Hello hello~
Hope everyone is doing well!
I'm super excited for this arc
Zabuza and Haku~~
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Last Time:
"YOU!" Kakashi shouted.
Sakura and Naruto started freaking out.
"You broke the rules, I hope your ready for the punishment," Kakashi told us.
Sasuke glared at him. I gave a slightly annoyed look. Kakashi made some hand signs, making the clouds turn dark, lightening flashed.
"Any last words?" Kakashi asked us.
"We're all on this squad, and we're all in this together," Sasuke told Kakashi.
"If we didn't feed him, then he won't be able to function properly," I added.
"Y-yeah, we gave our lunches to him because the four of us are one!" Sakura joined in.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! The four of us are one, believe it!" Naruto shouted.
"The four of you are one? That's your excuse?" Kakashi asked us.
We stared at him, determined to take him on. A long silence commenced.
"You all pass," Kakashi smiled.
"...huh?" Sakura and Naruto said.
"You pass," Kakashi repeated.
The sky was sunny again
"How did we pass?" Sakura asked.
"You guys are the first team to disobey me, the other teams did exactly what I said," Kakashi explained, "A ninja must see through deception. In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends, are worse than scum."
Sakura sighed in relief, Naruto looked like he was going to cry, Sasuke smirked. I smacked Kakashi over the side of his head.
"What was all of that? You had to make it really dramatic with the clouds and the thunder and lightening didn't you? Jeez, you're more dramatic than I thought," I scolded.
"Don't start a fight you know you're going to loose," Kakashi told me, "Squad seven passes, we'll start our first mission tomorrow," Kakashi told us.
Naruto and Sakura cheered and started celebrating. I gave a small smile, I had to admit, I was happy I passed.
"Let's go home," Kakashi told us. We all started walking back together.
"Wait! You forgot to untie me!" Naruto shouted.
"I help you too many times today Naruto, your on your own this time," I told him as I walked along with the others, "By the way! You still owe me lunch!"
"You think he'll be able to break through the binds?" Sasuke asked me.
"He'll be fine," I shrugged.
I walked back home by myself, after Kakashi told me to go back and untie Naruto. I decided to make a stop at the Nara's house, to see if Shikamaru passed or not. It was around the evening, it was still hot, and I was dying. I knocked on the door. Yoshino opened it.
"Ah, Kyoko-chan! What brings you here?"
"Uh, is Shikamaru home?" I asked.
"He's probably in his room," Yoshino said, inviting me in.
"Thank you," I said, walking upstairs to Shikamaru's room.
'Thank god the house is cool, I was dying out there, too hot,' I thought to myself.
I knocked his door. No answer. I shrugged and opened the door. The lights were off and after taking a few steps into the room, I tripped over something.
"Ugh," I groaned.
I carefully walked back to the door to turn on the lights, to see what I tripped on.
"...Shikamaru, what are you doing?" I asked him, lightly nudging his side.
"Well, I was sleeping," He said, sitting up.
"You looked like you died on the floor," I told him.
"After today, I think I did," He sighed.
"Right, that's why I came. Did you pass?" I asked tiredly.
He nodded, "Yeah, you?"
"I did, I could have passed alone, but then Kakashi's a jerk, so everyone had to pass," I sighed. Shikamaru gave me a weird look. I ended up briefly explaining the whole day.
"All Sakura did was faint?" Shikamaru asked. I nodded sadly.
"She's my teammate," I sighed.
"Naruto kept falling for traps?" He asked, I nodded, "And Sasuke got trapped in a hole?"
I snickered and nodded.
"Anyways, you have a bed, why sleep on the floor?" I asked.
"Cause, the floor is cool. After today, and the weather, lying on the floor is like lying on a block of ice," Shikamaru explained.
I looked at the floor questionably before laying on it.
"...oh my, you're right," I said, stretching my body on the floor.
Shikamaru laughed.
"You better not sleep here," He told me.
