dopliss: Hey there. (Sighs) Here´s a big chapter for you.
Mizuki: You look less happy today.
dopliss: One: I´m going back to school in a few days, and two: I couldn´t sleep last night.
Mizuki: Sounds tough.
dopliss: Yeah, school´s a real bitch.
Disclaimer: Kishimuto- sama is the rightful owner of Naruto.
A/n: Excusez-moi if I disappoint Naruto fans.
Our heroes have now traveled far. So far in fact, that they were sailing over to the land of waves in a boat rowed by a man, despite the boat having a motor, which was not on.
"The fog is so thick, you can´t see anything," stated Sakura.
Naruto, who sat frontmost in the boat, took a few sniffs with his nose. "The bridge isn´t far now," said the rowing man, "our destination is up ahead. The Land of Waves."
Naruto then noticed something in the distance. Through the fog, all 9 of them could see an unfinished bridge towering over them. "Whoa, it´s HUGE!" exclaimed Naruto.
"Be quiet!" whispered the rower loudly, "I told you: no noise! Why do you think we´re traveling like this, huh? Cutting off the engine, rowing? Moving through the dense fog? So they don´t se us."
Everyone was quiet at that, until Konran raised a question. "Mr. Tazuna, before we reach the pier, I want to ask you," Tazuna was all quiet, "The men who are after you, we need to know why. If you do not tell us, the consequences will be us ending the mission once we are ashore."
Tazuna was silent as the others looked at him. Then he broke the silence. "I have no choice but to tell you. Now, I want you to know the truth. Like you said, this is beyond the scope of the original mission. The one who seeks my life is a very short man who casts a powerful shadow."
"A deadly shadow?" asked Torabu, "Who is it?"
The bridge builder looked at Kakashi. "You know him; at least you might have heard his name before. He´s one of the wealthiest men in the world: the shipping magnate Gato."
Kakashi was surprised at that. "Gato? As in 'Gato Transport'? He´s a business leader, everyone knows him."
"Who?" asked Naruto.
"Gato," answered Tazuna, "He´s a very powerful tycoon from a famous company, that´s true. But below the surface, with the same ruthless methods he uses to take over business and nations, he also sells drugs using gangs and ninjas. It was one year ago, when Gato first set his sight on the Land of Waves. He came to our island and used his vast wealth to take total control of our transport and shipping. Anyone who tried to stand in his way would simply be… disappeared. In an island´s nation of a man who controls the sea controls everything. Finance, governments, our very lives. But there´s one thing he fears: the bridge. When it is complete, it would join us to the land and break everything in his control. I am the bridge builder."
Everyone was interested in what they heard. "So that´s it?" asked Sakura, "Since you´re in charge of the bridge, you´re in this gangster´s way."
Sasuke then came to a realization. "That means, those guys we fought in the forest, they were working for Gato."
"I don´t understand," said Kakashi, "If you knew he was dangerous, you knew he would send ninjas. Why did you hide that from us?"
Tazuna lowered his head. "Because… the Land of Waves is a poor, polish nation. Even our nobles have little money. The common people who are building this bridge, they can´t pay for an A or B-ranked mission, it´s too expensive. If you end the mission when you drop me ashore, there would be no bridge. They´ll assassinate me before I reach home," here his voice turned slightly sarcastic, "But don´t feel bad about it. Of course my sweet little grandson would cry:" his voice then turned childlike, "'Granddad! I want my Granddad!'" that made some of the young ninjas feel bad, "And my daughter would condemn the ninja of the hidden leafs, denouncing and blaming you for abandoning her father and living her life in sorrow," all of the ninjas were now feeling bad for thinking of abandoning him, "Ah well, it´s not your fault, forget it."
The ninjas looked at each other, before Sairento stated, "Well, I guess we don´t have a choice. We have to keep guarding you."
Tazuna, a little relieved, then said, "Ah, I´m very grateful." But secretly, he was smirking to himself while thinking I win!
"We´re approaching the shore," announced the rower, as they closed in on land. "Tazuna, we´ve been very fortunate, no one's spotted us."
"Nice going."
They then entered a tunnel. And when they came out to the other side, they were greeted by a beautiful sight: a peaceful village lying by the waters. They marveled at the sight, as the rower led them onwards. All the streets were empty, not a single trace of life.
They all went to a dock and exited the boat. They thanked the rower, and he departed by activating the motor on the boat, taking a well deserved rest. "Okay," started Tazuna, "get me to my home, and I mean in one peace," and with that, they were off.
