Emolette: Gah! Argh! Stupid stupid stupid!!!
Naruto: Ano, Emo-chan, what's going on with you?
Emolette: You should know dobe! I haven't updated in weeks! I'm so sorry readers! T.T
Sasuke: It's not your fault. You were busy with finals and had alot to do.
Naruto: Your mom also kept on borrowing your laptop.
Emolette:: T.T And it's so hard describing fight scenes. I can imagine it well, but finding the right words to describe it is torture!
Naruto: Well. . . you're in chapter nine now at least!
Emolette: -sigh- Yeah. . . I guess it's now time for chapter nine. . . hey that rhymes^^
Naruto & Sasuke: -sweatdrop-
Chapter Nine
" Mission to the Waves: Part I "
One month. It has been one month since Team 7 has been formed and all they have been doing were measly D-rank missions for thirty days. Not that Naruto nor Saske minded, they just got bored easily. So far, the only mission they had that made their blood pump a tiny bit faster was the capturing of Tora the cat. She had run away from her master three times and each time, Team 7 was sent to find her. Sakura caught her the first time, then Sasuke, and now, Naruto was holding her by the scruff of the neck as the team stood in front of the Hokage and Iruka, who were giving out the missions.
"Oh thank you very much for finding my Tora-chan!" cried the fat rich lady who owned the poor cat.
Just wrap your hand around it's neck and put it out of it's misery Naruto, thought the blond as the tabby cat scratched at his hand accompanied by hissing noises. The stupid cat was the only thing that ticked Naruto off for he had obtained a couple of scratches to the face the last two times they went looking for her.
As casually as he could, Naruto slipped his hand around the feline's neck, only to have it snatched out of his hands by the owner.
"Oh Tora-chan! Mommy missed you so much!" cried the lady and the cat meowed in pain as she was smothered in the death hugs and wet kisses her owner gave her. Naruto smirked at the cat's torture.
Yeah, that's so much worse then death, he thought, trying not to grin.
"Mission accomplished again Team 7," said Iruka with a nod.
Sarutobi smirked. "You've been finishing each mission we gave you with ease, so I think we should get you a higher ranking mission this time," he said.
FINALLY!!! thought all three genins and Kakashi (even he got bored being stuck with D-rank missions).
"This one's a C-rank," said Iruka, glancing at his papers. "You must escort a bridge builder to the Country of Waves."
As if on cue, the door slid open behind Team 7 and an old man wearing a straw hat and holding a jug of sake stepped inside, steadying himself on the doorframe.
"Huh?" he said, staring at the team. "A bunch of brats are going to escort me?"
"Team 7, this is Tazuna, master bridge builder," said Sarutobi.
"Tch, they all look weak to me, especially the blondie," said Tazuna, pointing a finger at Naruto.
Naruto stared at the old man, who stared back with a raised eyebrow, and said blond boy walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Tazuna-san, we'll escort you safely to your home," he said with a smile. "Unless. . . I don't kill you first for pissing me off," he added in a whisper that only Tazuna heard, dropping the smile and looking at the old man with his unemotional blue eyes that flashed red for just a brief moment.
Tazuna stared, his mouth slightly agape, and Naruto smiled at him again before turning to Kakashi.
"Ne, Kakashi-sensei, when do we leave?" he asked cheerfully.
"One hour," said Kakashi, pretending that he didn't notice what Naruto did. "We'll meet at the gate."
The team filed out of the room past Tazuna. Naruto gave a smirk to the old man, Sakura gave him a kind smile, and as Sasuke passed by, the Uchiha gave him a smirk also.
"Don't think that he's not serious," he whispered to the bridge builder. "He will kill you if you piss him off. So if I were you, I'd keep that warning in mind."
Sasuke walked away, and Tazuna just stared into space.
Who. . . are those kids?
One hour later, Team 7 plus the bridge builder were at the gate, ready to head off. Tazuna stayed well away from both Naruto and Sasuke, afraid that they'll kill him just for being too close to them. Naruto and Sasuke were whispering to each other though and didn't even notice the old bridge builder.
