It's-a me, Lore-io
~In which They protecc, They attacc, but most importantly; They fights bacc~
AN: I'm sorry if this chapter has less humor than usual.. Our main comic relief has some.. issues this chapter.
And finally, fair warning- this chapter gets Screwy.
^^^Recap^^^
Kakashi, breaking up your banter, performs a Jutsu that propels the mist away from you all. As you look around your now-visible surroundings, you see Sasuke standing frozen with a kunai in his hands.
"Oh HELL NO!" You quickly run up to him, carefully taking the kunai from his hands.
"Hey!" You say, slapping him. "Cut it out! We already have one suicidal person on this team, and we don't need another! Sasuke Uchiha, remember what you fight for."
Sasuke's eyes widen for a moment as he gives you a rare, soft smile. Gently grabbing your wrists (To stop you from continuing to shake him like a magic eight ball), he looks at you with newfound determination.
Kakashi, being the hurricane-on-your-parade he is, decides he ALSO wants to be inspirational. "Sasuke, I'll protect you with my life. All of you. I will not allow my comrades to die. Trust me."
Yeah, cause' you did such a great job with Rin.
"I wouldn't be so sure." With that declaration, Zabuza your beloved suddenly appears in front of Tazuna. "It's over."
^^^Present^^^
However, before your Beloved's sword can make contact with Tazuna, Kakashi appears like a wild pokemon and stabs him with a kunai. Blood flows freely from the wound as.. Wait- Water?
Oh, right. Water clone.
"Sensei, behind you!" Naruto calls out, pointing to the spot where another Zabuza now stood.
Zabuza 2.0 swings his weapon in a quick and precise manner, slicing Kakashi in half. However, this Kakashi was a water clone to.
Quick as lighting, Kakashi 2.0 holds a sharp kunai to Zabuza 2.0's neck. "Don't move, it's over! You're finished."
"Alright!" Yells Naruto, happy about their victory.
Sakura giggles in relief as Sasuke remains on guard next to you.
Zabuza 2.0 lets out a low chuckle that makes your spidey senses tingle, and your brain practically scream at you to run. "Finished? You really don't get it, do you? Your technique is nothing but a crass intimidation. I'll never be defeated by a mere copycat Ninja like you."
Kakashi groans, not wanting deal with this guy.
This sets Zabuza 2.0 off even more. "You are full of surprises, though. You'd already copied my Water Clone Jutsu when you made your little speech. Very skillfully executed. You made your clone say those words to draw my attention whilst you hid in the mist, waiting for me to make my move. Nice try, but I'm not that easy to fool."
Zabuza 3.0 sneaks up behind Kakashi as Zabuza 2.0 returns to its liquid state.
Frick, this is confusing-
"Hey, that one's a clone too!" Naruto shouts in shock.
Yeah, no shit Sherlock. What did you think it was, a bald eagle?
Kakashi swiftly ducks to avoid Zabuza's gigantic sword, causing it to imbed itself into the Earth. Quickly switching tactics, Zabuza readjusts his grip on his sword and kicks Kakashi into the sky.
"Now!" Zabuza rushes towards Kakashi to deliver a devastating second blow, but stops dead in tracks when he notices the glint of several sharp, tiny makibishi spikes scattered across his path.
"Trying to slow me down, huh? Hmph, foolish." Zabuza says as he skillfully leaps into the air to avoid Kakashi's sudden attack. This sends the Jounin splashing into the water nearby.
"SENSEI!!" Naruto shouts as you internally panic. SHIT SHIT SHIT HE'SINTHEWATEROHNONONO!!!
Don't just stand there.. DO SOMETHING!!
Without thinking, one of your best personality traits, you sprint towards Kakashi as Zabuza makes the handsigns for the Water Prison Jutsu.
I won't make it in time. You realize, I'm too slow.
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But I have to make it.
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To protect.
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"ł ₩łⱠⱠ ₥₳₭Ɇ ł₮!!"
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WHAM!!
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"Y/..!"
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"../N!!"
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"Y/N!!"
^^^3rd P.O.V^^^
What.. What just happened?
