Kenta: allo! I'm happy to announce that this fic has OOC-ness!
Kakashi: I have this feeling that you'll be torturing me somehow....
Kenta: Maaaaybe....
Kakashi: *sigh* great....
Kenta: YAY! ZABUZA OOC-NESS!!
Idon'townnarutosogetoffyback!!
The group looked at the man in disbelief. The man was wearing a brown shirt with tan shorts, glasses that looked like crap but apparently could still work, and a white towel around his shoulders. Not including the Sake bottle of course. The man took another swig of his alchohol before looking at the group once more. "This is the group that's going to be protecting me? You're joking right? These kids look like they would run away and hide under the couch at the mention of a scary story..." The three Genin twitched at the insult, but let it go. Afterall, this was the client, you couldn't kill the client, no matter how irritating he was. "The girl looks like she'd pass out at a moments notice, the black-haried moron looks like he's dumb enough to walk into a tree, and the other brat looks like he'd hide behind a rabbit for protection..." Then again, that didn't mean that the man couldn't die from an accident now did it?
Kakashi was holding onto the two boys as they tried in vain to castrate the drunk into an, accident, though Kakashi had more trouble with Kuro as he was trying to attack him from insulting Hinata, who was currently looking at the floor. *sigh* Why did this mission have to be so irritating? A loud, *AHEBAIVAMMMMM!* was heard from the sidelines. Everyone turned to the Hokage who was sitting there wondering how he had made that sound, before he turned to Tazuna. "Tazuna-san, rest assured you are in good hands, Kakashi here is a Jonin, an elite ninja, you have nothing to worry about." The old Hokage said trying to get the approval of the drunk. 'Please take them, please take them, PLEEEEAASE TAKE THEM!' The Hokage pleaded desperately in his mind. Not that he didn't like the boys and their pranks, but they weren't that funny when they were directed towards him. The bridgebuilder sighed and decided he was pushing his luck as it was. "Very well, it seems like I don't have much of a choice..." The drunk said shrugging his shoulders. "It's settled then, meet at the east gate at ten-hundred hours tomorrow." Kakashi said before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Tazuna left the room while Kuro turned towards Hikari. "What does he mean by ten-hundred hours?" Hikari sighed and shook his head as he started walking home. Hinata soon followed after and Kuro was left in the mission reception room. "Hikari? Hinata? Come on guys, I'm serious!!" Kuro moaned out as he ran after the two.
~The next day, 1000 hours (10:00 A.M. for those of you who didn't know *coughKurocough*)~
Kuro, Hinata and Hikari were all standing by the gate waiting for their teacher. While it may come as a surprise to a lot of people, Kakashi tended to show up earlier than usual on missions. "Maybe it's because we made him promise..." Hikari thought out loud. Kuro and Hinata looked over to Hikari, who was sitting underneath a tree like Kuro and Hinata, but by himself. "What are you talking about?" Kuro asked. "Kakashi, He's usually late for everything, but since we started doing missions, he's been showing up earlier then he used to..." Hikari said as he tapped his chin in thought. Kuro looked like he had just realized something as his eyebrows raised up. "Ya'know, I have noticed that...." As the two Namikaze were trying to figure out the meaning of this realization, they suddenly heard a, "Yo." and turned to see Kakashi holding Tazuna.
"Sorry I'm late but I had to find our client, and then I-" "Save it for later Kakashi, we don't care what you were doing....so, we all set?" Hikari said turning towards Tazuna. The man unwrapped his arm around Kakashi and nodded. Kakashi then took a deep breath of fresh air. The genins wondered why he did that when they noticed he started waving the in front of him. They figured it was the drunks breath that had Kakashi gasping for fresh air. "All right! Let's go!" Kuro shouted before marching out of the village with everyone following.
~40 minutes later~
Squad 7 was currently on their way to Nami no Kuni, The Land of Waves. Kakashi was reading his book while giggling every now and again, Kuro and Hinata were holding hands, Tazuna was just trying not to look winded from all the walking he'd done and Hikari was smiling as he marveled at the scenery. He always loved the color the area showed. The forest green of the trees always made him smile, and his smile widened when he changed his view and looked up to the crystal clear blue sky above him, as well as the few birds that passed overhead every so often. "You seem to have a liking to nature kid." Tazuna started, catching the boy off guard. Hikari looked up to the man and smiled nervously while scratching the back of his head. "Eheheh, yeah. Just looking at the slow movements of the trees calms me down, It's amazing how nature can do that to a person." He said as he turned his attention back to the trees. Tazuna smiled at the boy and continued his walk. These kids weren't as bad as he thought they were. They weren't heartless, egotistical bastards. He almost felt sorry for having to do such a thing to them, but he didn't have much of a choice.
As Hikari's vision glazed over to the trees, Kakashi looked up from his book to see a puddle. Now normally, this wouldn't really matter. However, being the amazing Shinobi that he was, Kakashi remembered that it had not rained in the past couple of days, so a puddle in the middle of the road was stupid, only a stunt a rookied would make. Kakashi inwardly sighed, but quickly replaced himself with a log nearby, making sure nobody noticed this.
