"DIE!"
Zabuza swings the Executioner's blade towards Tazuna in a horizontal sweep. His aim is to slice the bridge builder in half, leaving no chance of recovery.
Clang…
Naruto blocks the blade with his kunai.
Aw…
The impact of the strike leaves a tingling sensation in his hands.
"What?"
Zabuza has a surprised expression on his face.
"How?"
In the previous strike, he used most of the strength of his body to release a devastating blow to slash the target in half. He even used the special blade techniques of Mist swordsman to deliver the strike. Paired with the Executioner's blade, that strike can even cleave through thick earth walls, but this little genin blocked his sure-kill move with only a kunai.
Zabuza is flabbergasted to see this.
Aww…
Naruto shakes his hands as his hand feels a little numb. He clutches his kunai and turns to Kakashi, who is watching from afar.
"Kakashi Sensei! I can fight this guy. Leave him to me."
Mmm…
Kakashi nods his head in affirmation.
Even he was surprised to see Naruto block that attack.
'Sensei! Can you see this?! Your son is also a genius like you. He is already strong enough to compete with elite Jounin.'
He turns towards the confrontation between Naruto and Zabuza.
'If Naruto isn't able to hold his own, I will step in and save him.'
Upon hearing these words from Naruto, Zabuza's expression turns ugly.
"You underestimate me, kid! A greenhorn like you thinks he can compete with a Mist Swordsman."
Zabuza swings his Executioner's blade with a bloodthirsty expression.
"Kubikiribōchō will bathe in your blood brat."
Whoosh…
Zabuza disappears from his position and reappears behind Naruto. He swings his blade towards Naruto's neck, aiming to end him in a single slash.
Poof…
Naruto disappears in a puff of smoke, leaving a kunai behind.
"A shadow clone?! Then where is the real body?"
Zabuza looks around for the actual Naruto.
The kunai flips in the air and turns into Naruto.
Haah…
Naruto has a kunai in his hand as he aims for Zabuza's head.
"What?!"
Swish… skid…
Zabuza kicks the surface of the water and instantly maintains a distance between them.
"This kid?!… He is too cunning. I can't lower my guard."
Zabuza has a serious expression on his face. Just now, he barely avoided the sneak attack from the kid.
"Kid!… I must say you have some skills for your age, but it isn't enough to stop me."
Stab…
Zabuza stabs the blade on the surface of the water and makes some hand signs.
Swish… Swish… swish…
"Water Release: Water Bullet Technique"
Zabuza manipulates the surrounding water and fires a giant water bullet towards Naruto.
Whizz…
The bullet closes on Naruto.
"Kid! Although you have some skills in Ninja techniques. In terms of Ninjutsu, you still lack experience."
Naruto calmly stares at the incoming water bullet and makes some hand signs.
"Wind Release: Giant Wind Bullet Jutsu"
He takes a deep breath and inhales large amounts of air and fires a giant wind bullet towards the incoming water bullet.
BOOM…
Both the wind and water bullet collide and cancel each other, leaving large amounts of water droplets in the surroundings.
"You got some moves kid, but it ends here."
Zabuza clutches his blade with one hand and raises another hand over his head as he takes a stance ready to cast his most powerful jutsu.
"I won't allow it."
A pair of hands creep out from under the water and grab Zabuza's legs.
"What?!"
Zabuza is shocked to see the hands. He lifts his head and stares at the 'real body' of Naruto.
Poof…
Naruto smirks at him and disappears in a puff of smoke.
"Another shadow clone?!… this kid!… Just who is he?!"
Haah…
The pair of hands tug tightly and attempts to pull Zabuza under the water.
Instead of panicking, a smile appears on Zabuza's face.
"I finally found you, kid. This must be your real body."
Swirl…
Zabuza's body turns into a puddle of water and engulfs Naruto.
"Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu"
Zabuza's water clone turns into a large sphere of water and traps Naruto.
Burble… burble…
Naruto breathes heavily in the sphere as he attempts to get free from the prison.
"It's futile kid! I have spent quite an amount of chakra to form that water prison."
Swoosh…
Another water clone appears behind Zabuza. The water clone inserts his hand in the water prison to maintain it.
Kaching…
Zabuza draws the Executioner's blade and walks towards a terrified Tazuna.
Haah…
Sakura jumps in front of the bridge builder.
"I will protect you."
She tries to assure Tazuna. But her words do not affect him.