I stuck my tongue out at him and sat up.
"We apparently start doing missions tomorrow," I sighed, stretching my muscles.
"So troublesome," He sighed.
I nodded.
"You must be excited though," He told me.
I shook my head, "We're gonna be doing D-rank missions, that's nothing."
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"This is Sasuke, I'm at point D."
"This is Sakura, point B."
"Kyoko, C."
Pause
"...Naruto, I'm at point A, believe it."
"You're slow, Naruto," Sakura scolded
"How far from the target?" Kakashi asked over the earpiece.
"About 5 meters," I said.
"Okay...get ready," Kakashi told us.
"The target has moved!" Sasuke told us.
"Go!" Kakashi ordered.
I was closest to the target. I saw Sasuke and Naruto lunge towards it, without noticing each other. The target jumped in time before the two boys sandwiched it in between them, causing the boys to hit each others heads. The target was in the air and landed in my arms.
Oh, by the way, the target was a cat.
"Confirm, does the target have a ribbon tied to its left ear?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto took the cat out of my arms. It started thrashing and clawing Naruto's face, fidgeting in Naruto's arms. Sasuke looked at the cat.
"Yes, this is the missing pet, Tora," Sasuke confirmed.
I waited for Tora to scratch up Naruto's face more before taking him away from the blond. It curled up in my arms and purred.
"Mission: Save Tora the lost pet completed," Kakashi told us.
"Why does he like you better?" Naruto whined. I shrugged.
"How should I know? Ask him," I said, petting the cat.
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"OH! My precious Tora!" A fairly large woman exclaims as we walked into the building.
She took the cat out of my arms, and hugged the life outta it.
"That poor innocent cat..." I said in distress.
"Look away before you get any ideas," Sasuke told me, facing me the other way.
"Hehehe, serves it right," Naruto smirked.
"No wonder it ran away..." Sakura said.
We went to the Hokage's table to get a new mission. It's been around a month or so since we've officially graduated, and all we've been doing are D-ranked missions. Such a low rank that I didn't have to use my sword for anything. I ended up leaving it at home to not carry the weight.
"Team 7's next mission is...to babysit Fumiko-san's children, help her do groceries, and-" Naruto's shouts cut off the Hokage.
"No, no, no! No thank you!" Naruto said, making an 'X' with his arms, "I want a real mission, not these dingy old ones!" He exclaimed.
'Although I agree, I'm not in the position to deny a mission from the Hokage,' I thought.
"You guys are just Genin, beginners, you have to start at the very bottom before you guys can do anything else," Iruka, who was siting beside the Hokage, scolded us.
"He's right, let me explain the ranks," The Hokage told us.
He explained about missions, how their ranked from A to D, Depending on the difficulty of the mission, A being the most difficult while D is the easiest. There are also extremely hard missions that are classified as S-ranked missions. We lost interest in the Hokage's explanation and started listening to Naruto, who started talking about ramen.
"I had pork ramen yesterday, an I was thinking about having miso ramen today," Naruto said, thinking about his lunch.
"Miso soup is good...maybe I'll make that for dinner," I said, sorta agreeing with Naruto.
"Oi! Listen!" The Hokage yelled at us.
"Ahaha sorry," Kakashi apologized for us, 'I'm gonna get scolded for this later.'
"Well, Naruto, you'll get your wish," the Hokage told him, "I'll give you guys a C-ranked mission."
Naruto grinned.
"What is it?! What's our mission?!" The Uzumaki asked.
"Your mission is to be bodyguards, escorting your client to the Hidden Mist Village," he told us.
"Who are we escorting?! A priest? A princess?" Naruto asked, jumping up and down.
'...I wouldn't trust you escorting a princess...' I thought, looking at Naruto.
"You'll meet him now, come in please, Tazuna-San," the Hokage said, calling in our client.
It was funny to see how quick Naruto's face changed from a smile, grin to grin, to a disappointed frown, when our client walked in. Our client was an old somewhat large man who was holding a bottle of sake.
