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Neji

The light was blinding. It forced the three conscious team seven members to cover their eyes. Zabuza seemed to endure the intensity with ease, almost like he was grinning at the sight before him. His facial expression alone was enough for the three remaining teens to force their gaze away from the very man that was threatening their lives to gaze at this new and strange occurrence. Their heads all turned simultaneously like they were in some kind of powerful trance. However, once their field of vision reached its target they all unanimously wished that they hadn't and that the image could be erased from their brain.

The watery prison hadn't changed in the most miniscule of details. The same could not be said about the contents which it held. The sight was enough for any normal human to go into hysterics if they had been placed in this particular situation. Even the three remaining leaf ninjas took a step back in fear. Inside that bubble could not possibly be their sensei.

The vision could be deceiving if one kept their eyes focused on certain aspects of him. From the waist up, Kakashi appeared to be the same old perverted ninja that he always, with the exception that for some reason any kind shirt or vest or anything that had covered his upper body had suddenly disappeared leaving his incredibly toned and well built body open in plain sight. Each muscle rippled with each move he made. From far away, they didn't notice the sharp tips of each of his claws that lined each of his fingers. The usual mask that he wore covered any sight of the fangs that resided behind the mask in his mouth.

However, those two aspects hardly compared with the most noticeable difference that began at his waist line and hips. Pale silver scales replaced overlapped flesh and entirely replaced skin as they worked their way down his body. These scales covered an very sleek long and muscular serpentine tail. On the backside of his tail a white diamond pattern ran along the tail with the black barbs in the center of each diamond. His tail was so long that he had to be at least eight feet tall. His tail coiled at the bottom of the bubble slapping angrily at the walls. With his murderous gaze, Kakashi looked incredibly intimidating and deadly. It didn't take an idiot like Naruto to figure out that this was a creature to be reckoned with.

Speaking of the blonde ninja, he was shocked to the core. His sensei wasn't even human! What the heck was going on here?! He wanted so desperately to think that this was some strange nightmare brought on by too many helpings of ramen, but alas reality was very much the case here. What had he gotten himself into? Oh well, fight now ask questions later was his motto for the moment besides he had to live because that inner voice was screaming at him to protect Hinata and furthermore was yelling at him for her present state of unconsciousness. But really, he had no clue that Kakashi was some kind of snake. He had to admit he looked kind of cool. He was like something out of a movie. Besides, he was still Kakashi right?

Sakura was not so fortunate in her thoughts. Well at least, when she still had them. The sight was frighteningly familiar. He was one of those snake people from her dreams. The only exception was that in her dreams it was Sasuke who… Still did that mean that her dreams were true? The concept alone was too much to bear and she fainted right where she stood.

"Sakura!" Naruto called in concern. Despite the inner voice, the regular Naruto still had feelings for the pink haired ninja, and when he saw her faint he was truly concerned. This was not the time to pass out! They needed her to help defeat Zabuza! It looked like the task of rescuing their sensei was up to him and Sasuke. Naruto gave a quick glance over to the raven haired teen and his jaw almost dropped. Sasuke's eyes were full of unmasked fear. He had never seen his rival like this before. Sure, this was truly an unexpected turn of events but hey, you weren't supposed to show that you were surprised. However, Naruto had no idea the kind of information that his companion possessed.

Sasuke's mind was virtually in turmoil. The moment that he had seen Kakashi in that form, it was all he could do not to run. He was…was…one of those things. Kakashi was…He had been living with some kind of monster. How could he have been fooled for so long? Were there more of those thing out there? Suddenly, Sasuke was grateful that Kakashi was trapped in that aqueous prison. There was no telling what he was capable of if he got free. Was he just befriending the four of them all of this time just so that he could lure them away from the village and murder them out of his sadistic pleasure? The most horrifying question was one that he shuddered at the mere thought of. Was that story really true? If it was…then was he…one of those…creatures…too? NO! Sasuke refused to believe this. He was human, dang it, and not stupid story would change that! Still, that little voice that was nagging at the back of his mind argued otherwise. Curse that voice! It would not control him! He was Sasuke Uchiha , end of story! A deep scowl marred his face. He was angry and now it was time to kick butt his way. His mind then registered that Naruto was calling out to him.

