moonlight

Chapter 12 - Mirrors? Mirrors!

She smirked and thought. 'Just you wait, Zabuza, I have some tricks up my sleeve and this time I will fight you and there won't be only two jutsus. Heh.'

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Team 7 soon arrived at the bridge, but once arrived, they looked around in shock.

"Hold on, what the heck is this?!" Tazuna screamed, hastily walking around.

In front of them were all of his workers, laying on the ground and the whole place was a mess. They were either unconscious or were growling in pain.

"What happened?!" Tazuna asked shocked. "Someone was here, someone got to them!"

Tsuki looked around, sensing someone.

'Finally, I can show my strength. I will help those workers later.' She thought with a smile on her calm face.

Mist made its way in front of their vision.

Kakashi understood immediately and yelled to his team. "Sasuke, Sakura, Tsuki, get ready!"

The Takeshi gritted her teeth and looked around, trying to make out where their enemies were.

"Kakashi-sensei, it's Zabuza again, isn't it? This is his Hidden Mist jutsu!" Sakura stated determinedly.

A voice hidden inside of the mist echoed darkly. "Sorry I kept you waiting for that long. I see you still got the brats with you. That one is still trembling, oh, and there's Ken'ichi's littwe sistwer."

Tsuki ignored his mocking and only smirked. 'He said his name again.'

Suddenly there were many Zabuzas around them.

Sasuke smirked cockily. "I'm trembling in excitement."

Then Kakashi nodded and Sasuke attacked the clones, dispelling them into water.

"Oh~ so you could tell that they were Water Clones, huh?" Zabuza asked amused, but not surprised, and stepped forward. "That brat's improving. Looks like you've got a rival, Haku."

"So it seems." Haku only replied, unmoving.

Ready, Tsuki pulled a kunai out and took a step forward, awaiting the next move.

"Well, well, it seems my prediction was right on point." Kakashi said in a lazy voice and glanced at the girl, who didn't look surprised at all, and sighed.

"Prediction?" Tazuna asked shocked before he took a closer look at the person in front of them and realized as well. "That mask..."

Sakura fell in shock. "OH!" Pointing at the masked man, her mouth opened widely when realization hit her.

"Hn, I knew it." Sasuke stated and took a stance, ready to fight.

Tsuki tightened her headband and gritted her teeth harder than before. 'Why aren't they attacking already?' she glanced around the field.

"So the Elite Shinobi of the Hidden Mist thing was a bald-faced lie!" Tazuna grunted.

"No matter how you look at him, he's got to be a comrade of Zabuza. Standing together with him and all." Kakashi said.

Sakura was furious. "How dare he show up like that after what he did!"

"I hate brats who think they're so cool." Kakashi mumbled darkly.

"But sensei, you are acting cool too even if you aren't!" Sakura nodded at her rude remark.

"Oh... really?" the sensei asked disappointed.