When Hinata Hyuga had mustered up the courage to continue the mission given to her and her teammates, she did not expect to be in the situation her teams as in now.
Why did Naruto have to be such a big influence on her actions?
Her team was currently face to face with none other than Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Mist, a rogue ninja from Kirigakure.
On the boat they rode on beforehand, Tazuna had talked about why his country was in the state that it was in. He said that it was because of a businessman named Gato, who began to ruthlessly control the island about a year ago.
The place where Tazuna lives, Nami no Kuni (Land of Waves), was in a financial crisis thanks to Gato. Tazuna explained that even the daimyo barely had a lot of money. Tazuna himself couldn't afford an expensive B ranked mission or higher.
This was another reason why he had lied and made it seem like a C ranked mission.
Now here they were. The fearsome ninja of the mist perched upon the Branch high above them, his back facing them and his face staring at the group intently.
Kakashi had pulled up his headband, making it so everyone could see his covered eye, which was currently shut.
When he opened them, it was not a normal eye. Far different from Kakashi's other eye.
It was red, like the color of blood, with a tiny ripple circling around the black pupil, with 3 tomoe surrounding the pupil, sort of resembling a wheel.
"It is an honor to fight a user of the Sharingan, especially one with a caliber such as yourself, Sharingan no Kakashi, the man who copied more than 1000 Jutsu." Zabuza started in blunt admiration. He has killed many skilled Shinobi during his time as a ninja, but this kill would be one of the best.
1000 techniques?! Hinata thought to herself in awe, before realizing something. Kakashi is no supposed to have a Sharingan. The Sharingan is a kekkei genkai from the Uchiha Clan, just like how the Byakugan is for the Hyuga. So Hinata's question is…
Why does Kakashi have a Sharingan?
"Enough talk." Zabuza stated as he crouched down, perched atop his blade, his eyes burning holes right into Tazuna's own eyes. "I have to kill the geezer."
With this statement, Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke reacted immediately, each of them practically teleporting in front of Tazuna, each with a kunai at hand.
Naruto looking Tazuna's left.
Sasuke up front.
And Hinata looking to the right, with her Byakugan active.
"So It seems that I'll have to eliminate you first, Kakashi." Zabuza said as he threw his feet onto the tree trunk, grabbing his sword and leaping off and towards the lake in front of the group.
He landed on the water, using his chakra to be able to stand on it.
Zabuza lifted a hand up and brought another arm to the front of his face.
He's building up a lot of chakra...Hinata noted thanks to her Byakugan, but Kakashi could tell as well.
Suddenly, a thick cloud of mist began to envelop the entire perimeter around the lake.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu)!" Zabuza recited as the thick fog blocked any chance the group had of seeing Zabuza.
Hinata, unlike the others, could see, thanks to her Byakugan.
"Hinata, I'm counting on you." Kakashi reminded Hinata of her forced assigned role in the fight due to her bloodline as a Hyuga.
"I won't disappoint you, sensei!" Hinata exclaimed as she kept an eye on Zabuza, who was on the lake.
Naruto stole a quick glance at Hinata, interested in why she was so important at the moment to the fight. His lips parted as he saw veins around Hinata's eyes.
What is that?
He inwardly punched himself back into reality, deciding to worry about it later and to focus on the fight, especially since his sensei was now speaking.
"The Silent Killing Technique." Kakashi muttered to himself. "He is probably going to go after me first. Stay on guard, you three."
"Right!" Naruto and Hinata responded while Sasuke let out his typical "Hn".
Hinata continued to scan the area for any other ninja in the area. However, she noticed her sight getting slightly distorted due to the mist, and light pain appearing around her eyes.
My Byakugan hasn't been trained enough yet...Hinata realized the reason for the strain she was currently feeling on her eyes.
"Eight points."
Hinata froze at the sound of the cold voice practically drooling into her ears, peeking with an intense intent to kill everyone in the surrounding area. Unfortunately, they were those everyone.
"The larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular vein, collarbone, kidney, and heart. Now, which vital organ do you wish to get struck at?"
It really wasn't a question for them to answer, more like 'I'm going to strike you at one of those 8 places randomly, prepare yourself or die'.