For a moment, the entire battlefield was frozen in place; No-one was registering what had just happened. And trust me, their .exe's were trying. One moment, Y/N had been shouting something, and the next..
Their voice changed.
There was a shockwave of F/C and the next thing anyone knew, there they were, trapped in Zabuza's Jutsu.
Just.. Floating there.
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How did they make it on time? And what was that shockwave? It doesn't make sense. Unless.. no. It couldn't be, could it?
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Was that..
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..them?
Yet, even though their eyelids were closing- from exhaustion or the lack of oxygen, no one could tell- there was a look in their E/C-tinted eyes. One that reassured their friends of their fighting spirit, and one that terrified their enemies.
"Ha!" Zabuza laughs, breaking the silence. "Looks like the little Author has made my job easy."
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨,
Sasuke snaps out of his shocked state and fixes him with the coldest glare you have ever seen as Naruto threateningly grips his kunai. "Let. Them. Go."
𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚,
"Or what?" Zabuza challenges. "Your Sensei can't help you now." Sure enough, there Kakashi lies barely conscious at the edge of the water, blood streaming from a cut over his brow.
𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 they 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 their 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠
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"You think wearing a headband makes you a Ninja? When you've hovered between life and death so many times that it no longer fazes you, when you've become so deadly that your profile has entered my bingo book, then you have earned the title of Ninja. But calling upstarts like you 'Ninja'? It's a joke." Zabuza continues as he re-initiates his Mist Jutsu.
Faster than anyone could react, Zabuza something.0 kicks Naruto to the ground as his headband flies off into the dirt. The jerk of a water clone then steps on it, driving it farther into the soil. "You're all just brats." He says.
"Listen." Kakashi's strained voice catches everyone's attention. "Get the bridge builder and run. You can't win this fight! He's using all of his power to keep Y/N in that prison, so he can only fight you with his water clone. But the clone can't go far from his real body. If you get far enough away from him, he can't follow. Now run!"
Team Seven stares at their beloved Sensei and teammate, mixed emotions swirling in their eyes.
"But, what about Y/N? What about you?" Sakura speaks up.
"Y/N is wanted alive, as for me.." He trails off. Oh.
Sasuke, not wanted to lose either of his comrades to some cocky bitch in a cow cosplay, lets out a battle cry and sprints towards Zabuza's water clone. "We've got to do it!!" He shouts.
Sasuke throws five shuriken at Zabuza H2.0, but he uses his sword to knock them away. Catching Sasuke in a chokehold, the clone throws him through the air with ease.
"He got Sasuke!" Naruto, shaking, turns to face the clone standing right in front of him.
"Naruto, get out of there!" Sakura yells fall on deaf ears.
Naruto, who was about to escape, stopped dead when he felt the pain from his injured hand.
After a moment of flashbacks, Naruto slowly gets up and clenches his fist in determination. Y/N, Kakashi, I promise- I'm never gonna (turn around) and desert you. He then charges straight at Zabuza with a battle cry, a new fire coursing through his veins.
"Huh!? Naruto, no!" Kakashi yells out.
Sakura puts her hands to her head as she says, "Ah! Naruto! What are you doing!?"
Zabuza chuckled darkly. "Fool."
Naruto grabs his headband as Zabuza knocks him far back. Flying through the air, Naruto hits the ground. Hard.
"What were you thinking, charging him by yourself!?" Sakura yells at him in a mixture of anger and concern. "Even Sasuke couldn't get to him! We're only Genin, we can't defeat a Jounin! What do you think you can accomplish by that!?"
Sakura's words, however, fall on deaf ears as Naruto looks past her and to you. He looks at your unconscious form floating wordlessly within Zabuza's sphere. He sees your injuries; The many cuts and scratches littering your form.
And he feels something ignite within him.
Slowly, he stands as blood drips from his mouth. "HEY YOU, THE FREAK WITH NO EYEBROWS! Put this in your bingo book! The Ninja that will become Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves.." He reties his headband around his forehead as he finishes his declaration, "Who never backs down.. NARUTO UZUMAKI!!"
Zabuza chuckles. "Big words for such a little man. You think your plans are going to keep you in the game?
