(("Regular speech" 'thought speech''thought'))
"All right do we have a visual on the target?" Kakashi asked over the head set. It had been a few weeks since I had learned that we had passed the test and since then we had started going on low level missions for the Hokage and village. I head the slight whoosh as the others got into position. I stayed in the tree and looked down at the others and the target.
"We're ready just give us the signal," I replied pushing the button on my collar.
"All right. GO!" Kakashi ordered a second later. I dove out of my tree and aimed for the target, but I misjudged the targets' speed and ended up only sending the target towards Naruto who managed to grab it.
"MEEE-OOOOOW!" the cat yowled out.
"GOTCHA!" Naruto yelled out. I shook my head with a small smile as Sasuke old Kakashi that we had the right cat.
"Good! Then "Mission: Find the Missing Pet"... is accomplished!" Kakashi said. I sighed and started to head to the Hokage tower when I felt something land on my shoulder.
"Hey Talon," I said as my messenger hawk landed on my right shoulder. He gave a shrill call and lifted his wings in joy to be back from his journey. I smiled at him and looked to see if he still had my message. I sobered when I saw that he still carried the message on his back. "Thanks for trying buddy," I said dismissing the bird and entering the Hokage building with the rest of my team. We waited a few minutes before we were allowed to enter the mission room. As soon as we entered with the cat its' owner crushed it in a hug that should have broken it in half. 'That poor cat. One of these days that cat will get away and we won't be able to find it' I thought to myself with a sweat drop on the back of my head.
"Now the next assignment for Team Seven will be... to babysit for the council of elders... to run errands to the neighboring village... to help dig sweet potatoes..." the Hokage started.
"NO WAY! NO THANK YOU! BORRING! GIVE US SOMETHING HARDER TO DO. SOMETHING IMPORTANT! SOMETHING AMAZING!," Naruto yelled making an 'x' with his arms o show that he was extremely against us getting something easy again. I had to agree with because I knew that this was a waste of our talents. Iruka got mad and started yelling at Naruto and I just blocked him out since I had heard the same speech again and again when we were in the academy. After a while the Hokage started to explain why we were given such low ranked missions and what each mission did for the village. While he did that Naruto started to talk about ramen and ignored the old man.
"ARE YOU EVEN PAYING ATTENTION?" Hokage-sama yelled at Naruto.
"I don't want to hear it. All you ever do is say "we're not ready for the next level" and "that we still have to get stronger before you can give us any REAL missions". Well I'm tired of it and we're more than ready to prove that we are NOT the screw-ups that the old man thinks we are," Naruto yelled making his point known. I saw the Hokage turn to face me and seemed to be asking me if I thought that we were ready to do something harder. I gave a small nod to show that I thought we were ready. 'At least I hope so' I thought to myself.
"All right then I have a mission for you. You will have to escort a certain someone to The Land of Waves and protect him from bandits and thieves. Now I will call him in immediately," the old man said before Naruto could say anything. 'Kuso' I thought hearing him say we were going to The Land of Waves.
The door slid open and revealed an old man with a bottle of sake in his hand. "What's going on? These are the ninja who are going to escort me home? They don't look like they could take on a fly, especially the midget and the girl with the collar," the man said. Naruto looked confused as to whom he was talking about and I took the opportunity to send out a silent signal to one of the wolf teams that were waiting outside. Before anyone could move or say anything the man was on his stomach with Bloodeyes on his back. He growled deeply in his throat and I smirked at the man's expression of shock.
"Now, now Bloodeyes you know better than to pounce on the customer," I said as I walked over to him. Bloodeyes flashed a toothy grin before he got off the man. "Here let me help you up," I said extending my hand and putting on one of my sweetest smiles. He grasped my hand and I yanked him up with more force than necessary. He ended up on his butt and I was chuckling at his stupidity
"Nice one Kiba-chan," Naruto said laughing at the man. I smiled and quickly returned to my former spot next to Nachuraru along with Bloodeyes who was smiling wickedly at the man.
