Chapter 13: Chapter 13
"Wha…" The demon of the hidden mist began, but was cut off as a fist slammed into his face with a sickening crunch.
The Kiri nukenin was sent flying across the water, skipping and bouncing like a stone that was thrown across a pond. After about three skips, the jounin was able to regain his bearings and flip in mid air to land on his feet, skidding to a stop across the lake's surface.
He looked up and glared at the blond figure that was just slightly shorter than Kakashi. He then felt the strange individuals previously masked chakra signature and had to hold back a gasp.
'Wha-what power…this guy...what kind of monster is he?'
Naruto looked at Zabuza as Kakashi rose from the water prison next to him. "Disappointing Hatake. Your skills have dulled considerably since you left the Anbu. Perhaps I should take over." His altered voice seemed to reverberate through the clearing, his released Tenketsu sending waves of power through the air.
Kakashi shrugged. "He's all yours. Though, you're probably right. I do have to start training again. I'm getting rusty." The copy nin remarked scratching the back of his head rather sheepishly.
Naruto said nothing, instead he began walking towards the swordsman, unsheathing both of his scimitars, never pausing in his gait.
Kakashi walked back to his students and client. Hinata looked startled, though Kakashi had been defeated by Naruto, a part of her figured it was partly luck and that Kakashi had been caught off guard. "Sensei, what are you doing? He could get killed."
Kakashi waved her concerns off dismissively. "Don't worry, Naruto can handle himself."
Zabuza stood and took a defensive stance. Whoever this boy was, he was on a whole other level. Kakashi had nothing on this kid, and seeing how easily Kakashi handed the kid the reins it was safe to say Kakashi was confident in the boys skill.
Naruto's pace increased, from a walk to a fast jog and then to a full blown run. He came in with a low sweep with the sword in his right hand, which was blocked by Zabuza, the blond kept moving forward until his shoulder was next to Zabuza's. He then pivoted on his heel to spin around and swipe at Zabuza's mid section with the blade he held in his left hand with a reverse grip, but that too was blocked by the demon of the hidden mist.
Zabuza then countered by wildly swinging his blade to strike at the Konoha nin. But Naruto moved forward, into his swing and head butted the hidden mist ninja in the face, sending him reeling back. The blond then moved and delivered a solid spin kick to the man's head.
Naruto then leapt up, coming down with both his blades in a crisscrossing X. Zabuza placed his own blade in the way and blocked. Naruto batted the blade up, opening Zabuza's guard and then thrust both blades forward in a move that would have stabbed the Kiri ninja in the gut, but Zabuza was able to twist himself to the side, avoiding the two blades and then grabbed them, ignoring the biting edge of steel cuting into his hand.
He smirked and raised his sword in preparation to bring it down on the kid. But before he could a shadow clone poofed into existence and delivered a solid kick to the side of the swordsman's head, making his grip falter. Naruto pulled his blades back and cut two deep gashes across Zabuza's chest, not fatal, but extremely debilitating.
Zabuza clutched his head and the two injuries before placing his blade on his back, beginning his hand seals he spoke. "You little brat. I wont let some punk like you beat me."
Naruto then sheathed his two blades and began forming his own hand seals at a rapid pace. Zabuza noticed the boys hands and knew immediately which would be his jutsu. The Katon; Karyuu Endan. He smirked. The brat would lose this confrontation.
He finished his hand seals at what would have been the same time as the kid, but, Zabuza noticed with no little amount of surprise that the brat had added one more hand seal to the technique.
A water dragon rose behind him and charged at the blond.
Naruto cupped his hand in preparation to breathe out the stream of flame but Zabuza also noticed his other hand charging chakra behind him. 'What the hell is that brat doing?'
Naruto breathed out a huge stream of fire which took the head of a dragon. But then thrust his hand forward, a wind blast coming forward and combining with the fiery beast, making the heat and size of the attack nearly triple.
Naruto smirked at Zabuza's terrified expression as the fire dragon plowed straight through his water dragon.
Zabuza hastily formed a water wall but the defense was too little too late as the dragon tore through it and engulfed him in the searing flames. He screamed in pain as the dragon carried him all the way to the end of the lake, where it dissipated, leaving scorched earth and the smell of burnt flesh in its wake.
Zabuza weakly opened his eyes and saw Naruto approaching him, his slow steady pace calm and collected. Showing no hesitation. Zabuza's arms and legs were burnt horribly, the wounds the small blades of infused wind in the fire dragon had caused had been instantly cauterized by the searing heat.
The blond unsheathed his sword as he stood next to Zabuza and gripped the demon of the hidden mist by the throat, lifting him up until the man was at eye level. Zabuza stared, for once, seeing the cold blue eyes and froze in fear.
Naruto raised his blade to the man's throat in preparation to drive it through. "Die!" Came his voice as he reared the blade back a bit more.
The blond faintly caught the whizzing sound of a kunai but couldn't do much more than move slightly making the blade hit the side of his throat instead of the jugular, most likely saving his life.
He coughed blood, though it fell within his metallic face mask, and pulled out the blade with a sickening slice. He could feel the familiar burn of Kyuubi's healing as it worked on repairing the wound but he could also feel something else. 'Poison.' He thought as his vision blurred and he stumbled as a wave of dizziness hit him.
He could faintly hear Hinata, Sasuke and Tazuna's surprised gasps and Kakashi's footsteps as the copy ninja made his way across the lake to reach him.
He felt another presence appear next to Zabuza. He wavered slightly on his feet before he let out an angry roar and swung wildly, backhanding the mysterious ninja across the face with his fist, earning a glass-like crack that reached his ears. He growled, angry, furious. Careless fool!
The last thing he felt was the use of a shushin and Kakashi calling his name.
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