutsu".
Naruto was only able to intercept the needles that would have otherwise hit Hinata.
So I went to the two of them to help them.
I appeared from a portal in the middle of Haku's "Ice Release : Demonic Mirroring Ice Cristal Jutsu".
Sato: Hello, I'm Sato Senju and I don't like it when my family is hurt.
I activated my bloodlust and Haku, who was looking at me in his ice mirrors, he began to fall to his knees.
Haku: How many people have you killed to have such a strong bloodlust?
Sato: I killed 5 people.
This wasn't a lie, but I also used my Divine Presence ability and this allows me to more easily influence the minds of others
Haku: Stop making fun of me, was it 10,000 or 100,000, no that's not enough.
I ignored him and went to Naruto and Hinata and activated Miracle Healing.
Their wounds healed, but they were both still unconscious.
I clenched my fist and enhanced it with chakra and in that moment I shattered all the ice mirrors except the one Haku was stuck in.
It didn't take a second.
Haku couldn't follow my speed.
I then said
"Ice Release : Ice Rose Jutsu".
The mirror Haku was in, was then encased in a 5m tall ice rose.
This killed Haku as he was deprived of oxygen and unable to move, he slowly suffocated in his own ice mirror.
Zabuza, who was being held by Yamato's tendrils, despaired when he realized that Haku was dying.
Gato now entered the bridge.
Gato: Zabuza you useless piece of trash, you and your lap dog only had one job and you couldn't even complete that.
You are both absolutely useless trash and that's why I'm going to take this army of 100 mercenaries and kill them with my own hands.
Zabuza: What did you fat piece of shit just say about Haku?
I will make you bleed.
Zabuza freed himself from Yamato's tendrils and charged towards the mercenaries.
He killed 26 of them, but then his strength failed him and he died by their wappons.
Gato: You are a piece of shit.
Gato went to Zabuza's body and kicked it several times.
I then slowly walked towards Gato's direction and activated my bloodlust again.
All of his mercenaries fell to their knees and I slowly walked through their ranks until I stood in front of Gato.
Sato: I've already punished Haku for hurting my family and now it's your turn.
I took a kunai out of my pocket and held the tip to his temple.
Then I slowly pushed the tip deeper and deeper into his skull.
First he felt the blood running down his head. He cried and pissed in his pants.
Then he heard his skull crack open, his left eye started to bleed and he whimpered and then suddenly he realized he couldn't think straight and the next moment he was dead.
I released my bloodlust from the other mercenaries and all of them ran away from me as quickly as they could.
I then went back to Yamato.
Sato: I'm carrying Naruto and you're carrying Hinata?
Yamato: Sure, uh, exactly, let's bring them both back.
(In Yamato's mind: Shit, what was that just now?
This child must be an experiment, the thing with the cat was also strange and he just used the Ice Release.
I've never experienced anything like that, how do I explain this to the Hokage?
If I tell him this story he will laugh at me and I'll become the fool of Konoha.)
The villagers also appeared and saw that Gato died and celebrated the whole day.
We then set off again to Konoha in the next morning.
Unfortunately the bridge was still named after Naruto and not after me.
I guess Naruto achieved more with these people with his Talk no Jutsu than I did.
We arrived in Konohagakure in the evening and Hiruzen even increased the mission's rank to A Rank after Yamato gave his report.
I then said goodbye to the others and went home.
I entered the house and Suki jumped right around my neck.
Suki: Onii Chan, you can't just go on a mission for 2 weeks without telling me anything.
Sato: Sorry, I brought you a souvenir.
I took Haku's mask out of my bag and told Suki that it belonged to a strong ninja from Kirigakure that I had defeated in battle.
Suki got stars in her eyes.
Suki: Cool, I'll keep those forever, thanks Onii Chan.
Sato: I knew you would be happy about the mask.
Tsunade: So you're back?
Tsunade was relieved that I returned and hugged me.
I then told the three of them what happened on the mission.
And then went to my bed, of course Suki didn't want to sleep in her bed and came into mine.
Suki always wore the mask on the right side of her head from this day on.