Rain: Hey, thanks for the reviews but the climax of the Wave saga is getting here so let's just get through this note and get into it!

Mario: Here we go!


Reaper's Blood: Reincarnation

Chapter Twenty-Nine

"Hyūga-san, this is a perilous situation we are caught in," Shino murmured to his teammate as the trip were standing back to back, surrounded by Haku's Crystal ice mirrors.

The battle between them had started off well. Kiba and Hinata were fighting against Haku while Shino steadily assaulted her with kunai and his Kikkai from afar and with this combination, Team eight were originally winning…until Haku pulled out her special jutsu which then dissolved this battle to a game of "Pin the Shinobi."

"I agree with Shino, Hinata," Kiba said with a deep growl, pulling out a senbon needle that was embedded in his knee. "This isn't looking too good for us."

Hinata, who had her eyes closed in thought, opened them and replied "Do not fret Inuzuka-san, Aburame-san. Give me a moment to think of the best course of action we can take. Byakugan!" With her bloodline activated, Hinata formed a smirk on her face, reminding Shino and Kiba of her cousin, Neji who they had the displeasure of meeting one day.

"Shino, your Kikkai will be filled to the brim after this battle." Hinata said cryptically and for a split second, Shino was confused at this before he silently released his bugs, causing Kiba to blink in confusion.

Before he could say anything however, Hinata looked at him and whispered to him "This jutsu our opponent created is coated with chakra to keep these mirrors up. If Shino is able to keep his Kikkai from being killed, they should drain just enough chakra for you to tear apart with those claws of yours so we can be free of this technique."

Kiba nodded with a grin on his face as he flexed his claws before narrowly avoiding the rain of senbon needles from Haku.

Hinata on the other hand simply frowned and whispered "These senbon are getting a little annoying. Kiba, Shino, duck and Shino, send your Kikkai outside of this dome from the cracks and continue to drain the mirrors of their chakra out there….I have a plan."

The two looked at her in confusion but when Kiba was going to open his mouth, Hinata opened her mouth to speak. "Listen, I'm tiring of this game between you and us so how about we make a deal?"

It was silent for a few moments until a soft voice said "I'm listening…."

Hinata wanted to smirk for a moment but forced herself to remain stoic and said "Let's make a wager. I want you to shoot all of your senbon at me with full power. If I can deflect all of them, you let my teammates go and we fight, one on one, my teammates will not interfere in our bout. I lose, then I will surrender and you can do whatever you want to us."

Kiba's eyes widened in shock and in anger.

First Naruto and his crazy bet against Zabuza and now this?

What the hell was wrong with everyone?

But before he could vent out his anger through a rant, Shino advised him to stay quiet and on the ground. Kiba did, but he would give Hinata an ear full later.

Scary or not.

Everything was silent for a moment until Haku's soft voice said "You have a deal but before we begin, may I ask your name?" Hinata, as well as Kiba and Shino were confused by this odd question but Hinata replied with "Why do you want to know my name?"

A soft chuckle was heard through the dense mist before Haku answered with "Because I would like to know the person I'm going to kill."

It was Hinata's turn to chuckle this time.

"Given your master is Zabuza, I should've known your answer from the start. My Name is Yūhi Hinata," Hinata answered curtly, causing Kiba to mouth "Yūhi?" at Shino who he figured knew why Hinata said that was her last name. Shino knew why she said that but he would fill in Kiba later after this was over.

"It is nice to meet you Yūhi-san. I am Haku and I will be your executioner today," Haku replied, also curtly though secretly, she did not wish to kill Hinata or her teammates but what Zabuza-sama wants, she will do.

She was his tool as well as his daughter after all so with a sigh, she began raining down senbon at the Hyūga and when they close enough, Hinata smirked and began to spin at a fast pace, a dome of chakra forming around her as she did this, causing every single senbon that was thrown at her to bounce off her protective orb and to the now weakened ice mirrors, causing them to shatter on impact and also causing Haku to escape from her mirrors after she saw this happen.