As they left the village, Kakashi couldn´t help but worry. The first ninjas were chunin level, next they´ll properly send a jonin, and then he sighed.
Later, they were walking through a forest peacefully. But Naruto was not in a good mood. I´m not gonna let Sasuke get all the glory this time, believe it!
Naruto then ran forward, scouted around, and then threw a kunai into some bushes. Everyone was tensed up. What could Naruto have spotted?
The answer was nothing.
"It was just a mouse," Naruto shrugged.
"As if!" Konran scolded, "You know damn well there was nothing there! If it was a mouse, we´d know ´cause of our own 'mouse detector' here!" he pointed a thumb in the cat-boy´s direction.
Sasuke and the mute girl just saw it as idiocy, Sakura was upset, Torabu sighed, Kakashi was angry at Naruto tossing a dangerous kunai around, and Tazuna was the most enraged. "DON´T TRY TO SCARE ME, YA LITTLE BOY!"
Naruto didn´t listen and scouted the area for more "potential dangers", when Torabu´s ears and senses picked up something. Naruto then threw a kunai into another bush, and Sakura decided to smack him on the head. "W-What was that for?" asked a bewildered Naruto.
"You´re acting like a brat, Naruto! No one´s following us!"
"I wouldn´t say no one´s following us," said Torabu, while he was looking behind the bushes to find a small rabbit nearly scared to death, the kunai inches above its head sticking out from a tree.
Naruto saw this, went over to the rabbit, picked it up and started apologizing. Kakashi couldn´t help but find the rabbit strange. A snow rabbit? But they only have white fur during winter, on short days with little sunlight. It was raised indoors with little sunlight, meaning someone was using it for a Replacement technique.
Looking at them from above in a tree, sat the sword-carrying ninja from the shady location. No wonder the Demon Brothers failed in their mission, he thought and grasped his sword, that´s the copy ninja from the hidden leaf village, Kakashi the Sharingan Eye. He then jumped and threw his sword at them.
"Look out!" yelled Torabu who saw this, and everyone ducked in order to not get hit by the sword. The sword curved upwards and was stuck in a thick tree, the shaft becoming a steady foothold for the attacker.
Kakashi looked up at the attacker, who was facing the opposite direction, and was surprised. That must be…
The younger ninjas all tensed up at the sight of their enemy. "Well, well, well, if it isn´t Zabuza Momochi, rouge ninja from the village hidden in the mist," said Kakashi.
Torabu was surprised. A rouge ninja? How strong is he?
Sairento then stated, "If anything goes wrong, take the client and run."
Naruto tried to rush towards Zabuza, but his sensei stopped him. "Stand back," he said with cold seriousness, "you´ll all won´t be in my way. He´s not like the other ninjas, he´s in a whole different level," and here he reached up to his covered left eye.
"Kakashi the Sharingan Eye," Zabuza started, "Did I get that right?" Sasuke was rather surprised at hearing that. "It´s too bad, huh? But you´ll have to hand over the old man."
Many of the others were wondering what he meant with "Sharingan". "Now, quick!" ordered Kakashi, "Protect the bridge builder, and stay outta this fight! I taught you teamwork, now it´s time to use it," he then began lifting his headband so it wouldn´t cover his left eye, and when he was done, not only was a scar going vertically across the eye revealed, but the eye itself was unusual. It was red, with three circles around the pupil. "I´m ready!" he then said.
Naruto was shocked at seeing the left eye, while Zabuza was quite calm. "Well," he said, "seem like I get to see the Sharingan in action. This is an honor," he then turned around to face his opponent.
"What is a Sharingan?" asked Konran.
"Sharingan," began Sasuke, "a rare power. It resides in the eyes. The user of this visual Jutsu can instantly comprehend any Ninjutsu, Taijutsu or Genjutsu, and reflect the attack back on the user. The Sharingan is a rare, special form of eye techniques, the Dojutsu. However, there´s more to the Sharingan than that, a lot more."
The other genin were surprised at his knowledge. "You got it right, boy," started Zabuza, "but you only scratched the surface. The Sharingan can also analyze a person´s techniques, and then copy it to its smallest detail," suddenly emerged a thick fog, "As for you jonin, in the assassination unit of the hidden mist, we have a standing order to destroy you on sight. Your profile was in our bingo-book, it called you 'the man who copied over a thousand jutsus, Kakashi, the copy ninja'."
Again, the genin were surprised, but this time of their sensei being so famous. Konran looked at the jonin. I know a lot about the village, but never about him.
