AN: Hey I don't mean brag or anything but I made #1 in the ninja category! My stats are above 😀 and because it's only been a few days I'm going to wait a couple more for people to either ask me questions or tell me if they want to know anything specific about myself, remember I'm a pretty open person and if I think it's okay for you to know something about me I'll probably tell you. Anyway here is the chapter.
They were all sitting comfortably in a boat that was slowly making its way to the land of waves, well almost, Lucy was sitting on Kakashi's lap since she's smallest and Sakura made a big deal about her sitting on Sasuke that she avoided it all together just to shut her up.
"I can't even see anything in this fog, it's so thick," Naruto exclaimed,
"We'll be able to see the bridge in a minute, just passed that is the Land of waves," Said the person steering the boat, Lucy had yet to get his name. After a minute the bridge came into view and Lucy was kind of impressed at how big it was, well she would be impressed if she didn't see magnolia being destroyed and repaired week after week.
"Wow it's huge," Naruto yelled out and got hit on the head by Sakura who was sitting behind him next to Sasuke,
"Keep it down, the mist should keep us hidden but from the bow on we have to stay quiet, I even had to turn off the engine, Gato's men might catch us," Mr Row man said and Naruto placed both of his hands on his mouth,
Flashback
Mr Sensei, Sir? I have something to tell you," at this both Lucy and Kakashi turned to look at him, "as you've probably guessed I lied about the mission, it is more dangerous than I made you believe. You see there's a powerful man who wants me dead," Tazuna started and Lucy just glared at him. She gets that he was in a tough situation but that doesn't excuse him for putting children's lives at risk,
"A powerful man?" Kakashi asked,
"Who is he?" Lucy questioned,
"You've probably heard of him. He's a billionaire in marine transport, his name is Gato, " at this both Kakashi's and Lucy's eyes widened in surprise,
"That little rich dude who's in charge of transport? " Lucy questioned him with a bored tone,
"They say that he's the richest in the world," Kakashi finished in amazement,
"That's him, he's actually a murdering criminal who hires a rogue ninja to do his dirty work. He traffics drugs and started taking over companies and even ended up running entire countries, he lives by every low and vicious trade known to man," Tazuna started to explain and Lucy yawned loudly, "You got something to say, girl? Or is my story boring you?" Tazuna snapped at her,
"Nothing, I've just dealt with these types of men before, they're really not that much trouble if you know what you're doing," Lucy replied,
"What would a little girl like you know about vile businessmen?"
"Well for one thing, my father used to be one of those vile businessmen," Lucy said looking dead serious, Tazuna and the Genin were looking at Lucy in surprise, "I remember how my father would always push me away for work and money, he only ever saw me as a means to an end. Once he tried to set up an arranged marriage for me and I ran away, no way was I going to be sold to the highest bidder," after a minute of having no one speaks Lucy continued, "Not long after I had run away I was on a job that required me to steal back someone's property from a businessman, it was a book. This book was written by a famous author, but the author was forced to write it. The businessman made the author write a book about himself, he kept the author trapped in a basement for three years until he finished the book," Lucy explained,
"What happened to the businessman?" Tazuna asked,
"I took him down of course and arranged for the fortunes to be sent to a nearby struggling town," Lucy said, "So trust me when I say I know what I'm doing," No one spoke after that for a good few minutes and Lucy was beginning to get tired of this mission, "Tazuna, can you please continue your story?" She asked him and he jolted out of his shock and continued on.
"It has been one year since Gato set his sights on the Land of Waves, he came to us under the disguise as a business vendor but then the violence began. In no time at all he had taken over our Marine Transportation and Shipping Industry. Gato has a stronghold on the wealth and transportation of the land of waves the only thing that could stand in his way is the completion of that bridge," Tazuna explained and it made total sense to Lucy, if the Land of Waves was connected to the continent then there would be no need for a Marine Transportation system. Gato would be out of work.
"So as the architect of the bridge Mr Tazuna, you are the ole person standing in this Gato's way," Sakura said with a thoughtful expression,
"It also means that those ninja who attacked us were Gato's men," Sasuke continued and Naruto was standing there trying to keep up with what they were saying.