"Kiba-chan! You should know better than to antagonize the customer," Iruka yelled shocked at my behavior.
"Yes and he should know better than to judge a book by its cover let alone a ninja by the way they dress," I replied without taking my eyes off the man. I frowned at the scent of another ninja village that clung to him.
*Time skip*
We walked out of the village gates and I stretched out my arms happy t be out of the village after staying there for so long. Naruto yelled about how happy he was to get out of the village and explained that this was his first time outside of the village. He then made sure that the bridge builder, named Tazuna, knew who he was and what he was going to do in the future. After that we walked on and Naruto was given a lesson in how ninja villages worked and where they were located.
"Then there is the Village of Densetsu, which no one really knows much about since it's just a little back water village that doesn't have anything important in it, other than the sixth Kage," Kakashi said. I snorted at his comment about my home village, but decided to not say anything yet. As we walked on I noticed a puddle that was in the middle of the road. I instantly shifted into enemy alert mode, but made myself appear calm to the others. Nachuraru noticed my sudden shift in moods and got closer to me. Before he could say anything two ninja from the Village of Mist. They caught Kakashi in their chain and split him into smaller pieces. Then one of them noticed my presence and grinned wickedly at me. 'Kuso' I thought as the first one told the other about me.
"Great that means we get two birds with one stone. You go for the girl, I'll go for the old man," the second one said. They released the chain that was connecting them and split apart to attack. The first one ran at me and I pushed Nachuraru out of the way and saw that Naruto had completely frozen up at the sight of Kakashi's chopped up body. I couldn't see anything else because the first ninja was only inches away from me. My eyes narrowed in hate and rage and I rushed forward slamming my fist into his chest sending him back towards the forest. I heard Sakura yell something to Tazuna, but ignored it and charged at my enemy letting my dragon spirit increase my arm strength and my speed. I was in front of my enemy before he had hit the tree and gave him a sharp kick in the side sending him colliding into his partner. The two collided and in the next second I had one hand wrapped around their throats keeping them from moving.
"Who the hell sent you after us?" I snarled. The two kept their mouths shut and tried to claw me with their poison dipped claws. I felt the claws pierce my chest and right arm. I didn't even flinch and my snarl just grew louder surprising the two ninja. I lifted my left arm and threw the guy against a tree. In the next second I ripped out the other guys' neck instantly killing him and had caught the one that I had thrown away.
"Now I'm only going to ask nicely one more time. Who sent you," I asked narrowing my eyes.
"W-we were sent h-here by s-someone name G-Gato to kill the bridge builder and we didn't even know that the infamous Wh...Gurgle," the second brother was cut off as I crushed his windpipe. I threw the body away and stood there letting the news sink into my rage driven mind. I inhaled sharply when I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder. I spun and gave a snarl fully prepared to attack whoever it was. I straightened when I saw that it was only Nachuraru.
"Are you alright?" he asked worry evident on his face. I nodded my head opting not to say anything for fear that I would betray the fear I felt a knowing that I had put my friends and family in danger just by being alive. He looked at me like he didn't believe me for a second before he nodded his head in understanding. I looked past him and saw that everyone else was perfectly fine.
"Come on we need to keep moving or else when their boss is sent here we will be sitting ducks," I said picking up my pack that I had thrown way when the fighting started. I started to move in the direction of the Land of Waves, but stopped when I realized that I was the only one who had started moving on.
"Kiba, we can't keep going. Naruto was cut by one of those guys' claws and you need to explain why you killed those two and interrogated them," Sakura said quite quietly for someone who was always yelling.
"First Naruto will be fine because I slipped you all an antidote the moment I saw the puddle in the middle of the path. Second I killed those three for reasons that don't concern you. Third I interrogated them because we needed to know who our enemy is and why they wanted me," I said showing her the three senbon that were dipped in a special antidote that could neutralize all but the strongest of poisons.