Sasuke was a little confused. He knew that the Sharingan could only be obtained by a few members of his family clan. So how come he has it? Could he be…?
Zabuza then prepared to strike, hell-bent to kill the bridge builder. The other ninjas quickly covered their client, each of them armed. Kakashi stood there, ready to fight. "So," the assassin began, "I´ll have to go through you first, Kakashi? So be it."
He then pulled his sword out of the tree and jumped over to a nearby lake, standing on the water! He then made a hand-seal, and water started circling him. He´s building up a lot of chakra, noted Kakashi mentally.
"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Zabuza roared, and the fog became thicker, hiding him from sight!
"Where did he go?" asked Torabu.
Kakashi stepped forward. "Sensei," Sairento started, "who is that?"
"Zabuza Momochi, the ex-leader of the hidden mist assassination unit," Kakashi explained, "He´s a master of the Silent Killing technique."
"Silent?"
"As the name suggests, it happens in an instant, not giving the target any time to react. But so fast you´d pass from your life without realizing what happened. The Sharingan can´t fully neutralize it, so don´t lower your guard," everyone of the genin were unnerved but ready for anything. "If we fail, we´ll only lose our lives," joked Kakashi.
"This mist is incredibly thick," stated the cat-boy.
"The Land of Waves is surrounded by ocean, the swirling mists are ever present," explained Tazuna.
The mist then swallowed Kakashi, tensing up the remaining ninjas even more. Not a sound was made…
…until, "Eight points," Zabuza´s voice sounded, "Neck, spine, lungs, liver, carotid artery, body artery, kidneys, heart. Now… which will be my kill-point?"
Now all of our heroes were scared, but they still had to keep their heads cold. Kakashi had enough being blinded by the fog, so he made a hand-seal and blew some of the fog away! Sasuke was surprised. What an intense thirst for blood! One shallow breath, one tiny movement with the eye is enough to bring instant death! If it goes on like this, he´ll go insane! A clash with two jonin out to kill… I´ve never felt anything so chilling! It´s as if my own life is being chopped off! Sasuke then tightened his grip around one of his kunai. No! I can´t take this! I´ll rather take my own life!
"Sasuke!" their sensei´s voice reached them, "Calm down. I´ll protect you with my life. All of you. I will not allow my comrades to die," he turned around and smiled, "trust me."
The genin were stunned by those words, but then, "I´m not so sure about that."
None of the children expected Zabuza to pop out of nowhere, in the middle of the genin and their client, in a perfect position to take him out! "It´s over," he said and prepared to strike.
Kakashi quickly dashed off, and slammed into his opponent´s stomach with a kunai, stabbing him…
…only then for Zabuza to… drip water? Another Zabuza appeared behind the jonin, ready to swing his sword!
"Sensei! Behind you!" Naruto warned.
But it was too late. The dripping Zabuza became water, and the real one, "DIE!" swung his massive blade right through Kakashi´s torso, splitting him in half! But then he noticed that his victim itself turned into water! The Water Clone Jutsu! It can´t be! He then remembered that when he made the mist, Kakashi hid in it as well, meaning he saw through the illusion and copied his own method. He then felt something sharp at his throat.
"Don´t move!" warned a calm Kakashi with a kunai in hand, "Now it´s over!"
Everyone was stunned at what had just transpired, but then they cheered for their sensei´s incredible feat.
But then Zabuza chuckled. "You think I´m finished? You really don´t get it, do you? Your technique was nothing but a mere crass imitation. I´ll never get defeated by a mere copycat ninja like you. But you are entertaining. You copied my Water Clone technique when you made that little speech. Very skillfully executed: you made your clone say those words to draw my attention, while you waited in the mist, waiting for me to make a move. Nice try…" then, another Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi, "…but I´m not so easily fooled."
The Zabuza Kakashi was holding then dispersed into water, while the real one took a swing at him. Kakashi dodged, the sword then struck the ground, and Zabuza delivered a powerful kick, that send Kakashi airborne! The assassin then pulled out his sword, and ran after his opponent, but stopped when he saw nails lying in his path. "Trying to slow me down?" he asked and jumped into the water.
The children were scared. Their sensei were fighting a strong opponent and currently on the losing end.
Kakashi emerged from the lake he´d been thrown into. The water is not normal. It´s dense. He was then attacked from behind by Zabuza performing a Jutsu!
