Another chapter from your favorite ginger. Enjoy, I don't own Naruto but I do own Kouhei.

We leave the decapitated bodies for the vultures and rush to Zabuza's supposed hideout.

I've already wiped the blood from my sword and clothing but the feeling of it remains on my hands, a reminder of the bloody life of a Konoha shinobi.

"We're twenty minutes out Asuma" Kakashi relays from behind me.

I push forward, and in ten minutes I spot a large building supported by large wires nestled in the forest.

"Wow…if that's not an evil hideout then Kakashi's not a perv."

I whistle for the rest of the team and they break through the bushes to my left.

Kakashi eyes the area warily, carefully scanning for traps or an ambush. Ino begins to creep forward but Naruto holds up a hand and halts her.

As if on cue, a heavy mist rolls over the area, effectively blinding us. I grip my sword tightly and strain my ears for any kind of sound.

"The lungs, heart, neck, spine. Which should I hit first?" a voice laughs from somewhere in the mist.

A girl cries out and I tense, "Fuck. That was Ino" I whisper.

I feel someone moving through the mist, slowly stalking me and waiting for the opportune time to strike. I hear Ino cry out from the center of the mist.

"Oh, I'm probably going to regret this" I mutter.

Without another second of thought, I charge towards the source of the screams. A tall man with an abhorrent lack of eyebrows holds Ino up by her ankle and laughs softly.

"Drop her. Now" I snarl.

Surprisingly enough he does, and then immediately proceeds to charge me.

That's when I glimpse his sword, a hulking mass of steel that makes me think that this guy is overcompensating for something. He swings his blade down and I barely deflect it off my blade in a shower of hot sparks.

"An aspiring swordsman? Maybe my Kurenai-Chan was right about this group."

I slide into my stance, waiting for him to strike.

"What's that stance? I've never seen that kenjustu style before."

"I call it 'Dragon Fang' in honor of my sensei's father who began to develop it." I say proudly.

"And who is your sensei's father?"

"The White Fang of Konoha, Sakumo Hatake."

Zabuza's eyes widen considerably. He disappears, leaving me on edge. My back begins to tingle strongly and I turn, countering the large blade that would have bisected me. I kick Zabuza in the chest and send him skidding across the ground.

"Hey Zabuza, can I carve you some eyebrows?" I heckle him, earning me a highly murderous glare.

He begins to raise his sword and I smirk.

"What's so funny?

" I just smirk even wider," Hey Shika, want to enlighten him?"

Zabuza stiffens before sauntering towards me.

"Got him!" Shikamaru calls from behind the tree line.

I place my sword on Zabuza's neck, "Where is Kurenai?" I hiss.

He smiles, "She's in the house with my daughter, Haku."

"Why are you holding her?" I press the sword harder, earning a small squirt of blood.

A voice I never expected to hear yells out, "What are you doing to my Zabuza-Kun?"

Kurenai stands there, hands on her hips and a death glare in her eyes.

Kakashi runs into the clearing at hearing Kurenai's voice.

"ZABUZA-KUN?!" I cry. The look she shoots me makes me withdraw my sword.

I try to process the words…

"Well then…will you let me go now young Shikamaru?" Zabuza asks hopefully.

"What a drag" Shikamaru sighs while withdrawing the Jutsu.

Kurenai walks forward and plants a large and wet kiss on Zabuza's lips, causing me to gag a little bit.

"Leave it to a demon to melt the Ice Queen" Asuma huffs.

"Come on in. We've got some food set up" Zabuza…smiles.

Choji cheers at the mention of food and hustles inside, dragging Shikamaru and Ino behind him like ragdolls.

*Time Skip Two Hours

* "So how did…this get started?" I ask, pointing to Kurenai and Zabuza.

"Well after the Mist Brothers wiped put my team," she wipes away a tear before continuing.

"Zabuza stopped them form slitting my throat and brought me back here to patch me up and it just kind of….happened" she smiles at Zabuza who squeezes her hand.

"I wanted to let you know…we took care of those two bastards, I cut off their fucking heads myself" I grip her shoulder.

She nods, satisfied that her team's killers were dead.

I hear footfalls behind me and I find an exceedingly beautiful girl carrying a plate of ramen.

She plops down next to Naruto, much to the annoyance of Sakura.

The girl begins to slurp down the ramen like a sexy vacuum while Naruto watches in fascination.

"What happened to the man you were supposed to escort?" Kakashi asks.

"Zabuza has him in the other room under heavy sedation; he sustained wounds during the ambush."

"Why was he a target?" I ask, not seeing the connection between the man and the brothers.

"He's a bridge-builder and long story short, a crime boss named Gato doesn't want it finished so he sent the brothers after us."

"How do you know all this?"

"Because Gato tried to pay Zabuza to do it."

I nod, gathering respect for the eybrowless swordsman of the Mist.

"We need to get Tazuna back to finish the build-site as soon as physically possible," I say. Everyone nods in agreement.

"Good," My words drip of venom.

"Because when I find Gato I'm going to strangle him with his own motherfucking intestines."

Well…will Kouhei strangle him with his own intestines? Probably.

R&R, flame, whatever. See you later my sexy bro's and brodettes.