"There's one thing I still don't understand," Kakashi started, "if you knew you were being targeted why apply for lower level protection? Why not tell us the requirements when you arrived at the leaf?" He asked Tazuna,
"Isn't it obvious Kakashi?" Lucy questioned and everyone turned to look at her, "he can't afford elite protection if Gato has control of there primary workforce and industry they're not getting a stable income. If they were there wouldn't be any need for the bridge," Lucy stated bluntly,
"The little lady is right, I couldn't afford a B-rank mission, of you all, leave me to hear how I'm as good as dead," Tazuna started, "but oh well that's not your concern, you won't be there to see my daughter and ten-year-old grandson cry their hearts out about my death and I guess you wouldn't mind my daughter vowing eternal hatred for the Hidden leaf village," Tazuna said dramatically and Lucy only rolled her eyes at how stupid he sounded,
"Oh well, I guess it can't be helped them," Kakashi said sweatdropping and Lucy gave him a look that clearly said ,'you're getting soft.'
Flashback end
"We'll be there soon, " Mr Row man stated and broke Lucy out of her thoughts, "Tazuna, it seems like we haven't been spotted, but just to be safe I'll take you through the waterway closer to town the canopy should help with our cover," Mr Row man said quietly,
"Thank you," Tazuna replies and Lucy grew a tick mark on her head. Tazuna never thanked them for their trouble only manipulated them into work. Naruto began to look amazed at the sight from the waterway, trees surrounded the area but buildings and houses surrounded that. Lucy smiled fondly at his look of awe and wondered how long that would last now that he was a Genin. Not that Naruto has had an easy going life but he still got excited over practically anything. Mr Row man turned the boat, parallel to a dock,
"This is as far as it goes, take care of everyone, " he said as everyone got out of the boat,
"Thank you, sorry for the trouble, I never should have asked, " Tazuna replied in gratitude, Mr Row man started the engine to the boat and it gurgled to life and he sped away.
Lucy sweatdropped, 'What was the point of us being quiet then?' She thought to herself. Everyone was walking along quietly,
"Now get me home in one piece," Tazuna demanded and Lucy growled under her breath, Kakashi put a hand on her head,
"Yeah, yeah," he said to Tazuna, equally annoyed.
Everyone was walking along quietly, well everyone except Naruto, he was making weird expressions on his face and gestures with his hands. Finally, he looked to Sasuke and got a look of determination on his face before he threw a shuriken at a random set of bushes, "it must have been a mouse," Naruto said and tried to look cool by running his fingers through his hair,
"What mouse? There's nothing there you moron," Sakura yelled furiously,
"Don't mess around with your shuriken Naruto, they're dangerous," Kakashi stressed out and Lucy was looking around just to make sure after all, Lucy knew that the next opponent wasn't going to be so easy to get rid of.
"You midget, stop scaring us and messing with our heads," Tazuna yelled out, with all of this commotion there's really no need for cover now, considering their position had just been blown. Both Lucy's and Kakashi's head snapped in the direction of a bush that moved and Naruto threw another Kunai at it,
"I told you to quit it you moron," Sakura yelled and punched Naruto in the head, whilst they were arguing Lucy and Kakashi walked over to the bush and saw a white snow hare terrified with a shuriken above its head. Sakura and Naruto started to fawn over it but Lucy looked towards Kakashi,
"Kakashi, that was a snow hare right?" She asked him and he looked at her,
"Yeah," was all he said and continued to look at her as she figured out what was wrong,
"But it's spring, why does it still have a white pelt?" She asked and everyone looked over to her, Kakashi pat her head and leaned down towards her ear,
"The hare must be a decoy, raised as a pet for substitution uses," he whispered, Lucy tensed as Kakashi stood up and nodded her head. She closed her eyes and tried to sense anyone nearby while Kakashi stood closer to her in case they aimed for her,
"Hey, what are you closing your eyes like that for? We are meant to be guarding someone," Sakura screeched at Lucy. As Lucy had all of her senses heightened at that moment she almost started crying at the pain that resounded in her ears, she clutched them and fell to her knees,
"Lucy, are you okay?" Kakashi asked her as he knelt down next to her,
"I'll be fine but I'd be even better if she knew how to use an indoor voice like a normal person, " she cringed as she talked, her ears were still sensitive,
"Hey, stop faking it I'm not that loud," Sakura screeched once again and Lucy's face twisted in pain,
"Sakura just shut up, the reason she's hurt is that she was trying to sense if any enemies were nearby, with her heightened senses your scream must have hit her eardrums, " Sasuke said before Kakashi could and he went to go help Lucy up as Sakura flushed in embarrassment. Suddenly Lucy's and Kakashi's eyes snapped open wide,
"Everybody down," they yelled and Lucy pushed Sasuke to the floor and tripped over Tazuna while Kakashi made sure Naruto and Sakura did as instructed. A large sword came flying over them and lodged itself into a tree, someone landed on the sword, facing the direction of the tree and looked back down at them.
