"Every tear tells a story because people don't cry without any reason"
- Itachi Uchiha
-[ The glimpse of emotion ]
Four people were standing in the bridge of wave getting alerted of something uninvited guest
to them .The said four looked each side to guard off themselves from any newcomer.
"The mist..." Instinct of protectiveness to his disciples or rather comrades made him invigorated
for he stood before them as he sighe lazily."Sasuke Sakura! They are coming"
"This is... hidden mist jutsu , right? "
Asked the pinky haired one for confirmation . Her gaze was
palpable for a while.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting , kakashi." A thick voice spoke from nowhere in their eyes but
each word weighed an unknown danger to the ninjas and one old man."I see you have got
those brats with you as usual.He is still trembling..poor thing.
Sasuke's eyes widened at the sight of sitting assassins before them or particularly to the bridge
builder.However a slight smirk could be seen as well as letting go of the sheer hint of fear he
encountered as he had did but in a confident manner "I'm trembling with... excitement !"
"Do it , Sasuke, " the cyclops said to him.
The demon of kirigakure attacked his blow to the raven haired boy by Kubikiribōchō (
首斬り包
丁
) or rather famous as executioner's blade
But within a second and half Sasuke cut through the seven water clones of Zabuza one by
one."he is coming"
"So you discerned the Water
doppelganger jutsu. That brat has grown quite a bit, " said one of
the seven swordsmen of kiri . "This means a rival has emerged" uttered those words standing
by a fair skinned boy.
"So it means" responsed the boy complying with the consistency of his master .The ambience
became thicker even without the mist. Saying so, her intense swirling speed like a maelstrom
towards Sasuke shocked him.
"What .." an astonishment came out of his mouth and within a second a thick metal crashing
sound was heard from the two. Sasuke's kunai tried to defend him from the masked boy's
senbon and both Shinobi were trying to get into an offensive.
"Sakura, surround Tasuna and don't move away from me" commanded the one eyed leader of
the group ..and Sakura stand before the older bridge builder defensively but worried about
Sasuke. "Let Sasuke handle him" stated the musk leader again.
"Hai..."
Meanwhile the fight between the teenagers began where the white masked Shinobi started
performing intricate hand sigh through one hand.
"A one handed song...!" The cyclops's worried eye was visible "I've never seen such a thing
before"
"A thousand needles of death" whispered the enemy Shinobi rising index and middle fingers
together
"He doesn't want to kill him" thought Zabuza.
Meanwhile thousands of needles made of ice appeared around both and for safe the mask ninja
leaped back a few meters away.
"Remember that training"
thought the last survivor of the Uchiha clan .And a middle sized
explosion of needles was seen.
However three shurikens were thrown to the white masked Shinobi but he dodged each of them
by flipping backwards.
"You're surprisingly stupid" mocked the last Uchiha behind the boy. Both parted away and the
said enemy bent down to stab him but was kicked by him what sent him few meters away "I'm
faster than you"
"In this rate , you will be defeated by your intended Victim" warned the mist demon to his
disciple .
"Yes" a new aqua colored aura emerged from the masked boy as he stood from the ground.
"What" a little puzzled Sasuke whispered . All of a sudden ice began to form behind the Uchiha
from nowhere .
"Hidden jutsu" called the masked boy. And the same mirrors of ice were forming surrounding the
Uchiha boy ."crystal ice mirrors."
"What's it? What's that jutsu" quested the one eyed jonin to himself
The ice creator merged with the mirrors one by one . "Are these ... mirrors?!" Whispered the
last Uchiha
"In this world, I shall show you my true power" stated the girly toned boy with terrifying rage .
Immediately upon saying, numerous needles were being thrown to him which cut him severely .
"Sakura ..!" The jonin leader tried to stop her . "No.. I've to save him" Sakura stated and casted
a kunai towards the ice Shinobi .
But he caught that easily from mirrors.
oOo
Out of the blue a shuriken hit him Piercing the mirror barrier but not breaking..Rather casting
him aside from the ice mirrors. From another side of the bridge, a cloud of smoke appeared ,
when those smokes began to diminishing a blond boy could be seen with a dramatic pose
.."Uzumaki Naruto...is finally here"
"Huh...that brat ?" eyed Zabuza
"He's long on talk" commented the last Uchiha frowning his eyes and watching his over dramatic
entry.
"Man. That idiot! " The jonin leader's single visible eye showed a bothersome lazy vibe.
"Al right, here I go... shadow clone.." he made hand signs ... However couldn't finish what he
intended . Some shurikens ran towards him from the kiri demon but were halted, clashing
against the senbons .