"This is the end for me. Gato company is too terrifying."
Tazuna closes his eyes in fear.
Sakura takes out her kunai and stands in front of Tazuna. Kakashi watches the entire series of events from the sidelines without interfering.
'Since Naruto asked me to not interfere, then I won't. Still, I am curious to see, how will get out of this predicament. Of course, I won't allow Zabuza to kill our target of protection.'
Kakashi turns towards Naruto who is struggling with the water prison.
'Water prison is a C-rank jutsu used to restraint one's enemies. But the power of a jutsu depends on the user. In the hands of a Ninja-like Zabuza, it could be quite challenging to get rid of this technique.'
Haah…
Naruto tightly clutches his hands as large amounts of red chakra surge from his body.
Haah…
BOOM…
The surge of chakra destroys the water prison and frees Naruto.
"Farewell! Bridge Builder!"
Zabuza swings the Executioner's blade to claim Tazuna's life.
"Kenjutsu: Secret art: Mist Execution"
Kakashi's expression turns serious as he makes his move.
'I can't delay any longer.'
Suddenly,
Fwoosh… swoosh…
A streak of orange light flashes past him.
"This is…"
Kakashi's eye widens in surprise as he is able to get a glimpse of the appearance of the streak.
"Sensei!!"
These words involuntarily escape from his mouth.
Whoosh…
Naruto appears in front of Zabuza to intercept his attack.
"Rasengan"
Naruto has a dense red Rasengan in his hand.
BOOM…
The Rasengan explodes on top of the Executioner's blade.
Crack… crack…
Cracks appear on the blade and the blade shatters into pieces.
"How can this be?!"
Zabuza's eyes widen in sheer disbelief.
"That was one of the famed swords of the Mist. How can it shatter this easily?!"
Haah…
Naruto tightly clutches his fist and punches Zabuza.
BANG…
Zabuza is sent flying by Naruto's attack.
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Earlier,
Inside the village,
"That takes care of things."
Sasuke dusts his hands as two unconscious goons lay in front of him. They were precisely the bodyguards of Gato: Zori and Waraji."
"Earlier, I suspected Gato would make a move to sabotage Tazuna's family while we are busy dealing with the shinobi. Guess, I was right on cue."
He ties both of them with a rope and flickers towards the bridge.
"I will leave their fate to these villagers."
Whoosh…
Sasuke arrives beside Kakashi and reports to him.
"Good work!"
Kakashi nods his head as both of them turn towards the fight between Naruto and Zabuza.
Sasuke notices the red chakra of Naruto and silently murmurs to himself.
'I never expected this dunce to improve this much. While I have made little progress, he has improved tremendously.'
Sasuke feels the pressure from Naruto's growth.
'I don't want this idiot to leave me in the dust. After this mission, I will ask Izuna Nii-san to train me.'
Hmm…
Sasuke senses a shadow slowly creeping towards Tazuna.
'It's that hunter-nin guy. He is aiming to assassinate Tazuna while Naruto is engaged with Zabuza. He thinks he can get past me. Hmph…'
Sasuke snorts and immediately flickers towards Tazuna.
Whoosh…
Clank…
Sasuke deflects an ice senbon aimed at Tazuna's neck.
"Not so fast."
Tch…
Haku clicks his tongue and appears in front of Sasuke.
"I have to complete the task Zabuza gave me at all costs. Even if it means killing someone."
Haku solemnly stares at Sasuke as the surrounding temperature drops.
Brrr…
Sakura and Tazuna feel the chill in the atmosphere. Both of them rub their hands to get some warmth.
Kakashi's eyes narrow as he watches this phenomenon.
"Ice Style! A Kekkei Genkai user. It's going to be a fight between two Kekkei Genkai."
At some distance away,
Chomp… chomp…
Izuna and Ayaka crunch some popcorns as they watch the fight while floating in the air.
Ayaka is sitting on a small rock that is floating beside Izuna.
"Ayaka! I brought you here to get some experience. But why do I feel like you came here to watch a movie?"
Izuna helplessly stares at Ayaka, who is cutely munching on popcorns.
"Ne… Ne… Onii chan! Don't bother yourself over this small stuff. I am learning a lot from this fight."
Ayaka waves her hand and focuses on the battle.
"…"
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Sasuke senses the chill in the atmosphere and frowns.
'An Ice Style User!'
