Blood Was in The Air

Zabuza looked at Kakashi with eyes the emanated his desire to kill to Kakashi. As he stood on the water, Kakashi moved closer to position himself in front of the team. Naruto and Shino took one side of Tazuna and Sakura was in the middle.

"I am honored to be the one to exterminate you, In the assassination squad we had your name in our bingo book." As he spoke his hand was raised and he began to gather chakra, his other hand formed a seal. Sakura looked at Kakashi surprised to find out he was quite a threat to be targeted just by name alone.

"The man who copied 1000 Jutsu should be more than enough to satisfy my hunger for blood". Zabuza spoke with a tone that held hostility and rage. Sakura and Naruto looked at each other both thought the same thing. "Who exactly is Kakashi sensei ". Shino concentrated on the target, he knew a battle would breakout in a moment.

" And he began to formulate a plan, he gathered they could not hope to win a straight up fight against him. He felt helpless in this situation but then as his inner self's confidence began to Witter he looked at Naruto and Sakura. "I'm not going to let myself get in my own way, we got our strengths and Kakashi does too". Shino thought to himself anxiously.

Sakura and Naruto both surveyed the area, it was getting harder to see. Sakura gripped her kunai and wondered what she could do against a Jonin." So far we have used Sakura to make the big play, using her appearance to make our enemies downplay her".

Shino thought to him as he considered his options. Naruto inner thoughts consumed him, he wanted with all his being to be strong and not be seen as a clown, but he knew he was just outclassed here.

"Always outclassed "his thought shifted to Sasuke Uchiha when they were in the academy. " Sakura always stood out as the least threatening compared to Naruto and me, but in this case, us three look so much weaker than his target". Shino thought to himself feeling more confident in the situation." This time any us can make the play as Kakashi is the main threat here, but we still need one for interference and one to distract ".

Sakura asked Kakashi hoping he would have some knowledge of this ninja " Who is he Kakashi sensei?". Kakashi without turning replied " His name is Zabuza Momochi he is a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, he was the leader of the assassination unit of that village until he was exiled".

Naruto interrupted this time " A rogue ninja, so he was a big deal ". " He became known as the demon of the mist and is a master of the silent killing technique ". Kakashi stated in a tone that held no emotion. Shino interrupted Kakashi before he finished " We can't let Kakashi get distracted or we are all dead ". Naruto and Sakura turned for a moment to see Shino's face.

They could see he wasn't afraid, Sakura and Naruto both whispered asking if he had a plan ". The mist became so strong they could not see Kakashi or further than a hundred feet.

Without warning they could hear Zabuza reciting the weak points of the human body. They could hear his voice as if he was next to them. Naruto grabbed his kunai dagger tighter. He didn't want to lose focus and end up in the next world.

He felt the thirst for blood Zabuza felt, his intent to kill it was starting to get to him. Naruto began to panic he moved his kunai to his chest, he couldn't stand it anymore it was driving him insane. "Naruto! Calmed down I will protect you with my life, All of YOU! I will not allow my comrades to die". Kakashi spoke with a calm in his voice that gave Naruto peace within himself.

"Trust me" Kakashi said as he turned his head to face them. Zabuza moved in as he said that, he appeared right behind Sakura and the team. Kakashi turned to face Zabuza and with his eyed copied Zabuza's technique instantly and without delaying he moved in. He stabbed Zabuza and as he pierced him water began to spill, not blood.

Naruto screamed "Sensei Behind you". As he pointed to Zabuza he appeared behind him unharmed. The Zabuza Kakashi had stabbed turned to a puddle of water. Zabuza swung his mighty sword and severed Kakashi in half. Kakashi turned to water as he had replaced himself with a water clone, the same technique Zabuza used earlier. Kakashi appeared next to Zabuza and held his kunai next to his throat.

"Don't move its over". Sakura and Naruto began to celebrate. Shino held his celebration, he hadn't dropped his guard yet. Zabuza in a monotone voice spoke " I will never lose to a mere copycat ". Without missing a beat, he had deduced when and how Kakashi had successfully eluded his attack.

" By the time you gave your speech you had already copied by water clone Jutsu and you had switched positions with it ". He spoke with a mocking tone. " You hid while you waited for me to make my move". His tone changed and replied coldly " Nice try but I'm not that easy to fool ". The Zabuza in front of him turned to water and Zabuza appeared behind him.

He used his full strength to swing his sword, Kakashi dodged and without warning Zabuza switched to melee and kicked Kakashi into the lake. He withdrew his sword from the ground as his last attack when it missed smashed into the ground. He charged Kakashi moving to finish him off. Once he was about to reach Kakashi he stopped right before his feet ran into the spikes left behind by Kakashi.

He moved to get cover within the trees now. Sakura was in disbelief as she witnesses Kakashi being kicked in the air. Shino was nervous, Zabuza possessed both great physical strength and skill. Kakashi emerged out of the water, he noticed immediately it was dense. It was infused with chakra.

Zabuza used this moment to jump behind Kakashi and use his water prison Jutsu. Zabuza used Water clone Jutsu to create another clone. This clone launched himself forward and used the mist to sneak up on Naruto. He kicked Naruto so hard his headband fell off. Zabuza cloned walked up to the headband and stepped on it.

" Run take the bridge builder and run, he is using all of his strength to hold me". Kakashi wanted with all his might to break free but this Justus's strength was stronger than a steel prison. "His clone can't go far from his original body run".

Shino immediately dismissed that idea. He knew even if he would run Zabuza would immediately kill Kakashi and then they would die. This situation was a double edged sword. "On one hand Zabuza's clone can kill us and he is right in knowing he has the advantage of us being inexperienced but it's also true he is stuck there.

And if he can take or disable this clone we can use the fact he can't defend himself if he's holding Kakashi." Shino thought to himself. "Shino whispered to Naruto and Sakura " I know you're afraid but we need to focus and we need to free Kakashi". Shino told them both with a very serious tone in his voice. Naruto and Sakura had both froze with fear before they force themselves to stop and listen to Shino.

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