"My point is I need to go out and get some more for you," Haku's gave the man a blank stare, slightly irritated by Zabuza's cavalier attitude. "I'll be back some time around noon, I should be able to get enough for you to finish healing."
"Whatever," Zabuza grunted, trying to shift his position in the bed despite the sharp pains he felt as he moved.
Haku looked over at the Akuma brothers, "Take care of him while I'm gone. If I find out that you've let him bully you into letting him so much as sit…"
The two brothers gulped at the implied threat, "Don't worry Haku, we won't let him talk us into anything," Said Gouzu, the older brother.
Haku looked away, "You said that last time as well." Not waiting for a reply Haku left the room.
Haku hummed a small tune while walking through the forest, looking for the herbs that the fake hunter ninja had found a few days ago. After passing a particularly large tree Haku found the herbs. Bending over to pick one up before pausing, having caught sight of a figure lying on the ground a little ways away.
Acting cautious Haku approached the prone figure to see who it was, recognizing the blond that had come up with that plan and used the collaboration jutsu to nearly kill Zabuza. The hunter's breath hitched, wondering what should be done.
Kneeling down Haku looked the figure over. The boy had tears in his cloak and clothing, showing off the blonde's surprisingly muscular figure underneath. There were also a lot of kunai and shuriken strewn around him, and dried blood over his clothes and on the ground.
Haku reached a hand out to the blonde's throat. The boy was a hindrance to Zabuza's plan; the best option would be to remove him before he could cause a problem. However, Haku paused midway to Naruto's throat, sighed and gently began to shake the blonde's shoulder.
"Hey, wake up. You'll catch a cold if you sleep out here," Haku said.
Naruto stirred; stifling a groan he opened his eyes. And the first thing he saw was…
"Tenshi?" he asked as he saw a beautiful girl with a heart-shaped face and a set of chocolate brown eyes. His slightly groggy and his sleep addled mind coming to what he obviously thought was the correct conclusion.
Haku blushed at being called an angel, "I'm afraid not. If I was, you would have to be dead in order for us to meet."
Naruto blinked a bit as the blurriness to his vision began to clear up. Sitting up he stretched his arms above his head as he let out a loud yawn. Bringing his hands back down and leaning against them, Naruto turned to look at the person who had woken him.
It was a young woman who looked to be maybe a year or two older than him. She had long dark brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes. She was wearing a pink yukata with blue floral designs on it. A small black choker was around her neck. She was currently smiling at him with a kind smile.
Naruto blushed a bit, "Um…sorry. I just um…" he said, unsure what to say.
Haku giggled a bit, "That's perfectly alright. Though, you should be more careful, if you stay out here all night long you may catch a cold and die. Then you really would be seeing angels."
"How is that?" Naruto asked, scratching the back of his head. "I didn't know colds could kill. And in any case I've never been sick a day in my life." He paused as he looked over at Haku and tilted his head and gave an expression of curiosity, "So what about you? What are you doing this early in the morning?"
Haku smiled and lifted the basket she was holding, "I'm picking some herbs for my…friend who got injured a while ago. I'm gathering these to help in his recovery."
"That's actually pretty cool," Naruto said, gaining an interested look in his eye. "I've been reading about herbs since I have picked up a small hobby in gardening a while ago, but I don't really know too much. Do you need any help picking them?"
"That would be nice," Haku said as she bent down, setting the basket back on the ground and grabbed a few of the herbs.
Nodding his head Naruto formed a quick hand seal, "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"
A clone appeared next to Naruto before it hopped off towards the house. Bending down Naruto looked over to see Haku looking at him curiously.
"It's a clone" He explained, figuring that was why she was looking at him. "I had offered to help my teme of a teammate with his training; if I don't show up he'll probably come looking for me."
Haku nodded at the explanation and, feeling this would be an opportunity to gain some insight into Zabuza's enemies the fake hunter decided to start a conversation.
"So you're a ninja?" she asked.
Sasuke frowned as he looked around the living room and saw no sign of Naruto, "Hn. I should have known that idiot wouldn't be here. He probably realized he couldn't help me and left."
"Well that's not very nice teme," Naruto said as he walked in the door. "If that's the way you feel then perhaps I shouldn't help you."
"Hn," Sasuke grunted, looking away from Naruto. He looked back after a few seconds. "Why were you out already?"
Naruto looked over at Sasuke and shrugged, "I usually wake up this early in the morning to do my own training."
Sasuke smirked, "You sure you didn't just fall asleep in the forest?"
Naruto blushed in embarrassment, "Shut up teme! Are we gonna do this or not!"
Smirk still in place Sasuke left with a grumbling Naruto following him.
"I can't believe I'm actually going to help this teme with his training," the blond mumbled. If I wasn't a Kage Bunshin and given orders to help this prick, I would kick the boss's ass!
Naruto looked up and blinked as he registered the question. A second later he grinned, "Yeah, I am! I bet the totally awesome headband gave me away huh?"
"Maybe a little. That and the clone you made," Haku said with a smile. "So why did you decide to be a shinobi?"
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