"So, what kind of ingredient can we find in the wave country?" asked Naruto as Sasuke skimmed the piece of paper he brought which contained the list of ingredients for the Side-Effect Negation potion.
"Hm. . . I don't think we can find anything in that poor country," said Sasuke, looking up from the list. "Does Kyuu-san know anything?"
The wave country used to be properous. I doubt there'd be anything left, but we might be able to find the ocean lilies there, since the village is next to the ocean.
"Kyuu says we might be able to find ocean lilies there," said Naruto.
"That makes sense," said Sasuke, pocketing the list.
"Hey guys, what're the two of you whispering about?" asked Sakura, looking over at the two friends.
"Nothing," they said simultaneously.
"Well, if you're done chatting, we can be on our way," said Kakashi, his eyes on his orange book.
"Hai sensei," said the two boys though they glared at Kakashi, annoyed that he still has that useless (and disgusting) book.
And Team 7 headed off. Sakura led the group (for some reason) with Tazuna behind her. Sasuke and Naruto walked side-by-side behind the bridge builder (who didn't like that at all) and Kakashi took up the rear, nose still in his book. They walked for most of the day and took three breaks (including lunch break). It wouldn't take them too long to reach the country. If they continue like this, they might be able to make it by nightfall the next day.
The three genins, jounin, and old man walked down a wide dirt road, not changing their formation. Naruto was lost in his own thoughts, not thinking about anything in particular, just letting his mind wander. He liked to think about random things. It was fun, at least for him, that way, he could never get bored. Even though he didn't look like it, Naruto was a patient person (for most things at least).
Naruto looked up at the bright blue sky that had a couple clouds lazily float by. He lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, seeing dirt and rocks and blades of grass and leaves and. . . a puddle?
Well well well. Seems like this old man has been hiding a couple secrets of his own.
Naruto glanced sideways to Sasuke, who also noticed the puddle and they curtly nodded to each other. Naruto then hung back until Kakashi caught up with him.
"Kakashi-sensei," said Naruto.
"Aa, Naruto," said the silver-haired jounin, not looking up from his book.
Then, from behind them, the puddle exploded and two cloaked ninjas wearing Kirigakure hitai-ates jumped out of it. Sasuke ran towards Sakura and Tazuna, yelling for them to get down. Naruto turned around, kunai and shuriken in hand, and he threw them to the two ninjas. The Kiri ninjas easily swapped the weapons away with their gauntlets and they ran towards Kakashi, who seemed to be too slow in his reaction. Spiked chains appeared from the large gauntlets and wrapped around Kakashi, ripping him apart.
"Kakashi-sensei!" cried Sakura and Tazuna's eyes went wide with shock.
"Sakura, help me protect the old man!" cried Sasuke, taking a stance beside the bridge builder and holding up a kunai.
"But Naruto's - "
"Don't worry about him! He'll take care of it!"
Meanwhile, after the Kiri ninjas (supposedly) killed Kakashi, they headed towards Tazuna, who was only protected by Sasuke and Sakura, but Naruto appeared in their path.
"You're not going anywhere," said the blond with a grin and he charged at the attackers, crossing the first two fingers of both his hands.
"Don't get in our way gaki," said one ninja.
"Or we'll just kill you," said the other.
"Heh, don't count on it," said Naruto, and two kage bunshins appeared beside him in clouds of smoke.
The Kiri ninjas raised their gauntlets, ready to slash at the kage bunshins, but the bunshins suddenly appeared behind them, grins on their faces.
"Too slow," they said in unison and the Kiri ninjas recieved kicks to the the face, powerful kicks that sent them flying through the air and crashing into a tree. The original Naruto did hand signs and formed a hook at his mouth with his two fingers, facing the spot where the attackers crashed into their respective tree.
"Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu!" cried Naruto and a stream of fire blasted from his mouth, burning the two ninjas to a crisp. They screamed in pain. Apparently, their clothes weren't fireproof.
