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Chapter Two

"I was so scared of you when I first met you. You were one of the few people that could stop me in my tracks. As time went by, my feelings never changed much, I still feared you, but I grew to respect you in an odd way," I talked to myself as I walked down the lonely path. It was odd to be walking alone after so long... so long of having someone next to you and in front. I almost expected for one of them to start talking, but it would only be a trick of the wind or past memories haunting my mind. "We liked talking about so many things, the weather, flowers, herbs and anything of interest... well you did innocent one. You, the demon, didn't talk much, you preferred to fight and as strange as it sounds I'll miss the fights we had. Even though I lost every time, you seemed to enjoy a good bout. That first fight we had, in woods, was probably the worst of them. You tried so hard to actually kill me, but you couldn't... where you testing me then..."

I stared up at the face of the man with demon eyes, I wasn't breathing, my hands were shaking and a cold sweat ran down my face.

"Well Haku? Which is it?" he asked, not taking his eyes off me.

"She sparked my interest in town. I can tell that she's a good fighter, maybe a little rusty, but I think she will serve your purpose very well," the boy answered shyly.

"Really? I couldn't tell by the way she's quivering with fear. She's just a worthless piece of trash. She probably has some moves but is nothing otherwise," the demon man laughed.

That snapped my back to reality, I'm not worthless... "Don't be so quick to judge," I said through my gritted teeth.

Folding up one of my gensens, I brought it's sharp metal ribs across his face. A trickle of blood began to make it's way down his face, I had managed to make a small cut on his right cheek just under his eye.

"Zabuza, sir?" Haku asked in a confused manner.

"It's ok Haku... she's got spunk, but that won't save her," he reach out to grab me but the throat, but grabbed air instead. "What do you know," he laughed, "she's fast too. I just might have use for you after all." I jumped back and positioned myself in an offensive manner.

"I am not worthless and I don't serve anyone. But thank you very much for the spunk comment," I smugly smiled. Most people find that an annoying, I thought as I waited to see what he would do.

His cold black eyes just stared straight through me, it was like there was no soul in him. Why doesn't he advance... something not right here. I didn't know what it was about the man that stood in front me, even a heartless, evil person will show some signs of a soul, no matter how black it is.

"Your not real, your merely a doppelganger," I finally realize.

"You are good," the illusion said as it collapsed into a puddle of water.

WHOOSH... I barely dodged a long, sharp metal object. I rolled to the left, the demon man had been above me the whole time. I'm losing my touch, I would have sensed that earlier. He was crouched close to the ground, he held a sword like object parallel to the ground. Man that thing huge! How do I get myself into these things? I held my gensens close to my body for defense, I didn't know what this guy was going to do next.

"Not bad little girl, but now you die at the hands of Momochi Zabuza," he looked up at me with his void like eyes.

Momochi Zabuza? No way! I'm in way over my head if this guy is the real thing! I folded my gensens, "are you truly the Zabuza... the Demon of the Hidden Mist?" There was no way I could even begin to fight this guy if he was the Demon.

"Heh heh... so you've hear of me. I guess that's a plus for you, but it won't save you," he began to run at me with his weapon poised for attack.

The giant weapon swung at an astonishing speed, I barely had time to jump before the sword made contact with the tree behind me. I perched on branch as Zabuza pulled his sword from the tree trunk and jumped up at me again. The sword slashed through the branch like it was nothing, shards of wood went flying through air as did I. Rebounding off another tree, I landed on the ground and just got up my defense before Zabuza hit again. He's as relentless as the rumors say his is, I thought as I tried to hold back his immense strength. My gensens creaked in pain as if they were about to break as Zabuza pushed down on my harder.

"Not bad girl, I wasn't expecting you to be able to dodge my Neck-Cleaving Knife so easily," he mock. Easy? Easy? What fight was he participating in? "But it looks like it's over for you, I did have some fun stretching," he pushed me into the ground.

Only one shot... I just hope I don't end up getting myself killed. "You keep saying that it's over, but we're still fighting and I'm not dead. I also wanted to know something," I grinned, "the size of your weapon is so huge, I was wondering if your over compensating for something else that might be lacking."

His eyes went wide with anger as I finished my sentence. Not the wisest thing to piss off a man that they refer to as a Demon, but he's been distracted, I thought as I began to center my chakra for my attack.

"Why you little... what?" He cried out somewhat surprised as my fans began to glow. "What... what are you doing? Is this a justu?" He stumble away from me, but I grabbed on to the blunt edge of his knife.

"Yes, I hope your electrified by it." That really sounded stupid... I let go of the weapon and folded my own, jumped into the air and dove at my target. Electric threads began to leap off my gensens as I made my way down to Zabuza, "Twin Lightning Attack!" I brought both my folded gensens down on Zabuza's shoulders, the energy surged through my body into his. The attack was equal to being struck by two bolts of lightning at once.

"AAACCKKK!" Zabuza flew into dirt, leaving a ditch as wide as his body and over twenty feet long.

"Master Zabuza?" Haku went running to the fallen demon's side. What is with this kid, he seems to gentle and kind to be associating with a guy like Zabuza.

"I'm fine Haku, I just wasn't expecting that much chakra in one attack," Zabuza moaned as he slowly stood up.

Holy mother of... ? There's no way he could be moving or even alive after that attack! Is he really a Demon? I was in shock as he stood up.

"That was good, but you should have tried for a killing blow, not a love tap," he laughed, "from the expression on your face, I assume that was your intention."

I began to back away, most of my chakra was put into that attack, people aren't suppose to be able get up after that attack. Zabuza's eyes focused on me, unblinking and tense. Oh shit... I better get out of here.

"I think your right Haku, this girl could serve me quite well. She doesn't look the strongest, but her skills could prove useful," he straighten himself up.

"Sorry, but as I said before," I unfolded my gensens and raised them above my head, "I don't serve anyone... especially when they just tried to kill me. Disappearing into the Wind Technique!"

I brought down the gensens and created a whirlwind of dust and dirt to make my escape. I jumped and weaved thru the trees, leaving behind a giant dust storm. I hope that will hold him off long enough. I came to the forest met the grassland and stopped on a sturdy branch. Listening for any movement, I caught my breath and closed my eyes. I may have been a shinobi in my past, but I had never faced an opponents like Zabuza before.

"I think I lost him," I sighed out load.

"You lost no one," a sinister hissed into my ear.

I opened my eyes to find Zabuza staring me in the face. I pulled up my gensens for defense, but a sharp pain came across my back. It felt like two or three needles were sticking in me and they were made of ice. Looking over my shoulder, I saw Haku, he was holding needles in his delicate hands. What the hell... I began to fall into darkness, I didn't even feel when I hit the forest floor.