With Naruto
On the way to the village, Tsunami and Naruto began to talk, to relieve the tension and fear of running into Gato's men, mostly on Tsunami's part. Both had been telling each other different things, on behalf of Tsunami she told Naruto about the days of her youth, when she met Inari's father, and that he died two years after Inari was born, due to an illness.
He also told him how he met Kaizan and how he became a father figure to Inari, but he also told him how Kaizan tried to confront Gato but failed and was executed in the town square, which left Inari in a melancholic state. The Uzumaki could sense the woman's sadness, so he tried to cheer her up while telling her some jokes he had made when he was young, the missions he had done so far, and the revenge he had taken against villagers in the past. I avoid mentioning too much of his past as his childhood and prime target in fox hunts, so as not to alarm the woman. The housewife could only laugh as she listened to Naruto's stories every time he played a prank on some people or as the Blonde described it 'Strategic Practices', soon Tsunami and Naruto were laughing as the Uzumaki told her how he had once managed to gather several subjects who bothered him in one place.
Then buckets of phosphorescent paint fell on them and according to the Hanyou at night those guys were dinner for mosquitoes, while the woman laughed, Naruto as he had already arrived at the town. The Blonde removed his ninja headband from his forehead so as not to attract attention and to be able to go unnoticed and not raise unnecessary suspicions. Tsunami noted that people looked happier than usual, and she could even recognize some families who had been kidnapped or disappeared, now reunited. At that point, he noticed that people were looking at them or more specifically at his companion, but he decided to continue on his way until he reached a store where they had a relatively good amount of products.
At that point, the merchant comes out and recognizes Tsunami. "To Tsunami-san what can I-" the man from the shop didn't finish when he saw the Blonde "It's you, isn't it?" the man said in a choked voice "You're the man who-", but before the man could continue he was stopped by the Uzumaki. Who gave him a sign to keep quiet while staring, to which the man in the shop nodded and remained silent. Tsunami looked confused, so she looked at the jinchuriki, who looked back at her. "I'll tell you later," said the Blonde.
To which the construct's daughter nodded and began to buy all the things they needed, when Naruto finished he placed all the purchases in one of his storage seals to make the housewife's job easier. With that, they both leave the store and head back to Tazuna's house. But Naruto feels a couple of presences that did not have good intentions and looks out of the corner of his eye and sees that some people are starting to follow them. So he decides to increase the pace while taking Tsunami by the arm and begins to take her a little faster, but then they see that about 4 men are blocking their way, which forces the Uzumaki to try to turn around, but he sees how the same number of people were blocking his exit.
"This way," said the Hanyou as he headed down an alley with Tsunami, only to see 2 other guys appear in the middle of the alley. "Well, well, what do we have here?" said the apparent leader. The man was at least 2 meters tall and was emaciated. He also had a scar on the right side of his face. He was wearing very torn clothes and had a knife in his hand. "Looks like we're going to have fun tonight, don't you guys," the leader said as he licked his lips, the rest just nodded. ' That's eight guys in total and with those other two, that gives us ten bootlickers of a dwarf businessman,' Naruto thought as he watched one of the guys approach the one who seemed to be the leader.
"Wait boss, isn't that woman the daughter of the builder Gato-sama was looking for?" said one of the bandits in the back row, to which the leader of the group looked at Tsunami, and then his smile widened. "Wow, today must be our lucky day," the man boasted. "Not only did we get a new toy, but it's also the same daughter of the builder that Gato-sama was looking for." "Surely Gato-sama will give us a considerable reward for this," said one of those standing next to the leader "Boss, why don't we have a little fun with her before taking her to Gato-sama," said the guy making Tsunami tremble in fear of what Gato's subordinates were planning to do to her. But she calmed down when Naruto held her hand which made her cry out and she watched as the Blonde gave her a look that made her calm down.
"Well boy I think today is your lucky day too," said the leader attracting Hanyou's attention "If you leave the woman we will let you go, but if you oppose we will kill you," said the leader with a smile on his face. "How kind of you," Naruto said in a sarcastic voice, "But unfortunately I will have to decline your offer, since…" the Hanyou's words trailed off as the atmosphere grew colder out of nowhere and the bandits could feel a wave of killing intent paralyze them all except for Tsunami. "I'm not going to let them lay a finger on Tsunami-san," said the Blonde, showing a dark look where the sclera (the white part of the eye) had turned completely black with a white slit and two tomo rotating Which scared all the bandits as they were witnessing Naruto's Jogan and his Sharingan. With Naruto who disappeared in a flash of speed and appeared about 4 meters behind the group of thugs, with his legs half bent and with both hands on his sword that was tilted downwards. "Raging wind," saidNarutoo. The leader felt a light breeze and just turned around with a smile, believing that the Blonde had failed with his attack.
