2 At the builder's house.

(Naruto): "Let's get this over with. Yeah ... I'M ON FIRE!"

(Zabuza): "Hump, and how do you intend to do that kid?" - He exclaims in an arrogant way, but his instincts said that he would regret that sentence.

Naruto lets out a little air, and to everyone's surprise, small flames come out of his mouth, then he throws his head back, taking a deep breath.

(Naruto): "Fire Dragon's Roar" - He screams while throwing his head forward with his mouth open.

The same red flames from before leave Naruto's mouth and go towards Zabuza, who ended up releasing Kakashi by jumping to the left, avoiding the attack that was destroying some trees in the process and causing a small explosion at the end.

(Zabuza): 'How did this kid get so strong?' - He thinks surprised by the strength of Naruto. - "Kid, I will finish you off." - He says with veins puffed up with anger, whipping out his Kubikiribōchō.

Zabuza leaves Naruto with an angry look, but before he left the lake he had to hit a Fuma Shuriken, which had been thrown by Kakashi.

(Kakashi): "I will not allow you to hurt my students again." - He exclaims seriously with his Sharingan shining more and more. - "Naruto, you will have to give some explanations, but it is for later."

Naruto shrugged, but before going to Sakura and Tazuna, he smelled someone else in that place, which surprised him but he remembered what Natsu had said about his senses, he turned and looked at the top of one of the trees of the place, which by the way was with a great fog, where the smell came from.

The person on top of the tree was surprised to see that it was located, despite not knowing how, since Zabuza's jutsu, Water Style: Hiding in the Mist Technique, should prevent the sensory from identifying another chakra in addition to the Zabuza chakra. Sakura and Tazuna were a little surprised by the blonde's reaction, who immediately went to their side while alternating his gaze between his sensei and the top of the tree where the other person was, and Kakashi and Zabuza paid no attention to anything else. be the opponent.

(Kakashi): "Zabuza, your fight is with me." - He says seriously.

Both started to face each other, waiting for the next move, Zabuza then started to perform some hand signals being followed by Kakashi who replicated them perfectly.

(Kakashi / Zabuza): Water Style: Water Dragon Projectile Jutsu."

Two water dragons emerge from the side and emerge to the skies, which made Naruto very excited, until the moment when they collide in a mini tidal wave, Zabuza raises his arm and starts making hand signals, but Kakashi copies, leaving Zabuza surprised and a little frustrated, both face each other before Zabuza starts to get angry making some seals, but Kakashi ended up making them faster.

(Kakashi): "Water Style: Great Waterfall Jutsu."

A large cyclone appears in front of Kakashi and hits Zabuza in the face, sending him to some trees, Kakashi approaches Momochi, but before Hatake does anything, senbons are hurled at Momochi's neck.

(Kakashi): "What?"

He and the rest of the group began to stare at the origin of the blow, and saw a person wearing a white mask, Naruto was cautious and Sakura and Tazuna were surprised, as this was where Naruto was faced during Kakashi's battle. Sakura, Naruto and Tazuna approached the place, with the farther Sasuke walking with difficulty.

(Sakura): "W-Who are you?" - She asks seriously.

(Kakashi): "Don't worry, you're an Oinin from Kirigakure, right?"

The person nods.

(Oinin): "For some time I have been hunting Zabuza, I appreciate the help in weakening him."

Naruto suspected this phrase for two reasons. One, he was watching the battle, and he could have appeared before and helped Kakashi, and two, he smelled Zabuza on Oinin in front of him and was strong, which meant they had met recently, but both Zabuza and he were in perfect condition.

If Naruto did not realize that everyone was very tired, and he was barely able to remain conscious, he would have expressed the thought, but this could result in another battle, and none of them was in a position to fight another with a fully rested and powerful enemy unknown.

Kakashi approaches Zabuza and puts two fingers on Zabuza's neck.

(Kakashi): "He's dead."

(Oinin): "Thanks, unfortunately I can't leave Zabuza's body here, because there is a lot of information about him that is confidential." - He says approaching the body and lifting it up afterwards. - "If I may, I say goodbye." - He says while disappearing in a Body Wind Flicker."

(Kakashi): "Tazuna-san, is it long before we get to your house?" - He ask looking at the builder.

(Tazuna): "No, if we walk at the same speed, we will arrive in less than 1 hour."

Kakashi nods before Naruto kneels.