"Fool! Water Prison Jutsu!" and then a sphere of water had captured the jonin! "Trying to escape in the water? Bad mistake," the assassin laughed, standing with his right arm inside the sphere. "This prison´s made of water, but it´s stronger than steel! It´s hard to fight when you can´t move. So much for the great Kakashi. I´ll finish you off later," he turned to the others, "first, your little friends would have to be eliminated! Water Clone Jutsu!"
Then, from the shore of the lake, arose another Water Clone, ready to kill Team 6 and 7! "You think your headband makes you a ninja," started the clone, "When you´ve been through life and death so many times that it doesn´t faze you, then maybe you can call yourselves ninjas. When you become so deadly that your profiles´ entered in my bingo-book, then you may have earned the title ninjas. But to call upstarts like you for ninjas, that would be a joke!"
The clone then made it foggier around them. Naruto suddenly felt a foot collide with his head, and was flung back several feet, while his headband fell off and landed at the clone´s feet. "You´re just brats!" the clone finished.
"Oh yeah?" Torabu asked provoked, "Can a brat do this?" he then activated his Chakra Claws and dashed forward to tear at his duplicated opponent. The clone just let the attack hit and do nothing, then kick the cat-boy into a tree.
His teammates went over to pick him up. "Remember, Torabu," Sairento started, "he´s a Water Clone, physical attacks have no effect on it."
"Coulda told me a little sooner!" was the reply she got.
"Listen!" yelled Kakashi, "Take the bridge builder and run! You can´t win this fight! He´s using all of his powers on this water prison, and fighting you off with his Water Clone, but the clone can´t separate that far from the main body! If you get away from him, he can´t follow! Hurry up!"
But the thought of running away was unthinkable to the two teams. They settled that when their sensei got caught. Plus, they knew that Zabuza would eventually find them and kill them if they did run.
Sasuke tried to run towards the clone, throwing kunai and shuriken all the while, but the clone swung his sword to deflect the weapons, so he tried to jump at it, but got caught with one hand at his throat and then he was flung away.
Sairento and Konran made clones themselves and sent them against the other clone, only to be cut in half before disappearing, making the two children happy for not going in themselves.
Naruto was too scared to fight. He knew he didn´t stand a chance against a jonin like THAT, and he kept thinking of running away. He tried to get up, but a sudden pain in his left hand – the one he injured – reminded him of something: how he made a pledge about not running away or losing to anyone. He stood back up, and looked at his headband at the clone´s feet. He then remembered it was a gift from Iruka, when he finally passed his exam. And he also remembered Kakashi´s lesson about teammates taken hostage and forced to do their bidding. And finally his promises about becoming Hokage. That´s right, I´m a ninja now, believe it! I swore an oath of pain! I won´t run away!
He then ran screaming at the clone, and ended up being thrown back the way he came from. "What would that accomplish?" yelled a concerned Sairento.
Naruto struggled to get up, and they could witness that he did it to get back his headband, which was now in his injured hand. He finally stood steadily on his legs and said, "Hey you, the freak with no eyebrows, put this in your bingo-book: the ninja who would become Hokage of the village hidden in the leaves…" he put his headband back on; "…he never backs down. His name is Naruto Uzumaki!"
The clone glared at him, Kakashi looked impressed, and Tazuna was stunned. That is one determined kid!
"Alright, guys, listen up!" Naruto said and started planning. The others were stunned that Naruto had a plan. "Guys… Let´s go wild!"
Naruto, Torabu and Sasuke stood assembled and ready to face danger head-on. The clone chuckled. "You think you´re the ones winning now, huh? You think your plans are gonna keep you in the game?"
"WHAT´RE YOU DOING?" yelled Kakashi, "THIS FIGHT WAS OVER WHEN I WAS CAUGHT!"
"Sensei," Torabu started, "The only reason we´re not leaving is ´cause of what you taught us: teamwork is important. And you´re part of the team, like it or not, we´re gonna beat this asshole and save you!"
"Alright, you hear that?" asked Sasuke.
"Yeah, believe it!" replied Naruto.
The clone chuckled then went on to laughing. "You really haven't learnt anything, did you? Still playing your little game, pretending to be ninjas," he held up his right hand, "When I was your age, this hand had already killed many."
"Zabuza, the Demon!" Kakashi realized.
"So, I was in your book too?" asked the real Zabuza.
"Not long ago," Kakashi told, "the village hidden in the mist was known as the 'blood mist village'. Before a student could become a ninja, there was one final test."
"So, you know about our old graduation exam?" asked the clone.
"So? What´s the big deal? We also had exams," stated the cat-boy.
