Chapter 24 - Land of Waves(13)
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Kakashi glanced at Naruto for a bit and his sights went back to Zabuza as he couldn't afford to be distracted "Naruto, help Sasuke. He'll die if that continues."
"Eh… I don't want to… besides, Sasuke told me not to interfere." Naruto replied with a playful voice.
"You… Do you want Sasuke to die?" Kakashi asked while his attention still at Zabuza
"Hahahaha! It looks like the stronger student doesn't want to help your other student."
Naruto chuckled and simply replied "Don't worry, sensei. I'll help Sasuke if he's about to die. Remember? The jutsu I showed you before? I already marked Sasuke."
"Oh I remember, that puts me at ease." Kakashi replied slowly, reaching for his headband covering his left eye..
'Jutsu?' Zabuza wondered as he put his guard up.
"I'm sorry, Zabuza. But… I'm gonna end this instantly."
"Heh… Sharingan again? Is that the only thing you can do?" Zabuza provoked and rushed towards trying to stab kakashi in the eye
*Stab*
Kakashi caught the kunai with his other arm. "You asked if it's all I can do, but you're afraid of the sharingan… Zabuza…"
Zabuza provoked "Hehe… A shinobi's supreme technique is not something that should be shown by an opponent over and over."
"Kakashi replied "You should feel honored. You're the only person to see it twice. And there won't be a third time."
"Heh… even if you defeat me, you can't win against Haku. Ever since he was a little kid I taught him all kinds of fighting skills. Even facing the greatest adversity, he has succeeded. Without a heart nor fear of death. A fighting machine known as shinobi. And his jutsu surpasses even mine. The terrifying ability of an advanced bloodline. I gained a high quality tool for myself. Unlike the scraps that follow you around."
Kakashi laughed at the ridiculousness of what Zabuza just said "Scraps you say? My blonde student caught your tool earlier, he just let him go. He fell for her, he said."
"Hm? This again? Haku is a boy and when did he meet him?"
"Oh my, it looks like your tool didn't tell you he met one of my disciples. And your tool didn't even tell you he was a she" kakashi said pulling the headband up slowly
Kakashi laughed lightly but a bit sinister "I'll show you a different fight this time." Kakashi revealed his left eye was closed.
Zabuza looked closely and thought 'a seal??'
Kakashi opened his left eye with the sharingan "That's right! A seal! Now, I'm in my top form. In the fight before, my chakra was drained continuously as it was activated even without fighting so I couldn't put my chakra in top form even if I wanted because the sharingan was consuming too much chakra from me, now you're doomed that my chakra has reached its peak. You can thank my blonde monster student for giving you an early death."
Zabuza on his guard unsheathed the greatsword on his back towards Kakashi from above
Kakashi jumped back to dodge.
*Crash* The greatsword fell to the ground and smashed it creating a crater. "There's nothing impressive about that! You'll still end up dead!" Zabuza said angrily
Kakashi said before the fight started "Alright, let's end this bragging about our students, and start the fight!"
"I'll take the words from your mouth… I'll tell you this, The same jutsu, won't work twice on me!" He raised his right arm and his left arm into a hand seal [Ninja Art: Hidden Mist] and started releasing mist all over the place.
Naruto on the side chuckled and weaved hand seals [Wind Style: Spreading Wind] "Haaaaaa!"
Sending the mist away again
"You again!" Zabuza said angrily at Naruto for blowing his mist away again
He then heard a voice that startled him "I told you, my students are exceptional." Sending a kunai strike to one of Zabuza's arms.
Zabuza startled yet raised his sword to defend against the kunai
*Clang*
When he raised his sword it obstructed his vision about Kakashi. Kakashi took this advantage to jump up. Weaving hand seals while Zabuza was looking for him.
The moment Zabuza looked up Kakashi was done with the hand seals [Water Style: Water Dragon]
Zabuza commented as he rushed towards Tazuna to dodge "Fool! Now, your client is off your reach."
Sakura nervously looked at Zabuza approaching them.
Tazuna was also nervous as he couldn't do anything but rely on this female ninja.
He then heard Kakashi chuckling and saying "I told you, my students are exceptional."
