The Life of Ki (Naruto Fanfic)

A Demon, A Sharingan, And A Plan

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Zabuza's duplicate makes a hand sign, and the mist thickens once more. Beside me, Naruto begins to tremble with either fear, or anticipation.

I hear a grunt of pain, and suddenly Naruto's presence is gone.

There's a clatter of metal, and I watch as Naruto's shiny headband lands in the dirt. A second later, Naruto comes crashing to the ground nearby as well.

"You're just kids!" Zabuza says as he reappears and advances on Naruto. "You will never be worthy of my Bingo Book. You don't even deserve those headbands." Zabuza spits as he leans down and picks up Naruto's discarded headband.

I simply narrow my eyes and wait for this guy to get to the point.

Kakashi, although I can no longer see him through the thick mist, calls out what may be his last order to Team 7. "Your four! Take Tazuna and run!" He shouts with surprising desperation. "In order to keep me trapped in this Water Prison, he won't be able to move from here. This is your chance! RUN." Kakashi yells.

I turn to come face to face with Sakura's wide trembling eyes. "Ki..." She says quietly, unsure of what to do.

Kakashi's whole prison seems to shake with his anger. "That's an order! GO!"

"That possibility of fleeing vanished the moment Kakashi got caught. If we run, we'll just postpone our deaths. We have to fight." I tell Sakura, having already thought this through.

I can't see how Kakashi reacts to what I say, but my team is close enough for me to gage.

Behind me, Naruto looks at me with wide, captivated eyes--almost motivated and frightened by my words. Sakura takes a step away from me in her weak support, but Sasuke gives me a small nod. Sasuke grits his teeth and pulls out a kunai.

"If our own sensei can't save himself, I guess I'll have to do it." He says, charging towards the Zabuza clone.

"Wait! I meant as a team, Sasuke!" I shout in exasperation.

That boy never learns.

Sasuke rapidly throws several shuriken, and then leaps into the air for a classic air-kunai takedown. This move would work on...say, a cow...but a highly trained ninja? 

No. 

Zabuza catches Sasuke by his throat and chucks him right back at us. Sakura and I have to sidestep to avoid being smacked by Sasuke's flailing arms and legs as he goes crashing back to the ground.

"Sasuke!" Sakura and Naruto both say in fear. Sasuke is the poster-child for a well-trained ninja, and for him to be taken down so easily...

Oh no, Sasuke! 

I watch as Zabuza steps before Naruto and looks down upon him menacingly.

I have to admit that I am at least the tiniest bit frightened.

I don't have much experience fighting other ninjas—let alone a Jonin—and I'm not any better at taijutsu than Sasuke who just got crushed. To try to take on Zabuza as a Genin without any ninjutsu experience is...well, impossible. Well 4 Genin probably equals one Jonin, right?

My heart stops for a minute as Naruto turns to run away in fear. I don't blame him; he's right in the line of Zabuza's blade, but still...for Naruto to be the first to give up once more? It seems unrealistic.