After what I can easily call my worst springbreak so far I bring you the next chapter, this one will be an action-packed, butt-kicking abbondanza (that means plentiful). Please enjoy
I'd like to thank Dusk Eclipse and Hikari no Okami for helping me Beta this chapter
UPDATED: The mistake about the code appearing in mid of paragraph 6 should be now solved, i appreciate your help and apologize for the trouble
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Battle Maiden
"BYAKUGAN!" I yelled with all my heart as the veins around my eyes grew thicker and my vision enhanced. This was it, no running back now
"Byakugan?" asked Zabuza, more to himself than to any of us "I knew your eyes were something else, so you're a Hyuuga…who would guess I'd find a descendant of the most powerful clan in the village of Konoha? I've heard that said clan posses superior Taijutsu…but from what you have showed, you won't even get close to me"
We'll see about that! I screamed in my mind as I gripped the senbon needles tighter between my fingers, while counting inside my head. I had 4 needles in each hand…counting all the remaining weapons in both pouches I just had 2 more shots before having to use those senbon that were in the pouch, I had to make every single needle count
Sparking Fingers no Jutsu! I thought as I channeled the necessary chakra for the technique into my hands and from there into my weapons, causing small arcs of lightning to jump between them, the power wouldn't be enough to seriously damage an adult like Zabuza, but with some luck it would hinder him enough.
The water clone that was in front of us had the chakra perfectly distributed inside it, it had no weak point in its structure, my best chance was to use the weaknesses from the original, which were extremely few, and from its element, water, and I was planning on doing exactly that.
Slowly Naruto-kun stood up beside me.
"I'll give my best" I assured him
"We're counting on you, and I know you won't let us down" he said to me.
With as much courage as I could muster I rushed forward, towards the water clone.
A water clone. Analyzing all the data I had on it was my best bet. Anko-sensei had said that a water clone couldn't beat her, and so Zabuza had come out himself to fight, so a water clone had to be weaker than the original; much like a shadow clone it appeared to disappear after receiving a direct hit; it couldn't perform techniques or Zabuza would have had his clone use those to attack us; it had no organs or tenketsu, so he could only tap into physical techniques; I had never seen him use long range weapons, such as shuriken or kunai, he was a melee range fighter; besides that he was a water user, such as me, but far stronger and much more experienced, this would mean my water techniques were useless in this fight.
I threw a needle at the clone while still running towards it, he dodged it easily, this was somewhat expected, if the clone was to be reached by a needle the electric current in it would make it disappear; I followed it's movement with the other needles, one after the other in quick succesion, but each one was dodged, but at least I had forced him to move away from its position in front of the real Zabuza, I was sure this was his real intention with all this. Taking a few explosive tags from my own weapon pouch I channeled a bit of chakra into them to ignite them, and threw them at the real body of our enemy
"So, you have gone pass the clone and attacked the real me uh?" acknowledged Zabuza like it was nothing "but such a head on, simpleminded attack won't hit me" performing another one handed seal he raised a wall of water around him, and as the lit papers passed through it, they were extinguished, thus rendered useless…but I had managed to force the real him into defense letting us focus on the offensive. Pulling as much chakra as I could I called
"MOON JUMP!" and in a swift movement I unmaterialized from the edge of the water to reappear many yards above the battlefield, this was a risky movement, because if I were to land badly I could even die, but this was the only way to pass his wall of water.
Taking two handfull from each senbon pouch I threw a whole barrage at the enemy, but he easily managed to grab them as the needles were within his reach, I cursed inside my head
I have to make his drop them! If he keeps them in his hand much more he'll notice something different on them!
Without thinking I reached for another pair of handfuls and charged them once more with electricity, and in less than a second I threw them at Zabuza. I got my objective as he dropped the needles in his hand as he reached for his sword, and swinged it to stop the next round of steel threw at him, the leather cover grip of the sword protected his hand from the electric attack.