Whoosh…
Haku quickly closes the distance between him and Sasuke while making some hand signs.
Swish… swish…
"Water Release: Secret Art: Thousand Stinging Needles of Death"
Swoosh… swoosh… swoosh…
Haku creates a thousand senbons of water from the surroundings and aims them at Tazuna, Sakura, and Sasuke.
Swish…
He waves his hands and launches the needles at the group from all directions.
'Crap! I can easily avoid them but I can't say the same for Sakura and the bridge builder. Although these needles will cause superficial injuries to a Ninja; they are quite lethal to a civilian like Tazuna.'
Tch…
Sasuke clicks his tongue and makes some hand signs.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Fire Barrage"
Sasuke rapidly spats out a large number of small fireballs around to counteract the water senbons. The small fireball covers a large area and quickly evaporates the water needles.
The resulting clash creates a screen of water vapor and mist.
Using this opportunity, Sasuke throws multiple shurikens towards Haku.
Swish…
He draws a pair of metal wires from his holster and controls the movement of the shurikens.
Clang… clang…
Haku deflects the shurikens with a kunai but Sasuke controls their trajectory and continues to lock on Haku making him unable to counterattack.
Zabuza who is locked in a battle with Naruto momentarily stares at the situation and is shocked to see the battle.
"That boy… he can fight on even ground with Haku. No… he has forced Haku on defensive."
Bang…
Using this chance, the clones of Naruto punches Zabuza. Zabuza blocks the attack, but the impact sends him flying. He falls beside Kakashi, who silently walks towards Zabuza.
"It's enough Naruto."
Kakashi stops Naruto.
Swish… swish…
He makes some hand signs and taps Zabuza's forehead.
"Ninja Art: Chakra Suppression Seal"
Kakashi seals Zabuza's chakra and sits beside him as he watches Sasuke's battle.
Earlier, Kakashi received a message from Izuna to not kill Zabuza since he has some use for Zabuza.
"Kakashi Hatake…"
Zabuza stops resisting since he realized earlier.
'These bunches of kids are monsters. Then there is also the Copy Ninja.'
He turns towards Kakashi and curiously asks him.
"What's the deal with these kids? Who are they? Why are they are so strong?"
"Oh!"
Kakashi raises his eyebrow and answers.
"These kids were personally trained by Izuna Uchiha the 'Silent Shinigami'."
"Si… Silent Shinigami…"
Zabuza takes a deep breath as some terrifying memories of the Third Ninja War flashes in his mind.
He participated in the Third Great Ninja war as one of the chunnin of Kiri under the orders of the Noble Faction.
During a supply escort mission, he saw an Eight-year-old kid with a Konoha headband brutally assassinating the entire escort team.
He barely survived the massacre by jumping down a cliff.
"No wonder these kids are so terrifyingly strong. But still…"
Zabuza has a pensive gaze on his face as he stares at Haku.
"Haku has yet to use the power of his cursed bloodline, the power of his Kekkei Genkai 'Ice Release'."
He remarks.
"That kid might not be Haku's match once Haku gets serious."
"You think so…"
Kakashi shrugs his shoulder and remarks.
"Sasuke is an Uchiha. Unlike me, he possesses a complete pair of fully matured Sharingan."
"What?!" Zabuza's eyes widen in shock as he turns towards Sasuke.
"This boy has awakened his Kekkei Genkai."
"See for yourself."
Kakashi removes the mask from his eye and activates his Sharingan to watch the battle.
'Though I can't copy Ice Release, I can still learn more about its weakness and strengths.'
At the bridge,
Haku is caught in a desperate situation as he is unable to retaliate against Sasuke's relentless attacks. He is locked in a defensive stance.
Haah…
Haku riles up his chakra and deflects the shurikens and makes some One hand signs.
"Ice Release: Certain-Kill Ice Spears"
Swoosh… swoosh…
Suddenly, multiple ice spears erupt from the ground, impaling everything in its vicinity.
Whoosh…
Sasuke senses the danger and quickly jumps in the air, twisting his body to avoid the deadly spears.
Swish… swish… swish…
He makes some hand signs while mid-air.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu"
He spews out a large amount of flames from his mouth. The flames morph into a giant flame dragon and rams through the ice quickly melting it.
"Fire Release: Fierce Dragon Flame Jutsu"
Sasuke makes some more hand signs and the flames congeal at a spot turning into a large dragon head shaped-fireball.
