Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
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ShadowUzumaki55; She is yeah, Karin can see that he isn't a bad person, and that Ryouta would be kind to her. He surely has yeah, quite the many adventures. Hehe, the Swordsmen are going to be rather fun to play around with.
Silver crow; Yup, they won. It surely is~ They would, but knowing Zabuza, he'll still want a fight. The sword he'll use will be displayed by someone else this chapter. Yeah, they're beginning to bond with one another. Anko got introduced! Maybe he will frequent the forest. Sugaru will have some kind of role in the story, that's all I can say right now. Yeah, Satsuki doesn't care, fellow Uchiha and all. Hinata was looking a bit there~ He did copy Izumi doing that. I'm sure Izumi would be both happy and sad with that. Danzo and Ryouta's relationship is going to be rather intriguing going through the story. Yeah, he'll do all sorts of tricks with wires. Karin wont have to worry about the scars. We'll see what Ryouta does this arc, it's going to also shape his way of life. Yeah, when Ryouta does, be quite satisfying. Yeah, they had a good scene together. It's going to be quite the ride! Ameyuri's got a good role to play here, we'll be seeing her show up rather soon. Mei might be appearing before that. They will be. Ryouta will still be pretty good with Genjutsu. Ooh yeah, he'll have a few things to say about them. He can express anger and rage without being consumed by it. The story that won the poll shall either be out this week or latest next week from the posting of this chapter. All I can say is the Quirk could be surprising. A pure villain, possibly. He could become a Wizard King. We'll see what kind of faith he has. Vali could be yeah. He can erase anything that has chakra within or its being powered by it. Yeah, one day with an Avatar story.
MDM11; Yeah maybe she could. That would be cool for Shino. He will be going to some other villages yeah~ Those are some cool suggestions!
Brainstorm Sorcerer; Haha it seems to be yeah~ It's going to be quite the experience for both Ryouta, and Shisui. Funny little coincidence there~ No, it didn't put him off snakes. Garaga would be a good one to have. He could have the crows. Yeah, Karin's beginning to get over her worries. Classic brother dynamics~ I was thinking white, or silver or something like that, to give it some uniqueness. I have toyed with the idea of him learning some new Jutsu's. Dunno about Gaara yet. His reserves are pretty high, and he's got a good deal of control over his chakra. Some might want him to graduate early~ The relationship between Neji and Ryouta is going to be rather interesting, the dynamic between Byakugan and Sharingan is something fun to play around with. If he was going to die, perhaps Tobi might try something. Mei could do, and who knows, maybe it was Tobi, or some other unknown force. Shisui is gonna teach Ryouta a few things during this little arc. They will, but knowing Zabuza, he wouldn't pass up a chance to fight Shisui. You could reflect it, and then erase the chakra of the person so he couldn't try and counter it. Pakura could do. Erasing would work against any kind of chakra, whether that's Ninjutsu, Genjutsu or even Taijutsu powered by chakra, Reflect is similar to it. Hehe, it might be able to reflect that.
War Sage; Thanks! He could have a name like that~ Yeah, that would be cool. If he trained as hard as Lee, it's a possibility. Ooh yeah, there's gonna be a fight alright~ It might fully mature his Sharingan. Naruko will still have those and maybe some new variations of them. I'm sure Naruko would do yeah. Sakura and Ino will show some more skills as the story goes on. Naruko could learn that part of the Shadow Clones yeah. Hiruzen could teach him a thing or two. Haku would at least be close by. They'll be mentioned. I do have some ideas for Haku to have a few more ice related Jutsu's, some revealed in the novels, and anime, and maybe some from different animes that I think tweaked could fit Haku rather well. I can't reveal about that if this is the only trip for them~ Orochimaru could have sent it to try and grab them both. He hasn't yet, but he'll definitely be going in the future. They could explore that together. Garaga would be cool as a summon. He could do that~ Thanks for the suggestions!
Andrew123456; That's a hard question~ I don't know who my all time favourite character in Naruto is, there's many I love.
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Guest 1; Yeah, that sounds like a fun idea~ Thanks for the suggestions!
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Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Enter the Mist Swordsmen!
A few days into their journey, having crossed a large body of water together, Shisui and Ryouta arrived at what seemed to be a forest like area.
Though Shisui could run like a speeding bullet, probably even faster than that, he couldn't move that fast right now due to Ryouta being unable to currently keep up with him.
Still, Shisui was surprised at the speed he could run, it was quite good for a boy his age.
"Alright Ryou, it's time to show me your observation skills. Take a look around, tell me what you see."
Ryouta hummed, his eyes dancing between the area he was in, and saw that the rain was coming down lightly. Some tree branches laid on the forest floor. He drunk in what was around him, then his attention then shifted towards Shisui.
"I can see that there's a densely populated forest area...there has been movement within the past two or three hours with those footprints on the ground. Since it is raining, the time might even be shorter than that. According to the footprints...erm, maybe one is a man, and the other...I'd say child from the size of the print."
"Yes, that's very good. Anything else?"
Ryouta looked around curiously, then shrugged.
"What Shi-chan?"
Shisui chortled, walking towards a tree branch, and lifted it up.
"See this? Recently, it must have been broken off from the tree above, you can see the splintering in the wood ever so slightly. You can tell how it broke due to the patterns of the wood, how it splintered, and what general force was used. Conclusion, that it most likely was a human, who also probably are the people that the footprints belonged to."
"I see...that's amazing Shi-chan. I didn't even see that..."
Shisui chortled, lightly poking his brother in the forehead.
"It's why you're learning from me now. Remember to memorize everything around you. No matter how minor it is. Everything is important, the value of importance doesn't matter, even if it is minor importance." Ryouta slowly nods as Shisui continues. "Also, considering the time of year that it is, rain isn't uncommon, but it seems even more wet around here than you'd think in this light drizzle. The trees up above, the leafs should be this wet, but the ground down here would've been protected mostly by the leafs, unless they were disturbed. Telling us Ninja have passed through here."
"Does that mean we should be careful Shi-chan?"
Shisui confirmed it with a nod of his head.
"It does. But if we keep out of there way, they should ignore us. And if not, I'll speed us out of here. Don't worry."
"Okay Shi-chan."
Ryouta was enamoured by his elder brothers words, and how he came to the conclusions that he did.
It showed that Shisui's skills were far above Ryouta's, but it didn't mean Ryouta wasn't going to try harder and harder to catch up to his brothers level, and surpass him.
They then continued walking through the forest.