"I think you overdid it Naruto," said a voice and Kakashi appeared behind Naruto (much to Sakura's and Tazuna's surprise).
"You're late as usual," said Naruto, not looking at the jounin as he walked towards the others and Kakashi's eye curved upward as he followed Naruto.
"Kakashi-sensei! You're alive!" cried Sakura, feeling overjoyed that their teacher was not ripped into pieces.
"Of course he is," said Sasuke, pocketing his kunai with an annoyed expression on his face. "But why he had to hang back while Naruto fought, I have no idea."
"Gomen, gomen," said Kakashi, rubbing the back of his head. I wanted to see if Naruto could really fight the way he did in the Bell Test. "Anyway, good job everyone, especially Naruto, but now we have no one to interrogate."
"That's no problem," said Naruto, facing Tazuna. "We already have one right here."
"Wha-What do you mean Naruto?" asked Sakura, looking from Naruto to Tazuna and back.
"Those Kiri ninjas were after someone," explained Naruto, looking at Tazuna with emotionless eyes, but it still made the old man nervous. "They couldn't possibly be after us lowly genins, and if they were after Kakashi-sensei, then why didn't they stop after they supposedly got rid of him? The only person they could possibly be after is. . . this old bridge builder. Am I right, Tazuna-san?"
Tazuna looked at the ground, feeling shame wash over him. The three genins and lone jounin stared at him, waiting for him to answer.
". . . Gomen," said Taunza, not looking up. "I didn't expect that they'd hire kids to escort me back home."
"But you did expect genins," said Kakashi. "There aren't many genins who're experienced in battle for most genins are in their early to late teens in Konoha. You should've known that Tazuna-san."
"Why did you say this was only a C-rank mission?" asked Sasuke. "If people are after your life, then we are not your escorts but bodyguards, which is categorized as A-rank."
"Gomen nasai," said Tazuna, finally looking up at the four-man cell. "But my country didn't have enough money to pay for a A-rank, so I lied and said it was only C-rank. But I never thought they'd attack me this soon."
"You could be arrested for this," said Kakashi.
"Gomen," said Tazuna once again and then there was silence.
". . . Ne, Kakashi-sensei," said Sakura, breaking the silence. "What're we going to do now?"
"Hm, let's see," said Kakashi, putting a hand to his chin. "We could go back to Konoha and have Tazuna arrested for giving false information concerning a mission. . . or we can go on with our mission, which is now A-rank, despite the dangers of losing our lives. I'll let you three choose."
Sakura looked uneasily at the ground. She was sure as hell that she didn't want to die (she hasn't had Sasuke fall head-over-heels for her yet!) and the possibility of her losing her life was just plain scary. Sasuke though wasn't as negative and niether was Naruto, who smirked to himself without anyone noticing.
"So, what're your decisions?" asked Kakashi and Tazuna looked at them hopefully.
"I want to keep going," said Sasuke, looking seriously at Kakashi. We have to find ocean lilies for the potion.
"There's no way in hell I'm backing out from an A-rank mission," said Naruto with smirk. Besides, we might find some strong opponents. This could be fun.
"What about you Sakura?" asked Kakashi.
"Well, I don't want to be left behind," said Sakura, narrowing her eyes. "And maybe this mission might make me a little bit stronger, so I'll go." If Sasuke-kun's going, then I'm right behind him SHANNARO!!!
"Yosh, then it's decided," said Kakashi, taking out his book and burying his nose in it again (much to the annoyance of his subordinates). "We're heading towards the wave country. You guys better hurry up."
Perverted one-eyed scarecrow, thought Naruto.
Stupid good-for-nothing author who wrote that damn book, thought Sasuke.
Sasuke-kun's so cool! thought Sakura.
I'm going to die, I just know it, thought Tazuna.
Hm. . . now where was I? Ah yes. . . was Kakashi's thoughts, trailing away as he read his erotic book.
