IM SUPER SORRY HAHA I REALLY HAVE GOTTEN BUSY TAKING HUGE BUSINESS/ROAD TRIPS RECENTLY SO I HAVENT EVEN BEEN ABLE TO TYPE UP, I HAVE WRITTEN A LOT IN MY NOTEBOOK SO I DO HAVE A CHAPTER OR TWO READY SO YEAH AND I HAVE ANOTHER STORY IN THE WORKS ILL BE PUTTING THE FIRST CHAPTER OUT SOON SO LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT AS WELL PLEASE. THANK YOU AND AS ALWAYS I HOPE YOU ENJOY.

"It is time." Kiyo says walking into the cabin. They knew what he meant; there was no need for explanation. Today was a do or die situation, they would be fighting for their lives and the countries hope for freedom so there was no room for a mistake.

They nodded and went to their respective areas to get ready, Hinata throwing her jacket on and attaching her holster to her thigh while putting the sack on her back. Naruto changing his get up a little, he attack his forearm protectors (like the ones anbu uses), his mesh shirt then his sleeveless dark grey hoodies, his black sweat pants and lastly weapons holder and small tanto on his lower back. Kiyo was already ready so they headed to the main room to fetch the bridge builder and headed out to finish the bridge.

Kiyo and Tazuna walked together in the front with Hinata and Naruto walking behind them a few steps, the two students discussing different techniques and how to improve their weaknesses. They had grown closer over the passing week as they basically had to so they would survive Kiyo's training methods. While they weren't best friends because they were still on edge about the past but they were miles ahead of where they started. Naruto's control had grown more than anyone would have thought it was around a chunnins level and Hinata's reserve had grown as well. The two would be a force to be reckoned if they continued as they were. And as a side note because this was only known to Naruto and the Kyuubi but he now had a few new techniques ready for when they faces their opponents, they had worked out a system that would devastate their enemies.

They had reached the bridge with no problems or interruptions until at one point Naruto flinched due to a clone he had left at the house just in case some thugs tried something while they were gone. Well that's exactly what happened but the clone took care of them. The second he flinched Zabuza and his apprentice appear a few meters ahead of all jumped on guard.

"Give us the builder." Zabuza stated.

"Can't do that, sorry." Kiyo answered.

"You know that I'll have to kill you then, correct?" Zabuza said.

"Yep, Hinata guard the builder, Naruto you'll fight the girl." Kiyo said getting into his stance.

"No." Zabuza said getting everyone's attention. "Both of you will fight her; we will leave the builder alone until after we kill you, we have honor as well." Hinata and Naruto looked at Kiyo for confirmation to which we had no answer, he just studied Zabuza looking for any deception but before he could answer Naruto and Hinata were sent flying across the bridge by Haku. Kiyo went to defend his students but was stopped by Zabuza sword nearly cleaving him in half. "Do not question my honor you ass." Zabuza whispered as he bounced back and began the Hidden Mist technique and disappear from sight.

WITH THE DUO:

They both flipped and got into their stances back to back ready for Haku to come for them. She stood a few feet away from them and started to step backwards as ice pillars formed in a dome shaped around the two. They watched as she slid into one of the ice mirrors. Perplexed by the technique the momentarily let their guard down and paid for it as senbon needles embedded themselves in their legs. They jerked them out and jumped away as more of the needles flew at them. Naruto felt a hand on his shoulder then felt a powerful kick in his side sending him into one of the pillars not even leaving a crack in the ice but knocking the wind out of him. Hinata tried to attack then but watched as Haku disappeared into the closest ice block and a second later was punched in the back of the head and throwing across the dome skidding along the ground.

WITH KIYO:

The two fighters disappeared from sight the second their blades touched. Kiyo with his tanto and Zabuza with his cleaver. Over and over they clashed faster than anyone without a sharingan could follow. Zabuza using all of his strength to overpower the leaf jonin. Kiyo was toying with the missing nin. He didn't want to kill him but he was not going to allow him to interfere with his students fight and or get to the builder so throughout their fight Kiyo continued to match Zabuza move for move.

WITH THE DUO:

They stood in the middle of the dome back to back trying to anticipate where Haku would come from next. They also continued to get their asses handed to them. Haku would dash from mirror to mirror punching or kicking one or the other or pegging them with senbon. She was effectively wearing them down.

"Hinata, back to back and do not move, we need a minute to plan and at this rate she'll kill us before that can happen." Naruto ordered. She did as she was told and Naruto whispered as he did the appropriate hand signs, Earth wall Jutsu. Instead of the one wall that usually jumps up four rose around them as somewhat of a defense. Haku stayed in the ice watching them wondering what their up to. "Ok." They both whispered and began to enact their plan.

The walls dropped and Hinata stood there in the gentle fist ready to fend off anything. Haku watched her warily, where had the other one gone. "Where did your boyfriend go?" Haku asked attempting to stir the Hyuuga. A slight blush appeared but other than that the young girl sat there motionlessly. Haku attempted a few more times then gave up guessing that the boy had gone for help and hoped that girl could defend against her long enough for him to get their help. Well Haku would give him a surprise when he returned, a dead teammate. She dashed in for the kill from behind Hinata senbon needle posed to strike the killing blow. Then without warning she was stopped with the needle less than an inch from the Hyuuga's neck then her world went black.

REPLAY:

Hinata saw her coming thanks to the byakugan but needed to sell that she was completely oblivious to sell the plan. She hoped he would not choose this time to get back at her for his sensei's death. She almost reacted when the needle was an inch from her neck but finally Naruto had acted.

