'Normal thought… '

"Kyuubi speech… "

"Normal speech…"

Jutsu name…


Chapter 9- Kakashi: Sharingan Warrior


Last chapter…

''A shuriken won't work on me.'' Zabuza told him easily. Sasuke jumped in the air and threw the Fuuma-Shuriken at Zabuza. Zabuza's eyes widened surprised as the Shuriken flew past him towards the real Zabuza. 'I see. So, you are going after the real one this time.' ''But it's too easy for me!'' Zabuza caught the Fuuma-Shuriken. Suddenly a second Shuriken flew towards him. ''Another shuriken was in the shadow of the shuriken?'' Zabuza's eyes widened in surprise.

''That's the Kage Shuriken no Jutsu'' Kakashi said proudly.

'A second shuriken was in his blind spot?' Sakura bit on her lip.

The shuriken flew nearer to Zabuza, but then he just jumped above the shuriken. ''But it's still too easy for me…''

'He dodged it!' Sakura thought in shock.

Suddenly, Sasuke grinned. As the shuriken was behind Zabuza, with a poof of smoke, Naruko appeared with a kunai in her hand.

Tazuna looked at her, utterly surprised. Sasuke just grinned. Kakashi's and Sakura's eyes widened surprised. Zabuza looked at her utterly shocked, not expecting this.

''This is the spot!'' She shouted determined and threw the kunai at Zabuza.

The kunai flew towards Zabuza. Zabuza's eyes widened in surprise and Kakashi was surprised and impressed at the same time. As the kunai was only an inch away from Zabuza, he took his one hand out of the Suirou no Jutsu to dodge the kunai. But the kunai cut him right under his eye. He looked at Naruko utterly pissed and angry. ''You damn kid!'' He stormed towards her and wanted to push the Fuuma-Shuriken inside of Naruko.

Naruko's eyes widened in shock and surprise.

Suddenly, blood splashed around. Zabuza's eyes widened in shock, as he spotted the wet Kakashi before him, who was glaring at him utterly pissed. With his hand, Kakashi had stopped the Fuuma-Shuriken.

Naruko landed in the water with a big splash. Kakashi looked with fury in his Sharingan-eye directly at Zabuza. Zabuza's eyes widened again.

''Kakashi-sensei!'' Sakura shouted happily. Naruko's head appeared on the surface of the water. She grinned happily.

Kakashi's eyes softened. ''Naruko, your plan was impressive. You all sure have grown." He looked at her proudly. "But please, please don't use that Jutsu against enemies, am I clear?" Kakashi stressed out.

Naruko blushed and laughed awkwardly. ''I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei, but I used Harem no Jutsu to hide the fact that I transformed into a Fuuma-Shuriken. I didn't do it to defeat Zabuza, though. I left one of my Bunshin's, and then transformed into a Fuuma-Shuriken. Then my Bunshin threw me, as a Fuuma-Shuriken, to Sasuke. Sasuke noticed it was me right after he caught it. He took out one of his own shuriken and used the Kage Shuriken no Jutsu. I hid in the shadow of the real shuriken and went straight for Zabuza. I knew that I couldn't beat Zabuza just by that, of course. But I thought that if I could just break the hydro-prison, maybe things would turn around…We were also able to get rid of the Mizu Bunshin, so it was a success!''

Sasuke grinned. ''It was just luck.''

''It w-was luck?!'' Tazuna shouted flabbergasted.

'But being able to pull off such nice teamwork in a situation like this is…These two hated each other so much, too.' Sakura thought in awe.

Zabuza chuckled. ''I lost myself temporarily and canceled the Suirou no Jutsu…''

''No, you didn't cancel the technique…You were forced to.'' Kakashi looked at him with narrowed eyes. Zabuza looked pissed at Kakashi.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes got in fighting stance, while Naruko just giggled cutely, still in the water.

''Let me just tell you that the same technique won't work against me twice…'' Kakashi looked at him seriously. ''What are you going to do now?''

They all looked at them. ''Sakura, don't let your guard down.'' Sasuke told her. They went nearer to Tazuna and held their arms before him in a protective manner.