As they traveled for the rest of the day and the next morning, the team and Tazuna were extremely quiet, always expecting an attack even when they were resting. But even though they were quiet, they were all doing their own little thing. Naruto and Sasuke were immersed in their thoughts yet wary of their surroundings, Sakura was busy eyeballing Sasuke, Kakashi momentarily put his book away (finally!) to watch his surroundings, and Tazuna was also swimming in his thoughts but was nervously glancing every which way.
Kakashi suddenly stopped in his tracks, glancing at every tree and bush that was near. He looked around, sensing that something was close, yet he didn't know what it was. Naruto and Sasuke also sensed it and their eyes scanned every tree and bush that stood near them. Sakura and Tazuna mimicked their movements, wondering what was going on. Then, a bush rustled nearby. Everyone's eyes turned to it for a moment until a small white rabbit jumped out of it, it's tiny pink nose twitching.
"False alarm," said Sakura to herself, but was then knocked down by Naruto (Tazuna was knocked down by Sasuke) as an extremely large sword came spinning towards them. The four fell to the ground with a thud and the sword just barely missed them by a foot or two, but it kept on spinning until it lodged itself onto a tree. Kakashi stared at it, kunai at the ready.
"Show yourself!" cried Kakashi, eye narrowed at the sword.
Laughter rang through the air just as Kakashi said those two words. It was a raspy kind of laughter from a deep voice and it made the hairs stand up on Sakura's and Tazuna's skin. The laughter sounded manic and bloodthirsty and it just sent a chill up their spines.
"Well well well, what do we have here," said a voice and a person appeared standing on the handle of the sword that was lodged into the tree. He was as tall as Kakashi but his skin was somewhat a tanned gray and he was shirtless, wearing only a holster for his sword on his muscular chest. He stood with his back onto the team, but he looked over his shoulder and everyone saw that he had a mask of bandages covering the lower half of his face and his hitai-ate was tilted on his head and was worn to the side. It had the Kirigakure emblem on it.
"An enemy," said Kakashi, gripping his kunai a little tighter, though it wasn't clear if he was talking to the stranger or to himself.
The ninja laughed again. "I see we have a bunch of brats and a jounin. This might be easier then I thought. Oh, and it looks like the jounin is none other then Hatake Kakashi. How interesting."
"How does he know Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura though nobody answered her.
"Momochi Zabuza," said Kakashi, answering the other's unasked question. "A rogue ninja from Kirigakure. He's known as the Demon of the Mist and is in bingo books everywhere."
"Same to you Kakashi," said Zabuza, his eyes narrowing at the other masked jounin. "Hatake Kakashi, known as the Copy Ninja and is rumored to have copied over a thousand jutsus. You have a hefty price on your head also."
"What do you want Zabuza?" asked Kakashi, getting a bit impatient.
"Well, I think that's pretty obvious," said Zabuza with a slight chuckle. "I'm here to kill the old man."
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura immediately got up and stood around Tazuna to protect him. Tazuna was already feeling the fear, his knees shook slightly, and Sakura was feeling quite nervous herself, but Naruto and Sasuke were feeling the exact opposite. In fact, they were feeling quite excited.
"Hey Sasuke, this guy looks pretty strong doesn't he?" said Naruto with a smirk, reaching into his pouch and taking out a kunai.
"Yeah, he does," agreed Sasuke with an identical smirk, also taking out a kunai.
"Oh, looks like your students want to fight also," said Zabuza. "But I'm not interested in brats. I'm more interest in your sharingan Kakashi."
Kakashi just glared but Sakura looked wide-eyed at her sensei. Kakashi-sensei has the sharingan?
"I don't think I want to show you my power Zabuza," said Kakashi with a slight smirk under his mask.
"What?" said Zabuza, glaring at the Konoha jounin.
"You heard me," said Kakashi. "I'm not going to show you my power. You're underestimating my students, especially Naruto and Sasuke, and they don't like that see. So, I think I'm going to leave this battle to them."
"Heh, do you really think two lowly genins can defeat me?" said Zabuza.