Haah…
Sasuke directs the fireball towards Haku in an attempt to end the battle.
'With this, the battle will come to an end. I want to preserve my chakra for sticky situations besides this technique requires a large amount of chakra to perform.'
BOOM…
The giant dragon fireball engulfs Haku and explodes on top of him. A deafening explosion rings in the surroundings, evaporating the surrounding water.
"This Jutsu… I never saw him use it. It is at least a B-Rank jutsu."
Kakashi murmurs to himself while witnessing the sheer destructive force behind the explosion.
"Looks like this battle is over."
He shakes his head.
"No… wait!"
As if sensing something, Kakashi turns towards the battle.
A giant igloo-like dome appears in his vision. The hunter-nin boy is encased in the ice while sheltered from the explosion.
There are some faint cracks on the ice dome but it still intact after sustaining that earlier explosion.
"Such a strong defense. It is almost on par with Kazekage's sand shield."
Kakashi murmurs as he inspects the ice Igloo.
Hmph…
Sasuke snorts at the giant Igloo.
"So, this dome can distribute the force of blunt attacks over its entire surface thus greatly reducing the impact."
He quickly figures out the weakness of the jutsu.
"In that case…"
Swish… swish… swish…
Sasuke quickly makes some hand signs.
"Lightning Release: Chidori"
Chii… chirp…
Chirping of thousand bird rings in the air as Sasuke infuses a large amount of Lighting chakra in his hand.
Whoosh…
He flickers towards the ice dome and attacks it with his Chidori.
Stab… Crack… crack…
The Chidori penetrates through the thick ice barrier and shatters it into countless ice fragments.
Stab… spurt…
The momentum of Chidori dies down but Sasuke still manages to stab through Haku's shoulder.
Aaah…
Haku tightly clenches his teeth and grabs Sasuke's left arm with his right hand.
Swish… swish… swish…
He quickly makes some One-hand signs.
"One-hand signs?!"
Kakashi raises his eyebrows.
"This boy has quite the talent for Ninjutsu, unlike certain someone."
Kakashi directs his gaze towards Sakura.
Ah!
Sakura senses a gaze on her. She looks around, but Kakashi removes his gaze and turns towards the battle.
"It's getting interesting every moment. I wonder what other surprises this boy holds and how will Sasuke react to them?"
"Ice Release: Thousand Stinging Needles of Death"
Haku uses the ice version of his earlier water jutsu and summons a thousand ice senbons to pierce through Sasuke and turn him into a porcupine.
"Hmph… Not so fast!"
Chii… chirp…
Sasuke infuses some more lighting chakra in his left hand and stabs through Haku's shoulder to free himself.
ARGH!!…
Haku releases a scream of agony and lets off Sasuke's hand.
Swoosh…
Sasuke jumps in the air to avoid the ice senbons.
Stab… stab…
Still, a few ice senbon manages to stab through his left leg. Sasuke feels a numbing sensation in his leg as the senbons freeze his chakra acupoints thus, disabling his left leg for a while.
Clang… clang…
Sasuke pulls out the senbons from his legs and throws them aside.
Haah… haah…
Haku is breathing heavily as blood spurts from his shoulder.
"I can't give up at this point. For the sake of dreams of the person I respect; I will give my all."
Whoosh…
The surrounding temperature plummets rapidly. Haku freezes the wound on his shoulder and starts to make some quick hand signs.
Kakashi observes the change in Haku's resolve and remarks.
"You have got quite the sophisticated tool, Zabuza."
"The world is a big place… Kakashi Hatake. You will never understand the pain and loneliness of being rejected and feared by your very own people."
Zabuza speaks in a hoarse voice.
"When I met this boy, he was all alone; without any family, without anybody to look for him. I just offered some sweet words, and he became a tool for me."
Kakashi lifts his head and turns towards Naruto. Sakura is tending to his wounds as he grimaces in pain.
'I might not understand his pain, but someone else might.'
Swish… swish… swish… swoosh…
Haku clasps his hands as he finishes his hand signs.
"Secret Art: Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals"
Shoom… Shoom…
The surrounding water vapors quickly condense in ice mirrors and surround Sasuke. The mirrors fuse to form a giant dome of ice mirrors.
Whoosh…
Haku enters one of the mirrors as his reflection appears in all other mirrors.
"Now, it's my turn to attack."
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