Zabuza's eye twitched in annoyance. He piled the pressure on the shuriken that was currently in Kakashi's hand. Kakashi shivered in effort to equal the pressure on the shuriken. Suddenly, Kakashi outstretched his arm and so threw the shuriken away. Zabuza and Kakashi both jumped away from each other. Currently in the air, Zabuza did a hand sign and Kakashi's Sharingan caught that. Naruko looked shocked at them.

''Sharingan…'' Sasuke said thoughtful, still not knowing what to think about Kakashi having it.

Kakashi and Zabuza both landed on the surface of the water and stood there while glaring at each other. Zabuza began to make hand signs. But Kakashi did exactly the same hand signs as Zabuza in exactly the same time. ''Bird!'' They both shouted at the same time and did the hand sign. ''Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!'' Two water dragons formed out of the water at the same time and clashed with each other. The Jutsu collapsed. A wave caught Naruko and she was pulled away with the water.

'He formed that many seals in just a few seconds and copied them perfectly.' Sasuke thought surprised.

'What is this? Is this a Ninjutsu?' Sakura furrowed her brows in confusion.

Naruko's head appeared on the surface. She took a deep breath. 'That was so awesome!' She thought in awe.

Meanwhile, Kakashi and Zabuza clashed with each other, Zabuza with his sword and Kakashi with one kunai. 'Something is weird…What's going on…?' Zabuza thought confused. 'Sharingan is supposed to be an ability where the user memorizes the opponent's jutsu and copies it. But… The jutsu was executed at the same time. Did he…'

Further away from the fight, on a tree, someone appeared with a mask on his face and seriously observed the fight.

Back to the fight…

'This guy…!' Zabuza looked at Kakashi angrily.

Kakashi and Zabuza jumped away from each other. They, again, stood in front of each other. Zabuza began to run towards Kakashi, but Kakashi did the same and so they run in a circle, until they stood in front of each other, again. Zabuza 'tsk'ed at that in annoyance. He did a hand sign, but Kakashi has already copied it. Zabuza's eyes widened in shock at that.

''He's moving just like him!'' Tazuna said in shock. "And with such perfect timing!''

''What's going on, Sasuke-kun?'' Sakura asked him confused. Sasuke just hnned.

'This guy…My movement is being perfectly…' Zabuza thought confused.

''…predicted by him.'' Kakashi said easily.

'What? He read what I was going to say in my mind?' Zabuza did another hand sign. 'Damn it, this guy…'

''…has such unpleasant eyes, right?'' Kakashi said as he copied Zabuza's hand sign.

A tick mark appeared on Zabuza's head. ''What you're doing is just copying. Nothing original.''

''You can't beat me, you monkey!'' Zabuza and Kakashi shouted at the same time. Zabuza's eyes widened in shock at that. He began to do hand signs. ''I'll make it so that you'll never open that copycat mouths of yours again!'' Zabuza glared pissed at him. Kakashi just casually did the same hand sign's. Suddenly behind Kakashi appeared something. Zabuza's eyes widened. 'That's…Me?' Zabuza thought in confusion. 'That can't be. Is he using a Genjutsu?'

Kakashi finished his hand signs. ''Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!'' He widened his Sharingan-eye and the three commas inside it began to rotate.

''Wha…What?'' Zabuza was now utterly surprised, shocked and flabbergasted. The water around Kakashi formed into a vertical waterfall. ''T-This can't be!'' The water caught him. He was washed away, inside the waterfall from the jutsu. 'I was the one who tried to execute this jutsu, but I couldn't…' Zabuza thought as he was underwater. '…keep up with his technique!'

Naruko was pulled away with the water, again. She reached for a branch and finally got to land.

The unknown ninja, who was watching the fight, vanished.

Zabuza was inside of the waterfall until he hit a tree hard. Suddenly four kunai were drilled inside him. He began to bleed and cried out in pain. Kakashi was on a limb, in the tree above Zabuza.

''This is the end.'' Kakashi told him utterly serious.

Zabuza looked at him confused. ''Why…? Can you see the future?''

''Yeah.'' Kakashi said coldly. ''You're going to die!'' He took out a kunai.

Suddenly Senbons flew towards Zabuza and hit him on the neck. Blood splashed around. All of them looked at Zabuza, utterly shocked, as he fell to the ground, not moving. The unknown ninja with a mask stood on a limb, across from Zabuza and Kakashi.

