We arrive at the pier. I'm the last one to hop in the boat when suddenly the water current changed, I was about to fall but Sasuke and Naruto manage to catch my arms.

Phew, that was close.

I plop down beside Kakashi and Sakura and listen to Tazuna's explanation as we ride the boat. He explains how Gato the businessman corrupted and ruined his homeland. The sole reason why they can't afford of having an A to B Rank mission. He explains how Gato tried to stop building this huge bridge above us, it's a bridge for economy that Gato's probably targeting to shut down. Well, he's a sly fox, he didn't want his business to cut down.

"Wow, it's huge! Believe it!!" Naruto yelled so, I immediately throw a soft ball directly on his mouth to shut him off. Sasuke and Sakura smirked on me while Kakashi just rolled his eyes but I felt him smirk under his mask! "Hey, be quite!! Why do you think we're hiding under the mist and our boats engine is turned off!! If Gato finds us we'll be in trouble!" The boat rower yelled.

Upon arriving to the other side of the river, we immediately hopped down the pier and thanked the rower after paying. Kakashi being the sugar daddy pay us up so, it's now okay. I'm feeling chilly at the same time, afraid since we're talking about Zabuza here, and his pet, Haku the woman but man. Sighed.

"OVER THERE!" Naruto yelled out and throw a kunai on the Rabbit which is a transformation. I widen my senses and found Zabuza and Haku's location.

"Get down / Drop down!" Both Kakashi and I yelled. A huge sword suddenly came swooshing above our heads as we drop down. A very familiar man jumped on where his huge sword pierced on the tree trunk. Just like how Kishimoto sketch this man, he's wearing his mask like Kakashi and cow leg warmers. What a duck butt. His back is facing us like a God so, the others didn't know his face.

"Why is he making us face his back, is there any nice views? Well, you got a nice cow warmer there, dude." I said which made Kakashi and Sasuke glare on me. They're both frustrated, what the fuck. I wanted to laugh, shit. As we all stood up, I heard Kakashi spoken. "If it isn't Momochi Zabuza, demon of the hidden mist." Woah, woah, he's so cool.

"Ah, if it isn't Hatake Kakashi, Kakashi of the Sharingan, huh?" And then he looked on us to face everyone but his gaze landed on me because I'm smirking. "Why the hell are you smirking brat?" He hissed.

"Well, Uhm... I wanted to laugh so hard because yeah, uhm, your fashion sense was, yeah, awesome?" I promised, I'm not kidding when I said I badly wanted to laugh but I'm suppressing it back. What the heck. I can feel Kakashi's deadly glare on mine but I didn't mind. "Oh, thank you for being honest, little girl. But hand me that Bridge builder to avoid any kinds of bloodbath." And then he released his outmost KI but Kakashi and I manage to counter it.

"I have to exterminate you, Momochi Zabuza" Kakashi pulled up his head band to reveal his Sharingan. I felt Sasuke tensed so I tapped his shoulder and nod at him. Well, I can't blame him, this is Zabuza we're facing. His KI is incredible as Kakashi, I was just lucky to be able to counter it since I'm far from just a genin. The blood thirst in the air was menacing. I can't blame Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto and Tazuna for shaking but I hope they could manage to at least stand straight and alert.

"Quick, manji formation! Kashina, back me up!" Kakashi commanded as Zabuza performed a jutsu which is the mist jutsu that will cover our surroundings. It's a bad spot for us since this is the Land of Waves we're talking about. It's surrounded with waters. Easy for him to build a mist. As soon as the three surrounded Tazuna, I wielded my sword.

"Nice Katana you got there, kid." Zabuza praised. I manage to pinpoint his original body out of water clones he produced, I smirked. This is gonna be hell of fun. "ah, yeah, thank you, this is personalized and I named it "

"Oh, I see, then let's dance kid." He then laughed. Kakashi fall back and grabbed my elbow. "Don't engage on the battle, Kashina." But I shake his hand on mine. "I'll be fine, If I won't make it, I'll fall back safe." He thinks about it for a second before finally letting go of my elbow and giving me slight nod. I gave him a soft smile before dashing on Zabuza's real body.

