I apologise for the wait but here's the newest chapter. Enjoy.

"You guys protect the bridge builder and Anna, leave this guy to me" instructed Kakashi. The others did it without question.

"That wont stop me Kakashi. Either your too confident in yourself and your team or Im being underestimated" said Zabuza. Kakashi's eyes widened when he saw Zabuza make a hand sign "Hidden Mist Jutsu!" suddenly a thick mist began to seep in denying everyone of their sight.

"This mist is only getting thicker," said Naruto.

"Be careful," warned Amidamaru.

A minute went by and nothing happened when all of a sudden killing intent surrounded everyone making them shake and sweat but Anna looked fine aswell as Naruto and Kakashi. Then Zabuza's voice came in all directions saying "8 points. Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidneys, heart. Now which will be my attack point?"

Sasuke began to shake, barely able to hold his kunai 'I feel like I cant breathe! One shallow movement, one tiny movement of the eye is enough to draw his attack! It's suffocating! If it goes on like this I'll go insane! The clash of 2 Jonin intend to attack...I never felt anything so chilling! Its as if my life is being choked off!' Sasuke began to raise his kunai to his throat 'I cant take this! Id rather die!' Just as Sasuke was about to slice his own throat Kakashi spoke.

"Sasuke!" this made Sasuke look at Kakashi, forgetting about the kunai and the opponent for a second "calm down. I'll protect you with my life, ALL of you. I will not allow my comrades to die" Kakashi turned and looked at Sasuke with his infamous eye smile "Trust me" He took a deep breath and lowered the kunai away from his throat. Kakashi was looking around 'He should have attacked by now. From what I know he always attacks after mentioning the 8 vital points in a body so where? Wait unless Im not the target!' he thought turning around and expelling the mist with his chakra only to see Zabuza in front of Tazuna and inside the Genins defence. "Look out!"

"Its over" said Zabuza raising his giant blade. Zabuza then lowered the blade aiming straight for the bridge builder only for Kakashi to appear and stab him in the stomach shocking everyone there. But instead of blood there was only water coming from the stab wound in Zabuza.

Behind Kakashi another Zabuza appeared. "Sensei! Behind you!" warned Naruto. The Zabuza that Kakashi stabbed exploded into water as the other Zabuza sliced through Kakashi. Only for him to turn into water aswell.

'The Water Clone Jutsu, it can't be!' thought Zabuza realising Kakashi copied him. 'Even through the mist he saw through my illusion and copied it in an instant'

A kunai was then pressed against Zabuza's throat. Looking back slightly he saw it was Kakashi "Dont move" said Kakashi "Now its over"

"You go Kakashi-Sensei!" shouted Sakura.

"Shut up" said Naruto.

"Dont you tell me to shut up you idiot!"

"Be quiet," said Sasuke "This may not be over or there could be more enemies"

"Sorry Sasuke but I know you can take them," she said.

Zabuza had a sweat drop at that "I actually feel sorry for your team"

"You wouldn't be the first," said Kakashi. Zabuza then began to chuckle making Kakashi wary "Why are you laughing?"

"Because you're copying the Silent Killing Technique. What your doing is nothing more than a cheap imitation. This will never defeat me"

"You never know," replied Kakashi.

"Oh but I do. When you made that little speech that was your clone. You were hiding in the mist waiting for an opportunity to attack but..." Zabuza then exploded into water shocking Kakashi whilst the REAL Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi. Swinging his blade it nearly decapitated Kakashi but he ducked at the last second making the sword smash into the ground. But Zabuza quickly recovered and kicked his opponent in the chest making him fly away. Whilst in the air Zabuza quickly grabbed his blade and ran as fast as he could and stopped in front of a river. He watched as Kakashi landed in the water.

It didn't take long for Kakashi to re-emerge but he seemed to struggle 'This isn't normal water. Its dense, heavy'

Zabuza then appeared behind Kakashi and went through a few hand signs "Fool. Water Prison Jutsu!"

"No!" shouted Kakashi but it was too late as he was now trapped in a sphere of water.