The ninja chuckled. ''It was true. He did die.'' Sakura, Sasuke and Tazuna looked surprised at him. Naruko narrowed her eyes at the unknown ninja and looked then shocked at the dead Zabuza.

Kakashi jumped down to Zabuza's body and took the pulse of the body. ''He really is dead.'' Kakashi looked seriously up to the unknown ninja.

The ninja bowed. ''Arigato. I was looking for a chance to kill Zabuza.''

''That mask…if I remember correctly you must be a hunter-nin from Kirigakure no Sato.'' Kakashi stated seriously.

''You are very well informed.'' The hunter-nin complimented.

Naruko walked towards the hunter-nin. ''A hunter-nin?'' She looked at him confused and tilted her head cutely. Behind his mask, the hunter-nin blushed at the innocence of the girl.

''You don't even know what a hunter-nin is?'' Sakura's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at that. ''You should have learned that in the academy. Hunter-nins are those who assassinate exiled ninja like Zabuza who, for some reason, go against the village they were born in. They do it to conceal any secret of their village. That's common sense! You should study more.''

Naruko just sighed at her lecture.

''Yes. I am a member of the pursing ninja unit that hunt nuke-nin.''

'From his height and voice, he must not be that different from Naru and the others. Yet, he's a hunter-nin.' Kakashi narrowed his eyes seriously. 'He is no ordinary kid.'

Naruko looked at Zabuza, again. She gritted her teeth in frustration. She looked back at the hunter-nin. ''Who are you?!'' She huffed frustrated and her eyes watered. Sakura, Sasuke and Tazuna looked at her surprised.

''Calm down, Naruko. He's not an enemy.'' Kakashi tried to calm her down.

''That's not what I'm asking. But…'' She took a deep breath. ''Fine, I'm calm now, are you satisfied now?'' She asked him bitterly. ''But Zabuza was killed! By someone who is not so different than us. We…we look like idiots!''

Kakashi walked towards her. ''I understand how you feel. But it's real! In this world there are kids, younger than you…and stronger than me.'' He hugged her, as tears of frustration streamed down her face. Sasuke frowned. Naruko pouted but accepted this and walked towards her teammates.

The hunter-nin vanished and appeared next to Zabuza. ''Your battle ends here for now.'' He took Zabuza's body on his shoulders. ''I must go dispose of this corpse. It's a body filled with secrets. If you'll excuse me.'' And with that, he vanished.

''He disappeared…'' Naruko said surprised. Kakashi pulled his hitai-ate over his Sharingan-eye. Naruko ran to the place, where the hunter-nin stood before, sank to her knees and punched the ground in frustration. ''What was that?! What were we…?!''

Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna looked at her sadly. ''Naruko…'' Sakura whispered.

Naruko took a shaky breath. Kakashi walked towards her and hugged her again. ''Things like this happen when you are a ninja…But don't worry, you did fine today. I'm proud of you.'' Kakashi whispered in her ear. Naruko's eyes widened and then her eyes softened. She nodded after taking a deep breath.

Kakashi walked to Tazuna. ''Our mission hasn't ended yet. We need to bring Tazuna-san to his house.'' Sakura and Sasuke nodded and Naruko stood up.

Tazuna laughed awkwardly. ''I'm sorry about that, everyone! Just rest at my house!''

''Let's cheer up and go!'' Kakashi tried to brighten the mood.

''Fine!'' Naruko chirped cheerily. All of them sweat dropped at that. Kakashi began to walk, but suddenly, he froze in his step and began to fall. Tazuna, Sasuke and Sakura looked at him in shock.

''Kakashi-sensei!'' Naruko shouted, while running towards him and caught him before he could hit the ground.

''Wha? What happened?'' Sakura asked shocked as they ran towards Naruko and Kakashi. Naruko laid Kakashi's head softly in her lap. ''He passed out…'' She sighed in worry. 'Why did you have to overfatigue yourself, Kashi-sensei?'


Thanks to 'StudioDia29', who looked through this chapter and corrected some of my mistakes. :3

Kage Shuriken no Jutsu = Shadow Shuriken Technique

Suirou no Jutsu = Water Prison Technique

Harem no Jutsu= Harem Technique

Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu = Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique

Genjutsu = Illusionary Techniques

Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu = Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique

Ninjutsu = Ninja Techniques