Chapter 4- Battle on the bridge and losing a precious person!
It has been one week sense their encounter with the Leaf-nins and Zabuza was ready to go, but just because didn't mean that the siblings were. While Haku was mostly ready to go, she couldn't help but feel nervous about the fact that her siblings wouldn't be able to watch her back as much as they usually did, Aisu was worried about what could happpen to Haku if he isn't fast or strong enough, and Fubuki didn't like the fact that her sister had to take on the Uchiha brat and loudmouth, but they made a promise to Mizu-sama and they knew they could do it, just that it was hard for them to be seperated.
"Are you ready?" asked Zabuza as he stood up and grabbed his sword
"As ready as I'll ever be," replied Haku standing as well and putting on her hunter-nin mask.
Zabuza nodded and walked out the door solemly, Haku following behind. 'I hope nothing bad happens to them,' thought Zabuza as he and Haku made their way to the bridge. "
Haku take care of the workers, while I make the mist," ordered Zabuza as he stopped walking and began doing handsigns. Haku nodded and threw sebon at each of the workers perssure points to knock them out.
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Fubuki and Aisu followed Zabuza and Haku from the forest, but instead of following them on the bridge the jumped off the side and used their chakra to stand on the bottom of the bridge, so they wouldn't be seen.
"Fubuki are you sure that this plan will work?" asked a slightly worried Aisu
"The plan is thought out and it has us to make sure it works out," replied Fubuki going into a meditative trance.Aisu nodded at the answer and all the worry he had dissappeared, well almost all of it. The two waited in silence until they knew that they were needed, there was no way that they would allow Zabuza and Haku die.
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Haku and Zabuza didn't wait long as they saw Kakashi and his team showed up, 10 minutes after they finished setting up all the things they needed to make sure the plan wouldn't be noticed.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Kakashi," said Zabuza while he hid in the mist. "And you still carrying those kids."
Zabuza looked at each of them and noticed that the Uchiha was shaking.
"He's shaking again, how pitiful," said Zabuza as he used Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu and about five clones of himself, but as one of Zabuza'a mizu bunshin at the Uchiha he noticed that he was smirking.
"I'm shaking with excitement," said Sasuke eyeing each of the bunshins.
"Go for it, Sasuke," said Kakashi with his eye turning into a U.
Hearing Kakashi'd approval Sasuke jumped into action and sliced all the mizu bunshins up with his kunai.
"Oh the kid took out all the water clones," said Zabuza as he and Haku walked into team 7 field of vision. "That kid got stronger. It seems that you have a rival, Haku."
"It seems like it," replied Haku as she looked at the team before her, 'It's a good thing Aisu, Fubuki, and I sealed some of our chakra and put on those weights,' thought Haku a bit relieved.
"Looks like I was right," said Kakashi as he saw Haku standing next to Zabuza, while Sakura and Sasuke watched the two missing-nins like hawks. "The boy was your accomplice." '
Boy?! He thinks I'm a Boy!' thought Haku angrily as she stopped herself from attacking the copy-nin right then and there. Zabuza just chuckeld evilly, even though it was nervously.
"I'll fight him," said Sasuke with a seriuos face "He pulled that stupid act on us.. I hate conceited guy's like that."
This caused Sakura to praise him and act like a fan girl. 'Is this girl really a ninja,' thought Haku, thankful that the mask was hiding her wondering gaze.
"He's quite a boy," said Haku "Even if a water clone only has a tenth of the oringinals power, he was still able to defeat them that quickly."
"But we made the first move so go," ordered Zabuza staring at Kakashi.
"Hai!" exclaimed Haku as she charged at the group and used the wter to spin herself like a top, but with the speed she was going at it was more like a mini tornado. Seeing this caused Sasuke to gape with shock, but he quickly recovered braced himslef and smirked. Haku hit him with a quater of her power, while he blocked her with his other kunai. 'Hmm the kid was able to match Hakus speed,' thought Zabuza a bit worried about his nieces safety. Haku and Sasuke parried and matched each other blow for blow, neither letting up.
"I don't want to kill, but you won't leave, right?" asked Haku as she held him at bay
"What are you a baka?" asked Sasuke mockingly
"As I thought, but with this next move you won't be able to keep up with me," said Haku as she started to do seals with one hand, shocking Sasuke and Kakashi. '
Sensatsu Suisho" murmured Haku as she stomped her foot on the ground and the water lifted up in the air and froze into sharp needles and headed straight at Sasuke. Haku jumped out of the way as they were about to hit them, but when she looked back she saw that Sasuke was no longer there. When she looked up she saw Sasuke was in the air, just in time because he started throwing shuriken at her. 'Hmm... not bad, he's able to keep up with me even,' thought Haku, because even though she was being slowed down it wasn't an easy task to keep up with her. Her thought were stopped as she noticed that Sasuke was behind her.
