I groan as I walk alongside dundee. Kakashi is walking next to me and reading his book as we walk across the water. Dundee is happily snarling as he swims in the ocean and transports the four people that can't walk on water, team dipshit and the drunk guy. I should probably learn the name of my client for the mission. Eh. I'll do it later. Little backstory on how we got here.
The walk after the fight with the assassins was boring. I couldn't go back to sleep since sam wanted us to all come up with a strategy after jake stole my bingo book, basically a bounty book on strong ninjas, he read off the known associates of the twin assassins and we learned that we get to fight some guy named zabuza. Guy uses a big ass sword and stealth to slaughter people in the mist that he creates through jutsu. We all compared strengths and started debating what would work best on this guy.
"Couldn't Kakashi just use a lightning jutsu and hit the mist? Then the bad guy would get fried." Naruto suggests.
"No. a normal lightning jutsu needs a lot more liquid in the air and if Kakashi used a jutsu that could bounce off that small amount, he would only be able to use a stun jutsu. Any killer moves would need more liquid. Maybe I could use a few wind jutsu to blow away the mist?" I replied to naruto.
"Bad idea. Zabuza is an A rank missing ninja. He would recognize the wind jutsu and target you to make his usual tactics work. We should keep your wind skills hidden as a trump card." kakashi interjects.
"What about fire? Jake and sasuke can use fire. Couldn't they melt the sword and take it out of combat?" James asks.
"Good idea but it wont work. The head cleaver he uses is a piece of the legendary 7 of the mist. Seven blades were forged by a master craftsman and given to the mist village as a sign of his loyalty. Each blade is unique and powerful in its own way. The head cleaver that zabuza wields is known for its two powers, first is the ability to suck the iron out of blood to repair itself, second is its hilt. Legend says that the wielder of the head cleaver can sacrifice a large portion of their chakra and give up their blood to completely reforge the blade from the hilt. Damage is not going to work on such a blade." Sam lectures.
"So we can't get rid of the mist since then I'll get killed. And if we break the sword then it will just fix itself? Is it too late to leave?" i drawl.
"I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm just saying that targeting the blade won't work.'' Sam says with a shrug.
"Wait. What about summons? The turtles are durable enough to tank his hits and if we use them as cover we can launch jutsu from a distance. Zabuza is a close range fighter and our longer range would make him easy." Sakura interrupts.
Damm. That's actually a good plan. We all agree and thus we come back to the present.
The walk across the water is boring. I learned this early when I started medic training and Jake did the same for his illusion training. We then forced James to learn it so he wouldn't be stuck fighting on the ground. The mood is tense as fog falls over our group. Shit. I don't like this. I spread out my awareness of the shadows and check the area. All ten of us are here and accounted for. Wait. there's three people on the island and hidden in the trees. Shit. I link my shadow to Kakashi and use his hands to form a message. I've only got a rough knowledge of the anbu signs since it's out of my paygrade but dad taught me the ones that let me tell people about bad guys. Roughly i tell him this
"Three. Enemies. Up. ahead. Plan?" they roughly mean.
Kakshi gives me a nod and then turns to tell Sam on the other side of dundee. Wait. If I'm not wrong then.
I turn to face Jake and point to my mouth before opening and closing it with a finger in front of my lips. He nods and runs through hand seals. A soft pulse of chakra and I exhale. Sweet.
"I can detect three people in the trees on the island just ahead. We should reach it in a few minutes at this speed. What do we do?" I asked sam.
"Quiet! They might hear us!" Kakashi hisses.
"They won't. I just cast a sound to conceal genjutsu. We can scream and we won't be heard. If we decide to cast a jutsu however, bye bye silence." Jake replies.
"Okay. we can assume one of them is zabuza. We should have william face him, between the shadows and summons, william will be able to face zabuza or at least delay him long enough for us to deal with the unknown enemies. I'll take Jake and Sasuke, they can help me with long range attacks. Kakashi, you take Naruto and James, Sakura will stay with the client and protect him along with William's summon." dundee snarls angrily. "Sakura will stay with Dundee to help him protect the client." Sam orders. Dudnee purrs.