"You only know how to do that and run away, I'm surprised you failed, you bastard-" the leader's words died as he saw the heads of all his men lying on the ground, leaving a pool of blood forming. "What are you talking about?" Naruto said as he approached the man, who, upon seeing how all his men had died, tripped over his own feet and fell to the ground to back away. "W-w-wait d-don't k-kill me, p-ple-plea-please," the man said as he looked at the Uzumaki's figure in fear. "I have some questions I would like you to answer for me," Naruto said taking the man by the neck and forcing him to look him in the eyes.
Meanwhile, with the clone and Tsunami who had closed her eyes when the clone took her away, she opened them and looked at the clone, "Where are we, what happened to the thugs, Naruto-kun" the woman asked. "Calm down Tsunami-san, I'm just a clone of the boss, who was in charge of getting you out of that place," said the clone while the woman had a worried face."But there were too many, we have to go help him," the housewife demanded of the clone, to which the latter smiled at her. "Even though you know you can't do much for him, you still care about him," the clone mused. "You must love him very much," the Uzumaki replica said, causing the woman to blush slightly. "Besides, I don't think you have to worry about him," said the dark clone as he pointed towards the street where the Blonde appeared. At that, the clone dissipated and Tsunami ran to where the Hanyou was and then hugged him.
"I was worried, Naruto-kun," Tazuna's daughter said as Naruto hugged her back. "So Naruto-kun, huh?" the Blonde said as the woman blushed even harder. "E-Eto, I-I don't, well," Tsunami said trying to hide her face in embarrassment. "I have no problem, Tsunami-chan," said the Uzumaki as he caressed the woman's cheek, causing Tsunami's face to imitate the color of a ripe apple, but she also smiled "Come on, we have to go back," said Naruto breaking the hug, to the woman's disappointment. But then Naruto offered her his arm, which the woman gladly accepted so that they could both begin their way back to Tazuna's house. As they left Naruto's eyes darted in a direction "So you sense it too" said Kurama. 'Yeah but we can't make too much noise Gato might try to change things on us.' said Naruto
Tazuna's House: Night
After returning from the house, Naruto told Tsunami that the day before he had gone to the village to check on her, and what he found made him quite angry since a group of Gatou's thugs had taken a family away. Or more specifically, a woman along with her two children, a 12-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl, while the father was being beaten, where the Blonde did not think twice and lunged at the group of thugs. He killed them all except the leader, whom he kept alive so that he could guide him to the place where they were keeping a large part of the kidnapped people along with some supplies that Gatou and his men had taken from the town.
Seeing this, the Uzumaki eliminated the leader by twisting his neck and then went to the place and destroyed it, killing the bandits and freeing the prisoners, who were escorted by a group of clones to the town. At that point, the Hanyou confiscated all the resources that were in the place and then burned them, when he caught up with the group that was escorting the civilians, where unfortunately he noticed how some of the women had been abused by Gato's men, something that made him feel more than upset. He had to swallow his anger and begin to care for all the sick and wounded as best he could, then give them a portion of the resources he had obtained from Gatou's lair both to help them regain their strength and to return to their homes and have food for a few days. While listening to that story Tsunami could only thank her, the housewife did not have enough words to express her joy for having saved the townspeople, in that the woman felt something she had not felt for quite some time.
Something that even with his father's idea to save Wave country had not returned, something that had silently died and was now being reborn, he felt hope, hope that his people could shine again. After that Tsunami started cooking dinner while Naruto helped her. Once dinner was ready, the Blonde called everyone to eat in the kitchen. 5 minutes later, Team 7, Tazuna, and Inari sat at the table to eat, where the Uzumaki discreetly handed a letter to Kakashi. Who gave the Blonde a nod to begin telling the Hanyou all the details that he and the rest of Team 7 had on the bridge.
"Well, tomorrow we will continue with the training," said Kakashi, receiving a nod from his entire team. "Why do you struggle if you will all die in the end?" said the boy, which caught the attention of everyone present who looked at him. "Inari," Tsunami said, scolding her son for saying something like that. "It's the truth, Mom, they will all die," said Inari looking at all the shinobi of the leaf.