"What are you doing!?" Kakashi calls out, "I told you to run! This fight was over the moment I got caught! Now take off! Your mission is not to prove how brave you, it's to save the bridge builder! Stay on mission!"
"Bridge builder?" Naruto turns to him.
"Well, I guess this all happened because of me... Because of my desire to live. But I won't let that stand in your way now. Go ahead and fight to save your comrades!" Tazuna exclaims.
"Hn, you hear that." Sasuke smirks.
"Yeah, believe it! You ready?" Naruto says.
Zabuza laughs in a way that makes skin crawl. "You really haven't learned anything, have you? Still playing your little game, pretending to be a Ninja. When I was your age, this hand had already crushed many opponents."
(A/N: Yeah, we get it. Your childhood was worse than Todoroki's)
"Zabuza, the Demon." Kakashi says, eyes widening as he realizes the secret of who he really is.
"So I was in your book too, huh?" Zabuza muses.
"Long ago, there was village Hidden in the Mist, also known as the Blood Mist Village. There, before a student could finally become a Ninja, there was one final test."
"You know about the graduation exam."
"What graduation exam?" Naruto asks, confused. "What's the big deal, anyway? We had graduation tests, too."
With a condescendingly maniacal laugh, Zabuza reveals the dark truth of the graduation exam. Or, more specifically, what they required examinees to do- "You have to annihilate the other students to pass."
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"Imagine, young Ninja like you. Eating together, training together.. and then comes the final exam. Only, the rules changed. You couldn't stop until you destroyed your opponents. They were your friend, shared your dreams. Now it's them or you."
Sakura looks horrified. "That's so cruel"
(A/N: That's so meann..)
"Ten years ago, the Village Hidden in the Mist's graduation exam changed; One year prior, a dark evil had filled the school with terror." Kakashi continues.
"What's he saying? What evil? What kind of change? What caused the terror?"
"A young boy, who was not even a Ninja, approached the class and took down over a hundred other students."
"It.. It felt so GOOD!" Zabuza proclaims.
Before anyone could have possibly reacted, he elbows Sasuke hard in the stomach, causing him to cough up blood.
"Sasuke!!"
Zabuza harshly places a foot on Sasuke, clearly intending to cause pain. "You're nothing."
"Stop right there! Naruto yells, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Out of nowhere, a crowd of Naruto's surround Zabuza, drawing their kunai. "Here we go!"
Running towards Zabuza, they all pile on top of him with their blades going in for the kill. This distraction didn't last long, however, as Zabuza was easily able to overpower them. Taking out almost all of the clones, they disappear in a puff of smoke.
"His skills are too advanced!" Tazuna states fearfully, "He's too powerful! There's no way to defeat him!"
Heh, if there's one thing I've learned, it's to never underestimate Naruto Uzumaki. I learned that lesson the day I challenged him to a ramen eating competition. Those were dark times..
Naruto reaches into his backpack and produces a huge shuriken. Throwing it towards Sasuke, he yells; "Sasuke!"
Said Uchiha easily catches the weapon, already having already figured out the plan. "Demon Wind Shuriken! Windmill of Shadows!"
"A shuriken? You wouldn't touch me with that." Zabuza says.
Ignoring him, Sasuke leaps into the air and flings it full force at Zabuza, purposefully missing his clone.
"So, you pass the clone and aim for my real body? Smart, but not smart enough." Zabuza catches the shuriken, but did not anticipate the second one flying his way. "A second shuriken in the shadow of the first! A shadow shuriken Jutsu!"
^^^Mini flashback to about ten seconds ago brought to you by sarcasm^^^
"DeMon WiNd ShUriKeN! WiNdMiLL oF ShAdOwS!"
^^^End of Flashback^^^
At the last second, Zabuza dodges the shuriken. However, a few moments later, the spinning shuriken transforms back into a pissed-off (Albeit a little dizzy) Naruto.
"EAT THIS!!" He yells, throwing his (Strand of hair) Kunai.