However, being trained by the masked ninja for so long, Kuro and Hikari could tell when Kakashi wasn't really with them. Unfortunately Kuro was too busy talking to Hinata to notice this. Hikari however never always let his gaze wander 100%, so he caught Kakashi using a Kawarimi and, knowing Kakashi, it wasn't just for fun. There was trouble coming up...he could feel it. He then noticed a puddle by the tree they just walked by, and looked on ahead to realize that there wasn't another puddle for miles. 'Great, so that's why Kakashi switched. I better watch Tazuna-san.' Hikari thought as he tensed inwardly, but didn't show it on the outside. After all, being treated like the demon brat for more than five years, you learn how to mask your emotions. Something Hikari was amazingly skilled at.
A few moments after they passed the puddle, one lone figure popped out of the puddle and watched the group go by, grinning evilly. 'This'll be easier than we thought.' Miezu thought. Miezu had a camo shirt on with a pair of camo pants. He had a light brown vest that went down below his waist, with a green cloth tied around his waist like a belt. He had long black shaggy hair that reached to his shoulders and a gas mask covering the bottom of his face like Kakashi's mask. He had a hidden mist Hitai-ate around his head, but also had two demonic looking horns sticking out near the top corners of the plate. He also had a metal gauntlet on his left arm that had sharp claws coming out in a wierd position, almost liked his fingers wer bent backwards.
(I'm giving you the description I see off of the card, and yes, I have the Naruto card of the Demon Bros., one of each)
As Miezu was halfway out of the puddle, another figure started coming out of the puddle. Gouzu, the brother of Miezu, had a cloak covering most of his body. He had a Mist Hitai-ate around his forehead, but with only one demonic horn protruding from the top of the headband. He had bandages covering most of his body underneath the cloak, a pair of black pants, as well as a gauntlet on his right arm with claws as well. Gouzu also had the same long black shaggy hair his younger brother had, and a gas mask covering his face like Kakashi as well.
The two had finally finished coming out of their puddle, and suddenly started for the group. Hikari had already seen them coming thanks to the warning Kakashi gave him, v.i.a. the Kawarimi, and waited to see who they were really attacking. The two brothers shot a chain from their gloves and wrapped Kakashi in it. "WHAT!?" Kakashi yell out in fake surprise. The demon bros. pumped a little chakra into the chain, making blades unhinge from their hidden resting positions. With a powerful tug from each of the demon bros., 'Kakashi' was ripped to shreds as the brothers moved on for their next target. Hinata.
The shock of seeing Kakashi die right before her eyes was too much for the girl to handle as she started trembleing uncontrollably. She was too afraid to move when the demon brothers charged at her. The Demon Bros. realized a second too late that Hinata was going to be hard to hit, as before they even got close Kuro let lose a fist into the face of the younger brother Miezu, sending him flying backwards at the force of the impact. While Gouzu was distracted at the fact that his brother had been sent flying by a single punch, he forgot Hikari, much to his displeasure as not a moment later he was sent in the same direction as his brother. Getting back up, the brothers looked up to see their opponents. Kuro and Hikari got into their respected fighters stances, Kuro's just putting his fist's up and Hikari getting into his variation of the eight trigrams sixty-four palms, as the brothers charged at them once more.
Kuro ducked a jab from Miezu and quickly countered with an uppercut. Miezu saw the attack and tilted his head back before sending a kick straight into the gut of Kuro, knocking him back a few feet. Kuro looked up glaring at his opponent. He charged at Miezu and threw a punch, but quickly feinted and went for a kick to the stomach. A moment later, Miezu was the one knocked back, with Kuro grinning. Miezu growled and then jumped at his opponent, trying to slash him with his poisened claw, only to find it countered with a kunai. The two Shinobi had a weapons clash for awhile until they both jumped back, creating a gap between the two. Hikari wasn't faring much better as he was stuck dodging the constant slashes that were thrown at him, courtesy of Gouzu. Hikari jumped back, trying to gain some distance between the two before he made three quick hand-signs. "Futon: Daitoppa!" Hikari inhaled a large amount of air and blasted out a great gust of wind, throwing Gouzu into a tree. Kuro was now dodging the poisened claw and and backed up into a tree. Miezu grinned behind his gas-mask and was about to deliver the final blow when he heard a voice cry out. "Futon: Daitoppa!" The next thing Miezu knew was that he was flying back thanks to the chain the two had forgotten to detatch. With a loud *thud* the two slammed into a tree. Hikari quickly jumped into the air and threw a shuriken, pinning the chain to the tree. Kuro, on seeing the shuriken, quickly pulled out a kunai and lodged the shuriken into the tree. The demon brothers were coming out of their dazes when they both felt cold metal against their throats. Upon looking up, they found themselves face to face with the Namikaze Bros., each holding a kunai to their respective opponents throat.
"You lost." Was Kuro's reply. "Yeah right, we took out your squad leader, so what now?" Miezu said grinning. "Who'd you take out?" Kakashi asked as he came out from behind a tree. The demon brothers gasped in shock as they saw Kakashi un-harmed. "But! H-how did you...!?" Gouzu sputtered out. Kakashi started laughing. "Come on, a puddle in the middle of the road when it hasn't rained for weeks?" "Not to mention that there weren't any other puddles for miles around." Hikari added. The demon brothers were shocked, but regained themselves as they kicked away the brothers and went after Tazuna. The least they could do was kill the old man. Unfortunately, Kakashi was there to save the day. The next thing the demon brothers knew was that they both had extremely powerful arms almost behead them as Kakashi slammed his arms into their throats. With a groan, both of the demon brothers fell to the ground unconscious.