"Partial Head Hunter Jutsu." Naruto yelled as he grabbed Haku's feet and pulled her under the earth up to her knees with the rest of her body exposed. Hinata acted then finishing their plan; she spun around and began her assault on Haku's body with chakra filled strikes. This went on for a minute.

PRESENT:

As Hinata continued to strike Haku's body she noticed pieces of ice falling off then her entire body shattered into ice. Haku rested in one of the ice pillars needing to recover from the chakra she had to use to survive that onslaught. She mustered everything she could into one attempt to at least take one of them out then she would rest again until she could deal with the other. She began her plan and rained hell upon the still in shock Hinata. She switched threw every ice pillar and threw as many senbon as she could switching and doing the same throughout the entire dome. Thousands of needles rained down. Naruto saw that they were headed towards Hinata, and while he still held a grudge against her he would not allow for his teammate to die and thus he activated one of the systems he and the Kyuubi worked out. "Speed!" He yelled and moved faster than even the two jonin fighting outside were. He dashed to Hinata pulling her into a ball and covering her with his body as he took the full force of Haku's attack. Hinata looked up at Naruto and saw the life slipping from his eyes. Her eyes began to water.

"Why…?" She whispered barely able to contain herself. "Why would you do that after I killed your grampa."

Naruto coughed a little blood up on her jacket and muttered. "You didn't kill him… He chose his fate and I understand that, he could have killed your entire team in the span of a few seconds, he wanted me to get out and see the world on my own so he let me go." He coughed a little more. "I forgive you." He finished before collapsing beside her. She cried and she cried hard at the lost of a teammate, a friend and a beginning crush.

"Is the first time you've lost someone on the field?" Haku asked. "This is the ninja world, learn it and be ready because if you survive today you will see this kind of thing more than you would ever want to."

"Fuck you." Hinata said and got in to her pose. Solid, an unmoving yet graceful rock, eyes dried and she was ready to kick some ass.

"I am sorry you had to experience that but now it is your turn." Haku said as she began to dash from mirror to mirror looking for an opening to strike. When she thought she saw one she went for it only to have her attacking arm brushed aside and to become limp after five painfully precise strikes were delivered to it. She jumped back and became one with the closest ice pillar she could reach. Hinata settled back in her pose. They continued this dance for a while. Haku would strike and Hinata would dodge sometimes landing a few gentle touches leaving Haku more impaired with every strike.

WITH NARUTO:

"Naruto!" Yelled Kyu as she ran over to his motionless body. She send a surge of her chakra into her and whispered "Healing." He flinched and began to move a little. She did it again and he stirred a little more opening his eyes.

"Where am I?" He asked still quite out of it.

"You're in your mindscape you idiot." Kyu said as she punched him over the head. "do not do that again, I thought you had died."

"Sorry, I just won't let a team member die Kyu, you know that. Besides you know you can't get rid of me that easily."

"Yeah whatever, anyways, it'll be a few minutes before I can have you up and moving again so Hinata will have to keep it up until I can get you back in there." Kyu said. Naruto nodded and laid still so Kyu could work and get him out there faster.

WITH HINATA:

The battle had continued you as it were. Haku could now only use one leg and arm and couldn't feel her entire left side. Haku went for her final strike knowing it was all in this one shot or not at all, she didn't have it in her to continue any longer. She went in and emotionless Hinata steadied herself for the final strike. Before either could make their move Naruto had grabbed both of Haku's arms. Both girl completely surprised Hinata almost broke down and Haku could only look into the previously dead boys violet eyes. She didn't even hear him as he said "Hell on Earth." Haku dropped to the floor screaming in agony as she saw with her own eyes the world around her engulf in flames and try as she might she couldn't put any of the flames that had caught her out. She dropped unconscious not being able to handle the heat anymore.

"What d-did you do?" Hinata asked.

"I put her under a genjutsu making her think she and the world around her was burning." Naruto answered and then almost blacked out from the pain when he was grabbed from behind. Hinata had hugged him and was crying. Then jumped away when she realized what she was doing.

"How?" She asked. He didn't need to ask what she meant. He lied though since she did not know about the Kyuubi.

"I activated a healing jutsu so that the second I took the hit I was already recovering, it put me in a death like trance so that it could heal me faster." Naruto said.

WITH KIYO:

He saw that it was time to finish up, his students were finished so now he would. "Hey Zabuza, I'm gonna take you two back to the leaf with me ok?" He said and this obviously through Zabuza way off which is when Kiyo made his move. Activating his rinnegan he enhanced his abilities and dashed into Zabuza punching him in three places almost simultaneously, under the arm, inside the thigh and in the throat. (If you didn't know, under the arm theres a huge pile of nerves and punching them just right overloads them and knocks a person out, inside the thigh kinda has the same deal and one of the biggest veins run there as well so it has a similar effect, and the punch to the throat, well that just hurts like hell, enough to knock a person out.)

After they laid the two together they heard a roaring sound and saw the large group of thugs with boss man right in front. Well they were all either left dead, unconscious or in the water a minute later. Gato being left alive so the villagers could devise a punishment for him and get their just rewards against him.

AGAINT SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY BUT LIKE I ALSO SAID IM EXTREMLY BUSY. HOPEFULLY ILL HAVE THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY NEW STORY OUT SOON, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR A ONE SHOT LEMME KNOW THEM AND ILL GET THEM UP ASAP. ANYWAYS AS ALWAYS HOPED YOU ENJOY AND WILL CONTINUE ENJOY WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER.