[Ito Kaguya]

'Ow that hurt.' Ito rubbed her left arm before standing up. 'Alright that was Jinpachi's jutsu for sure. I need to find everyone...' Jinpachi and Zabuza were likely going to go after Kukui first which would give Jinpachi his primary weapon back.

They needed to regroup before that happened.

Ito then heard a groan from the side. "Urahara?" The man looked terrible. He definitely had a broken arm and blood was pouring out of his head. 'He's not going to be able to fight all that well.' Ito quickly crouched down and set the man's arm into place. "Alright we need to find Ameyuri-sama and Kukui. First though I'm gonna need to stitch that head of yours up." Ito pulled out her Nuibari look alike and used it wire to stitch Urahara's head up. She also began sending the wire out to look for people.

Urahara sighed. "Thanks. But that fucking hurt. That asshole Jinpachi got lucky." He looked around for a second before cursing. "Where's my damn sword?" Okay so not only was the man's arm broken but his primary weapon was missing. Fantastic.

An evil laughter emanated from the side suddenly. Without thinking, Ito grabbed Urahara and jumped out of the way of an earth spike. "Man your Kushimaru's brat?" Ito dropped Urahara and looked around and saw the figure of Jinpachi who was holding Urahara's sword with another strapped to his side. "I'm going to enjoy killing you." The man began to walk slowly toward Ito before stopping. "Actually scratch that. I'm going to cut off your arms and legs and use you as a trophy."

Jinpachi then glanced around him before chuckling. Jinpachi effortlessly sliced through the wire Ito had set up earlier. "Stealthy brat. I remember you were taken out by Ameyuri last time. I didn't get a chance to play with you like I did with that brat friend of yours. A shame Zabuza's gonna be here soon with Shibuki and his limbless body. Well a shame for him. I'm gonna enjoy using his corpse."

...She was gonna kill him. Nobody threatened her friends. Especially in such a revolting way.

"Ito." Ito glanced at Urahara. "Mind lending me a hand?" He sounded deadly serious. Ito knew what he meant too. She popped her shoulder and blood began to pour out of it as she pulled out a sharpened bone from her arm that quickly grew back.

Ito gave it to Urahara and it lit up in a magnificent crimson. "We're killing him." Urahara nodded and said nothing.

"A Kaguya huh..." Jinpachi had a look of surprise on his face. "Oh how I am going to enjoy killing you. Did you know that one of them almost killed my wife? Well ever since then I've promised to take their body to her for her to have fun with. Looks like she's gonna get a new toy."

Jinpachi had to be the most disgusting person ever.

It tracks that he's with Yagura.

"You know pal, I'm really shocked that you could ever get anyone to love you. But misery attracts company I suppose." Urahara gripped his temporary sword. "I guess we'll just have to send you back to your wife headless. I'm sure we can plant a few bombs there so you two can see each other in hell again."

Jinpachi narrowed his eyes. "Did you just threaten my wife?" He began going through a sequence of one handed seals.

Urahara nodded and Ito saw the blade in his hand light up even more than before. He was about to do something huge. "I did. But hey pal that just means you'll get to see her sooner rather than later."

Jinpachi finished his set of one handed seals and Urahara placed his sword into the ground.

"EARTH FLOW SPEARS!"

"CRIMSION KING!"


[Kukui Tanku]

I felt a clone push me out of the way as Zabuza appeared infront of me. The clone's head was cleaved off and... nothing happened. Chakra flow didn't work. I used Shibuki to block another strike and tried to jump back but Zabuza let out a dark chuckle as he sidestepped a stab from Ameyuri which missed me barely.

"You cannot win. You cannot get away. You like every last brat I killed before you are destined to die a brutal death." I grabbed onto Shibuki and used it to send me back toward Ameyuri and Zabuza chuckled. "Running from me will just delay me ripping out your organs!"

Ameyuri sent a flicker of lightning at Zabuza who used his giant sword to block it. "Cut it out pal. You sound like a dork." I personally thought he sounded fucking terrifying. "Now brat, Use Shibuki to protect me whilst I go in for the kill."

With a flicker of lightning metal collided with metal. The metal of the Kubikiribocho. "Your not as fast as I remember, Ameyuri" Zabuza did a hand seal and a water clone appeared with a clone of the Kubikiribocho. Shibuki blocked it from cutting Ameyuri's head off and exploded it. "You would have dodged the clone before I even finished the seal. Looks like you've gotten worse,"

Ameyuri chuckled and tried to stab Zabuza with one of the Kiba blades, the blade was swiftly parried by the Kubikiribocho and both combatants jumped back, "Yeah life really wanted to say fuck you to me again. It is what it is. This'll just make me cutting your head off all the greater!" Zabuza tensed his muscles and glanced at me again.

