The Path of Light (Book One of The Choice Of An Uchiha)

Sacrifices and Freedom Part I

~Sasuke~

I was getting overwhelmed with Haku's senbon needles when I heard Sakura's voice. "Sasuke, take this!" I glanced up to see my kunai being thrown back toward me. Just as I went to catch it Haku intercepted it, I fell to one knee as Sakura said, "He caught it." Haku turned to look at me, but just as he did something shattered the mirror he was reaching out of. He got hit again before he landed on the ground.

It only took him a moment to recover but he seemed to realize who hit him. He vanished into thin air before I heard someone react. It was a girl about my age, she sprinted toward me with Haku just behind her.

I tried to steady myself to help but she rolled and landed on one knee in front with her back to me. She'd blocked Haku's needle with some sort of knife.

She was dressed in a strange outfit that I'd never seen. Black shorts with a grey sash hanging down from her left leg, and a pouch on her left calf. Her top was dark green shirt with a slit on her left arm and her right arm being bare. Her hair was long, straight and in a ponytail. It looked like she shot Haku with an arrow, she had a quiver hanging on her right shoulder with her bow. Her right hand had a glove on it.

'Why was she here? Who is she?'

Haku broke my confusion when he commented. "So you are here."

"Yup! I'm here for the rescue!" She cheerfully said.  Her small voice containing an unfamiliar accent.

"I'm not sure it's him that needs to be rescued."

"Haku remember." Zabuza said from the outside, Kakashi looked. I mean really looked at her before his eyes widened. Haku answered, "Yes Zabuza-" She interuppted him, "Of course he remembers, but it's not gonna be easy." She stated confidently. Haku turned his head in question and she elaborated. "You want Tazuna dead." She attacked Haku with her knife, "and you want me alive." She blocked his senbon and used his mirror to flip over him and take her place back in front of me in a protective stance. "But the only way your gonna kill Tazuna or him is by killing me first."

'So they were looking for her too, but they wanted her alive, she was smart to use that to her advantage, but why is she here?'

"Where is Kalen?" Kakashi questioned

"Brat got beat up by Haku, guess that means she's wide open." Zabuza laughed. Another voice came from the forest, "Like I'd ever let that happen."

'who are these people?'

He had short brown straight hair with Hazel eyes. He was a serious person, with a scowl on his face. He wore black baggy pants, with a black jacket. On his back was a sword that hung comfortably.

He walked up to Zabuza, not seeming to care about an element of surprise. "I've never had my target challenge me before, but then again, I've never had my target hunt ME!" he laughed.

"We're here about the reward."

"Ah that? sorry. That's a secret, I'd have to be on my deathbed before I tell you that."

Before I could even blink the person was in the air with his sword coming down on Zabuza's head, the demon barely jumped out of the way. "That can be arranged." He seethed. "Don't get too cocky Tyiadain, it's the pretty one we want alive, your bounty only works if your dead."

'Tyiadain? What kind of name is that? and bounty's? It looks like we got caught in a whole annoying situation.'

Zabuza lifted his sword to swing at this 'Tyiadain' guy when ANOTHER person came out of the water, he had white hair and a typical purple ninja outfit. He materialized saying, "That sword is so old, I think you need another one." He smirked, Zabuza frowned at the inconvienance.