We all nod and each jonin grabs a kid that can't walk on water before they leap off to fight. Okay. Let's do this.
I run through hand seals after biting each thumb. Summoning! A large poof of smoke announces the arrival of titanus, my personal summon from the turtle clan. A second poof of smoke announces the arrival of a dozen average size gators.
"Titanus, I'm gonna hide in your shadow and launch attacks. I need you to keep aggro. Little ones, dive and attack. Titanus will draw out the target, you swarm and devour. Got it?" I command my summons.
A roaring baritone sounds out as titanus charges the shore for battle. Nevermind. Guess its a 'fuck you time to fight' kinda mood. I tell the gators to help us on land and sink into the shadow of my turtle.
Titanus stands tall at twelve feet high and eight feet in width. His shell is covered in jagged spikes that can shred stone like paper from his strength. His scaly skin is mottled green and gray to hide him in the depths of the water. His beak comes to a wicked point and can snap tree trunks.
Titanus roars and I use my spot in his shadow to steer him at the person with the biggest sword. A roar and a crash sounds as the tree falls from the force of my turtle. Zabuza jumps down and draws his blade.
"The fuck are you?!" zabuza demands.
He stands tall at six foot five and his sword is just a few inches taller than him. He has baggy camo pants and arm warmers on his legs and arms, respectively. Nothing covers his muscular chest and there is a leather strap going diagonally across his chest to hold the blade he wields. His spiky brown hair sticks up and his eyes are the same shade of brown. Damn he is hot. Why can't I be single?
Titanus roars a challenge and fires a jet of water that cuts through a few trees as he charges zabuza.
Zabuza blocks the water with his blade and leaps to the side as he swings his blade and the side of my beast. The edge of the blade shatters on the shell of titanus as a roar sounds out and a clublike tail slams zabuza to the ground. Now!
I throw my arm forward and shadow flows along the ground. The stunned man is swiftly bound and sucked into the shadow of my turtle. Damm. not that hard to fight a guy when you're in a shadow. I'll have to remember that.
I steer titanus towards the nearest battle. Sam is fighting a masked person that is bouncing between mirrors of ice. What? Masked person that is vanishing into a mirror made of ice and reappearing to attack at blinding speeds. Huh. That's new. I send the gators to help James and urge my turtle to charge. A challenging roar bellows from titanus as he thunders into the dome of the ice mirror and stands over Sam to provide cover. The thin needles of ice bouncing off the thick skin of titanus as he roars again. Alright. Jake is outside of the dome and using a mixture of illusions and weapons to aid Sam as best he can. Sasuke is nowhere to be found. Okay.
I pull Sam into my shadow and start removing the needles as I heal him. Titanus roars and spits a bullet of water at a mirror. I say bullet, imagine a liquid wrecking ball moving at supersonic speeds, the bullet hits a mirror and shatters the ice with ease. The masked ninja stops his assault and I can damm near taste the surprise. Titanus capitalizes and starts to rapidly fire bullets to break the mirrors just slightly slower than they can be remade. Shit. At this rate he will run out of chakra before we make any headway. Think william think. How do we win this?
Yes! I smirk and push zabuza out of my shadow. The assault stops as the masked ninja darts down to check on the unconscious man. Haha! Titanus hits the enemy in the back of the head with his tail and an explosion of gore follows. Oh fuck. I turn away. Oh that was nasty. Titanus eats the body and I wait til he is done to turn back around. I've seen him eat before and it's horrifying. All rapid bites and flashes of his beak. I swallow my bile to avoid throwing up and urge titanus to head to the next battle. After I pull zabuza back into my shadow so he doesn't get eaten.