"Why are people in trouble something must be done," Naruto said with his eyes closed as he brought some food to his mouth. "You don't understand, Gatou is very powerful, in the end, they will kill you" replied the boy. "PFS, yeah right, that guy is nothing more than simple trash," said Sasuke "I'm not afraid of Gato's strength, I will defeat him, his men, Zabuza and his pet, and all without anyone's help," said the Uchiha making the rest of team 7 roll their eyes, as did Tazuna.
' Don't you remember that you almost killed him ?' the Blonde thought along with Tazuna while looking at the raven-haired genin Sakura frowned a little 'Did I find this attractive, Inner?' She mentally asked, somewhat disgusted with her past self. 'Unfortunately so, just be glad that Naruto-kun and Kakashi-sensei broke you out of that fangirl shell you were in.' Sakura only mentally nodded in agreement before turning her attention towards said blonde. ' Great, this will only cause more problems ' Kakashi sighed mentally, where he felt a headache approaching. "Gatou's strength is a farce," said the Blonde attracting everyone's attention "He's just a coward who hides behind men stronger than him and pays them with the money he stole" the Blonde mused out loud.
"And he only appears when his enemy is tied up or tired, in my opinion, he is just a weak and pathetic man, and he will die before our mission is over" the Uzumaki declared firmly. This caused the boy's eyes to light up for a moment only for them to go out again. "Whatever, there are no such things as heroes." The kid continued. "They just get killed anyways." "Oh I am not hero, Inari-san." The blonde replied. "I'm a shinobi" Sighing, Naruto pushed himself up from the table and walked around where the young boy stood, he placed a reassuring hand on the boy's shoulder. During their talks, Naruto had learned why her son acted in such a way and knew it was hard on the young boy.
"I know you've lost someone very precious to you and I know you think it's all over," Naruto said in a soft tone. and that you believe that things can't get any worse for you." Naruto began. "Instead of looking at what you lost, look at what you still have. You have a loving mother and grandfather, whereas some have none. You have a home that shelters you. If anything, I envy you. I never had any of those things while growing up." This caught Sakura's attention even more.
"You see before I turned 6, I had already been attacked more times than I care to count, I was hospitalized and even then they tried to kill me, everything was out of my control and the people who cared about me were so few that I could even count them on my hands", said the Hanyou with a smile as if it was nothing. This left Inari, Tsunami, Sakura, and Tazuna stunned, while Kakashi only lowered his head remembering all those incidents that he couldn't stop and the anger that he had felt until he intervened personally while Sasuke just ignored what was happening. Sakura was a whole different thing she was shocked to hear what had happened to him. Even her inner self was silent. She had known that the boy had a hard childhood, as none of the savages were ever silent about their feelings towards the boy. However, she had never thought it was this bad. A large part of her felt extremely guilty as she had been a part of those who had lashed out at him. Even if it was for an entirely different reason.
"But those few people I care about are the reason I keep going and inspire me to improve, so they can be proud of me," the Uzumaki said smiling at Inari "I'm sure Kaizan-san wouldn't want you to give up and lose hope," the Hanyou said making the boy's eyes widen. Then he tried to hold back the tears that threatened to escape from his eyes. "And it's okay to cry, showing and expressing emotions doesn't make you weaker," said the Blonde "After all, that's what makes us human", the Hanyou's words caused Inari to start crying, and he felt the Blonde ruffle his hair so that he would then leave the place to reflect a little. Without anyone being able to foresee it,
Tsunami hugged the Blonde, a fact that surprised those present. "Thank you Naruto-kun," the woman said and then looked at the Blonde's face "Are you okay?" Tsunami asked, receiving a nod from the Uzumaki. "Yes, I'll go clear my mind," said the jinchuriki and then left the house. "Ha, I bet the loser just made it all up," Sasuke said in a cocky tone, earning glances from everyone present. Kakashi was a different story as he just sighed not warning to deal with the uchiha right now. "No, he wasn't lying If anything that was a very very sugar-coated version of his life when he was born a burden was placed on him and I saved him from many attempts against his life if anything he understands what suffering," said Kakashi a trace of sadness in his voice.