And to make it even better, not one hit Kiba and Shino's downed and shocked forms.

When Hinata was done spinning, she crossed her arms and said as she looked at her teammates "Hakkeshō Kaiten. Hyūga Style Technique. It took me a good long time to learn it and I have a lot more in my arsenal."

Without warning, Hinata took out a kunai and blocked Haku's light blue Kodachi. "How deceptive of you Hyūga-san, replacing your last name to throw off your opponent who knows about the Hyūga clan. It was clever."

Hinata twisted her body around Haku and attempted to kick her in the back of the head but Haku ducked it and swiftly kicked Hinata in her stomach, sending the Hyūga stumbling backwards only to pirouette to the side and brutally kick Haku in the back of the head, sending her stumbling forward.

Scowling, Haku twisted her body and tossed a dozen senbon towards Hinata, only for Hinata to once again perform one the Hyūga's signature technique, the Kaiten but when Hinata stopped her movements, she saw Haku forming hand seals and say "Hyōton: Hyoryūdan no Jutsu!" Hinata quickly dove over the bridge's railings and grabbed the last railing just seconds before Haku's ice dragon shot over her.

When the attack passed, Hinata used all her strength to launch herself over the railings and back onto the bridge where upon landing, she received a powerful kick to her side, sending her sprawling to the ground, coughing in pain while holding her side. Kiba and Shino ran to her side to help her onto her feet but Hinata lifted her hand, silently telling them that she was ok and slowly and surely, she returned to her feet and stepped into her Jūken stance, staring at Haku intensely.

Haku stared at her opponent and sheathed her kodachi and smiled beneath her mask before saying "You think on your feet. I'm impressed. Now, let's see which bloodline is the strongest, the Hyōton Bloodline or the Byakugan."

Hinata narrowed her eyes strengthened her stance as Haku stood there, her eyes also narrowed beneath her mask.

"Trust me when I say…This isn't even a contest!" Hinata exclaimed before the two leapt at each.


Mitarashi Anko & Yūhi Kurenai

Kurenai bounced off the railing after receiving a hard punch from the unarmed Zabuza who then sent Anko crashing into her after ducking the snake user's left kick and sending her flying but when Anko crashed into her, she spit up some blood and said "This is so fucking weird...He didn't even hit me with his remaining limbs so how did I get it?"

Listening to Anko's complaints made Kurenai looked at where his missing arm was and what she saw made her narrow her eyes. Kurenai could see a faint shimmering around it and instantly grew suspicious.

Being a genjutsu mistress didn't just mean she was skilled at casting genjutsu but it also helped her realize when she trapped in a genjutsu herself and from the faint shimmer she saw from where Zabuza's "missing arm" was told her that he was using a genjutsu around it to make him "one armed" but how she wondered? She wasn't sure that there was a genjutsu that could be cast on a body part but she could see it.

Zabuza had tricked them.

The two woman stood up and quickly flew apart as Zabuza's Kubikiri Hōchō and leapt towards to deliver a dual kick to his chest that sent him falling back but he sprang to his feet and used his sword to block Anko's punch and push her away, only for Kurenai to sneak under his blade and punch him in jaw, sending him soaring into the air and falling to the ground.

With a smirk on his face, Zabuza moved his blade in front of him to block Anko's and Kurenai's double heel stomp and pushed them away into the air but the two shinobi recovered and while Kurenai landed on the bridge, Anko landed on the railing and kneeled on the balls of her feet with her arms resting on her bent legs.

"You two are pretty good. I'm impressed" Zabuza said after returning to his feet, slinging on blade onto his shoulders with a wide smirk under his bandaged mask. "Of course we are, you just didn't think we could beat you while you gave us a handicap!" Anko accused with a point, her bottom lip sticking out in a pout.