Kakashi formed a hand sign as blue chakra began to flare around like a burning fire. Due to this, the mist blocking the team's view was lifted for the most part.
Sasuke widened his eyes as his feet practically locked into place once feeling the killing intent that Kakashi was releasing to match Zabuza's.
The air around him was suffocating to say the least. If he were stuck in a place with an atmosphere like this for an hour, he might not last.
The murderous intent of two Jonin clashing at one another...the feeling that my life is in someone's hand...The hand Sasuke gripped his kunai quivered fiercely as he slapped his other hand on top of it, trying to ease the shivering in order to suppress the amount of fear he was showing.
"Sasuke."
Sasuke looked at Kakashi with wide eyes, if Naruto, Hinata, and Tazuna were to budge their heads to see the look in those eyes, they would see hopelessness in them, a trait very surprising to see from Sasuke.
"Don't worry. I swear I'll protect the three of you with my life." Kakashi assured Sasuke as if he was reading his mind. "I won't let anyone on my team die."
Kakashi turned his head to Sasuke, giving him an eye smile.
Not again. I won't lose anyone on my team again. I won't let it repeat with this team like what happened with mine.
He still had the wounds inflicted upon his heart from his team's deaths. First Obito Uchiha, who sacrificed himself to save Kakashi from a falling boulder. Next was Rin Nohara, who's chest was stabbed thoroughly by Kakashi's own hand.
And then there was his sensei, Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage.
He had died sacrificing his life for the entire village at the time of the Kyuubi's rampage on Konoha. This last death made Kakashi the sole survivor of his team…
"Kakashi-sensei, there are two more of him planning to attack from your right and your left!" Hinata spoke up.
"A Hyuga huh? So I get to face both the Sharingan and the Byakugan, what a treat." The voice of Zabuza was heard throughout the ears of the group.
One of the Zabuza clones was now right in front of Tazuna, zipping right past the guard Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata had with relative ease.
The other Zabuza clone took the initiative and attacked Kakashi.
It's over. Both clones thought to themselves as they prepared to attack, lifting up their sword as they did so.
Kakashi's body jolted around as he focused his Sharingan on the Zabuza clone in front of Tazuna. With great speed, he practically teleported away from his spot, with the second clone missing his attack, his sword slashing at the ground instead of Kakashi.
Kakashi was next seen with a kunai jammed up the Zabuza clone's abdomen. The sudden appearance of Kakashi had the made Tazuna and the Genin scatter.
Away from each other.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes as he saw water dripping out of the hole he punctured into the Zabuza clone.
Not a Kage Bunish! It's a Mizu Bunshin (Water Clone)! In that case…
Kakashi's thoughts were cut out by the sound of Hinata and Naruto yelling something out loud. Then, the sound effect of a sword slicing its target was heard.
SLICE!
Kakashi's body was up into two pieces.
Zabuza let out a sadistic smirk under his mask, it was so noticeable"e that you could actually see the look under his mask.
What the group had thought was blood...was actually water.
The Mizu Bunshin! Zabuza thought out of realization, remembering that Kakashi had looked right at him with his Sharingan, meaning that he had copied the Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu.
But alas, Zabuza found out too late.
Kakashi had sliced off the head of Zabuza with a kunai, but, as expected, water squirted out of the wound, revealing that Zabuza was once again a clone made of water.
Out of nowhere, Zabuza appeared right behind Kakashi, startling the others, especially Hinata, who's Byakugan couldn't even find Zabuza due to how fast he moved.
Zabuza held his sword over head as he attempted to slash Kakashi with a downwards stroke of his blade.
Kakashi lifted up his hands and caught the sword with ease, however, the Jonin soon felt a powerful kick ram into his back as he was launched off his feet, his body falling into the lake in front of the group with a splash.
"Sensei!" Naruto cried out of fear as Zabuza zipped away.
Where did he go?! I can't track his movements, even with my Byakugan! Hinata widened her eyes out of shock.
Kakashi dipped his head out of the water, his hair and upper body soaked. When he felt the water, he was taken aback by how heavy it felt.