"What? They're just a bunch of snot-nose brats! You expect them to protect me? I'm especially having my doubts on the short one, with the idiotic face," Tazuna said, taking another swig of his drink.
"Ahahaha! Who's the short one with the idiotic face?" Naruto laughed.
We all stepped aligned to each other, to show Naruto that he was the shortest. Sasuke was the tallest, followed by me, Sakura, then Naruto. Man, it was easy to burst Naruto's bubble today.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Naruto shouted, lunged himself towards the old man.
Kakashi stopped the idiot from doing any harm to our client.
"We're suppose to protect him, not the other way around," Kakashi told him.
"I am Tazuna, a Master Bridge Builder and I need to get back to my country. I am building a bridge that will change the world of my country and I'm expecting this team to get me there safely, even if it means giving up your life," the man told us, "But I'm not sure if I'm gonna be safe with these four brats."
I gave a slight glare, '...does this client really think it's a good idea to insult the people who are suppose to protect him?'
"I'm Jounin, don't worry, I'll be with them for the whole mission," Kakashi assured our client.
He turned to us, "Go get ready, pack up, and we'll meet at the front gates in 3 hours," he told us.
We nodded and left the building.
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I silently cursed about our mission while packing up. We got what we wanted, a better mission, but it's not really what we all wished for. I sighed. Akumu jumped onto shoulder, rubbing his head against mine. I smiled and petted his head.
"...right, I'm gonna be gone for a while. Who's gonna take care of you?" I asked in concern.
He jumped onto my bed, looking at my bag, like he was making sure I packed everything.
"Maybe Kakashi will let me bring you with me..." I thought out loud.
"If not...then I'll just pretend that you snuck into my bag," I told him.
There was a knock at my bedroom door.
"Kyoko, are you ready-"
Kakashi gave me a look, seeing a tail poking out of my bag.
"...I asked the neighbors to look after Akumu," Kakashi told me.
Akumu poked his head out of my bag.
"Akumu might not trust them," I told Kakashi.
"Akumu will stay here, they'll come in and feed him and make sure he's well," Kakashi told me, "It's safer than bringing him with us."
I frowned but agreed.
I packed properly and hugged Akumu.
"I'll miss you," I told the cat, "Be good to the neighbors, make sure to eat, don't make a mess, don't forget me, don't-"
"Kyoko," Kakashi said in a stern voice.
"Aren't you gonna miss him?" I asked, holding Akumu out.
Kakashi sighed, petting the cat.
"Don't make a mess," He told Akumu, "I'll meet you downstairs, Kyoko."
I snuggled the cat once more and kissed the top of his head.
"I love you, Akumu," I said, giving him more kisses before putting him down.
Akumu started cleaning himself immediately.
"...I'm insulted," I sighed.
"Bye, Akumu," I said, walking down the stairs to meet Kakashi at the door.
He gave me a look, "Why do you give that cat more affection than me?"
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"Kakashi," I started, "Did our client have to be so rude, and all high and mighty?"
"Not everyone we meet is gonna be pleasant," Kakashi told me.
"I am Tazuna, a master bridge builder. I am building a bridge that will change the world of my country," I said in a mocking voice, "I'm expecting this team to get me there safely, even if it means giving up your life!"
I heard laughing.
I turned to see Shikamaru.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Complaining about my client," I sighed.
"To yourself?" He asked.
I turned to my side to see that Kakashi had disappeared.
"...apparently," I sighed, "How have you been?"
"We've been on missions, left and right. Asuma gave us a break today," He told me, "Just D-ranked missions so far."
"Naruto practically begged for a C-ranked, we all agreed, so the Hokage gave us one. But...it's not really what we wished for," I sighed.
"At least you got a C-ranked," he said, trying to lighten my mood.
"I guess...but it's basically like a D-rank, but outside the village. All we have to do is escort this drunk old man to the land of waves, and watch him build a bridge," I said in a bored tone.