Quickly I called Shibuki back as Zabuza once again tried to cut me in half. 'Damnit... He's paralyzing me with his evil...' My mind wasn't working how it normally did. My body was locked up. I was quite literally only alive now thanks to Shibuki. I saw a flicker of something graze Zabuza's arm and he jumped back and dodged a swift electromagnetic murder from Ameyuri. Said woman began running at Zabuza once again

The Kiba blades grew larger in size and Ameyuri blocked a strike from Zabuza. I willed Shibuki behind Zabuza and tried to set it off only for it to be grabbed by a water clone which swiftly died. I pulled Shibuki back to me and used it to send me into the air and sent out two electromagentic murders. 'My clones should be regrouping with me soon.' I saw one try to jump ontop of Zabuza and sighed internally. 'His death aura seems to make my clones stupider...'

Zabuza kicked the clone away into another clone before he began to overpower Ameyuri."That brats too scared to do anything useful. You honestly think you can beat me alone?" I noticed the air feeling lighter. I barely dodged a clone of Zabuza with Shibuki acting as my mobility. I then looked at my shaking arms before growling. Zabuza began to laugh. "Looks like the brat got angry."

'Fucking move.' My last clone sent a railgun at Zabuza who kicked Ameyuri's feet out before kicking her in the shin. Zabuza jumped out of the way of the small projectile and my clone grinned. "Got him boss!" Well that was fantastic. "Well I got him to move." I know fuckwit. The clone then threw another Railgun beside me which promptly hit metal. "Boss Move!" My legs failed to work again as the demonic presence intensified.

My Ninja Wire barely pulled me aside before I got cut in half. Kubikiribocho grazed my side. 'So much for the air feeling lighter.' I felt my headache subsiding though which was great. I looked to the side. "Thats gonna scar you asshole." It was barely a whisper. I shakily grabbed the Shibuki with my own hands again. 'Thunderclap.' I thought of using Thunderclap and Flash but stopped. 'Not now.'

Ameyuri stood next to me once more. "Fucker has spikes on his sandals." She created a lightning beast from Kiba. "We need to get more serious brat. Its do or die now. No more fear." I nodded and took a shaky breath. "Lion's circus." Ameyuri sent out a lion made of lightning at Zabuza who scowled

The man dropped Kubikiribocho and cycled through three handseals. "Water Encampment Wall." A water wall rose from the water in the nearby puddles and surrounded Zabuza. The lightning beast then collided with the wall of water and exploded. "Weaker Jutsu too. Looks like your weaker than even I thought." Zabuza grabbed the legendary cleaver in the ground again. "Hidden Mist Jutsu!" He did a single handseal and chuckled darkly.

Things were getting extra serious now. 'I can't sense him. I can't hear him. I can't see him.' I felt a snag on one of the wires in the air as a thick mist settled in. I pulled it back and one of my Taiji blades came to my other hand.

"Know any wind jutsu by chance brat?" Ameyuri was right next to me with lightning craclkign up to her arms. "Actually scratch that. Just use Shibuki." I could just explode the mist away. "The shockwave will be enough."

I slashed Shibuki in a horizantal arc and felt it collide with something metal. "There are Eight vital points Hunter Nin are trained to target." I felt myself be pushed to the ground as a flicker of lightning was put directly infront of my face which stopped Zabuza from slicing me in half. I felt a crushing pressure on my ribs and winced. "Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidneys, and the heart. Now, which will be my attack point?"

Fuck.

'Clearing this mist will do wonders for my chances of survival.' I heard a clang of metal and the sound of lightning once more. 'Now!' I slashed the air with Shibuki and let out an explosion. I heard the sound of metal being hit and suddenly the mist was pushed away. I saw a noninjured Zabuza standing a few feet away from me and Ameyuri and what was practically a demon shroud behind him. 'The Demon of the mist.'

"Like I said before. There are Eight vital points in the body. What will be my target?" He didn't seem all that concerned. "How about you pick Ameyuri? You can't seem to move all too quickly with that leg of yours. The brat probably can't use Shibuki that well without wire either so he can't protect himself." I glanced at a very particular seal on it.

