How Did You Get to Me?

A Zabuza Love Story.

Chapter 8: Controlled.

Note: I'm sorry for not updating for a while.

You hear someone giggle behind you, just as Zabuza was about to kiss you. You turn around and see Naruto, Sakura, and Haku standing in the doorway. "Get out of here before I hurt you all! You've seen what I can do…you all know that I am more than capable of hurting you!" You shout and shake your fist at them.

Zabuza chuckles, "I like a woman with spunk."

"Lily chan?" Naruto says. "Kakashi sensei wants to talk to you and Zabuza."

"Ok, thanks Naruto." You say and Naruto, Sakura, and Haku leave. "I guess we'll have to continue this late…" you start to say, but you're cut off by a pair of soft lips. Zabuza had bitten through his gauze and is now softly kissing you. Surprisingly, the kiss is gentle and loving. You melt into the kiss and wrap your arms around his neck.

Zabuza breaks the kiss, "I'm going to train you all this week. I hope you're a fast learner." He says and walks off, leaving your head spinning.

You turn around and see Kakashi standing in the doorway with his arms crossed across his chest. "Oh, Kakashi…sorry, I was just heading inside to talk to you…."

"It's all right. I was just wanting to ask if you would like for me to train you…but I see Zabuza beat me to it." He says and walks back inside. You follow behind him after casting one last glance at the sky.

The next day you're woken at dawn by Zabuza. "Come on, get up…it's time to start your training as a ninja."

You yawn and get up. After you get dressed, you follow Zabuza and Haku out of the house and into a large clearing.

By noon you're absolutely exhausted. You're sitting on the ground panting while Zabuza and Haku haven't even broken a sweat. You know they're going really easy on you. You look up and try to look into Zabuza's eyes to see what he might be thinking…but he turns away from you. "I think it's time to call it a day." He says and you can feel tears beginning to form in your eyes.

'I must look so pathetic….I don't want him to think I'm pathetic.' You think and get to your feet. "No…I'm all right. Now let's continue." 'I must make an impression on him.'

****Zabuza's P.O.V.****

Lily is sitting on the ground trying to catch her breath. I couldn't look at her…I am ashamed, but not of her…I'm ashamed of myself. Early, when I was facing her, I hit her pretty hard with a Water Dragon Missile and sent her flying into a tree. She stayed down for a minute of two, but got up and came right back at me. She really does have a lot of guts.

She gets to her feet, "No…I'm all right. Now let's continue."

"Fine, Haku. Take over."

"Yes, Master Zabuza." He moves towards Lily and bows, "Are you ready Lily chan?" She nods and runs at him, fist raised. Haku easily dodged her and kicked her feet out from under her. She manages to catch herself before she hit the ground face first. She gets back on her feet and turns to face Haku.

Both Haku and I are caught off guard as she starts making hand signs. They are sloppy and far from perfect, but they're recognizable…she's trying to perform the Water Dragon Missile. 'Hmm…I didn't tell her the signs that it took…she must have gathered that information from watching me do it.' A smile spreads across my face as a shape tries to rise from the water, but it disappears. "That was a good try, but you need more control over your chakra and mastery of your hand signs before you can hope to actually perform it."

"Ok," she says, in between gasps for breath. Haku rushes forward and punches her in the stomach. She falls to her knees clutching her stomach and then slumps down to the ground.

I sigh, "Ok, that's enough…at least for now. Let's go back and eat lunch then we can…" I stop mid-sentence because Lily has begun to glow. 'Those chakras…they're back….' The three different chakra are back: red, blue, and gold. 'There's got to be some secret to those chakras, but what is it?' Lily is getting back to her feet, but as she gets to her hands and knees the blue chakra disappears. Then she gets to her feet and the red chakra disappears too, leaving only the gold chakra…. 'Something isn't right….' Suddenly her hair turns yellow and when she looks up her eyes are glowing red. "Haku! Get away from her!"

Haku jumps into the air then lands by my side, "W…what's happening to Lily chan?! Its almost like the yellow chakra is devouring her…." As Haku is speaking, Lily continues to change; her fingertips turn into claws, her body seems to become metallic, large bird-like wings emerge from her back; they're also made of metal, and a long tail emerges from behind her. She looks at us and I can clearly see she now has fangs.

She let's out an earsplitting roar that seems to shake both the earth and heavens. The roar is unlike anything I've ever heard before; it causes birds to take flight from their nests and fly away, the animals in the forest flee in panic, and both Haku and myself to drop to our knees from the sheer power and force of the roar.

She then snorts and smoke comes out of her nostrils. I get to my feet and so does Haku, "Master Zabuza? Should I…attack?"

"We'll both attack…."

Suddenly, Kakashi and his team of brats appear out of the woods. "What's going on he…" he stops after he sees Lily.

"I…is that…Lily-chan?" Naruto asks, trembling.

"What happened?" Kakashi questions.

"I'll explain later…right know we need to get her back to normal…." I say and as though on cue, Lily begins to return to normal. Once she's back to normal, she collapses. We all run over to her, "Lily…Lily are you ok?" I ask but she's out cold. I pick her up, "Let's get her back."

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW THINGS WILL BE EXPLAINED SOON. AND SORRY FOR NOT HAVING THIS OUT SOONER.