"Of course not," said Kakashi and he smirked when Sasuke appeared in front of Zabuza, seeing a smirk on the twelve-year-old's face. "I think two powerful kids are going to kill you."
"What the - " said Zabuza and he barely dodged a kick from Sasuke. He jumped down from the tree, grabbing his sword in the process, and he landed in a kneeling position on the ground, holding his sword to his back with his right hand and forming a hand sign with his left.
"Heh, you're pretty fast kid," said Zabuza as Sasuke landed back in his spot beside Naruto. "But let's see how well you fight when you can't see your enemy. . . Kirigakure no Jutsu!"
At Zabuza's words, a thick fog started to roll in and cover everything in bluish gray mist, making it almost impossible to see three feet in front of you. Zabuza's laugh rang through the foggy air and the three genins crowded around Tazuna, kunais at the ready. Kakashi stood close to his team, holding his kunai up. His lone eye flitted around, searching for their enemy, but it was just impossible to see through the fog. Not even the Copy Ninja can see through the fog with his sharingan for it wasn't his own sharingan and he wasn't an Uchiha, but there was one who could.
"Sharingan!" said Sasuke, activating his bloodline that turned his eyes a blood red color with three tomoes decorating it.
"Find him Sasuke," urged Naruto. The Uchiha didn't need to be told twice as he scanned his surroundings.
"Oh, so this brat's an Uchiha huh?" said Zabuza's voice. "But you won't be able to stop me from my goal!"
Sasuke turned around with realization, but Zabuza was already standing there behind Tazuna, sword posed in his hand
"You're dead old man," said the rogue ninja and he swung his sword, intending to slice the old bridge builder apart.
Sakura let out a startled gasp, Sasuke and Kakashi cursed, Tazuna was about to yell, but they were all cut off by a loud clang. They, including Zabuza, stared in surprise when Naruto appeared in front of the Kiri ninja, completely blocking the sword with his kunai with amazing strength.
"What the hell? How can you block my attack so easily?" asked a shocked Zabuza. Naruto pushed the jounin away a couple feet in another amazing feat of strength and Zabuza stared wide-eyed at the blond.
". . . Kakashi-sensei told you that we don't like to be underestimated," said Naruto, glaring at Zabuza with killing intent. "You'll learn that the hard way, like the scarecrow did."
"Don't get cocky gaki," said Zabuza, readying his sword again.
Naruto spun the kunai in his hand and returned it to his pouch. Before anyone can ask why, Naruto uwrapped a portion of bandages on his left arm, revealing a storage tattoo, and he bit his right thumb, drawing blood. Without hesitating, Naruto smeared blood on the tattoo and he was momentarily engulfed in a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared away, everyone but Sasuke gasped at what Naruto was holding in his hand.
". . . Kyuubi no Shikon," said Naruto with a smirk, pointing the thin broad sword towards Zabuza. The sword was as tall as Naruto and, even though it was a broad sword, it was thin, probably just a few inches wider then an ordinary katana. The design was impressive also; the blade was blood red with a nine-tailed fox etched onto both sides and the hilt and guard were black with tiny flecks of red that seemed to glimmer like rubies (but if you look more closely, it'll look more like flecks of blood). Zabuza stared at it for a moment with wide eyes, then he narrowed them at the blond.
"I admit I'm impressed gaki," he said, readying his own sword. "but just because you have that doesn't mean a thing."
"My my, looks like eyebrowless still needs to learn a thing or two." said Naruto, bringing his sword to the side of his face, the blade still pointed at the rogue ninja. "And I'm just the brat to teach 'em to ya'!"
Naruto charged forward with amazing speed and Zabuza was caught off guard, barely having a second to block the shikon with his own blade. Naruto's strength made Zabuza skid backwards a few feet and the jounin had to dig his toes into the ground to stop. He looked into the blond's cerulean eyes and was shocked to see a red glint in them as he grinned manically. The Kiri ninja recognized the bloodthirsty look for he himself sported it quite a few times.
"Just what the hell are you?" whispered the jounin as he threw the blond off of him.
