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Zabuza snickered and said, “Wearing forehead protectors like real ninjas… but you know what? A real ninja is someone who has survived numerous brushes with death. Basically… once you’re good enough to be listed in my handbook, then you can start calling yourself a ninja. You guys should not be referred to as ninjas.” He disappeared and reappeared in front of Naruto, flinging him backwards and knocking off his forehead protector.
Kakashi-sensei started yelling at us. He looked panicked and shouted at us to run away. I clenched my teeth and thought, “Is he that much of a coward. He has no idea to what extent I can fight. Back when we were training with the bells, I didn’t have the opportunity to reveal my true strength. I will not give up; that would be going against my principals.”
Naruto got up and charged at Zabuza but it turned out that he was just trying to retrieve his forehead protector. He stumbled to his feet and growled, “Hey, you eyebrow-less freak… put this in your handbook, the man who will one day become the Hokage…” he put on his forehead protector, “is the leaf village ninja, Uzumaki Naruto!” He grinned and turned to me and Sasuke, “Hey Sasuke, Hotaru, lend me your ears. I’ve got a plan.”
Sasuke snorted but grinned and said, “what’s this, teamwork from you?”
Naruto tilted up his chin and said, “Now… let’s go wild!”
“A lot of arrogance, but do you stand a chance?” Zabuza wondered. Kakashi yelled at us again but Tazuna encouraged us. I suppose he finally understood our determination. Zabuza continued his mockery but then he said something that surprised all of us. “When I was your age,” he raised his hands as if he were examining them, “these hands were already dyed red with blood.”
Kakashi recoiled and muttered “Devil Zabuza… long ago, in the Hidden Mist Village, also called the Blood Mist Village… there was a final obstacle in becoming a ninja.”
“Hm? You even know about that graduation exam.” Zabuza remarked.
“That exam…?” questioned Naruto and Zabuza snickered as Naruto continued, “What was the graduation exam?” I had a feeling that I didn’t want to know.
Zabuza went into a fit of snickers then looked at us with an insane glint in his eyes, “Fights to the death between the students. Friends who have trained and eaten together at the same table are pitted against each other and go at it… until one of them loses his life. These are friends that helped each other and shared dreams…”
As Kakashi explained how that method had to be changed, my mind reeled ‘I can’t imagine killing friends. Enemies, I could be merciless with, but friends…’ Then I realized something I don’t think I had accepted before, ‘All the people I trained with… everyone in my class… even the team I work with right now… I suppose I do consider them friends… even though I haven’t really gotten to know them, I guess I’ve gotten used to them being around and maybe I’ve even enjoyed the times we’ve had together.’
Suddenly I was wrenched out of my thoughts when I felt a painful impact on my gut. Zabuza had caught me off guard. I realized he had gotten Sasuke with the other fist and now he threw both of us to the ground, digging his elbow deep into our stomachs. Sasuke coughed up blood but I managed to hold it down. I lurched forward under his grasp and quickly brought his chakra points into view. I centered my chakra to the tips of my pointer and middle fingers and jabbed at a point in his shoulder. He fell back in pain but pulled himself up only a moment later… He growled angrily and said, “Well, I see we have a Byakugan user here. I should have guessed the first time I saw you.”
Sasuke and I struggled to our feet, glaring at him. I sucked in air with deep, slightly painful gasps, cursing myself for not staying focused.
Naruto used his shadow clone jutsu and surrounded Zabuza, who seemed to be enjoying this. All the Narutos tackled him but he spun around, cutting them up with his abnormally large sword. One of the Narutos threw Sasuke a giant shuriken which he chucked at Zabuza. It went behind him towards the real Zabuza. Naruto threw a Kunai to me which I immediately threw in the same direction as Sasuke. Both the Shuriken and Kunai divided into shadow clones of themselves. The real Zabuza looked shocked but he managed to dodge all of them.
“We’re not done yet!” I yelled.
Two of the weapons turned into Narutos and they both shot Kunais at Zabuza. Ha was forced to release the water prison. Furiously, Zabuza turned and ran at Naruto with one of the huge Shuriken but Kakashi-sensei stopped it with his fist and said proudly, “You guys have grown up.”
