Strike of Lightning (Naruto fanfic)

Chapter 7

Earth Element: Iron Spike Trap.

"You assumed I didn't know where you were going to attack?" asked Kakashi out loud, ignoring the fact that the Zabuza that was impaled was bleeding water instead of blood. "When you stated that you were going to eliminate me first, it was to distract me by preparing for a one on one battle with you, leaving my team and your target to fend for themselves. But instead of attacking yourself you used a Mizu Bunshin, or Water Clone, knowing that I possibly set up a trap." he finished, turning around to face his team . His hands were still in his pockets.

"Sensei!! Behind you!!" shouted Naruto.

"Oh, really?" Kakashi looked as if he didn't really care if Zabuza was behind him at all. He didn't even react when he felt the air shifte to his left and the huge blade of a sword  come right at his mid-section. "This should hurt, right?"

"Die!!" cried Zabuza, cleaving Kakashi along the waist with a one handed stroke of his blade. He felt satisfaction at seeing the Konoha's Genius cry out in agony as his body was cut into two.

POOF!!

"WHAT?!!" Zabuza gasped in surprise when Kakashi's body disappeared into thin air. It was only when he felt a powerful kick to the jaw that launched him into the air did he realize what had happened. "GYAAH!!"

Naruto was shocked and awed at the same time. That's... Kage Bunshin!

Kakashi appeared over Zabuza's climbing flight path and landed a strong axe-kick to the shinobi's shoulder that sent him back down to the ground. But Zabuza landed on his two feet with a look of rage in his eyes. He shifted himself as Kakashi came back down and swung his sword in a rising slash that cleaved through Kakashi.

SPLASH!!

Water clone?!! Zabuza stared in shock and froze when he felt a kunai press against his throat.

"You're not the only one that knows Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu, Zabuza-san." Kakashi stated coldly. "Don't move."

Holy... Sasuke stared. He never saw when Kakashi executed the technique or when he used his Sharingan to copy it. He said he already knew it, so he hasn't used the Sharingan. He smirked at  his sensei. This was all a part of his plan.

(I guess you guys are wondering why Sasuke is so OOC. It's because I didn't like him the way he was in the manga and so decided to change it. He now won't be THAT much of an arrogant prick. Hopefully.)

He's good... thought Zabuza, keeping still while looking back at Kakashi at the corner of his eye. "You seem to be good at using clone techniques..."

Kakashi felt the presence of the REAL Zabuza behind him.

"... I'm not that easy to defeat!!"

The Silent Killer swung his sword in a horizontal slash aimed at Kakashi's upper chest. He  seemed to have anticipated the move, stabbing his kunai into the water clone and jumping at the same time. His feet somehow caught and planted on the broad side of Zabuza's sword and he rode it along it's arch. Just before the sword hit the ground he leaped and twisted, extending his left out in a spinning crescent kick that the exiled ninja barely avoided. Leaning on his sword handle, he slammed a powerful side-kick against Kakashi's back sending the Hatake flying only to crash into the lake. Turning around, he back-flipped over the spikes towards the lake.

Only to snag another wire.

"WHAT?!" He turned in mid-air as he dove, blocking a hail of kunai coming from his left before diving into the lake.