"Your slow," said Sasuke as he attacked her with a kunai and kicked back to Zabuza.
"Your kid's good, but mine is better," said Kakshi a little smuggly. Even though his smugness was hidden, Zabuza heard it loud and clear and he attacked Kakashi with his sword. Kakashi blocked it with a kunai and held him, but he could see the anger in Zabuza's eyes. 'Why would he get so angry?' thought Kakashi as he knocked Zabuza back.
"Haku take care of the brat, while I take care of Kakashi," ordered Zabuza as he struck Kakashi again.
"Hai!" said Haku as she made a odd handsign and concentrated her chakra "Makyo Hyosho!" she shouted as mirrors of ice surrounded her and Sasuke.
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"Aisu, get ready I can sense that the last ninja is almost here, we might have to step in soon," said Fubuki as she grabbed her mask and put it back on. Aisu nodded at his sister and followed her example and put his mask on as well. 'Man this is gonna be fun!' thought Aisu eargerly, tired of all the waiting that they had to do, but he lost his eagerness when he heard and felt a large explosion from the bridge.
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"Alright the number One ninja is here!" shouted Naruto as the smoke from the explosion cleared, while Kakashi and Zabuza stared at him.
"Naruto, glad you could make it," said Kakashi, turning his attention back to Zabuza.
Naruto nodded and headed in the direction that Sasuke and Haku were in. When he arrived he saw the ice mirrors and Sasuke cut up and bruised in the middle. Sasuke saw Naruto and started to come up with a plan for them to use, but before he could even tell Naruto, Naruto appeared next to him.
"Yo Sasuke I'm here to save you," whispered Naruto as he got into a fighting stance. Seeing Naruto in the dome with him caused Sasuke to get upset and he started to yell at Naruto.
"You idiot there's no way you can save me from in here!" shouted Sasuke glaring at Naruto
"Hey is that any way to thank someone who's trying to help you out!" shouted Naruto in return and also returning his glare as well
'Wow... these guy's sure are idiots, might as well let them rant to buy some time,' thought Haku as she watched the two nins before her argued. Though when they finished she took the iniative and threw sebons at them while she moved from mirror to mirror. She kept it up, but noticed that Sasuke was dodging her sebon more accurately. She stopped her assult and took a good look at Sasuke and that's when she saw it... His Sharigan had activated.
"Hmph now you can't get me," said Sasuke as he got ready to fight.
'He's right with that Sharigan he'll be able to see me, but...' thought Haku as she looked from Sasuke to Naruto. 'He can't!'
Haku jumped to the next mirror and threw sebon at Naruto instead of Sasuke. Sasuke saw through her plan and pushed Naruto out of the way without even thinking. Naruto watched in shock as Sasuke was stapped with the sebon meant for him.
"Why?" whispered Naruto crawling over to Sasukes body
"Why did you do that!?"
"Shut up dope," said Sasuke in a cool tone "Just make sure you finish the mission and protect Kakashi and Sakura."
Slowly Sasukes eyes closed and his whole body went limp.
"He was a strong Shinobi," said Haku as she looked down at Naruto and Sasuke "He died a honorable death."
"Shut up," whispered Naruto angrily as red chakra started to form around his body. "SHUT UP!"
The red chakra surrounding Naruto dissappeared and went back into his body. 'What is this!?' thought Haku as she stared at Naruto, all of his wounds healed, his eyes were a blood red, his whisker marks were wider, wilder, and a wave of killing intent was coming from him.
"I'd better take care of him!' thought Haku as she threw sebon at the newly transformed Naruto, only to have him knock them all away and charge at her, knocking her out of her mirror. Her masked cracked, Haku stood up shakily and prepared herself for the incoming impact as her mask fell apart. When the blow didn't come she saw that Naruto had stopped millimeters from her face.
"It's you..." whispered Naruto as he remembered their meeting in the forests.
"Why did you stop?" asked Haku "I killed your teammate."
Naruto looked back at Sasuke and continued with his punch, knocking Haku down.
"Naruto-san what happened earlier you were able to hit me with the intent to kill, but now you fight with less reason," said Haku "Please Naruto kill me."
Naruto looked at Haku in shock, "Why?"
"Because I'm of no use to Zabuza-sama anymore," replied Haku looking down "If I can't be of any use for him I'd rather die."
Naruto slowly nodded and pulled out a kunai, Naruto charged at him and kept going, but before he could go through with killing her, Haku stopped him and murmered, "Perhaps there is one more thing I can do."
Haku dissappeared in a flash and took the attack meant for Zabuza,
"No!!" shouted Zabuza as he saw Haku take the attack that was meant for him. Hearing his scream Fubuki and Aisu ran over to the area they were at.
"No, no... NOOOOOOOOOO!!" shouted Aisu and Fubuki as they saw their sister standing there with half closed eyes.