Zabuza's eyes widened a fraction before returning to their normal state as he said he said "So you know? Hehe, I was waiting to pull this out on the gaki but I truly did underestimate Konoha's Kunoichi….Oh well."

With a close of his eyes, he whispered "Kai" and slowly, his missing arm shimmered into existence, completely bandaged from his shoulder to his fingertips. The two Kunoichi in question narrowed their eyes at him almost in unison before Kurenai said "That's the last mistake you'll ever make. Anko!"

"One Giant Snake coming up. Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" With a few hand seals and a bite of her thumb, she slammed her hand on the ground and out came a large snake that soared high into the air.

"Hey Kaien." Anko said as she rubbed the large snake's belly, causing it to grumble in comfort.

"Remember that special dinner at told you about a week ago. Here he is," Anko continued before point at Zabuza, causing the snake it hiss and charge at the swordsman, who simply smirked and held up his blade, saying "Come and get me you overgrown lizard!"


Uzumaki Naruto

Naruto was currently sleeping on the bed Tsunami had lent him, dreaming a wonderful dream filled with Ramen and both Hinata and Ino were feeding him when Tsunami's hands started shaking him awake.

"Naruto-kun, you have to get up! Your friends went to the bridge!" Immediately, Naruto got up off of the bed and immediately darted to his clothes and began to get dressed. When he was fully dressed, he looked at the mother and son and took out two kunai while asking the woman "Do you know how to use these?"

Tsunami stared at it for a moment before nodding, saying "A little bit."

Naruto nodded in approval and said "Good, Stay here and protect yourself and Inari until we come back. Don't worry about the old man, he'll be fine," Tsunami nodded and leaned to give the blond a small little peck on his forehead, making the boy blush.

Naruto then turned to Inari and gave him a kunai as well and said "Watch after your mother," Before dashing down the stairs and out of the house, his blue eyes narrowing in concentration.

'Hang on guys…I'm on my way!'

As Naruto rushed in the direction of the bridge to help his comrades to fight off Zabuza and Haku, Naruto stumbled on to a troubling situation.

All of Gato's men were marching through the city, either burning stores or homes or randomly attacking citizens that were trying to escape their clutches or even both and it made Naruto sick to his stomach and enraged at the same time. He needed to stop them one way or another. He couldn't just let them do this to Tazuna's village. And the best part was that he could defeat him with his own private army.

"Kage Bushin No jutsu!"

Hundreds of Naruto's stood behind him and with his Katana raised high in the air, he lowered it just to the point that it was in front of him and said with a dark grin on his face "Go…" And with that, the clone army was charging forward, all of them charging to the now shocked henchmen of Gato's with Naruto in the lead.

The others would have to wait for now…


Hyūga Hinata

Hinata wouldn't admit it but Haku was strong.

Even with the Byakugan on her side, Hinata still had trouble keeping up with Haku's movements. It seemed like each time Hinata had a solid opening, Haku would disappear before she could hit it and then Haku would attack her blindside. It was quite troublesome to say the least but Hinata was a patient girl.

All she needed to do was wait for the one moment and she would strike with another technique she had learned on her own.

Haku on the other hand, was not a patient girl.

She wanted to end this fight before one of them got killed and from the intensity of this battle, she was sure things were going to escalate to the point where one of them would die but Haku was no quitter. She would continue to fight the Hyūga until she made her submit but sadly, she knew of the Hyūga's pride and how it wouldn't allow anyone that shared the name "Hyūga" to quit.

So she figured out a way to end this quickly.

After forming some quick seals, Haku jumped in the air above Hinata and said "Hyōton: Hyoryūdan no Jutsu!" Hinata looked up and noticed the dragon coming down towards her and with a burst of chakra, Hinata shouted "Hakkeshō Kaiten!" and quickly spun like a top as the ice dragon slammed down on the chakra dome and shattered apart but when Hinata stopped spinning, Haku punched her hard in the face, sending her stumbling to the side.

