Alright! New Chapter's out! Sorry it's been a while since I posted but the chapter's out now so I guess it's worth the wait. Now, before I start the chapter I'd like to ask if you guys would review this story. I don't know how you guy's feel about the story so I don't if I should make improvements in my writing or change up some things. If you could take the time to review it would me a lot.
Without further ado please enjoy the chapter!
Kakamei was still jumping from tree trying to make it to the bridge. He could feel his skin getting goosebumps. He stopped jumping from branch to branch and looked over to see Naruto jumping too.
"Hey! Naruto!" Kakamei yelled as Naruto turned his head. Kakamei jumped near the tree Naruto was.
"You headed to the bridge?" Kakamei asked as Naruto nodded.
"That's where I'm headed right now. We need to hurry." Kakamei said as turned and started jumping through the trees. Naruto followed suit immediately.
"So, Kakamei, What were doing all the way out here?" Naruto asked.
"I was doing some training." Kakamei said as he continued to jump through the trees.
Minutes Later
Naruto and Kakamei jumped down from the trees and looked on as they saw the bridge. Naruto looked on to see mist covering the bridge.
"I can see the bridge!" Naruto said relatively loudly as Kakamei put his hand over Naruto's mouth.
"You're a shinobi! You have to be subtle." Kakamei said as he let go of Naruto's mouth and the blonde kid wiped his mouth.
"Whatever! They're already fighting! We need to hurry up!" Naruto stated, once again, rather loudly as Kakamei looked over and shook his head.
'I warned him and he's still yelling.' Kakamei thought to himself as he felt his legs moving forward. He grabbed his thigh which stopped his leg movement.
'It went away slightly when I saw Naruto but just being in a close vicinity with the masked fighter. I have to see this boy before I can figure out what is happening to me.' Kakamei thought as he looked over.
"Hey, Naruto…" Kakamei said as his voice dwindled away as the Daichiki saw that Naruto had disappeared. Kakamei sighed.
"You have to be kidding. The kid jumped off to fight already." Kakamei said as he looked onto the fighting grounds.
"I'll see him when I get there. Now I need to find a way to observe the way the masked guy fights. Maybe Sasuke is fighting good enough to show me something decent." Kakamei said aloud as he started to walk down the unfinished bridge.
As Kakamei came closer to the fighting scene his chakra started to react. It started to seep out o his bod. It was red and flushed over his entire body.
'My chakra is coming out of my body. This is going to be problem if I'm going to sneak in. I have to see this masked man before I lose complete control of my body.' Kakamei thought as he walked through the mist.
In front of Kakashi, Sakura, and Zabuza a huge cloud of smoke poofed out of nowhere and a goofy looking kid stood in the middle of the battlefield. It even caught everyone's attention as Haku stood up straight.
"Number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja." Haku said to himself as he watched the scene.
"Naruto Uzumaki is here!" Naruto said as he stood in a ridiculous pose. Everyone looked surprised and stood in silence for a slight second.
"I'm here now so there's nothing to worry about." Naruto said confidently as Sakura perked up.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled. Naruto stood confidently as he looked onto his friends and enemies alike.
"You know those movies where the hero usually shows up at the last minute and kicks the bad guy's butt? Well that's what I'm gonna do! Right now! Believe it!" Naruto yelled as Zabuza turned his head and grunted.
"This brat again." Zabuza said. Sasuke was lying on the ground with an annoyed face.
'Shut up you show off.' Sasuke thought to himself.
'What an idiot! If he had stayed hidden he would have been much more effective!' Kakashi also thought to himself. Haku was the one who had the most emotion about the appearance.
'This boy!' Haku thought as he recalled back to the time in the woods he had met Naruto.
'If this child is here then the Daichiki boy is near. I knew that it was getting hot in here. I can already feel my blood getting hot. I need to meet this child. I feel like we were meant to meet here.' Haku thought as he looked on.
"Look out! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as the two jonin looked surprised. Zabuza turned and threw four shuriken at Naruto.
"Naruto, move!" Kakashi yelled as the boy seemed to be stuck in his feet. Just then Naruto felt a strong burst of heat brush in front of his body. Naruto blinked quickly as when he opened his eyes he saw Kakamei's back. Naruto took in a quick gasp as Kakamei shook his head.