"And Sakura, Kiba did the right thing by killing those two especially since he really had only three options to choose from," Kakashi said looking pleased that I had thought to give my teammates an antidote in case one of them got hit with a poison attack.
"And what were those three options sensei and why did you only use three senbon when there are six of us?" Sakura asked pointing to the needles in my hand.
"Sakura her only options were one she could let them live and report back to their superior that they had failed, two capture them which would force us to turn back and be right back where we started, or three kill both of them after getting the necessary information and possibly give us more time before their leader finds out that they failed. In this case she chose the only option that would keep us out of danger at least until we make it to the Wave Country," Kakashi answered.
"And she only used three antidotes because three of us take a pill to prevent poisoning everyday and she is impervious to all poisons except for the ones that she herself has created in case she ever comes across an enemy who has the same ability she does," Sasuke said keeping his gaze focused on my back. I nodded grateful that he had said that. Sakura still looked troubled about what had happened, but accepted this answer and dropped the subject. I was even more thankful that she let it go, but wasn't about to admit that out loud.
"And old man you need to explain to us why Gato is after someone like you," I said with a harshness in my voice and stance. He nodded his head and we continued on our way to the Wave Country.
*Time Skip*
We were on a small boat on the last leg of our journey to the Wave Country and the old man had just started to tell us why Gato was after him. I didn't really care since I already had a pretty good idea of why Gato would want him dead. I waited and listened to the sound of the waves and the sounds of the air. I snapped my head around when the old man said that he would understand if we didn't want to help him anymore.
"Oh come on Tazuna. If we didn't want to help you we would've left you when we were first attacked by those two ninja from the Mist," I said stopping him mid sentence. Everyone nodded their head in agreement at my statement. After that we had to be quiet because we were entering the village and this was the most dangerous part. After we departed the boat the man left and we thanked him for what he had done.
We started to head towards Tazuna's daughter's house where we would be staying until the mission was finished. As we walked I noticed that Naruto kept looking around like there was some kind of danger nearby. He threw a kunai at something that wasn't there and Sakura yelled at him.
"I gotcha this time," Naruto yelled throwing another kunai in a different direction. Kakashi went and checked it out and it turned out to be a rabbit. Naruto started to apologize to the rabbit and Sakura yelled at him for something, but I stopped paying attention when I looked at the rabbit and saw that it had white fur when it should have had brown fur during this season. 'Kuso' I thought and motioned to the Nachuraru to start battle procedures. I quickly performed some hand signs while Nachuraru released a smoke bomb and shifted into a green colored wolf. When the smoke around me cleared I looked just like the human Nachuraru. I knew that I couldn't speak for fear of giving away who I really was. I watched as Nachuraru's back fur stood up in an angry way.
'Hey guys no matter what happens between now and the house don't say my name. Okay?'I asked Naruto and Sasuke.
'Alright, but why?'they said. I was about to answer when I heard something whistling through the air and it was headed towards Sakura and Naruto. I cursed under my breath and launched myself at them knocking both down to the ground. The object sailed through the air right where they had been standing a second ago before lodging itself in a tree. I looked up and saw a large sward that I recognized as the sword of a man who was in most people's bingo books. I looked around when I heard two growls coming from nearby. I let out a snarl that demanded attention and said back off or die. I heard a whimper and the sound of two retreating wolves.
"Well it seems that I have some competition after all," a male voice said. My head snapped around and returned to face the voice. I saw a man with a mist village headband angled on his head. He had his mouth wrapped in bandages in a similar way to Kakashi's mask and was only wearing some arm and lower leg guards with a pair of pants that were held up by a strap around his neck. "Tell me boy how did you know that my sword was aimed for those two?" the man asked. I kept my mouth shut with my body protectively over the two I had tackled to the ground.
