Darkness Falls

Chapter 8

"Run!" Kakashi shouted from the water prison he had managed to get himself trapped in. "Take the client and get as far as you can! His water clones can't travel too far from himself!"

'Yeah, except Zabuza's water clones move nearly as fast as him and would cut both Sasuke and Sakura down before they got five feet.' Naruto mentally sighed. Though he did take heart that at least Kakashi cared about them enough to try and get them to safety. For now at least, knowing full well that once this was over it would be back to the same old crap of him sucking up to the Uchiha.

Currently, the three genin were surrounding the old man to protect him, as mist rolled in around them, completely obscuring their vision. Sasuke was looking in every direction in panic as he searched for any signs of movement. It kind of reminded the blonde hanyou of a bird, with the way the raven haired emo kept jerking his head in each direction.

Sakura for the most part fairing a little better. She had a determined look on her face and was mostly using her eyes to search for any movement in the mist, instead of full head movements. Knowing full well it could cause blurriness to her vision. Still, she was scared none the less. Her only comfort that she would get out of this all right was Naruto, surprisingly.

The blonde hanyou on the other hand had remained impassive as he summoned a tanto sized black blade into his hand in a reversed grip position. Though no one could see due to the thick mist, the teens eyes had changed from their normal cerulean blue to black, with a silver four point star design where his pupils were, as he had activated his Shadō saito (Shadow Sight), allowing him to see perfectly through the mist and where everyone was through their life energy. Smirking some, as he even picked up traces of chakra in the mist, signifying where the water clones were.

"Larnyx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidney's or heart." A deep voice echoed all around them in the mist. "Which one do I chose?"

Without hesitating, Naruto spun around and thrust his black blade into the head of the large man that had appeared in the center of the group, just as he was lifting his massive blade to strike them down. Upon impact, the large man dispelled into a puddle of water, showing that it had been a water clone.

'If you're going to kill someone, just kill them. Don't just talk about it.' The blonde hanyou mentally scoffed, earning a giggle from Ahri.

Slowly, the mist began to recede, prompting Naruto to deactivate his Shadow Sight, allowing his eyes to return to their normal cerulean blue. Looking across, he could see that Kakashi was still trapped inside the water prison.

'Going to have to get him out of there.' Naruto frowned. To be honest, the blonde was a little disappointed that their sensei had been captured so easily. Then again, he could mark it up as to over confidence on the masked jonin's part.

"Impressive gaki, you killed one of my water clones." Zabuza stated in a mocking tone as he created another one to send towards the group. "Though, you should listen to your sensei and run away like the weak pathetic cowards you are."

Naruto saw through the mans ploy to agitate them into attacking, Sasuke however did not and began to charge forward in anger. Furious that someone would call him a coward.

"Sasuke! No!" The blonde yelled, trying to at least save the duck butt from getting himself killed.

"I am an Uchiha!" The arrogant boy shouted as he ran towards the water clone, kunai in hand. "I am an Elite and I am not a coward!"

Sasuke got within three feet of where the water clone was before receiving a brutal roundhouse kick to the stomach, causing the raven haired emo to spit up blood and saliva and sending him flying back to where Sakura and Naruto were. Immediately, the pinkette dropped down to her knees to aid her precious Sasuke-kun, only to be pushed away but a disoriented Uchiha, who could barely find his feet to stand.