Tazuna and Hinata looked on in awe at what just happened. Hinata hadn't even done anything, she just sat there shaking like a frightened rabbit. Tazuna was right, she would pass out at the first sign of danger. Her heart sank as she realized this, but was brought out of it by a hug from Kuro. "Don't worry, you were just scared that Kakashi was sliced to pieces. You don't have to blame yourself for that." He said as he rubbed his girlfriends back, trying to comfort her. Hinata calmed down as she relaxed into the warm embrace of her boyfriend. Tazuna on the other hand was baffled. "How did you do that!? I thought you died!" Tazuna cried out shocked. Hikari turned to him and pointed down the road where 'Kakashi' was torn to pieces.
In the middle of the road there were a bunch of pieces of wood, with water on the ground. "Kakashi-sensei used a Kawarimi no jutsu, a body replacement technique, to switch places with a nearby log and used the demon brothers' water and changed it's color to look like blood. All that can be done with a Henge no jutsu, a Transformation technique." Hikari said explaining. Tazuna was just baffled. Not only had this kid kept up, but he just told him how his master had done it! These kids really were alot more than what he first thought they were. "Anyway, now we at least know who their target was." Kakashi spoke up as he walked up to Tazuna. "What do you mean Kakashi-sensei?" Kuro asked, a little out of the loop. He had sensed there was a battle approaching, and his suspicions became true when the demon brothers attacked. Although he hadn't payed attention to anything other than the fight he was in. "We needed to find out who their target was. Whether they were attacking us Shinobi," He then turned to Tazuna. "Or the bridgbuilder. Tazuna-san, I'm sorry to say that until you answer this little problem of mine, we will not go any farther." Kakashi said giving a tone of authority Hinata wasn't used to.
Tazuna sighed. There was no getting out of it now. And it would also be better if they knew what was possibly in store for them.
~Cue Tazuna's sad story that, because of unfortunately bad programming and faulty equipment, we could not record....~
"and that's it." Tazuna said wiping a tear away with a hankie at the ending of his sad, sad, SAD tale....
Hinata and Hikari were crying as they heard the story while Kuro was twitching. Kakashi was slumped over. He was hoping he wouldn't have to deal with something like this. Possibly the worst client of Konohagakure, and HE was the lucky Jonin who was stuck with him.
Lucky.
Fuckin.
Him.
"Well, considering we fought against two Chunin ranked nuke-nin, it's safe to assume the next foes we'll be facing will be at least B to A ranked nin. This is clearly a B-ranked mission, not a C-ranked mission. Because of you're pradicament however, and judging by the fact that Kuro won't stop digging his fingers into my arm, I'm guessing we'll be sticking around." Kakashi sighed out as Kuro finally let go of Kakashi's arm, allowing blood to flow back into it, and started jumping around in excitement cheering that he got to go on his first B-ranked mission outside of the village. Hikari was excited as well, but not to the extent Kuro was showing. A full blown smile was present on his face however, while Hinata was worrying about the possibility of this mission getting worse. Tazuna smiled as they decided to stick around. He had a plan B which involved him crying fake tears while saying that his daughter would never forgive them, and that the village would curse Konoha's name as well as other things to try and convince them, but this worked out just as well.
~Nami no Kuni, 2 days later~
Squad 7 was currenly in a small forested swamp, almost reaching the area that Tazuna said a friend would be waiting to give them a lift to the village. They were walking once more in the same formation as they were in when the demon brothers attacked, with Tazuna in the middle, Kuro and Hinata in the front, Kakashi in the back reading his book, but keeping an eye out for enemies more often, and Hikari watching the trees in fascination. Hikari wanted so badly to completely watch the trees and let his worries go away, but just as he was about to do so, a nearby bush rustled, and there was no wind to make it do so. Hikari, in a flash, shot a kunai in the direction of the rustle and into the bush. Kuro and Hinata jumped at this, and Hinata was about to question why Hikari had done that when he started walking towards the bush. Hikari looked behind the bush to see a white-haired rabbit with foam coming out of it's mouth due from the terror that Hikari had given it, and a little blood coming from the top of the creatures head, courtesy of the kunai's sharp blade. Hikari, being the animal lover that he was, was shocked and ran over to the bunny, picked it up and started rubbing his cheek against the face of the rabbit saying, "I'm sorry Mr. bunny! I'm so sorry! I thought you were an enemy! Please forgive me! I didn't mean to scare you." he cried feeling terrible for what he'd done. Kuro had calmed down seeing that it was a rabbit, but Hinata had noticed that the rabbits fur was out of season. (Being a Hyuuga you have to know any and ALL facts about life, be it animals, Ninjutsu, History, or whatnot) Kakashi noticed this as well and nodded at Hinata's mixed stare of worry and seriousness. Kakashi then suddenly heard a sound, like something cutting through the...OH CRAP!! "EVERYONE GET DOWN NOW!!" Kakashi raored out in a commanding voice. Kakashi grabbed Tazuna adn dregged him down while Kuro tackled Hinata. Hikari was already on his knees as he was trying to revatilize the rabbit, and easily got down on the ground. A mere moment later, a giant Guillotine sword flew threw the air where everyone's heads were a moment ago and embedded itself into a nearby tree. Not a moment later a man appeared on the handle of the sword. The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a kunai.