"Zabuza Momochi the boy who left the Mist Village," Kakashi stated. Zabuza laughed and continued to analyze me when he noticed the wolf that was standing next to me. I felt Naruto start to launch himself out from under me and grabbed him by the collar shaking my head not to interfere with the battle that was about to take place. I focused my attention on Kakashi after I was certain that Naruto wasn't going to attack Zabuza. I drew a quick breath when I saw his hand go up to the headband that covered his right eye (someone tell me if this isn't right).
"Well if I want to stand a chance of beating you I'll have to go all out in this fight," Kakashi said lifting the headband to reveal a Sharingan eye. I glanced over at Sasuke and saw that he was very surprised to see that our sensei had one Sharingan eye. I focused back on the two ninja who were preparing to fight just as quickly. Zabuza had jumped out the tree that his sword had been embedded in and got into a fighting stance ready to take on Kakashi.
"Just hand over the old man and I won't kill your companions," Zabuza said trying to get Kakashi to give up the old man. Kakashi just looked back at him with a face that said "never". "Fine if you won't give him up then I'll just kill all of you and the bridge builder," Zabuza said making a hand sign with his free hand. I watched as he disappeared into the mist that was surrounding us. At the same moment I saw Kakashi start forming hand signs for the water clone jutsu. I kept a close watch on our surroundings, but stopped when I felt something akin to a stab through one of my mind links. I immediately identified it as Sasuke's since he was the only one in the vicinity that was shaking like a leaf.
'Sasuke you need to calm down. I won't let anyone on this team die or get hurt during this battle' I said forcing myself through the wall of panic and fear. At the same moment Kakashi said," Sasuke, calm down I'm not going to let any of my comrades die," giving one of his famous eye smiles. I felt the fear leave my cousin's body as our words sunk into his head.
"That's nice Kakashi, but how can you protect them all when I can kill them with one stroke of my sword," Zabuza said appearing behind our backs. Before he could move my body reacted and I struck out with my left arm landing a punch which sent him into the air. As soon as my hand connected he turned to water and I felt something coming from behind me. I rolled out of the way and just missed being cut in half by his sword by an inch.
"Well you seem to have pretty good reflexes for someone so young," he sneered at me. I let out a snarl to show my disapproval of his tone. The next second Nachuraru was standing in front of me and Kakashi had a kunai to Zabuza's throat. Zabuza laughed at the way that Kakashi thought he had won and gave him a powerful, sharp kick to the abdomen, sending sensei into the water a few feet away. 'Well he still has his physical strength and it's only gotten stronger' I thought as Kakashi climbed out of the water. I noticed that he was using the walk on water technique and before anyone could react Zabuza was behind Kakashi and started to perform some hand signs.
"Water Style: Water Prison," Zabuza said and a sphere of water formed around Kakashi. "And now that I have your master caught I think I'll finish you off with only one hand," Zabuza said focusing his chakra and forming a water clone. The clone disappeared and reappeared in front of Naruto and sent the blond flying with a well aimed kick. As soon as the kick connected I moved at blinding speed and caught Naruto before he could hit a tree.
I snarled at Zabuza glad that h didn't know who I was when I saw the fear etched on Naruto's face. I saw Nachuraru move to attack Zabuza, but I signaled for him to stay where he was and protect the bridge builder. I felt Naruto push against my arms like he was going to try and run from the battle when he stopped struggling. I glanced down at the boy and saw a little bit of red chakra mix with his normal blue for just a second before it returned to normal and Naruto looked determined to attack Zabuza no matter what happened.
'Kiba let me go I have a plan that will free Kakashi from that prison'Naruto said. I nodded my head as he explained the plan and told him the weapons that Sasuke always carried with him in case something like this ever happened. As soon as I explained the plan to Sasuke Naruto rushed at Zabuza and was hit back by a punch from the enemy. He slowly stood up and in his hand was the headband that had been knocked off when Zabuza had kicked him.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? YOU THINK YOU CAN AKE ON SOMEONE LIKE HIM BEFORE YOU'VE HAD ANY...," Sakura started to rant at Naruto for doing the right thing, but stopped when he pushed himself up off the ground. Zabuza laughed at his resilience to defeat.