Zabuza started ranting about how he was ‘distracted’ but Kakashi put a stop to that too. Zabuza started making hand signs that Kakashi copied. They weren’t even half a second off! We were all amazed by Kakashi’s Sharingan. It was Kakashi’s turn to do the mocking. Zabuza seemed freaked out because it was almost as if Kakashi was reading his mind. This really pissed him off and he started a jutsu but somehow Kakashi beat him to it.
“How…. Can you see the future?” gasped Zabuza.
“Yeah,” Kakashi-sensei declared, “You’re going to die.”
Suddenly several senbon needles pierced Zabuza’s neck and a boy wearing a strange mask appeared on a tree branch and chuckled saying, “You’re right. He’s dead,” in a weirdly cheerful tone of voice.
Kakashi checked the pulse and then gave the boy a suspicious glance.
The boy jumped down beside Kakashi-sensei and bowed. “Thank you very much. I have been waiting for the opportunity to kill Zabuza for a long time.”
“That mask,” Kakashi remarked, “You’re a Hidden Mist Hunter-nin.”
“Impressive, you are correct.”
“Hunter-nin?” questioned Naruto, shoving past us to get a better look.
“Yes,” the boy answered, “it is my job to hunt down Missing-nins. I am a member of the Hidden Mist’s Hunter team.”
From what I could tell, this boy was very likely around our age…
Naruto looked frantically back and forth from the boy to Zabuza then yelled, “What the hell! Who are you!?”
“Don’t worry Naruto, he’s not an enemy,” muttered
Kakashi-sensei.
“I’m not asking that!” yelled Naruto, “That Zabuza… That Zabuza was killed! A guy that strong… A guy that strong was killed by a kid! By a kid not much different than me! We look stupid! How can I understand that?!”
Kakashi walked over to Naruto and ruffled his hair saying, “Well, I know how you feel but… But this is also the truth. In this world, there are kids younger that you… yet stronger than me.”
After all the ranting, the boy picked up Zabuza’s body and said, “Your battle is now over, and now I must dispose of the body since it seems to be a body with many secrets. Farewell.”
Just before he disappeared I activated my byakugan. There was chakra…running through Zabuza’s… dead body…? Also from what I know don’t Hunter-nins take care of the bodies on-site? I relayed my thoughts to Kakashi-sensei and just as he was about to respond he fell to the ground, unconscious…
Everyone yelled in alarm but after we calmed down, we carried him to Tazuna’s house where his daughter Tsunami looked after him. We were discussing the power of the Sharingan when Kakashi-sensei awoke. As it turns out, Kakashi was just exhausted from over-using the Sharingan. The discussion went on and Kakashi explained that all ninja’s hold secrets after they die.
Regretfully, I thought to myself about the fact that my powers would disappear when I die because I am of the cursed side branch. That was another reason I was a target of scorn…
Tazuna cheered about how we defeated a strong ninja and how we should be safe for a while. That’s when I stepped into the conversation. “Look, sorry to disappoint you but I don’t think we’re safe yet. In fact, it is very likely that Zabuza isn’t even dead.” They began protesting with wide eyes but I continued, “Hunter-nins usually examine and dispose of the body right where the missing-nin was killed. Also, senbon needles aren’t really used for killing and they didn’t exactly hit any vital organs, veins or arteries; therefore Zabuza is probably in a temporary death state. That means that the body feels and appears dead for only a short period of time. One more thing: I used my Byakugan just before the boy left and even though it was faint, there was chakra pulsing through all of Zabuza’s chakra points, save the ones I hit earlier. Based on all this, not only is Zabuza alive but also, the Hunter-nin’s motive was to save Zabuza, rather than kill him.”
They stared at me like they had just seen a ghost or something… I don’t blame them; I read and studied a lot and possess the Byakugan so naturally, I know more than they do.
Kakashi-sensei nodded and said, “Hotaru is absolutely correct. We can’t ignore this situation.”
Tazuna shifted around nervously and muttered, “Aren’t you thinking too much? Hunter-nins are supposed to kill Missing-nins.”
“No…with all the suspicion, we will prepare before it’s too late. That’s a shinobi rule. Plus, weather Zabuza is dead or alive… there’s no assurances that Gatou hasn’t hired an even stronger shinobi.” Kakashi replied.