Ryouta remained cautious, while Shisui did the same.
Though they didn't have any evidence that the Ninja were enemies, they were choosing to be smart and be cautious.
However, as they moved through the area, Shisui noticed that a fog began to surround them.
It was an unnatural like fog from what he could tell.
Ryouta furrowed his brows, when seeing Shisui was looking seriously, so he did the same thing. Pulling out a kunai, he stuck close to his elder brother, who withdrew the tanto that was the gift that Ryouta had given him for his birthday.
Activating his Sharingan, Shisui looked through the fog, and other places to see if there was anyone around.
"This fog, it's laced with chakra. It's the Hiding in Mist Jutsu, so that means we're dealing with enemies from Kirigakure most likely. Also, to make it this thick requires more chakra, perhaps they're aware of my Sharingan. So Genjutsu is out of the question for the moment...hm, alright then. Lets see what you've got."
Shisui thought to himself, while pulling Ryouta closer to him silently.
Ryouta stood before him, as Shisui tried his best to find the target.
But then he heard the faint sounds of footsteps.
So quiet that it was very difficult to hear...
Shisui turned and within a moments notice, blocked a strong sword that was swung for his face, Ryouta's eyes widening as Shisui forced the large blade away from his body, and then he aimed his sword forward in a stabbing motion.
The large blade crossed itself over himself, blocking off Shisui's blade.
But Shisui then used the speed he was famous for, disappearing, and reappeared by the man with a sword to his neck.
Ryouta's eyes lit up when seeing that happen.
Seeing Shisui's speed was amazing.
He reacted within moments.
"Talk, what are you doing attacking us? That sword, I take it you're one of the Seven Ninja Swordsman?"
"I might be." The man replied. "Or maybe I'm not anymore. Who knows. But, I'd like it if you took that blade away from my body."
"Yeah, I wont be doing that until you explain what you're doing, trying to attack us."
"You started it, I'm just finishing it."
Shisui wore confusion on his face.
"What are you talking about?"
The man chortled.
"Trying to deny it now is rather funny. Taking down and nearly killing the two Demon brothers, they've had to be taken to a special place for treatment. But, I guess I'll just have to become a little more serious wont I?"
As he spoke, Shisui saw the body dissolve into a puddle of water, Ryouta being surprised as Shisui shot his eyes backwards, seeing that the blade was coming for him.
"Water Clone, is it? Heh, nice trick."
Using his speed, Shisui landed on top of the blade, his foot planting itself into the neck of the aggressor, and then flicked his foot right, sending him flying backwards into a tree with extreme force.
The man winced as he felt the tree hitting his back.
"Heh...I shouldn't expect anything different. But, if you're going to be attacking me, I guess I'll have no choice but to make sure your little brother there is stopped."
"You wont get past me."
Shisui threatened.
The man laughed.
"Not me. Did you forget, there's someone else with me?"
Shisui's eyes widened, turning to see Ryouta being on guard.
Then a shadow sneaked up behind him, so he called "Ryou, behind!" Ryouta turned to see someone coming at him, wielding what seemed to be a kunai also, and slashed towards him, but he deflected the blade away from him.
Ryouta's eyes caught the sight of the person...rather, it was a child.
Around his age.
It was a girl.
She had black hair, and wore a slightly tattered kimono. Her eyes locked with Ryouta's own, and he saw that...she didn't look evil to him. She didn't look like a murderer, or a monster. She looked to be simply doing what she would have to do.
"I'm sorry, but Zabuza-sama said that I should make sure you're stopped."
"Eh...Zabuza-san...but, I don't even get what we've done."
"You attacked us first, we are merely retaliating against you."
Ryouta was beyond confused.
He didn't even know what this was about at all, what was happening and why it was happening.
"But, I've never met you before!"
"Lies wont save you. I shall have you terminated here."
Ryouta grimaced, and Shisui went to intervene, when Zabuza stepped in, and came swinging right for Shisui, who parried the attack, only to see that Zabuza had created some mist around himself.
"That's the game you want to play...alright then. Lets see what's truly happening here."
"Heh, your little brother there's going to die."
Shisui wore a confident face.
"You underestimate my brother."
"You underestimate Haku."
Zabuza countered.
Ryouta looked towards the girl, Haku, and saw that she looked regretful.
But, it seemed that she also was willing to fight.
So he had to do the same thing, and fight as hard as he could do.
"Ryou, guard up. Remember your training, and don't forget your Sharingan. Even with this mist, it will help you fight off that girl. I'll be with you as soon as I can."
"Yes Shi-chan!"
Zabuza raised an eyebrow.
"Shi-chan huh? That's a cute nickname."
"So, who's the girl huh?"
"Just a tool I picked up, that's all."
"Tool?"
"That's right, you'll soon see why I've called her a tool."
Shisui wasn't sure if he wanted to find out.
Sugaru, was watching from a distance, together with his comrade. They managed to keep their presence undetected, and saw the face off between Shisui and Zabuza, plus Ryouta and Haku.
His eyes danced between them, wondering if he had any kind of time to try and get the upper hand against them all.
He wasn't truly sure what was going to happen next.
"It seems that Danzo-sama's plans have come to fruition. As soon as we're able to, we'll have to try our best, and make sure that they're taken down...to gain Shisui Uchiha's eyes...but, this feeling deep within me...no, I am Root, I shall crush all feelings that reside within my heart. I have no emotions. I am, merely Danzo-sama's tool."
Sugaru tried to convince himself.
Though he had limited time with Shisui, he had come to see him as a strong man, but also kind.
He truly didn't know what he was going to do now...
Meanwhile, Shisui and Zabuza were in a deadlock with their swords, and pushed against one another. Zabuza saw an opportunity to attack, he pushed forward, trying to catch Shisui off guard, and did force his hand backwards.
He then allowed his sword to swing back, then forward to bisect Shisui.
Shisui though used his Body Flicker to disappear, the sword coming through the area he was in.
Zabuza furrowed his brows, and turned to see Shisui coming in…
But when he attacked, Shisui's body seemed to go hazy as his blade cleaved right through it.
"A Genjutsu..."
Zabuza thought, and then tried to release it.
But it didn't disappear.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Zabuza looked around, and saw another Shisui coming in, he didn't take a chance with this, and weaved through some hand signs.
But the moment he was going to attack, he saw that three Shisui's were running with the regular one.
He didn't know if they were shadow clones or what.
"Water Release, Water Bullet Jutsu!"
Spewing out a torrent of water out of his mouth, Zabuza whipped his head around, trying to sweep through the area.