"Hey you with the huge sword, I've got a new name for that bingo book or whatever you call it. That name is..," Naruto started before bringing up his headband and tying it to his head," NARUTO UZUMAKI!"
"You still think you can take on someone like me? Let me tell you something kid by the time I was your age I had already stained my hands with the blood of my enemies and that was just to become a genin. The funny thing is that they were all older than me and set to take the final to become genin and I was three years away from the age of being a candidate for the test.," Zabuza said laughing at the looks of pure terror that crossed Naruto's and Sakura's faces. "Oh and that's not even the best part. Shortly after I left my village I met the most interesting young girl. She was betrayed by her best friend and she was actively seeking out the people who had arranged for her murder that had become an exile when she fled before they could touch her. She was so full of blood lust that it made me want to help her and that's exactly what I did. I took her in and helped her rack down the people who were responsible for her exile. And in return she kept the ninja who were after me away by killing them before they even found me. And she did all of this at the tender young age of four less than a year after the incident that forced her to flee from her village. Regrettably, I lost contact with her shortly after we parted ways in the Land of Wind," he ranted on about the person I once was. Naruto and Sakura looked stricken and like they were about to be sick after he finished his little rant. Sasuke had the same look on his face, but I knew that it was fake. Thank Kami that I hadn't told anyone else that little part of my life.
In the seconds that I had looked away Zabuza had moved towards my cousin and had struck him in the abdomen with a swift right punch. Sasuke doubled over in pain and Zabuza took the opportunity to punch him in the back sending him down to his stomach. He then proceeded to stomp on his stomach until he coughed up blood. When I saw the blood come out of his mouth I just about lost control and saw red in my vision.
"Hey are you two ready for this?" Naruto asked glancing at me and Sasuke. I snapped my head around to look at Naruto and seeing him still so calm allowed me to gain control again and stop the need to rip something apart then and there. We nodded our heads in unison and I stepped up to stand beside Naruto. "Then let's do this," he yelled rushing towards Zabuza with me on his heels.
As we rushed in we started to form some hand signs that were very familiar to us both by now. "Shadow Clone Justu!" Naruto yelled as puffs of smoke started to appear and take the shape of our bodies. We piled onto the stunned man who was shocked that we, two low level genin, knew such a high powered jutsu. At first it looked like we were winning, but it was short lived because Zabuza swung his sword and sent everyone flying in different directions. The clones landed and disappeared instantly and Naruto and I were knocked back. I slipped my bag off my shoulder and pulled out a wind shuriken and threw it towards Sasuke. He caught it and spun around kicking up some dust in the process and extended the shuriken to its full size before looking at Zabuza.
"Demon Wind Shuriken! Windmill of Shadows!" Sasuke yelled jumping into the air and giving the shuriken a hard throw.
"That technique is useless against me. After all, the girl I told you about helped me train so that I could use any weapon against its owner or just dodge the weapon. After all she was one of the few people I have met who could use any weapon and kill someone with it," the Zabuza lone said putting a hand on its sword hilt. He looked surprised when the shuriken went right past him and went straight or the real body.
"Amateur!" the real Zabuza yelled and grabbed the weapon right out of the air. I smirked and let loose a mighty howl as a second shuriken made its way towards Zabuza. I knew that my cousin had mastered the Shadow Shuriken technique. Right before the second shuriken could hit him Zabuza jumped into the air dodging it completely. I increased the volume of my howl and smirked into it as he fell for the trap. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Nachuraru join the howl along with Sasuke who smirked in the same way I was and Sakura just looked confused about the entire thing.
