Author's Note: It had to be done. I'd explain the back story but like the Elder Scrolls I think I'll let you find out as you go. And I'm lazy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the rights to Skyrim. Though I do own a copy of Skyrim :D.

-FUS ROH DAHttebayo!-

Kakashi heard a loud roar as he charged the lightning chakra to his hand.

'Was that Naruto? I better hurry up here!'

Kakashi turned to his opponent, who was currently trapped by Kakashi's ninja dogs.

"Your ambition sacrifices many people; that's not what a shinobi should do."

Zabuza glared at him.

"I don't give a damn…I fight for my own ideals…and that shall continue!"

Kakashi glared back.

"I'll ask once more. Surrender…your future is…"

Suddenly, Zabuza's eyes widened and he cried out, interrupting Kakashi.

"WHAT IN BLAZES IS THAT?"

Kakashi's eyes narrowed.

"You expect me to fall for…?"

Kakashi heard a massive crash behind him, which sent out a blast of air that knocked him forward. Kakashi released his jutsu as he fell, then stood up and looked behind him. Kakashi's eyes widened as he was stunned speechless. Sakura's sudden cry said it all.

"DRAGON!"

Standing on the bridge behind Kakashi, was a massive, brown dragon. As Kakashi tried to stand up, the dragon roared at him. Kakashi was thrown back by the force of the roar.

'What power! There's no way a simple shout could contain such force!'

Kakashi landed back by Zabuza, who was now free as the blast from the roar had dispelled Kakashi's dogs. The two jōnin stood up, only to see the dragon open its mouth. Suddenly they noticed it; the dragon's roars were not the feral growls of a creature. The sounds from its mouth were far too complex.

"Yol…Toor Shul!"

Kakashi and Zabuza had only a moment before they were engulfed in flames.

Sakura stood by, paralyzed with fear. She couldn't help even during the ninja fights, what could she do to stop a dragon from incinerating Kakashi?

"Kakashi-sensei!"

Sakura closed her eyes, tears forming. She gasped as she felt Tazuna place a hand on her shoulder.

"Look girl, it's not over yet."

Sakura opened her eyes. There, mostly unharmed, stood Kakashi and Zabuza. In front of them was a wall of ice, Haku with her hands on the ice while flames burned the ground to the sides of the wall.

"Zabuza-sama! Are you all right?"

Zabuza shook his head, trying to make sense of what was happening. Kakashi answered instead.

"We're fine, for now. However…"

Kakashi glanced at Zabuza, and at the bruises on Haku. The fire blast cleared up the fog and Kakashi could clearly see Naruto as well, though he couldn't find Sasuke.

"None of us are currently capable of fighting this creature alone. Zabuza, I propose a temporary truce."

Zabuza's eye twitched and he took a breath to shout, but Kakashi cut him off.

"You couldn't escape my dogs, Zabuza. With your current chakra levels how do you plan on escaping a creature like that?"

Zabuza scowled under his bandage mask. Kakashi was right, they would have to work together to survive the next few minutes.

"Fine, what did you have in mind?"

"Yol…Toor Shul!"

Haku suddenly grabbed Zabuza and leapt out of the way. They turned to see the dragon flying over the water behind them.

"Zabuza! Use your suiton now!"

Zabuza began making the hand signs for his jutsu. Kakashi used his Sharingan to follow along. When they finished, they both spoke in sync.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu)!"

Two pillars of water shot into the air, forming giant, powerful dragons of water on both sides of the real dragon. The two water dragons lunged inward, but the dragon beat its wings and flew higher into the air as the two water dragons collided.

The three shinobi watched as the dragon circled overhead, and leapt quickly away as it landed where they were standing. Haku threw a round of senbon that bounced off the dragon's scales. Kakashi performed some more hand signs while the dragon was distracted.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu)!"

However, the dragon shrugged off the fireball without so much as a scorch mark.

