"You damn brat!!" Zabuza shouted angrily as he leaped out of the water and dove towards Naruto who quickly raised his three pronged kunai.
Zabuza raised his broadsword up and and swung it down at the blonde. Suddenly, Kakashi in front of Naruto.
*CLANG!!!!*
Kakashi clashed with Zabuza's broadsword with a kunai of his own. He glared menacingly at Zabuza, leaking out killing intent that would make a normal man have suicidal thoughts.
"A great execution, you three." Kakashi muttered. Sakura smiled.
"It's thanks to Naruto, he was the one who created the plan after all." Sakura replied. Kakashi nodded and looked into Zabuza's eyes.
"I'll tell you right now, I don't fall for the same thing twice. What will you do now, Zabuza" Kakashi asked. Zabuza gritted his teeth under his mask and jumped back onto the water. Kakashi did the same, mimicking Zabuza's movements.
Kakashi stared at Zabuza as he mimicked the hand seals Zabuza was doing seal for seal. After performing forty-four hand seals, they ended it with a bird seal at the same time.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!!!" Both shouted at the same time. The water in the lake they were standing on started moulding into the shape of two dragons. Two large water dragons with glowing yellow eyes formed in front of the two shinobi, clashed against each other with a loud roar, canceling each other out.
The attack sent a large wave flying towards the Genin and Tazuna. Sakura performed a couple of hand seals.
"Earth Style Barrier!!!"
Sakura placed her hands on the ground and created a solid wall to serve as a defensive barricade, manipulating pre-existing earth to rise up and take form.
Using this technique is apparently extremely simple, to the point where it can be taught to even non-primary Earth Release users in a matter of seconds. The tall earth barrier blocked the violent wave of water.
Zabuza prepares another attack, only to realise that Kakashi is mimicking everything he does.
"That—
" Freaky eye is pissing me off! Right? " Kakashi asked after finishing Zabuza's sentence for him.
"Heh! All you're doing is copying me! You can't beat me your monkey bastard! "
" Can't beat me you monkey bastard! " Kakashi copied Zabuza's sentence for word word without even trying. Zabuza widened his eyes in anger.
"Damn you Kakashi! I'll make sure you never open the stupid mouth ever again!" Zabuza declared before weaving through hand seals. Before he could even finish them, Kakashi already did.
"What the—
" Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu!!!" Kakashi shouted before sending a huge vortex of water at a shocked Zabuza. Kakashi was attacking Zabuza with his own Jutsu, something Zabuza only had been thinking of doing.
Zabuza was blasted through the air and only stopped when he hit a tree with enough force to the bark. Before anything else could happen several Kunai were launched at him, hitting him in his arms, left leg and torso.
Zabuza coughed up blood violently, staining his bandages as it leaked out of his mouth. He looked up at Kakashi who was crouching on a tree branch before him with a kunai in his hand.
" Can you see the future?" Zabuza asked him based on what he had just seen. Kakashi raised his kunai.
"Yeah, and I can see your death." Kakashi replied but just before he could deal the finishing blow, several senbon pierced Zabuza's neck. Zabuza's eyes rolled up in the back of his head as he fell to the ground.
"You were right, this was going to be his final battle." A mysterious person appeared before them while standing on a tree branch looking at Kakashi.
Her name is Haku. She is an orphan from the Land of Water, and a descendant of the Yuki clan. She later became a shinobi under Zabuza's tutelage whom she later partnered with, ultimately becoming a Mercenary Ninja.
The Konoha Shinobi do not know that she is Zabuza's partner, they think she is a Hunter-nin here to assassinate him. Haku had long black hair, pale skin and large, dark-brown eyes, and a slender frame.
Haku's normal shinobi outfit consisted of the standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit which stopped at his knees. Over this she wore a green haori with white trimmings, and around her waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped around her waist twice.
She also wore light-brown platoon sandals with straps. She had nail polish on her fingernails and toenails in matching blue green colour. When wearing this outfit, Haku's long hair was gathered in a white bun holder.
Haku also wore a black forehead protector with the Kirigakure's symbol upon it. When in battle or moving covertly, she wore a hunter-nin mask on top of her forehead protector, which was white with thin, curved eye-holes and a red wavy design in place of the mouth, as well as the Kirigakure symbol etched in the top.
