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Without another word, the battle began.
Beside them, a river flowed quietly through the mist. The calm sound of water was strange compared to the pressure coming from Kakashi and Zabuza.
Zabuza jumped down from his blade and landed near the river. In the next moment, water rose around him and formed several clones.
Kakashi moved at the same time.
The two shinobi clashed in a fast exchange, their movements sharp and dangerous.
Kakashi struck first, piercing Zabuza through the body.
But the body collapsed into water.
It was a water clone.
Before Kakashi could fully turn, Zabuza appeared behind him and swung his massive blade, cutting Kakashi in half.
Sakura gasped in shock.
But that Kakashi also turned into water.
Another clone.
The real Kakashi was already under the water. He jumped up and landed on the surface, ready to strike again.
But before he could move, the water around him suddenly changed. It rose around his body and trapped him inside a round sphere.
"Water Prison Jutsu," Zabuza said coldly.
Kakashi was trapped inside the water prison, unable to move.
Zabuza kept one hand inside the sphere to maintain the jutsu. Then he formed another water clone and sent it toward Tazuna.
"Damn it," Kakashi muttered from inside the prison, frustration clear in his voice. "I let my guard down."
Then he shouted toward his students.
"Take the bridge builder and run away! You can't fight him! He's in a completely different league!"
Sakura and Tazuna froze in fear.
Even Sasuke's confidence shook for a moment. His hands trembled slightly as he stared at Zabuza's clone moving toward them.
But Naruto did not move.
He stood still, his head tilted slightly, while a slow smile spread across his face.
It was not the smile of someone brave.
It was creepy.
A sinister smile, as if he had found something interesting in the middle of danger.
Inside the water prison, Kakashi felt a chill when he saw Naruto's expression.
Naruto was not staring at Zabuza's clone.
He was staring at Zabuza's blade.
The Executioner's Blade.
His gaze stayed fixed on it, as if the danger around him had become less important. He could feel something from that weapon, something filled with blood, death, and the cries of the people it had killed.
To Naruto, it did not feel like a normal sword.
It felt alive.
The blade seemed to carry the screams of its victims, as if countless souls were still trapped inside it.
"Let me go..."
"I want to be freed..."
"Ahhhhhhh..."
Those voices echoed in Naruto's ears, filled with pain and suffering.
His smile grew wider.
Slowly, Naruto took out his own sword from the sealing scroll and stepped forward, breaking the Manji formation.
Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna looked at him in shock.
"Where are you going?!" Sakura hissed, her voice barely above a whisper.
Naruto ignored her.
His eyes remained fixed on Zabuza's clone.
"Mr. Zabuza," Naruto said calmly, but his voice carried a cold feeling. "Your blade... it's not ordinary, is it?"
Zabuza tilted his head, looking amused.
"You've got sharp eyes, brat. That's right. This is no ordinary sword. It's one of the Seven Ninja Swords, known as the Executioner's Blade. It regenerates itself using the blood of those it cuts, excluding its wielder."
Naruto let out a low, dark laugh.
"Ha... hahaha..."
Everyone froze, shocked by Naruto's action.
"Well then, Mr. Zabuza," Naruto said, his voice cutting through the mist. "I want that sword of yours."
Zabuza's smirk disappeared.
His eyes turned dark, and his killing intent rose at once, pressing down on everyone like a heavy wave.
"Dare to say that again," Zabuza growled, his voice filled with the intent to kill Naruto.
Naruto did not flinch.
His own aura surged in response, thick and heavy enough to push back against Zabuza's killing intent.
"I said..."
His eyes gleamed dangerously.
"I want you to give me that blade."
Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, and Tazuna were frozen in place, their faces pale as they watched the standoff.
One was an elite ninja, with a presence that dominated the battlefield.
The other was a seventeen-year-old newly graduated genin, yet his killing intent was strong enough to face Zabuza's without breaking.
The mist grew thicker around them.
Zabuza stood like the Demon of the Hidden Mist.
Naruto stood like another demon who had found something he wanted.
The two stared at each other, and the air between them became filled with the promise of violence.
(To Be Continued...)
A/N:
The fanfiction is moving forward, but I know there has not been much romance, humor, or satire yet. From the next coming chapters, I want to add more of these elements and make the story feel more real and enjoyable.
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