Soon though, an argument broke out among the girls about Naruto's attention and company. Naruto offered a suggestion to end the argument: he made a kage bunshin for each of the girls there and joked, "If one of me isn't enough, why not make more?"
Then his clones chorused, "You can never have too much of a good thing!"
Tazuna and Haku laughed at Naruto's effective method of calming the girls, while Tsunami shook her head in disbelief. Sakura frowned at Naruto's stunt while Zabuza, Kakashi and Sasuke paid it no mind. Inari thought that Naruto was just so cool and smooth with the ladies, hoping to one day have that ability. All in all, it was a great night for the locals of Nami no Kuni, one they hadn't had in a long time.
(The Following Day)
Everyone was rested up and ready to go. Kakashi and his team, along with Honoka, were at the completed bridge with Tazuna and his family, and Zabuza and Haku. The entire village had also shown up at the bridge to say goodbye to the shinobi who made it possible for them to escape Gatō's oppression.
"Our mission here is over. We can finally go back home. I miss Konoha," Sakura said and Kakashi nodded.
"Thanks to you, the bridge is finished. Though this bridge is completed, it's…really sad that you all have to leave," Tazuna said.
"Our mission is finished, so we have to return to Konoha," Kakashi said.
"Please take care," Tsunami said.
"We will," Sakura answered.
"We thank all of you for your kindness, and I'm deeply sorry for all the trouble that we caused you. Please accept our most humble apologies," Haku said with a low bow.
Zabuza grunted, "I'm not one for apologies though I will admit that I was wrong to work for a double crossing snake like Gatō. I'll learn from that mistake."
Tazuna nodded in acceptance. Haku stepped over to Naruto and said, "You're a strong and good person Naruto-kun, and you have a kind heart. You saved both me and Zabuza-sama from condemning ourselves to believing that we're emotionless ninja that are only useful as tools. You reminded us that regardless of our craft, we're still humans with emotions."
Haku leaned down and kissed Naruto on the cheek. The blond smiled as Haku added, "Become a great protector for all of your precious people, as I will for mine."
Naruto nodded. Zabuza decided to add his few words to Naruto, "Though I'm not able have you as my successor, I still believe you'll become a great swordsman of a ninja. Don't waste that talent."
Naruto grinned and nodded.
"Later," Zabuza said as he and Haku turned to the bridge and started walking away. The villagers gave them their good-byes and best wishes.
"We'll visit someday," Naruto said confidently.
"You promise?" Inari asked, on the verge of crying.
Naruto nodded with a sad smile and said, "You've grown a lot during these past few weeks Inari. You've proven that in spite of troublesome times, you can inspire and protect those precious to you. Kaiza-san would have been as proud of you as all of us are."
Inari ran up and hugged Naruto, who in turned hugged him back. The darked-haired young boy sobbed a little while embracing the blond who he now looks up to. Inari looked at Naruto with a sad smile and a tear-stained face as he nodded.
"Are you sad that you're leaving, Naruto-niisan? It's alright to cry, you know," Inari said.
Naruto ruffled Inari's hair before he turned and walked off and said, "Me, cry? No way!"
Sakura and Sasuke sweat-dropped upon seeing a few tears escape Naruto's eyes as he wiped them away. Honoka giggled at Naruto's futile attempts to keep those few tears from falling. Kakashi sighed and shook his head slightly at the scene, as he and his remaining Genin followed after Naruto as Honoka hurried over to walk alongside Naruto.
"Well, we'll be seeing you later," Kakashi said and turned around to continue on his way with the others. The five ninja walked away, leaving the cheering locals.
"That boy changed Inari's heart, and Inari changed the villagers' hearts. That boy gave us a bridge toward hope and courage," Tazuna said, talking about Naruto.
"The bridge…that's right. We haven't named it yet. We need to name this bridge," one of the villagers said. Tazuna thought about it for a bit when…
"I have the perfect name for it!" Inari exclaimed. "The Great Naruto Bridge!"
Tsunami laughed slightly and agreed, "That's a good name."
"It's settled, then," Tazuna declared, "This bridge will be named The Great Naruto Bridge!"
All of the villagers cheered again.
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