"This prison is made of water but its stronger than steel. Its hard to fight when you cant move" Zabuza glared at Kakashi and said "So much for the great Kakashi. I'll finish you off later" Then a Water Clone appeared. "Eliminate them," ordered the real Zabuza.

"What are we going to do?" asked Sakura.

"I dont know but we cant leave Kakashi-Sensei" said Naruto.

"Naruto" said Anna.

"Yeah?"

"Fight" was all she said.

"What!?" he shouted, "He's an A-Rank ninja and you expect me to fight him!?"

"Yes"

"...Ok then" he said with a smile "Just making sure"

"Naruto you can't take him!" shouted Sakura.

"You should just let me fight. I am an Uchiha so I have the best chance here" arrogantly said Sasuke.

"Yeah! Sasuke is better than you idiot!" screeched the pinkette.

Anna was about to slap them until she smirked "Fine" she said, "Go ahead"

Sasuke smirked saying, "Finally you have some sense" he then ran at the Water Clone.

Naruto looked at Anna "Why did you let him fight? He's going to die" he said, thankful that Sakura wasn't listening.

"He needs to learn his place" she said.

"You do know that it's not going to work," he said. Anna didn't answer but smirked when Sasuke flew by and slammed into a tree, effectively knocking him out.

"SASUKE!" screeched Sakura "I'll kill you for hurting Sasuke!" she shouted taking out a kunai and running at the clone.

The clone just used a quick burst of Killing Intent and she fell unconscious in fear "That's...pathetic" said the real Zabuza "Those are your student?" he asked Kakashi. In the Water Prison, Kakashi just sweat dropped in embarrassment.

"And that's my team mate" muttered Naruto. He looked at Anna "My turn?"

"Go" she said.

Naruto grinned and stepped forward "Your turn is it?" asked the clone. He then saw the sheathed sword "Can you use that?"

"Yep. I hope you can keep up," he said. His grin then fell when he said "Amidamaru" the ghost appeared behind him "Spirit Form!" Amidamaru's form changed into his spirit form as he glowed "Unity!" and with that, Naruto and Amidamaru became one.

The real Zabuza narrowed his eyes seeing this "A shaman?" he whispered without anybody but Kakashi hearing him. The clone readied his blade. They both stared at each other for a second before Naruto slowly unsheathed his sword. Then suddenly clone ran at Naruto trying a horizontal slash but Naruto jumps over it and hits the clone over the head with the sheath making him stagger back.

"You'll pay for that brat!" he shouted.

"Bring it on," said Naruto with a smirk. The clone growled and ran at him again. This time just as he was about to swing, he surprised Naruto by letting go of the blade and backhanding him away. He slammed into a tree but he just stood back up like it was nothing "Ow" he said.

"Had enough?"

"Nope" said Naruto running at the clone. Every slash was blocked and every thrust was dodged. Both were evenly matched in Kenjutsu.

"Your very good at this. Who taught you?" asked the clone already knowing.

"A very special friend!" shouted Naruto kicking the clone away. The Water Clone back flipped and landed in front of the real Zabuza.

"Naruto we have to end this quickly" advised Amidamaru.

"I know" Naruto said concentrating his chakra. He then slashed and then a red ark shot towards a wide-eyed clone and Zabuza "Celestial Slash!" he shouted.

The clone quickly tried to block the attack but it was too strong as it sliced through him causing him too explode in water. The attack continued to fly towards Zabuza and there was no way to dodge. Zabuza growled as he let go of his Water Prison Jutsu and jumped away too avoid the attack but it also freed Kakashi from the prison "Damn!" shouted Zabuza in rage. He ran at the now tired Naruto and slashed downwards but the steel plates on the back of Kakashi's gloves blocked it.

"Nice timing Kakashi-Sensei" said Naruto.

"You did great Naruto," commented Kakashi as he glared at Zabuza "Go and guard Tazuna and Anna. Make sure Sasuke and Sakura are alright aswell please," he said.

"Ok" said Naruto running back to Anna who looking slightly concerned.

"Are you ok?" she asked when he got to her.

