Chapter 9: To Be Brave

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"Naruto?!" I shouted, looking around me for any sign of the blond. Sasuke let out a short shout of surprise, and when I looked into the prison, there he was, crouching in front of Sasuke. "You idiot!" I groaned, slapping my forehead once more before sighing and pushing my hair momentarily out of my face.

"What the heck's your problem? You should be thanking me for coming in here to help you!" Naruto shouted at Sasuke, who was completely fed up with the knucklehead.

"You made it worse!"

"Naruto, if we're both inside here- unh!! Forget it!" Sasuke snapped, looking away from him. "I've had it with your mistakes!"

"And I've had it with your attitude! Believe it!"

Once again, I groaned, shaking my head, and once again coated the ice with oil from the black rain jutsu when I noticed the other coating was beginning to freeze much faster than normal. "Sasuke, now!"

"That's it! I'm going to destroy these mirrors right now!" Sasuke stood up, creating the handsigns for the fireball jutsu like I hoped he would. "Fire style-"

"Hey, what attack are you using?!" Naruto asked, completely lost.

"These mirrors are made of ice, and Kyo coated them in flammable oil. What melts ice and ignites oil? Figure it out. Fireball jutsu!" Sasuke took a deep breath, before blowing out a stream of fire from his mouth and attacking the oil coated mirrors head on.

To our dismay, they barely melted.

"Damn it!" I cursed, stomping on the ground in frustration.

"That didn't do anything at all!" Naruto chided, while Sasuke glared and grit his teeth.

"You'll need much more heat than that to melt this ice." Haku stated calmly, and I grit my teeth, already going over different scenarios and ideas in my head to try and get them out. Sadly, none of them would work if I wanted to keep my cover, and I stomped my foot again, hands balling into my fists.

'Damn it! This is so stupid!'

Maybe we should just tell them, Kyo. It'll be easier that way.

'No! I told Hokage I'd do this until at least after the chunin exams. I've been doing it for five years and I refuse to give it up now!'

"It's a kekkai genkai!" Kakashi shouted, snapping me from my thoughts, "You can't learn it, it has to be in your blood. In your genetic code passed down from generation to generation within a single clan. Even I can't copy that jutsu!" He explained to the two trapped in the ice, as if hoping that would help them figure out a way to get out of this mess. I looked back at Sasuke and Naruto, my nails digging into my palms.

"I have to stop him, somehow..."

"You've interfered enough." Zabuza snapped, appearing behind me. I gasped, jumping away. He laughed and lunged for me, but I twisted away from his gasp.

"Stay away from me!" I snarled, making him laugh.

"Look at that fight! The determination! What happened to that delicious fear in your eyes from a few days ago?" Zabuza asked with a laugh.

"I'm done being afraid! I won't let you harm anyone ever again!"

"Kyosuke!" Kakashi and Sakura shouted, with Kakashi starting to expose his sharingan. Almost immediately- which was actually rather insulting- Zabuza left me and attacked Kakashi, succeeding in stabbing his hand.

"Sensei, no!" Sakura shouted, and I turned back fo focus on Sasuke and Naruto, knowing that Kakashi was going to be alright, despite Sakura's worry. Naruto was lying on the ground, exhausted and cut up. Sasuke wasn't much better.

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