"Hey moron, are you there!" Naruto yelled, frustrated by the lack of response.

"Yeah loser, I'm here," Sasuke replied. Naruto smirked.

"Good and you listen up too you freak with no eyebrows, I will be the next Hokage! I won't back down to you or anyone else and I'm going to rescue my sensei, so you better watch out cus I'm Naruto Uzamaki, believe it!"

The original Zabuza growled in a low manner as he shook with rage.

"Naruto…" Kakashi said in wonder. It seemed that despite him being what he was, Naruto was still determined as ever to save him. The kid was a true hero.

"Alright Sasuke you ready for what I'm about to tell ya," Naruto said adventurously. Sasuke couldn't help the urge to roll his eyes.

"Yeah, I hear ya."

"Good, cus I have a plan."

Oh, now he has a plan…Sasuke thought sarcastically. Zabuza must have been thinking the same thing because he smirked like Naruto's tough words were nothing.

"Oh, and you think you've won," Zabuza asked slyly. Kakashi did not like that wicked glint in their opponent's eyes.

"What are you two doing?! Do what I told you! Take the girls and run!" he commanded. Sasuke simply smirked and shook his head.

"Sorry Kakashi, that's not an option anymore, right Naruto?" Sasuke said adventurously looking over at his blonde teammate who nodded with his usual stupid foxy grin. Sasuke wasn't fazed that Kakashi was some snake creature now. Kakashi was still their sensei. Besides, in all actuality, they had been on many missions with him. If he had wanted to kill them he would have done so already. And just because Kakashi was one of those things didn't make him any less of a person and they needed his help if they wanted to get out of this alive.

"You ready Naruto? Go long!" Sasuke shouted. Naruto nodded and with his shadow clone jutsu they all started running toward the real Zabuza. Naturally, the clone started wiping out the clones with swipes of his sword. However, when there was only the original Naruto left, he had made it past the clone Zabuza and was about twenty feet away from the original. When this happened, Sasuke had pulled out of his backpack a demon wind shuriken and threw it to Naruto, who caught it like they had practiced this stunt a million times. For a split second, Naruto tensed and then smirked. So that was what he had planned, not as cool as what I was going to do but hey, what the heck? Naruto then threw the demon wind shuriken with a force and strength that he never knew he possessed right at the real Zabuza. Sure enough, the demon wind shuriken headed straight at him like a heat seeking missile. Zabuza smirked when he caught it with his free hand. He also saw that there was another shuriken in the shadow of the first.

"Fools! No shuriken can touch me!" he shouted arrogantly as he jumped over the second shuriken. What he wasn't counting on was the "poof" that came directly after his dodge. While he was still in the air from his jump the shuriken "poofed" and transformed what really was Sasuke. With deadly aim, Sasuke threw the kunai directly at Zabuza who didn't have enough time to dodge this new incoming attack. For a second, it looked like he wasn't going to dodge the kunai simply on stupid pride that a gennin could never hit him. Finally he yanked his hand out of the water prison and shifted his body so that the kunai flew right by him. However, this meant that the walls of water that confined Kakashi had now dissipated. Zabuza somehow didn't seem to notice. He was too enraged. He started twirling the shuriken in his hand and glared at Sasuke.

"I'll destroy you!" he sneered preparing to throw it at the defenseless raven haired ninja. Just as he was about to throw it something caught his wrist and held it in an iron grip while five small sharp daggers seemed to burrow into the skin of his wrist without mercy. Zabuza looked to his wrist and gasped. A soaked Kakashi was holding his wrist with one hand and was digging his claws into Zabuza painfully. A low growl emanated from him, and His eyes told Zabuza that his intent was now to kill him. It was Zabuza's eyes who now actually widened in fear.

Meanwhile, Sasuke had hit the water and had just surfaced.

"Naruto, Sasuke that was an excellent plan. You two really have developed teamwork." Kakashi complemented while holding Zabuza like it was nothing. Sasuke smirked whereas Naruto regained his huge grin.

"Don't get cocky, I just lost my grip on the water prison," Zabuza spat. Kakashi huffed and gripped his arm a little tighter causing his enemy to flinch.

"Don't kid yourself you had to let go," Kakashi sneered. "Your techinique worked on me once but it won't happen again." At this point everyone prepared to get in a fighting position.

