SHADOMUM

I don't own Naruto or Bleach. Also this is not a crossover. No Bleach characters or Bleach character's Zan-pak-tos are included in this fanfiction.

Chapter one: The future has been rewritten

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Summary: Naruto gains a Zan-pak-to during his mission to the Land of Waves and it changes his, his friends', and his village's -log: On the way to take Tazuna the bridge builder back to his home Naruto and his team are attacked by first the demon brothers, who Sasuke defeats, and then later on by Zabuza. Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and took Zabuza on. During the battle Zabuza captured Kakashi in a prison of water and, since he needed to be in direct contact with the prison to keep Kakashi inside, made a water clone to attack the rest of team 7 and Tazuna. The clone began to beat the shit out of the genin and now stands on Naruto's head-band and laughs...

Naruto, while lying on the ground after attacking the clone, shook in fear as the clone began to laugh. Sasuke rushed it only to be kicked away. 'I need to get out of here now! If I don't run away he'll kill me!' Naruto thought as he turned to crawl away. He winced in pain as he put pressure on his bandaged hand. Naruto froze as he stared at the hand he stabbed to drain the demon brothers' poison, 'What am I doing? Didn't I just swear on the pain of this hand a little while ago?' Naruto stood and pointed at the still laughing clone, "Hey you bastard! You can hit me all you like cause I'll keep attacking till I die! Believe it!"

The clone smiled, "You'll fight me till you die? Well then die" The clone through a kunai at Naruto who couldn't dodge in time. Naruto felt a burning pain and looked down. The kunai had lodged itself through his chest and into his heart. Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna stared in shock as Naruto collapsed onto the ground and began to choke on the blood pouring out of his mouth. Sakura and Tazuna ran to Naruto's side.

She removed the kunai and put pressure on the wound as blood continued to pour out of him, "Naruto hang in there! You can't die yet! Look at me Naruto! Come on stay with us!" Naruto stared at her and lifted his hand to touch his face. Sakura grabbed his hand and held it tight. Naruto's hand suddenly became slack and light in his eyes faded as his heart ceased to beat. Sakura began to scream and shake his lifeless body, "No! Come back you idiot! Don't leave me! Come back to me, NARUTO!"

Tazuna grabbed Sakura and pulled her away from Naruto's bed, "Sakura he's dead! There's nothing you can do! He's gone!" Sasuke froze at Tazuna's words. He began to remember how the last thing he said to Naruto was that the blonde was a scaredy-cat. Sasuke began to hate himself as he stared at Naruto. He turned to the smirking clone and felt his eyes begin to burn. Sasuke closed his eyes tight and when he opened them they were no longer black, they were red. The need to avenge his fallen comrade and caused him to activate his bloodline, the Sharingan. With his rage growing and his eyes blazing Sasuke pulled out a kunai. He ran at the clone with the intent to kill.

Naruto

Naruto opened his eyes and sat up. He looked up and began to scream. Above him was mostly a limitless darkness with little lights and a large blue orb. He studied it and realized the lights were stars. He glanced at the ground around him. It was white with craters, sand, and rocks. No sign of life was seen; no animals, plants or people. "Where am I?" Naruto wondered out loud as he stood.

To his surprise a voice answered him, "This is your world and my home, but i believe you would call it the moon." Naruto turned around to see a large silver wolf. Naruto scream and fell on his ass. The wolf chuckled as Naruto stood again and dusted himself off.

"So this is the moon? How did I get here?" Naruto asked, never taking his eyes of the wolf. The wolf nodded and walked over to Naruto.

It laid down at his feet, "What was the last thing you remember before you came here?"

Naruto scratched the wolf's eyes as he thought, "The last thing i remember was Sakura telling me to not to die...AH FUCK! I died right?"

"Yes, that blue thing above you is Earth." Naruto looked up and frowned. He bent his knees and leaped straight up with his hand stretched out towards the Earth. He landed and tried over and over again as the wolf watched, "What are you doing?"

"My friends need me so I need to get back to Earth."

The wolf sighed, "I can help you." Naruto landed again and turned to him.

"How?" Naruto asked.

