Naruto The Uzumaki And Senju Heir

Chapter 23. Zabuza

"HEY DON'T BE MEAN TO SASUKE-KUN!!" yelled Sakura defending her crush.

"Hehehe I can be nice, though it won't matter since all o-" Zabuza stopped mid sentence and swung his sword where it clashed with another sword and once his eyes landed on the blade his blood ran cold "how the fuck do you have that sword!!!".

In Naruto's hands was his mother's sword 'the crimson butcher' it was highly feared and respected much like the 'Shinigamis blade'.

"Well that's simple" said Naruto as he put more pressure against Zabuza's blade which made the missing ninja start to sink into the water from the sheer pressure being placed on him "it's my mother's".

As soon as those words left Naruto's mouth Zabuza's eyes got even bigger before he managed to jump back on the water but he didn't get a break as he saw another sword coming down on him. He quickly turned to face it and blocked a strike from a large Ōdachi that was almost as big as the girl wielding it.

Zabuza manged to grab a kunai and take a quick swipe with it forcing the red headed girl to jump back and stand next to Naruto.

"So.. your the son of Minato Senju and Kushina Uzumaki" said Zabuza with a hint of respect in his voice "no wonder your able to wield that blade... But I don't think your worthy of it".

"Oh and why is that?" Said Naruto curiously.

"That blade is the only other blade to ever handle going up against 3 of the 7 swordsmen so come at me and prove you can wield it!".

Naruto knew for a fact he could simply pull out the 'Shinigamis blade' and that would make him realize he's worthy but his pride as an Uzumaki wouldn't allow that, swordsmanship for the Uzumaki clan was almost as revered as Fuinjutsu.

"Akane heal Kakashi's wounds I'll take care of Zabuza" said Naruto.

"Are you sure? Fuu and Yamato are still a slight ways away since me and you double timed it here" said Akane.

"Yes I'll be fine" said Naruto.

Akane nodded her head and put her sword away before she went and started to heal Kakashi.

"Kenjutsu and Taijutsu only" said Zabuza as he pointed his blade at him.

"Very well Zabuza.. now let's dance".

Both of them charged at each other and Naruto made a quick slash which Zabuza blocked but the force of the blow made his bones groan "how strong is this boy!?".

He was knocked out of his thoughts when the blades disengaged before Naruto made another quick swipe at him which he ducked under and tried to perform a leg sweep but Naruto saw it and countered by kicking his own leg at it.

A massive explosion went off and Zabuza was thrown back and he was holding his leg in extreme pain since the bone was cracked and it was only thanks to his shin guards which he hides that his leg wasn't broken.

"Your pretty decent but let's see how you are when I get serious!" The missing ninja charged forward and swung his sword at him with Naruto noticing a weak point in the sword and he decided to exploit it.

The two blades continued clashing and it was only thanks to Naruto's natural durability and his super human strength that he was keeping up with a man that had well over 10 years of experience over him.

The blades clashed again but this time Naruto activated a seal on the blade and chakra started to coat the sword, because of that it actually started to cut through Zabuza's sword.

With him seeing this he jumped back but saw a kunai coming at him so with a quick spin he kicked it away before he landed on the water and saw Naruto charging at him again holding the sword to his side to make a quick draw.

"Uzumaki style: Suijin slash!" Faster than Zabuza was expecting Naruto managed to leave a deep cut across the missing ninjas chest but thanks to Zabuza's instincts he swung his blade at the same time slashing Naruto's side.

Both ninja jumped back to recover quickly but they then charged back again and this it was to end the clash.

Zabuza saw Naruto throw another kunai and he used his sword to block it but one of the went through the hole in the blade and got imbedded in his leg. He looked down and saw that the kunai had a explosive note on it.

"We Uzumaki are cunning Zabuza!!".

Naruto's hand extended and Zabuza recognized the explosive seal on his hand and he knew he won't be able to dodge it so he went in for the kill.

Naruto's hand released a explosion which synched with the kunai that Zabuza managed to kick away but not dodge the explosion.

Zabuza's sword came down and slashed Naruto's stomach.

They both went flying in opposite directions with Naruto slamming into the shore of the lake while Zabuza slammed into a tree.

Both of them forced their bodies up and ignored their injuries in hopes of continuing the fight.

Zabuza's chest and left leg had 1st and 2nd degree burns, his left leg was broken and he was pretty sure some of his ribs were as well.

Naruto had two nasty cuts on him and his left arm was burned badly because of the explosion with all of them starting to heal, but with him moving around it wasn't as fast as it'd normally be.

They both wanted to continue fighting but then a masked ninja appeared and grabbed Zabuza before the ninja disappeared just as fast.

"Well.. that was my first encounter with one of the seven deadly swordsman... I'm gonna pass out now".

His body slumped to the ground unconscious from the adrenaline leaving his body, but right before he lost consciousness he saw that Fuu and Yamato arrived.