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Forged in Hellfire: Lost Soul Reborn

Chapter Four: Steam Powered Force! End to the battle on the bridge!

"Kakashi," Zabuza stated with a smirk. "Looks like since my contract has been ended, I no longer need to fight you…"

"Well that is all well and good but now we have a new problem…Do you mind the team-up of the desperation variety?" Kakashi asked with a nonchalant tone, despite the severity of the situation.

"I would like nothing more…My arms are weakened but thankfully not broken. I should still be able to wield Kubikiri Hōchō just at half power," Zabuza growled out as he picked up his blade from the ground and held it at his side.

Kakashi could see Zabuza's arms shake under the weight of the blade as well as the blood dripping from multiple wounds on the man's arms but he would not denounce his strength now.

"I will assist in this as well."

Kakashi and Zabuza looked back and saw Haku walking in the middle of the two, her voice as cold as the elemental Kekkei Genkai she wielded.

"Haku…" Zabuza breathed out, his eyes narrowed at the female nuke-nin.

"I may not be your tool but Naruto-kun died wanting to liberating this village and Gato is the one in the way. I will start his dream by ending the very mission that gave him this dream," Haku stated as she pulled out her senbon.

Kakashi nodded and said "Trust me, the more, the merrier. We are going to need all the help we can get outside of my squad protecting Tazuna." Kakashi had noticed, with pride of course, Sasuke and Sakura in the distance standing with the scared Tazuna behind them.

He didn't even have to tell them to do it.

"So…Three against one," Kakashi heard the armored Iwa shinobi state before he chuckled lowly. "You all should have bought more men."

Zabuza scoffed and said "Save your bravado for the demons in hell!"

"Let's begin!" Kakashi shouted before he, Haku and Zabuza launched themselves towards the imposing armored shinobi from Iwa.

Kakashi was the first to meet Han straight on, his right fist colliding against the right forearm of the armored shinobi but Kakashi quickly found himself being socked in the jaw, causing Kakashi to soar past Zabuza, who began to swing his blade from his side towards the Iwa nin.

Han sidestepped the first wide swing of the Kubikiri Hōchō then ducked the second swing before kicking Zabuza in the stomach , sending Zabuza skidding backwards but before Han could follow-up, Haku leapt over Zabuza with five senbon clutched in her hand.

With a flick of her wrist, the five senbon flew towards Han but the Iwa shinobi disappeared in an explosion of steam.

Haku landed on the ground and was quick to maneuver from side to side to avoid the quick jabs of the Iwa shinobi but she failed to block the rather quick kick that struck her stomach, sending her flying towards a running Kakashi.

Kakashi leapt over Haku while quickly forming a few seals before shouting "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu! (Fire Style: Great fireball Jutsu)"

Han eyed the giant fireball that was shot from Kakashi's mouth and couldn't help but chuckle as he slipped his right hand into his gi and with a burst of steam from the furnace attached to his armor, Han muttered "Futton: Jōki Domū (Boil style: Steam Dome)"

The steam around Han quickly whipped up around him into a hazy orb around him as Kakashi's jutsu slammed into the orb, clashing wildly.

The fire began to wrap itself around the dome before both the fire and the steam faded away, leaving Han standing in the middle of a medium sized crater, on the patch of cement that was within his technique.

"Is that all?" The shinobi questioned much to the ire of all three of his opponents.

"Hn, far from it," Zabuza growled out before he shouted "Haku!"

Despite wanting to separate from the man who had saved her, Haku knew that this was a serious situation and she would need to put that aside to assist them in this battle.

Without missing a beat, the two nuke-nin began to form several seals before the two ended in unison. "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu)/Hyōton: Hyōryū no Jutsu! (Ice style: Ice Dragon Jutsu)!" Zabuza and Haku shouted before their respective dragons came into existence.

Seeing this made Kakashi smirk as an idea formed into his head. "Let's put my affinity to use!" Kakashi shouted as he formed his own hand seals before he exclaimed "Raiton: Ikazuchiryū no Jutsu! (Lightning Style: Lightning Dragon Jutsu)!"

The three elemental dragons soared towards Han and began to meld together and Han was momentarily surprised by this ingenious move.

But a massive amount of steam came from his furnace and with a smirk, he shouted "Futton: Nōmitsu Jōki Domū (Boil style: Dense steam dome)!"

The multi-elemental dragons clashed against the enhanced steam dome and for a moment, the dome seemed to start to weaken against the triple threat but without warning, both the ice dragon and water dragon swirled around the dome before evaporating completed, leaving the lightning dragon, which quickly died away as well.

Zabuza, Kakashi and Haku's eyes widened in shock at how their attacks broke down against the dome but they quickly became uneasy at how the dome remained swirling around the Iwa nin, compared to the last time.

That uneasiness soon turned into horror as the steam from the dome began to thicken and swirl wildly until a large white dragon was seen swirling around Han's relaxed form. "…Futton: Kaonryū no Jutsu (Boiling Style: Heat Dragon Jutsu)

With a point, the dragon roared and launched towards the three shinobi. Haku immediately formed another set of seals and said "Hyōton: Makyō Hyōshō! (Ice Style: Demonic Ice crystal mirror)!"

A large dome of ice mirrors appeared to surround the three but then Haku shouted "Hyōton: Makyō Hyōshō Kyūtai (Ice Style: Demonic Ice crystal mirror sphere)!"

The mirrors quickly enclosed around the three, leaving no crack between them as Han's technique slammed into them hard, causing the entire sphere to shake but their opponent's attack quickly dispersed.

"Ok…This is not going so well," Kakashi panted out in exhaustion, falling down to one knee. Zabuza agreed and leaned against his blade, panting as well.

"Yeah," Zabuza agreed, shaking the feeling back into his arms. "I can see why Kiri wants his head on a pike. He's damn near invincible with his Futton…Even Mei would have a hard time with him."

Kakashi grunted in response.

It didn't take a genius to realize that the only reason the two of them were so beat was due to being low on chakra from not only their own battle with each other but also due to launching some of their strongest techniques.

Only Haku seemed well off in terms of chakra but who knew when that would last.

Their opponent's steam was giving him unnatural abilities and because of this, not only was Han able to defeat his jutsu on its own but he was able to defeat the unified force of Haku, Zabuza and himself as well.

And despite being close to blacking out from chakra exhaustion, their attack should have been able to take him out.