"I can return you to life but at a price." The wolf said with a sad look, "I will give you a weapon that will allow you to return and also increase your power. It is called a Zan-pak-to." It walked past Naruto and when Naruto turned to follow he saw a sword floating in front of him, "This is a Zan-pak-to. To fully gain and understand its power you will need to work hard."

"What's the price?" Naruto asked. The sword was beautiful in Naruto's eyes. It was a samurai's sword but had a white handle, a black hilt, and a black crescent moon symbol on the handle.

"If you take this sword your new power will change the future and it may make you powerful enemies. Those that carry Zan-pak-tos almost always end up fighting enemies that a normal person could never even touch. You may endanger your friends' lives by saving them. So what will you do?" The wolf watched Naruto closely. Naruto glanced from the sword to Earth and back.

He reached out and grabbed the sword's handle, "I will protect my friends. If my choice puts them in danger then I'll just fight to protect them again and again no matter what comes at me. I swear it upon this sword!"

"Shadomum."

"What?"

"The sword's name is Shadomum which means shadow moon." The wolf began to glow so bright that soon Naruto was beginning to be blinded, "I'm sending you back now. If you find yourself in danger say 'shine in the everlasting darkness, Shadomum' while holding the sword and it will activate it's power. Good luck Naruto!"

"How do you know my name? And who are you?" Naruto asked as the wolf's glow blinded him completely. The last thing he saw was the wolf's smile.

Earth

Sakura, Tazuna, and Kakashi watched as Sasuke took on Zabuza's clone. Sasuke was barely able to hold off the clone, being new to the Sharingan. The clone's fist came out of nowhere and connected with Sasuke's face. While this was going on no one was watching Naruto's body. They didn't notice the wound closing or the fingers twitching. They certainly didn't see his eyes close or his body take a breath. They were watching as the clone was about to bring his sword down onto a defenseless Sasuke. Suddenly a familiar voice rang out, "Stop!" Everyone stared at Naruto in shock. He was standing before them soaked in his own blood, grinning while holding a sword. "Fight me instead you bastard." Naruto said as he pointed his sword at the clone.

The clone rushed at him, "Fine! I'll make sure you stay dead!"

Naruto took a deep breath and whispered, "Shine in the everlasting darkness, Shadomum." Suddenly silver cloth wrappings (like the kind Lee wears on his arms) sprouted from the blades handle and wrapped Naruto's right arm all the way to the shoulder, binding him to the sword. Just as the clone reached him Naruto blocked the giant sword and leaped back, 'What the hell? I didn't even see his attack coming yet I blocked it and leaped out of his reach all without thinking. How?' the clone shoved it's blade towards Naruto and tried to run him through. Naruto instead leaped up and onto the clone's blade. "I get it now!" Naruto said as he leaped off the blade, "The sword directs my body so I have a swordsman's skill without any training." The clone swung horizontally only for Naruto to duck under the sword and shove his own blade into the clone's chest. The clone became a puddle of water.

"Not bad kid. When I'm done killing Kakashi I'll fight you myself. That clone had only 25% of my skill." Zabuza said.

"Fire style: Grand fire ball jutsu!" Sasuke shouted from above Zabuza. Zabuza leaped away from the fire ball. Since he didn't have physical contact with the water prison anymore it popped open releasing Kakashi. Kakashi then began to refight Zabuza. He had Zabuza thinking the Sharingan gave Kakashi the ability to see into the future. Before Kakashi could finish Zabuza a hunter nin appeared and stuck senbon needles into Zabuza's neck killing him. The hunter ninja grabbed Zabuza, thanked them, and vanished. Kakashi then collapsed from chakra exhaustion.

"Sorry everyone, I over did it a bit. I won't be able to move very much for a while." Kakashi said as he sat against a tree. He gave his team his eye smile, "Glad to see you're that you're still alive Naruto, but we will need to have a talk about why that is and where you got that sword. Sasuke, nice move with that fire ball. Very clever. You both have showed me I might have wrong when I thought you would just be a bunch of weaklings." Kakashi sighed.

Tazuna glanced from Kakashi to the genin and nodded, "He can stay at my house while he heals. You guys can stay too. My daughter and grandson are the only other people in the house besides myself." Naruto put his sword in a sheath that appeared on his back. He then helped Kakashi up and supported most of his weight by letting Kakashi lean on him greatly.

