Wow! I'm probably the most hated writer in history! I'm sorry for such a long delay, I know I didn't come back when I should, things have been nuts in my wonderland. BUT! I'm back! and I have finally finished this bitch of a chapter...
I hope you enjoy it and I am working my butt off to finish the next chapter
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Zabuza let out a throaty, disturbing chuckle "you fell for it! This is a special prison that you can't escape from" he explained, "You give me a hard time when you're moving." All Kakashi could do was glare at him, as Zabuza told him in a sickly sweet voice that he'd deal with him later. Which meant he was going to turn his attention on us.
'Shit!' I cursed in my head, what the hell were we supposed to do now!?
Not wasting anytime, Zabuza created another water clone, making Naruto cower in fear. Clone Zabuza, obviously found this very amusing. "The four of you have forehead protectors on as if you think you're ninjas" he told us, "but ninja refers to someone who has gone through numerous life and death situations".
As much as I hated to admit it, the bastard had a point.
"In other words" he continued, "you can only call yourself a ninja, when you appear in my bingo book."
Okay forget what I just said, this guy is a total nut case!
"You three aren't ninja" Clone Zabuza stated and made a chakra symbo,l causing the mist to sworn around us, making him completely invisible again. Damn it! This guy had us hook line in sinker, there has to be a way to trace him. I obviously can't see him, and hearing him is out of the question, due to the fact this guy moves... like the wind?
'that's it! The wind!'
Closing my eyes slowly, I listened to the bristling of the trees, and whispers the breeze. They were telling me that Clone Zabuza was close to an attack, but I couldn't make who he was aiming for first. I was already too late, as he went straight for Naruto and kicked him in the face!
"NARUTO!" I cried and went to break his fall, by jumping behind him and letting him land on top me, it probably wasn't my smartest move as it bloody hurt!
"Tomoko-chan? Are you alright?" He asked slightly dazed from the kick.
I looked up at Naruto and noticed his headband was missing, it was now on the floor with Clone Zabuza giant foot stepping on it. "You're just kids" he told us harshly.
"GET TAZUNA-SAN AND RUN!" Kakashi ordered "YOU CAN'T WIN AGINST HIM!". Slowly I stood and looked at Kakashi with utter disbelief, does he seriously think we could out run him!?
"He can't move as long as he has me trapped in this hydro-prison! He also won't be able to use his water clone once you get away from him! SO RUN!"
The water has clearly gotten to Kakashi's head, even if we were able to escape Zabuza's clone. Kakashi would get killed, and it was only a matter of time before he found us and did the same! We couldn't keep guarding Tazuna either, because he'd just get past us again. I glanced over a Sasuke and he glanced right back. For the first time in years, it seemed we were on the same page, we had no choice but to try and free Kakashi.
"We have to do it!" Sasuke ordered and proceeded to charge at Zabuza.
"Sasuke wait a moment! You're not thinking rationally here!" I yelled after him, granted I agreed that we had to attack him, but charging at him head on was a reckless move.
My cry was all in vein, as he went on the attack with his kunai, only to have them all swatted away by Zabuza's gigantic sword. Knowing his next move Sasuke jumped upwards and prepared a kunai knife to stab his target, but Zabuza effortlessly caught him by the next and proceeded to choke him.
"Sasuke!" I yelled and charged to help him, but my actions came to a screeching halt, as Zabuza chucked Sasuke at me, causing us both to crash against one another and for me to land very awkwardly on my head. Everything became a blur but I could valuly outline Zabuza towering over Naruto.
"Nar… Naruto run… get out of there!" I called very weakly and then, blackness…
I was running through a golden field, laughing uncontrollably as my brother chased me. "You can't catch me Aaron!" I yelled in a sing-song voice.
"Just you wait!" he shouted back slightly out of breath.
I stopped to turn around and face him with a smile, but that smile soon dropped as sudden the sky turned a crimson red, the once golden fields was now a waste land.
"Tomoko!" Haruo yelled despartely, catching up to me, "run! You have to run!" but out of the blue, flames ingulfed around him.