I sighed, starting to to get bored with the conversation. I’m around Shikamaru too much… I only half listened to Kakashi tell us we were going to spend some time training and that we were all getting stronger. Then Naruto yelling something about being noticed… Suddenly a little boy walked into the room.
“Oh! Inari! Where were you?” Tazuna asked the little boy.
“Welcome back, Grandpa.” Muttered Inari.
Tazuna motioned for Inari to come closer and Tsunami said enthusiastically, “Inari, say hello to these people. They are ninjas who protected Grandpa.”
He stared at us blankly for a moment before saying, “Mom, they are going to die.” Naruto went on a rampage. Inari continued, “There’s no way you can win against Gatou.” Naruto rampaged again about becoming Hokage and being a hero and all that stuff I had to hear every day…
Inari replied rudely, “What are you, stupid? There’s no such thing as a hero.” More yelling… then, “If you don’t want to die, you should leave.” Then he left, (finally), and went to his room to look at the ocean.
Naruto got up and left and a little while later I did the same. I found Inari’s room and heard… crying…? I let myself in and shut the door behind me. Inari turned around and glared at me with teary eyes.
“Ya know…” I said, “Naruto is different from us. He was bullied and everyone hated him but he kept a smile on his face and did his best to be accepted. Naruto didn’t mean to be harsh but I think it’s hard for him to see someone on the verge of giving up. That’s what made him angry. I, too, was looked down upon but I have been working hard to overcome those who are disrespectful towards me. I don’t know what happened with you and your family but giving up won’t solve anything. Also, give Naruto and the rest of us some credit. We’re more capable than we might seem.” I don’t know why I said it, but it was like before… one of those moments when I realize something and act upon it.
Suddenly, Inari poured out the whole story too me about how his dad saved him and stood up for what was right but was killed for it.
After he was done, I sighed and replied, “Inari, people die because of their righteous beliefs but in my opinion, that is the most valiant kind of death. I’d rather die fighting for what’s right that die not fighting at all.”
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Zabuza snickered and said, “Wearing forehead protectors like real ninjas… but you know what? A real ninja is someone who has survived numerous brushes with death. Basically… once you’re good enough to be listed in my handbook, then you can start calling yourself a ninja. You guys should not be referred to as ninjas.” He disappeared and reappeared in front of Naruto, flinging him backwards and knocking off his forehead protector.
Kakashi-sensei started yelling at us. He looked panicked and shouted at us to run away. I clenched my teeth and thought, “Is he that much of a coward. He has no idea to what extent I can fight. Back when we were training with the bells, I didn’t have the opportunity to reveal my true strength. I will not give up; that would be going against my principals.”
Naruto got up and charged at Zabuza but it turned out that he was just trying to retrieve his forehead protector. He stumbled to his feet and growled, “Hey, you eyebrow-less freak… put this in your handbook, the man who will one day become the Hokage…” he put on his forehead protector, “is the leaf village ninja, Uzumaki Naruto!” He grinned and turned to me and Sasuke, “Hey Sasuke, Hotaru, lend me your ears. I’ve got a plan.”
Sasuke snorted but grinned and said, “what’s this, teamwork from you?”
Naruto tilted up his chin and said, “Now… let’s go wild!”
“A lot of arrogance, but do you stand a chance?” Zabuza wondered. Kakashi yelled at us again but Tazuna encouraged us. I suppose he finally understood our determination. Zabuza continued his mockery but then he said something that surprised all of us. “When I was your age,” he raised his hands as if he were examining them, “these hands were already dyed red with blood.”
Kakashi recoiled and muttered “Devil Zabuza… long ago, in the Hidden Mist Village, also called the Blood Mist Village… there was a final obstacle in becoming a ninja.”
“Hm? You even know about that graduation exam.” Zabuza remarked.
“That exam…?” questioned Naruto and Zabuza snickered as Naruto continued, “What was the graduation exam?” I had a feeling that I didn’t want to know.