If that steam was able to do all of that, would his Raikiri even work?

'Only one way to find out,' Kakashi growled out mentally, momentarily shutting his left eye to reserve some sort of energy as he popped a soldier pill into his mouth, which gave him enough of a boost to summon one final Raikiri.

He didn't want to use this technique but he had no choice at this rate. The Iwa shinobi was a tough competitor and they needed to take him down.

"Alright…I have a plan," Kakashi said with a harsh cough. "I only have one more Raikiri in me before I'm completely tapped out and no use to you guys…But I need a few seconds to prepare."

"I'm surprised you're willing to use that again after killing your student with it," Zabuza replied coldly, making Kakashi flinch at his words.

"I don't want to do it but it needs to be done," Kakashi stated with narrowed eyes towards Zabuza.

Zabuza scoffed and said "I'll give you the time. Haku, keep the sphere around Kakashi until the very last second."

"Understood Zabuza," Haku responded, her voice controlled despite her heart hurting from the still open wound of Naruto's death.

But as Zabuza turned around, the mirror before him cracked before exploding completely, revealing the fists of their opponent.

Zabuza swiftly lifted up Kubikiri Hōchō and managed to get the blade to protect his chest as well as Kakashi's mere seconds before the fists slammed into them, sending them both through the ice mirror behind them.

Han came skidding into the middle of the mirrors, his body exuding the steam that had been built up within his armor but Haku quickly flew into the mirror and replaced the broken ice mirrors instantly.

Han looked around and chuckled as he faced multiple images of Haku within the ice mirrors around him and asked "Do you truly think that you can stop me with a dome of ice?"

Haku held up a small kunai with her right hand and muttered "We're about to find out…"

Hatake Kakashi and Momochi Zabuza

"Sensei, are you ok?"

Kakashi groaned as he leaned up from the ground with Sakura kneeling on the left side while Sasuke held a kunai against the downed Zabuza's throat a few feet away.

Despite being shielded by Zabuza's sword, the two of them were sent far down the bridge by the punch of Han and Kakashi hadn't realized how powerful that punch was until he saw Sakura's green eyes staring down at him in concern.

Kakashi gave his female student an eye smile and said "I am fine Sakura-san but thank you for asking." Kakashi then turned his head to Sasuke and said "You can move, Zabuza is no longer an enemy."

He could see a shocked look appear on Sasuke's face and for a moment, Kakashi was unsure if Sasuke would obey but the genin did and not a second later, Zabuza nailed the boy in the stomach.

"Zabuza!" Kakashi yelled in outrage at Zabuza hitting his student. "We are on the same side! You have no right hitting my student!"

"Your student had a kunai to my throat. He is very lucky I didn't kill him," Zabuza responded coldly as he leaned up off the ground before he said "Tch, that damn Iwa shinobi knocked us all the way here near the start of the bridge."

"Yeah…Despite the mirrors Haku made to slow down our flight," Kakashi muttered as he got up on his feet. "We need to hurry. Who knows how long Haku can stand up to him…"

"Haku…" Sasuke muttered, causing Kakashi's eyes to glance at the genin. "Haku….The girl Naruto bought to dinner that night! She's the one I was fighting earlier before Naruto told me to leave. What does she have to do with this? Why are you not fighting Zabuza? And where the hell is the dope anyways? He should be helping us guard Tazuna."

Kakashi turned to Zabuza and said "You go ahead. I'll catch up soon." Zabuza scoffed at this and quickly dashed away, leaving Kakashi alone with his remaining students and Tazuna (Who had fainted due to exhaustion and fear).

Kakashi was going to ask how they didn't know about Naruto but Kakashi quickly realized that the fog was truly thick and they were far away enough to not see what had happened to the blond but not far enough for him to not sense their chakra signatures.

He decided that he would let them in on to why he was helping Zabuza and Haku but he wanted to avoid telling them about Naruto until the mission was complete. "Gato betrayed Zabuza during our battle and bought a strong shinobi to kill us all. Because of this, Haku, Zabuza and I teamed up to stop him."

Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other in alarm at what they had missed by being back here but then Sasuke shook his head, stepped forward and said "Alright then, if this shinobi is stronger than you guys, then I'll come with to help."

"There's no need Sasuke," Kakashi replied. "The three of us are strong enough to handle it. You two continue to protect Tazuna…" Kakashi then looked at the unconscious form of the man and added, rather sheepishly "Well…his sleeping form."

"Then how did you two get down here in the first place?" Sasuke asked with a sour frown, making Kakashi frown as well. "You and Zabuza don't look the coward type and plus Haku is not with you, making me think you two were knocked all the way back here. Come on Kakashi-sensei, I can help."

"No," Kakashi said sternly, a little peeved at Sasuke's refusal to accept his orders. "You will remain here with Sakura to protect Tazuna at all costs."

"You tell me to stay back and yet Naruto is missing as well. Is he up there helping Haku?" Sasuke asked with a scowl on his face, making Kakashi hide a wince from him at the mention of Naruto.

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura spoke up softly, causing both Kakashi and Sasuke to look at her. "Kakashi-sensei said it was he, Zabuza and Haku were fighting this shinobi…He didn't say anything about Naruto…" Sakura told her teammate.

Sasuke seemed to realize this and slowly turned to Kakashi and asked "So where is Naruto then? If he isn't up there with you? He didn't run away did he?"

Kakashi realized that there was no point in hiding it anymore, considering that they would be told anyways. Taking a deep breath, Kakashi said "During my battle with Zabuza…before the new shinobi arrived…Naruto took an attack meant of Zabuza to save Haku's life…He didn't make it. Naruto's gone…"

"G-Gone?" Sasuke stuttered out. "N-No. That can't be right. Naruto can't be gone," Sasuke added, a stunned look on his face.

Kakashi saw Sakura fall to her knees as her bottom lip trembled and her green eyes became wet with unshed tears before he turned back to Sasuke's stunned face and said "Yes…Naruto's dead…"

"That c-can't be right!" Sakura shouted, tears spilling down her face. "Naruto is too stupid to die! H-He can't be dead!"

"He is…" Kakashi responded to her softly, looking away from her when she began to sob uncontrollably. Kakashi then turned to Sasuke and said "Stay here…I do not wish to bury another one of my students on this day."

Kakashi turned around and dashed away from the two, guilt tearing into his heart at the entire situation. He knew that he shouldn't have left the way he did but he had a mission to finish.