Hearing the two newcomers caused team seven to look over at them, 'Who on earth...?!' thought Kakashi as he jumped out of the way of Zabuza's sword slash, carrying Haku with him. Kakashi put Haku down and charged at Zabuza blocking and parrying attacks.
"It's all my fault..." whispered Fubuki tears in her eyes, even if the others wouldn't see. Zabuza kept attacking with anger, hate, and saddness. He didn't stop, he wouldn't stop, not untill Kakashi and everyone else paid. But Kakashi did stop him and broke his other arm. 'Why did he react like this?' questioned Kakashi as he jumped away from Zabuza. Before he could ponder on what was happening he heared clapping from behind him, He and Zabuza looked to see Gato there with a small army of men standing behind hime.
"Gato what is the meaning of this?!" seethed Zabuza as he watched Gato walk out of the group and into his sight.
"Hehe did you really think I would let you live!" shouted Gato mockingly while his men just laughed. "Just look at you, your in no conditon to fight them. Ha Demon of the Mist, more like Baby of the Mist!"
"Heh... looks like our fight is over Kakashi," said Zabuza as he dropped his sword.
"Looks like it," replied Kakashi as he removed his Kunai and put his headband down. Gato didn't pay any attention to them and Walked next to Haku's body, and procedded to kick her in the face, causing all Zabuza, Aisu, and Fubuki to fill with rage.
"What are you doing! Aren't you going to stop him!?" shouted Naruto pointing at Gato and Haku. "He did so much for you and you just let Gato do that to him! How can you -"
"Shut-up!!" shouted Fubuki as she knocked Naruto down. "Shut-up, Haku was never a tool, this was our mission, one that you and your stupid team interferred with! This wasn't supposed to happen! We were supposed to take Gato out!"
Naruto and Kakashi just looked at her with wide eyes, 'This was their mission... And we killed someone who didn't have to die...' thought Naruto and Kakashi slightly angry with themselves.
"Take me out HUH!? Well lets see how you like this!" shouted Gato as he prepared to kick Haku one more time, but before his foot could collied with Haku he was suddenly on his back, a wall of water between him and Haku.
"We won't let you harm Haku-nee anymore," hissed Aisu and Fubuki who were now standing next to Haku, doing handsigns in perfect syncronization. "Suiton/ Koori Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" shouted Aisu and Fubuki in unison.Two dragons, one made of water, and the other made of ice came from the side and charged at the group ahead of them, killing half of the men there.
"Aisu stay back!" shouted Fubuki with an angry yet sad voice, chakra surrounding her body.
"I'll kill you all!" shouted Fubuki as her chakra shaped into a a giant Raven, her eyes glowing black.
In one movement the dragon charged at the group, Fubuki in the middle of it all. She sliced them with the chakra Raven talon's, kicked them off the bridge, and blasted them away by sending out chara feathers. The mercenaries didn't know what hit them, but they knew they had to run, too bad Fubuki didn't care about what they wanted. She disposed of each and every single one of them untill only Gatou was left.
"P-Please don't kill me!" begged Gatou as he tried to crawl away. Fubuki said nothing, in a daze as she was fulled with anger and grief, losing control, she continued to walk towards him, bringing her arm and the raven doing the same. Just as she tore him apart she slowly stopped.
Bu-Bump, Bu-Bump, Bu-Bump...
She heard it, a slow, weak heart beat that was coming from her Nee-chan. Slowly Fubuki retracted her hand and went to Hakus side, placing both hands on Hakus chest, she focused everything she had into Haku. The Raven let out a tremendous sreech as it retreated back into Fubuki.
"F-Fubuki?" questioned Haku as she slowly opened her eyes. "What Happened?" Before anyone could answer Fubuki fell and blacked out...
Dream POV...
"Where am I?" Fubuki asked outloud, taking in her surroundings. The moon was full and high up in the sky, illuminating a dark ocean. There was no land, trees, or any type of life, the only things were the ocean she was standing on and the moon high up in the sky.
"Hello child," said a voice that seemed to come out of no where. "It's nice to finally meet you." Fubuki turned looking for the person speaking, but found no one. Then there was a giggle coming out of nowhere, "Your very jumpy right now," came the voice again.
Fubuki kept turning her head around unitl she finally looked up. There, flapping its mighty wings, was a giant raven. It's feathers were pure black, it had grey armor on the important ares, and gold eyes. (Think Crowmon from digimon data savers)
"Finally found me," said the Raven gliding down until it touched the water. "It took you long enough."
"Who are you?" asked Fubuki staring up in awe
"My name is Annai," answered the raven bowing its head
"Why are you here?"
"Because you were chosen as the next Elemental Gaurdian."