"Heheheh, the kid there is pretty alert, though I was expecting it to be Hatake Kakashi, The Copy nin." The man said in a low gruff voice. Kakashi looked up to see a man wearing long tan pants, a hidden mist Hitai-ate, a bunch of bandages wrapped around his mouth, covering his mouth like Kakashi's face-mask, and a sword strap over his bare, muscled chest. Kakashi was about to say the nuke-nin's name and do a dramatic speech of how he would die, but a scream and a loud *SMACK!* distracted him. Kakashi turned to see Kuro on the ground holding his face where a new red handprint was embedded. Hinata's face was completly red and had her head turned away from Kuro with a pout on her face as Hikari was trying not to squish the rabbit while he was rolling around laughing. Tazuna, Kakashi and Zabuza looked on in disbelief. "Come on Hinata-chan, it was an accident!" Kuro apologized as tears streamed down his face while he sat up. Hinata just turned her head further away and hmphed. Kuro slumped his shoulders as he nursed his now red cheek.
When Kuro had tackled Hinata down, his hand landed on a feminine part of Hinata...a part that Hikari had called out that Kakashi was going to touch in the last chapter. (read the last chapter again if you still don't get it)
Zabuza almost fell off his sword handle when he noticed everyone was ignoring him even though he almost killed them. "WHAT THE HELL!? HELLO!? I WAS JUST TRYING TO FUCKIN' KILL YOU!!" Zabuza roared out. Everyone stopped their laughing fits and looked back up to the steaming Zabuza. "Oh, right...sorry." Kakashi said as he scratched the back of his head. "Now....where were we?" Kakashi asked himself as he pulled out a script. Zabuza fell off of his sword handle and hit the ground with a loud *thud*. "Ahh! Yes, yes. I was just about to call out your name and do a life threatening....threat." Zabuza jumped back onto his sword handle. "*AHEM!* Zabuza Momochi, A-ranked nuke-nin of Kirigakure. You're not going to be killing the bridgbuilder, because you're future is death!" Kakashi called out in a serious tone. "Heheheh, you think you can beat me? I'd like to see you tr-AAAAGH!! DAMMIT! I can't do it! Those two ruined the atmosphere!" Zabuza roared as he pointed towards Kuro and Hinata.
Kakashi sighed. It was true. "You wanna just skip to the fighting?" Kakashi asked. Zabuza hung his head. "Sure....and I wanted to act scary too." Zabuza cried as he slumped over to a clear area dragging his sword on the ground as Kakashi patted him on the back. "There there....maybe next time." Kakashi said trying to comfort the missing nin. "Ya'know Kakashi, you're actually a really nice guy." Zabuza said smiling as more tears streamed down his face. He then moved away from Kakashi and wiped the tears from his eyes. "Too bad I have to kill you." He said as he dissapeared and then reappeared in front of Kakashi.
(Okay, tense atmosphere is back)
Kakashi quickly pulled out a Kunai and blocked the giant sword and then jumped back, gaining some distance which Zabuza quickly closed. Zabuza tried a horizontal slice at Kakashi who dodged and did a leg sweep at Zabuza who jumped over his legs and landed a few feet away from Kakashi. As the two Jonin were going at it, Hikari turned to Kuro and Hinata, who still refused to look at Kuro. "Hey guys..." Hikari started. Tazuna and the other genin looked at him. "How can an ity-bity Kunai block a huge freackin Broadsword?" Kuro sighed. "It's probably the crappy props....I blame it all on Kishimoto." Kuro said as he laid down on the ground. In the background, two Jonin tripped and hit the floor while sporting huge sweatdrops. As the two Jonin got back up, Kakashi said, "You know, even I was starting to wonder about that..." Zabuza started smacking the butt of his sword into his forehead. "Would you just FORGET the stupid laws of physics! People enjoy the show, so just let it GO!" Zabuza roared out once more as a huge red tick mark appeared on the side of his head. Kakashi just shrugged and the two Jonin started attacking each other once more.
Kakashi then jumped onto the water and Zabuza smiled. "GOTCHA!" He quickly dissapeared as Kakashi noticed the water was heavier then it should be. 'Oh no! Kakashi thought as Zabuza suddenly appeared behind him with his hands in a hand-sign. "Suiton: Mizushuukan no Jutsu!" He called out as a sphere of water appeared around Kakashi, trapping him. 'No!' Kakashi thought. Kakashi turned towards his squad as he heard Zabuza say. "Suiton: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu." Suddenly a clone of Zabuza appeared from the water and started stalking towards the group. Tazuna was shaking as well as Hinata. Kuro and Hikari were already on their feet, beads of sweat rolling down their faces. They had heard about Zabuza. Not someone to be taken lightly. *cougheventhoughttheyignoredhimearliercough* As Zabuza's clone started stalking slowly towards them, the Namikaze bros. noticed Kakashi made Kanji signs with his hands. Although Kakashi wasn't that good at it, they got the message. 'Take Tazuna and get out of here.' was what he was saying. The Namikaze bros. looked at each other before nodding. They turned towards Tazuna and stared at him. Tazuna, getting their message, nodded his head. "It's my fault you all are here in the first place. Go on and do what you must." Tazuna said as he smiled at the two in front of him. Kuro and Hikari grinned and turned towards Hinata. "Watch the bridgbuilder." They said before turning towards the clone. "Let's dance no-brows!" They called out. The clone twitched at the insult and swung his sword only to be parried by two of Kuro's Kunai. The Clone was having trouble pushing the kid backwards, but gasped as he saw Hikari shoot by them. It then realized what their plan was. This brat was the decoy!
