Naruto: Sacred Scroll

"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, watch over Tazuna and keep him safe! I'll handle this," stated Kakashi, lifting up his head protector and revealing a single Sharingan.

The Sharingan! thought Sasuke with a puzzled expression. But how? So, that's why he's called Copycat.

Zabuza let out a gravelly chuckle. "During my days in Kirigakure's assassination squad, our bingo books had your information. It says you're the ninja who copied over a thousand jutsu! Capture or kill by whatever means possible."

Is Kakashi-sensei that great of a shinobi? Sakura asked herself.

"I don't understand! The Sharingan is a bloodline limit that appears only in the Uchiha clan. Could he be…How could Kakashi-sensei have the Sharingan?" Sasuke wondered out loud.

"Enough talk," said Zabuza. "I have a job to do."

"What's your role in all this?" Kakashi inquired.

"I was hired to kill the old man over there. Now, hand him over and I'll let the rest of you go free," Zabuza said confidently. Naruto snorted, and he, Sasuke, and Sakura formed a protective circle around Tazuna. Kakashi stood his ground before Zabuza.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto dropped his perverted goofy character and replaced it with one not known by his team.

"It seems I have to kill you first, Kakashi. So be it," Zabuza said. "I'll make fish bait out of your Genin after I'm through with you."

He held his large sword and vanished, then reappeared on the water not far from them.

"Ninpou: Kirigakure no Jutsu," Zabuza said and the fog thickened, lowering the visibility nearly to zero.

"Damn," Sakura cursed. "I can't see anything!"

"Be quiet. He'll kill you before you know it if you don't keep your voice down," Kakashi said.

"Who is he?" Sakura asked

"Momochi Zabuza is a rogue ninja from Kirigakure no Sato," Kakashi explained, "He killed over 100 ninja before he even got his Genin rank. He's known as the Demon of the Bloody Mist, and, trust me, you don't want to get in a fight with him."

"How do you know this?" Sakura asked.

"I have my ways," Kakashi answered plainly. "Momochi Zabuza is renowned for his silent killing technique. Silent killing is a way of killing that is executed in a flash and in absolute silence. In some cases, you are dead before you realize it. So don't let your guard down."

Team 7 tightened their grip on the kunai they'd pulled out. Naruto made two kage bunshin that took advantage of the mist to keep out of sight from everyone while taking care of what they had to do.

"Eight places to choose from," came Zabuza's voice, seemingly from everywhere.

"Huh?" Sakura said.

"The larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular vein, subclavian artery, kidneys, and heart. Now, which vital organ should I strike?" Zabuza asked, blood-lust filling his voice.

Kakashi sent out a wave of his own killer intent, so much that even Tazuna, Sasuke, and Sakura felt disturbed by it.

"What…is this feeling?" Sakura asked, her voice quivering.

"This is the feeling that comes when two strong ninja do battle. Their blood-lust…it's so great that it can make weak-minded people commit suicide to escape it," Naruto explained calmly, being unaffected by the waves of blood-lust. Zabuza unexpectedly appeared right in the middle of the ring, in front of Tazuna.

"DIE!" Zabuza yelled as he swung his sword, swiftly slashing Tazuna's head off as his headless body stumbled backwards before falling to the ground with the head rolling a couple of feet away before stopping.

"No!" Sakura screamed in fright and shock.

"DAMN IT!" Sasuke cursed, seeing that their client was killed right in front of them. Zabuza's smile was pasted behind his mask.

"I win!" Zabuza said triumphantly. Then, Tazuna's body and head burst into a cloud of smoke and vanished.

"What?" Zabuza said with a perplexed expression. "A kage bunshin? But when?"

Taking advantage of Zabuza's confused state, Kakashi rushed at him and stabbed him with a kunai.

"Uuuugghh," Zabuza groaned, but instead of blood, water poured out of the wound. Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto stared at Zabuza. Kakashi's voice snapped them out of it.

"Mizu bunshin," Kakashi acknowledged, and Zabuza smirked before collapsing into a puddle of water. Another Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi.

"DIE!" he yelled again as he swung his sword and cut Kakashi in two. But Kakashi turned into water as well.

"Huh? A mizu bunshin?" Zabuza shouted in surprise. An instant later, he felt a kunai at his throat.

"It's over," Kakashi commented blandly.

"Sensei!" Sakura cried out happily.

Zabuza started to laugh, He copied my jutsu. "It's over? I don't think so," Zabuza said as he, too, dissolved into water.

"Another mizu bunshin?" Sakura yelled, surprised, as Naruto started gathering wind chakra around his body. Suddenly, Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi, making a downward strike with his sword.

"Kaze Sokudo Chikara," Naruto called out as he ran towards Zabuza at incredible speed and body-slammed into the man. Zabuza was sent flying off the ground away from the Kakashi. As Zabuza was still airborne, Naruto followed up with a swift punch to Zabuza's face. The rogue skidded off the ground a couple of times before crashing straight into a tree in his path, bursting into a pool of water.

"Terrific," Naruto remarked sarcastically. "A mizu bunshin again."

Zabuza appeared and got ready to strike Naruto. Naruto saw this, however, and readied himself to counter Zabuza at the last second. However, Kakashi, being fast enough, came and used his kunai to block the massive sword. Zabuza, in return, tried to strike Kakashi with his own kunai, but Kakashi jumped away. Zabuza followed up with slashes that Kakashi barely dodged. Kakashi threw his kunai towards Zabuza, but he evaded it. Kakashi then vanished and appeared on top of the water, doing a set of hand signs. Zabuza smirked and vanished. Kakashi suddenly jumped over some shuriken launched at him and crouched down on top of the water when he landed. Zabuza appeared behind him.

"Baka! Suirou no Jutsu (Water Prision Technique)!" Zabuza said. A sphere of water formed around Kakashi with Zabuza holding onto it.

"You can't get out of this prison, so just kick back and watch me kill your precious students," Zabuza said, and a mizu bunshin appeared in front of him. But before it could take one step, it was destroyed by several kunai thrown by Sakura and Sasuke from different directions.

"If you think it'll be that easy, then you're wrong!" Sasuke said. Zabuza huffed and created more mizu bunshins.

"Well, you aren't as useless as I once believed, but you can't beat this many bunshins," Zabuza said. But then two of the bunshin dissolved after being struck by a couple of shuriken, courtesy of Naruto.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei! Get your ass out of that damn sphere," Naruto yelled. Zabuza's eyes widened when the Kakashi in his prison popped away.

"Sorry Zabuza, but did you think I would let that jutsu hit me? Please, I know it myself and recognized it immediately. Don't underestimate me," Kakashi's voice came from everywhere and suddenly the water under the mizu bunshins rose up and destroyed them. Then Kakashi appeared in front of Zabuza. He threw a punch towards the man's face, but he evaded, countering with a kick towards Kakashi's stomach. It connected and Kakashi popped in a cloud of smoke.

"What? Kage bunshin?" Zabuza was surprised.

But his surprise turned to fright when he heard Kakashi's voice call out, "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)

A dragon made of water sped towards Zabuza, who jumped away while making hand-seals. Kakashi made the same seals as Zabuza, and in unison they called out, "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!"

Twin dragons of water rose up from the water under the fighters and battled for supremacy. They ended up destroying each other ultimately. When the water dragons were destroyed, a slightly tired looking Zabuza stood in front of Kakashi, whose face didn't show any humor.

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