Naruto: Chakra System

Sakura, away guarding Tazuna, smiled. "See, Kakashi-sensei won!"

Zabuza stood up at the river, his Kubikiribōchō in his hand, glanced at Kakashi, who was walking towards him, after vanishing his shadow clone.

Kakashi asked, "So, what would you like to do? Fight till death or have a small chat with me?"

Zabuza sighed heavily; his own Chakra reserves were already half, not only because of the Jutsu, but also because of the short fight he had with Kakashi's shadow clone and then the Water Dragon he had taken straight on him.

However, seeing Kakashi standing in front of him, on the ground, casually, he didn't seem like he had run out of his chakra, even a little. Zabuza gritted his teeth, understanding that he stood no chance against Kakashi.

His grip tightened on his massive blade. He still didn't want to accept that he lost; as a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he had his pride, and couldn't accept defeat this easily. He decided to fight Kakashi till the end, since his chakra reserves, despite running low, were still enough to engage in a fight.

Plus, he believed that if he was in danger, Haku, after taking care of those brats, could come to save him. As he decided to attack, which even Kakashi also noticed, stared at him with a single visible red eye, which had Three-Tomoe, that started spinning wildly and in the next moment, they shifted into a three-bladed pinwheel pattern.

Zabuza suddenly stiffened; he felt a sense of dread from this new transformation that Kakashi's eyes were now in. His mind went blank; he was confused what this pattern was. He, just like any common knowledge, knew about Sharingan, and its Tomoe stages, but this pattern was different from anything he had heard or seen.

Before Zabuza could say or do anything, Kakashi spoke, "Zabuza, are yo—" However, Kakashi was also interrupted, as he saw and heard Naruto and Sasuke's voices.

Naruto shouted, running towards him, "Kakashi-sensei, You Liar?"

Seeing them coming, even Sakura also moved towards them, Tazuna also followed behind. Kakashi, surprised, turning his Mangekyō back to Three-Tomoe stage, and looked at Naruto and Sasuke in confusion. As both were unscratched, they didn't look like they had had a good fight with anyone, and both were glaring at him, with Naruto even pouted.

Kakashi asked, "Didn't I send you to find another enemy a few dozens of meters away? And what do you mean by liar?"

Naruto complained, "There was no ninja there, we searched the area, and here you are fighting with this strong enemy alone!"

Zabuza, who now was on the ground, thought, 'Looks like Haku didn't even let them find him!'

Kakashi also thought, 'I sensed Haku's Chakra signatures around a hundred meters away, maybe at that distance, Haku simply thought that I sent Naruto and Sasuke to find if there's any enemy, rather than thinking that I'm already aware of his presence.'

Just then, a few senbon needles shot out from the bushes. Kakashi didn't even blink as he saw them. They were directly pointed at Zabuza. Kakashi didn't move, just raised his left hand, opened his palm, where the Inventory Seal formula was printed.

All these senbons suddenly vanished, and were sucked inside his inventory seal, which Kakashi knew that it could activate and store things within a one-meter radius ahead. And Haku's senbons that were moving at Zabuza, were also one meter of distance from his left palm, as Zabuza was also close to him, standing, looking around warily.

Zabuza was surprised, as he also noticed this, as senbons suddenly gone mid-air, while aside from Sasuke, who had been standing with his Sharingan activated, others also missed it. Kakashi glanced toward the treetop where Haku was hiding; on the other hand, hidden Haku was frozen in shock.

He thought, 'How? Has he really been aware of my presence from that time?'

Seeing that Haku still didn't show himself, and was still hidden, Kakashi announced, "Haku, get down here! I have been aware you are with Zabuza, and don't try to give me the crap about you being a hunter-nin, come out and don't dare to attack."

Zabuza's eyes widened, he was about to move, but was immediately downed by Kakashi, who using his inventory seal, stored his Kubikiribōchō inside it, and crossed Zabuza's arms behind his back, and stood up to Zabuza, looking at the direction where Haku emerged.

Kakashi then looked at Naruto and Sasuke, and said, "He is the enemy I was talking about, maybe he didn't let you find him."

Naruto and Sasuke felt a little embarrassed; they had been calling Kakashi a liar, thinking that Kakashi sent them away, so he could alone fight Zabuza.

"So, Kakashi-sensei was telling the truth!" Naruto muttered, as he saw a figure appearing, wearing a white mask with thin curved eye-holes and a red wavy design in place of the mouth, as well as the Kirigakure symbol etched in the top.

He wore a pinstriped outfit, over it wore a green haori with white trimmings, facing Kakashi, removing his mask. As he removed his mask, his long black hair, pale skin and large dark brown eyes, and slender frame amazed all three Genin and Tazuna.

Naruto exclaimed and said, "Ohhh! She is even prettier than Sakura!"

Sakura, who was also stunned seeing Haku's face, twitched in anger, upon hearing Naruto. Haku however ignored them, and didn't try to move or attack, seeing Zabuza down.