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Chapter 10: Hidden Talents Emerge

Sayuri

"What are you guys doing? Run! You guys won't make it while I'm stuck in here!" Kakashi decided it was a good time to remind us of how weak we were. He was still trapped and we had to get him out, quick. Tazuna, who stood farther back behind us, gave us the okay to go and fight. As a safety precaution, I handed him a kunai.

"To defend yourself, at least," I told him as he analyzed the strange weapon with a curious eye, like he was unsure of what to do with it. He accepted with a curt nod and I turned to head back into the battle.

"Heh, you fools don't learn do you?" Sasuke AGAIN was sent flying with a swipe of Zabuza's leg. An elbow connected with Sasuke's gut hard as he made contact with the ground, his back slamming down forcefully. Blood spewed out of Sasuke's mouth as I winced. That looked painful. Repeatedly, Zabuza dug his heel into Sasuke's stomach as Sasuke could only lie helplessly and cry out in anguish.

Damn. If you told me to just stand there, and just watch because Zabuza was going to be defeated by Kakashi...blah blah blah, I would tell you to fuck off. I was not, note that not, going to just stand there and do nothing.

Tightening my grip on the katana, I planned to save the Uchiha's ass. A glance at the hilt of the katana, and a smile made it's way across my features. Time to use Mikazuki to its full potential.

"Hey!"

"Hm? What is it?" I looked up, grazing my fingers over the hilt of my new katana.

"So, you do know that I'm not giving you a plain ass katana right? I gave it some, er, powers to say…" Yuki informed me, slamming both of her palms down onto the table.

"Powers?" I questioned, now even more interested in the weapon I held in my hands.

"Hell yeah, powers!" She got up and started to pace around the room. "You know that guy…what was his name? The guy who was with Kurenai?"

"Do you mean Asuma?"

"Yeah! You know his chakra blades?" She was raising her voice, signaling that she was finally going to make her point.

"Of course, I do. Why?"

"Eh. Well, yesterday, after buying the gift, I went to the library-"

"You...went to the library?" I asked, putting on the most surprised facial expression and placing a hand over my heart.

"Yes. Yes, I did Ms. Kimura." She paused in her pacing. "I was just curious if I could learn any more jutsu that would be useful later on. That's all." There began her pacing again. "Anyway, back to the main topic at hand here, I happened to find a book in the dusty ass shelves in the back. 'Weapons: Bindings & Techniques' was the title, I think? I flipped the pages and found a page detailing binding chakra to most weapons, including katanas."

"It took me all night, and a lot of yelling from the librarian lady, but I managed to perfect it onto your katana," she finished off.

"Wait. A technique like that to be applied to a weapon... It must've taken a lot of work and money." Yuki fidgeted and stopped her pacing once and for all. "Yuki?" My voice raised in apprehension.

"Woah. Woah. Woah. Calm down. Yes, I admit I used most of this month's money for the expenses and materials needed to do the jutsu." I got up, katana in hand. Yuki, now hella scared at what I was about to do, spilled the rest of the beans. "But! It was all worth it, so will you stop marching towards me like you have a death warrant? You see, your katana can…"

Wielding Mikazuki in my right hand, I started to charge some chakra into it. A faint, blue aura formed around the blade and centered from around the hilt. Eyes turned to me, interested in the new power that I was currently starting to show. After all, I had been saving it for a life or death situation like this one. That way, it was more spontaneous. Zabuza had stopped digging his foot into Sasuke and he focused on me, now interested.

Great, I currently have the attention of everyone within the radius. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

I seeped in the last of the chakra needed to get Mikazuki to it's full potential. The chakra expanded and enveloped the blade with an mystic, teal glow. Now, to fuck shit up.

I held the katana in the crook of my arm, and started to do a quick series of hand signs. Zabuza might be curious now, but he would probably soon realize that he didn't want the one who called him a cow-butcher's friend to show off her techniques. In a haze, I finished off the hand signs and leaped into action.

With my katana held tightly in both my hands, I charged towards Zabuza.

"Water Style: Crescent Tidal Barrage!" I shouted, swinging Mikazuki through the air in three clear swipes; diagonal, vertical, and straight through.

In a flurry, three crescent shaped water torrents were sent flying towards the mist ninja. Caught off guard by this new power, the clone barely had enough time to get off Sasuke and was caught in the third, and last water torrent coming his way.

A grunt was all that left the clone's lips before he became part of the surrounding water.

The real Zabuza, observed that the torrents were now making their way over towards him. He ducked, and all three passed him and then dissolved, becoming part of the mist. Damn it, it didn't do a thing.

"Hm, very impressive for a Genin," Zabuza complimented me. Well, wasn't that nice of him. "But, looks like you're drained of chakra now. Won't be using that move of yours anymore."

And he was right. That was really my last resort, it drained all my chakra, and I was surprised I had enough energy left to keep on standing.

Actually, scratch that, I didn't have enough energy to keep standing. I dropped onto one knee and clutched my head with my free hand. I suddenly felt light headed and the world seemed to be spinning round and round.