Zabuza then appeared behind him, forming some hand signs in order to perform a Jutsu.
Suiro no Jutsu (Water Prison Jutsu)!
"No!" Kakashi exclaimed as he was encased within a blue sphere of water, unable to move or escape.
"This is a special prison. Although it is made out of water, good luck trying to break out of it." Zabuza retorted with his right hand on the sphere. "Now then, Kakashi, I'm going to finish you off later. At the moment, my prey lies with them."
Zabuza lifted up his left hand and pointed his pointer and middle fingers up.
Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Clone Jutsu)!
Another Zabuza had rose from the remains of water on the ground not far ahead of Tazuna and the Genin.
"Don't think that you three can call yourselves ninja just because you wear a headband. When you've gone through so many life and death situations that you've lost count, when you've become so fierce that you are listed in my bingo book, that is when you can call yourself a ninja. You three aren't ninja."
Zabuza made a hand sign as more thick fog closed in on the area. With great speed, Zabuza appeared in front of Naruto and practically threw him off his feet, making his headband fly off his head too.
When it landed on the ground, Zabuza crushed the headband with his foot, constantly twisting his foot on it.
"Everyone! Get Tazuna and run! You can't win against him! The real Zabuza can't move because he has me trapped! He can't use the Mizu Bunshin once you get far away from him! Run!" Kakashi commanded with a loud voice, hoping that they would listen.
Run? There's no way he can. As soon as you got caught, we lost that option. With this guys speed, regardless of being a Bunshin or not, he can easily catch up to us if we run. We don't have much of a choice in then. In order to survive, we have to get you! Sasuke thought to himself as he dashed off towards Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun!" Hinata called out of surprise, fearing something bad was going to happen to Sasuke, she rushed in as well. Part of her thought it was adrenaline like Sasuke, a 'Fight or Flight' response to the danger at hand.
Naruto remained frozen out of shock as he witnessed his two teammates rush the demon of the mist, Sasuke chucking multiple shuriken at the man while Hinata threw a single kunai.
All Zabuza did was lift his blade off the ground and swung towards the oncoming weapons, knocking them away with ease.
Sasuke had leaped up high into the air with a kunai in hand while Hinata kept running towards him, preparing to attack with a Juuken strike.
"Too easy." Zabuza muttered as he swiftly switched the hand holding the blade from his left hand to his right hand.
"ACK!"
With his now free left hand, Zabuza was gripping Sasuke's throat tightly, with the intent of choking him to death. The last Uchiha grit his teeth as he struggled to pry the hand off.
He took the hand with his blade and swung at Hinata, who took a quick jump in order to avoid the attack. Hinata pulled back her hand for another attempt at an attack, but Zabuza tossed Sasuke's body into hers, causing them to be thrown back tumbling across the ground, Sasuke sliding farther back since he was thrown away.
"Sasuke, Hinata! They were taken out so easily…" Naruto murmured, as, with the most amount of fear and hopelessness he has ever felt in his life, he turned his head while shaking madly towards Zabuza.
This was what a Jonin was like when serious?! This guy is stronger than Kakashi when his team fought against him in the bell test, and they were destroyed by him.
I need to run...at this rate...we'll...we'll get killed for sure! Naruto panicked in his thoughts as his jaw opened widely, every part of his body trembling.
He slammed his hand onto the ground, immediately feeling a jolt of pain rush through it, he winced as he looked at the hand, wondering what caused the pain.
Then he saw his hand.
The bandages.
As if the pain was to make him remember.
To make him remember that it was the same hand he stabbed with the kunai.
The same hand of which he made the vow.
"I make this vow from the wound inflicted upon this hand! I will never back down, and always require someone to help me! I'm never going to run away!"
"Are you hurt...Scaredy Cat?"
"And I will am not going to lose to Sasuke!"
Naruto lifted up his body slightly as he looked at the forehead protector that was now on the ground under Zabuza's foot.
It wasn't originally his headband, he remembered, it was Iruka's.
"Sensei, can I put on that Konoha-forehead protector!"
"Oh, this? No. This is proof that you graduated school and that you're a real ninja."