*Cue 'Turn Over'*
Hikari rushed at the original Zabuza and started going through some familiar hand-signs. Hikari jumped up in the air and threw four shuriken at Zabuza. Zabuza was reaching for his Kubikiri when he heard the boy call out. "Futon: Daitoppa!!" Hikari inhaled another large amount of air as he put his hands in the last sign. Hikari then blew the gust of wind at the Shuriken, increasing the speed of the projectiles. Zabuza didn't have enough time to react as he was hit by all of the shuriken. Hikari was still coming down though, and he had another trick up his sleeve. "Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" Hikari called out putting his hands into another sign. Zabuza, Kakashi and Kuro, who had just finished off the water clone, all gasped. Zabuza then noticed the clone was nowhere in sight and grinned. "Nice trick kid, too bad you don't actually know the JUTSU!" Zabuza cackled out. "What are you talking about?" A voice said below Zabuza. Zabuza quickly turned his attention to the Hikari that had jumped out of the water with a Kunai in it's hand. The Hikari clone had just about stabbed Zabuza when he was kicked in the gut, returning into the puddle of water it originally was. "Nice try kid, but you're gonna have to do more than-" He stopped as he looked up to see Kuro where Hikari was with a Demon-wind shuriken and swinging his arm. "Eat this!" Kuro called out. As the Shuriken started heading for Zabuza, Kuro called out. "Demon-wind Shuriken," He started. Zabuza jumped over the giant shuriken and grinned. "You think that will work on-" He was cut off once more as he heard the rest of the attack. "Windmill of Shadows!!" A voice called out from behind him. Zabuza turned his head to see the Shuriken transform into Hikari with twelve Kunai in his arms. "GO!!" Hikari roared out as he threw them at Zabuza. Zabuza, seeing the incoming kunai, had no other choice then to let go of Kakashi's prison and jump out of the way. As Zabuza reached for his Kubikiri, he heard a, "Don't forget about me!" and Turned to see Kuro still falling. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Kuro called out as twelve Kuro's appeared out of thin air. Zabuza grinned and threw his Kubikiri at the Kuro clones while he pulled out his own Demon-wind Shuriken from a hidden scroll and started spinning it as he turned towards Hikari.
Hikari and Kuro both gulped realizing they hadn't thought about the aftermath of their attacks. Suddenly the Kubikiri was thrown off course by a bunch of Kunai and the demon-wind shuriken in Zabuza's hand stopped spinning. Both things courtesy of Kakashi. Kakashi glared up at Zabuza while using the metal plate in his glove to stop the shuriken from spinning. Zabuza also saw the Sharingan spinning in his left eye. "You forgot about me, didn't you?" Kakashi said in a dark tone. Zabuza started panicking, and quickly jumped away while Hikari went ker-sploosh.
Hikari was swimming towards the shore while Kakashi and Zabuza stared each other down. "This is it Zabuza, I won't get hit by the same trick twice." He said as the toma's in his Sharingan started spinning. Zabuza started chuckleing, hiding the fear behind his voice. "I'd like to see you try. You're nothing more than a monkey copying me, you're not the original." Kakashi copied him halfway through his sentence. Zabuza gasped in fear. "H-...how did you know, what I was going to say?" Kakashi copied him again. "Can you see...the future?" "Yes, and you're future is death!" Kakashi said as he started going through the same signs Zabuza started going through. Kakashi lied about the whole 'future' thing, but finished up the hand-signs of the jutsu faster than Zabuza. "Suiton: Suiryudan!!" Kakashi roared out as a giant water dragon rose out of the water while Zabuza was still in the middle of making it. "WHAT!?" Zabuza cried out in surprise as he was blasted away by the dragon. 'That was the same jutsu I was about to do!' Zabuza cried out in his mind. The force of the jutsu blasted him back into a tree. As the water started dying down, Zabuza suddenly had several Kunai lodged into his body as Kakashi landed on a tree branch. Zabuza looked up in fear. "Y-you...." Suddenly two senbon shot out from a tree and struck Zabuza in the neck. With a final cry of pain, Zabuza flumped to the ground. Everyone stared in shock as a hunter-nin landed next to Zabuza. "Thank you for taking care of Zabuza. I have been tracking him for quite some time now. The Mizukage has been after him for months. Thank you." The nin said before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. Kakashi nodded as he jumped down from the tree. Kuro, Hinata and Tazuna all ran over to Kakashi, seeing if he was alright. Hikari was still soaking wet and looking at the spot the hunter-nin disappeared. Something felt off about all this...It shouldn't have ended like that. He ignored it for the time being as he saw Kakashi fall to the ground.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Kuro cried out in shock. Hikari ran over to the group and started an analysis on Kakashi before he breathed a sigh of relief. "He's fine. He just suffered from a severe case of Chakra exhaustion. Tazuna-san, we must get to your house quickly." Hikari said as he slung Kakashi's arm over his shoulder while Kuro took the other arm and put it over his back. Tazuna nodded his head and led the way.