"So troublesome," he told me.
I smiled.
"You're not the ones going on the mission."
"How long do you think you'll be gone?" He asked.
I thought for a moment.
"Maybe a few weeks to a month?" I said.
"Gonna be a drag with out you here," he told me.
I laughed, "How so?"
"I won't have you to distract Ino," he joked.
"And I thought you were gonna miss me," I said sarcastically with a smirk.
"Who's looking after Akumu?" He asked.
I frowned, "The neighbours."
"You don't seem satisfied," He told me.
"I'm not," I sighed, "But its not safe for Akumu if I bring him along."
"You gonna miss him more than me?" He asked with a smirk.
"Yeah," I said bluntly, "I'm gonna miss sleeping with Akumu, petting him, kissing him, I just wanna squeeze him and never let go."
Shikamaru chuckled, "If it makes you feel better, I'll visit him for you, Kyo."
"...Kyo?" I questioned with a laugh, "Is that my nickname?"
"Don't like it?" He asked.
"I like it," I said, "As long as I can call you Shika."
I noticed the time.
"Oh! I should get going or I'll be late," I said.
"I'll walk with you," Shikamaru offered.
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I waved bye to Shikamaru after he walked me to the gates.
I see everyone, except for Kakashi.
"He's gonna be late again," Naruto sighed.
"There's five more minutes, who knows," I said.
"Say, you walked over here with Shikamaru," Sakura told me.
"We bumped into each other," I told her.
"He's the last person you see before we leave," She said, "That's so sweet."
"Don't make up fantasies," I told her, "Don't faint either."
"Are you gonna hold that against me forever?" She whined.
"Maybe," I joked.
"Alright, looks like everyone's here," Kakashi said, walking up to us.
"...are you sure you're Kakashi? You came on time," I said, looking at him suspiciously.
"Lets go," he said ignoring me.
The rest of us, besides the client, looked at him.
"He came on time..." Naruto said quietly.
"I know..." Sakura whispered.
We continued walking out of the gates. Naruto started sprinting and frolicking.
"Naruto, calm down," I told him.
"Hehe, sorry, this is my first time outside the village's gates" he apologized.
"Congrats, now continue walking," I told him.
I walked beside Kakashi, I blocked everything out and looked at my surroundings.
'Trees...rock...pebble...grass...more trees...puddle...puddle?' I looked at the puddle for a moment, 'It hasn't been raining for a while, could have been a spilled canteen, but it should have dried up by now,' I thought, looking at it suspiciously.
Kakashi nudged me, I looked at him. He was mentally telling me to ignore it and keep walking. I nodded so he knew that I knew what was up. After a couple of moments, two dudes with chains came out from the puddle and attack Kakashi. They wrapped him in chains and pulled, ripping him to shreds. I scoffed.
'Little dramatic, Kakashi,' I thought, knowing that Kakashi faked his death.
The rest thought it was real though. I whipped out my katana, Sasuke pulled out a shuriken and kunai and threw it at the chains, fixing it to a tree.
I threw a kunai at one of them, slashing their arm to get his attention. He glared at me and went to attack me. I got ready when something inside me snapped. I was looking at the blood that trickled down his arm. I was anonymous to everything around me, I was only focused on the man that was going to try and kill me. He came at me with a claw like weapon that was attached to the chains. I quickly dodged and purposely made a light cut in his arm, just toying with him. He laughed.
"Is that all you got?" He asked.
"Jikangan," I smirked.
He ran at me again. I disappeared in front of him and got him from behind, stabbing him from the back. We stayed like that for a moment. I harshly pulled my sword from out of his body, and appeared in front of him in a blink of an eye.
"You got your blood all over my sword," I said in an innocent tone, "I'll have to punish you for that."
I made a deep cut across his torso, making him fall back. I walked towards him and stabbed him again. I kneeled beside him.