"HARUO-AARON!!"
Before my eyes, his flesh began melting slowly, and painfully. The life in his eyes faded and his existence turned to ash.
"Aaron!" I cried.
I could hear screaming, screams of pain and death, sounds of blades making deadly contact with human flesh. The notion of it made me scared, I wanted my mother! Where was my mother!?
"ácennicge (mother)!?"
No reply.
"Aaron!?"
Still nothing.
But the flames continued to grow, the screams got louder. I was terrified, so terrified, all I could do was crawl into a ball and hope it would all end.
"SASUKE-KUN!"
I shot my head up, that sounded like Sakura. Then I could hear violent throttling, it was male, but far much deeper than naruto's.
"I have… to… help him…"
Slowly opening my eyes, the first thing I felt was a throbbing pain from the back of my head, the first thing I saw Sasuke being crushed my Zabuza's giant foot.
"Die…" I heard our enemy mutter.
"Damn it!" Naruto cursed and proceed with the shadow clone justu, creating around fifty Narutos.
"Oh, the shadow replication technique?" Zabuza mused "and you've replicated quite a few!"
All the clones got their kunai knifes out, and yelled "here I come!" and proceed to attack. Now with Zabuza distracted, I could get Sasuke out of harms way. Ignoring my dizziness, I charged towards him and yanked him to a safer distance.
Sasuke looked back at me with a surprised expression "you?"
"Whatever you two are planning to do, it better work" I whispered.
"Sasuke!" Naruto suddenly yelled as he threw something in the air, with ease he caught it and smirked. I was right, they did have a plan!
Sasuke unfolded the weapon that was thrown to him, "The Fuuma Shuriken, the shadow windmill." I think I was catching on to what the plan was, but for this to fully work the real Zabuza needed to be distracted. I glanced at Sasuke who gave me a stealthy nod, I knew what I had to do.
"A shuriken won't work on me" the clone Zabuza stated smugly. Immediately I set my role into action and charged at the real Zabuza. I proceed to throw kunai knives once I got close enough.
"Silly girl" he mumbled and swatted the knives away with his giant sword. He was fast, but I just managed to grab his attention long enough for Sasuke to strike. Getting the hint, Sasuke threw the windmill Shuriken at what looked like his clone. But to Zabuza's surprise it went straight for the real him.
"I see, so you're going after the real one this time" Zabuza stated staring at the fast approaching weapon, but as if it was a ball, he caught it with his free hand declaring that it was too easy.
'Don't get too cocky' I thought as I watched him realise, that there was another windmill Shuriken heading towards from behind. '
Please… let this work!'
Zabuza, without breaking a sweat, jumped over the hurled Shuriken. But I was expecting that, and like the flick of a switch, smoke puffed out around the shuriken, to reveal it was actually Naruto throwing a Kunai knife directly at Zabuza.
"This is the spot!" Naruto screamed.
Zabuza, who was now at risk of majorly wounding himself, had no choice but to release the water prison thus freeing Kakashi. Angered by what just happened, Zabuza went to attack Naruto with the caught Shuriken. He made a big mistake, as he forgot that there was a certain Jounin Ninja he had just freed. In the nick of time Kakashi stopped the attack with the back of his hand, letting Naruto fall in the water.
"Naruto, that plan was impressive" said Kakashi, "you all sure have grown". Naruto laughed, and he proceeded to explain that when Zabuza flung all his clones, the real Naruto transformed in a windmill Shuriken, making it look like it came out of his back and he threw it to Sasuke.
"Sasuke and Tomoko noticed it was me right after he caught it, he then took out his own shuriken as Tomoko distracted the real Zabuza, and used the shadow shuriken technique. I hid under the real shuriken, and went straight for Zabuza."
I nodded "we knew we couldn't beat Zabuza by ourselves, so instead we aimed to break the water prison and managed to get rid of the water clone!"