Just after the second shuriken went past Zabuza it burst into smoke as Naruto released the jutsu and threw a kunai at Zabuza's head. Zabuza had no other option but to withdraw his hand from the water prison to avoid losing the use of his life. Instead of taking his life the kunai just cut his cheek and made him bleed. I saw that he was about to attack Naruto and before he could I teleported to be right in front of Naruto and balanced myself on the water. I placed one hand to my lips and gave a sharp whistle. Two growls and two roars answered he summons a second after the note faded into nothing.
Zabuza aimed the shuriken at us and right before he could throw it Kakashi appeared and stopped the weapon from being released from Zabuza's hand. Zabuza looked stunned that he had been able to survive the water prison jutsu for such a long period of time. Before he could regain his composure four animals burst out of the undergrowth and stood in a semicircle around me and Naruto. The four animals were not happy and looked ready to rip out his throat.
"Not only did you get out of my jutsu, but you were able to perform a summoning jutsu as well," Zabuza said to Kakashi. 'Too bad he doesn't know these four new recruits' I thought as I looked at the two lionesses and wolves. The lioness on the far right had a light yellow pelt and a red mark similar to the one on my wolf form's head, she was named Kimaera. Then there was the russet colored wolf that had bright yellow eyes and a white lightning bolt on his left shoulder, he was named Conan. On the left stood a gray wolf with one red sock that looked like a flame, she was named Fenris. Finally on the far left stood a black lioness with one red scar like mark over her right eye, and she had bright green eyes, she was named Lea.
"You're wrong on both of those statements. I didn't break out of you prison, but was freed from it when my students attacked you and broke your concentration. The animals you see before you are some of the animals who have sworn to protect their master and anyone that that person holds dear. By threatening that boy you pissed off that person and now they have decided that this battle has gone on long enough and are going to end this battle before you can use your next move," Kakashi explained while I started to form some hand signs and told the four to protect Naruto and get him back to dry land before things got worse. When the two ninja broke apart the four new recruits grabbed Naruto and took off towards the mainland.
I jumped over to stand beside Kakashi and continued to form the hand signs as fast as I could and then we all released the jutsus at the same time. 'Water Style: Water Dragon Missile!' I thought releasing the jutsu. Three dragon like bodies appeared and collided with each other. I put a little more chakra into mine so while the other two canceled each other out mine went right through and struck the spot where Zabuza had been a second ago. I knew that Zabuza thought something was wrong the moment my jutsu struck the spot he had been since he hadn't noticed any extra chakra in my jutsu and since Kakashi had mirrored his every move up to that point. Zabuza moved one way and Kakashi mirrored him flawlessly, even when he stopped suddenly. He continued to see if Kakashi was really just mirroring him or if there was something else going on.
Then Kakashi started to mess with his head by finishing his thoughts and sentences. He started to form some hand signs that I recognized and I immediately started to form the same hand signs, but at a faster pace since I had increased my speed by pushing the wolf's chakra throughout my body a few seconds earlier to rejuvenate my body. Zabuza stopped mid kanji and just started to the left of Kakashi like he was seeing a ghost. Kakashi continued with his hand signs and we both finished at the same time. 'Water Style: Giant Waterfall!' I thought releasing the jutsu along with Kakashi's. Both attacks struck Zabuza at the same and sent him crashing into a tree with the same amount of force that a small dragon tail could exert.
"Well I guess that this is the end for you," Kakashi said.
"Can you see the future as well?" Zabuza asked.
"I foresee... your death," Kakashi said drawing a kunai. Before he could throw the weapon two senbon came out of nowhere and struck him through the neck. 'Right on time' I thought to myself as I feigned a look of surprise. I looked up into the tree across from Kakashi and saw a boy about the same age as Naruto standing in it.
"Well it seems that your prediction came true," the boy said. I teleported over to the body and checked for a pulse. I nothing for a few seconds then there was a small pulse against my fingers. I ignored it and shook my head at Kakashi signaling that he was dead and didn't have a pulse. At that moment Naruto and Sasuke came up to us on the backs of Kimaera and Conan. The other two were on foot since they didn't trust the other two not to throw them off or something. As the four new recruits arrived they let out soft growls that Nachuraru silenced with a small glare. Sasuke and Naruto gave Zabuza's body one look and the stared in disbelief at the boy who had killed the ninja.
