Yo, sorry I'm late. An old lady was crossing the street and I offered to walk her home, except I didn't know she lived in China.
Anyways, this is the end of the TEAM 7 VS ZABUZA fight. The FFH (Fillers from Hell) begin now.
For the disclaimer, Sasuke will say it.
Sasuke: Acara Whitefox does not own Naruto.
Whitefox: DON'T CALL ME ACARA!
Chapter 6
Naruto fell into the water with a splash. Rising to the surface, he overheard the conversation between a frightened Zabuza and a murderous Kakashi.
"Good job, Naruto. That was a brilliant plan."
"Ha!" sneered Zabuza, though clearly scared of the masked man's left eye that was pouring out killer intent, "I got distracted and lost my grip on theMizu Kangoku. It was just luck!"
"Don't flatter yourself," countered Kakashi, "You weren't distracted! You were forced to let go. And all by a bunch of weak, pathetic genin!" He let the last word draw out in a sadistic manner before continuing,
"You're technique worked on my once, but it won't work again. So, what's it gonna be?"
The two jonin jumped back and, in complete unison, started making the signs of Water Dragon no Jutsu. A pair of blue dragon heads with glowing yellow eyes erupted from the lake below them; their long necks swiftly following suit. Rising rapidly through the air, the twin dragons collided head on with each other with deadly accuracy. They bit and snapped at each other, causing wave after wave that rose high above Naruto's head.
"So many hand signs!" Thought Sasuke, "And he mirrored them all perfectly!"
"So this is that power of dad's pupil," thought Naruto.
In the center, with water cascading around them, Kakashi and Zabuza stood; kunai to sword, sword to kunai. One single slip and it spelled the end to either of them.
"Something isn't right," thought the missing-nin, "The Sharingan can comprehend and replicate an enemies technique. However, both jutsu occurred simultaneously. Could he…?"
Jumping back one more time, Zabuza ran in a circle, Kakashi mimicking his movements like a mirror. Raising his hand above his head in preparation for the Kirigakure no Jutsu, he watched in horror as the Copy-nin did the same.
"My movements," thought Zabuza, "It's as if he knows what I'm going-"
"To do next," Kakashi finished his sentence for him.
"What! Is he reading my mind?! He looks at me with that eye!"
"It makes you furious doesn't it?" asked Kakashi as if stating the time of day.
"HA! All you're doing is coping me! You can't beat me with cheap tricks! I'll crush you!" yelled Zabuza. But the famous Copy-nin said the same words as him, setting his nerves even more on edge.
"WATER STYLE: GAINT VORTEX NO JUTSU!" but the words came from the wrong mouth and the hand signs came too late. Zabuza was blown away by his own jutsu, before he had even preformed it.
The missing-nin, trapped to a tree by four kunai, looked up at the masked man, and asked, "Can you see into the future?"
"Yes," answered Kakashi, "And you're not in it."
They were the final words that Zabuza would hear, for the battle was cut short by two senbon needles.
"You were right," said a mysterious masked figure, "It was his last battle."
The boy jumped from his branch in a near by tree and approached the body of the missing-nin.
"Thank you. I've been tracking Zabuza for a long time, waiting for this chance to finally take him down," the masked boy said with a polite bow.
"What is gong on here?" thought Naruto, "I know of the ANBU Black Ops from my dad, but something's not right about this one. Why does he smell so much like...
ICE!"
"KAKASHI-SENSEI! HE'S A FAKE! ICY-CHAN HERE HAS ZABUZA'S SCENT ALL OVER HIM!"
Kakashi's eyes widened with this new information, but was unable to take another step before charka exhaustion took over. He fell over and remained their still as a board.
"Dad!" yelled Sasuke, who ran over his adopted father as Naruto sprinted towards the fake ANBU. Though, like Zabuza, his struggle was cut short by another two senbon. The last thing he heard was Sakura's voice calling for him. Blackness consumed the boy as a small smile graced his tan face.
This wasn't good. His father and teammate had fallen and there was no way in hell that he was letting his pink-haired stalker take charge.
"Sakura, carry Naruto, I'll take my dad," Sasuke ordered.
"Alright, Sasuke-kun."
The girl turned her blonde-haired teammate on his back and was about to remove the two senbon from his chest when they popped out them selves, a small wisp of steam rising from the wound.
"His injures are healing themselves at such a rapid rate. That shouldn't even be possible!"
She lifted the boy onto her back, only to be surprised again by how light Naruto was, even though he was a ramen-pig. She shifted him slightly, so that he fit perfectly against her small frame. Blushing slightly at the closeness of their two bodies and Naruto's breathe in her ear, she gave Sasuke a look that told him that she was ready to go.