"To this day I still regret not having been able to arrive in time to prevent one of those moments," said Kakashi with regret in his voice, when the silver-haired man saw how Sasuke had left the place. "But the civilian rabbit always prevented me and others from keeping him safe or even adopting him and each result of those persecutions only had a nightmare ending," said the silver-haired man as he stood up and went to his room. At this moment Tsunami was crying silently with a hand over her mouth, while Tazuna was in disbelief at the words as he looked at a bottle of sake in front of him. "Naruto and I are the same in many ways. "What do you mean Shinobi-san," asked Tsunami crying while looking at Kakashi thinking what he could mean. "Both of us lost our parents at a very young age, we carried our burdens for the choices of our fathers. We grew up ahead of everyone. I fought in the shinobi wars losing my teammates, sensei, and only sister figure in the nine-tails attack." said Kakashi as he took a drink of sake before leaving. The only thing that everyone was left wondering was 'How could you have endured all that alone Naruto-Kun/San" The rest of the people quickly found ways to excuse themselves.
Until only the pinkette remained. Still contemplating what she had learned about her blonde teammate. She was still wrapping her mind around just how bad the boy had it growing up. However, her mind clicked on something he mentioned earlier. "And the fire, well; that's a bit more difficult to explain as it is an S-ranked secret in the village." She recalled him saying when asked about his elemental affinities. She narrowed her eyes in thought, as she began recalling all her recent conversations with the boy. Piecing together the clues, as it were, and combining them with what her sensei had just revealed to the boy. The blonde numerous visits to the hospital, and if it was a result of attacks from the villagers themselves, she highly doubted the staff at the hospital would have treated him any better. Probably only do just enough to avoid any official action against them. This only prompted her to frown at that notion.
Her mind then went to the blondes books, of all things. Picking up the copy that he had given to her, she gazed over the cover once more, getting a sense of deja vu from earlier. Her eyes ghosted over the name he used once more. After a handful of seconds, it clicked in her mind. 'Kitsune! Kitsune means fox!' She mentally exclaimed. '15 years ago, the village was attacked by the Kyuubi, a giant nine-tailed fox, and Naruto-kun is 15, which means....' 'Which means, the Fourth didn't kill it like we are told.' Inner supplied. 'Seeing as a massive beast made of nothing but chakra can't be killed, he did the next best thing and sealed the Kyuubi into someone else. A newborn baby.' Naruto-kun must have been that baby.' Sakura continued. 'It would explain why he never had any parent if the Kyuubi killed them, and the way the villagers treated him.' 'Those idiots can't tell the difference between a kunai and a scroll!' Inner ranted. 'We'll ask Naruto-kun about it tomorrow.' The pinkette decided. 'He did say if I figured it out to talk to him about it.' Content with her decision, the pinkette opened the book and continued reading. Ironically finding herself more and more attracted to the hero of the story.
Wave country forest
In the forest you could see a group of 200 Naruto clones practicing, some doing Ninjutsu of different natures, others balancing kunai on their fingers with chakra, and others practicing with their Bloodline as they had different stages in it. He was also progressing in his Fuinjutsu. "So are you going to keep bottling it up or spill it out" said Kurama surprising Naruto. 'I was remembering the past and how thankful I was for Kakashi-nee' said Naruto sighing Kurama stayed quiet.
The next morning
As the sun began to appear on the horizon and the birds began to sing, a person could be seen entering the forest, wearing a pink kimono, who was Zabuza's apprentice, Haku.
Haku was currently focused on finding some plants to make medicine, she knew that there were wild medicinal plants in that area to cure her teacher and father figure. She then enters a clearing and sees a figure that was lying at the base of a tree. At that point she approaches and sees who it is, causing her to gasp slightly as she recognizes the person since he was the same ninja who had almost killed her master. Seeing him in this position, the idea of finishing off the Blonde to avoid future problems briefly appears, so he stretches out his arm with the idea of killing him, but his compassion is greater so he shakes the Konoha shinobi to wake him up.
"You shouldn't sleep out here, it's very cold, and you could get sick," said Haku watching as the Hanyou woke up. Seeing who it was, Naruto just smiled at Haku and then sat down and looked at his companion. "Don't worry, I don't get sick that easily," the Blonde replied, looking at the person who had woken him up. "So, may I ask what you're doing here, miss?" the Blonde asked politely. "Well I just came to pick some medicinal plants for a friend who got sick recently," Haku said. "It must be someone very special to you, to go to these extremes" the Blonde smiled "Especially considering the situation the village is in," Naruto said making Haku shudder slightly at the thought of the people in the village.