'He's in the bingo book, what did they call him again? Crux?' Lucy asked her spirit silently,
'His name is Zabuza Momochi, otherwise known as the demon of the hidden mist, his rank is ANBU, graduated from the academy at age nine, was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the mist, now considered a missing-nin after he fled from the Mist after the first attempt to overthrow the Mizukage,' Crux recited,
'Why would he need to overthrow the Mizukage?' Lucy wondered,
'The Mizukage is ruthless, a coup d'etat tried to break out but ultimately failed, they are currently raising funds for a second attempt,' Crux replied,
'Thanks, I owe you one,' Lucy finished and cut the connection,
"Zabuza Momochi, missing-nin of the Hidden Mist," Kakashi said and Naruto started to run forwards on to be stopped by Lucy,
"Lucy, why?" He whined,
"This guy is way out of your league, he's not like the other two," Lucy said seriously,
"Lucy," Kakashi said and Lucy turned to look at him, "Stay out of this one," she couldn't believe what she was hearing,
"Excuse me?" Lucy spluttered out,
"Look I don't have time to explain, just do as I say," he said and grabbed his forehead protector, "if I'm going to face him I'm going to need this," he finished and pulled up his forehead protector and uncovered his Sharingan,
'Great, I'm going to be carrying him the rest of the way, aren't I? " Lucy thought to herself as she brought out her halberd and held it in front of herself,
"Huh it's Kakashi of the Sharingan if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you pass over the old man?" Zabuza said mockingly. Sasuke tensed at the mention of the Sharingan, "this is such an honour, to face that eye so early on," Zabuza mocked,
"Sharingan eye, what is that?" Naruto said and Sasuke started to explain,
"The Sharingan is a dojutsu that enables its user to see through almost any illusion," Sasuke started, "but that's not all it has many hidden abilities,"
"That's right but the boy only scratched the surface, the Sharingan a can catch an opposition moves to the greatest detail and then replicate the results," Zabuza said, "when I was an assassin for kirigakure, I acquired a Bingo book there, it had quite the extensive knowledge on you. The one who has copied over a thousand ninjutsu, Kakashi the copy ninja," Naruto and Sakura looked at Kakashi in amazement, Sakura couldn't actually believe that Kakashi was that accomplished. Sasuke looked at Kakashi with suspicion, "enough chit-chat, I'm on a mission to eliminate the old man," Zabuza announced and Tazuna looked scared, "it seems I'm going to have to take you down first, Kakashi," he announced and jumped into a river that wasn't too far from them and stood on top of the water which seemed to surprise the Genin.
"Manji formation you three," Lucy yelled and the Genin jumped to surround Tazuna, Lucy stood in front of them protectively,
"Hidden mist just," Zabuza announced, and fog started to appear around the river,
"He'll come for me first, Zabuza Momochi is most famous for the silent killing technique. Do not let your guard down, if you do it'll be a one-way ticket to death. I haven't completely mastered the Sharingan eye so stay on your toes,"
"There are eight points," came Zabuza's voice from within the fog, "the throat, spinal column, lungs, liver, the jugular, subclavian artery, kidney and heart," he continued on and the Genin were getting scared, Sasuke had even started shaking, "So many choices, so many places to strike, which way would you prefer to go?" He asked them mockingly and Lucy could see that the fog was thickening and decided to activate her dojutsu. Kakashi, however, let out a burst of chakra and cleared the area around himself, just enough so that they could see him,
"Sasuke, don't worry, I'll protect all of you. I won't let my comrades die," he said and smiled at all of them,
"I wouldn't be so sure of that," said Zabuza and in the blink of an eye he was in between the Genins and the bridge builder, however, Lucy saw him move and swung her halberd so that it was pointing to his throat,
"Neither should you," Lucy said and glared at him from her place between the Genin and Kakashi, she didn't waste any time and slashed her halberd through Zabuza but he turned to water and splashed onto the ground. Lucy turned to look back at Kakashi but saw that Zabuza was coming up behind him, "Kakashi," was all she got out before Zabuza swung his sword at him and sliced right through but Kakashi also turned into water. Lucy let out a slight sigh in relief and prepared herself once again,
"Don't move," Kakashi said from his place behind Zabuza and pointed a kunai to his neck, "you're finished,"
"Awesome," Naruto yelled out and Sakura started giggling, Sasuke relaxed a bit but Lucy still kept her guard up, you never know when something could go wrong,
"That's what you think, it'll take a lot more to take me down than to just mimic me like a monkey," Zabuza said, "a lot more, but I have to admit that you are good. You managed to copy my water clone technique in the middle of my fog, and then made your clone say something that you would have. Making sure my attention was focused on it while you hid in the mist to watch my every move, too bad for you though, " Zabuza continued and Lucy tightened her grip on her halberd, "I'm not fooled by cheap tricks," he said as he fell into another splash of water and his real body appeared behind Kakashi. Zabuza swung his sword at Kakashi but Kakashi ducked underneath it, the size and weight of the sword must be quite a lot because Zabuza had to make sure the top of the sword was forced into the ground, he then used the sword to lean against and swung his leg around to kick Kakashi and Kakashi ended up being forced into the water.