Kakashi grunted as he leapt off the branch and made his way over to Zabuza, checking the man's pulse.
"He's dead…" He mumbled, turning to look at the Hunter-nin. "You're a Hunter-nin from Kiri?" He asked her. Remember, they do not know that Haku is Zabuza's partner in crime.
Haku bowed. "I am, I would like to thank you for stalling him for me. I have been after Zabuza for a long time."
Kakashi sighed as he brought his head band back down over his Sharingan. His genin squad came up behind him, looking at her curiously.
The hunter ninja disappeared in a swirl of water reappearing next to Zabuza's fallen body. Bending down the hunter ninja picked up Zabuza, pulling the man's arm over her shoulder.
She looked back at Kakashi and the others. "Now if you'll excuse me, this body has many secrets, so I need to go and destroy it. Good day to you all. " Haku nodded her head at them before disappearing in another swirl of water.
Satsuki frowned, getting the feeling she was missing something here. She widened her eyes as she heard Tazuna shout.
"Oh my God!" Tazuna shouted as Kakashi fell face first onto the ground, his one visible eye closed.
Sakura rushed over to him and put her fingers on his neck, checking his pulse. She sighed in relief and looked at her teammates. "He's alive, just unconscious. Signs indicate chakra exhaustion." She explained to them.
Sakura took out a portable stretcher from her bag. Naruto created two clones who laid Kakashi down onto the stretcher and started carrying it.
Naruto looked at Tazuna. "Hey old man, we need to get to your home now so that Kakashi sensei could rest properly. Think you can lead us there?" Naruto asked the super expert bridge builder. Tazuna nodded.
"Yeah sure, It's just this way, follow me." Tazuna replied. Naruto looked at Satsuki.
" Satsuki, you take point. I'll take the rear." Satsuki nodded before doing what she was told. The three Konoha genin followed Tazuna as he led them to his house with the two clones carrying the unconscious Jonin following close behind.
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After the battle, the group arrived at Tazuna's house. Tazuna's house was a decent sized two story house that was sitting on a dock just a little over the ocean.
Tazuna knocked on the front door. "It's me Tsunami, open up!" He shouted. They heard footsteps behind the door approaching them before the door opened.
The woman who opened the door was Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter. Tsunami has long dark blue-coloured hair. She wears a short-sleeved pink shirt with the end of the sleeves and the collar being red in colour. She also wears a long blue skirt.
"Dad! Thank goodness you're alright!" Tsunami smiled in relief at seeing her father. Tazuna had a relieved smile on his face when he saw his daughter.
"Of course I'm alright! It's all thanks to them!" Tazuna pointed at Team 7. Tsunami looked at where Tazuna was pointing at.
"Thank you very much." She thanked the team with a bow. She stood up straight.
'Uh, are those triplets?' Tsunami wondered when she laid eyes on Naruto and his two Shadow Clones. She then laid eyes on the unconscious Kakashi.
"Oh my! Is he alright?" Tsunami asked. Sakura nodded.
" He's gonna be fine. He just has a bad case of chakra exhaustion. Speaking of exhaustion, is there anywhere we can let him rest?" Sakura asked Tsunami.
" Of course! I'll show you to the bedroom where you can put him in." Tsunami replied as she stepped aside to let the group enter the house.
Naruto and his teammates followed Tsunami into an empty room. Tsunami opened the closet which was the only furniture in the room and took out a futon.
"Here you are." Tsunami said as she laid out the futon onto the ground.
"Thanks." The Naruto clone replied with a smile on his face before setting Kakashi down onto the futon. After that was done, he and the other clone dispelled with Tsunami looking on with surprise on her face.
"Shadow Clones, they're just solid copies of myself, it's a ninja thing." Naruto explained. Tsunami nodded as Sakura sat down next to their sensei.
"Are you going to be alright sensei?" She asked Kakashi who has woken up some time in the past few minutes.
"Yeah.... I just won't be able to move for a week or so... " Kakashi replied weakly. Naruto hummed as entered thinking pose.
" It's because of the Sharingan. You aren't an Uchiha so it puts a great deal of stress on your body, since it's not built to harness the Kekkai Genkai's full potential." Satsuki whispered. Naruto opened his mouth to ask the most important question at the moment.
"So what do we do now? "
To be continued.....