"Sasuke and I can take turns helping Kakashi till we reach your place." Naruto said as he got ready to start walking.

Sasuke stopped Naruto, "I don't think so Naruto. You just cheated death and need to rest. I'll take Kakashi first." Sasuke took Kakashi from Naruto and began to follow Tazuna.

Naruto shook his head in wonder, 'Why the hell is he being nice to me?' Someone tapped him on the shoulder. Naruto turned to find himself suddenly being embraced by Sakura.

"Thanks for not leaving me Naruto." Sakura whispered. She released him and took off after Sasuke, Tazuna, and Kakashi leaving a stunned Naruto to follow.

Several days later

Naruto panted as he stared at the tree in front of him. After getting Kakashi to Tazuna's house and meeting his daughter, Tsume, and grandson, Inari, Naruto explained to Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura how after he died a wolf gave him a sword and sent him back to his body which didn't have a single mark on it. Kakashi then studied the sword and told Naruto that he could keep it. Kakashi then had the genin do the tree walking exercise to increase their chakra control. Sakura was able to do it instantly but Sasuke and Naruto couldn't walk even two feet up the tree before falling. Kakashi told them that he believed the hunter ninja was a fake and worked for Zabuza. He said that they needed to get stronger for Zabuza's return. Naruto and Sasuke did the tree exercise every day from dawn till they went to bed, only stopping to eat or use the bathroom. The two had been working for the past seven hours. Sasuke landed next to Naruto. Sasuke had almost reached the top while Naruto couldn't even get half way.

"I'm calling it quits today Naruto. What about you?" Sasuke asked him.

Naruto shook his head, "I'm going to stay for a while." Sasuke shrugged and left. Naruto sat down and crossed his legs, 'How do I go about doing this? Wait a second what was that?' Naruto looked around but didn't see anyone, 'I could have sworn i heard my name being called.'

'Naruto.' a voice called out to him from directly behind him. Naruto turned around but again no one was there.

"Hello?" Naruto asked as he looked around.

'Ah so you can finally hear me huh? Good, took you long enough.' Naruto frowned and stood up.

Naruto became frustrated, "Where are you!"

'I'm on your back Blondie. You used me to defeat the clone of that wannabe demon with the giant butcher knife he calls a sword' the voice said in a bored tone.

Naruto reached back and touched the handle of his sword, "Shadomum? Is that you?"

The voice chuckled, 'Yes you moron. You just proved to me that blondes really are stupid.'

"That's it I'm going to toss you off Tazuna's bridge you jerk!" Naruto shouted.

'If you do then I wouldn't be able to teach you to use my power to its fullest. Also only you can hear me so if you keep talking and shouting out loud then people are going to think you're insane. Talk in your head and I'll hear you, that way we can talk without people noticing.'

'Cool, so will your teaching help me reached the top of the tree?'

'Are you serious? That's baby crap compared to what I'll teach you. But just because you asked I'll help you with your tree climbing.'

'Awesome! Let's get started!'

Noon the next day

"Do you think he's ok?" Sakura asked Sasuke. When Naruto didn't come home that night or the next morning Sakura got worried so her and Sasuke decided to go looking for him.

Sasuke sighed, "The idiot probable trained himself till he collapsed and is most likely sleeping somewhere." The two reached the tree that Naruto had been training at. The tree had a vertical cut that reached from the bottom of the tree and ended near the very top. There was no sign of Naruto anywhere. "Let's split up Sakura. We'll meet up at Tazuna's in two hours. See you later." Sasuke ran off in one direction while Sakura went another way. Sakura walked for about twenty minutes before she heard the sound of steel hitting steel. She ran towards the sound till she reached a clearing. There stood Naruto with his sword drawn facing nine cloaked and hooded figures also with drawn swords. Before Sakura could react three of those hooded figure attacked Naruto at the same time. Naruto dodged and blocked every swing from the three swords. To those who didn't know him he would seem to have decent sword skills. The three couldn't touch him even when more than one swung at the same time. Naruto didn't even have his sword's power active. Sakura, coming to her senses, through several kunai at the three figures. To her surprise when the kunai connected the three disappeared in puffs of smoke. Naruto and the other six figures turned to her.

