When the thick fog dispersed, Naruto's mouth hung open, his face a picture of shock as he stared at Goku.
'He just... blew it away?!'
Having never seen such a thing before, his brain felt like it was short-circuiting.
But his shock didn't last long before he noticed Kakashi trapped ahead and Sasuke, covered in wounds, on the other side.
"Kakashi-sensei?! Sasuke?!"
At this moment, everyone turned their gaze towards the two of them.
In their eyes, there was confusion, bewilderment, and also a sense of relief.
'How did they get here so quickly?'
Zabuza looked at them, his mind filled with incomprehension.
'According to Haku's intelligence, these two should have been training in a place quite far from here.'
'Even if they received a message from Kakashi and rushed over immediately, their speed shouldn't be this fast!'
'And what was that wind just now?'
He hadn't felt any Chakra fluctuation in that wind, so it shouldn't have been some large-scale Wind Style jutsu.
'If it wasn't Wind Style, then how did that wind come about?'
"Yo! Are you taking a bath?"
Goku greeted Kakashi, who was inside the water sphere.
Kakashi had just been secretly relieved that Goku arrived in time. Hearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said with a helpless expression,
"I'm trapped by the enemy."
"Is that so."
Goku scratched his cheek, his expression dopey,
"I thought you were taking a bath."
"..."
Nearby, Naruto could no longer hold back. He formed hand seals and shouted,
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Poof! Poof! Poof!
In an instant, dozens of Narutos appeared on the scene.
"We'll go save Kakashi-sensei, you go support Sasuke!"
After assigning tasks, some of the Narutos charged towards Zabuza, while others charged towards Haku, creating a particularly spectacular scene.
"So amazing! Tien's Four Witches Technique can only make four copies, but Naruto can make so many!"
Goku exclaimed in surprise, seeing the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu for the first time.
"Watch me!"
"Charge!!"
The crowd of Narutos yelled as they rushed towards their respective opponents, ready to show their skills.
However.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
All the shadow clones were defeated by their opponents upon getting close, turning into puffs of white smoke and dispersing.
"That hurts!"
Naruto's real body, mixed in among the shadow clones, was kicked flying by Zabuza's water clone.
"What a reckless guy."
Kakashi watched this scene with sweat drops on his forehead.
Never mind Zabuza, Naruto probably couldn't even beat Haku. So Kakashi wondered who gave him the courage to try and take on both at once?
"Naruto, just go support Sasuke. Don't worry about me over here."
As Naruto climbed up from the ground, Kakashi said to him.
Naruto looked at Kakashi, then at Goku behind him, as if understanding something. He thumped his chest and said,
"Alright, Kakashi-sensei, leave Sasuke to me!"
With that, he rushed towards the battlefield where Sasuke and Haku were fighting.
"Mr. Goku, although it's quite embarrassing, it seems I'll have to trouble you to protect Tazuna-san now."
After Naruto left, Kakashi looked at Goku and said.
"Hehe, no problem! It's just right, I haven't exercised for two days, feels like my body is getting rusty."
Goku rubbed the tip of his nose and agreed readily.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Feeling that things were turning sour, Zabuza decided to strike first. His water clone launched a much-weakened Water Dragon Bullet at Goku.
Immediately after, the water clone charged towards Tazuna, who was not far away.
As long as he completed the mission, he could retreat calmly. Even facing two opponents at once, he believed he could escape.
A small water dragon, claws bared and teeth brandished, charged at Goku. Just as it was about to hit him, Goku's figure abruptly vanished.
So the water dragon crashed into the ground, turning into a puddle of water.
"Wow, so much water!"
Goku, who had appeared to the side, looked at the puddle in amazement.
Then, he noticed the actions of Zabuza's water clone.
So he flashed again, arriving behind the water clone in the blink of an eye, and delivered a light chop with his hand.
Splash!!
The water clone couldn't react at all and was split into a stream of water by this hand chop.
"So magical, it turned into water again."
Seeing Zabuza turn into water once more, Goku couldn't help but feel a great interest in this world's fighting style.
"Hey, let him go and have a couple of rounds with me."
He turned around and spoke to Zabuza's main body.
"You mean Kakashi won't interfere in our fight?"
"Of course, this is a fight between just the two of us."
Hearing Goku's answer, Zabuza's face shifted between light and dark.
He neither wanted to release Kakashi nor believed Goku's words, but it seemed he had no choice at the moment.
Relying solely on a water clone, he had no chance of killing Tazuna.
More crucially, he didn't think he could maintain the Water Prison Technique while under Goku's attack.
And so.
"You'd better keep your word."
He said coldly, then withdrew his hand. The Water Prison Technique instantly lost its sustain.
Kakashi, inside the water sphere, immediately escaped. He flashed to Goku's side in an instant.
"Thank you for this."
Kakashi thanked Goku while keeping his eyes fixed on Zabuza.
"The two of us working together can definitely subdue him quickly."
In his mind, Zabuza released him out of necessity, not because of Goku's declaration of a one-on-one fight.
So teaming up now to deal with Zabuza wasn't a problem.
Unexpectedly, however.
"This is my fight with him. You don't need to intervene."
Goku placed a hand on his shoulder. His tone carried an indisputable firmness, completely unlike his usual simple-minded self.
"Mr. Goku, you..."
Before he could finish, Goku stepped forward and beckoned to Zabuza with a finger.
"Hey, let's begin."
Zabuza, who had expected to face a combined assault from both, raised an eyebrow in surprise at this scene.
"Son Goku, I acknowledge you."
"However, you will regret this!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, he formed hand seals and said,
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Instantly, a ferocious water dragon, several times larger than the previous one, materialized out of thin air. It shot towards Goku with lightning speed.
"Whoa, that was close, I almost got hit."
Mid-air, Goku looked down at the water dragon below and wiped sweat that wasn't there from his forehead.
Just moments ago, he had leaped upwards, narrowly avoiding the water dragon's charge.
"You've left an opening, Son Goku."
At that moment, Zabuza's figure suddenly appeared behind him, his large sword swinging down fiercely.
Swish!!
However, after the sound of cutting through air, the sword only sliced through empty space.
Zabuza's pupils contracted. Sensing imminent danger, he instantly performed a substitution technique.
Thud!!
A large foot suddenly kicked down from behind him, landing squarely on the substitution log.
"Eh? It can turn into wood too?!"
Mid-air, Goku revealed his figure. Seeing Zabuza had turned into wood, he exclaimed in surprise.
On the ground, Zabuza, who had narrowly escaped via the substitution technique, couldn't help but had the corner of his eye twitch upon hearing Goku's exclamation.
'Just who is this guy? He doesn't even know about the substitution technique?!'
Seeing that Goku hadn't landed yet, he immediately seized the opportunity, his hands quickly forming seals.
"Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Instantly, a massive pillar of water shot from his mouth, rushing towards the airborne Goku with overwhelming force.
Seeing this, Goku condensed a Ki blast in his hand and threw it at the water pillar.
BOOM!!!
The Ki blast exploded like a bomb, instantly blasting the water pillar apart.
For a moment, a large amount of water mist sprayed in all directions. Under the sunlight, it even created a beautifully stunning rainbow.
Zabuza, however, was in no mood to appreciate it.
He stared fixedly at Goku, who had just landed, his face full of gravity.
'That thing just now…'
'What in the world was it?!'