He grinned at her "Of course. How are the others?"

"Unconscious" was all she said.

"Figured" he sighed "Amidamaru, stay in Unity until the fight's over"

"Alright then" said the ghost.

Back with Kakashi and Zabuza, they were still in a deadlock as they glared at each other. Then Zabuza chuckled "Not a bad move that kid has. Reminded me of a Samurai" he said emphasising the last word.

Kakashi was confused but shook it off for now "Your jutsu worked on me once but it won't work again" Suddenly Zabuza put all of his weight into the blade making Kakashi struggle. Then they both jumped back and made hand signs. Zabuza, whilst making a hand sign, saw that Kakashi was making the exact same hand signs as him at the exact same time.

The second they landed they both shouted "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" Two dragons completely emerged from the lake and swirl around each other and then attack. However they were the same strength so they cancelled each other out. Zabuza's eyes widened when he saw an image of himself behind Kakashi. Then they both made more hand signs.

'Were making the same hand signs simultaneously, but how? He's copying me!' thought Zabuza.

This thought distracted him long enough for Kakashi to finish the jutsu and shout "Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu!" Water rose around Kakashi and then shot towards Zabuza at an incredible speed. It hit him and flew through the forest destroying trees that was in its path. It slammed him into a tree and then Kakashi threw four kunai's, each piercing the missing ninja's limbs causing him to howl in pain. Kakashi appeared on the tree branch above holding a kunai. He glared saying "Your finished" But before he could do anything, two senbons appeared and pierced the back of Zabuza's neck killing him instantly. Walking over to him Kakashi checked for a pulse and found none "He's dead"

Suddenly a masked ninja showed himself from the trees "I thank you for defeating Zabuza for me. I would have done it but I would not have been able to"

"Your a Hunter Ninja" said Kakashi eyeing the masked teen.

"Yes I am. Now if you don't mind I shall dispose of his body," he said walking up to Zabuza, picking him up, and disappeared.

Naruto yawned saying "That was a good fight" whilst Kakashi and Anna stared at where they disappeared.

After a few moments, to make sure there was no chance of another attack, Kakashi stepped forward saying, "Let's go. Tazuna, can you lead us to your house?"

"Yes. Of course" replied the bridge builder.

Anna stood next to Naruto and said, "Go catch your sensei"

"What?" asked a confused Naruto. He looked at Kakashi and saw him fall forward "Whoa!" he shouted rushing forward and catching he Jonin "More warning next time please!"

"You caught him didn't you?" asked back Anna. They all continued to walk not noticing that they left two unconsciouses, and not to mention annoying, Genin's behind. Thankfully a Naruto clone came and grabbed both their feet and dragged them towards Tazuna's house.

It has been a few hours since they all entered Tazuna's home. Here they met Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter, and her son, Inari. Kakashi was lying in a spare bedroom whilst he recovered his chakra. Sasuke went out training with Sakura not far behind. Apparently she believes that Sasuke defeated Zabuza and doesn't believe that Naruto did anything. Anna nearly slapped her if it wasn't for the blond Shaman. Naruto was now stepping outside wanting to lie down "Naruto" said Anna stepping out as well.

"Yeah?" he said with a smile when he saw her.

"You did a good job dealing with Zabuza and your control was excellent. But I do expect you to defeat him next time" she said.

"I know, that's why I'm going to go train soon" he said before Anna dragged him by the collar back to the house "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Your sensei is about to wake up" she said with him nodding. They entered Kakashi's room and found him just opening his one visible eye.

He turned his head and looked at Naruto and Anna "How long was I out?" he asked rubbing his head.

"You used your Sharingan which drained you of your chakra," said Anna making the Jonin chuckle in embarrassment "You should really train with it more"

"Yeah I know," he said. Then he remembered everything in the battle he had so he turned to Naruto "Zabuza mentioned something weird when I took over the fight"

"What was it?" he asked with Amidamaru appearing behind him.

"He mentioned something about you fighting like samurai" he said making Naruto and Amidamaru's eyes widen whilst Anna's narrowed "What?"