"Hey Sakura, what's up?" Naruto said with a smile. He turned to the figures, "That's it for now you guys. Go ahead and cancel yourselves."

"Sure boss." The clones said as the deactivated their transformation and looked like Naruto again. They then disappeared in several puffs of smoke. Naruto took a step towards Sakura and collapsed onto the ground.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled as she ran to him. He looked up at her as she sat next to him and he smiled.

He closed his eyes, "Sorry Sakura, I'm really tired right now. I've been training nonstop since Sasuke left me yesterday. I figured that if I sword fight my clones then I'll learn to fight with my sword better. I started with about one hundred and fifty clones and was down to those nine when you showed up. The nonstop combat kept my mind of how tired I was but now I doubt I can even get up. Can I sleep for a little while, Sakura?"

"Only for an hour, then we have to get back to Tazuna's."

"Thanks Sakura." He muttered as he fell asleep. Sakura sighed as she realized she'd have to watch him as he slept and that she was going to be bored out of her mind for the next hour. She looked around trying to think of something to do.

She glanced at Naruto's face and frowned, 'I've always wondered about those scars on his face. They look like whiskers.' Sakura looked around to see if anyone was there. Seeing no one she smiled, 'I guess I could get away with touching them just this once.' She gently placed her hand on the whisker scars she gentle began to rub them. She liked the way they felt like real whiskers and began to wonder how Naruto got them. She stopped rubbing them when she heard a rumbling noise. The noise went away and she continued her rubbing only for the noise to return. Sakura began to laugh when she realized the rumbling came from Naruto, 'It's like he's purring.' She laid down next to Naruto and continued to rub his whisker scars. The rumbling sound began to make Sakura drowsy and soon her hand stopped as she fell asleep.

Late into the night

Sakura was slowly waking up and was resisting it with all she had. She was cuddling a great source of warm and didn't want to leave it. She grabbed the warm thing and pressed closer against it. She froze when she realized that her source of warmth was breathing. She opened her eyes to see that the warm was coming from Naruto. She sat up quickly and found herself to be surprised with how she felt about finding herself cuddling Naruto, 'Normally I'd get angry, blame Naruto, and punch him. Instead I wish I could just lay back down with him but it's so dark out that we really need to get back.' Sakura shook Naruto, "Wake up Naruto."

Naruto woke up instantly and looked around, "What happened to waking me up in an hour?"

Sakura blushed, "I fell asleep."

Naruto stood up and popped his back, "AH! My back is killing me. I fell asleep on top of Shadomum. Suddenly a chuckle caught their attention. The two turned to see Sasuke standing against a tree.

"Have a nice nap you two?" He asked Naruto and Sakura. Both nodded, "Good. I've been watching you too sleep for a couple of hours now."

Naruto gave him a weird look, "That's just creepy Sasuke."

"Whatever. Naruto start heading towards Tazuna's, I need to talk to Sakura." Naruto shrugged and started walking towards Tazuna's house. Sakura turned to Sasuke with a questioning glance, "I need to ask you something Sakura, are you and Naruto together?"

Sakura was taken back, "No! What would make you ask that?" Sasuke reached into his pocket and pulled out a photo. He gave it to her and by the moon light she was able to see it. It was a picture of Naruto and her sleeping together on the ground. She had half of her body on his and was using his chest as a pillow while he had his other arm wrapped around her. He had a grin on his sleeping face and she had a small smile on hers. Sakura was stunned.

"To bad you two aren't together, you'd make a cute couple." Sasuke said as he walked towards Naruto who was waiting for them out of hearing distance. Sakura put the picture in her pocket and ran after her teammates with a lot on her mind.

Tazuna's house, later that night

Team seven and Tazuna's family were eating dinner when Naruto noticed Inari staring at him, "What's with the staring, kid?"

"What's the point of training? Gato will kill you all and there's nothing you can do." Inari told Naruto.

"We train to do what needs to be done. That's what a ninja does kid. This Gato won't stop us."