The clone laughed. "Did you have to annihilate the other students to pass?" that bit of news shocked the young ninjas. "Imagine, young ninja like you eating together, training together, and then comes the final exam, only, the rules have changed. You couldn´t stop until you´ve destroyed your opponent, who was your friend, has shared you dreams with, and now it´s him against you!"
"Ten years ago," Kakashi told, "in the village hidden in the mist, the rules changed. One year before, a dark evil have filled the school with terror. Without pause or hesitation, a young boy, who was not even a ninja, approached the school, and killed over 100 total students."
Silence reigned after that, until the clone broke it. "It… it felt so… GOOD!" he then quickly ran forward, kicked Sasuke a few feet away, and then smashed his elbow into the poor boy´s stomach, causing the boy to scream in pain. The clone then took hold of his sword, and prepared to kill Sasuke.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" yelled Naruto and the cat-boy, and 20 clones of each appeared! Every one of the clones was armed with kunai, and then they all jumped him. But even when the clones completely covered him, he was still too strong for them to keep him down. As the clones disappeared, the original Naruto took something from his traveling-backpack and threw it to a now recovered Sasuke.
Sasuke grabbed it, and then knew what Naruto´s plan was. The thing looked like four black blades held together by a ring. He then made it so the four blades pointed in different directions, making it look like a big shuriken. "Demon Wind Shuriken: The Shadow Windmill!" he roared.
The clone was unimpressed. "A shuriken? That´s all?"
Sasuke then jumped up into the air, and flung the shuriken in the clone's direction. The clone was then surprised to see, that it curved around him and towards the real one! "So, you passed the clone and aimed for my real body? Clever," said Zabuza, and caught the shuriken, "but not smart enough." He then noticed another shuriken coming his way! He figured it must´ve hidden in the shadow of the first one. Realizing he couldn´t catch it, he jumped over it. "I told you a shuriken can´t touch me!"
The shuriken flied a little longer, before a puff of smoke appeared, and in the place of the weapon, was now Torabu, much to everyone but Sasuke´s and Naruto´s surprise. "Dodge this!" the cat-boy cried and threw a kunai at Zabuza!
Zabuza quickly moved away from the small knife´s course. He then faced the cat-boy, and prepared to throw the shuriken he caught, while saying, "I´ll crush you!" But before he could throw it, a drenched Kakashi stopped him with one arm, giving him a deadly glare, as Torabu fell into the water!
Torabu then emerged to the surface, grinning with a big smile. "Boys that was an excellent plan!" praised Kakashi, "You´ve really grown."
"Ha-ha! The Shadow Clones were just a distraction so I could transform and be placed in Naruto´s pack!" he explained, "When Sasuke got me, he knew it was me, and also threw his own shuriken! I hid in that one's shadow, so I could easily fool the idiot! And the clone disappearing along with the prison was a bonus!"
The team members that didn´t know about this were rather impressed. And so was Zabuza. "I just got distracted and lost the grip on the Water Prison."
"Don´t flatter yourself," said Kakashi coldly, "You weren´t distracted, you were forced to let go. Your technique worked on me once, but no more! So, what´s it gonna be?"
As the other ninjas went to protecting Tazuna again, Zabuza decided to fold the shuriken and use four blades on Kakashi´s arm! He broke free, sending the weapon flying, and then both combatants leaped backwards. When Kakashi saw him make hand-seals, he instantly learned it, thanks to the Sharingan. Both began making hand-seals for the same Jutsu, chanting the same words. Suddenly, the chanting stopped, and both yelled, "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" and then two dragons made of water arose from the lake! One for each of the jonin.
The dragons then attacked each other, creating huge waves in the lake! Even the younger ninjas were surprised. "What is that?" asked Tazuna.
"That," stated Torabu, "is skills from powerful jonin!"
As the dragons kept fighting, the assassin and Kakashi fought themselves, sword against kunai. Zabuza then noticed that something was off. The Sharingan can comprehend and replicate the enemy´s technique. However, those Jutsus were made simultaneously.
Meanwhile on land, behind the heroes, stood a person on a tree branch, looking over the fight. The person had black shoulder length hair gathered in a white bun, wore a moss green striped turtle-neck sweater, a split skirt in matching color that reached down to his knees, a green blue short kimono with white edges over the sweater, a green brown obi around his waist, and a white mask with thin, curved eye-holes and a red wavy design in place of the mouth.