But like the other attack, the water just went through them as if they weren't even there.
Like they were Genjutsu's.
But he didn't think he was under one.
Suddenly though, he saw the first one he attacked with his sword moving, so he moved his blade towards it.
But he was too slow, receiving a hard gash in his right arm, Zabuza winced at the feeling of the blade, but continued pulling backwards, and twirled his sword around, before aiming it towards all of the Shisui's.
"Some kind of clone Jutsu is it?"
"Am I supposed to reveal my secrets?"
Zabuza smirked.
"It would be nice."
"Well, I suppose you have a point. If you tell me why you're attacking, I might reveal what I'm doing."
Zabuza looked confused this time.
"What are you talking about? You're attacking us you little bastard! I thought Konoha Ninja were dodgy, but now you're denying you unleashed Jutsu against us?! You tried to kill us, and now we're in the wrong for defending ourselves?!"
Shisui looked perplexed.
"What are you talking about? We didn't attack you. Do you think it was some other Konoha Ninja?"
"They had your faces."
"Transformation?"
Shisui countered, Zabuza snickered.
"Similar feel to you. I don't pretend to be a sensor type, but I do believe that you have a feeling similar. Though your fighting style is a bit different. The other time we fought, you weren't nearly as fast."
"Then...wait for a minute. We can speak about this, and you can-"
"Die!"
Zabuza didn't give Shisui the chance, and tossed his blade for Shisui like a spinning propeller.
Shisui allowed the blade to go above him, only to see that Zabuza had a kunai aimed for his torso, Shisui lightly smiled, before he disappeared with his incredible speed, appearing behind Zabuza, and went to strike…
When another Zabuza came running up, a kunai in hand.
"Another Water Clone huh?"
Shisui dashed beside it, it went to attack but Shisui was faster, and sliced through the clones chest, dispelling it into a puddle of water, only to see that Zabuza suddenly had the water turn into what seemed to be producing more fog from it, surrounding Shisui's body.
Shisui guessed that it was an attempt to catch him off guard, so Shisui shut that down right away, and weaved through his own hand signs, allowing wind to gather by his mouth, before expelling a thin stream of it which blew the fog away from his body. Since it was only a small wind Jutsu, it wasn't difficult for Shisui to pull it off.
As he did, Zabuza weaved through some more hand signs.
Going at a relatively quick speed, Shisui could see the skill that Zabuza had.
"Clearly, you're tough Zabuza-san, but I don't wish to fight you anymore."
"Well, I want to fight you!"
Shisui saw an aura coming off of Zabuza, though the thick mist made it difficult for him to see it.
Zabuza then attempted to finish it…
But Shisui wouldn't allow it, disappearing within a flash.
Then he reappeared beside Zabuza, his sword swinging outwards to cut down Zabuza.
Zabuza though managed to deflect it with his retrieved blade, as Zabuza announced "You fool!" thrusting his hand towards Shisui, and announced "Water Release, Water Prison!" and attempted to capture him, expelling a decent amount of heavy water out of his mouth, wrapping around Shisui's form.
But Shisui's speed allowed him to slip out of the water before it could fully form.
Zabuza growled.
"Damn, he moved just before I finished doing the Jutsu."
His eyes turned towards the previous location Shisui was at, and saw him finishing his hand signs for a Jutsu.
"Wind Release, Great Breakthrough."
Shisui exhales a decent amount of wind chakra out of his mouth, catching up the mist, and blew it away from his body, and into the air by moving his head upwards, lifting the fog that was around, revealing everything that was going on.
At the same time, with Haku and Ryouta, the pair stared off against one another while holding up their weapons. Ryouta allowed his kunai to spin as Haku held her senbon tightly.
"Then I shall begin."
She then bowed her head, and jumped upwards, tossing several senbon's towards the boy.
Ryouta back flipped several times, avoiding the barrage of senbon's, only to see that Haku had began weaving through some hand signs, so he did the same thing, and saw that she was rather quick, even quicker than he was which astonished him.
"Water Release, Water Bullet Jutsu!"
From the girls mouth, a powerful torrent of water came shooting out towards Ryouta, who finished his own Jutsu, and unleashed it.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Haku was surprised to see him being able to use a nature transformation.
She thought she'd have the edge in this and would finish it in one strike.
The fire and water collide, and due to the intensity behind their powers, the Jutsu's cancelled one another out.
Haku furrowed her brows.
"His eyes, they're blood red, the Tomoe in his eyes, I counted two...that's the Sharingan from what I've heard, and they're Uchiha so that would make it all the more plausible, and he's able to use Fire Release. To think that someone his age also has the Sharingan, I heard it's difficult for Uchiha to awaken it. This might be more tricky than I had anticipated. Zabuza-sama, I shall continue…"
Her thoughts were cut off when she saw shuriken coming for her, so she used a thick senbon to bat them away from her.
Only to see Ryouta coming in close, kunai in hand, and clashed together against her, sparks erupting from their weapons.
"I don't understand why you're attacking us! We haven't done anything!"
"You did attack us first. We were quietly making our way through this area, and then we were ambushed by you two."
"We didn't even know about you guys until you attacked us!"
Haku looked for deceit…
But believed she couldn't see any at all.
She was more perplexed.
"But they had similar outfits, faces, and even chakra...I don't understand...how are you this capable lying this easily? Rather...why do your lies sound as if they're the truth to my ears? Despite everything that I have witnessed myself."
"Because we're not lying!"
Ryouta replied, as he pulled backwards, seeing Haku pulling out some senbons.
Taking aim, she threw them at close range.
But thanks to Ryouta's Sharingan, he could track them pretty easily, allowing him to dodge out of the way, only to see that Haku used that chance to get in close.
"She's this skilled, and she's my age as well? I have to think of something...this mist is thick...I presume if I can't see with the Sharingan, then she wouldn't be able to see either. She'd have to rely on sounds...then I have to make sure she hears what I want her to. Yes, that's the way I have to take control of this situation."
Ryouta wouldn't allow her to land a hit on him, so he pushed chakra into his feet, giving him a burst of speed to leap backwards, and into the mist.
Haku looked surprised, why he'd even do that.
But she stopped, and looked around for him.
If she chased after him, then she knew she'd be in danger.
Her eyes tried to catch the semblance of movement, her ears trying to hear anything that could give him away.
But then she heard the smallest of sounds that came to hear with a snapping sound, a branch.
Using her incredible speed, she shot through the mist, and tossed senbons towards the location she heard the sound…
But all she hit was a tree trunk.