Everyone standing there was shocked seeing the scenes..
"That boy is super lucky," commented the bridge builder.
"Hey , what kind of idiot would attempt to cast a jutsu directly in front of an opponent " chided
the one eyed leader to his knucklehead apprentice.
Realizing the situation the blond began to bemoan childishly " no oOoOO, what ..but I went to
the trouble to rescue mission"
"Haku , what's the idea ?"
"Zabuza, leave this kid to me" reassured the white masked ninja named Haku.
"That means no interference, Haku? You're naive ...as usual "
"If so ..I will take you first.. believe it! " declared Naruto pointing to Haku."that mask... you're
Zabuza's after all , aren't you? ...you have got the nerve to deceive me."
"He doesn't have the luxury either, " said Uchiha, who could help watching the drama.
Thenceforth, he casted a kunai but Haku easily dodged that .
"Sasuke...!"
"I haven't... forgotten about you" said Haku the ice wielder in a calm tone.
"Tsk..."chided the last Uchiha himself.
"Zabuza let me take him ...it's my combat"responded Haku with a calm tone.
"I've to find something to slow him .. until kakashi finish Zabuza" thought the last Uchiha "and
Naruto could some few moves from outside.However his hypothetical conclusions went wrong
when he felt someone's presence..."what the heck"... Turning back he found the iconic goofy
smile of the most irresistible blond.
"Yo... Sasuke...I'm here to save you"..."don't worry..teme!" ...here our almost heart attack
sufferer .. moreover the face he made was humorously undeniable.
"Loser...you could have stayed out ...to divert him" scoffed at him for his foolishness.
"Whaaaat...!!"exclaimed the blond ninja " what do I do now... Sasuke!?"..
"You don't need to worry...I will kill you eventually" said Haku with a solemn voice which
indicated his fury..
"I will stop you now... shadow clone jutsu!"
He made a hand sign and his chakra began to emerge from him.."No... Naruto.. don't!"the
Uchiha tried to stop him after it's too late.
Dozens of clones were about to strike those mirror clones but were destroyed easily by Haku's
tremendous speed and agility which casted him to the ground..his konoha headband was
dropped on the ground at the same time.
"You can't take me like that ..kid" stated Haku watching his futile attempt.Then the rain of
senbons began to appear before the two ninja, for many parts of their clothing and body were
got cut and wounded.Still Naruto's resolve couldn't be alter and similar to his typical traits, he
was about to make shadow clone again but was stopped by The last Uchiha.
"Let me handle this..."saying so he incorporated chakra to his mouth and blew away the intense
flames of his jutsu .
"Fire style: Fireball jutsu" the gast of fire collided against those ice mirrors.."die...!"
To his disappointment the first did little to destroy "your jutsu won't work on me " some scoffed
full words could Heard what made the Uchiha boy more furious that his praised clan jutsu failed
unop his own eyes..
But no sooner had the thought of Indirect humiliation , the clones from every mirro started
blowing on the two which actually mixed them with ground .
As Haku started to expect that they were unable to move an inch , failing his interpretation the
last Uchiha tried to get up and succeeded. "You think... you're...better than me..(/) " panting
Sasuke with a bloody cheek "I shall show you no mercy" again Sasuke touched his kunai and
Threw it towards each mirror surrounding him.
Defending himself he emerged and each of his clones headed towards him to knock him down
there then... However a high-pitched eerie sound was heard...to his surprise the raven haired
dodged those arsenals.
"How...!"Haku was shocked at the sight of him neglecting his fatal blows...still watching him .
"It seems you time's up here" as he stated them a new pair of red eyes appeared with one
tomoe each of the two..
"What?...on his eyes...those are kekkei genkai..like mine!" Thought the enemy Shinobi for a
while but immediately shaking such a thought off his mind he charged towards him..."no matter
what you have..."
The sharingan wielder was now trying to avoid his hit to get thanks to his sharingan, his power
of perception had been increased drastically and he could feel ...
Though, most of the attacks he was dodging in a ease but the masked Ninja's ministration made
the whole thing tougher
...thus he was finally hit by the ice wielder unswerving blows which grounded him by the blond.
Comprehending the raven haired weak point "give up...it's pointless now" enunciated the
comrade of the demon...still the spiky haired stood up to encounter..
"Like ever I will !" His husky voice showed the truth.
Now the masked boy changed his direction towards the blond to finish him instead of the
Uchiha. For he charged faster than we he had before.."Ice style: Ice Needle Barrage" (
氷針の乱
射
, Hyōshin no Ransha).