"You'll regret the day you pulled this stunt," I told him in a hush tone, "Such a pretty crimson, let's see more of it."
I pulled my sword out, his blood splattered on my face and clothes.
"Kyoko! That's enough!"
I snapped out of my trance and looked up at Kakashi.
"...oopsie," I said, looking at myself, "I...I think I panicked"
I looked around, Kakashi held the other guy by his throat, Naruto was frozen in fear, Sasuke was in front of Sakura, who was in front of Tazuna, protecting him.
'...did I miss everything?' I wondered.
"I need answers from them," Kakashi told me.
"Right, my bad," I said, leaving the guy alone.
"K-Kyoko...are you okay?" Sakura asked me.
"I'm fine, I should be the one to ask you that question," I told her, I pulled a cloth out of my pocket to clean off my sword.
"Well, Kakashi called your name about a dozen times," Sasuke told me.
"...h-he did?" I asked.
"Yeah...you said you p-panicked?" Sakura said, fear in her voice.
"I mean..." I paused, "They were trying to kill us. I needed to kill him before he killed me."
"Y-you were actually gonna kill him?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah...he was coming after us," I told her.
"Y-you think you could tone it down a little?" Naruto asked.
"My bad," I said before taking notice to Naruto's hand.
"Naruto, your hand..." I directed everyone's attention to Naruto.
I looked over to the two guys, Kakashi was asking one questions, while the other layers there limp.
'...did...did I kill him?' I wondered.
I was still covered in blood. I already used the cloth for my hands and sword. I went through my bag for a face towel and wiped off the blood on my face.
I looked back at the Chunins, I noticed that their weapons had contained poison.
I grabbed Naruto's injured hand to take a better look.
"Naruto, their weapons were soaked in poison, we have to get it out of you or you'll die," I told him in a calm, stern voice.
Naruto started to freak.
"Idiot, don't move, or the poison will spread quicker," I told him.
He stayed completely still.
"Tazuna," Kakashi called.
Tazuna looked at him nervously.
"W-what?" Tazuna asked.
"These guys are Chunin ninjas from the mist, they're known to keep fighting no matter what," Kakashi told him.
"This raises the rank to B," I added.
"How did you read our movements?" The one that was still alive asked.
"It hasn't rained in a while," I said, "You think you were smart for concealing yourself as a puddle?"
I sighed, "Anyways, we need to focus on this," I pointed at Naruto's hand.
"Also, the mission, what are we gonna do?" Sakura asked.
"True, they sent us Chunin this time, next will most likely be a Jounin," I thought out loud.
"Lets quit! This is way out of our league, plus we need the anesthesia for the poison in Naruto's hand," Sakura told us.
"This is a burden, lets go back to the village to heal Naruto," Kakashi said.
Naruto paused for a moment before stabbing a kunai into his wound.
"Naruto!" I exclaimed in shock.
"Why am I so different?...why am I so...damn it! I should be stronger... I've finished lots of missions, and train everyday. I'm never going to do something that requires someone to help me, I'm never going to be frighten or back out of things. I'm not going to lose to Sasuke. I vow, that this pain on my left hand, I'm am going to protect this old man with this kunai. The missions still on!" He said with a pained smile.
"Yeah...that's nice and all, also, good idea of getting the blood out, but...you're gonna die from blood loss if that keeps dripping," I pointed at his hand, blood gushing out like a river.
Naruto started to freak again. I grabbed his hands and looked into his eyes. He started to calm down.
"I'm gonna heal it for you, okay?" I said slowly, to calm him down.
He nodded. I sat him down on a rock and crouched in front of him. I looked at his hand, which already started to heal.
'This must be the Nine Tails,' I thought.
I focused chakra into my right hand until it glowed a light green, I placed it over his hand to help the healing process go faster. I took some bandages out from my medical box and wrapped his hand up.
"There," I said, getting up.
"H-how'd you do that?" Naruto asked me.
"Magic," I answered sarcastically.