Sasuke and Naruto, having noticed my breakdown, looked me over in worry as I raised my hand up, signifying I was fine, even though I wasn't.

"Go over with Yuki. You don't have any chakra left to fight. You're going to get yourself killed if you stay here any longer," Sasuke said, seemingly unfazed, but his voice was laced with a tinge of worry.

"Yeah, Sayu. Don't worry, Sasuke and I will take care of this bastard!" Naruto shot me a thumbs up, relieving me of my worries and I nodded. With my remaining strength, I dragged myself over to Yuki by the tree and slid down in exhaustion. A ghost of a smile lingered on Yuki's lips, a gratifying and appreciative gesture. She patted me on the back and invited me to sit. So now, we would be nothing but spectators. As a safety precaution if Zabuza felt like aiming to kill us, I grasped my katana tightly in my lap.

Zabuza, from his position on the battlefield, shifted his eyes over to us then back onto Naruto and Sasuke a second later. I assumed he figured he would defeat Naruto and Sasuke first before worrying about us. That's relieving. If he sent even one shuriken over, I probably would be too slow and drained to block it.

Back to the fight, Zabuza had summoned yet another water clone. Didn't that just make my effort of taking care of his last clone, futile? And, Sasuke would've been saved by Naruto anyway. But, hey! I had actually done something, not just stand around like a certain pinkette. And I had earned a compliment from one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. It was good progress, if I did not say so myself.

The rest of the fight went by just like the anime and manga.

Sasuke continued to sit on the ground, a few feet away from the newly formed water clone. Naruto summoned his entourage of shadow clones; that was the distraction to his real plan. They all surrounded and jumped Zabuza simultaneously, each with a kunai in hand. Of course, the rogue ninja easily let himself free and the Narutos went sprawling in different directions. "Naruto" had taken off his backpack to pull out a folded fuuma shuriken that he tossed over to Sasuke. Sasuke, understanding Naruto's intentions, leaped straight up into the air, and used the momentum to fling the shuriken with all his might. The shuriken sliced through the air, surpassing a surprised water clone, to head for the real thing.

"Going for the real one this time?" Zabuza questioned. "But this is far too easy for me!" With that, he snatched the shuriken from the air with his free hand, taking into consideration a second shuriken coming his way. He spared a few comments before jumping to avoid being sliced. He made another comment about it being "too easy" for him, but oh, was he in for a surprise.

Poof! Everyone, including Zabuza, was taken aback as Naruto revealed himself to have actually been the shuriken. "This it the spot!" He bellowed, chucking his kunai straight towards Zabuza.

The kunai did its job by making Zabuza move out of the way and release the barrier that held Kakashi in order to avoid getting struck. Though, upon a closer look, you could see a small slit had opened under his eye. The water clone had also disappeared, as its caster had been caught in total shock. Good job, Naruto, Sasuke!

"You brat!" Zabuza roared, spinning the fuuma shuriken he held in his right hand and got ready to hurl it back at the blonde Genin. But, he was stopped by a figure who had finally rose from the water. This figure had placed his hand under one of the blades of the shuriken, drawing some blood, but kept it in place.

To the rescue was Kakashi, who addressed Zabuza with a fierce glare, before complimenting Naruto and all of us on how much we had improved in our skills and teamwork. More for Naruto and Sasuke on the teamwork, I would correct. Naruto recited a small explanation to everyone on what he had planned. Honestly, this was a part of anime/manga logic that I didn't get. While some person was just blabbering on future plans or what they'd just done, shouldn't their enemy take the opportunity to fuck shit up? Really off topic, but I thought I would mention it. Yuki and I spectated from the side and I felt slightly left out of the action.

Kakashi and Zabuza exchanged a few words, and the shuriken dug deeper into our sensei's hand. Being superior in strength allowed the silver-haired nin to easily push back to send the shuriken spiraling into the air.

The fight between the two Jounins ensued with Kakashi having the obvious advantage with his Sharingan. Both men performed the same hand signs at the same time with precision.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!" Again, said at the same time.

Bursting out of the water came two water dragons that spiraled around to attack the other.

And in came the huge ass tidal wave.

Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna placed their arms in front of themselves, bracing for impact. Sakura let out a girlish shriek of surprise. I had gotten to my feet and held onto the trunk of the tree; Yuki doing the same. We had managed to only get soaked below our knees.

"A little warning would've been appreciated," I muttered, trying to get the water out of my boots. Yuki weakly nodded in agreement, and slumped back down, head bobbing up in down unsteadily. When I managed to get the final droplet out, I sat my ass down again. I really wanted to get back into action having recovered my chakra slightly, though I couldn't abandon the now unconscious Yuki beside me. I took a side glance at her, and sure enough, her eyes were shut and her head hung limply.

