Chapter 15: Stitches in wave part 5

(Gato's hideout)

20 minutes later Zabuza had arrived along with Haku at his side who was supporting him. As the two were now in Gato's office looking at the short fat man. Although he wasn't alone but had his thugs in the room with him.

"You're kidding right? A teenage girl attacked one of your outpost camps? And slit the mouth of a survivor.. wanting to give me a message?" Zabuza asked with Gato glaring then told one of his thugs to bring that disfigured man.

Right when they brought him. Zabuza and Haku were caught off guard when they saw the man has a bloody mouth. And that his mouth was ear to ear.

Haku gasped in shock seeing the thug's slit mouth. It almost resembles... oh my Kami...

An image of Naruko with the same slit mouth appeared in her mind.

"What girl did this to you? What did she look like?" Zabuza would ask the scarred thug.

"A Teenage blonde haired girl! She cut my mouth open! She's wearing a red trench coat and even has a ear to ear slit mouth!" The thug would exclaim as suddenly Haku went pale.

"Nar-Naruko!?" Haku thought with terror.

Zabuza felt a shiver down his spine hearing this..

"No... No... fucking way..." He says with horror and shock in his voice.

"what is the problem? You know this girl?" Gato asked noticing Zabuza's surprise.

"She's not just any girl! But a woman! A very terrifying woman!" Zabuza corrects

"What is she? What kind of scary woman is she? She's just a fucking nobody!" Gato would say

"That fucking Nobody is Kuchisake Onna! And she is someone you know very little about!" Zabuza said with a narrowed gaze while Haku felt a chill run down her spine having met Naruko... who is "Kuchisake Onna"

"Kuchisake Onna is the most scariest and most vengeful woman in the elemental nations! She is someone to be feared and respected. I've always been told stories about her when I was but a child! She's someone you don't want to fuck with!" Zabuza would add looking at the short business man

"You talk about her as if she's some legend!" Gato would retort

"That's because she is DUMBASS! And if she's here this could pose a problem!" Zabuza would say as Gato sneered at him.

"Wait a minute you are not backing out now are you? Over some legend!" Gato would say

"I don't think you understand shit. Kuchisake Onna isn't someone you can't simply kill... and you seriously can't expect me to kill the bridge builder if she's here.. this I can't do" Zabuza would say making Gato gasp in shock then it turned to anger.

"WHAT?! Is the big bad demon of the mist scared of some myth that's supposed to frighten snot nosed children!?" Gato hissed not liking how Zabuza is just going to drop this deal! Zabuza narrowed his eyes at him.

"I have no problem with killing the bridge builder... or those Konoha Shinobi. But Kuchisake Onna. Is someone I don't want to deal with. Haku let's go." Zabuza would say.

"Wait! What if I pay you triple? Or I'll quadruple your payment!" Gato would say making Zabuza stop and turn to him.

"You would quadruple my payment... if I go through with this?" The swordsman asked..

"Of course! I will increase your payment if you defeat this Kuchisake Onna you speak of and kill the bride builder and his family! Even those Konoha Shinobi!" Gato offered.

Zabuza thought on this. Getting paid in quadruple was something he couldn't pass up on. Even he wasn't sure if he could actually fight Kuchisake Onna?

"Well Zabuza? How about it?" Gato pressed on

"I accept. I will agree to this." He says making Haku gasp in shock.

After coming to terms with the new deal and payment Zabuza and Haku were on their way back to their hideout.

"Haku... are you okay? During that talk you looked quite pale when I brought up Kuchisake Onna." He says while she did still look a little pale as a visage of Naruko appeared in her mind holding scissors.

"It's nothing... just a little shaken up by hearing about this tale... what is Kuchisake Onna.. Zabuza-sama?" Haku asked as he sighed.

"Kuchisake Onna was once a beautiful woman. This was set around the era of the sage of the six paths. Feudal Japan era decades ago... Kuchisake Onna was a beautiful woman. Married to a veteran samurai.. it was said that she cheated on her husband with a better looking young man.. when her Samurai husband discovered her betrayal he used his samurai sword to slit her mouth ear to ear disfiguring her mouth and he told her: "Now who will think you are pretty?!" Sometime ago after that Taeko. Taeko was her name back then. Taeko had mysteriously disappeared after that saddened and angered by what her husband had done.. it was unknown what her death was like.. some say she killed herself since no one found her beautiful anymore and later she came back from the dead as a vengeful ghost or Onryo is the term. Taking her anger out on many unfortunate victims and would ask them if she is pretty." Zabuza told her the tale of the urban legend.

"What happened?" Haku asked curious

"If the victims answer yes. She will remove her face mask and will say; "Even like this?" If you say no, she kills you, if you are stupid enough to say yes she will slit your mouth ear to ear like her. And running is definitely not an option... because if you run she can teleport and will kill you. Only way that can protect you from her is that if you say she's normal or average which will confuse her and give you some time to escape." Zabuza says with a gruff look.

"Do you think we can use that against Her?" Haku asks with Zabuza going silent.

"I am not sure Haku. If something happens to me I want you to run and not fight Kuchisake Onna. Understand?" He says sternly while she looked worried but nodded..

to be continued

An: Timeskip in the next chapter.

decided to bring this back too.

Also pick Three Yokai choices for Hinata to be.

I had originally planned on her becoming Teke Teke.

So three choices.

Teke Teke. Who is just as terrifying as Kuchisake Onna and insanely fast.

A Jurogumo Spider Demon.

Hino-Enma.

Take your pick. And hey if you pick the one the most I could always make Hinata a double of two like how I made her a Yokai rabbit in Uzumaki Hachishaku.

Haku will be confirmed as Yuki Onna.

Next chapter they fight.