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I woke up feeling way better than I did yesterday from my chakra exhaustion. I was alone in my room and the sun was blaring down onto my face. It's around 10, and it feels wonderful to wake up so late in the day. I did a quick stretch and lazily made my way to the bathroom, as I finished putting on my clothes and weapons, downstairs I heard a scream form Tsunami and pans crashing to the floor. I shot out of the bathroom and saw Inari shaking in fear. I grabbed his hand and we went downstairs together. The

I can't believe today is the day it happens, and I'm fucking late, not Naurto, me. Things have changed, Kakashi is no longer an absent sensei...usually, Sasuke is focused on a different route for revenge, Naruto is a fucking baller and yet...it seems like whatever I do things still follow canon. Am I playing it too safe, perhaps I have to really do some changes to get results, keeping too close to canon is a waste if only minor details will shift.

I picked up Inari and sped off, it was easy to find the thugs, they were loud and slow. I appeared behind them and grabbed their attention, Inari dragged his mother away and I attacked each thug easily taking them out with a gentle fist strike to the chest, putting them possibly in comas if I was correct.

Inari was so happy and he finally acknowledged we were real heroes. I kissed his cheek, proud of how brave he was to run and save his mom, and woke up Tsunami, making sure she was fine. After my checkup and beating the ass of the lame thugs, I body flickered my way to the bridge.

I made it to the bridge and hid myself, suppressing my chakra as much as possible while using my Byakugan to see what was going on. Hopefully the flare of activating the doujutsu didn't alert Zabuza of my presence. Naruto was guarding the bridge builder with a bunch of clones, while helping Kakashi with Zabuza. Sasuke was inside the Demonic Ice Mirrors, but he wasn't a pin cushion yet. Haku sent a wave of senbon to Sasuke, poking him everywhere as Sasuke tried to dodge. 

Sasuke let out a growl of pain and my heart clenched at the sound, it was terrible. I want to save Haku and Zabuza, but if it's them over team 7, I'll pick my team any day. I snuck around the best I could to the back of the mirrors. I loaded my fist with a ton of chakra, ran at the mirror and when my fist connected with the mirror, I released all of the chakra I gathered. I used more than usual and could feel the shock reverberate in my fist, but to my delight, my strategy worked and the ice mirror shattered.

A basic level fire might not do much but the impact equivalent of crushing a boulder should break ice, though the issue would be how fast he can re-build them. He can fix them faster than I can break them.

"Impressive, no one except Zabuza-sama has ever been able to break one of my mirrors. I will fight you after I finish with the other boy." Haku said in his emotionless voice, the softness he held was gone and it was so difficult to hear someone force themselves to be so...blank.

"Listen here Haku, I'll fight you now, let Sasuke go." Sasuke was bloodied, definitely not at the level he could have been and I'm sure he'd do fine but I have to do something different, I have to save everyone.

"You fight to protect the ones you cherish, a noble aspect for a ninja, but I cannot let him leave my trap. I will do what Zabuza asks of me and destroy the kindness in my heart to take you both out. You will not be a threat to my master." Haku then fixed the mirror I shattered, and pulled me through one of them, into the center of his jutsu. I gasped and fell to the ground when I made it through the mirror. My body completely shut down, being moved through his ice slowed my chakra down exponentially as well. Each movement, even trying to breathe burned with effort.

"W-What did-d y-you do t-to me." I stuttered out, trembling as my chakra was trying to move through the frozen cells. Sasuke came up and stood in front of me protectively when Haku appeared in front of me.

"I pulled you through my mirror, partially freezing your insides, slowing you down to a snail. I can't have you breaking more of my mirrors and attacking Zabuza." Sasuke glowered, he looked more hateful than I have ever seen appear on his face. It was a scary sight. Haku melded back into his mirrors and appeared in each one, barraging us with senbon. Sasuke managed to block some, but he wasn't fast enough, and I couldn't move that well.

 Each senbon entering me hurt more than I thought, the pain of being stabbed with my freezing body was almost unbearable. Useless, with all this effort on being stronger to be taken out by ice, to be frozen and incapable of moving...I'm useless. In the way, I can't just be like this. I won't.