"Oho, so, you're also able to pinpoint my real body, eh?" And then he unsheathes his sword and so I am. Our blades met each other in the middle as we both jump to counter each other. The pressure from my chakra infused blade made the mist flew away, now the teams and surrounding is completely visible. "Oho, so you're able to channel your chakra, huh?" And then we both fall backwards but I'm faster than him since I'm light and my Katana is not heavy as his sword, I manage to appear on his pace which made him widen his eyes, I swung my katana but he was able to jump backwards. Well, that's enough, I manage to land a slash on his abdomen, not too deep but was able to weaken him for up to 5%.

I didn't let him breathe so, I made my way on his front pace to weave a sign out of act – carefully not to let them notice that I'm commanding the ground to lock his left leg but I didn't saw that he's swinging his blade on mine so, I rolled side ward to dispel his attack. I was interrupted by a sudden yell and found Kakashi on the water prison. Shit.

"I need to go back to my team." I whisper. Damn, Kakashi making me worried. How's Naruto? Sasuke? Sakura? I'm sure those two chipmunks will pull a show by planning to use Naruto's Shadow Clone to help Kakashi out of the prison so, I focused on defeating this dumbass.

"Oho, seems like your team aren't as good as you." I gritted my teeth out of anger. "DON'T. YOU. DARE. UNDERESTIMATE. THEM." And there I released my 50% KI. The wind suddenly changes its currents as well as the sea water's current. This dumbass didn't know how to pipe down, isn't he?

We began our clash until we both manage to create another crater out of pressure. He casted a water style jutsu but I manage to counter it using a fire style jutsu without using a seal. It's a massive fireball that even using a water dragon B-Class Water Style Jutsu won't manage to counter so he jumped side ways to save himself. I manage to fall back to where Kakashi is when the boys manage to work together and freed him.

"Just what are thinking letting him capture you like that?!" I put my arms on my waist to lecture him. Just how reckless he can be?! I told him that I'll fall back but look at him almost torn out! His Sharingan probably eaten almost half of his chakra. "You won't be getting away after this." And I went to where Naruto and Sasuke are to help them take down those water clones of Zabuza.

"Are you guys okay? Sasuke? Naruto? Sakura? Tazuna-san?" I asked them worriedly. Sakura being a girl cried on me saying she's afraid and feels sorry for being useless. "Don't cry, it's good that you stayed behind with Tazuna-san. We cannot afford you getting injured. There's always a room for everything, so guys, don't rush." I lectured them and they all nodded which surprised me, Sasuke, the almighty Uchiha listen to me. Well, it's for his own good anyway.

And there Zabuza and Kakashi clashed until the tides of waves come with us. I let Naruto and Sasuke carry Tazuna-san above the tree while me and Sakura manage to jump also with them to avoid the tide. And there, Haku the best boy of Zabuza appeared. He managed to shot Zabuza using his senbon as his weapon. Zabuza was now on the brink of his death or hmm, should I say, death-like for a show? We'll see them again.

"Naruto, you should understand that there's someone who's stronger than you. A kid who's aligned in our age or below that is stronger than us but weaker or stronger than Kakashi-san and so on. That's how the system works." I explained when he burst out of frustration on how Haku manage to take down Zabuza while we're all struggling. After Haku left, I immediately went to Kakashi since he was about to fall down. If ever his head slam to the ground, it'll become a serious injury, so I carried him with the help of Sasuke.

But after taking few steps, I stopped. Sasuke and Sakura raised his brows on mine and I was about to question when I throw up my blood. Sakura being a goofball screamed while Naruto and Tazuna-san asked me what's wrong. I suddenly felt a sting on my back and there Sakura saw a deep cut on my back which caused me to throw a blood and before I could do anything, I met darkness.

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"NARUTO! GET OUT! YOU'RE ANNOYING KAKASHI-SENSEI AND KASHINA-CHAN!"

"Hn, dobe, aside from being a scared cat, you're annoying!"

"SASUKE!!!"

