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Kyubi-Sensei

Chapter 10: Zabuza

A few days had passed since they had run into the Demon Brothers and they hadn't had any sign of anyone else who was after Tazuna. They had gotten off the boat ten minutes ago and they were pretty close to the wave country.

Naruto suddenly sensed someone watching the ground and slowly grabbed a kunai so the others didn't see him. He then threw the kunai to the right which hit a tree. This set everyone on full alert but what they saw annoyed them.

"Naruto! You almost killed this poor thing!" Sakura yelled with anger as she picked up the white hare off of the ground to calm it down. Naruto just rolled his eyes as he continued to listen intently on what was going on.

The sound like a kunai being thrown through the air but bigger was heard and Naruto activated his Fox Eyes to see a huge sword flying straight towards the group.

"Everyone get down!" Naruto yelled causing everyone to duck in shock just in time for a large sword to go flying over their heads and hit a nearby tree in front of them. A man appeared on the sword with his back facing the group.

"What a shame that a brat had to yell out to the rest. I could have had this job over with easily." The stranger said with a sigh. "If you hand over Tazuna, there won't be any trouble."

"Zabuza…" Kakashi muttered under his breath gaining everyone's attention.

"Who's Zabuza?" Tazuna asked with confusion.

"Zabuza is the Demon of the Mist, a missing-nin." Kakashi answered and the stranger now known as Zabuza turned around and if the lower half of his face wasn't seen, you could see a smirk on his face.

"Yes, it is I, Zabuza. Now, can you hand over the old man now?" Zabuza asked with an arrogant voice.

"What makes you think we'd hand him over?" Naruto asked as he prepared to fight.

"Well, since you won't hand him over I'll just kill you all." Zabuza said with a shrug.

"Like hell you will!" Naruto snapped as he glared up at Zabuza.

"It looks like you have a big mouth there kid, it's about time I shut it up!" Zabuza said as he jumped off his sword and landed on the ground. He pulled his sword out of the tree and was about to attack before Kakashi cut him off.

"Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, keep Tazuna safe. I'll take care of Tazuna." Kakashi ordered and his voice clearly left no room for argument, but Naruto ignored it.

"You can't fight this guy by yourself Kakashi-sensei," Naruto argued and Kakashi was about to say something but Naruto cut him off. "I know that you're a Jounin and all, but we can't just let you fight by yourself."

"Just do as I say!" Kakashi yelled startling everyone except for Zabuza. Usually Kakashi was pretty calm and mellow, he never yelled at any of them.

Before anyone could say anything else, Zabuza released a wave of killing intent causing Sakura to gasp. Sasuke lost it when Kakashi brought up his headband and closed his eye that was already open and opened his other eye which showed the Sharingan.

'How does Kakashi-sensei have a Sharingan? I thought my brother and I were the only ones who were left of the Uchiha clan…' Sasuke thought as the killing intent seemed to grow stronger. The only thing he could seem to do was grab a Kunai and raise it towards his throat with a shaking hand. His whole body was shaking from the killing intent.

"Don't do it Sasuke." Naruto said pulling Sasuke out of his trance. "Killing yourself won't help anyone. And besides, you have to defeat someone, right?"

Sasuke let out his breath that he didn't even know he had been holding and he put the kunai away. He couldn't believe a loser like Naruto could help him like that and he refused to admit that Naruto helped him.

Kakashi and Zabuza then started to fight. Zabuza got behind Kakashi and cut him in half with his huge sword but Kakashi was just a clone and he appeared behind Zabuza. Zabuza then turned into a clone and appeared behind Kakashi again.

'Damn it!' Kakashi thought as Zabuza's sword came down but he quickly jumped away from Zabuza just as the sword came down and landed in the lake. 'Why does this water feel different somehow?' Kakashi thought as he furrowed his brows. Then his eye widened with realization but it was too late. Zabuza appeared next to Kakashi and instantly trapped him in a water prison.

"Now what are you going to do now that your sensei can't protect you?" Zabuza asked with a taunting voice as he summoned Water Clones.

Naruto looked over his shoulder at Sakura and Sasuke. Sasuke had calmed down greatly from a few minutes ago but Sakura's face was pale with fear and she was shaking as she stared into the hateful eyes of the missing-nin. 'Sakura and Sasuke aren't strong or skilled enough to take on this strong of an opponent.'

"Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke! Take Tazuna and get out of here!" Kakashi yelled from where he was trapped.

"There is no way in hell that I'm going to leave you here Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled back.

"You should listen to your sensei. You four are as good as dead without him!" Zabuza yelled with a smirk though the others couldn't see it. "This fight was over as soon as he touched the water."

Naruto gritted his teeth and tried to think of something that he could do. He couldn't reveal his Kekkei Genkai to the others and he also couldn't use his Fox Tails either. Kurama jumped down from the trees and stood next to Naruto.

"Do you have a plan?" Kurama asked telepathically and Naruto nodded.

"Yes. I'll take care of the clones and distract Zabuza while you circle around and sneak up behind him. Get him away from that Water Prison." Naruto answered and Kurama nodded. He then jumped up into the trees while Naruto made his own Shadow Clones.

"So you can make clones as well?" Zabuza asked with a bored tone. "It won't do you much good though."

Naruto ran forward and used chakra so he could run on the water. He had his clones fight Zabuza's Water Clones while Naruto distracted Zabuza. Kurama quickly ran up behind Zabuza on the water and bit down on Zabuza's arm. Zabuza let out a surprised cry and quickly pulled his arm away from the Water Prison and Kurama. The prison collapsed and Kakashi fell back into the water. Naruto had his clones disappear after the last of Zabuza's clones had disappeared and ran back to where Sasuke and the others were standing with Kurama following him.

"How did you manage to do that kid?" Tazuna asked and Naruto shrugged and continued to watch Kakashi and Zabuza fight.

"Damn it!" Zabuza yelled with anger and Kakashi smirked though the others couldn't see it.

"What are you going to do now Zabuza?" Kakashi asked and Zabuza glared at him.

"I'm going to end this all!" He yelled as he started to quickly flash through hand signs but Kakashi quickly followed him at the same pace. 'What the hell?' Zabuza thought as Kakashi copied him. The two finished at the same time but Kakashi was a little quicker.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" He yelled as a huge water dragon erupted from the lake below and shot towards Zabuza and tore through the forest breaking trees until it stopped. Zabuza hit the tree unconscious and fell to the ground on his stomach with his sword beside him.

"We should probably go check to see if Zabuza is still alive." Naruto said and the others nodded and followed the path that the water dragon had created. They stopped in front of Zabuza and Kakashi checked his pulse for a few seconds before standing up.

Senbon suddenly shot forward towards Zabuza and hit his neck. Naruto activated his Fox Eyes and looked Zabuza over to see if he was alive. Kakashi and the others looked over at the Hidden Blood Mist Tracking-nin as he had the mask on.

"Thank you for taking care of him." The stranger thanked. "My village has been trying to track him down for the longest time."

Naruto was suspicious when he sensed the little bit of life coming from Zabuza showing that he was still alive.

"I'll dispose of the body myself." The stranger said after a few seconds of uneasy silence. Naruto turned off the Fox Eyes and looked up at the stranger who jumped down from the tree he was on and landed next to Zabuza. He then put Zabuza's arm over his shoulder and disappeared taking the sword with him.

Kakashi suddenly collapsed on the ground startling everyone around him.

"Let's get him to my house." Tazuna said and the others nodded as they had Kurama carry Kakashi on his back, much to his annoyance.