"Not only do we have a very powerful Shinobi, but she's also a Medical Ninja!" Tazuna said in surprise.
"She's not officially a Medical Ninja," Kakashi said, patting my head, "You still need to work on chakra control, Kyoko."
"Uh, o-okay," I stuttered.
'...shit,' I thought, quickly walking away, removing myself from the situation.
"Are you okay? scary cat," Sasuke mocked Naruto.
Naruto glared at him.
"If you guys are gonna fight, I'm not gonna stop you," I told them, "I'm also not gonna help heal you."
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We were on a boat, traveling across the lake to get the the village.
"Whoa, the fog is so thick," Sakura quietly said.
'Thank you captain obvious,' I sighed.
Soon, an unfinished bridge came in sight, Naruto piped up.
"Wow! Look at that bridge! It's huge!" I hit Naruto on the head.
"Pipe down! There's a reason why I'm rowing us instead of using the motor," the boat man shouted quietly to Naruto.
"Whoops, sorry," Naruto apologized.
Tazuna started explaining about some guy named Gatou, who owned the huge company, Gatou. Tazuna said that he was probably the one trying to kill him because of the bridge. Building the bridge was apparently in Gatous way so he needed Tazuna killed, to put an end to the bridge. I looked into the water to see my reflection. I put my fingertips into the water.
'What happened to me back there?' I wondered. My reflection turned into a black silhouette, almost making me jump.
'Bloodlust,' Fuzen answered.
I stared at Fuzen, replacing my reflection on the water's surface.
'Mine?' I asked.
'Nope, it's mine,' they admitted.
' What? Why? What did you do?' I immediately asked.
'It's something...I can't control. I can't fulfill the lust on my own, but since I'm in your body, You can fulfill it for me,' they told me.
'Why do you have a lust for blood?' I asked, 'I thought you were here to help me out with my Jikangan.'
'I never said I was a good spirit,' Fuzen said, 'But, I'm still helping you. Because of that, you didn't die.'
'I'm perfectly capable to fight on my own,' I told them, 'Don't do it again.'
They frowned, 'I'm gonna have to, how else am I suppose to fulfill my bloodlust?'
'Find a hobby,' I stressed.
'I see you're starting to st-st-stutter again,' They laughed, 'Is it cause of the client? The stranger who's paying you to protect him? He already thinks lowely of the team. If you start stuttering again, it's not gonna look any better.'
'...shut it,' I told it.
"This is now a B-ranked mission," Kakashi said, breaking me out of my thoughts, "What's stopping us from going back to our village, leaving you to continue on yourself?"
"I wouldn't blame you if you left, I'll probably be killed on the way home. My grandson will just cry and cry that his only grandfather died. And my daughter will be left alone, holding a grudge against the Leaf Village for the rest of her life," Tazuna told us.
'Guilt tripping us? Really?' I sighed looking back into the water.
My reflection was back to normal.
"It can't be help, we'll finish the mission," Kakashi sighed.
"Really? That's great news," Tazuna beamed.
"We're here, this is as far as I'll go," the boat man told us.
We thanked him and continued walking towards the village.
As we continued to walk to the village. Naruto looking around for any other pop up attacks, throwing his kunai everywhere. Eventually he accidentally, almost, killed a white bunny.
'...we are against idiots,' I face palmed, 'White bunny, it's winter, not freaking summer.'
I suddenly heard something coming towards us.
"Duck!" Kakashi shouted as we all quickly ducked in cover.
A huge sword flew across the air and lodged itself into a tree. A man wearing all black and grey, and a mask that covered his face from the nose down jumped onto the sword.
'...that...was a great entrance...' I thought, 'Wait...that sword!'
I looked up to confirm my thoughts.
"Oh my, my, you're Zabuza Momochi," Kakashi said in a bored tone.
"One of the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen of the Mist," I said in awe.