Hinata recovered quickly and sent a well-aimed strike to her opponent's chest but Haku grabbed her wrist and quickly made a few one hand seals, which shocked Hinata to no end and with a grin beneath her mask, Haku said "Sensatsu Suishō!" The remains of Haku's ice dragon technique that was still in the air formed into small needles of ice.

Without warning, Haku vanished and the needles came shooting out at Hinata but thinking quickly, Hinata replaced herself with a slab if cement that was nearby her at the last second, narrowing avoiding a fate as a soulless flesh but unfortunately, she was unable to escape entirely because her right leg had been struck by a few of the needles and even though her speed had increased, she would live.

"You escaped…Impressive…" Haku said with a subdued tone of surprise as she stood there, panting a little. Pulling off these jutsus were beginning to take their toll on her and she had many more in her arsenal to use and it looked as if Hinata wasn't going to go down easily.

With a deep frown, Haku appeared by the barely standing Hinata and punched her in the face, sending Hinata stumbling to the side but then Haku swiftly appeared in front of the Hyūga and grabbed her left wrist and pulled her arm downwards to elbow her face but Hinata moved her right hand in the way and caught elbow forced it back down and swiftly removed her wrist from Haku's grasp before smoothly turning around in front of her Haku on one knee to hit her directly in her masked face, sending Haku stumbling backwards and that's when Hinata saw her chance.

"You're within range of my divination…"Haku looked down at the crouching girl in shock and amazement but before the ice user could move, Hinata said "Hakke Rokujūyon Shō!" Haku had experience many things in her life but this one had to take the cake as the most painful.

Sixty-four painful strikes to her body, closing each of her chakra points forcefully and painfully and when it came to the last shot, Hinata pivoted her body and backhanded Haku to make her stumble and hit that last, crucial spot to send Haku flying to the ground from the force of the attack.

Shino, Kiba and Tazuna (who they were guarding during Hinata and Haku's battle) was stunned. Hinata was strong, they knew that but they didn't know she could pull that technique that she had told them that it took a huge amount of chakra to do off without a moment's notice.

"Yahoo! Way to go Hinata!" Kiba cheered with a jump while Shino nodded in approval. Hinata let a smile form on her face as she fell onto her knees in pure exhaustion, sweat dripping down her face as she stared down at Haku's downed form.

Hinata had gotten lucky in landing that technique. She couldn't pull it off any other time she tried but when it counted, she managed to do it and she was glad it had saved her life but after pulling off two that, two Kaitens and a Kawarimi, she was fresh out of chakra.

Suddenly, a groan left Haku's lips which caused a shocked gasp leave Hinata's. "No…That can't be…I poured all of my chakra into that attack! She should be unconscious! Damn it! What do I have to do?" Hinata swore as she forced herself onto her feet, only to fall back on the ground and drag herself to her teammates while Haku slowly got up from off the ground and walked towards Hinata's dragging form.

When Hinata got close enough to her teammates, Kiba and Shino got up and swiftly stood in front of Tazuna who was scared out of his mind as Haku marched forward in complete silence until she stood in front of Team Eight and fell on her knees.

"Kill me…"


Yūhi Kurenai & Mitarashi Anko

"Kaien shouldn't be losing Anko! Your snake shouldn't be losing!" Kurenai shouted as she watched Zabuza cut the snake once more, causing it to nearly scream out in pain.

Ever since the snake was summoned, Kurenai and Anko watched with glee as the snake smacked Zabuza around effortlessly but once Zabuza used a Jutsu called "Suiton: Dassui Ame (Water Release: Draining Rain), A dark cloud appeared over the snake's head and began to pour rain on it, but for some reason, the rain had drained enough of the snake's energy to begin getting beaten quite badly by Zabuza.

But little did they know, Zabuza wasn't finished yet.