"I'm going to KILL you for hurting her!" Sasuke all but yelled. It was a menacing growl and I could see Haku stop for a second at Sasuke's anger. Sasuke picked up a senbon and turned his head to me. His eyes were blazing red. I gasped, and smiled in happiness that he finally awoke his Sharingan. "Don't worry, I'll protect you from him. I can see his movements clearly now." Haku sent another mass of senbon, but Sasuke blocked each one. 

Haku shifted his trajectory towards me, Sasuke was gaining an advantage too quickly and he needed to do something to stop the Uchiha. Sasuke was too fast though, he wrapped his arm around my waist and pushed us in the air, away from the attack. I forced my chakra to move, it grit against my coils like sandpaper, burned like pouring hot water over freezing fingers but I forced it to circulate faster and faster so I could stop being in the way. The heat radiating from his was good as well, if I could heat inside and out quick enough I could fight.

"Just... don't let me go yet. You're warm and I'm starting to feel again." He nodded and put me on his back, my legs wrapped around him tightly. My fingers twitched, my body spasming back to life. I shivered but it was fine, I was warmer. My chakra was circulating quickly, heating up at the friction and I was able to move. Sasuke released me and we switched from one on one to fighting together.

Then, on one of our combo attacks, this time I infused my fists with lightning chakra, and Sasuke sent bolts of lightning at the masked senbon wielder, when one landed and Haku was falling, I hit him with my fist and sent him crashing through one of his mirrors. While he was down, I punched a mirror, shattering it.

 We ran out of the mirrors and Haku was standing mask less, his face looked so broken when he asked us to kill him for failing Zabuza, his eyes were that of someone who had nothing left for themselves. I knew that look, that self hate and feeling of uselessness. Baku wasn't going to die, not with eyes like that. I wanted them to shine with acceptance, I wanted him to feel like he had a purpose before he could go to the other side.

"Please, you are not just a tool. You are worth something, you mean something to me. I can't let you die, I want to show you love and happiness and family. You and Zabuza together. Please just don't think of yourself like that, join me with Zabuza and I will show you everything you're missing. Even if you don't see it now, there is so much to live and fight for." My voice broke slightly and my arms squeezed him tightly. Haku looked at me in shock, awe, respect and then it all turned into determination, sorrow, and regret. The loud chirping of birds echoed in the wind, I could feel the deadly power radiating off of Kakashi.

"I'm sorry, I would have liked to learn love from you. Take care of Zabuza for me." Haku lips brished mine before he was gone. Right before the Chidori struck, I body flickered in front of Haku, sending a bunch of chakra into my shoulder as a hopeful barrier against Kakashi's chidori, to at least make sure it doesn't fry my body completely. I could feel his chidori exit through the back of my scapula and heard the horrific sound of it piercing through more flesh.

I let out a hiss, holding in my screams. A hand reached from behind me and grabbed Kakashi's hand in a vice grip. Kakashi didn't seem to notice, his eyes were directed solely on me. So much pain and fear was running through across his eyes. I gave him a small smile, hoping I'm not going to die, I tried to talk, but the pain was too much. I could feel Kakashi's whole body shaking and the area around me was getting more and more blurry. My body went numb and everything shut off, plunging me into darkness.

Everyone stood frozen in shock as Hinata smiled, closing her eyes and allowing her body to slump around Kakashi's arm, still plunged through her shoulder, directly above her heart. Kakashi was shaking in shock and fear of the possibility that he killed another one of his precious comrades with a chidori to the chest. 

He didn't even realize the grip the person behind Hinata had until Zabuza brought him out of his panic with a deep emotionless chuckle. Kakashi finally forced his eyes to move behind Hinata, seeing that his hand not only pierced through Hinata's shoulder, but also through the masked nin, in their attempt to protect Zabuza. The masked was slumped down, surely dead from the direct heart shot.

"Looks like Haku, and that little brat finally made use of themselves eh Kakashi. I thought I was going to die." Zabuza mocked, using his assholeness as an aid to suppress the pain of watching his precious surrogate little brother sacrifice himself. He was also confused on why an enemy, that weird girl, was willing to try to take the blow for Haku and himself. Kakashi growled at Zabuza, the look in his eyes were feral, deadly. 