"Then what I heard made my suspicions correct" she said. She looked at Naruto "I believe he is a shaman"

"WHAT!?" he shouted along with Amidamaru.

"He saw you go into Unity with Amidamaru and I heard him whisper 'Shaman'. The only explanation would be that he is a shaman," she explained.

"What's a shaman?" asked Kakashi who was confused.

Naruto looked at him "A shaman is someone who can connect with the world of spirits. With this we can basically combine souls, which is known as Unity. I am a shaman. Anna is an Itako, this means she can summon spirits from heaven. It is rare to find shaman's or anybody that can see spirits nowadays," he explained.

"Can anybody see these spirits?" asked an intrigued Kakashi.

"Only people who have a strong connection with the spirit world. But I do have a theory" said Naruto "Chakra is based off of physical energy and spiritual energy. I was wondering if it was possible to train your spiritual energy and then maybe you would be able to see spirits"

Anna thought about it "That is not a bad idea"

Kakashi then thought of something "What about the Sharingan? Would that work?"

"Try" said Naruto with Kakashi nodding. He lifted his headband revealing his Sharingan eye again. He looked around before widening his eyes at Naruto "What?" asked the blond.

"I don't know but I think I can see some sort of shadow behind you and it isn't in your shape either. But it is difficult to tell" said Kakashi widening his eyes as the shadow raised his arm "It just raised it's arm!"

Naruto looked behind him and saw his guardian ghost "The Sharingan might work. Your seeing Amidamaru, my guardian spirit. My guess is that you have to train your spiritual energy or just raise your chakra levels to see spirits better"

"Incredible" said Kakashi lowering his headband.

"Keep it a secret ok?" asked Naruto "I'll explain more later but right now you look tired and that you have something else to say"

"Yes, I don't think Zabuza's dead"

"What!? But I saw the masked ninja throw senbon at his neck!" shouted Naruto.

"Exactly, senbon can't kill unless put into certain points on a body. Where they hit it is more likely that he was put into a death-like state" said Anna with Naruto gaping at her.

He then raised his hands in surrender "Ok I believe you, so what now?" he asked.

Kakashi looked amused "They will be doing Tree-Climbing, whilst you train with Anna" he said.

Naruto sweat dropped "Of course, what about you?" he asked the Jonin.

"Well I need to rest to recover my chakra," he said and you could easily tell that he was grinning under his mask.

'Lucky bastard' thought both Naruto and Amidamaru at the same time.

Anna, however, didn't like this so she stood up and grabbed Kakashi by his ear "You need to recover your chakra, but that does not mean that you can skip your training"

"B-But I need rest" he protested.

"You are training," she said as they all went outside.

Naruto was grinning whilst following as he thought 'Serves him right'

At the dinner table both Naruto and Kakashi sat on one side and were tired. All day they had to train in ridiculous exercises. Bu the worst thing was that they could not complain unless they wanted more training. Sasuke looked annoyed for not getting any 'special training' from Anna. He still thinks that he should get it because of his name. Sakura didn't even look at anybody but Sasuke as she sat down. Tazuna was sat at the end of the table drinking his sake whilst Tsunami was finishing making the dinner. Inari was sat quietly but you could tell he was annoyed. Anna walked in and smirked as she took a seat close to Naruto, which nobody noticed but him and it made him smile.

Tsunami came in and handed everyone their food with all of them eating. Most of them made small talk, except for Anna and Sasuke. Inari was eating the dinner but as everyone talked and smiled he grew more and more annoyed until he had enough. He stood up from his seat, getting everyone's attention, and quickly left the room as he went to his own room "Inari!" called out Tsunami but there was no reply. She sighed and picked up his plate and went back into the kitchen.

"Don't worry about him" said Tazuna "He sometimes get's moody" He then looked at the team "So what did you all do today?"

"Train" groaned Naruto and Kakashi with Anna smirking.

Sasuke stayed quiet and Sakura answered, "We did Tree-Climbing. I made it to the top and Sasuke got half way. A lot better than Naruto" she said glaring at Naruto and Anna who acted like they didn't hear her.