Naruto landed softly on the ground a few meters away from Zabuza and he looked at the rogue nin with the same bloodthirsty look.
"You wanna know what I am?" asked Naruto as he stuck his shikon into the ground and made a cross with the first two fingers of both his hands. ". . . I'm a demon like you! Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
More then a few hundred Narutos, each with their own shikon, appeared, surrounding Zabuza and the latter looked around with wide eyes, overcome by the sheer number of them.
"But there's also a huge difference between us demons," said the original Naruto, grabbing his shikon and resting it on his shoulder, his eyes hidden in his hair. "You're just an ant, compared to an elephant. . . Guess who's the elephant."
The kage bunshins charged, crying out war cries, and Zabuza swung his sword around, slicing through five of them but having four hundred to go. He charged, slashing his sword around with skill, first to the right, then to the left, in front of him, to the back of him, even above him were a couple jumped up, intending to come down at him. But even more came and the strain of swinging his sword around like this was starting to get to him, since he hadn't fought so intensely in more then a while. In short, he was rusty and needed polishing.
"Damnit!" cried Zabuza as he threw off another couple clones. He needed to retreat and formulate a plan first, but how? That may be a kid, but he was stronger then he looked. Zabuza ran and the clones followed. Since the fog was still pretty thick, Zabuza dispersed it a bit, just enough to see where he was going. That was when he saw a lake close by.
Bingo, he thought and he jumped up and landed on the water's surface, quickly doing hand signs.
"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" he cried and a large pillar of water sprouted up from the lake and headed towards the army of clones. The pillar of water crashed down onto them, making them disappear in puffs of smoke. Zabuza smirked beneath his mask, but it was quickly wiped off his face when the original Naruto appeared a few feet away from him, holding his shikon against his back.
"That was an awesome jutsu!" said the blond boy, grinning a fox-like grin. "I know that jutsu also, but it uses up some chakra doesn't it? Still, you're pretty strong, probably the strongest I've faced in a while."
Zabuza glared at Naruto, then he smirked.
"The old man's defenseless now," he said and that was followed by a loud shriek.
"What's going on? I can't see a thing?" asked Sakura, trying to peer through the thick fog.
Sasuke ignored the girl and continued watching Naruto fight Zabuza. He wanted to fight also, but he got beat to by the blond. It was always first come first serve with the two of them, especially when it came to fighting opponents.
"Sasuke, can you see anything?" asked Kakashi.
"Yeah, Naruto's easily fighting off Zabuza," said Sasuke. "I'm sure he's going to win."
"How could he win? He's the dead last in our class." said Sakura matter-of-factly.
"Shut up," said Sasuke with annoyance. "You still don't get it do you? Naruto is more powerful than you think, even more powerful then me, so stop saying that he's dead last."
Sakura instantly shut up and Kakashi slightly smiled under his mask. Looks like I'm not the only one who wants to stomp out Sakura's fangirlism.
Then, for some reason, the fog started to disperse. Everyone looked around and saw Zabuza standing on the surface of the lake. A pillar of water shot up from beside the rogue ninja and it crashed down onto an army of Narutos who all had red swords in their hands. They watched in awe as the original Naruto appeared a few feet away from Zabuza, standing easily on the water's surface. They were talking about something, but they didn't noticed the water around them bubbling and taking form. It was only until Zabuza said something that Sasuke and Kakashi sensed the mizu bunshins and turned around just in time to block giant swords.
Sakura shrieked when a bunshin Zabuza appeared in front of her, sword posed to slice her up, but Sasuke quickly threw a kunai at it and it disappeared in a swirl of water. Kakashi had three mizu bunshins on him and, even though they were only bunshins, he was having a bit of trouble with them. Why? Well, it was probably because of the three senbons that were sticking out of his neck, stuck in there by a mizu bunshin Zabuza.
Damn! When we get back to Konoha I am so gonna train my butt off. I'm getting too rusty and lazy. thought Kakashi as his vision started to blur and he felt his strength draining from his body.