Sasuke smirked "it was just luck" which caused me to scowl, of course he would go back to his arrogant ways! That move just there would not have been successful if we didn't work together. But before I could complain any further, the area around me suddenly started spinning and I couldn't focus properly.
"Tomoko?" I heard Sasuke call. I attempted to scan my surroundings, but everything was in a blur, I must of hit my head harder than I assumed. My legs began to feel like jellow, and holding my footing became increasingly hard to keep.
"Oy Tomoko!?" Sasuke called again, but this time with more urgency. "Damn it! Sakura don't let your guard down!" Immediately I felt someone grab me by the waist and carry me back to where the bridge builder is, carefully he sat me down.
"Tomoko?" Sasuke called waving his hand in front of my face. I could hear the sounds of hand symbols and chanting, Kakashi and Zabuza must be engaging in battle.
"Damn it Tomoko! Snap out of it" Sasuke ordered giving me a light slap on the face, it didn't hurt, but it was enough make me conscience again.
"I'm fine…" I told him "protect Tazuna."
"Bridge builder, make sure she stays awake" Sasuke ordered and turned back to the action. I wasn't really focusing on the battle that much, but I could hear the violent splashing of water and sprays of it hitting my face. Then out of no where, a gust of wind flew past me, speaking soft whispers in my ear, telling me we were being watched.
I couldn't tell whether it was an enemy, or an ally. Either way, we were no longer alone and I needed to find out where exactly this person was. However, with an intense battle going on, getting full focus isn't as easy as it sounds… and having dizzy spells wasn't helping my case either.
"He's moving just like him!" I heard Tazuna gasp "and with such perfect timing!"
"What's going on Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked, I could vaguely make out his tall frame from where I was sitting.
I could also hear Kakashi talking occasionally, which from the tone Zabuza was using… was throwing him off. "What you're doing is just copying, nothing original!" Zabuza yelled with a shaky voice. "YOU CAN'T BEAT ME, YOU MONKEY!" but Kakashi said that sentence at the exact same time, which really unhinged his opponent.
Kakashi was clearly using his Sharigan to toy with Zabuza's head… and it was working. Once again I tried to focus on the individual I sensed earlier, I had to find out if this person was our enemy. But the sound of Zabuza's screams pulled me out of my focus, making me pay attention to what was going on. A wave a water came crashing on us, which definitely woke me up and I grabbed the first thing I could reach, which happened to be the back of Sasuke's shirt, to help me stand up and not get swept away.
The winds around me suddenly began the screech, the secret person was on the move!
I attempted to pin point their location, but it was downright impossible due to the massive tsunami that Kakashi had created to pin Zabuza against a tree, and use Kunai knives to hold his limbs in place.
"This is the end" stated Kakashi from the branch above. Slowly the water began to calm down back into the lake. I finally released the breath I was holding and let go of Sasuke's shirt, I'd only just realised that I had been gripping it since I stood up.
"Why…?" asked Zabunza as he groaned painfully "Can you see the future?"
Kakashi stared at him for a little while before answering "Yeah…"
That one word that past his lips made me narrow my eyes 'why did he just lie?'
Kakashi prepared himself for his finale strike, for a brief moment I closed my eyes, not wanting to watch. Until I heard the sounds of something small, but sharp and deadly shooting towards Zabuza.
"FOUND YOU!" I yelled throwing my last kunai knife, but it was no good as I once again had a dizzy spell and missed my target.
However I wasn't far off, as I caught the stranger's coat, ripping it slightly.
The needles pierced through Zabuza's neck violently, and his large body went crashing to the ground, but I didn't take my eyes off of the new presence. From what I could gather he was defiantly a ninja, but this one had a mask over his face. His long pitch black hair was tied up in a bun, with bangs falling at either side of his head. Judging from his height he was about the same size as Sasuke.
'The mask… I've seen something like that before'
"It was true" spoke the anonymous ninja, who I can confirm is a boy now "he did die".
We stared at him for a while, and he stared back as his he was analysing us, finally he turned his head to me.
"I am curious…"
I blinked "you talking to me?"
"Yes" he answered simply, "how were you aware of my presences?"