Inari stood up with tears in his eyes, "You don't understand! My father died trying to protect everyone! You don't know the pain of having a parent die! You're just a pampered ninja! You don't know what it means to suffer!" Naruto stood and glanced at Inari

His eyes were cold and full of pain, "I can't say I know the pain of losing one's parents cause mine died the day I was born so I never really knew them, but I've never had a pampered life. I was put in an orphanage till I was four. The people in charge of the orphanage kicked me out and I was force to live on the streets for two years. I ate out of trash cans and I slept in a box. Every day I had to fight for my life. The Hokage found me and gave me an apartment to live in. In the academy I was an outcast because everyone's parents told their kids to avoid me. All but one teacher sabotaged my education so I'm not as smart as most kids. I've had over 485 attempts on my life by the people in my own village. I have no friends and probable never will have any. Understand this Inari, I'd give anything to have a life like yours cause at the very least I'd have a family and friends. Inari I took the pain of all I've been through and didn't let it break me. So stop complaining, quit crying, and grow up." Naruto walked to the door and opened it. "I'm not hungry any more so I'm going to check the bridge." He told the stunned room as he walked out. No one moved or spoke for several minutes after he left.

Suddenly Sakura stood and walked towards the open door, "I'm going to go after him."

"He wants to be alone." Kakashi said

Without stopping she glanced over her shoulder to look at him, "He's been alone for 12 years. That's long enough." Sakura closed the door behind her and ran towards the bridge. She reached the bridge after a few minutes to find Naruto sitting on the unfinished edge of the bridge, his feet dangling above the water and his head down. She sat next to him and tried to think of something to say. She looked up and smiled, "The full moon sure is lovely tonight, right Naruto?"

Naruto looked up and stared at the moon, "When I felt alone I'd look up at the moon and ask it if it would help me. It never answered me back." He glanced at Sakura who was shivering slightly due to the cold night's breeze. Naruto removed his jacket and put it on her, "Its cold out and I wouldn't want you to get sick". She thanked him and leaned against him with her head on his shoulder. The two watched the moon for awhile in silence.

Sakura was the first to speak, "You're wrong about one thing Naruto, you do have a friend." Naruto grinned at her.

"Make it two, dope." Sasuke said as he sat next to Sakura. The three sat there, watching the moon, long into the night.

The next day

Sakura watched as Naruto and Sasuke argued over who had gotten to the top of the tree first. Kakashi had awoken that morning fully recovered and had the boys do the tree walk again. Both made it on their first try so Kakashi decided that all four of them would watch Tazuna at the bridge today. Kakashi was reading his book when Tazuna walked up to him, "Several of my workers just quit so could you have one of the kids tell my daughter to ask around and see if anyone will help out?"

"Sure. Naruto go ask Tsume if she can find more people to help out with the bridge." Kakashi ordered Naruto. Naruto nodded and took off running. Sakura suddenly pulled Sasuke out of anyone's hearing.

"What's up Sakura?" Sasuke asked after she let him go.

"Sasuke, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, as long as it's not to ask me out."

"Do you like me?" Sakura asked him quietly.

"As a friend? Yes. As a girlfriend? No. Sorry Sakura"

"It's ok. You just helped me decide something, thanks." Before Sasuke could ask about it a dense mist began to cover the bridge. Workers took off running and Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura surrounded Tazuna.

"Hello, again, Kakashi." Multiple voices said at once. The four found themselves surrounded by several Zabuza's. Before anyone could react, Sasuke through several kunai and turned the clones into water. The real Zabuza appeared along with the hunter ninja, "Not bad. Haku you take the little guy and I'll handle Kakashi." Sasuke shot a fire ball at Haku who leaped back a long distance away. Sasuke rushed him and found himself surrounded by Haku's Crystal ice mirrors. Kakashi ran to help Sasuke only for Zabuza to slice him across his chest. The wound was deep and bleeding profusely. Zabuza engaged the injured Kakashi in a nonstop battle. After a few minutes Zabuza managed to cut the back of one of Kakashi's legs and caused the white haired ninja to fall on to one knee. Instead of attacking Kakashi, Zabuza rushed towards Tazuna and Sakura. Sakura pulled out a kunai and stepped in front of Tazuna. "Fine then girl! I'll cut both of you in half with one swing!" Zabuza cried as he swung his giant sword vertically. Suddenly Zabuza's sword was stopped, just short of Sakura's face, by a second much smaller sword.