"You have to be kidding. For a superhero who's going to come in and kick some ass you seem to have cold feet, don't you?" Kakamei said as he lowered his arm and turned to look at Haku.
"Kakamei!" Sakura yelled as Kakashi let out a slight sigh of relief. Sasuke rolled his eyes.
'Great, two show offs. And one of them almost got killed.' Sasuke thought as they looked on.
'The kid is here. I can feel it… my blood is starting to rush through my body.. I feel like I have to move, to act. I can feel our chakras slightly reacting to each other. Haku turned slightly.
"Zabuza, these boys, please let me fight them on my own. Let me fight them my own way." Haku asked as Kakamei readied his kunai.
"Bring it on!" Naruto yelled as Kakamei just looked on.
'He can scream all he wants but even Naruto knows that we still have to fight the id first.' Kakamei thought to himself as Zabuza looked on.
"So you want me to leave this to you, huh, Haku? As usual you're too soft." Zabuza said a as he shook his head. Haku lowered his head.
"Forgive me." Haku said as Sasuke managed to get on one knee.
'Soft?' Sasuke asked himself as Naruto and Kakamei stood in silence.
'I can't make any sudden movements or he'll jump at us.' Kakamei thought to himself as he looked over at Sasuke.
'He's not damaged too much. He's not looking too bruised while Naruto's pretty good. I would be at 100 percent but that attack that happened when I was finishing my training. If I'm being honest I'm not feeling any type of pain but I feel off. I'm not having those impulses that I had before when I first saw the boy. I still have a feeling of wanting to fight this guy but it's something different.' Kakamei thought to himself as he looked at Haku.
"One way or another I'm going to take off that mask and tear you apart!" Naruto yelled as Kakamei looked back at his teammate.
'And then this kid.' Kakamei thought to himself.
'It's impossible. Naruto and Kakamei can't compare to this guy. I've got to…' Kakashi thought as he attempted to make a move towards his students as Zabuza took a step forward and cutting off Kakashi from his students.
"Don't even think about it. You remember the score between us right? If you go after Haku I go after the bridge builder." Zabuza confidently stated as Kakashi understood quickly understood that he couldn't protect Sakura and the bridge builder, keeping Zabuza at bay, and also helping Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakamei with Haku. For now he would have to trust in his students to fend for themselves.
"Relax Kakashi," Zabuza said nonchalantly, "Let's sit back and enjoy the show. Let's see how they do. Two on one." Kakashi sighed and looked on, hoping that Naruto and Kakamei would be able to prove a chance against Haku.
While the adults were handling their business Naruto and Kakamei were still in a standoff against Haku. Naruto pointed at Haku as Kakamei loosened his body a bit as he noticed that he was still standing in the same position of defense.
"You! And that phony mask! You were making it up and you were actually with Zabuza! You think you can get away with a stunt like that!?" Naruto yelled as Kakamei rolled his eyes.
"Naruto, shut up! It's already happened." Kakamei sayed as Naruto looked at Kakamei.
"I'm sorry." Haku said quietly as Kakamei and Naruto looked surprised at the boy's answer.
"But as your sensei said, deceiving your opponent, taking them off of their guard, that is the way of the shinobi. Please don't take it personally." Haku said as he leaned backwards slightly and dodged a kunai that was dashing towards his face. Naruto and Kakamei looked over to see Sasuke kneeling on the ground with a surprised expression on his face.
'I couldn't even sense him. Maybe I'm losing my edge… no. It's that ice. Ignoring the fact that I couldn't sense him I couldn't even smell him! There's something about that ice that's messing with me.' Kakamei thought.
"I haven't forgotten about you, not even for an instant." Haku said calmly as Sasuke became a little annoyed.
'So that's where Sasuke is. He's pinned down.' Naruto thought as Haku turned his body and looked at Sasuke.
"Some warriors accept defeat gracefully. They know when they are beaten. Others do not. So be it. Let us finish this then." Haku said as he started to walk towards the ice.
"Hey! Where are you going!?" Naruto yelled as Kakamei stood in silence.