~Tazuna's house, 30 minutes later~
Squad 7 reached a small house that Tazuna said was, 'Home sweet home' as he put it. He called out for someone named Tsunami and the door opened to show a young woman who looked to be in her twenties, wore a pink shirt with a blue skirt, and had long black hair. (I can't remember if it was black or blue, so for now it'll be black) She smiled upon seeing her father but gasped as she saw the worn out Kakashi. "Oh my! Please, bring him in quickly." She said as she led them to a spare room and the Namikaze Bros. set their master down on the bed. They left Kakashi in the room to rest while they talked to Tsunami asking if she had any spare rooms for them as well. Tsunami made a room for the boys and another room for Hinata. After a quick explenation, the group turned in for the day.
~Two days later~
Kakashi had been unconscious since the battle with Zabuza, and the group was starting to worry. They had already met Inari, to which him and Kuro got off to a wonderful start, with the two yelling at each other before Hinata and Tsunami broke them up by pulling their ears. Kakashi was still unconcsious, but on the inside he was trying to find out why he couldn't shake the bad feeling he was getting. He finally woke up to find Hikari healing him while the others were downstairs enjoying themselves. Kakashi weakly asked Hikari a question. "Hikari...what areas on the body...must be hit for...a person's body to...go into...a near-death state?" He asked weakly. Hikari stared at his sensei in shock before he stopped his healing to concentrate on answering the question. "There are multiple areas, but the easiest to use is..." He stopped as he realized where Kakashi was going. "The neck...." He said in shock as his jaw went slack. Kakashi cursed under his breath. "Tell everyone...I want to talk to them...when I wake up next." Hikari nodded before he started working on Kakashi once more, though this time more worried about the upcoming battle he knew they would have to face.
~Later that evening~
Everyone finished dinner with Tsunami almost having to feed Kakashi until Hikari offered to do so. After everyone ate, they gathered in Kakashi's room. "All right, now that I can speak in complete sentences, and I've recollected some information about Hunter-nin, there is something you all must know." Kakashi started. Everyone tensed in the room. "I fear Zabuza is still alive." Everyone but Hikari and Kakashi gasped. "B-but, Kakashi-sensei, I-I thought that t-the hunter-n-nin finished him off." Hinata stuttered. Kakashi shook his head. "Hunter-nin usually destroy the bodies of Missing-nin on the spot, not take it away to do such. Even in death, a Shinobi's body contains many secrets of it's original village, as well as all the jutsu that person learned in his/her life, and his/her bloodline. My Sharingan also hold secrets that, if examined, could be used against Konoha and other Sharingan-users." Hikari picked up after Kakashi. "Not only that, but out of all the places on the body someone could use to knock a person into a near-death state, the neck is the easiest to use, mostly because it's right next to the brain, and can cut off all the nerves of the body."
Everyone started pondering on what they should do next. Kuro voiced his thoughts. "So what do we do now?" Kakashi smiled. "Now, we train." Hinata almost hit the floor. "B-but Kakashi-sensei! Y-you can barely m-move! How can you T-train us?" Kakashi still held his smile. "Starting tomorrow, you'll see." The three Genin looked at each other wondering what he would have in store for them.
~The next morning~
Kakashi was standing in front of his Genin squad and smiling while he was borrowing a pair of crutches from Tazuna. "All right, Judging from our battle, and by the fact that he was in a a near-death state, Zabuza will not be attacking us for at least a few weeks. That will not only give me time to recover, but it will also give you time to train." He turned towards Hinata. "Have you done the Tree-Climbing exercise?" A nod from the heiress left the copy-nin smiling. "Excellent!" He then pulled out four pieces of paper. "These pieces of paper I hold in my hand are very special. First of all however, do any of you know what Chakra elements are?" Another nod from the Hyuuga heiress made Kakashi sigh. "Okay, Chakra elements are exactly what they're called, elements of chakra. There are five basic elements. Do, (Earth) Sui, (Water) Ka, (Fire) Rai, (Lightning) and finally Fu (Wind). Jutsu can be based upon those five elements. For example, Hikari's Daitoppa is a Wind-release, and the Suiryudan is an example of a Water-release." Kakashi said explaining. Getting the understanding nods from Hikari and Kuro, Kakashi continued. "These slips of paper tell me what nature your chakra is. If your chakra is a certain nature, then jutsu of that nature will be easier for you to use. Now, I wnat each of you to take a piece of paper," They each took a piece of paper. "And then channel you're chakra into the paper. When you do so, your paper will react in a different way." Kakashi's paper suddenly crumpled a bit and then started to catch on fire. "If your paper crumples up, then your chakra nature is Lightning. Tf it hardens and breaks off, you're Earth. If it catches on fire, well...you're Fire. Splits in half, you're Wind, and finally, if it becomes wet, you're Water. Also, it's possible to have to have two different Chakra natures, as you've all just seen mine." Kakashi said finishing his speech.