"So…what's it going to be?" Zabuza didn't answer and the whole area was filled with silence. Zabuza smirked and with a twist of his arm, he broke free of Kakashi's grasp and leapt high into the air starting to perform a fast and long sequence of hand signs. Meanwhile, Kakashi leapt away as well, the sharingan wheels beginning to spin.

"The sharingan," Sasuke whispered in awe. So… such a powerful ability did exist. It wasn't something legendary in some fairytale. But if the fairytale was true, then was Kakashi actually royalty? At that very moment the two elite ninjas were doing the same hand signs at the exact same time. The two landed about twenty feet apart Kakashi's tail coiling as he landed gracefully. The two went on performing the many seals without pause. At the end of the sequence, both of the ninjas called out,

"Water style: water dragon jutsu!" Immediately, two huge dragons made purely of water emerged from the lake. The battle between these two magnificent beasts caused a giant wave to sweep over the lake where Sasuke still was and even washing onto the land where Naruto and the unconscious girls were. Sasuke was forced to dive under the water or be knocked unconscious by the incoming impact. However, Naruto wasn't so lucky. He managed to save Hinata just in time, but when he looked to find Sakura, she was already gone. The two dragons continued to wage war while Zabuza and Kakashi fought in hand to hand combat. You would think that with a tail, he would be much slower but in this case the opposite was true. At this time Zabuza was coming to the frightening conclusion that maybe Kakashi could…

What none of them were able to see was the mysterious figure that held Sakura carefully in his arms as he lay her gently down a safe distance from where the fight was occurring. He stood beside her protectively constantly looking for any hidden signs of danger. He didn't plan on leaving her side any time soon. However, this fight was taking a little too long for his liking. Soon, he was going to end it. He scoffed and readied himself.

Meanwhile, Zabuza was becoming more and more anxious. Kakashi was copying every move he did perfectly and at the same time as him. My movements…he moves as if… as if…

"As if I know what you're going to do next?" Kakashi taunted. Zabuza stared angrily into the crimson eye that was making a mockery out of him. "You're furious aren't you?" Zabuza snorted.

"Don't flatter yourself, you're just copying me like some stupid monkey!" At this point Kakashi and Zabuza were speaking at the exact same time.

"You can't defeat me! I'll crush you!" Zabuza's eyes widened in fury and began with another sequence of hand signs. "When I defeat you, you'll never be able to pull any of your cheap tricks or open that monkey mouth of yours again!" Before he was even able to finish the hand signs, Kakashi had created a huge vortex of water that plunged like a tsunami at Zabuza pinning him underwater against a tree. Water went everywhere it caused Sasuke to be thrown up onto dry land, Naruto had to leap with Hinata to higher ground, and even the mysterious stranger who carried Sakura had to change his position.

When the water began to subside Kakashi pinned Zabuza to that tree with about . six kunai while he hung by his tail onto the tree branch.

"You're finished," he hissed. Eventually all of the water receded back into its confines of the lake. Zabuza's eyes widened in disbelief.

"How…can you…see into the future?" Kakashi was about to answer when two kunai came whizzing through the air. A sick crunch was heard as one kunai embedded itself in Zabuza's heart while the other was sticking grotesquely out of his forehead. In that instant, Zabuza slumped over dead. Suddenly there was a poof and when the smoke cleared, the naga form of Zabuza was revealed. The three males' eyes widened in shock not so much because the stranger had just brutally killed Zabuza but because he was holding the unconscious form of Sakura in his arms. Sasuke immediately looked to Naruto who could only shake his head.

(In his normal clothes) A teenage boy about their ge stood a few feet away from them. He was tall and clutched Sakura tightly against him in a fashion that dared anyone to object. He had long chestnut brown hair that was tied in its usual low ponytail. His pale colored eyes held contempt for the dead snake man in front of him. Sasuke and Naruto couldn't help the feeling of déjà vu that seemed to come from his presence. At that moment, the boy chose to speak.

"No he can't, but this was your last battle." Kakashi eyed him in surprise. It was true he had never foreseen this coming.

"Neji…" he breathed. It was true, the battle with Zabuza was over, but it seemed like the battle for Sakura's heart had just begun…

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