And then…
"Naruto, come here now, will you. I want to give you something."
"Congratulations. You graduate."
Then…
"It's because you there are merely just kids who don't even deserve to become a ninja. In a mission, you must be ready to put your life on the line."
"You pass!"
Finally…
"But I'm not a kid who used to pull pranks anymore!"
"And my dream! It's to become the greatest Hokage that surpasses all of the previous ones! That way the people of the village will finally acknowledge my existence and see me as somebody, somebody important!"
"That's right…" Naruto whispered in a low voice as he rose to his feet, the trembling throughout his body settling as he tightened his fist. "I made a vow...THAT I WOULDN'T RUN ANYMORE! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Naruto had made a mad dash towards Zabuza.
"Idiot! Stop!" Kakashi shouted at the top of his lungs, fearing that Naruto was going to die.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata called out from her spot.
"Hmph, dumbass." Zabuza mumbled as he blew Naruto backwards when he got close, Naruto let out a cry of pain as he rolled across the ground, causing a dust cloud to appear around him.
It hurt. The pain.
This was probably the most pain he has felt in his life
However, Naruto, despite the pain, attempted to get up again.
It could be seen that gripped tightly in Naruto's hand was his forehead protector.
Naruto stumbles to his feet as a line of blood could be seen rolling down his face.
"Hey, you no-browed piece of shit...put this in your bingo book! The man who will become the Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato (Village Hidden in the Leaves) one day…"
Naruto stood up fully as he wrapped his headband across his head, tightening it thoroughly. "The Konoha-styled ninja who never gives up…"
"Naruto Uzumaki!"
Naruto revealed a wide grin on his face, his eyes filled with a new fire.
Despite the situation, Hinata couldn't help but smile slightly. If Naruto was still upbeat and ready to go, then so was she. She would help her comrade out as best as she could.
"Naruto…" Kakashi uttered the name of his student as he rubbed his eyes, swearing to himself that he saw Obito in the boy's place for a moment.
"He looked so unreliable when I first saw him, but…" Tazuna trailed off, impressed with Naruto's determination.
"Sasuke, Hinata, lend me your attention for a second." Naruto said.
"What?"
"I have a plan." That was the response Sasuke got from Naruto, and this surprised him to say the least.
In a situation like this…he came up with a plan? Sasuke thought inwardly slightly impressed, Hinata thought something similar as well.
"Hmph, I can't believe you'd want to work with me." Sasuke would have let out a smirk, but due to the situation, there was no room for that.
"Now then, let's get wild!"
Zabuza chuckled quietly yet loudly enough to hear.
"You seem to be quite confident, but do you even have a chance for victory, with a plan coming from a kid like you?" Zabuza questioned in a slight mocking tone.
This isn't good...Kakashi grit his teeth under his mask.
"What are you guys doing?! Get out of here and run! The outcome of this battle w2d decided when I got caught! Run! Our mission is to protect Tazuna-san! Did you forget?"
The Genin of Team 7 turned their heads back at Tazuna, wanting his input on the matter.
"Don't worry, I caused all of this in the first place, I won't say that want to survive no matter what. Now, go! Save your sensei!" Tazuna exclaimed.
"Hn." Sasuke smirked. "You hear that?"
"Are you ready?" Naruto asked with a grin.
"Hmhmhmhmhm…"
A sound that could be heard coming from Zabuza before…
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Laughter.
"Still pretending to be a ninja, huh?! When I was your age, my hands were already soaked in blood." Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and a Tazuna widened their eyes out of shock. Was he that strong?!
"The Demon of the Mist, Zabuza…" Kakashi ushered the name of the Jonin.
"Ahh, so you heard of me. Am I also in your bingo book?" Zabuza retorted.
"A long time ago, Kirigakure no Sato was known as Chigiri no Sato. In that village, there was an obstacle that existed to become a ninja." Kakashi stated.
"Oh, and you also know of the final test?" Zabuza asked, slightly interested that a Konoha Shinobi would know.
"F-Final test?" Hinata repeated with a stutter, fearing the worst of the so called final test.
"Unlike your graduation exam, mine included killing the other students."
