This story is heavy inspired by a fanfiction named A Frozen Heart
And i don't own naruto sadly.
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The scene on the bridge was one that tugged at the heartstrings of even the most hardened shinobi. As Naruto sobbed painfully whilst clutching onto the cooling corpse of the only person to ever show him love and affection, the two veteran shinobi looked on helplessly.
Kakashi for his part was extremely confused. From what he could gather, Naruto seemed to have some kind of relationship with Zabuza's accomplice. He was unsure how that happened but from the reaction of his student, he can tell it meant more than anything to him. He was having flashbacks to a similar event from his part when his teammate, Nohara Rin, did something similar in terms of intercepting his Raikiri to take a death-blow. To this day, the nightmares of that event still plague him. He looked on sadly at his student, whose personality reminded him of his other teammate Obito. In his mind, instead of Haku lying on the ground, it was Rin. In place of Naruto, it was Obito crying over her body. The images froze him on the spot bringing up all the demons that have haunted him throughout his life.
Zabuza, for his part, was numb at the scene. His 'tool' did her job, the one he trained her so well to do, and risked her life to save his and she succeeded. But as he looked on at the blonde brat cradling her in his arms he can't help but feel a piece of himself missing. He thought back to the dirty little girl that he met under the bridge that day. How he took her in and trained her to be the perfect tool. He thought back to the many adventures they had on the road. While always being on the run was far from a glamorous lifestyle, having her by his side made it all the more bearable. The warm smiles she would use when she welcomed him home made him feel comfort that he never thought he would. He's never had any children, but he couldn't help but wonder if that was what it was like to have a daughter. It was a bittersweet thought for him as it was too late now, to tell the girl what he should have a long time ago. Maybe if he did she wouldn't have done what she did and would still be alive instead of taking a killing blow for him. He knew he was going to die anyway though, he lost far too much blood, all Haku did was give him a little more time. He could feel his eyes getting a little moist from thoughts of how it seemed his adopted daughter died in vain.
The sombre atmosphere on the bridge was interrupted by the unwelcome sound of clapping and snickers.
"Ooh oh...looks like you're getting your ass kicked. How disappointing, Zabuza." Came the obnoxious nasally voice of a short man standing at the end of the bridge surrounded by numerous thugs.
"Gato!" Spat out Zabuza. "What are you doing here? And what's with those thugs?"
"Hehe...we had a little change of plans." Replied Gato snidely.
"I'm sorry Zabuza, but you're going to die here."
"What?!" Roared Zabuza.
"If I rented out regular ninja, it would cost a lot of money. So, I rented out a nuke-nin like you. If you ninja had just killed each other, it would have saved me the trouble and money." Commented Gato with a sneer on his face. "And you call yourself the Kirigakure no Kijin? You're just a cute little demon if you asked me." He finished with a mocking tone of voice much to the amusement of the thugs around him who started laughing and jeering at Zabuza.
"Kakashi, I'm sorry, but the battle ends here." Stated Zabuza. "Since I don't have a reason to kill the bridge builder, I have lost the reason to fight you."
"Yeah, you're right." Replied Kakashi, monetarily pushing whatever thoughts of the past to the back of him mind to deal with the situation at hand.