Sasuke threw off the bunshin he was fighting with and turned around to see Kakashi in trouble. The Uchiha cursed to himself, then summoned a kage bunshin to guard Tazuna and Sakura before he went to Kakashi and threw off the three mizu bunshins that were surrounding said jounin.
"Kakashi-sensei," said Sasuke as Kakashi fell to his knees.
"Damn, I'm pathetic," was Kakashi's words before he fully went into unconsciousness.
"What's wrong with Kakashi-sensei?" asked Sakura, her knees slightly shaking but forcing herself to look strong.
"Poison," was Sasuke explaination as he rolled Kakashi onto his back. Sasuke then put an ear on the jounin's chest and was glad to hear a heartbeat. He then took out the senbons from his sensei's neck and sniffed them. A common poison intended to strike the nervous system and shut it down quickly. Easy enough to cure though.
Sasuke then dug around in his pouch before taking out a bottle and a couple of senbons. Soaking the senbons in the liquid from the bottle, Sasuke then stuck them in precision points to help fight the poison.
"When did you learn the medical arts and acupuncture Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura, awed by Sasuke's quick action.
"Years ago," was Sasuke's answer as he put the bottle and senbons back in his pouch. "Now, we just have to wait for Naruto."
"Looks like you underestimated Sasuke also," said Naruto with a smirk as he and Zabuza watched Sasuke fight off the mizu bunshins and cure Kakashi's poisoning.
"You little - " said Zabuza but he couldn't finish the insult for Naruto charged at him and sword struck against sword with a loud clang.
"You shouldn't let your guard down even for one second Zabuza," said Naruto, grinning his fox-like grin. "Especially when you're fighting against me!"
"Damn you gaki!" cried Zabuza, throwing off Naruto and jumping a few meters away, placing his sword on his back. He then started on a series of hand signs, which Naruto recognized.
"Well, two can pay at that game," he said, sticking his sword in the water (using chakra to make it float there) and doing the exact same handsigns that Zabuza was doing.
"Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" cried both ninjas and two giant pillars of water shaped like dragons burst from the surface of the lake, crashing into each other. Naruto and Zabuza fought hard, wanting to know who will dominate the battle. The water dragons roared as they interwined and Zabuza glared at the young shinobi whom he was fighting.
Damn that kid! How could he know jounin level ninjutsu?
Naruto smirked as he saw Zabuza glare at him. He doesn't have as much chakra as I do, but he'll be able to keep this up for a while longer. Maybe a little swordplay will tire him out a bit.
Naruto let go of the water jutsu and grabbed his sword as he charged towards Zabuza. The rogue ninja saw this and dispelled his own jutsu as he grabbed his sword and blocked Naruto's shikon. The two then put on a show with their swords, which clanged with every hit and shot off sparks because of the sheer force. Naruto wasn't even fighting at full strength yet Zabuza felt a bit overwhelmed at the twelve-year-old's power.
"Damn gaki," growled Zabuza under his mask as he readied himself for another attack but Naruto appeared behind him.
"Too slow eyebrowless!" cried the blond with a grin and he swung his sword sideways.
"Gah!" cried Zabuza as he caught Naruto's powerful attack and was flung to shore, crashing into a tree. Naruto appeared in front of him, his sword pointed towards the rogue nin.
"It's over Zabuza," said the blond jinchuuriki, his face free of any emotion.
"Like hell it is," rasped Zabuza as he struggled to his feet.
Naruto just raised his sword, intending to bring it down and end the rogue ninja's pitiful life, but suddenly, with a zing, a kunai sliced through the fog and struck Naruto's hand, making the blond drop his sword. Naruto stared at his hand with a mildly shocked expression before a masked figure appeared next to Zabuza and helped him to his feet.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Naruto, narrowing his eyes at the masked figure.
"You do not need to know that information," said the masked figure with a surprisingly soft voice. "But we will meet again Konoha shinobi."
The figure then did a hand sign and he and Zabuza disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Immediately after, the fog started to disperse and Naruto could see his two teammates come over.