"Naruto can already walk up waterfalls which even the Hokage has difficulty doing" said Anna as she ate with her eyes closed.

Sakura scoffed "Impossible. Nobody can be better than the Hokage except for Sasuke. Naruto would have more luck to balance a leaf on his forehead than to walk up a waterfall"

"Actually Sakura, Anna's right. I can walk up a waterfall, with difficulty, and I have seen Naruto do it so she isn't lying" said Kakashi with an eye smile.

"Whatever" she said as if she didn't care. Kakashi looked at Naruto and saw his smile grow whilst looking behind Sakura. Curious he lifted his headband, without anyone noticing, and saw a faint image move about behind the pinkette. What Naruto was seeing was Amidamaru trying to slice Sakura with his sword but because he was a spirit he couldn't even touch her. Didn't mean he couldn't try though.

"Well seeing that you're all paying attention" said Kakashi "I should say that Zabuza is still alive," He was of course saying this mainly to Sakura and Sasuke since they didn't know.

"What?" asked Sakura in confusion.

"That hunter ninja used senbon on Zabuza. I believe that those senbons actually hit specific points that out Zabuza in a death-like state. This also leads me to believe that the hunter ninja is working with Zabuza"

"So then what now?" asked Sasuke.

"Judging by the injuries I'd say Zabuza would be fully heal by the end of the week. That will give us three days to train until then" he said standing up but sat back down muttering about being soar.

Anna stood up and grabbed the back of Naruto's collar "What!? Where am I going!?" he asked loudly.

"You still need to train," she said. Tazuna, Tsunami, and Kakashi all felt sorry when they saw Naruto crying anime tears.

"HELP!" shouted Naruto from outside the house.

"This week is going to be fun," commented Kakashi with a chuckle.

It has been three days and the team, plus Anna and Tazuna, walked up to the bridge. They stopped before they walked onto it because there was a thick mist covering it. They saw a figure come out and it was a heavily injured worker "What happened!?" shouted Tazuna.

"Z-Zabuza attacked," he said before falling unconscious.

Kakashi then looked serious "Alright Sakura you stay here and protect Tazuna and Anna. Naruto, you and Sasuke are with me," He ordered with no one questioning him.

Anna, however, pulled Naruto aside "I expect you to defeat Zabuza" she said with a stern glare.

"I will" he replied with a smile.

"Good. Because if you don't then you will be running around the village, with double the weights, AND on your hands," she threatened.

"H-Hands?" he whispered as he looked at his own hands. He shut his eyes and clenched his fist's before looking at Anna with fierce determination "Don't worry, I will defeat him no matter what"

Anna's eyes softened before she pulled him into a small hug "Good luck" she said in his ear.

Smiling he returned the hug "Thanks" he said letting go. He was about to run after his team before stopping. He looked at Anna and quickly kissed her cheek before running away, leaving her wide eyed.

'Damn that Naruto' she thought with a blush and a small smile.

"Hurry up Dobe" said Sasuke with a scowl.

"Whatever" replied Naruto lazily as he was ready to draw his sword.

The mist suddenly exploded revealing two figures; Zabuza and the Hunter Ninja "So you came" commented the missing ninja.

"Yes were here," said Kakashi.

"Haku" said Zabuza getting the Hunter Ninja's attention "Take the Uchiha out and then the blond. I'll handle Kakashi. I don't want you to kill the blond because I want to fight him but the Uchiha is expendable," he said.

"Very well" she said with a feminine voice that revealed herself to be a girl. She ran forward towards Sasuke and took out two senbons. Sasuke quickly took out two kunai's to block her strikes.

As this was happening Naruto widened his eyes as he saw a weird energy covering the senbons and whatever it was, it was light blue in colour 'Is that a spirit? But then that means she's a shaman!' He ran at her and drew his sword. He saw Amidamaru turn into his Spirit Form "Not yet" said Naruto.

"Very well" he replied flying by Naruto's side.