Naruto pushed Zabuza back, "Trying to hurt her was a very bad mistake."

"Well if you don't want me to try again then you better pull out all the stops." Zabuza said with a smile. Naruto nodded and closed his eyes. "Kid just as a fair warning, your sword may give you skills but from what I saw it was novice level. That won't cut it against me."

Naruto took a deep breath and as he did a weird blue aura surrounded his body, "Kakashi I'll take it from here. Also let me tell you something no brow. My sword doesn't just give me sword skills, it increases any sword skills I have by ten times. I've been training without using my swords power and I'm better than before so now with my swords power I'll have even more skill." Naruto's eyes flashed open and the blue aura became fierce and wild. Zabuza's smile grew and he released chakra from his body that looked like a demon's head. "Shine in the everlasting darkness, Shadomum." The swords bandages wrapped around his arm like before. The two smiling swordsmen nodded and as one rushed each other. Kakashi had seen, and fought, many swordsmen in his shinobi career so he was able to easly keep up with the sword swings but Sakura was completely blown away.

'How can they block and dodge such fast swings? All I can see are flashes and I'm farther away. Being that close up I'd expect the flashes are harder to see coming.' Sakura thought as she watched them.

"He's gotten strong fast hasn't he?" Sasuke said as he walked up to them. Sasuke had several senbon needles sticking out of him. Haku was next to him and had his arms bound behind his back with some rope. Kakashi gave him a questioning look, "I beat him thanks to my Sharingan. I asked him to give up and he tried to stab himself so i tied him up." Sudden cries of pain caused everyone to turned towards the two fighting ninja. The two had separated and were each supporting a large wound. Zabuza had slashed Naruto from his left shoulder to his right hip. Naruto in return had shoved his sword through Zabuza's right shoulder and out his back.

Zabuza smiled, "It's been a while since I've faced another swordsman and was injured while going all out. The two looked ready to start trading blows again when laughter was heard coming from the unfinished end of the bridge. There stood Gato and a mini army of about 100 armed thugs.

"Seems they made a mess out of you didn't they Zabuza the demon of the hidden mist?" Gato said, "Also I've decided to cancel our contract with you. I thought I was getting a demon not a weak swordsman who gets injured in a fight with little kids. So I've decided that I'll just kill all of you and save myself the bill by letting my friends here grab a couple of women to pass around." The thugs began to cheer.

Naruto stepped towards Gato in a threatening manner, "Is that why you sent those swordsmen to grab Tsume?"

"Yes and to use as a hostage. How did you know about that?"

"On my way to talk to her I found several trees and a boar that had been diced up by some swordsman going in the direction of Tazuna's house. When I got there two swordsmen were dragging Tsume outside by her hair. Inari came running at them with a frying pan. One of them drew his sword and went to kill him so I killed the swordsman first. Then I killed the other as well. It was the first time I've ever killed someone but it was well worth it." Naruto rushed towards Gato, "I'll kill you for your crimes!" Gato turned and ran into his mini army as they got ready for Naruto.

Before Naruto could reach a voice above him shouted to him, "Move back Naruto! Fire style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Naruto leaped back as multiple large fire balls slammed into the army of thugs, lighting several dozen on fire. Sasuke landed next to Naruto as Zabuza and an untied Haku caught up to them. "What are you two doing? We're enemies."

"Not any more. Gato fired us so we don't need to kill the bridge builder or any of you. Besides I'm really tired of this scumbag. Since I injured your teacher I've decided to help. But I get to kill Gato." Naruto and Sasuke nodded and together the four shinobi flew into the army of thugs. They cut through the thugs with swords, kunai and senbon needles. Zabuza soon found an opening and attacked Gato. Zabuza swung his sword using his left arm (His right arm was unable to support its weight thanks to the wound Naruto inflicted). The swing should have removed Gato's head but bounced of the cane Gato carried when the small man brought it up on reflex. As Zabuza swung again a large man with an axe took a swing at his exposed back. At the last second Zabuza was pushed out of the way and his savior had he stomach sliced open. The man raised his axe to finish Haku, who was holding his gut as his entrails began to fall out, off. The man stopped as Naruto burst out of his forehead. Naruto pulled his sword out and, along with Sasuke, covered Zabuza as he picked Haku up. Zabuza glanced over his shoulder at Gato. Zabuza had been going for a clean decapitation but instead because Haku pushed him he had the top of Gato's head just above the mouth.