Since he simply couldn't stand to see people suffer, because he knew that feeling very well, but Zabuza's henchman quickly pushed those thoughts aside. "If he is, I owe him everything," Haku said with conviction. "Excuse me, where are my manners?" the Uzumaki laughed a little at his carelessness "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet you," said the Blonde handing it to the fake hunter.
"Haku," the girl laughed as well as accepting the handshake. "It's also nice to meet you Uzumaki-san," Zabuza's apprentice said. "Do you need help with this?" the Hanyou askedThisch caused Haku to be a little hesitant, if she refused this could raise suspicions in the Blonde and lead to him asking more questions, so she decided to accept Uzumaki's offer with a little distrust of the Blonde's help. "And what is it your friend has, fever, stomach ache or general malaise" asked the jinchuriki, while he crouched down and looked at the different flowers and plants that were in the place.
"The truth is that he recently received a cut from a sword from one of Gatou's workers," Haku said to avoid raising suspicions and to make the story seem credible. "MMM, I see," Naruto said as he began collecting and putting in different herbs that she told him were good, but what he didn't see was how the Blonde put in certain herbs to stop the bleeding and for open wounds. But Haku didn't notice when the Hanyou had placed a small seal on one of the plants so that the seal would then disappear, and then put the plant in the basket. "So you're a ninja, Naruto-san?" Haku asked as he picked another herb.
"I am, but of course,e you already knew that it's not like that... Hunter-san" Naruto said with a smile as he looked at Haku's surprised face, who went on to get into a combat stance, only to see the Hanyou raise his hands in the air. "When did you realize?" Haku asked, trying to think of a plan to escape from there. "From the moment you approached me," said the jinchuriki surprising the fake hunter "Since I could feel your chakra and it was the same as the hunter ninja that appeared on the bridge," said Naruto as he lowered his hands "Don't worry, I don't plan on doing anything to you," said the Blonde.
"How can I trust your word?" Haku questioned since she knew that if she fought the boy, she would not come out as the winner in that confrontation, so she decided to see how this situation developed. "If I wanted to hurt you, I would have done it the moment you approached me," said the Blonde while giving him a warm smile. "Also, I want you to help Zabuza to be one hundred percent for our next fight," said the Hanyou, causing Haku to be surprised by Tzumaki's statement. "How come you are stronger than your sensei and Zabuza-sama?" Haku asked trying to gather as much information as he could at the moment as he slowly relaxed his stance.
"Well, that would be a long story, but to sum it up I would say that it is thanks to all the people that I have a home," Naruto said with a nostalgic smile. "They helped me get stronger and thanks to them I was able to become stronger," said the Hanyou. "I'm glad to hear that Naruto-san," the fake hunter said while showing her smile ' You sure became someone really strong ' thought Zabuza's apprentice. "Well I think I have enough medicinal plants to cure Zabuza-sama," said Haku "Thank you Naruto-san," said the hunter. "You're welcome, Haku-san," replied the Blonde, who saw how Zabuza's subordinate began to retreat until she stopped and looked at him.
"By the way, Naruto-san," Haku said, drawing the Hanyou's attention. "I'm a man," the fake hunter said, hoping to fool the Blonde as she did with several others, but she only saw the Uzumaki smile at her.
"So, if you are a man, I am a white-skinned Sanín with an undefined gender," said the Blonde while watching the girl look surprised. While somewhere in the world a well-known traitor sneezed as he heard someone talking about him, back in the woods. "How did you know she was a girl?" Haku asked, embarrassed to have been discovered. "Simple," said the Uzumaki, getting into a thinking pose, "The way you move your hips is only a woman's, plus you don't have Adam's apple and I don't want to sound like a pervert or anything, but you should start wearing a bra, because when you jump they move," said Naruto, causing the girl's cheeks to turn red, understanding what the Blonde was referring to.
Seeing this, the Uzumaki began to walk away from the place. "Send my regards to Zabuza," said the Blonde with his back to Haku who was still trying to wipe away the pink from his cheeks. The fake hunter saw the Blonde jumping over the trees, which gave her the signal to leave the place. "yes you are doing well soon you'll gather a harem that is worthy of me the Nine-tailed Fox HAHAHA" Said Kurama with an evil smirk looking at naruto.
Zabuza's Lair
At that,t Haku enters the room where Zabuza was lying, which was lying down and had several parts bandaged with blood stains, at that Zabuza opens his eyes and sees Haku approaching him. "Something interesting to mention," Zabuza said, noticing the girl's slight blush, causing the mist swordsman to only laugh when he saw how Haku was startled upon hearing his words.
