Zero Visibility: The Sharingan Shatters.

A/N: Hey ya'll, I'm just going to apologize in advanced, this chapter is shorter than the previous chapters. But I hope you like it^^ Review please.

My dad gasped. "Of course, it's a bloodline trait." he said. "A kekkei genkai."

"Kekkei genkai?" Sakura asked. "What's that?"

"It's like my Sharingan, you can't learn it." sensei answered. "It has to be in your blood. In your genetic code, passed down from generation to generation, within a single clan."

"But that means…" I said.

"Yes, even I can't copy that jutsu." sensei finished. "There's no way to stop it, or destroy it."

"That means Sasuke and Naruto are fighting blind." I said. "And all we can do is stand here and wait."

I hated feeling this helpless, like I was useless to help my teammates when they could really use it. All I could do was stand where I was and keep an eye on Zabuza's movements, in case he made a break for Tazuna. We came into this mission thinking it was a simple C-Ranked one. But we defiantly got more than we bargained for, two ranks more.

"Sasuke, Naruto. Please set your differences just this once so you both can come out of this alive." I begged in my mind. I clasped my hands together and hoped it would come true, that by some miracle, we all would make it out of this mission alive.

"Sasuke! Naruto!" Sakura yelled. "Take this guy out!"

"Don't Sakura." spat Kakashi-sensei. "Don't push them."

"Why not?" Sakura asked.

"Even if they did find a way around the mirror jutsu, they still couldn't defeat this ninja." sensei went on.

I gasped, "How can you be so sure sensei?" I asked.

"Sure they have the desire to win the fight, but they lack something else." he answered.

Sakura gulped. "And what would that 'something else' be exactly?"

"The instinct to kill." sensei said, bluntly.

"The instinct to kill?" I repeated in my mind.

Helena chuckled. "It's the main skill that makes a Shinobi a real threat. The instinct to take the life of your opponent."

I gulped. The main reason I refuse to let Helena's power surface now, when she's prying to get free, is because I want to avoid the bloodshed if at all possible.

"Does that make me a weak shinobi?" I asked myself.

"You're still young and just starting out." Helena answered. "In time you'll find that taking the life of your opponent is natural in the shinobi way, everyone has to do it sometime. Whenever you choose, is entirely up to you."

"I don't think I can trust you, Helena." I scoffed.

"That killer instinct will come in due time, Kristin dear." her voice trailed off, and I couldn't sense her presence anymore.

I continued to watch ahead, knowing that Haku was in a different league than the rest of us.

Zabuza laughed, and it sent chills down my spine. "Your village has become complacent. Your trainees aren't taught the most important lesson of all; to kill the feelings in their own hearts. To crush their opponent, to kill without emotion or regret."

"But then what are we gonna do?" Sakura asked. "Please sensei, tell us."

My dad was deep in thought, contemplating his next move. I had no idea what he was going to do.

"Kristin, do you know what we can do?" Sakura asked.

"Why are you asking me?" I looked back at her. "You're the brains of the team."

"Yeah, but you're…" she trailed off and glanced at Kakashi-sensei then back to me, "…you've had private training."

"If you're asking for a strategy, then you're asking the wrong genin." I told her. "Of course the only genin I know who could think of the perfect strategy that could get us all out of here alive is one another team." my thoughts drifted to this previous summer, when I fully realized Shikamaru wasn't the lazy ass everyone pointed him out to be.

{Flashback}

It was the first day of summer vacation, just a couple months of freedom from classes and homework, meaning a couple months for me to spend all day, every day, with the three boys I would trust with my life.

Our casual hang out was up in the mountains where we could just hang out and be ourselves.

"What the hell is Shogi anyway?" I asked Shikamaru, who said he wanted to play said game with me.

"Just a simple game." was his answer. "Here's the rule book." Shikamaru tossed me the booklet and I read over it.

"You expect me to play this? I'm surprised you even started." I chuckled, knowing he never had the patience for a complex game like this.

Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders, "I play it with my dad sometimes."

I nodded, flipping through the book.

"Good luck Kris." Sasuke said, laying by the lake shore.

I glared at him, "Yeah whatever."

Shikamaru set the board up and let me make the first move. I really didn't pay much attention to the game really.

"Just think, we have one more year until we graduate." I sighed, leaning back and resting on my hands.

My hair was pulled up with my green ribbon and I wore my white bikini so I could catch some sun.

"And then we'll be ninja." Choji added, floating in the lake.

I chuckled and moved a random tile on the Shogi board.

"It's about time too, the Academy is starting to get a little boring." Sasuke sighed and laid flat on his back.