As his kunai slices through the air toward Zabuza, the older Ninja is left with no choice but to let you free from the water prison as he dodges out of the way. The kunai flies past him, leaving a small but deep cut beneath his right eye in its wake.
In a rage at the action (A/N: HoW dArE sOmE TwElVe YeAr OLd's OuTsMArT mE), Zabuza aims his McSuper-sized shuriken at Naruto. "I'll destroy you!!" He claims with a growl.
Just as Zabuza was about to land a devastating (And deadly) hit onto Naruto, a gloved hand grabs the the blade.
This beautiful hand belonged to none other than Kakashi 'Your Savior' Hatake.
Lifting his head to show the his intimidating Sharingan eye, Kakashi sees you in his peripheral vision. Focusing his attention on Zabuza, his singular, visible eye is now filled with a barely suppressed rage.
Run.
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And do you know what the best part is?
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Throughout this entire thing,
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No-one noticed the water you had previously been encased in move and disappear into the tip of your pen.
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And even better,
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No-one noticed the unconscious E/C-eyed Ninja's finger twitch.
G̵͈̻͙̲̓͑͑̽̕͠é̸͙̳̜͎̜̤̝̈́͂̑̈́̂̇̚͠t̶̡͚͕̒̃ ̴̡̻̖̜̅̽͝u̶̢̧͎͉̺̦̠̝̻͊p̷̘̖̥̲̺̖̻̮͌͂̓̅̓̊̎̍.̸̴̨̨̰̹̮͕̣̹̝̦͈̙͉͚͈͇͙̍̿̇̍͌̈́̽̐̾̓͗̏͝͝͠
.̷̢̨̛͙̮̑̍͊̌̔̈́̕ ̸̛̰̦͇̭̳̥̻̞̑̏͆͜Ÿ̵̢̪̹̖̹̮͇͍̪́͊͗o̴͙̭͓̦̳͌̿ͅͅu̸͉̥̅͑̔͗͊͑r̸̢̻̹̀̀̎́͗ ̵̜̪̟̞̻̪̖͔̲̃̀͋̒̌̈̑̐̍͜l̸̖̱̼̂̎́̄̉e̸̪̍g̸̝̗͗̇̊̓̌̓͗̈́̕͝e̶̫̲͍̝͚͂̎̑͆̊̅̈́n̵͉͎͍̤̰͚͔̋̆d̵͖͖͔̥̙̗̟̯͙͊̊ͅ ̸̛̰̦͇̭̳̥̻̞̑̏͆͜h̴̙̮͔̫̾͋́̃̊̆̎͜͜͝a̴͈͎̻͌͊͊͂s̵͎̹̳̄́̀̇ ̸̒̀͑̂́̄̍̌̔̊ͅȯ̶̹̏͋̀́̿͘ñ̸̲͈̩̼͎͒͊̀͊͝l̶͎̗͆́̅͛́͂̿͑̚͝ỷ̷̨͗ ̴͓̰̉͒̃j̵̧̱̩̞͖͔̹͔́́͂u̷̳̍̈̾̓͛̃̈́̓͝s̴̬̺͍͙̀͐̄̾̄̉͝ţ̸̛̹̻̦̬̫̞̗̏̂́͗́̀͜ ̸̗̞̦̠͉͓̱̠̝͌̓̊ḃ̷̨̲̘̻̘̺́͗̀̃́͂̆̕e̵̬̟̦̦̮͈͍̽̄͊̆̒̓̑̅g̸̜̙̼͍̫͉̃͐̾̾u̵̘̰̮̝̜͔̠̮͇̹͊̍͗́̀̚n̷̡̛̮̱̽̀̿̄̈̎̾͘͝.̷̢̨̛͙̮̑̍͊̌̔̈́̕
AYEEEEEEEE!! Apologies if this is short, but I'm on the tail end of my writer's block. That means longer chapters will be coming soon! :DDD
Also, again, I'm so sorry if this chapter is weird and kind of inconsistent to read! I have way to little patience to perfect it, so I kind of just settled for 'Passing grade, will keep parents happy'.
Anyways.. BYEEEEEE!!
See you next time,
-Rando :r
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Dear Writer S. Block,
F*** You.