Hinata was the first to try, and closed her eyes as she channeled her chakra into the paper. When she opened her eyes, she saw the paper crumpled and wet. Kakashi nodded. 'Lightning and Water...an odd combination, but it could work in her favor.' Kakashi thought. Kuro was next, and channeled his chakra into the paper. When he opened up, he saw something surprising. His paper was torn in half. One half was crumpled up, while the other side caught on fire. Kuro jumped and started waving his hand while screaming, "HOT!! HOT!! HOOOOT!!!" Kakashi looked on in surprise. 'He actually has three different natures? Odd....that's the first time i've ever seen that. Fire, Lightning and Wind...' He thought. Finally Hikari. When Hikari opened his eyes after charging his chakra, he smiled seeing that his paper was split in two, but both sides were wet. Kakashi smiled. 'Wind and Water.' It hadn't really surprised him that the Bros. had at least one nature in common. "All right. Now, I want each of you to start creating a jutsu from a chakra element. Your training will be what we're focusing on for the next few weeks." Kakashi said smiling. Kuro smiled. "Kakashi-sensei, I want to try working on my Lightning training!" Kakashi nodded and reached into his back pocket and pulled out something. He threw it to Kuro and he saw it was a small purple scroll with a yellow Lightning bolt on it. "That scroll contains a jutsu you need to be able to use before you start learning any other jutsu." Kuro nodded then went off to an area to train where he wouldn't hurt any of his teammates. Hinata then asked Kakashi if she could train with her wind element. Kakashi plucked a leaf from a tree and handed it to her, saying she needed to cut the leaf with her chakra. Hinata nodded and walked over to another tree. Hikari didn't need to ask Kakashi what he wanted to do as Kakashi threw him a Blue scroll with a black waterdrop on it. (think of the water element from the original pokemon cards) Hikari smiled and walked over to a small dock above a lake and opened up the scroll.
~Kuro~
Kuro was now reading the scroll. It said that he had to collect static electricity from fur. Kuro then went off and found a small rabbit and killed it. He knew Hikari would have killed him if he saw him do that, so he made sure he was out of sight. He then skinned the animal and started rubbing the fur against his hands while gathering some chakra. He felt a small spark, but it disappeared the moment he noticed it. Kuro grunted in frustration, but tried again. Still nothing. This would take longer than he thought....
~Hinata~
Hinata was currenly standing under a tree and trying to get her leaf to cut. She kept channeling her chakra into the leaf, and nothing was happening as of yet. She pushed a little harder and felt something move in her hand. She looked into her hand hoping to find a cut leaf, but instead nearly screamed as she saw a small bug in her hand. She quickly shook her hand back and forth, sending the bug flying, but looked back at her leaf to find it was chewed. She sighed and started grumbling about stupid hungry catapilars before getting back to work.
~Hikari~
We now find Hikari trying to lift some water out of the lake in front of him. So far, it wasn't working. If anything, the water moved a little bit, causing a ripple in the water, but nothing actually came up. He started going again when he heard something rustling to the side. He turned and saw a rabbit bouncing over to him. Hikari looked at the thing confused when he realized something. The rabbits fur was brown, but it still had some white on it. This was the same rabbit he threw the kunai at before Zabuza attacked! Hikari braced himself for someone to attack, but he didn't feel anything wrong. The rabbit continued to bounce over to him and looked at him for a moment. Hikari felt wierd, but then again having a rabbit stare at you would freak you out too. The rabbit got a little closer and sniffed Hikari before it sat back on its feet. Hikari smiled nervously. "Hehehe, sorry about the knife thing...." The rabbit started hopping away and jumped into a bush. Hikari sighed and let his shoulders slouch. "Looks like you're still a little miffed at me..." He said depressed. Suddenly the bush rustled again and the rabbit came back out with something in it's mouth. Hikari got a closer look to find out they were some berries. He smiled as the rabbit dropped some in front of him while it started munching on some. Hikari smiled and pulled himself back up from his lowered position and started munching on some of the berries. He smiled and started to scratch the back of the rabbits head. "Thanks." He said. He'd get back to training soon, but he wouldn't pass up on an opportunity to spend some time with an animal if he had anything to say about it.