After hitting the snake with his blade to wile it up, Zabuza darted away and watched from a tree as the snake charged towards him with its second burst of wind with its mouth formed some more hand seals and with a smirk, he yelled "Raiton: Dansu Boruto (Lighting Release: Dancing Bolts)"

The clouds over the snake's head began to thunder ominously and when the snake got close enough, a lighting bolt shot down from the cloud and struck the soaking wet snake, causing it to scream out in torture as it was being electrocuted to death. "Not yet Anko…I have an idea but I will need your help with it…"

"What? Can't you see he's dying?" Anko exclaimed angrily while Kurenai stared at for a moment before hitting her with a very potent smell of…cheese? "Alright Anko, now do what I know you will do" Kurenai uttered while mentally praying that this would work.

Anko wasted no time dismissing Kaien as she didn't like seeing her summons punished and with rage in her eyes, she charged forward towards Zabuza, not away that the rain cloud was still there so the moment she stepped foot in its shadows, she felt the rain pouring on her body and her energy instantly getting sapped with each drop falling from her body but she pressed forward.

Zabuza then formed more hand seals and with a lift of his arm, he said "Suiton: Suiryuusou (Water Release: Water Flowing Lance)!" some of the rain from his still active Jutsus flowed into his hand, forming a lance out of it and with Anko in sight, He threw the lance with full force.

Due to the rain that was pouring over her head, Anko could barely see the object heading towards her but she saw it, she jumped out of the way and with a large splash, the water lance became water once more.

Suddenly, Zabuza was before her with his arm raised above his head to strike but Anko tripped him off his feet, sending him to the ground and quickly, Anko pulled out her kunai and attempted to stab him in his face but Zabuza caught the rest but unfortunately for him, the same jutsu that had weakened the snake and Anko was also weaning him as well but with great strength, he was able to push her arm away and roll on to his feet while Anko did the same and in the pouring rain that was effecting their energy, the two fought with intensity while Kurenai slowly worked her genjutsu over Zabuza.

"Hijutsu: Sorasekai (Secret Technique: Empty World)" Kurenai uttered slowly. This jutsu was going to completely drain her off her chakra and then some but this would be their best bet to defeating Zabuza. But she prayed she had enough chakra to keep the illusion on him.

Zabuza was fighting Anko with an intensity he could never know but after he landed a blow on her, he smelt something that could be counted as cheese but he shook his head and suddenly, the rain got even heavier than before, blocking out Anko's face but he knew she was still there so he fought the blur that was in front of him and he continued to beat it down until he felt the struggling person slowly stop. As the rain slowly stopped, Zabuza smirked in victory but when he could fully see the shadow he had beat down, he took a step back in horror.

That wasn't Anko…That was Haku.

"Oh my god," Zabuza said, a horrified look on his bandaged masked face as he took a step back. He had killed Haku…What had he done? That's when he looked at the sky and noticed that it was completely white and voided of any life what so ever.

The only thing there was him and Haku's dead body….


Outside the Genjutsu

"Now Anko! While I have enough chakra left! Kill him!" Kurenai screamed out as Anko struggled to get to her feet as Zabuza kneeled a few feet away, on his knees, holding his arms out as if he was cradling something in them, his shoulders shaking as the rain continued to pour down his head.

Kurenai could feel her chakra going down with each and every second while Anko was up on her knees, struggling to get up on her feet while simultaneously, Kurenai was falling to her knees, desperately trying to keep the Jutsu up with all of her might and slowly, Anko made to her feet and dragged her feet towards Zabuza's kneeling body while Kurenai was barely hanging on to the Jutsu.

"Do it!" Kurenai shouted out desperately as Anko stood above Zabuza's body, her kunai high in the air and with a sick grin on her face, She said "Goodbye Momochi…" Before swinging the kunai downward…


Rain: Has Anko killed the demon of the hidden mist? Will team eight kill Haku? Will Naruto make it to the bridge in time for any of these events? Find out on the final chapter of the wave saga of…Reaper's Blood: Reincarnation

Mario: See you next time.