Ch 17 : End of the wave country mission

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- Five minutes Prior, Tazuna's house -

" So, what are we going to do?"

" I don't know, don't ask me..."

Before leaving, Sanada had prepared a note for Tsunami and left his two disciples here.

In fact, it was so that Naruto wouldn't come and interrupt the battle between Sakura and Haku.

Sanada knew that if he didn't prepare things beforehand, Naruto would come like how it was in the plot and take the spotlight, giving no chance for Sakura to engage Haku in combat.

Now Naruto and Sanada's two other disciples had successfully dealt with the two swordsmen that came into Tazuna's house, and the two disciples were considering returning to Sanada.

Sanada's instruction in the note to Naruto was to protect Tazuna's family, while for his two disciples was to hold down Naruto for about ten to fifteen minutes.

Now that the time has passed, they have no reason to linger here any longer.

" Is it finally the time?" Naruto came from behind with a carefree expression on his face.

" Yeah, it should be okay now. Sensei only instructed us to protect the house since he knew someone would come here. And since the danger had passed, there should be no problem going to the bridge." Ami replied to Naruto.

" Hahahaha, then what are we waiting for? Let's go now. It sure is tough being a hero!" Said Naruto with a stupid grin on his face before he flashed toward the direction of the bridge.

Ami & Hibachi: " ..... "

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Back to the present, just after Skura shattered the ice Mirror with Karakusagawara Seiken, a smoke bomb suddenly appeared in the bridge, and three ninjas were revealed from within.

" Uzumaki Naruto has finally arrived!"

Yup, it was none other than the number one loudest and unpredictable ninja, Uzumaki Naruto.

But different from the original plot where the situation was very dire when Naruto arrived, this time, the Konoha Ninjas were heaving the upper hand in the current situation.

Haku looked at Naruto with a complicated expression in his eyes.

He still remembered the image of a cheerful boy who was training hard and always hoped to become a Hokage. The two have a similarity in their background as both of them only wanted somebody else to acknowledge them, but they took a different path.

Haku took the path where he only wanted to be acknowledged by a person and always wanted to be useful by him. While Naruto, on the other hand, tried to prove himself and be accepted by everyone in the village.

Noticing the weirdness in Haku, Zabuza was a bit startled, and his movement stagnated a bit. But this gave Kakashi the opening that he had been waiting for.

" Zabuza, you are too full of yourself.." Said Kakashi as he ran forward with his Raikiri, taking full advantage of the opening in Zabuza's stance.

At this moment, time felt very slow, but there was a figure who reacted faster than everyone else.

Sanada noticed this, but in the end, he decided not to interfere.

It could be said that the death of Haku and Zabuza was the one that showed Naruto how a ninja should live. And even if Sanada Knew he would definitely mess with the plot in the future, this was one of the plots that he should not change.

He still remembers this plot clearly in his mind. This was the one plot that made Sanada hooked with Naruto anime, and Zabuza and Haku were some of his favorite characters in Naruto.

Sanada could only use his two eyes to witness the death of Zabuza and Haku.

It was their chosen path, and Sanada could only witness these last moments of them to give them the respect they deserved.

BOOM!!!!

Kakashi's Raikiri successfully pierced something.

But the one that he pierced was not Zabuza, but instead, the masked boy who was battling with Sakura and Sasuke before. The mask fell as it revealed the face of a beautiful man, the man's face was smiling as if he didn't regret anything, even on the front of death.

Among everyone here, Sanada was not the only one that recognized Haku. Naruto saw the face that was not unfamiliar to him and felt his heart was burning. He remembered the face of that man. It was the kind Big Sister(?) from before. But the question is, why is he here?

Naruto had so many questions on his mind. He was really confused and didn't know what to do. But at this time, a big hand was placed at his head.

" Go, believe in your heart, and do whatever you think is right." It was Sanada who was speaking. But at this time, Sanada's eyes were red, trying his best to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes.

After this, everything that happened was like in the anime.

Gato came with a lot of mercenaries.

Naruto preached to Zabuza about Haku, only to know that both Zabuza and Haku also had their own struggles.

The curtain of the wave country mission was closed with Zabuza's death after he finished slaughtering Gato.

Inari brought everyone from the village to help repel the mercenary Gato brought, and Kakashi and Naruto also helped.

In the end, everything could be said as a happy ending.

The mercenary was successfully repelled, and the construction of the bridge could go on without any trouble.

Zabuza and Haku's death was able to bring realizations to the genins that ninja life is not as sunny as they thought, and it was filled with hardships. They need a strong will that never bends to survive in the cruel ninja world.