Confusion came over her, until she heard the sound of running towards the right hand side of her.
Looking, she didn't have time to react when a fist came for her torso, landing so hard that she spat out bile, and was flung into the tree trunk, her eyes catching the sight of wire attached to a tree branch, and saw that it was that, which had made the noise, greatly surprising her.
"So...he used wire to trick me into revealing myself...pretty smart..."
Haku thought, surprised, yet also intrigued at the same time.
As she did, the fog dispersed, revealing Shisui, Zabuza, Ryouta and Haku to one another.
Shisui's Wind Release had revealed them all to one another, Shisui was glad to see that Haku had been forced against a tree, while Zabuza was astonished.
"Haku, being hit by a mere brat like that?"
"That brat is my brother thank you."
"Hmph, I guess I shouldn't expect anything different from Shisui Uchiha's little brother. But that Wind Release, wasn't exactly that exciting."
"I couldn't use the true power of it due to my brother being here, and me being unaware of his location. But now that I do know where he is, maybe it's time for me to unleash the full power of this Jutsu?"
Zabuza became intrigued, and wondered what was going to happen next.
He definitely had some fun ideas up his sleeve.
"Hmph, bring it on Uchiha."
Shisui shrugged.
"You asked for it. Ryou."
"Right."
Ryouta nodded, making sure he wasn't in the way, as Shisui went through several hand signs before inhaling strong.
"Wind Release, Great Breakthrough!"
Shisui inhales strong winds, and then exhales even stronger than before.
Compared to before, Shisui's wind release was a lot stronger, and the leaves on the trees began to shake off of the trees, Zabuza's eyes widened and murmured "Oh shit." placing his sword before him, not having enough time to place up a barrier of water, and tanked the shot.
The pressure of the attack was great, Zabuza felt his feet digging into the ground, the area around him was being blown away. Even the trees around him were beginning to truly shake, and the ground itself was being uprooted.
Haku, seeing Zabuza struggle, created what seemed to be an ice mirror before her.
Ryouta looked surprised, seeing Haku going into the mirrior.
"Shi-chan! Haku-san's just gone into some ice mirror! Be careful!"
Shisui glanced, shocked to see the ice itself.
He then felt cold around him.
His eyes went to the source, seeing Haku's reflection, then with his Sharingan eyes, saw her body moving right towards it at high speeds.
"So, she's got a Kekkei Genkai, the Ice Release. If I'm not mistaken, that belongs to the Yuki clan, they're famous for Ice Release. So she's a Yuki clan member...what if she doing with Zabuza? Hmmmm..."
Haku's form came out of the mirror with senbons aimed for Shisui.
Shisui though didn't even bat an eyelid, deflecting the senbons with his tanto, and continued for her, catching her with the blunt side of his tanto, and sent her into the winds, blasting her towards Zabuza, who in turn was surprised, and got hit in the torso, blasting the pair of them away into the nearby tree.
Ryouta looked towards Shisui, and saw him giving a strong nod, so he did the same.
He came running towards Shisui while Zabuza pulled himself off the ground, as did Haku.
"Zabuza-sama, I am sorry..."
"Haku...don't be sorry, this man is Shisui Uchiha. He isn't to be messed with. I thought his skill was all talk, but he's got the skills to pay the bills. Just concentrate on that young Uchiha boy, use your ice mirrors, if he's taken down then Shisui will follow."
"Yes...Zabuza-sama."
Haku seemed reluctant to do so.
But she looked towards Ryouta who gazed back at her.
Forming an ice mirror before her, and one before Ryouta, she slipped between them seamlessly, and appeared before the young boy.
Aiming senbons towards him, Haku tossed them within moments, but thanks to his Sharingan, Ryouta managed to block off the attacks, before leaping backwards, only to see that Haku came towards him with a barrage of senbons.
Allowing his body to move like it was water, he dodged all of the senbons. Even Haku had to admit she was impressed. She didn't think she'd have trouble against someone her own age, she had been trained by Zabuza, so seeing that now Ryouta was able to dodge her, she knew he had been trained very well.
"You're very skilled for a boy my age."
Haku noted.
"Yes, you're also very skilled Haku-san. Your speed is great, if I didn't have my Sharingan, I wouldn't be able to keep up with you, I know that to be true."
Haku liked that he was humble enough to admit something like that.
"Then I am sorry that I have to take you down. Preferably, I'd not want to kill you. But Zabuza-sama has deemed you worthy of destruction. You and your brother both have attempted to harm us, we have to make sure we can defend ourselves also."
"We didn't do anything to you guys though. What can we say to prove that?"
Haku had to admit that this wasn't exactly how she thought it would turn out.
She thought that Ryouta would be just after killing her.
But he genuinely seemed to be
Ryouta glanced at Shisui, seeing his worried eyes.
So he reassured his elder brother.
"Shi-chan don't worry about me, even if this is Ice Release, I wont back down!"
Shisui smiled, understanding his resolve.
"Right, then I'll leave her to you."
Ryouta nodded, gaining a little bit of distance between them.
Only to see an ice mirror appear behind him, then to the right hand side, and left hand side.
Forming a triangle around him.
Haku's image appeared in all of them, confusing Ryouta.
Haku then moved her arm upwards, all of the images did the same thing.
Ryouta knew she wasn't in all of them, so she had to be in one of them, so he was going to concentrate on that.
Zabuza looked to see Ryouta and Haku fighting one another. Shisui did the same thing, seeing the ice mirrors, while Zabuza's large sword aimed right towards the young man, Shisui Uchiha himself.
"I'll have to admit that your speed, isn't exaggerated. I can't help but want to fight you even more. And yeah, your Wind Release Jutsu isn't so bad either."
"Thanks, I also have to admire your strength to wield that blade with such accuracy as well."
"Hm, hearing that from you strangely makes me happy. But, I can't give up now. You understand?"
"No, I really don't. We didn't attack you."
"I think I'm probably believing you more as we fight. The way we fought back then, and now, is different. While the smells, the sights, and the sounds are the same. The feeling and intent behind your blade strikes, your kicks, your Jutsu, feels different to when we fought before. So I have to conclude that it probably was a clone, or someone impersonating you."
"Then why…?"
Zabuza smirked.
"The chance to defeat Shisui Uchiha, what moron would pass that up?"
Shisui exhales slowly.
"Alright then Zabuza, I'll have to come at you with the intent of taking you down."
Shisui took his blade, and readied it against Zabuza who did the same thing.
