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.
"Sensei!!" Naruto shouted in worry.
Kakashi-sensei was... kicked away? thought Sakura.
I didn't set that trap... Kakashi smirked then. Must be Shuurai. "This water is thick..!" noted Kakashi as he surfaced. He didn't seem that he cared if he got kicked into this situation, nor did he seem like he cared if Zabuza was behind him forming seals.
Zabuza formed a set of hand seals. Hydro-Prison Technique.
Kakashi suddenly found himself surrounding by chakra embedded water. His body felt heavy and he could not even move an inch as the sphere enclosed upon him. He narrowed his eyes at Zabuza.
"Heh heh heh. It seems you fell for my trap instead, Copy Cat ninja. This is a special water prison that you cannot escape from. You give me a hard time when you're moving. Now then, Copy Cat ninja... I'm going to finish you off later." He turned to look at the genin and the old man. "First, I'll get rid of them." He formed a half-ram one-handed seal.
"Water Clone Jutsu ."
The clone of Zabuza laughed at the scared genin, mocking them. "You three think that because you have those forehead protectors that you are ninja. But ninja refers to someone who has gone through numerous life and death situations. In other words, you can call yourself a ninja when you appear in my bingo book." The clone formed the half-ram seal and mist started to fill the area. "You three aren't ninja."
Sasuke gritted his teeth, his fist clenching tighter around his kunai. Keep calm, Sasuke. He told himself. He's trying to goad you into making a mistake. I have to remain calm...!
He disappeared again! Naruto eyes widened and he was suddenly kicked in the face. The blonde boy flew backwards while his forehead protector clattered on the ground. He landed several feet away from the Mist Jonin.
Sakura and Sasuke gasped. "Naruto...!"
"Everyone!" Kakashi shouted from his water prison. "Get Tazuna and run! You can't win against him! He can't move as long as he has me trapped in this hydro-prison. He also won't be able to use his water clone once you get away from him!" His voice became louder. "Run for it, now!!"
Shuurai, if you're listening to what's going on, run NOW! Kakashi thought with all his might. That girl... if she dies, Sasuke will never forgive me.
Run? Are you kidding? Sasuke eyes narrowed right onto the man in the prison. Sensei's... telling us to run and leave him?! When you got caught, that was no longer an option. He reached for his kunai holster. You're up to something, sensei. You always said that running was the last option, yet there are other options right in front of our eyes.Besides, even if we run, Zabuza will get us sooner or later since we won't have you, and we'll be annihilated.
Sasuke pulled out a pair of shuriken and clutched his kunai harder to the point his fist was turning red. There is only one option, and running has nothing to do with this. He looked at the frightened Sakura and Naruto. In order for us to survive, we have to save you!
"We have to do it!" Sasuke stated, pushing himself forward past his surprised teammates. His eyes narrowed at the clone Zabuza, shuriken starting to fly at him as his arms whipped in front of him. Just as the enemy Jonin knocked away the projectiles with his sword, Sasuke jumped in the air and threw his kunai at Zabuza's head while coming down at the same time in a fierce flying kick. "This is the spot!!"
"Too easy." The Zabuza clone smacked the kunai away from him and grabbed Sasuke by the neck. Just as he was about to throw the brat away, the kid smirked at him.
"Not."
POOF!!
"What?!!" gasped the clone as the boy turned into a log. "Replacement?!"
Sasuke stood behind the Jonin, forming a pair of seals.
Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique!!
Fire exploded from Sasuke's mouth in a huge ball of flame. Just as it touched the clone Zabuza and the last of the chakra fire left his mouth, the water clone turned into a puddle and another Zabuza appeared right behind him. In a loud cry of pain, Sasuke was kicked on the back and sent flying until he skidded to a halt on the ground.
This is a Jonin... a real ninja. Naruto stared in utter fear of Zabuza, his eyes wide and his body trembling at the thought of what could happen to him, especially seeing what happened to Sasuke. I have to run. At this rate... we'll.. we'll get killed for sure! He turned and planted his left hand on the ground.
A sudden spike of pain registered in his mind and his hand started to throb. Naruto stopped and look at his hand, the same one bandaged by the person trapped in the hydro-prison. "Ouch..!" Thoughts came back to him of what Kakashi-sensei told him many days ago after they were ambushed by the two mist ninja. The reason why he froze and why he felt that fear. How he should push back that fear, because there are those that have placed their trust in him and depend on him. The memory of Sasuke calling him a scaredy cat and the memory of finally graduating the academy. Of the bell test Kakashi-sensei put them through and the feeling of completion when he said they all passed.
Then came the memory of when he told Kakashi-sensei his dream. The dream of surpassing all the Hokages and having everyone in Konoha recognize him. That's right... I became a ninja. He slowly stood up and clenched his bandaged fist, taking energy from the pain he felt. I promised I would never run away again. I won't let my team down!! I won't run away!!!
"RAAAH!!" Naruto charged at Zabuza.
Sakura clutched her head. "Naruto!! What are you thinking?!"
Zabuza looked amused. " He saw the boy coming in low and simply kicked him away.
Sakura watched Naruto land hard on the ground in front of them. Her eyes were wide and she was shaking in fear for all of their lives. "What were you thinking, charging in like that on your own?! Even Sasuke-kun is no match against him. Genins like ourselves have no way of defeating him no matter what we try!" She paused, watching Naruto start to stand. "Huh?"
In the boy's hand was his forehead protector.
She stared at him. He went to get the forehead protector?
Naruto... Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Zabuza, pulling out another kunai from his pack and shifting his throwing arm in to a positing were Zabuza could not see his mouth. "Sakura." he whispered loud enough so only she and Naruto could hear. "You're wrong. A group of three genin can defeat a Jounin if they work together. Kakashi may be our sensei, but he's also our teammate. I will not leave him."
Naruto, after a moment of struggling, got to his feet. "Hey... the no-brow there..."
Zabuza narrowed his eyes.
"Put this in your bingo book.. The man who will become the Hokage of the Hidden Village of Konoha one day..." The boy took a a deep breath and placed his forehead protector in it's rightful place. "Konoha-style ninja..." His determined eyes snapped up and locked onto Zabuza's enraged pair.
"Uzumaki Naruto!"