Hello again, I bet you weren't expecting me to put up a second chapter today. I just got this chapter idea stuck in my head and so I started writing. Like with Ami's chapter this is about what happened with someone while Naruto was off on a mission and in this chapter that would be Zabuza and Kagura. It's a bit short I'll admit but I wasn't thinking to much about length when I was writing it. I hope you all enjoy!

(Marshalanime does not own Naruto)

It had been some time since Zabuza and Haku came to Konoha and between the two of them Haku was adjusting far better than Zabuza was. The girl had started walking around the village the day after they arrived, speaking with the people and getting use to the village layout. Zabuza on the other hand, Zabuza spend his days sitting around the small two bedroom apartment they were put into while the village sorted out what would happen to them.

Sitting in a wooden chair, staring at the white wall in front of him the man replayed his first meeting with the Third Hokage in his head.

Walking into the round office behind Kakashi and the blond kid the man watched uninterested as the blond moved ahead of everyone else to great Hiruzen like he'd known the old man his whole life. Without a doubt the Hokage had been informed of their arrival before they'd even walked past the main gate, not only from messages Kakashi most like sent from Wave but by the shinobi on look out. He and Haku had both noticed them, since entering the village they had at least four sets of eyes on them at all times.

Stretching out his senses he could detect five shinobi watching his every move and he was certain that many more were hidden in ways that he couldn't detect their presences. 'They want us to know we're being watched. Hm, if we tried anything now we'd be dead before we made it out of the building' Zabuza thought to himself. He and Haku could take down many of them but they'd quickly be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

As Naruto finished talking to the Third Hiruzen's gaze moved to Zabuza and the moment their eyes met a chill ran down the ex-Kiri shinobi's spine. His eyes betrayed the gentle grandfatherly expression he'd given Naruto. The look he was giving Zabuza, it was the look of a man befitting the title of Kage. They were the eyes of a man who could kill him should he make the wrong move. Zabuza will never forget those piercing eyes.

Nothing of real importance ad been said during that first meeting. The Third Hokage had greeted the two of them, told them that he was surprised by the prospect of having them join the village, and then sent them to this apartment to wait while the real meeting was organized. Even after their next meeting where he's mind had been pried open and picked clean Zabuza had yet to hear an answer.

'I never should have listened to that brat' Zabuza thought as an image of Naruto popped into his head. He got too emotional and bought into a promise that was to good to believe. The village was probably just holding him here while they argued with Kiri over how expensive his corpse was.

Taking a break from his paranoid thought the man tilted his head ever so slightly to the side as he asked, "And just who are you?". Behind the man, sitting on a now open windowsill with her back to the street below was a woman with white hair.

The woman sitting there wore a revealing red outfit consisting of an open vest that cut off just below her large, bandage wrapped breasts, elbow length finger-less gloves with armored plates on the back of her hands, a short shirt over more bandages with the inside being white and the back of the garment being much longer than the front, and finally armored high heels with an armored strap on her left leg that held her ANBU standard short katana. Her wild, white hair was pulled back with a multi-coloured rope with bells attached to it, leaving two bangs to frame her face and ice blue eyes. Above and below her left eye were light pink flower petal tattoos. More of those tattoos were on the left side of her midriff as well as scattered along her left leg.

"You can call me, Kagura" Kagura told the man as a light breeze blew in through the window she was sitting in.

"I'm not interested in pleasant little chats" Zabuza told her. He must be quite the spectacle for one of Konoha's elite to come and pay him a visit.

"That should be fine. I only came by to ask a question" Kagura tells him. When Zabuza made no reply she asked her question "What made you come to Konoha?". "It was Naruto, wasn't it?" Kagura said when her didn't answer her. When Kagura asked her question Zabuza's body tensed up for but a second, but it was enough for her.

"He has a way of doing that and the funny thing is..." Kagura told him as she turned her gaze away from the back of Zabuza's head to the bright blue sky behind her, "I don't think he's even aware of the effect he has on people".

"And I care, because...?" Zabuza asked after a moment.

Hearing him a smirk spread across Kagura's face as she leaned back, keeping herself on the windowsill by holding onto it. "You an I are a lot alike. I wanted to be Hokage, to be the strongest, and like you I didn't care who I had to step on to reach that goal" she told the man. "If it wasn't for him, I probably would've turned against my village like you did as well" Kagura said as she closed her eyes and thought back to the past.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! How can she just refuse me like that? Every single time she waves me away like I'm nothing!" Kagura shouted as she repeatedly punched the tree before her, putting a larger and larger dent into the trunk with each punch. Once again she had approached Tsunade and requested to be her apprentice and like every time before she was turned down without any thought.

Hitting the tree on final time her hand began to tremble with rage as she kept it pressed against the wood. Reaching up with her other hand she removed her ANBU mask and turning so it could stare back at her. 'She's just afraid of my power. They're all afraid of my power! She refuses to train me because they don't want me to get stronger!' the teen thought to herself as her grip tightened on the cat-like mask.

Tossing her mask to the side her attention then turned to the grey ANBU armor she wore. In her anger Kagura began to tear the amror off, starting with her arms and moving to the vest and other segments, tossing them where ever they may land. Soon she was left only in her skin tight black clothes as she fell down to her hands and knees.

'I'll show them, I'll show them all how wrong they were to oppose me!' Kagura mentally raged as her hands clenched her hands into fists around the blades of grass under her palms.

As she wallowed in her emotions she failed to notice a young Naruto walk up to her. It wasn't until the boy's feet came into view that Kagura knew he was there. Jerking her head up she glared at the kid, having nearly knocked him away in the heat of the moment. When she saw his face she instantly knew who he was. Who didn't know who this kid was.

'Damn brat, he's lucky I don't use him for target practice' the woman thought, annoyed that he got this close without her noticing. Damn, she was letting all of this get to her.

After a moment the blond opened his mouth to say something and Kagura waited for what ever stupid shit he was about to tell her. What she hadn't expected was was for him to ask why she was crying. The moment his question left his mouth Kagura's harsh expression softened. Bring her hand up she dabbed a little moisture from her cheek before staring at her hand. When did she start crying?

As she stared at her hand for what felt like eternity Naruto held out a worn handkerchief for her to wipe her tears away, pulling her out of her thoughts in the process. Snatching the square cloth from his hand Kagura sat up and started to wipe her face. "I don't need your help!" the teen told him as she moved from one side of her face to the other with the handkerchief. Even though her tone was harsh it didn't stop Naruto from smiling at her.

After that she got roped into spending the rest of the day helping the blond with his kunai training. She didn't know what it was at the time but something about him just made her smile when ever he was around and soon she found herself following him around and helping him out from the shadows. Even if he hardly ever knew she was watching over him she was content just knowing he was safe.

"If I hadn't vented my anger in the woods that day I probably never would've have met him" Kagura said, smiling as she thought about it. After a moment her smile faded as she sat back up straight. "If I hadn't met him, I doubt I'd still be a Konoha shinobi" the woman admitted.

Looking back over at Zabuza, Kagura told him "If Naruto is willing to put his faith in you then so will I".

For the first time Zabuza turned his head to look at the woman, only for the windowsill to be vacant. "Hm, this village is full of annoying people" Zabuza remarked, the bandage covering the bottom half of his face hiding the smirk he had.

Jumping from roof to roof Kagura had a wide smile on her face. 'You better come back in one piece Naruto. I'll lose my reason to become strong if anything happened to you' the woman thought as she sped along as quickly as she could. Tsunade would kill her if she was late for training.