'I should've guessed it would be resistant to fire…'

Zabuza leapt at the dragon, swinging Kubikiribōchō over his head. The dragon roared as the massive blade struck its head, and it spun around, knocking Haku into Kakashi and flinging Zabuza in the opposite direction. Kakashi looked up from under Haku; both Zabuza and Haku were out cold. Kakashi closed his eyes as he saw the dragon prepare for another fire blast.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Jutsu)!"

Kakashi only saw orange as dozens of Narutos descended from the sky, landing on the dragon and trying to stab it with kunai. The dragon roared and tried to lift into the air, but another dozen Narutos landed on its wings, pinning them to the ground. The dragon snapped and launched fire blasts, dispelling Naruto clones in heaps, but Naruto kept making more to replace those lost. Kakashi pushed Haku off him.

"Great work, Naruto! Keep it up."

Kakashi performed his hand signs as quickly as he could. Even with his massive stamina, Naruto couldn't keep the dragon down for long. This might be their only chance.

Kakashi thrust his right palm down, gripping his wrist with his left. Chakra gathered into his hand and formed into lightning. Kakashi sprinted forward, heading straight for the dragon's head as the dragon breathed another blast of fire.

"Raikiri!"

Kakashi leapt into the air and thrust his hand towards the dragon, hitting it in the neck right behind the head. The dragon threw its head into the air, launching Kakashi across the bridge, and let out a massive roar before falling over and stopping. Two Naruto clones leapt into the air and caught Kakashi, then Naruto released the jutsu and all his remaining clones vanished in puffs of smoke.

"Kakashi-sensei! What the heck is that thing?"

Tazuna and Sakura ran over to the victorious pair, Tazuna answering Naruto's question.

"That's a dragon, believe it or not. It seems the legends were true…"

"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?"

The shinobi turned and saw Gatō standing in front of an army of thugs, who were all staring wide-eyed at the creature lying before them. Gatō cleared his throat and was about to speak when the dragon started glowing, causing all the thugs to gasp. Kakashi's eyes widened again.

"Get back, Naruto!"

The dragon's glowing skin started to burn off, and suddenly the dragon burst into waves of white, red, and orange light. The light waves shot through the air straight towards Naruto and surrounded him. Naruto cried out and tried to shield himself. Naruto was surprised though, as the waves did not hurt him at all, in fact he felt as if he was absorbing energy from them. The dragon finally stopped glowing; revealing nothing was left of it but a skeleton, while a glowing aura continued to surround Naruto. Kakashi jumped on the opportunity.

"Unless you want to feel the power of dragon chakra, I suggest you all pack up and go home. Gatō, you'll leave this country alone from now on."

Gatō gulped. On one hand, Kakashi seemed to be bluffing. But one moment a dragon was there and the next it was not and it was very clear where all that energy had gone. Being the businessman that he was, Gatō decided it was time to cut losses.

"V-Very well. All of you, change of plan. Let's go."

Once Gatō and his men were out of hearing range Kakashi let out a sigh of both relief and exhaustion as he pulled his headband back over his Sharingan. Sakura and Tazuna walked up to him and Naruto, both wide-eyed and staring at Naruto.

"Kakashi-sensei…what just happened?"

Kakashi was about to profess his own confusion when Tazuna took a step towards Naruto.

"I can't believe it…that brat is Dragonborn."

Kakashi raised an eyebrow while Sakura just looked confused.

"Dragonborn?"

Tazuna nodded.

"It was a very old, super-obscure legend my grandfather loved to tell me when I was young. I'll explain more when we get back; you all look like you could use a rest."

Kakashi couldn't argue with that; he was about ready to fall over after using the Sharingan, summoning, and two Raikiris. Kakashi headed towards Haku, knowing that Sakura would immediately check on Sasuke.

"Naruto! You're all right! What about Sasuke-kun, huh?"

Naruto frowned and looked away from Sakura. Sakura's eyes widened as her mind swiftly connected the terrifying dots. Sakura ran over and found Sasuke lying on the ground, needles stuck in him all over his body. Sakura began crying and hugging Sasuke. Sasuke, however, slowly opened his eyes and turned his head.