Naruto and the others froze up on the spot while Hinata lifted a hand to her mouth out of horror. Committing manslaughter just to graduate?! What the hell was wrong with Kirigakure?!
"Friends who have eaten together, trained together, are then separated into groups of two and forced to fight each other! It was either kill or be killed, don't stop until the opposing enemies are isn't breathing! Friends that helped each other, share dreams, and completed together, all leading up to one slaughter fest of blood." Zabuza explained.
"How awful…" Hinata whispered, shaking violently in her place as tears began to surface in her eyes.
Oh how lucky she was, to be born in Konoha. She couldn't imagine having to fight her classmates to the death, especially Naruto…
It's so horrible that Zabuza had to go through that…
"Ten years ago, Kirigakure had to go through a reformation. Because in the previous year, a monster appeared that finally decided it. That monster, who was a small boy who wasn't even a ninja, killed more than 100 of the candidates that year, and without hesitation too." Kakashi explained.
Zabuza's were blacked out as he looked up at the sky, revealing eyes of glee and joy as if remembering something great.
"That was fun." Zabuza glared at Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata with a fierce amount of killing intent spewing from him, causing the three to gasp out of shock.
Suddenly, Zabuza had appeared right in front of Hinata, who was closest to him, and gave her a strong punch to the face, causing her to help out of pain as she fell to the ground, a stream of blood now coming from her nose as Zabuza relentlessly followed the punch up with an elbow to the downed Hinata's stomach.
Hinata let out a scream of pain as blood flew out of her mouth.
"Hinata!" Naruto yelled the name of his teammate.
Hinata's vision began to go blurry from the two powerful strikes, the image of Zabuza distorting in her eyes, not being able to focus on the fight.
"AUHA!" Hinata cried out loud as a foot implanted itself on its stomach, causing her to spit out more blood as it rolled down her clothes and mouth. Zabuza continued to press harder on the girl's stomach eventually starting to twist his foot as the girl squirmed in pain.
Zabuza relished it.
The cries of pain and the screams that Hinata was releasing.
"With her Byakugan, she had the potential to be the most troublesome of you three." Zabuza stated his reason for attacking Hinata first. "But know this when you go into the afterlife." Zabuza had stomped on Hinata's stomach once again in order to take in the joy of hearing her scream, gripping the handle of his blade, ready to finish the girl off. "Being a ninja means being able to kill no matter what. A little flower like yourself has the least right to be a ninja out of the three of you. If you had experienced what the harsh life of a ninja truly is like, then you wouldn't last a minute."
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Jutsu)!" Naruto yelled as multiple replications surrounded Zabuza in the next moment.
"Oh, the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! And quite a few Bunshin at that." Zabuza said, slightly impressed as he stepped off of Hinata and took a few steps back.
"Let's go!" The Naruto's recited in unison as they each pulled out a kunai, encasing Zabuza in a circle as they assaulted him.
Sasuke took the initiative and grabbed Hinata, pulling her away to safety. Once safe, the girl slowly struggled to get back to her, constantly grimacing and wincing as she did so. She eventually rose to her feet, but the for she was in was staggered and slumped over due to the damage Zabuza inflicted upon her stomach.
Speaking of Zabuza, he had just let out a hell of adrenaline as he performed a circular spin with his blade in hand, killing all of Naruto's Bunshins.
The one Naruto remaining strapped off his backpack and struggled to get something out of his backpack, once he got what he wanted, he grabbed it, and threw it up into the air towards Sasuke, yelling his name as he did so.
The Uchiha reacted quickly and grabbed the object. He widened his eyes when felt the object in his hands.
I see! So that's what you want to do, Naruto! Not bad, considering it's from you! Sasuke thought to himself as the object in Sasuke's hand opened itself, revealing a large four-bladed shuriken, the blades of which were about as long as Sasuke's own arms.
"Fuma Shuriken: Kage Fusha (Demon Wind Shuriken: Windmill of Shadows)!" Sasuke launched himself into the air and swiped the shuriken right out of his hands, its target flying towards Zabuza…
The real one.