I began to fall to the ground (slowly, more slowly than I could have thought a free fall would feel like) however I knew I had just one more attack if I wanted to prepare my landing, so I pulled the needles one last time from the holders and threw them at the mist nin. Zabuza just had to use the plain side of the sword to stop the needles and make them bounce harmlessly towards the water. I made as fast as I could the hand seals for a basic Fuuton type jutsu, and taking out my fan I released the strongest gust of wind I was capable of, infusing as much chakra as I could into it in order to cushion my fall as much as possible. It was just enough for me to slow my fall, landing on my feet harmlessly, but the kinetic energy of the fall still made me fall on my butt after my feet touched the ground.
But at least, even if it had been dangerous, the whole maneuver had been a success
The needles from the last attack which were still to fall to the water suddenly exploded into clouds of smoke, as did those which zabuza had dropped to the water. The Naruto-kun that had been by my side suddenly exploded in a small cloud of smoke.
In mid air and coming out of the water were more than half a dozen Naruto-kun's, all of them inside the water wall Zabuza had created, all of the blonds had their swords in theirs hands, ready to attack.
"Wind Edge no Jutsu!" all of them cried at the same time and the air around the blades moved to create void around the edge of the blades, making the air currents made by said action enhance the cutting power of the metal weapons…but Zabuza didn't look surprised at all.
"Useless" he said widening his eyes and using his sword to stop all the blades "I noticed your little plan since a while ago" and I noticed it had been when he grabbed the needles; it had been my mistake for not charging them with electricity from the beginning.
"Salamander no Jutsu!" suddenly the air around the swords of the Naruto-kuns' ignited and became coats of fire for the weapons, but Zabuza kept his cool.
"You really have a thick skull don't you? Water puts out fire" he said with a malevolent tone, and suddenly the water wall closed up on them covering them by a second. As the jutsu returned the water on the lake, the fire on the ninja-tos was no more, pushing up with great strength (despite using just one hand) he sent the Naruto-kuns flying as the water clone returned to his position between them and me.
The clones of Naruto-kun dropped their weapons and hold to the arms, shoulders, and neck of Zabuza
I had to pass the water clone again, but he wouldn't fall for the same trick twice…I had to bring out something that could give us an upper hand
Concentrating my remaining chakra I pulled the energy into the palm of my hands and fell on my taijutsu stance. I brought the palms to my body, this technique I was going to pull wasn't complete, and this was barely the basics, but in the intense mental training Habataku had with me this was one of the techniques we practiced. I had to make this right in one chance or everything would be lost.
"Jyuuken: Twin Fist" twisting my arms I focused the chakra into little spheres of energy, the technique was originally a short range technique, but I was going to use it at long range…a range as long as my extended vision range, I just hoped the attack would be strong enough to be a threat. Pushing my arms forward releasing my twisted limbs to their original position I threw the two orbs of chakra, they weren't perfect in shape, neither were they big, but they were fast enough, they traveled performing a spiral, passing at the sides of the clone and continuing their path to their target, the shoulder of Zabuza that was keeping the prison of Anko-sensei in place. The blueish globes reached Zabuza's flesh not exactly on the mark but close enough, burning the flesh they managed to reach before Zabuza released the arm. The rushed movement sent Naruto-kun flying into the water, the hit and the need to swim and hold his breath apparently were too much for him to keep on the concentration for his clones, which disappeared in quick succesion one by one.
"Little bastards!" cursed Zabuza, rushing to attack Naruto-kun with his sword while the clone rushed to attack me. But Naruto-kun was defenseless on the water and Zabzua was standing on its surface like it was solid ground, and I was completely empty, almost without enough strength to keep on my feet, the weight of my own body was forcing me to the ground, my muscles exhausted.