Senbons like storm were heading towards the blond...but were halted by the Uchiha... truly
speaking every part of him was screaming in pain as those senbons'
clowns were feral as
something else .. despite his pain he knocked one of the mirror clones which also had fallen
before them.
His penetrated body was still standing to defend his comrade albeit it that he didn't understand
why he had done what he had done.
In the meantime Naruto opening his eyes saw the masked man was defeated in his eyes and
Sasuke was standing hunched over..."Sasuke you defeated...him ...!"...
But his hope went wrong as soon as he realized Sasuke was pierced with hundreds of
needles..."Sasuke...!?"
His aching body fell behind on the lap of Naruto...at the same time the blond was as shocked
as never he had...his astonishment didn't vanish when he felt a presence on his lap.."why
?...why did..you do that ...for me?!"... demanded the blond with an incoherent and husky tone..
"I don't know why...my body moved on its own Accord... idiot ...?" Uchiha's husky whisper
showed a little regret for not completing his dream...no , not a dream.. rather a reality..as well as
reminiscing the past interactions with the hyperactive blond.
"I didn't ask..you..!?"...the blond was in utter confusion and turmoil.. no one ever saved him like
this before in the village.
"Until I defeated my brother...but I failed"the eyes of his brother appeared before him...those red
sharingan and the challenge thrown upon him that night
"You fulfill your... dream.Naruto..you .. want to be hokage.." he couldn't finish what he had
started .At the last his hand fell on his knees , a sign of his death.
An emotional conflict and confusion were tangling over his head...tears could be seen as how
they mustered themselves in his eyes...never did Naruto felt this much heartbroken and
melancholy...not even when villagers used to shun him or beat him...a scream of agony and
frustration of him being not ready to help his first friend instead of him being saved.
"This is the true nature of Shinobi"Haku's interference broke the mourning silence.
"We are to save what is precious to us..he did the same ..."he was then immediately stopped
with a menacing rage.
"Shut up...I won't forgive you"his whiskers and hairs got thicker...a Yin-yang mark appeared on
the forehead with a radiation of unknown exquisite killing intent what consists the color more
dense along with his presence brought a deadly forest green aura surrounding him like a
vibrated virtex. The ambience turned into different and awful like it was never the same
place.the blond glared at him with a merciless stare as his animal like eyes were sparkling with
unholy and impure lust of death .
"I'm going to...kill you .."
His claws came to visibility which looked more like inhuman and the wounds he had gotten
began to be healed by itself.The tension and density of the terrifying ambience was something
else .The blond then charged to the masked boy's mirror as fast as even Haku barely could
detect his movement . A glass breaking sounds could be heard from outside as Naruto's claw
punched that shattered into thousand pieces within a blink..
Haku tried to attack him from several directions but the blond's agility became faster than him.
Nothing was now working against the blond's prowess . In contrast , the blond crushed one
mirror to kill the killer like a berserk looking for its victim.
"Where did the powers come from..."a little terrified Haku pondered in his mind "it's
inhuman...not even me . I doubt Zabuza can stop him"
The whole area was just shaking for how destructive power he was sharing to everyone's mind
at the time.It can't be of any normal Shinobi.
In the meantime, Haku was trying to encounter him and to be in a more offensive fight as well.
But each attack seemed weaker than before to the blond. The darkened green aura expanded
drastically that shaped a green fox-like beast that shakes the entire bridge through bare steps.
All of a sudden Haku casted his final blow , instead fate chose something else. His hand was
caught by the blond's one clawed hand . The menacing look he illustrated made the masked
boy more terrified under his face mask. Accumulating some chakra in his fist , while holding his
hand , the blond Punched him onto his face before the enemy could comprehend, consequently
what broke the mask. Furthermore
the feral punch threw him a long distance .
Aftermath, He let out a roar that echoed through the air, a sound both primal and otherworldly.
His forest-green aura surged around him, forming a towering pillar that reached toward the sky.
Moreover, this phenomenon was a manifestation of an extraordinary power—one that
transcended all boundaries, striving to touch the very pinnacle of existence
He made a fox-like stance to invade his victim again. The said blond's asserted relentless and
brutal consequences for who was charging himself.
oOo
Unbeknownst to everyone, the power scale created a small dark rift , through which a certain
creature was fallen for some unknown reasons
oOo
"What's happening...there sensei"
terrified Sakura expressed to his jounin sensei
noticing the
purple blaze ahead of them.
"It's so horrible..tho-tho-those pill-lars !... what's that!" An almost crying Sakura pleaded with her
teacher in a stammering volume.
"No...It can't be . No,rather it shouldn't be..."nine tailed"ponder the joining leader while a
reflection of the past catastrophic moments agitated him ..."but...why is this green?!"