Ah yeah, I passed out and the first thing that I could hear was their annoying barks. Nice, what a nice game. Anyway, how's my body? I can barely move my back, huh? I remember receiving a deep cut on my back which is humiliating as a swordsman. Tsk, I'm pretty sure that it wasn't because of Zabuza's blade. Probably when I fly because he chakra infused kick me and went flying and my back hit something but at first, I didn't budge since I didn't manage to catch glimpse of pain probably because of shock. Well, nevermind.

How's Kakashi? And the other dumbs? Well, they're now bickering, they're probably goods now.

I slowly but surely opened my eyes but quickly closed it when a sharp shade of light from the light bulb met my weary eyes. I then blink again and opened. Sakura immediately noticed that I'm awake now so she kneels beside me to check my temperature and ask me such questions.

"Calm down, anyway, how long I'm out?" I asked her. I pinched the edge of my nose to prolong my patience to them. They're all annoying and loud! I just got back to my consciousness yet they're annoying! "Hmm, you're out for almost 7 hours, Kashina-chan." I see and then my gaze shifted on where Kakashi is. He's sitting pretty on his futon while reading his perverted book.

I gained an anime vain on my forehead and quickly spun my right arm to grab my pillow and throw it to him causing him to drop his book. Hmp!

He just sweat drop on me while giving me an apologetic look. I just sighed and didn't bother anymore, he's just as reckless. I noticed that I'm no longer wearing my haori and my t-shirt, it's new. Sakura explained that she and Ms. Tsunami – Tazuna-san's daughter helped me to change to clean and heal my deep wound. Luckily, my body is a fast healer although the wound closed slowly, I cannot feel the pain anymore – it's just a matter of time before it could leave a mark.

Kakashi then explained his analyzation about Zabuza being alive. And there the tiniest string of my patience snapped as Sakura and Naruto continued to shout and scream as if they're fucking kids. "Do you guys really studied back in our academy days or not?" I asked them furiously, enough to made them stop producing noise.

"Have you ever thought about the weapon that the tracker-nin used? It's a fucking senbon, it could only kill if it struck your nerves or pinpointed your body's sensitive spots. And based on what Kakashi-san explained, the tracker-nins was supposed to dispose the body of their target on the spot, but what that person did was to carry him out of our sight. It's better to assume that he's alive and on the death-like state." Well, he's probably awake by now. We have a whole week to plan and those idiots will do their tree walking training.

"Yeah, she's right. It's safer when we all conclude that he's still alive and that tracker-nin was his accomplice." I ignored him. I'm mad. I don't care. He just sighed on me and then continued giving them information until he told them that they'll train tomorrow in the forest.

They all left us alone when Tsunami-san called them for dinner. I told them that I'm not hungry so they could leave me alone because I'm already irritated. I didn't spare a glance on Kakashi who's now observing me. "Throw me back my pillow, I'll sleep." I said in monotone. I'm still irritated on him letting himself to be captured like that. He's an idiot, it's confirmed. And he dared to tell us to back off?! What the hell?! He's the one who told us that those who abandon their comrades were scums! What a bullshit!

But he didn't budge. He just looked at me. "Cut the chase, give me my pillow. Don't talk to me." And there he sighed. He softly throws the pillow on me so I laid my back on the futon. I looked at the ceiling – feeling my body. I'm a bit exhausted but I think my 7 hours nap was worth it.

"Still mad?" I heard him say. I 'tch' him and didn't bother to answer. "Look, I didn't mean to abandon me it's just I feel pressured, you know? I can't afford risking my teams' life." He explained but I didn't bother to look on him. "All right, I'm sorry. I'm sure you have something to say too since Zabuza manage to do a number on you when you told me that you'll fall back – SAFE." Wow, he emphasized the word 'safe'. I felt a little guilty.

"Sure, we're goods." Well, there's no point on getting angry. It's just I'm worried, I felt scared to the thought of him getting injured even though I'm aware of what will happen. "Let's rest, we have a long day tomorrow." And there I let my consciousness to be devour by darkness.