Back with Ryouta and Haku, the pair were duelling one another. Haki stayed within the mirror, while Ryouta's eyes looked around.
"Are you seeking to become a Ninja?"
Haku asked, surprising Ryouta.
"Yes, that's right."
"Do you know of the dangers that come with being a Ninja?"
Ryouta called them dangers when he fought Yashiro.
How dangerous that was.
"Yes, I've been in a life and death situation before this."
"That's why, there's no hesitation in your eyes when I attacked you. People that haven't been attacked before, have that hesitation. But you...I saw it right away, that wasn't the case. But, I also see reluctance in your eyes."
"I could say the same thing. You don't want to fight me, but for the sake of Zabuza-san, you're going to do that, aren't you?"
"Correct, he is the one that saved me, I am in debt to him, and shall carry out his mission as a good tool."
"Tool…?"
Ryouta wasn't sure why she'd call herself that.
But he didn't have time to think when he saw that countless senbons came shooting out towards him. It seemed to be coming from everywhere, but the truth was Haku was switching between the mirrors so fast that it appeared as if she was everywhere at once.
Ryouta, using that knowledge, deflected, or dodged out of the way of all but one of the senbons that pierced his right leg, causing him to wince.
But he didn't let it deter him, and weaved through some hand signs.
Haku sunk into one of her mirrors, and saw the hand signs.
"So, he's trying another Jutsu. If it the same as before then..."
Haku slid out of one of her mirrors, and made a beeline for one behind him.
"Fire Release, Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu!"
Ryouta spewed out a sphere of fire, which split into a number of them.
While not as skilled as Izumi, his brother, or Itachi.
He could control three flaming spheres, and he sent them towards Haku.
By using his Sharingan to track her down, the flaming spheres followed suit.
Haku looked astonished as the flames hit the ice.
But it didn't melt.
However, it did show that they were damaged slightly.
But regenerated within moments.
"That level of fire wouldn't melt my ice."
Haku warned.
Ryouta furrowed his brows slightly, before thinking deeply.
"But those ice mirrors, they take a lot of chakra for you to maintain, right? I can see the chakra used to create them. So if I keep forcing you to repair them until you run out of chakra, and use my Sharingan to track your movements down so your senbons can't hit me."
"It's sound logic. However, you also have a chakra consuming ability, your Sharingan. Even if you're an Uchiha, your chakra will drain as you keep them on, and if you're using Fire Release Jutsu, then you're going to be wasting even more chakra."
"Who said that I'd be using chakra to force you to repair your mirrors?"
Haku became confused as Ryouta brought out a scroll.
Haku saw that it had 'Explosive' written on the side.
She then saw another one that had 'Shurikens' written on it, and saw that he released them with a hand sign.
She was then confirmed when she saw a good number of paper bombs had been released, and saw him attaching them to the shurikens.
Her face sank as he twirled them around, and launched them towards different ice mirrors.
Haku had no choice but to shoot through each of the mirrors quickly, avoiding the barrage of attacks.
She also saw that his Sharingan was on her form, and she knew he was tracking her.
"What he said was true, the Sharingan is able to see me. He can keep up with my movements, and those shuriken with the explosive tags on them...he's really smart. He's forcing me to use my chakra, and when I make a mistake, it will be over. Now, it's a battle of who's got the higher chakra reserves...but, I have to admit, that I am beginning to run low on chakra. Like he said, these mirrors are hard to keep up for long periods. I have to find a way for me to end it soon or I'll be done for..."
Haku looked worried.
She knew that Ryouta wasn't an average child, like her.
He was smart, analytical, thinking constantly, and always on the move.
As that happened, Shisui and Zabuza charged for one another, Zabuza saw that Shisui's body was splitting up again. Like it was a clone, but it wasn't a clone. He wasn't sure what to make of it, so he simply took them all on at once.
He saw one of them slicing right, one of them stabbing towards his front, and another coming in with a flying kick for his left hand side, so he moved his blade to intercept two of the blade uses, and his arm for the left hand side.
He felt mass in all of them.
But not at entirely the same time.
He noticed that there was a delay of a little more than a second, if even that.
Shisui pulled back, as did the clones, then shot forward once more, at blinding speeds.
Zabuza wasn't sure which one he was supposed to go for, seeing as four now were coming for him.
He couldn't even tell which one was the real one as the ground was being disturbed by the movements of all of them which wasn't possible in Zabuza's mind, he thought that Shisui was truly strong to achieve this.
Then as they came closer, Zabuza weaved his hand signs, and created a water clone himself, and swung their swords in tandem with one another, to cut down all four of them.
Like before, with a second delay, if that, the blades collided from all four places, but the last one slid under the blade, stabbing into the clones chest, breaking it into its watery state once more, while also tossing a kunai for Zabuza's face.
Zabuza pulled back, but felt a cut be received onto his cheek, drawing blood.
Zabuza panted, wiping the blood coming down his face.
"Hmmm, it seems that your Jutsu isn't as complicated as I first thought it could have been."
"Figured it out?"
Zabuza nodded.
"It's you, in all of them. You're moving so fast, you're creating clones of yourself, afterimage clones I should say. Am I right?"
"Impressive, no wonder you're called the Demon of the Mist. Strong, skilled, and smart. I like the combination."
"But something tells me you've got more than afterimage clones up your sleeve. Come on boy, show me what else you've got."
Shisui smirked, jumping up, and weaved through some hand signs.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Shisui unleashed a large ball of fire.
Zabuza's face sweated, and he began doing the same thing with his hand signs.
"Water Release, Water Wall!"
Gathering nearby water, Zabuza created a wall around him to protect him.
But Shisui's flames were more destructive than he thought, and the water dispelled within moments, as he saw that Shisui came through the flames, gathering chakra around his blade, lacing it together with the flames of the Great Fireball Jutsu, shooting like an arrow for Zabuza.
With a sword covered flame, Zabuza blocked with his large sword, but saw that the metal was heating up, therefore it was becoming easier and easier to cleave through the blade, Zabuza wouldn't allow it to happen, so he tried to counter it by gathering water chakra, and placed it on the blade.
"You're so fast, I doubt I'd beat you in a battle of speed."
"Thank you. Your adaptability is very praiseworthy Zabuza-san. Then again, for a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsman, it shouldn't be surprising that you'd be able to adapt to my sword skills. I should also say your sword skills are sharper than my own."
"Hahaha! The day I'm praised by a Konoha Ninja, I never thought I'd see it! I'm having the time of my life! I came to slaughter you, but I hope this fight doesn't end for a good long while yet! Come on, show me more of those legendary skills!"