Ameyuri laughed before looking at me. "Good job brat. Now we aren't covered in the mist anymore." I saw Ameyuri roll her shoulder. "Alright, Zabby. I'm done playing." Ameyuri began cycling through hand seals. "I'm gonna have to end this quickly because I don't wanna have the brat piss himself or something." If only she knew. My pants were a bit damp now. "Lightning style: Lightning Dragon Bullet!"

Ameyuri raised Kiba into the air and what seemed like the head of a dragon formed and it began spitting out lightning bullets.

I saw Zabuza's eyes widen before he immediately began going through his own handseals. 42 hand seals... All within five seconds. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" From all the water in the area, a massive water dragon formed and Zabuza directed it at Ameyuri and I. Calling this thing huge would be a disservice.

'Well it was a nice life.' Ameyuri's face darkened. The "we're fucked" must have settled in. 'She must have expected something smaller.' I looked at Shibuki. "Welp. Lets do something stupid."

Lightning bullets collided with the incoming dragon. Nothing was happening other than the dragon becoming more powerful. "Damnit. I thought he didn't know this jutsu yet. Brat we're boned because that looks like a Mangetsu level Water Dragon. Thats not gonna do shit to him or the dragon." Ameyuri apparently recognized what I was about to do. As did Zabuza as he began laughing.

I attached Shibuki to Ninja wire. "Yeah." I grabbed Shibuki and threw it to the Water Dragon and Zabuza. "But its still worth a try." I got my hands into a ram seal. "Ninja art: Dozen Explosions." I channeled as much chakra as I could into the blade. 'If this doesn't work then I'm going to need to find the cheapest trick possible to win.' The legendary blade began to glow.

'Why does the air feel colder?' I ignored the feeling as I watched the blade... 'Wait. Haku...'

Oh fuck

*Boom!*


[Urahara]

'Damnit they canceled each other out.' Urahara watched as the attacks from him and Jinpachi dissipated. Revealing a perfectly fine Jinpachi if you didn't count how fucked up his hand looked still. 'Gonna thank that brat later. If I hadn't broken my arm this would be much easier but since he can't use a lot of jutsu he's easier to fight.'

Urahara also had Ito with him.

Speaking of Ito, Urahara watched as Ito spiked the Nuibari lookalike at Jinpachi who dodged it before looking at Urahara. "We need to get in close." She was right. The bastard had better long range options then the two of them.

"You know that just means I'll not let you get in close right?" Jinpachi threw three explosive tags at Ito and Urahara. Urahara quickly batted them away with his crimsion flames. "I can win a battle of attrition. I have way more chakra than you two losers for sure." The man's cocky attitude was pissing Urahara off.

But he was probably right.

Three kunai sailed toward Jinpachi's head which he expertly dodged. "Then we'll just have to make you come to us." Urahara grinned once he saw the wire of the false Nuibari move. He had an idea of what she wanted him to do.

He didn't like listening to a brat but he'd let it slide here. The flame on the bone sword he carried once again glowed. "Kings Whip!" Urahara shaped the flame into a whip and quickly tried to ensare Jinpachi who dodged to the left. 'Okay not where I wanted him to go but still a step in the right direction.'

Jinpachi laughed and with a seal, another earth spike popped out of the ground and had to be dodged. Urahara winced as he felt his leg be scraped. "Your attack names suck. First thing I'm gonna do with you is cut out that voicebox of yours."

Ito pulled back Nuibari for more of its wire, making Jinpachi chuckle. He didn't have time to speak as Urahara slashed sideways, releasing a wave of crimson flame which made Jinpachi dodge to the right. 'Just a bit backward.'

Jinpachi was underestimating them. That would be his downfall.

"Man you guys suck. I think I'm gonna play for a bit longer before I go claim my prize. It seems Zabby-kun is having a bit of fun too." God Urahara hoped Ameyuri and the brat were just bathing in Zabuza's blood or making fun of his lifeless corpse. Or something crazy like that. Jinpachi raised Urahara's sword and Urahara noticed it was covered with explosive tags. "Ninja art: Explosion of a raging star!" Jinpachi slammed the sword into the ground.

A massive explosion rocked the ground and Urahara quickly watched as Ito barely jumped out of the way with a wince very visible on her face as the ensuing blast hit her leg. Something pierced his leg as he tried to move and looking down, Urahara found his own sword lodged inside of his leg.

Well fuck.