Finally, the look fitting for the cold blooded killer Kakashi is said to be. Before Kakashi could retaliate, a giant swing of orange chakra blasted Zabuza into the wall. Everyone still alive/awake on the bridge were almost cowering at the overwhelming demonic aura coming from Naruto.

All eyes were on Naruto, his normally sunny demeanor was gone, replaced with that of pure rage. His normally cerulean blue eyes were a blood red with animalistic slits as pupils, his whiskers darkened to a deep black, his normally long canines were as long as a wolf's being bared as a warning, surrounding him was a mass of ferocious orange swirling chakra. Naruto let out a beastly roar, his voice melding with the Kyuubi.

"I'll kill you ALL for hurting her." Naruto's chakra blindly lashed out hitting everyone, save for Hinata, in his vicinity. Sasuke just let the attack happen, too in shock and pain of watching his beloved be struck down without him being there to help. Sasuke felt helpless and deserving to die, so he didn't even flinch when he was thrown into the railing of the bridge. Before Naruto could deliver his final blows to each of the people on the bridge, an oily looking short man and his crew of thugs showed up on the bridge. Naruto's bloodlust was excited, ready to kill each of the men daring to come near him. Naruto prepared to attack, but the ugly short man spoke first.

"Ah Zabuza, it's a shame a baby demon like yourself couldn't have taken out more of these ninja for me. Oh well, our deal is over anyways, you won't be leaving this bridge alive, you're too expensive." Gato made his way to Hinata and Haku. He kicked Haku for breaking his arm, then proceeded to prod the unconscious Hinata. "Too bad she died, she'd make me a pretty penny."

"Gato, you're dead." Zabuza and Kakashi growled, deciding to team up to kill this filthy man and his lack of respect for anyone. Naruto's wild chakra flared when he learned that that ugly man was the one, loving Hinata wanted kill so badly, he deserves death. Then when Gato made the comment about Hinata, Naruto's mind gave out completely for a moment and within an instant, Naruto was flying, he tore apart each and every one of Gato's men, and when he got to Gato, he savored the feeling of his chakra tail piercing Gato and throwing him off the bridge into the deadly waters below. 

Everyone watched in a mix of fear and awe, and before Naruto could turn to finish his job, a small whimper escaped the girl on the bridge. Naruto's chakra went away completely and he rushed to his best friends side in happy relief that she's alive. Kakashi felt relief on his chest that he didn't kill another teammate, but guilt for hurting one and putting them so close to death.

Sasuke was still numb, he couldn't think or feel anything. Zabuza was just preparing to leave and hide from the demon blonde, but before he could. Naruto gave him a speech about friendship, love, and devotion. All of those things Haku had with him, then said how he better wait until Hinata wakes up so they can talk about her saving him. Zabuza begrudgingly agreed, knowing that if he didn't one of the three boys would mercilessly murder him. Lets face it, Zabuza doesn't want to die yet. Maybe he can atone for his sins and end up with Haku someday.

They all made their way to Tazuna's house, Zabuza being pulled along by Kakashi, in chains like some kind of criminal. Hinata was being carried by Tazuna, making sure not to jostle her at all. Naruto was all but dragging Sasuke, who's mind was still melted. There were no hospitals for Hinata to visit, so they made it to Tazuna's house. Hinata was quickly put into Tsunami's room so she could lay on a proper bed. 

Kakashi sent for a medical ninja, but while they waited, Tsunami had to make do. Tsunami, with her basic medical knowledge and Kakashi's insight of what happened and where, Tsunami carefully stripped the lavender eyes beauty and cleaned out her wound, trying to ignore the whimpers and how her face scrunched with pain.

After the wound was fully cleaned, a medical salve Haku made for Zabuza was applied, then Tsunami bandaged Hinata with the fresh bandages Kakashi provided. Giving her some more decency, Tsunami covered the injured girl in one of Tazuna's large sleep shirts, doing so carefully enough not to move her arm through any holes. She then brushed out the girls tangly hair and carefully washed out the blood, doing so to the rest of her body too. She carefully tended and cleaned the sweet girl wondering how fate could be so cruel to people so young.