"Sensei !"
"Sakura , stay with the builder" he couldn't blame the kunoichi for his sacred demeanor.
"H-haa-i"
oOo
Hidden from everyone's awareness, a pair of watchful eyes lingered in the shadows, silently
observing every moment unfold. The unseen observer was keenly attuned to the events
transpiring, its presence was a quiet testament to the mysterious play.
oOo
The blond is now dashing ahead to finish what he had started .. reaching closer upon his hunt
he raised his implacable plug on to him..
Haku is now sitting on the ground while counting any glimpse of hope for rescuing his master
."Zabuza...I failed..this boy is far stronger than me"... He thought while gazing at the oncoming
onslaught. First some pieces of shattered mask fell on the ground, then others one by one and
the bigger piece revealed his real
emotionless face , void of any fear at the moment, falling to
his knee.The lethal fist stopped before the masked boy's very eyes , what stopped unknown to
him.
Upon seeing the face again whom the blond first recognized as an epitome of beauty, even
more that what Sakura looked. "Why?" A simple but with too much emotional grouch full word
."why did you do that...why did you kill Sasuke?"
"It's because I followed the order ...in order to protect him"swiftly he expressed his emotionless
words but in a faint voice.
Not fully realizing what the ninja meant to him the blond then punched on face what thrown the
Shinobi down on the ground ahead of him ."I don't care who you are ...I don't care"the second
one was a little louder "you kill my friend, you took my first friend from me!" saying so he took a
kunai from his pouch to finish him.
"I didn't kill your friend" a sudden voice broke the silence which distracted him from the blond's
earlier pondering.
"What!?"
"I didn't killed him" he caught, his fainted voice showed no lie "he is alive"
A rushing spark of hope aroused in him . Couldn't believe that after seeing him die and now as if
the fate itself altered.
Like he was in any kind of trance "but I saw-i saw him.. him dying"couldn't he find any sort of
deception in the eyes of the fallen ninja.
"I paralyzed him momentarily...he should wake up within a day" Haku's calm tone was now
clearer . The wind of the wave brush his hairs
oOo
"It's no good.. I've to take him down" mentioned the copy cat under his black mask..as soon as
he spoke, he activated a thousand birds.
"Kakashi sensei"a barely audible sound she made as it terrified her even more.
Meanwhile kakashi rushed to stab Zabuza with his lightning jutsu yelling "chidori"
oOo
oOo
A few moments earlier...
"You didn't kill him ...like I saw?!" A utter perplexed blond exclaimed with sheer disbelief
now...but couldn't deny the truthfulness behind the words..nor could he fight him again .After
every that had happened before, such a revelation seemed to him quite shocking again with hint
of happiness deep in his heart.Not only he just floating in the sea if complexity but also found
everything critical for the moment.
"Like I said...I don't want to kill anyone"responded the verily injured ninja
"Then why are you with him...why are you doing this"demanded a little louder than before
"He raised me ...it's my obligation to stay with and protect him" informed Haku to Naruto with a
blank face..I have no other choice.
"Are you trying to be his weapon?"the blond said with a disgusted intonation."You can't be
true..."
"It's your notion of embracing someone's oath unto death"paused for a second "for me he is too
precious " nevertheless the emotional implications of his words were causing the konoha ninja
considerable distress.
Present moment
...
oOo
In addition to their compounded disputations, the sounds of densely chirping of birds resonated
in the area.
Comprehending what's happening their before even Haku could move to do something that
should stop, the blond simultaneously raised his right hand up and yelled "Nature Style: Binding
Roots "(
自然スタイル
:
縛る根
- Shizen Sutairu: Shibaru Ne)
A simple and direct name, invoking roots or vines to bind someone in place, preventing
Kakashi's attack from landing while holding the formar kiri Shinobi upto naught.
Those shrubs and vines were perpetually shrouded in lush greenery, creating a damp
environment that unexpectedly halted the movements of both one eyed copy ninja and
momochi zabuza, catching them off guard
"What the... hell !?" Initially realizing he had been casted by some unknown power from
nowhere , the copycat began to whine about his poor life choices, dramatically maintaining his
balance as if it were a tragic Shakespearean play. Furthermore what's happening there was still
mysterious to his little life...whereas his fallen fellow did the same , not understanding what kind
of power is it .
However, the fact that locked his concentration was the jutsu what had created for them ,
ascertaining that Vines and roots around his hands and legs had him shocked by raising his
eyes. Never did he believe such a thing...
"Mokuton...!?"
Sounds like it's the end ... maybe next time... Auch! my fingers are aching
See ya!