(Kakashi): "Naruto?" - The current blond-red spits out a lot of blood and his wounds start to open, and before anyone did anything, the red-haired blond had already passed out. - "Dammit, we need to go quickly." - He says doing one Shadow Clone to carry Naruto.

The group then started heading towards Tazuna's house with Naruto passed out, most of them were worried about the blonde, with the exception of Sasuke who looked at him with hatred.

(Sasuke): 'How did Loser get so strong?' - He think irritated. - 'With this power I will be able to kill that bastard, I will make it a point to force Dobe to give me this power, whether he wants to or not.' - He think with anger and arrogance.

After 50 minutes, they arrived at Tazuna's residence, the old builder knocked on the door, and when it opened, it revealed a tall woman with blue hair.

(Woman): "Dad?" - She is happy to see the old man and pulls him into an embrace that is returned by Tazuna. - "I am happy to see you." - He says while some tears are coming."

(Tazuna): "Thank you for your concern Tsunami-chan." - He say smiling. - "But we need help." - He say seriously while a Kakashi clone appears holding Naruto.

Tsunami runs to one of the rooms to get some first aid kits, while Tazuna asks to put the blond on the sofa near the kitchen, Kakashi nods, and when he gives the order for his clone to disappear, he gets a little dizzy.

(Sakura): "What happened Sensei?" - She ask worried, before seeing a cut on Hatake's torso. - "You are hurt." - She say worried.

(Kakashi): "The priority here is Naruto." - He says seriously.

(Tsunami): "Nothing like that, I will take care of both." - She says entering the place with the kits. - "Please, sit there." - She says pointing to a chair.

(Kakashi): "Okay, first of all, my name is Hatake Kakashi, I am the Jōnin-Sensei responsible for Team 7, composed by Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto." - He says pointing to his students, Sakura bowed and Sasuke he growled angrily.

(Tsunami): "It is a pleasure, my name is Tsunami, I am the daughter of Tazuna." - She say it would be. - "Sakura-san, could you help me?" - Haruno nods and starts treating Kakashi.

After treating Kakashi's and Naruto's wounds, Sasuke refused to, according to himself, 'receive charity' without mentioning that they were just a few injuries, they decided to end the day, with the Uchiha still feeling a senseless hate for the blonde. due to the power that he demonstrated.

The next day, Naruto begins to wake up, with a slightly blurred vision, and soon after, he realized he was in a room. When he started to get up, he saw some bandages around his torso, while next to his bed was a trash can with some bloody bandages.

He got up and found himself in a mirror in the room and was surprised by the new look, but he notices other changes in his body, first the muscles when he passed his hand where he had been hit and did not feel any pain, as another that cheered him up a lot.

(Naruto): 'My chakra is stabilized, unlike in the past, it seems that taking on Natsu's skills gave me some control...'

At that time he remembers another detail of the conversation, and notices that the seal that had the shape of an eight-pointed sun on his belly was gone.

(Naruto): "So it was true... how will Jiji react when he finds out that I am no longer a jinchūriki? I will worry when I tell him, which I think will be inevitable..." - He says with a clear concern on his face as he approached the window and noticed that the sun was starting to rise. - "Well, let's start training..."

3 hours later, the other members of Team 7 started to wake up, Kakashi saw that Tsunami was in the kitchen preparing the group's coffee and he ended up thanking them for their help the day before, she ended up saying that there was no problem, mainly because they were there wanting help your father and his people with the Gatō problem. Sasuke had arrived and picked up an apple without saying anything, not noticing Kakashi's disappointed look at him, but the attention of everyone in the house was taken by a cry from Sakura. Kakashi runs to her who was in front of the door of the room where Naruto slept.

(Kakashi): "What happened?"

(Sakura): "N-N-N-Naruto just disappeared." - She say sad and worried.

Kakashi enters the room a little worried, and after seeing the remains of Naruto's shirt and shirt that had been cut by Zabuza, he bit his thumb and makes some hand stamps.

(Kakashi): "Summoning Jutsu." - He exclaims while slapping the ground.

A cloud of smoke appeared and after a few seconds it revealed a small brown Ninken.

(Kakashi): "Good morning Pakkun." - He says already cutting off the slow expression that Ninken always did when he was summoned. - "I need you to locate Naruto." - Says delivering the blond's clothes to Pakkun to sniff.

(Pakkun): "I found his trail, follow me." - He say seriously.