"I-It's nothing Zabuza-sama!" Haku said, cursing himself internally for getting distracted. "I just ran into one of Konoha's shinobi, the Blonde you faced," Haku said, causing the mist swordsman to narrow his eyes. "They didn't follow you, did they?" the fog demon questioned his apprentice. "No one followed her," said a voice in the darkness, which tensed the swordsman along with the fake hunter. "Though of course that doesn't apply to me," said the voice again.
While, with a couple of grunts, Zabuza managed to stand up, but he was noticeably in too much pain, while Haku got into a combat stance with a pair of senbon needles in his hands. Both master and apprentice saw a figure emerge from the shadows, where the only thing that could be seen was a pair of Red and black eyes that glowed slightly,
none of the mercenaries moved.
But both the swordsman and the black-haired girl tensed slightly as they saw a figure emerge from the ground and approach where the duo was, which when under the light of the place revealed that it was Naruto. "Relax Zabuza," said the Hanyou looking at the wounded swordsman "As I told Haku, I'm not here to fight, so you can relax," said the Uzumaki clone. To which the aforementioned wanted to refuse, but seeing how he was not in a condition to offer resistance, Zabuza looked at the jinchuriki for a few seconds and then relaxed and hoped that he did not have bad intentions.
Both Kenjutsu users stared at each other. "So what do you want Gaki?" Zabuza said as he sat on the bed. "Well I just came to provide some information I found," said the Blonde looking at the shinobi of the mist "That could interest both you and Haku," said the Hanyou making the swordsman look at the genin with curiosity. "Why didn't you tell me when we met?" Haku asked, somewhat puzzled. "I could have done it, but I wanted to see how Zabuza was doing, besides…" said the Blonde smiling at the girl "I couldn't resist the temptation to see that beautiful face of yours again," said Naruto with a smile. Causing Haku to fight back a blush that threatened to appear on the fake hunter's cheeks to which the swordsman only growled.
"And what would this information be, Gaki?" Zabuza asked. "Well, it's just that Gato intends to get rid of you and Haku to avoid having to pay them for their work," Naruto said, surprising both Zabuza and Haku. "I got the information from the leader of a gang that was tormenting the city," said the Blonde as he threw one of the knives at him. Which one of Gato's bandits tried to use on him, when he accompanied Tsunami to buy supplies. "And how do you plan to do it?" Zabuza asked. "Your two bodyguards are nothing to Haku, much less to me," the former Kiri-Nin declared.
"The bastard plans to send a group of bandits to kill you after you fight my team, he won't care who wins" explained the Blonde "With everyone tired from the battle his group will be able to surpass us, at least that's the plan he has" said the Hanyou. "Your orders are to kill all the men and capture the women, I don't think you need to know what the next part is," Naruto said as he watched Zabuza have a look of hatred on his face and Haku just gritted her teeth and fists in anger.
"I see," Zabuza said, controlling his anger. "I know that information has its price, so what do you want?" the swordsman of the mist asked. "I just want your help so I can deal with Gato's men and for you to let me be the one to kill the bastard," said the Blonde. This surprised the swordsman, who was about to speak again, but the Uzumaki got there first. "I know you want to be the one to slaughter that bastard," said the Blonde "But I'll just tell you that someone asked me to finish him off, so I'll only ask you that and in exchange, I'll give you a rematch where I'll use all my strength and a portion of the short bastard's money in helping, " said Naruto
When he heard those words, Zabuza was conflicted, as he not only wanted to kill the bastard, but he wanted to torture him a little, but thinking about it a bit, the boy in front of him was not only saving him from a possible death, but he was also saving Haku whom he saw as his daughter.
The fact that he was offering him a part of the loot from that excuse of a man was sweetening the deal quite a bit, so Zabuza sighed, but he was comforted by being able to fight the boy again and with all his power and his best weapon since he had the feeling that the boy was holding back, the latter making him smile. "Okay Gaki, you have a deal, but you better give me a good fight," he said as the two shook hands. "By the way, how long will you recover?" the jinchuriki asked. "Zabuza-sama will fully recover in about 6 more days" replied Haku while Zabuza cursed for being so long without being able to do much more than stay in bed and heal his wounds to which the jinchuriki nodded.