He would deal with the fallout later.

Hyōton no Haku

With unmatched speed, Haku dashed from mirror to mirror with two kunai in her hands, using each dash to slash at her enemy within her grasp.

But each time her kunai met his armor, he would grunt but look no worse for wear and it was concerning her greatly.

She had already used quite a lot of chakra during these last few minutes and her speed was taking a dip in response. Nearly twice, he had almost caught her mid-dash but because of her additional jutsu, she was exerting far more energy.

But she couldn't give up now.

She had to take him down in order to take out Gato, keeping the promise Naruto had made before he died.

After another quick slash and dash into the mirror, Haku tried to hide her panting as Han stood in the middle of the sphere, steam slowly rising to the ceiling of the ice sphere.

Haku glanced up at the ceiling and reinforced her jutsu's strength and immediately dashed out of the mirror to the back of Han but while she was able to strike his back, when she was heading towards the mirror to her upper right, Han was inches away from grabbing her foot.

Haku flashed to the mirror to the upper left of Han and dashed from it and landed a slash to his mask before dashing into the mirror to his lower right.

Haku wasted no time in flashing into the mirror above him then melding from the other side of the sphere and quickly completed several seals before she slammed her palms on the mirror beneath her and shouted "Hyōton: Suishō no Arashi (Ice style: Crystal storm)! "

All of the ice mirrors began to crack ominously from within the sphere her opponent was trapped in and the moment she leapt away, the entire sphere exploded into millions of shards but the seemed to hover around Han, who Haku noticed was looking around the shards of ice.

Haku landed on the ground and did one seal with her right hand before she shouted "Utsu (Punish)!" while closing her hand into a fist.

The ice shards immediately soared towards the Iwa shinobi but before any of them could strike him, a shout of "Futton: Kairiki Musō (Boil style: Unrivalled strength)!" reached her ears.

Seconds later, a large burst of steam exploded from Han's body, causing the ice shards to evaporate mere seconds before they were to skewer him alive.

"Never use ice against someone known as Jōki no Oni," Haku heard the man exclaim with a laugh, possibly at the attempt of her trying to fend him off.

"Hmph, my ice will strike you down, no matter how strong that steam is," Haku stated coolly, not betraying the panic she was feeling at this moment but then she happened to turn her head to see Naruto's body.

'Naruto-kun…Did he panic like I am before he was killed?' Haku asked herself as she eyed his body, her eyes softening slightly.

'He must have…He knew he was going to die from Kakashi-san's attack…But he did it regardless and faced his death with dignity…If he can face death without fear, then I can face this shinobi with no difficulty,' Haku thought, her confidence building as she faced Han once more.

"You stand in my way in killing Gato…I will defeat you at any cost," Haku stated coldly while her eyes narrowed behind her mask.

"Such a big talk for a small child," Han stated before Haku saw him dash towards her, his right hand cocked back to strike her.

Surprised by how fast the armored man could move, Haku found herself dashing to the side to avoid his punch then ducking his wide kick that was aimed at her head but she was unable to avoid the elbow that slammed into her stomach.

Haku skidded backwards against the wall of the bridge but this quickly proved to be a good thing because she was able to avoid the punch that was aimed at her head.

But the cement wall behind her was not so lucky because the second his fist touched it, it exploded upon impact.

Haku quickly leapt up and kicked his face with both feet, sending him taking three steps backwards but Haku quickly dashed back and shouted "Hyōton: Hyōryū no Jutsu!"

Her ice dragon launched itself towards Han, who quickly blew out a large amount of steam and said "Futton: Shin Jōki no Yoroi (Boiling style: True steam armor)," The steam wrapped around Han's body and hovered around every inch of his body.

Just as the ice dragon was about to strike him down, Han roared out "Futton: Shin Jōki Bakuha (Boiling style: True steam explosion)!"

And with that, the steam shroud that covered Han's body suddenly expanded and exploded, instantly melting in the air but the Hyōton user saw the water and quickly formed several seals with one hand and shouted "Hyōton: Sensatsu Suishō (Ice Style: Thousand needles of death)!"

The water from the melted ice dragon quickly became shards of ice that instantly started to rain down on the Iwa shinobi but Han himself was able to switch himself with a brick, allowing it to be skewered by Haku's attack.

Haku felt a large amount of chakra coming from her left and instantly twisted her body to avoid another cement breaking strike from the large shinobi but Haku quickly kicked rolled to her left, avoiding a kick aimed at her, but quickly swept Han's feet from underneath him, sending his torso slamming against the hole he had just created with his fist.

Haku grabbed both of his legs used her chakra to lift up the rather sturdy male and tossed him over the bridge before falling to one knee, her breathing coming out ragged.

Haku stood up on shaky legs and took several steps back but just as she did, a huge explosion of steam occurred before her which knocked her off her feet and sent her flying backwards into the air where she then crashed onto the bridge hard.

When Haku pushed herself from the ground, she saw that the portion of the bridge that was there before was now gone due to that explosion but as she looked, she saw the body of Naruto hanging over the edge part of the bridge that was no longer there.

And he was beginning to slink off the edge until he fell off.

"Naruto-kun!" Haku shouted in horror as she quickly moved to her feet to grab the legs of the blond before it went over the edge.

But when Haku leapt for Naruto's body, the cement below her began to crack before Han came bursting from underneath it fist first, causing his fist to meet her stomach hard.

Haku flew backwards then slammed back first against the wall of the bridge before she fell face first to the bridge, coughing and gasping for air from the intense pain she was feeling.

And it wasn't all from the punch.

Not only was Naruto dead, his body was now plummeting into the water below. Never getting the respectful burial she knew he was going to get once Gato was dead.

Haku pushed herself up to her knees and then onto her feet but she stumbled back onto her knees as she coughed hard, causing blood to land against her mask.

Just a few seconds later, she felt a large amount of chakra building up before her and that was when she looked up to see Han appeared before her, his hand cocked back, ready to take off her head.

But without warning, a large water dragon slammed into Han's side, taking the man off of his feet and thus, saving Haku from her fate.

"Are you ok Haku?"

Haku looked up to see Zabuza standing before her, his blade sitting proudly on his shoulder. "I am fine," Haku replied coldly, trying to hide the physical and emotional pain she was currently in.

She watched as Zabuza's eyes flashed down to her torso, which had her bare red colored stomach showing due to the steam from Han burning off that part of her haori before he narrowed his eyes.