"Wind Scythe Jutsu!" called Midori-sempai and using her own fan (one pretty much like mine) she destroyed the clone that was a few yards away from me already prepared to swing his huge sword. On the other hand, Zabuza's arm that was holding his sword, prepared to slash Naruto-kun like a sitting duck in the water, but said arm was stopped by several snakes that came out from the arm of Anko-sensei's coat who was now free.
"Well done Sunshine, and specially you Bright Eyes, today you proved that you are a Battle Maiden" said a grinning sensei
"Because of all that happened I released the jutsu" cursed Zabuza releasing his arm, but Naruto-kun had already swam to the shore of the lake
"More like you were forced to release it, this kids here were more than a match for the task" without breaking eye contact with Zabuza she talked to our client "Tazuna-san, I guess these kids have already proved their worth have they not?"
"Yes I think so" answered the older man "I take back everything I said"
"Great" a smirk draw itself in our sensei's lips "now it's my turn"
"I beat you once, I'll do it again" said Zabuza, sounding confident
"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" recited Anko-sensei "you guys did perfectly, now it's my turn, watch closely, I'm going all out"
"Heh, fool, a no-one like you can't defeat me!" Zabuza started a long series of seals, at an incredible speed, Anko-sensei, not loosing a second marked her own, matching the speed
"WATER DRAGON NO JUTSU!" called Zabuza
"INFERNO WAVE NO JUTSU!" finished at the same time Anko-sensei
From the water a huge dragon rose and charged at Anko-sensei but she breath a huge amount of fire that crashed against the dragon head on, both splashing in the middle, creating a large amount of steam that covered the whole battle field.
When the steam cleared both of the Jounnin where still facing each other, neither of them jhad moved an inch
"What speed, so many seals and neither of them screwed it up" said Naruto-kun dragging himself out of the water, completely tired too, but still capable of moving, and knowing him he would be back on shape in few minutes, ready for another round of combat if necessary.
"Well done woman" said the renegade ninja "but your luck has run out, the next attack will finish this once and for all"
"As you wish" replied Anko-sensei with confidence
Zabuza marked a rapid succession of seals, which even took Anko-sensei by surprise, she fell behind, as her enemy already finished her enemy before she could pull her own
"WATER VORTEX NO JUTSU!" a large amount of water moved from the lake and exploded against sensei in a whirling motion, covering her completely
"SENSEI!" I called her as I saw her figure beign lost beneath the waters
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" laughed the mist ninja with energy "foolish woma-uh?"
As the waters slowly calmed and returned to its regular level the gigantic head of a bluish snake appeared, then its long body came from the water, as the snake opened its mouth another laughter could be heard
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" it was Anko-sensei "I was expecting more from the demon of the mist…you know something? I myself can be a no-one. But I was trained by the most feared name of Konoha, second in power only to Itachi Uchiha, at least since the Yellow Flash passed away"
"You couldn't mean, The Snake Sannin!" demanded Zabuza with a warry tone in his voice
"Good answer, here's you prize!" the huge snake attacked a surprised Zabuza with a tail slap, faster than a cobra strike, the powerful blow sent him to a tree, where a rain of Kunai blades pinned him to the bark
"It's over" announced Anko-sensei "time to finish this, Momochi Zabuza" the huge snake slithered to the tree in few seconds
However as she prepared to deliver the final blow 2 senbon needles pierced Zabuza's neck causing him great pain, suddenly leaving him numb
"Thanks for the help" said a figure, the face was covered by a mask, but by the voice it seemed she was a girl, she couldn't be much older than Midori-sempai "I had been hunting Zabuza for a little while now, I was waiting for the perfect time to kill him. I appreciate the help"
"Hey! Who the hell are you?!" questioned Naruto-kun, we were barely catching up to them
"You, that mask. It's from the hunting squad of hidden mist, right?" questioned Anko-sensei, at that moment I noticed her mask had the same sign as did Zabuza's head band protector
"That's right, you know a lot about the village, I'm impressed" said the masked girl
"That voice…" mumbled Midori-sempai
"Hunting squad?" I asked Anko-sensei
"It's the special group of ninja in charge of hunting the renegade ninja who turn their backs on the village, they hunt him now so that the secrets of the village he posses do not fall in the wrong hands"
Anko-sensei walked towards Zabuza and removed him from the tree, placing him on the ground, taking 2 fingers to his neck "he's dead" she announced.