I remembered reading about this while browsing through books. I remembered this specific guy though, only because of his sword. But after reading that book, I was a fan of Zabuza, well his sword, which is one of the reasons why I started fighting with swords.
"You guys heard of me, I see," Zabuza chuckled darkly.
"I'm a fan, especially for your kubikiribocho," I smiled, looking at the sword.
"Is she drooling over the guy, or the sword?" Naruto asked quietly.
"I'm guessing the sword?" Sakura said unsure.
"Ah, you like my sword?" Zabuza asked.
I nodded. My eyes were filled with excitement and wonder.
"Hand over the old man, and I might consider giving it to you," he said.
I chuckled, "You're a master of the kubikiribocho, that sword is one of a kind, I doubt that you would give it up," I told him, pulling my sword out, "But I would love to fight against it."
"You're going to try and kill me?" He laughed.
"I was successful killing one of the Chunin back there," I said, "I'll try my luck with you."
"To bad you won't be able to," Kakashi stepped in.
"What?" I looked at him.
"Everyone form the Swastika formation. Protect Tazuna-San," his voice was dead serious.
I didn't say anything, but complied. We formed a circle around Tazuna so to one could get through.
"Don't join the battle, no matter what," Kakashi told us.
Kakashi lifted his headband so it didn't hide his left eye anymore. He opened his eye to reveal a red eye: the Sharingan.
"Well would you look at that, I already get to see Kakashi Hatake's famous Sharingan. I'm honored," Zabuza mocked, his tense atmosphere adding to the unseen sneer forming under his masked face.
"Sharingan..." Sasuke managed to say, his eyes were wide with surprise.
"What's a Sharingan?" Naruto asked.
"Sharingan, the ability in ones eyes that's able to defeat and read all types of Genjutsu, Taijutsu, and Ninjutsu. The Sharingan is one of the types of pupils that gives you this power," Sasuke explained.
"That's not all, they can also copy the movements of their opponent. Copycat ninja, Kakashi is the man who has copied over 1000 Jutsu," I said before anyone asked anything.
"Ninja art: Hidden Mist Jutsu," Zabuza said.
A thick fog started to form around us. My eyes widened.
"...this...is not good.." I told my team, activating my Jikangan.
"W-what? Why?" Naruto asked nervously.
"Lets just say...Zabuza is known as a silent killer," I told him.
The fog was getting thicker. Zabuza spoke from somewhere in the mist.
"Lungs, spine, cervical vain, neck, brain, kidneys, heart, which one should I go after?" The tension started getting thicker as the mist thickens.
"...you forgot liver..." I pointed out.
My team looked at me at me strangely.
A dark chuckle was heard, "You're a strange one."
The mist got even thicker, which also means the tension did too. I pulled out my katana, ready to him to strike. From the corner of my eye, I saw Sasuke shakily holding his kunai to his own neck.
'Shit,' I was about to stop him, but Kakashi beat me to it.
"Sasuke, don't worry. I'll protect you guys, even if it kills me. I won't let my comrades die," Kakashi assured.
"We'll see about that," Zabuza laughed darkly.
Before anyone could notice, he appeared behind us. I sensed him and quickly slashed my sword at him. It cut across his torso.
'...too easy, this is a clone,' I thought to myself.
My thoughts were correct as the clone dispersed into water.
"Water clone, knew it," I said, waiting for the next attempt.
He appeared right behind me, Kakashi destroyed the clone before it could attack.
"Don't try and kill me off right away," I said, "I wanna fight you."
Zabuza chuckled, "I wanted to test you first."
"Well, Copycat got your clone before I could dodge its attack," I told him.
"I see, why don't we fix that?" He said.
He lunged at Kakashi, destroying our Sensei.
I smirked.
Kakashi turned into water and splashed on the ground.
"What?" Zabuza said out of disbelief.
Kakahi lunged and killed Zabuza, which was another water clone.
'This is getting boring, go and make your own move,' Fuzen told me.