Urahara pulled his sword out of his leg and cast away the bone Ito had given him. He parried a strike from Jinpachi and grinned, "Idiot." Ito's wire was close. He just needed to survive a bit longer and he'd be fine.

Urahara felt a kunai pierce his stomach then. Okay he wouldn't be too fine. 'Ito hurry up.' Most other jonin would be writhing in pain but he had worse.

Jinpachi stabbed his sword into Urahara's other leg and grabbed an explosive tag. "Your sword won't do anything. That brat's too far away to actually help you now. That wire isn't that fast. Now what do you wanna go first? Your arms or your legs?" He raised his sword. "After I make sure your dead." Wasn't he gonna cut out his voicebox first? It didn't matter now.

Suddenly Jinpachi was lifted into the air. Wire slowly digged its way out of his chest and the man looked down and Urahara laughed at the man's face. 'Kushimaru raised you well Ito. You would have lost any other way but a win is a win.' "Slow wire huh? Well not slow enough."

With the light fading out of his eyes Jinpachi growled. "I'M NOT DYING TO A BRAT WHO JUST GOT LU-" I kunai pierced the man's throat and he was dropped like a sack of potatoes.

"My leg's broken but that was awesome!" Ito was now next to him and Urahara felt the Kunai leave his stomach. They had to help Ameyuri and the brat now.

"Yeah that was awesome." Urahara couldn't help but smile. Kushimaru was gonna be so proud and it'd be annoying but for one Urahara can see his comrade's pride isn't misplaced.

Now they needed to make sure Ameyuri and the brat weren't dead.


[Zabuza Momochi]

*Boom!*

The explosion from the Shibuki blade was stopped by the formation of a massive Ice Spike

Zabuza wondered if Haku needed to learn how to listen to orders again. Or was Jinpachi that pathetic? His arrogance might have gotten the best of him as well... Either way Haku was here. 'It lacks control and finesse.' Zabuza looked at the attack Haku unleashed. The boy was breathing heavily to the left. Not looking him in the eye. So Zabuza assumed it was the former. Although the attack was

It had saved him from having the Kubikiribocho destroyed. Even though the word could regenerate from blood it would still be destroyed and he'd be vulnerable for a few seconds. But those precious few seconds could have bought his opponents the win. He could have used a water wall instead of having the Kubikiribocho protect him but it wouldn't be as effective and he would be vulnerable. So either way Ameyuri and the brat would have gotten an advantage.

Speaking of them, Zabuza watched as the Ice collapsed revealing his opponents were no longer in front of him. The blood on the floor suggested they were behind a tree. "I'll let this slide for now, Haku. But this means I will need to up your training."

Haku nodded as he walked closer to Zabuza, "Yes Zabuza-sama," Haku was still winded from his previous attack it seemed.

'Now to kill them.' Ameyuri's leg was wounded and the brat was probably still somewhat paralysed with fear. It was impressive he could even move. Zabuza took pride in his demonic-like Killing Intent. When he mixed it with the mist he could form an actual aura around him. It was wonderful for taking care of weaker opponents he didn't feel like killing. So the brat not pissing his pants running from it was indeed impressive.

Zabuza slung the Kubikiribocho over his back before surveying the area. 'No more blood anywhere. They're over there.' With Haku with him he couldn't lose. So any last minute trick up their sleeve wouldn't work.

Zabuza slowly walked over to the tree. 'Just behind it should be-' Ameyuri. A laughing Ameyuri. "Where's the brat?" Zabuza glanced around and noticed Haku wasn't next to him. Ameyuri's Kiba blades weren't with her either. 'The brat's done something.' Maybe he ran away and kidnapped Haku? Zabuza couldn't see a reason why he'd do that though. 'If he did that I'm delivering him to Jinpachi.' Nobody fucked with his tool.

Ameyuri stopped laughing, "Behind you." It was then Zabuza noticed the ice surrounding her and her arm looking crooked. The Ice must have hit them.

Zabuza turned around and noticed Ninja Wire. Not a lot but it was enough to where it was noticeable. 'When?' He then looked to the middle of the wire. There stood the brat Ice shards lodged inside him. He looked both terrified and confident. He was holding Haku in the Ninja wire. His hands were covered with wire as well so he couldn't do hand seals. Zabuza then noticed that one of the Kiba blades were being held to Haku's throat. "Let Haku go." Zabuza didn't know why he didn't just go cleave the kid in half. It would be so easy to do so.