"Elemental Gaurdian? What is that?" asked Fubuki with a raised eyebrow
"An Elemental Gaurdian is someone that has the power to control all primary elements as well as the secondary elements," explained a Annai. "But their duty is to help protect people from danger, no matter what village they're from and execute those who threaten the elemental nations."
"So basically it's the same duty as a ninja, only harder," stated Fubuki "But why was I chosen?"
"In order for someone to receive the gift to manipulate the elements they must be wise, have a strong will, be prepared to fight to the end, and not use their power for personal gain," answered Annai "You fit these qualities greatly, however you will not carry this burden alone there will be others chosen as well."
"How many?"
"Including you there will be Five, but they will have a different animal spirit," Answered Annai. "The Shark, The Wolf, The Bear, and The Fox."
"Will I know who else is a Gaurdian?"
"Yes and No, each Garudian is similar to it's animal spirit. For example I chose you because you're strong, wise, kind, and are willing to sacrifice yourself to protect others," explained Annai with a smile. "Now I believe that it's time for you to return to your siblings, but before here's a something that will help you out in the future."
Slowly everything faded away, untill there was nothing left.
Regular POV...
Fubuki slowly opened her eyes, blinking a few times untill her vision cleared. Checking her surroundings she saw that she was in a rather plain room, with Zabuza laying on another mat, Haku on another, and her other sibling leaning against the wall sleeping. Chuckling softly Fubuki slowly started to stand up, carrying her blanket with her. She stepped quietly and laid the blanket across her brother. Making sure that the blanket covered him Fubuki walked quietly out the door, while slipping her mask on. Walking down stairs Fubuki found Team 7, Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari eating around the table. Kakashi was the first to notice her.
"Good Morning," said Kakashi a bit nervously as he looked down at the table. "How are you feeling today?"
"Fine, but the person you should be asking that is Haku," replied Fubuki emotionlessly. "But it seems you'll have to wait untill she awakens." Reaching into her pocket She pulled out a scroll and handed it to Inari.
"This is from you father," said Fubuki as she bowed her head. " Our Yuekage also said that you and whoever you wish to bring are welcomed to visit the village anytime you'd like, she said something about wanting to meet her teammates son."
"Father was a ninja!?" exclaimed Inari shocked
"Yes, but from what I understand he was invloved in a mission that took away his ability to use chakra," answered Fubuki calmly, waiting for everyone to get over their shock.
"Anyway I must wake my sensei and siblings." As Fubuki stood up to leave Sasuke got up and stood in her way. He had an arrogant smirk on his face as he started to speak, "Fight me."
"Hmph I have no time to fight someone as weak as you," replied Fubuki as she decided to see how how far she could push him. "Besides dealing with brats like you would actually be a waste of time. Blondie on the other hand might actually be worth a little of my time"
"You can't talk to Sasuke-kun like that!" screeched Sakura, while Sasuke was glaring at Fubuki and Naruto was laughing his ass off.
"Ha ha! Here that she thinks I'm worth her time!" exclaimed Naruto happilly.
Before Sasuke could retort or even attempt a comeback Aisu with his mask on was supporting a maskless Haku, while a limping Zabuza appeared behind Sasuke. Pushing him out of the way Aisu proceeded to help Haku down to the table, even though she was feeling better.
"Haku-nee are you feeling well?" asked Fubuki as she left Sasuke and went to her sister's side.
"You and Aisu need to stop worrying so much," said Haku with a sigh, but she still had a smile on her face. "But yes I am fine."
"We only worry because we care," said Aisu as he sat down as well. "Anyway... Fubuki did you deliver the message?"
"Yeah I just did before you came down," replied Fubuki helping Zabuza down to a sitting position. "Are these two well enough to travel?"
"Yes, but we should let them eat and rest a bit more before we leave," cautioned Aisu.
"Why don't you four join us for breakfest then?" Asked Tsunami as she gestured to the food on the table. "After what you had to do it's the last thing we could do."
Aisu, Fubuki, and Haku each looked at each other and nodded before they all turned to Zabuza to see if it was alright. Seeing this Zabuza was going to say no, but then Haku started giving him a pout. It didn't take long before he caved in.
"(sigh) Alright we'll eat some breakfeast and then leave around 12 or so," said Zabuza as he started to unwind his bandages, just enough for him to put food in his mouth.
"Sweet!" Exclaimed Aisu as he removed his mask, not noticing Kakashi's shocked expression once it was fully removed. "Come on Fubuki hurry up so we can get some training in!"
Fubuki let out a sigh as she slowly removed her mask. Once it was fully off everyone, except Zabuza, gasped in shock as all three (Haku, Aisu, and Fubuki) had the same face.
"You all look the same!?" Shouted Naruto pointing at them.
"Ofcourse we do, we're triplets," replied Haku, Aisu, and Fubuki in unison
Sorry for the lack of updates, but I was having a hard time ending this chapter