My Life Isn't Beautiful Either, Naruto.
Chapter 10: Wait! Not Yet!
The water clones were around us. I felt cornered and heard Zabuza's voice again for the first time in almost a week. "Look, the boy's still trembling." I looked over at Sasuke.
"I'm trembling with.... excitement." Sasuke spoke out.
"You can get them Sasuke. You too, Rhia." I nodded and Sasuke and I gave each other one look before I attacked them. They all went down when we finished. I saw the real Zabuza and the guy with the mask over on.
"Impressive. Even though the clones were less than half the power of the real ones, they both managed to destroy them."
"It seems like you have a rival, Haku."
"Who does he think he's kidding?" Kakashi asked, "hiding behind that mask?"
"Speak for yourself, sensei," Sakura replied to him. Everyone was silent for a moment before Sasuke spoke.
"I'm going to take that guy's mask off. Who does he think he is? Hiding behind that mask."
"You say the coolest things, Sasuke!" Sakura squealed.
"Wait? Hadn't I just said the same thing?" Kakashi sighed. "She'll never change." I giggled before I turned to them.
"Let me take care of the guy in the mask," I stated.
"No, I will." I looked at Sasuke and he walked up beside me.
"Together." He hesitantly nodded and turned to Kakashi. He sighed, but before he could answer, the masked boy attacked.
"Rhia, just back me up if I say to." I sighed and watched him as he blocked Haku's attack. A pain suddenly went through my head and I collapsed to the ground with a gasp. "Rhia!" Kakashi's voice didn't reach me though.
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"Child."
"Yes, mommy?"
"You aren't going to be stupid like your cousin right?"
"What did my cousin do?"
"He exposed his mother of her Kekkei Genkai. You can't do that to me. Do you understand?"
"Of course I do, mommy."
"Then you're better than Haku."
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"Haku. My cousin?" I gasped out in a quiet voice. "He's my cousin." I looked at him in horror. The pain came back into my head and I put my head in between my knees to stop the dizziness. I finally did stop it and when I looked up, I saw Sasuke in a pile of mirrors. "Sasuke!" I ran without thinking into it, but all I met was the Senbon as they started cutting me up. They soon stopped and I scrambled over to Sasuke. "Here." I tried to heal some of the wounds when the Senbon came again. I tried to curl up in a ball, but I couldn't. It was a relief when they stopped and I heard Sakura.
"Take this!" I closed my eyes as I saw the Kunai Knife and the Haku caught it. I sighed when I heard the Shuriken slicing through the air and knock Haku out of the mirror. I collapsed to the ground for a moment, breathing heavily before I pushed myself up and crawled over to Sasuke.
"Here, let me start to heal your wounds." He nodded and I started while Naruto appeared. "Are you starting to feel better?"
"Yeah, but you need to heal yourself."
"I know I do." He was silent for a moment.
"How can he know your Jutsu?"
"..." I ignored his questions when I saw Haku was distracted. I smirked slightly, grabbed a Senbon and threw. He moved back and I curled my mouth up unhappily.
"I did not forget about either of you. Fine, we will finish our battle to the death." He started back in the mirrors and I saw Naruto's expression. I smiled gently at him before I got ready for more needle attacks. They came. When they were finally finished, I went to reach for a Plasma pill, but a Senbon went straight into my wrist. I held my tongue.
"Sasuke, Rhia, Naruto! Use your head. How can you help each other inside and out?" I grinned when he thought of his idea when I heard Naruto.
"Hey guys! I came in to rescue you!" I groaned, despite my feelings for him.
"Naruto! Use your head!" I yelled.
"You idiot! Use your head before you think!" Sasuke yelled.
"What! I was just trying to save everyone!"
"You're supposed to sneak up on your enemy, not allies!" I yelled back, but he didn't show hurt this time.
"Well sorry!" Sasuke stood up suddenly and started doing hand signs. "W-what are you doing?!"
"What destroys ice? Figure it out!" I relaxed; it wouldn't destroy the mirrors.
"That didn't do anything at all!" Naruto yelled at him again.
"It going to take stronger fire than that to destroy my mirrors," Haku informed and I nodded before the needles came again. We all collapsed to our knees.
"Where are all the needles coming from?" Naruto asked.
"Only from one Haku. The other mirrors-" I stopped myself, not wanting to get out Haku's secret.
"That's it! I'm taking these mirrors all out at once!" Both Sasuke and I realized what he was going to do.
"No, don't Naruto!" we both yelled, but he didn't listen. His clones all went for the mirrors and I knew to Haku, Naruto was going in slow motion. Within a few seconds, Haku had completely destroyed Naruto's clones. I caught him as he fell.
"Are you alright?" I asked and he nodded after a moment. I let go of him and he stood up.
"I couldn't get him, but I'll try again. As many times as I need to!"
"Don't!" I growled, but he ignored me again. This time I didn't catch him when he flew back down and he landed with a thud on the bridge I had helped build.