"Sakura…you're heavy…"

Sakura cried even more in joy as Sasuke slowly tried to stand up.

"What about…Naruto…and that...masked kid…?"

Sakura looked at Sasuke in concern.

"Naruto is fine! That masked kid is lying over there somewhere, knocked out by the dragon!"

Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Did you just say dragon?"

Sakura moved out of Sasuke's line of vision and pointed at the skeletal remains of the beast.

"Y-yeah, we were attacked by a dragon…it nearly killed Kakashi-sensei, Zabuza, and that masked kid. But Naruto stopped it long enough for Kakashi-sensei to finish it off."

Sasuke's eyes widened more.

"What sort of jutsu did Kakashi use to do that?"

Sasuke pointed at the skeletal remains.

"N-no, sensei just killed it. Then it looked like it burned away and turned into light that flew into Naruto."

Sasuke's eyes widened even more, then he closed them and shook his head.

"I see…whatever."

Sakura smiled at Sasuke.

"I…had faith in you. It's impressive that you prevented attacks to your critical areas!"

Sasuke looked down.

"…no…"

As Sakura cried out and let Naruto know Sasuke was alive, Kakashi finished checking both of the missing-nin.

'Hm…looks like Zabuza didn't make it…that was a hard collision. The girl would probably be dead too if she didn't land on me…I think one of my ribs might be cracked from that. Normally it would be better to kill her now…but the mission is over so we're not enemies and from the looks of it she didn't kill Sasuke when she could have, I suppose I'll return the favor.'

Kakashi grunted and sealed Zabuza's body and sword inside a scroll, then slung Haku over his shoulder.

"Hey guys, let's get going. We all need to rest after that."

"Hey!"

The ninja and Tazuna looked up to see Inari leading a crowd of armed villagers.

"Where did everyone go? Don't tell me we missed it!"

-Tazuna's House, the next day-

Kakashi yawned as he walked downstairs. Everyone else was already up and sitting around the table eating breakfast. Not surprisingly Naruto and Sakura seemed fully recovered from the battle, after all Sakura had not done any direct fighting herself and Naruto and had abnormal stamina for genin, or living being in general. Sasuke was a bit worse off; death-like states taking slightly longer to recover from. Naruto and Sasuke appeared to be engaged in their daily eating contest while Sakura was trying to get them to stop. Tsunami smiled at the jōnin.

"Good morning, Kakashi-san. Please sit down."

Kakashi eye-smiled and waved his acknowledgement, too exhausted to respond verbally, and took his seat. He ate about half his meal in silence, building up the energy to deal with the next problem.

"So, Tazuna, what were you saying about Naruto earlier?"

Tazuna swallowed the last bite of food he took.

"Right, seems this kid is Dragonborn."

Sasuke, Naruto, Tsunami, and Inari all looked at Tazuna puzzled.

"Dragonborn?"

Tazuna grunted and nodded.

"The Dragonborn; born with the body of a mortal, but the soul of a dragon, or something like that. The old man would always sing a song too. Let's see how did it go…

Our hero, our hero, claims a warrior's heart.

I tell you, I tell you, the Dragonborn comes.

With a Voice-wielding power of the Ancient Nord art.

Believe, believe, the Dragonborn comes.

It's an end to the evil of all Skyrim's foes.

Beware, beware, the Dragonborn's come."

Everyone looked at Tazuna, even more confused than before, especially Naruto.

"So…uhhh…what's a Dragonborn?"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed.

"Or a 'voice-wielding power'?"

Sakura nodded as well.

"And who or what is Skyrim?"

Tazuna shrugged.

"Heck if I know. Always thought the old man was super-crazy until yesterday. Don't remember half of what he said."

All the shinobi dead-panned at this.

"But…I do know one more thing. The old man liked to visit some ancient ruins deeper in the forest. I know it's not much to work on, but there might be some clues. After yesterday, I think it's worth a shot."

Kakashi nodded at that, it's not every day a dragon attacks you and is then absorbed into your genin student.

-Deep in the Forest-

Tazuna led the group through the forest until coming to a large hill.