Zabuza went into a fit of snickers then looked at us with an insane glint in his eyes, “Fights to the death between the students. Friends who have trained and eaten together at the same table are pitted against each other and go at it… until one of them loses his life. These are friends that helped each other and shared dreams…”
As Kakashi explained how that method had to be changed, my mind reeled ‘I can’t imagine killing friends. Enemies, I could be merciless with, but friends…’ Then I realized something I don’t think I had accepted before, ‘All the people I trained with… everyone in my class… even the team I work with right now… I suppose I do consider them friends… even though I haven’t really gotten to know them, I guess I’ve gotten used to them being around and maybe I’ve even enjoyed the times we’ve had together.’
Suddenly I was wrenched out of my thoughts when I felt a painful impact on my gut. Zabuza had caught me off guard. I realized he had gotten Sasuke with the other fist and now he threw both of us to the ground, digging his elbow deep into our stomachs. Sasuke coughed up blood but I managed to hold it down. I lurched forward under his grasp and quickly brought his chakra points into view. I centered my chakra to the tips of my pointer and middle fingers and jabbed at a point in his shoulder. He fell back in pain but pulled himself up only a moment later… He growled angrily and said, “Well, I see we have a Byakugan user here. I should have guessed the first time I saw you.”
Sasuke and I struggled to our feet, glaring at him. I sucked in air with deep, slightly painful gasps, cursing myself for not staying focused.
Naruto used his shadow clone jutsu and surrounded Zabuza, who seemed to be enjoying this. All the Narutos tackled him but he spun around, cutting them up with his abnormally large sword. One of the Narutos threw Sasuke a giant shuriken which he chucked at Zabuza. It went behind him towards the real Zabuza. Naruto threw a Kunai to me which I immediately threw in the same direction as Sasuke. Both the Shuriken and Kunai divided into shadow clones of themselves. The real Zabuza looked shocked but he managed to dodge all of them.
“We’re not done yet!” I yelled.
Two of the weapons turned into Narutos and they both shot Kunais at Zabuza. Ha was forced to release the water prison. Furiously, Zabuza turned and ran at Naruto with one of the huge Shuriken but Kakashi-sensei stopped it with his fist and said proudly, “You guys have grown up.”
Zabuza started ranting about how he was ‘distracted’ but Kakashi put a stop to that too. Zabuza started making hand signs that Kakashi copied. They weren’t even half a second off! We were all amazed by Kakashi’s Sharingan. It was Kakashi’s turn to do the mocking. Zabuza seemed freaked out because it was almost as if Kakashi was reading his mind. This really pissed him off and he started a jutsu but somehow Kakashi beat him to it.
“How…. Can you see the future?” gasped Zabuza.
“Yeah,” Kakashi-sensei declared, “You’re going to die.”
Suddenly several senbon needles pierced Zabuza’s neck and a boy wearing a strange mask appeared on a tree branch and chuckled saying, “You’re right. He’s dead,” in a weirdly cheerful tone of voice.
Kakashi checked the pulse and then gave the boy a suspicious glance.
The boy jumped down beside Kakashi-sensei and bowed. “Thank you very much. I have been waiting for the opportunity to kill Zabuza for a long time.”
“That mask,” Kakashi remarked, “You’re a Hidden Mist Hunter-nin.”
“Impressive, you are correct.”
“Hunter-nin?” questioned Naruto, shoving past us to get a better look.
“Yes,” the boy answered, “it is my job to hunt down Missing-nins. I am a member of the Hidden Mist’s Hunter team.”
From what I could tell, this boy was very likely around our age…
Naruto looked frantically back and forth from the boy to Zabuza then yelled, “What the hell! Who are you!?”
“Don’t worry Naruto, he’s not an enemy,” muttered
Kakashi-sensei.
“I’m not asking that!” yelled Naruto, “That Zabuza… That Zabuza was killed! A guy that strong… A guy that strong was killed by a kid! By a kid not much different than me! We look stupid! How can I understand that?!”
Kakashi walked over to Naruto and ruffled his hair saying, “Well, I know how you feel but… But this is also the truth. In this world, there are kids younger that you… yet stronger than me.”
After all the ranting, the boy picked up Zabuza’s body and said, “Your battle is now over, and now I must dispose of the body since it seems to be a body with many secrets. Farewell.”
