Kakashi and Zabuza stopped their battle for a moment, staring down the bridge. Both Haku and Naruto had gone quiet, staring at each other as if frozen in time. "What the hell?." Zabuza muttered.
His and Kakashi's confusion skyrocketed immediately, before their very eyes Haku was suddenly cut from collar bone to top rib. This time Kakashi spoke, "What the hell?."
Another cut, from forehead to naval and then a third and final cut. From right collar bone to upper right rib.
Suddenly both fell down, Haku a bleeding mess and Naruto a sweaty and panting mess. "If I had more time...I would've been able to cut right through you. But even then...I doubt you would've survived the first cut...weakling." Naruto said, "Hatake...I'm done with this...guy!."
Naruto sat in thought for a moment. Catching his breath before looking over towards Zabuza, a grin plastered on his face. "You...you're just as exhausted as Hatake is aren't you...that little fake death stunt you pulled still hasn't worn off completely. Nerve damage and spinal damage doesn't just wear off like that."
Naruto groaned as he stood up and leaned on the railing. "Herbs and acupuncture can only do so much, you can barely control your breathing, your heart rates all outta whack...hell you're even moving slower then you were the first time. Your partner doomed you."
"Annoying brat." Zabuza said, "I'm so sick of you and your attitude, not to mention the copy cats constant bullshit about seeing my future. Two annoying bastards."
"And what are you Zabuza?, a lousy individual who would willingly sacrifice his teammates for an edge that barely makes a difference. Trash of the worst kind...those who abandon the mission are trash but those who abandon their teammates are even worse than trash."
"I believe is surviving Hatake. Living or dying, that's it. If I have to throw my teammates to the side then so be it." Zabuza said as he lifted his sword with a loud groan, "besides...im not dead yet. Despite all your…predictions and boasting I'm still standing."
"Mockery and prophecies are only just words. My actions speak louder, you ran away during our first fight, hid like a coward for a week, came back and continued to lose until you got help. Even then I still managed to hold off both you and your protégé until backup arrived...face it Zabuza your pathetic." Kakashi said as he stretched, "You beat up a few genin and suddenly think you're top dog...get real."
Zabuza grit his teeth opening his mouth ready to speak, Naruto using his foresight predicted exactly what would've come out of the man's mouth. "Shut your damn mouth you stupid monkey...are sure that you want those to be your last words?."
Zabuza frowned, "What's the matter?…nothing to say?, or maybe you're about say something even more predictable." Naruto said with a smirk, he brought his hands up, forming the dragon hand sign. "Hatake… can you bind him with something?."
Kakashi nodded, quickly weaving handsigns. "SUMMONING JUTSU!."
Zabuza brought his sword up, preparing to swing it. The swing would never be completed as dogs burst out of the ground and sank their massive fangs into the man's limb effectively stopping all movement. He let out a sharp exhale and dropped the massive sword, "This is it. You know what comes next right?, this is checkmate."
"You sure about that?, go ahead try it I--"
"Save it." Kakashi stated, "You and I both know that this is over...Naruto."
"LINEAR STRIKE."
There was a flash and then nothing. From lower shoulder to hip, a hole had been blown through Zabuza, an attack so hot that anything it hit was immediately turned into a fine red steam, there was a a second or so before he began to bleed, dropping his sword and falling over. "Well that's that." Naruto said.
Kakashi stared at Zabuza's body before looking up, "That attack...so fast that Zabuza's body only served as a paper like obstacle."
A perfect hole had been drilled through the farthest pillar of the bridge.
From behind them Gatou and his men entered, a small army. Roughly one hundred men, "I might be the luckiest man on earth right now. My most expensive tool or tools dead and the bridge builder is right here. Lucky me." Gatou said.
"I don't think this...kitten realized that I was going to betray him from the beginning, but of course that brute wouldn't have been able to see it if I had held up a sign saying that I would do it."
"What a blowhard." Kakashi muttered, "You said it." Naruto replied. "So how are we going to deal with him?."
"well he has the advantage in numbers. I'm out of chakra and you?."
"Less than half. But I can still make a few clones."
"How many is a few?."
"ten or fifteen. Twenty if I distribute my chakra properly, that or I can try and get a good chunk of them out of the way now and then summon two clones. What about you?."
"nine clones. Eleven if I'm lucky, but--"
"Sakura will you get off me?."
Sasuke. Alive and...slightly well, flipped onto his side as he removed the needles and sighed, "Sasuke!, you're alive!."
"what happened to that masked guy and Zabuza?."
"Dead, Naruto and Kakashi-Sensei killed him."
"That's good to hear..." he paused and let out a groan before sitting up completely, "can I get some water or something, my throats...super dry."
Naruto and Kakashi looked at each other, "So with your fifteen and my...ten we'd have twenty-five. Would that be enough."
"Make that twenty." Naruto said, "These men are just that...men, I doubt any of them have any serious Shinobi training. If that was the case Gatou wouldn't have brought an entire army for just Zabuza and his partner."
Kakashi nodded, there was an explosion of smoke and thirty clones suddenly appeared on the bridge. "Alright...let's get this over with." Naruto said.
They didn't leave until sunset, thirty clones had been reduced to six and Gatou was promptly hog tied and brought to town. "I assume you know what's going to happen now?." Kakashi asked, "Public execution."
Naruto had uprooted a massive tree and stuck it into the chipped cobblestone that marked the center of town, making sure to remove any branches and nests that would have remained had he not been attentive enough.
He looked down at Inari. Giving him a hammer and nails.
"Do what you will with him."