"Here we are, should be at the top of this hill. Well, now that you know your way, I'll be getting back to the bridge."

With that, Tazuna headed back to the village. Team 7 began hiking up the hill, Naruto clearly excited.

"What do you think we'll find, Kakashi-sensei? An epic jutsu only I can use? A secret ramen recipe that's never been seen before?"

Kakashi sweat-dropped at the ramen comment.

"I can't really say, Naruto. To be honest I've never encountered anything like this before."

Sakura nodded slowly.

"Nothing we learned in the Academy is even close to this…"

Naruto grinned and put his hands behind his head.

"Haha even Sakura-chan doesn't know! I'm so awesome, dattebayo!"

A vein bulged on Sakura's head. However, before violence commenced the group reached their destination. In front of Team 7 was a large, circular wall forming a half-circle. On the inside, there was a large circular symbol above a wall covered in strange symbols.

Kakashi eye-smiled.

"Well, looks like we found it, let's see if there's anything helpful."

The group walked up to the wall and started searching for any sort of clues to what was happening.

"Kakashi-sensei, what do these symbols mean?"

Kakashi shook his head.

"I'm afraid I'm as lost as you, Sakura-chan, I've never seen anything like them."

Naruto peered closely at the wall. None of it seemed to make any sense at first. However, what had Kakashi-sensei said? Look underneath the underneath? Naruto took an actual look at the wall and was immediately surprised.

"Hey, I think I found something, dattebayo!"

The rest of Team 7 walked over and leaned over Naruto's shoulder, immediately sweat-dropping.

"Uh, Naruto, that area's no different than the rest of it."

Naruto frowned and pointed at a particular symbol.

"See? Right there, I think it says 'Fus.'"

Sasuke grunted.

"Dobe, that's not even a word."

Naruto growled at Sasuke.

"Teme! It's definitely a word, dattebayo!"

Sasuke scoffed.

"Then what does it mean, dobe?"

Naruto opened his mouth and then stopped. What did Fus mean? Kakashi put his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"I know you're excited and looking very hard, Naruto, but there's no such word as 'fus' that I know of."

Naruto frowned even more.

"But it says so right there! Can't you guys read it?"

Sakura shook her head.

"It just looks like random symbols to me."

Naruto was about to speak when a flash of light hit him. Suddenly he was surrounded by white, and then by darkness. He felt a powerful need to push out, so he did, cracking open the darkness and letting light flood in. Naruto jumped back as he saw another dragon through the light, but then the scene shifted. He looked down, and cried out as he was hundreds of feet in the air. He looked side to side and realized that he had wings! Next he was in the middle of an intense fight, with a dragon! Naruto opened his mouth to cry out in shock, but instead of an unintelligible cry, out of his mouth came a mighty 'FUS!' that blew the other dragon away. The scene faded and then turned to light, which slowly faded into Sakura's hand moving up and down in front of his face.

"What should we do, Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi shook his head.

"He's probably still tired, yesterday was a long day even for our Naruto. We should probably head home and get some rest."

Suddenly Naruto jumped, startling all of Team 7. After catching her breath, Sakura responded with a fist to Naruto's head.

"Idiot! What was that for?"

Naruto rubbed the bump on his head.

"Ouch…but hey! I know what it means now! It means force, dattebayo!"

Kakashi looked at Naruto worried.

"Are you ok, Naruto? You zoned out for a minute."

Naruto looked confused, then remembered only he had the vision.

"Oh yeah! I had this weird vision. There were dragons, then I was a dragon, then I said…"

Naruto meant to say 'fus' in his normal, energetic fashion. However, something entirely different occurred.

"FUS, dattebayo!"

With Naruto's final word, a large, blue blast of energy shot out of his mouth, knocking Sasuke and Sakura off their feet and even causing Kakashi to stumble back a step. After recovering, Sakura's jaw dropped and her eyes grew wide.

"Naruto…what on earth was that?"

Even Sasuke and Kakashi appeared surprised by Naruto's inexplicably powerful voice.

