This will be the only Author's Note. I would like to reply to your reviews, however, I have heard from other writers that if that gets too extensive, the story will be taken down. Therefore, I will say it now and if you don't mind, put your email in your review so that I may reply to you. That is, if you want me to reply.
Before I forget, here's the disclaimer:
I don't own anything except for the ideas that I make up for the writing of this story. I do not own the characters or some of the jutsus. This applies to every chapter of this story.
Never again will I post a disclaimer, as it is really a waste of space and time. If you ever really feel you need to be reminded that I don't own Naruto, flip back to this chapter.
A fierce battle raged on the unfinished bridge of Wave Country. On one end of the uncompleted bridge, two Leaf genin were trapped in a frozen structure of ice mirrors suffering glancing blows from dozens of needles. On the other end of the battlefield, the Leaf jounin was duking it out with a missing-nin under the thick blanket of fog. Kakashi's puny kunai defended against a flurry of swings from the No-Dachi. As the Demon of the Hidden Mist hides once again in the heavy fog to taunt the copy-nin, Kakashi takes advantage of the moments reprieve to take out a summoning scroll. "Ninpou: Kuchiyose Doton Tsuiga no Jutsu!" Many dogs were summoned underneath the bridge, tracking the scent of Zabuza. As the dogs of varying sizes burst out of the floor and latched on to Zabuza, Kakashi's hands went into another set of seals. "Chidori!" Chakra gathered in his hand, glowing brighter and brighter causing a lot of loud chirping noises.
Meanwhile, in the ice structure, many many clouds of ninja smoke covered the area as all of the shadow clones Naruto produced were struck down. Although the missing-nin's tragic past was revealed to the Konoha genins, they could not simply abandon their mission simply to make tragic Haku's life easier, and so they fought on.
While Naruto and Sasuke were growing more desperate by the second, Haku had similar thoughts in mind. 'Please hurry up Zabuza-san. I don't want to kill but I cannot prolong this much more!' With that decided, Haku reflected himself out of the mirror he was in and stuck a needle through Sasuke's neck, putting him into a momentary death. As Naruto saw what was happening, he felt very angry at the sudden "loss" of his rival. All of a sudden, Haku heard a loud chirping noise coming from deep within the fog. Ignoring everything else, he quickly reflected himself off of the opposite mirror and shot off into the mist. Naruto quickly dashed through the mirror, determined to avenge Sasuke. By the time he got close enough to see him, Haku was already dead, with Kakashi's hand pressed against his chest. Shocked, Naruto's shuddered and collapsed on his knees, his eyes never leaving the dead corpse of Haku. His heart beat grew louder and louder as he watched the life blood flow out. His previous hatred and anger dissipated and all that he felt now, was great sorrow and sadness for the passing of someone so pure hearted. Growing louder and louder still, the noise was deafening. With a pained yell, he collapsed into unconsciousness.
Naruto woke up to find himself in the dark recesses of his mind. In those dank corridors, the only light was the glowing red he saw further up ahead. With no other ideas, he walked towards it cautiously. As he turned and walked into the room from which the glow came from, he saw only a huge cage. Instinctively, Naruto knew it was the prison of the great Youkai, Kyuubi.
Boldly, and somewhat foolishly, Naruto beckoned to the great Youkai. "Yo! Anyone in there?"
To this brash call, the fox replied, "You are here, at long last! I was beginning to wonder how it could take so long for someone in the profession of a shinobi to see the life blood flow out of a dying innocent. As you have heard from Mizuki, I am the great Youkai, Kyuubi. I –"
"What are you talking about," Interrupted Naruto, "What does me being here have to do with life blood and whatever?"
"You do not know? I, the Greatest of the Youkai, am also known as the Bleeding Kitsune. The Youkai of the Blood. Those who have witnessed the life blood flowing from the body of an innocent and grieve will be brought to me."
"…Whatever foxy. Just let me outta here. I don't care who you are and what not, but all I know is that my rival is dead out there along with that Haku guy. He may have killed Sasuke, but he was still a pure hearted person, just on different sides."
"Hahahahaha! Fool! Your rival is far from dead! He was merely put into a momentary death, similar to your first encounter with the self proclaimed 'Demon of the Hidden Mist.'" Said the fox, Zabuza's title twisted in mockery. "The only one who is dying is the innocent mist-nin, which incidentally brought you here for an audience with me."