Shisui blinked, seeing Zabuza...having fun.
While he was also serious, the fun side of him was leaking out in his speech.
But the moment Shisui went to comply, his eyes caught the sight of someone moving towards Zabuza.
Shisui burst forward, and appeared behind Zabuza, his blade going up, only to see that an axe like blade came down towards him, and hit Shisui's blade. The blade itself was cutting into the blade of Shisui's, then he saw a hammer attached to the blade by a thin leather like rope, which was coming down towards him in a heavy swing.
But before it could, Zabuza came up from behind Shisui, and sliced the man's hand, drawing blood out of him, forcing him to take a step backwards.
Ryouta and Haku stopped their fight, to see new figures had appeared.
Ryouta saw three men with swords, one that had the axe, and hammer combination. One was a sewing needle like blade, and the last one looked like one side had a blade, and the other was like a scroll.
Ryouta also saw a boy a bit younger than Shisui stood there, also with a boy that was around his age also.
All of them had sharp teeth, like sharks. Their eyes looked bloodthirsty, and their blades looked at the ready.
Shisui even saw that there were a few more Ninja surrounding them.
"Friends of yours, Zabuza-san?"
Shisui joked, Zabuza shot him a dirty look.
"Yeah, they're my best friends." Shisui gave a bemused look at the blank expression on Zabuza's face. "Of course these are my former comrades. After trying to murder the Mizukage, we became estranged. Though, I'm shocked. Three of the Seven Ninja Swordsman have arrived, some flunkies, and a couple of kids."
One of them, a boy named Mangetsu, looked towards Zabuza, and lightly smiled.
Zabuza raised an eyebrow as Ryouta moved towards Shisui's side, the same for Haku towards Zabuza.
"Good, get together. I'll sew them together~"
Kushimaru, a thin man spoke with a disturbing tone, and a laugh that sent shivers down Ryouta's spine.
"No, they're my targets you ass! I want to kill Zabuza!"
His teammate Jinpachi scowled out.
"It seems you're popular Zabuza-san, I presume you're going to have a fight with them?"
"You're damn right. Killing these guys will only be another day for me. Get lost if you want Shisui of the Body Flicker, I don't have problems with you anymore."
"Shisui..." The man with the hammer and axe sword spoke. "...shit, he's actually here…! W-We can't fight him!"
"Coward!"
Kushimaru snapped at him, while Shisui glanced at Zabuza.
"Refresh me, what do these blades do?"
"Why do you care?"
"Because whether I like it or not, I'll have to fight too, and I'd like to know what I'm up against."
Zabuza smirked at the attitude.
It seemed that Shisui was alright with fighting.
"Fine, it isn't like it would change anything anyway. Kabutowari, the axe and hammer combo, is said to be able to crush all defences, Nuibari is a sword that has a long wire inside, and can pierce, sewing targets depending on how it's used, and Shibuki is a sword that has many paper bombs placed in that scroll attached to it. Interesting, isn't it? The man with Nuibari is Kushimaru, Shibuki's wielder is Jinpachi, don't know who the coward is with Kabutowari, seems like he's just a pissant."
Zabuza smirked out, while Shisui furrowed his brows.
"Four, including Zabuza, out of the seven blades of Kirigakure, have appeared. I'm not sure what Zabuza is going to do now, if he's going to team up with them though seems less likely, it still could happen if they're trying to lower my defences and then strike. Shit...and these swordsman aren't a joke either. The Heartless Pair, Kushimaru, and Jinpachi, I'm not sure who the guy with Kabutowari is, but it seems like he's ready to charge forward. Lastly...is that a kid? With his elder brother it seems...heh, seems like we're going to have a tough time dealing with all of these..."
Ryouta looked towards Shisui.
"Shi-chan...can you beat them?"
"I don't know...but we need to regroup."
"Regrouping is for the weak! Lets kill them!"
Zabuza rushed forward, his blade swinging out, as a few Kiri Ninja came for him. His blade caught them in one swing, and cleaved them in half, Shisui covered Ryouta's eyes so he didn't have to see people being bisected like that.
"Zabuza-san!"
"Don't worry Konoha Ninja, I'll take these bastards down myself!"
Mangetsu and Suigetsu both looked intrigued as the wielder of Kabutowari came out after Kushimaru kicked him forward.
"Come on, you want to be in this group do you? Then show me what you've got!"
"R-Right! I will do!"
The man shot for Zabuza, who smirked.
"This all you got? Have the Seven Ninja Swordsman gone that low that they let in this trash?"
"Don't underestimate me!"
Zabuza watched as the man came in with the hammer, trying to crush him in a single shot, but Zabuza dodged out of the way, as the hammer slammed into the ground, creating a sizeable crack in the ground.
Zabuza then brought up his sword, and swung it towards Kabutowari user, who used the axe to block the incoming sword, creating sparks between the two of them, but Zabuza wasn't done, retracting the blade, and then came up with the blade, bringing it down like a guillotine, Kabutowari users eyes widened, and moved his blade before him to protect him.
Zabuza stopped the attack, and pulled back as the hammer user swung said hammer for him, only for Zabuza to leap over it, and quickly go through some hand signs within the air, before aiming his mouth downwards.
"Water Release, Water Bullet Jutsu!"
Shooting out a stream of water from his mouth, dense and strong enough to break through the man's defences.
The blade Kabutowari tried to block, but it couldn't in the end, being swept up in the attack, smashing him into a tree, where Zabuza came towards him at high speeds, forcing the Kabutowari user to bring out the hammer, and swung it for Zabuza's body.
"This all you got?!"
Zabuza casually dodged it, and brought up his blade, swinging it for the man's body, but only managed to get his arm to have a deep cut, drawing blood out of him, and also cut the tree down behind him, the Kabutowari user pulled backwards, panting.
Shisui noted that the others seemed to be waiting patiently.
Either they were confident in the man's abilities, or they didn't care about him.
"Y-You shithead…I wont be beaten by you! I learned some Earth Release to deal with people like you!"
The man cried out, displaying some fear on his face as he did.
The man weaved through some hand signs, and prepared his Jutsu.
"Earth Release, Earth Flow Spear!"
Channelling chakra into the ground, the Kabutowari user caused the ground to shoot up into several spikes to skewer Zabuza.
But Zabuza's blade came out, and he cut the spikes down while swinging his blade around rapidly, and rushed forward, continuing to cut through the stone spikes, but one did manage to cut his leg, though Zabuza shrugged it off, continuing strongly.