I'm not gonna be able to eat meat for a week now. I groan at this and spot the next battle. James and Naruto are tag team fighting the final enemy. A large bear of a man with a scaly sword that he wields like a feather. Blue skin and jagged teeth. Holy shit! That's kisame of the mist! The sword must be samehada, the sharkskin, it can eat chakra. Fuck how do we beat him? If he hits titanus then the chakra drain will dispel him and send him home. I cant use shadows since they are guided by chakra and wind won't move him. He can just slam that blade into my attacks and drain the chakra. Fuck how do i beat him?!
I urge titanus to pull back and the big guy grumbles as he does so, he wants to keep fighting, wait. Isn't titanus able to use earth jutsu? It could work in theory but if i'm wrong then we lose our heaviest hitter. Hold on. Jake has seals! Maybe he can put an anti chakra draining seal on titanus! I steer titanus towards Jake and the big guy charges as the earth shakes under his bulk. We rapidly approach Jake and I pull him into shadow as Titanus turns around and heads towards kisame. I tell Jake my plan and he nods before he starts writing on a scroll.
Kisame turns away from his fight as he feels the earth shake from titanus charging him. A seal glows brightly on the belly of my turtle as he roars a challenge. Kisame flashes a sharp toothed grin and slaps his sword onto his back before stretching out his arms with clear intention. Holy fuck. He's not gonna try it, right? Titanus roars again and slams into the outstretched arms of his opponent. Earth and stone are moved as the bulk of my beast meets the strength of the monster of the mist. A pair of trenches is dug as kisame is pushed back. A grunt comes from the man and he stops moving backwards little by little. We are completely still and kisame grins again before he switches his grip and HEAVES titanus upwards before throwing him. Holy shit! I lash out with shadows and tendrils grab my beast before they right him in the air. A bark of thunder announces the landing of titanus and he roars again before charging kisame. Thank god my boy is a fucking tank. Titanus fires a jet of water and kisame replies with his own that cancels it out.
The pair of monsters resume their fight. Titanus unleashing waves of crushing water and using his bulk as a weapon. Kisame using his sword to block the water and slamming his blade into the shell of my beast. Damm this is intense. Titanus roars again and kisame roars his answer as they both swing their weapons. A spiky bone tipped tail slams into the jagged length of the samehada blade. A contest of strength is started as both growl in exertion. We win. No way kisame can out muscle titanus again right? Oh fuck. Kisame barks a laugh and shoves back titanus before hitting him with a mighty blow. Titanus growls and vanishes in smoke as he is defeated. I'm spit out of the shadows alongside Jake and zabuza. Fuck. im fucked. Im so utterly fucked. Kisame eyes us before sheathing his blade.
"Which one of you has the snapping turtle contract?" he asks. Rough voice full of curiosity.
I raise my hand slowly and kisame looks me over. He shakes his head.
"You don't have the power to win the contract the normal way. I'm guessing you got it the other way?" kisame asks. My fear is replaced with rage and I stand as I snarl at him. How dare this outside know the secrets of my clan?!
"Hold on now kid. I know about the other way because that's how i got the shark contract.'' Kisame holds up his hands to calm me.
"Why do you want to know about my turtles?" I asked him. Rage replaced with curiosity.
"Haven't had a good old brawl like that in a while. Wanted to know who to find when I'm in the mood for a good fight. Nowadays it's all about jutsu and skill. Felt good to give in to the primal parts, go muscle to muscle. I'm your worst enemy from what I noticed during the fight with those shadows and such. I'm not gonna attack though. I was told to fight with zabuza then head back to base. I did my job, I'm going to leave and rest. That turtle of yours has a good right hook." kisame tells me before he laughs and vanishes in a swirl of water.
I fell on my ass. We won, kinda. We managed to hold kisame himself. One of the most powerful criminals in the world and we managed to hold our own long enough to win his respect and he left. We survived. Holy shit I'm not dead! Hysterical laughter flows out of me and I fall back as the laughter continues.
I dimly notice that the others group around me. They put me on the back of dundee and Jake uses a jutsu to knock me out. Darkness claims me and my last thought flows through my head. Kisame wants to fight again, he wants to fight my turtles again. Kisame is going to look for me one day.