"Yes, Naruto, do you have any idea what just happened?"

Naruto was still staring ahead wide-eyed, amazed the powerful effect the simple word had.

"I'm not sure…oh wait, um at the end of the vision the dragon, or me, shouted..."

"FUS!"

Again, Sasuke and Sakura were knocked to their bottoms while Kakashi took a step back.

"…and yeah, did that to another dragon."

Kakashi nodded thoughtfully.

'He said he saw and appeared as a dragon in the vision, which triggered after he allegedly read 'fus' on the wall there. I could swear I heard words of a similar style whenever the dragon breathed fire. Perhaps that dragon was intelligent, and supposedly 'fus' is the word for 'force' in dragon then? And somehow, dragon words are more than simple words. But then how did Naruto learn to read a dragon word? Also, before his vision both Naruto and myself said 'fus' without any effect, that vision must have had something to do with this. If only Naruto could read more of this wall than that one word, there's too much unknown here.'

"Naruto, can you read anything else on this wall?"

Naruto turned and rushed excitedly over to the wall, searching for any more words he could use to put Sasuke-teme on the ground. However, after about a minute Naruto frowned.

"I can't make out anything else, only…"

"FUS!"

Luckily Naruto was still facing forward this time. Team 7 sweat-dropped.

"Uh Naruto, that word seems quite powerful. You should probably save it, you know, like a secret jutsu."

Naruto suddenly beamed.

"You mean like how you hide your Sharingan, Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi eye-smiled and gave him a thumbs-up.

"Exactly."

Naruto nodded and grinned.

"All right! My very own super-cool secret jutsu! And I didn't even have to steal the Hokage's secret scroll again to learn this one, dattebayo!"

Kakashi sweat-dropped while Sakura and Sasuke's jaws dropped.

"WHAT?"

-Tazuna's House-

Team 7 walked through the front door, Naruto beaming at his new 'super-cool secret jutsu,' Sasuke brooding over Naruto's new power gains, Sakura trying in vain to cheer Sasuke up, and Kakashi deep in thought. Tsunami moved to greet them.

"Hello, welcome back! Did you find anything?"

Kakashi shook his head.

"Bits and pieces but nothing conclusive. Only more questions."

Tsunami nodded thoughtfully.

"Oh yes, by the way that young girl you brought home just woke up an hour ago."

Naruto's eyes grew into giant white orbs of shock.

"Girl? But Haku said he was a boy!"

Tsunami looked at Naruto funny and then shook her head.

"I'm afraid she must have lied to you, she's definitely a girl."

Naruto was about to continue protesting when Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder and looked at Naruto questioningly. Naruto attempted to explain his meeting with Haku, but was too confused at the moment to make any sense. Naruto attempted to sort through the massive confusion in his mind as Team 7 made their way to the room where Haku was resting. Kakashi stopped them outside the door.

"Ok guys, remember, yesterday this girl was our enemy and this is the first time she's awake since then. Let's be extra cautious and tactful."

Team 7 all nodded.

Then Naruto proceeded to slam open the door.

"HAKU! Tsunami told me you are actually a girl! What are you, dattebayo?"

Haku couldn't help but smile weakly at Naruto while Team 7 dead-panned, sweat-dropped, and face-palmed at Naruto's 'tact.'

"I apologize, Naruto-kun. I've made it a habit to hide as much about myself as I could. But yes, your friend is right, I'm actually a girl."

Naruto nodded, satisfied.

"Ha! I knew it! No one who's so much prettier than Sakura could be a guy!"

Sasuke and Kakashi both face-palmed and Haku let out a small chuckle as Sakura proceeded to beat Naruto senseless.

Kakashi gave Haku an eye-smile.

"Sorry about that, but that's our number one, hyperactive ninja. How are you feeling?"

Haku frowned and looked away from the group.

"You should kill me."

Sakura looked up from Naruto, utterly in shock. Sasuke frowned and Kakashi dropped his eye smile while Naruto jumped up off the floor, utterly enraged.

"WHAT? What do you mean, kill you?"

Haku looked down.

