"For My Ambition" — Kiba Inubake
Tell me how you liked the scenes. I'm not very good at action stories, so it may not have turned out as good as some of my others... Well, either way, try to enjoy it.
Chapter 2: "Battle on the Bridge"
As the sun rose above the sparkling sea, an older man took in the scenery on the incomplete bridge looming above it. The light blue water seemed to refresh him as he stood before the edge. The man took in a whiff of the salty sea below him. It filled him with memories of his childhood, where he had always played by the ocean.
The man, known as Tazuna, turned his gaze toward the west side of the bridge, the completed side. Taking in a deep breath, he wondered where the bodyguard ninja he had hired were. According to their sensei, they were going to the forest to train, and left the loudmouth of the group to rest; he had still been asleep when they had left. His daughter was going to inform him of the situation, and as soon as that happened, he would reappear by Tazuna's side.
Tazuna then continued his peering over the side of the bridge…only to notice that a dense fog—no, mist would be the proper term—had grown. Viewing the water now would be pointless, seeing as the distance of vision had decreased dramatically. He would have turned to the west side again, but he felt as if he were being watched. He took a quick glimpse of his surroundings. To his dismay, he couldn't view anything clearly farther than about a meter away. 'How the hell did mist this thick gather so quickly?' Tazuna questioned himself mentally. He motioned to take a step toward the end of the bridge, but froze in fear when he felt a presence appear from out of nowhere behind him. He rotated his head counter-clockwise, to notice an enormous sword erect in the air! He began breathing heavily as he realized he might lose his life here. He knew he was being targeted; now the predators had gotten to him.
"Hehehahahahahah…!" A deep voice sniggered behind him. "Tazuna…your time is up!" The malicious person swung the oversized weapon at Tazuna.
He had thought his life was about to end…but something had prevented the guillotine sword from falling down on the bridge builder.
It was the same loudmouth who was sleeping with his stomach revealed for all to see this morning.
"Heh…! A hero always arrives just in time!" Naruto spoke. He was managing to hold up the gigantic sword with bloody hands. "AND YOU!!" He immediately destroyed the gravity he had set up a sentence before, and fixed a glare on the silhouette holding his weapon with just his left arm. "WHAT'S YOUR DEAL, HUH?!"
The silhouette let out a fierce laugh. "What's this, hmm? You think you can play the role of a hero against someone like me? You're no hero…you're just a brat!!" The eclipse cleared to reveal a muscular man wearing elbow sleeves and pants. He then proceeded to further ridicule the blonde before him. "What's that you're wearing? A headband? Hehehehahahah!! You're no ninja…! You're nothing but a kid!"
Naruto took this offensively. "What did you say?! I oughta pummel you for that!!" The boy pushed the sword away, resulting in Zabuza momentarily losing his balance. He seized this opportunity and leapt back to the north side of the bridge with Tazuna in his grasp. The blonde further proceeded to making a couple hand seals. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Smoke clouds appeared to reveal several clones of Naruto. "Now…hide the old man!!" He commanded his clones. On cue, two clones grabbed a hold of Tazuna and fled the scene, while three other clones dashed towards Zabuza. The strategy had worked; Naruto had been able to get Tazuna to safety and distract Zabuza at the same time.
The three decoys attacked Zabuza at once, but were all slashed away by his sword. This was when four others had charged him; one to his left, one to his right, one directly in front of him, and one overhead. Zabuza thought the boy hadn't considered he could attack the three ground ones and the aerial one at the same time, but this wasn't all Naruto had planned. As the clones neared him, one jumped up from under the bridge and caught Zabuza in a chokehold. With Zabuza thrown off his guard, the four moved in for the kill. Just before they could touch him, they vanished, and senbon dropped to the ground. The clone behind Zabuza was startled, and taken down in an instant with a violent slug in the ribs.
An adolescent in a Tracker-nin mask instantly appeared by Zabuza's side. "Good timing, Haku…!"
"Yes, Zabuza," Zabuza's companion said. He took a long look at the opposing combatant. He noticed the loneliness in Naruto's eyes, and reacted immediately. "Zabuza…please, let me take him on."
"You mean hands off, Haku? Heh, a softie as always… Fine, do as you will. I'm going after our prey…!" Zabuza vanished within seconds.
Haku walked over to Naruto, who was as cautious as he possibly could. "I see loneliness in your eyes…" Naruto began to lower his guard. He sensed no threat from him.
"We share the same eyes…all three of us." Haku took off his mask, and immediately Naruto understood what he meant. "I don't want to kill you…but if you advance, I will have no choice…"
'Wha…what's he implying?!' Naruto thought anxiously.
As if he read his opponent's mind, Haku rephrased his previous quote. "If I have to, I will tear the kindness from my heart and fully accept the shinobi way."
Naruto took a gulp and tried to calm himself down. 'Oh man, what am I gonna do…?' It…didn't seem to help.
Meanwhile, Zabuza was in hot pursuit of the Naruto clones. He had almost caught up to them when a barrage of kunai knives was flung at him. Halting just in time to avoid being stabbed, he noticed the person who threw the knives was a ninja in a blue shirt and white shorts. He was then put in another chokehold, and a kunai was held up to his neck. "Move and you die. It's all over." The threat came from a ninja with a headband over his left eye and a mask concealing the lower half of his face.
"What…?!" Zabuza was astounded at the trap laid out; they knew he would avoid the knife barrage, and then the strongest of the team would capture him, but what surprised him the most is the fact that he took the bait. However, his body turned to a puddle, and he formed out of another puddle. He vanished, but the team tailed him as soon as they could.
"Sakura, if my theory is correct, Naruto should be at the bridge. That assassin most likely has a cohort, and Naruto needs your help!" The masked ninja said.
"Uh, Kakashi, it's Sakura we're talking about…" The ninja in the blue shirt whispered. "You sure you don't want me to help him?"
"…Why didn't I realize that sooner? Sure, Sasuke; that's clearly the better plan." Kakashi gave his student the OK to go help his other student. Immediately, he left the trio.
This obviously left Sakura with a burning desire to ask the question… "Kakashi-sensei…what did Sasuke say to you?"
"I don't want to side with you 'cause you're fighting for a bad guy…but I don't want to fight you either… Oh, man…" Naruto couldn't make up his mind.
"Need a hand?" The two turned to the east side, and a boy about the same age as Naruto came into view.
Naruto gasped. "Sasuke…!" His dark-haired comrade walked toward him, locking eyes with Haku.
"So, you're Zabuza's cohort, huh? Naruto, why haven't you taken him down yet?" On ending his sentence, he started making hand seals. 'Uchiha Ryuu: Okibi Ami no jutsu!!' Sasuke shot out a flame in the shape of a rope from his mouth. The flame touched the ground, and grew into an immense horizontal wall of fire. The fire net raced towards Haku with blinding speed, but it wasn't quick enough to catch him. He jumped above it and used a certain jutsu of his own.
"Fukyuu Buriza-do no jutsu!!" Haku yelled. The wind started to pick up, and the two opposing combatants both felt a chill. Then it started to get harsh. Bone-chilling wind and snow blasted at them. The two victims couldn't stand it. Their skin began to freeze, and soon they were immobilized.
Haku lowered his guard and walked over to his victims' frozen bodies. "Forgive me…" He vanished. –End of Chapter.
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