"S-Shit!"
The Kabutowari user tried to get into a defensive move...
Zabuza though simply sidestepped, and with quick reflexes, like a baseball bat, swung the sword at the man who's eyes widened as the blade cleanly cut off his head, Mangetsu's eyes shone brightly, and thought "Amazing, he truly is a Demon." with glee on his face, Suigetsu even more so had a gleeful expression on his face.
Shisui exhaled slowly, while Ryouta's eyes were covered by Shisui so he didn't have to see someone's head coming off. He also noticed that Haku was looking down at the ground, seemingly trying to ignore the carnage around her.
Zabuza's blade, pierced the corpse of the body he just killed, and looked back to the others.
"Alright, who's next?"
Shisui was in awe, and disturbed by how casual he spoke about it.
He knew he'd have to get his little brother out of there, but he couldn't do it with so many Ninja around.
He only had a few options, and he didn't want Ryouta to suffer anything troubling.
So he quickly grabbed Ryouta, and hauled him onto his back, whispering "Hang on." and attempted to retreat, when Kushimaru tossed his blade towards Shisui, but Shisui deflected the blade away from him, then with a quick flowing motion, tossed several shurikens towards him.
Zabuza glanced and watched as Shisui disappeared with a flicker, what he was famous for.
"Don't just stand there! After him you idiots!"
Jinpachi snapped, so some Kiri Ninja shot forward towards Shisui's location.
But seconds later, they dropped to the ground with slices across their bodies.
Ryouta's eyes glance back to see Haku watching Zabuza who went to fight.
Sugaru himself saw that this wasn't going to work for him, so he had to pull away before being caught also.
"It seems...that we wont be able to do it...Danzo-sama. Yet, somehow...no, I have my duties to do, but now, I cannot do them. It's best to make my leave, and report back to Danzo-sama."
Sugaru almost felt as if he was relieved that Shisui was fine.
But he couldn't allow himself to delve into that, he was Root, and he had to be emotionless.
Using his power, he disappeared with bugs surrounding his body.
Shisui ran as fast as he could through the trees.
No one could keep up with him, and he lost the others within a minute or so.
Getting away a good distance, they came into a clearing, where Ryouta tapped Shisui's head.
"Shi-chan, we can't leave them, can we?"
"You're my priority, I wont let you get hurt Ryou."
Shisui did also feel conflicted about what to do.
"But...Haku-sans an innocent girl, I saw it during our fight. She didn't want to fight me...we can't just leave her behind, and while Zabuza-san is...he's a scary man, we also have to find out why we were attacked in the first place. Besides...it's as you said Mom said...just one act of kindness, can change someone."
Shisui couldn't deny his logic.
But he also didn't want anything to happen to Ryouta.
He also thought about the Kirigakure and how they'd react if they found out that a Konoha Ninja had involved themselves in such a fight between its missing Ninja.
Though something told him that there was more to this than he thought there was.
Shisui peered into the eyes of Ryouta, seeing his worry and unsure feelings.
"You know, they're different Ninja to us, Kirigakure is known as a village that revels in blood, they wouldn't hesitate to kill us."
Ryouta didn't say anything, he just looked at Shisui.
Shisui hummed, his eyebrows knitting together.
"...Alright, we'll help them. Find out what's going on, but this is going to be difficult to explain...geez, alright. Hold on, do as I say and we'll get them out."
"Yes! Leave it to me!"
"Got any spare explosive tags?"
Ryouta cocked his head, but then nodded, so Shisui took them and began forming a plan.
Back with Zabuza and the others, Zabuza didn't back down though, and he merely moved forward with his blade swinging. Jinpachi's blade came up, and blocked his strike, as Kushimaru's sewing needle shot forward like an arrow.
Zabuza though blocked that blade with his own, while duelling with Jinpachi, only drawing more amazement out of the two brothers, Suigetsu in particular was immensely happy to see that Zabuza could fight off two of them without worry.
Haku herself used her ice mirror to appear to the right hand side of some Ninja that tried to attack Zabuza, and because they were shocked by her sudden appearance, they each had senbons pierce their necks, and dropped them down to the ground without killing them due to Haku's skills being rather good for her age.
Jinpachi snickered.
"Nice little friend you have there."
"She's a tool, nothing more."
Zabuza spat back out, forcing Jinpachi back with a flick of his hand, only to see Kushimaru's blade coming in towards him, controlled by Kushimaru from a distance, who used the long wire to whip it towards Zabuza.
"Stay still! If we kill you, our reps going to be even greater!"
Mangetsu doubted that they'd be able to take down Zabuza so quickly.
Zabuza was killing a good number of Ninja, along with fighting them off by himself.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Zabuza saw three Ninja coming, ducking under their strikes, and cut them in half from the waist, in a single slash, while also using a kunai to block Jinpachi's attempts at trying to hit him with his own explosive sword.
Mangetsu was enamoured.
Seeing a real Demon in action, he couldn't contain his excitement.
Despite his fight with Shisui from earlier, Zabuza was still going strong, and was cutting down opponent after opponent.
Jinpachi, in the middle of Zabuza slaughtering a number of his allies, allowed his scroll like sword to unravel, and wrap it around the sharp part of the blade, before swinging for Zabuza, but Zabuza uses his own blade to block the strike, despite the explosive nature, which set off right before Zabuza.
His blade gained a crack through it with the strength of the explosive, but otherwise Zabuza was safe.
Until he saw Kushimaru coming in with his blade once more, this time jumping closer with a number of stabbing thrusts, but Zabuza each time managed to block off the blades strikes, and tried to counter attack with his own blade.
However, the moment he did, Jinpachi's sword came from his right, setting off a wave of explosions that caught Zabuza up in it, blasting him backwards.
"Zabuza-sama!"
Haku spoke with panic, and tried to move, but Jinpachi got before her, and raised his sword.
"Where're you going?"
Haku looked worried, and wasn't sure what she was going to do, held a kunai out before her, wanting to do what she thought was right, and save Zabuza, being his tool.
Zabuza recovered, only to see two more Kiri Ninja trying to attack him.
He went to defend...when he saw that one of the Kiri Ninja had their chest pierced, and the sewing needle like blade came towards him, the man had been killed by the simple act of thrusting the sword through him, and now was heading for his chest, his arm wasn't moving fast enough to deflect the blade.