"Zabuza-sama was my whole life, my whole existence. Without him, I have no reason to live."

Naruto looked stunned, but still enraged.

"Why…WHY FOR A GUY LIKE THAT? HE WAS A BAD GUY WHO TAKES MONEY FROM A CRIMINAL! WAS THAT EYE-BROWLESS FREAK THE ONLY IMPORTANT PERSON TO YOU?"

Kakashi took a step forward.

"Now Naruto…"

Haku suddenly spoke up.

"I had people very dear to me…a long time ago…"

Naruto and Kakashi both stopped, and all of Team 7 directed all their focus on Haku.

"My parents. I was born in a small snowy village in Mizu no Kuni. I was happy; my parents were very kind people. But…"

Haku looked down, pained. Team 7 all felt a sinking feeling in their hearts…well Naruto and Sakura did. Sasuke and Naruto were both reminded of early times in their lives from Haku's tone of voice. Kakashi's thoughts were shrouded in shadow, but he appeared as sympathetic as a masked ninja can.

"When I grew up and began to learn the ways of the world, something happened."

Naruto gulped.

"Something? What…?"

Haku continued looking down.

"My blood…."

Naruto was completely focused on Haku.

"Your blood? What happened?"

Haku looked up, with a face devoid of warmth.

"My father killed my mother; then he tried to kill me."

Sakura let out a gasp while Naruto and Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Mizu no Kuni had endless civil wars, and those with kekkei genkai came to be hated. Because of their abilities, clans with kekkei genkai were used as weapons in countless battles and as a result were blamed for bringing misfortune and war to the country. After the wars, these clans had to hide the truth about their own blood. For those whose secret was discovered, only death awaited. You there."

Haku looked at Sasuke.

"You also must have experienced much hardship; those with special abilities are often feared."

All of Team 7 remembered Sasuke's desire to revive his clan and kill a certain man.

"My mother was from one of these bloodlines. My father discovered this…before I realized what I had done, I had killed him…my own father! And at that time, I thought of myself as…no I had no choice but to think that. I realized the most painful thing in the world."

Naruto remained glued on Haku.

"Most painful thing?"

Haku looked down again.

"That in this world…I am a person who is unwanted."

Naruto's eyes widened.

'She's the same as me…'

Haku looked up at Naruto.

"You said to me you wanted to become the best ninja in your village and have everyone acknowledge you. Now if someone who acknowledged you from the bottom of their heart appeared, wouldn't that person become the most important person to you?"

Naruto immediately thought of Iruka, and the night of the Genin Exam.

"Zabuza-sama took me knowing I had a kekkei genkai. The blood that everyone hated…he wanted it."

Tears came to Haku's eyes.

"I was so happy! I became Zabuza-sama's perfect weapon, just as he desired."

The tears started flowing down Haku's face as she told Team 7 about meeting Zabuza, his goals, his dreams, and his purpose for her.

"But now, I've failed him. I was too weak, and I couldn't protect him. Now he's gone, and I'm alone and unwanted again. Please Naruto-kun, the day I met you in the forest…I thought you were like me. You should be able to understand. Please, kill me."

"FUS!"

The blast of energy knocked Haku back into the bed, along with disrupting the entire room and shaking the whole house.

"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? Yes! You are like me! I was all alone too! Hated by everyone because of…who I was! But you can't end it like this!"

Haku looked up at Naruto's enraged face, too shocked to respond.

"Because this time, you aren't alone! Zabuza's gone…and Gatō is too! We don't have to be enemies any more, Haku!"

Haku could see tears streaming down Naruto's face now.

"Please! It's because we're the same…because we both know what it means to be unwanted…I won't let it end this way!"

Haku shook her head.

"Please, Naruto-kun, don't make this harder for yourself. It's a mistake to save an enemy out of pity. I can't go on living…if you don't kill me…I'll do it myself! It's what…"

Naruto pulled his fist back.

"WAKE UP!"

Naruto slammed Haku across the face.