The dragons were now gone, but the two were still locking blades. Zabuza was starting to suspect something, so both jumped backwards, and then they ran in circles around another, both still being completely in front of each other. They then both stopped, and made the exact same positions for a Jutsu. That´s when it dawned on everyone, that Kakashi was doing everything his opponent does, no matter what. My movements, Zabuza thought, he knows exactly what I´m…
"…Going to do," Kakashi finished.
What? Is he reading my mind as well? He then looked at the Sharingan Eye. Oops, I hate that eye!
"It makes you furious, doesn´t it?"
They both made the same hand-seal. "All you´re doing is copy me, like a monkey."
Then both said at the same time, "You can´t beat me with cheap tricks, I´ll crush you!" much to Zabuza´s irritation.
"Once I´m finished with you, you´ll never open that monkey mouth again!" and they made more hand-seals. Suddenly he noticed something behind Kakashi. It was shady and blurry. What is that? Then the figure became clearer, and turned out to be another Zabuza! That´s ME! But how? Is it an illusion Jutsu?
Kakashi then made more hand-seals, and announced, "Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu!" then his left eye began spinning, and a spiral of water erupted before him!
"What? But how?" Zabuza screamed as the water vortex grew bigger and consumed him! I was about to create a vortex! But then he creates a bigger one first! He copied my Jutsu before I made it! I CAN´T KEEP UUUUUP!
The vortex blasted its way through and tore down some trees, before pushing the trapped assassin into a sturdy tree, and subsiding. He coughed up some water, before several kunai was thrown at him and trapping him to the tree. He looked up and saw Kakashi looking at him. "You´re finished," he said.
"How…?" gasped Zabuza, "Can you… see into the future?"
"Yes. This is you last battle… ever!" and he pulled out a kunai.
From out of nowhere, two projectiles came rushing through the air, and hit Zabuza in the throat! Everyone was shocked at seeing that, and then, up on a tree branch, they saw who was behind it: the boy that spied on them! The boy chuckled. "You were right, it was his last battle."
Everyone was stunned. kakashi came down to confirm the situation. After a while, he said, "No vital signs… he´s dead."
He then looked at the newcomer, who bowed in gratitude. "Thank you," he said, "I´ve been hunting Zabuza for a long time, waiting for this chance to finally take him down."
"By your mask, I´d say you´re a Tracker-ninja from the hidden mist village," said Kakashi.
"Impressive. You´re well-informed."
Naruto then walked forward. "Tracker…?"
Sairento decided to explain. "When a rouge ninja breaks loose from the village, he carries all kinds of secrets, the secrets of his people. Tracker-ninjas are especially trained to capture these ninjas and kill them. That way, the secrets of their people remain secrets."
"That´s correct," Affirmed the boy, "I´m a member of the elite tracking unit of the hidden mist village. It was my duty to stop Zabuza."
He don´t look any older than us genin, Torabu noted.
He´s no ordinary kid, but what is he? Kakashi thought.
Naruto was angry. Angry that a strong ninja like Zabuza got killed just like that. and angry at what was going to happen to his remains. "Who the hell do you think you are?" he roared to the others´ shock.
"Easy, Naruto," Kakashi said, "He´s not our enemy."
"That´s not the point! Did you see what he did to Zabuza, just like that? He was big and strong, like some kind of monster, and then this kid – who´re no bigger than me – kills him with one strike, like it was nothing! I mean, what does that make us?"
"Even if you don´t accept that, it did happen, Naruto. In this world there are kids younger than you and yet stronger than me."
The boy jumped down and took the corpse. "Your struggle is over now, I´ll deal with the remains. There are many secrets in this body; I must get rid of them. Please excuse me. Goodbye," and with a hand-seal, the boy and the corpse were gone.
Kakashi covered his left eye again. "As ninjas, the things we encounter are never easy, save your energy for the next battle." He said.
Tazuna then laughed. "Sorry for causing this mess for you. I´ll tell ya what, you can stay at my house once we arrive!"
"Alright, let´s get a move on!" not two seconds after Kakashi had said those words; he felt incredibly weak and passed out.
"What´s wrong with him?" asked Konran.
Sairento checked his pulse. "He´s alive, but incredibly weak. We need to carry him towards town."
dopliss: (sighs) This is the last chapter that´ll get uploaded in a while, you know, school and stuff. But I will still make updates, don´t worry.
dopliss: (sees Mizuki eating a chocolate bar) Is that what I think it is?
Mizuki: (hides chocolate bar in panic) I don´t know what you´re talking about!
dopliss: (pulls out a flamethrower and a bazooka) Time to reintroduce you to the weapons of the 21st. century!