As the sewing needle was going to pierce through Zabuza's chest...Shisui suddenly flashed before him, his blade slicing the wire that Kushimaru was holding onto, then snatched the blade out of the air, before launching it right for Kushimaru, all in one fluid motion.
At the same time Ryouta launched several kunai towards Jinpachi.
Jinpachi grinned, and went to take them down, when he saw that Ryouta unleashed a fireball right towards him, also seeing the paper bombs, his eyes widened, and he was forced to jump back.
But Ryouta used wire to control the path of the kunai, Jinpachi looked impressed, as he used his own kunai to swat them out of the air, blasting them away into the fire which exploded and sent Jinpachi back, and up into a tree right next to Kushimaru.
As he did, Kushimaru barely could react to Shisui's sudden attack with the thrown sword Kushimaru tossed at Shisui being used against him, but he managed to dodge getting stabbed.
The blade however did cut into the right hand side of him drawing some blood as he stared at Shisui defiantly.
That allowed Shisui to use his Sharingan from a distance, locking eyes with him, and forced a Genjutsu onto him.
The Genjutsu was so powerful that Kushimaru's head spun around, his head in crippling pain, grabbing it and cried out as his eyes became hazy, and within the matter of seconds, he had passed out all together.
"Tch, what a fool."
Jinpachi snapped, while Mangetsu quietly retrieved Kabutowari from the corpse of the previous wielder.
Suigetsu went to his side and smirked.
"Since he's unconscious, lets steal his blade big brother, and kill him."
Mangetsu slapped Suigetsu on the back of the head with his eyes bulging.
"Don't be stupid, we're not defecting Kiri just yet, we need to be smarter than you're being. Take him away from here, now."
Suigetsu grumbled "Fine." and took off with Kushimaru.
Zabuza looked at Shisui with widened eyes.
"The speed he went then, it was faster than he did against me...did he hold back? Or is he pushing himself further? Either way, he's not a joke at all. This man is a strong Ninja, his Sharingan knocked Kushimaru unconscious with just a look. That couldn't have been more than five seconds...no, maybe even quicker. So, this is the power of Shisui Uchiha, no wonder people tend to not mess with him. And I got to fight him...damn, I didn't even finish my battle with him, Kiri Ninja bastards ruining this chance for me..."
Zabuza sighed at the end of his thoughts, while Shisui got into a defensive state.
Ryouta went towards Haku, and grabbed her hand, surprising her.
"Come on, we need to get to Shi-chan."
"But...we're enemies, why are you helping us...?"
"Just come with me, we'll have a chance to talk later."
Haku wasn't used to something like this, and simply did as he said, moving to the side of Zabuza.
"Seriously...you two are weird."
Zabuza grumbled out, Ryouta cocked his head.
"Zabuza-san, please don't argue, and be ready to go."
"What? You gonna cast Genjutsu on me too like your brother?" Ryouta flashed his Sharingan, so Zabuza averted his eyes. "Forget I asked."
Haku looked towards Ryouta.
Ryouta nodded, so Haku did as well.
"Little brat Uchiha! Don't get in our way!"
Jinpachi unravelled some of his sword to show the paper bombs, attempting to wrap Shisui up in them.
But Shisui's speed allowed him to appear before Jinpachi within moments, and his blade went to cut him down, but Jinpachi lowered his blade in time to block the strike, but heavy sparks went between the blades.
"Sorry, but I'll be taking him."
"Yeah right!"
Jinpachi swung at Shisui, unleashing his exploding swords powers up close.
Shisui dodges it with ease, while two Kiri Ninja tried to charge Shisui with Water Release Jutsu.
But before they could even get their Jutsu out, Shisui sliced them down without worry, and knocked them to the ground, while back flipping.
Shisui pulled away, and got towards Ryouta and the others.
"Ryou, at the ready! Use your Sharingan and fire at the enemies!"
"Yes Shi-chan!"
Shisui weaved through hand signs faster than the others could see, and breathed deeply in.
"Shit! Everyone, retreat now!"
Jinpachi warned, and shot back as did the others.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Shisui unleashed a massive flaming sphere.
More than the one he used at Zabuza.
Zabuza was astonished by the size and volume of the fire, while Ryouta used his Sharingan to lock onto the targets, seeing their chakra as they pulled backwards, and tossed several of his shurikens laced with paper bombs towards them.
The paper bombs got caught in the fire, and caused them to erupt in explosion after explosion, catching some of the Ninja in the erupting fire.
The shockwave alone was enough to blow some trees away, it wasn't a joke what kind of firepower Shisui had with the paper bombs helping him out.
Using that as a distraction, Shisui grabbed Zabuza, Haku, and Ryouta, using his Body Flicker to get them out of the way before anything could happen.
"It seems that we're free for now...but they wont stop Shisui, they'll come back with an even bigger force."
Zabuza exhaled slowly, while Shisui glanced at him, seeing he looked a little tired.
"Well, we'll have to be ready then."
Zabuza smirked.
"Don't expect a thank you."
"Never did Zabuza-san."
Zabuza and Shisui glanced at one another, while Ryouta and Haku gave one another kind smiles.
But with this going on, Shisui knew it had turned more difficult.
Shisui knew he didn't have a choice but to make a retreat, find out what was going on, who impersonated them, stop the Kiri Ninja from killing them, and make a plan to get out of this.
While he was sure he could fight the enemy, he didn't know if they had any traps, and he had to find out what exactly was going on with Zabuza, and Haku, why they mistook them in the first place, if it was the other Seven Ninja Swordsmen, or if it was someone that was closer to home than he wanted to believe it was.
End chapter!
So, this was the confrontation between Shisui, Ryouta, Zabuza and Haku.
Shisui fought off Zabuza, earning the others respect in a way, Ryouta fought Haku, and began working out her Jutsu and took her off guard, seeing that they're equally talented at such a young age, and even Zabuza had to admit to Shisui's speed being something that he couldn't keep up with.
But that was interrupted by the Kiri Seven Ninja Swordsman, Jinpachi, Kushimaru, Mangetsu, Suigetsu with the brothers more enamoured with what Zabuza was doing and forgot to actually get into the fight, along with a handful of some other Ninja, including one that was wielding Kabutowari, but Zabuza killed him, and a few others, Mangetsu gaining Kabutowari for himself.
Shisui and Ryouta helped them out, and retreated together, now trying to find out more about what's been happening, the case of mistaken identity among other things.
Well until next time, thanks for reading!
Ryouta; Satsuki, Sakura, Naruko, Hinata, Ino, Haku (fem), Kurotsuchi, Karin, Konan,