"I see, you're going after the real one. However, it's to easy for me!" Zabuza exclaimed as he caught the shuriken easily with his free hand that's not holding Kakashi's prison. Zabuza gasped as he heard the sound of another shuriken, he looked in front of him to see the same shuriken flying right towards him.
Another shuriken was in the shadow of the one I'm holding! Zabuza thought out of shock. This time, Zabuza jumped the shuriken, the weapon missing its target completely as it whizzed away. Still too easy!
Sasuke smirked, knowing what was going to happen next.
A poof noise was heard coming from the Fuma Shuriken now behind Zabuza and in its place appeared the blonde boy Naruto Uzumaki, with a kunai in his left hand. The sudden appearance of Naruto had shocked the group immensely, except Sasuke.
"This is it!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs while throwing the kunai
right towards Zabuza's right shoulder.
Zabuza, who was caught off guard by Naruto, had no choice but to remove his hand from the prison and turned his back so he could dodge the kunai.
And even then, the kunai had managed to nick Zabuza's cheek, evident by the small streak of blood flying off of a fresh cut in said area.
"You damn kid!" Zabuza cursed out loud as he prepared to throw the Fuma Shuriken the caught earlier right back at Naruto, however, a cutting sound was heard, and Zabuza saw the Fuma Shuriken stop spinning.
At one of the blades he saw a hand curled into a fist, he looked to the owner of the hand and saw Kakashi, who was now free of his bindings.
Naruto dropped down into the water, his head rising to reveal a smiling blonde with his mouth wide open and eyes filled with joy at what he just performed.
"Naruto, your plan was very impressive. Using a Kage Bunshin as a diversion to hide the fact that you had transformed yourself into a Fuma Shuriken. Sasuke, good job on acting quickly in a tough and quick situation. You both performed excellently. You even got rid of the Mizu Bunshin." Kakashi noted, it was at this moment that Tazuna had noticed that the Mizu Bunshin of Zabuza was indeed gone.
Apparently, when Zabuza dodged the kunai, it had kept going to hit the Mizu Bunshin of Zabuza.
To be able to pull teamwork like that off in such a tight situation...Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun don't even like each other, and they worked that well together...and I just stood there acting as a punching bag and I didn't do anything at all. Hinata thought as she belittled herself, shifting her gaze away from Naruto and Sasuke's direction.
"Hmph! I lost myself temporarily and cancelled the Suiro no Jutsu." Zabuza said.
"No, you didn't cancel the technique, you were forced to!" Kakashi retorted, causing Zabuza to growl in response.
The prospect of a Jonin being outsmarted and forced to release a Jutsu by a mere fresh Genin was outrageous to Zabuza. It made his blood boil to extraordinary levels.
"Your technique worked once, but it won't work again. What will you do now." Kakashi spoke, but it was more of a statement rather than a question.
"Hinata, don't forget the purpose of the mission." Sasuke reminded the firstborn daughter of Hiashi Hyuga, who nodded in response as they both took a step in front of Tazuna, with Hinata having her Byakugan activated.
As of right now, Hinata could feel the strain the Byakugan was putting on her eyes for keeping them activated for so long. However, it was only a light pain she felt from the strain, nothing to worry about for now.
Hinata then watched as Kakashi launched the Fuma Shuriken away with his arm, followed by him and Zabuza leaping away from each other.
Kakashi's Sharingan eye widened as he began to utilize its power.
Both splashed onto the water, a quite a bit of distance away from each other, and they both began to form hand seals.
Ushi, Sara, Oo, Nae, Ee, Tori, Ushi, Uma, Tori, Nae, Tora, Inu, Tora, Mee, Ushi, Hitsuji, Mee, Ee, Hitsuji, Nae.
Kakashi formed the same exact hand seals, at the exact same time.
Jin, Sara, Tori, Tatsu, Tori, Ushi, Uma, Hitsuji, Tora, Mee, Nae, Sara, Oo, Ee, Tatsu, Hitsuji, Nae, Ushi, Sara, Tori, Jin, Nae, Ee.
"TORI!" Both shouted in unison.
Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu)!