The two of the water dragons being about equal in power had both collided only to dissolve back into the lake. A waterfall had erupted in the middle of the body of water with Zabuza and Kakashi at the epicenter. And damn, was that brute strength or what? Kakashi was holding back Zabuza's butcher sword with a kunai! A crappy measly kunai, nonetheless.

A tingly feeling went up my spine as I felt an unfamiliar chakra signal close by. I could tell Yuki had felt it too when she suddenly jerked awake, as if an unknown force had roused her. She whipped her head back and forth before directing her sight towards the trees above. The nearby branches held no occupants, though I didn't need to see to know who it was. His presence enough was signaling an end to this fight.

Zabuza had finally gotten tired with trying to slice Kakashi and took a step back; Kakashi doing the exact same. He placed his blade back on his back and Kakashi put away with his kunai. At this point, Zabuza finally took to realizing the real power of the Sharingan by circling the water a few times and Kakashi doing the exact same at the same time.

"He's copying his movements!" Tazuna commented. "And with such precise timing, too!"

"Eh? What is going on Sasuke-kun? How?" the Haruno asked the Uchiha, who gave no reply.

The swordsman began to speak, to which Kakashi helped him with by saying his last words out loud. Kakashi finished off another of Zabuza's lines as both started to make hand signs.

"You can't beat me, you fake!" came out from both Jounins' mouths, obviously at the same time, making one's eyes widen in shock.

"I'll end this once and for all and shut up that copycat mouth of yours!" Zabuza started off on a series of hand signs, but then stopped in confusion.

"Water Style: Grand Waterfall!" came from only Kakashi's mouth, not Zabuza's earning a "what?" from the other ninja.

A semicircle of water had formed around Kakashi and gradually built up to a spiral that send itself towards Zabuza. The Mist-nin was engulfed by the water that kept going, passing the lake and making a long distance impact with the ground.

Again, I took hold of the tree. I looked over to my left to find Yuki beginning to drift off with the current. What was she doing? Hastily, I grabbed her arm and waited for the surrounding water to subside.

As the remaining water started to calm down, I steadied Yuki against a tree and started to survey what was wrong with her. No doubt, she had passed out again from the force of all that water, plus her injuries. Her face had significantly paled from the last time I had glanced over at her. Thankfully, she was still alive, as uneven, shallow breaths came out every now and then. Shit, had that kick really done that much damage? Fuck, I better tell someone, we have to get to Tazuna's house right away. I propped her back up against the trunk and stepped out of the bushes, back to rejoin the rest.

I walked over to the fight at hand just in time to see two senbon needles sinking into Zabuza's neck. The ninja immediately collapsed down from his perch on the tree onto the grassy ground.

"The truth had been told. He really is dead," a voice stated from above; Haku. He was wearing a green haori with white trim tied together with a brown sash, striped Mist-nin inner attire, and a loose feminine-looking skirt. Concealing his face was a hunter-nin mask, the Kirigakure symbol etched onto the forehead. He remained on the branch across from the tree where Zabuza laid, long black fringe billowing in the cool breeze.

Kakashi jumped from his perch on a branch down to crouch over Zabuza. Every person around waited tensely to hear if the mysterious person's information had been true. He traced two fingers over his neck, feeling for a pulse. "He really is dead," he confirmed, surprised as he pulled back.

"Thank you. You have saved me a lot of trouble by dealing with Zabuza. I'd been waiting for the right time to kill him," Haku addressed to Kakashi with a small bow.

"That mask you're wearing… If I am remembering correctly, you must be one of Kirigakure's hunter-nin," Kakashi replied.

"Indeed, you are correct. You know quite a lot."

The blonde genin started to go on a barrage of questions aimed towards Haku that Kakashi put a stop to, ruffling Naruto's hair.

Haku disappeared in a small whirlwind of leaves and reappeared beside Zabuza, briefly explaining his intents before draping the rogue-nin over his shoulders and vanishing with the body.

Kakashi adjusted his headband back to its usual spot over his eye. Meanwhile, Naruto had moved over to where Zabuza's body had previously been, looking for Haku. In a few moments, he began a self-hurt session with the ground that Kakashi again, put a stop to.

"This mission isn't over just yet. We still need to bring Tazuna over to his house." Kakashi informed us.

"Kakashi-sensei?" I'd moved over to his right side, waiting to be noticed. I found myself surprised at how groggy and raspy my voice sounded.

"Hm? Sayu? Is there something you want to say?" Kakashi regarded me with his one visible eye.

"Yeah. You see, Yuki took quite the beating, earlier. I don't know if you saw, but…" I turned my body over a bit and pointed towards the paling figure, leaning against the tree. "Anyway, she passed out some time ago and we-"

Those were the last few words that came out of my mouth before I blacked out and collapsed to the ground.

A/N: Gah, late update again! So sorry guys, but this probably is going to be the new update schedule; every three days. I know, it's crap, but I really do not have as much time to spare anymore. I hope I haven't disappointed you guys too much. School has really been messing with me. Sorry again! Please review, favorite, follow, and I guess I'll see you guys next chapter, whenever that may be. See you!