Naruto turned to Zabuza, "Zabuza, how do we get out of here? With Haku injured and you carrying him we won't be able to rush through these idiots like be for."

"You two could make it through if you leave me and Haku behind. Go on ahead no one will think less of you because of it."

Naruto glanced at Sasuke and the two reached an unspoken agreement, "Sorry Zabuza, but if we leave you two behind then WE will think less of ourselves. Kakashi taught us that those who abandon their friends are lower than scum and we've taken that to heart." Suddenly shouts of shock and fear could be heard from the back of the army of thugs. Behind the thugs stood an army of villages four times bigger than the thug army. In front of the villagers stood little Inari with a crossbow.

He loaded the bow and took aim, "Leave our village now or die!" the thugs turned and ran past the four shinobi. The thugs began to leap off the unfinished end of the bridge and swim for dear life. The villagers cheered until a sob was heard. Everyone looked to see Zabuza on his knees holding Haku's lifeless body against his chest. His sobs filled everyone with sorrow. Naruto looked away from the sight.

"Naruto don't look away." Kakashi told him, "You are watching the death of a shinobi that died saving the life of someone he loved. Look on knowing that he wouldn't have wanted you to feel sorry for his death but to take it as a reminder that no shinobi is truly immortal." Suddenly a bizarre sight began to take place, it started to snow.

Three days later

With Gato killed the bridge was finished quickly and all the villagers came to watch the five shinobi use the bridge for the first time. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Zabuza waved over their shoulders towards the villagers as they began their long walk. Zabuza, tired of being hunted, had decided to join team seven on their journey back to Konoha and see if he could stay there for a while to train Naruto in the art of swordplay.

As soon as the five were out of earshot Inari turned to his grandfather, "What are we going to name the bridge?"

The old man smiled, "We need a name that represents strength and the will to never give up. I think I know just the name... how about: The Great Naruto Bridge?" the villagers quickly agreed.

Several minutes later

Naruto was zoning out a little while thinking about all the things he needed learn from his sword upon his return home. Zabuza and Kakashi were up ahead trading stories of past adventures while Sakura was talking to Sasuke out of listening distance.

Naruto was thinking of a way to better train with his clones when strangely Sakura's voice cut through his zoning out, "Hey want to hang out when we get back?" Naruto was thinking it was completely pointless of her top keep asking Sasuke to hang out with her when a hand gently tugged on his arm, "Did you hear me? I wanted to know if you want to hang out when we get home."

Naruto was dumbstruck and his mouth replied before his brain could stop it, "Like a date?"

"Sure." Sakura said as she kept walking not even noticing Naruto had stopped moving in shock, "But it has to be semiformal, which means no ramen or orange clothing." Sasuke patted Naruto's shoulder...

End of Chapter One: The future has been rewritten

Translations

(All translations are done on google translate and are from English to Japanese)

1) Shadomum: Shadow moon

Ending note

The Rose Demon: I got writer'ss block on my other story: Naruto and the Clash of the Clans. I have a little bit typed up but it would be a rather short chapter.

Zabuza: What about this story?

TRD: I have about 55% of this story written up in two notebooks and I just need to type them up and decided where the end of the chapters should go and how to end it cause this story will be rather long. If i keep making the chapters over 5000 word like i'm trying to then I'd say I have at least 10 to 15 more chapter waiting in my notebooks.

Naruto: Whats going to happen to me in this rewritten future you've made?

TRD: Good things. I won't make your life easy or perfect but i will make it better in my opinion.

Sasuke: Who's your favorite character?

TRD: Shikamaru. He's lazy and smart. My friends and siblings watched and read Naruto and say Shika and me are alike. Except instead of cloud watching I meditate.

Sakura: who's your favorite female Character?

TRD: I reserve the right as the writer to keep that answer to myself on the grounds that a pink haired girl might hurt someone. Now will someone please close this chapter out?

Shadomum: Please review and check in again soon to see chapter two.

Naruto: Who lets a sword close out a chapter?