"How far away is your house, Tazuna-san?" asked Sakura.
"About a good two hour walk."
Damn.
"Somebody, please. Shoot me." That thought ran through Sasuke's head millions of times over the past hour and a half. Tazuna just kept talking and talking and talking! This was one of the reason he hated his fangirls so much. They had nothing important to say, so they ranted on about the most idiotic things. Sasuke was beginning to think that he might go deaf from all their chatting.
He glanced over at Sakura and Naruto to see if his blonde teammate was anywhere near awake. He was wishing, for the second time since he was made genin that the blonde would somehow distract an unwanted pest from bothering the hell out of him.
This was second time that Sasuke admitted to himself that he needed the blonde's help and Naruto still remained unresponsive to his pleas.
Fuck.
Sakura on the other hand was having the time of her life. It appeared that Naruto had the habit of talking in his sleep. She heard the occasional dream of ramen to the declarations of being Hokage. Of course, she had heard them all before, but that way when he said it, it was like it was just for her.
"Sa…ku…ra…chan…"
Her heart skipped a beat. He was dreaming of her? And if that wasn't enough, the pure emotion that had come with her name, one would think that he was in love with her.
But that was impossible…right?
Bright blue eyes opened to see an equally blue sky. A small house, with a red roof and brown walled, as slowly coming closer to him. But he wasn't walking, so how was that feasible.
The scent of cherries hit his nose, causing him to tense up. Sakura was carrying him. Carrying him! HIM! Not dropping the blonde on his butt to go chaise after Sasuke! YES!
"Naruto?"
The question made his heart leap. "Better play stupid and get the most out of this as I can!" But Naruto couldn't. This was Sakura, he felt bad enough taking advantage of her to play the 'I'm-still-sleeping' game.
"Sakura-chan! You smell lovely today!"
Said girl promptly dropped him flat on his butt.
"Owie!" the fox boy, "Sakura-chan! That was mean. I'm an injured person."
"Urg, just when I thought you had become a little more mature!"
Ok, so maybe the 'I'm-still-sleeping' game had been a better choice.
"Come on, dobe," an irritated Sasuke shouted back, "Tazuna's place it just up ahead."
"Coming, teme," Naruto grumbled.
"Father!" A beautiful young woman ran from the house and nearly tackled Tazuna into a hug.
"Hey, teme. Doesn't that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?"
"Shut up, dobe." But Sasuke couldn't help it. He smiled.
"Tsunami, these are the ninja's that are protecting me and the bridge. Brats, this is my daughter, Tsunami."
The woman gasped, "But their just children!"
"Miss, we stopped being children the moment we got these headbands," explained Sasuke, "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to put my father down. His arm is dragging."
After finding a futon for the Copy Cat ninja to sleep on, the genin finally sat down.
"So Naruto," asked the black-haired boy, "You sure Zabuza's still alive?"
"Ya, that ANBU had the eyebrow less freak's scent all over him. And he moved to take the body away," explained Naruto, "A sure sign of a fake."
"Why's that?" asked Sakura.
"Because a real ANBU will get rid of a corpse where it lies, no matter who's watching," moaned a tired Kakashi. "I should know. I was one once."
"Sensei! You're awake!" cried Sakura.
"So, you're gonna be ok, dad?"
"NO! He won't," said a voice from behind, "You're all just gonna die."
"Inari!" scolded his mother, "Apologize! These ninja brought your grandfather here safely and saved him from an elite assassin. The least you can do it be grateful."
"Gatou's going to kill them," Inari spat, "If they want to live, then they should go back where they came from." With that, the child strutted out of the room.
"Stupid…bitchy…brat," thought Naruto.
"Please forgive my son," said Tsunami, "He has been through a lot for his age. Gatou killed his father figure, Kaiza, crucified him in front of the whole village as an example. It was all because he was the only one who was brave enough to stand up for fight. Kaiza was a hero in this town and Inari thought he was invincible. He doesn't believe in heroes any more."
"Sounds like somebody needs to knock some sense into that kid," said Sakura.
"It's not our place, Sakura," said Kakashi.
"So, Kakashi-sensei. What are we going to do about Zabuza when you are out of commission?" asked Naruto.
"I can still train you guys," the masked man answered.
Glossary:
Tsunami: Tital Wave
Futon: bedding
Inari: flavoured boiled rice
Ok, so everyone's at Tazuna's place now and the tree walking thing is about to start.
Here's a preview of the next chapter.
"You do know, that I can identify people by smell, right. So, drop the transformation, it's getting on my nerves...
"Uchiha Itachi."
Dun, dun, dun! Itachi makes an appearance! That means Akasuki will too! Yah!
Later
Whitefox