Kakashi tried to stand up on the water but was forced down by its weight, "Huh, you fool, Water Prison Jutsu," Zabuza yelled out from behind Kakashi and a ball of water appeared around Kakashi, much like one of Juvia's water locks. "You're done for, this prison is inescapable. I'll finish you off later but for now I have to take care of the others," as he said that he made more water clones appear, Lucy clenched her jaw,
'This isn't good, with Kakashi trapped I can't just go in blindly. Who'll watch over the Genins and client?' She thought to herself and took a deep breath to calm her nerves,
"Little wannabe ninja, you even go so far as to wear a forehead protector, but you're not a real ninja, not until you've played with the line of life and death time and time again. Clothes don't make you a shinobi you need skills good enough to land in my bingo book to even be classified as a ninja, we like to call your kind," Zabuza's clone vanished before them and Naruto was suddenly kicked backwards,
"Naruto," Sakura yelled out and Lucy was still thinking about what to do,
"Brats," Zabuza original yelled out in glee.
"Everyone listens, I want you to take Tazuna and run, this is a fight you can't win. If he wants to hold me hear he can't move and his clones can only go so far before he loses control of them," Kakashi yelled out from his place inside the water prison,
"That's not happening Kakashi, I'm not leaving," Lucy yelled out and transformed into her Aquarius star dress, in this form Zabuza wouldn't be able to catch her off guard with water-based Jutsu's.
"This is not up for debate Lucy, take the Genin and run, get Tazuna to the wave country," Kakashi shouted and Naruto suddenly started running towards Zabuza,
"Naruto stop," Lucy shouted at him and Zabuza's clone once again kicked him away but when he stood up he held his forehead protector in his hand,
"Hehe, I've got a new listing for your bingo book you eyebrow-less freak," he said and blood dripped from his mouth, "the next Hokage of the leaf village, Naruto Uzumaki," with that he tied his forehead protector around his head and smirked up at Zabuza's clone. Just like that Tazuna's and the other two genins worry melted away, Lucy was still sceptical but all she could do was make sure that he made it out of this alive.
"Alright boys, this is what we're going to do," Lucy started, "while I keep the clone busy you two are going to get Kakashi put of that jutsu," she said and both boys smirked, "Sakura," Lucy called and she looked up in surprise, "I need you to set up a couple traps that will be easy to move Tazuna out of the way but still ensure that no more clones get near him," she instructed and Sakura got a determined look on her face before Lucy left a couple of clones to guard Tazuna while Sakura went to work.
"Hey Sasuke, I got a plan," Naruto said and Lucy knew that it was time to distant the water clone, "Let's go wild, Sasuke," Naruto shouted and like that they all got to work.
