Curiosity Broke the Scissors

Chapter 11

-Last Time-

"Ah, so you were expecting me," The now named Zabuza said as he twirled his weapon, flinging off the small amount of blood on the weapon. "Though it is no surprise since you dealt with my subordinates Kakashi of the Sharingan."

"Oi! What am I, chopped liver?" Anko asked rhetorically, making the enemy chuckle darkly.

"No, but your about to be."

-And Now-

In the blink of an eye, all three Jonin vanished from sight and reappeared right in front of each-other, the familiar screech of metal grinding against metal ringing out as Zabuza tried to slash Kakashi in half that was blocked while simultaneously stopping a stab from Anko with the handle of his sword.

"A two on one with one of Konoha's best ninja, I had a feeling today was gonna be fun." The shirtless man said with a dark chuckle before easily breaking the weapon lock with a twirl of his sword, forcing both his opponents to jump back to avoid being sliced apart.

Meanwhile, back with the others, Star couldn't do anything but stare at the fight with wide eyes as her whole body shook.

'What... what is... I don't... so scary...' The princess couldn't even finish her own thoughts as a feeling of bloodlust and terror more potent then she'd ever felt before suddenly flooded the area, sinking into her being like icy claws and freezing her in place with fear.

She wasn't the only one either if the not-so-slightly trembling forms of Sasuke and Sakura were any indication. Even Naruto was shaking, though that was more likely from the pain of having his back sliced open by an oversized butcher's knife then anything else.

"Ah, would you look at those cute little wannabe ninjas, they look ready to soil themselves." Zabuza commented while continuing to effortlessly keeping both Anko and Kakashi at bay thanks to his weapon's long reach.

"Oi! I thought we were fighting, not having a Sunday social," Anko said while jumping high into the air and flapping her trench coat open like a flasher would, unleashing a massive volley of senbon that rained down on the bandaged faced man. "So quit flapping those lips of yours and fight!"

Effortlessly blocking most of the needles with his sword, Zabuza chuckled darkly once again while plucking out a stray needle that hit his finger before using his suddenly water-incased hand to catch the kunai Kakashi tried to stab into his neck. "What's wrong lady, you have trouble multitasking? Let's find out."

Immediately after making this statement, the bare-chested man attempted to slice Kakashi in two, who in turn forced to bend backwards almost ninety degrees after being unable to break free of his grip when the liquid rapidly spread outwards to encase the one-eyed man's hand. However, this turned out to be exactly what Zabuza wanted as he let go of his blade mid-swing, causing the massive weapon to be sent flying straight at a still airborne Anko and freeing his hand up to deliver a powerful punch straight into his opponents exposed stomach.

"Kuso," Anko swore under her breath and got ready to use the replacement jutsu knowing she was not going to be able to dodge the incoming attack normally, before blinking in confusion when the blade somehow managed to change direction halfway and headed for... "Girl-gaki Boy-gaki! MOVE!"

Snapping out of her fear-induced paralysis for a split second, Star's head jerked towards the direction of the shout, her eyes widening in terror upon seeing Zabuza's weapon flying straight at her and Naruto at high speed.

Acting on reflex, Star tried raised her wand to cast a spell... only to remember too late that she'd dropped it when Naruto tackled her to the ground. Having wasted the precious few seconds she had, the princess could do nothing as the blade descended upon them.