"Only someone who aces everything would say that, Sasuke." Shikamaru said, moving a Shoji piece and flipping it over.

I rolled my eyes, moving another piece.

Sasuke smirked and closed his eyes.

"Checkmate Kris." Shikamaru said.

"What?" I looked at the board and Shikamaru had indeed, beaten me. "Okay why can't you apply the logic to win this game when we were in class?" I asked him, looking in his brown eyes.

He shrugged his shoulders.

I sighed and laid down in the grass. The sun's rays beat down on me, warming my skin. "Think we would be on the same team?" I asked aloud.

The three boys were silent and I felt their eyes on me. I blinked and sat up, walking over to the lake and dipping my feet in, sitting in the green grass.

"What made you ask that?" Shikamaru asked, sitting on my right.

I sighed. "Just, if we're on the same team, that would mean our friendship would last." it was a childish thought I know, but I really needed them with me once I became a ninja. It was because of those three that I even found the strength to push through class and try my best, with their support I know I could make it as a Kunoichi.

"Our friendship will last, regardless of what genin team we're put on." Choji reassured me.

Sasuke sat on my other side and nodded.

I smiled and fell backwards in the grass, staring at the clear blue sky above me.

{End Flashback}

"Why am I wasting brain power thinking of something that can't be changed." I berated myself. I focused on the battle at hand, and hoped by some miracle we would make it out of this.

I glanced over and saw my dad move his hand to his headband, getting ready to reveal his Sharingan. Zabuza knew this and quickly lunged towards my dad, who blocked Zabuza's attack with his other hand.

"Sensei!" Sakura and I called in unison.

"Let your opponent see your jutsu too many times, and he'll find a way to use it against you." Zabuza informed.

"Then you should count yourself lucky, you're the only man alive who's seen my Sharingan twice." dad rebuked. "Show's over, there won't be a third time."

Zabuza chuckled, "Even if you were able to defeat me, you would never stand a chance against Haku."

I gasped, "Could that boy really be that strong? That even my dad couldn't beat him."

"There are ninja in this world who are prodigies at various techniques that are advanced way beyond them." Helena said.

I gulped, so Haku could very well be one of those ninja. That's great, we defiantly got more than we bargained for on this mission.

"His skills far surpass the skills of the useless punks who follow you around." Zabuza said to Kakashi-sensei. "His bloodline trait, the kekkei genkai, cannot be beaten."

Sakura and I whimpered.

The next move was Zabuza executing his 'Hidden Mist Jutsu', although this time the mist was thicker, making visibility absolute zero.

"Sakura, stay with Tazuna." sensei ordered. "And Kristin, keep your senses sharp and your guard up."

I nodded and closed my eyes. When I opened them, I was surrounded by the fog, and it sent chills all throughout my body. "Keep focus Kristin, don't get scared."

"You have my senses as well, you know." Helena chided. "Let me be your eyes and ears."

"I thought I told you I wasn't going to unleash you." I reminded her.

"I'm not asking you to break the seal, I'm asking you to let me help you." Helena replied. "It's just me lending you my instincts while I sit here in my own little dark corner."

I rolled my eyes and caved. I visualized her, a larger than average black wolf, laying curled up in the darkness, her snout buried under her thick tail. Thin, crimson scars ran vertical over her eyes, which were shut. Her ears twitched and her nose slightly moved, as if to smell the air.

The thick mist surrounded me, yet I felt completely calm. I just hope tapping into her senses didn't alter the seal too badly. I couldn't run the risk of her breaking free, not this early.

I heard the conversation going on between Zabuza and my dad. The mist was so thick that dad's Sharingan couldn't penetrate it, making it useless in this fight. As if that wasn't all, Zabuza was also the master of the 'silent killing' technique, meaning he necessarily didn't have to see his opponent to eliminate them. Sound alone would be enough. I just hope we wouldn't loose our lives on this bridge.

However, I had a bad feeling that Sasuke and Naruto weren't having much luck in their fight against Haku. I hoped they would turn things around, but the mist surrounding us left an eerie feeling in the air.

"Sasuke. Naruto. Please be okay." I said in my mind.

The mirrors lit up for a split second before returning to normal. But that wasn't what broke my concentration. Suddenly the smell of blood filled the air, and it made my nose tingle and I, involuntarily, licked my canine teeth, which felt sharper than normal.

"What's happening?" I asked.

I heard a high-pitched scream come from the direction of Sakura and Tazuna, and Sakura was the one who screamed.

"Could this be the end for us all?" I thought.

"No my dear." Helena chuckled. "It's only the beginning."