"Are you serious! This is great! Sasuke's not dead!" yelled Naruto. "…but that mist guy…I almost tried to kill him to avenge Sasuke, even though he was innocent…"
"Don't worry. The great Youkai of the Blood can heal most flesh wounds, even the most severe! Bring yourself back to your own reality and I will guide you from there."
"Since when was the greatest of the Youkai so helpful?"
"Be quite brat or I'll change my mind!" grumbled Kyuubi. "Time may pass slower here in your mind, but even I can't save someone once their spirit has passed out of the body. This happens about one minute after the body seemingly dies."
After that last comment, Naruto quickly obeyed and concentrated on the real world outside. As he regained consciousness in the outside world, he shook his head and rubbed his eyes to clear his vision. Naruto saw Kakashi still locked in battle with Zabuza, only this time; he clearly had the upper hand. Dragging his exhausted body over to Haku's corpse, he suddenly felt the thoughts of the prisoner in his naval. "Quickly, there isn't much time!"
"I know! Just tell me what to do!" Naruto thought back.
Immediately, his hands set into motion following the list of seals the Kyuubi recited in his mind. "ketsueki ijutsu: Zenchi" whispered Naruto. The effect of the jutsu kicked in immediately. Naruto slipped into unconsciousness again and blood rushed out of his mouth flowing towards Haku and entering through his mouth.
At this time, Gatou decided that he would use his mini-army of henchmen to get rid of both Zabuza and the Leaf nins. At this betrayal, Zabuza was enraged and abandoned his battle with Kakashi. Charging through the group and slitting Gatou's throat before being brought down by the henchmen. Angrily, one of the henchmen yelled, "you killed our meal ticket! We'll take what we want from this lousy island country for our pay!"
Suddenly, an arrow pierced the air and ricocheted off of one of the samurai henchmen's swords. "Leave our homes alone!" cried the crowd gathered with Giichi. "Oi Tazuna-San! I'm sorry I bailed on you before. My conscience wouldn't let me leave you on your own, so I came back to help out!" yelled Giichi.
"Thank you Giichi!" Tazuna yelled back, "Now lets get rid of the last Gatou related things from the Wave country!"
"RIGHT!" Chorused the crowd.
Meanwhile, within Haku's body, Naruto's spirit was in a chamber similar to his own subconscious. "Where the hell am I?" he thought to himself.
"Haku's body of course." Came the answer.
"Bwah! You're here too? What do I do here?"
"My mind is directly linked to yours. As to what you need to do here, the answer is simple. Fix his body. Time passes slower in this place as well as in your own mind. Even so, you must hurry. As long as the head and heart function even marginally within the next 5 hours, he will live. Once that is done, you have the next 2 weeks of real time to patch up his blood system so that he can help heal himself."
"WHAT! Five hours! Where do I go? What do I do!" Screamed a panicking Naruto.
"Do not worry. The one thing that you have to your advantage here is you can use jutsus and you have me to guide you through it."
"Oh right… well, here goes nothing! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Jutsus:
Ninpou: Kuchiyose Doton Tsuiga no Jutsu Ninja Art: Summoning move: Earth Element: Tracking Fangs
This Jutsu uses a scroll to summon many dogs of various sizes which track the enemy underground through scent alone. When the target is found, they converge on the spot, and latch onto the opponent to reduce mobility and inflict some damage. It was actually used in the Anime by Kakashi.
Chidori Thousand Birds
Kakashi's only original jutsu. Gathers a lot of chakra into his hand. This chakra produces a blue light and a lot of chirping noises. Very destructive.
ketsueki ijutsu: Zenchi Blood Healing Arts: Complete Recovery
My own original Jutsu. It's a jutsu from Kyuubi. Basically, the spirit of the user, along with a lot of chakra and blood flow into the target and from the inside, put them back together. However, this jutsu must be used within a minute after death. It is not only a jutsu what revives the dead, it also heals any flesh wound. Curse seals and Genjutsu deaths cannot be healed in this fashion. Unfortunately, the user of this jutsu goes into a 2 week coma and is incredibly weakened in those 2 weeks.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu Shadow Replication Skill
Recreates the user as many times as he wants, provided he uses the needed amount of chakra. The chakra in the body is divided equally so it is a very tiring skill but it is good enough to fool advanced eyes like the Byakugan. These clones can use the chakra in them to use jutsus (I think they should be able to so I will make them so)