After a few minutes following Ninken, Team 7 ended up arriving in a dense part of the forest, and what they saw left them incredulous, part of the place was with burnt or destroyed trees and some stones also destroyed, and in the center of everything, Naruto was punching a giant rock while his hands were permeated with fire, the group noticed the sweat and some scratches on the blonde's body, indicating that he had been there for some time.

(Naruto): "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist."

The flames in Naruto's right hand increased and he punched the center of the rock breaking it shortly afterwards, which surprised Team 7 once again, as that rock did not have a crack that would facilitate its destruction with just one blow. After this punch, Naruto starts to pant more than he already was.

(Naruto): "I-It's still not enough." - He say it with difficulty. - "I-I need to improve my control with Katon, I'm spending a lot of chakra." - He say before falling with your ass and staring at the your.

(Naruto): 'It seems that the mixture of elements will take longer than I imagined.' - He thinks a little discouraged.

Kakashi was the first to leave the stupor and calmly went towards the blonde who was trying to get up, the blonde ended up accepting the help.

(Kakashi): "How are you Naruto?"

(Naruto): "I-I'm fine... so guys, what happened? What are you doing here? - He ask a little confused.

Everyone gets a drop on the back of their neck when they hear that.

(Kakashi): "This is something we should be asking, Naruto, you should be in bed, recovering." - He say a little bit of reproach.

(Naruto): "Well... I had woken up very early and I wasn't feeling any pain, so I decided to come and train, which is better than doing nothing."

At that time, Sakura approaches Naruto and kisses him on the cheek.

(Sakura): "T-This is because you protected me yesterday." - She says a little flushed while Naruto was surprised by the pinkish gesture.

(Kakashi): "Well, let's have breakfast, as we have a serious matter to discuss with you." - He say calm. - "Thanks Pakkun."

After thanking him, Ninken nods and disappears in a cloud of smoke.

Team 7 then arrived at Tazuna's house, Tsunami was worried about Naruto, but he explains that he was already recovered, and showed this by removing the bandages, showing the big scar he received with Zabuza's blow, not to mention the scar on his cheek . The group then drinks coffee, after seeing a small boy in sailor clothes taking some food and leaving the house, Tazuna says that it was his grandson Inari, and that he has hardly socialized with other people since Kaiza's death, his stepfather, Naruto was a little tense when he heard this, as he knows very well what it is like to live without a father figure, and thought about talking to the boy afterwards. Over breakfast, Naruto noticed the looks that Sasuke cast, but Naruto just ignored him.

(Kakashi): "Well." - He says closing his book and drawing the attention of the Genins. - "Zabuza is alive." - The atmosphere was tense at the time, mostly by parts of Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna, after all Naruto already suspected it.

(Sakura): "But sensei, didn't you say that he-he had died?" - She ask while shaking with fear.

(Kakashi): "Sakura, what weapons did Oinin use against Zabuza?"

(Sakura): "Sebons."

(Kakashi): "Exactly, senbons hardly kill their targets, even more in the points that had been thrown." - He says pointing to the back of his neck. - "Here, they would leave the person at the maximum in a stage of 'temporary death'." - He say it seriously. - "Other than that, Oinins are known to take only the heads of their targets, but that Oinin made sure to take the whole body." - He say seriously.

(Tazuna): "Y-You don't think you're overreacting." - He say a little fearful.

(Naruto): "No, Kakashi-Sensei is not."

Everyone looked at him with that statement.

(Sasuke): "How are you so sure, Loser?" - He asks in a mocking tone.

(Naruto): "Because of their smell."

(Kakashi): "The smell?"

(Naruto): "For some reason, my senses have always been a little bit heightened, but after my near-death experience, my senses sharpened a lot. I could smell Oinin watching the fight and Zabuza's smell was strong on him, which means that they were close at the time, but they were both in good condition, so that Oinin chat was hunting Zabuza only be a lie."

Sasuke's hateful look towards Naruto only intensified, but the eyes of others were wide with surprise, it seems that this transformation improved Naruto in several areas.

(Kakashi): "Well, with the wounds of the battle, I would say we have 1 week until he recovers with Oinin taking care of him, so, I will train them." - He say calm.

(Sasuke): "Finally I will have a chance to show my power." - He says but no one paid any attention, they just left the place, making him even more angry. - "Tsc." - He grunted angrily and stood up to follow his 'Team'.

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