The ninja then did something that made Naruto's eyes widen, she started making one hand signs "Ice Style: Thousand Needles of Death!" She said making ice needles appear in the air and fire straight towards Sasuke. Seeing this Naruto ran even faster and jumped in the air. As he jumped he unsheathed his sword slash at all the needles "What?" questioned the Hunter Ninja.

Naruto landed next to Sasuke and pulled him away from the ninja "What are you doing Dobe!?" he shouted angrily.

"I saved your life so you might want to be nicer" said back Naruto as he stared at the ninja.

"Don't touch me. You have no right to touch an Uchiha" he sneered before Naruto sighed. Reaching up Naruto touched a spot on the back of Sasuke's neck and made him fall unconscious.

"That's better," he whispered. He then looked at the ninja "Your a Shaman aren't you?"

"How did you know?" she asked back with surprise clear in her voice.

"I'm one as well" he said making her eyes widen "Amidamaru" The spirit of the Samurai appeared behind Naruto "This is my Guardian Ghost. Spirit Form!" he shouted making the ghost turn into his blue sphere "Unity!" he shouted again and they became one once again. Without missing a heartbeat they both ran each other blocking their strikes.

'He's strong' thought the Masked Ninja as she threw senbons and watched as Naruto slashed them away 'I don't have a choice'With that she made a few hand signs and said "Ice Style: Demonic Ice Mirror's Jutsu!" The mist around them both started to freeze and eventually froze into a dome of ice mirrors "This is my ultimate jutsu and you will not survive this" she said as she seemed to merge into the mirror's. Her image then appeared in all of them making Naruto very cautious.

"Be careful, she could be in any one of these," advised Amidamaru with Naruto nodding.

The ninja then flew from one mirror to the other with incredible speed, whilst throwing senbons at Naruto at every direction 'She's fast!' thought Naruto as he blocked some senbon and got hit by a lot "Damn!"

"We have to stop her quick," said Amidamaru.

"I know and if we don't then I'll be running around the village on my hands!" joked Naruto whilst crying anime tears. A noise behind him drew his attention and all the senbons have stopped.

Turning he saw Sasuke stand up and breathing heavily "Get out of the way Dobe" he growled.

"Sasuke stop" warned Naruto in his mixed voice.

"No I won't," he said looking up with anger in his eyes. Naruto and Haku's eyes widened when they saw Sasuke's eyes have changed. No longer were they onyx black but instead red. His right eye had two tomoe's whilst his left had one, it was his newly awakened Sharingan "Because I'm going to kill her!" he shouted running at a reflection. Senbons were again thrown but Sasuke managed to evade most of them as he evaded most of them. One senbon managed to hit a chakra pathway however and caused him to scream in pain.

On the outside Anna, Sakura, and Tazuna heard the scream. Sakura and Tazuna were trembling in fear whilst Anna looked worried, as she didn't know who screamed. She then looked at Sakura "Make sure the old man lives" she ordered before running into the mist. As she ran, Anna couldn't help but think 'Please be ok Naruto'

She followed the direction that she heard the scream and came across an ice dome 'Spirit Energy?' she thought before looking inside.

On the inside Sasuke was unconscious with needles sticking out in different directions. Naruto was in the middle still standing but had many senbons on him as well and he was breathing heavily. The ninja's head snapped up "Your friend is outside. If she does not move then she will meet the same fate," she said indicating to Sasuke.

"What?" questioned Naruto before he looked and saw Anna between the mirrors "Anna!" he shouted, "Get away!" Unfortunately she couldn't hear him as she stayed where she was. The ninja raised a few senbons and threw them in Anna's direction "NO!" screamed Naruto before instinctively using the Kyuubi's chakra "Celestial Slash!" he shouted creating a dark red ark of chakra and it sounded like a third voice was mixed into Naruto's and Amidamaru's. The ark flew through the air and destroyed the senbons and the ice mirrors next to Anna.

"What power" said the ninja in awe before she was suddenly punched in the face and flew out of the dome, landing behind Anna. Both Anna and the ninja watched as the dome shattered into, what appeared to be, crystal dust.