"It's NOT what Zabuza would've wanted! When Zabuza was kicked out of the village, did he give up? When no one would take him in and no one wanted him, did he let himself die? I don't care if you're an enemy, I don't care if I have to watch you every minute for the rest of your life! I'm not going to let you give up like this!"

Haku stared up at Naruto, eyes quivering, taking in all his rage and determination.

'This boy…'

Haku looked away and closed her eyes.

'Zabuza-sama…'

Haku looked up again at Naruto. She could see the same acknowledgement that had been in Zabuza's eyes.

'No…not unwanted again.'

"Naruto-kun, thank you. I…I won't kill myself, I promise."

Naruto looked confused again. Kakashi, however, smiled under his mask and put his hand on Naruto's shoulder, motioning towards the door. As a stunned and confused Team 7 exited the room, Haku looked out the window into the world beyond, and smiled.

-Forest, 2 weeks later-

Team 7 stood back as Haku, now in her civilian garb, knelt before the grave.

"Goodbye, Zabuza-sama. And thank you."

Sakura looked at the grave sadly.

"Kakashi-sensei, were these two correct about ninjas?"

Kakashi looked grave.

"A shinobi isn't supposed to pursue his own goals…becoming the country's tool is the most important thing. That's the same for Konoha."

Naruto frowned.

"Is that what it really means to become a true ninja…? You know what? I don't like it!"

Sasuke looked at Kakashi.

"You believe that too?"

"Well, each and every ninja has to live while dealing with that issue…just like Zabuza…"

Naruto put on a determined face.

"Ok, I just decided! I'm going to be a ninja in my own way!"

Haku couldn't help but smile at Naruto's outburst. She looked at the grave one last time and then stood up.

"I'm ready, thank you for this."

Kakashi nodded.

"He fought for his ideals, right up until the end."

Haku took a step forward and grabbed Zabuza's sword.

"This sword is Kubikiribōchō. It is a treasure of Kirigakure, passed down from generation to generation of Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Zabuza-sama would not like it left here for just anyone. Kakashi-san, since you stopped the dragon that defeated Zabuza-sama, I believe you should have it."

Kakashi eye-smiled.

"Actually, the dragon beat me too. The one who stopped the dragon was…"

Kakashi pushed forward everyone's favorite hyperactive blond ninja.

"Naruto."

Haku smiled.

"Truly? It is most fitting then, Naruto-kun, please accept this sword."

Kakashi nodded at Naruto and Naruto took a step forward, a big grin on his face. A grin that quickly turned into a frown as the sword pulled Naruto down to the ground.

"Hey! This thing is heavy! How on earth did Zabuza even lift this?"

Team 7 and Haku laughed at Naruto's plight as Kakashi pulled out a sealing scroll.

'This is actually perfect for Naruto…his lack of effective taijutsu or weapons is the only reason his mass kage bunshin are manageable.'

"Here, keep it sealed in this scroll until you can use it. When we get back to Konoha, I know the perfect trainers for you."

-Completed Bridge-

Team 7 and Haku stood facing Tazuna and his family at the start of the bridge, now complete with an archway holding up a mighty dragon skeleton.

"Thanks to you we've completed the bridge, but…this is super sad."

Kakashi eye-smiled.

"Thank you for everything."

Naruto tried to put on a happy grin.

"Don't worry! We'll come to visit!"

Inari shook as Tazuna patted his head.

"You….better…"

Naruto started shaking as well.

"Inari…you're sad right? It's all right to cry!"

Inari tried to sound indignant instead of sad.

"I'm not going to cry! But Naruto you can cry too!"

Naruto quickly spun around.

"Fine…later…"

With that, both Naruto and Inari started bawling. Sakura looked annoyed while Haku, Kakashi, Tazuna, and Tsunami all smiled.

Tazuna and his family watched as the shinobi departed.

"That boy changed Inari's heart and Inari changed the people's hearts…that boy gave us a bridge to 'hope' called 'courage.' Bridge…oh yeah…we need to name this bridge. Well I have a perfect name for this bridge…how about…the Great Dragonborn Naruto Bridge?"