land in the waves part 1

As we were walking away from our village we suddenly got attacked by two brothers. Who went straight for the one and only copy cat ninja. Of course I already new what Kakashi way gonna say so I grabbed my teammates and guarded the old man. 'What a drag.' I thought. Just then naruto slipped out without me noticing and attacked one of the brothers. Resulting in him getting cut with a poisoned weapon. He flipped out kakashi did his short speech Once the attackers had been restrained , Naruto bled out the poison he had received by stabbing his wound with a kunai swearing upon the pain in his hand never to freeze up and leave his friends to fend for themselves ever again. 'Why is he so dramatic?' I thought. Kakashi looked so pissed I couldn't help but to laugh. "Better tell the truth old man before copy cat over here flips his cool." I said. "I have a name kid. It's Tazuna." So we made him spill the tea. blah blah you know the rest. *Timeskip To battle.*

Kakashi ordered Team 7 to protect Tazuna, though Zabuza asserted that such protection was useless, instantly appearing in the centre of their formation. As Zabuza was about to make an attack with his sword, Kakashi raced toward them and stabs Zabuza in the stomach with his kunai just before his stroke could fall. Water poured out of Zabuza's body and it collapsed into a puddle as the real Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi, revealing that Zabuza had used the Water Clone Technique to fool Kakashi. Zabuza proceeded to slice Kakashi in half, but Kakashi's body too dissolved into water, surprising Zabuza as he realised that Kakashi's Sharingan must have copied the Water Clone Technique as Zabuza charged toward him. Kakashi appeared behind Zabuza, mocking him by saying that it was over.

To everyone's surprise, a second Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi and grabbed him, and the first Zabuza reverted to a pool of water. Kakashi attempted to break free of Zabuza's grasp, but was instead thrown into the nearby lake. As he emerged, Zabuza trapped him within his Water Prison Technique, leaving Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to defend against another of Zabuza's clones. Kakashi told the genin to run, but Naruto remembered the oath that he had made to himself, and entered the fight so that they could save Kakashi and keep Tazuna alive. Naruto created a number of shadow clones that proceeded to completely surround Zabuza's water clone. Zabuza's clone swung his sword, and the shadow clones scattered and disappeared, forcing the only remaining Naruto to reach into his backpack and pull out a fūma shuriken, which he gave to Sasuke. Sasuke, sensing Naruto's plan, hurled the fūma shuriken at Zabuza, who easily grabbed it from the air. To his surprise, a second shuriken was hiding in the shadow of the first due to Sasuke's Shadow shuriken technique , and Zabuza was forced to leap over it to avoid being damaged. Once past Zabuza, the second shuriken turned into Naruto, who had transformed himself. Naruto threw a kunai at Zabuza, who, unable to dodge it while maintaining the Water Prison Technique, was forced to release Kakashi from his prison in order to avoid the attack. I was casually talking to Haku about a plan to do about this and the future which he agrred too. Just as Kakashi was about to make the final blow, a masked ninja, later revealed to be named Haku , appeared to kill Zabuza by impaling Zabuza's neck with several Senbon. Claiming he was sent to kill Zabuza. Kakashi was to tired to realise that it was a fake death. And why should I rat out my new friend? Kakashi was taken to Tazuna's home for recovery since he passed out for using Sharingan, and as he rested he made the observation that Zabuza's apparent death was odd: when hunter-nin killed their target, they usually began to destroy it on the spot. On the other hand, the ninja whom they'd met had taken Zabuza's body elsewhere. This, coupled with the fact that Zabuza had been "killed" with senbon, weapons that were rarely fatal and also useful for knocking people out, led Kakashi to believe that Zabuza was still alive, and that he would be back to finish Tazuna's assassination. Elsewhere, Zabuza was revived by Haku, and, although he would need time to recover, he promised to crush Kakashi when next they met.

With Zabuza's return a likely outcome, Kakashi took Team 7 to the nearby woods for chakra training and told us that the training would require us to learn to climb trees without using their hands. Naruto made the observation that this is impossible, but Kakashi, in crutches, managed to climb the tree with ease, and explained that the key to doing so was focusing chakra to the soles of the feet. "Hey Sage I've been wondering for a while but big brother Kakashi isn't a Uchiha is he? Because we saw him use Sharingan." Koda stated/asked. "Yeah dobe I've been wondering that to since you told me the first day you met me 'I can see the future.' Is Kakashi sensei an Uchiha? You know he won't answer me and I'm pissed." Said Sasuke "ok technically he is not Uchiha his best friend was. His Best friend was crushed by a rock and 'died' and gave Kakashi one of his eyes and that's how our sensei has Sharingan. Do you understand now." I explained. They both nodded and we continued to train. Sakura was the first to master tree walking me and Koda already knew how. We helped naruto learn how to climb trees without using his hands and let me say it took for ever. We were walking back to Tazuna' S house for supper. "How was training guys?" asked kakashi

"Easy, now let's eat we're starving!" we all said. Naruto and Sasuke were having a food race which both just threw back up. Sakura asked about a torn picture that Inari , Tazuna's grandson, had been looking at. Tazuna explains that the man in the missing portion of the picture was Kaiza Inari's "father", whom Inari had idolised and thought of as his biological parent, though Kaiza had adopted him. One day, years prior, a flood had threatened to destroy the village, and Kaiza had single-handedly managed to close the floodgates, earning him the title of "hero" amongst the villagers. Once Gatō came to the country, however, Kaiza's heroic deeds angered Gatō, and therefore Gatō had him executed in front of the villagers, including Inari. From that day forth, the villagers lost hope, and Inari was crushed, disbelieving the possible existence of a "hero". Naruto, determined to prove to Inari that there was such a thing as a hero, rushed off to continue his training. Kakashi and I explained to Inari that all of us grew up with no family ,no love, nothing, until we met each other we finally found a place were we belong. As Naruto rested in the woods one day, he encountered Haku, though he was unaware of Haku's identity and thought him to just be a pretty girl. The two discussed their dreams: Naruto wished to become the Kage of his village, while Haku wanted to protect the person most precious to him, explaining that, when one was protecting a precious person, one's strength reached its maximum. Naruto agreed with this statement, remembering all of the people who had protected him. With that, Haku left, though not before confusing Naruto to no end by asserting that he was a boy. I came out of the shadows and started laughing at Naruto. "Naruto I can't believe that you swing that way hahaha." "Sage what do you mean?" Naruto said clearly confused "The person that you were talking to was male." "Wait WHAT!!!!!!" "haha let's go I'm gonna tell Koda and Sasuke this." "What noooooooooooo." -_-

The next morning, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura and Sage escorted Tazuna to work at the bridge, leaving Naruto and Koda behind to rest. Upon arriving at the bridge, however, they found Tazuna's workers to have been attacked, and the area quickly became covered with a veil of mist. After a quick defeat of Zabuza's water clones at the hands of Sasuke, Zabuza and a masked Haku revealed themselves, confirming Kakashi's suspicions. Back at Tazuna's house, two of Gatō's thugs arrived to kidnap Inari's mother. Inari, inspired by Naruto's story, attempted to save his mother by himself. Just as he was about to be cut down by the thugs, Naruto and Koda appeared and defeated the two single-handedly. Naruto congratulated Inari for finally standing up for himself, and left with Koda to join the rest of his team.