Zabuza turned his head away from her to stare at the downed Han and muttered "Stay, I will take over from here," before he dashed off to battle the steam using shinobi.

Momochi Zabuza

Zabuza could see Han rising to his feet and didn't hesitate to start charging towards the shinobi with his blade scraping the ground beside him and the moment he got close, he swung his blade at an upward angle, hoping to cut the shinobi in half.

But Han was quick enough to lean back to avoid the swing but Zabuza grabbed the hilt with his left hand and quickly swung his sword in a downward angle but Han was quick to avoid it as well.

Zabuza twisted his body, switching the hands that were holding his blade and swung it hard to try to bisect Han but the Iwa shinobi stepped back to avoid it but didn't get too far due to Zabuza instantly following up the wide swing with a kick to the gut.

Zabuza followed Han, who had stepped back from the kick, and delivered three quick lunges with the tip of his blade but Han maneuvered away from the lunges but was once again caught by surprise by the sudden twist and kick by Zabuza, which nailed him in the chest.

Zabuza got into a kneeling position with the blade before him and dashed forward sharply, causing the cement to rise in front of the blade before swinging the blade upward but Han managed to switch out with a block of cement just seconds before he was cut in half.

Just as the cement block just was.

Zabuza growled at this and quickly turned around and blocked an oncoming strike from Han's right hand with his blade, causing his feet to skid against the ground below.

Zabuza felt a bead of sweat slide down the right side of his face as he forced more chakra into his arms to keep them sturdy against the fist of the Iwa shinobi.

He refused to let his opponent see his weakness.

Zabuza's eyes flashed to Han's legs briefly before flashing back up to Han's orange eyes and sneered before he lifted his leg and kicked Han's right foot from beneath the man, making him lose just enough focus for Zabuza to leap up, while his sword stayed in place, and dropped kicked it , bouncing the flat side of his blade.

Due to the attack, Zabuza and Han fell on their backs but Zabuza flipped up to his feet, immediately swinging his blade down but Han swiftly replaced himself with another cement block, causing Zabuza to slice right through it but mere seconds after this, several kunai came soaring towards him.

Zabuza deflected six of the seven kunai but he was unable to deflect the final kunai, which wound up piercing his left shoulder.

Zabuza pulled out the kunai and stood up on his own two feet as he gritted his teeth. "You are really starting to piss me off," Zabuza growled out angrily as he faced the steam user.

Han chuckled and responded with "And here I thought that was already the case."

Zabuza didn't share Han's amusement nor his attempt at a joke and quickly showed him this when he dashed towards him with his blade in the air, ready to strike him down but when his sword came down, Han was able to step backwards to avoid the strike before he leapt up to kick Zabuza in the face.

Zabuza's back slammed against the wall of the bridge, which caused him to drop his weapon, and took a single step forward and saw Han's fist coming towards him.

Zabuza managed to grab the right fist of the Iwa shinobi and quickly responded by pulling Han forward and ramming his elbow into Han's face.

Han stumbled backwards and lifted his leg and kicked Zabuza hard in the chest, breaking several of Zabuza's ribs, which caused Zabuza to cough up blood behind the wraps on his face but Zabuza managed to pull the shinobi back towards him and landed a hard right hook to Han's jaw while letting go of his hand.

Han stumbled to the side but when he regained his bearings, Han was then kicked in the face by Haku, sending him sailing to the side.

Zabuza turned to Haku, who had landed on her side and said "I thought I told you to remain where you were."

"You did," Haku responded while clutching her stomach in pain, the pale skin now starting to blemish. "I decided not to listen."

Zabuza scowled on the inside but inwardly, he was impressed and proud of her. All Zabuza wanted from the moment he realized he cared for Haku far more than a tool was for her to become her own woman.

Before this mission, she would do anything and everything he asked her to do. If he was as sick as some people, he knew he could have asked her to share his bed, she would have out of respect for all that he done for her.

He wanted to see Haku become self-reliant and stick to what she believed in instead of obeying his philosophy and while he was annoyed that it took her falling in love with the enemy but he was very proud that she decided it was now time to do what she wanted to do in life.

It might have taken that blond boy dying but he was finally getting what he had wished for on her tenth birthday.

"Very well Haku…We need to get on our guards," Zabuza stated before he tried to stand up, only for him to fall back down, groaning in agony from his broken ribs.

"Zabuza-s-san, you're too wounded to fight," Haku said with a worried frown on her face. "Please stay here. I can handle fighting him alone."

Zabuza gritted his teeth and shook his head and once again tried to move but the pain in his torso was white hot and Zabuza couldn't stop himself from growling in pain.

Haku touched his chest and said "Stay here. I will take it from here," before she dashed forward to attack Han once more.

Zabuza watched as Haku maneuvered around Han's attacks but she was clipped in her side hard by a side kick, which caused her to stumble before he landed a solid hit to her face, which shattered her mask.

Zabuza watched as Han steadily assaulted Haku's body with his fist and despite Haku trying to get away, Han stopped each attempt with a brutal punch or kick.

Finally, Han seemed to have enough of her and after ducking a kick, Zabuza watched in horror as Han's body exploded in steam and Haku was sent sailing backwards.

"Haku!" Zabuza shouted; panic lacing his voice as he turned his head enough to see her slam into the cement hard before rolling to a stop in the distance.

Zabuza heard someone running and quickly turned his head only to be picked up by his shirt by Han and launched into the air before his body slammed down hard on the bridge below beside Haku, who was struggling to her knees before falling down on the ground.

Hatake Kakashi

Kakashi was dashing over the many marks and cracks of the battles that were had, trying to get his way back to Zabuza and Haku when the latter of the two was seen rolling into his line of sight, with the former slamming to the ground moments later.

Kakashi skidded to a stop and look down at the two for mere seconds until he looked up to see Han charging towards them.

Kakashi swore and quickly did several seals before he shouted "Raiton: Ikazuchiryū no Jutsu!" and with a thrust of his hands, his lightning dragon came forth and charged towards Han's form.

But to Kakashi's horror, Han shouted "Futton: Jōki Jūdan (Boiling style: Steam Bullet)!" and with those words, Steam wrapped around Han's outstretched fist and then his entire body and his speed increased dramatically, making him seem like a white blur heading towards the lightning dragon.