Sakura was nervous and felt a hand pat on her shoulders and a voice saying "Don't be nervous, Sakura-chan. Release the seal."
Naruto appeared beside them "When did you get here?" Tazuna looked at him in shock.
Zabuza also looked at him in shock as he couldn't even see him. He thought, teleportation? A kid like him?
Sakura breathed a sigh of relief and nodded as opened a barrier seal saying while applying chakra "Release!"
An orb of chakra surrounded them to be protected by the outside forces. The Water dragon crashed into the ground sending a huge splash of water to the surrounding area. Of course the barrier seal protected them from being affected.
Zabuza jumped high to look for Kakashi preparing to send an attack as well but he couldn't see him 'Where is he?'
He then heard a playful voice from behind "Behind you."
This sent goosebumps to Zabuza as he looked behind, Kakashi has once again completed a [Water Style: Water Dragon] Jutsu. The water from the side rose up and formed into a dragon and went after Zabuza who was floating mid air.
*Crash* *Splash*
"Gah!" Zabuza groaned in pain as the water dragon crashed into him and sent him flying to the ground
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"Hah… Hah… Hah…" Sasuke breathed heavily through the series of needles that came dashing his way, all over his body, he was pierced by needles all over his body but kept minimal damage to not letting it hit critical areas that would render him useless.
Haku looked at Sasuke who kept dodging and thought 'Something's wrong. I'm aiming for critical areas yet he keeps on dodging, only dealing minimal damage to his body… He seems to be getting used to my movements… This boy can see something…'
Haku commented "You move well, but this time I'll stop you."
Sasuke grinned in bitterness as he thought 'He's coming!' He calmed down and opened his eyes as widely as he could to not miss any details or else he'd die. 'Concentrate.'
*Swing* *Swish* The flying needles sounded as it traveled the air and hit the ground. And Sasuke dodged it.
'No way? He dodged it?' Haku thought as Sasuke dodged the needles, ninjas wouldn't normally be able to dodge it.
Sasuke fell to the ground as he dodged, he immediately stood up and stared at Haku to not miss any detail, and his eyes were different this time. His eyes have transformed into a sharingan! His left eye displayed one tomoe, and the other eye displayed two tomoe.
'Those eyes!! It's the sharingan! What a kid! It's not complete but to awaken it during battle…'
"I see… You are also from an advanced bloodline…" Haku commented upon seeing the sharingan but calmed down.
Sasuke remembered Naruto's words that he might awaken it during battle but leave that for later, for now he had to focus on the battle 'I can see now… but only a little'.
Naruto who was outside was getting worried a bit so he teleported beside Sasuke "Are you alright? Sasuke? Need help?"
Haku was startled as she didn't detect Naruto coming near them, she thought 'Teleportation?'
Sasuke chuckled in reply, facing Naruto's way to show his eyes "I don't need it! After her, I'll beat you next!"
Naruto was surprised at Sasuke's but smiled "I see… Alright, Have fun." Naruto teleported besides Sakura again.
"Sensei!~" Naruto called out to Kakashi who was fighting with Zabuza
He inquired "What is it? I'm a bit busy over here." Kakashi replied nonchalantly, without the mist, it was considerably much easier to fight Zabuza as he wasn't used to fighting in the mist. If Zabuza tried, Naruto would blow the mist away.
Naruto smiled and said happily "Sasuke awakened his sharingan so he'll be fine!"
Kakashi replied in surprise "He did? Good for him. Looks like he'll catch up to you pretty soon."
"I don't know about that." Naruto replied with confidence.
Zabuza got annoyed as Kakashi was having a conversation while fighting him so he weaved hand seals [Water Style: Water Dragon].
Kakashi copied him and also sent a Water Dragon jutsu.
They collided and nullified each other's jutsu, Kakashi said as the water dropped down to the ground after the collision "Give it up. Zabuza, this time, you are no match for me whatsoever. I have more than half of my chakra available while you're already trying your hardest just to keep up."
"Huff… huff… huff… Although I'm a missing nin, I'm still a ninja. I'll complete my mission, even if I have to die!"
(A/N: How was it? Was it bad? Was the battle confusing? Give me feedbacks, I wanna improve. Leave a power stone if you like the story, Thanks!)