"Don't worry, Naruto. Our fight will start soon enough." Haku said as he walked into the ice. Kakamei's eyes opened as he saw the boy continue to walk until he was completely engulfed in the ice.
'This guy can walk into ice! That's crazy! I wonder what else he can do with that ice?' Kakamei thought in amazement.
Sasuke, on the other hand, wasn't thinking of how amazing it was to see someone walk into ice but how he was going to keep his life in the next couple of exchanges.
Haku looked down onto Sasuke as he readied for his next volley of his attack. Sasuke started to reach into his pouch for a kunai before he was stopped by the voice of Haku behind him. Sasuke froze with a mix of surprise and fear coursing through his mind. Sasuke started to shake as he turned his body to see Haku holding his senbon, ready for another round.
'He transported himself. How?' Sasuke thought as Haku's image started to appear on every ice mirror. Sasuke looked around as they all had senbon in hand. Sasuke was going to attempt to make a break and dodge. Before he was able to move a muscle he was bombarded by senbon from every direction.
As the senbon stopped Sasuke fell back onto the ground as he had scratches all over his body. Naruto and Sakura screamed Sasuke's name as Kakamei stood in silence as he watched Haku fight. Kakashi looked on the fight with worry.
'Just what is this guy!? He's hitting Sasuke in every direction! Where are they even coming from?! How is he even doing that?!'' Naruto thought to himself.
'He's incredibly fast.' Kakamei thought.
Sasuke had gotten up from the ground and was kneeling once again. He was thinking of possibilities. Sasuke thought for a second before coming to a conclusion.
'We're in the perfect positions to attack. Sasuke's on the inside while Naruto and I are on the outside. If we attack together we could destroy these things.' Kakamei thought as he turned to look at Naruto as he saw nothing but a figure of the boy where he had been standing.
Kakamei closed his eyes and sighed. When he opened his eyes he saw Naruto kneeling next to Sasuke.
"This kid is going to be the death of me one day." Kakamei said aloud as he shook his head.
"Hey! I snuck in here to save you!" Naruto said as Sasuke dropped back in utter surprise that Naruto would do something so stupid.
"Pretty cool move huh Sasuke?" Naruto asked as Sasuke came back to his senses and became angry at the knucklehead ninja.
Sakura and Kakashi both had different responses to what Naruto had done. Sakura looked dumbfounded by this as Kakashi just looked with disappoint but a hint of expecting his student to do something like this.
"Naruto, you're supposed to sneak up on your enemy, not your ally." Kakashi said as Kakamei cracked a light smile.
"Well, no matter what dumb he does you can't say the kid doesn't give you a good laugh." Kakamei said as Sasuke looked as if he had something different to say on the matter.
"NARUTO! YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER! YOU'RE A SHINOBI! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK BEFORE YOU MOVE!" Sasuke yelled as Naruto became angry at Sasuke not appreciating the fact that he had jumped in to save him.
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!? YOU SHOULD THANK ME FOR COMING IN HERE TO SAVE YOU!" Naruto yelled as Sasuke looked just as angry as Naruto.
"IF WE'RE BOTH IN HERE… FORGET IT! I'M DONE WITH YOUR MISTAKES!" Sasuke blurted as Naruto yelled back.
"YEAH, AND I'M TIRED OF YOUR ATTITUDE!" Naruto used as a rebuttal as Kakamei watched from the outside with an indifferent face.
"Calm down! It already happened! Get over it!" Kakamei yelled, but not as loudly as Naruto and Sasuke. They both looked at Kakamei with fire in their eyes.
"SHUT UP! YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH OF A LOSER AS NARUTO!" Sasuke yelled at Kakamei as the Daichiki didn't answer but he was obviously annoyed by the comment.
Kakashi watched from the distance with a face of pure annoyance.
'Naruto's building a solid reputation as being the most clueless ninja in all of history. The more he "helps" the worse things get. And it's not helping that they're arguing right in the middle of battle.' Kakashi thought to himself as he watched Sasuke stand back up.
The Uchiha boy turned and looked at the mirrors, turning his back on Naruto.