The minute the white bullet collided with the dragon, the dragon was split apart forcefully as the white bullet cut through the middle of it and that white bullet was coming right to Kakashi.

Kakashi disengaged the jutsu and only had a few seconds to kick Haku and Zabuza away before switching himself out with a cinder block.

The cinder block exploded in particles the moment the white streak slammed into it. Kakashi appeared behind the white blur now and quickly did the familiar hand seals for the Raikiri just as the blur took a sharp turn and began to come right towards him.

Kakashi gritted his teeth and shouted "Raikiri!" before he dashed forward with the large ball of lightning in his hand and with a shout, Kakashi put the jutsu out above him and met the white blur in a fierce clash of Lightning VS Steam.

Kakashi gritted his teeth and tried to forced more chakra into his attack but he still found himself skidding against the ground against the long streak of steam before him. Kakashi tried to keep himself rooted to his spot by using his chakra to keep him still but even that didn't work because the cement around his feet began to slide back, causing cracks to appear.

Just then, a voice from within the white bullet shouted "Futton: Shin Jōki Bakuha!" The white steam ball expanded against his Raikiri ominously.

Before Kakashi could disengage, an explosion of extreme heat went enveloped Kakashi and his attack before the force of Han's attack sent Kakashi soaring high into the air where he then slammed into the bridge so hard, he actually bounced off the ground momentarily before slamming into the ground where Kakashi then rolled twice until he stopped completely.

Gato

Gato watched through his binoculars in glee as Han stood victorious against the pesky "Demon" and his ice whore along with the famed Copy-Cat shinobi.

"I knew this investment would work out for me!" Gato exclaimed in excitement as he hopped out from the wooden chair his henchmen had bought along for him to sit down in.

He knew it was dangerous to stay on the bridge while these shinobi battled but he had to watch this battle. He wanted to see that smug bastard Zabuza be stomped into oblivion by his superior while the ice whore was taken as his personal concubine.

Gato looked back at his henchmen and said "Let us go. It's time for me to see the life drain from the eyes of these shinobi."

Hyōton no Haku and Han

Han couldn't help but allow a smirk to appear.

He had done what many couldn't claim to do. He had taken out not only one of the famed swordsmen of Kirigakure no Sato and his apprentice but he also just took out the famed Copy-Cat shinobi, Hatake Kakashi.

And he didn't even have to use Kokuō's chakra….Though if he had known how quick this battle would have been, he would have used the demonic chakra as quickly as possible.

"So…Is that all there is from Momochi Zabuza and Hatake Kakashi?" Han asked with a mocking tone as he slipped his right hand into his torn Gi, which he was inwardly surprised at still being on his body after dealing with the girl and her speed in the ice sphere.

He saw both men struggle to rise to at least lean up to face him but their bodies had given up on them.

They were too battered and weakened to battle him now.

Han shook his head as he stared down at Zabuza's form and said "How pathetic…I accepted doing this at half the price Gato was paying you Zabuza because I would get the chance to defeat a powerful shinobi that was rumored to match my strength…"

Han's head then turned to the unconscious form of Kakashi and shook his head slowly and added "And then to see the famed Hatake Kakashi here was an added bonus to test myself…And I managed to steamroll not only the two of you but another as well? How pathetic…I suppose it's time for me to complete the rest of my side mission before heading home."

As Han began to walk away, he heard a female voice say from behind him "W-We aren't done yet."

Han turned around to see the Hyōton user standing on shaky feet, blood coating the left side of her face while blood fell from the corner of the right side of her mouth.

"I w-won't let you hurt Tazuna-san," Haku muttered but Han could see that not only was her body shaking from the pain she was in but her eyes were unfocused as well.

He could tell that that she was standing on her last legs and as admirable as standing up to him was, he merely turned around and said "Just stay down. I am no longer interested in fighting you. I just want to complete my mission"

But he was quickly stopped when he heard the whistle of a kunai slicing through the air coming closer to him where he then felt the kunai slice against his right shoulder, which caused him to stop.

Han turned around and said "You still wish to fight, despite me trying to spare you? Very well, I will end your life since you seem to want that! Futton: Jōki Jūdan!"

Steam exploded from Han's armor as he charged towards Haku at break neck speeds but Haku quickly dodged to the side to avoid the oncoming steam covered shinobi and quickly grabbed the unconscious Kakashi and hoisted him over her shoulder.

"Futton: Jōki Jūdan!"

Haku once again had to avoid the shinobi by rolling to the left side of the bridge to grab Zabuza and swiftly hoisted his body over her bare shoulder before she leapt over the bridge before Han's fist slammed through the cement.

Haku gritted her teeth as she hung upside down underneath the bridge and quickly ran to the other end of the bridge where the village would be, needing to get away as quickly as possible.

Han

Han looked over the edge of the bridge and let out a low chuckle as he felt her chakra signature running towards the end of the bridge where the other two chakra signatures were and said "Run as fast as you can, Hyōton user…You won't get far."

Han smirked and immediately began to charge forward to where he expected Haku would be.

Hyōton no Haku

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?"

Haku ignored the angered Sakura as she sat her unconscious Zabuza and Kakashi down with a worried frown on her face.

She knew that her opponent would come down here and as much as she needed to run far, far away, she didn't have enough chakra to get her far enough before it was game over.

So she had to go to the two most able bodies to get their assistance in hiding from the steam user…But unfortunately, Sasuke and Sakura were very upset with her due to the death of their teammate.

Which was a legit reason to be upset with her, being that she felt it was her fault in getting him killed but now was not the time to drown in that guilt. She had to get Zabuza and Kakashi out of here before it was too late.

Haku stood up to turn around to face Sasuke but was stopped when Sakura suddenly appeared before her, anger in her jade colored eyes. "How dare you show your face here?" Sakura asked her, making Haku narrow her own eyes.

"We have no time for this," Haku told her but as she tried to move to the side, Sakura instantly stepped in her way again.

"We will make time," Sasuke told her as he quickly joined Sakura's side, his black eyes radiating hatred for her. "You are the reason that Naruto is dead. The least you can do is tell us why."

"And I will once this is all over but we need to get out of here before he gets here," Haku said, her voice taking on a pleading tone as her worry for Naruto continued to increase.

The longer she remained here, the shorter their chances were to get away.

"No!" Sakura shouted. "Naruto may have been an idiot but he was our idiot! Our friend and he's gone now! We n-need to know why," Sakura said, trying to hide the sadness she felt in her heart.