The others, including Kakashi, stared at me with a shocked expression. But I just continued staring at the young man in front of me.
"Instinct" was all I said, well I wasn't going to reveal my technique in front of a stranger was I?
I couldn't tell whether he actually believed me or not, he probably didn't really care that much anyway.
Kakashi went to check on Zabuza's pulse, "he really is dead" he mumbled loud enough for us to hear. He turned his head to face the boy who only bowed his head down politely.
"Thank you very much" said the boy, "I was looking for a chance to kill Zabuza"
'He's so calm and collective, does this guy have any emotions?' I asked myself.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes "That mask… if I remember correctly, you must be a hunter-nin from the Village Hidden in the Mist."
"You are very well informed."
Suddenly Naruto sped forward "A hunter-nin?"
"You don't know what a hunter-nin is?" Sakura asked him, "you should have learnt it in the academy." She then explained to him that they were ninjas, who assassinate exiled ninjas, like Zabuza, who for some reason goes against the village they are born in. "They do it to conceal any secret of their village…" she finished. "That's common sense! You should study more!"
"Lay off Sakura!" I snapped at her "now isn't the time for one of your lectures!"
Once again Naruto charged forward and kept looking from the hunter-nin, to Zabuza, back to the hunter-nin. Each time he was getting more and more angry.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Naruto exclaimed whilst pointing at him. I blinked a couple of times, I was not expecting that…
"Who are you?!" he repeated.
"Calm down Naruto" Kakashi told him standing up straight, "he's not our enemy…"
"That's not what I'm asking!" he shot back at our sensei. "Zabuza was killed! He was so strong, but killed so easily by a kid that's not that different from me! We… WE LOOK LIKE IDIOTS! I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS" Through Naruto's verbal rampage, Kakashi slowly made his way towards him.
"I understand how you can't believe it" Kakashi told him calmly, "but this is real." he place his hand on top of his head and ruffled his bright yellow hair. "In this world, there are kids who are younger than you… and stronger than me."
I noticed Sasuke flinch slightly, he and I knew exactly what Kakashi meant. Because we both knew someone, who was just as deadly and powerful as Kakashi when he was younger than us.
The hunter-nin jumped down from off the tree and landed besides Zabuza's body, he proceeded to pick it up over his shoulders. "Your battle ends here for now" he told us "I must go and dispose of this corpse, its body is filled with secrets." He then made a chakra hand sign "if you'll excuse me" and like a flash, a gust of wind surrounded him and he disappeared from sight.
Kakashi began to pull his headband back over his Sharigan eye, as Naruto ran to the place where Zabuza was just laying. "He's not around anymore" Kakashi told him.
Kakashi turned to the rest of us "Our mission hasn't ended yet" he informed us "We need to take Tazuna-san back to his house."
Tazuna let out a nervous laugh "sorry about that everyone, just rest at my house."
Kakashi turned towards me "Tomoko…" I perked up when I heard my name "will you be alright walking the rest of the way?"
I gave him a blank look "Sorry?"
"You hit your head and was knocked unconscious for a while… you might have a concussion" he reminded me.
"Oh!" I breathed realising what he meant. "Oh I'll be okay… just… don't let me fall asleep when we get back. And perhaps… someone for me to hold onto when walking."
Kakashi nodded at me "Sakura… help Tomoko walk okay." She nodded and walked over to me.
"Alright everyone!" Kakashi ordered "lets move out." but he only took about three steps, before freezing completely and collapsing to the ground. Immediately we all ran to his aid.
"What just happened?" Sakura asked in a panic with Naruto quickly adding in, "Kakashi-Sensei?"
I went down to his level and checked his pulse. "Someone help me push him onto his back" I ordered, I wasn't really paying attention to who help me, because once we did that I started checking over his symptoms. "He's okay" I announced "he's just used too much charka. Sasuke, Naruto carry him back if you can, Sakura you help to".
"What about you?" she asked me with some concern.
I waved her off "I'll be fine Kakashi is our top obligation now."