"Well I better go, see you in 6 days Zabuza," said Naruto as he walked past the former Kiri-Nin, who like the Uzumaki stood in front of Haku, so that the Blonde could gently take one of his hands and kissed it on his knuckles. "See you soon," the boy said, as his entire body dissolved into shadows. When the boy left the swordsman turned to Haku to tell him something, but froze when he saw how his apprentice had a look of pure love in his eyes and a big blush on his cheeks, while he held the hand that the hanyou had kissed. ' Great, this is going to be a problem,' Zabuza mentally growled.
Naruto appeared "It's all done I've let them know of the information and we have six days until he's back to full health." said Naruto his flirty side gone. "Alright thank you naruto but maybe you should go back to the house who knows what those two women might be thinking," said Kakashi with a sigh nodding Naruto also sighed.
Tazuna's house
Naruto appeared "It's all done I've let them know of the information and we have six days until he's back to full health." said Naruto his flirty side gone. "Alright thank you naruto but maybe you should go back to the house who knows what those two women might be thinking," said Kakashi with a sigh nodding Naruto also sighed.
As he headed towards the entrance to the house sensing Sakura in her room, where after entering it he could see how Tsunami was in the living room. When the housewife was cleaning the table after breakfast, when Tsunami saw that Naruto had returned she headed towards where the Blonde was. "Where have you been, Naruto-kun?" the woman asked with fire in her eyes, causing Naruto to flinch a little. "Well, it's just that I…" said the jinchuriki trying to find an excuse to avoid the annoying woman who was approaching him quietly thinking Kakashi was right.
But Naruto was surprised and stood still when he felt Tsunami hug him and began to tremble in the hug, all this confused the Blonde, who was watching how the woman was trembling. "How?" the woman said as tears began to form at the corners of her eyes. "How could you bear all that pain, all that loneliness, and still keep smiling?" Tsunami asked, looking into the Hanyou's eyes. "Well," Naruto said as a soft smile formed on his face "Why if I just moan and hold a grudge, in the end, I would try to seek revenge," Naruto said taking the woman's face and beginning to wipe away the tears "And doing that would be a waste of time, so instead I prefer to use that time to focus on having a better future," the Hanyou said.
So at that moment, he noticed how his face was a few centimeters away from the woman. "Besides, those wounds have already healed, all thanks to the people who helped me and saved me from my darkness," said the Blonde with a calm voice. When Tsunami stopped listening to how the Blonde stopped talking and was just there wiping away her tears, at that moment she realized the situation they were in, which caused her to blush slightly. And by pure inertia, the housewife began to bring the Blonde closer and closer, while closing her eyes and letting herself go. "Excuse me Tsunami-san" Kakashi's voice could be heard as he was coming down the stairs "Did I interrupt something," Kakashi asked seeing Naruto standing in the kitchen and Tsunami with her back to the two of them washing the dishes. ' How did he move so fast ?' Hanyou questioned himself mentally, while in the real world, he blinked in surprise.
'Maybe she had some shinobi training or she's just that fast' Kurama theorized chuckling to himself. "Well Naruto since you are back in time," said Kakashi looking at Naruto with an eye smile. "Did I miss something," asked Naruto. "Not much, Sasuke managed to complete the tree climbing exercise," said Kakashi "But now he insists that I teach him destructive jutsus," said the copy ninja remembering the Uchiha asking/demanding more information about assassination jutsus "Because according to him, this chakra control he has is enough for him to master any jutsu" Kakashi replied with sarcasm in his voice to which the Blonde sighed. ' Doesn't the idiot know that the better chakra control a person has, the less chakra they spend on each technique they perform ?' the Hanyou wondered as he listened to his teammate's line of thought.
'Bah it seems that ego and pride are genetic' said Kurama.'At least two uchiha aren't like him or most of his clan,' Said the Fox annoyed with Naruto Mentally nodding with Kurama. "So what's up for today," asked Naruto "The same for the moment," said Kakashi. "Somehow Sasuke Obtained a scroll with different Jutsu," said Kakashi surprising Naruto. "So I'm going to try to prevent him from killing himself due to lack of chakra or revealing our location if the jutsu gets out of control," said the Hatake. "Do you have any idea how he obtained such a scroll, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto questioned, watching as Kakashi shook his head.
"I have no idea, but I don't rule out the possibility that the civilian council or the elders might have something to do with it like they did with one of your classmates," Kakashi said making Naruto frown remembering what happened. Both knew that Mikoto didn't allow Sasuke to have access to the Jutsus in the Uchiha compound's library, because according to the Uchiha matriarch, Sasuke was very unstable and she would only let him use the library's jutsus when that had changed, but to Kakashi, it was a wise decision.