"Naruto!" cried Sasuke, running over to his friend.
"Where'd Zabuza go?" asked Sakura, looking around as if expecting the rogue ninja jump out of a bush.
"He got carried off by one of his accomplices." answered Naruto, picking up his sword from the ground and returning it to his storage seal.
"Naruto, your hand!" said Sakura, pointing at Naruto's hand where a kunai was still lodged in. "Here, let me help - "
"No need," said Naruto as he pulled the kunai out without showing any pain on his face then licked some blood that was dripping down his arm. Sakura looked completely grossed out by the action.
"Doesn't that hurt? And taste bad?" she asked, the color fading out of her face as she tried not to hurl.
"Nope, not at all." said Naruto, wrapping the wound with bandages. "How's Kakashi?"
"Not well, but better then dead," said Sasuke, looking back at where Tazuna was kneeling next to an unconscious Kakashi.
"Well, we have to get going before anyone else decides to put us in their bingo book," said Naruto, walking over to the old man and jounin.
"Right behind you," said Sasuke, following Naruto.
"Man, who are these people I'm with?" Sakura asked herself before following her teammates.
They didn't notice a masked figure watching them from the cover of the trees.
Emolette: The ending sucked yet again. -sigh-
Sasuke: Don't be too depressed.
Naruto: Says the guy who mourns over his entire clan and chased his brother for revenge only to find out that it was worth nothing.
Sasuke: Shut up dobe.
Emolette: -sigh- I'm such a sucky writer. . . Yet I have so many ideas for the chuunin exams and for shippuden and stuff, but I have to figure out how to get that hebi teme out of the picture.
Sasuke: Just kill him off.
Emolette: Easier said then done when the guy spits out a new body whenever he gets attacked. . . I hate that guy.
Naruto: Who doesn't? I don't know if he's gay or a pedophile. . . or both.
Sasuke: The last one.
Emolette: How would you know?
Sasuke: . . . I've seen and heard things in his lair that you really don't want to know about. . .
Emolette & Naruto: O.O
Sasuke: Don't worry, I'm still a virgin.
Emolette & Naruto: -sigh of relief-
Emolette: Okay, change of subject, a few weeks ago I have found the greatest website that is not about anime, fanfiction, or video sharing. It's called, ^^!
Sasuke: I should've known.
Emolette: Ne, Sasu-kun, you should register there as Dark Avenger!
Sasuke: No.
Emolette: Come on! I'm Em0rtal Rayne there! I can add you as my friend!
Sasuke: No.
Emolette: How 'bout you Naru-kun? You look totally hot as an emo^^
Naruto: Thanks, but no thanks.
Emolette: You guys suck like a blow job!
Sasuke & Naruto: -sweatdrop-
Emolette: Readers, you should go there. Just see what they did to the emo kids in Mexico! They beat them up! BEAT THEM! That's discrimination and child abuse you bunch of Spanish ripoffs! And you call yourselves believers of God. Shame on you! Makes me freakin' sick. Why won't anyone beat up preps and jocks huh? What the hell is this world coming to? Beating up emos just because they're different. Not all emos are suicidal cutters bunch of bastards! . . . -continues rant-
Sasuke: --sigh- She's ranting.
Naruto: -sigh- I guess we have to finish this chapter.
Sasuke & Naruto: See'ya in chapter ten. -waves-
Emolette: -continued rant- . . . Damn emo discriminators! And just so I can rant more, Bush even said that he'll ban anime in the US a few years back! What the fuck was that about?! There's nothing wrong with anime, besides the fact that it can take over someone's life with the thought of an endless escape from reality. Also, what's this about banning gay and lesbian marraiges? Come on people! We should encourage it! Do we really need more people in this overcrowded world? Just let the homos get married so they can adopt all those orphans out there! This is why I hate politics! . . . -continues-
Sasuke & Naruto: -sweatdrop-
Naruto: Is she even allowed too rant about this kind of stuff?
Sasuke: -shrugs-