"This job is too easy," Naruko groaned. She had grown tired of following the bridge builder all day. Sakura and Sasuke had gotten pretty fed up with it too and Naruko's groans were only getting on their nerves. They sighed and kept walking next to the Tazuna, who had gotten pretty tired of their presence. They were going to the woods and not a single person was in sight.
"You guys keep your guard up from now on, there's no signal in this place so we can't call for help if anything happens." Kakashi informed the kids next to him. This grabbed their attention and made them hyped on protecting Tazuna.
"HA! Don't worry Kakashi-sensei! This will be child's play for us," Naruko yelled.
"Don't get too overconfident," Sakura instructed while Sasuke just muttered a "hn" and looked forward. "SEE even Sasuke-kun agrees with me! You're so smart Sasuke- kun" Sakura swooned. Naruko rolled her eyes. That sasuke. He always acts like he's so cool and gets so much attention, Naruko thought. He'll find his right place soon. I am way better than him. Naruko turned her head away and put her arms behind her head. Kakashi sweatdropped at the team he was given.
UNKNOWN POV:
The bridge builder was going through the woods. This was perfect. They had completely fallen into my trap. I smirked, he was accompanied with three kids and a man. Did they really think they could go up against me? I followed them for a while waiting until they got near the lake, where I would be at an advantage because I spent a lot of training sessions here and I knew the place better than anyone else.
"Kakashi-sensei," one of the kids started.
"I know," the man who was supposed to be Kakashi replied. Kakashi? I've heard that name before. Kakashi, also known as the copy cat ninja, his skills are so good that he can copy almost anyone's skill and is practically considered a ninja. I smiled, this is going to be fun. I threw my weapon, the neck cleaver, right above their heads into a tree and jumped on it.
"Surrender peacefully and give me the bridge builder," I stated.
"As if!" A girl with blonde hair yelled. Man she was loud. I smirked, there's no way they could take me. I jumped off the blade and grabbed it, getting ready for combat.
NARUKO'S POV:
The guy came to the ground with a thud. I grabbed a kunai and got in position. I wasn't going to use any special weapon until we were in a rough position. He was pretty confident. I saw Sakura and Sasuke grab a weapon as well. I ran forward and got ready to attack. I came close to him with my kunai pointed at his chest. I blocked with his sword. I widened my eyes and he used his blunt edge of his sword to send me flying. I landed on my hands and knees near Sakura and Sasuke.
" Don't have such obvious attacks, dobe," Sasuke sniggered.
"At least I did something!" I yelled back. That teme! I turned to see Kakashi- sensei was fighting the man. I think he called him Zabuza. I looked at Kakashi - sensei, he had a pretty tough fight in his hands. The two seemed to be equally matched. Sasuke charged towards Zabuza but he dodged and hit Sasuke in the chest. He was also sent flying back but did a backwards summersalt and regained his posture.
"I think we should just guard Tazuna from comrades if he has any," Sasuke said. I nodded and Sakura let out a "yes Sasuke-kun ". We went on each side of Tazuna so there was no blindspots. I watched as Zabuza and Kakashi-sensei battled it off. They really were powerful. I still had a long way to go. I bet I'll become the best in the town and be considered Hokage! The two men were fighting and it was Zabuzas sword against Kakashi's kunai. Kakashi was trapped because if he turned to attack with another hand, he would get hit by the neck cleaver.
"Kakashi-sensei's screwed!" Sakura yelled. I gritted my teeth. I needed a plan, and fast. Since we can't take Zabuza on our own... GOT IT!
"Hey! Sasuke! I have a plan. Sakura, you stay here and guard Tazuna. I came up to Sasuke and muttered my plan in his ear. He smirked and nodded. He took out a shuriken and threw it at Zabuza. There was a rare chance that he would dodge. Zabuza jumped in the air but kept his sword on Kakashi-sensei successfully dodging the shuriken. I took the chance to run behind him and use my weapon to get swept towards a tree. This way, I could attack from behind. I ran towards Zabuza as he tried to dodge the second shuriken. He didn't notice me at all. This was good. I ran at him with a kunai in hand. He dodged the second shuriken. There was something in his hand. What was it? It shined. A kunai? He had known our trick. I was still running at him and he managed to get a scratch at his side but he pushed me down and put a kunai deep in my leg. I screamed as he moved it around and then kicked me in the leg. The pain was almost unbearable. It felt like the demons were there to punish me. I couldn't give up here. I was going to become hokage. Using the tree behind me's support, I brought myself up. Limping towards the man, I knew he was ready for my attack. I went as fast as I could and grabbed shuriken out of my pouch. I threw it at him and he blocked it with his kunai. I ran up to him and he punched me in the head down to the ground. I felt dizzy, but I knew what I had to do. I took my weapon, which I had implanted in the tree earlier (I took it out) and pressed the button that would make it longer so I could wrap it around his weapon. But at that moment, the stomped on my ribs. I felt numb at first but got a load of pain like a truck ran over me when I coughed up a lot of blood. I heard Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei and Sakura yelling my name. I held my hand weakly to stop Sasuke from running up to me and swiftly kicked Zabuza hard with my good leg on the part opposite of his knees. That caught him off guard and made him slightly lose his balance. Kakashi- sensei took the opportunity and got out of the trap. He led Zabuza away from me and yelled,
"Sasuke! Take her away from here!" Kakashi-sensei yelled. I heard quick footsteps and saw Sasuke's face in front of me. I still felt dizzy from my head hitting the floor. I felt arms scoop me up.
"You did great, dobe" I heard.
"Sasuke," was the last word I said before I snuggled into the firm arms holding me and fell unconscious.