Just before he disappeared I activated my byakugan. There was chakra…running through Zabuza’s… dead body…? Also from what I know don’t Hunter-nins take care of the bodies on-site? I relayed my thoughts to Kakashi-sensei and just as he was about to respond he fell to the ground, unconscious…
Everyone yelled in alarm but after we calmed down, we carried him to Tazuna’s house where his daughter Tsunami looked after him. We were discussing the power of the Sharingan when Kakashi-sensei awoke. As it turns out, Kakashi was just exhausted from over-using the Sharingan. The discussion went on and Kakashi explained that all ninja’s hold secrets after they die.
Regretfully, I thought to myself about the fact that my powers would disappear when I die because I am of the cursed side branch. That was another reason I was a target of scorn…
Tazuna cheered about how we defeated a strong ninja and how we should be safe for a while. That’s when I stepped into the conversation. “Look, sorry to disappoint you but I don’t think we’re safe yet. In fact, it is very likely that Zabuza isn’t even dead.” They began protesting with wide eyes but I continued, “Hunter-nins usually examine and dispose of the body right where the missing-nin was killed. Also, senbon needles aren’t really used for killing and they didn’t exactly hit any vital organs, veins or arteries; therefore Zabuza is probably in a temporary death state. That means that the body feels and appears dead for only a short period of time. One more thing: I used my Byakugan just before the boy left and even though it was faint, there was chakra pulsing through all of Zabuza’s chakra points, save the ones I hit earlier. Based on all this, not only is Zabuza alive but also, the Hunter-nin’s motive was to save Zabuza, rather than kill him.”
They stared at me like they had just seen a ghost or something… I don’t blame them; I read and studied a lot and possess the Byakugan so naturally, I know more than they do.
Kakashi-sensei nodded and said, “Hotaru is absolutely correct. We can’t ignore this situation.”
Tazuna shifted around nervously and muttered, “Aren’t you thinking too much? Hunter-nins are supposed to kill Missing-nins.”
“No…with all the suspicion, we will prepare before it’s too late. That’s a shinobi rule. Plus, weather Zabuza is dead or alive… there’s no assurances that Gatou hasn’t hired an even stronger shinobi.” Kakashi replied.
I sighed, starting to to get bored with the conversation. I’m around Shikamaru too much… I only half listened to Kakashi tell us we were going to spend some time training and that we were all getting stronger. Then Naruto yelling something about being noticed… Suddenly a little boy walked into the room.
“Oh! Inari! Where were you?” Tazuna asked the little boy.
“Welcome back, Grandpa.” Muttered Inari.
Tazuna motioned for Inari to come closer and Tsunami said enthusiastically, “Inari, say hello to these people. They are ninjas who protected Grandpa.”
He stared at us blankly for a moment before saying, “Mom, they are going to die.” Naruto went on a rampage. Inari continued, “There’s no way you can win against Gatou.” Naruto rampaged again about becoming Hokage and being a hero and all that stuff I had to hear every day…
Inari replied rudely, “What are you, stupid? There’s no such thing as a hero.” More yelling… then, “If you don’t want to die, you should leave.” Then he left, (finally), and went to his room to look at the ocean.
Naruto got up and left and a little while later I did the same. I found Inari’s room and heard… crying…? I let myself in and shut the door behind me. Inari turned around and glared at me with teary eyes.
“Ya know…” I said, “Naruto is different from us. He was bullied and everyone hated him but he kept a smile on his face and did his best to be accepted. Naruto didn’t mean to be harsh but I think it’s hard for him to see someone on the verge of giving up. That’s what made him angry. I, too, was looked down upon but I have been working hard to overcome those who are disrespectful towards me. I don’t know what happened with you and your family but giving up won’t solve anything. Also, give Naruto and the rest of us some credit. We’re more capable than we might seem.” I don’t know why I said it, but it was like before… one of those moments when I realize something and act upon it.
Suddenly, Inari poured out the whole story too me about how his dad saved him and stood up for what was right but was killed for it.
After he was done, I sighed and replied, “Inari, people die because of their righteous beliefs but in my opinion, that is the most valiant kind of death. I’d rather die fighting for what’s right that die not fighting at all.”
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