"Heh you all seem very confident but you don't stand a chance against me," Zabuza shouted,
"Listen to me and run, this fight was over the second I got caught," Kakashi yelled at them and Lucy looked insulted,
"Well excuse me Mr Captured," she said sarcastically,
"You have a duty here, our mission is to protect Mr Tazuna," Kakashi continued and they all looked towards Tazuna,
"Hehe, the truth of the matter is that I am the reason you're all here, I lied about the mission, I've lived a long life and it wouldn't be right if I just let you kids die so young while protecting me. So give this fight all you've got," he said to them,
"Are you ready for this?" Naruto asked Sasuke who only smirked in response,
"Hehe, apparently you don't care as to whether you live or die. Lke being a ninja is a child's game," Zabuza started before he looked at his hands, "by the time I was your age I already had blood on my hands," he said and started laughing,
"Zabuza the demon," Lucy whispered, "long ago in the village hidden in the mist, also known as the bloody mist, the final step to being a full fledged ninja was by doing the most inhuman test imaginable," she continued,
"Ah, so the little lady has heard about our graduation exercise," Zabuza said,
"Why is that so surprising we have a graduation exam too you know," Naruto yelled,
"I wouldn't call it an exam, it's more like an all-out massacre," Zabuza said lowly and the Genin all swallowed loudly, "children who learned together, ate together, even lived together were paired off to fight to the death. They had trained together, lived together and shared each other's hopes and dreams,"
"That's terrible," Sakura whispered,
"Ten years ago the elders of the village hidden in the mist were forced to undergo a sweeping reform of their barbaric graduation exam," Kakashi explained from his place inside the water prison, "Because of the appearance the previous year of a human friend that made the reform essential,"
"Without a moment's hesitation, a boy about nine years of age, slaughtered over a hundred members or that years graduating class, " Lucy jumped in and explained while she had her activated eyes trained upon Zabuza's real body,
"That's right, aha I use to have such fun with my classmates. You can't even begin to imagine how good it felt, " Zabuza announced almost hollow like but with a hint of satisfaction bordering his tone,
Suddenly Zabuza's clone jumped forward in order to hit Sasuke but before he could reach him Lucy jumped into the air and covered her left foot with water and brought it down on Zabuza's clone but it jumped out of the way before it would hit and left a large crater in the ground. Lucy stood in front of Sasuke with her hands surrounded by water,
"Well aren't you interesting," Zabuza stated as he laughed, "it's time to die,"
"Multi-shadow clone jutsu, " Naruto shouted and dozens of Naruto's poofed into existence and ran at Zabuza's clone. Zabuza's clone spun around and sliced through Naruto's clones with his sword, Naruto skid on the ground and started to rummage through his bag. He grabbed out a large shuriken, similar to the one that Mizuki had the night Naruto graduated, "Sasuke," Naruto yelled and threw him the kunai, as soon as Sasuke grabbed it he spun around and Lucy got a good idea as to what they had planned.
"Demon wind shuriken windmill of shadows," Sasuke said as he held the kunai out in front of him, he jumped into the air and threw the large shuriken.
"Shuriken won't work on me," Zabuza's clone bragged but was surprised when it flew straight past him and headed for the original Zabuza, "well at least you had some sense to aim for my original body," he said but does the large shuriken by bending over backwards and letting it fly right past his head but when he stood back up another shuriken was coming for his legs, "a second shuriken?" He wondered out loud,
"He used the shadow shuriken jutsu," Kakashi said out loud and just then Zabuza jumped over the second shuriken and it went past him, "What an amateur move," Zabuza bragged but then a cloud of smoke and a poof noise sounded from behind him and everyone except Sasuke and Lucy who were smirking. Naruto transformed back into himself with a kunai in his hand and threw it at Zabuza's hand that was attached to the water prison that Kakashi was still inside.
Zabuza had to move his hand out of the water prison in order to avoid getting hurt and glared harshly at Naruto. He aimed his sword at Naruto as he landed in the water, Lucy moved towards Naruto and changed into her Cancer star dress, Kakashi moved in front of Naruto and held up his hand but Lucy moved her sword before Zabuza's could reach them. A loud clang sounded in the area and Zabuza was surprised to see Lucy blocking his sword with one of her own.
"Alright I've had enough of playing babysitter," Lucy growled and pushed Zabuza's sword away from her, standing in front of Kakashi and Naruto, "Kakashi, it's my turn," she said and Zabuza and herself jumped away from one another,
"Naruto you're plan worked, well done, you've all matured," Lucy heard Kakashi say from behind her and Naruto began to explain what he and Sasuke had done,
"Look girl I'll admit you're interesting but do you really think you can beat me?" Zabuza started and Lucy just looked at him, everyone else stopped to look at them as well,
"Listen up demon Zabuza," she started, "I couldn't care less who you are or what you've done in the past but you threatened several people that I care about," she yelled out and glared at him, her eyes still activated but she could feel a burning sensation in them, "and for that I will take you down where you stand," Lucy shouted and started to run at him still in her Cancer star-dress form, Zabuza blocked her attack but was surprised to see that her swords had put a crack in his blade. They went back and forth until Zabuza had started to make hand signs for a water-based jutsu, Lucy quickly acquired her Aquarius star dress form and started to make her own hand signs just as quickly,
"Water style, " they both shouted,
"Water wall jutsu," Lucy finished and at the same time Zabuza shouted,
"Water dragon jutsu," Zabuza's attack hit Lucy's water wall but couldn't break it, Lucy then pushed the water in Zabuza's direction and made it flood, pushing Zabuza back into the trees,
"Lucy," Kakashi yelled out and he came to a stop beside her, she was breathing deeply and starting to feel tired from having her dojutsu activated for so long, "take a break Lucy, I'll take it from here," he said and Lucy nodded before deactivating her dojutsu and jumping back towards the others,
"Wow Lucy that was incredible," Naruto shouted as he ran towards her, Sasuke made quick to follow behind him,
"Thanks Naruto, I have to say though boys you two really impressed me today," she said towards the both of them,
'Wow, Lucy is amazing, calm and collected but passionate at the same time. Not to mention she's super smart too, compared to her I'm just a thistle wart,' Sakura thought to herself as she looked down at the ground slightly,
"Sakura," Lucy said and she looked up in surprise, "nice work," Lucy smiled at her and Sakura's eyes widened in surprise and she smiled back at Lucy.