"That's not what I asked!" almost yelled Naruto-kun "in just one hit! This person! Zabuza was so strong, yet this person…took him down so easily!"
"That's the way it is" explained Anko-sensei "In the ninja world there're kids younger than any of you, but with enough power to defy the Hokage… but don't you dare go thinking the old man is a weakling Sunshine" as response to this last statement Naruto-kun adjusted his standing, just as a kid caught in the middle of a prank, had he really been doubting the powers of Hokage-sama?
"Well if you excuse me, I'll have to dispose of this corpse, it posses uncountable secrets" said the masked girl moving closer to Zabuza's body. I was glad, the sooner it could be away from me the calmer I would feel. She carried the large man's body as if it was a feather
"Your voice…" repeated Midori-sempai "…you are Haku-kun right?"
Suddenly the girl turned to see us, apparently taking more interest in us
"You're Haku-kun, right? It's been ages since I heard your voice but…I'm sure it's you" continued Midori-sempai
Making a one handed seal the girl disappeared along with the body of our passed away enemy
"Midori-sempai, who was that girl?" asked Naruto-kun
"Just some old friend…I met ages ago…far away from here…so many years…" trailed the white haired, an uncomfortable silence fell upon all of us…our teammate apparently lost in her memories
"Well, snap out of it Midori" sensei snapped her fingers in front of Midori-sempai and the girl blinked twice "Tazuna's house is just a little further away, and I really need to rest…I'm exhausted, and I'm sure you guys are too" both Naruto-kun and me had our clothes ripped apart in several places, in some parts they were barely keeping themselves together and we were covered in dirt, bruises and cuts.
"Hina-chan, you were great!" cheered me Naruto-kun "totally awesome! You kick ass!"
"Yes…" the tone Anko-sensei had used really scared me "you did well Hinata-chaaan~" this was bad "however…you called me 'sensei' before didn't you?" crap…I hadn't used her name last time.
"I guess you need some punishment to make sure this doesn't happen again~" her expression was very scary
"I-i-i-i-i-I'm s-s-s-so so-so-sorry! I-i-it won't happen a-again!" I pleaded
"Too late!" her voice was lovely but her eyes…
Is a swift movement she grabbed a kunai blade and made a single cut at me, in less than a second…the already damaged fabric of my dress was destroyed completely, dropping in rags to the ground.
I could feel the color rising to my cheeks and in the edge of my vision I could see how Naruto-kun was blushing too, his eyes widening, a red drop appearing in his nose…if someone else was looking at me I couldn't concentrate anymore. Taking as much air as I could I screamed
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
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Okami's note: I haven't said it for some time, but really, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WITH THAT LAST SCENE, TOHRU?! DAMN PERV!!!!
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And yeah, please check for mistakes. (Damn perv author ¬¬)
-Hey, it's in character you said that yourself, and i think its nice to bother Naruto and Hinata from time to time XDDD (and you know i put that scene just to make you say "perv" XDD)
That's all for now, so far it's a tie one vote for zabuza dying and another one for Zabuza living, there are still a few chapters until I have to write Zabuza's fate down so, send a review with the answer about that should happen to Zabuza in this fic
The technique Hinata used, the Twin Fist, is the bases for the attack she showed in the latest chapters of the manga, during the following chapters she'll develop this technique along with other of her trade mark techniques and of course some original surprises
Btw, if Hinata called Haku a 'she' that's 'cause that's her impression, just that, as in the original Haku is a boy
Cya next time, I hope you guys had a great springbreak