'What? No, my job is to stay in this position and block off all possible attacks, protecting Tazuna,' I told her.
'Haha, are you serious? We both know you don't want to stay and protect this drunk old man. There's four of you guys protecting the guy, you can move from this stance and they can look over your placement. You do want the sword, don't you?' Fuzen asked.
My sight started getting darker.
"Ugh," I groaned, holding my head, a random splitting headache ran through.
"Kyoko!" Sakura cried out, seeing me in pain.
"S-stay in position, Sakura," I told her, "We have to stay like this while Kakashi fights Zabuza."
A deep chuckle made me look up. I saw Zabuza across from me. Well, a water clone of Zabuza. I looked passed him to see Kakashi stuck in some water sphere thing.
"Kakashi!" I shouted.
The real Zabuza had to keep his hand in the water sphere so Kakashi couldn't escape, and he sent a clone after us.
"A bad time to space out, don't you think?" Zabuza asked me, "Do you still wanna fight me, girly? Or is that headache keeping you down?"
'Now! Go now!' Fuzen told me.
The headache grew stronger.
'S-stop! I can't fight when you're doing this to me!..what are you doing to me?!' I asked her.
'Come on, this is your chance...or do you want me to fight for you?'
I fought back the headache.
'I'm gonna fight him, just stop this headache!' I straightened myself up, the pain faded a bit.
I looked back at my team. Sakura was looking at me with a worried expression.
"Don't do anything too hasty, guys," I told my team, but Naruto had already lunged toward Zabuza.
He was easily sent back.
"Naruto, I know proving yourself is important to you and all, but this is serious," I told him, helping him up.
I stared at Zabuza for a moment, trying to think of a plan. I looked over to Kakashi who couldn't do anything, telling us to run away with Tazuna.
'Fuck, how am I suppose to save him?' I thought frantically.
'I thought you were gonna fight him, you wanna save Kakashi, don't you? Take out his life. Or let me take over and I'll do it for you,' Fuzen suggested.
My head started pounding. I fought back the pain, and tried to keep focus. The blood lust and the pain didn't make anything easier.
One thought made it through my head: I need to save Kakashi.
I pulled my katanna out.
"I'm coming for you, Kakashi," I said, charging at the clone.
"Kyoko! Don't!" Sakura cried out.
I lunged at the clone with my sword, he block it with his own. I backed away, knowing that his sword could probably destroy mine. I ran towards him again, he hit me, but I used the Substitution Jutsu. A log was in place of where I was. I was up in the trees, preparing my next move. I struggled against the urge to just lunge at him and rip him to pieces, because he'll probably kill me before I'm able to strike. I threw a few shurikens in a way it came from a different direction. He blocked it and I quickly tried to get him from behind. Our swords clashed again and I back away.
"I'm at a disadvantage," I smirked nervously, "Your sword could probably destroy mine."
This time he made the first move. I jumped to dodge the gigantic sword, which instead hit a tree. I brought my katana down on him, he dodged. He was able to get his sword out of the tree and move away from me before I was able to do anymore damage. I kept going, trying to land a hit on him. He swung his sword, I tried to dodged but got hit on the side. I didn't even feel it, I kept going swinging my sword at him, and he kept dodging. He found an opening and kicked me in the stomach, making me fly across the field.
"Kyoko!" I heard Sakura cry.
I steadily got up. I fell down to my knees, feeling excruciating pain from my left side. I held my side.
'What?' I removed my hands to see my own blood, coating my hands, 'I got cut? Why didn't I feel it before?'
I couldn't get up, the pain held me down. I saw Zabuza in front of me.
"...shit..." I said, looking up at him.
"End of the line for you, huh?" He said, holding his sword up, "I was hoping for more of a fight.
"Kyoko!" I heard Kakashi call out.
I clenched my eyes closed, from the pain and the pain coming back to my head.
'Guess I do have to fight your fight.'
~.~
A bit of a cliff hanger
Signing off,
Bluebirb