Anna, however, wasn't watching the dome. She was watching Naruto walk towards her and she could feel the demonic energy coming off of him. Without even looking at her Naruto walked past her "Naruto?" she whispered with wide eyes. Naruto was staring at the ninja in hatred and didn't hear Anna say his name. His sword was practically glowing red as it scraped across the ground creating sparks.

He stopped in front of the ninja and glared at her "You tried to hurt the one I love" he growled before raising his blade "Now I hurt you!" Before he could even move the sword, a pair of arms wrapped around his upper torso.

"Naruto" he heard Anna whisper which made him freeze. He turned his head revealing his blood red eyes with slits and deepened whisker marks "Stop" she pleaded with tears lining her eyes.

'She's...crying?' questioned Naruto in his mind.

'Don't stop. KILL!' screamed a voice within his head.

'I-I can't! I won't hurt Anna!' he thought with the energy slowly leaving him. His eyes slowly turned back into deep blue as his whisker marks faded "Anna?" he whispered back before dropping the sword and turning around. He hugged her "Thank you" he said with a smile. Anna smiled as well as she buried her head in his chest in relief. A crack was heard which drew their attention. They separated but still stayed close to each other. Naruto picked his sword up again and just noticed that he was still in Unity. He looked forward and saw the mask fall from the Hunter Ninja as she stood up. Naruto gasped when he recognized her face "Haku?"

"Hello again Naruto" she said with a burst lip from the punch.

"You know her?" asked Anna with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah. One morning after I passed out from training I met her and helped her pick herbs. She told me that when you have someone precious to you that you want to protect, that's when you become truly strong. And I guess that it was true" he said referring to when he drew that strange power.

"And I can see that you used those words wisely" said Haku. A white rabbit appeared on her shoulder and nuzzled her cheek.

"A rabbit?" questioned Naruto.

Haku nodded "Yes. I am a Shaman and this is my Guardian Ghost, Chappy the Ice Rabbit" The rabbit nuzzled against her cheek in response.

Everyone heard a noise as Naruto asked "Birds?"

"Stop naming animal's" said Amidamaru appearing next to the blond.

Haku's eye's widened "Zabuza! I have to stop him!" she shouted running towards the noise with Naruto and Anna, who was in Naruto's arms and blushing slightly, behind her. The mist suddenly cleared and showed the entire bridge. From what Naruto could tell, it needed a lot of repairs.

Off in the distance he could faintly hear Tazuna scream "My bridge!"

They both stopped when they saw Kakashi, with what appeared to be lighting covering his hand, pierce through Zabuza's sword. But thankfully his hand did not reach Zabuza. Kakashi jumped back and landed next to Naruto "You can stop now Kakashi-Sensei" said Naruto as he let Anna onto her feet again.

"Why?" questioned Kakashi.

"Because they aren't our real enemies," said Anna as she looked at the other end of the bridge.

At the end of the bridge stood a small man wearing a suit with an army of thugs behind him "So you couldn't even kill those weakling's could you Zabuza?" questioned the small man.

"Gato!" shouted out Zabuza in anger.

"Might as well get this over with. He turned to his men "Kill them all but the girls. They will sell well in Sound" he ordered "And whoever can bring me Zabuza's AND Tazuna's head can get double the money!" All the thugs cheered before running.

Naruto growled when he heard that threat with Anna standing behind him out of instinct. Zabuza however put his sword in front of him "Leave this to me boy"

"Why should I?"

"Because he threatened my daughter. Be side's I think it's time you see how a real Shaman fights," he said with a ghost appearing behind him.

The ghost appeared to be a tall, muscular man with long spiky hair, with little bells on the end. He was wearing a black eye patch with a gold outline over his right eye. His left eyes was exposed but had a long scar over it. He was also wearing what looked to be the bottom half of a black battle kimono. The ghost was holding a long sword with a chip and worn blade but you could tell it was incredibly deadly "Are we killing those weaklings?" he questioned.

"Yes we are. Boy this is MY Guardian Ghost, Kenpachi Zaraki," said Zabuza with Kenpachi nodding.

"Good" he said turning into his Spirit Form, which was a small skull that glowed yellow.