"Who the hell are you?!" Naruto yelled at the boy.
"Naruto relax he's not an enemy," Sasuke said trying to get the blond to calm down.
"What the hell teme! I'm not worried about that I'm more worried about the fact that he was able to kill Zabuza. Who wasn't exactly a push over," Naruto retorted.
"Yes well you'll both just have to live with it. This probably won't be the last time we run into a kid who s younger than you and stronger than me," Kakashi said. I snorted at the irony of his comment, since I knew that Sasuke and Naruto could easily surpass Kakashi with the right training of course. Naruto went silent and I caught a flash of worry pass over my cousin's face before it was back to its unemotional mask. The boy in the tree teleported to stand next to me and picked up the body. I helped lift the body over his shoulder so that it wouldn't be as heavy on his body.
"Well I'll just take this body to dispose of it properly before anyone else shows up," the boy said as he teleported away with Zabuza's body. As soon as he was gone Nachuraru and I returned to our normal forms in a puff of smoke. I stretched out my arms since they were a little stiff from performing hand signs as fast as I had. I smiled at Nachuraru who was doing the same thing.
"Man I was kind of hoping I would break a sweat in that fight, but I guess it wasn't met to happen. Hold still you guys and give me a chance to heal your wounds," I said with a small smile. Naruto motioned for me to ignore his wounds and I set about healing the internal wounds done to Sasuke. I winced when I saw him grimace from the pain it put on his body. "You were very lucky cousin. If he had moved an inch to the left he would've snapped your spine," I whispered trying not to make the others worry about him.
"I know, but it was worth it to protect him," Sasuke responded to my comment. I nodded my head and knew that he was just trying to protect someone else. After I finished up on him I released the jutsu and returned to the battle ground to retrieve my bag and weapons. "Aren't you going to heal Naruto?" Sasuke asked helping me pick up the weapons. I shook my head no and glanced over at Naruto, who only had a few bruises.
"Well come on guys we need to get going. We've lost a lot of light with the fight," Kakashi said pulling down his headband to cover his right eye. He didn't even take one step before he started to fall forward. I rushed forward and caught him before he could hit the ground.
"What's the matter? Does he have an internal injury or something," Nachuraru said coming over to take some of his weight off my body.
"No he just used too much chakra during the fight is all," I said after giving him a quick once over. "It takes a lot of chakra to do most of those techniques and he used a lot of it just trying to break out of the Water Prison." Before we left I sent the four new recruits back to the pack for the time being
Everyone nodded their heads in understanding and Tazuna took the lead showing us the way to his daughter's house. We got there and she immediately set out a place for me and Nachuraru to put down Kakashi. . We set him down and she led us to two guest rooms that were situated to hold three people each. I thanked her with a small bow and retired to the room that I was supposed to share with Sakura. I lied on the bed and thought about what had happened that afternoon. A few minutes later I heard the guys retiring to their room and Sakura came in.
After she lied down I got up and headed outside to gaze at the moon. I sat there and just gazed at nothing and thought about the fight. I didn't say anything to anyone, but I knew that Zabuza was still alive and that he would come back to try again. 'Unless I can convince him to meet me under peaceful conditions and get him to see reason. If I know him he's probably tired of running from those ninja that are after him and just wants it to end. The last time I saw him he was sad to watch me leave. No one has ever really seen that side of him, but I know one other person he trusted enough to let his guard down. I hope that I see them both again,' I thought to myself. I sat there until the moon was at its highest point and decided to return to my bed. I lied down a second time and this time I was able to drift off to a peaceful sleep that wasn't haunted by the faces of the people I wasn't able to protect.
(The OCs here will probably not be shown again. I just needed someone to protect the others on the team and someone that Zabuza hadn't already met) ~Kiba-chan