Sasuke was the first one in the room, when he saw Hinata once again unconscious and covered in bandages, it hurt. She looked dead, but when he saw her chest rise up and down slow and steady, Sasuke's mind began to work again. "She's not dead." Repeated through him mind as he laid in the bed next to his the annoying girl who he called a friend. He grabbed her free hand, finger resting on the pulse of her wrist, he'd lost too much and he couldn't lose any more.

After a while of letting them be alone together, Naruto and Kakashi finally moved to sit in the chairs at Hinata's bedside. Naruto was shocked and in pain at seeing his best friend hurt like this, but he couldn't help but be happy she's alive. He remembered the horrible feeling that came over him as he watched Kakashi impale her, and her body go limp. 

It was a rage he couldn't control and didn't know who to direct it at. His face morphed from happiness to sadness when he thought about how he was going to tell her (and explain to Sasuke) about his demon, and what happened on the bridge. Without a second thought, he killed over 50 men. Naruto kept thinking he's really a demon and he was terrified Hinata would see him one when she found out.

Kakashi was in a state of panic, one that only he was aware of. He clenched and unclenched his hands, his mind retreating on itself to provide with the much needed self-hatred Kakashi could never escape. When he struck through Hinata, it gave him flashbacks to killing Rin and Obito. Kakashi couldn't look at Hinata, knowing he did it made him feel dirty. He was finally getting over the nightmares and no longer saw Rin's blood on his hands everywhere he was, that was helped greatly by his wonderful three students.

When Kakashi looked down at his hands, all he could see was blood, and now there was a new addition, Hinata's, a student he vowed to protect. He really was a monster, a friend killer. His mind was sending him back into the abyss, but a small light was shining through at the expression of his students, he didn't kill another teammate, she's alive this time. And at this moment, his resolve strengthened more than ever to protect and train his Genin so he doesn't have to worry about them ending up in a state like this by anyone else's hands, and hopefully he will learn to not let this happen by his own.

Zabuza was sitting tied up in the corner his eyes unwavering on the girl who was laying half-dead in front of him. His thoughts were reeling, mainly with confusion, at the anomaly that was the Hyuuga girl. She was a strong, annoying brat who tried to save 2 rogue ninja. He was waiting for the girl to wake up to ask her why she jumped in front of him and Haku to save them.

Zabuza knew Haku like the back of his hand, and when Hinata jumped in front of him, Haku let out a pained cry, not out of pain from his heart being impaled physically, but emotionally. Something happened between the two and Zabuza wanted to know why and how they cared about each other so much. 

Zabuza did not trust Kakashi or the Uchiha brat, he tolerated the blonde demon boy, but the girl, he decided to trust. She was willing to save him, he will speak with her and decide what to do from there. Maybe this girl will be the key in his atonement and saving his soul from the fucked up life that was forced upon him living in a village like Kiri, under the leadership of an evil Mizukage.

Everyone was in their own thoughts, when a panicked cry burst into the room. Eyes watched at a young boy, no older than 8 shoved the Uchiha out of the way and carefully held the injured girl's hand weeping. Everyone, but Zabuza who watched in slight amusement, as the young boy cried over the girl who saved his life in more ways than one.

"Neechan, Neechan, wake up soon. You can't end up like dad, you promised. You promised to be a hero. You have to be ok." The boy wailed into her arm. Everyone watched in silence letting boy have his moment as he cried himself to sleep waiting for Hinata to wake up. While she stayed in her sleeping state, she was given pills by the med ninja that finally arrived to keep her asleep so she can heal and be transported home. During that time, everyone except the person guarding Tazuna as he finished construction, stayed in Hinata's room watching over her.

The medical ninja explained to her team that the main reason Hinata survived and was able to heal so quick was because she somehow coated her shoulder in a protective chakra, causing Kakashi's chidori to cut straight through, instead of rip and tear apart at the wound like it normally does, it helped cancel the lightning aspect. Everyone was stunned at the skill and amazement Hinata had to save herself.

Finally after 5 days, her wound was healed enough to not cause any damage. A light, jagged scar remained thanks to the wonders of medical jutsu. The med ninja left giving them the go for her to wake up and move around, as long as she kept her arm in the sling until the broken clavicle regained full strength. Everyone was excited for her to wake up, especially Zabuza who needed answers and now. He didn't like not knowing things that dealt with him or Haku, not at all.