"That's it! I'm going to destroy these mirrors right now!" Sasuke yelled as he started to weave hands signs. When he stopped he took in a deep breath.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as he let out a ball of fire from his mouth and it hit onto the mirrors. Seconds later Sasuke stopped the jutsu. Sasuke expected to see the mirrors melting but he was astonished to see the mirrors had slight drops of water running down them. Even this wasn't an accomplishment since the water droplets sunk right back into the mirror.
"So regular fire style doesn't work on im?" Kakamei rhetorically asked out loud as Naruto jumped onto Sasuke's case immediately.
"That didn't do anything at all!" Naruto yelled as Sasuke ignored the outburst.
"You'll need much more heat than that if you want to melt this ice." Haku boasted as the Daichiki heard this.
'Oh, he thinks he's funny, huh? If only I had gotten at least a little understanding of the power before I had to abruptly stop my training then these mirrors would be little more than puddles on the ground.' Kakamei thought to himself as he watched from the outside.
The mirrors started to glow as Haku once again raised his arm, ready to launch another wave of senbon at his opponents. Within seconds Sasuke and Naruto were thrown into the air and cut by a barrage of enbon from all different directions.
Kakamei watched from the outside, only watching the fight, watching the masked boy essentially toying with Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto jumped off of the ground like a spring with a new cut across his face with blood trickling down his face.
"Where is he?! Where are these needle coming from?! Are they clone!?" Naruto asked angrily as Sasuke sat up.
"We've got to find the real one! Which one is it?!" Naruto said loudly as he spun his head around in all different directions, trying to find the real Haku in the mirrors.
"You can look in each mirror as hard as you'd like. You will never learn the secret." Haku stated as Naruto looked up surprised. Sasuke was still sitting on the ground yet he wasn't exactly paying attention to what the kid had to say.
Kakamei was standing on the outside as he looked, trying to concentrate, coordinate.
"Oh yeah!" Naruto yelled, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he held up his signature four finger sign. A huge cloud of smoke appeared and out of the smoke multiple Narutos jumped out, all jumping in different directions. Sasuke saw this and jumped up and started dashing towards one of the mirrors.
Kakamei did the exact same thing.
Both genin ran towards the same mirror. They both raised fist to punch the mirror.
Haku, who was standing in one of the mirrors, watched this and came to his senses quickly. He threw his senbon at all the Narutos, making the clones poof into smoke and sent the real one falling to the ground. In the instant he finished he barraged Sasuke with senbon making the genin fall to the ground before he could hit the mirror, leaving Kakamei to punch the mirror. This lead to nothing but Kakamei hitting the mirror as hard as he could and doing more damage to his hand than the mirror. Kakamei jumped back from the mirror to a safe distance.
Sasuke got back on his feet and walked backwards slowly as he made it back to Naruto, who was still lying on the ground.
"Get up you idiot! We don't have time to be lying down on the ground!" Sasuke angrily stated as Naruto stood back onto his feet. He shook his head and looked at all the mirrors.
"That was a clever move you were tried to pull just then." Haku commented as he then turned his attention to Kakamei.
"I was going to save you for later. I had questions to ask you but it seems that that won't be the case now will it." Haku said as Kakamei looked into the mirrors, into the eye slits in the mask the boy was wearing.
'What happened to that little energy burst that I had earlier? It doesn't seem to be showing up anytime soon. If anything the only thing that could be considered weird is I'm actually starting to get a little warm. Actually, if I think about it, it's mostly my back. It might be pain from when I hit my back on that tree. Whatever. If I need to think about anything it should be on how we're going to fight this guy.' Kakamei thought as he watched the inside. Before he could start thinking of something else to do he heard a voice from behind him.
"Hey, kid, how about you fight instead of standing on the outside like a pansy." Zabuza said as he appeared behind Kakamei and pushed him hard on the back. Kakamei went flying forwards until he fell flat on his chest.
Zabuza stood on the outside looking at his hand.
'What's up with that kid's back? I touched it and now my hand's tingling.' Zabuza thought as he looked at Kakashi.
"Now we can really start the real fight." Zabuza said as he grabbed he hilt of his sword and Kakashi grabbed the portion of his headband that covered his left eye.
"Let's get this over with." Kakashi said as he prepared himself for a fight.