~Kakashi~
Kakashi was currently laying down in his room when Tsunami came in, holding a bowl of cold water. "I know you want to train your students, but you need to rest first." She said as she squeezed the towel and put it on his forehead. Kakashi smiled underneath his mask as he started to fall asleep. It took a few minutes, but soon Kakashi was peacefully sleeping. Tsunami hovered above his face and then started waving a hand in front of his face. After making sure he was asleep, she started reaching for his mask. 'I at least ought to know what's behind it.' She told herself. Just as she was about to touch his mask one of Kakashi's hands caught her. She gasped and quickly looked at his face. Seeing as he was still asleep, she gave a deep sigh. 'That was close...' She then tried using her other hand to try and grab the mask, but Kakashi's other hand grabbed her hand. She cursed the man for having good reflexes, even in his sleep. She tried using her teeth to try and pull down the mask, but Kakashi turned his head, dodging her teeth. Tsunami growled, but tried again...and again...and again, until finally she almost yelled at him to stop moving. Kakashi kept moving his head right and left, and that last time he had shrugged his shoulders, making his head go closer to his body. Tsuname finally was about to grab the mask with her teeth when Kakashi suddenly moved back up. Unfortunately, Tsunami had still moved forward. Even though it was through a mask, Tsunami could still feel the masked mans lips. Her face suddenly grew red and her mind ceased to function as she could feel the warmth of his mouth. She realized what she was doing when a knock was heard on the door. A quick scream and a slap to Kakashi's face later, Tsunami was stomping out of the room while Inari had immediately moved out of the way. Seeing his mother like that was a bad sign, as the last time Kaiza had done something wrong to her, he was twitching and had to spend three days in the hospital. He shuddered in pity for the man who had gotten her so mad. Meanwhile Kakashi was rubbing his now sore cheek, wondering what he did wrong. He was only sleeping....why did he get slapped? "I hate my life..." Kakashi mumbled to himself before he laid back down in his bed and fell asleep again.
Kenta: Hehehe, hope you guys liked it! Another really long chapter, but too bad.
I had originally wanted to do another chapter of Kyuuto's revenge, but there are still a few problems I need to smudge out...oh well.
Kakashi and Zabuza's fight was probably my second favorite part of the chapter. My first being with Kakashi and Tsunami.
I know Zabuza is usually terrifying, but after seeing him crying at 'The Great Naruto Bridge', I kinda had to make him seem like he was acting tough. Afterall, running from people all your life can make a person depressed easily.
I'm wondering if I should make a side story for Kakashi involving another incident like the one above. Most likely gonna happen, I had too much fun with that.
Okay, I pulled off the Chakra manipulation thingy, and I got about half-way through the Wave Arc. One thing that ALWAYS ticked me off is the fact that everyone except the people fighting seem to be frozen in time until they are recentered on again. That's why I had to use Kuro and Hikari's combo attacks against Zabuza. I JUST CAN'T STAND IT WHEN PEOPLE SEEM TO BE FROZEN IN TIME!!
...sorry...kinda lost it there....
Back to the extra thingy. And just because I wanted to, here's an Omake of Kakashi's past! 8D
Omake:
A young Kakashi was currently asleep in his sleeping bag. His team had been chosen to go on their first C-ranked mission, and already the mission had gone crap. Apparently the client had lied to the Hokage about the mission, saying that he couldn't afford a B-ranked bodygaurd mission. Minato-sensei and Rin, being the kind and generous souls they were, cried at the man's tale and agreed to go along. Obito had originally started digging his hands into Minato's arm pleading if they could continue the mission, and Minato had agreed. So here they were, in the middle of a random forest having to protect this idiot of a client.
Lucky.
Fuckin.
Him.
Kakashi had given up on argueing with his team, and now everyone was fast asleep. Or, at least what should be everyone. For the past few years at the academy, Rin had been wondering what was behind Kakashi's mask, and she had even vowed to see what was behind Kakashi's mask, even if she died in the process. Seeing Kakashi asleep was the perfect opportunity for her to find out, and without Kakashi's knowledge to boot. She quietly krept over to Kakashi and slowly looked at his calm face. Rin's heart was pounding as she lifted her hand up to the tip of the mask. Just as she was about to grab the corner, Kakashi's hand flew up and grabbed her hand. Rin gasped, but noticed he was still asleep. She started to wonder if the same thing would happen if she tried again, so she decided to go for a different appraoch. She gathered up her courage, and started moving her mouth towards Kakashi's mask. She was getting close when suddenly Kakashi shot upright. He would have screamed something about mask attacking girls, if not for the fact that he was currently kissing Rin, albeit through a mask, but he was still kissing her. Not a moment later a flash was seen, and Kakashi and Rin turned to see Minato pulling down a camera with a grin big enough to break the Earth in two. Kakashi was still trying to figure out what was going on, while Rin screamed as loud as she could and slapped not only Kakashi, but also Minato for taking the picture. Obito was up the moment he heard the scream thinking they were under attack, with two Kunai in his hands as he went into a defensive position. He relaxed as he realized it was only in embarrassment and told the client to go back to sleep. Rin took the camera and stuffed it into her bag saying that the moment she got, she would burn the camera and all it's horrid pictures.
Kakashi was holding his now red cheek as he turned to his sensei. "What just happened?" Minato was still grinning like the idiotic genious he was and said, "Women and pictures." He then went back to his sleeping bag and fell asleep a few moments later, but not before snickering and getting a rock thrown at his head, courtesy of Rin. Kakashi shrugged his shoulders and went back to sleep, mumbleing something about his life being crap. Rin on the other hand blushed as she went back to her sleeping bag. She had no intention of burning that picture. In fact, she even thought of putting it in a picture frame when she got back home. A smile grew on her face as she said goodnight to everyone in her mind. 'Especially you, Kakashi-kun.'
All right, that settles it. I will make a side story just for Kakashi. It's just too much fun. All of them will have the girl trying to find out what's behind Kakashi's mask, just in a different way.
Well, that's it, I'm done. My Nee-chan won't stop bothering me to get out of the room....so I gotta go.
See ya!
Kenta Raikiri