"And since Kakashi-sensei and your partner is unconscious at this moment, you're the only one alive that can tell us why he had to die," Sasuke added with a cold look on his face.

Haku was looking agitated by Sakura's saddened face as well as Sasuke's cold expression and as much as she wanted to hold back her annoyance, she found herself unable to as she asked with a scathing tone "And why do either of you care so much?"

Her tone seemingly took Sasuke and Sakura by surprise but Haku quickly jumped on this and said "If you two were such good friends to him, then why did he feel so out of place within his village? Why did he ever feel alone with two such good friends like you two?"

"N-Naruto was lonely?" Sakura whispered, her eyes looking down at the ground for a moment, her tone showing both surprise and sadness for the whisker marked shinobi.

"He never showed it to us. He was always smiling and joking and being a general dork," Sasuke said, his voice equally quiet as well.

"Well guess what, he was lonely in Konoha. As his friends, he should've been able to go to you two and tell you how he really felt instead of giving me the chance to know it…"

As Haku walked past the two genin, she said with a sad tone in her voice "If you two were there for him…He wouldn't have met me in the forest that day…he wouldn't have fallen in love with me…He wouldn't have taken Kakashi's technique for me…He wouldn't have died for me…His enemy…"

Despite him being alive, Haku still couldn't shake the intense guilt that filled her heart when her mind thought back to his death.

Haku quickly shook her head and opened her mouth to say something but Han's voice was heard instead.

"So this is where you went…I knew you would come here to join your friends."

Haku turned around to see Han standing a few feet away from them, his right hand hanging from his Gi as he chuckled softly.

What no one noticed was that there were little balls of orange light floating up from the waters below and into the air around them.

Haku instantly got on guard and pulled out several senbon and said "I was hoping to not be here but things had to be discussed..."

Han nodded in understanding, his hand sliding out of his Gi as he said "Understandable but that doesn't mean you can run off after wanting your death."

Haku turned her head to Sasuke and Sakura and said "Take Zabuza and Kakashi away from here. I will by some time for you both to go!"

Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other and quickly nodded before the two made their way to follow Haku's orders, although the latter of the two wanted to stay behind but he knew from the large amount of chakra this enemy had, he wouldn't stand a chance.

As Sasuke and Sakura lifted up their respective choices, Han rubbed his wrist and shouted "Who said I'm letting any of you escape?! Futton: Kairiki Musō!" which caused a large amount of steam to explode from his body before it began to spread out around the area.

"Futton: Gekiretsu Gobi Bakushin! (Boiling style: Furious Five-tailed Dash)!" Han shouted as the large amount of steam around him morphed into an being that had a horse's body with a dolphin's head which had two long horns with three short horns on its head along with five tails swishing behind it.

Haku, Sasuke and Sakura stared at the steam made creature in horror as its eyes glowed a bright red before it roared and charged towards them but as it got closer, the small orange balls of light that were hovering around the bridge shot towards the spot that was before Haku and the Konoha shinobi.

And second the orbs landed on the bridge, a large vortex of fire ignited against the ground, causing the creature of steam to disperse immediately and also sent Han flying backwards to the ground hard while Haku, Sasuke and Sakura were sent sailing backwards to the ground as well.

After a few seconds, Haku slowly made her way to her feet as she stared into the inferno and noticed that something was forming from within it.

The flames intensified as a black silhouette of a human was shown materializing from the start of the left side of the body to the right and from what she could tell, the figure was standing at 5'6ft and the silhouette of the hair seemed long and spiky as well.

The tower of inferno began to lower and ebb away and once it did, Haku received a shock that made her audible gasp.

The first thing she saw was that familiar navy blue and neon orange jumpsuit that was worn on Naruto and even had the Konoha hiate-ite around his forehead.

The jumpsuit even had a large hole in the jacket and shirt where he was struck.

Haku looked at the face and saw the familiar tan skin, ocean blue eyes and the three whisker marks on both cheeks but the hair, while it was moderately spiky, it had grown into a low ponytail that fell between his shoulder blades.

The figure was also far taller than he was before and the jumpsuit looked tighter on him as well and she could see through the large hole in his shirt that he had more muscle than before and even the baby fat that was previously on his face was gone, leaving it smoother and sharper as well.

But despite the changes, she could see the person she had fell in love with during the past few weeks in Wave within this new image.

"Are you ok?" The male asked, his voice sounding a little rough and deep to her but still holding the familiarity that she was used to.

Sasuke and Sakura were seeing this as well and they had a look of pure shock on their faces.

"I-It's can't be…Can it?" Sasuke whispered in disbelief. It couldn't be the dope…Kakashi and Haku had said he had died and their voices rang the truth and yet he was there…and he looked different as well.

Sakura was in a similar boat as Sasuke as she stared at the new arrival, her thoughts ranging from shock to relief and happiness.

When Kakashi had told them that Naruto had died, Sakura couldn't stop the guilt from pouring into her heart and it had only gotten worse with Haku's own words. She had treated him so horribly throughout their entire life when all he wanted was a friend.

She thought that she would never get the chance to apologize but now that he was back…She could make up from all of the evil she had done to him. Sakura then allowed a small blush to form on her face when she realized how cute he was looking as well.

"Y-You're…" Haku shuddered out, tears falling down her blood covered cheeks as she sat there on the ground for a few moments before she leapt up and hugged him tightly, her sobs muffled due to her face hiding against his jacket.

The teen gave her a tender smile and said "Sorry it took so long. A hero usually comes at the nick of time."

Haku giggled tearfully against him and tightened her hold around his neck. She didn't care that they were in the middle of a mission and she didn't care that her enemy was still standing; all she cared about was that Naruto was alive.

She could feel Naruto push her away as gently as possible and said "This reunion, as wonderful as it is, needs to wait…I have business to deal with the asshole that attacked you and the others. I need you all to stand down until it's over."

Haku immediately shook her head and said "I refuse! I don't know how you came back to life but I will not leave you alone to face him. Kakashi-san, Zabuza-s-san and I weren't able to defeat him and it was three of us!"

Naruto shook his head and turned away from her and said "Trust me. I will not die again. Just stay put. This won't last long," Naruto told her sternly.

Haku stared at his back, clearly distressed at wanting to stay by his side but she understood why he needed her to leave.