But he also knew that the civilians would do anything to maintain good relations with the Uchiha boy, which was not a good sign. "In that case, what do you want me to do?" the Hanyou asked his jonin sensei. "I want you to continue training Sakura," Kakashi said as he gave him three scrolls. "You already told me what her affinities were so she should be able to learn this. The other are styles that might help improve both your arsenals and a few jutsu my creation being one of them. I hope you can improve it." said Kakashi with an eye smile that made Naruto nod knowing how important this jutsu was to Kakashi. "A-are you sure," asked Naruto hesitantly. "Yes, I know I can trust you with this one and the council might force me to teach it to Sasuke so it's better to be prepared," said Kakashi with an Eye smile as he ruffled Naruto's hair.
"Also, in Sakura's, I put a couple of shadow clones to help her when she starts performing the elemental jutsu since I know you wanted to teach her," said Kakashi surprising Naruto as he left showing his skill.
Naruto looked for Sakura to begin her training, and the silver-haired man went to the entrance of the house to check on Sasuke's training, but he saw nothing as Tsunami, who was still washing some dishes, had a red face. While in his mind he was reviewing what happened a few moments ago. 'Naruto-Kun and I almost, we… ' Tsunami couldn't continue thinking when a smoke of smoke came out of her head while she imagined her and the Hanyou finishing what they were about to do a few moments ago.
As he made his way to their bedroom "Morning, Sakura-chan." He smiled. As he spoke, he could see a mixture of emotions raging through the pinkette emerald-colored eyes. Everything from worry to anger and even regret. "I apologize if I made you worry last night, I just needed to go check up on a few things." He continued. Silence hung in the air between the two as Sakura debated how she should approach what she had discovered the previous night. With a little encouragement from her inner self, the pinkette took a deep breath before looking at her blonde teammate.
"Naruto-kun." She began, prompting the boy to shut the door behind him. "I am not sure how to say this, so I will be blunt. The Kyuubi is sealed inside you, isn't it." Naruto stood there gaping. He had to be honest, she was rather blunt."How did you come to that conclusion?" He asked after he composed himself.
"Well, after what you told Inari-san about your childhood." She began, guilt laced in her voice. "I began thinking back to what we spoke about when you listed what elemental affinities you have. You said your fire affinity was due to an S-rank secret. With that and what you told Inari-san and your age, I concluded that you were born around the time the Kyuubi attacked and that the Yondaime was forced to seal the Kyuubi within you since you can't kill pure chakra. And with what people sometimes call you. "Very astute Sakura-chan." Naruto praised the cherry blossom, causing her to visibly blush. Still not familiar with actually being complimented. "And you are correct. The Kyuubi is sealed within me."
Naruto lifts his shirt, causing her to blush even more at the sight of his abs, though she does notice the seal on his stomach. "This is the seal that keeps the kyuubi sealed within me." He continues, before letting his shirt drop, much to her disappointment. "Have you ever met with him?" She asked, a little curious if the Kyuubi and Naruto had the same form of interaction as she and her inner self did. "I met him on the sixth birthday that nearly killed me" replied Naruto after a handful of seconds. "That-that doesn't line up with what we were told in the academy." The pinkette frowned. "We were told that the Kyuubi was an evil beast that only wanted to destroy, but you're saying he saved your life." Naruto sighs and lowers himself into a squatting position.
"One thing I have learned while talking with him is that there are as many sides to a story as there are people involved," Naruto states, picking his words carefully as he doesn't want to reveal who his parents were. "From what he told me from the attack he wasn't keen on his Jinchuriki's but was put under a powerful genjutsu." "So, the Kyuubi was forced to attack the village then?" "Yes." The blonde answered, looking down at the floor. "Though I do not know by who." "You now know more about me than almost anyone else, Sakura-chan" NAruto Broke the pinkette out of her musing. 'I will understand if you want to distance yourself…"
"Naruto-kun, you should know by now that I am not as stupid as most of the villagers." She said, her voice soft as she fought to restrain her tears from falling. "I know the difference between a scroll and a kunai." Naruto only smiled at her words. Thankful for her acceptance. Besides, you make it sound like the Kyuubi isn't that bad." She smiled as she stepped away from him, wiping the tears away from her eyes, which were threatening to fall. "So what now" asked Sakura. "Sasuke got a jutsu scroll so Kakashi-sensei is going to keep an eye on him," said Naruto.