The two dragons erupted out of the water with glowing yellow eyes of killing intent, all of it aiming towards each other. The faces of the dragons collided, and their bodies turned into a giant wave of water.
The wave was so strong that the water managed to reach the land Hinata, Sasuke, and Tazuna were standing on, causing them to dig their feet into the ground to avoid being swept away by the water.
Naruto meanwhile, was overtaken by the big wave.
He copied that many hand signs in a row?! Even Sasuke was surprised, as although Kakashi wasn't an Uchiha, he was using the Sharingan as if he was very experienced with it, as if he was the one who had the eye his entire life.
This guy...how did he do that?! The Sharingan allows you to copy an opponent's Jutsu, but he copied and executed the moves at the same time! Zabuza thought to himself as he walked to his right in a semi-circle fashion, prompting Kakashi to go in the same direction from his view, making the exact same steps at the same time.
Zabuza grunted as he lifted his left hand up, while bringing his right hand to his face with his pointer and middle finger pointing to the sky.
Kakashi executed the same movements in perfect synchronization.
Hinata's head perked up as she made a sound. "Sasuke-kun."
"What?"
"Don't look now, but there is someone on a tree behind us about 4 o'clock." Hinata reported with a low whisper. "And it's not a Bunshin of Zabuza, it's someone else, I don't know who though."
"Alright, keep your Byakugan on him, and don't your guard down, he could be Zabuza's ally." Sasuke replied, to which Hinata nodded. The both of them continued to stand as if they didn't know anything.
Suddenly, torrents of water began to splash around the area, flooding the surface and grazing the group's feet.
Kakashi had just used Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu (Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu), and Zabuza had been caught in the violent waves.
In all of the commotion, Hinata had lost her concentration, and she never noticed when the person behind them had moved.
Later when the torrents of water subsided, Zabuza was pinned against a tree, with multiple kunai etched into his skin and into the tree, pinning him there.
"It's over." Kakashi proclaimed calmly, he was sitting atop of the tree Zabuza was pinned to.
"Why?" Zabuza grimaced as he tilted his head so he could see Kakashi, showing the silver-haired Jonin his wide eyes filled with frustration. "Can you see the future?"
"Yes. You're going to die." Kakashi pulled quickly formed a couple of hand seals, before clapping his left hand onto his right's hands wrist, with the palm facing upwards.
Chakra gathered onto Kakashi's open hand as the ear-piercing screech of 1000 birds filled the air, signifying the usage of Kakashi Hatake's only original Jutsu.
Chidori.
However, before he could unleash the Jutsu's wrath on Zabuza, two senbon needles appeared out of nowhere, impaling themselves onto the side of Zabuza's neck.
Zabuza's eyes went white as blood spewed out of the wound like a volcano, Zabuza's now limp body collapsed to the ground.
The eyes of the Genin, Tazuna, and even Kakashi widened out of shock at the fact that Zabuza was taken out by an attack so easily.
Kakashi directed his gaze to the direction of where the senbon had come from. On the branch of a tree, he saw a figure standing on top.
The figure was wearing a standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit which stopped at the knees. Over this was a green haori with white trimmings, and around the waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped also around the waist. The figure wore light-brown platoon sandals along with nail polish covering the fingernails and toenails in matching blue green color. The hair was gathered in a white bun holder, while two locks fell loose framing the face, bound with metal hair cuffs at the ends.
Finally, the most noticeable detail about the figure's appearance, the figure wore a mask, which was white with thin, curved eye-holes and a red wavy design in place of the mouth, as well as the Kirigakure symbol etched in the top.
"It's true. He did die."
Hello people. It's been a little while, huh. Well, I was just taking care of some life stuff, so sorry for not bringing this chapter out sooner.
Anyways, I never mentioned this in the first chapter, but for the first couple of chapters, we'll be following closely to canon.
As really, no matter what change you make to Team 7, whether it would be swapping Sakura for Hinata or any other person really, the Land of Waves arc would basically go the exact same way if not many other changes are made, for
example the inclusion of an OC (that is important to the).
Well, other than that small note, there really isn't anything to talk about.
I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, albeit it was strictly following the canon fight.
Take care, goodbye.