Despite his best wishes, she nodded her head and said "Please Naruto-kun…Stay safe…" Before she ran to Sasuke and Sakura, hoping that he knew what he was doing and that he would stay safe.

For her.

Uzumaki Naruto and Han

"So, you finally decide to realize that you are interfering in my business."

Naruto turned his head to glance at Han, the warm look in his eye that was there for Haku complete replaced by a cold fury that no one could match.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked darkly, fire embers beginning to float around him slowly before he added "On second thought, I don't need to know the name of a dead man."

The man before him laughed at his words, causing his frown to deepen and his eyes to darken dangerously. "Such words for a child who does not understand that they are moments away from certain death. I am Jōki no Oni, Han."

"As I said, I don't need to know the name of a dead man," Naruto responded before an aura of hellfire covered his being, his eyes now glowing a fiery orange.

Han laughed at this and immediately charged at Naruto at top speed, his right arm cocked back but the second Han came close, Naruto's body vanished in flames and ashes, leaving Han to punch said ashes.

Naruto swiftly appeared behind Han and threw a right, flame covered fist that slammed at the base of Han's spine hard enough for the armor to crack.

Han quickly turned around to throw a steam covered punch but Naruto dodged it and delivered a hard right jab to his face before leaning forward to land a left uppercut with flames covering his left hand, sending Han shooting into the air and to the ground moments later.

Naruto let a cruel smirk appear on his face as he reared his right arm back, waiting for Han to stand up and the minute he did, Naruto lunged his right arm forward and a thick strand of hellfire shot out from his wrist and towards Han, with the end of the hellfire shaped like a kunai.

Seeing this, Han quickly shouted "Futton: Jōki Domū!" Steam shot out from his armor and once again, the steam warped into a dome but the stream of hellfire shot straight through the dome as if the dome didn't exist and slammed into Han's armored chest.

Han was stunned by this.

That wasn't possible!

Nothing could go within his Jōki Domū, nothing but somehow, this had not only done just that but it went through his armor!

He could even feel the hot steel stabbing within his ribcage and had he not worn the armor, it would have pierced his heart, killing him.

The flames quickly cooled down and faded away, revealing a silver chain that Naruto was now holding in his hand.

Naruto gripped the end of the chain with one hand while wrapping his free hand in front of the chain and pulled on the chain hard as he yelled "Get over here!"

Han's feet scrapped against the ground hard before he was finally pulled forward towards Naruto and the minute he came in reach, Naruto's feet exploded into fire.

Naruto performed a back flip just as the chain disappeared and nailed Han hard under the chin and completely breaking his mask and the front of his armor, sending the steam user flipping backwards in unison with Naruto, with the only exception of Naruto landing on his feet while Han slammed down on his back.

Naruto watched as Han looked up and rolled back on his feet before dashing back, obviously trying to gain some distance from his opponent but Naruto instantly lunged his left hand out and the same stream of hellfire came flying out of his wrist and towards Han.

This time, Han managed to avoid being struck by it and launched himself towards Naruto with a shout of "Futton: Jōki Jūdan!"

Naruto watched as the steam bullet came charging for him and instead of moving, Naruto ignited the hellfire in his hand and summoned more of it to wrap around his body.

Naruto quickly dashed forward with his fist cocked back and just as he got close, he moved his arm forward and immediately, the two forces collided.

The clash seemed to last a lifetime compared to several seconds until the steam began to ebb away, leaving Naruto's fist to collided against Han's armored fist, which immediately shattered upon impact, breaking the elder man's hand as well as any bone up to his elbow.

Han's eyes widened in agony as the flame covered fist left his broken hand and came inches towards his face but Han quickly switched himself out with a small brick, causing Naruto's hand to shatter that completely.

Naruto's face morphed into a look of annoyance as he lowered his right hand and placed it somewhat behind his back as Han appeared a few feet away, his left hand bleeding and bruised.

Han clutched his left hand and stared at the small teen with a look akin of shock. This surely was a joke! He had to have been! His armor couldn't have been ripped in half by a basic move like that!

His armored mask couldn't have shattered from a move like that!

And his hand shouldn't be broken at all by this!

This wasn't right at all!

What the hell was going on?!

Hyōton no Haku, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura

Haku couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Naruto had not been alive less than ten minutes and he was doing more damage than she, Kakashi and Zabuza combined!

What the hell had happened to him?

"You look shocked Haku-san," Sakura stated as she stared at the Hyōton user in concern.

"I-I am….Naruto-kun is doing so much damage to him and even bypassed his attacks…" Haku replied with a stunned look on her face.

"You act as if this is a miracle or something," Sasuke told her, albeit also surprised due to the skills Naruto were showing. Before seeing all of this, all Sasuke knew of Naruto was that he made tons of clones and had a huge amount of chakra but now, apparently things were hidden from them all.

Did Kakashi know about his skills?

"It is…Me, Zabuza-san and Kakashi-san fought against him for endless amount of time and yet we never damaged him like this. We couldn't bypass his steam either and yet Naruto-kun was able to do it without any difficulty," Haku explained, shocking both Konoha shinobi silent.

'W-Whoa, I didn't know Naruto was so strong,' Sakura said with a look towards her blond teammate, who was currently engaged in a fierce stare down with that other shinobi.

"Cha! He is truly whooping that ass! You take him down, Naruto and show him who is the boss!" Inner Sakura shouted as she punched the air, making the real Sakura sigh a bit.

Uzumaki Naruto and Han

"How is this possible?" Han asked, completely in awe as he felt the cold air of Wave hit his exposed and wounded chest. "No Katon jutsu could have ever broken through my defenses. Not my jutsus and not my armor…What the hell is this?"

Naruto narrowed eyes and gave a rather cruel smirk. "That's thing about my techniques…They aren't Katon jutsus and to make it better, my attacks are no ordinary flame either. This is the power of the Netherrealm's hellfire and I have not been able to use it in some time."

"The Netherrealm?" Han questioned.

"Yes…And unfortunately for you dead man, you are my test subject to see how powerful it has become!" Naruto let out a rather demonic laugh as he ignited the hellfire within his left hand and around his body.

Han could see the flames swarm around the young man and smirked. For the third time in his entire life, Han had felt an emotion that he hadn't imagined he would feel again.

Excitement.

Han chuckled loudly at the youth and said "Well this is a new twist…I had you pegged as a lowly genin and yet I was wrong…Your abilities show much more than that." Han chuckled again and then said "But I'm afraid you won't be able to test these skills on me."