"Unity!" shouted Zabuza with them two merging. His grin seemed to grow as he spoke "Alright, let's get started!" he shouted running at the thugs. What everyone saw was a bloodbath as Zabuza slashed his way through the thugs, killing them effortlessly, as he neared Gato. When he reached the small man, all of his men were dead and Zabuza was almost completely covered in blood.

"W-Wait! I can pay triple of what I was going to pay them!" shouted Gato in fear.

"Just die!" shouted Zabuza as he slashed Gato in half. Both halves fell off of the bridge never to be seen again.

Zabuza stood up and looked bored "These bastard's weren't worth my time" said Kenpachi as he left Unity.

"I know what you mean," muttered Zabuza.

Suddenly an arrow landed directly in front of Naruto who jumped back in fright "Are we late!?" shouted a child's voice. Everyone looked and saw practically the entire Wave Village standing at the end of the bridge, armed with different weapon's, with Inari holding a crossbow at the front.

"Inari! You nearly shot my foot off!" shouted Naruto.

"Sorry!" he shouted back before everyone laughed. Well apart from Anna who just held a small smile and Sasuke who was still knocked out.

That night a party was happening over the entire village. Everybody was naming the Konoha team, Zabuza, and Haku Heroes of Wave as they all celebrated.

Kakashi managed to get many of the male villager's to buy Icha Icha and get him to autograph them. Unfortunately this lead to the female villager's beating them all to a sense with Tsunami as their leader.

Zabuza went drinking with Tazuna and managed to make it a contest. Zabuza won when Tazuna was found passed out under the table and Zabuza still wasn't even tipsy.

Sasuke was just off training and brooding. He wasn't happy that he didn't defeat Haku and that didn't fight Zabuza. He was happy though now that he has his Sharingan. Sakura was just staying at the tree line and watching the Uchiha train.

Haku managed to make a small playground out of ice for the small children and she played with them along with Inari as he helped.

Amidamaru was just sitting on the roof of Tazuna's with a stick in his mouth as he stared at the stars. Kenpachi had his back to the samurai as he drank some Sake he had. How they got these small objects's nobody knows.

Both Naruto and Anna were walking in the forest next to each other but Anna seemed worried and Naruto saw "Are you ok?" he asked softly as they stopped near a crystal lake. The moon reflected off of it perfectly and it gave them both a beautiful view. Anna stayed silent as she stared out at the lake.

Suddenly tears slowly started to fall from her eye's "I thought I saw you die" she whispered. Naruto stared at her "All those needles. It made me remember that day when you saved my life" He pulled her into a hug "Then you used that chakra. You were acting like a monster" She hugged him and squeezed him tight. Anna is a person that will lock away her emotions just to make sure that no one can get closer. She does everything she can to be stronger. But this one time she done something that she hasn't done for over five years.

She cried.

There were no sobs or anything like that but she did let the tears fall as she clung to Naruto like he was a lifeline. Naruto just held her as rubbed her back soothingly as he said soft words to her. Eventually the tears stop and they both sat down against a tree, with Anna in Naruto's lap.

After a while they went for a walk again and then went back to Tazuna's. When they returned to the village, the party was over and a lot of people were passed out. They returned to the house and went straight to their rooms. At Anna's room that she shares with Sakura Naruto hugged her one last time. They separated but Naruto looked her straight in the eyes and said, "I love you" and kissed her on the lips. The kiss was short but it held all the love that Naruto had for Anna.

They separated and Anna held a small blush "I-I love you too" she whispered back.

Naruto smiled and pulled something out of his pocket and put it in her hands. He kissed her one last time before walking into his bedroom that he shared with Sasuke. Anna blinked and looked at what was in her hands. Her eye's widened slightly when she saw it was the same box she saw in Naruto's apartment. Opening it she saw it was a small gold locket. She opened it and saw it was a picture of the both of them when they were younger. Smiling she put it on and went into her bedroom to sleep.

Again I apologise for the wait but I hope this chapter was up to your satisfactory. I know Anna was more emotional than she usually is but I thought that it would be fine. Thank you for reading and please review.