But Haku was there. Haku was his weapon. He was still useful. He couldn't let Haku die yet. 'I can get Haku with ease. Its just the brat.' As Zabuza looked around he noticed more Ninja wire appear with crimson flame covering them. 'Fuck.' Urahara and the other brat were here too. So Jinpachi was dead. 'A four vs one isn't good. Even with them all Injured.' Even if they all had broken bones and couldn't do jutsu the odds weren't in his favor and he didn't like it.

"I will if you leave." The boy's eyes almost seemed pleading. He didn't look around at all. He had his eyes directly locked on Zabuza, "If this boy is your son or whatever then you'd want him alive right?" This kid had guts. Guts that would hopefully be spilled today. Zabuza saw the boy begin to shake as he released more of his Killing Intent. His hand still remained near Haku's throat with one of the Kiba Blades

Zabuza narrowed his eyes and grasped the Kubikiribocho. 'Maybe releasing a bit more KI will do the trick.' Zabuza released his KI into the misty air. 'Like it or not your will shall falter.' Zabuza stayed silent though as he watched the boy stiffen up before a flicker of lightning appeared on the Kiba blade he was holding. 'Goddamnit.' How was he not pissing his pants in fear? Most Jonin that he shown this did and they ran.

This brat had to have the willpower of fucking Mangetsu... That or he was too scared to let Haku go. Yeah likely the latter.

"I don't want to do it but I will do it if only as a fuck you if you don't decide." The brat's voice was barely even what someone could call a whisper. The fear in his voice was certainly there. It would have been hilarious if Haku wasn't being held at swordpoint.

'Haku is vital for killing the Mizukage... I can't go back to Kiri like this.' They would suspect foul play at this point. With the Shibuki gone but him and his charge perfectly fine. Although he could easily rough him and Haku up a bit... 'Its time to leave this place I guess.' Zabuza knew what he needed to do. He carefuly took the headband off of his head an took out a kunai. He slashed it. "Give Haku back now or I'll slaughter everyone here."

The boy reluctantly let Haku go and practically threw him to Zabuza. He had something covering his mouth still. A bandage. Likely to keep him from speaking. "Now get out of here. Thats an explosive tag I got from Shibuki. I'll detonate it if your not out of here within five minutes." Shibuki's explosive tags were special. They were coated in a specific ink that allowed the user to set off timed explosions.

Zabuza would be impressed if it wasn't the fact Haku had it on him instead of it being on someone else. 'Paranoid brat...' Great for being a Shinobi. "How do I know you won't just detonate it later?"

The boy laughed. "I'd be a deadman if I did that. I intend to live another day so I'd rather you just leave now so we can both move on with our lives. You get to think about murdering children. And I get to worry about my next mission."

Zabuza grabbed Haku and turned around, releasing all of his Killing Intent at once. Hoping to see the boy collapse onto the ground but he didn't. Zabuza then began walking away. "Your will is Strong brat. But mine is stronger. One day we will meet again and by then I'll be in command of my own army and we will slaughter billions if needed to liberate Kirigakure. When that happens I will be coming for you."

The terror on the brats face was enough satisfaction to Zabuza. Now he and Haku needed to leave.

Luckily it looked like nobody was opposing them.


[Chapter End]

I'm honestly not too sure about this chapter. Fight Scenes were never my biggest strongsuit but I think I did them well today. Although I'm not too sure about the last part. It wasn't really a fight. it was more Kukui making a choice off screen which I decided was the only way I could actually end the fight.

The four would probably kill Zabuza and Haku even when injured. But I felt like that would just be... cheap? Cheaper than a cheap trick. Remember that thing I mentioned in the last chapters AN? Yeah not happening because of this.

Originally Zabuza was supposed to die in this arc but I felt like that was a disservice to his Character. Not only that but it would be a disservice to this fic to just kill him off. Ameyuri is stronger normally but in her sick state she is only about just weaker than Jinpachi. And her getting her leg injured didn't help.

Haku being here wasn't planned. But my muse gave me a big middle finger and a cop out at the same time. Haku's ice being exploded sent some of the shards into Ameyuri and Kukui. A bigger one hitting Ameyuri's arm whilst Kukui got some flesh wounds... Maybe I should go back and write a part for Kukui at the end going over what happened?

Maybe.

Anyways this is the longest chapter we've had in a while. Did you enjoy it? The fight scenes were originally meant to last two chapters but this gives me two chapters of an epilouge for this arc instead of one. I think that would allow me to set up next arc nicely. Speaking of next arc... I need to actually plan that out.

- Tobi