They all looked back to see Kakashi and Zabuza making hand signs, Lucy began to feel slightly dizzy before the feeling went away again, she saw Zabuza pause in making his hand signs for a second but it was barely noticeable, "water style, water dragon missile, " they both shouted at the same time. Everyone was swept away by the amount of water that was thrown everywhere,
'No matter how many times I see it I'm still amazed by Kakashi's skill in ninjutsu,' Lucy thought to herself as she created a forcefield of water around everyone to protect them from any more attacks. Kakashi started to mirror Zabuza, making the same arm movements at the same time, but Lucy got a headache whenever she looked at them. ' Zabuza must be stuck in a genjutsu, no wonder I felt dizzy before,' Lucy thought to herself,
"Through them all," Kakashi suddenly shouted, "got that sickeningly evil look in his eye, right?" He yelled again and everyone was confused, Lucy was starting to catch on to what he was doing though.
"You're just a pale imitation," Zabuza started to say,
"I'm the real thing, no mere copycat stands a chance against me," they said together and the Genin started to catch on as well, except maybe Naruto,
"You mimic me like a parrot, I'll close that beak for good," Zabuza said as he started to freak out, suddenly Kakashi started to make a hand full of signs,
"Water style waterfall jutsu," he shouted and a projectile of water hit Zabuza full-on, the water dome that Lucy had put up protected them from the aftermath. Zabuza hit a tree and spluttered out water, "Well that's that, " Kakashi said as he appeared on too of a branch on the tree,
"Can you see the future?" Zabuza asked fearfully,
"Yes, I see your death," Kakashi said darkly as he held up a kunai to strike a final time but two throwing needles suddenly struck Zabuza in the neck knocking him out cold.
"You were right, his death did come," a masked ninja said from his place above everyone, "Thank you for all of your help, I have been tracking Zabuza for years," he said and Lucy moved forward in order to check Zabuza,
"His heart has defiantly stopped," she said to Kakashi with her dojutsu activated,
"Those markings, aren't you a hunter shinobi from the Mist village?" Kakashi asked and the masked ninja nodded his head slightly,
"Aren't you a smart one," he said almost mockingly, "I am indeed a hunter nin from the villavillage hidden in the mist, we deal with the art of hunting down and eliminating rogue ninja,"
Naruto moved forward and started glaring in frustration at the Hunter ninja, "Hey what's the big idea," he shouted,
"Calm down Naruto he's not an enemy," Kakashi said,
"That's not what I'm asking, I mean he killed Zabuza who was no pushover but got taken out by a guy who is no older than me, what have we been training for then?" He yelled out and Lucy sighed,
"Well you have my sympathy, I can see how something like this would be hard to accept, buts it's a fact you'll have to live with," Kakashi said as he pat Naruto's head, "this won't be the last time we come across someone younger than you but stronger than me," he said and the masked ninja appeared beside Zabuza,
"The remains must be disposed of before our secrets become known, I must be off now," he said and made a hand sign before he disappeared before them,
"Alright then everyone, we still need to escort Mr Tazuna back to his home," Kakashi said and he pulled his forehead protector back down to cover his Sharingan,
"Ahaha you poor kids, so humiliating, don't worry you can lick your wounds at my place," Tazuna said obnoxiously before Kakashi started to fall to the ground but Lucy ran to catch him. Everyone started to freak out,
"Don't worry everyone he just overdid it," Lucy said and asked Naruto and Sasuke to help her carry him the rest of the way to Tazuna's place.
AN: Alright everyone that's it for this chapter! I hoped you liked it and I guess I'll see you guys next time. Hopefully, I'll have another chapter out soon.