Tools

Sasuke came out of his coma, he was still on the bridge but the fog was lifted. He looked around, he saw Haku on the ground, dead, zabuza seemed to be wounded to the arm. Suddenly an army of people arrived on the bridge: Gato's men and Gato himself. "It looks like you're completely useless, I'll have to do the job myself," he said, hitting Haku's corpse. Naruto got angry. "You didn't even react, he cared about you.

-it's just a body, he died for what he was supposed to do, a ninja is just a tool and Haku was mine.

-How dare you. Naruta tried to hit zabuza.

-Naruto calm down, there's no point in fighting anymore, say kakashi

-hey kid, pass me a kunai " But sasuke didn't see the tears streaming down the tazuna's cheeks. Zabuza grabbed the kunai with his mouth and started a butchery, easily reaching Gato and decapitating him. In the face of such carnage the men fled. Zabuza used his last strength to walk to Haku and collapsed next to him, dying beside him. Meanwhile sasuke was thinking about Zabuza's words, ninja were just tools.... He was clearly not the tool of konoha, but what kind of tools he was.

Some days later at zabuza and Haku's funeral.

"sensei, is it true that ninja are just tools?

- It's part of our lives, but ninja is also a set of values, and all ninja live with this contradiction,

-I refuse to be a tool, I would show the world that ninja are more than that, I would become hokage and I would prove to them the value of myself and my convictions, that's my nindo" meanwhile, sasuke thought back about his fight against Haku, he had almost died, and no matter what kind of excuses he gave himself, he had put his life on the line to save naruto. It was unacceptable, he couldn't allow himself to die like that. He was a tool for the revenge of his clan, which suited him perfectly, and he will have to consider all the other people as tools, avoiding any attachment and therefore avoiding any risk of failure.

It took Sasuke a week to recover, he thought about the power he had felt before he passed out, he had to be sure.

In the woods, Naruto was training.

"Naruto, how did you defeat Haku?

-What do you mean?

-You're way too weak to actually have won. How did you do it?

-I don't know, I felt this rage after I believe you were dead and then I don't know, sorry.

-Show me.

-what?!?"

sasuke found himself in front of naruto and punched him in the face "you're completely crazy".

-sasuke had a huge sadistic smile on his face, he attacked naruto, this latter threw himself backwards dodging his attack "kage bushin", about ten clones rushed at sasuke, he beat them effortlessly, then he stepped to the side letting naruto pass him ,who had tried to take him by surprise, before naruto went beyond it, he gave him a powerful knee kick in the belly, putting him down. sasuke said then "you're weak, I don't know how you could beat Haku but you don't seem to be able to use, whatever it is, at will, it's disappointing" he started to move away "what I am for you, sasuke ? said naruto while getting up with difficulty.

-You're just a means to help me achieve my goal.

-Why? Why are you like this?

-Attaching yourself to people will only lead to sadness and disappointment, but it's also the kind of thing that separates you from your goals, you'll change for the people you love, losing sight of who you are and why you're fighting.

-I understand, you are nothing but a product of this sasuke world, and I will show you that you are wrong, it's decide, I will not only become hokage for me, but also for people like you and Zabuza, I will change this world sasuke and I will do it without considering human beings as objects, if this world creates suffering, pain, death and rejection, then I will create a new one ! I will become the greatest hokage in history!

-you know naruto, said sasuke with a sad smile, the value of a path is measured by the strength it gives you, sasuke kicked naruto in the face , sending him crashing into a trunk, his smile changed, becoming satisfied, I have proved to you the strength that my path brought to me and I will continue to prove it, can you do the same? Words have no value in themselves, they must be backed up."

Sasuke went away, "I'll show it to you and the world, the power of my nindo."

Sasuke didn't turn around but said, "We'll have a rematch when you're strong enough."

Kakashi was in the tree from the beginning, he sighed, it wasn't going to be a fun time to make a functional team with these two. He was divided, he could perfectly understand sasuke feelings but he knew where this kind of path lead, but it was up to him to find the answers. He sighed again.

A week later they returned to the village, the way back was done in silence, sakura was depressed, she had been useless, she was so weak, naruto promising himself to train harder than ever his conviction stronger than before, sasuke wondering how to perfect his goraikyu, to prevent the backlash, and how to reactivate is lightning boost. In the midst of all this, Kakashi was getting ready for a long journey back home.