Naruto's eyes narrowed angrily. "You do not seem to understand," Naruto hissed out, the embers floating up around him starting to grow larger. "You have no say in this."

Han merely smirked and said "I believe I do. I have other things to do than to die. Especially by the hand of someone as young as you."

Naruto could only sneer at the disrespectful tone Han had showed him and replied with "Do not let my youth fool you; I've defeated warriors stronger than you, boy."

Han growled and took a step forward, only to hear Gato's voice coming from behind him, saying "Han! I did not pay you to play around with a child! Get to work and kill Tazuna!"

The fire around Naruto's body exploded violently when he gazed upon the small elderly small male and his army of henchmen. 'So that is Gato…He's as disgusting as Tazuna described…' Naruto thought angrily.

Han turned to Gato and replied "This is no mere child. He was able to cut through my steam as if it was nothing…"

"That matters not Han. I paid you to kill these pesky shinobi and to kill Tazuna. If you cannot kill a mere child, you are not worth your payment!" Gato screamed, his face turning red at the amount of rage that he was feeling.

Han was going to respond to his employer's anger when Naruto suddenly said "Gato…The same Gato that is responsible for Wave being like this…It is about time you showed your face."

Naruto watched as the hideous man looked at him and said, with a proud tone "I am the very same! Not that I am surprise that you wouldn't know the savior of this pathetic place."

A dark laughter left Naruto's lips, his anger all going towards Gato himself. "Then on behalf of this "Pathetic Place", there is a debt that you owe and I'm looking to collect."

"A debt? That I owe to this place? How foolish of you to presume that I owe any debt to this worthless village!" Gato exclaimed as Naruto remained silent, as if buying his time before he struck.

"I don't think you know who I am child! I am Gato! King of the underworld and I have connections in every location in the entire world! I have, can and will buy as many villages as use up all the resources a please to get what I desire and no one, man or child is going to stop me!" Gato boasted loudly before he turned to Han and said "And as for you, you will go there and kill this insolent worm and his friends, get that ice whore and kill Tazuna! Do you understand?!"

Han narrowed his eyes at the man and said "Listen up you sniveling fool, the only reason I am here is because I wanted to fight Momochi Zabuza. I have defeated him and Hatake Kakashi to boot. I wanted to finish this mission to get my pay and go home but listening to you boast like an idiot and speak down to me as if I was one of your pathetic little henchmen has crossed the line. I am finished. Our deal is off. I'm going home."

"W-What?!" Gato exclaimed in horror as Han began to walk away from Han and towards Naruto himself.

"You can't do this!" Gato screamed but Han continued to ignore him until he came up face to face with Naruto, who scowled up at him.

"You and I on the other hand are far from over," Han stated as he narrowed his eyes at the blond shinobi before he smirked and said "I heard the Hyōton user call you Naruto…Knowing your name and knowing you come from Konoha, I will find you and we will finish this…"

Han then leaned down and whispered into the blond's ear "And when we do meet, I will introduce you to my demon, Kokuō." And with those words, Han leaned up and walked past Naruto and past the ground but Han did take time to nod and smirk and Haku, who scowled in return.

Naruto watched Han leave from the corner of his head and shook his head at the cowardice of Han but decided to let him go for now. Besides, he had a debt to fulfill with the loud mouth midget that was currently running his mouth in front of his army.

"I cannot believe this! The nerve of that pathetic swine to walk away when I paid him the money! No matter! I will still destroy this village with my men!" Gato shouted at the shinobi before he turned to his army and said "I will pay everyone double for the death of every single man, woman and child that is killed!"

The men roared in approval at this but Gato wasn't done yet. "And I will pay quadruple for anyone that gives me the heads of these shinobi that stand in my way!" Gato roared to the army, who roared as well, readying themselves for battle.

Gato grinned evilly and turned around with his mouth open, ready to sprout out some more words but then the sound of gargling reached the ears of everyone in attendance.

Naruto smirked as he looked at the shocked look on Gato's face as his spear was now inside Gato's mouth and his kunai was sticking out of the back go Gato's head.

"You talk far too much Gato," Naruto said with a dark laugh before he shouted "Come here!"

With a hard tug, Gato's head was cruelly ripped off of his body and was sent flying into Naruto's left hand and once Naruto got a good grip of the head, the chain disappeared with flames.

Naruto watched as the headless body fell to the ground and blood began to pool from the neck while Naruto glanced down at the stunned look on the now dead man's face and said "Your debt has been repaid…cockroach."

Hyōton no Haku, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura

None of them had expected to see what had just been done.

Naruto…Uzumaki Naruto had just killed someone and not only had he killed someone, he had decapitated him with one hard pull of the chain that had appeared.

And he did with no hesitation nor mercy….Not that Gato needed any of that but it still disturbed the three of them.

Uzumaki Naruto

Naruto tossed the head down to the ground and eyed the army, who were spooked beyond belief and with a smirk, Naruto asked with a mocking tone "What is wrong? You all were prepared to kill us moments before. What changed?"

The men looked at each other in fear but a random male, wearing a police uniform, said "I don't know about you guys…But he's only one kid. We can take him!"

Another guy, also wearing a police uniform, said "Yeah but I don't want to end up like Gato…I'd rather just surrender."

The first man scoffed and said "Such a pussy. I'm not afraid of this runt! He can't kill us all!" Some of the men on the right of the first uniformed male roared in agreement while the second half seemed afraid to even hold their weapons.

The first uniformed man scoffed at the cowardice of the rest and looked at the twenty men that agreed with him and said "Now let's kill this runt, for the boss!" the twenty men roared and together with their leader, they all charged towards Naruto, who merely smirked.

Without warning, over fifty clones of Naruto appeared with a burst of fire, causing the twenty men to skid to a stop immediately.

The first uniformed man stopped as well as every single one of Naruto's clones and all of them wore a rather evil smirk on their faces.

"So…" The true Naruto said with an amused grin on his face. "Still want to try your luck?" The twenty men, along with the uniformed man dropped their weapons and held up their hands, along with the twenty other men as well.

"WE SURRENDER!"

Naruto laughed softly and said "I thought so."

Rain: And that is how this chapter ends. The battle on the bridge is over but now the recovery begins. What will happen now that Naruto has awakened? Find out on the next chapter. Until then…

Mario: See you next time!