We are Jinchūriki

Battle at the Bridge

Third Person's POV

Naruto slept soundly at his futon clearly tired from his training the previous days
"Let him rest. He must be tired from training" Kakashi said as he, Sasuke, and Sakura left with Tazuna.

Tazuna was finishing the bridge while Team 7 were watching over him. Suddenly a thick mist enveloped the area
"Manji formation!" Kakashi commanded as Team 7 surrounded Tazuna facing outwards, a chuckle was heard with no exact location from where it came from
"So you are alive" Kakashi said preparing a kunai
"Disappointed?" Zabuza said as he chuckled again
"I finally know your tricks Copy Ninja Kakashi" he said as three Zabuza appeared, each Zabuza in front of a member of Team 7. Sasuke was shaking as he looked down which Zabuza noticed
"He's trembling, are you that terrified?" Zabuza mocked,
"No.." Sasuke started, he looked up at Zabuza and smirked

"I'm trembling... in excitement!" he said as he used his kunai and slashed through the three Zabuza's making them turn into water. The mist cleared a bit revealing Zabuza and a shorter ninja a few meters away
"Oh.. he's improved. Looks like you got a rival Haku" he said fairly impressed with Sasuke's improvement. Kakashi looked at the shinobi called 'Haku' and recognized his mask and stature from the Anbu Kiri the last time. Sasuke charged at Haku, their kunais clanging as they try to inflict a wound on theur opponent but is blocked. As their battle moved a few meters away, Sasuke seemed to be gaining the favor in the fight, that was until Haku made hand signs with only one hand. 'Hand signs with one hand?!' Kakashi thought surprised with the one-handed signs

"Makyo Hyosho (Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals)" Haku said as plenty of mirrors made out of ice surrounded Sasuke like a dome, with Haku entering one of the mirrors and appeared in all mirrors from the inside. Sasuke was slightly intimidated with the jutsu but chose not to show fear. He tried to break one of the mirrors with a kunai but failed. Haku from each mirror took out three senbon and simultaneously threw them at Sasuke, Sasuke dodges and deflected most of them while some of them reached his body.
"Sasuke!" Kakashi called trying to run to his student but Zabuza went in front of him
"Your opponent is me" Zabuza said as he swung his blade at Kakashi while Kakashi dodged, he enjoyed telling Kakashi about Haku's Kekkei Genkai (Bloodline Limit) which was the Ice release. Two battles were happening and Sakura was doing her best to protect Tazuna.

Naruto finally woke up. He sat up and looked around the room noticing the kept futons at the side, 'Damn it!' he cursed to himself for sleeping a lot. He got up and fixed his futon, after setting it aside he changed to his favorite orange jumpsuit and tied his forehead protector to his forehead. He got out of the room to see Tsunami and Inari eating
"Good morning Naruto-kun" Tsunami greeted with a smile
"Morning!" he greeted with a grin, he quickly ate his breakfast and headed out
"I'm going to the bridge!"
"Be careful out there" Naruto nodded and left the house heading to the bridge Tazuna was building.

Inari stayed in his room, as Tsunami was cleaning the table the door was opened aggresively and two suspicious samurai men barged in.
"You're Tazuna's daughter huh... You'll have to come with us" the short man said. Inari was washing his hands in the bathroom and heard a glass break along with Tsunami's scream. Tsunami was on the floor backed to the wall, Inari came and saw the two men
"Kaa-chan!"
"Inari don't come here!" the two men looked at Inari
"A brat?" the one with the eye patch said, he looked to his shorter partner and smirked
"Should we grab him too?"
"Gato only asked for a single hostage" the short man stated. The man with the eye patch was about to unsheathe his sword until Tsunami interrupted him
"Wait!" she called, the two men looked at her
"Please don't hurt my son, he's just a boy. I'll do anything, just please don't hurt him" she pleaded, Inari widened his eyes shocked from what his mother said. The shorter man grabbed Tsunami and tied her hands at her back and led her out. Inari stood still watching his mother get taken away
"I'm sorry.. Kaa-chan.." Inari said quietly as he curled into a ball and cried, 'What should I do. I'm too weak to protect Kaa-chan' he thought. They left him there and he thought 'I'm scared. I don't want to die!' he then remembered the events last night. Naruto snapping at him and what Kakashi told him, he also thought about his father. 'Can I.. be strong too..?' he asked, he stood up and wiped his tears dry and furrowed his brows
"Tou-chan!"