Gatou smirked at the ninjas as his cane clicked against the ground, a large number of his men behind him. Each one wearing a similar expression to that of their employer.
The bloody figure of Zabuza stood farther from the Konoha ninjas, his paralyzed arms hanging by his sides, "Gatou... Why are you here? And what's with those subordinates?"
The men were all armed to the teeth, lazily standing behind their boss. Some of them even sitting or crouching on the floor arrogantly. Obviously overestimating their own strength.
"Hehe. We had a little change in plans." chuckled Gatou, his sunglasses glinting. He clicked his cane against the ground again, "Warui, Zabuza, but you're going to die here."
The Missing-Nin widened his eyes, the veins in them reddening, "Nandato?!"
His former boss explaining as if it was normal, "Hiring a normal ninja would cost a lot of money. So, I hired an exiled ninja like you. If you ninjas had killed each other, it would have saved me trouble and money. And you call yourself the Demon of Kirigakure? You're just a cute little baby devil if you ask me."
The mercenaries breaking out in laughter at what their boss said.
Naruto watched them in confusion, blue orbs wide, Who are these guys? There's so many of them...
Not turning back to the ninja he was just fighting, Zabuza spoke lowly, "Kakashi, I'm sorry, but this fight is over. Since I don't have a reason to kill Tazuna, I have lost the reason to fight you."
His voice was strangely pained for someone who acted to emotionless about everything. His eyes trained on the ground and not moving up at all.
But although it was out of character, Kakashi knew exactly why. After all, he could understand his feelings.
Momochi Zabuza had come here to finish a mission to accomplish his dream, losing his comrade while doing so. And now, it was all for nothing.
"Aa, you're right."
Gatou walked forward fearlessly, his bandaged left arm falling over his right that was holding his cane, "Oh, yes, I owe this one a favor..."
Remembering how Haku broke his arm as he stood over the boy's corpse, "For squeezing my arm until it broke."
His lips quirking upward and he kicked the dead boy. Naruto gasping in shock while the Jounin remained unmoving, a shadow covering Zabuza's face.
"Heh. He's already dead." scoffed Gatou, increasing the rage inside of the Jinchuuriki even more, "Temee!! What the hell are you doing?!!"
He went to sprint in Gatou's direction to beat him to a bloody pulp, however, Kakashi grabbed him by his collar and held him back, "Stop. Don't move so carelessly."
Naruto continuing to struggle as he glared at Zabuza, "Why don't you say something?! Weren't you friends?!"
"Damare, kozou. Haku is already dead." said the Missing-Nin bluntly, making the blonde gape at his cold tone, "Don't you feel anything at all?! Weren't you two always together?!!"
"Like how Gatou used me, I was also just using Haku. I said this before. We shinobi are just tools. I wanted his blood, not him." his voice rising a little at the end, then lowering once again in slight hesitation, "I have no regrets."
But even as he said that, he did not look at them in the eye.
And even as dense and oblivious as he was, Naruto could see it, "Do you really mean that?"
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Naruto: Princess of the Moon
Fanfic[Naruto x Reader] What if Otsutsuki Kaguya had a daughter? That girl feared the destruction that humans could cause with something like chakra in their hands, so when she fell in love and they were to marry, she sealed all her power away and became...
